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LAS VEGAS, Sep 30, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Nevada prosecutors say it will likely be early next year before charges are filed against a medical center that allegedly exposed patients to hepatitis C. Clark County District Attorney Scott Mitchell said witnesses have been reluctant to cooperate in the investigation of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada for fear they will lose their medical licenses...
September 29, 2008
DES MOINES, Iowa, Sep 29, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The Iowa Department of Public health said a woman found a dead bat in her coffee filter after she had been drinking the beverage. The department said the woman, who was from the eastern part of the state, made her coffee in the evening then drank it the next morning, The (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Gazette reported Monday. The woman told officials that when...
September 29, 2008
Nicotine gum doesn't help pregnant smokers quit smoking, but it may help them smoke fewer cigarettes - reducing their risk of having a premature or low-birth-weight baby, according to a small study. The study is one of the few to examine the effect of nicotine replacement in pregnancy. Nicotine-replacement products haven't been approved for pregnant women, although 12% of expectant mothers smoke. The...
September 29, 2008
Filmmaker Roger Weisberg said he was staggered by diabetes patient Hector Cardenas, a warehouse manager in Los Angeles, who told doctors to take his infected foot - to save his health benefits. "To hear somebody facing the prospect of losing his job," Weisberg said, "and having to choose between losing his foot and losing health insurance, and opting to amputate his foot before he lost his health insurance...
September 29, 2008
DALLAS, Sep 25, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A 58-year-old restaurateur died at a Dallas hospital emergency room after waiting nearly 19 hours for treatment, hospital officials and family members said. Mike Herrera, co-founder of a popular chain of Tex-Mex restaurants across North Texas, collapsed just as he was about to receive medical treatment at Parkland Memorial Hospital, relatives told the Fort Worth...
September 29, 2008
Sep. 29 - It's enough to make parents swear they'll never take the kids out to eat again. A chicken fingers meal packs a walloping 1,100 calories, 75 percent of the recommended daily calories for an 8-year-old. A children's beef taco platter serves up an astounding 2,760 milligrams of sodium, more than double the United States Department of Agriculture daily recommendation for an 8-year-old. A kid...
September 29, 2008
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sep 27, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Researchers at the University of Manitoba in Canada say they've found that being a good patient can help prevent doctors' misdiagnoses. Business Administration Professor Raymond Lee, who co-wrote the study, said troublesome patients can lead to doctors being unable to accurately diagnosis their problems and being unable to offer effective treatment,...
September 29, 2008
LONDON, Sep 29, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Toxicology tests are being conducted to determine whether a super hot chili sauce was responsible for the death of a British man. Aspiring chef Andrew Lee, 33, of Eddington, West Yorkshire, was found dead the morning after he and a friend competed to see who could create the spiciest sauce and then eat it, The Times of London reported Monday. The newspaper says...
September 29, 2008
Emily Lastinger came home from preschool on a Wednesday and fell asleep. An after-school nap was so unusual for the perky 3 1/2-year-old that her parents called the pediatrician. The next day, the doctor told Joe and Jennifer Lastinger, who was nine months pregnant with the couples' fourth child, that Emily had the flu. The couple, of Grapevine, Texas, weren't especially concerned. "We were like most...
September 29, 2008
BURLINGAME, Calif., Sep 26, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said White Rabbit Candy is being recalled because it may be contaminated with melamine. QFCO, Inc. said the candy, made in China, was distributed in California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Texas and Washington. The importer, based in California, said the recall includes White Rabbit...
September 29, 2008
HONG KONG, Sep 29, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - British confectionery giant Cadbury has been affected by the Chinese tainted milk scandal, withdrawing 11 chocolate products made in Beijing, the company says. Officials say they have withdrawn Cadbury Eclairs and bulk packages of its Dairy Milk after tests for the chemical additive melamine had raised concerns, The Times of London reported Monday. Candies...
September 29, 2008
A new study from researchers in Utah finds that a warm touch - the non-sexual, supportive kind - tempers stress and blood pressure, adding to a growing body of research on how emotions affect health. The study of 34 young married couples ages 20 to 39 by researchers at Brigham Young University in Provo and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City found that massage and other supportive and caring touch...
September 29, 2008
Sep. 28 - Every few weeks, Angie Picchi, a 28-year-old with Down syndrome, and her mother, Linda, stand up before another group of doctors. Together, they launch into what they refer to as "The Talk." Part public-relations push, part sensitivity training, the Picchis touch on the stereotypes and low expectations often associated with Down syndrome. Then they flash pictures on a screen from Angie Picchi's...
September 28, 2008
Sep. 28 - TAMPA - When Gaye Lamar had her second miscarriage three months ago, she didn't think about all the reasons why. The 27-year-old mother of three girls has struggled with high blood pressure and diabetes and was diagnosed with preeclampsia, a condition characterized by hypertension and swelling of the hands and feet, during the birth of her second child. But other factors may have contributed...
September 28, 2008
Sep 28, 2008 (Hugin via COMTEX) - * Largest-ever heart health survey, Do You Know Your Numbers?, highlights lack of understanding about benefits of blood pressure management[1] * High blood pressure-along with cholesterol and diabetes-is a leading contributor to heart disease[2], the world's number one killer[3] * Among people who know their blood pressure numbers, one in three say it's not controlled...
September 28, 2008
So what's going on with sex ed in your child's school? As National Family Sexuality Education Month approaches in October, parents are advised by school officials to be aware of what their kids are learning about sex education in school in addition to what they're taught at home. In Belleville School District 118, Lynn Clapp, assistant superintendent for curriculum, said the schools' roles in providing...
September 28, 2008
Sep. 28 - LIMA - Nothing and no one could calm down one particularly agitated and unhappy patient at Lima Memorial Health System. But then walked in Mandy, a 67-pound, strawberryblonde Golden Shepherd. "By the time we left, the woman was laughing and in a much better mood," said Ray Ward, Mandy's owner and trainer. Ward and Mandy, 9, have been visiting patients at Lima Memorial and its cancer and wellness...
September 28, 2008
Sep. 28 - Nurse-midwife Margie Rickell posed a question to the group of seven or eight women, seated in a circle, all pregnant and all due this month: What kind of birth did they want? The women, their belly baby bumps obvious, stood up and lined up along an imaginary spectrum. On one end were a few who wanted to try to have a totally natural birth, closer to the other end were those who would have...
September 28, 2008
Albert Levy is a doctor to the wealthy. His Park Avenue office, in a building where co-op apartments start at $3 million, speaks to his success. As the nation lurches through this financial crisis, he's paying a price for that status: calls at all hours from stressed-out patients, including a trio he received concerning one family Sunday: *Call No. 1: A desperate call from the wife of a 48-year-old...
September 26, 2008
David Servan-Schreiber was 31 when he was diagnosed with a walnut-size brain tumor and given 6 months to live. After surgery and chemotherapy, the young neuroscientist asked his oncologist if he should change his diet. "Eat whatever you like," his doctor told him. "It won't make much of a difference." Servan-Schreiber thought otherwise. For the next 15 years, he threw himself into researching the body's...
September 26, 2008
ATLANTA, Sep 25, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. health officials said a new flu vaccine should protect against the three main flu strains expected to cause illness this year. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a record 143 million to 146 million doses of influenza vaccine will be produced for use in the United States during the 2008-2009 influenza season. Several manufacturers began...
September 25, 2008
Scientists on Thursday warned US legislators of the risks of brain cancer from cell phone use, highlighting the potential risk for children who use mobile phones. "We urgently need more research," said David Carpenter, director of the Institute of Health and Environment at the University of Albany, in testimony before the House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy. "We must not repeat the situation we had...
September 25, 2008
HOUSTON, Sep 25, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. scientists say they have made a discovery that might explain why women having an early pregnancy also have a lower incidence of breast cancer. Baylor College of Medicine researchers report women who have their first child before the age of 24 experience the most dramatic reduction in breast cancer risk. The relationship between age of first pregnancy and...
September 25, 2008
DALLAS, Sep 25, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A 58-year-old restaurateur died at a Dallas hospital emergency room after waiting nearly 19 hours for treatment, hospital officials and family members said. Mike Herrera, co-founder of a popular chain of Tex-Mex restaurants across North Texas, collapsed just as he was about to receive medical treatment at Parkland Memorial Hospital, relatives told the Fort Worth...
September 25, 2008
World leaders gathered attending an anti-poverty summit here on Thursday pledged to commit nearly three billions dollars for an ambitious global plan to drastically cut malaria deaths around the world. The funding, which include 1.1 billion dollars from the World Bank, will be used to support rapid implementation of the first ever Global Malaria Action Plan (GMAP). World Bank President Robert Zoellick...
September 25, 2008
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