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Nov. 12 - A local program sought to combat SIDS in October by passing out baby pajamas and spreading knowledge. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden death of an infant under 1 year of age which remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, according to Linda Tantawai, executive director of the CJ Foundation for SIDS. "Despite many years of research, we have no definitive cause...
November 12, 2010
Hong Kong (dpa) - Four out of 10 Hong Kong primary schoolteachers suffer from voice problems as a result of straining to be heard in the classroom, according to a university study published Friday. Women teachers are twice as likely to suffer than their male colleagues while those who sang in class have a lower risk of developing a problem. In the study, by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, throat...
November 12, 2010
A drug designed to treat high blood pressure also diminishes the debilitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease in mice, a study published Thursday has reported. Because the drug, isradipine, has already been approved for human use, it could soon be available for Parkinson's patients, the lead researcher told AFP. A preliminary, or "phase II", clinical trial "examining the safety and tolerability of...
November 11, 2010
A large population-based study revealed that multiple antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) used by pregnant women to control seizures may cause poor school performance in their teenagers. The research team from Karolinska University Hospital and the University of Lund in Sweden confirmed that exposure to AEDs in utero may have a negative effect on neurodevelopment. Their findings now appear online in Epilepsia,...
November 11, 2010
Aid workers plan Friday to start a mass vaccination campaign against polio in the Republic of Congo, where at least 101 people have died since October, officials and UN organisations said Thursday. "The first round of a mass vaccination campaign targeting three million people will begin Friday, in response to a polio epidemic which has unusually claimed a majority of adult victims," said a statement...
November 11, 2010
Maybe you should listen to that yoga teacher who counsels you to stay in the moment. A US study out Thursday suggests that people spend about half of their time thinking about being somewhere else, or doing something other than what they are doing, and this perpetual act of mind-wandering makes them unhappy. "A human mind is a wandering mind, and a wandering mind is an unhappy mind," wrote psychologists...
November 11, 2010
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. A new study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Norwegian researchers has found that women with anorexia nervosa are much more likely to have both unplanned pregnancies and induced abortions than women who don't have the serious eating disorder (see also Anorexia). These results may be driven by a mistaken belief among women with anorexia that they can't get pregnant...
November 11, 2010
By October 2012, all cigarette packs in the USA will show graphic images and stern warnings about the dangers of smoking, the Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. The possible pictures include women blowing smoke in children's faces, diseased lungs, a cancer-riddled mouth and a smoker puffing through a tracheotomy hole in his neck. They will cover half the space on packaging and will also...
November 11, 2010
In a study presented earlier this week at the American Society of Reproductive Medicine Conference in Denver, researchers at Yale and Albert Einstein College of Medicine measured levels of a chemical called follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in 560 women undergoing fertility treatments and found that those women with type O blood had chemical signs linked to low egg numbers (see also Business News)....
November 11, 2010
Heavy teens are often destined for skyrocketing weight gain in their 20s, a new study shows. About half of obese teen girls and a third of boys become severely obese by the time they are 30 - meaning they are 80 to 100 pounds over a healthy weight, the research says. "We see a tremendous amount of weight gain during those years," says researcher Penny Gordon-Larsen, associate professor of nutrition...
November 10, 2010
Oct. 05 - There does not appear to be a higher rate of cancer near Fort Detrick than in the rest of the Frederick County, state health officials announced Monday night. In the third Frederick County Health Department meeting to discuss concerns about Fort Detrick contamination possibly causing cancer in nearby residents, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene acting assistant director of...
November 10, 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti/Berlin (dpa) - One man has died of cholera in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, the first death in an outbreak that has killed hundreds elsewhere in the country, Haitian Health Ministry officials confirmed Wednesday. The man was said to have died Tuesday. Port-au-Prince, a city of more than 3 million people, had so far been spared deaths in a cholera outbreak, which has claimed...
November 10, 2010
US health officials on Wednesday proposed a series of bolder warnings on cigarette packs that will include color graphics to warn of the damage smoking can do, the Food and Drug Administration said. The FDA will accept public comments through January 9, 2011 before choosing "nine new larger and more noticeable textual warning statements and color graphic images depicting the negative health consequences...
November 10, 2010
Bisphenol-A, or BPA, a chemical widely-used in plastic food containers and packaging, is mostly eliminated through the urine and does not accumulate in the body, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. After reviewing recent studies on the impact of the chemical on human health, a panel of 30 experts from Canada, the United States and Europe meeting in Ottawa determined that the amounts of BPA...
November 10, 2010
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) WASHINGTON - The sweet potato, that Thanksgiving staple, is starring in a new agricultural revolution that aims not just to produce more food but to create more nutrient-enriched foods that can help save the world's poorest people from blindness, stunted growth and disease. Agricultural researchers and nutrition and health experts from around the world have gathered in Washington...
November 10, 2010
Aug. 26 - During many a staff meeting of those who prepare the pages for the Herald & Review Life sections, we've talked about the fruits and vegetables which are common now that we had little knowledge of at younger ages. And that's at least one reason we're talking in Cook's Choice today about the jicama (HE-ka-ma) as well as including a couple of recipes using it. I'd already begun searching for...
November 9, 2010
Aug. 26 - During many a staff meeting of those who prepare the pages for the Herald & Review Life sections, we've talked about the fruits and vegetables which are common now that we had little knowledge of at younger ages. And that's at least one reason we're talking in Cook's Choice today about the jicama (HE-ka-ma) as well as including a couple of recipes using it. I'd already begun searching for...
November 9, 2010
Port-au-Prince on Tuesday reported its first suspected cases of cholera, although health officials here said there have been only "isolated" incidents of the illness which has killed more than 500 people elsewhere in Haiti. Health Minister Ariel Henry told AFP that while there is no wide spread infection in the capital yet, a sizeable outbreak here now appears likely. "It's coming," the health chief...
November 9, 2010
A polio epidemic in southern Congo has killed 78 people since early October authorities said Tuesday, more than a decade after the disease was considered eradicated here. "We have counted 78 deaths since yesterday (Monday)," a member of a special crisis committee told AFP. lmm/pgf/gco/eb/br COPYRIGHT 2002 Agence France-Presse. All rights reserved.
November 9, 2010
Nov. 09 - BEIJING - When Yu Liya's month-old daughter was diagnosed with pneumonia in September, she reluctantly agreed to let doctors put the child on a course of third-generation cephalosporin. Although the trained pharmacist from Chongqing in China was fully aware of the antibiotic and its side effects, such as nausea and diarrhea, she was not about to take any chances with her baby's health. "The...
November 9, 2010
Nov. 09 - BEIJING - Zheng Lin was not looking forward to filing the results of his quality survey this month. As a researcher for ocean and fisheries department in Dongying, China, he discovered two of nine sample sea cucumbers had excessive levels of antibiotics. "It is common for fish farmers to use antibiotics to keep their fish healthy," said the 26-year-old, "but if the amount surpasses the national...
November 9, 2010
Nov. 05 - Most people don't find beet juice to be particularly palatable. Indeed, its taste is often compared to dirt. But like a lot of food that doesn't taste very good, it packs a healthy punch, including lowering blood pressure. And researchers at Wake Forest University say that they have found another benefit - increasing blood flow to the brains of older people. That's an important discovery...
November 8, 2010
LOS ANGELES - Three months after California declared whooping cough an epidemic, cases have soared to levels not seen in 60 years and health officials say the potentially deadly disease has yet to peak in many areas of the state. There is no single cause for the rapid spread of the infection, which causes a deep, violent cough that lasts for weeks in adults but can kill infants and the frail. Health...
November 8, 2010
Holidays.....on top of your normal routine there is pressure to cook the best turkey and find the best gift with less time due to all the parties and pageants you need to attend. Do you find yourself skipping meals since you just don't have time or do you eat all the cookies that are in sight to give you that burst of energy? Your answer will tell you which way your weight will fall during the holidays...
November 8, 2010
ST. LOUIS - Nichole Marie Case unwittingly became dependent on opioid pain drugs. She's not alone. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimated in 2008 that 1.85 million people in the United States were dependent on or abusing prescription opioids, also known as Schedule II painkillers. Americans make up 4.6 percent of the world's population, but we use 80 percent of the global supply of opioids...
November 8, 2010
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