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LONDON, May 4, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Some baby foods in Britain contain more fat than a cheeseburger and more sugar than chocolate, the Children's Food Campaign said. "Many foods marketed for babies and young children are often advertised as healthy. In reality, in terms of sugar and saturated fat content, some are worse than junk food," said Christine Haigh, a spokeswoman for the campaign, a lobbying...
June 1, 2009
BRISTOL, England, Jun 1, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - British health officials say the risk of infection from a dentist's unsanitary instruments is low, but they still want to alert thousands of patients. The Daily Mail reported Monday that patients in Bournemouth and Bristol would be getting letters informing them there was a potential for infection, not the least of which includes human immunodeficiency...
June 1, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Jun 1, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Changes in the fats in the Western diet may account for the increase in inflammation, which is linked to heart disease and diabetes, U.S. researchers said. Inflammation is the body's response to injury or infection, but the body's immune system can also trigger an inflammatory response when there are no foreign substances to fight off and causes damage...
June 1, 2009
Dale Hamrick's patients love his bedside banter, his no-nonsense style - and the fact that he always comes to them When Dale Hamrick pulls his red Toyota pickup into the driveway of a suburban home, he could be mistaken for a plumber or an electrician. The backpack and running-style shoes he wears are misleading, too. Then again, the pickup truck, backpack and shoes are surefire indications that this...
June 1, 2009
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jun 1, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The results of a survey conducted by a U.S. agency suggest 19 percent of pregnant women consume alcohol during the first trimester of their pregnancy. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Survey of Drug Use and Health also indicated the percentage of women consuming alcohol during pregnancy declined as their delivery...
June 1, 2009
SEATTLE, Jun 1, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Ingesting caffeine within an hour of exercise can reduce the symptoms of exercise-induced asthma, U.S. researchers said. Co-investigator Timothy Mickleborough of Indiana University in Bloomington and colleagues said the caffeine study involved 10 subjects with exercise-induced asthma in a randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, crossover study. The subjects ingested...
June 1, 2009
LONDON, May 30, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A new swimsuit material that lets 80 percent of the sun penetrate to the skin could contribute to deadly forms of skin cancer, British health experts said. The material, meant to eliminate tan-lines, has thousands of microscopic holes in the fabric that make it transparent, said John Walker, who owns Kiniki, the maker of the Tan Through fabric. When looked at,...
May 31, 2009
Bob Williams is a psychology professor who used to design games for his son to play. Some were fun, but most were thinking games - mind games. Alex was, it seems, a heady lad. Later, when Alex was pulling a triple major at William Jewell College a block from the family home in Liberty, he joined his father in coming up with "Culture & Creed," a simulation game that the two hoped would actually bring...
May 31, 2009
A growing number of ticks in Minnesota are carrying organisms that cause disease in humans, raising the risk that a bite by a black-legged, or deer, tick might lead to illness. From 2005 to 2008, staff with the Minnesota Department of Health collected ticks from regions of Minnesota where Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases are commonly reported. Testing found that about one of every three adult...
May 31, 2009
Alan Bridgeford lost his eyesight to cancer as a young child, and fought to keep his singing voice as he grew older. On Sunday, the 17-year-old stepped onto the field to throw out the first pitch and sing the national anthem for the Fireball Classic, a softball fundraiser for the American Cancer Society 's Camp Goodtimes West. "It felt good, ' Bridgeford said about singing and the ovation he received....
May 31, 2009
There was a big party here Saturday. Family and friends celebrated the college graduation of Monica Quimby. Quimby, 22, whose legs were paralyzed while skiing on Jan. 28, 2006, graduated from the University of New Hampshire May 23 with a bachelor of science degree in molecular, cellular and developmental biology. The daughter of Scott and Nadia Quimby of Turner, she looks forward to a future in science....
May 31, 2009
Two Turks who travelled to the United States have been diagnosed with swine flu after returning home, the health ministry said. "The patients, whose general condition is good, have been isolated and put under monitoring," the statement said late Saturday, adding one of them was hospitalised in Istanbul, while the second in the western port city of Izmir. Earlier this month, two Iraqi-born US nationals...
May 31, 2009
Two Turks who travelled to the United States have been diagnosed with swine flu after returning home, the health ministry said. "The patients, whose general condition is good, have been isolated and put under monitoring," the statement said late Saturday, adding one of them was hospitalised in Istanbul, while the second in the western port city of Izmir. Earlier this month, two Iraqi-born US nationals...
May 31, 2009
DALLAS, May 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Reducing stress is important because numerous studies have shown that people constantly stressed are more at risk of illness or disease, a U.S. expert says. Bernadette Latson, assistant professor of clinical nutrition at University of Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, says the best way to address stress, particularly for office workers, is to get away from...
May 31, 2009
Two Turks who travelled to the United States have been diagnosed with swine flu after returning home, the health ministry said. "The patients, whose general condition is good, have been isolated and put under monitoring," the statement said late Saturday, adding one of them was hospitalised in Istanbul, while the second in the western port city of Izmir. Earlier this month, two Iraqi-born US nationals...
May 31, 2009
PITTSBURGH, May 14, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Pregnant women and newborns are at greatest risk in a flu epidemic, but U.S. researchers question whether there are plans for their priority treatment. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh said the study was based on an Internet survey of the 12-member Council of Women's and Infants' Specialty Hospitals,...
May 30, 2009
PITTSBURGH, May 14, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Pregnant women and newborns are at greatest risk in a flu epidemic, but U.S. researchers question whether there are plans for their priority treatment. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh said the study was based on an Internet survey of the 12-member Council of Women's and Infants' Specialty Hospitals,...
May 30, 2009
The combination of two anti-cancer treatments following standard chemotherapy can slow advanced non-small cell lung cancer, according to a study unveiled Saturday. Patients treated with a combination of Tarceva, sold by the Swiss drugmaker Roche, and Avastin, a drug by Roche's Genentech unit, saw their cancer growth slow more than a control group treated with Avastin. More than 750 patients were randomized...
May 30, 2009
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The estimated 1,000 species of bacteria inhabiting healthy human skin are likely necessary for proper body functioning, researchers said. Bacterial colonies reside on different parts of the skin, some in the armpit and belly button, which are akin to tropical rain forests, and others on the forearm, which resembles an arid desert, researchers from the National...
May 30, 2009
Dear Pharmacist, I've had diabetes for 12 years and now I have kidney disease. My doctor just prescribed lisinopril. I'm concerned that there is more I should be doing. What else should I consider? - L.V., Los Angeles The kidneys continuously filter your blood to strain out waste products. Without functional kidneys we would die within minutes. Here are some ways protect your precious kidneys: 1. Bring...
May 30, 2009
Dear Pharmacist, I've had diabetes for 12 years and now I have kidney disease. My doctor just prescribed lisinopril. I'm concerned that there is more I should be doing. What else should I consider? - L.V., Los Angeles The kidneys continuously filter your blood to strain out waste products. Without functional kidneys we would die within minutes. Here are some ways protect your precious kidneys: 1. Bring...
May 30, 2009
Swine flu has now infected 15,510 people in 53 countries since it was first uncovered last month in the United States and Mexico, the World Health Organisation said Friday. The number of deaths rose to 99 after two more deaths were reported by Mexico and one each was reported by Canada and the United States, according to the latest WHO tally of confirmed influenza A(H1N1) cases. Most of the new cases...
May 29, 2009
London (dpa) - The "silent crisis" of climate change already claims an estimated 300,000 lives a year around the world with annual deaths expected to reach half a million by 2030, a report published in London Friday warned. Rising temperatures due to the changing climate already affected the lives of 325 million people around the globe - a figure set to rise to 660 million, or 10 per cent of the world's...
May 29, 2009
Nearly three of 10 teenage Florida foster children have been prescribed a mental-health drug, and 73 foster kids younger than 6 are taking mind-altering drugs, according to a study released Thursday in response to the death of a Broward foster child who was taking such medications. In all, 2,669 children - or 13 percent of Florida foster children - are being given powerful psychiatric drugs, said the...
May 29, 2009
US cancer experts are preparing to focus on new developments in making treatment ever more personalized, right down to the molecular level, at their main annual gathering this weekend. "We have a theme at the meeting this year: personalizing cancer care, ranging from using molecular analysis to select the most appropriate treatment for patients through developing personalized survivalship care plans...
May 29, 2009
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