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LOS ANGELES, Mar 16, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The stress of first love, first break up, gossip, exams and fights with parents can impact teens' health when they become adults, U.S. researchers said. Andrew J. Fuligni of the University of California, Los Angeles, and colleagues report that in a study of otherwise healthy, normal teens who self-reported various negative interpersonal interactions, researchers...
March 16, 2009
Over the hill at 28? Scientists at the University of Virginia have found that the ability to reason, speed of thought, and spatial visualization all peak around 22 and start declining by 27. Researchers studied 2,000 people aged between 18 and 60 and found failure to remember names and find car keys, associated with "old age," may start decades earlier than thought. Copyright 2007 NYP Holdings, Inc....
March 16, 2009
WASHINGTON, Mar 16, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of Crown Farms-brand "Gulsha" frozen fish because of possible bacterial contamination. The FDA said Asia Cash & Carry Inc. of Maspeth, N.Y., recalled the Bangladeshi freshwater fish because of the potential of salmonella contamination. The fish, with a production code of "AUG 2008," were distributed...
March 16, 2009
NEW YORK, Mar 16, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. scientists said a protein associated with Alzheimer's builds up in brain cells at an increased rate if body temperature drops, such as during anesthesia. The researchers suggest decreasing the temperature in the brain - as happens when someone is anesthetized or experiences hypothermia - is linked to the formation of proteins in the brain cells that have...
March 16, 2009
TAMPA, Fla., Mar 16, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. researchers say there is an urgent need to reduce stroke risk factors among young African-Americans. The study, published online in Neuroepidemiology, finds blacks bear a disproportionate burden of disease, disability and death from strokes. "In fact, it's clear that the gap emerges even at relatively young ages - among adults hospitalized for strokes...
March 16, 2009
DENVER, Mar 16, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. medical scientists say they have discovered a new method to prevent bacterial infections by using the body's own enzymes. Dr Quinn Parks and colleagues at Denver's National Jewish Health Hospital said they used enzymes against products of the body's own defense cells to prevent Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria from building a protective biofilm that enables...
March 16, 2009
GENEVA, Switzerland, Mar 15, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.N. World Health Organization in Switzerland has issued a report describing tobacco industry efforts to interfere with global tobacco control policies. In November 2008, 160 nations agreed to guidelines under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which took effect in 2003, to block tobacco industry interference in global health policies...
March 16, 2009
WASHINGTON, Mar 15, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The Obama administration may support a move to tax employee health benefits as a way to finance an overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, sources say. Support for the idea would represent a turnabout for President Barack Obama, who last year criticized Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain of Arizona when he floated a similar idea, calling it...
March 15, 2009
Mar. 16 - A month after being diagnosed with a relapse of ovarian cancer, Terry Turpin was hit with news nearly as bad. Mervyns, her employer of 27 years, had filed bankruptcy and was closing. She was going to be out of a job. Even worse, the 47-year-old Oxnard woman was going to be without health insurance when her life depended on receiving treatment. "It's scary not to have insurance when you're...
March 15, 2009
Mar. 16 - Florida is one of the worst-ranked states in the nation for getting federal money to spend on disease prevention, according to a new report. The state came in 47th out of 50, receiving about $13.29 per person last year to spend on disease- and injury-prevention programs. Alaska, by comparison, was ranked first with $52.78 a person. Indiana was last with $12.74 for each resident. The report...
March 15, 2009
Got rbST? That's not the latest space critter in a George Lucas film. It's a synthetic growth hormone (recombinant bovine somatotropin) used to spur cows to produce more milk. Many dairies and retailers - including General Mills, Dannon and Wal-Mart - are nixing it from dairy products in a world of rising food fears. Even in a sick economy, low price isn't the only hot sales tool for foods. There's...
March 15, 2009
CHICAGO - As the economy worsens, providers of reproductive services say they are fielding more calls from distraught women facing difficult decisions about pregnancies they didn't plan and can't afford. The interviews also suggest that more women are struggling to afford contraception and that, in some cases, they are risking their physical and emotional health by delaying abortion procedures for...
March 14, 2009
AUGUSTA, Ga., Mar 13, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Too little vitamin D may lead to fatter adolescents, researchers at the Medical College of Georgia said. The researchers studied more than 650 teens age 14-19 and found that those who reported higher vitamin D intakes had lower overall body fat and lower amounts of the fat in the abdomen - known as visceral fat - which has been associated with health risks...
March 14, 2009
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Mar 12, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Exposure to engine pollution results in arterial stiffness, but a face mask reduces exposure to airborne pollution particles, Scottish researchers said. Nicholas Mills of the University of Edinburgh said acute exposure to diesel exhaust is associated with an immediate and transient increase in arterial stiffness. "This may, in part, explain the increased...
March 13, 2009
LINKOPING, Sweden, Mar 13, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A Swedish researcher says children living in families experiencing high levels of stress have a greater risk of becoming obese. Felix-Sebastian Koch of Linkoping University said the children may be more likely to engage in comfort eating but the weight gain could also be due to insulin and hormone changes that increase the storage of fat, The Local...
March 13, 2009
WASHINGTON, Mar 13, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Dozens of top-selling children's bath products are contaminated with trace amounts of cancer-causing chemicals, a U.S. health advocacy group says. Officials of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics says it commissioned an independent laboratory to test 48 children's bath products that documented the widespread presence of both formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane. The...
March 13, 2009
ATLANTA, Mar 12, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. students have designed a 24/7 calorie counter that computes calories even when people are sleeping. Students at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta call the device - which measures and compares day-to-day physical and caloric activity - the HappyHR. The name is a reference to the euphoric feeling that follows an intense round of exercise - the...
March 13, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 12, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A moderate decrease in daily salt intake could benefit the U.S. population and reduce the rates of heart disease and deaths, researchers said. For every gram of salt that Americans reduce in their diets daily, a quarter of a million fewer new heart disease cases - and at least 200,000 fewer deaths - would occur over a decade, study lead author Dr. Kirsten...
March 13, 2009
Good news on the nutrition front, courtesy of Scandinavian researchers: Consumption of 3 grams of cinnamon a day may improve people's control of blood glucose levels. Caveat: The study involved only 15 people. In any event, let's quiz you about this hearty spice: 1. How much of your daily value of fiber do you derive from consuming 7 grams of cinnamon? a) 3 percent b) 16 percent c) 37 percent d) 61...
March 13, 2009
BUFFALO, N.Y., Mar 13, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. researchers say people who regularly get less than six hours of sleep are at a higher risk of developing diabetes. The University of Buffalo report said people who are sleep deprived are 4.5 times more likely to have elevated levels of blood sugar than those who get six to eight hours of sleep each night. The findings were presented Wednesday at an...
March 13, 2009
WASHINGTON, Mar 13, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. government agency says fraud and abuse are partly responsible for a 44 percent increase in Medicare spending on home health services between 2002-2006. In a study issued Friday, the Government Accountability Office said some home healthcare providers exaggerated patients' medical conditions while others billed for unnecessary care or services they...
March 12, 2009
WASHINGTON - A study released Tuesday found that Oklahoma received $19.10 per person in federal funds to help prevent diseases and injuries in 2008 and ranked the state 24th out of 50. Based on $69 million the state received from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that figure placed Oklahoma above average for the southern region, where states received $18.43 per person. Oklahoma also...
March 12, 2009
BOSTON, Mar 12, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. researchers say that physicians can ask one single question of patients to identify unhealthy alcohol use. Researchers at Boston Medical Center said that a single-screening question recommended by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism accurately identifies unhealthy alcohol use in primary care patients. The National Institute of Alcohol...
March 12, 2009
Samples in La., Pa. show no dangers near schools, but activists, experts criticize methods State environmental officials in Louisiana and Pennsylvania have released results of short-term air monitoring for toxic chemicals near schools, and in both states officials say the tests showed no health threats. Some residents, activists and other environmental experts question the findings - and worry that...
March 12, 2009
Feb. 22 - Financial problems are said to be at the heart of most divorce. But even with the economy in a downward spiral, a divorcing couple's dwindling bank account may not be its only - or even largest - problem. When a marriage breaks apart, the couple's children may fall apart, too - academically, socially and emotionally - health officials say. Divorce provided a subtext in the recent debate over...
March 12, 2009
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