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People concerned with their health are always on the lookout for lower-sugar alternatives in their beverages. Then again, people seeking that ultimate buzz want to know which drink packs the most punch. Take our multiple-choice quiz and pick the drink that contains the most grams of sugar per ounce. 1. (a) Coca-Cola Classic; (b) Jamba Juice Banana Berry smoothie; (c) McDonald's Sweet Iced Tea 2. (a)...
October 25, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 23, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. study has determined why episodic treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS with anti-retroviral drugs increases the overall risk of death. James Neaton of the University of Minnesota and colleagues said it was known intermittent HIV/AIDS treatment was tied to inflammation and blood-clotting when compared with continuous antiretroviral...
October 25, 2008
People concerned with their health are always on the lookout for lower-sugar alternatives in their beverages. Then again, people seeking that ultimate buzz want to know which drink packs the most punch. Take our multiple-choice quiz and pick the drink that contains the most grams of sugar per ounce. 1. (a) Coca-Cola Classic; (b) Jamba Juice Banana Berry smoothie; (c) McDonald's Sweet Iced Tea 2. (a)...
October 25, 2008
ST. LOUIS, Oct 24, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Up to 50 students at a St. Louis-area high school may have been exposed to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, county health officials said. The St. Louis County Health Department said it would provide free HIV testing to the 1,300 students at Normandy High School, with testing expected to be completed by the end of the month, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported....
October 25, 2008
SEATTLE, Oct 23, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle is giving 104 grants of $100,000 each to researchers exploring new ways to improve global health. The grants were given to scientists from 22 countries who are working on "bold and largely unproven" ideas to prevent or cure infectious diseases such as AIDS and tuberculosis and limit the emergence of drug resistance,...
October 25, 2008
Oct. 24 - Fish is good for you, except when it's loaded with neurotoxic mercury. That's the message that the state Department of Public Health and the Connecticut Food Association want consumers to understand. So shoppers will soon see red, yellow and green advisory placards at fish counters, along with take-home mercury guides. "We didn't want to scare people away from eating fish. It took us 12 months...
October 25, 2008
SEATTLE, Oct 23, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle is giving 104 grants of $100,000 each to researchers exploring new ways to improve global health. The grants were given to scientists from 22 countries who are working on "bold and largely unproven" ideas to prevent or cure infectious diseases such as AIDS and tuberculosis and limit the emergence of drug resistance,...
October 24, 2008
ST. LOUIS, Oct 24, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Up to 50 students at a St. Louis-area high school may have been exposed to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, county health officials said. The St. Louis County Health Department said it would provide free HIV testing to the 1,300 students at Normandy High School, with testing expected to be completed by the end of the month, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported....
October 24, 2008
Oct. 24 - Fish is good for you, except when it's loaded with neurotoxic mercury. That's the message that the state Department of Public Health and the Connecticut Food Association want consumers to understand. So shoppers will soon see red, yellow and green advisory placards at fish counters, along with take-home mercury guides. "We didn't want to scare people away from eating fish. It took us 12 months...
October 24, 2008
People concerned with their health are always on the lookout for lower-sugar alternatives in their beverages. Then again, people seeking that ultimate buzz want to know which drink packs the most punch. Take our multiple-choice quiz and pick the drink that contains the most grams of sugar per ounce. 1. (a) Coca-Cola Classic; (b) Jamba Juice Banana Berry smoothie; (c) McDonald's Sweet Iced Tea 2. (a)...
October 23, 2008
NEW YORK, Oct 24, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Healthcare driven by data would help create a premier system of medical care in the United States, a Republican, a Democrat and a baseball personality say. Evidence-based healthcare wouldn't deny physicians their decision-making abilities nor supplant their expertise, former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, one-time Democratic presidential candidate...
October 23, 2008
Overweight women often encounter stress and setbacks in the health care arena that may cause them to delay or avoid getting medical treatment, according to a new study. Women who are overweight encounter insensitive health care providers and hospitals and clinics that are ill-prepared to help patients of their size, according to the study's authors, Emily Merrill, an associate professor and nurse at...
October 23, 2008
Depression in pregnant women could help explain the growing problem of preterm delivery, scientists suggest today. While post-partum depression "has long been recognized as a serious public health problem," Kaiser Permanente researchers write in the journal Human Reproduction, "depression during pregnancy has not been well-studied." It's not clear how common depression is in pregnant women and how...
October 23, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 23, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. study has determined why episodic treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS with anti-retroviral drugs increases the overall risk of death. James Neaton of the University of Minnesota and colleagues said it was known intermittent HIV/AIDS treatment was tied to inflammation and blood-clotting when compared with continuous antiretroviral...
October 23, 2008
Oct. 23 - Saying she still had "marks on my back from healthcare reform," University of Miami President Donna Shalala told 100 South Florida healthcare leaders Wednesday that the key to making major changes was getting a consensus. She noted the country had never "taken a giant leap" in any large social change without first getting agreement that there was a problem and then getting agreement on what...
October 23, 2008
Oct. 23 - Ayurveda has always classified food in terms of its positive and negative attributes, which are now being recognised by modern nutrition studies. According to the holistic approach adopted by ayurveda, apart from food, lifestyle also influences one's thoughts, behaviour, physical appearance and actions. Food is seen as prana, the carrier of life force, and is judged according to how it affects...
October 23, 2008
Ladies, if you care about being a C or a D cup, you better put down that coffee cup. A new study has found that drinking caffeine over an extended period of time makes women's breasts shrink. Unfortunately, the same study also found that gals may have to make a hard choice between breast size and breast safety, because drinking caffeine also helps protect against cancer. According to the research,...
October 22, 2008
Experts say they can't explain why the number of children with food allergies has increased 18% in the past decade. About 4% of people under 18 - or 3 million children - had food allergies in 2007, according to a report released Wednesday from the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 9,500 a year were hospitalized for food allergies from...
October 22, 2008
Tribune reporter Dan Hassenplug's monthly expenses used to include around $300 for lunch and three or four books bought from Amazon.com. Now he's plugged into a new breed of social network that helps him manage his finances. "When you see a graph that says you averaged $10 a day for lunch - about $300 for the month - well, that's a lot of money," said the 24-year-old design manager from Geneva. Now...
October 22, 2008
If there is a woman who has never worried about the health of her breasts, chances are no one among her family or friends has had breast cancer. Chances are, too, she has never been told after a mammogram that her breasts are cystic or dense and difficult to examine, or that they contain tiny calcium deposits that are usually harmless but bear watching. The reality is that symptoms of breast disease...
October 22, 2008
Oct. 23 - Kara McKee remembers the reaction when she first proposed planting a community garden in front of Food and Shelter for Friends on James Garner Avenue just south of Main Street. "Everybody said, 'People are going to come steal your vegetables,'" said McKee, who began working at FSFF in April. "I said, 'They can't steal them, they're already free.'" The verdant, organic community garden has...
October 22, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of serious problems and deaths linked to medications reported to the government set a record in the first three months of this year, a health industry watchdog group said Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration received nearly 21,000 reports of serious drug reactions, including over 4,800 deaths, said an analysis of federal data by the nonprofit Institute for Safe Medication...
October 22, 2008
WASHINGTON, Oct 22, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's healthcare plan could leave millions of U.S. children uninsured, an advocacy group said Tuesday. First Focus released a report comparing the impact of the plans put forth by McCain and his Democratic rival, Barack Obama. First Focus is a lobbying group on children's issues. McCain's plan aims to make the market...
October 22, 2008
Melissa Neumann's constant companion is pain. But the 30-year-old Lexington woman discusses her pain in a soft tone of voice, as if talking about a minor irritation such as getting stuck in the slow line at the supermarket. In fact, her pain is so severe that she has considered amputation of her arm. | "The pain has been constant for eight years now," said the former swimmer, who has worked on the...
October 21, 2008
One hundred scientists and physicians have written a letter to the Food and Drug Administration asking for more regulation of increasingly popular energy drinks because their high caffeine content puts young drinkers at possible risk for caffeine intoxication and higher rates of alcohol-related injuries. The letter was written by Roland Griffiths, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine...
October 21, 2008
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