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One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. It's a statistic to keep in mind as you head out to swim, picnic and watch baseball games this summer. Using the right sunscreen (and applying it correctly) can help lower your risk, along with wearing protective hats, sunglasses and clothing. For any sunscreen to provide adequate protection,...
June 18, 2009
SYDNEY, Jun 17, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Researchers in Australia conducted a systematic review of Tai Chi studies and found it produces positive effects in those suffering from arthritis. Tai Chi is a form of exercise regularly practiced in China for general health purposes but has increasing popularity in North America and Australia. It is usually incorporated into people's daily activities and preformed...
June 17, 2009
Who knew sweating to the oldies could be so rewarding? Whether they are taking regular lessons with an instructor or trying the moves out for the first time, more and more people are discovering the health benefits of swing dancing. "It's definitely aerobic, and it's something that can be done at all skill levels," said Sumit Khanna of Chattanooga Swing and Lindy. "A lot of people say, 'I'm not coordinated,'...
June 17, 2009
SAN ANTONIO - New pre-season training guidelines will be issued today by the National Athletic Trainers' Association and a task force concerned about the deaths of high school athletes during the hottest days of summer. At its annual conference here, NATA will call for gradual heat acclimatization in all high school sports. "This high school policy is the first of its kind," says task force co-chair...
June 17, 2009
WASHINGTON - At the same time partisan divisions over health care are becoming increasingly stark, Democrats and Republicans in Congress are finding consensus on ideas that ultimately could be included in a final plan. Momentum for health care legislation - which President Obama says he wants to sign by October - slowed Wednesday as lawmakers continued to bicker over a controversial government insurance...
June 17, 2009
WASHINGTON - Overhauling the nation's health care system won't easily lead to the long-term budget savings that President Obama hopes to achieve, the director of the Congressional Budget Office says. Obama has said that "health care reform is entitlement reform," but he plans to use savings from Medicare and Medicaid over 10 years to extend health insurance coverage to millions of people. In an interview...
June 17, 2009
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jun 17, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. researchers say low socioeconomic status needs to considered when treating heart disease. The study, published in the American Heart Journal, finds the current model used to assess risk - Framingham Risk Scoring - underestimates the risk of death from cardiac disease, but this discrepancy is cleared up in the statistical analysis when income and...
June 17, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY, Jun 17, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Hospitals in Salt Lake City report the H1N1 flu outbreak remains with a patient-a-day being admitted to intensive care units in the Utah city. Six Salt Lake County residents have died of the disease also called swine flu, four in the past week, and nearly 100 have been hospitalized since the outbreak began. "Utah seems to be having a lot more of this...
June 17, 2009
Free wireless Internet service is coming to downtown Lenoir, courtesy of online search and applications leader Google. During Tuesday night's Lenoir City Council meeting at the City-County Chambers, a $110,348 grant from Google was approved, paving the way for the development of WiFi online access. The service will be operated by the city, and the agreement with Google runs for three years. "It will...
June 16, 2009
WASHINGTON - Margaret Hamburg figured she'd follow her parents' example and pursue a career in academic medicine, perhaps as an endocrinologist. "I'd never planned a career as a public health official," Hamburg, who was recently confirmed as the second woman to helm the Food and Drug Administration, said Tuesday in an interview with USA TODAY in the agency's Capitol Hill office. But she changed her...
June 16, 2009
CHICAGO, Jun 17, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Neighborhoods with restaurants, entertainment and diversity had lower rates of asthma than neighborhoods with churches or non-profits, U.S. researchers said. Dr. Ruchi Gupta of Children's Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago focused on 287 Chicago neighborhoods where nearly 50,000 children grades K-8 were screened...
June 16, 2009
Free wireless Internet service is coming to downtown Lenoir, courtesy of online search and applications leader Google. During Tuesday night's Lenoir City Council meeting at the City-County Chambers, a $110,348 grant from Google was approved, paving the way for the development of WiFi online access. The service will be operated by the city, and the agreement with Google runs for three years. "It will...
June 16, 2009
The Saturday morning gathering had "big book launch" written all over it. Creative pride, nervous anticipation and a hint of deadline fatigue all hung in the air inside a gracious Eagles Landing residence. One day before readers would get their first look at "Aspen Expose," there was enough chatter about plot development and potential sequels among the assembled group to make John Grisham or J.K. Rowling...
June 16, 2009
When Jessica Handler was 15, she began writing in countless spiral notebooks to document her feelings and observations about her parents and sisters - especially her sisters. The journals would forge a lifeline between the past and the present. Hers was no typical family: Handler's younger sister Susie died of leukemia when Handler was 10. Sarah, the youngest, was diagnosed at 2 with Kostmann's syndrome,...
June 16, 2009
The number of adults who turn to the Internet for health information has nearly doubled in the past two years, from 31% to 60%, according to a study. That puts the Internet in a tie for third place (with books and print materials) as the source adults most often turn to for health information. At the top, 86% of those surveyed say they most often consult a health care professional, and 68% say they...
June 16, 2009
Companies, desperate to slice fat from their budgets during this recession, increasingly are targeting workplace wellness programs. Smoking cessation and weight-loss programs are among those being considered for the chopping block, says Laurel Pickering, executive director of the New York Business Group on Health, a coalition representing employers on health benefit issues. "When (companies) are looking...
June 16, 2009
WASHINGTON, Jun 16, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - People whose vitamin D levels test high before going on a diet experience better weight loss than those with lower levels, U.S. researchers say. The study found for every increase of 1 nanogram per milliliter of 25-hydroxycholecalciferola - a precursor form of vitamin D found in the blood - study participants lost almost a half pound more on their calorie-restricted...
June 16, 2009
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jun 16, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Researchers in France suggest that the season in which rheumatoid arthritis symptoms appear may indicate the severity of those symptoms. The findings, presented in Copenhagen at the annual congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, may help identify patients with rheumatoid arthritis needing more intensive early therapy. Study leader Dr....
June 16, 2009
WASHINGTON, Jun 16, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging people to stop using three Zicam-brand products marketed as cold remedies because of a health hazard. The federal agency said Zicam-brand nasal gel, nasal swabs and nasal swabs "Kids Size," are associated with anosmia, the loss of sense of smell, which can be long-lasting or permanent. Officials said they have...
June 16, 2009
WASHINGTON, Jun 15, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says there may be a link between the use of ADHD drugs and sudden cardiac death in healthy children. The federal agency said the possible connection between attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder medications and children's cardiac problems was found during a study that was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry....
June 16, 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...
June 16, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, Jun 15, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Low-fat diet helps genetically predisposed animals avoid liver cancer, U.S. researchers found. In a study comparing two strains of mice - one susceptible to developing cancer and the other not - researchers found that a high-fat diet predisposed the cancer-susceptible strain to liver cancer. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine...
June 16, 2009
JERUSALEM, Jun 16, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - American teenagers participating in the Birthright Israel program were diagnosed with swine flu while touring Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported. The paper reported Tuesday eighteen soldiers who were in contact with 15 teens in the program also came down with the virus but already have been released from the hospital. The teens are expected to make a full...
June 16, 2009
Jun. 16 - NEW HAVEN - Child nutrition advocates met at Wexler/Grant Community School Monday to urge U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3, to increase federal reimbursements to school lunch and breakfast programs, expand eligibility guidelines for nutrition assistance for low-income families and streamline dietary restrictions across states. Congress is expected to vote later this year to pass the Child Nutrition...
June 15, 2009
CHARLESTON, W.Va. More West Virginians who want to go back to work but are limited by physical or mental disabilities may qualify for state vocational rehabilitation services. For the first time since 1985, the West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services can help clients without having to follow an order of selection process that prioritizes disability levels, the agency's director, Deborah Lovely,...
June 15, 2009
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