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NEW YORK, Jan 8, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Health officials say almost all of the cases of flu reported so far this season are resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging doctors to test suspected flu cases quickly to determine if it is the resistant H1N1 strain. Only 11 percent of H1N1 flu cases last year were shown to be Tamiflu-resistant,...
January 9, 2009
Jan. 9 - New York's newly revamped menu of choices for its version of the national nutrition program for low-income women and children is such a refreshing change that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is advising other states to follow its model. Earlier this week, state Health Commissioner Richard Daines announced New York is the first to change its WIC food choices, now emphasizing fresh fruits,...
January 9, 2009
A health forum with free medical testing, advice and education is the first of many events the King Center will feature during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. birthday observance. The forum, sponsored by Aetna, will take place at and around the King Center Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. It includes sessions and information on issues such as nutrition, recreation, diabetes, sickle-cell anemia, obesity...
January 9, 2009
After James Owens' brain cancer was diagnosed, he did all he could to survive, and worked hard to give others a message of hope. Owens, 46, who rode as a member of a relay team that crossed the nation to help fight the disease, died of cancer Jan. 4 at his home in Edina. Owens, a mechanical engineer and a leader in his family's heating, cooling and ventilation business, was one of 20 bicyclists who...
January 9, 2009
A recently mutated strain of flu that resists the most commonly prescribed treatment has been found in Houston children. Physicians have closely watched the development of this winter's U.S. flu season, because what appears to be the most widely circulating strain, H1N1, has developed resistance to Tamiflu, the leading antiviral drug. Another leading antiviral drug - Relenza, a powder that must be...
January 9, 2009
An intriguing new study by the University of Tokyo found that foods high in water content "promote satiety and decrease subsequent intake, thus possibly working to prevent obesity, when (the water is) consumed as an integral component of a food, but not when consumed alone or alongside a food." So which foods are high in water? Take our quiz and find out. 1. Which of the following foods is NOT high...
January 8, 2009
WASHINGTON, Jan 8, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers is asking his colleagues to discourage U.S. President-elect Barack Obama from nominating Sanjay Gupta for surgeon general. In his letter, the Michigan Democrat said there are "highly experienced medical professionals who question whether Dr. Gupta has the necessary experience or even the medical background to be in charge...
January 8, 2009
The music started and Krystle McGrady seemed to have forgotten life outside the dance studio. Inside Miss Jody's Place To Dance on a recent Saturday, the song's lyrics were about letting things "roll off" your shoulders. That's just what Krystle has done: She survived cancer. She literally danced her way through chemotherapy and kept on dancing after a stem cell transplant. Now, she's getting ready...
January 8, 2009
NEW YORK, Jan 8, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A single strain of salmonella has infected 388 people in 42 states since last fall but the cause is still unknown, U.S. medical officials said Thursday. Most patients have become ill since mid-October, Lola Russell, a spokeswoman for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, said. She said the outbreak was still growing and DNA testing...
January 8, 2009
Exercising on a dime is a cakewalk. Diane Reuter, 53, of Richwood., N.J., weighs 154 pounds, down from a high of 299. She lost the first 90 pounds just walking and cutting calories. "It didn't cost me anything but a pair of walking shoes," she says. Like Reuter, most successful dieters who have been profiled in USA TODAY's Weight-Loss Challenge over the years allocate about an hour a day to aerobic...
January 8, 2009
An 8-year-old tested positive for flu Wednesday at UC Davis Medical Group in Sacramento - the clinic's first confirmed pediatric case this season. It was also a signal that flu season is under way. Health workers say the best advice is to get vaccinated. The Northern California Partnership for Influenza Prevention was launched in 2004 as a public and private effort to get more people - including children...
January 8, 2009
Dear Dr. Gott: I am 84 years old and suffered from sciatic pain for more than two years nearly 25 years ago. I had been referred to several doctors, and none could offer me a diagnosis. I finally went to a chiropractor, who ordered X-rays and diagnosed me with sciatica. Adjustments gave me temporary relief. I was considering acupuncture as a next step because I was desperate to find a solution, when...
January 8, 2009
A Petersburg-based tobacco company said its latest study shows that one of its products is effective in helping relieve nicotine cravings for people who are trying to quit smoking. Star Scientific Inc. said its Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals subsidiary tested its Stonewall dissolvable smokeless tobacco product on 49 cigarette smokers and found that the product was "much more effective" than a placebo in...
January 8, 2009
A new program begins this month that is designed to offer cancer patients a way to learn about the disease and to meet other survivors. The Survivors' Symposium begins Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room at the Mary Washington Home Health office in Massaponax. Dr. Sudeep Menachery, a Fredericksburg hematologist and oncologist, will speak on the long-term effects of chemotherapy....
January 7, 2009
Children who badly misbehave in school are likelier to end up with a dud job, poor mental health, teen pregnancy or divorce, according to a British study published on Friday. The paper, published online by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), provides statistical backing for teachers who sound warnings about anti-social behaviour, its authors say. It draws on an exceptionally long-term investigation,...
January 7, 2009
Using software developed by Carnegie Mellon University, the UPMC Cancer Center and a private firm have started an interactive Web site designed to help connect breast cancer patients to clinical trials and provide online responses to patients' questions. Patients will be able to type in questions and be connected to video responses from a team of cancer center experts including Dr. Samuel Jacobs, associate...
January 7, 2009
Hey, Doc - the kid's overweight, O.K.? That is the message of a new study that looked at the medical records of more than 60,000 children and found that most of those who weighed too much were not given that diagnosis by a pediatrician. Writing in the January issue of Pediatrics, the researchers reported that weight-related diagnoses were given to only 10 percent of the overweight patients, 54 percent...
January 7, 2009
The newest and most detailed government data on teen birthrates show significant increases in 26 states and represent most regions of the USA. The jumps are "fairly remarkable," says Paul Sutton, a demographer with the National Center for Health Statistics, which released the data. "We're seeing increases in both the number of teens having births and also the rate at which they are having births. Both...
January 7, 2009
A single strain of salmonella has sickened 388 people in 42 states over the past three months. The CDC is on the case, but no one has figured out what's causing it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta first picked up the outbreak in late November, and now 15 staffers are working nearly full time to track its source, says CDC veterinary epidemiologist Casey Barton Behravesh. "It's...
January 7, 2009
British doctors scaling Mount Everest have measured the lowest human blood oxygen levels ever recorded, according to findings published Wednesday. The study in the New England Journal of Medicine's January 8 issue could help critical care doctors re-evaluate treatment for long-term patients suffering from respiratory distress syndromes, cystic fibrosis, emphysema, and other serious illnesses, many...
January 7, 2009
Nicholas Lyon, 29, of Southwest Miami-Dade has serious heart problems, and his doctor tells him he should get flu and pneumonia shots to spare his body the stress of those illnesses. But he thinks he might put it off. "It depends on what they cost," he says. "Every time I go to the clinic it's $90. I'm only working part-time in computer repair. I have to see if I can do it right away or budget it for...
January 7, 2009
Joe Nagy of Derry was losing hope for recovery from a brain tumor when he encountered the healing message of David Bailey's music. He drew on that strength while facing his second brain surgery, Nagy said Tuesday at Integrative Medical Advisory Council's announcement of a new music therapy initiative involving Bailey's music. "We've already seen, firsthand, the power that this music bring to those...
January 6, 2009
Local food supplanted organics among the hot food topics last year. On the depressing side, concerns about food safety soared with the worst outbreak of foodborne illness in 10 years, and high prices sent shivers through budget-crunched consumers. High prices have hurt restaurants, too. More people are staying home and cooking. Prices also have people looking for ways to save a few dollars on grocery...
January 6, 2009
OSLO, Norway, Jan 6, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The Norwegian broadcasting company NRK says it made a deal with the owners of the rights to the Beatles' songs to air podcasts featuring the downloadable tunes. The Times of London said the podcasts tell in Norwegian the stories behind each of the Beatles' 212 songs, which can be isolated from the short films and downloaded for free. Fourteen tracks from...
January 6, 2009
For the past 28 years, the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program has been providing advice, support and screening to women with breast cancer. But this year's budget crisis has organizers worried that the governor's proposed budget will shut them out - and shut them down. The governor's budget office has recommended eliminating the $300,000 that the state gives to the breast...
January 6, 2009
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