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Australian medical researchers said Tuesday they have made advances that could see pig lungs transplanted into humans within a decade. Pig organs have previously been unsuitable for use in life-saving operations because they stop functioning once in contact with human blood. But researchers at The Alfred hospital in Melbourne have been able to get around that problem after a separate team at St Vincent's...
February 17, 2010
SACRAMENTO, Calif. They are both Harvard-educated and in their late 30s - he a cardiologist, she a pediatrician. They have three children, a boy and two girls, with a fourth on the way. They have a spacious home in Sacramento's Pocket neighborhood. Such a charmed life. Such blessings to count. Such a model family. What you wouldn't know until you cross the threshold at Howard and Tracey Dinh's home...
February 16, 2010
SACRAMENTO, Calif. They are both Harvard-educated and in their late 30s - he a cardiologist, she a pediatrician. They have three children, a boy and two girls, with a fourth on the way. They have a spacious home in Sacramento's Pocket neighborhood. Such a charmed life. Such blessings to count. Such a model family. What you wouldn't know until you cross the threshold at Howard and Tracey Dinh's home...
February 16, 2010
SACRAMENTO, Calif. They are both Harvard-educated and in their late 30s - he a cardiologist, she a pediatrician. They have three children, a boy and two girls, with a fourth on the way. They have a spacious home in Sacramento's Pocket neighborhood. Such a charmed life. Such blessings to count. Such a model family. What you wouldn't know until you cross the threshold at Howard and Tracey Dinh's home...
February 16, 2010
When Leonor Childers' heart quit, it wasn't without reason. Childers, 46, a mother of four, was pregnant with her second set of twins when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. What followed would tax any heart, she says: "A mastectomy, chemotherapy, an emergency C-section, more chemotherapy and six weeks of radiation." Two weeks later, Childers suffered cardiac arrest. "It's hard to pinpoint what...
February 16, 2010
WASHINGTON - Nearly half the people who need potentially lifesaving checks for colorectal cancer miss them, despite years of public effort in the United States to make colon screening as widespread as tests for breast and prostate cancer. But what if you opened your mailbox one day to find an at-home test kit, no doctor's appointment needed? The dreaded colonoscopy may get the most attention but a...
February 16, 2010
Feb. 16 - QSource has been awarded $7.3 million by the federal government to establish Tennessee's center to help health care professionals get electronic health records. The funds are part of a $1 billion national award from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to establish 70 such centers across the U.S. and expand the use of electronic health records. These centers will help health care organizations,...
February 15, 2010
Feb. 16 - PLATTSBURGH - The response to a request for volunteers for a long-term cancer study far exceeded expectations. The American Cancer Society held a volunteer sign-up session for Cancer Prevention Study 3 during last summer's Relay for Life fundraiser at the Clinton County Fairgrounds. As participants focused their energies on raising funds for and awareness of cancer research, they also had...
February 15, 2010
States are moving to ban the chemical BPA from food and drink containers, mainly those meant for infants and toddlers, because of health concerns. A dozen states are considering restrictions on bisphenol A, an estrogen-like chemical used to harden plastics in products such as bottles and cups. BPA is also in the linings of metal cans, including infant formula, to help them withstand high sterilization...
February 15, 2010
Feb. 16 - Proponents of abstinence-only sex education declared victory earlier this month after a study from the University of Pennsylvania found that a program for Philadelphia sixth and seventh graders deterred young teens from having sex. Abstinence Clearinghouse, an advocacy group, proclaimed on its Web site that the study proved "comprehensive sex ed a big flop." Not so fast, says the study's...
February 15, 2010
In George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984, a memorable scene follows the protagonist (working at the satirically named Ministry of Truth) as he rewrites the news to erase a man's life and work from history. That's what Richard Horton, editor of the British medical journal The Lancet, just attempted when he retracted a case series report by Dr. Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues at the Royal Free Hospital...
February 15, 2010
Feb. 16 - Just a few hours after contemplating suicide, Lindsey Johnson found herself in the bright lights of a hospital mental ward, where belts and shoelaces were forbidden and doors were locked tight. "I was terrified," she said, recalling the days after her mental breakdown this winter. "I knew I didn't belong there." Fewer and fewer patients do, according to therapists who work with the seriously...
February 15, 2010
Feb. 16 - RALEIGH - At least four of the roughly 150 people who fell ill during a YMCA conference in downtown Raleigh over the weekend have a norovirus that probably caused their nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, health officials said Monday. Investigators are still trying to determine the source of the virus and whether and how it spread among the 1,000 or so participants in the YMCA's 17th annual statewide...
February 15, 2010
What's in your body? A number of chemicals are becoming more worrisome. Even as the chemical industry and manufacturers tell us we are safe, the evidence against several widely used chemicals keeps mounting. In December, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa P. Jackson gave testimony before the Senate committee on environment and public works. She said that while it's the EPA's job to...
February 14, 2010
A large minority of male condom users complain that ill-fitting prophylactics are liable to split and break during intercourse and be a sexual turnoff, researchers said on Tuesday. US investigators analysed questionnaires completed by 436 men between the ages of 18 and 67 who had been recruited via ads in newspapers and a blog on the website of a condom sales company. The volunteers had used condoms...
February 14, 2010
To celebrate February as National Heart Month, this week's recipe selections all follow the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) dietary pattern. Studies show that following the DASH pattern, which emphasizes fruits, vegetables, low fat dairy and minimizes saturated fat and sodium, can lower blood pressure and even eliminate the need for medication. While originally designed for people at...
February 14, 2010
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. By this summer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will have launched its most sweeping safety reforms in a decade for the food it buys for school lunches. But much work remains to ensure that food purchased for the National School Lunch Program - in particular, ground beef - is "as safe, wholesome and high quality" as the best commercial products, USDA official Craig Morris told...
February 14, 2010
Each year, about 1 in 5,000 babies born in the U.S. suffers from a birth defect called gastroschisis, in which part of the intestines bulges through a separation in the belly. While still considered rare, this birth defect is on the rise. And researchers are particularly concerned about the high rates of gastroschnisis that occur in agricultural areas. According to a study presented at the annual meeting...
February 14, 2010
In the tradition of America's First Ladies selecting specific causes to promote, Obama announced Feb. 9 she would launch a major initiative next month to combat childhood obesity. "Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in this country have tripled," said Obama in a press release. "Today, obesity and excess weight threaten the health of one out of three American children. It's time for...
February 14, 2010
All you Homer Simpson disciples will be heartened to know that, contrary to the stereotype, beer has its nutritious aspects. Everything in moderation, of course. Try our quiz on beer: 1. According to researchers in Heidelberg, Germany, beer has antioxidant qualities - specifically the flavonoids xanthohumol and isoxanthohumol. What percentage of the flavonoids come from barley? a) 92 b) 80 c) 67 2....
February 12, 2010
Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore has pledged to fight maternal mortality by lifting financial barriers to proper care during childbirth, rights group Amnesty International said Friday. Compaore met a delegation from the human rights body after they published a report detailing the problems women face in the west African country over pregnancy and childbirth. "The lifting of financial barriers...
February 12, 2010
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission warned consumers Friday they may be paying for that winter tan long after they have left the tanning salon. It issued a report that found dangerous levels of ultraviolet radiation in 14 per cent of tanning beds in the European Union and safety violations such as insufficient warnings about radiation hazards or missing cautions that tanning beds should not...
February 12, 2010
Feb. 11 - TRAVERSE CITY - The Petty household remains free of body aches, fever, coughs and sneezes. And Angie Petty wants to keep it that way. She plans to ensure her children receive a second dose of the H1N1 vaccine, recommended by physicians to fend off the so-called swine flu strain that sickened thousands nationwide over the past year. "We got the first one, so we might as well get them fully...
February 11, 2010
Feb. 12 - WAUKESHA - Lyuba was not typical of the subjects Jason Polzin examines with X-ray, CT or MRI machines at GE Healthcare. She had slightly shriveled skin the color of infield dirt. Her eyes were frozen shut, her trunk curled. Her 110-pound body carried a faint whiff of formaldehyde. In truth, she looked quite good for a 42,000-year-old, especially one who apparently died after sinking into...
February 11, 2010
Feb. 12 - One of the hottest new alternatives to smoking - electronic cigarettes - may deliver little of the nicotine they promise, a study at Virginia Commonwealth University is finding. And because they lack the jolt of tobacco cigarettes, users may be modifying the electronic devices to deliver more toxic nicotine, VCU researcher Thomas Eissenberg said yesterday. The study, to be presented this...
February 11, 2010
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