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SEATTLE, May 15, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Fewer black youths than whites begin smoking as adolescents, but black adults are more likely to smoke than white adults, U.S. researchers say. The study, published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, suggests lower rates of smoking among black teens may be the result of black parents setting concrete guidelines about substance use and establishing clearly...
May 17, 2009
DEAKIN, Australia, May 12, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The rise in obesity in the United States since the 1970s was virtually all due to increased calorie intake, researcher in Australia concluded. Boyd Swinburn of Deakin University in Australia and colleagues tested 1,399 adults and 963 children to determine how many calories their bodies burn. The researchers calculated how much adults needed to eat...
May 16, 2009
After Julie Murdock, 30, of Tigard, Ore., lost her job in the mortgage business in September, she could have hibernated in her apartment, eating junk food all day and undermining her weight-loss efforts while she searched for a job on the Internet. "I could have gotten really upset and been a victim of the situation, but I've fought to not let that happen," she says. Instead, Murdock decided to "use...
May 16, 2009
After Julie Murdock, 30, of Tigard, Ore., lost her job in the mortgage business in September, she could have hibernated in her apartment, eating junk food all day and undermining her weight-loss efforts while she searched for a job on the Internet. "I could have gotten really upset and been a victim of the situation, but I've fought to not let that happen," she says. Instead, Murdock decided to "use...
May 16, 2009
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The new swine flu virus is helping to extend this year's flu season at a time when it would normally be winding down, U.S. health officials say. Daniel Jernigan of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told Saturday's Washington Post that normally by mid-May the winter flu season is nearly over, but not this year, as the new swine flu virus...
May 16, 2009
LOS ANGELES, May 15, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Household ginger and a new drug called casopitant mesylate can reduce the nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said. Adding about a half-teaspoon of ground ginger to food in the days before and after chemotherapy reduced grueling side effects for many of the 644 patients in a large, random, clinical study, said Julie L. Ryan, lead...
May 15, 2009
NEW YORK, May 15, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A few lifestyle changes can greatly reduce anyone's chances of having a stroke, a U.S. physician says. "Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of adult disabilities, but more than half of all strokes can be prevented," Dr. Matthew Fink, chief of the division of stroke and critical care neurology at NewYork-Presbyterian...
May 15, 2009
NEW YORK, May 15, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A few lifestyle changes can greatly reduce anyone's chances of having a stroke, a U.S. physician says. "Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of adult disabilities, but more than half of all strokes can be prevented," Dr. Matthew Fink, chief of the division of stroke and critical care neurology at NewYork-Presbyterian...
May 15, 2009
BEER-SHEVA, Israel, May 14, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Elderly people with impaired appetite are more likely to die sooner, researchers in Israel said. The study, published in the May issue of the Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, demonstrated a link between the Daily Activity Energy Expenditure - an accurate measurement of total physical activity, appetite and mortality among well functioning long-term...
May 15, 2009
PHOENIX, May 15, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Arizona health officials confirmed a 40-year-old woman died from complications of the H1N1 flu, formerly known as swine flu. The woman's death was the first related to the H1N1 virus in Arizona and the fourth in the United States, The Arizona Republic in Phoenix reported. The Maricopa Department of Public health confirmed Thursday the woman died last week from...
May 15, 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 15, 2009
Six years ago, Sherrill Cooke lost her father to skin cancer. Fueled by a desire to keep Bob Cooke's memory alive and a passion to educate others about the dangers of skin cancer, Sherrill Cooke began The Bob Cooke Skin Cancer Foundation, Inc. The sixth annual trek against skin cancer begins with registration at 2 p.m. Sunday. "It's the survivors and people who have lost loved ones to skin cancer,"...
May 15, 2009
SACRAMENTO, May 14, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - California is completing new regulations aimed at ensuring patients get to see doctors in a reasonable time after making the first call, officials say. The state would set time limits based on doctors' specialties and the seriousness of patients' conditions, the Sacramento Bee reported. California would be the first state in the country to adopt timely access...
May 15, 2009
May 14 - Oats are cheap, filling and lower bad cholesterol levels. And they're having a moment, appearing on menus in trendy, single-serve, fruit-studded versions at Starbucks and Jamba Juice. These nutritional superstars only cost about $1-$2 per canister at grocery stores. Shoppers are now bombarded with myriad varieties: flavored instant packets, quick rolled oats, chewier (and more time-consuming)...
May 14, 2009
At an ungodly hour on Wednesday morning, third-, fourth- and fifth-graders trickle into the Morningside Elementary School gym, dropping back packs and picking up jump ropes. Just like that, this once-quiet place fills with the beat of 1980s dance music; the syncopated clack of a double-Dutch routine; the high-pitched whistle of a rope whipping around an 11-year-old doing freestyle tricks. Rebecca Pruitt,...
May 14, 2009
There's a tattoo trend surfacing - one that could save lives. Increasing numbers of people who have serious medical conditions, such as diabetes, are turning to tattooing to identify themselves on the chance a health emergency leaves them unable to communicate, says Saleh Aldasouqi, a diabetes expert from Cape Girardeau, Mo., who will present a report on the topic Friday in Houston at the annual meeting...
May 14, 2009
May 14 - Visiting can resume on Friday at California prisons, because the H1N1 flu has turned out to be milder than initially feared, corrections and prison health officials said Wednesday. The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation largely deferred to the special office charged with overseeing prison health care in reaching the decision, said Scott Kernan, the department's undersecretary....
May 14, 2009
BOSTON, May 14, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Combining two treatments for an irregular heartbeat yields much better patient results than either treatment alone, says a study presented Thursday in Boston. Using a traditional method of burning tissue surrounding the pulmonary veins along with a newer, automated approach of targeting and burning heart "hot spots" greatly reduced atrial fibrillation, the most...
May 14, 2009
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 11, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - School children as young as 11 can benefit from a daily exercise program to reduce their risk factors for cardiovascular disease, researchers in Germany say. In the study group of 188 children - mean age of 11.1 years - those assigned to an active exercise program with at least 15 minutes of endurance training rather than a conventional program have...
May 14, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas, May 13, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A bowl of whole-grain cereal with milk is as good as a carbohydrate-based sports drink to help muscles recover after a workout, U.S. researchers suggest. The study, published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, said that for the amateur athlete and the moderately active individual trying to keep in shape, grabbing a quick bowl...
May 14, 2009
The Most Influential Doctors listing offers a rare window into the pricey bazaar of medical information that's available to anyone who can pay for it. But a backlash against the practice has reached the doorstep of the U.S. Supreme Court. Health information companies IMS Health and SDI Health filed a petition in March to appeal a 3-year-old New Hampshire ban on the commercial use of doctors' prescribing...
May 14, 2009
May 14 - Oats are cheap, filling and lower bad cholesterol levels. And they're having a moment, appearing on menus in trendy, single-serve, fruit-studded versions at Starbucks and Jamba Juice. These nutritional superstars only cost about $1-$2 per canister at grocery stores. Shoppers are now bombarded with myriad varieties: flavored instant packets, quick rolled oats, chewier (and more time-consuming)...
May 13, 2009
HONG KONG, May 14, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The herb ginseng, much used in traditional Chinese and other Asian medicine, has an anti-inflammatory effect, Chinese researchers said. Study leader Allan Lau of the University of Hong Kong identified seven ginseng constituents - ginsenosides - which showed immune-suppressive effects. "The anti-inflammatory role of ginseng may be due to the combined effects...
May 13, 2009
Climate change will present the greatest threat to health this century, amplifying the risk of disease, malnutrition and homelessness through floods, drought and rising sea levels, a medical panel said on Thursday. "Even the most conservative estimates are profoundly disturbing and demand action," said the report, compiled over a year by The Lancet medical journal and experts from the Institute for...
May 13, 2009
BALTIMORE, May 13, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A team of U.S. and international scientists says it has identified three genes containing mutations associated with altered kidney disease risk. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University, the Netherlands and Iceland said one of the genes, the UMOD gene, produces Tamm-Horsfall protein, the most common protein in the urine of healthy individuals. "Previous research...
May 13, 2009
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