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While "drunkorexia" is not a medical term, it has become easily understood slang for the practice of swapping food calories for those in alcohol. And as the college semester is in full swing, campus counselors hear the term in the context of alcohol education and eating disorders. "It's a sensationalized term, but it's a tangible idea for students," acknowledges Emily Hedstrom-Lieser of the Drug, Alcohol...
October 18, 2010
Binge drinking among adolescents and young adults is not new, but authorities are warning about a dangerous new twist with an increased use of spiked energy drinks that deliver a potent mix of stimulants and booze. The fruity drinks, such as Four Loko, lead to a quick and intense high that has been dubbed "blackout in a can." Ramapo College this month banned the caffeinated alcoholic beverages, tightened...
October 15, 2010
By Rob Stein The Washington Post WASHINGTON Federal health officials on Thursday announced a crackdown on a controversial therapy widely hawked on the Internet and elsewhere as an alternative treatment for conditions such as autism, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease by "cleansing" the body. The Food and Drug Administration said it has sent warning letters to several companies notifying them...
October 15, 2010
FREDERICK, Md. The Army says it has discovered a simple blood test that can diagnose mild traumatic brain damage or concussion, a hard-to-detect injury that can affect young athletes, infants with "shaken baby syndrome" and combat troops. "This is huge," said Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the Army vice chief of staff. Army Col. Dallas Hack, who has oversight of the research, says recent data show the blood...
October 15, 2010
TAMPA The tough restrictions in a new state law regulating pain clinics include a seemingly simple provision: Limit the number of prescriptions for powerful, controlled drugs a physician can write in one day. But it's easier said than done. Members of the state medical boards met Thursday in Tampa to devise a cap that left no one completely satisfied. The proposal: Each physician working full time...
October 15, 2010
Oct. 15 - 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 15, 2010
(MCT) Brent McCreesh is a happy, healthy second grader, but if he were born 10 years ago he might not have even made it to preschool. Brent was diagnosed with neuroblastoma - an aggressive cancer - when he was just 2 years old. Thanks in part, however, to a medicine created from molecules identified in an African flower, an American mayapple tree and a soil bacterium, doctors were able to save his...
October 14, 2010
Hispanics live longer than whites or blacks, according to the first-ever life expectancy data for the U.S. Hispanic population, which were released Wednesday. The research by the National Center for Health Statistics is an important confirmation of the "Hispanic mortality paradox." On average, Hispanics outlive whites by 2.5 years and blacks by 7.7 years, according to the report. Their life expectancy...
October 14, 2010
Oct. 14 - Few Americans realize there's a vaccine against tuberculosis. It's not used here, but 120 million infants get the shot every year in parts of the world where the disease is common - including Africa, Asia and some European countries. The problem is, it doesn't work very well. Called BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guerin), the vaccine provides partial protection against a virulent form of the disease,...
October 14, 2010
CHICAGO - If you knew you had one year to live, would you have medical tests you didn't need? Turns out a surprising number of patients with late-stage cancer get useless screening tests for new cancers that couldn't possibly kill them. A new study of Medicare patients with cancers so advanced they had limited life expectancies and little hope of cure reveals "a culture of screening on autopilot,"...
October 13, 2010
The grueling boot-camp workouts on NBC's The Biggest Loser help contestants lose large amounts of body fat while preserving their muscle mass, a new study shows. Participants on the show do intense aerobic and strength-training exercises for four to six hours a day and follow a low-calorie diet as viewers watch the pounds melt away. But how does all this affect the dieters' body composition and metabolism?...
October 13, 2010
Oct. 13 - During her first run for Congress in 2008, Ottumwa ophthalmologist Mariannette Miller-Meeks made passing portable, affordable and accessible health care legislation a top priority. Even before the legislation ultimately passed this past March after a nearly yearlong debate, Miller-Meeks was ready to renew her effort to fix the broken health care system. She watched what Congress was doing...
October 13, 2010
Washington (dpa) - A NASA flight surgeon praised the ongoing rescue of the 33 miners who have been trapped underground for more than two months Wednesday, but said much still remains to be done as officials continued to haul the men up to the surface. James Polk, who consulted with Chilean officials as part of the NASA team that provided advice about spending months in confined spaces, cautioned that...
October 13, 2010
WASHINGTON - A new report suggests U.S. manufacturers should cut the clutter on the front of food packages and focus on the nutrients that cause the most health problems: calories, saturated fat, trans fat and sodium. As most consumers can attest, a trip to the grocery store these days includes a confusing blast of messages on food labels. Many companies highlight a food's beneficial ingredients ?????...
October 13, 2010
Oct. 13 - The award-winning nutrition theater show FoodPlay will bring its healthy eating and active lifestyles message to elementary students in Ruidoso next week. A cast of colorful characters, amazing feats of juggling, hip-hop music, and audience participation will try to show good eating is great fun and a serious matter. In the last 20 years, childhood obesity rates in the country have doubled...
October 13, 2010
Oct. 13 - It took Jennifer Lombardi nearly five years to overcome anorexia. Lombardi, 39, grew up in Porterville, south of Merced County. She was 17 when she became anorexic. At that time, there was limited treatment in the Valley, and insurance companies didn't cover the treatment, she recalled. That has changed. Insurance companies are now able to pay for treatment under the Mental Health Parity...
October 13, 2010
McLOUTH, Kan. Amid the crash of pads and grunts of effort three Friday nights ago, several of McLouth High's football players heard a telltale pop. Trevor Roberts did not. Nor did the senior receiver feel any immediate pain, he says, when his awkwardly planted left leg gave way, two bones snapping like matchsticks and jabbing through the skin as he was tackled during a game just outside of Wichita....
October 13, 2010
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court justices struggled Tuesday with how to protect children from potentially dangerous side effects of vaccines yet avoid exposing drugmakers to a flood of groundless litigation. No consensus emerged during robust arguments in the Pennsylvania case bought by the parents of a child who suffered seizures after a vaccination. The dispute tests whether a 1986 law establishing a special...
October 13, 2010
Ten million people will die of tuberculosis in the next five years if global funding to fight the disease is not increased, the Stop TB Partnership warned Wednesday. The Partnership, a coalition of governments, non-profits, companies and international organisations, said 47 billion dollars are needed to save five million lives between now and 2015, including two million women and children. Each year,...
October 13, 2010
SCITUATE When Jane McGovern learned she had breast cancer at age 46, she wasn't that surprised. After all, she knew lots of women with cancer. But the Scituate mother of three was shocked to learn that she carried a gene that greatly increased her risk of not just breast, but ovarian cancer. "There's so much breast cancer, so I thought, 'Now it's my turn," said McGovern, a former aide for special needs...
October 13, 2010
Oct. 13 - Local health organizations are trying to instill in children the building blocks of flu prevention with a simple lesson about washing hands and covering coughs. Hillcrest Medical Center and the Tulsa City-County Health Department on Tuesday launched their annual public awareness campaign to combat flu. They taught a class at Kendall-Whittier Elementary on how to properly cough and reminded...
October 13, 2010
Oct. 12 - It's that time of the year where children share space at class, church and at athletic events. They can also share diseases, and not just with other children. "What we learned last year with influenza is that kids tend to be the vector or host for that because they are in the classrooms and sporting events," said Robin Iszler, administrator of Central Valley Health District. Children oftentimes...
October 12, 2010
Oct. 11 - JOHNSTOWN - Dr. Paul V. Woolley remembers when a radical mastectomy was the only accepted treatment for the smallest breast cancer tumor. "You took off the breast, all of the underlying muscle and all of the lymph nodes," Woolley said at Conemaugh Cancer Care Center in Johnstown. Today, minimally invasive lumpectomies are the norm, illustrating one of hundreds of advances that have defined...
October 12, 2010
Persons addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers can get help kicking their habit by using an implanted device under the skin that delivers small doses of medication, researchers reported Tuesday. A study led by Walter Ling of the University of California-Los Angeles found that persons receiving the implants of buprenorphine had more success in ending their dependence on opioids, which include...
October 12, 2010
By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL WESTWOOD - No one knows the exact causes of breast cancer or why one woman develops breast cancer and another one doesn't. However, research has shown women with certain risk factors are more likely to develop the disease. "We describe risks as average, high or hereditary," said Jennifer Klemp, assistant professor at The University of Kansas and managing director of...
October 11, 2010
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