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SAN DIEGO, Sep 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Therapy dramatically helped curb domestic violence among homeless veterans, U.S. researchers say. Gary Dick of the University of Cincinnati and Brad Schaffer of the Veterans Administration Cincinnati Medical Center said the study was based on the cases of 130 homeless, male veterans who had admitted abusing their partners and lived in homeless shelters. Eighty-eight...
September 28, 2009
WASHINGTON, Sep 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of a limited quantity of Neocate-brand specialized infant formula due to a blending error. Nutricia North America Inc. of Gaithersburg, Md., said Neocate is a hypoallergenic dry powder formula packaged in 14-ounce cans distributed to pharmacies, healthcare professionals and consumers nationwide. The...
September 28, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo., Sep 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Pets lower hypertension, spur exercise and improve psychological health, and if this appeared in pill form it would be called a wonder drug, a U.S. expert says. "Research in this field is providing new evidence on the positive impact pets have in our lives," Rebecca Johnson, an associate professor in the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing,...
September 28, 2009
WASHINGTON, Sep 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The debate over U.S. healthcare reforms has expanded to include arguments over how abortion procedures will be dealt with, observers say. Some moderate Democrats have expressed support for conservatives seeking to bar millions of low- and middle-income people who would receive federal subsidies to buy insurance policies from purchasing plans that cover elective...
September 28, 2009
When CHOOSY talks, children at Heartland Head Start do more than listen. They stretch, march, twist, throw, catch, sing, dance and learn about healthier food choices. "For them, it's fun," said Deb O'Connell, child health and development content leader at Head Start, 206 Stillwell St., Bloomington. But when the character CHOOSY (Choose Healthy Options Often and Start Young) sings to the 3- to 5-year-olds...
September 28, 2009
Sep. 29 - Keri Brostine figured she had a 50/50 chance that the bottles of Tylenol she had at home were safe. Tylenol's manufacturer voluntarily recalled certain lots of Children's and Infant's Tylenol liquid products on Friday because of concerns about one of the inactive ingredients. Ms. Brostine found about four different versions of Tylenol products used for her three small children. Luckily, only...
September 28, 2009
Sep. 29 - Flu season is under way early this year, as the swine flu sweeps through area workplaces and schools. The H1N1 virus has yet to cause excessive absences in most schools, but officials are braced. They have set up special rooms for sick kids awaiting a ride home and equipped classrooms with hand cleaner and tissues. Sacramento County officials say H1N1 so far has been no more severe than seasonal...
September 28, 2009
Women who gain weight in the early decades of adulthood dramatically reduce their chances of reaching old age in good health compared with lean counterparts, a study published on Wednesday said. More than 17,000 American women were monitored for health every two years from around the age of 50 until they reached at least 70, according to the paper released online by the British Medical Journal (BMJ)....
September 28, 2009
The debate over Medicare Advantage misses a key point. It's not so much the extras, such as gym memberships, vision and dental care, that drew more than 10 million seniors to the plans. It's the affordable deductibles, co-pays and other such out-of-pocket expenses. Traditional Medicare is an outstanding and vital program. But many beneficiaries, to avoid going into debt or wiping out their savings...
September 28, 2009
WASHINGTON, Jun 5, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation said it will commit $300 million to improve healthcare in 14 U.S. communities. The money will be used to lift the overall quality of healthcare, reduce racial and ethnic disparities and provide models for national reform, the foundation said Thursday. "Across America, there are serious gaps between the healthcare that people...
September 28, 2009
Children who are the most popular and powerful at school also enjoy better health in adult life compared to counterparts at the bottom end of the pecking order, said a Swedish study published Tuesday. The unusually wide and long-term study covers 14,000 children born in 1953, who were questioned in 1966 when they were 12 or 13 years old and whose health was tracked up to 2003. The children's place...
September 28, 2009
More women are having both breasts removed after cancer is diagnosed in one, even though there is little evidence that a double mastectomy can improve survival, a study showed Monday. Researchers at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in New York state found that between 1995 and 2005 the number of women who had the healthy breast removed after cancer was diagnosed in the other more than doubled. More...
September 28, 2009
10-year-old Taylor Devol is too young to remember much about her grandmother's fight against lymphoma, except the fun she had trying on Grandma's wigs. The Holland girl wasn't even born yet when her father, who is now a 25-year cancer survivor, was given a diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma. But that hasn't stopped her from taking up the cause. Taylor spent all summer cleaning out her toy box and collecting...
September 27, 2009
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sep 27, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. humorist Garrison Keillor has returned to his weekly radio show, saying he is thankful to medical personnel who helped him when suffered had a stroke. Appearing Saturday in St. Paul, Minn. during his first "Prairie Home Companion" radio show since sustaining a minor stroke this month - Keillor, 67, thanked "the good people" at the United Hospital...
September 27, 2009
Even if your child doesn't have a food allergy, chances are that one of her classmates does, which can make bringing snacks to school events challenging. Enter Kelly Rudnicki, a food allergyawareness advocate and mother of four from Wilmette, Ill. Rudnicki's Web site, foodallergymama.com, is loaded with useful recipes and tips for handling food allergies at home and in school. "When my son turned one,...
September 27, 2009
Do you think your teen is having sex? Many parents would say no. The harsh reality is that only about half of those parents would be right. Children are engaging in sex at younger ages than in the past, experts say, and research indicates that about 40 percent to 50 percent of 15- and 16-year-olds in California are having sex. Combine that with a steady increase in sexually transmitted diseases among...
September 27, 2009
WASHINGTON - More than 70 million people who work at large companies would not get health insurance protections sought by President Obama under a closely watched Senate health care bill, a Democratic lawmaker involved in the debate says. The proposed rules, which Obama said will "make the insurance you have work better for you," would prohibit insurers from denying coverage because of pre-existing...
September 27, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration may have banned candy- and fruit-flavored cigarettes Tuesday, but some public health experts still see a big hole in their efforts to keep teens from starting to smoke. That's because menthol, the top-selling flavor of cigarette and one increasingly popular with teen smokers, remains on the market. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which President...
September 27, 2009
Mexico's weight problem is pervasive. According to figures provided by the Public Health Secretariat (SSP), as of 2006, when the last national study on weight issues was undertaken, nearly 70 percent of all adult Mexicans were considered to be severely overweight, and a full 30 percent fell into the category of obese. What's more, the problem is on the rise. In fact, according to the SSP, obesity rates...
September 27, 2009
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sep 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Forty percent of parents say they do not plan to comply with recommendations to have their children vaccinated against H1N1 flu, a U.S. survey indicates. The C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health conducted a national survey with the University of Michigan of 1,678 parents in August to measure attitudes regarding H1N1 flu....
September 26, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. doctors say the untreated plaques causing unexpected heart attacks are not mild lesions as previously thought. The plaques are made up of fat, cholesterol, calcium and other substances found in the blood. The plaques at high risk of causing an adverse cardiovascular event had large plaque burdens and/or small lumen areas - clear space in the vessel....
September 25, 2009
WASHINGTON, Sep 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The diabetes drug sitagliptin has been linked to reported cases of acute pancreatitis, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. In all, 88 cases of acute pancreatitis were reported to the FDA between October 2006 and February 2009, the FDA said in revising prescription information for sitagliptin, marketed under the names Januvia and Janumet. Two of the...
September 25, 2009
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sep 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Higher levels of environmental chemicals in breast milk are linked to a higher incidence of testicular cancer, researchers in Denmark found. Konrad Krysiak-Baltyn and colleagues in Denmark, Finland and Germany measured levels of 121 chemicals in 68 breast milk samples from Denmark and Finland to compare exposure of mothers to environmental endocrine...
September 25, 2009
ATLANTA, Sep 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Obesity, diabetes and hypertension are eroding heart health gains of past decades, U.S. researchers say. The study, published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, finds only one in 12 U.S. adults - 8.3 percent - had a low-risk profile for cardiovascular disease in the 1994-2004 period. However, there is one encouraging finding: Fewer adults...
September 25, 2009
CHICAGO, Sep 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Vitamin D deficiency in younger women is associated with increased risk of high blood pressure in mid-life, a U.S. researcher said. Co-investigator Flojaune C. Griffin, a doctoral candidate in epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor and colleagues examined women enrolled in the Michigan Bone Health and Metabolism Study....
September 25, 2009
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