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SEATTLE - Women who take combination hormones for their menopausal symptoms become more likely to get an uncommon type of breast cancer much earlier than experts generally have believed, according to Seattle researchers. Millions of women have already abandoned combination-hormone therapy because of well-publicized links to health problems, including breast cancer. But the new findings, released Monday...
January 15, 2008
Elderly black Americans in nursing homes get worse care than that enjoyed by their white counterparts, researchers at an elite US university have found. "If you're black, you're much more likely to get your care in a nursing home that's not so good, relative to nursing homes that are serving predominantly white patients," Dr Vincent Mor, head of the department of community health at Rhode Island-based...
January 15, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan 15, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Emergency room wait times in the United States are getting longer, especially for the severely ill, medical researchers said Tuesday. A study from Harvard Medical School researchers at Cambridge Health Alliance said emergency room wait times increased 36 percent between 1997 and 2004. The report, which analyzed the time between a patients arrival in...
January 15, 2008
Emergency rooms are so clogged with patients that it takes nearly an hour for 25% of heart attack victims to be seen by a doctor, a study reports today. During the 1997-to-2004 study period, as the number of emergency room visits rose and the number of emergency departments declined, the time it took for any patient to see a doctor stretched 36%. But the increase was longer, 40%, for patients identified...
January 15, 2008
Jan. 14 - In 1995, Gina and Randy Tynes of Butler County got nightmarish news about their 4-year-old daughter, Kelby. "It was confirmed she had this kind of leukemia," Randy Tynes said, referring to acute lymphoblastic leukemia. "You always hear of kids having cancer - the big dreaded 'C' word - but you don't expect it to be at your house. And when it did happen, it was devastating." Randy Tynes thought...
January 15, 2008
Death bites. But dying while healthy, rich and free enough to drink life to the last drop is getting great press, thanks to a new movie. Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman star in The Bucket List, a buddy flick in which they leap from planes, drive race cars, eat caviar, motorcycle on the Great Wall of China, and trot by other wonders of the world before they "kick the bucket." The movie's premise resonates....
January 15, 2008
What you should know Your doctor might suggest that you take a low-dose aspirin daily to prevent heart and circulation problems. Low-dose aspirin benefits most men over 40, women after menopause and people at risk for heart attacks. Most heart attacks and strokes are caused by blood clots in blood vessels that are hardened and narrowed by fat. Aspirin thins the blood and reduces the chance of blood...
January 15, 2008
For some middle schoolers, hearing that P.E. classes are limited to nine weeks a year is good news. For one committed runner, it was a call to action that stretched from a Cobb County principal's office to the halls of Congress and beyond. Chandler Converse, now 15, didn't succeed in getting that policy changed. But those efforts started her on a quest to boost students' health by promoting physical...
January 15, 2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Charlie Cross counted how many friends and relatives took their own lives over the years and came up with 19, all Alaska Natives. "Of those 19, a mere three that I know of were not consuming alcohol," Cross, an investigator with the Alaska State Troopers, said as he fought back tears. "My personal experiences with the utter devastation is what really makes me want to do the...
January 14, 2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Charlie Cross counted how many friends and relatives took their own lives over the years and came up with 19, all Alaska Natives. "Of those 19, a mere three that I know of were not consuming alcohol," Cross, an investigator with the Alaska State Troopers, said as he fought back tears. "My personal experiences with the utter devastation is what really makes me want to do the...
January 14, 2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Charlie Cross counted how many friends and relatives took their own lives over the years and came up with 19, all Alaska Natives. "Of those 19, a mere three that I know of were not consuming alcohol," Cross, an investigator with the Alaska State Troopers, said as he fought back tears. "My personal experiences with the utter devastation is what really makes me want to do the...
January 14, 2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Charlie Cross counted how many friends and relatives took their own lives over the years and came up with 19, all Alaska Natives. "Of those 19, a mere three that I know of were not consuming alcohol," Cross, an investigator with the Alaska State Troopers, said as he fought back tears. "My personal experiences with the utter devastation is what really makes me want to do the...
January 14, 2008
Jan. 13 - IOWA CITY - Michael Pollan's advice for healthy eating is so simple it's practically revolutionary. Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. "Once I boiled it down to those seven words, I thought, 'Why do I have to publish a whole book? Why don't I just publish an index card?' " says Pollan, who lives in the San Francisco Bay area and was calling from a tour stop in Madison, Conn. Pollan's...
January 14, 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...
January 14, 2008
Women who follow the famous Mediterranean diet while pregnant may also be shielding their baby from childhood asthma and allergy, a study published on Tuesday says. Doctors recruited 507 women who attended an antenatal clinic on the Mediterranean island of Menorca in 1997, and quizzed them at length about their dietary habits. More than six years later, they examined the women's children for asthma...
January 14, 2008
North America's largest union for hotel, restaurant and kitchen workers has called on manufacturers of cooking oils to stop using a lung-destroying butter-flavoring additive called diacetyl, and members of Congress have called for a federal investigation into the use of the additive, including where and how it's being used and whether workers are being harmed. "It could pose a serious health risk to...
January 14, 2008
HAIFA, Israel, Jan 12, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - An Israeli study suggests that vitamin E supplements can reduce the risk of heart attacks and related deaths for some Type 2 diabetics. Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Clalit Health Services found that Type 2 diabetics who took 400 IUs of vitamin E daily had more than 50 percent fewer heart attacks, strokes, and related deaths...
January 14, 2008
After state regulators cleared the way Wednesday for store-based medical clinics, CVS Corp. said it plans to open more than two dozen inside Massachusetts drugstores this year, dispensing treatment for bronchitis and earaches a few aisles away from shelves of candy and nail polish. The vote by the Public Health Council marked a signal and controversial shift in the healthcare landscape: The CVS MinuteClinics...
January 14, 2008
Scientists are serving up extra helpings of research these days showing why parents must keep an eye on their children's weight. Experts have known for years that hauling around extra pounds takes a huge toll on children's health, putting them at an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and other health problems. The latest evidence reveals how profoundly damaging those pounds can be:...
January 13, 2008
Two weeks into the New Year, life in the USA is largely back to normal. That means time is scarce, stress is high and an ordinary day - filled with chatter and other noise - permits barely a moment for the mind to rest in silence. Maybe that's why a growing number of Americans are recognizing a need to develop their inner life - if not as a spiritual practice, as a way to cultivate balance and depth...
January 13, 2008
NEW YORK - Last month, the United Nations designated April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day. As the mother of a 3-year-old boy who was diagnosed with autism, I might not, at first glance, read much into a nonbinding resolution that does not allocate resources for research or require states to take action. But the act addresses a critical shortage: It promotes the acceptance and the compassion necessary...
January 12, 2008
BALTIMORE, Dec 31, 2007 (UPI via COMTEX) - Some obese people spend a longer time on kidney transplant waiting lists than people within normal weight ranges, a U.S. study shows. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore said morbidly obese people - those more than 100 pounds above their ideal weight - were on transplant waiting lists for five years, two years longer than patients of normal...
January 11, 2008
For the millions of Americans who entered 2008 a bit flabbier - and made that perennial resolution to shed poundage - some of the most familiar eateries have an alluring pitch for the new year: Eat, drink and be lighter. That sounds contradictory, but for big restaurant chains, it's all about customer counts. January is rough for the $558 billion industry as people cope with holiday burnout, credit...
January 11, 2008
Jan. 11 - Aetna and the American Medical Association are fighting about payments to doctors again, and patients across the nation are getting caught in between. The dispute centers on how much Aetna pays out-of-network doctors in some instances and the right of those doctors to bill HMO members for charges the insurer doesn't pay. Millions of dollars are at stake, and physicians say Aetna is violating...
January 11, 2008
MIAMI, Jan 10, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Florida residents who want to sue tobacco companies for smoking-related disease must do so by Friday. The deadline comes from a 2006 state Supreme Court decision, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. The court upheld a jury's finding that cigarette makers deceived smokers on health risks and tobacco addiction but that those involved in a class-action suit...
January 11, 2008
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