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Taking up regular physical exercise after the age of 50 is as beneficial for men as quitting smoking, a Swedish study published Friday on the website of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) showed. Men who began exercising after the age of 50 had the same life expectancy after 10 years as men who had always exercised, the researchers from Uppsala University said. The study surveyed 2,205 men at age 50...
December 1, 2009
Walgreens has reduced its prices by nearly 20% and CVS nearly 10% for a scarce liquid form of the H1N1 drug Tamiflu amid state investigations into potential price gouging. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal still questions whether the pharmacy chains and others are charging fair prices. "I'm delighted they are reducing their prices, but they may have an obligation to reduce them even further,"...
December 1, 2009
Dec. 1 - A brochure with the single word "hope" caught Gloria MacDonald's eye in 2004 when she was in a doctor's office learning that she had ovarian cancer - a disease with a dismal survival rate. She picked up the information and soon was connected with Sunstone Cancer Support Centers, a nonprofit organization whose motto is, "Hope has a name." Those who use its facilities say that while their doctors...
December 1, 2009
Dec. 1 - Foods filling their plates were about as colorful as they could be, and so were the four sisters seated at a table for lunch at Sacred Heart Villa Assisted Living, Muhlenberg Township. It was their time for nutritious, healthy dining. "I just came from Shady Maple from a breakfast brunch," said Sister Patrice Cosgrove, 59, as she joined her friends, Sisters Marie Janesch, 78; Theresa LePera,...
December 1, 2009
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov 30, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Body-mass index and existing medical conditions do not explain the decreased cancer survival among blacks compared to whites, U.S. researchers said. University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers say that for many cancers, including colon cancer, African-Americans have lower survival rates than whites; possible reasons behind this disparity - including...
November 30, 2009
Last of three parts Huge bills begin arriving in the mail, a frightening dej... vu for Tony Andrade. The shoe box in his bedroom already is stacked with overdue notices from hospitals and doctors. Andrade's cancer surgery was a success. Only part of his bladder had to be removed, and he headed home from the hospital after two nights to recover in his mother's guest room. His burdens are lighter now...
November 30, 2009
WASHINGTON, Nov 30, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The community-associated strain of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a far greater threat than previously considered, U.S. researchers say. Ramanan Laxminarayan, principal investigator for Extending the Cure, a project of the think-tank Resources for the Future in Washington that examines policy solutions for the problem of antibiotic resistance,...
November 30, 2009
BARCELONA, Spain, Nov 30, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A diet rich in antioxidants could delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease or even slow down its evolution, researchers in Spain say. Study leader Mercedes Unzeta of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and colleagues said their research suggests the neural networks of the adult brain susceptible to being destroyed by age and neural diseases such as...
November 30, 2009
LONDON, Dec 1, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Scientists in Britain have identified the trigger leading to arterial damage caused by atherosclerosis, the disease that causes heart attacks and strokes. Researchers at Imperial College London say the findings suggest the condition could potentially be treated by blocking the molecule that triggers the damage. The research also suggests bacteria may be playing...
November 30, 2009
Calls for an end to discrimination against sufferers rang out on World AIDS Day on Tuesday as South Africa, the country worst affected by the pandemic, rolled out a new battleplan to beat the virus. With more than 33 million people round the world carrying the virus, China said the incidence among homosexuals was gaining pace while there were warnings in Europe that heterosexual contacts had become...
November 30, 2009
WASHINGTON - Americans who buy health insurance through their employer wouldn't see a big difference in premiums if the Senate's health care bill becomes law, a non-partisan analysis released Monday predicts. For the 70% of Americans who will sign up for health insurance through a large company in 2016, average premiums would remain steady or fall by as much as 3% compared with prices if the legislation...
November 30, 2009
Loneliness, like happiness, can be contagious, says research out today that shows how feeling lonely can make others lonely, too. The study by John Cacioppo, a psychologist at the University of Chicago, builds on recent research showing that happiness is contagious and spreads through social networks. Cacioppo worked with the two researchers who did the earlier happiness research: Nicholas Christakis,...
November 30, 2009
A quarter of a million children in England aged 11 to 17 face a higher risk of developing malignant skin cancer by using tanning beds, researchers said Friday. Writing in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the researchers called for urgent legislation to stop sunbed use by minors in England, as is already the case for Scotland and Wales. The risk of melanoma - the most lethal form of skin cancer -...
November 30, 2009
A quarter of a million children in England aged 11 to 17 face a higher risk of developing malignant skin cancer by using tanning beds, researchers said Friday. Writing in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the researchers called for urgent legislation to stop sunbed use by minors in England, as is already the case for Scotland and Wales. The risk of melanoma - the most lethal form of skin cancer -...
November 30, 2009
Nov. 30 - CHEYENNE - Congressional lawmakers hope that additional information will encourage restaurant diners to eat less. The U.S. House of Representatives bill aimed at health-care reform contains a provision that requires chain eateries to post calorie counts on their menus. Local nutritionists say whether menu labeling works depends on how the information is packaged. Menu items may contain more...
November 30, 2009
CAIRO, Nov 30, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Flax seed oil may help reduce osteoporosis risk, researchers in Egypt said. Mer Harvi and colleagues at the National Research Center in Cairo analyzed the blood and urine of 70 female rats - including some with diabetes and some with ovaries removed to simulate post-menopause as well as controls who did not have flax seed oil added to their diet. The researchers...
November 30, 2009
Fewer U.S. patients are traveling abroad for non-emergency medical procedures, such as hip replacements or cosmetic surgery, because of the recession. From 2007 to 2009, the number of Americans traveling abroad for elective medical procedures is expected to have fallen as much as 13.6%, according to a report by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, a research center focused on trends in the health...
November 30, 2009
ROCHESTER, Minn., Nov 30, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Medical errors self-reported by U.S. surgeons are strongly related to both burnout and depression, researchers found. In a study that promised confidentiality, nearly 9 percent of U.S. surgeons responding said they made a major error in the three months prior to being surveyed. The study, published online in the Annals of Surgery, found more than 70...
November 30, 2009
BOSTON, Nov 30, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. scientists say they've identified proteins that allow them to distinguish between cancer and normal cells with 97 percent accuracy. Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and the Boston University Biomedical Engineering Department said in addition they've developed a computational strategy to identify key biological pathways that are active...
November 30, 2009
ATLANTA - So many messages have emerged about swine flu - it's bad, it's not that bad, it's like the common flu, it's not like the common flu - that many people are confused about when to seek care or head to an emergency room, doctors say. When swine flu emerged as a new virus in April, U.S. health officials communicated their alarm about the disease that appeared to be causing severe illness and...
November 30, 2009
Nov. 30 - Tucson's Beat Cancer Boot Camp tonight will host a forum focusing on the new recently-released federal guidelines on mammograms. Tonight's forum is scheduled for 6 p.m. at 3500 W. River Road, which is a Pima County government building near River Road and North Camino de la Tierra. The event is free and open to the public, who will be invited to ask questions to a panel of experts, including...
November 30, 2009
Rabat, Morocco (dpa) - A 24-year-old pregnant woman has become the first person in Morocco to die as a consequence of contracting the H1N1 influenza, the Health Ministry said Monday. The woman died Sunday at a clinic in the northern city of Tangier. Eighty-three new cases of the disease known as swine flu were diagnosed over the week-end, bringing the total to 1,710 cases in the North African country....
November 30, 2009
NEW YORK, Nov 30, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Infant exposure to metals from residential heating oil combustion and diesel emissions are linked to respiratory symptoms, U.S. researchers found. Researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health compared pollutant levels with respiratory symptoms of children between birth and age...
November 30, 2009
TORONTO - Bob Bingham settles back in his leather easy chair and agrees he's a man who's comfortable in his own skin. That might come as a surprise to some, for the topography of Bingham's skin is anything but smooth. He has hundreds of lumps and bumps ranging over his body, from a smattering on his face and neck, to tightly packed clusters on his chest and back. Benign tumours that form in the sheath...
November 30, 2009
Women across the USA have been shocked and angered by new advice to get fewer mammograms. Yet experts have been debating the risks of mammograms and other cancer screenings for more than a decade. There's growing evidence that cancer screenings aren't always helpful - and can sometimes be harmful, say Lisa Schwartz and Steve Woloshin of the Veterans Affairs Outcomes Group in White River Junction, Vt....
November 30, 2009
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