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April 14 - Almost as soon as a doctor diagnoses breast cancer, a patient is asked to start making big decisions. Should she have surgery, chemotherapy or radiation, or a combination of the three? If she has a mastectomy, does she want to have reconstructive surgery at the same time? And then there are other things to consider - post-surgery physical therapy, genetic testing and counseling. Getting...
April 14, 2011
April 15 - Darren Conrad still might be waiting for a liver transplant - waiting to play ice hockey again, waiting to attend his son's baseball games - if he didn't live on Brown Lane in Plainfield. Neighbors in his subdivision had always assisted with groceries or child care for Conrad's school-aged children while he was consumed by the effects of primary sclerosing cholangitis, the rare liver disease...
April 14, 2011
April 15 - In a single year more than 8.6 women worldwide will die of heart disease, accounting for a third of all deaths of women. On Thursday, more than 500 women and a few men in Lubbock participated in the Go Red luncheon, a national event, to help lower those numbers and raise awareness and money for the American Heart Association. "We all fear cancer, but actually our No. 1 killer is heart disease,"...
April 14, 2011
For unlocking the mysteries of what breaks in the brain when a bomb goes off nearby, advanced imaging machines will be like turning on the lights in a dark room, medical officials say. It's "basically letting people peer under the bed," says Army Col. Christian Macedonia, science adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen. It is one reason why Mullen says he is pushing...
April 14, 2011
April 15 - OKLAHOMA CITY - Gov. Mary Fallin on Thursday reversed course, saying the state would reject a $54 million federal grant to set up an insurance exchange. The state, however, will use its own money and private dollars to create a one-stop shopping site on the Internet, where consumers can view and compare health insurance information. Legislation to facilitate creation of an exchange with...
April 14, 2011
April 15 - Mira Loma High School's drill team captain is trying to develop a new treatment for liver cancer. Selena Li, 17, has completed research that could offer an alternative to chemotherapy or transplant for liver cancer patients. She found that by combining chloroquine - generally used against malaria - and a cancer drug, cancer cells in the liver are less likely to survive. The findings are...
April 14, 2011
April 15 - GUILFORD COUNTY - As students approach their spring break and summer vacations, health and school district officials want parents to plan for the vaccinations their students may need for school next year. Rising sixth-graders will need the Tdap vaccination to comply with state law that requires the vaccination if five or more years have passed since the last dose. Tdap protects children...
April 14, 2011
WASHINGTON - As the House takes up Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal that caps Medicare spending and turns it over to private insurers, some health care industry experts say it won't work without a key piece: encouraging healthy behavior. "Behavior is central to health care," said Bob Nease, chief scientist at Express Scripts, which manages health benefits for more than 50 million people. "The health...
April 14, 2011
Here's some good news for those of you who get hit with the common cold from time to time: Zinc may help to reduce your risk of getting a cold - and its duration and severity if you do get one. A recent report in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews summarized the available data on the role of zinc in preventing and treating colds in otherwise healthy people, and came up with some encouraging...
April 14, 2011
When celebrities such as Oscar-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, 41, announce they are receiving treatment for bipolar disorder, it helps reduce the social stigma of mental illness, experts say. Personal revelations like her disclosure this week shed light on mental health disorders and treatments that can help, says David Miklowitz, professor of psychiatry at UCLA's School of Medicine. "People...
April 14, 2011
April 14 - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. A trans fat ban may soon be on the menu across Illinois, making it only the second state in America to purge the artery-blocking substance from restaurants. The Illinois House passed on Wednesday a bill that would ban use of the much-maligned modified fat from all private food service businesses, as well as school vending machines, effective in 2013. If it survives the...
April 14, 2011
April 14 - Dorothy Smith's walker was propped against the kitchen wall, right by the cluttered table where she pays her bills and eats her breakfast. "I don't use the walker in the house," said Smith, who celebrates her 100th birthday on Saturday. "I use it outside, because my doctor says he doesn't want me falling again." On a cool November day in 2007, Smith went to Mass and returned home to the...
April 14, 2011
Legal challenges to the sweeping federal health care overhaul backed by the Obama administration are heading toward the Supreme Court, where the justices who would decide the law's fate could have as much at stake as the parties battling over it. A ruling on the constitutionality of the law - a cornerstone of the Obama presidency that has set Democrats against Republicans, and states against Washington...
April 13, 2011
Chicago Tribune (MCT) CHICAGO - Jennifer Gomez sat at her doctor's office after her appointment, waiting for a handwritten prescription. Minutes later, her doctor wondered why Gomez was still in the office. What the 20-year-old Loyola University Chicago student didn't know was that not only had the prescription been sent to the pharmacy, it also was ready to be filled. "The prescription was at my pharmacy...
April 13, 2011
April 14 - Tamis Davis looked at what her father was eating toward the end of his life and didn't like what she saw. He'd bought some bananas and yogurt, but the Type 2 diabetic was also subsisting on takeout, junk food, cigarettes and alcohol. His death at age 56 provided the catalyst for Davis and husband Matthew Davis' new venture, Harvest Market, a health-food grocery that opened March 14 in Spotsylvania...
April 13, 2011
Here's another good reason to lose weight: It may improve your memory and concentration, new research suggests. Scientists know that overweight and obese people are at a greater risk for memory problems and other cognitive disabilities, but the latest study is one of the first to indicate that substantial weight loss improves brain health. John Gunstad, an associate professor of psychology at Kent...
April 13, 2011
April 14 - Starting this month, doctors will have a new tool available in treating peripheral artery disease. But one doctor at University Medical Center got to test the equipment before its wide release. Dr. Alex Suarez, a University Medical Center cardiologist, was the first doctor in the state and among the first in the country to use a new tool for clearing arteries during heart surgery. UMC and...
April 13, 2011
German pharmaceutical giant Bayer said Thursday it would apply for a licence to sell its blood-thinning drug Xarelto, also known as Rivaroxaban, in Japan. The firm said it had sent its request to the health ministry in Japan. In January it applied for a licence in the European Union and in the United States. The drug has already been approved in more than 100 countries worldwide and launched in more...
April 13, 2011
April 14 - People associated with Spradley automobile dealerships joke at times about their other "parts department." But those discussions are as serious as life and death. Not too many businesses have seen so many employees and relatives whose lives have been saved by organ transplants. Lynn Spradley, daughter of company founder Dale Spradley, knows the value of organ donor programs and having friends...
April 13, 2011
Gov. Nathan Deal told public health leaders Wednesday Georgia is facing a costly health care crisis that demands the state's attention. Deal's remark comes on the heels of Georgia taking aim at improving health care in the state by creating a Cabinet-level post to oversee health initiatives. "Over the last 10 years, Georgia's public health has declined," Deal said in a speech to the Georgia Public...
April 13, 2011
April 13 - Mikaela Sienkiewicz has whiled away the past four months at Children's Hospital by giving manicures and working on crafts as she awaits a kidney-liver transplant. Starting Tuesday, the 13-year-old girl from Burlington, Vt., added video games to her leisure activities. "It's something different to do," said Mikaela, swaddled in blankets, in a voice barely above a whisper. Hers was among 24...
April 12, 2011
After a four-year stint in the Marines that took him to Iraq and Afghanistan, Las Vegas native Michael Dakduk returned home in 2008, enrolled in the University of Nevada - and got bored. It wasn't that Dakduk, now 25, lacked the discipline or drive to succeed in school. The former sergeant says he found it hard to study calculus or write English papers - and listen to fellow students complain about...
April 12, 2011
After a four-year stint in the Marines that took him to Iraq and Afghanistan, Las Vegas native Michael Dakduk returned home in 2008, enrolled in the University of Nevada - and got bored. It wasn't that Dakduk, now 25, lacked the discipline or drive to succeed in school. The former sergeant says he found it hard to study calculus or write English papers - and listen to fellow students complain about...
April 12, 2011
The size of a child's wrist may offer clues to future heart health. A study in this week's Circulation found that overweight children with larger wrist bone measurements had higher insulin resistance, a risk factor for developing heart disease. It occurs when the body makes insulin but can't use it efficiently to break down blood sugar. "Wrist circumference mirrors insulin resistance levels," says...
April 12, 2011
(MCT) As we wrap up tax season with federal spending under scrutiny, Americans should consider this: Congress continues to spend billions of federal dollars on food policies that contribute to bad health. This boondoggle is worse than a bridge to nowhere - it's a publically funded super-highway carrying the entire country into a dismal future filled with diet-related medical problems and soaring health-care...
April 12, 2011
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