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WASHINGTON, Jul 6, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Three of every four major U.S. healthcare firms have at least one former Washington insider on their lobbying payroll, a Washington Post analysis indicates. Nearly half of the insiders-turned-lobbyists worked for the key committees and lawmakers debating whether to include a public insurance option - opposed by major industry groups - in a proposed overhaul...
July 5, 2009
Georgia found itself in exotic company recently when federal officials evaluated readiness for public health emergencies. Tied for sixth-worst among 56 states and territories, Georgia ranked ahead of Hawaii and the Northern Mariana Islands, for example, while trailing Guam and American Samoa. This was just one among many measurements raising doubts about Georgia's preparedness to prevent, detect and...
July 5, 2009
LONDON, Jul 5, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Children under age 5 who live in Britain's poorest neighborhoods are four times more likely to be obese than affluent children, health officials say. One in six children from Stockon-on-Tees, an economically poor community in northeastern England, were found to be so obese their health was at risk by the time they entered primary school, national Department of...
July 5, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, Jun 15, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Flu sufferers, especially children, are at risk of potentially deadly bacterial infections, a top doctor at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia says. The outbreak of H1N1 virus, or swine flu, means the medical community and the public need to remain alert to secondary infections, particularly strep pneumoniae, said Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, chief of allergy...
July 4, 2009
If you've been telling yourself you're not old yet, you fit right in. No matter what their chronological age, most people say that they aren't yet "old" - and that they feel younger than their birthday count, according to a new nationally representative survey of almost 3,000 adults by the Pew Research Center. The average age considered "old" by respondents was 68 - but there were real differences...
July 4, 2009
A cholera outbreak in northeastern Kenya has killed at least 30 people over the past month, a senior health official said Tuesday. Director of Public Health Shahnaaz Shariff said that more than 1,400 cases had been reported over a vast area of the country, mainly due to the lack of clean water. "Let's be realistic about the situation. With the environmental change, with this prolonged drought, I do...
July 4, 2009
Damascus (dpa) - Syria's health minister on Saturday announced the first confirmed case of the H1N1, or swine flu, virus in the country. An Australian woman in Syria on holiday tested positive for the virus after complaining of flu symptoms, Syrian Health Minister Reda Said announced in a statement sent to reporters on Saturday. Syrian health authorities were testing the woman's traveling companions...
July 4, 2009
WASHINGTON, Jul 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Adolescents who suffer from migraines are more likely to get lower grades and less likely to graduate from high school, U.S. researchers said. "Our results show that migraine sufferers have trouble attending school and have trouble concentrating on the days they do make it to school," said Joseph Sabia, a professor at Washington's American University whose...
July 3, 2009
HOUSTON, Jul 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. nutrition expert suggests grilling some vegetables and fruits for Fourth of July family barbecues. Dietitian Vicki Piper of The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston encourages those doing cookouts to grill plenty of fruits and vegetables - and less meat. Diets high in plant foods can lower the chances of developing several cancers,...
July 3, 2009
DENVER, Jul 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Thousands of patients in Colorado may have been exposed to hepatitis C from syringes used by an infected former medical technician, officials say. Rose Medical Center in Denver is offering free testing to more than 4,700 former patients. Another 1,000 people may have been exposed at Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center in Colorado Springs where the technician worked...
July 3, 2009
DENVER, Jul 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Thousands of patients in Colorado may have been exposed to hepatitis C from syringes used by an infected former medical technician, officials say. Rose Medical Center in Denver is offering free testing to more than 4,700 former patients. Another 1,000 people may have been exposed at Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center in Colorado Springs where the technician worked...
July 3, 2009
The city's Health Department has identified 11 cases of measles in Brooklyn over the last two months, leading to an alert yesterday urging doctors to report all suspected cases of the disease. Officials said measles is not common in the Big Apple, but is highly contagious. Nearly all the known cases were in children who were not vaccinated. Measles is a respiratory infection caused by a virus. There...
July 2, 2009
HOUSTON, Jul 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. dietitian says marinating meat before grilling helps draw out the chemical precursors of carcinogens. Dietitian Vicki Piper of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston explains where there is smoke there is a risk of cancer. Burning meat, she says, can create carcinogens - agents that may cause cancer. "Grilling any type of meat -...
July 2, 2009
ATLANTA, Jul 2, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Routine vaccination of U.S. children for hepatitis has almost doubled since 2006, federal health officials said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report said the report is the first look at U.S. hepatitis A coverage since the 2006 recommendation that all children ages 12-23 months be immunized against hepatitis...
July 2, 2009
Does it ever seem like you were dealt a lousy health hand, while others around you seem to thrive and avoid physical ailments? Well, if you are on a quest for fabulous health, here's a recent book that we highly recommend: "Choosing Brilliant Health," (Perigee Trade, $23.95, 288 pages), by Rick Foster and Greg Hicks, along with Jen Seda, MD. Foster and Hicks' previous book, "How We Choose to be Happy,"...
July 2, 2009
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Jul 2, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Consuming the recommended servings of dairy foods daily is a convenient and affordable way to get key nutrients, U.S. researchers said. In a supplement to the current issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, several nutrition researchers weigh in on an updated review of the health benefits of consuming dairy foods. Milk, cheese...
July 2, 2009
HANOVER, N.H., Jul 2, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Movie characters who smoke, regardless of whether they are "good guys" or "bad guys," influence teens to try smoking, U.S. researchers found. "Previous studies have confirmed a link between smoking in movies and the initiation of smoking by adolescents, and we wanted to dig deeper into the data to see if the type of character who is smoking matters. Is...
July 2, 2009
People who live alone in middle age face nearly double the risk of developing cognitive problems in later life compared with married or cohabiting counterparts, according to a study published Friday. Researchers interviewed 2,000 people selected randomly in the Kuopio and Joensuu regions of eastern Finland in the 1970s and 80s, when their average age was 50.4 years. A total of 1,409 of the volunteers...
July 2, 2009
CHICAGO - Obesity rates rose in the past year, with 23 states reporting adults are fatter now than last year, two advocacy groups said yesterday. Two-thirds of US adults are obese or overweight, and the groups warned that the fat epidemic could derail efforts to reform the nation's health system. Copyright 2007 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
July 2, 2009
People who live alone in middle age face nearly double the risk of developing cognitive problems in later life compared with married or cohabiting counterparts, according to a study published Friday. Researchers interviewed 2,000 people selected randomly in the Kuopio and Joensuu regions of eastern Finland in the 1970s and 80s, when their average age was 50.4 years. A total of 1,409 of the volunteers...
July 2, 2009
WASHINGTON, Jul 2, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the voluntary recall of Stop & Shop-brand non-fat dried milk because of possible contamination. The FDA said the dried milk is part of a recall announced last week by the Plainview Milk Products Cooperative due to possible contamination by salmonella bacteria. Stop & Shop is recalling all of its branded non-fat...
July 1, 2009
New Yorkers do it less but like it more, a new sex survey has found. Seventy-one percent of Big Apple residents said they were satisfied with their love lives. Only Atlanta, with a 73 percent satisfaction rate, finished higher among America's big cities. New Yorkers said they had sex 80 times a year - below the national average of 84, according to the survey, released yesterday by the makers of Trojan...
July 1, 2009
People who live on vegetarian diets have slightly weaker bones than their meat-eating counterparts, Australian researchers said Thursday. A joint Australian-Vietnamese study of links between the bones and diet of more than 2,700 people found that vegetarians had bones five percent less dense than meat-eaters, said lead researcher Tuan Nguyen. The issue was most pronounced in vegans, who excluded all...
July 1, 2009
This week's warning against two popular "pain killers" by a federal medical advisory panel following last week's death of Michael Jackson should alert us all that sometimes drugs can hurt as well as help us. The ban was urged against Percocet and Vicodin. That wouldn't mean much unless you realize they contain acetaminophen, an ingredient in popular over-the-counter painkiller pills such as Tylenol...
July 1, 2009
Hong Kong (dpa) - University students who spend hours a day online are more likely to be overweight and to have health problems, according to a Hong Kong survey Thursday. The study by Hong Kong's Chinese University found that nearly 15 per cent of first year students spend more than four hours a day online. Among heavy internet users, 8.5 per cent are overweight compared to less than 4 per cent of...
July 1, 2009
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