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Despite nearly 30 years of media campaigns detailing the dangers of drunken driving, almost one in 11 people admit to driving when they thought they were legally intoxicated, according to a survey released today by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Of 2,509 adults surveyed, 9% said they had driven within the previous 30 days when they believed their blood-alcohol content was .08% or above, the...
April 29, 2008
In 2001, Sandee Pingatore was determined to find out why her son, Troy, 29, had died in a California hospital while being treated for a drug overdose just hours after she had been told he was stable. But Pingatore was unable to get the hospital to produce a key medical record showing his blood pressure in his final hours. When the record finally surfaced last year - too late under state law for Pingatore...
April 29, 2008
Post-menopausal women taking hormone therapy are at an increased risk of stroke regardless of the age at which they start the treatment, according to the results of a new study. Women taking the female sex hormone estrogen have a 39 percent higher risk of stroke than those who have never taken it, said the study published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine. It also found a "strong relationship"...
April 29, 2008
GREENVILLE, N.C., Apr 28, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - "Casual" video games such as Bookworm, Bejeweled 2 and Peggle provide stress-relieving and other mood-lifting effects, a U.S. study found. East Carolina University's Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies said that in all cases, the changes in stress levels and mood were measured in comparison to a control group that experienced a Web-based activity...
April 29, 2008
Hurricane Katrina appears to have triggered a sharp rise in serious school discipline problems throughout Mississippi, new research finds - for students who were displaced by the 2005 storm and those who weren't. The results come from an analysis of state data released this week by researchers at the University of Southern Mississippi. The data suggest that the hurricane disrupted the lives of students...
April 29, 2008
WASHINGTON, Apr 29, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Tuesday said many U.S. residents have suffered financial consequences due to healthcare costs. In a survey of 2,003 adults conducted April 3-13, 37 percent of respondents indicated they had suffered financial troubles over the past five years due to medical bills. Twenty percent of respondents indicated they had trouble...
April 28, 2008
HOUSTON - For people suffering a heart attack, every minute counts. Quick treatment is so important that Houston Fire Department paramedics plan to transport such patients only to hospitals with streamlined emergency procedures, so a life-saving angioplasty can be performed within 90 minutes. Until recently, few hospitals met the American College of Cardiology standard. Now, it has become a priority...
April 28, 2008
OAKLAND, Calif., Apr 28, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. researchers say the number of women who develop diabetes before motherhood has more than doubled in six years. The study, published in the journal Diabetes Care, said the health risks of having diabetes before becoming pregnant are greater to mother and baby than gestational diabetes, which occurs when pregnancy triggers insulin resistance, Kaiser...
April 28, 2008
MIAMI, Apr 28, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Monday he was not calling for a government takeover of the U.S. healthcare system, but rather calling for lower costs. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee is calling on doctors, hospitals and insurance providers to lower healthcare costs, CNN reported. "We must move away from a system that is fragmented and pays for...
April 28, 2008
Cox News Service DAYTON, Ohio - Taking the stress out of trying to lose weight means doing whatever you can to make it a manageable part of your life. Here are some common mistakes that can interfere with progress: Skipping meals. Your body uses energy (calories) all day long, even at rest, and so to deprive it of food makes no sense. The trick is to eat less if you know that once this meal is digested...
April 28, 2008
ROCHESTER, Minn., Apr 28, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Scientists have identified an illness affecting workers at several U.S. pork processing plants as a disease of the peripheral nerves and spinal nerve roots. Neurologists said the disorder causes symptoms ranging from inflammation of the spinal cord to mild weakness, fatigue, numbness and tingling in arms and legs. Researchers classify the condition...
April 28, 2008
OAKLAND, Calif., Apr 28, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. researchers say the number of women who develop diabetes before motherhood has more than doubled in six years. The study, published in the journal Diabetes Care, said the health risks of having diabetes before becoming pregnant are greater to mother and baby than gestational diabetes, which occurs when pregnancy triggers insulin resistance, Kaiser...
April 28, 2008
Apr. 27 - The Legal Information Network for Cancer, which provides cancer patients with referrals to legal and financial professionals in the Richmond area, is expanding into the Tri-Cities region. LINC provides support to cancer patients by referring them to financial planners and lawyers who can assist them with insurance, housing and employment concerns. LINC counselors and outreach coordinators...
April 27, 2008
Apr. 27 - Grace Anne Dorney Koppel hadn't planned on becoming an advocate for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Dorney Koppel, a Maryland attorney and the wife of newsman Ted Koppel, was diagnosed with COPD, a group of diseases that cause progressive lung damage, in 2001. She began working with the National Institutes of Health on the issue and eventually was asked to be a spokeswoman....
April 27, 2008
Danielle Carter, 28, of Oceanport, N.J., vividly remembers the incident that inspired her to lose almost 250 pounds. It was January 2006, and she was at her doctor's office for a routine physical. She weighed 375 pounds but had no weight-related health problems, such as diabetes or high blood pressure. After the examination, she jumped off the table and slipped on the floor. "My left leg went in front...
April 27, 2008
Light, microwave popcorn is an easy work or nighttime snack, and not a bad option either. But if you've ever wondered about those ultra-buttery popcorns or are looking to gorge on greasy goodness, here are three of the butteriest bags we could find. Orville Redenbacher's Ultimate Butter ($3.99) Grade: A Greasy fingers and a guilty conscious - just what good, gluttonous popcorn should provide. Well,...
April 27, 2008
WASHINGTON - Houston heart surgeon Michael DeBakey, a pioneer of life-saving bypass surgery, received the nation's highest civilian honor Wednesday. DeBakey, 99, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for a lifetime of achievement in medicine, including his cardiac surgery advances, helping create the military's Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals, and inventing many medical devices and procedures. President...
April 27, 2008
Apr. 27 - As a gag gift, the Chia Pet remains a popular choice for the kitsch-inclined. Slather on some seeds, add water and voilà , a ceramic Homer Simpson sprouts fluffy green "hair." But chia seeds as a valuable source of nutrition? Well, to paraphrase Homer, Umm, chia! Turns out, maybe we should have been spreading those seeds on toast, not on a ceramic "pet" all these years. Nutritionists say...
April 27, 2008
DEERFIELD, Ill., Apr 27, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The image of the Illinois-based drug company Baxter International Inc. has been sullied by the recall of heparin, Chief Executive Bob Parkinson said. Parkinson, Baxter Chairman and Chief, said the company's international reputation has suffered from the scandal surrounding the blood-thinning drug, and his 47,000 workers should view it as a learning experience,...
April 27, 2008
Apr. 27 - ALBANY - Hispanic men die from accidents at nearly twice the national rate for men, and Hispanic women die from diabetes at twice the national rate for women, according to a study released Saturday in Albany. And while Latinos as a nationwide group have a relatively good health profile - partly due to a young average age and short average length of stay in the country - several barriers to...
April 27, 2008
Apr. 27 - Much of what today's medical students learn will be obsolete within a decade. "When I was in medical school, we were learning about this unusual disease called AIDS, and we knew nothing about it. The human genome, the genetic basis of disease, was in its infancy," said Michael Boninger, 46, the associate dean for medical student research at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine....
April 27, 2008
Dear Dr. Gott: I have had severe purpura on my arms for the last two years. My doctor told me there is no remedy. I'm tired of constantly wearing long sleeves. What can I do to get rid of these spots? Taking vitamin C seems to help some. Dear Reader: Purpura is spontaneous hemorrhage in tissues. Small, pinpoint areas are called petechiae, and larger areas are called ecchymoses (bruises). For some reason,...
April 27, 2008
Apr. 21 - Nearly year-round sunshine is why many choose to live and vacation in the desert Southwest, but overexposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays can cause serious health problems, experts caution. While some prefer to take advantage of outdoor activities, everyone needs to protect their skin with a broad-spectrum sunscreen to avoid the harmful effects of UVA and UVB rays, advised Dr. Peggy Agin,...
April 27, 2008
Childhood vaccination rates are an area in which Washington state should not be a follower. But at least we aren't at the bottom among the states anymore. Since 2003, the state Department of Health has made a very effective push to raise vaccination rates among Washington's young children. We've gone from little more than 56 percent coverage to more than 71 percent. That starts to put us within striking...
April 25, 2008
State and federal disease investigators are tracking a disturbing increase in deaths among children stricken simultaneously with the flu and a hard-to-treat, fast-moving bacterial germ. Massachusetts health authorities have linked two recent childhood flu deaths to a germ called methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA, which evades the most common antibiotics. Nationally, of the...
April 25, 2008
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