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CALGARY - A research program is being launched in Alberta that will focus on better diagnosis and treatment of heart failure. The program will seek out Albertans who suffer from cardiac trouble to take part in clinical research on a type of condition that occurs when the heart fails to relax properly between beats. Dr. Todd Anderson, a professor of medicine at the University of Calgary and the program's...
March 8, 2010
Mar. 8 - You don't have to tell Joan Raab about how knitting and crochet helped her through chemotherapy and its aftermath - twice. The Grand Island resident knows her hobbies made a difference in her health. "That really helped me through it, having some small piecework to work on," said Raab, who survived two bouts with breast cancer in the past 15 years. "If you have a hobby, it's easier to go through...
March 7, 2010
Mar. 8 - MANKATO - Weekly weigh-ins and occasional compliments from co-workers were enough encouragement to let Tiffany Kropetz know she's been making progress. It was a recent embrace from her husband, though, that made it clear her weight loss goals were becoming a reality. "He came home the other night and hugged me," she said. "He said, 'Until now, I didn't realize how much you've lost.'" Kropetz,...
March 7, 2010
From the day she brought her son Jack home from the hospital, Kim Leserman knew something wasn't quite right. Leserman and her family live a quarter-mile from the Pacific Ocean in Manhattan Beach, Calif., but Jack wouldn't touch sand. In preschool, the sight of finger paints made him gag. At night, he awoke whenever the furnace kicked on. Jack, who's now 9 and an A student, is much improved, his mother...
March 7, 2010
From the day she brought her son Jack home from the hospital, Kim Leserman knew something wasn't quite right. Leserman and her family live a quarter-mile from the Pacific Ocean in Manhattan Beach, Calif., but Jack wouldn't touch sand. In preschool, the sight of finger paints made him gag. At night, he awoke whenever the furnace kicked on. Jack, who's now 9 and an A student, is much improved, his mother...
March 7, 2010
Mar. 8 - Pete Eisenmann is running because his wife can't. Jen Eisenmann has cystic fibrosis. It is an inherited disease that causes thick mucus to build up in the lungs and digestive system. The mucus can cause life-threatening lung infections, obstructs the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down and absorb food. Jen has less than 50 percent of her lung capacity and even...
March 7, 2010
(MCT) The last mile of a race is always the longest. Years of work have culminated in the recent approval of sweeping food-safety legislation by the U.S. House of Representatives and by a key U.S. Senate committee, and now the finish line is in sight. There have been too many outbreaks of food-borne illness in recent years; many have been linked to otherwise healthy foods like spinach, peppers and...
March 7, 2010
Mar. 8 - SUNDAY MARCH 7, 2010 Bennington - Vermont Health officials praised their response Thursday to the recent Swine Flu outbreak. With cases of the much maligned flu strain, known as H1N1, receding, state and federal officials are now reviewing their response, but are being careful to note that the virus is still circulating. 'Flu is not over' "The flu is not over in Vermont. People are still getting...
March 7, 2010
Mar. 8 - Mary Wallace travels to Washington, D.C., this week to put a human face on the health care reform discussions in Congress. Wallace's doctors have told her she has two years to live if she doesn't get a lung transplant. She can't get on the transplant waiting list until she gets a pretransplant evaluation, but she can't get an evaluation because she doesn't have health insurance and can't afford...
March 7, 2010
Vegan celebs from Natalie Portman to new convert Ellen DeGeneres have made the plant-based life glam. But do they ever see the inside of a kitchen? A bumper crop of new vegan cookbooks gets you cooking, whether you're famous or your average vegan Joe. Tal Ronnen, the ascetic-looking chef who cooked for Oprah during her much-heralded 21-day vegan cleanse, has written "The Conscious Cook" (Morrow, $29.99)....
March 7, 2010
Mar. 8 - BRISTOL, Va. Though encouraged by the low number of current H1N1 flu cases across the region, area medical officials warn that it remains an unpredictable illness and they are urging residents to get the vaccine. "While we're cautiously optimistic about what we're seeing, we really have to remain on our guard," John Dreyzehner, director of the Cumberland Plateau Health District in Southwest...
March 7, 2010
From the day she brought her son Jack home from the hospital, Kim Leserman knew something wasn't quite right. Leserman and her family live a quarter-mile from the Pacific Ocean in Manhattan Beach, Calif., but Jack wouldn't touch sand. In preschool, the sight of finger paints made him gag. At night, he awoke whenever the furnace kicked on. Jack, who's now 9 and an A student, is much improved, his mother...
March 7, 2010
GENEVA - The United Nations says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015 if health programs receive increased investments as planned. Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, appealed to government and private donors to keep investing in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Michel D. Kazatchkine, the Global Fund's executive director, said Monday "it is also now possible...
March 7, 2010
Researchers are beginning to understand the ways in which being overweight or obese contributes to a downward spiral of inflammation that can trigger heart disease, diabetes and other ailments. Two recent papers help explain the connection. In one, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers at the University of California-San Francisco and the Gladstone Institute found that specialized...
March 7, 2010
All Americans are struggling to get more snooze time, but a report out today shows that race and cultural differences play a role in sleep-related habits. Today, the National Sleep Foundation releases its annual "Sleep in America Poll," which reveals how much sleep Americans are getting, what their bedtime habits are, and who's seeing the doctor and taking medications when sleep is elusive. This year,...
March 7, 2010
TRAIL, B.C. Surgeons at a Trail, B.C., hospital have come up with a unique response to operating room closures in their southeastern B.C. community. They plan to pay the salaries of operating room staff at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, in hopes of heading off the planned closure of one OR suite. Doctor Michael Hjekren says one of four operating rooms at the hospital is expected to be shut down...
March 5, 2010
Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carbohydrate weight loss plan. We're all hard-wired with DNA that controls how we burn and store calories from various foods, and the test claims to sort out this machinery. A study this week found that women on diets well-matched to their genes, as defined...
March 5, 2010
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. The chief of Newfoundland's largest health board says a better way needs to be found to learn more about published medical articles that could affect its policies. Eastern Health CEO Vicki Kaminski is responding today to revelations that an article published in 2005 identified problems related to the testing of patients' blood. Kaminski says the German article was "highly technical"...
March 5, 2010
Mar. 5 - A computer programming error caused West Penn Allegheny Health System's laboratory to send physicians incorrect interpretations of prostate cancer tests for 288 patients over 15 months. Hospital officials say physicians who ordered the tests were advised about the errors in recent weeks. They were sent revised, corrected interpretations, said Dr. Jan F. Silverman, chairman of the Department...
March 5, 2010
WASHINGTON - Germs in the digestive tract may help drive appetite, says new research into the link between obesity and bacteria. Previous studies show overweight people and normal-weight people harbour different types and amounts of microbes that naturally reside in the intestine. To determine why, scientists are peering into mice. Emory University researchers noticed that mice with an altered immune...
March 5, 2010
Mar. 5 - Cancer rates are "significantly elevated" in Crestwood, according to a new state report that focuses on a south suburb where residents unwittingly drank contaminated water for more than two decades. Prompted by a Tribune investigation that revealed the village's secret use of its tainted well, the Illinois Department of Public Health looked at cancer cases in Crestwood between 1994 and 2006...
March 5, 2010
Mar. 5 - Anchorage high school students are continuing a years-long trend of making smarter, safer choices when it comes to drugs, alcohol and sex, according to survey results released Thursday by the Anchorage School District. The 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows improved data in most categories. Among the findings: - 23 percent of high schoolers say they binge drink. 42 percent of high schoolers...
March 5, 2010
Mar. 4 - MOULTRIE - The Georgia Department of Education has honored several Colquitt County Schools for reaching high levels of student participation in the 2007-2008 school year. The criteria by which schools are recognized for breakfast participation is 57 percent and above at the elementary level, 40 percent and above at the middle school level, and high school would have to meet or exceed 29 percent...
March 4, 2010
Mar. 4 - MOULTRIE - The Georgia Department of Education has honored several Colquitt County Schools for reaching high levels of student participation in the 2007-2008 school year. The criteria by which schools are recognized for breakfast participation is 57 percent and above at the elementary level, 40 percent and above at the middle school level, and high school would have to meet or exceed 29 percent...
March 3, 2010
Mar. 3 - This may not come as a surprise to anyone except teenagers, but it turns out their brains are not as rational as adult brains. A pediatric neurologist and mom decided to find out why her sons "morphed into another being" when they reached their mid teens and learned it's the way they're wired. National Public Radio interviewed Boston neurologist/mom Frances Jensen Monday morning and offered...
March 3, 2010
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