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SEOUL, Nov 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - South Korea's death toll from the H1N1 rose to 104 after 22 more people died of the virus within the past week, health authorities say. But the rate of infections and the number of deaths declined from a peak last month, when 24 people died in the last week of October, Yonhap News Agency reported. Of the 104 who have died in the past week, 89 were classified high-risk...
November 25, 2009
The World Health Organisation said Thursday that it is investigating reports of mutations in the swine flu virus, after half-a-dozen countries recorded cases in which the virus was transforming. "The question is whether these mutations again suggest that there is a fundamental change going on in viruses out there - whether there's a turn for the worse in terms of severity," said Keiji Fukuda, WHO's...
November 25, 2009
LAWRENCE, Kan., Nov 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. scientists say people with a gene placing them at risk for later development of Alzheimer's disease display early brain changes and cognitive deficits. University of Kansas School of Medicine researchers led by Assistant Professor Robyn Honea said they studied 53 non-demented people who were more than 60 years old. Some had the apolipoprotein E gene...
November 24, 2009
CHICAGO, Nov 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - One in five of those with type 2 diabetes is about 100 pounds overweight, U.S. researchers found. Researchers at Loyola University Health System report 62.4 percent of U.S. adults with type 2 diabetes are obese and 20.7 percent are morbidly obese - more than 100 pounds heavier than ideal body weight, or have a body ass index of more than 40. Among African-American...
November 24, 2009
A new center to be located at Flowers Hospital will help people diagnosed with cancer. "We can get them the most up-to-date information about their cancer," said Linda Anderson, health initiative representative with the local American Cancer Society. " ... Empowering them is what we like to say to take charge of their own health." The Cancer Resource Center will be located on the fourth floor of the...
November 24, 2009
'Tis the season for giving thanks. But this holiday, people may be spreading more than cheer. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, travel and close contact between family and friends may cause an increase in swine flu cases, health officials said. "When you close schools and have a whole bunch of families mixing from around the country, you're going to certainly be exposed to possibly even cold...
November 24, 2009
WASHINGTON - Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too, said U.S. and world officials, as they released studies calculating the health benefits of a less sickly climate. Slashing carbon dioxide emissions could save millions of lives, mostly by reducing preventable deaths from heart and lung diseases, the studies show. They were published...
November 24, 2009
The only concern Sheryl Granger had when traveling with her 6-year-old son this week was the airplane. She didn't worry about any H1N1 cases in Kentucky - where she is visiting family for the Thanksgiving holiday - but rather the coughing that takes place 30,000 feet above ground. "The only thing was getting on the plane, because everyone is breathing the same air," the Prattville woman said. "If you...
November 24, 2009
Nov. 25 - Several health organizations have indicated that the current wave of the H1N1, or swine flu, virus peaked in October, but the Green River District Health Department is warning area residents to still get vaccinated and not let their guard down. "We saw the greatest peak of flu activity in mid- to late October," said Janie Cambron, regional epidemiologist with GRDHD. "As far as state school...
November 24, 2009
Faced with a continuing and unpredictable shortage of vaccine against the seasonal flu - remember that? - New Jersey yesterday suspended enforcement of its first-in-the-nation mandate that children be immunized before enrolling in a licensed preschool or child-care facility. "We are strongly encouraging parents to have their children get the vaccine," Heather Howard, commissioner of the Department...
November 24, 2009
Drug company GlaxoSmithKline has told Canadian doctors to stop using one lot of its H1N1 vaccine until an investigation into a higher-than-expected number of severe allergic reactions is completed. "The voluntary hold has no impact on the United States," company spokeswoman Sarah Alspach said Tuesday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved GSK's H1N1 vaccine this month, Alspach said, and the...
November 24, 2009
MONTREAL, Nov 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A brief intervention may help even those called "hard core drunk drivers," Canadian and U.S. researchers said. Thomas Brown of McGill University in Montreal and U.S. colleagues found a psychosocial intervention called brief motivational interviewing helped people change harmful drinking patterns. The researchers followed up after six and 12 months, after dividing...
November 24, 2009
DALLAS, Nov 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Taking the car keys away from someone with Alzheimer's disease can be one of the most emotional situations a family faces, a U.S. researcher says. "Driving represents independence and capability, so being asked to give it up can put the person with Alzheimer's in deep conflict with their loved ones," Kristin Martin-Cook, clinical research coordinator and support-group...
November 24, 2009
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Alcohol may be more available to teens during the holidays because it is used for cooking, punches, warm beverages and entertaining, a health professional says. Ruth Gassman, director of the Indiana Prevention Resource Center in Indiana University's School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, said parents and caregivers are extra busy preparing...
November 24, 2009
BOSTON, Nov 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Respiratory syncytial virus may take a greater toll than the better known seasonal flu among young children, U.S. researchers suggest. The finding resulted from an analysis at Children's Hospital Boston, based on patients seen in its emergency department during several recent flu seasons. Study leader Dr. Florence Bourgeois and Dr. Kenneth Mandl, both of Children's...
November 24, 2009
With Congress home for Thanksgiving, the Obama administration on Monday provided House and Senate members with something it hopes will make changes in health care more palatable for their constituencies: estimates on how many millions of people it says will be helped. In Michigan, that translates to 1.3 million people the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says are without insurance, and...
November 23, 2009
AIDS has killed 25 million people worldwide but new infections are slowing sharply, the UN said in an annual report on the crisis Tuesday that mixed hope with a warning against complacency. Almost 60 million people have been infected by the HIV virus since it was first recorded but prevention programmes are having a significant impact, the UNAIDS agency said in its latest report, released here in Shanghai....
November 23, 2009
(MCT) The Chicago Tribune examined four treatments in depth for this series. Medical experts said the therapies have not been proven to help children with autism and that each also carries risks. IVIG treatment What it is: Antibodies culled from donors are infused into the patient intravenously over many hours. FDA approved for: Pediatric HIV, some bone marrow transplants Risks: Headaches, anaphylactic...
November 23, 2009
Nov. 24 - Two more deaths in northern and eastern Maine have been linked to the swine flu, bringing the total to seven deaths in Maine since August. Both deaths occurred over the weekend. One victim was more than 65 years old and lived in Penobscot County; the other was a Washington County resident between the age of 25 and 65, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. State...
November 23, 2009
Nov. 24 - Swine flu circulation in Oklahoma may have hit its peak - at least for now, health officials say. "In fact, we are seeing it slow down," said Larry Weatherford, spokesman for the Oklahoma State Department of Health. "But the nature of pandemics is they arrive in waves." Hospitalizations have dropped significantly each of the last three weeks, from 128 to 46 since the last week of October,...
November 23, 2009
MIAMI - Hotel chains like to tout their large, comfortable beds as a selling point, but those 125-pound mattresses are likely causing greater injury to female, Hispanic and Asian hotel workers, according to a study to be published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine in January. The union Unite Here provided data on 2,865 injuries at 50 hotels from the nation's five largest chains: Hilton...
November 23, 2009
A vast majority of American women plan to ignore controversial new recommendations about mammograms, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. The poll also shows that most women sharply overestimate their risk of developing the disease. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of government-appointed experts, suggested last week that most women don't need routine mammograms until age 50....
November 23, 2009
An unusual number of severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been recorded in Canada, where a batch of the vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline has been recalled, the WHO said on Tuesday. "An unusual number of severe allergies to the vaccine have been detected in Canada," World Health Organisation spokesman Thomas Abraham told AFP. "The Canadian authorities are conducting the appropriate investigations...
November 23, 2009
NEW YORK, Nov 24, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The New York health officials say they are working to address diabetes and obesity among residents through a variety of initiatives. "Diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death in New York City and it contributes to other leading causes of death," Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley said in a statement. "The consequences...
November 23, 2009
CHICAGO, Nov 23, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Women who quit smoking while receiving treatment for weight control are better able to control weight and quit cigarettes, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Bonnie Spring, a professor of preventive medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and colleagues say many women don't quit smoking because they are afraid of gaining weight because...
November 23, 2009
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