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The number of HIV-infected pregnant women in South Africa appears to have dropped further last year, signalling a possible overall decrease in cases of the virus, the health minister said Thursday. Preliminary findings of the latest survey of HIV prevalence among pregnant women at public pre-natal clinics showed the decrease, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said. She said the survey showed HIV prevalence...
June 5, 2008
African-Americans suffering from diabetes are five times as likely to lose a limb to amputation than whites, according to a study on health care inequities released Thursday by Dartmouth University. The study added evidence to signs of "staggering variations" in healthcare quality along racial and geographic lines, the researchers said. According to the research from the Dartmouth Institute for Health...
June 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES - An online prescription drug database that allows doctors and pharmacists to track a patient's medication history instantly and deter addicts from "doctor-shopping" is expected to launch statewide next year, officials announced Wednesday. The $3.5 million system, the largest online prescription drug database in the United States, will be funded through a combination of private and public...
June 5, 2008
Serotonin plays a key role in regulating emotions such as aggression and impulsivity during decision making, according to British research appearing Thursday in the United States. Neurologists and psychiatrists have long linked serotonin, a hormone that transmits chemical messages between nerve cells, and social behavior, but its precise role is controversial. The British study in the June 6 edition...
June 5, 2008
Jun. 4 - The list of Americans who maintain a healthy lifestyle isn't that long. Despite what seems like a fitness craze, only 3 percent of 153,000 adults surveyed are living a healthy lifestyle, according to a Michigan State University survey released in 2005. That lifestyle is defined as participating in four basic characteristics - not smoking, holding weight down, eating right and exercising. Breaking...
June 5, 2008
EDMONTON, Alberta, Jun 5, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A 33-year-old Canadian man confined to a wheelchair with cerebral palsy challenged his fears and bungee-jumped 100 feet in Edmonton, Alberta. Dean Rachkewich told the Edmonton Sun he made the jump as part of a self-improvement course he's attending, and fellow classmates were fully supportive. The bungee-jump is located in the world's largest mall,...
June 5, 2008
ATLANTA - Hispanic workers die at higher rates than other laborers, with 1 in 3 of these deaths occurring in the construction industry, a government study reported Thursday. Hispanics tend to hold more high-risk jobs than those in other racial groups, but language and literacy barriers and poor training and supervision may also be factors, researchers said. The leading causes of death in recent years...
June 5, 2008
Jun. 5 - Some Rio Grande Valley stores have pulled tomatoes from their shelves or posted signs warning customers to wash produce thoroughly, following fears this week that raw tomatoes could be contaminated with salmonella. Restaurants and stores say they're awaiting more information, and that they doubt their tomato supply is affected. The Texas Department of State Health Services is investigating...
June 4, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - In Memphis, black Medicare beneficiaries are nearly six times as likely as whites to have a leg amputated, a complication stemming from vascular disease and diabetes. In Mississippi, 57 percent of women aged 65-69 got mammograms in a two-year period versus 74 percent in Maine. And, in Alaska, 71 percent of Medicare patients with diabetes got an important annual test for blood sugar...
June 4, 2008
WASHINGTON, Jun 4, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A major U.S. campaign aimed at convincing teenagers to use condoms and wait till they are older to have sex could be failing, government officials say. New statistics showing the campaign is loosing steam threaten an accomplished effort to cut down on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. A 10-year drop...
June 4, 2008
IRVINE, Calif., Jun 5, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. drug company said it has developed a cosmetic drug that uses bimatoprost to stimulate eyelash growth. Allergan Inc., a California company that also makes Botox, said it will file a new drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this year. A clinical trial showed that bimatoprost - a synthetic prostaglandin analog - results in significant...
June 4, 2008
Nine years ago, Lee Greenwood developed a problem that, she says, could have made her hide from the world. Greenwood, a real estate agent, wet her pants while showing a home. It was the first of many accidents. "I had to do something about it," says Greenwood, 59, from Swarthmore, Pa. "I was not going to be a recluse." Though Greenwood's problem is common - 20% to 30% of women have it - her attitude...
June 4, 2008
Risky behavior among teenagers continues to decline, a report Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. But even with fewer adolescents drinking, smoking or having sex in 2007 than their peers did in 1991, CDC officials say troubling racial and ethnic trends show Hispanics are at greater risk than blacks and whites for certain unsafe behaviors. Hispanic teenagers take more risks,...
June 4, 2008
WASHINGTON, Jun 4, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning people in Texas and New Mexico not to eat uncooked red tomatoes due to possible contamination. The FDA said an outbreak of salmonellosis appears linked with consumption of certain types of raw red tomatoes and products containing raw red tomatoes. The bacterium causing the illnesses is Salmonella serotype Saintpaul,...
June 4, 2008
US Senators on Wednesday grilled Veterans Affairs Administration (VA) officials over an email branding soldiers as "compensation-seekers" and urging staff to make fewer diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). "Citing 'compensation-seeking veterans,' the email in question encourages VA practitioners to avoid diagnosing veterans with PTSD in order to save time and money," Senator Patty Murray...
June 4, 2008
MELBOURNE, Jun 4, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - An Australian study of brain imaging shows long-term, heavy use of marijuana can cause significant brain injury. The abnormalities can cause psychotic symptoms and memory loss, the University of Melbourne said Tuesday in a news release. Researchers at the University of Melbourne and the University of Wollongong used brain imaging to show the hippocampus and...
June 4, 2008
Cox News Service WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. A few years ago, I testified in a trial. I was not suing or being sued. I was simply a witness. Opposing counsel tried to discredit my testimony by dragging my mental illnesses into court. The attorney who had subpoenaed me assured me that the judge would not allow it. It wasn't relevant, he said. The judge allowed it. After a few questions, the judge changed...
June 4, 2008
Jun. 3 - CHRISTIANSBURG - About this time last year, Susan Bricken hatched a plan to infiltrate the brains of every man and woman in the New River Valley with one never-ending, nerve-nettling song. Last week, she serenaded 19 brawny Norfolk & Southern railroad lads gathered on the top floor of the Christiansburg Rescue Squad with that song. "I want you to get that music in your head!" she thundered...
June 4, 2008
Jun. 3 - CHRISTIANSBURG - About this time last year, Susan Bricken hatched a plan to infiltrate the brains of every man and woman in the New River Valley with one never-ending, nerve-nettling song. Last week, she serenaded 19 brawny Norfolk & Southern railroad lads gathered on the top floor of the Christiansburg Rescue Squad with that song. "I want you to get that music in your head!" she thundered...
June 4, 2008
Jacob Warden, 9, could barely wait to jump in the water. But first, his mom, Stacy Warden, sprayed on some waterproof sunscreen. She sprayed his shoulders and arms, neck and face. She was careful not to get any in his eyes. "I'm trying the Water Babies spray for the first time; it's SPF 50," Warden said. "I decided to try the spray for convenience." SPF represents the Sun Protection Factor, a sun block...
June 3, 2008
Jun. 4 - PLATTSBURGH - Andrew Barcomb can't wait to get behind the wheel of a real car. "He wants his license," said Andrew's mother, Felicia. But that's impossible, and not just because the 6-year-old drives a Power Wheels Mustang. "I think about the things he's going to miss out on, and it tears me up inside," said Felicia, sitting beside her husband, Scott, on their living-room couch as Andrew played...
June 3, 2008
Jun. 4 - The list of Americans who maintain a healthy lifestyle isn't that long. Despite what seems like a fitness craze, only 3 percent of 153,000 adults surveyed are living a healthy lifestyle, according to a Michigan State University survey released in 2005. That lifestyle is defined as participating in four basic characteristics - not smoking, holding weight down, eating right and exercising. Breaking...
June 3, 2008
People who drink alcohol are less prone to the sometimes crippling disease called rheumatoid arthritis compared with non-drinkers, according to a Scandinavian study published on Wednesday. People who had a moderate alcohol consumption were 40 and 45 percent less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis compared with people who did not drink or drank only occasionally, it found. Among those who had a...
June 3, 2008
A small but growing number of schools are using experimental therapies to retrain students' hearing and vision, in essence reteaching them to hear and see. It's a bid to reverse problems with the ability to focus and learn brought on by years of excessive TV, poor nutrition and, for some, in vitro drug exposure. At Gordon Parks Elementary School, a charter school in Kansas City, Mo., 60% of kindergartners...
June 3, 2008
May 27 - As 4-year-old Ty Swoap started recovering from surgery last month, his mother updated a blog devoted to the Perrysburg twin's lifelong medical struggles from his hospital room at the University of Michigan. Last year, as John Harbert struggled with lung cancer that had spread to his brain, he and his wife frequently checked his Web site's guestbook to see what friends and family had written....
June 3, 2008
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