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"Impaired insulin secretion plays a key role in the development of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFDR). Numerous indices to evaluate insulin secretion have been proposed, but their validity has not been explored in cystic fibrosis (CF)," scientists writing in the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis report (see also Cystic Fibrosis). "The aim of the present study was to validate surrogate indices of insulin...
February 3, 2010
Responding to a diabetes epidemic that many experts consider a health crisis, Oprah Winfrey is dedicating her show today to the disease. She will announce an opportunity for all Americans to take a free test that can tell whether a person is at risk for type 2 diabetes. "Diabetes is a ticking time bomb. It's a silent killer," Winfrey said during a taping of today's show. She expressed particular concern...
February 3, 2010
WASHINGTON - Spending on health care consumed an estimated 17 cents of every dollar spent last year in the United States, representing the largest one-year increase since the federal government started tracking the number in 1960. By 2019, health care spending will represent 19.3% of the nation's total economic output, according to a report released today by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services....
February 3, 2010
In a case that could have far-reaching implications for medical research and health care based on genetics, groups representing thousands of doctors, scientists and patients went to court Tuesday to argue that no one should be able to patent human genes, a question that has long been controversial in scientific circles. The case involves a Utah company, Myriad Genetics, and the University of Utah Research...
February 3, 2010
WASHINGTON - Who's that meeting with members of the U.S. Cabinet and Congress? It's Michelle Obama, revving up for her campaign against childhood obesity. The first lady met Tuesday at the White House with six legislators and three Cabinet members who have a big role in health policy. Mrs. Obama says she wants to get families, schools, businesses and governments working together on a problem that she...
February 3, 2010
Researchers may have solved the mystery of what makes some babies vulnerable to sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, which kills more than 2,300 babies a year. Infants who died of SIDS had low levels of serotonin, a brain chemical that helps the brainstem regulate breathing, temperature, sleeping, waking and other automatic functions, according to an autopsy study in today's Journal of the American...
February 3, 2010
TORONTO - Gerber, one of the best-known names in baby food, has been named this year's recipient of the "Salt Lick Award" due to the high sodium content in one of its prepared meals for toddlers. The Canadian Stroke Network and the Advanced Foods & Materials Network chose Gerber Graduates Lil' Entrees because the product line's Chicken & Pasta Wheel Pickups dinner contains 550 mg of sodium - more than...
February 2, 2010
Feb. 3 - Sunday's big game doesn't have to be your big meal of the day too. You can put your Super Bowl menu on a diet just by substituting low-fat and fat-free for many of your high-calorie options. "The typical Super Bowl partygoer consumes between 1,500 and 2,500 calories during the game," said Amanda Varnell, who teaches "CookingLive" classes at Brainerd Crossroads, Earth Fare and Chattanooga Market....
February 2, 2010
Investigators said on Wednesday they had made important lab discoveries in mosquitoes and the parasite which causes malaria, opening up new paths for attacking a disease that claims nearly a million lives per year. In one of two studies published in the British journal Nature, Yale University researchers said they had found more than two dozen smell receptors in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae that...
February 2, 2010
Just how risky is the Scottish national dish? At the request of Scottish officials, the U.S. government will sort that out as it reviews its ban on haggis, a sort of sausage made by rolling cooked sheep's offal - the liver, heart and lungs - in oats and pepper, then stuffing it into beef intestine and boiling it. Not that most Americans have exactly been clamouring for it. But word that the U.S. Department...
February 2, 2010
Feb. 2 - ALBANY - The pain of shingles can be so sharp that some mistake it for a heart attack. Shingles is the rash that appears when an old case of chicken pox virus flares up in adulthood. About a million people suffer from it each year. This winter, Rite Aid pharmacies have begun offering shingles vaccinations in the Capital Region. "The shingles vaccine was a need that we were hearing wasn't being...
February 2, 2010
Feb. 2 - Among the many treatments for tinnitus is boring music. Really. That's the approach they're taking at the University of Virginia. Patients in the Tinnitus Treatment Program are using a specialized set of sounds to help the brain fight constant perceived noise in the ears. The approach is to help the brain deal with the excess input of "sound," rather than try to turn the input off. The American...
February 2, 2010
ST. LOUIS - Aleta Coxen spends much of her time at home, often relegated to the couch. The treatment for her advanced ovarian cancer leaves her tired, nauseated and full of aches and pains. She's taunted by the dirt on the floor, fingerprints on the fridge and cobwebs in the corners. "I don't feel like I'm doing the job I'm supposed to do as a housewife," she said through tears. Her husband, a St....
February 2, 2010
Feb. 2 - More than 30 activists from Fresno, the Bay Area and Stanislaus County converged outside the downtown Modesto courthouse Monday to protest criminal charges against two people accused of handing out clean syringes and collecting dirty ones from drug addicts in a Modesto park. Kristy Tribuzio, 36, and Brian Robinson, 37, face up to a year in jail for breaking a law they consider to be immoral....
February 1, 2010
Feb. 2 - The snow was coming down, and Ruth Ann Loving couldn't go anywhere. For nearly three decades, she'd painted realistic still lifes and landscapes. But on this frosty day a few years ago, she pulled out her acrylics and tried something different - an abstract work. "I wasn't pressured to do anything but paint the way I felt like painting. I couldn't go anywhere, and I didn't have any other restrictions,"...
February 1, 2010
Feb. 2 - When Lydie Boone got a case of shingles, she rated the pain level at the maximum "10" on a scale of 1-to-10. Lyllis Shrewsberry called the pain excruciating. Dr. Patrick Gipe, who practices at Bluegrass Internal Medicine, said the name "shingles" doesn't convey the severity of the condition. Perhaps "Skin Daggers" might do it justice since it affects the nerve endings in specific locations....
February 1, 2010
DALLAS - Six years ago, when doctors told Amy Twomey of Lake Highlands, Texas, that she had celiac disease, she was overwhelmed. The only treatment is to stop eating all products that contain gluten, including wheat, rye and barley. That meant she had to give up many of her favorite foods or buy higher-priced gluten-free mixes and prepared foods. Like many people who find themselves on restricted diets,...
February 1, 2010
A common complication during pregnancy may predispose children born prematurely to asthma, a large study reports today. The condition, chorioamnionitis, is inflammation of the fetal membranes and amniotic fluid from a bacterial infection. It is thought to be linked to more than half of all preterm births, before 37 weeks' gestation, scientists write in today's Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine....
February 1, 2010
Feb. 1 - In an era of unprecedented medical advances, many patients remain deeply dissatisfied with the care they receive from physicians. Dr. Abraham Verghese says physicians too often tend to view their patients as the two-dimensional figure on the medical chart - what he calls the "I-patient" - rather than a sensitive human being seeking help. "The patient in the bed has become an icon for the patient...
February 1, 2010
St. Louis has joined a handful of cities nationwide performing a rare and somewhat controversial surgery on a fetus with an undeveloped diaphragm, a life-threatening condition that allows organs to float into the chest and severely restrict lung growth. The baby who had the fetal procedure - Ali Davis - was born Jan. 22 at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, the first to be delivered at the...
January 31, 2010
Taipei (dpa) - A study published recently in Taiwan showed that drinking green tea is effective in preventing cancer caused by smoking. Lin Yi-hsin, a student from the Graduate School of Public Hygiene at Taiwan's Chung Shan Medical University, said many studies have shown that drinking green tea is effective in preventing cancer, but her study focused on green tea's effectiveness in preventing cancer...
January 31, 2010
Feb. 1 - For Lura Bryan of Buena Park, paying for an ultrasound from a private company called Life Line Screening was a lifesaver. The 79-year-old had the ultrasound about a year and a half ago, and the tests revealed a clogged carotid artery, one of the main arteries in the neck that carries blood to the brain. "I got a specialist, he said I was due real soon for a major stroke," Bryan said. Bryan...
January 31, 2010
Feb. 1 - The job description called for an independent-living mentor, someone who could help teens with no place to go learn how to make it on their own. That would be tough enough, Tracy Banner knew. It got tougher fast. "I realized that I wasn't doing independent-living mentoring as much as I was doing parenting mentoring," said Banner, who started working for Huckleberry House in 2007 and became...
January 31, 2010
Feb. 1 - After successfully dropping almost 25 pounds last year, and unfortunately, putting some of it back on, the Buckley's Big Belly Bust was the boost I need to get motivated again. After all, if restaurant people and fellow foodies aren't my peers, who are? After threatening to kill her if she ever revealed my weight - I really did; should I be ashamed? - I stepped on the scales for Lisa Dick,...
January 31, 2010
After Jen Matlack had a baby, the Connecticut mom went on what she called the easiest and most effective weight-loss regimen of her life. For three years she breast-fed her daughter Mae and ate whatever she wanted. Her baby weight - and more - seemed to magically melt away. "I tell everyone if I could have done it until Mae turned 15, I would have," said Matlack, 39, a freelance writer. "I was the...
January 31, 2010
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