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LEEDS, England, May 7, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Immigrant populations in Europe face an increased risk of diet-related diseases as they adjust to a "Western" lifestyle, scientists in Britain said. The study, published in the journal Nutrition Reviews, found immigrant populations replace the healthy components of their native diet with the worst aspects of Western diets, such as processed and fast-foods....
May 7, 2009
BINGHAMTON, N.Y., May 8, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Sexting, sending sexually charged messages or images by cell phone, can take seconds, but its effects can last an eternity in cyberspace, a U.S. author says. Mary Muscari of the Decker School of Nursing at Binghamton (N.Y.) University, the author of "Let Kids be Kids: Rescuing Childhood," says a survey by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned...
May 7, 2009
ST. LOUIS, May 5, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Alzheimer's patients sift the important from less important less efficiently early on, U.S. researchers say. The researchers also found older adults might not remember as much as younger adults, but when healthy, they remain able to distinguish what's important. The study, published in the journal Neuropsychology, suggests the potential of remembering important...
May 7, 2009
ASHLAND, Ore., May 7, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. parents concerned with the potential side effects of childhood vaccinations may be responsible for outbreaks of largely eradicated diseases, doctors say. Doctors said in a new research study parental concerns regarding childhood vaccinations may be triggering outbreaks of diseases such as measles and whooping cough, The Wall Street Journal said Thursday....
May 7, 2009
The huge numbers of women dying while giving birth due to lack of medical facilities in Africa has not abated over the past decade, a World Health Organisation expert said on Thursday. "The maternal mortality ratio is extremely high at about 1,000 deaths per 100,000 live births ... This indicator did not improve in sub-Saharan Africa during the last 10 years," said Luis Sambo, the WHO director for...
May 7, 2009
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., May 7, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The anti-clotting action of the medication clopidogrel - Plavix - can be compromised by common drugs for the treatment of heartburn, U.S. researchers said. Principal investigator Eric J. Stanek of Medco Health Solutions in Franklin Lakes, N.J., said the study specifically focused on the effects of proton pump inhibitors - omeprazole or Prilosec;...
May 6, 2009
NOW that the H1N1 swine-flu outbreak appears to be waning, it's time to draw important lessons from what happened. First, the pronouncements from the World Health Organization, a United Nations agency, were disappointing. Most flu and public-health experts consider the WHO's decision last week to raise the pandemic flu threat to Level 5, "Pandemic Imminent," to have been alarmist and unwarranted. The...
May 6, 2009
TIGER MOUTH, China - Li Xiufen, whose family tills rice fields high in the terraced-carved hills of southwest China, had to borrow $730 from other villagers when she needed stomach surgery two years ago - a debt that remains unpaid. When her husband, Zhang Wenkai, 54, contracted meningitis last year, she begged him to go to the hospital, but he refused. "We didn't have enough money for the hospital...
May 6, 2009
People worldwide are still getting sick with the new H1N1 flu virus, but health officials are now looking ahead to the next big question: whether to start producing a vaccine against the new strain for this fall's flu season. The great unknown is whether the virus, also known as swine flu, will evolve into a more virulent form as it moves to the Southern Hemisphere and its winter flu seasons during...
May 6, 2009
May 7 - A "Daisy-Clip" with possible vast implications for contraception among poor women won the first prize Wednesday in a contest that aims to help jump-start new companies in Utah. The clip can be implanted without surgery in the fallopian tube, creating permanent sterilization. "It has a huge potential to meet an under-served population, uninsured women," said Annette McClennan, founder and CEO...
May 6, 2009
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 5, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Thirty-eight states reported 403 lab-confirmed cases of H1N1 flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported Tuesday. Topping the list was New York with 90 cases, followed by Illinois with 82, and California reporting 49 cases, the CDC said on its Web site. The total includes the death of a child visiting Texas from Mexico. The World Health Organization...
May 6, 2009
BRIGHTON, England, May 6, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - British scientists say they've determined nicotine can delay the effects of ricin used during a bioterrorism attack. Jon Mabley and his colleagues at the University of Brighton found nicotine works to block the tissue-destroying effects of ricin - a highly toxic compound derived from castor beans. The study was conducted in laboratory models, but the...
May 6, 2009
Some of the nation's largest prison systems have ended visitation and quarantined at-risk inmates to block the spread of swine flu, state and federal officials said Monday. California operates the largest state system, which holds about 170,000 inmates. It canceled all visitation and barred all non-essential personnel from the facilities after prison officials diagnosed the first "probable" case of...
May 6, 2009
In the wake of comments by Vice President Joe Biden on flying amid the flu scare, researchers say airplanes' ventilation systems may actually reduce the risk of exposure to disease compared with other crowded places. Airliners, unlike many buildings, get about half their air from outside the plane and use efficient HEPA filters, said Auburn University professor Tony Overfelt, who leads a center studying...
May 6, 2009
A number of schools across the USA are planning to reopen today after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidance saying there is no need to close if they have students with H1N1 influenza, also called swine flu. The new advice, unveiled Tuesday by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, comes as more than 700 schools in 24 states and the District of Columbia remained...
May 6, 2009
Fifth-graders who feel they've been mistreated because of their skin color are much more likely than classmates without such feelings to have symptoms of mental disorders, especially depression, a study suggests. There is evidence that racial discrimination increases the odds that adolescents and adults will develop mental health problems, but this is the first study to examine a possible link in children...
May 6, 2009
NEW YORK, May 5, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The poorly regulated U.S. wildlife trade can lead to devastating effects on ecosystems, native species, food supply and human health, U.S. researchers said. A team of scientists from the Wildlife Trust, Brown University, Pacific Lutheran University, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Global Invasive Species Program said a global trade in...
May 6, 2009
When high school athletes suffer concussions, as many as 40.5% return to action prematurely and set themselves up for more severe injuries, new research shows. The study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, adds fuel to growing concerns about the long-term side effects of concussions. It also shines new light on inadequately trained personnel...
May 5, 2009
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 6, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The number of confirmed H1N1 flu cases worldwide exceeded 1,500 in 22 countries in the tally issued Wednesday by the World Health Organization in Geneva. The 1,516 cases, including 30 deaths, did not include the death of a Texas woman infected with the virus, also known as swine flu, CNN reported. Texas health officials said the woman had other chronic...
May 5, 2009
NEW YORK, May 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The annual Cinco de Mayo event in New York that draws thousands of people has been canceled amid concerns about the swine flu epidemic, organizers say. The New York Daily News said while Sunday's Flushing Meadows-Corona Park event was canceled, Asociacion Tepeyac was given permission to hold its Cinco de Mayo parade in New York the same day. "The city gave us...
May 4, 2009
NEW YORK, May 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The annual Cinco de Mayo event in New York that draws thousands of people has been canceled amid concerns about the swine flu epidemic, organizers say. The New York Daily News said while Sunday's Flushing Meadows-Corona Park event was canceled, Asociacion Tepeyac was given permission to hold its Cinco de Mayo parade in New York the same day. "The city gave us...
May 4, 2009
Last winter, Javier G., a 58-year-old office worker in Mexico City, came down with what he believed to be severe flu symptoms. His sore throat, fever and pounding headache sent him running to his nearest pharmacy to pick up a box of Bactrim, a popular sulfonamide antibiotic. Within half an hour after taking the medication, Javier went into severe anaphylactic shock and had to be rushed to the hospital...
May 3, 2009
Dr. David Kessler wanted to know why chocolate chip cookies could beckon him from across the room. And why fried dumplings at the airport drove him to distraction. So, the former U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief put in seven years of research and wrote "The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite" (Rodale, $25.95). In the book, Kessler, who served as FDA commissioner...
May 3, 2009
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. government expects to have vaccines ready for the new strain of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, and the seasonal flu by fall, an official said. In an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" program, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said officials are accelerating production of flu vaccines. "At the same time, we're growing the...
May 3, 2009
SEATTLE, May 4, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Achieving optimal levels for cholesterol and blood pressure in stroke patients helps prevent a second stroke or heart attack, researchers in France said. Study author Dr. Pierre Amarenco of Denis Diderot University and Medical School in Paris looked at four risk factors for stroke: high low-density lipoprotein, the "bad" cholesterol; low high-density lipoprotein,...
May 3, 2009
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