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The heroin-addicted mother often left her baby at home alone while she sought drugs, covering the girl's head to muffle her cries. The state removed the infant from her home and placed her with an aunt and uncle in Seattle. "Here we were, with an hour's notice, taking on an 8-month-old child with substantial developmental delays and some fears and psychological delays," said the aunt, Debbie Sylvester....
March 12, 2009
WASHINGTON, Mar 12, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says three more nationwide recalls have been issued for products containing possible tainted peanut products. The possibly salmonella-contaminated peanuts, peanut butter and peanut granules were produced by the Peanut Corporation of America for use by manufacturers of various foods, including cookies, candy, ice cream,...
March 12, 2009
DALLAS, Mar 12, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. study of primates suggests estrogen might become a new postnatal therapy to improve lung function and other outcomes in preterm infants. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Professor Philip Shaul, the study's senior author, said the research was conducted at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research Primate Center in San Antonio. "Ironically,...
March 12, 2009
After you STOP eating so much junk food, the next step to fitness is to replace those "empty calories" with healthy foods. To do so, turn to the CROP group for fruits, vegetables, and whole-grain foods that are key to a healthy lifestyle. These foods taste great and contribute to making you fit. Rank your top five foods from these lists of fruits and vegetables: The Food Pyramid You are probably familiar...
March 11, 2009
For the first time, a large study shows the deadly effects of chronic exposure to ozone, one of the most widespread pollutants in the world and a key component of smog. The study appears in today's New England Journal of Medicine. Doctors have long known that ground-level ozone - which is formed when sunlight interacts with pollution from tailpipes and coal-burning power plants - can make asthma worse....
March 11, 2009
As the economic crisis gathered steam last year, Americans became increasingly stressed out and experienced worsened mental health - a trend that continues today, according to a landmark Gallup-Healthways poll out this week. Done nearly every day in 2008 and still ongoing, the survey of 355,334 people is believed to be the largest, longest and most thorough poll showing how emotional well-being shifts...
March 11, 2009
WASHINGTON - A. Barry Rand has had a long, successful career as the man in the gray flannel suit. But when he looks in the mirror, he sees "a son of the '60s." "My life has always been about service and social change," Rand says. That's what AARP, the nation's leading advocacy group for people age 50 and older, was looking for when it tapped Rand, a former Xerox executive and civic leader, to succeed...
March 11, 2009
NEW YORK, Mar 12, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - One in 7 U.S. adolescents is vitamin D deficient, which can increase the risk for bone mineralization and lead to rickets. Researchers at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York said the study employs a new definition of vitamin D deficiency recommended by a group of scientists attending the 13th Workshop Consensus for Vitamin D Nutritional Guidelines...
March 11, 2009
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Mar 11, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Researchers at the University of Iowa suggest that the reason many people consume too much salt is because it puts people in a better mood. Psychologist Kim Johnson and colleagues found that when rats are deficient in sodium chloride - common table salt - they shy away from activities they normally enjoy, like drinking a sugary substance or pressing...
March 11, 2009
Years ago, and I don't know why, I took a yoga class. Maybe I was feeling a bit uptight, a little brittle, in need of some flexibility. If only I could put my leg behind my neck everything would be better. It wasn't. The problem was my class was right after work, across town, and taught by a woman who ran her studio like a drill sergeant, which I thought kind of defeated the whole purpose. I kept wanting...
March 10, 2009
Americans infected by the bad-economy bug are gambling with their health, putting off checkups and important medical procedures to save money, a poll shows. Nearly 40 percent of people said they have in the past six months delayed or postponed medical care in the wake of a troubled economy, according to a survey by RasmussenReports.com. Last year, a survey by the Rockefeller Foundation and Time magazine...
March 10, 2009
ATLANTA, Mar 11, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says illnesses are still occurring among people who eat products containing tainted peanut ingredients. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the recalled peanuts and peanut butter, paste and granules contaminated by salmonella bacteria were produced by Peanut Corporation of America plants in Georgia and...
March 10, 2009
Nearly half of college freshmen who drink alcohol spend more time drinking each week than they do studying, suggests a survey involving more than 30,000 first-year students on 76 campuses who took an online alcohol education course last fall. Students who said they had at least one drink in the past 14 days spent an average 10.2 hours a week drinking, and averaged about 8.4 hours a week studying, according...
March 10, 2009
Skipping regular dental visits could land Americans in "the chair" down the road with far more serious and costly tooth and gum problems, say experts, as new data reveal many Americans chose not to see a dentist last year. "The message of the value of your teeth is not getting through," says Matthew Messina, consumer adviser for the American Dental Association and a dentist in Cleveland. "If people...
March 10, 2009
WORCESTER, Mass., Mar 10, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Chemicals present in cranberries prevent infection-causing bacteria from attaching to the cells that line the urinary tract, U.S. researchers said. Paola Pinzon-Arango, Yatao Liu and Terri Camesano of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, exposed E. coli grown in culture to either light cranberry juice cocktail or cranberry proanthocyanidins...
March 10, 2009
Family arguments have a lasting impact, finds a study at Simmons College in Boston, which has tracked people for 32 years. And when physical violence is in the mix, there are added long-term mental health risks, the study found. The research, involving 346 participants from Quincy, Mass., is published this month in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Researchers found...
March 10, 2009
HONG KONG, Mar 11, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A diet high in vegetables can reduce the risk of prostate cancer, researchers in China suggest. Ruth Chan of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and colleagues examined more than 100 studies and concluded that the primary mechanism of this positive vegetable effect is antioxidant protection against DNA and cell damage. The researchers said tomatoes and their...
March 10, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Mar 11, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A bill now before the California Legislature would allow young people to remain in foster care to the age of 21 instead of "aging out" at 18. At a rally Monday in Sacramento, former foster children supported the legislation, the San Jose Mercury News reported. They described the experience of being left on their own suddenly with no one to rely on. Kanisha...
March 10, 2009
Nearly 10 percent of brain cancer patients who received radiation in combination with chemotherapy were still alive five years after diagnosis, the best long-term survival rate ever reported for a group of patients stricken with the aggressive tumor, researchers reported. The treatment regimen described in the journal Lancet Oncology parallels the approach used by cancer specialists to treat Senator...
March 10, 2009
TRONDHEIM , Norway, Mar 10, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Ecstasy may help sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder learn to deal with their memories more effectively, researchers in Norway suggest. "A goal during exposure therapy for PTSD is to recall distressing experiences while at the same time remaining grounded in the present," study authors Pal-Orjan Johansen and Teri Krebs, based at the Norwegian...
March 10, 2009
RICHMOND, Va., Mar 10, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has signed a bill banning smoking in many of Virginia's bars and restaurants, calling it a "monumental step forward for public health." Beginning Dec.1, smoking will be prohibited in bars and restaurants except in private clubs, on some outdoor patios and in cases where rooms have separate ventilation, The Washington Post reported...
March 10, 2009
For Karl Robb, who has suffered from Parkinson's disease for 20 years, President Obama's action on stem-cell research was a down payment on hope for a better future. "This is a step forward for hope and progress and promise for the medical community," said Robb, 42, who lives in Fairfax, Va. "It's a huge leap for scientists whose hands have been tied for so long." Robb was diagnosed with the illness...
March 10, 2009
BUFFALO, N.Y., Mar 2, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - There is a correlation between cases of dog bites and rising temperatures, U.S. researchers suggest. The researchers - Dr. Angelo Monroy, Dr. Philomena Behar, Dr. Mark Nagy, Dr. Christopher Poje, Dr. Michael Pizzuto and Dr. Linda Brodsky - all of Buffalo, N.Y., evaluated 84 cases of dog bites in children over an eight-year period. The study authors found...
March 10, 2009
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Mar 10, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - As many as 3,000 people who used a Toronto-area tattoo and piercing parlor may have been exposed to HIV or hepatitis, local health officials said. Blood tests for HIV, and hepatitis B and C were urged as a precautionary measure for the customers of Moonshin Tattoo in Mississauga, Toronto's western neighbor, the Toronto Star reported. Dr. Eileen...
March 9, 2009
MIAMI, Mar 9, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Healthcare providers in South Florida say people are putting off trips to the doctor's office as the recession deepens. The Miami Herald said anecdotal evidence from dozens of healthcare providers suggests even people who still have jobs are thinking twice about elective procedures and copays. ''Patients are spending less, no question about it,'' primary care doctor...
March 9, 2009
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