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ATLANTA - Here's a look at some of the research published in 2008 and how it might apply to you in 2009. Dietitians and moms always tell people to slow down when they eat, but does it really work to cut calories and curb the waistline? A study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that women who ate fast consumed more calories than slow eaters. The slow eaters also reported...
January 16, 2009
Frigid temperatures in Washington could pose a danger to more than 1 million people expected to walk and stand outside for hours during the presidential inauguration and parade Tuesday, and officials are scrambling to provide relief. The arctic conditions gripping much of the East Coast will ease by the end of the weekend, but temperatures will still be around 20 degrees Monday night and won't rise...
January 16, 2009
THE top of your head is where your brain sits, and that's where fantastic fitness begins. To make good decisions, you need to know what is healthy for your body. This section will help you become more informed about the issues involved in good health. News Flash: The Problem of Childhood Obesity The problem of obesity is widespread because many people do not eat healthy foods or exercise enough. Obese...
January 15, 2009
The potential impact of the salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people across the country has broadened significantly with snack and cereal giant Kellogg's announcement that it is investigating the possible contamination of its peanut-butter crackers. And the Peanut Corp. of America, which has been tied to the outbreak and supplies some of the peanut paste that Kellogg puts in its crackers,...
January 15, 2009
TORONTO - Postpartum depression affects about 13 per cent of women in the first year after childbirth, but two new studies - one in Canada, one in the United Kingdom - have found that early identification and intervention can help new mothers who are at risk. The result was fewer depressive symptoms in the months that followed childbirth, according to results published Friday in BMJ Online. The Canadian...
January 15, 2009
When Mike and Scott Orlando lost their father to esophageal cancer just a few months after their mother's breast cancer diagnosis, they turned to music to help them cope. "Without music, this whole experience would have been a lot harder," Mike said. "It's an outlet for whatever you're feeling, good or bad. Music has always been there for me, and I don't know what I would do without it." The family's...
January 15, 2009
Jan. 16 - HICKORY - Dr. Vondell Clark said the mother was astounded when her daughter came home and ate carrots, something she had never been able to get the girl to do. But Clark couldn't take the credit, he passed it on to "Carrot the Groundhog." Carrot is a hand puppet used in the Healthy House program, an initiative of Catawba Valley Medical Center aimed at combating childhood obesity. Carrot got...
January 15, 2009
On average, black American women are getting shorter. That's the conclusion reached by John Komlos, an economist who researches the relationship between standards of living and human health and body size. His study, which has not yet been published, analyzes data recently released by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's...
January 15, 2009
On average, black American women are getting shorter. That's the conclusion reached by John Komlos, an economist who researches the relationship between standards of living and human health and body size. His study, which has not yet been published, analyzes data recently released by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's...
January 15, 2009
One thing is true about New Year's health resolutions: They fail. But researchers have found the most effective way to get people to change their behavior revolves around the clever use of . . . hypocrisy. When people feel not only that they are failing themselves but also that are failing to live up to what they tell other people to do, they change their behavior - and stick to it. Ren??e Bator, a...
January 14, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration is adding 41 products to an alert about tainted diet pills issued late last month, bringing the total to 69, officials said Wednesday. "I think it's fair to say that we have a major initiative investigation ongoing into this type of product," Michael Levy, director of the division of new drugs and labeling compliance at the FDA, said in an interview. "We are buying...
January 14, 2009
Jan. 15 - Walk through the halls of either Norman High or Norman North High School in early winter and there's a good chance, the teenager sporting golden, tanned skin spent hours in a tanning booth to achieve that darker complexion. If Senate Bill 544 passes the Oklahoma Legislature, minors would face restrictions at tanning salons. Sen. Andrew Rice, D-Oklahoma City, authored the bill. "Over 1 million...
January 14, 2009
Presentations and vaccinations for the human papillomavirus, a cause of cervical cancer, and the vaccine Gardasil may be coming to the Mott-Regent and Scranton schools later this year. The presentations put on by Community Action of Dickinson and West River Health Services, will be considered by Scranton Public School this month and by Mott-Regent schools next month at their board meetings. HPV, a...
January 14, 2009
Does banning smoking in public places improve public health? Yes, a new study finds, and the effects are large and long-lasting. A municipal smoke-free ordinance took effect in Pueblo, Colorado, in 2003, and researchers tracked the incidence of heart attacks, comparing rates in the city with those in neighboring communities where there were no smoking bans. Their analysis appears in the Jan. 2 Morbidity...
January 14, 2009
A special Veterans Affairs panel aiming to do justice for the long-neglected veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War convened in Seattle on Wednesday - at the same time retired Gen. Eric Shinseki was testifying at a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday to be the new VA secretary. While Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., spoke at Shinseki's hearing about the need to change the current culture of the VA, several...
January 14, 2009
There is no cure for the common cold, but in an experiment that deliberately infected volunteers with a virus, researchers have shown that getting less sleep can substantially increase the risk of catching one. For 14 days, the researchers monitored and recorded the sleep time of 153 healthy men and women ages 21 to 55. They also scored their sleep efficiency, the percentage of time in bed spent asleep....
January 14, 2009
Supervalu Inc., parent company of Jewel-Osco, the Chicago area's largest grocery chain, on Wednesday unveiled a labeling system aimed at giving shoppers a simpler way to decipher nutrition levels in food. The tags are aimed at helping shoppers identify healthier options, and are expected to ultimately cover about 10 percent of the items in a store. It's the latest example of the food industry trying...
January 14, 2009
ATLANTA, Jan 14, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said preliminary evidence suggests peanut butter may be the source of a Salmonella outbreak. As of Monday, 410 people infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states. The infection may have contributed to three deaths, the report said. Peanut Corp. of America,...
January 14, 2009
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Jan 13, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The death toll from Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak has surpassed 2,000, making it the worst ever in its history, U.N. health agency officials said Tuesday. The U.N. World Health Organization said more than 100 deaths and 1,500 new cases were reported Tuesday alone. There have been close to 40,000 cases reported in the African nation, WHO officials said...
January 14, 2009
Calling up your health history could be as easy as hopping on the Internet and typing in a password. Utah is now one of two states in the country participating in a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services personal health record pilot program. Unlike electronic health records, which are controlled by health care providers, personal health records are managed by patients. Allergies, medications, and...
January 14, 2009
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. I recently read an article about a nationwide poll of parents with mentally troubled children. More than half said their pediatrician or family physician never asks about their child's mental health. This got me wondering: If our children are as over-medicated as we hear they are, who is over-medicating them? Their own doctors are not even asking about their mental health. Are...
January 14, 2009
SAN ANTONIO - Drop by the racquetball courts at the University of Texas-San Antonio at the end of the workday and you'll likely find Joe DeCristoforo, assistant vice president and university registrar, playing and beating opponents one-third his age. Not bad for a guy who is 57 - and underwent open heart surgery less than two years ago. DeCristoforo had surgery to replace his aortic valve with a mechanical...
January 14, 2009
A second Stuyvesant HS student may have contracted bacterial meningitis, authorities said yesterday. Last week, Ava Hecht, 17, of Bayside, Queens, a senior at the prestigious school, died of the disease. The boy in the new case was taken to a hospital from school yesterday with a fever and was expected to stay overnight for observation, officials said. Test results are due back today. Copyright 2007...
January 14, 2009
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo revealed yesterday a deal with UnitedHealth Group that will help end a costly guessing game millions of Americans play when paying fees for out-of-network services. The agreement with the nation's second largest health insurer creates a fairer way to calculate reimbursement rates and requires the company to pay $50 million for the effort, Cuomo said. "We will reform this...
January 14, 2009
Miami residents aren't all following the South Beach Diet. It is the fattest city in the USA, and Salt Lake City is the most fit, according to Men's Fitness magazine, which has been doing the annual analysis for 11 years. The results appear in the February issue. "When you think of Miami, you think of people being outdoors showing off their bodies, so this surprised us," says editor in chief Roy Johnson....
January 13, 2009
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