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People who smoke heavily in middle age could more than double their risk for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia 20 years later, according to research by Finnish experts published in a US journal. It has been documented that smoking increases the risk of most diseases and mortality, but some studies have shown that smoking can reduce the chances of developing Parkinson's disease and other...
October 26, 2010
Oct. 25 - Following a report that nine Central Washington University students were hospitalized after drinking a popular beverage containing caffeine and alcohol, Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna said Monday he has asked the FDA to ban the sale of such products. "It's time to bring an end to the sale of alcoholic energy drinks," said McKenna. "They're marketed to kids by using fruit flavors...
October 26, 2010
CHICAGO - Soon after Valerie Berry was diagnosed with breast cancer, her thoughts turned to money. Even with private health insurance covering 80 percent of her costs, the bills soon stacked up. Her out-of-pocket share for the first three months of treatment added up to $8,000. "It was scary," said Berry, 45, of Chicago, an administrative assistant who was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer in April....
October 26, 2010
CHICAGO - Abbott Laboratories said Friday it would withdraw the diet drug Meridia, less than a month after it failed to win over a safety advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed the North Chicago-based drug giant's decision, saying Abbott withdrew the drug because of "clinical trial data indicating an increased risk of heart attack and...
October 25, 2010
CHICAGO - Abbott Laboratories said Friday it would withdraw the diet drug Meridia, less than a month after it failed to win over a safety advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed the North Chicago-based drug giant's decision, saying Abbott withdrew the drug because of "clinical trial data indicating an increased risk of heart attack and...
October 25, 2010
Haiti's cholera epidemic has stabilized with only six new fatalities reported in the last 24-hour period, health officials said Monday. There have been "259 deaths, 3,342 hospitalisations," said Gabriel Thimote, director general of Haiti's health department, updating Sunday's toll of 253 dead and 3,115 infections. cre/ag/mac COPYRIGHT 2002 Agence France-Presse. All rights reserved.
October 25, 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti/Geneva (dpa) - At least 150 people have died in a suspected cholera outbreak north of the Haitian capital Port-au- Prince, United Nations officials in Geneva said Friday. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health authorities in Haiti reported that 1,526 people had fallen ill in the Lower Artibonte region. Symptoms included acute diarrhea and vomiting. "Cholera has...
October 22, 2010
Oct. 22 - SEOUL - Ahn, a 29-year-old designer, heaved a sigh of relief after a recent health checkup. During a mammogram test, a tiny tumor was detected in her left breast but it was not a malignant one that should be removed. "I hadn't imagined that I could suffer breast cancer at my age. I'm still worried because the doctor advised me to receive an examination again in six months for any progression...
October 22, 2010
An outbreak of cholera was to blame for dozens of deaths in Haiti in recent days, a health official said Thursday. "The first results from the lab tests show that there is cholera, but we don't know which type," an official from the public health ministry told AFP, asking to remain anonymous. "The government and the health authorities are meeting at the moment and an announcement will be made," he...
October 21, 2010
Oct. 21 - NEW DELHI - Malaria kills 205,000 people in India annually, a figure more than 13 times higher than UN estimates, research released Thursday said. The study, published in the Lancet medical journal, raised doubts about the total number of malaria deaths reported worldwide. The UN's World Health Organization (WHO) estimated 881,000 malaria deaths per year globally, of which 91 per cent occur...
October 21, 2010
Dear Dr. Gott: I'm a 70-year-old female. When I was a child in a small town in Maryland, I can remember every spring having to go and get a dreaded tick shot. I never remember getting a tick on me. Now I live in Virginia. I take ticks off me every day in the season for them, but no one ever mentions those dreaded tick shots. I don't hear of anyone dying of tick fever anymore. Are ticks not as dangerous...
October 21, 2010
Based on early studies, researchers reported Wednesday that there may be reason to think that mental illnesses such as depression could be treated with gene therapy. Severe depression afflicts at least one in 15 adults nationwide. The study, in the Science Translational Medicine journal, of mice and human brain cells finds that a deficit of a protein called "p11" may play a role in depression and that...
October 21, 2010
Low doses of aspirin, taken daily and over the long term, cut cases of colorectal cancer by a quarter and the death toll from this disease by a third, according to a study published online on Friday by The Lancet. Aspirin is already recommended in low, daily doses by many doctors for patients at risk of a heart attack or a stroke. High doses of this cheap, over-the-counter medication have similarly...
October 21, 2010
Menopausal women taking combined hormone therapy have an elevated risk of being diagnosed with a more advanced stage of breast cancer and dying from it, according to a new US study. Researchers conducted a new analysis of a landmark, federally funded clinical trial known as the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), which was halted in 2002 after data suggested women who took a combination of estrogen and...
October 20, 2010
ATLANTA - As the flu season approaches, public health officials are recommending that everyone over six months of age get a flu shot this year. This is the first time that the flu vaccine has been recommended for all adults, said Diane Watson, director of Georgia's office of immunization. Children and the elderly have long been urged to get a flu vaccine, since getting the flu is especially risky for...
October 20, 2010
Oct. 20 - St. Louis University is taking part in two national vaccine studies that could lead to better protection of babies against influenza. One study involves examining whether vaccinated pregnant women pass their immunity against the flu to their newborn infant. The other involves testing whether babies and toddlers would fare better with a stronger flu vaccine. Currently, children between the...
October 20, 2010
Malaria kills more than 200,000 people in India each year, 13 times higher than UN estimates, according to a paper published online Thursday by The Lancet. The UN's World Health Organisation (WHO) says that the malarial death toll in India, the most populous country where the disease is endemic, is around 15,000 annually, comprising 5,000 children and 10,000 adults. But the new study says the WHO's...
October 20, 2010
Oct. 20 - Concussions in athletes sometimes are never diagnosed, either because the athlete hides what happened or because the traumas are minor enough in isolation that they don't cause symptoms until the effects build up over time. After an emergency-room visit, athletes sometimes don't get followup, said emergency physician Dr. Jeffrey Bazarian of the University of Rochester, N.Y., Medical Center,...
October 20, 2010
Oct. 20 - PLYMOUTH - "15,000 Steps to a Stronger You" is the latest offering at Levels Gym in this village. At 9 a.m. Saturday, the gym will offer a free walk from its headquarters on the square to the Willard city park - about seven miles, or 15,000 steps, owner Bruce Tanner said. Subway is catering a free, healthy meal for walkers at the park. Walkers will also get a free T-shirt. You do not have...
October 20, 2010
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. I get one of five responses when I tell people I am mentally ill: 1. The nervous laugh. 2. The weather report. 3. Been there/done that. 4. Deer in the headlights. 5. So what? If I simply say I have alcoholism, depression or bipolar disorder, I get a much different response than if I say, "I am mentally ill." The words "mentally ill" freak out some people. I respect all the responses...
October 20, 2010
Men who have prostate cancer have a higher risk of developing colon cancer than men who don't have prostate cancer, US researchers said Tuesday. Researchers at the University at Buffalo (UB) in New York state found in a study of more than 2,000 men that patients diagnosed with prostate cancer had significantly more abnormal colon polyps, known as adenomas, and advanced adenomas than men without prostate...
October 19, 2010
A new study published on Wednesday boosts suspicions that a child's risk of allergies could be linked to the season that coincides with the first three months of pregnancy. Researchers cast an eye over the health records of 5,920 children born between 2001 and 2006 in the southern Finnish province of South Karelia, 961 of whom were given skin tests for allergies by the age of four. Among these, 10...
October 19, 2010
Cologne, Germany (dpa) - Even in the autumn months children should spend time each day in the open air to keep up their reserves of vitamin D. "Regular, measured exposure to sunlight is an important source of vitamin D for the body," explains Ulrich Fegeler of Germany's Association of Paediatricians and Youth Medicine. Just 15 to 20 minutes a day is sufficient and only the face, hands and lower arms...
October 18, 2010
San Francisco - If doctors are ever going to find a way to attack and even cure Alzheimer's disease, they first need to know how to diagnose it - ideally years, maybe even decades, before patients are symptomatic and their brain has been irreparably damaged. That's why researchers around the country are intrigued by several promising new studies that highlight techniques for identifying Alzheimer's...
October 18, 2010
It's official: Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation died today. The American Heart Association (AHA) today issued new guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, better known as CPR, making rapid chest compressions the mainstay of basic life support for bystanders trying to revive people whose hearts have stopped. Doctors say the AHA's change marks the end of the organization's advocacy of a practice believed...
October 18, 2010
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