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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sep 5, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Two U.S. researchers say dogs appear to be helpful to soldiers and former soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Craig Love, a research psychologist, and Joan Esnayra, founder of the Psychiatric Service Dog Society, discussed their work Thursday during a conference on military health research in Kansas City, The Kansas City Star reported....
September 5, 2009
Geneva (dpa) - Swine flu, according to the latest data, is the main type of influenza being transmitted globally, the World Health Organization said Friday. "Pandemic (H1N1) influenza virus continues to be the predominant circulating virus of influenza, both in the northern and southern hemisphere," the WHO reported, using the technical name for the disease. In Japan, influenza activity was increasing...
September 4, 2009
LEXINGTON, Ky., Sep 4, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Using YouTube videos, researchers at the University of Kentucky in Lexington identified an involuntary response to head trauma. Observing hundreds of hours of tape showing people getting smacked, punched and knocked in the head during sporting and recreational events led researchers to identify the "fencing response." Study leader Jonathan Lifshitz said...
September 4, 2009
Today in Washington and across this country, adults are debating the hotly contested issue of health care reform. But children, especially those of color, are innocent bystanders with much to gain - or lose. Most people know me from my fictional life on ABC's Desperate Housewives. But in real life, I learned that access to health care could mean the difference between living with security or fear....
September 4, 2009
Cecilia Gordon Kane can cancel her gym membership. Or so the claims of her new athletic shoes may lead her to believe. By just walking in her sneakers, the Marietta woman supposedly will receive a complete workout: burned calories, strengthened muscles and toned legs, core and back. "I felt like it would be an investment in me because I needed to get moving," said Kane, who bought a pair of Chung Shi...
September 4, 2009
ORLAND PARK, Fla., Sep 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Federal authorities said testing confirmed a Florida man's Diet Pepsi can contained the remains of an animal, thought to be a frog or toad. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the can of Diet Pepsi Fred Denegri of Orland Park, Fla., drank from July 23 contained the remains of a frog or a toad, the Orlando Sentinel reported Thursday. Denegri's...
September 3, 2009
Sydney (dpa) - Sending fat children to see doctors is not making them any thinner, exercise more or eat healthier food, researchers said Friday. The findings, from Melbourne's Children's Research Institute, have just been published in the British Medical Journal. They are a worry given that 30 per cent of Australian children are overweight, compared with 20 per cent 10 years ago and 10 per cent in...
September 3, 2009
Sep. 2 - Precious moments are ones we remember because they make a difference in our lives. And nothing makes a greater difference in our lives than the state of our health. Yet on average, most of us have between 18 and 20 minutes to create a proactive partnership with our physician - a relationship that can maximize our health and help us avoid unnecessary medical problems. By itself, achieving sound...
September 3, 2009
As women continue leading increasingly hectic lives, carting children to soccer games and band practice, earning an income to support their families, looking after aging family members and building a home, personal health issues often fall to the wayside. With access to an ocean of unfiltered medical advice on the Internet, many women are trying to take a more active role in managing their health,...
September 3, 2009
Swine flu has continued to spread throughout the summer. And, everyone assumes it is going to get worse over the coming months. Mind you, other run of the mill respiratory viruses are also starting to show up during the fall and winter - a.k.a. common cold viruses and sore throat viruses. So, how does your doc figure out if your fever and runny nose is from a cold or the flu? The symptoms and the patient's...
September 3, 2009
Sep. 4 - The Utah Department of Health will soon be giving grant money to each of the state's tribes - and the walk-in clinics that serve them - to prepare for a potential resurgence of the H1N1 flu this fall. The money will pay for a vaccination campaign, Dean Penovich, the department's preparedness manager, said at a Native American Summit on Thursday in Lehi. The tribes have already received $10,000...
September 3, 2009
The first analysis of children who have died of the new H1N1 flu virus shows that two-thirds had severe existing medical conditions, nearly half also got bacterial infections, and a dozen were never treated with Tamiflu, the government reported Thursday. At least 477 people, 40 of whom were children, have died of H1N1 influenza, also called swine flu, since it emerged in the United States in April....
September 3, 2009
DENVER, Sep 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Exercise helps prevent weight regain after dieting by reducing appetite and burning fat before burning carbohydrates, U.S. researchers have learned. Researchers at the University of Colorado Denver also found that exercise prevents the increase in fat cells that occurs during weight regain. This finding challenges the conventional wisdom that the number of fat...
September 3, 2009
Swine flu has begun to spread through American universities where more than 1,600 cases of A(H1N1) infections were recorded in the first week of classes, a health group said Thursday. Some 1,640 new cases were reported at 165 universities across the country that participate in surveillance conducted by the American College Health Association. There has been only one hospitalization and no fatalities...
September 3, 2009
ATLANTA, Sep 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - About 12 percent of binge drinkers say they drove during or within two hours of their most recent binge drinking episode, U.S. researchers found. Dr. Timothy S. Naimi and colleagues at the National Centers for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta analyzed data from 14,085 adults from 13 states...
September 3, 2009
Two weeks after starting dialysis in a battle against kidney disease, 47-year-old Ronnie Carter has 10 different prescriptions to maintain and no health insurance. "I don't know which way to turn," he said. "I need help getting my pills. If it hadn't been for my momma this month, I'd be out on the streets." Carter, who is unemployed, said he's applied for Medicaid coverage but needs help paying for...
September 2, 2009
Sep. 3 - Cathy Kerns has multiple sclerosis. The drugs she takes are lifesaving, she says, but they cost more than $5,000 a month - and she must make a 20 percent co-payment. Her specialized physical therapy costs $600 per half-hour - and she pays 20 percent of that. "If I call and plead with the insurance company that I need more therapy so I can walk, they say, 'Sorry, it isn't in the policy,' "...
September 2, 2009
The obesity epidemic that is hammering the nation may be creating the first generation in which children may die before their parents, a leading doctor said Wednesday at UTEP. Dr. Elena Rios, president of the National Hispanic Medical Association, said obe sity, which is hitting minority groups particularly hard, stems from changes in lifestyle, a food pyramid that pushed the wrong foods and the nation's...
September 2, 2009
Most workers who have lost their jobs during the recession have borrowed money from friends and family, have lost sleep and don't have health insurance, according to a Rutgers University study released today. The survey's results suggest that the traumatized workers are unlikely to spend freely and take other financial risks that would help the economy recover. "The financial and personal costs are...
September 2, 2009
Sep. 3 - One of the two women to succumb to H1N1 influenza in Modesto last week suffered from a serious, chronic heart condition, making her vulnerable to the infection, her husband said Wednesday. Christina Kennedy, 45, of Ceres died Aug. 26 at Memorial Medical Center from complications of the influenza. She was admitted to the hospital the previous week after coming down with flu symptoms, including...
September 2, 2009
HIV/AIDS among Florida's men has reached critical levels, according to a new state report, and the highest rate in any racial/ethnic groups was in Miami-Dade County. Overall, one in every 123 adult men in Florida was living with HIV/AIDS through 2008, said the report called Man Up: The Crisis of HIV/AIDS Among Florida's Men, by the Florida Department of Health. Overall, 90,000 Floridians age 13 years...
September 2, 2009
A group of friends who make up Valley With a Heart Benefits will hold a motorcycle ride and family picnic Sunday at Holy Child Grove in Sheatown, Newport Township, to benefit two local boys battling leukemia. The fundraiser for Justin Burns, 6, of Avoca, and Bobby Drummonds, 2, of Hughestown, is dedicated to the memory of A.J. Novitski, 18, of Mountain Top, who died in June after a battle with leukemia...
September 2, 2009
In order to help combat the second deadliest cancer among men, area hospitals are hosting prostate cancer screenings and community awareness events throughout this month. During Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in September, Iredell Health System, Davis Regional Medical Center and Lake Norman Regional Medical Center will have doctors from Piedmont HealthCare Urology, Lake Norman Urology and Carolina...
September 2, 2009
PITTSBURGH, Sep 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Retail medical clinics in pharmacies and stores can provide routine care at lower cost than other facilities and offer similar quality, U.S. researchers said. The Rand Corp. compared the medical care provided in different settings for patients with middle ear infections, sore throats and urinary tract infections. The Rand researchers found no difference in...
September 2, 2009
PITTSBURGH, Sep 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Retail medical clinics in pharmacies and stores can provide routine care at lower cost than other facilities and offer similar quality, U.S. researchers said. The Rand Corp. compared the medical care provided in different settings for patients with middle ear infections, sore throats and urinary tract infections. The Rand researchers found no difference in...
September 2, 2009
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