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Legislation would eliminate requirement to tell schools students are HIV positive The Department of Health and Environmental Control will continue to notify schools when a student tests positive for HIV/AIDS unless lawmakers override a veto by Gov. Mark Sanford. Sanford vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have eliminated a state requirement that DHEC notify a school superintendent and school nurse when...
June 13, 2008
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. Like most children, Shoko Kiyono of El Cerrito, Calif., spent countless hours of her youth playing under the sun. Kiyono, who grew up in Japan, never wore sunscreen. No one spoke about the sun's harmful rays, though she was encouraged to wear a hat to keep her face "light and pretty," she says. The hat only did so much. Contrary to commonly held myths about skin of color, Kiyono,...
June 13, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - 0612dv - tainted - tomatoes The toll from salmonella-tainted tomatoes jumped to 228 illnesses Thursday as the government learned of five dozen previously unknown cases and said it is possible the food poisoning contributed to a cancer patient's death. Six more states - Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Tennessee and Vermont - reported illnesses related to the outbreak, bringing...
June 13, 2008
WASHINGTON, Jun 13, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Healthcare experts say the simplicity of defrauding the U.S. Medicare program points to the need for more resources devoted to prevent fraud. One issue is that Medicare doesn't review the majority of the bills it pays to companies with federally issued supplier numbers, The Washington Post said Friday. Checks are in place more to detect overbilling and unconventional...
June 13, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - The toll from salmonella-tainted tomatoes has jumped to 228 illnesses. The government has learned of five dozen previously unknown cases - and says it's possible the food poisoning contributed to the death of a cancer patient in Texas. Six states that had escaped the outbreak so far have been added to the list - Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Tennessee and Vermont - bringing...
June 12, 2008
Jun. 12 - Walgreens confirmed it will open three Take Care Health Clinics in Wichita by the end of July, with another two slated to open by the end of the year. The drugstore giant becomes the first national retailer to bring its in-store, walk-in clinics to the Wichita market, beating out other retailers such as Wal-Mart, Kroger and Target, which are launching similar clinics in other states. "We...
June 12, 2008
When Mary Adams had a mammogram in October, she didn't have to wait for a call from her doctor - or even a note in the mail - to get her results. Instead, she got a message from her Cleveland Clinic doctor that her online health record had been updated. She logged onto MyChart, one of the nation's first online sites for personal health records, and voila, there were the results: Everything was normal....
June 11, 2008
Brad Garrett's latest series will be on the even-smaller screen. The star of Fox sitcom 'Til Death switches to reality and the Web with Dating Brad Garrett, an online series that will follow him on 10 dates with women chosen by a panel that will include Garrett's ex-wife, Jill, and his urologist. Those seeking a date with the 6-foot-8 Garrett, known to millions as Robert on Everybody Loves Raymond,...
June 11, 2008
U.S. life expectancy has reached 78 years, a record high driven by declines in all but one of the major causes of death, the government reported Wednesday. Despite the good news, the USA ranks 29th in life expectancy among the United Nations' member nations. Tops is Andorra, which has an average life expectancy of 83, followed closely by Japan, Sweden, Australia and Switzerland. "We're two to three...
June 11, 2008
Jun. 11 - WASHINGTON - Parents don't need to throw away plastic baby bottles containing the chemical BPA, government scientists told Congress yesterday, despite mounting concerns about toxic side effects. "We do not see a need to change baby bottles," Norris Alderson, a Food and Drug Administration official, said. Michael A. Babich, a chemist at the Consumer Product Safety Commission, agreed that there...
June 11, 2008
Debt hurts more than just the pocketbook. An AP/AOL survey released this week found a strong link between high levels of debt-related stress and ulcers, migraines, high blood pressure and even lower back pain. Those stressed from debt are also nearly seven times more likely to lash out at others, according to the survey of 1,002 adults. And it may get worse with milk and gas hovering around $4 per...
June 11, 2008
Jun. 11 - The citizens of New Ulm, Minn., like to joke about their three major food groups - beer, brats and butter with a little cheese thrown in for good measure. That's part of what makes New Ulm a perfect place for a groundbreaking experiment on whether it's possible to eliminate heart attacks throughout an entire community. The ambitious New Ulm experiment is one of two Allina Hospitals and Clinics...
June 11, 2008
Parents are beginning to clean up their nutrition acts when it comes to the snacks they serve their children, new data show. Fruit is the most common snack for children under 6, and cookies are second. In 1987, cookies ruled and fruit ranked second, according to findings from the NPD Group, a market research firm. And kids today: *Are less likely to consume carbonated soft drinks, ice cream, candy,...
June 10, 2008
FORT WORTH, Texas - Some crawl onto our bodies unannounced. Others fly around us with a buzzing threat of pain and itching. Ants, ticks, chiggers, fleas, mosquitoes, gnats and many other pesky insects are out to get us - and they will if we don't defend ourselves. Are you ready for them this summer? We checked out new ways to avoid insect bites and stings - other than spray-on and stick insect repellents....
June 10, 2008
FOLLOW these tips from Laura Stack, author of "The Exhaustion Cure: Up Your Energy from Low to Go in 21 Days" (Broadway Books, $13.95) to help notch up your energy. 1 Drink coffee - correctly Most people grab a huge cup of coffee in the morning and gulp it right down. The trouble is, after that caffeine spike, you're hit with an energy crash. Instead, try downsizing your cup of coffee and take small...
June 10, 2008
The U.S. military command that oversees troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan wants to make it harder for combat commanders to send medically unfit troops to war zones, according to a proposal reviewed by USA TODAY. The proposal from Central Command would add 16 medical conditions that would bar troops from deploying for combat duty. It would toughen a 2 1/2-year-old rule requiring combat commanders...
June 10, 2008
Virginity pledges do deter some teens from having sex, according to a study by the RAND Corp. that surveyed teen virgins over three years to see whether they stayed that way. Of 1,517 adolescents ages 12 to 17 in 2001 when the research began, teenagers who vowed to remain virgins until they were married were less likely to be sexually active than others who didn't make a pledge. About one-quarter of...
June 10, 2008
Obese twentysomethings - those who are 30 or more pounds overweight - will have lifetime medical bills that are $5,000 to $21,000 higher than their normal-weight peers. And extremely obese young adults - 70 or more pounds overweight - will incur $15,000 to $29,000 more in lifetime medical expenditures than their healthy-weight peers, according to a study in the journal Obesity, published in advance...
June 10, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some Democratic lawmakers pushed Tuesday for a ban on a chemical used in water bottles, canned food and other household items, despite mixed opinions from government experts about the substance's possible risks. Bisphenol A has been used to package food and make shatterproof bottles for decades. But in recent years the plastic hardener has come under attack from consumer groups, who...
June 10, 2008
For the fourth day in a row, the haze blanketing metro Atlanta is expected to be hazardous for children and people with heart and lung diseases. On Monday, forecasters issued another orange alert for today. If final readings show ground-level ozone exceeded the federal limit of 75 parts per billion on Monday and today, it would be the region's seventh violation since May 1. "Hot, stagnant air is going...
June 10, 2008
The state Department of Community Health is taking steps to improve breast cancer services for Georgia's uninsured population through a $1.2 million statewide initiative that will provide grants to organizations offering breast cancer health promotion, screening and treatment to indigent women. The grants will range from $25,000 to $50,000 for screening projects and up to $300,000 for treatment programs....
June 10, 2008
WASHINGTON, Jun 10, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the voluntary recall of Liquimax-brand multivitamin supplement due to a possible health risk. Leiner Health Products Inc. of Carson, Calif., said the recall involves its 32-ounce plastic bottles of "Liquimax Complete Nutrition Multivitamin Formula," labeled with UPC 7497052290, 7497023607 or 7497023696. The...
June 10, 2008
For days, Barbara Fetty experienced terrible headaches. The headaches last all day long every day, she said. Fetty tried to fight through the pain, thinking it was a sinus headache. But on one weekend, the pain set in and would not subside, and Fetty decided to set an appointment with her doctor. "I never had anything like it before," Fetty said about the pain. So she traveled to the doctor in order...
June 9, 2008
The US government has failed if it believes its one-off tax rebate will perk consumer spending and help revive the American economy, according to a study released on Wednesday. Behavioural scientists found that people given money as a lump sum are likelier to squirrel it away or pay off debt, but if they are given the same amount spread as smaller, monthly payments, they are more inclined to spend...
June 9, 2008
As the Food and Drug Administration scrambles to find the source of a 16-state outbreak of salmonellosis linked to raw tomatoes, stores and restaurants are pulling implicated varieties from shelves and menus. Sliced tomatoes disappeared from McDonald's sandwiches, and fresh tomato salsa from Taco Bell. Produce distributors scrambled to source tomatoes from the list of states and countries declared...
June 9, 2008
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