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People with a pacemaker or defibrillator who like their music on an iPod might want to watch where their headphones are. That's because researchers found that a magnetic substance in many MP3 headphones can deactivate a defibrillator and interrupt a pacemaker's beat, the American Heart Association reported Sunday. The interference occurred only when headphones were placed within an inch of the heartbeat-regulating...
November 11, 2008
PARIS, Nov 11, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A French study suggests influenza shots might reduce the risk of blood clots forming in veins by 26 percent. "Our study suggests for the first time that vaccination against influenza may reduce the risk of venous thrombotic embolism," said Dr. Joseph Emmerich, lead author of the study and a professor at the University Paris Descartes. "This protective effect was...
November 11, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - Whether you're eating burgers, chicken or fries at the nation's top fast-food eateries, corn is what's for dinner. The vast majority of the cows and chickens served at McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's were raised on corn, and sizzling corn oil cooked many of the fries, according to a new study in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Hope Jahren of...
November 11, 2008
RALEIGH, N.C. Exercise is safe for people who suffer heart failure, according to a large international study led by Duke University researchers. The finding, reported Tuesday, is likely to change how doctors treat people who have blockages. For years, the prevailing wisdom was that heart failure patients risked dying if they exercised. In the Duke-led study, which involved more than 2,300 patients...
November 11, 2008
LONDON, Nov 10, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - British health officials say they want to turn nine communities into "healthy towns" to encourage people to lose weight. Health Secretary Alan Johnson said Dudley, Halifax, Sheffield, Thetford, Middlesbrough, Manchester, Tewkesbury, Portsmouth and Tower Hamlets in London will share in the Change4Life program's $46 million budget, the Daily Telegraph reported...
November 10, 2008
CHICAGO, Nov 10, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Education officials say bake sales are on the wane as hundreds of U.S. school districts try to limit the amount of junk food consumed by students. As many as 600 school districts nationwide now have policies limiting the amount of fat, sugar and salt in food sold at schools, said Jamie Chriqui, a researcher with the Institute for Health Research and Policy at...
November 10, 2008
NEW ORLEANS - A study involving nearly 18,000 patients has shown for the first time that giving a cholesterol-lowering statin drug to seemingly healthy people with normal cholesterol can cut their risk of heart attacks, stroke and death by nearly half, doctors said Sunday. The findings provide the best evidence yet of statins' power not only to reduce cholesterol, but also to reduce inflammation in...
November 10, 2008
WASHINGTON, Jan 13, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - At least 121 killings in the United States have involved veterans of the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq, The New York Times reports. Of the 121 cases examined by the newspaper, 75 percent involved active duty soldiers, 50 percent involved guns and the remainder involved knives, beatings and strangulations, The Times said Sunday. U.S. Defense and Justice Department...
November 10, 2008
Cutting back on sleep could increase the risk of heart disease, a study published Monday found. Sleeping less than 7.5 hours a night was associated with a 33 percent higher rate of cardiovascular incidents such as strokes and heart attacks, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association's Archives of Internal Medicine. Japanese researchers monitored the sleep of 1,255 people...
November 10, 2008
An eight-year study of more than 14,000 male physicians found that taking vitamin C and vitamin E did not prevent cardiovascular disease. The findings for vitamin C are not surprising given the results of numerous studies that reached the same conclusion, says Howard Sesso, a professor at Harvard Medical School and lead author of the study. It will be published Wednesday in the Journal of the American...
November 10, 2008
There now is more hope that the food industry finally will fulfill its ethical obligation to fully inform consumers what is in its products. The big hitters - from General Mills to Kellogg's to Coca-Cola - have agreed to adopt a front-of-package nutrition labeling system. They were brought together by the Keystone Center, a nonprofit that visualized the scene as a public health problem wanting for...
November 10, 2008
Dresden, Germany (dpa) - Far too few people recognize the first signs of a stroke, experts from Dresden University Hospital said on the occasion of World Stroke Day. Signs include sudden weakness, deafness or paralysis, vision or speech problems, a dazed feeling and dizziness. The sooner victims receive treatment, the greater their chances of surviving a cerebrovascular accident without lasting brain...
November 10, 2008
Nov. 10 - Crafts for Cancer, a volunteer group that supports the Lake-Sumter Unit of the American Cancer Society, is seeking crafters to make items to be sold at fundraising events. Volunteer crafters meet from 9 to 11 a.m. the first and third Mondays of the month from November through March. The group meets in the fellowship hall of First United Methodist Church, 600 S. Grove St., Eustis. Some of...
November 10, 2008
By ANNETTE WELLS REVIEW-JOURNAL Under a microscope, the influenza virus is a circular bacteria surrounded by little spikes. Out in the open, it kills roughly 30,000 people each year in the United States and leaves the rest of its targets sneezing, coughing, aching all over and with a high fever. This bug has hit Clark County. On Thursday, the Southern Nevada Health District reported the county's first...
November 10, 2008
Nov. 9 - If you hate sit-ups, you're in luck. They're one of the top five exercises women should completely avoid, says personal trainer Kristal Richardson. The other ones to avoid are the ones you're doing wrong, says Richardson, a Bloomington, Ill., native and "professional figure competitor" - a division of bodybuilding that emphasizes tone, symmetry and lean muscle. So while women can tackle the...
November 9, 2008
Randy Eilering of Arlington Heights, Ill., knew he had to lose weight when he woke up one day and struggled to get out of bed, feeling big and awkward. He was only 25 at the time. That day he got up, got dressed and went to the gym. "That started it all," says Eilering, 29. "It was Monday, the week of Thanksgiving. In hindsight, it is the worst time to ever start a diet, but it really helped me with...
November 9, 2008
On Saturday morning close to 100 Natchez residents decided not to sleep in - instead they went walkin'. Saturday's event, officially titled Let's go Walkin' was meant to inspire Mississippians, and Natchez residents, to promote habits that develop healthy lifestyles. And when Natchez residents set out on their walk Saturday, they weren't alone. Fifty other cities across Mississippi simultaneously participated...
November 9, 2008
A growing number of overweight and obese children and adults is the top emerging public health issue, according to a report released Tuesday by the Olmsted County Public Health Department. Public health director Mary Wellik presented the county's 2008 Community Health Needs Assessment and Community Health Report Card to the county board. According to the report, 60 percent of people in Rochester and...
November 8, 2008
NEW YORK, Nov 7, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. hospitals are receiving a one-two financial punch with fewer paying patients and more uninsured patients cutting into their budgets, health officials say. As the economy spirals downward, fewer patients are choosing to undergo elective surgeries that are lucrative for hospitals and help subsidize the care uninsured patients receive in emergency rooms, The...
November 7, 2008
"I wish you a good death" hardly sounds like a cheerful way to send a child off to school in the morning or to say so long to a friend. But the everyday Irish saying, far from an urgent desire for a loved one's demise, alludes to a logical sequence, according to Richard Groves: "If you had a happy death, you had a happy life." Care for the dying should extend beyond alleviating physical pain and suffering...
November 6, 2008
GLENDALE, Calif. For Glendale's smokers, Thursday was a real drag. Following the lead of neighboring Burbank and green trailblazers Calabasas and Santa Monica, Glendale began its ban on smoking in hallways of apartment complexes and in public areas - including parks, parking lots and parking structures, and even standing in line to use the ATM. But in a city, just north of downtown Los Angeles, dotted...
November 6, 2008
Mariah Melin wanted to follow in her big sister's footsteps. Destanie Melin, a 2007 Hermantown graduate, was a standout runner for the Hawks cross country and track teams. Mariah, 16, hoped to compete on the same area courses and tracks, but knew at an early age it wasn't probable. Running proved too painful for Mariah, who was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis - a chronic disease caused...
November 6, 2008
The rate of new cases of diabetes has nearly doubled over the last 10 years in most states, and the cost of drugs to treat the disease rose from $6.7 billion annually in 2001 to an eye-popping $12.5 billion in 2007. That brings the emerging epidemic of high blood sugar levels among Americans into sharper focus. Public health officials are correctly worried that the spiking rate of new cases of Type...
November 6, 2008
NEW YORK - The day after Barack Obama won the presidential election, the mood was giddy at the annual fundraiser benefiting The Michael J. Fox Foundation. Stars including Fox and wife Tracy Pollan, Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates, and newlyweds Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds converged on the Sheraton on Wednesday night to raise cash for Fox's non-profit, which is dedicated to finding a cure for...
November 6, 2008
A company-sponsored test of Procter & Gamble's Intrinsa testosterone patches for women published yesterday found that a high dose gives post-menopausal women a "modest but meaningful" boost in their sex lives. But the results, in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that women who want to turn back the clock on their sex drive may have to deal with extra hair growth. Copyright 2007 NYP Holdings,...
November 6, 2008
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