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I f you've ever wondered why the United States spends $2.3átrillion a year on health care, consider this: Back pain alone costs Americans $86ábillion a year for surgeries, injections, pain pills and other treatments. All of which bring at best mixed success. Nearly everyone experiences back pain eventually. A report by the National Center for Health Statistics found that more than a quarter of adults...
November 8, 2010
Nov. 08 - NATCHEZ - Cokes, colas, pop, soda or soft drinks, whatever you call them, soft drink consumption in America is, in a word, American. But this American "pastime" of drinking a carbonated, caffeinated and thirst-quenching beverage can cause more problems than you think. "Soft drinks contain only water and sweeteners," LSU Ag Center Health and Nutritionist Specialist Elzabeth Reames said. "All...
November 8, 2010
Higher doses of statins cut the risk of heart attacks and stroke by one-seventh compared with regular statin treatment, according to a review published online on Tuesday by The Lancet. The study looked at five trials in which around 40,000 patients, advised to lower their levels of blood cholesterol, received either regular statin treatment or intensive treatment. At the one-year point, intensive statins...
November 8, 2010
Sept. 27 - BERLIN - There are plenty of good reasons to power up a personal desktop or laptop computer in the evening - writing emails, chatting on Facebook or making purchases over the internet, for instance. But various studies indicate that people who stare at a PC's bright monitor shortly before going to bed probably sleep less soundly than they would otherwise because the light seriously disrupts...
November 7, 2010
For the first time, a large study shows that using CT scans to screen smokers and ex-smokers for lung cancer can reduce lung cancer deaths by 20% - potentially saving thousands of lives - by catching lethal tumors at an earlier, more treatable stage. Nearly 160,000 Americans a year die from lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the world, the American Cancer Society says. In addition to...
November 5, 2010
For the first time, a large study shows that using CT scans to screen smokers and ex-smokers for lung cancer can reduce lung cancer deaths by 20% - potentially saving thousands of lives - by catching lethal tumors at an earlier, more treatable stage. Nearly 160,000 Americans a year die from lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the world, the American Cancer Society says. In addition to...
November 5, 2010
Couch potatoes are nearly twice as likely to catch a cold, and a third likelier to suffer bad symptoms of a cold, compared with counterparts who keep fit, American researchers reported on Tuesday. They tracked 1,002 adults in Wisconsin aged 18-85 for 12 weeks in the autumn and winter of 2008, monitoring them for respiratory illness and weight and quizzing them about diet, lifestyle and aerobic exercise....
November 5, 2010
Couch potatoes are nearly twice as likely to catch a cold, and a third likelier to suffer bad symptoms of a cold, compared with counterparts who keep fit, American researchers reported on Tuesday. They tracked 1,002 adults in Wisconsin aged 18-85 for 12 weeks in the autumn and winter of 2008, monitoring them for respiratory illness and weight and quizzing them about diet, lifestyle and aerobic exercise....
November 5, 2010
Prescriptions written for three addictive drugs linked to hundreds of overdose deaths dropped by a dramatic 45 percent in the Houston area during the first month that stricter state regulations took effect. In addition, the first suspected "pill mill" to be shut down in Texas after the new law began Sept. 1 was in Houston. Designed to stop the endless flow of black market prescriptions for these drugs,...
November 5, 2010
DALLAS - Blake Brown tried not to cry when his doctor told him he had prediabetes in February, the month he turned 10. "It scared me," Blake says softly in his Mesquite, Texas, home, sitting near family pictures that included his father, who also struggled with his weight and died of a heart attack at 44, when Blake was 3 years old. With prediabetes, people have blood glucose levels that are higher...
November 5, 2010
Nov. 05 - India may soon ban the use of artemisinin as a stand-alone drug to treat malaria, but will allow it to be used in combination with other medicines. The move by the drug controller general of India comes four years after the World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned against the use of artemisinin as monotherapy - when a single drug is used in any treatment - because patients develop resistance...
November 5, 2010
Nov. 04 - GARLAND, TEXAS - The signs of anorexia nervosa are hard to miss and now researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine finds that anorexic women are more likely to have unplanned pregnancies. Of the 62 women who took part in the study said they were anorexic - half reported unplanned pregancies. Dr. Richard Salter is an OB/GYN at Baylor-Garland and sees women all the time...
November 5, 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 5, 2010
Nov. 05 - While smoking bans are stomping out cigarettes in restaurants, taverns and other businesses, federal and local health officials are concerned that tobacco companies are undermining efforts to reduce smoking by marketing new smokeless tobacco products as substitutes for cigarettes where smoking isn't allowed. "Use of smokeless tobacco may keep some people from quitting tobacco altogether,"...
November 5, 2010
The more obese friends you have, the more likely you are to become obese, a new study suggests. This confirms previous research that gaining weight may be socially contagious. The research also shows that if nothing changes significantly in the environment and culture in the USA, about 42% of adults will be obese in about 40 years and then the obesity rate will level off. About a third of Americans...
November 5, 2010
For the first time, a large study shows that using CT scans to screen smokers and ex-smokers for lung cancer can reduce lung cancer deaths by 20% - potentially saving thousands of lives - by catching lethal tumors at an earlier, more treatable stage. Nearly 160,000 Americans a year die from lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the world, the American Cancer Society says. In addition to...
November 5, 2010
Goettingen, Germany (dpa) - Scientists in Germany said Friday they had developed a drug that halts the progress of Alzheimer's disease in mice and hope to begin tests on humans in two years' time. The treatment, which they described as immunization, employs a new antibody to stop brain degeneration. The findings were announced by the medical department of the University of Goettingen where an international...
November 5, 2010
The discovery of a new gene variant by an EU-funded research team opens the way to improved treatment for high blood pressure sufferers, the European Commission said Thursday. "I congratulate all those involved in this excellent work," said Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, the commissioner for research, innovation and science. A Commission statement said one adult in four in the European Union suffers from high...
November 4, 2010
Nov. 04 - Home fertility tests may not be reliable predictors of a woman's ability to get pregnant, researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill have found. The group, led by Dr. Anne Z. Steiner, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, found that the do-it-yourself kits often indicated women would have difficulties, yet many had no problem conceiving. "Although the tests are out there, this is the first...
November 4, 2010
Nov. 04 - Her Asics laced up and her water bottle at her side, Meredith Dobrosielski stepped onto the treadmill for a robust half-hour walk. For the Towson runner, this wasn't just any trip to the gym. The session took place in a lab at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore. And each step offered information on the impact of exercise on her fetus. Dobrosielski is about 8 months pregnant....
November 4, 2010
Most women have had their husband or ex-husband tell them that they're crazy at one time or another - or as my dad likes to tell my mom, "You have CMS (Constant Premenstrual Symptoms)!" Although we laugh about these comments, some of us actually feel like the crazy woman they accuse us of being, and have no idea why we feel that way. Many different factors can indicate that something may not be right....
November 4, 2010
Nov. 04 - Flu season is here, and so are a number of free and low-cost clinics offering vaccines. The vaccine is critical for school-age children who are especially vulnerable when it comes to catching and spreading the flu, said Anthony Russell, a pediatrician with Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento. Lots of kids, however, don't like shots. So Russell offered tips for parents dealing with needle anxiety:...
November 4, 2010
Nov. 04 - A spate of suicides around the country by gay teens and young adults has directed the spotlight on depression. Dr. Meena Vimalananda, medical director of child and adolescent services at Sheppard Pratt Health System in Baltimore, calls depression a long and painful illness. She said the pain is deep and remains a source of shame for most people. But better understanding of the illness is...
November 4, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS - Annie Retter was so shaken by the hunger she witnessed on a recent trip to Africa that she slashed her food budget - and consumption - to send her savings there. Her sister did the same. Each has dropped more than 60 pounds thanks to the "Africa diet" they started in March. They now send $400 to $500 a month to a children's meal program in Namibia. "I hope this catches on," said Retter,...
November 4, 2010
Italian doctors have carried out the world's first robotically-assisted pancreatic transplant in an operation that could help diabetes sufferers everywhere, they said on Wednesday. The robotically-assisted operation "creates new prospects for the treatment of diabetics," because its "mini-invasive" nature strongly reduces post-operation complications, the team at the university hospital in Pisa said....
November 3, 2010
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