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Dec. 12 - The results of a yearlong study released Thursday found exhaustive evidence that one of the biggest predictors of good health is your ZIP code. Health advocates say that if you live on the west side of Los Angeles County, chances are you have access to bike paths, grocery stores, good schools, hospitals and health clinics. If you live on the south side, including Hawthorne and Inglewood,...
December 11, 2008
How, when and where a child is born may all play a role in lifetime asthma risk, new studies suggest. Asthma occurs when airways in the lungs spasm and swell, restricting the supply of oxygen. The incidence of asthma in the United States has risen steadily for more than two decades, and about 6 percent of children now have asthma, up from less than 4 percent in 1980, according to the Centers for Disease...
December 11, 2008
Traffic fatalities on the nation's roads are down nearly 10% over last year and the number of people killed in crashes this year is expected to reach the lowest level since the government began tracking them in 1966, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Thursday. "Our focus on safety ... has led to one of the safest periods in our nation's transportation history," Peters said. "Every American...
December 11, 2008
LaTanya Hudgens of Detroit feels like she's been given a new chance to become her best self. A better mother and provider for her three children - Kailynn Hudgens, 15; Kennedy Hudgens-Fuqua, 6, and Kameron Hudgens-Fuqua, 5. For as long as she can remember, she has been sick off and on, with itches, rashes, sores and various related pains. The source of her troubles was discovered in 2000: She had a...
December 11, 2008
A surprisingly large number of children - nearly 12% - are using herbal supplements and other complementary and alternative therapies, according to the first national study on the subject, released Wednesday. "We were struck by the high use in children," given that few children suffer from the chronic aches and pains that drive many adults to unconventional treatments, says co-author Richard Nahin...
December 11, 2008
To make up a $7 million budget gap, the state Department of Health will abandon two plans that had the potential to save lives: colorectal cancer screenings for low-income people and a prescription-drug monitoring system that would have helped health care providers know a patient's drug history. The department, which announced the cuts this week, also will stop doing contaminant-testing for drinking-water...
December 11, 2008
WASHINGTON, Dec 11, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. study suggests 38 percent of adults and 12 percent of children use some form of complementary and alternative medicine. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine describes such therapies as "a group of diverse medical and healthcare systems, practices and products such as herbal supplements, meditation, chiropractic and acupuncture...
December 11, 2008
How, when and where a child is born may all play a role in lifetime asthma risk, new studies suggest. Asthma occurs when airways in the lungs spasm and swell, restricting the supply of oxygen. The incidence of asthma in the United States has risen steadily for more than two decades, and about 6 percent of children now have asthma, up from less than 4 percent in 1980, according to the Centers for Disease...
December 11, 2008
A nationwide survey this year suggested that as many as half of U.S. doctors prescribe a fake treatment - or placebo - at least once a month. Adam Kolber suspects that his dermatologist is one. Kolber visited the doctor because after his bug bites had faded, the itching didn't. The dermatologist proffered a small bottle of lotion and said it ought to provide relief. He didn't explain why, Kolber recalls....
December 11, 2008
NEW YORK - Scientists may have figured out one reason some people reach for the french fries instead of an apple. It could be a gene that's been linked to an increased risk of obesity. A study of children found those with a common variation of the gene tend to overeat high-calorie foods. They ate 100 extra calories per meal, which over the long term can put on weight, said Colin Palmer, who led the...
December 10, 2008
Hanoi (dpa) - Accidental injury is a leading cause of death among children in underdeveloped countries, killing some 2,000 children every day, according to a UN report released Wednesday. But the report says efforts to reduce injuries among children are underfunded and have been too often ignored. The report, released by the World Health Organization and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) at a press conference...
December 10, 2008
Hanoi (dpa) - Accidental injury is a leading cause of death among children in underdeveloped countries, killing some 2,000 children every day, according to a UN report released Wednesday. But the report says efforts to reduce injuries among children are underfunded and have been too often ignored. The report, released by the World Health Organization and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) at a press conference...
December 10, 2008
WASHINGTON, Dec 9, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. health advocacy group says Jack in the Box's Junior Bacon Cheeseburger tops the list of worst "cheap eats." The non-profit Cancer Project reviewed nutrition information for items on the Value Menus of five national fast food chains. Jack in the Box's Junior Bacon Cheeseburger, which costs a dollar, has 23 grams of fat, 860 milligrams of sodium. The...
December 9, 2008
BERKELEY, Calif., Dec 9, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. researchers say trucking company employees have a higher risk of lung cancer because of exposure to diesel exhaust. The study found that dockworkers and drivers who do short-haul pickups and deliveries are at highest risk, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. Researchers from Harvard University and the University of California in Berkeley...
December 9, 2008
Spreading as we speak: Happiness, the virus! A study published Friday found we're all susceptible to the happiness bug. A communicable disease of joy spread through close contact with friends, family, neighbors - even strangers. "Happiness is like a stampede," the study's co-author said. "Whether you're happy or not depends not just on your own actions ... but on those of people you don't even know."...
December 9, 2008
In 2004, three researchers published a paper in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggesting the rise in obesity might be linked to the rise in consumption of high-fructose corn syrup. The paper led to a wave of research and a chorus of popular concern over the cheap, ubiquitous liquid sweetener. The hypothesis was controversial and launched a backlash against the corn-based sweetener, which...
December 9, 2008
Beauty is only 100 micrometers deep. That's about the diameter of a hair, a mighty small thing, especially considering we spend about $60 million yearly trying products designed to eliminate bad hair days. But rather than globbing more expensive stuff on the outside of our hair, we should baby our hair from the inside. Though it's unspectacular, the magic "pill" for beautiful hair seems to be the right...
December 9, 2008
ATLANTA - Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world's top killer by 2010, part of a trend that should more than double global cancer cases and deaths by 2030, international health experts reported Tuesday. Rising tobacco use in developing countries is believed to be a huge reason for the shift, particularly in China and India, where 40 per cent of the world's smokers now live. So is better diagnosing...
December 9, 2008
THERE'S an epidemic on the rise in America: an epidemic of character pathology in our young adults. Columbia researchers recently published their analysis of more than 5,000 face-to-face evaluations with people ages 19 to 25, conducted during 2001 and 2002. And the data: It's disturbing. It revealed that nearly 20 percent of those interviewed had personality disorders. Simply put, this means that millions...
December 8, 2008
A genetic marker which makes some people more likely to be hooked on cigarettes could also allow them to drink their friends under the table by dampening their body's response to alcohol, according to a study published Monday. Several previous studies have found that this particular group of chromosomes also makes people more likely to develop lung cancer or become alcoholics. Earlier studies have...
December 8, 2008
CHICAGO (AP) - Half-dose flu shots are effective in adults, especially in women and those younger than 50, and offer a viable way to stretch supplies during vaccine shortages, a government study found. The strategy also might be an option during hard economic times since lower doses likely would mean cheaper shots, said Vanderbilt University vaccine expert Dr. Kathryn Edwards, who wasn't involved in...
December 8, 2008
MANCHESTER, England, Dec 6, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - British researchers say drugs used to treat cold sores could prove effective against Alzheimer's disease. Studies at the University of Manchester suggest the virus that causes cold sores - herpes simplex virus - may be one of the main causes of Alzheimer's, The Times of London reported Saturday. The preliminary findings suggest cheap antiviral drugs...
December 8, 2008
A new study finds that certain brain functions of some low-income 9- and 10-year-olds pale in comparison with those of wealthy children and that the difference is almost equivalent to the damage from a stroke. "It is a similar pattern to what's seen in patients with strokes that have led to lesions in their prefrontal cortex," which controls higher-order thinking and problem solving, says lead researcher...
December 7, 2008
When it comes to hard times, the flat ab and firm buttocks mags always have something to offer. Men's Health, for one, doesn't seem to be suffering in the tough economic times. Its 180-page December issue carries 74 full-page ads, marking space between stories on workout techniques. We preferred the sex-related topics, though, since it's good for our health, too. Sex often works up a hearty appetite,...
December 7, 2008
ADDYSTON, Ohio - The growl of air-monitoring equipment has replaced the chatter of children at Meredith Hitchens Elementary School in this Cincinnati suburb along the Ohio River. School district officials pulled all students from Hitchens three years ago, after air samples outside the building showed high levels of chemicals coming from the plastics plant across the street. The levels were so dangerous...
December 7, 2008
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