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For the first time, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that all children between 6 months and 18 years of age get a flu shot, unless they have a serious egg allergy. That should be easy. The supply of doses - more than 143 million - is ample for this season. FluMist, the nasal-spray alternative to injection, was made available last year for kids as young as 2, so no...
October 17, 2008
For the first time, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that all children between 6 months and 18 years of age get a flu shot, unless they have a serious egg allergy. That should be easy. The supply of doses - more than 143 million - is ample for this season. FluMist, the nasal-spray alternative to injection, was made available last year for kids as young as 2, so no...
October 17, 2008
Oct. 17 - OTTUMWA - A combination of diet, exercise, mental and physical activity can keep senior citizens living independently longer. Pennsylvania Place President Brenda Hostetler said she has heard from several medical professionals that they have seen an improvement in their seniors' abilities since they moved into the retirement community in Ottumwa. "I do believe it is because we have so many...
October 17, 2008
An outbreak of malaria in northern Nigerias Katsina state has killed 401 people in the last four weeks, a health official told AFP Friday. "In the last 28 days 401 people have died of malaria which has become hyper-endemic in the state," Halliru Idris, director of public health in the states health ministry, told AFP. "The toll may be higher because it only includes those who died in hospitals, excluding...
October 17, 2008
PHOENIX - People who have lost a significant amount of weight and keep it off for years are constantly vigilant about what they consume, rarely overeat for emotional reasons and do about an hour a day of exercise, a new study shows. "They are doing the behaviors that we know work, and they are doing them every day. They don't give up," says Suzanne Phelan, assistant professor of kinesiology at California...
October 16, 2008
NORMANDY, Mo., Oct 16, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Officials in Normandy, Mo., say they're putting an HIV-AIDS testing center in the high school because several students may have been exposed to the virus. A diagnosis last week led state health officials to Normandy High School, which has 1,300 students, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday. "This is not some major new outbreak or method of transmission,...
October 16, 2008
NORTH BAY, Ontario, Oct 16, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Health officials in Ontario, Canada, allege at least 50 people who ate at a Harvey's restaurant have been sickened and more cases are expected. The source of the contamination has yet to be determined, the Globe & Mail reported Thursday of the outbreak that began last weekend among people who reported eating at a Harvey's in North Bay. Fourteen diners...
October 16, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 15, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. researchers say they've found patients receiving elective angioplasty and stenting aren't first stress tested, as called for in medical guidelines. Percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI - the clinical name for angioplasty and cardiac stenting - is used to open narrowed coronary arteries. Guidelines published by the American College of Cardiology,...
October 16, 2008
Fifty women wearing pink - one in oversize pink sunglasses with a matching flower hat, scarf and beads - savored a Victorian tea party with a "pink" theme at the Senior Center. The decor and attire notwithstanding, Wednesday's Pink Tea Party was not all about fun and frivolity. It was a celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month - the national theme color is pink - and the tea and treats were selected...
October 15, 2008
Oct. 16 - HAMDEN - Chocolate is starting to take over at the culinary arts kitchen, where Hamden High School senior Amanda Goodwin is winning over the staff in exchange for a donation to the American Cancer Society. By selling chocolate-covered pretzels and Oreos she makes and bags in the kitchen, Goodwin, 17, a senior, so far has raised $120 for the cancer society. She started making and selling the...
October 15, 2008
MILTON, Fla. (AP) - Marcelle Uptain grew up during the Great Depression, so her response to the recent bank turmoil, the stock market plunge and home foreclosures was simple - take her money out of the bank and hide the cash at home. Her son had to talk her out of it. "I have a little steel box with a key and I was thinking about taking my checking account out and putting it in there," said Uptain,...
October 15, 2008
The Ethiopian health authorities will vaccinate more than two million children this month as part off a nationwide anti-polio drive, state media reported Wednesday. "Some 2.1 million children under five in various parts of the nation will be vaccinated against polio in the house-to-house campaign," the Ethiopian News Agency said, quoting health officials. The project will be carried out in several...
October 15, 2008
Is your turn coming up on the after-game snack roster for your kids' sports teams? (Or, for that matter, on the snacks list in the classroom, or your shopping list for after school?) Diane Javelli, a clinical dietitian at the University of Washington Medical Center, has your back. She's also a soccer mom and "couldn't stand by another season and not try to promote some healthier options" after seeing...
October 15, 2008
The U.S. Department of Agriculture once again is warning consumers to read the label when cooking frozen chicken entrees amid thefourth salmonella outbreak in three years linked to raw frozen entrees. There have been 34 cases this year of salmonella food poisoning in at least 12 states from eating undercooked chicken . In each case, consumers thought breaded or pre-browned frozen chicken entrees were...
October 14, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Oct 15, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Janet Jackson's manager said vestibular migraines forced the U.S. pop star to cancel several recent concerts. The nature of the recording artist's illness had previously not been disclosed. People magazine said Jackson has been undergoing treatment for the condition, which creates the sensation of vertigo, and is now eager to resume her tour. "(Janet is)...
October 14, 2008
Mason Teeters has his eye on papaya. The Omaha sixth-grader has sampled fresh fruits and veggies as part of a new school nutrition program, and he already has some ideas for mom and dad. "I told them we should buy some exotic fruits," said Mason, who attends Western Hills Magnet Center. Fresh fruits and vegetables are popping up at 28 Nebraska schools as part of a new federal nutrition program. The...
October 14, 2008
Cox News Service WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. A wonderful thing happened on the way to bail out Wall Street: Mental health parity finally became the law of the land. While Washington quarreled over $700 billion and Sarah Palin gave a shout-out to a bunch of third-graders, a handful of lawmakers quietly piggybacked a controversial mental health bill onto the bailout package. As of Jan. 1, 2010, employer-sponsored...
October 14, 2008
Griffin O'Neal remembers the day his mother walked in on him while he was playing with his plastic motorcycle: He was jumping it off a large bump that had grown on his left shin. Just 6 years old, O'Neal thought the bump was a result of the swift kicks a girl he had a crush on was doling out. His mother, Joanna Cook Moore, thought otherwise. "My mother looked down and said, 'Well what, Lord Jesus,...
October 14, 2008
Dennis Monty has walked the walk before, but this time he's the poster boy. That's how he sees his role as "inspirational honoree" of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's team in the American Heart Association's "Start! Heart Walk." Of the 3,500 walkers expected to participate Saturday in Albany and next Saturday in Saratoga Springs, 50 to 60 from RPI will walk with him. Monty will have an advantage...
October 14, 2008
The New York Blood Center says its reserves in the New York metropolitan area are declining because of the financial crisis. The center says financial-services companies, which are among its largest donors, have cut back or cancelled blood drives. "Businesses are among our most dedicated supporters," said Dr. Robert Jones, the center's president. "Some of their scheduled corporate drives have understandably...
October 13, 2008
THERE are so many posi tive ways we can relate to each other - whether it's trusting friends, nurturing family or being attracted to romantic partners. But it's possible to enjoy these kind of emotional interactions with others while still living behind a shield that blocks the deepest kind of human connection - true intimacy. Many of us are afraid of revealing our deepest thoughts and feelings to...
October 13, 2008
Michele Tenney of Orange thought maybe she was the only one who saw a sparkle in the eyes of her third infant son, born with a rare genetic condition that caused severe health problems. But when Mia M. Malafonte took Collin's photograph when he was 4 months old, she captured that sparkle, amazing his mom because it confirmed for her that she wasn't the only one to see that special something in her...
October 13, 2008
When ovarian cancer whispers, Tulsans Larry Bump and Bob West want you to hear it. They didn't. And they both lost their wives of more than 40 years to the insidious disease. "That's the mission, to get the symptoms out," said West. "When a lady has the symptoms, she should ask the doctor to rule out ovarian cancer." For years, the two men and their wives were good friends, socializing often. Linda...
October 13, 2008
South Lake Hospital will present a cancer-education wellness program called "Survivorship Care" from 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday at the National Training Center on the hospital campus, 1099 Citrus Tower Blvd., Clermont. The program will be about nutrition and exercise. The session will be led by Erin Brooker, physical therapist, and Kristi Secrest, occupational therapist with Physiotherapy Associates in Ocoee;...
October 13, 2008
The World Health Organisation on Tuesday said current healthcare systems were inadequate to meet the challenges of the modern world and urged countries instead to go back to the basics of patient care. Health systems have so far responded in an "inadequate and naive" way to social changes such as globalisation, urbanisation and ageing, and wide inequalities persist between and within countries, the...
October 13, 2008
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