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CHICAGO, May 23, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. talk-show host Oprah Winfrey has announced she has begun a 3-week vegan detox diet. Usmagazine.com said Winfrey was inspired to try the diet after reading Kathy Freston's book "Quantum Wellness." "Wow, wow, wow! I never imagined meatless meals could be so satisfying," Winfrey wrote on her blog. "I had been focused on what I had to give up - sugar, gluten,...
May 22, 2008
Aggressive insulin treatment or lifestyle changes at the onset of diabetes can sharply curb the incidence and impact of the disease over the long haul, according to two studies released Friday. Intensive insulin therapy through daily injections for Type 2 diabetes, which affects some 250 million people worldwide, is typically started late in the course of the disease. But researchers in China found...
May 22, 2008
May 22 - LONDON - If you thought chewing gums were just a sweet way to keep your jaws active, then you were underestimating these sugarcoated tablets, for now even hospitals are thinking of recommending it to patients for a quick recovery after surgery. A new National Health Service study has revealed that patients who undergo bowel surgery are deemed fit to go home, almost 1 1/2 days earlier than...
May 22, 2008
Luke Perkins saw his kidney as an investment in a life. And with a return like this, Wall Street would be envious: His donated organ helped not one person but three. The Colorado Springs computer-chip designer's decision to give a kidney to a stranger set off a chain of events in which three people received transplants at one time. Called a "domino" transplant, the procedure was developed as a way...
May 22, 2008
Everyone with high blood pressure - some 72 million Americans - should own a home monitor and do regular pressure checks, the American Heart Association and other groups urged Thursday in an unprecedented endorsement of a medical device for consumers. High blood pressure is a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes and death. Having it checked a few times a year in a doctor's office or at the drugstore...
May 22, 2008
May 22 - The American Heart Association (AHA) recently released a study announcing the rankings of cities in terms of heart health - Florence was ranked 126 out of 130 cities surveyed. According to Dr. James Dedonis - a cardiologist at Advanced Cardiology Consultants and chief of medicine at Carolinas Hospital System - part of the problem could be that although Florence residents have left the fields,...
May 21, 2008
Wood County Health Commissioner Pamela Butler was asked what concerned her most about county residents' health as gauged in a new survey, and she didn't hesitate: "Obesity!" Seventy percent of adults in the county are overweight, and 30 percent fall into the category of obese. "When you think of obesity, you think of all the other things it can cause," Ms. Butler said. "If we can attack obesity, maybe...
May 21, 2008
In U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro's opinion, women should be able to decide whether they need a couple of days in the hospital to recover from breast-cancer surgery. Connecticut and 19 other states have agreed with her, making their own laws. But the congresswoman has tried for 12 years to get attention for a bill that would make it a federal law, alleviating the state-by-state approach that has meant inconsistencies...
May 21, 2008
By BRIAN HAYNES REVIEW-JOURNAL Federal health officials have agreed to share their findings with local authorities in the ongoing investigation of the hepatitis C outbreak. Lawyers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday notified the Clark County district attorney's office they would hand over the contents of their investigation into the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, District...
May 21, 2008
It can happen in an instant. For Kerrville resident Patricia Gray, it happened while driving her car down Sidney Baker Street. "I was driving, and I don't remember a thing when the stroke hit," Gray said. "I was totally paralyzed on one side of my body. I couldn't talk, and had trouble chewing and moving around." She was given 72 hours to live. Thanks to the help of the medical staff at Peterson Regional...
May 21, 2008
May 21 - While working for Hennepin County Public Health Promotions (HCPHP) during the past eight years, Dianne Blaydes noticed a troubling trend. From 1998 to 2006, Hennepin County records showed that the percentage of adult residents classified as overweight or obese had increased from 48 to 54. "Through some of our more or less surveillance of Hennepin County's health of its residents and environment,...
May 21, 2008
DALLAS, May 21, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. urologists say rising global temperatures might lead to an increase in kidney stones. The study, presented Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., during the 103rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association, shows kidney stone disease, already linked with dehydration in warmer climates, will be exacerbated by global warning. As a result, scientists...
May 21, 2008
TOKYO, May 21, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Japanese suicide prevention officials sought to counter a spate of suicides in which people were killing themselves with a mixture of detergents and chemicals. Japanese health officials reported at least 145 suicides in 2008 using the mixture that produces hydrogen sulfide gas, ABC news reported. Suicide Prevention Center Director Yuzou Kato said his officials...
May 21, 2008
The old notion that most damage to the skin is done by the time a person turns 18 isn't true, according to the Skin Care Foundation. A new study by Dianne Godar of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows that people get less than 25 percent of their total sun exposure by age 18. That, the foundation says, means you shouldn't bypass preventative measures in your adult life, thinking the damage has...
May 20, 2008
Toledoans: We need to have a heart to heart. A study has its finger on the pulse of the area's heart health - and women could be the ones in danger of missing a beat. With bad marks for smoking, obesity, lack of exercise, and other categories, Toledo has been ranked the fifth least heart-friendly midsize metro area for women nationwide - and the worst in Ohio. While the area's cardiac health for women...
May 20, 2008
Want to find out how Seattle hospitals compare? The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is running ads in both Seattle daily newspapers Wednesday showing consumers how to compare services and quality of care in area hospitals by using a new Web site. The ads, which are running in more than 50 other newspapers across the country, promote Hospital Compare, hospitalcompare.hhs.gov, a Web site...
May 20, 2008
When Kylie Craig received the benefits package from her new employer, she expected to read the standard information about vacations, 401(k) plans and sick days. What she didn't expect to see was quarterly massages and nutrition counseling. "Work/life balance was really valued," said a surprised and pleased Craig, 22, who joined Shira Miller Communications in September as an account coordinator. "Shira...
May 20, 2008
For years, the message about the sun was simple - avoid it. Slather on sunscreen. Wear a hat and long-sleeved shirts. Seek cover under trees. The sun was your foe - wrinkling your skin, or worse, causing skin cancer. The sun, we said, could kill you. The new message emerging? Maybe we went a little too far. As in SPF 70 too far. While no one is suggesting we return to the days of rubbing Crisco on...
May 20, 2008
After a year and half of development, Google has begun offering online personal health records to the public. The service, Google Health, at Google.com/health, is the latest entrant in the growing field of companies' offering personal health records on the Web. Their ranks range from longtime online health services like WebMD to Revolution Health, a start-up, and Microsoft. The companies all hope to...
May 20, 2008
Weight discrimination, especially against women, is increasing in U.S. society and is almost as common as racial discrimination, two studies suggest. Reported discrimination based on weight has increased 66% in the past decade, up from about 7% to 12% of U.S. adults, says one study, in the journal Obesity. The other study, in the International Journal of Obesity, says such discrimination is common...
May 20, 2008
ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 20, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Istanbul, Turkey, hospital workers said hundreds of the city's residents have flocked to hospitals after a Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever scare. Hospitals including Haseki, Okmeydani and Haydarpasa Numune said more than 500 residents sought treatment during the weekend for tick bites after a woman died of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever that was thought...
May 20, 2008
Non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension are emerging as growing health problems among Palestinian refugess, said a United Nations report published Tuesday. While the prevalence of communicable diseases such as tuberculosis is under control, nutritional deficiencies are also becoming a growing problem, according to the annual health report by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine...
May 20, 2008
Deaths from road accidents, cancer and heart disease are set to soar over the next 20 years as the developing world's populations get richer and live longer, according to a study out this week. As low and middle-income economies grow by 2030, mortality rates from noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer, and road crashes due to increased car ownership, will make up more than...
May 20, 2008
May 20 - At first Carole Scott thought she was growing clumsier as she got older. On her daily three-mile walk or exercising on the treadmill, she found herself tripping. "When I realized I couldn't do aerobics, I knew something was wrong," Scott said. Although Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease named for a well-known baseball player with the illness - runs in her family,...
May 20, 2008
The state wants more Californians to embrace online personal health records. Based on a survey of California's major health insurers, the state Department of Insurance is encouraging Golden State consumers to use Web-based personal health records, or PHRs for short. It's a concept similar to Google Health, a new venture announced Monday by the online giant, which offers consumers a place to gather,...
May 19, 2008
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