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Many countries have only recently fixed limits for industrial chemical melamine in food products, a World Health Organisation expert said. This is because the chemical was not considered a substance found in food before a scandal broke out in China where milk products were tainted with the substance, Peter Ben Embarek, WHO food safety expert told AFP late Thursday. "To my knowledge, the EU, Hong Kong...
October 3, 2008
Marie Keatts' kindergarten teacher, Susan Echols, learned she had breast cancer that required surgery while the Tunstall graduate and Averett University elementary education major was observing her class. "There really aren't words to say for that. ... She wasn't ready to not be able to work any more, and she wasn't ready to die," Keatts said. "I hated it for her and we tried to talk about it - but...
October 3, 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 2, 2008
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans living with the AIDS virus is about 1.1 million, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated yesterday. The CDC numbers, based on 2006 data, show the population living with HIV is growing as people become newly infected and as more patients survive thanks to HIV drugs. Copyright 2007 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
October 2, 2008
The symptoms of Internet addiction are stark but the causes elusive: a teenager begins gaming on the Internet in the early evening and is still feverishly pecking away when the sun comes up. Another goes to online chat rooms and email sites for 12 hours at a stretch, or even 24. A third stops eating or eats in front of the screen. Or stops washing. Their identities become twisted up, like strands of...
October 2, 2008
Rick Hammersley had not seen a climb like this since June, when he descended out of the Rockies. "These aren't hills, not compared to the Rocky Mountains," Hammersley said Thursday about Western Pennsylvania's mountains as he walked briskly along a narrow section of Route 60 in Crafton. Hammersley, 60, a colon cancer survivor, has just started the seventh month of a cross-country walk for cancer research...
October 2, 2008
Oct. 3 - In this struggling economy, more women may find themselves making a difficult choice: Get the preventive health care that could be lifesaving or buy groceries for the family. When uninsured or underinsured people are forced to decide between getting timely preventive care and paying for immediate basic needs, the basic needs usually win, according to local health care professionals. In light...
October 2, 2008
NEW YORK, Oct 2, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A report issued Thursday said Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama's healthcare plan is better than that offered by Republican John McCain. The report by the Commonwealth Fund outlined the two candidate's healthcare plans and evaluated their respective proposals. "Senators John McCain and Barack Obama would place the nation's health system on very...
October 2, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The majority of West Virginia residents with weight and health problems admit they need help, but many don't see a doctor because they can't afford it or can't get there. Eighty-four percent of 625 people questioned in a poll commissioned by a new coalition called West Virginians' Campaign for a Healthy Future agree that West Virginia residents are overweight and don't take...
October 2, 2008
Each year approximately 150,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with colon cancer and nearly 50,000 will die from the disease. All men and women are at risk for colon cancer. However, because of disproportionate screening rates, minorities, including Hispanics, are more likely to be diagnosed with colon cancer in advanced stages. Survival rates after diagnosis are also lower for Hispanics...
October 2, 2008
WINDSOR, Ontario, Oct 2, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Canadian health officials in Ontario issued a call Thursday for 27 Greyhound bus passengers who rode with a tuberculosis-infected passenger to come forward. The bus was bound for Detroit from Toronto on Aug. 31, and one unidentified passenger was detained by U.S. Customs officials who learned of the infection, CTV News reported. There was no indication...
October 2, 2008
Oct. 2 - Californians have double the amount of toxic flame retardants in their blood as the national average, a health concern for babies, children and pregnant women, scientists reported Wednesday. The high disparity most likely is the unintended result of California's pioneering fire-safety standard on home furnishings, which has manufacturers adding long-lived chemical retardants to polyurethane...
October 2, 2008
For people with osteoarthritis, "move it or lose it" could be more than just a phrase. Research has shown that even low-intensity physical activity can ward off some of the difficulties of daily living, but adults with arthritis are less likely to exercise because of chronic pain and fatigue. A structured program taught by occupational therapists may help. Researchers from the University of Michigan...
October 1, 2008
The exercise helps regain participants' mobility. Three years ago, Colleen Creach had never heard of ankylosing spondylitis. Now she can spell it without a pause. The rheumatic condition forced her to leave her teaching job after 35 years. About 2 1/2 years ago, Creach was paralyzed by her arthritis and pain, hospitalized, told to retire early and advised to sign up immediately for Social Security...
October 1, 2008
When it comes to eating at Chinese buffets, normal-weight diners have a much different approach from that of obese patrons. Customers who are not heavy are more likely to browse the buffet before serving themselves, use chopsticks instead of forks and sit with their backs to the food, a study by Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab shows. Researchers had 22 trained observers watch 213 patrons at...
October 1, 2008
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. Four years ago, Jessica Soske of Berkeley, Calif., was diagnosed with a rare neuro-endocrine disease that affects the use of her muscles. She had a tough time coping and coming to terms with her body's changes. Soske, a former attorney, tends to get stuck in her analytical mind, so traditional psychotherapy didn't help, she says. A devotee of meditation, Soske decided to try a...
October 1, 2008
James Dolan, the feisty Cablevision CEO, said yesterday his company will launch a public-awareness campaign to support the fight against pancreatic cancer. The campaign will be run in conjunction with The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer, which was founded a decade ago to honor the memory of Cablevision Vice Chairman Marc Lustgarten, who died of the disease. Cablevision has committed to...
October 1, 2008
LOS ANGELES - If one child gets the flu this year, a classroom of children is at risk. Parents stay home from work. Emergency rooms become flooded. That's the scenario federal health officials want to avoid this flu season. So the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new recommendations this year targeting children from 6 months to 18 years, especially those attending school. "Schools...
October 1, 2008
Oct. 1 - Obese children can use behavioral management to lose weight, according to a study conducted at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland. School-age kids and teens can lose weight or prevent additional weight gain by participating in medium- to high-intensity behavioral management programs. The finding is part of a report released Monday by the federal Department of Health...
October 1, 2008
A study of hormone use in nearly 700,000 Danish women over 50 suggests that when it comes to heart attack risk, patches or gels are safer than the combination pills most American women use. The authors say this is the largest postmenopausal hormones study since the Women's Health Initiative, which randomly assigned 27,000 U.S. women to estrogen or estrogen-plus-progestin pills or to a placebo. The...
October 1, 2008
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) - On the same day Gov. Schwarzenegger touted himself as the leader of a comprehensive chemical reform program, he vetoed a bill that would have made California the first state to ban toxic chemicals known as PFCs - a family of compounds including Teflon - from food packaging. On Monday, Schwarzenegger vetoed Senate Bill 1313, by Sen. Ellen Corbett, which...
October 1, 2008
WASHINGTON, Oct 1, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded 17 grants with a combined value of $5.2 million to enhance state and local food and feed safety programs. The FDA said the grants will fund major cooperative agreements in four major areas: prevention, intervention-monitoring, intervention-defense and rapid response. The grants include creation of the first...
October 1, 2008
San Francisco (dpa) - Fast food restaurants in California will have to list calorie counts on each menu item under a new law signed by governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, his spokesman confirmed Wednesday. The new law applies to restaurants with 20 or more locations in California, and encompasses more than 17,000 eateries. Beginning July 1, 2009, they will be required to provide brochures containing nutritional...
October 1, 2008
The rate at which newborns in Maryland die before their first birthday is among the highest in the nation. Though Maryland is also one of the wealthiest states in the country, its 2007 infant mortality rate of 8.0 deaths per1,000 births is higher than those of all the European Union countries as well as places such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Cuba. In Baltimore, the rate was 11.3 deaths per thousand...
September 30, 2008
A Chinese herbal remedy called horny goat weed is a promising alternative to Viagra for impotent men, Italian researchers said yesterday. The herb has long held a reputation as a natural aphrodisiac. The lab experiments, which did not look at whether the plant actually increases desire, could lead to new drugs to help men get erections, said Mario Dell'Agli. Copyright 2007 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights...
September 29, 2008
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