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Ob/Gyn Group Urges Routine HIV Tests for All Women 2008-08-03 23:26:00 (HealthDay News) -- Minority women are at higher risk for HIV/AIDS, and doctors need to make a special effort to encourage them to be tested for HIV.That's the new recommendation released Thursday by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)."Rates of infection among African Americans -- and also among Hispanics -- are much higher than among white women. Sixty-four percent of Read more:Group
, Routine
, Women
Secondhand Smoke Raises Stroke Risk for Spouses 2008-07-30 02:58:00 (HealthDay News) -- Nonsmokers who are married to smokers run a significantly higher risk for experiencing a stroke, a new study suggests.Researchers also found that ex-smokers married to men and women who still smoke carry an even greater risk for stroke. However, nonsmoking spouses of former smokers do not appear to bear any higher risk for stroke than those married to someone who had never smok Read more:Smoke
, Stroke
Spinal Cord Stem Cells May Act as Nerve Repair System 2008-07-23 03:41:00 (HealthDay News) -- Adult stem cells that may prove valuable in efforts to develop nonsurgical treatments for spinal cord injuries have been identified by researchers in the United States and Sweden.They say it may be possible to develop drugs that boost the ability of these stem cells to repair damaged nerve cells.An adult's spinal cord contains only a small number of stem cells, which proliferat Read more:Spinal
, Nerve
, Repair
, System
Health Tip: Teens and Sleep 2008-07-15 05:49:00 (Health
Day News) -- Teenagers need to get plenty of sleep -- between 8 1/2 and nine hours every night -- to feel good and keep their bodies healthy.Pay attention to these warning signs, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that you may not be getting enough shuteye:Difficulty getting out of bed in the morning. Problems focusing. Falling asleep at school during class. Feeli Read more:Teens
, Sleep
Relationship Violence Common Among College Students 2008-07-08 02:51:00 (HealthDay News) -- Violence
between partners, friends and acquaintances is common before and during college, a new study shows.Researchers surveyed 910 undergraduates aged 17 to 22 (57.1 percent female) at three urban college campuses to detect this trend.Among the findings:407 (44.7 percent) of respondents said they experienced violence either before or during college, including 383 (42.1 percen Read more:Relationship
, Common
, College
Worldwide War Deaths Underestimated 2008-06-23 01:54:00 (HealthDay News) -- Wars around the world have killed three times more people over the past half-century than previously estimated, a new study suggests.The finding supports the notion of armed conflict as a "public health problem" whose instability leads not only to violent deaths, but to indirect deaths from infectious disease and other causes, experts add."War kills more people than we had prev Read more:Worldwide
Is My Son’s Blue Tongue a Danger to His Health? 2008-06-12 03:05:00 By Theresa TamkinsWe had a houseful of guests this weekend, and somewhere between multiple shopping trips with various relatives, we managed to come home with a box of Fruit Roll-Ups.Heavy on the corn syrup and light on nutrition, kid-magnet products like this are usually banned at my house. Any food that turns your tongue bright blue seems just plain wrong—to me, but not to Jackson, who is 8 an Read more:Health
, Danger
Alcohol, Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too 2008-06-04 21:46:00 (HealthDay News) -- Alcohol
ics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous offer benefits to adolescents, even if they eventually stop attending meetings, says a study that included 160 teens enrolled at two treatment centers in California.The teens, with an average age 16, stayed from four to six weeks at the centers, which were focused on abstinence and used a 12-step model. The teens were reassessed at s Read more:Teens
, Counseling
, Benefits
Seizures Likely Sign of Brain Injury After Stroke 2008-05-30 00:05:00 (HealthDay News) -- Stroke
patients who suffer seizures are more likely to die within 30 days than stroke patients who don't have seizures are, a new study shows.Seizures
may be a sign of significant brain injury and may occur in patients who've suffered any type of stroke. This study found that the overall incidence of seizures within 24 hours of a stroke is 3.1 percent. Patients with intracrania Read more:Brain
, Injury
Group B Strep Down Among Newborns, Up Among Adults 2008-05-10 07:41:00 (HealthDay News) -- Instances of Group
B streptococcus, a major cause of serious infections, have dropped by about 25 percent among week-old infants, but rose by almost 50 percent among most adults during a recent six-year period, according to a new study.Group B strep is the leading cause of sepsis and meningitis in the first week of life. Prevention strategies put in place during the 1970s have Read more:Adults
Health Tip: Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle 2008-05-02 05:32:00 (Health
Day News) -- No one knows precisely why people get cancer, and there's no surefire cure.But if you maintain a healthy lifestyle, you can help reduce your risk. Here are some suggestions, courtesy of AARP:Eat a healthy diet, including plenty of whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Limit intake of red meat, saturated fats, smoked and salt-cured foods, and foods preserved with nitrates.Get reg Read more:Maintain
, Healthy Lifestyle
Melanomas on Scalp and Neck More Deadly 2008-04-22 07:17:00 (HealthDay News) -- The most deadly melanoma skin cancers occur on the scalp and neck, says a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) study.Researchers analyzed 51,704 melanoma cases in the United States and found that patients with scalp or neck melanomas died at 1.84 times the rate of patients with melanoma elsewhere on the body, including the face or ears.The five-year survival rate f Read more:Scalp
Chronic Exposure to Solvents Disturbs Brain's Wiring 2008-04-18 10:22:00 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term exposure to solvents in products such as paints and dry cleaning agents may cause disturbances in the brain's wiring, researchers report.These abnormalities play a role in a condition called chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy (CSE), the Dutch team conclude in the April issue of the Annals of Neurology.People with CSE experience problems with memory, attention and Read more:Brain
, Exposure
Boston Trial to Test New HIV/AIDS Vaccine 2008-04-12 02:24:00 (HealthDay News) -- A new HIV/AIDS
vaccine designed to overcome the problem of preexisting immunity to common vaccine vectors is being tested in an early clinical trial at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston
.Preexisting immunity is believed to be a major problem in developing nations.There will be 48 healthy volunteers taking part in the trial of the vaccine, which consists of a replication-inc Read more:Trial
Testosterone Therapy May Reduce Bone Loss in Older Men 2008-04-08 03:35:00 (HealthDay News) -- Injections of testosterone appear to improve bone density and reduce bone loss in older men who have low testosterone levels and may help to prevent osteoporosis, a new study suggests.Testosterone therapy has been used to improve bone strength and muscle mass in some men. However, the hormone treatment is controversial, because it has been associated with increasing the risk of Read more:Therapy
Eating Less May Hinder Immune System 2008-04-04 04:14:00 (HealthDay News) -- You may no longer need to remember whether it's "starve a cold, feed a fever" or vice versa. New research suggests you should just eat.A study of deer mice has found that reducing the amount of food the mice ate impaired their immune system. The findings are published in the May/June issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology.The researchers found that decreasing the amount Read more:System
, Hinder
, Immune
Gaps Persist in Use of Less Invasive Breast Cancer Procedure 2008-03-29 06:11:00 (HealthDay News) -- The use of a less invasive form of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) during breast cancer surgery increased substantially in the United States from 1998 to 2005, researchers say. However, there are still disparities in terms of which women receive the therapy.The study by the American Cancer
Society found that non-white women, women aged 72 and older, and women living in poor a Read more:Invasive
, Breast
, Procedure
, Breast Cancer
Heart Failure Raises Risks After Non-Cardiac Surgeries 2008-03-26 04:19:00 (HealthDay News) -- Older people with heart failure face heightened odds of complications and death after non-cardiac surgeries, according to the largest study ever conducted on the issue."We're trying to draw attention to this major problem," said lead researcher Dr. Adrian F. Hernandez, an assistant professor of medicine at Duke University in Durham, N.C.Heart
failure, the progressive loss of th Read more:Risks
Poison Prevention Tips to Protect the Most Vulnerable 2008-03-23 06:29:00 (HealthDay News) -- To mark National Poison
Prevention Week, which concludes Saturday, the Soap and Detergent Association offers a home safety checklist for parents with young children.Parents and caregivers should: Install child-safety locks on cabinets that house cleaning supplies, medicines, cosmetics, chemicals and other poisons. Never assume a cabinet is too high for a child. Keep all househo Read more:Protect
, Vulnerable
Artery Plaque Boosts Hispanics' Odds for Stroke 2008-03-19 23:31:00 (HealthDay News) -- Hispanic Americans with even a small amount of plaque build-up in their carotid artery -- the vessel that supplies blood to the brain -- are up to four times more likely to suffer or die from a stroke compared to those with clear arteries, a new study finds."These results are important for developing stroke and vascular prevention programs for all, but also for certain ethnic g Read more:Stroke
, Hispanics
Geckos' feet inspire new high-tech bandage 2008-03-17 01:32:00 CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Lizards with hairy feet are the inspiration for a new medical product that could help surgical patients heal better and might even replace sutures some day.Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have created a new kind of surgical adhesive, formed in a shape that, at the microscopic level, mimics the feet of geckos. Gecko feet are a worthy mo Read more:bandage
Don't Prescribe Antibiotics for Adult Sinus Woes 2008-03-13 22:53:00 (HealthDay News) -- It's extremely difficult for doctors to tell the difference between sinus infections that can be cured by antibiotics and those that can't, a new review finds.Given the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, the study authors urge that physicians give up using antibiotics altogether for adult patients with rhinosinusitis -- even when symptoms persist beyond a week."Antibioti Read more:Antibiotics
, Adult
, Sinus
Gulf War Illness Strongly Linked to Chemical Exposure 2008-03-11 07:08:00 (HealthDay News) -- A new scientific review finds a strong association between exposure to certain chemicals and the Gulf War illness suffered by many veterans.The class of chemicals, known as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs), are found in pesticides, nerve agents and in pills given to soldiers to protect against nerve agents. The review, which was conducted by researchers at the Universit Read more:Exposure
Older Men With Low Testosterone Face Greater Depression Risk 2008-03-06 21:59:00 (HealthDay News) -- Low testosterone levels in older men are associated with an increased risk of depression, an Australian study says.Between 2001 and 2004, researchers at the University of Western Australia in Perth studied 3,987 males aged 71 to 89. The men provided demographic and health information and were tested for depression and cognitive difficulties. The researchers also checked the men
Bare Your Breasts on “Go Topless Day” This Saturday! 2008-08-21 02:55:00 By Anne KruegerEvery Sunday, weather permitting, the guy down the street mows his lawn without his shirt on—and nobody gets their panties in a bunch about it. But if I stripped off my Dunder Mifflin T-shirt while clipping the hedge? There’d probably be a cop car and the crew from America’s Most Frightening Videos in my driveway faster than you can say “put on a pair of pasties.”The femin Read more:Saturday
I Heart the Breast Cancer Research Stamp 2008-08-19 04:10:00 By Anne KruegerI like bumper stickers and yard signs and stuff that tells people who I am and what I support: “End Gun Violence.” “I ♥ Bruce Springsteen.” “Give Peace a Chance.” “Jon Stewart for President ‘08.”Unfortunately, I share my cars and home with a curmudgeon who thinks bumpers should never be sullied with slogans and the only sign that should ever grace the front yard Read more:Heart
, Breast
, Cancer
, Research
, Stamp
, Breast Cancer
Freshman Weight Gain Has Many Culprits 2008-08-17 06:17:00 (HealthDay News) -- Irresponsible eating, lack of exercise and alcohol consumption are among the factors that contribute to the Freshman
15, which refers to the extra pounds packed on by many new college students, according to a Duke University expert.Many freshmen don't know how to select or make healthy meals, and stress from heavy class loads and the struggle to achieve good grades can make the Read more:Weight
Homeopathy and Biochemistry 2008-08-16 03:55:00 The word ‘biochemistry’ comes from the Greek ‘bios’ for ‘life’, coupled with ‘chemistry’, the science that studies the composition of elements and the changes they go through. In the therapeutic sphere, Biochemistry is the system of treatment that uses the tissue remedies (inorganic salts of the body tissues) as medicine. Continue Reading >>
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