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Apr. 20 - At St. Joseph Medical Center Community Campus, Sixth and Walnut streets, nurse Valerie Hains began praising a certain doctor as "compassionate, caring and deserving of every recognition she gets." About a half-hour later, another doctor, Accamma Joy, described the same colleague as "someone who knows how to be a mother, a doctor and a friend." Twice, the doctor being extolled blushed and...
April 20, 2010
Your 8-year-old never stands up for herself among friends or siblings. How do you keep her from getting walked all over? Parent advice: Help bolster your child's confidence by involving her in activities she enjoys. Also, discuss situations where she failed to find her voice and help her practice what it sounds like to speak up. Dawn Lantero We had the same issue with my 8-year-old, who was tallest...
April 20, 2010
NEW YORK - The NFL is donating US$1 million for the study of brain injuries to Boston University School of Medicine. The money will support the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy's research into the long-term effects of repetitive brain trauma in athletes, particularly football players. The NFL is the first sports league to financially support this research at the school. CSTE researchers...
April 19, 2010
Apr. 20 - HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED infections can debilitate or kill patients, and dealing with the infections costs money. St. Joseph Medical Center thought that was enough reason to shed extra light on the matter. That's why it partnered early this year with Sodexo, an environmental services company headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., to institute a new cleaning system with a tool that emits ultraviolet...
April 19, 2010
Medical marijuana is casting a cloud of confusion over Corporate America. Pot is legal in 14 states as a prescription painkiller, leaving employers struggling to reconcile zero-tolerance drug policies with a patient's right to get high. Human resources managers are grappling with such questions as whether random drug tests constitute discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, what they...
April 19, 2010
A common osteoporosis drug, raloxifene, reduces breast cancer risk by 38% in women at high risk for the disease, without causing the serious side effects of similar drugs, a new study shows. That suggests more high-risk women should consider taking raloxifene, also known as Evista, says Victor Vogel, main author of the study presented Monday at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in...
April 19, 2010
Apr. 20 - Third of four parts One afternoon last month, Nick Ruggeri had big-band music piping through an iPod and a massage therapist rubbing his feet. Those kinds of things help pass the time while he's undergoing chemotherapy and calcium infusions at the Riverside Cancer Care Center. "It means a lot to us. We have so little to be thankful for that these little things really help," Ruggeri said of...
April 19, 2010
Apr. 20 - Last year's outbreak of H1N1 resulted in a higher toll on young, overweight minorities, say researchers at Intermountain Medical Center (IMC), who argue that not putting this population at the front of the vaccination line may have cost lives, and cost hospitals and taxpayers millions of dollars. Children, pregnant women and people with lung problems were given first priority for H1N1 vaccinations,...
April 19, 2010
GENEVA - The World Health Organization says the ash cloud over Europe poses no health risk beyond areas close to the volcano in Iceland. Dr. Carlos Dora of WHO says air quality monitoring shows pollution from the ash cloud isn't arriving at ground level in most of Europe. The message was in stark contrast to WHO's warning last week that Europeans should stay indoors if ash from the volcano starts settling...
April 19, 2010
Sun Sentinel (MCT) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Some people view swine flu as a hyped health scare created by the government and the medical industry. Aubrey Opdyke isn't one of them. One year after the H1N1 virus touched off a world epidemic, the former waitress from West Palm Beach, Fla., is still healing from a bout with the flu that claimed the life of her unborn baby, almost killed her and kept her in...
April 19, 2010
In Rocco DiSpirito's new cookbook, the celebrity chef gives recipes for family favorites such as macaroni and cheese and chicken tenders a healthy twist. DiSpirito revamped these traditional recipes in "Now Eat This! 150 of America's Favorite Comfort Foods All Under 350 Calories" (Ballantine, $22), his sixth cookbook. The goal of the book, DiSpirito wrote, was to take on what he calls "downfall dishes."...
April 19, 2010
Munich (dpa) - Many obese people do not feel happy even when they have lost weight. They may have managed to shed kilos of fat through surgical intervention such as a gastric band, but they now face an aesthetic problem: they are carrying too much skin on their bodies. In many cases losing weight often means visiting a plastic surgeon later. But that does not apply to all patients. Cosmetic surgery...
April 18, 2010
Once there was a chicken in every pot. Now there's a boneless, skinless chicken breast in every skillet. Economical, versatile and quick-cooking chicken breasts are often what's for dinner. They're a good source of lean protein, with less total fat, saturated fat and cholesterol per ounce than beef, according to USDA's Nutrient Database. The biggest complaint you hear about chicken breast is that it's...
April 18, 2010
Munich (dpa) - Pregnant women should watch for signs of thrombosis because the risk of developing the condition is much greater when a woman is expecting a baby, Germany's professional association for gynaecologists says. Swelling, pain, sensitivity to pressure or a bluish colour in one of the legs are indications of thrombosis, said Klaus Koenig of the Munich-based association. Thrombosis occurs when...
April 18, 2010
Rachel Lehmann-Haupt was 37 when she froze her eggs, a process technically known as oocyte cryopreservation. She knew it wouldn't guarantee her fertility. But the San Francisco-based writer had just ended a relationship and knew she wanted kids. "I wanted to buy biological time," said Lehmann-Haupt, now 40 and still childless. "The older I get, the more I think, 'God, maybe the eggs I froze will be...
April 18, 2010
Have you noticed that people with feelings of low self-worth often inflict abusive behavior on others? It's hard to imagine that someone who likes himself with slam or hurt someone else. When people are down on themselves, this triggers feelings of anger. For example, domestic violence escalates when people start losing their jobs. A policeman we'll call Paul told us he slapped his wife a couple of...
April 18, 2010
Elizabeth Stein is a leading midwife in New York City and, in addition to educating and coaching moms through pregnancies and deliveries in person, she gives out advice to expectant moms on her Web site, askyourmidwife.com. As a leading expert and practitioner of modern midwifery with master's degrees in nursing and public health, Stein said she is concerned with giving moms the information they need...
April 18, 2010
Apr. 19 - Bliss Relay for Life raises money to fight cancer The El Paso public is invited to join in the Fort Bliss Relay for Life, a 24-hour cancer fundraiser, from 7 p.m. April 30 to 7 p.m. May 1 at the Stout Gym track on post. The event will begin by remembering loved ones and celebrating survivors. The fundraiser will include music, food, entertainment, camping and walking. Survivors will share...
April 18, 2010
Apr. 19 - What shall it profit a woman if she loses more than 100 pounds but gains a national reputation as a ruthless schemer, courtesy of the NBC reality show The Biggest Loser? Well, if you're Tracey Yukich of Allen, you focus on the positives, including wearing size 4 instead of 22, and planning to run in today's Boston Marathon less than a year after collapsing on a mile run. Yukich credits her...
April 18, 2010
Apr. 19 - Talk about some losers. First Buckley's restaurant co-owner Ken Dick lost 18 pounds, then he challenged his customers to the Buckley's Big Belly Bust so they could lose weight with him. While more than 1,700 responded enthusiastically, he cut the number to 60, losing more than 1,500 willing participants. But he lost about 18 of those 60 immediately - they never showed up for the first weigh-in....
April 18, 2010
McLEAN, Va. Bob Blackwell and his wife, Carol, settle comfortably in for tea and cookies at a Barnes & Noble cafe. They're the kind of couple you'd like to have as your grandparents: kind, caring and generous. But on this mid-March afternoon, they're a bit weary, too. They've just come off a busy week in Washington, D.C., advocating for Alzheimer's disease, a memory-destroying condition that Bob was...
April 16, 2010
Apr. 14 - It seems a shame to have large amounts of unused and expensive prescription drugs and have to throw them out. But that is the safest thing to do, says David Hale, agent-in-charge with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control. Giving prescriptions to other people is not a good idea. "Technically, that's illegal," Hale said. For one thing, you never know if somebody might...
April 15, 2010
Maybe you can't cry over spilled milk, but that doesn't mean you can't have big fights if it's unpasteurized. To a small but dedicated community, it's "raw milk," a life-giving, vitamin and enzyme-rich miracle cure for asthma, gastrointestinal disorders and multiple other illnesses. The viewpoint, championed in the past decade by the Weston A. Price Foundation, which follows the nutritional teachings...
April 14, 2010
Underscoring what researchers call a serious global public health concern, results from a new study led by Columbia University Medical Center reveal that many women at an elevated level of risk for osteoporosis-associated fractures fail to perceive the implications of the risk factors (see also Columbia University Medical Center). "We found that many women aren't making the connection between their...
April 14, 2010
Apr. 15 - PLATTSBURGH - Talk before they drink, says Jessica Mathews. As project coordinator for the Plattsburgh Campus and Community Partnership, she works with community organizations to help reduce drug use and drinking among young people. She thinks conversation is key. "Parents need to talk to their kids before they start drinking," Mathews said. The program just got renewed for its second, five-year...
April 14, 2010
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