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SPRING LAKE, N.J. Lying in bed one night in 2007, Peter Criss felt something strange: a small lump on his left breast. "I thought, 'It's a nodule, I'm a guy, I don't think it's anything more than that,"' he said. "The more I messed with it, the bigger it got and the more it hurt, and that started really scaring me." The former Kiss drummer went to the doctor, underwent some tests and a surgical procedure...
November 19, 2009
Insurance companies contacted by USA TODAY say they will continue paying for annual mammograms amid widespread fears that new breast cancer screening guidelines from a federal task force could lead women to lose coverage for those tests. The guidelines - suggesting that most women under 50 don't need routine mammograms and that women over 50 need them only every other year - were issued Monday night...
November 19, 2009
Nov. 11 - SCHENECTADY - Sarah Fischer of Niskayuna was patiently waiting in an Annie Schaffer Senior Center conference room for her kids to get the H1N1 vaccine at a public clinic Tuesday. There was no pushing, no raised voices, no long lines. Parents had appointments, and quietly rolled in about four at a time all afternoon. The eagerness to get their kids under 5 years old inoculated against the...
November 19, 2009
Nov. 11 - SCHENECTADY - Sarah Fischer of Niskayuna was patiently waiting in an Annie Schaffer Senior Center conference room for her kids to get the H1N1 vaccine at a public clinic Tuesday. There was no pushing, no raised voices, no long lines. Parents had appointments, and quietly rolled in about four at a time all afternoon. The eagerness to get their kids under 5 years old inoculated against the...
November 19, 2009
Nov. 19 - Smokers will be encouraged to kick the habit Thursday as part of the Great American Smokeout. The event, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, is aimed at helping those who smoke realize they can quit and highlight resources to help them, according to a news release. Smokers are encouraged to stop for 24 hours. Here's what some local smokers had to say about their habit and the event:...
November 18, 2009
Michigan women 40 and older don't have to worry - at least for now - that their insurance won't pay for a mammogram. Michigan law requires insurers to pay for an annual mammogram, beginning at age 40, as well as one so-called baseline mammogram between ages 35 and 40 for comparison purposes. The law also requires insurers to pay for diagnostic services to find cancer, if something suspicious is found...
November 18, 2009
Nov. 19 - Yes, you can win skirmishes in the Holiday Battle of the Bulge, the weight warfare that begins with Thanksgiving and blasts through Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza and the New Year with forks a blazin'. The experts tell us that before each encounter with a calorie-laden holiday temptress, chant these three words: plate size, portion size, exercise. Or these three words: moderation, moderation,...
November 18, 2009
The World Health Organisation said Thursday that checks on many of the 30 deaths recorded following mass pandemic flu vaccinations had so far ruled out a direct link to the vaccines. "Although some investigations are still ongoing, results of completed investigations reported to WHO have ruled out that the pandemic vaccine is a cause of death," said Marie-Paule Kieny, the WHO's director for vaccine...
November 18, 2009
Men who drink alcohol every day see a nearly one-third average reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a long-term study among Spanish men published on Thursday. The research unfolded over a decade among more than 41,000 men and women aged between 29 and 69, who were assessed for their health and lifestyle as part of a European probe into cancer. During the course of the study,...
November 18, 2009
WASHINGTON, Nov 18, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The Obama administration says its mammogram policy is unchanged despite a U.S. panel's finding that routine tests aren't necessary for women in their 40s. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Wednesday distanced the administration from a report issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a 16-member panel assembled by the agency,...
November 18, 2009
Nov. 19 - Chantix is one of the most successful smoking cessation products ever introduced, in part because it partially ties up nicotine receptors in the reward areas of the brain. But even its inventor said the pill can't help people who aren't committed to quitting. Jotham W. Coe, a research fellow at Pfizer Global Research and Development, spoke Wednesday during Grand Rounds at Medical College...
November 18, 2009
ATHENS, Ga., Nov 19, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Indoor smoking bans resulted in outdoor smoking areas but they may be creating a new health hazard, U.S. researchers suggest. "Indoor smoking bans have helped to create more of these outdoor environments where people are exposed to secondhand smoke," study co-author Luke Naeher, associate professor in the University of Georgia College of Public Health, says...
November 18, 2009
Switzerland on Thursday lifted some of the restrictions imposed earlier on the use of swine flu vaccine Pandemrix, allowing it to be also used by people over the age of 60. "The basis for expanding the authorisation is clinical data proving the effectiveness of this vaccine for the said age group," said the regulatory authority Swissmedic in a statement. The regulator last month authorised British...
November 18, 2009
Nov. 17 - Each day, one more baby is born on time in Utah thanks to better prenatal care, fewer women smoking and less frequent induced births, a new report shows. Utah's premature birth rate dropped slightly, from 11.5 percent to 10.9 percent in 2007, earning the state a C grade from the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card on Tuesday. That's an improvement from last year, when Utah earned a...
November 18, 2009
ORLANDO - A rapid CT scan of the heart may provide doctors with a more efficient way to diagnose blocked arteries in people complaining of chest pain, doctors here reported Wednesday. A study of 701 patients found that the scans, called CT angiography, cuts in half the time it usually takes for a doctor to detect a blockage in an artery supplying the heart. It also shaves nearly 40% off the cost of...
November 18, 2009
NEWYORK, N.Y., Nov 19, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - New York City health officials said 311 telephone operators will provide guidance to those who feel sick with a flulike illness. New York City's Web site and phone number for government information and non-emergency service - 311 - provides the public with quick access to all city government services and information. If a resident or family member feels...
November 18, 2009
ORLANDO - Her name was Lady Rai. She was a nursemaid to an Egyptian queen who lived three centuries before the reign of Pharaoh Ramses I. And she suffered from heart disease. The evidence lies in a CT scan of Lady Rai's mummified remains, researchers here said Tuesday. Using 21st-century science, they peered through her tattered wrappings and into her ancient arteries. There, they found evidence of...
November 18, 2009
More Africans risk dying from smoking as tobacco use will double over the next 12 years in a continent where 90 percent of people have no protection against second-hand smoke, experts said Wednesday. Africa accounts for 14 percent of the world population and has only four percent of world smokers, presenting an opportunity to tackle the habit and reduce its effects, said Tom Glynn of the The Global...
November 18, 2009
Some pharmacies are charging three times what others are for a scarce liquid form of the H1N1 drug Tamiflu used by children, USA TODAY has found. At least two states' attorneys general are investigating. The out-of-pocket price to fill the same liquid Tamiflu prescription can range from $43 to $130, according to USA TODAY's phone survey of more than 100 pharmacies in six states. "We're very concerned...
November 18, 2009
Most people think of them as little germ factories. But so far, child care centers seem to have escaped the brunt of the H1N1 flu outbreak in Minnesota, surprising even the experts. While schools have been hotbeds of illness, many day-care centers have noticed only a slight uptick in sick kids, according to interviews with child-care providers, nurses and state officials. The lesson, they say, is that...
November 17, 2009
Health authorities in Serbia said Wednesday they have registered 13 deaths linked to swine flu, a week after declaring an epidemic. There were also 306 confirmed cases of infection with the A(H1N1) virus, the Institute for Public Health said in a statement, although health officials said the real number of flu could be far higher. Serbia last week declared a swine flu epidemic and signed a contract...
November 17, 2009
An unexpectedly large shipment of H1N1 vaccine this week has primed the pump for flu-shot clinics around Minnesota, health officials said Tuesday. Since Friday, Minnesota has received about 100,000 doses, bringing the state total to more than 800,000 since the vaccine became available this fall. As a result, county and city health departments are scrambling to organize clinics this week - although...
November 17, 2009
BALTIMORE, Nov 18, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Long-term vitamin D deficiency may result in lower levels of the sex hormone estrogen but not testosterone, U.S. researchers said. Lead investigator and cardiologist Dr. Erin Michos of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine said the findings build on previous studies showing that deficiencies in vitamin D and low levels of estrogen, found naturally...
November 17, 2009
Q: I recently had a miscarriage, and I'd like to know how long I should wait before trying to conceive again. What do you think caused it? - Anonymous, Orlando A: When a miscarriage happens, we are forced to bear witness to the complexity of human life and the mystery of creation. Miscarriage is often kept private, and its frequency of occurrence (15 percent to 25 percent) is in sharp contrast to the...
November 17, 2009
Local doctors were torn Tuesday over a government panel's recent recommendations that women in their 40s should refrain from annual mammograms. The panel, the United States Preventive Services Task Force, stated that women should begin screening at age 50, and that these screenings should take place every other year. The panel's decisions have raised eyebrows among many physicians, including Dr. Mary...
November 17, 2009
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