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CHICAGO - Women typically treat their kids' coughs and runny noses, schedule regular trips to the doctor's office and are the family's key decision-maker on health care issues. Now they're moving into the executive suites of health insurers, a business long dominated by men. Later this year, Patricia Hemingway Hall, 55, will be the first woman to run Chicago-based Health Care Service Corp., the nation's...
May 11, 2008
Two students at W.C. Britt Elementary recently took a national stand in favor of healthy lifestyles. The fifth-graders - Ryan Pike and Tatiana Wayne - traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to talk to members of Congress about what their school is doing to promote exercise and healthy eating. They were among 20 children participating in the national outreach sponsored by the Alliance for a Healthier...
May 11, 2008
Heather Burczynski, 32, of Nashville works right next door to a YMCA, but she had a membership for a year before she had the courage to step through the door. When she finally mustered the nerve to go inside, she went directly into the bathroom and sat there for 10 minutes, worried that people would stare at her and think she was too heavy - at 280 pounds - to work out. "It was very frightening," she...
May 11, 2008
WASHINGTON, May 8, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - More than 43,000 U.S. troops found medically unfit were sent to Iraq and Afghanistan anyway, yet another sign of stress on the military, advocacy groups said. The number of medically unfit soldiers was based on health assessment forms completed by medical personnel before the service personnel were deployment, USA Today reported Thursday. "It is a consequence...
May 10, 2008
Wine is famous for inducing introspection among imbibers, so it's scarcely surprising that the topic du jour at the tasting bar concerns the psychological factors that influence wine-buying decisions and perceptions of quality. A new book called The Wine Trials by food writer Robin Goldstein and a recent study by the California Institute of Technology and the Stanford Business School both explore this...
May 9, 2008
Quick quiz. Which of the following are warning signs of a stroke: Sudden confusion, numbness, headache, blurred vision or chest pain? If you answered "all the above," you're wrong (chest pain is a symptom of heart attack, not stroke). But don't feel too bad. Only one in six people surveyed in Florida and nationally could identify all the correct signs of stroke and also name the most critical thing...
May 9, 2008
Members of the International Textile Market Association are supporting the fight against breast cancer. Fabrics donated by textile manufacturers were used to construct women's designer jackets that will be auctioned through silent bidding until June 1. All of the funds raised will go to Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test, a Greensboro-based nonprofit whose mission is to support research for...
May 9, 2008
Stop and smell the flowers this spring because at the rate we're driving, lilacs and roses may one day have no fragrance at all. Smog kills, the National Academy of Sciences confirmed last week in a report that linked ozone to premature death. Ozone, which is created when sunlight mixes with tailpipe emissions, damages the lungs when it's inhaled, much as sunburn singes the skin. But air pollution...
May 9, 2008
LIVERPOOL, England, May 9, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Teens and young adults in Europe drink and take drugs as part of deliberate sexual strategies, researchers say. A study, published in the BMC Public Health, reveals that one-third of males between the ages of 16 and 35 years and one-quarter of females surveyed are drinking alcohol to increase their chances of sex, while cocaine, Ecstasy and cannabis...
May 9, 2008
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Words failed Mark Collen when his doctor had asked about his chronic pain. Strange, because Collen had always been such a talkative guy. But all the descriptive terms tossed out during that memorable 1997 appointment - "searing, stabbing, burning, numbing, pins-and-needles" - could not fully express Collen's sciatic nerve pain, vicelike and unrelenting. And when the doctor asked...
May 9, 2008
The Georgia Department of Community Health has awarded a $5.2 million contract to the IBM Corp. to build a Web site for state consumers of health care that will help people make more informed decisions. The Web site, to be operational in October, will provide a "one-stop" resource, offering information about hospitals and where various procedures are performed, said Dena Brummer, a spokeswoman for...
May 8, 2008
HEALTHY EATING I like to think of my mom as a "woman before her time" with "wisdom beyond her years." I regret my own selfish teenage years when I would sneer at her advice. Thankfully, I grew to appreciate her intellect and common sense, and now I cherish every moment with her. A champion of nature, my mother strives to "give back to the Earth what we take." She was composting and recycling refuse...
May 8, 2008
About 15 years ago, members of the American Cancer Society's Gwinnett chapter were looking for a new way to raise money. They were shown a video about Relay for Life, an overnight walkathon. "Some of us just saw the potential for it being something our community would jump right on," said Phylecia Wilson, a volunteer. "To me, it seemed like it was made for Gwinnett County." The inaugural event, at...
May 8, 2008
CHICAGO, May 8, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency study shows mercury releases from products declined between 1990 and 2005, but remained at dangerous levels. Alexis Cain, lead author of the study and an EPA environmental scientist in Chicago, said mercury from products contributes nearly one-third of total U.S. mercury emissions into the air. While a number of products...
May 8, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, Apr 30, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Mental health advocates are urging a new push to provide psychiatric help for Louisiana residents still suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. A survey released Tuesday found that two-thirds of the residents surveyed in coastal Louisiana couldn't identify any of the resources available to Katrina survivors plagued with mental health issues. "I...
May 8, 2008
Wellington (dpa) - New Zealand's Food Safety Authority warned consumers Thursday not to eat seeds in a Chinese herbal tea made from the plant abrus cantoniensis, which is also known as Canton love pea or herba abri, saying they were toxic. It said the tea, sold in Asian supermarkets and Eastern medicine outlets under various brand names, including Heng Ming, was being withdrawn from sale and recalled...
May 7, 2008
"Where did the years go?" Middle-aged people often ask that plaintive question as time seems to accelerate, the days blur together, and children grow up in a flash. But it's not a question 42-year-old Jill Price ever asks, because she can recall in vivid detail every day of her life since age 14, and many earlier days, too. The Woman Who Can't Forget (Free Press), her book with writer Bart Davis, tells...
May 7, 2008
If you eat a lot of Mediterranean cuisine, you're probably adding fennel to your diet. The crunchy and sweet vegetable contains antioxidant properties, including one that can help reduce inflammation and prevent cancer. It is a good source of vitamin C and fiber that helps lower cholesterol levels. Studies also suggest that fennel seed oil helps soothe infants with colic. Copyright 2008 The Atlanta...
May 7, 2008
Women who stop smoking dramatically reduce their risk of heart disease and stroke by 20 percent within five years, and have a lung cancer risk similar to that of a non-smoker after 30 years, a new study shows. The findings support previous research that removing tobacco from the body is beneficial to health. Meanwhile, a U.S. panel headed by a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher is releasing...
May 7, 2008
LONDON, May 6, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - British officials say an increasing number of children under the age of 10 are being hospitalized with eating disorders and self-inflicted injuries. The Department of Health said more than 270 boys and 163 girls under the age of 10 were admitted to hospitals with eating disorders in the past four years, The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday. Health officials said...
May 7, 2008
May 7 - The online dating site eHarmony.com has finally managed to get those singles hitched, claiming its scientific system is responsible for 118 marriages a day. Now the company has made it its business to make sure they stay that way. The site has expanded into couples counseling in the past two years with eHarmony Marriage, an online therapy service for people who are married or in committed relationships....
May 7, 2008
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Healthcare costs in the United States are rising faster than wages and productivity, an economic policy director said Wednesday. To keep up, U.S. businesses need to raise prices, but "you can't do that," economist Len Nichols, a policy director for the New American Foundation told the Los Angeles Times. A new study found that U.S. manufacturers are paying...
May 7, 2008
CLEVELAND, May 7, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. medical researchers said they've determined a suicide-prevention media campaign increased the number of people seeking help for their suicidal crises. Many media campaigns have urged suicidal people to obtain counseling but little research has examined the effectiveness of these campaigns. Now officials at Mental Health Services, a Cleveland community...
May 7, 2008
NEW YORK, May 6, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. consulting firm says the number of people who travel outside their country for medical treatment is lower than marketers report. McKinsey & Co. said research suggests about 60,000 to 80,000 patients travel for medical treatment each year, with most patients looking for faster service and high quality rather than lower costs, The Wall Street Journal reported...
May 6, 2008
Fathers of 9-month-olds are about twice as likely as other men their age to show symptoms of major depression, which also can hurt their children: Depressed fathers read less to their kids, and the children know slightly fewer words by age 2, a study suggested Tuesday. Depression in mothers is known to hamper children's academic performance and mental health. But the study on fathers, presented at...
May 6, 2008
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