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Oct. 24 - Public health messages urging pregnant women to get the swine flu vaccine have resonated with Melissa Weakley, a Boulder County woman who is eight months along. The dilemma: There's not enough vaccine to go around, and Boulder County now has a backlog of people in high-risk categories seeking shots. Because of swine flu vaccine production delays, the government has backed off initial, optimistic...
October 26, 2009
Oct. 26 - He's an 84-year-old diabetic with one lung that doesn't work. She's his 84-year-old wife, a survivor of a nearly fatal aortic aneurysm. About a dozen years ago, they stared old age in the face and made a decision. Instead of letting themselves go, they would get themselves going. So, Stanley and Josephine Ewasiuk of Clearing started attending exercise classes and walking in the park across...
October 26, 2009
Oct. 26 - BAHRAIN has stopped testing patients for swine flu, except in exceptional cases. The 'no tests policy' also includes schoolchildren who report to health centres with the symptoms of ordinary flu, Health Ministry communicable diseases section head Dr Muna Al Mousawi told the GDN. "Though we had stopped testing adults some time ago and administered them the anti-viral treatment if they reported...
October 26, 2009
Oct. 26 - EL PASO - When you reach for a sweetener to flavor your iced tea or coffee, your options can be confusing. With packets of sugar nestled in restaurant caddies alongside colorful packets of the artificial sweeteners aspartame, saccharin and sucralose, consumers must decide what's best for their health, their diet and their taste buds. When products like honey and stevia are added to the choices,...
October 26, 2009
October is a banner month, and the banner is pink. Besides being Vegetarian Awareness Month, it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and breast cancer support's signature pink ribbons are everywhere. Pink is for girls, presumably, but also for health. It's a glow of vibrancy, a bloom. But not so much if the pink comes from artificial coloring. More appropriate is a naturally pink food that's good for you,...
October 25, 2009
If there's one thing that spreads faster than the flu, it's unfounded rumors. We asked Dr. Dean Blumberg, pediatric infectious disease specialist at University of California Davis Medical Center, to debunk a few common myths about the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine. MYTH: The vaccine isn't safe. The vaccine is functionally identical to the regular seasonal flu vaccine and has gone through the same testing,...
October 25, 2009
As with many a great notion, the idea came to nutritionist Bronwyn Schweigerdt while she was doing something totally unrelated to her work. "I was rock climbing," Schweigerdt says, "and I was doing one where you're basically horizontal. I'm hanging there upside down thinking, 'There needs to be a female superhero. There needs to be Fiber Girl. That's it!' "I saw myself wearing a cape and a unitard....
October 25, 2009
A growing number of Americans who are 50 to 64 are losing their health insurance, casualties of rising unemployment and the increasing number of businesses that can't afford to cover their workers. The AARP estimates more than 7 million people in this age group are uninsured, a number that is rising fast and adding a new dimension to the national health care debate. Until now, much of the focus has...
October 25, 2009
The American Medical Association recently unveiled AMAfluhelp.org, a flu health-assessment site that allows patients to assess symptoms quickly and interact with their physician. The program, launched Oct. 22, will first walk patients through a series of questions to determine the severity of their flu symptoms based upon the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines - information...
October 25, 2009
Oct. 26 - HICKORY - It's a sick season. The flu, especially the H1N1 strain, is widespread, say health officials. There's little you can do about that. There is, however, a lot you can do to stop the flu's spread if it makes its way into your home. 1. In addition to disinfecting counters, sinks, tabletops, trash cans and other spots you often remember to clean, disinfect surfaces everybody touches...
October 25, 2009
Eat three servings of whole grains per day, half of the total grain serving recommendation, and cut back on sodium. Those are two messages nutrition experts are trumpeting constantly. At grocery stores, more and more products that can help you meet those goals are appearing on store shelves. In today's soup recipe, I used a new market find: whole wheat cheese tortellini. It's pretty darn good for whole...
October 25, 2009
TULSA - An hour into knee replacement surgery - as U2's I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For plays in the background - Yogesh Mittal smiles as he raises the left leg of his patient, 76-year-old Frank Morrow. While holding Morrow's thigh, the surgeon lets the bottom half of the leg fall. "Look at that," he says, pointing to the wide range of motion permitted by the metallic-colored implant. "He's...
October 25, 2009
Electronic cigarettes are opening a new front in the tobacco wars as state and local lawmakers try to restrict the product, which may allow users to circumvent smoking bans. The battery-powered device is made up of a cartridge containing nicotine, flavoring and chemicals. It turns nicotine, which is addictive, into a vapor that is inhaled. Users say they're "vaping," not smoking. E-cigarettes are used...
October 25, 2009
A new study confirms what savvy consumers have long suspected: Most breakfast cereals advertised to kids are chock-full of sugar and low in fiber. Cereals marketed to kids have 85% more sugar, 65% less fiber and 60% more sodium than those aimed at adults, according to the report from Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. Researchers there analyzed the content of popular cereals...
October 25, 2009
President Obama declared the H1N1 flu outbreak a national emergency over the weekend, but experts in infectiousdisease and emergency medicine say the public should not be alarmed by the move. "This is not a reaction to any new developments; it's a proactive step, a useful tool going forward," White House spokesman Reid Cherlin says. Anne Schuchat, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's...
October 25, 2009
ST. LOUIS, Oct 23, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Depression in heart disease patients did not seem to benefit from omega-3 treatment, U.S. researchers found. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found the placebo and omega-3 groups showed no significant difference between the groups in rates of remission or treatment response. Previously, it had been found psychiatric...
October 25, 2009
Oct. 25 - Life always seemed to smile on Mike Haynes, the handsome Hall of Fame cornerback who starred for the New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders, where he won a Super Bowl in 1983. Haynes was named to the NFL's 75th Anniversary All-Time Team, made the Pro Bowl nine of his 14 years in the league, and after football, first helped Callaway Golf clubs become a leading brand, and then became an NFL...
October 25, 2009
NEW YORK, Oct 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The swine flu virus is widespread in 46 U.S. states with not nearly enough vaccine available to treat the millions of people who need it, officials said. An estimated 16 million doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine were made available in the last few days and another 30 million doses are to be available by month's end, with some states requesting 10 times the amount...
October 25, 2009
One issue often overlooked in health care reform discussions is how the shortage of primary care physicians could undermine the quest for universal coverage. The American Academy of Family Physicians estimates that residency programs need to graduate 3,700 to 4,100 family physicians per year to meet the growing need. But only 1,083 graduating U.S. medical students chose to enter family medicine in...
October 24, 2009
We used to know what infidelity was: sex with someone other than your mate. But the 21st century seems to have blurred those clear-cut lines. Is having lunch every day with an opposite-sex work friend a breach of marital trust? What about a flirtation online? If there's no sex, is it really cheating? Such questions arise as societal and psychological pressures challenge deep-rooted ideas about the...
October 24, 2009
LONDON, Oct 24, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Long-term cell phone users face a higher risk of developing brain tumors later in life, researchers in Britain warn. The risks were identified in a landmark decade-long study by the World Health Organization, The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday. The study, which surveyed the cell phone habits of 12,8000 people in 13 countries, found a "significantly increased...
October 24, 2009
WASHINGTON, Oct 23, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - In one in five U.S. households, someone has gone to work or school when they were presumed to be sick with H1N1 flu, a survey indicates. The Red Cross survey of 1,005 U.S. adults, conducted Oct. 8-11, shows 22 percent say they know someone who has had the H1N1 flu. The vast majority of flu-like illness currently are H1N1 flu. "People who have the flu should...
October 23, 2009
ST. LOUIS, Oct 23, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Depression in heart disease patients did not seem to benefit from omega-3 treatment, U.S. researchers found. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found the placebo and omega-3 groups showed no significant difference between the groups in rates of remission or treatment response. Previously, it had been found psychiatric...
October 23, 2009
DUBLIN, Ireland, Oct 23, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Irish and British researchers say risk-reducing lifestyle changes are still key to treating peripheral arterial disease. PAD occurs when plaque accumulates in arteries that supply blood to areas of the body other than the heart and brain. The study, published in the Journal of Vascular and Intervention Radiology, found there is, as yet, not enough evidence...
October 23, 2009
FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Oct 23, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Some allergy patients who could benefit from the H1N1 vaccine may needlessly avoid it due to confusion, a Virginia allergist suggests. Dr. Peter R. Smith, an allergist and clinical immunologist with Allergy Partners of Fredericksburg, Va., said there is a lot of misunderstanding about whether people with food allergies, especially egg allergies,...
October 23, 2009
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