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Melissa Farrell's three kids might not know the word "recession," but they notice there are fewer snacks around the house these days and that a trip to McDonald's has been replaced with hamburgers at home. Which might not be all bad, according to their mom. "We were probably falling into bad habits," said Farrell, who was looking for bargains while buying groceries recently at a Rainbow supermarket...
February 18, 2009
WASHINGTON, Feb 19, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says more possibly contaminated peanut products, including snack tray items sold by 1-800-Flowers, are being recalled. The company said it is recalling Torn Ranch- and Martha Stewart-brand snacks containing dry roasted and honey roasted peanuts sold as snack tray products prior to Jan. 28. The nuts were supplied by the...
February 18, 2009
Cigarette maker Philip Morris USA must pay $8 million to the Cooper City widow and son of a chain smoker whose 1997 death from lung cancer was the result of his smoking addiction, a Broward jury decided Wednesday. Philip Morris has vowed to appeal the verdict in the closely watched case. Locksmith Stuart Hess smoked up to two packs a day for 40 years before he died at age 55. His widow, Elaine, and...
February 18, 2009
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb 18, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A New York State man got a kidney from a woman he did not know after his daughters placed an ad on Craig's List. Jennifer Flood told CNN that she had had good experiences with Craig's List. So she and her two sisters posted an ad in the volunteer section that began "Please help. My dad needs a kidney." "It was a shot in the dark, but it had worked...
February 18, 2009
NEW DELHI, Feb 18, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - An investigation is under way in the Indian state of Gujarat, where 19 people have died during recent weeks in a suspected hepatitis outbreak, authorities say. Malayappan Thennarasan, the Sabarkantha district's top administrative official, said Wednesday the deaths blamed on hepatitis have all occurred in less than two weeks and another 70 people are feared...
February 18, 2009
Ever since the Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Linus Pauling first promoted "megadoses" of essential nutrients 40 years ago, many people have been devoted to their vitamins. Today about half of all adults in the United States alone use some form of dietary supplement, at a cost of $23 billion a year. But are vitamins worth it? In the past few years, several high- quality studies have failed to show...
February 17, 2009
A 10-year-old Long Island girl whose mysterious death sparked a meningitis scare at her elementary school actually died from the flu, health officials said yesterday. The fifth-grader at Northside Elementary in Levittown, not identified by officials, died early Saturday morning at a local hospital after falling sick just a few hours earlier. "It happened so quickly," the girl's grieving mother Theresa...
February 17, 2009
ITHACA, N.Y., Feb 17, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. researcher has confirmed that an apple a day - plus other fruits and vegetables - does indeed reduce a woman's risk of breast cancer. Rui Hai Liu of the University of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., said his six studies published in the past year add to growing evidence that an apple and other produce significantly inhibit the size of mammary...
February 17, 2009
MADISON, Wis., Feb 17, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Raising a child with a disability causes more daily stress and long-range health problems than parenting a child without disabilities, U.S. researchers say. Stress and health ills were greater among parents of disabled children, U.S. researchers found. The study, published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, found parents who had children with...
February 17, 2009
ITHACA, N.Y., Feb 17, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. researcher has confirmed that an apple a day - plus other fruits and vegetables - does indeed reduce a woman's risk of breast cancer. Rui Hai Liu of the University of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., said his six studies published in the past year add to growing evidence that an apple and other produce significantly inhibit the size of mammary...
February 17, 2009
EVANSTON, Ill., Feb 17, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. medical scientists say they have developed a technology that is capable of detecting never-before-seen signs of early-stage pancreatic cancer. A team of researchers led by Northwestern University biomedical engineering Professor Vadim Backman said although the new technique has not yet proven effective in double-blind clinical trials, it might one...
February 17, 2009
A new study suggests a diet laden with fish, olive oil, vegetables and other foods common in Mediterranean-style cuisine may help ward off mild cognitive impairment, sometimes called borderline dementia. The study also suggests that such a diet reduces the chance of the transition from mild cognitive decline to Alzheimer's disease. "We know from previous research that a healthy diet like this is protective...
February 17, 2009
Madeline Truman Dang stands a few centimeters shy of 5 feet tall. Although she longs to be taller, the 12-year-old knows that she's lucky to be as tall as she is - doctors once warned her parents that Madeline might not grow more than 4 feet tall. But, thanks to eight years of daily growth-hormone injections, Madeline will now be able to drive a car without adding pedal extenders when she's 16. She...
February 17, 2009
Coronary heart disease prevention, risk factors and warning signs are some of the topics that will be discussed during tonight's health seminar. Dr. Zia Roshandel, of Blue Ridge Cardiovascular Associates, will provide a presentation in the Culpeper Regional Hospital's dining room starting at 6 p.m. According to health experts, coronary heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in the United...
February 16, 2009
Those "brief" summaries in direct-to-consumer drug ads can take up a whole magazine page - and consumers who slog through that fine print might run the other way, which isn't necessarily a good thing. Three Dartmouth internists think they have a better idea. In a study posted today by the Annals of Internal Medicine, they compared real DTC ads with ads in which a concise "drug facts box" replaced the...
February 16, 2009
DALLAS, Feb 17, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Cherries, a super fruit, may reduce factors associated with heart disease and diabetes, a U.S. researcher suggests. Lona Sandon, assistant professor of clinical nutrition at University Southwestern Medical Center and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, says the fruit's red color is a cue to its antioxidant and health benefits. "Cherries are particularly...
February 16, 2009
REYNOSA, Mexico, Feb 16, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Tuberculosis services in Mexico need to improve to help ailing individuals and prevent immigrants from spreading the disease to U.S. cities, doctors say. Dr. Magin Pereda, who operates a TB program in Mexico, said immediate treatment was desperately needed in Mexico for those diagnosed with tuberculosis, the Chicago Tribune said Monday. "It is a devastating...
February 16, 2009
HOUSTON, Feb 11, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Chocolate - a Valentine's Day favorite - can be a healthful choice too, a U.S. expert says. Sally Scroggs of the University of Texas M D. Anderson Cancer Center's Cancer Prevention Center in Houston says chocolate is not only a symbol for love, indulgence and temptation, but now can be justified for its health attributes because cocoa products contain high levels...
February 16, 2009
SZCZECIN, Poland, Feb 16, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Polish researchers suggest that acrylamide from foods such as potato chips may increase the risk of heart disease. Marek Naruszewicz of the Polish Society for Atherosclerosis Research in Szczecin, Poland, and colleagues say that acrylamide has been linked to nervous system disorders and possibly to cancer. After ingesting large amounts of potato chips...
February 16, 2009
At the Visalia Oak Health Center, doctors know all about diabetic patients even before examining them. A computer tracking system alerts doctors to a patient's health needs. They know if the patient is due for a foot exam to check for nerve damage, an eye test to look at blood vessels or laboratory work to measure blood-glucose levels. It doesn't matter if the patient is there for something else -...
February 16, 2009
Hey, parents, if you're worried that your kids have gotten too sedentary this winter, here's a word of advice from the pros: Play with them. Shoot hoops, dance around the living room, toss a ball, build a snowman. Many exercise experts believe children today are too sedentary, which contributes to excess weight in one-third of children in the USA. The government's physical activity guidelines recommend...
February 16, 2009
Bertha Ramirez and Rosa Mendoza have a very personal connection to gestational diabetes. Not only do the Natividad Medical Center employees work with pregnant mothers at the hospital, which has a far higher incidence of the disease than the national average, but they are both pregnant themselves and have firsthand experience with the illness. Ramirez, a 31-year-old registered nurse and recently certified...
February 15, 2009
At the Visalia Oak Health Center, doctors know all about diabetic patients even before examining them. A computer tracking system alerts doctors to a patient's health needs. They know if the patient is due for a foot exam to check for nerve damage, an eye test to look at blood vessels or laboratory work to measure blood-glucose levels. It doesn't matter if the patient is there for something else -...
February 15, 2009
The new parents to-do list: Diapers? Check. Car seat? Check. Sex? Uhhh . . . Sex therapist Ian Kerner and sex columnist Heidi Raykeil might be able to help overwhelmed parents bring sexy back with their new book, "Love In The Time of Colic: The New Parents' Guide To Getting It On Again" ($16.99, Collins Living). The easy reader, which just hit bookstores, offers X-rated RX for couples in sex ruts....
February 15, 2009
The High Point-Thomasville chapter of the American Red Cross has embarked on an effort to increase HIV/AIDS education and prevention. With a $13,814 grant from Guilford Community AIDS Partnership, the chapter has expanded its HIV prevention emphasis in Guilford County through a new program titled "One Message, Many Voices." The program includes instructor level training and free one - to two-hour HIV...
February 15, 2009
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