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BALTMORE, Md., Apr 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - When it comes to weight loss, what a person drinks might be more important than what they eat, U.S. researchers said. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that weight loss was positively associated with a reduction in liquid calorie consumption and liquid calorie intake had a stronger impact on weight than solid calorie intake....
April 3, 2009
LONDON, Apr 3, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Doctors in Britain say a U.S. woman nearly lost a leg as a result of a blood clot caused by her grapefruit diet and her contraceptive pills. Hematologist Dr. Trevor Baglin of Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge said the unidentified 42-year-old woman's grapefruit diet appears to have interacted with the contraceptive, causing a blood clot to develop in her left...
April 3, 2009
Legislation banning plastic baby bottles and sippy cups containing the controversial chemical bisphenol-A is on track to make Washington the first state to prohibit the products. Similar versions of the Safe Baby Bottle Act sailed through the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care, the House Committee on Environmental Health and the House General Government Appropriations Committee. On March 5,...
April 3, 2009
Hong Kong (dpa) - One form of fatal strokes is more likely to affect people in winter than the summer, a team of Hong Kong medical experts said Friday. Neurologists found a far higher incidence of strokes caused by aneurismal subarachnoid haemorrhage, a rupture that leads to blood filling the space surrounding the brain, in winter when temperatures are lower and atmospheric pressure higher. The team...
April 3, 2009
Apr. 3 - CHARLESTON, W.Va. Kanawha County Delegate Mark Hunt understands the struggles - and successes - of battling weight gain. Hunt lost 80 pounds over the past year, starting with a NutriSystem program and then moving on to a maintenance program that includes cutting down on fats, carbs and "Cokes." "Boy, that was a big start," Hunt said. "I was really heavy on my feet and basically had lost my...
April 3, 2009
A degenerative disease may have stolen Harold Johnson's voice, but not his joy of life. Johnson learned he had ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, in November 2007. Since then, he's gone skydiving and driven a race car at 180 mph. He works out at the gym, plays golf, and cheers on the Greensboro Grasshoppers and his beloved Georgia Bulldogs. He regularly attends Summit Rotary Club meetings, communicating...
April 3, 2009
It was a typical Friday for David Hardgrave. He went to work and then to Reed Park with some friends and co-workers to play basketball. "There were four of us playing," Chad Keller said. "I turned around and he was just laying there." Keller said the receptionist at the recreation center called 911 and he and one of the other men began performing CPR on Hardgrave. "I was kind of nervous," said Keller,...
April 2, 2009
Apr. 3 - Blue Earth County continues to have one of the state's highest rates of a common sexually transmitted disease. But, in a strange twist, that might be good news. A state health official said it's likely that more aggressive testing in Mankato catches more cases of chlamydia than elsewhere, leading to the higher rate. The state saw a new high in an epidemic of STDs in 2008. The Minnesota Department...
April 2, 2009
In a historic move, the House of Representatives voted Thursday to give the Food and Drug Administration broad powers to regulate tobacco, the nation's No. 1 cause of preventable death. Medical associations celebrated the 298-112 vote as a victory for public health, noting that tobacco kills more than 400,000 Americans a year. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, sponsored by Rep....
April 2, 2009
TERRA BELLA, Calif. The company that recalled 2 million pounds of pistachios on Monday had been receiving positive salmonella tests for as long as five months, federal officials say. Salmonella in nuts from Setton Pistachio was detected by one of the company's food-manufacturing customers. When the Food and Drug Administration asked Setton officials if any of their own tests had come back positive...
April 2, 2009
Quit-smoking hotlines are being swamped - some as much as four times their usual volume - by smokers ready to kick the habit after the largest-ever increase in the federal tobacco tax. "We're seeing magnificent volume because of the tax," says Mary Kate Salley of Free & Clear, a Seattle company that runs "quitlines" for 17 states. She says the lines got 3,250 calls on Wednesday, the day the increase...
April 2, 2009
Kristi Ritchey bought into the stereotypical chef image - rotund belly, chin to spare - for a while. She started cooking when she was 16, went to culinary school and nine years later ballooned to 260 pounds and wore a size 26. "Everyone says 'Don't trust a skinny chef,' " says Ritchey, 27, executive chef at Greenleaf Gourmet Chopshop in Beverly Hills. "Well, you know what? I also don't like being a...
April 2, 2009
Commonly used medications could be a culprit in some older peoples' memory problems, a new report shows. Elderly patients are often more susceptible to "drug-induced dementia and delirium," says Public Citizen, a consumer research and advocacy group, in an article posted Wednesday at worstpills.org. The report includes a list of 136 commonly prescribed drugs that are potentially dangerous to seniors'...
April 2, 2009
A woman who ate a grapefruit each day almost had to have her leg amputated because of a dangerous blood clot, according to an unusual case study reported in the Lancet. Emergency doctors in Olympia, in the US Pacific coast state of Washington, treated the 42-year-old woman in November 2008 after she was admitted with shortness of breath, dizziness and difficulty walking. An ultrasound scan found she...
April 2, 2009
The main chemical in marijuana appears to aid in the destruction of brain cancer cells, offering hope for future anti-cancer therapies, researchers in Spain wrote in a study released Thursday. The authors from the Complutense University in Madrid, working with scientists from other universities, found that the active component of marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), causes cancer cells to undergo...
April 2, 2009
CHICAGO, Apr 2, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Twenty percent of U.S. Medicare patients must return to the hospital within one month of being discharged, researchers said. Study co-author Dr. Mark Williams of Northwestern's Feinberg School and Northwestern Memorial Hospital said the study also found that more than half the patients rehospitalized within 30 days appear not to have seen a physician as an outpatient...
April 2, 2009
Berlin (dpa) - Stress is almost guaranteed when flying with a baby. But many parents find the hunt for a child safety seat, acceptable to international airlines and in compliance with various government guidelines, even more stressful. Making the wrong choice can mean reserving a seat, buying or renting a safety seat and then learning just before takeoff that the seat does not pass muster. But not...
April 2, 2009
WASHINGTON, Apr 2, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - After months of hundreds of peanut-product recalls, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is involved in another massive recall - that of pistachio nuts. Setton Farms of Terra Bella, Calif., has recalled about 1 million pounds of pistachios because of possible salmonella contamination. Setton, the second largest U.S. pistachio processor, distributes its California...
April 1, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS, Apr 2, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. birth defect rates are highest for women conceiving in the spring and summer, researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have found. Dr. Paul Winchester, the lead author, said the researchers also found that this period of increased risk correlated with higher levels of pesticides found in surface water across the United States. Studying...
April 1, 2009
OTTAWA, Apr 1, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Canadians are being advised by government officials not to purchase or use electronic smoking products. Officials at Heath Canada said electronic cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos and pipes - as well as cartridges of nicotine solutions and related products - may pose health risks and have not been fully evaluated for safety, quality and efficacy. "The sale of these...
April 1, 2009
HEIDELBERG, Germany, Apr 1, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - German researchers have found omega-3 fatty acid supplements had no additional protective effect on heart attack patients receiving treatment. Dr. Jochen Senges of Heart Center Ludwigshafen and the University of Heidelberg in Germany said the data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary. The findings contrast with those of previous...
April 1, 2009
FAISON, N.C., Apr 1, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden toured a health clinic in rural North Carolina to show how stimulus funds benefit the facility, the White House said Wednesday. Biden and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Goshen Medical Center in Faison, one of the community health centers across America that will receive a total of $2 billion in American Recovery and...
April 1, 2009
WASHINGTON, Jan 14, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is poised to gain a quick victory as the House of Representatives votes Wednesday on a children's health bill, analysts say. A move to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program is expected to pass easily and is backed by Obama, who made a campaign pledge to guarantee healthcare for every U.S. child, The Washington...
April 1, 2009
FLORENCE, Italy, Apr 1, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. study found the more types of sleep disturbances people had, the more likely they were to have thoughts of killing themselves or attempting suicide. Study author Dr. Marcin Wojnar of the University of Michigan and the University of Warsaw in Poland said that identifying those at high risk of suicide is important in preventing it and these findings...
April 1, 2009
WASHINGTON, Apr 1, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says Frito-Lay Inc. and Kraft Foods Inc. are recalling pistachio nut products due to possible salmonella contamination. Frito-Lay announced the recall of 1.75-ounce Frito-Lay-brand in-shell salted pistachios with sell-by dates between "14-Jul-09" and "29-Dec-09." The date is printed on the front of each package. The product...
April 1, 2009
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