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Tennessee ranks No. 1 in the nation for the number of children 18 and under with Type 2 diabetes. The state also ranks third for the overall number of people considered obese. "We've got some issues," Chris Ayers, Bristol Family YMCA chief executive officer, said Thursday at the facility. The YMCA recently was awarded a $250,000 grant from the Tennessee Department of Health to help deal with those...
July 8, 2008
Now the feds may be coming for your salsa. As the trail goes cold in the Food and Drug Administration's investigation of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella first thought to be linked to tomatoes, the agency has expanded its focus to include hot peppers, onions and cilantro. As of Monday evening, the agency hadn't issued any official warnings to consumers or the food industry. But a variety of news...
July 7, 2008
Dieters who write down everything they eat each day lose twice as much weight as those who don't, according to one of the largest weight-loss studies ever conducted. This confirms the importance of keeping a food diary - advice that nutritionists and weight-loss programs have pushed for years. Scientists at four clinical research centers recruited 1,685 overweight or obese adults who weighed an average...
July 7, 2008
For centuries, people in China have been fairly lean, but now at least one-fourth of adults there are overweight or obese, a trend starting to take a toll on the country's health care system and economy, says a paper out today in the journal Health Affairs. In 2006, 26% of the Chinese population weighed too much - about 275 million people - compared with 8.8% in 1989, says study author Barry Popkin,...
July 7, 2008
More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette. That's the claim, anyway, made in a 1930s advertisement featuring a white-coat-clad, spectacle-wearing medical professional with a cigarette poised between his fingers. In another ad, a chubby-cheeked baby implores her mother to smoke a Marlboro instead of scolding her. And in case neither a doctor's endorsement nor a child's plea are enough encouragement...
July 7, 2008
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill., Jul 8, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The American Academy of Pediatrics said cholesterol levels should be tested in children with a family history of high cholesterol or heart disease. A report, published in the July issue of Pediatrics, said the panel recommends cholesterol screening for children between the ages of 2 and 10, whose families have a history of obesity, high blood...
July 7, 2008
The brand name on the clinic door appears to matter when it comes to the quality of medical care - at least for diabetes and vascular disease. MN Community Measurement posted results Monday on the level of care provided by more than 300 Minnesota clinics for those two chronic conditions. While some clinics excelled individually, the results tended to rise or fall with the clinics' group affiliations....
July 7, 2008
Jun. 29 - Pomegranate became the "cool" fruit for the health-conscious not too many years ago. This exotic, reddish fruit is full of antioxidants and may be effective against preventing several types of cancer and heart disease. Eventually, this acidic, citrusy fruit made it into more than juice. Last summer, I tried out a recipe for pomegranate daiquiris for some guests. A simple recipe search turns...
July 7, 2008
Jun. 29 - Pomegranate became the "cool" fruit for the health-conscious not too many years ago. This exotic, reddish fruit is full of antioxidants and may be effective against preventing several types of cancer and heart disease. Eventually, this acidic, citrusy fruit made it into more than juice. Last summer, I tried out a recipe for pomegranate daiquiris for some guests. A simple recipe search turns...
July 7, 2008
NEW YORK, Jul 5, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Several top New York eateries allegedly were selling items that violated the city's new trans-fat limit, a laboratory has found. Tests performed by New Jersey's Alliance Technologies allegedly found that items sold at restaurants such as Veniero's and Ferrara's had more than .5 grams of trans fat, the current limit for food in the city, the New York Daily News...
July 7, 2008
Nigerian health workers Saturday began house-to-house immunization of 4.6 million children under the age of five in the northern state of Kano in a new drive to eradicate the disease. "Health personnel from all over the country are in Kano for the four-day polio immunization campaign during which we intend to immunise 4.6 million children against polio virus," Abdurrahman Yakubu, Kano state coordinator...
July 6, 2008
Tim Russert's death from a sudden heart attack at 58 sent a shudder down the spines of hundreds who suffer from coronary artery disease. Russert looked youthful, seemed vigorous, and had access to excellent medical care. Since Russert's death, boomers are beginning to come to doctors' offices wondering if they may be at risk, says Dr. Robert Greenfield, cardiologist with California Heart Associates...
July 6, 2008
Music therapy is applied in ayurvedic healing treatment. Of late, though, music therapy has become more widespread and has a scientific rationale behind it. So how does music help? It is soothing and relaxing The body is not made to go through the painful process of operations, surgery and consumption of strong medicines All one has to do is listen to the sounds that are meticulously researched and...
July 6, 2008
Jul. 7 - A California lawsuit highlights the problems consumers have faced in the confusing regulatory terrain of organic and natural personal care products. Consumers have had only piecemeal and incomplete regulation to guide them. But government agencies and other organizations are taking steps to improve public safety. As one maker of personal products said, "It's a year of reckoning for the industry."...
July 6, 2008
WASHINGTON, Jul 4, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A recall of tainted ground beef is expanded to include all products used to make approximately 5.3 million pounds of ground beef, U.S. federal officials said. The E. coli-contaminated ground beef was manufactured between May 16 and June 26 by Nebraska Beef Limited in Omaha, the Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service said in a release....
July 6, 2008
WASHINGTON, Jul 5, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Investigators are looking at all the ingredients in fresh salsa as they try to find the cause of the U.S. salmonella outbreak, officials said Saturday. Tomatoes and jalapeno peppers are still suspect, the Atlanta Journal & Constitution reported. But the Centers for Disease Control said the investigation has widened. "We're still looking at tomatoes as a possible...
July 6, 2008
When Linda Carlyle discovered in 1997 that the chemotherapy used to treat her breast cancer could permanently damage her heart, she chose the lesser of two evils. "When it comes down to dying now or dealing with heart disease later," she said, "I decided I would rather deal with heart disease later." Carlyle was lucky. Recent tests through the Kansas University Breast Cancer Survivorship Center showed...
July 6, 2008
LOS ANGELES - Magic Johnson's normally publicity-shy wife Cookie is emerging as a spokeswoman in a campaign urging black women to get tested for HIV. Cookie Johnson is appearing with the former LA Lakers star in a five-year, $60-million public service campaign with ads directed by moviemaker Spike Lee. She was two months pregnant when her husband tested positive for HIV in 1991. The Henry J. Kaiser...
July 6, 2008
Women's pregnancy rates drop and miscarriages increase when the baby's father is over 40 years old, according to a study to be released Monday. It has long been known that a woman's chance of reproducing declines with age once she is in her mid-thirties, but the new findings provide the strongest evidence to date that being an older father poses a risk as well. Researchers in France monitored 21,239...
July 6, 2008
Jun. 1 - Lisa Davidson walked down the aisle at this year's Bucks County Community College commencement with the why-me question that has long haunted her in absentia. The sad query had been pushed further and further away in stages - by the double-organ transplant, the discovery of a center for the blind, and the 3.8 GPA. "I feel really good. I feel like I've accomplished a step in the right direction,"...
July 5, 2008
Nigerian health workers Saturday began house-to-house immunization of 4.6 million children under the age of five in the northern state of Kano in a new drive to eradicate the disease. "Health personnel from all over the country are in Kano for the four-day polio immunization campaign during which we intend to immunise 4.6 million children against polio virus," Abdurrahman Yakubu, Kano state coordinator...
July 5, 2008
Drinking enough water seems intuitive, but when it becomes an afterthought, people exercising or working outdoors can easily become dehydrated - often without knowing it. With schools out and vacations planned, more Americans are heading outdoors. But experts warn many of them will change exercise habits without giving their bodies the time or resources to catch up. "If you're not acclimatized to new...
July 3, 2008
Jul. 3 - What do you know about Watermelons? Historians say the watermelon originated in Africa's Kalahari Desert. Watermelons are 92 percent water. A watermelon is really a vegetable - a member of the cucumber family and related to the gourd. Watermelon is naturally high in Vitamins A, B6, C and is a great source of potassium. A two-cup serving contains 80 calories with zero calories from fat. Watermelon...
July 3, 2008
Jul. 3 - What do you know about Watermelons? Historians say the watermelon originated in Africa's Kalahari Desert. Watermelons are 92 percent water. A watermelon is really a vegetable - a member of the cucumber family and related to the gourd. Watermelon is naturally high in Vitamins A, B6, C and is a great source of potassium. A two-cup serving contains 80 calories with zero calories from fat. Watermelon...
July 3, 2008
Jul. 3 - What do you know about Watermelons? Historians say the watermelon originated in Africa's Kalahari Desert. Watermelons are 92 percent water. A watermelon is really a vegetable - a member of the cucumber family and related to the gourd. Watermelon is naturally high in Vitamins A, B6, C and is a great source of potassium. A two-cup serving contains 80 calories with zero calories from fat. Watermelon...
July 3, 2008
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