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TORONTO, Jul 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Cardiovascular disease is declining in Canada overall, but it is increasing in adults under age 50 of lower socioeconomic status, researchers said. The researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Center at Toronto General Hospital studied national trends in heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity and smoking prevalence from 1994-2005. The study, published in...
July 21, 2009
Jul. 20 - WASHINGTON - A seemingly harmless breast cancer bill sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar is proving once again that in Congress, few things are as simple as they appear. The bill, intended to fund a public education campaign and research on breast cancer in women younger than 45, was introduced four months ago at an emotional news conference by Klobuchar and House sponsor Debbie Wasserman Schultz,...
July 21, 2009
Jul. 20 - WASHINGTON - A seemingly harmless breast cancer bill sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar is proving once again that in Congress, few things are as simple as they appear. The bill, intended to fund a public education campaign and research on breast cancer in women younger than 45, was introduced four months ago at an emotional news conference by Klobuchar and House sponsor Debbie Wasserman Schultz,...
July 21, 2009
MILAN, Ill., Jul 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A McDonald's restaurant in Milan, Ill., remained open more than a month after a worker fell ill with Hepatitis A, state health officials said. Two workers from the restaurant are now among at least 20 in Rock Island County diagnosed with Hepatitis A in recent weeks, KWQC-TV, Davenport, Iowa reported Tuesday. The first case of Hepatitis A was diagnosed at...
July 21, 2009
Geneva (dpa) - The World Health Organization Tuesday said the death toll from swine flu had risen to 700 globally. By comparison, seasonal flu, the common variety of influenza which normally hits during the winter months, kills about 500,000 people each year. An official at the WHO headquarters in Geneva said the organization did not have a death ratio for the virus and was still compiling data. The...
July 21, 2009
Shad Ireland was 10 years old in 1983 when his kidneys started failing. Back then, the dialysis procedure was so bad that Ireland - sick of the constant headache, the retching and the blood transfusions - tried to commit suicide when he was 11 years old. But things have changed since then, and Ireland, who is now 37, wants everyone to know it. Ireland, a resident of Minnesota, stopped Monday at Fayetteville's...
July 20, 2009
WASHINGTON, Jul 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A public option in a healthcare reform bill would shift 83.4 million people from private carriers to the public plan, a Heritage Foundation report indicates. Meanwhile, a study released Monday by The Commonwealth Fund indicated the individual health insurance market isn't a feasible option for the majority of uninsured adults. The Heritage Foundation report,...
July 20, 2009
LONDON, Jul 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A study involving 14,960 participants age 65 and older found increased fish consumption is associated with lower dementia risk, a British researcher says. The survey of older people was carried out at 11 sites - one urban and one rural in Peru, Mexico, China, and India and in urban sites only in Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. More affluent areas...
July 20, 2009
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., center, meeting teen pop star and Wyckoff native Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers, second from right, and three delegates to the National Diabetes Research Foundation's Children's Congress: from left, Maddie Birer of Florida, the senator's granddaughter; Abigail Ramey of Annandale; and Mark Boucher of Deptford. Lautenberg and Jonas will speak today at a Senate hearing...
July 20, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Jul 20, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Overweight youth are twice as likely to have overweight friends, U.S. researchers found. Researchers at the Institute of Prevention Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California said they used school surveys among 617 students ages 11-13 from the greater Los Angeles area. In addition to finding that overweight adolescents...
July 20, 2009
Jul. 21 - A giant purple and green RV pulls up in front of Jericho Road Ministries on Barton Road on the city's West Side, drawing curious stares from neighbors and the refugees and immigrants. Two teenagers file out of the rickety vehicle, toting a foldable table and containers of freshly harvested lettuce, broccoli and cherries. Inside the RV is more produce - collard greens, cabbage, green onions...
July 20, 2009
BOSTON, Jul 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Most baby boomers are reluctant to discuss limiting driving with their parents, but their parents are more open to the discussion, a U.S. survey indicates. A national survey by Liberty Mutual Insurance indicates 75 percent of baby boomers have never initiated a conversation about driving with their aging parents out of concern for their reaction. Fifty-eight...
July 20, 2009
Jerri Gray was doing all she could to help her son lose weight, her attorney says. But something had gone terribly wrong for the boy to hit the 555-pound mark by age 14. Authorities in South Carolina say that what went wrong was Gray's care and feeding of her son, Alexander Draper. Gray, 49, of Travelers Rest, S.C., was arrested in June and charged with criminal neglect. Alexander is now in foster...
July 20, 2009
TIRUVALLAM, India, Jul 20, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Properly handled aloe vera used as a tooth cleaner may help fight germs, a researcher in India says. The study, published in General Dentistry, finds the aloe vera tooth gel just as effective as - and in some cases, more effective than - two popular commercial non-aloe tooth cleaners. The researchers say aloe latex contains anthraquinones - chemical...
July 20, 2009
Researchers have discovered a link between air-pollution exposure before birth and lower IQ scores in childhood. The finding came from a study of 249 children of New York City mothers who wore backpack air monitors for 48 hours during the last few months of pregnancy. They lived in mostly low-income neighborhoods in northern Manhattan and the South Bronx and were nonsmokers. They had varying levels...
July 20, 2009
Ask people where their kidneys are, and they're apt to point to the wrong place, suggests a recent study in the journal BMC Family Practice. Researchers at King's College in London gave participants drawings of the body with different areas shaded in and asked them which drawing showed the correct location of various organs. Of those taking part in the study, 589 were patients and 133 were from the...
July 19, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, Jul 20, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Popular beverages - such as sodas and citric juices - may be causing teeth to erode, a U.S. dentist says. Dr. Mohamed Bassiouny of Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia says in an article published in General Dentistry excessive consumption of highly acidic beverages such as carbonated drinks can cause tooth structure to wear away. "Dental...
July 19, 2009
Governors took on energy and health issues Sunday morning at the second full day of policy discussions at the National Governors Association summer meetings. Cindy Mann, director of the Center of Medicaid and State Operations, recently took over that office. She said CMSO will focus on improving relations between the federal government and states, which she said have been rocky at times. Mann said...
July 19, 2009
CLEVELAND, Jul 20, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Distractions cause 80 percent of vehicle crashes and a Cleveland auto insurance agency lists its top 10 food distractions. Insurance.com in Cleveland, an online auto insurance agency, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found 80 percent of crashes and 65 percent of near-crashes involve driver...
July 19, 2009
The number of Hispanic workers who die on the job has risen, even as the overall number of workplace deaths has declined, according to federal statistics. Hispanic worker deaths increased from 533 in 1992 to 937 in 2007 - a 76% jump. In the same period, total fatalities in all jobs nationwide fell from 6,217 to 5,657, according to the data. The 2007 tally, the latest available from the U.S. Bureau...
July 19, 2009
NEWARK, N.J., Jul 18, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says adults between the ages of 34 and 56 are more likely to die of poisoning than an auto accident. The federal agency says in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that poisoning deaths can range from drug overdoses to fatalities caused by various biologic substances, vapors or gases, a University...
July 19, 2009
DURHAM, N.C., Jul 20, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. researchers recommend beginning the nicotine patch before trying in earnest to stop smoking. The study, published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, finds the pre-cessation patch doubles the quit success rate. "Right now, the nicotine patch is only recommended for use after the quit date," lead author Jed Rose of the Duke Center for Nicotine and Smoking...
July 19, 2009
British airlines have put in place measures to turn back passengers showing swine flu symptoms, they said Sunday. British Airways said there had been "very small number of cases" where people showing symptoms of the H1N1 virus had been advised not to travel following medical advice. And Virgin Atlantic said people suffering from swine flu would not be allowed to travel without a "fit to fly" certificate...
July 19, 2009
US immunization experts have called an emergency meeting to map out a plan for vaccinating Americans against swine flu when influenza season returns in the coming months, a health official said Friday. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will hold an "emergency or off-cycle meeting" on swine flu on July 29, said Anne Shuchat, director of the National Center for Immunization and...
July 17, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. To many parents, text messaging is an enigma - a practice their children engage in when they could just make a phone call or walk down the street to their friends' houses. It seems to be a strange but harmless means of communication. What most don't know is that too much texting can actually be detrimental to their teens' health. That's because new technologies, such as cell phones...
July 17, 2009
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