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ATLANTA - Only about one in four Americans know the warning signs of a heart attack and what to do first, according to a new report. That's a decline in knowledge since the last survey in 2001, which showed nearly one in three to be well informed. The study's lead author, Dr. Jing Fang, called public awareness in the new survey "alarmingly low." Fang is with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
February 22, 2008
Feb. 22 - RUSSELL - As the health movement grows among Americans, one local company is hoping to be a leading distributer of products for the health-conscious consumer. Mark Hannah, Dave Lambert and Rob Thompson formed Health Products of Kentucky LLC, which is based in Russell, late last year to market and distribute a variety of new, healthy products. The first to hit stores is Health Cola, which...
February 22, 2008
NEW YORK - New research finds both men and women can lower the risk of stroke by engaging in even moderate exercise. Previous studies on fitness and strokes have focused more on men, but the new research says benefits apply to women, too. Study leader Steven Hooker of the University of South Carolina's Prevention Research Centre says most people can become moderately fit by walking briskly for 30 minutes...
February 21, 2008
Schools already measure how well children read and do math. They may soon be measuring their weight, through twice yearly checks designed to curb childhood obesity. A bill introduced Thursday in the Georgia Senate would require schools to check students' body mass index, a combination of height and weight that tells whether a child is at a healthy weight. Sponsored by Sen. Joseph Carter (R-Tifton),...
February 21, 2008
OTTAWA - Women were a little more likely than men to search for health information on the Internet in 2005, according to a study released by Statistics Canada Thursday. About 55 per cent of Internet users who searched for health information were women, according to "Getting a second opinion: Health information and the Internet," which used data from the 2005 Canadian Internet Use Survey. The survey...
February 21, 2008
Federal officials said Thursday that more than a third of the meat recalled Sunday in the largest meat recall ever went to federal nutrition programs, and that 15.5 million pounds of that are still being traced. About 50.3 million of the 143 million pounds of meat recalled by Westland/Hallmark Meat were sold to federal programs, including the school lunch program. Of that, 19.6 million pounds were...
February 21, 2008
KIGALI, Rwanda - His friends were doing it. His high school biology teacher recommended it, for health reasons. Finally, his girlfriend insisted on it. So one morning about a year ago, Guillaume Gatera, 19, walked into a busy private hospital in Kigali, Rwanda's capital, plunked down about $40 and was circumcised. "It was less painful than I expected," the lanky student recalled recently, nursing a...
February 21, 2008
Feb. 21 - Two and a half years after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hosted a highly publicized obesity prevention summit, his administration has failed to follow through on most of its own recommendations, the chairman of a state Senate panel charged Wednesday. During a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Obesity and Diabetes, Sen. Alex Padilla noted the governor even vetoed a bill he introduced...
February 21, 2008
The brain function of Americans 70 and older appears to be improving, according to a study that found a smaller percentage of seniors with serious memory and language problems in 2002 than in 1993. The finding, which researchers say is still preliminary, parallels an improvement in physical functioning among older Americans that is well documented. "If this study is indeed confirmed and replicated,...
February 21, 2008
ATHENS, Ga., Feb 21, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S.-led team of scientists has developed the first definitive proof that emerging infectious diseases are increasing in number. The researchers, led by University of Georgia Professor John Gittleman, analyzed 335 incidents of disease emergence occurring since 1940. The scientists - including researchers from the Consortium for Conservation Medicine in...
February 21, 2008
Feb. 21 - Offices are emptying and hospitals filling as influenza reaches a peak in Connecticut, but health officials still recommend that the unvaccinated receive flu shots. And the flu virus is notoriously difficult to predict, meaning another peak could follow, or the current high level of cases could hold steady through March, said Dr. Louise M. Dembry, hospital epidemiologist at Yale-New Haven...
February 21, 2008
CHICAGO (February 12, 2008) A new study published in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that patients with a large support network of family and friends report feeling less pain and anxiety prior to having a surgical procedure, which can have a substantially positive impact on their postoperative recovery (see also Weber Shandwick Worldwide). The findings suggest...
February 21, 2008
Revolution Health announced that the latest comScore rankings confirm Revolution Health Network is now the largest health property on the Internet. Less than one year after launching, the Revolution Health Network generated 256 million page views in January, enabling it to pass WebMD to become #1 in terms of consumer engagement (see also Revolution Health). "We knew there was a huge opportunity to...
February 21, 2008
Watch out, 100-calorie snack packs - there's a new magic number in portion-control land: 90. Also 80. And 70. Or even 60. Packaged-food giants from Quaker to Kraft have discovered that calorie-conscious snackers who turned 100-calorie packs into a $200 million annual gold mine are getting bored with 100. So the bar is falling. Quaker is making 90 the new 100. It has rolled out a slew of 90-calorie...
February 21, 2008
RJ Mitte provides a unique authenticity to the disabled character he plays on AMC's edgy new series Breaking Bad. (Sunday, 10 ET/PT). Bad's Walter White Jr. has cerebral palsy. So does Mitte, 16. But the lanky, dark-haired teen had to adjust to the role. He has a mild case of the neurologic disorder, and extensive therapy helped overcome some of its more pronounced symptoms. His character uses crutches...
February 20, 2008
All three flu viruses in this year's vaccine should be swapped for others next year because of a dramatic change in the mix of circulating flu bugs, a U.S. government advisory panel is expected to recommend today. The change, first proposed last week by the World Health Organization (WHO), marks the first time in years that health experts advocate a complete vaccine overhaul. A Food and Drug Administration...
February 20, 2008
LOS ANGELES - Women are wielding a lot more power these days in one of the most vulnerable of situations: giving birth. From the type of music in the labor room to elective Caesarean sections, a growing number of expectant moms have begun showing up at hospitals with custom "birth plans" listing dozens of personal preferences for the blessed event. The plans make it clear, right up front, just exactly...
February 20, 2008
Being fat has long been seen as a personal problem, fixed only by struggling against the proliferation of fast food restaurants, unlucky genes, and a sedentary life. But could something in the environment also be making Americans fat in epidemic numbers? Animal studies in recent years raise the possibility that prenatal exposure to minuscule amounts of common chemicals - found in everything from baby...
February 20, 2008
Being fat has long been seen as a personal problem, fixed only by struggling against the proliferation of fast food restaurants, unlucky genes, and a sedentary life. But could something in the environment also be making Americans fat in epidemic numbers? Animal studies in recent years raise the possibility that prenatal exposure to minuscule amounts of common chemicals - found in everything from baby...
February 20, 2008
Being fat has long been seen as a personal problem, fixed only by struggling against the proliferation of fast food restaurants, unlucky genes, and a sedentary life. But could something in the environment also be making Americans fat in epidemic numbers? Animal studies in recent years raise the possibility that prenatal exposure to minuscule amounts of common chemicals - found in everything from baby...
February 20, 2008
Being fat has long been seen as a personal problem, fixed only by struggling against the proliferation of fast food restaurants, unlucky genes, and a sedentary life. But could something in the environment also be making Americans fat in epidemic numbers? Animal studies in recent years raise the possibility that prenatal exposure to minuscule amounts of common chemicals - found in everything from baby...
February 20, 2008
BALTIMORE, Feb 20, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - TV ads may be fueling the high obesity rate among Latino children in the United States, researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore say. The study of Spanish-language television advertising found two or three food commercials run each hour between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. One-third of the commercials targeted children and one-half featured fast food....
February 20, 2008
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - More than a dozen Arkansas-based poultry companies have violated state and federal laws limiting the disposal of animal waste in the Illinois River watershed, argues Oklahoma's attorney general. Oklahoma is requesting a preliminary injunction to stop poultry companies from dropping animal waste in the 1 million-acre watershed. State Attorney General Drew Edmondson maintains that...
February 20, 2008
While children prepare for school each morning, parents perform an experiment as challenging as any classroom problem: packing a lunch that meets the day's demands. The scientific variables include: Time: How many minutes will your children spend eating, especially if they can lengthen recess by shortening lunch? Volume: How much can their small stomachs hold before feeling full? Energy: What foods...
February 20, 2008
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York health officials don't want kids to imitate celebrities who smoke in movies, and they're spending $800,000 trying to change the way movies are rated when actors light up. With full page ads Tuesday in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, the state Health Department is encouraging the movie industry to consider smoking - along with nudity and violence - when applying...
February 20, 2008
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