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Q: What is MRSA? A: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, usually called MRSA, are strains of staph bacteria that have become resistant to certain antibiotics. Q: What is community-associated MRSA? A: These are infections in people who haven't been recently hospitalized or undergone a medical procedure. Unlike health-care-associated MRSA, the majority of community MRSA infections are not serious....
May 3, 2008
May 4 - Good fats, bad fats, so-so fats. Do you know which is which? Here's a quiz to test how up-to-date you are about the fat in your diet. 1. Fats are necessary because they provide essential fatty acids to the body. True or false? 2. Some vitamins cannot be absorbed by the body without fat. True or false? 3. All fats, good and bad, have about the same calories. True or false? 4. Monounsaturated...
May 3, 2008
May 4 - If you like your chicken fried, your mac and cheese extra cheesy and your veggies taken up a notch by simmering them in pork fat, you may just be cooking up a recipe for disaster. What nourishes the soul may not be so hot for the heart. That was part of the message the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association tried to get across Saturday to customers and passers-by at six area...
May 3, 2008
May 4 - The humble, oft-ignored resistance band lies on the health club floor, neglected in favor of fancy weight machines and cardio contraptions. The only action it might see is someone stepping on it while heading to the bench press. In fact, it seems these exercise bands only get attention on those rare times they malfunction. Take the case of San Francisco Giants pitcher Keiichi Yabu, who last...
May 3, 2008
May 3 - Cook County Board President Todd Stroger late Friday released a list of the nine people he wants on an independent board of directors to oversee the county's vast public-health system, including one whose former health clinic ran afoul of the Internal Revenue Service. Three nominees, all of whom must be approved by the County Board, have strong Democratic ties. They are F. Daniel Cantrell,...
May 3, 2008
What's the best diet for women ages 34-50? The Archives of Internal Medicine just released a study that followed thousands of women ages 34-50 on the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet for more than 20 years and concluded that adherence to the diet helps stop hypertension and is associated with a lower risk of coronary heart disease and stroke. The study is the largest that shows food...
May 3, 2008
HARTFORD, Conn., May 2, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - An antitrust investigation revealed serious flaws in the way Lyme disease guidelines were set, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said. Blumenthal said the influential Infectious Diseases Society of America has agreed to reassess its 2006 Lyme disease guidelines with the help of an outside arbiter. The IDSA guidelines are often used by insurance...
May 2, 2008
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed in "almost every respect" to protect Hurricane Katrina's victims from dangerous formaldehyde fumes, despite knowing the trailers the government gave them were contaminated, according to a new report by congressional investigators. Citing what they called "fundamental failings," confusion and poor science at CDC's environmental health...
May 2, 2008
May 2 - Parents of autistic children want answers, and in an unprecedented move, federal health officials will be in Sacramento on Saturday to ask how they can help provide them. At a daylong "town hall" meeting at the UC Davis Cancer Center, a wide range of autism stakeholders will brainstorm about the kind of federally funded research needed on the neurodevelopmental disorder. "This is the trial...
May 1, 2008
As gasoline prices rise, questions about how people shop for groceries will increase. But for working-class and poorer neighborhoods, convenient access to reasonably priced, healthy foods has been a concern for too long. More of us are starting to pay attention. That can make a big difference if the awareness is translated into action through the Seattle City Council's promising adoption of a food...
May 1, 2008
ALBANY, N.Y. Destroying a tumor in a body with radiation poses a number of challenges and risks, especially for a pregnant woman and her fetus. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are working to reduce those risks by advancing computer techniques that use virtual models of the human body. Their latest research looks at ways to protect a developing fetus. Their goal is to help hospitals...
May 1, 2008
YOUNGSTERS growing up on roads lined with trees are less likely to develop asthma, scientists said today. Researchers measured the number of trees in New York and compared the results with the number of children diagnosed with asthma. They found lower rates of the disease among children aged four and five who lived in areas of the city with more trees. (C) 2008 Coventry Evening Telegraph. via ProQuest...
May 1, 2008
LONDON, May 1, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Seven British people on the P&O cruise ship Aurora caught the hepatitis E virus while on a 12-week international cruise, officials said. The vacationers, aged roughly between 50 and 80, are suspected of contracting hepatitis while the ship was stopped in a tropical region, the Daily Telegraph reported Thursday. The cruise toured locations such as Madeira, Barbados,...
May 1, 2008
Despite more than 100 published studies by government scientists and university laboratories that have raised health concerns about a chemical compound that is central to the multibillion-dollar plastics industry, the Food and Drug Administration has deemed it safe largely because of two studies, both funded by an industry trade group. The agency says it has relied on research backed by the American...
May 1, 2008
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - After researching the question for seven years, a federal agency said Wednesday it cannot draw broad conclusions about how industrial pollution in the Great Lakes region has affected human health. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry called for more study - and better organization and analysis of information - so the area's citizens and governments can deal...
May 1, 2008
Apr. 30 - David Brenna wants people to think about mental illnesses the same way they would other kinds of diseases. For instance, imagine a doctor treating someone for a heart attack but not telling the person to eat a healthy diet and to get more exercise. Brenna, a senior policy analyst from Gov. Chris Gregoire's office, said that's the equivalent of what the mental health system does now - treats...
April 30, 2008
The South Beach Diet by cardiologist Arthur Agatston has been wildly popular since it arrived in 2003 and promoted a diet that cuts back on artery-clogging fat and processed carbohydrates. But the honeymoon may be over with Agatston's latest book. The South Beach Diet Supercharged, just out, is drawing fire from several top national exercise researchers. The book, which he wrote with Joseph Signorile,...
April 30, 2008
LONDON, May 1, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Researchers say one-third of infant rice cereal in Britain contains unsafe levels of arsenic. Environmental chemist Andrew Meharg of Aberdeen University in Scotland and colleagues tested 17 samples of baby rice from three British supermarkets, The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday. He said high levels of arsenic were also found in rice products such as rice milk...
April 30, 2008
Today let's take a walk - a walk on the wild, scary side of computing. We'll leave hackers, ordinary computer viruses and scammers for another time. Let's examine some real, but mostly hidden, dangers of computer use that can do real harm to your equipment, or even your body. These threats don't just come from the Internet, but also from other gadgets that connect to your computer or allow you to use...
April 30, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - Civilians deployed to war zones often encounter problems receiving medical treatment and are hesitant to seek help for emotional stress caused by their deployment, a new congressional report finds. Federal policies on the treatment of nonmilitary personnel - particularly medical screening before and after an individual deploys - are not clearly articulated or widely understood, prompting...
April 30, 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 could not identify any of the resources available to Katrina survivors plagued with mental health issues. "I...
April 30, 2008
He drives a brand-new red Corvette. He went back to college two decades after becoming a doctor because he knew that with the health care industry becoming so complex, he'd need to know more about business. He's got a black belt in karate, plays the piano and bass guitar, exercises with obsessive regularity and keeps to a rigid diet to keep his heart and body in shape. Dr. Greg Simone, 61, no longer...
April 30, 2008
HOUSTON - Texas A&M University scientists have given a big thumbs up to barbecued beef brisket, saying the mainstay of he-man Texas cuisine is loaded with the same type of healthy fat found in olive or canola oil. The high level of monosaturated fat found in brisket - up to 50 percent - comes from feeding cattle corn in a feedlot setting, AgriLife meat scientist Stephen Smith said. The more corn a...
April 30, 2008
OTTAWA, Apr 30, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning against consuming GD-brand ground cumin because of a potential contamination hazard. The CFIA said the recalled product - possibly contaminated with salmonella bacteria - is sold in a 31-gram package bearing UPC 6 20383 01038 2 and lot codes 01X22C, 01X29C, 02X07C or 02X13C. The ground cumin distributor - Les Aliments...
April 29, 2008
Apr. 29 - Shaun Tubbins couldn't wait to make an appearance at Women and Children's Hospital, so he left the womb way early - almost four months early. He was as tiny as he was premature. Just 1 pound 8 ounces, measuring 12 inches long. So Shaun spent the next three months in the hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. His experience there made such an impression on his mother, Shaina Martinez, that...
April 29, 2008
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