Also On Wellness
Health and Wellness News
WASHINGTON - The largest medical insurers and drug companies spent 41% more on lobbying this year as Congress began debate on an overhaul of health care, which may include a public insurance plan the industries oppose. Despite an overall decline in lobbyist spending this year, a USA TODAY review of disclosure reports found 20 of the largest health insurance and drug companies and their trade groups...
June 29, 2009
PRINCETON, N.J., Jun 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. residents interviewed for a Gallup Poll say their alcohol consumption has changed little during the recession. Despite some anecdotal reports of an increase in drinking, the percentage of U.S. adults who drink alcohol remained steady at 64 percent, essentially unchanged from a year ago, Gallup reported Monday. The 64 percent said they have "occasion...
June 29, 2009
WASHINGTON - An overhaul of the nation's health care system could help do away with one of the most aggravating and expensive experiences for millions of individuals and small businesses: shopping for insurance on the open market. A central element of all the proposals pending in Congress is the creation of a health insurance "exchange" - a way to offer a range of plans. Its rules could guarantee that...
June 29, 2009
ATLANTA, Jun 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - More than 47,000 seniors were treated in hospitals from 2001 to 2006 for injuries from falls involving walkers and canes, U.S. health officials said. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, found that people were seven times more likely to be injured in a fall with a walker as with...
June 29, 2009
Cash-strapped homeowners are trying to cut costs by replacing the kitchen floor or fixing a pipe themselves rather than hiring a contractor. But some are ending up with a trip to the emergency room instead. Nick Jouriles, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians, says he has seen an increase in injuries from do-it-yourself projects in the past year, and he says it's probably the result...
June 28, 2009
DALLAS, Jun 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - People who swim in pools and lakes this summer should remember their refreshing swims can lead to painful ear infections, a U.S. expert says. Dr. Barbara Schultz, associate professor of otolaryngology - head and neck surgery - at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, recommends treating ears after leaving the water for the day with over-the-counter...
June 28, 2009
WASHINGTON, Jun 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says the Plainview Milk Products Cooperative is recalling two years of food products due to possible contamination. The FDA said the Plainview, Minn., company is voluntarily recalling the instant non-fat dried milk, whey protein, fruit stabilizers and gums (thickening agents) that it has manufactured during the past two...
June 28, 2009
Sportsmen who carry out high levels of cycle training could be damaging their chance of fatherhood, researchers reported on Monday. A team led by Diana Vaamonde of the University of Cordoba Medical School in Spain looked at triathletes - athletes who run, swim and cycle - to further a probe into a long-suspected link between male infertility and long-distance biking. They looked at semen provided by...
June 28, 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...
June 28, 2009
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jun 28, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Turkey will successfully adjust to a smoking ban in its restaurants and bars if it follows the same path as France, an international health expert says. Speaking last week in Istanbul as a July 19 deadline approaches banning tobacco from public spaces, Sylviane Ratte, a tobacco control expert with the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung...
June 28, 2009
"In the beginning," says a character in a Peter De Vries novel, "the earth was without form and void. Why didn't they leave well enough alone?" When Washington is finished improving health care, Americans may be asking the same thing. Certainly the debate will compel them to think more clearly about this subject. Most Americans do want different health care: They want 2009 medicine at 1960 prices....
June 28, 2009
WASHINGTON - In its most sweeping effort to determine whether toxic chemicals permeate the air schoolchildren breathe, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce plans today to monitor the air outside 62 schools in 22 states. Texas and Ohio have the most schools on the list, with seven each; Pennsylvania has six. The plan will cost about $2.25 million and includes taking samples outside...
June 27, 2009
ATLANTA, Jun 27, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta have a Web Site LEANWorks!, designed to help businesses address obesity, officials said. "CDC LEANWorks! - LEAN stands for Leading Employees to Activity and Nutrition - was developed in direct response to organizations asking CDC for help in addressing the obesity epidemic," Dr. William Dietz, director...
June 27, 2009
ATLANTA, Jun 27, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta have a Web Site LEANWorks!, designed to help businesses address obesity, officials said. "CDC LEANWorks! - LEAN stands for Leading Employees to Activity and Nutrition - was developed in direct response to organizations asking CDC for help in addressing the obesity epidemic," Dr. William Dietz, director...
June 27, 2009
At least one million people in the United States have had swine flu, or around 50 times more than the number of cases reported to health authorities, an official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday. "We're saying that there have been at least a million cases of the new H1N1 virus so far this year in the United States," Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center for...
June 26, 2009
WASHINGTON - The type of advertising war that helped doom the last effort to overhaul the nation's health care system is heating up. Business groups opposed to health care bills floated by House and Senate Democrats launched print ads this week. The Republican National Committee ran its own TV ad as well. Until now, ads for and against President Obama's proposed health care overhaul have been run by...
June 26, 2009
At least one million people in the United States have had swine flu, or around 50 times more than the number of cases reported to health authorities, an official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday. "We're saying that there have been at least a million cases of the new H1N1 virus so far this year in the United States," Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center for...
June 26, 2009
TORONTO, Jun 26, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - One in 25 deaths worldwide are directly attributable to alcohol consumption - an increase mainly due to more women drinking, Canadian researchers said. Dr. Jurgen Rehm of the Center for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto and colleagues found that alcohol-attributable disorders are among the most disabling disease categories within the global burden of disease,...
June 26, 2009
TORONTO, Jun 26, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Individuals physically abused in childhood are more likely to develop cancer as adults than those who have not been abused, researchers in Canada said. Esme Fuller-Thomson of the University of Toronto said childhood physical abuse is associated with 49 percent higher odds of cancer in adulthood. "Few talk about childhood physical abuse and cancer in the same...
June 26, 2009
SANTA ANA, Calif., Apr 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Orange County supervisors in Southern California voted Tuesday to restore a $300,000 sex education grant to Planned Parenthood. The supervisors also adopted a new policy on the use of tobacco settlement money, directing the Orange County Health Agency to spend it on direct services, not education, the Los Angeles Times reported. The county suspended...
June 25, 2009
PERTH, Australia, Jun 26, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - People who eat soy products have better lung function and are less likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Australian researchers said. Dr. Fumi Hirayama and Andy Lee from Curtin University of Technology in Australia worked with a team of respiratory physicians to poll 300 patients with COPD from six Japanese hospitals and 340 age-matched...
June 25, 2009
In recent years, the military has invested millions of dollars in mental health care, fueling a proliferation of treatment programs while attempting to reshape fundamental attitudes about mental illness. But the stigma persists among the rank-and-file, keeping many troubled soldiers from taking advantage of help that is readily available, according to two Army generals. The Army's top psychiatrist,...
June 25, 2009
The circumstances surrounding Michael Jackson's death are not entirely clear. But appearing before the news media Thursday, Jackson's brother Jermaine said it's believed Michael Jackson had cardiac arrest, though the cause of death won't be known until an autopsy is performed. Here's some background: Q: What is a cardiac arrest? A: It's when the heart suddenly stops, which can happen for dozens of...
June 25, 2009
DALLAS, Jun 26, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - An old saying that married couples gain weight turns out to be true, a U.S. expert says. Lona Sandon of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas says research has shown married people gain an average of 6 to 9 pounds more than singles. However, couples have a few things going for them if they want to keep the weight off. "The best thing couples...
June 25, 2009
WARSAW, Poland, Jun 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Italian researchers report a U.S. food intolerance test helped treat patients with digestive or skin problems. The only therapy for the patients in the study was avoiding foods shown to cause inappropriate immune activation through the use of the intolerance/sensitivity test, the researchers said. At the annual Congress of the European Academy of Allergy...
June 25, 2009
Featured Posts
©2025 Wellness®.com is a registered trademark of Wellness.com, Inc. 