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October 19, 2009
Scientists hope work with poison gas can be a lifesaver
Scientists are starting to understand that death isn’t caused by oxygen deprivation itself, but by a chain of damaging chemical reactions that are triggered by sharply dropping oxygen levels.
October 12, 2009
Medical: Detecting high blood pressure in kids
Nearly14 percent of children in the U.S. have high blood pressure.
For children, there is no single measurement for high blood pressure because blood pressure rises as a child grows.
Researchers have found 75 percent of children with high blood pressure are not diagnosed with the condition.
October 09, 2009
Medical: A personal approach to treating asthma
According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, about 34.1 million Americans have been diagnosed with asthma. The condition leads to 10.5 million visits to physician offices, 217,000 visits to emergency rooms, 500,000 hospitalizations, and 3,384 deaths every year. Asthma is annually responsible for 10.1 missed days from work and 12.8 missed days from school.
Study: Cocaine vaccine could help addicts
An experimental vaccine for cocaine addicts can help some users kick the habit, according to a new study. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have tested a vaccine that makes people produce antibodies to cocaine. The theory is that high levels of anti-cocaine antibodies can inactivate cocaine before it enters the brain, preventing users from getting high.
October 08, 2009
Study: men are three times as likely to have noise-related hearing loss as women
From motorcycles to lawnmowers, life is full of noise, but new research shows that it presents a bigger danger for some people than others.
Cheerleaders are becoming more acrobatic…and more often injured
Gone are the days of pom-poms and spirit fingers on the sidelines of sporting events. Cheerleading these days is hard core! In fact, the sport of cheerleading could arguably be more intense than many of the other high impact sports. Last year alone, 16,000 cheerleaders were injured seriously in accidents involving dramatic stunts and tumbles.
October 07, 2009
Thousands of MUSC’s vaccine destroyed
The majority of MUSC’S portion of a shipment of seasonal flu vaccine has been destroyed during shipment. The hospital was supposed to receive 13,000 doses; however they say they have only received 2600 doses. Many other medical centers across the nation are likewise affected after the vaccines froze during shipment.
October 06, 2009
Internet addiction linked to ADHD and depression in teens
Some children and teens are more likely than their peers to become addicted to the Internet, and a new study suggests it’s more likely to happen if kids are depressed, hostile, or have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or social phobia.
October 05, 2009
Spas offer range of services, but how do you know if they’re safe?
Medicine at the mall—in store fronts instead of traditional doctors offices, procedures are being performed ... mostly laser hair removal and cosmetic injectables. Many of these places are licensed by the state as electrology facilities, not health care clinics. Who can legally perform these procedures?
“Child Safety Caps” on medications in your cabinets might not work
They’re called “Child Safety Caps” but how safe are they?
More kids diagnosed with autism. But why?
According to a new study, 1 in every 91 children in the U.S. has been diagnosed with some form of autism—higher than the previous estimate of 1 in 150 children.
October 02, 2009
New minimally invasive surgery has some lung cancer patients back on their feet within days
Lung cancer has long been known as a smoker’s disease, but now doctors are finding more and more cases in people who have never smoked a cigarette in their lives. But there is hope with a new procedure to remove lung tumors that would not only get rid of the cancer, but would allow people to get back to their active lifestyle in just days.
October 01, 2009
Are you a Facebook fanatic? If so, you could be pushing friends away
Psychologists fear the Facebook, a favorite past time for many people, might have unwanted consequences.
September 30, 2009
Parents clueless when it comes to kids’ growth charts
Parents are often shown their child’s growth chart—a graph that plots where a child falls in relation to peers in terms of height and weight—but it turns out, few of them know how to interpret the information.
Do you have a flu emergency kit ready incase you become ill?
Flu season has barely started, but swine flu cases have already begun to surge. Experts say vaccines won’t be ready for weeks but people should start preparing now.
September 29, 2009
Ice cream really can control your brain
Before you flip open that tub of Ben and Jerry’s, be aware that ice cream really can control your brain and say “eat me.“ A U.S. study by UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has found that fat from certain foods such ice cream and burgers heads to the brain.
The smartest cancer advice you’ve ever heard
Surviving cancer was a life-changing experience for these top cancer experts, even though they’d spent their careers helping patients fight the illness — but it wasn’t until they were the patients that they learned a lot about what it really takes to keep yourself healthy.
Summers past but your risk of melanoma is still high
It might now be Fall but those sunburns you received from the summer and even those sunburns from years ago might have a impact on your health later in life.
Researchers test new talking pill bottle
Researchers at the University of Washington are working to see if a talking pill bottle will make it easier and safer for people to take their medicine. The researchers didn’t invent the talking pill bottle, but they are the first to explore how willing we are to listen to instructions from pharmacists and doctors.
September 28, 2009
Male breast cancer patients blame water at Marine base
20 Marines, or sons of Marines were based at or lived at Camp Lejeune between the 1960s and the 1980s. They all have had breast cancer and they blame their time at Camp Lejeune, where records show drinking water was contaminated with high levels of toxic chemicals for three decades.
Alcohol may protect brain in accident
Alcohol, a drug that is a major cause of accidents, may actually protect the brain from a life-threatening injury when an accident does occur, according to a study published this week in Archives of Surgery.
How to solve 9 sleep problems
Most of us have experienced those maddening midnight moments when, no matter how tired we are, we either can’t fall asleep, can’t stay asleep or our sleep is of such poor quality it feels as if we were awake. Here’s some expert advice for solving nine sleep problems.
September 24, 2009
More young men are suffering from arthritis
A word of warning for the gentlemen out there. More and more men are experiencing aches and pains that were once primarily associated with older age. Doctors at the University of Connecticut Health Center say “young” arthritis is a growing health concern.
September 23, 2009
Heat can help chemotherapy work better
According to new research, cancer patients whose tumors are targeted with heat treatment as well as chemotherapy are more likely to stay alive and cancer-free for longer than those who receive only chemotherapy
Medical students reckless on Internet, sometimes at patients’ expense
60 percent of medical schools have had students post inappropriate info online and 13 percent reported incidents that involved content that violated patient privacy.
FDA issues safety alert for personal emergency-response buttons worn around the neck
The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday to users of personal emergency-response buttons worn around the neck that they present a potential choking hazard.
H1N1 flu prompts CDC to change pneumonia shot recommendations
Because of the threat of H1N1 flu, the Centers for Disease Control has changed its recommendations on who should get the pneumonia shot. Between the pneumonia shot, the seasonal flu shot and the upcoming swine flu shot ... what shots should you get?
Will hand sanitizer help you avoid swine flu?
With concerns about swine flu, or H1N1 virus, using hand sanitizer has become even more popular. Bottles of the alcohol-based formula are almost everywhere, from offices to college campuses, but does it really work? Doctors say: Yes!
September 21, 2009
Do I have a cold or H1N1? The difference between cold and H1N1
Symptoms of the cold are more common, and can make the patient miserable for three to five days. A patient usually has a stuffy nose, congestion, some body aches and a growing cough. According to the CDC seasonal flu and H1N1 symptoms consist of fever, more painful body aches, dry cough, diarrhea and severe fatigue. It’s hard, without testing, to tell apart the seasonal strain of flu from the H1N1 variety.
September 18, 2009
FDA warns about eyelash thickener claims
The Food and Drug Administration has warned Allergan Inc. that the Web site for its eyelash thickener Latisse is misleading because it avoids or downplays risks associated with the product.
