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NEW YORK, May 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Summer brings better exercising weather and a greater choice of slimming foods so it is a perfect time to slim down, a U.S. dietitian advises. This is not only a great time for sports, walking and swimming, but for making low-calorie seasonal fruits and vegetables the focus of meals, says Lynn Goldstein of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical...
May 22, 2009
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Health-care insurance costs are exploding today, compared to the wages most Americans earn. Alex Lawson, from the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for America's Future, said Thursday, "In West Virginia, where a few health insurance companies dominate the market, health insurance premiums grew four times faster than wages between 2000 and 2007. "The two biggest insurance providers...
May 22, 2009
Homemade queso fresco , a Mexican-style soft cheese, may have caused at least seven salmonella infections recently in the Salt Lake Valley, public health officials said Thursday. The cases are linked to one person in Kearns who made the fresh cheese with raw milk from a neighborhood cow, said Larry Lewis, spokesman for the State Department of Agriculture. Officials believe the contaminated cheese was...
May 21, 2009
Uh-oh. Apparently we're not getting enough dry beans in our diets. The latest issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association reports that only 7.9 percent of adults consume dry beans, peas and lentils on any given day. Learn all about the bean in our true/false nutrition quiz: 1. A half-cup of dry beans contains as much protein as a 1-ounce serving of lean meat. 2. Of the 116 calories in...
May 21, 2009
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Health-care insurance costs are exploding today, compared to the wages most Americans earn. Alex Lawson, from the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for America's Future, said Thursday, "In West Virginia, where a few health insurance companies dominate the market, health insurance premiums grew four times faster than wages between 2000 and 2007. "The two biggest insurance providers...
May 21, 2009
May 22 - As Sara Amorose uses her pastels, the woman lying in the hospital bed comes to life on paper. As Christine Scarpo's portrait begins to take shape, there's no evidence of the two strokes that have afflicted the 71-year-old Hempfield resident since December. There's no indication on paper of the difficulty she's had with her left side, particularly the limited movement in her left arm. Rather,...
May 21, 2009
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - To help upgrade the U.S. food safety system, the White House Food Safety Working Group has created a Web site to explain its activities and progress. The working group, led by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, said its Web site, foodsafetyworkinggroup.gov, will be an important resource for...
May 21, 2009
BOSTON, May 22, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Those who drank for a week from polycarbonate bottles showed a two-thirds increase of the chemical bisphenol A in their urine, a U.S. researcher said. Senior author Karin B. Michels of the Harvard Medical School said exposure to BPA - used in the manufacture of polycarbonate and other plastics - has been shown to interfere with reproductive development in animals...
May 21, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Jul 12, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The number of students diagnosed with autism in California schools has tripled in less than 10 years, from 14,000 to 46,000, healthcare professionals said. Experts told the San Francisco Chronicle the growth is because of better diagnosis. Many of the students now classified as autistic would have been called learning disabled or mentally retarded until recently....
May 21, 2009
Older people may have some kind of immunity to swine flu, US health officials said Thursday, as the number of confirmed and suspected cases of H1N1 virus rose again around the country. A study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that more than 64 percent of US infections have occurred among patients between the ages of five and 24, with just one percent of flu victims aged...
May 21, 2009
STANFORD , Calif., May 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Face masks are effective at filtering out aerosol transmission of influenza and may be effective against the H1N1 virus at home, U.S. researchers found. Lawrence M. Wein and Michael P. Atkinson of Stanford University constructed a mathematical model of aerosol transmission of the flu to explore infection control measures in the home. The model predicted...
May 21, 2009
The green-topped oxygen tank rests forgotten in its wheeled rack beside Pat Dail. A clear plastic tube still channels the life-giving gas to her nostrils, but Dail, 78, isn't thinking about her damaged lungs. Instead, she is wailing away on her harmonica, playing "Amazing Grace" along with several other pulmonary patients at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital. Some of the others have oxygen tanks, too....
May 21, 2009
The owner of Loma Linda and other local restaurants is so grateful for the life-saving heart transplant he received 11 years ago, that he and his wife are giving $1 million to help revive the program in Toledo. The $1 million donation from Alfred Mundt, 73, of Maumee, and his fellow restaurateur wife, Adela, will be used to bring a transplant-congestive heart failure cardiologist to the University...
May 20, 2009
After an accident left him with a broken knee, fitness enthusiast Clay Cochran knew he could no longer run as well as he once did. The stress would be too great for his joints. As he recovered in rehab, however, his luck began to change. "I liked (spinning) immediately because I was looking for something," Mr. Cochran said. "I was looking for a way for me to exercise efficiently that would be successful...
May 20, 2009
For the past 17 years, Anna Dorosh of Dearborn has battled non-life-threatening forms of skin cancer and kidney cancer. While coping with the disease, she has cared for her son Ronald Dorosh, 54, who has Down syndrome - three copies of chromosome 21 - which has been linked to the impairment of mental and physical growth as well as facial appearance. Ronald Dorosh and others with the condition have...
May 20, 2009
It is not usually something most people talk about right after dinner, but on Tuesday, colorectal cancer was the topic of an informational dinner with guest speaker Dr. Robert Chagrasulis of Calais. "Treatment options are very good for colorectal cancer if found early," Chagrasulis told the audience. "So the talk tonight really is not just about the disease, but it's going to be about early detection...
May 20, 2009
WASHINGTON - Nearly four months after tax troubles forced him to forgo his plan to lead the nation's health department, former senator Tom Daschle has reemerged as a key player on health care, lawmakers and policy experts say. Though he withdrew his nomination to serve as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary in February, Daschle is again poised to play a critical role as Congress debates how to...
May 20, 2009
OAKLAND, Calif., May 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Tailored e-mails sent to employees at work helped them improve their diet and get more exercise, a U.S. researcher says. "The takeaway message here for people who want to improve their diet and physical activity, and for employers who want a healthier workforce, is that e-mail intervention programs are a very cost-effective way to get healthy," study...
May 20, 2009
A program that was jumpstarted in Illinois back in 1996 is now up and running in Maine. The American Cancer Society has launched the Charity Runner program in Maine. It provides local running enthusiasts the opportunity to dedicate the miles they run in honor or memory of a loved one who has had or is battling cancer. The program has selected the Pumpkinman Triathlon Festival, set for Sept. 12-13 in...
May 20, 2009
The new digital music service co-founded by Bono, which promises fans exclusive music by major artists in exchange for $5 a month to fight AIDS, will launch on the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. MSN will host Monday's kickoff event for (RED) Wire, an extension of the (RED) organization founded by the U2 frontman and Bobby Shriver to combat AIDS in Africa. New songs and videos from U2, Coldplay,...
May 20, 2009
DETROIT - For the past 17 years, Anna Dorosh of Dearborn, Mich., has battled non-life-threatening forms of skin cancer and kidney cancer. But new research indicates there is little chance her son Ronald, 54, who has Down syndrome, will develop cancer. Ronald Dorosh and others with the condition caused by three copies of chromosome 21 have a very low risk of getting tumors, and new research from Children's...
May 20, 2009
DiGennaro Communications office manager Theresa Piti took initiative Wednesday morning - e-mailing the 13-person firm with tips such as "always cover your mouth" when coughing to combat the spread of swine flu. She even let staff know where to buy "fruity" hand sanitizers. The message to about 1,200 U.S. employees at ICAP - the world's largest broker between banks - was more formally written, but it...
May 20, 2009
STANFORD, Calif., May 20, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. medical researchers say they've determined AIDS patients with serious complications benefit from early antiretroviral treatment. Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine said a multicenter trial they led determined patients testing positive for the human immunodeficiency virus who don't seek medical attention until they have a serious...
May 20, 2009
ARTA, Greece, May 20, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Excessive cola consumption can lead to muscle problems - from mild weakness to profound paralysis - researchers in Greece warn. "We are consuming more soft drinks than ever before and a number of health issues have already been identified including tooth problems, bone demineralization and the development of metabolic syndrome and diabetes," Dr. Moses Elisaf...
May 20, 2009
BOSTON, May 20, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. researchers say they have linked a heart rhythm disorder - atrial fibrillation - and Alzheimer's disease. Lead researcher Dr. T. Jared Bunch says patients with atrial fibrillation were 44 percent more likely than those without atrial fibrillation to develop dementia. Younger atrial fibrillation patients - under age 70 - were 130 percent more likely to develop...
May 20, 2009
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