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(MCT) First lady Michelle Obama's announcement this week of creating a national movement to tackle the epidemic of childhood obesity has raised an issue that is crucial to our economic future. Every single year, obesity costs our economy more than half as much as the recent recession did in its first 12 months. Aside from being a major health problem and a personal tragedy for tens of millions of Americans,...
February 11, 2010
Like every other diet program out there, Keri Glassman's antioxidant-based "O2 Diet" promises to make you thin and beautiful. And it's easy: Just eat foods that have high antioxidant levels. But the scale used in the book to determine antioxidant levels is not perfect, the author admits, and antioxidant research is, relatively speaking, still in its infancy. We asked the experts to explain antioxidants...
February 11, 2010
Feb. 12 - Cristina McShane is 25 and an exceptionally fit long-distance runner. But a year ago, a rare heart condition left her hospitalized and needing a pacemaker. McShane, an Orlando physician's assistant at a cardiology practice, knew that she faced a dilemma: If she didn't get the pacemaker, the random pauses in her heartbeat would lead to continued blackouts, leaving her unable to drive and severely...
February 11, 2010
Feb. 11 - Those baby fat dimples may look adorable, but they also could be a sign that an infant may blossom into an overweight teen someday. A local researcher has tagged the age of 2 as a "tipping point" when children begin outweighing their peers on their journey to becoming obese, with some children outpacing their peers as early as 3 months of age. Local pediatrician John Harrington was the principal...
February 11, 2010
China has stepped up its drive for safer food with a set of new rules prioritising the monitoring of baby products, after the re-emergence of tainted milk responsible for the deaths of six infants in 2008. The government regulations set out five areas of priority, with special attention to be paid to food products targeted at babies, pregnant women and older people, as well as those affected by previous...
February 11, 2010
SYDNEY, Australia - The island nation of Papua New Guinea is struggling to contain its first cholera outbreak in 50 years, which has killed at least 40 people and sickened 2,000 over the past several months, a top World Health Organization official said. The disease, which has spread through several provinces, could become endemic if the government does not do more to educate people and ensure they...
February 11, 2010
Just in time for Valentine's Day, research out this week suggests eating chocolate may have a positive impact on stroke. Don't go buying too many heart boxes just yet, though, say the study authors. A new analysis, which involved a review of three prior studies, suggests eating about a bar of chocolate a week can help cut the risk of stroke and lower the risk of death after a stroke. But the evidence...
February 11, 2010
Britain's swine flu hotline, launched seven months ago amid fears of a global pandemic of the virus, was switched off on Thursday after a steady fall in the number of cases reported here. The government set up the service, available on the telephone or online, in July to give people who thought they were infected access to anti-viral drugs, taking some of the pressure off conventional health services....
February 11, 2010
Feb. 11 - Lisa Joss-Moore was more than four months pregnant when she learned her baby had cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that damages the lungs and often leads to an early death. Joss-Moore imagines she might have considered abortion earlier in her life, for fear of having a sick child in pain. But the baby who listened to her husband, Barry, croon "Love Me Tender" close to her belly was already...
February 11, 2010
New investigation results, 'Depression, anxiety, health-related quality of life and pain in patients with chronic fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain,' are detailed in a study published in European Journal of Pain. According to a study from Denmark, "Chronic pain is often associated with comorbidities such as anxiety and depression, resulting in a low health-related quality of life. The mechanisms underlying...
February 11, 2010
Feb. 11 - Susan MacMillan-Finlayson drove her four-wheel-drive vehicle through the streets of Baltimore about 5 Wednesday morning, with an eye out for any Mercy Medical Center staffers who might be hoofing it to work. Along the way, she picked up two reporters, three University of Maryland nurses and, finally, two Mercy employees. "It was sleeting out, and I could not bear to see people out in it,"...
February 11, 2010
Feb. 11 - Love your sweetheart? Then perhaps you want to do something for their heart this Valentine's Day, so it can continue to pitter-patter for you for years to come. Instead of the usual decadent Valentine's Day dinner, we've put together a meal using recipes from the American Heart Association that will impress your darling and keep him or her in good health. Even with chocolate creme brulee...
February 10, 2010
The American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations (AAPPO) today launched a new effort to help PPOs communicate with women about surgical options. In recent years "minimally invasive" options have become available for selected procedures, offering less pain, shorter hospital procedures, and often lower costs (see also American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations AAPPO). "With...
February 10, 2010
This week, first lady Michelle Obama announced a national campaign to combat childhood obesity, and now a new study shows that obese children are more likely to die prematurely than their healthy-weight peers. The research adds to growing evidence of the health risks of childhood obesity. About 32% of children and teens are obese or overweight, the government says. Those extra pounds put children at...
February 10, 2010
Scientists for the first time have identified genetic variations associated with stuttering, and the study's senior author says his team was "kind of shocked" that two of the implicated genes were linked to rare, fatal metabolic disorders. "We're extremely fortunate that these genes are extremely well-known and studied by people who have been in this field for decades," says Dennis Drayna, a geneticist...
February 10, 2010
WASHINGTON - Don't say "mental retardation" - the new term is "intellectual disability." No more diagnoses of Asperger's syndrome - call it a mild version of autism instead. And while "behavioural addictions" will be new to doctors' dictionaries, "Internet addiction" didn't make the cut. The American Psychiatric Association is proposing major changes Wednesday to its diagnostic bible, the manual that...
February 10, 2010
Tracy Hart's son, Everett, was born five weeks early. But when Hart took him to the doctor for his 2-week checkup, the pediatrician quickly saw that she was the one who needed attention. Hart had been crying uncontrollably since his birth and was even thinking of suicide. The pediatrician "picked up on it with lightning speed," says Hart, 38, whose son turns 1 today . "The pediatrician said: 'The way...
February 9, 2010
Feb. 10 - The earlier you get your child set up with a dentist, the better it is in the long run, says Dr. Jana Winfree, chief of the state Health Department's dental health service. "The trend is getting children going to the dentists younger and younger," she said. The Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends establishing your child with a dentist by 1 year of age, and advises parents to take their...
February 9, 2010
Feb. 10 - BUSINESSES interested in holding on-site H1N1 vaccination clinics can call the Monongalia County Health Department at 304-598-5100, the Marion County Health Department at 304-366-3360 or the Preston County Health Department at 304-329-0096. Local health departments can help businesses in Monongalia, Marion and Preston counties provide H1N1, or swine flu, vaccines to their employees. Businesses...
February 9, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration is considering new safeguards for CT scanners and other imaging machines to prevent patients from receiving unnecessary radiation exposure, officials said Tuesday. Doctors and patients have become increasingly concerned about the risks of medical radiation, which research shows could cause 29,000 new cancers a year. In December, published research showed that medical...
February 9, 2010
Feb. 10 - WASHINGTON - First lady Michelle Obama kicked off a sweeping campaign Tuesday against an epidemic of childhood obesity. Joining his wife in the announcement of "Let's Move," President Barack Obama created a task force that is to review current policies on child nutrition and physical activity and come up with a national plan to maximize federal resources. But the campaign is clearly being...
February 9, 2010
Feb. 10 - Public care for Ukiah and Fort Bragg patients diagnosed with latent tuberculosis narrowly escaped cancellation during the Tuesday Mendocino County Board of Supervisors meeting - at least until July. "Due to some one-time funding that came in to Public Health this year, we are in a better financial position than we had anticipated," said Stacy Cryer, director of the Mendocino County Health...
February 9, 2010
Feb. 10 - How much time on the sideline is enough time? Although few people have definitive answers, concussions have become a hot topic throughout sports - particularly in high school and youth sports, where the lasting effects of head injuries are under study. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 135,000 children between the ages of 5 and 18 are treated each year for sports...
February 9, 2010
You know smoking is bad for you. You know inhaling someone else's smoke is bad for you. Now a US study says third-hand smoke - tobacco residue clinging to surfaces - is also bad for you. When a cigarette burns, nicotine is released in the form of a vapor that collects and condenses on indoor surfaces such as walls, carpeting, drapes and furniture, where it can linger for months, said the study, which...
February 9, 2010
TORONTO - Women prescribed tamoxifen to prevent a recurrence of breast cancer should avoid taking the antidepressant Paxil and its generic equivalents because of a potentially dangerous drug interaction, a study suggests. Paxil, or paroxetine as it is known generically, appears to negate the effects of tamoxifen, and may lead to an increased risk of death from breast cancer, the researchers say. Tamoxifen...
February 8, 2010
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