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New research shows that adults with type 1 diabetes who use continuous glucose monitoring devices to help manage their disease control their blood sugar better. The initial results of the multicenter clinical trial paid for by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation were presented Monday during the European Association for the Study of Diabetes' annual meeting in Rome. Portions of the study will...
November 2, 2008
The bewitching hour of 2 a.m. Sunday marked the end of daylight saving time and the beginning of shorter days and longer nights. For many people, especially women, this annual change of seasons also triggers a change in mood, leading to feelings of fatigue, depression and anxiety - more severe than just winter blues. According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, about half a million Americans...
November 2, 2008
Nov. 2 - VALDOSTA - Now that her child has survived cancer treatment, a Valdosta woman hopes to keep a home for the return of her recovering daughter. After four months hospitalized in Atlanta, Eureka Bryant, a 15-year-old J.L. Newbern student, was set to return to her Valdosta home this weekend, says her mother, Yulonda Owens. Radiation and chemotherapy have reduced the lump in Eureka's throat, Owens...
November 2, 2008
Kory Boglarski was brought back from the dead 13 years ago. The heart of a young woman saved him. Today, he'll put his transplanted ticker to the test as he pounds the pavement in the New York City Marathon. "Not a day passes, especially when I'm running, when I feel my heart beat, that I'm not thankful for the donor family and the donor," he said. "I'm very proud of him," said the surgeon, Dr. Mehmet...
November 2, 2008
Paul Schaye's life seems intertwined with the New York City marathon. When Schaye was training for the race two years ago, he was diagnosed with terminal gastrointestinal cancer and given a year to live. It was two days after riding as a bicycle escort last year that the Manhattan resident underwent a landmark surgery. And the driven businessman will come full circle in today's race, turning the 26.2-mile...
November 2, 2008
Boral Bricks and the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 4042 are teaming up for a charity golf tournament and Calcutta to benefit diabetes research. "If you are not familiar with (a Calcutta), basically all the "A" players are auctioned off," Boral Bricks plant manager Shawn Kirk, wrote in an e-mail. "Then, once the teams are drawn, the team is auctioned off. If you buy the team that wins you win cash."...
November 2, 2008
Ken Rybicki was about to go under the surgeon's knife. And he was afraid. "If I woke up in intensive care, it meant they did the surgery and I had a chance," the Belleville physician said. "If I woke up in a regular room ... the doctor told me to start getting my affairs in order." There was a good chance he wouldn't wake up at all. He had pancreatic cancer and was having surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital...
November 2, 2008
Oct. 12 - EVERY TIME I turn around, I know that my battle is just beginning. You see, for me, the big problem isn't going to be defeating breast cancer. That's a given, a minor bump in the road of life we already know is well on its way to being conquered, thanks to prayer from all of you and to my excellent chemotherapy treatment and surgery and radiation to come. But how do you get an obese workaholic...
November 1, 2008
BETHESDA, Md., Oct 30, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. government study suggests normal weight women who often exercise vigorously are about 30 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than others. Researchers said their findings suggest a sedentary lifestyle can be a risk factor for the disease - even in women who are not overweight. National Cancer Institute scientists, led by Michael Leitzmann,...
October 31, 2008
WASHINGTON, Oct 30, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. lawmakers in Congress are expected to battle over Medicare next year as program spending increases, The Wall Street Journal said. The newspaper said it is unclear whether Medicare will be dealt with alone or as part of a wider healthcare overhaul. The rising federal budget deficit will make it difficult for either of the presidential candidates to implement...
October 31, 2008
Though tired from walking the festival floor Thursday, Terry Gallegos stopped at one more booth. This one, Quilts Beyond Borders, offered a "Sit and Sew." Gallegos, 62, promised 20 minutes but stayed an hour to complete a small blanket. "I'm finished,"she said proudly, displaying her work. Not everyone who stopped at the booth completed a blanket, of course. Some, like volunteers from The Woodlands...
October 31, 2008
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct 30, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A Swedish study suggests changing the clocks back before going to bed Saturday night may lower the risk of heart attack in some people. The report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, said heart attacks in Sweden increase 6 percent the day after clocks are moved forward to daylight saving time. Changing clocks back an hour in the fall...
October 31, 2008
Sometimes the simple yet familiar fare is the most satisfying. Especially when it's with those you love. It was my first trip back to New Mexico that I didn't stay in my mother's house. And it was the first visit to my sister's new home since our mother passed away eight months ago. I woke up the first morning in Lynda's guest bedroom. She had already gone to work but had left a fresh pot of coffee...
October 31, 2008
Oct. 31 - Getting sick of the campaign season? Not to worry, Election Day is this Tuesday. Getting sick from the flu? Well, it looks like there might be some relief at the same time. As part of the "Vote & Vax" campaign, two Sacramento County polling places will also serve as flu clinics. They're part of an effort to immunize large swaths of residents by tapping into what is expected to be a massive...
October 31, 2008
Cities and school districts across the country are forcing their employees to cover up tattoos if they want to keep their jobs. The communities say the edicts have been issued to maintain a good image, and they have been applied to teachers, janitors, firefighters and others. "We didn't want to offend some people in the community," says Capt. Armando Hogan, spokesman for the Los Angeles City Fire Department,...
October 30, 2008
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct 30, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A Swedish study suggests changing the clocks back before going to bed Saturday night may lower the risk of heart attack in some people. The report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, said heart attacks in Sweden increase 6 percent the day after clocks are moved forward to daylight saving time. Changing clocks back an hour in the fall...
October 30, 2008
ATLANTA (AP) - The nation's obesity epidemic is exacting a heavy toll: the rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the past 10 years, the government said Thursday. The highest rates were in the South, according to the first state-by-state review of new diagnoses. The worst was in West Virginia, where about 13 in 1,000 adults were diagnosed with the disease in 2005-07. The...
October 30, 2008
CHICAGO (AP) - A popular antidepressant plus three months of psychotherapy dramatically helped children with anxiety disorders, the most common psychiatric illnesses in kids, the biggest study of its kind found. The research also offers comfort to parents worried about putting their child on powerful drugs - therapy alone did a lot of good, too. Combining the drug sertraline, available as a generic...
October 30, 2008
Oct. 30 - America is woefully unprepared for the risk from known infectious diseases - let alone emerging problems such as avian flu, health experts warned Wednesday. "Infectious diseases are undergoing a global resurgence that threatens everyone's health," says the 40-page report from Trust for America's Health, a nonprofit group that promotes disease-prevention policies. Problem Infectious diseases...
October 29, 2008
Oct. 30 - NEW HAVEN - The Yale Medical School has agreed to incorporate a film made by a local artist on disparities in health care tied to racism, as well as workshops that address the issue, into educational curricula for its students. The announcement was made Wednesday before a viewing of "The Deadliest Disease in America," an hour-long film produced and directed by Crystal Emery, a New Haven native...
October 29, 2008
To the great surprise of parents, kidney stones, once considered a disorder of middle age, are now showing up in children as young as 5 or 6. While there are no reliable data on the number of cases, pediatric urologists and nephrologists in the United States say they are seeing a steep rise in young patients. Some hospitals have opened pediatric kidney stone clinics. "The older doctors would say in...
October 29, 2008
BOSTON -The chance of a heart attack goes up during the first three weekdays after the springtime shift to Daylight Saving Time, possibly because of sleep deprivation, a Swedish study found. But on the autumn Monday after clocks go back - like this coming Sunday - and people can get an extra hour of shut-eye, the heart-attack risk declines. Copyright 2007 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
October 29, 2008
Judith Brindley, fighting her way back to health after a rare bone marrow disease nearly took her life, realized one day she would improve no further without the company of her beloved greyhounds, which were banished to a caregiver on doctors' orders. So she researched how to reduce the chance of dog-to-human disease transmission, such as wearing latex gloves when poop-scooping, cleaning paws after...
October 29, 2008
A steady diet of red meat makes the body more susceptible to a virulent form of intestinal bug that can cause bloody diarrhoea and even death, according to a study to be published on Thursday. Researchers in the United States and Australia said persistently eating red meat appears to prime the body for exposure to this potent form of Escherichia coli (E. coli). The meat naturally contains sugar molecules...
October 29, 2008
Oct. 29 - CORAL SPRINGS - Panthers defenseman Nick Boynton didn't know what to think when he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Doctors wanted the 19-year-old to take time off after his last season of junior hockey, but the Boston Bruins, who drafted him 21st overall the year before, wanted him on the ice. Ten years later, Boynton has not only mastered his condition but has played 445 games in nine...
October 29, 2008
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