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Aug. 18 - EL PASO - Pepin is a mischievous 13-year-old who wants to do a little grinding on his skateboard. Should he wear a helmet and pads? Or will he get too hot? Look too nerdy? Maybe, one health expert believes, he might make the right call if he knew this: "In 1997, 1,500 children required hospitalization for an injury sustained while skateboarding and in most cases the injury was to the head."...
August 17, 2008
Aug. 18 - While scientists have known that breathing bad air such as Sacramento sometimes experiences is harmful, they have never pinpointed what it is in fine particles that causes conditions usually associated with smoking such as lung disease. Now a piece of the pollution puzzle has snapped into place with new findings from Louisiana State University. Led by chemist H. Barry Dellinger, LSU researchers...
August 17, 2008
BOSTON - A comprehensive study of suicidal thinking among college students found more than half of the 26,000 surveyed had suicidal thoughts at some point. The Web-based survey in spring 2006 used separate samples of undergraduate and graduate students from 70 colleges and universities. Of the 15,010 undergraduates, 55% had ever thought of suicide; 18% seriously considered it; and 8% made an attempt....
August 17, 2008
Aug. 17 - Erika Harding missed much of her senior year of high school, her senior prom and a full year of the ballet and tap that she loved to a disease that no doctor would diagnose: Lyme disease. A year filled with doctor after doctor and test after test had led her nowhere. She had mononucleosis or strep throat, they said. Or no, maybe it's a raging sinus infection. Even the esteemed Mayo Clinic...
August 17, 2008
Aug. 17 - Erika Harding missed much of her senior year of high school, her senior prom and a full year of the ballet and tap that she loved to a disease that no doctor would diagnose: Lyme disease. A year filled with doctor after doctor and test after test had led her nowhere. She had mononucleosis or strep throat, they said. Or no, maybe it's a raging sinus infection. Even the esteemed Mayo Clinic...
August 17, 2008
Aug. 17 - Erika Harding missed much of her senior year of high school, her senior prom and a full year of the ballet and tap that she loved to a disease that no doctor would diagnose: Lyme disease. A year filled with doctor after doctor and test after test had led her nowhere. She had mononucleosis or strep throat, they said. Or no, maybe it's a raging sinus infection. Even the esteemed Mayo Clinic...
August 17, 2008
More teenagers today say it's easier to illegally obtain prescription drugs than beer, and they view drug abuse as a bigger problem than their parents do, a national report found. The report lays much of the blame for teenage drug abuse on problem parents, calling them "passive pushers" because they don't lock their medicine cabinets and often don't know where their kids are on school nights. Teens...
August 16, 2008
The following recall has been announced: - Whole Foods Market is recalling 365 Organic Everyday Value Popcorn, Lightly Salted, because it might contain undeclared milk ingredients, which could cause a severe or life-threatening reaction in people who have allergies to milk ingredients. No illnesses have been reported, according to the Austin, Texas, company. The product, with the UPC code 9948240552,...
August 15, 2008
Christia Emory of Atlanta has diabetes, kidney disease and other medical conditions. Lacking health insurance, she often runs up high medical bills. But Emory says a drug discount card gives her "a little bit of help" - saving her about $200 a month in prescription costs. The card that Emory holds, Together Rx Access, got a visibility boost Thursday when Gov. Sonny Perdue joined a news conference promoting...
August 14, 2008
Aug. 15 - Everyone knows that if you think you're having a heart attack, you should call 911. But what if you're not sure? More than half of those having heart attacks die because they don't recognize the symptoms, or because they put off calling 911 until it's too late. Now the University of Minnesota Medical Center is promoting a different approach: a chest pain hot line answered 24/7 by a nurse...
August 14, 2008
ORLANDO, Fla. Taking a breath of air can be as easy as drinking from a cup, but imagine if you were reduced to drinking through a straw. That constriction is a reality for a growing number of Americans with breathing problems - especially for Hispanics. More than 10 percent of nearly 4 million Hispanics in Florida suffer from asthma, equaling the rate of all Floridians who report having the condition,...
August 14, 2008
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A review of Nebraska Beef Ltd.'s records prompted Thursday's recall expansion because USDA investigators determined the company's practices couldn't effectively control E. coli bacteria on June 24. About 1.36 million pounds of beef is now included in the recall that began Aug. 8 after the company's meat was linked to an E. coli outbreak in 10 states and Canada. The initial announcement...
August 14, 2008
Aug. 14 - Though recent studies indicate breast self-exams do little to prevent breast cancer, local health professionals still view the exams as an important tool in early detection and prevention. A new study by the Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that disseminates medical information, found that breast self-exams don't help reduce breast cancer deaths. In 2003, the American...
August 14, 2008
Beijing's health authorities distributed 400,000 free condoms in over 400 hotels in the Olympic city in a bid to raise awareness of safe sex and AIDS prevention, state media reported on Friday. The condoms were placed in rooms in hotels rated three stars and above, Jin Dapeng, director of Beijing's municipal health bureau, told the official Xinhua news agency. According to Jin, thousands of Olympic...
August 14, 2008
Aug. 14 - NEW DELHI - Getting infected with HIV that causes AIDS will no longer automatically exclude people from getting a health insurance cover. There are 2.5 million people living with HIV in India. Since they are not covered by any health insurance scheme, they have to pay from their pocket for the treatment of frequent opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis and pneumonia that their low...
August 14, 2008
CINCINNATI, Aug 12, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Teenage athletes who guzzle energy drinks for a competitive edge may find themselves too tired to finish the game, U.S. fitness trainers warn. The market research firm Mintel said 25 percent of teens drink the caffeine-packed drinks regularly, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Tuesday. Nutritionists and coaches in the Cincinnati area are warning high school...
August 14, 2008
CINCINNATI, Aug 12, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Teenage athletes who guzzle energy drinks for a competitive edge may find themselves too tired to finish the game, U.S. fitness trainers warn. The market research firm Mintel said 25 percent of teens drink the caffeine-packed drinks regularly, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Tuesday. Nutritionists and coaches in the Cincinnati area are warning high school...
August 14, 2008
Neoma Misner was diagnosed with HIV about seven years ago, but figures she probably carried the virus long before that. At the time, her daughter was a drug addict, and Misner, 71, feared becoming dependent on HIV medications. She was also homeless making it difficult to keep up with a complicated daily pill regimen. Donnie Collins, 49, was in denial about his diagnosis four years ago. He refused HIV...
August 14, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A higher percentage of West Virginia coal miners test positive for black lung disease than the national average. About 13 percent of the state's coal miners who've had chest X-ray screenings are found to have the respiratory ailment, which is caused by exposure to coal dust. The national average is 9 percent, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health....
August 14, 2008
Aug. 13 - CHAPEL HILL - Atlas Fraley, a defensive lineman on the Chapel Hill High School football team, died Tuesday during an asthma attack at his home only days before the start of his senior year. His mother, Melissa Fraley, coaches the cheerleading squad at Chapel Hill High. Fraley played in a scrimmage game at Middle Creek High School in Wake County Tuesday. His teammates said he complained of...
August 14, 2008
WASHINGTON, Aug 13, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A ban on European sperm bank imports is causing problems for U.S. women trying to conceive a second child with Nordic donors. The United States instituted the ban in 2005 because of concerns about the transmission of the human form of mad cow disease, The Washington Post reported. Now women who conceived a child with a Nordic donor and are seeking to have...
August 13, 2008
The Bank of England forecast on Wednesday that the British economy was unlikely to slide into recession even though there was a strong chance of negative growth at the start of 2009. The BoE, presenting its latest quarterly forecasts on economic growth and inflation, said Britain would experience "broadly flat output in the third quarter." bcp/rfj/hd Britain-economy-bank-recession-forecast AFP 131000...
August 13, 2008
Aug. 13 - Among the sundry ways in which life sorts itself into lists labeled Fair and Unfair is the way in which we regard gray hair on males and females. Generally speaking, men gain the adjective "distinguished," while women are saddled with "mature." Yet, the Fair/Unfair lists also include the notion that it's acceptable for women to get their gray painted away in salons, while men should just...
August 13, 2008
Aug. 14 - The community is pulling together to help two Rocklin siblings who share an unwanted bond. Nick Bresnyan, 26, and his sister, Melana Bresnyan, 19, each have a form of cancer. Both have battled the disease, side by side, during the past year. "It's just heartbreaking," said Suzi Baxter, who attends the same church as the Bresnyans. "To have one family at one time with two children with cancer...
August 13, 2008
WASHINGTON - Bad reactions to antibiotics, mostly allergic ones, send people to emergency rooms more than 140,000 times each year, government researchers reported yesterday. The findings offer another reason for doctors to limit their use of antibiotics, which are overused, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention team said. Copyright 2007 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
August 13, 2008
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