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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Federal investigators raised to 401 the number of cases of salmonella linked to the Banquet pot pies recalled last year by ConAgra Foods Inc. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its final report this week on the fall 2007 outbreak and recall. The 401 cases of salmonella were reported in 41 states, the CDC said. No deaths were reported but nearly one-third...
November 28, 2008
AT HER Manhattan pre-school, Sarah Jane Donohue is nicknamed "The Diva" - a child with a gorgeous grin, wavy brown hair, and the ability to communicate without words. She almost didn't make it this far. Yesterday, her family gathered at the table to give their thanks for Sarah Jane. She doesn't even know it, but this little girl has devoted her life to making sure no little girl suffers as she has....
November 28, 2008
Kitchens steamed from massive cooking pots and volunteers sweated Thursday while dishing out a record 3,800 free Thanksgiving meals for South Mississippians. For both the food workers and for those who might not otherwise have eaten a turkey dinner, it was a day of unabashed gratefulness. "It's time for us to give thanks, and I don't know any better way to put it," said Traci Monroe, a 12-year-old...
November 28, 2008
Nancy Gordon arrived at the Richmond Beach mansion sheathed in protective gear, armed with gloves and a magnifying lamp, and brandishing an arsenal of oils, combs and clips. Then she eyed her target: a quiet 9-year-old girl sent home from school with a fresh case of head lice. "It takes the patience of a saint to pick through someone's hair," said Gordon, who owns the Mercer Island nitpicking business...
November 28, 2008
Did you hear the big news? Twinkies are getting smaller, if not necessarily healthier. Hostess announced that it is repackaging the iconic log-shaped treat into a 100-calorie "snack pack." Take our quiz about this cream-filled antithesis to a healthy diet. 1. How many calories are in one regular-size Twinkie? A) 300 B) 150 C) 227 2. Hostess also offers Light Twinkies, purported to be more healthful....
November 27, 2008
CHICAGO - Justin Roberts has wildly curious young fans, the type who might lean into a live monitor during one of his concerts just to see what it sounds like. But the popular children's entertainer knows a blast of loud music isn't the only risk to a child's hearing. What parents and kids really need to watch is the everyday use of earbuds that come with iPods and other MP3 players, said Roberts,...
November 27, 2008
Starbucks will light the Space Needle red on Monday to make it known that the coffee company will donate 5 cents for every beverage sold to help AIDS victims in Africa. Last month, Starbucks announced its partnership with (RED), a private organization that benefits health programs in Africa through the Global Fund. Starbucks is not paying for the color change. The Space Needle managers agreed to go...
November 27, 2008
Nov. 27 - MILFORD - Marc Medina will be feeling a special warmth today, and he has his fiancee and doctors at the Hospital of Saint Raphael to thank. Medina might not have been able to share this year's Thanksgiving at all after his heart stopped last month and his brain went without oxygen for several minutes. But a new techn i q u e b r o u g h t his body temperature down to 89 degrees and helped...
November 27, 2008
Nov. 27 - After eliminating trans fats and MSG from its food three years ago, Jason's Deli has become the first national restaurant chain to get rid of high-fructose corn syrup - the cheap sweetener found in breads, sodas and even ketchup. High-fructose corn syrup has been blamed for the nation's obesity epidemic, but it's not clear if the sweetener is really the culprit behind the obesity problem...
November 27, 2008
Nov. 27 - The National Sleep Foundation, Students Against Destructive Decisions and insurance giant Liberty Mutual have an early holiday greeting they'd like to pass along: Get more sleep before heading over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house. Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that drowsy driving is the main cause of 100,000 police-reported...
November 27, 2008
A 25-year-old nonprofit AIDS organization in Baltimore that once garnered international acclaim for its innovative packaging of services closed its walk-in center yesterday. Health Education Resource Organization, better known as HERO, is closing because of a lack of money. Private donations dried up in recent years, and early this month, city health officials announced that they were rerouting HERO's...
November 26, 2008
HARVARD HEALTH LETTERS It happens every year. The days grow shorter, the temperature drops, footballs fly - and the flu strikes. Influenza is so common that it's easy to dismiss this seasonal affliction as "just a virus" or "just the flu." It's true that the flu is caused by a virus and that most patients recover without specific therapy. But it's also true that thousands of Americans die from the...
November 26, 2008
Moms, on some days you might feel as if life with children sends your blood pressure soaring, but a study released today suggests that having one healthy pregnancy actually lowers it, an effect that might last until your firstborn enters college or even beyond. The researchers studied 2,304 women ages 18 to 30, about half of whom were black and half were white. They measured the women's blood pressure...
November 26, 2008
The upsides of alcohol 1. A little red wine helps your heart: Previous studies have shown the benefits red wine may have on the heart, but a groundbreaking study published this year revealed that it might not take that much drinking to achieve them. When lab mice were fed small amounts of resveratrol, a polyphenol antioxidant found in red wine, they aged more slowly. Their hearts, in particular, stayed...
November 25, 2008
Years ago, I attended a food conference where a featured speaker suggested using hypnotism to foster healthy eating habits. (Imagine if this worked with all kids. The mantra - "You will eat five helpings of fresh fruit and vegetables every day" - could be embedded in developing brains for a lifetime of healthier consumption.) At this particular talk, I served as guinea pig. This was before the antioxidant...
November 25, 2008
Turkey and stuffing aren't the only things that families will be sharing beginning Thursday. Viral illnesses may be passed throughout the holiday season nearly as much as Aunt Esther's sweet potatoes, making it vital for everyone to practice proper hygiene etiquette. "It's so hard with the holidays," admitted Susy Marcum, nurse at Grove and Prairieland elementary schools in Normal. "You're seeing people...
November 25, 2008
WASHINGTON, Nov 26, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The Food and Drug Administration said U.S.-made baby formula was safe despite finding "trace levels" of the toxic chemical melamine in a sample. The Food and Drug Administration said it also found trace levels of the industrial chemical in other products such as nutritional and medical supplements produced by U.S. infant formula manufacturers, The Wall Street...
November 25, 2008
A veritable pharmacy full of new drugs their makers say should help older Americans live longer and better are in development. More than 2,000 new medications are being tested in clinical trials or awaiting approval from the Food and Drug Administration, according to a new report by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. These medications are designed to help an aging senior population...
November 25, 2008
Nov. 26 - As food service director for the Mitchell School District, Sean Moen once served middle-school students a 100 percent wheat cookie. The students' reaction? Less than exuberant. "It was terrible," Moen said. "There's a lot of trial and error there." Eventually, Moen found a recipe that better appeased students, allowing the food service to provide a snack with rare qualities: one that students...
November 25, 2008
WHEN RUNNERS LINE UP on Fifth Avenue for the Seattle Marathon on Sunday, 45-year-old Randy Dahl plans to be among them - running for the American Cancer Society. The cause is personal. And never mind that if he didn't cross the starting line, few would blame him for backing out. It was July 2000. Dahl and his son, Mark, then 12, were in Utah at a family reunion when Mark suffered a seizure. Dahl rushed...
November 25, 2008
The number of new cancer cases and deaths are falling for both men and women for the first time since the government began compiling a report on long-term trends, researchers announced Tuesday. Overall cancer death rates decreased an average of 1.8% a year from 2002 to 2005, the report shows. Death rates have been falling for a decade. Researchers say they were particularly encouraged that the rate...
November 25, 2008
Miami, Fort Lauderdale exhibit spotlights AIDS Miami artist Barry Gross, 59, has been living with HIV for more than two decades. Because of art, he says, he has survived. "When I go to paint, I'm in another world," he said. "It makes me want to be here, it makes me want to live, whereas other factors in life don't make me feel that." Gross is one of about 100 artists featured in the Miami Beach Community...
November 25, 2008
The older we get, the less able we are to filter out distractions while performing mental tasks, a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience showed. "Older adults are vulnerable to distraction due to an inability to suppress processing of irrelevant environmental stimuli," the authors of the study conducted at the Toronto-based Rotman Research Institute at the Baycrest Center...
November 25, 2008
People with the lung ailment chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are more likely to get pneumonia if they use inhaled corticosteroid drugs and doctors should be more cautious in prescribing them, researchers said. People with smoking-related chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, who took the drugs for symptoms such as cough, wheezing, shortness of breath and exhaustion from light exercise...
November 25, 2008
The rate at which new cancers are diagnosed and the death rate from the disease have both decreased in the United States for the first time in 10 years, according to a report published Tuesday by the National Cancer Institute. "For the first time since the report was first issued in 1998, both incidence and death rates for all cancers combined are decreasing for both men and women, driven largely by...
November 25, 2008
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