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BLACKBURN, England, Jan 18, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A British couple say their daughter died of a severe allergic reaction to toothpaste, although a coroner's inquest ended with an open verdict. Francesca Sanna's parents, who live in Oswaldtwistle, England, say she had complained for some days before her death that her gums hurt, the Daily Mail reported. She went into anaphylactic shock just after...
January 18, 2008
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico, Jan 18, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. medical tourists are headed to Latin American health clinics to receive a controversial prostate cancer treatment not approved in the United States. High-intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU therapy, uses isolated bursts of high-intensity sound waves that produce temperatures 80-90 degrees Celsius to attack cancerous tissues in the prostate...
January 18, 2008
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jan 18, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Medical staff in South Africa resuscitated a man whose heart stopped beating for nearly an hour following an accident while he was swimming. A shark spotter saw John Deeks, 35, bobbing in the water and a volunteer doctor with the National Sea Research Institute began cardio-pulmonary resuscitation allowing paramedics to take him to a nearby hospital,...
January 18, 2008
Despite their growing popularity, cosmetic injections can lead to serious side effects. Like any medical procedure, they shouldn't be taken lightly. This week, investigators revealed they're looking into three cases of kidney failure in women who reportedly received such treatment last month at Altmed of the Triad in Greensboro. As the investigation by local, state and federal agencies moves forward,...
January 18, 2008
WASHINGTON - The Army acknowledged Thursday that as many as one of every five soldiers or Marines exposed to combat in Iraq or Afghanistan suffers from a hard-to-detect form of traumatic brain injury. That finding about mild traumatic brain injury, contained in the Army task force's report released Thursday, has prompted the Army to order the screening of every returning soldier. The study, begun in...
January 18, 2008
Babies shouldn't take cough and cold medicine, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The over-the counter drugs aren't safe for children under 2, and there's no evidence they work, the agency said. Drug companies voluntarily pulled 14 medicines including infant varieties of Pediacare, Dimetapp and Tylenol Plus Cold off store shelves in October when an FDA advisory group recommended that they...
January 18, 2008
Sen. Hillary Clinton may or may not have been on the brink of tears in a highly publicized moment on the eve of the New Hampshire primary. And that moment of emotion may or may not have helped her to a come-from-behind win at the polls. But among workplace experts, there is no dispute: Think twice before letting go at work. "Tears don't work in the workplace," says Nancy Albertini, chairwoman of Patterson...
January 17, 2008
LONDON, Jan 17, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A British study suggested the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS is shifting from the most- to the least-educated people in sub-Saharan Africa. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine researchers, led by James Hargreaves, found HIV infections appear to be concentrating among the least educated Africans, reversing previous patterns that saw higher...
January 17, 2008
DURHAM, N.C., Jan 17, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A U.S. breast cancer study might help explain why some women are at increased risk of developing both breast and ovarian cancer. Duke University Medical Center researchers said a breast cancer gene's newly discovered role in repairing damaged DNA might also lead to more effective therapies for women with and without mutated copies of the BRCA1 gene. "Since...
January 17, 2008
LONDON, Jan 17, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A new study says black women living in Britain were diagnosed with breast cancer at an average age of 46, compared to age 67 for white women. The Cancer Research UK study, published online in the British Journal of Cancer, looked at 102 black women and 191 white women diagnosed with breast cancer at Homerton University Hospital in Hackney, East London, between...
January 17, 2008
SILVER LAKE, Calif. With the writers' strike separating actor Tony Plana from his Ugly Betty family, the veteran actor has been left to ponder a very private pain on his own. On the hit ABC series (the final remaining episodes air tonight and next week, 8 ET/PT) Plana's character, patriarch Ignacio Suarez, has struggled with the loss of wife Rosa to cancer, the murder of his daughter Hilda's fiance,...
January 17, 2008
Male babies born shorter than average were more than twice as likely to attempt suicide as adults, especially by violent means, according to a study released Thursday. Even among men of normal height who began life as newborns less than 47 centimetres (18.5 inches) long, the link with suicide remained almost as strong, said the study, published in the British Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health....
January 17, 2008
KOLKATA, India (Thomson Financial) - The World Health Organization Thursday warned that an outbreak of bird flu in eastern India was far more serious than two previous outbreaks. "More serious risk factors are associated with this current outbreak than previously encountered, including that the affected areas are more widespread and because of proximity to extended border areas," the organisation said....
January 17, 2008
Months before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made Atlanta lawyer Andrew Speaker the unwitting poster boy for drug-resistant tuberculosis, the agency and its advisers discussed a strategy to get more funding by publicizing the deadly strain of the disease, records show. Frustrated that money for combating TB had dwindled as Congress favored newer threats from bioterrorism and bird flu,...
January 16, 2008
Mary Quimby has lived through 18 presidents and remembers every one of them. Teddy Roosevelt was in charge when she was born 100 years ago. On her centennial Jan. 10, Quimby stopped at a west Cobb salon for her weekly shampoo and set. She wanted to look her best for a five-day cruise to the Bahamas with her family. What the former lingerie model and dress fitter didn't expect was a surprise party after...
January 16, 2008
Bisexuality among women isn't just a phase, according to new research that followed 79 non-heterosexual women for a decade and found that bisexual women continue to be attracted to both sexes over time. Being bisexual is a distinct orientation, not a temporary stage, says the study by Lisa Diamond, an associate professor of psychology and gender studies at the University of Utah. It is being published...
January 16, 2008
RICHMOND, Va., Jan 16, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. medical scientists have discovered daily pain associated with sickle cell disease is significantly more prevalent and severe than previously indicated. Virginia Commonwealth University researchers gave diaries to 232 sickle cell disease patients to record daily pain and indicate whether they used hospital emergency or unscheduled ambulatory care for...
January 16, 2008
If you're making a pot of chili to warm your body during the chilly nights of winter, make sure to add plenty of kidney beans for taste and health. Kidney beans are low in calories and are a good source of iron and cholesterol-lowering fiber. The soluble fiber in kidney beans helps prevent blood sugar levels from rising too rapidly after a meal - a great benefit for diabetics. When combined with whole...
January 16, 2008
Cox News Service WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Britney Spears' continuing, bizarre behavior, from shaving her head to reportedly instigating a standoff with police at her home, has led to periodic reports that the singer may suffer from bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression. There even were interviews with People magazine managing editor Peter Castro, where he quoted unnamed relatives of Spears...
January 16, 2008
TORONTO - A new Canadian study suggests that persistent maternal stress may increase a child's risk of developing asthma. The study of health records for about 14,000 Manitoba youngsters found that children whose mothers were chronically depressed or anxious during their early years had a higher rate of the respiratory disease than their unaffected peers. The finding was independent of other factors...
January 16, 2008
COLORADO SPRINGS - While Michael Phelps swam laps and the U.S. women's volleyball team lifted weights at the U.S. Olympic Training Center this week, Jacque Hamilton also was preparing for the Beijing Games. In the kitchen. Hamilton is executive chef at the training center, with a file of 1,500 recipes and a demanding directive for the 2008 Summer Olympics: Prepare more food than ever before. For the...
January 16, 2008
Consumer and animal rights advocates condemned the Food and Drug Administration's announcement Tuesday that meat and milk from cloned cattle, pigs and goats is safe for the American public to eat and drink. Animal rights groups argue that cloning is cruel because it works only in a small percentage of attempts and is stressful for the animals involved. Some consumer groups say there isn't sufficient...
January 16, 2008
Denny Brown, a computer analyst in West Chester, Ohio, will turn 62 in August and hopes to retire by the end of the year. Financially, he's in good shape: He has a pension from a previous employer, profit-sharing through his current job and substantial savings. An amateur photographer, avid traveler and Civil War buff, he's eager to start the next chapter in his life. "I have a lot of interests," he...
January 15, 2008
The World Health Organization advised travelers to forested areas in Brazil to get yellow fever vaccinations as the number of confirmed deaths from the disease in the country climbed to five Tuesday. Health authorities in the central Brazilian state of Goias said tests on a 41-year-old Spanish man and a 63-year-old Brazilian woman who both died last week showed the mosquito-borne disease was to blame....
January 15, 2008
A US biotech firm has announced a genetic test kit that predicts the likelihood of baldness in men and can be ordered over the Internet, the company said Tuesday. Men interested in finding out if they are genetically predisposed to losing their hair before age 40 can order the kit online for 149 dollars, take a swab sample from inside the mouth and send it to the lab, HairDX said in a statement. The...
January 15, 2008
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