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LONDON, Jul 8, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A British study finds those who live in southern England have significantly longer life expectancies than those in the north and Wales. Life expectancy at birth on average is the highest it has ever been, at 77.2 years for boys and 81.5 years for girls, The Times of London reports. But the Office of National Statistics says there are marked regional and class...
July 8, 2009
Two skydiving friends participated in a weekend "boogie" sponsored by the Chambersburg Area Skydivers Association, but took time out from their skydiving activities to raise money for a future event, a three-day walk in San Diego this fall. Amy Mahon of Chambersburg and her friend Sue Stambaugh of York make up the Flying Ta-Tas team which will take part in November's national 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk,...
July 8, 2009
Jul. 8 - If you don't use it, you lose it. That was gerontologist Dr. Kevin O'Neil's advice to senior adults regarding the importance of exercising the brain. O'Neil, the medical director for Brookdale Senior Living, spoke at the Cross Train Your Brain seminar Tuesday morning at the Cedar Springs retirement community. The seminar presented a variety of physical and mental exercises that could prevent...
July 7, 2009
Jul. 8 - If you don't use it, you lose it. That was gerontologist Dr. Kevin O'Neil's advice to senior adults regarding the importance of exercising the brain. O'Neil, the medical director for Brookdale Senior Living, spoke at the Cross Train Your Brain seminar Tuesday morning at the Cedar Springs retirement community. The seminar presented a variety of physical and mental exercises that could prevent...
July 7, 2009
It's tough enough these days just finding enough money to put food on the table, and Americans shouldn't also have to worry about whether it's safe to eat, Vice President Biden said today as he announced proposals to make the U.S. food supply more safe. Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced recommendations from President Obama's Food Safety Working Group, a panel...
July 7, 2009
Ethel Phillips Wiggins has tried not to worry during her century of living because, she said ,worrying is like a rocking chair. "A rocking chair gives you something to do," Wiggins said, "but it gets you nowhere." In her 100 years, Wiggins has encountered times when others would expect her to worry. At age 95, doctors diagnosed her with breast cancer, and she had to undergo a mastectomy. "I went through...
July 7, 2009
DAVIS, Calif., Jul 8, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - With patience, there is hope for recovery from methamphetamine addiction, U.S. researchers say. The study, published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, says it takes at least one year for former methamphetamine users to regain cognitive functions like impulse control and attentional focus. "We used to think most, if not all, effects of meth addiction...
July 7, 2009
NEW YORK, Jul 7, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Federal authorities say they have gone to court to stop a New York cheese company from making and distributing its products, alleging contamination problems. The U.S. Justice Department, acting for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court alleging Peregrina Cheese Inc. has a history of operating under insanitary conditions....
July 7, 2009
DURHAM, N.C., Jul 8, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Family history could be used to identify those in need of early intervention or more aggressive treatment for mental illness, U.S.researchers suggest. The study, published in Archives of General Psychiatry, found less than 30 minutes of questions about family history of depression, anxiety or substance abuse could be used to identify those in need of early...
July 7, 2009
SEATTLE, Jul 7, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. researchers linked diets high in protein and cholesterol with a higher risk of liver disease. The study, published in the journal Hepatology, also found a high carbohydrate diet associated with a lower risk of cirrhosis - a disease where liver tissue is replaced by fibrous scar tissue. Study leader George Ioannou of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care...
July 7, 2009
African-Americans tend to die earlier from breast, ovarian and prostate cancer than patients of other races due to biological and genetic factors, not socioeconomic ones, a study said Tuesday. The analysis was the first to find that the disparities remain even when African-American patients receive identical medical treatment and other socioeconomic factors are controlled, said the authors of the study...
July 7, 2009
Medical officials used to worry about the outbreak of long-preventable diseases in poor, remote countries. Now they're fretting over Brooklyn. Because of widespread but unfounded fears about vaccines, middle class children are coming down with measles, a disease virtually wiped out in the US. For the second year in a row, New York City has seen an outbreak of the potentially deadly infection, with...
July 7, 2009
A common dietary supplement appears effective at treating compulsive hair-pulling, a little-known disorder that afflicts as many as 2 percent of Americans, according to a University of Minnesota study. The results, released Monday, offer hope to people whose disorders aren't life-threatening but do consume their lives and cause anxiety, said Dr. Jon Grant, the U psychiatrist who led the study. Compulsive...
July 7, 2009
If you're trying to eat better but are confounded by the healthy logos, symbols and claims food manufacturers put on packaging, help may be on the way. Or, you may be more baffled than ever. In an attempt to help consumers sort through confusing and sometimes misleading labels, grocery stores are rolling out individual food rating systems. At least five new programs designed to single out healthy foods...
July 6, 2009
What began as a small investigation into tainted milkshake powder has become a nationwide recall of related products. No illnesses have been linked to the contamination of ingredients sold by a Minnesota milk cooperative, says the Food and Drug Administration's Stephanie Kwisnek. But the recalls, which are cascading through the food system and are expected to expand, illustrate the interconnectedness...
July 6, 2009
CALEDONIA, Minn. Joey Haverty is an active 12-year-old boy who likes to play baseball, golf and swim, but he also has to take time out to monitor his blood-sugar levels. Joey has juvenile diabetes. Joey, who attends Caledonia Middle School, was just 22 months old when he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. His mom, Barb Haverty, was attending nursing school at the time, and when discussion turned to...
July 6, 2009
A Babylon, LI, woman over the weekend became the fifth person in Suffolk County to die of swine flu. Suffolk officials yesterday said the woman was 55 to 65 years old and had "multiple underlying medical problems." She was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus on June 23 and died Saturday, according to County Health Commissioner Dr. Humayun Chaudhry. Most of Suffolk's 136 confirmed cases of swine flu have...
July 6, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore., Jul 7, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. healthcare can cause harm when the focus is on providing services instead of improving health, two physicians said in a commentary. Dr. Charles M. Kilo, chief executive officer of GreenField Health in Portland, Ore., and co-author Dr. Eric B. Larson of Group Health Cooperative in Seattle distinguish health from healthcare - asserting one can never...
July 6, 2009
Ahh ... summer is arriving, bringing along the joys of swimming, gardening, barbecues and picnics. Along with the sun comes an increased risk of sunburn, heatstroke and skin cancer. You have already heard all there is to hear about sunscreens and sun protection, right? More than 1 million skin cancers are diagnosed every year, so improving your sun IQ can greatly reduce your personal risk of skin cancer....
July 6, 2009
Older people who may have been exposed to the flu before 1957 appear to have some protection against the new H1N1 virus spreading worldwide, unlike younger people, a federal official said Wednesday. Blood tests indicate that those people have antibodies capable of attacking the new virus, a finding consistent with evidence that the epidemic is hitting young adults hardest. Nearly 40% of patients are...
July 6, 2009
Erika Poquette, 18, wants people who suffer with lupus to know they cannot let the chronic autoimmune disease rule their lives. Poquette graduated from Ansonia High School last week. She was diagnosed with lupus in February 2005, when she was in eighth grade at Assumption School. Yet despite dealing daily with the disease, Poquette excelled in academics and played softball and volleyball all four years...
July 6, 2009
Jun. 16 - The abuse of some of Alabama's most vulnerable residents is taking place right under the noses of their neighbors, friends and family. These vulnerable people aren't children - they're the state's senior citizens, and many of them are victims of elder abuse, said Irene Collins, Commissioner of the state Department of Senior Services. She said that in most cases seniors keep quiet about abuse...
July 6, 2009
Geneva (dpa) - The global tally of patients infected with swine flu has hit 94,512, with 429 deaths, World Health Organization statistics showed on Monday. Most of the infections were in the Americas, particularly the United States, though thousands of cases have been reported across, Europe, Asia and Australia. The WHO has declared the A(H1N1) virus, as it is technically known, as a pandemic, but...
July 6, 2009
Geneva (dpa) - The head of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, said Monday that the global economic crisis was causing people to ditch healthy foods that this would lead to health problems. "When money is tight, the first thing that drop out of the diets are the healthy foods," said Chan, adding that these are "almost always more expensive" than processed items. This was particularly true...
July 5, 2009
While America's economy continues to plummet, American's waistlines continue to grow. Bulging American bellies have pushed adult obesity rates up in 23 states, though California remained at last year's level, according to a report released last week by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The report, titled "F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America...
July 5, 2009
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