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BOSTON, Mar 30, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Rapid weight gain during the first six months of life may place a child at risk for obesity by age 3, Boston researchers said. Elsie Taveras and Matthew Gillman, both of the Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, studied 559 children, measuring both weight and body length at birth, six months and three years. They found that sudden gains throughout...
March 29, 2009
Kirk from Los Angeles would appear to be just another typical MySpace denizen. His page reveals that he's a Sagittarius, loves movies and wants to meet Angelina Jolie. Get in line, kid. Or maybe not. "I suppose I could just call her dad (actor Jon Voight) and set that up," says Kirk Douglas, who faithfully updates his page once a week. "As long as my wife says it's OK." At 92, the screen icon is at...
March 29, 2009
ATLANTA, Mar 26, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. residents should eat less salt, federal health officials said Thursday, and a lower sodium recommendation applies to almost 70 percent of adults. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that most Americans consume more than double the amount of their daily recommended level of sodium. The CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report...
March 29, 2009
ROYAL OAK, Mich., Mar 26, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A study by U.S. researchers found that the morbidly obese - with body mass indexes between 40 and 49.9 - spend about 8.4 minutes in activity a day. Thomas Vanhecke, Barry Franklin,Wendy Miller, Adam deJong, Catherine Coleman and Peter McCullough of William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., examined the average fitness level of the morbidly obese....
March 29, 2009
LONDON, Mar 27, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A study of tea drinkers in Iran suggests drinking very hot beverages may raise the risk of esophageal cancer, the British Medical Journal said. The report said people who drink tea hotter than 158 F were eight times more likely to develop esophageal cancer than those who preferred a cooler temperature, The Times of London reported Friday. Researchers said a high...
March 29, 2009
Heart specialists from around the world meet this weekend in Orlando, Florida to discuss landmarks developments in battling cardio disease. The 58th annual convention of the American College of Cardiology is set to learn the results of some 30 clinical trials and join forces with economists to discuss health care reform. The conference kicks off with a special session devoted to examining the Jupitar...
March 29, 2009
Mar. 29 - You may have heard about the latest study released this past week which links the consumption of red meat with a modest increase in cancer mortality and cardiovascular disease mortality rates in people over 50 years old. This study, reported to be one of the largest on this subject, included over 500,000 men and women and was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine's March 23 issue....
March 29, 2009
Caleb Ward seems like any other active 4-year-old. He's chatty and hops out of his seat without a moment's notice. He doesn't always listen when he's told to do something, especially when he'd rather be doing something else. He's come a long way in just the few months he's been in therapy at Spectrum Center for Autism, his mother, Marie Ward, said. Caleb was diagnosed with autism in 2007. By age 3,...
March 29, 2009
DETROIT, Mar 26, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - People who have high blood pressure or heart disease should avoid consuming energy drinks, researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit recommend. Researchers found that healthy adults who drank two cans a day of a popular energy drink experienced an increase in their blood pressure and heart rate but no significant changes in EKG measurements were reported....
March 26, 2009
People who drink their tea piping hot run a higher risk of throat cancer than counterparts who prefer a cooler cuppa, according to an investigation published Friday by the British Medical Journal. Cancer of the oesophagus is linked especially to smoking and alcohol abuse but hot beverages have also been considered a risk factor, possibly because of damage to throat tissue. Interested in finding out...
March 26, 2009
MONTREAL, Mar 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A University of Montreal researcher says family skeletons that lead to feelings of guilt, anger and helplessness can hamper healing when disease strikes. Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, a professor at the University of Montreal's department of family medicine, says family secrets such as alcoholism, abuse and unwanted pregnancies are quite common and an obstacle...
March 25, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Mar 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - College students who are problem drinkers and use alcohol to cope and boost self-confidence are more apt to continue drinking, U.S. researchers said. The Ohio State University researchers' survey suggests that adults who are still high-risk drinkers by age 34 may have inadvertently used alcohol to blunt the social and cognitive development that typically...
March 25, 2009
ZURICH, Switzerland, Mar 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Swiss researchers say higher doses of vitamin D daily may reduce bone fracture risk for the elderly. Their analysis of research studies, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found doses higher than 400 international units per day reduced non-vertebral fractures by 20 percent and hip fractures by 18 percent. Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari of...
March 25, 2009
Marburg, Germany (dpa) - Artificial fingernails increase the risk of a fungal infection, according to a German health organization based in Marburg. The fingernail is especially vulnerable to infection and other changes when the artificial nail is removed. This also raises the risk of the infection spreading. Therefore, people who work in kitchens and who provide nursing care in particular should not...
March 25, 2009
Some states are moving to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes in response to the Obama administration's decision to limit prosecutions of sick people or caregivers who use or dispense the drug. Attorney General Eric Holder said last week that his agents will seek criminal charges only when both state and U.S. laws are violated. That signaled a shift from the Bush administration, whose...
March 25, 2009
WASHINGTON - The nation's health insurers offered Tuesday to stop basing people's premiums on their health and extend coverage to all Americans regardless of pre-existing conditions - provided that everyone gets insurance. The suggestion from Karen Ignagni, president of America's Health Insurance Plans, came at a Senate hearing and in a Newsmaker session with USA TODAY. It marked the first time the...
March 25, 2009
While sun exposure has long been linked to skin cancer, a new Swedish study shows it also dramatically reduces the risk of suffering blood clots, one of the authors of the report said on Wednesday. "We found that women who suntan had about 30 percent lower risk of suffering blood clots," said Pelle Lindqvist, an associate professor at the obstetrics and gynecology department at the Karolinska University...
March 25, 2009
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Mar 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Using cell phones and playing video games may not be as harmful to children's academic performance as many think, U.S. researchers suggest. A team of Michigan State University researchers found cell phones had no effect on academic performance among a group of 12-year-olds. Lead investigator Linda Jackson said the study found a strong relationship between...
March 25, 2009
BETHESDA, Md., Mar 25, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Asian-American women who ate higher amounts of soy during childhood had a 58 percent reduced risk of breast cancer, U.S. researchers said. "Historically, breast cancer incidence rates have been four to seven times higher among white women in the United States than in women in China or Japan," Regina Ziegler, a senior investigator in the National Cancer...
March 25, 2009
CHICAGO, Mar 24, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A University of Illinois at Chicago researcher found that stroke survivors can improve their balance by practicing the Chinese martial art of tai chi. Christina Hui-Chan, who has studied and used tai chi as a way to improve balance and minimize falls among healthy elderly subjects, studied 136 subjects in Hong Kong who had suffered a stroke more than six months...
March 24, 2009
AURORA, Colo., Mar 24, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Although low vitamin D is linked to cancer, heart disease and infection, the average U.S. blood levels of the "sunshine" vitamin decreased, researchers said. Dr. Adit A. Ginde of the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine in Aurora, said that evidence suggests that levels of 30 nanograms per milliliter to 40 nanograms per milliliter may be needed...
March 24, 2009
LONDON, Mar 24, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - British researchers say stroke patients may help restore their lost vision by listening to music they like. Researchers at the Imperial College London looked at three patients who had lost awareness of half of their field of vision as a result of a stroke. All three patients could identify shapes and lights in their depleted side of vision much more accurately...
March 24, 2009
WASHINGTON, Mar 24, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Twenty-three percent of U.S. patients and their caregivers say they have been the victim of a medical error, a survey indicates. The survey, part of a larger report, "Chronic Care: A Call to Action for Health Reform," says 21 percent of chronically ill patients felt their healthcare providers did not do a good job communicating with each other and 20 percent...
March 24, 2009
For years, cleansing diets and detox plans have been in the spotlight, fueled by stories of celebrities who followed these strict regimens to lose weight quickly for a movie or an awards show. Beyonce Knowles has reported losing 20 pounds on the Master Cleanse diet - a plan that involves eating no food but drinking a mixture of fresh lemon juice, organic maple syrup, cayenne pepper and water - for...
March 24, 2009
NASHVILLE, Mar 24, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A chemical component of licorice may offer a new way to prevent colorectal cancer without the adverse side effects of other therapies, U.S. researchers said. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, shows that inhibiting the enzyme 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 - either by treatment with a natural compound found in licorice...
March 24, 2009
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