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BERKELEY, Calif., May 26, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. researchers say their meta-analysis of studies found those who used online or computer-based smoking cessation programs were more likely to succeed. Dr. Seung-Kwon Myung, formerly of the University of California in Berkeley and now at the National Cancer Center in Goyang, South Korea, and colleagues identified 22 randomized controlled trials of...
May 26, 2009
HOUSTON, May 27, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Houston researchers say many of the children treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after Hurricane Ike were playing video games powered by generators. Two million homes in Texas were without power, following Hurricane Ike and while some scrambled to preserve food using gasoline-powered generators, others used them to run televisions and video game systems. Dr....
May 26, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 27, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The number of children and adolescents treated for baseball-related injuries in hospitals decreased 25 percent from 1994-2006, U.S. researchers say. Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital said the number of youth baseball injured dropped from an estimated 147,000 injuries in 1994 to about 111,000...
May 26, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, May 26, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Many people misjudge their actual degree of cancer risk and as a result their true need for prevention, U.S. researchers said. The research study evaluated 398 individuals from 278 families enrolled over nine years in the Gastrointestinal Tumor Risk Assessment Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. "The goal of our study was to improve how...
May 26, 2009
Mary Ellen Slape had a spot on her leg that wouldn't heal. "It just kept coming back," said Slape, who recently had her leg checked. Dr. Joey Manduano did a biopsy recently because it looked like basal cell carcinoma, Slape said, adding she was told it was the least serious. Manduano may have to go back and remove tissue around it - all the treatment that's required, though, Slape said. As she doesn't...
May 26, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, May 26, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Giving multiple sclerosis sufferers vitamin D pills or encouraging them to spend more time in the sun might help treatment, U.S. researchers said. In a review for F1000 Medicine Reports, Bridget Bagert of Louisiana State University School of Medicine and Dennis Bourdette of the Oregon Health and Science University highlight recent advances in potential MS...
May 26, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 26, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. engineers say they're using robotic devices that help stroke patients control their movements as models for devices that can aid cerebral palsy victims. "Robotic therapy can potentially help reduce impairment and facilitate neurodevelopment of youngsters with cerebral palsy," said Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher Hermano Igo Krebs....
May 26, 2009
PRINCETON, N.J., May 26, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A Gallup Poll suggests U.S. adults who exercise for 30 minutes at least two days per week feel more rested and have more energy than those who don't. Those benefits tend to increase slightly with each additional day of exercise, but peak when a person exercises for 30 minutes six days per week, Gallup said of those interviewed for the poll released Tuesday....
May 26, 2009
BERLIN, May 26, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A German scientific finding that Red Bull Cola contains trace amounts of cocaine has prompted a controversy over the drink, analysts say. The Health Institute in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia is expected this week to publish the results of a study that found 0.13 micrograms of cocaine per can of Red Bull Cola, a separate product from the popular...
May 26, 2009
Mom was right about lots of things: eating your vegetables, washing your hands and never running with scissors. But some of her other medical advice - such as waiting an hour after eating before swimming - just doesn't hold water, according to the authors of two new books about health myths. But mothers shouldn't get all the blame for dubious medical advice. Doctors dispense plenty of it, too, says...
May 26, 2009
The Obamas are living in the right city if they want to stay buff. The Washington, D.C., metro area is the fittest city in the USA, ranking slightly higher than Minneapolis, Denver, Boston and San Francisco, according to a new analysis of the 50 most populous metro areas. The ranking is being released this week by the American College of Sports Medicine at its annual meeting in Seattle. Oklahoma City...
May 25, 2009
May 26 - Two U.S. senators are aiming to snuff out dissolvable smokeless-tobacco products before they can get a toehold in the U.S. market. Their amendment to the proposed FDA regulation bill from Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., is stoking the debate regarding the viability and possible less-hazardous role of smokeless tobacco products. U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, have labeled...
May 25, 2009
When Peter Dreyer looks next door, he sees an urban jungle. The Charlottesville resident who lives in the Rugby neighborhood said the neglected rental property next to his house has ivy plants overtaking its trees. While the dense foliage generally doesn't pose a problem, Dreyer said things change around this time each year - peak mosquito season. "It's very bad right where I am," Dreyer said. "This...
May 25, 2009
FAIRFAX, Va., May 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Cleaning indoor air should top the spring to do list, especially for those with asthma, a U.S. allergy and asthma group says. Members of Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics say even though the weather is nice, most people spend most of their time indoors - as much as 90 percent - the Environmental Protection Agency said. For those with allergies...
May 25, 2009
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. urologist reports seeing an increase in young children with kidney stones - something more often seen in middle-aged men. Dr. Gary Faerber of the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor says modern diet and lifestyle are probably at fault. "I am seeing more and more children who have kidney stones," Faerber says in a statement. "It's...
May 25, 2009
MADISON, Wis., May 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The way to fight Alzheimer's disease is to intervene decades before someone demonstrates symptoms, U.S. researchers suggest. "The future of this disease is to intervene decades before someone becomes symptomatic. This analysis says you can save literally billions of dollars in long-term care costs if you can intervene at an earlier stage," study co-author...
May 25, 2009
NEW YORK, May 24, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A New York dermatologist says tattoo removal procedures have increased in the city despite the struggling U.S. economy. Dr. Jeffrey Rand, who founded New York's Tattoo Removal Center, said increased competition in the job market is the likely cause for the recent increased interest in tattoo removal services in the city, the New York Post reported Sunday. "People...
May 24, 2009
Since Memorial Day traditionally signals the beginning of summer, the American Cancer Society is greasing up its skin cancer awareness campaign. It started with "Don't Fry Day," observed on Friday. "One of the best parts of summer is being outside, either at the pool, lake, beach, etc. On Don't Fry Day, we hope to remind people of the simple things they can do to help prevent skin cancer in their lives,"...
May 24, 2009
May 24 - KENNEWICK - Benton-Franklin Health District officials said this month's swine flu scare was a good lesson in emergency preparedness. The outbreak of H1N1 flu was the first major event the health district, which serves as the emergency command center for the region, responded to since public health agencies took charge of emergency preparedness after Sept. 11, 2001. "It was a good test and...
May 24, 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 24, 2009
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The 15-year-old daughter of Montel Williams is featured in a television ad urging that vegetarian options be offered in U.S. public schools. In the TV commercial, Wyntergrace Williams urges Congress to amend the Child Nutrition Act to include meatless meals. "Some of us don't eat right," Wyntergrace says in the commercial. "Fast food, junk food - sometimes,...
May 23, 2009
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Mar 31, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Caffeine-naive individuals and habitual users have the same amount of reduction in pain during exercise after caffeine consumption, U.S. researchers say. University of Illinois kinesiology and community health professor Robert Motl said the study's 25 participants were fit, college-age males divided into two distinct groups - subjects whose everyday...
May 22, 2009
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Mar 31, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Caffeine-naive individuals and habitual users have the same amount of reduction in pain during exercise after caffeine consumption, U.S. researchers say. University of Illinois kinesiology and community health professor Robert Motl said the study's 25 participants were fit, college-age males divided into two distinct groups - subjects whose everyday...
May 22, 2009
MaryAnn Gerber always thought she was a responsible tanner. While attending Weber State University, she followed safety guidelines provided at a tanning salon: she gradually increased the length of her sessions, covered her face halfway through and didn't burn. But tanning made her freckle, and eventually she developed a mole on her cheek that became Stage III melanoma. "I thought, 'There's no way....
May 22, 2009
CHICAGO - She's an activist in the gluten-free community. But more precisely, Marcie Harvey, owner of Lil's Dietary Specialty Shop in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood, is a matchmaker. When people with celiac disease - those who can't have the protein gluten, found in rye, barley and wheat - come into her store, she connects them to the proper resources and offers comfort foods they thought they'd never...
May 22, 2009
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