Include aging population in society, conference told
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The aging population has a contribution to make to society and efforts are needed to ensure they are not left out, Irene Hoskins, president of the International Federation on Aging, said at a conference Sunday. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Colon cancer patients not getting follow-up care
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Many colon cancer patients aren't getting the screenings recommended after surgery to make sure the disease hasn't returned, new research shows.... (Source: AP Top Health News)
Source: AP Top Health News - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Palin candidacy puts spotlight on special needs
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Families with children who have Down syndrome are hoping Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin can raise awareness ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Many reluctant to evacuate without pets
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DENVER, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Forty-seven percent of U.S. adults say they would refuse disaster rescue if it meant leaving without a family pet, American Humane Association officials say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New york state to audit state employees', retirees' dependents to ensure eligibility in health care plan
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The New York state Department of Civil Service this fall is planning to launch an investigation to ensure that the 1.2 million state employees, dependents and retirees who receive health insurance under the New York State Health Insurance Program are eligible for their coverage, the Albany Times Union reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kentucky governor, lt. governor promote initiative to simplify kchip application process
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Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) and Lt. Gov. Dan Mongiardo (D) this week are scheduled to make eight stops on a statewide tour to promote a plan designed to expand health coverage to more children under the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program by 2010, the Kentucky Enquirer reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Washington post examines rhode island plan to cap medicaid spending in exchange for greater flexibility in overhauling program
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Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri's (R) request to CMS last month for a waiver to set limits on state Medicaid spending has "alarmed" congressional Democrats and low-income advocacy groups who said the proposal would reduce access to nursing homes, raise out-of-pocket expenses for low-income families and limit eligibility and enrollment of residents in the program, the Washington Post reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Weekly type 2 diabetes treatment examined
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TORONTO, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A Toronto researcher reports that a new once-weekly treatment for type 2 diabetes could replace the more common twice-daily injection. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
About 85% of insurers' marketing materials for prescription drug plans do not meet medicare guidelines, audit finds
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Nearly 85% of the marketing materials used by private prescription drug plans to reach Medicare beneficiaries do not fully meet CMS guidelines, according to a report released Thursday by the HHS Office of Inspector General, CQ HealthBeat reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Orlando sentinel profiles home for transgender people living with hiv
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The Orlando Sentinel on Wednesday profiled the region's first residential home for transgender people living with HIV, which advocates say helps a "unique community that faces discrimination, ignorance and a disproportionate share" of HIV/AIDS cases. Keith Theriot, program manager for Orlando's Housing and Community Development Department, said that the population is "particularly complicated," adding that officials "really want to have a safe and stable environment for our clients that are in need." (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Seattle department finds orasure hiv test to be less accurate than label claims
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A report by Public Health -- Seattle and King County in Washington state has found that testing with OraSure Technologies' OraQuick test provides less accurate results than the label claims, Bloomberg reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.n. report finds donors providing less aid to developing nations
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Despite rising food and energy prices and slowing economic growth worldwide, aid to developing nations has been on the decline, according to a United Nations report released on Thursday by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the New York Times reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Community health workers in cameroon receive training to diagnose, treat malaria
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Approximately 120 community health workers in the Kumba district of Cameroon have been trained to identify, diagnose and treat malaria in an effort to eradicate the disease in the district, Kumba District Medical Officer Orok Bate said, the Post reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ugandan text messaging program aims to increase awareness, knowledge of hiv/aids
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A text messaging program using mobile phone technology is being used in western Uganda to increase awareness of and knowledge about HIV/AIDS, IRIN/Plus News reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Advocates in swaziland call for democratic reforms, social spending to address issues such as hiv/aids
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About 1,000 people in the Swazi city of Manzini held a protest on Wednesday, calling for democratic reforms and increased social spending to address issues such as HIV/AIDS in the country, Reuters Africa reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prenatal behavioral counseling can reduce some health risk factors among low-income black women
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Pregnant black women who participate in a few sessions of behavioral counseling are more likely to reduce certain risky behaviors than those who participate in standard prenatal care, according to a study published in the September issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reuters Health reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vietnamese-americans have high risk for mental health problems, study finds
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Vietnamese-Americans ages 56 and older are twice as likely as whites to report needing mental health care and also less likely to discuss such issues with a professional, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, the Los Angeles Times reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pain relievers may complicate prostate screening
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Taking a popular class of pain relievers that includes aspirin and ibuprofen lowers the levels of a protein in a man's blood that doctors use to screen for prostate cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Fitness a serious endeavor for 69-year-old retiree
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Retiree Lewis Chollman drives a Toyota Camry that boasts a sign with the familiar motto, "Just do it." And that's exactly how Chollman lives his life, especially when it comes to fitness. Chollman travels to the gym every morning at 6 a.m. and finishes his workout around 4 in the afternoon. (Source: Knoxville News Sentinel: Health and fitness)
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel: Health and fitness - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: life/health-fitness Source Type: news
Canine pal inspires bicyclist's trek across u.s.
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Oregon resident Ted Schneck is riding his bicycle 4,281 miles to honor one special dog. But he hopes his journey will help many more. (Source: Knoxville News Sentinel: Health and fitness)
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel: Health and fitness - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: life/health-fitness Source Type: news
Health beat: sept. 8
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By the numbers
40.3 million Number of inpatient surgical procedures in United States in 1996 (most current year available) (Source: Knoxville News Sentinel: Health and fitness)
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel: Health and fitness - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: life/health-fitness Source Type: news
Health briefs: sept. 8
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Fitness Boot Camp
classes set for women Fitness Pros 2 Go will have a Fitness Boot Camp "for women, by women" at 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays beginning Sept. 12 at World's Fair Park. (Source: Knoxville News Sentinel: Health and fitness)
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel: Health and fitness - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: life/health-fitness Source Type: news
Health bulletin board: sept. 8
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Events Community cholesterol screening - 7-9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, kitchen classroom, Blount Memorial Wellness Center at Springbrook, Alcoa. (Source: Knoxville News Sentinel: Health and fitness)
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel: Health and fitness - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: life/health-fitness Source Type: news
Roizen and oz: activity curbs pounds
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Q: I quit smoking for two years, but in the process I gained 30 pounds - and I hate it. I've started smoking again in hopes I can lose the weight. I know it's not good for me. I'm 61, a little under 5 feet tall, weigh 138 pounds and hate how I look. Can you help me? (Source: Knoxville News Sentinel: Health and fitness)
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel: Health and fitness - September 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: life/health-fitness Source Type: news
Facing veto, democrats drop plan for vote on child bill
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The decision from Congressional Democrats spares Republicans from a politically difficult vote a few weeks before the elections. (Source: NYT > Health)
Source: NYT > Health - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ROBERT PEAR Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Children and Youth United States Politics and Government Law and Legislation Democratic Party Republican Party House of Representatives Source Type: news
Swift treatment of neurodermatitis helps prevent asthma
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Heidenheim, Germany - Children with neurodermatitis or
childhood eczema are twice as likely to contract asthma later in life (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Diabetics should undergo regular cancer screenings
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Wiesbaden, Germany - Doctors recommend diabetics undergo
regular cancer screenings because not only are they at greater risk (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Regulator denies junk food ads make kids fat
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Sydney - Hardly a week goes by without a social welfare
group appealing to the Australian government to ban (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Premature babies prone to lung disease later in life
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Dusselsdorf, Germany - Premature babies are more likely to
develop lung disease when they become adults than babies who (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pregnant women should not use public whirlpools
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Munich - Spending time in a public whirlpool can be
relaxing, but pregnant women should avoid them as germs (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Migraine with aura may be linked to increased risk of stroke and heart attacks
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Doctors need to pay special attention to people with migraine with aura as they could be at increased risk of stroke or heart attack, a London conference heard Friday 5 September. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Injections of n-acetyl cysteine may help 'chemobrain'
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Cancer patients have complained for years about the mental fog known as chemobrain. Now in animal studies at West Virginia University, researchers have discovered that injections of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), an antioxidant, can prevent the memory loss that breast cancer chemotherapy drugs sometimes induce. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
60% of women use herbal products during pregnancy
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Almost 60% of women use at least one herbal product during pregnancy, research launched at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester has revealed. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Basil protects against harmful effects of ageing
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Basil can protect against the harmful effects of ageing, according to research presented at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trial demonstrates safety and efficacy of neurally acting anti-migraine agent for treatment of acute migraine
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CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an innovative biotechnology company focusing on therapies for central nervous system disorders, announced Phase II results of its lead compound COL-144 in the treatment of acute migraine. Results demonstrated that COL-144 was safe and effective in relieving migraine headaches. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coated lenses set to reduce 'post-op' infections for cataract patients
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Research presented at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester reveals that coating an artificial lens with antibiotics could significantly reduce the risk of post-operative infection, and even blindness, for cataract patients. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Diabetics missing out on life saving medication
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One in four patients with diabetes are not receiving the appropriate cardiovascular medications, research launched at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester has shown. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Patients at risk from unnecessary tubes
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A third of patients have unnecessary tubes (cannulae) inserted when they are in hospital, needlessly exposing them to serious complications such as infection and blood clots, research launched at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester has shown. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Simple hardness test detects fake medicines
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The fight against fake medicines could soon be aided by a small, portable device that quickly measures the hardness of a tablet, revealing whether it is counterfeit, according to research presented at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Light-activated drug used to tackle mrsa
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New treatment using a light-activated drug could revolutionise the fight against hospital "superbug", MRSA (otherwise known as Meticillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) it was revealed at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Myalgic encephalomyelitis sufferers rely on aternative medicines
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More than a third of patients with long-term fatigue conditions like Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) believe complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) are more effective than traditional medicine in treating their illness, research launched at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester reveals. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Effectiveness of mediterranean diet confirmed for chronic disease prevention
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It is effective in chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, hypertension or osteoporosis. Experts have insisted that it is possible to prevent 80% cardiovascular diseases and 40% different types of cancer through diet, physical exercise and other healthy habits. Scientists of the UGR are specifically analysing how cells react against aggressions which cause pancreatic alterations and result in cancer. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dental fillings without gaps
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Tooth cavities are usually closed with plastic fillings. However, the initially soft plastic shrinks as it hardens. The tension can cause gaps to appear between the tooth and the filling, encouraging more caries to form. For the first time, researchers have simulated this process. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What doctors don't tell you
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Physician David Newman has written a book about the secrets your doctor keeps from you. But he's not talking about "secret cures" ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Veterans' mental care condemned
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Britain is facing a "timebomb" of mental health problems among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, former SAS soldier Andy McNab says. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: UK Source Type: news
Sex ed in schools: little connection between what's taught, teen behavior
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Another pregnant teenager in the limelight has focused new attention on just how much teens know about sex and when they know ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Revealed: the wild variation in how nhs trusts spend money on treating the same conditions
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The NHS spends three times more in some areas on treating the same conditions, it has emerged. A report highlighted huge variations in amounts spent locally. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lose weight with a naked lunch
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Can dieting tricks, like eating in the nude, help curb your calorie intake? Jessica Fellowes consults the experts (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
10-minute pilates
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Need to tone up or lose a few pounds? Pilates expert Lynne Robinson shows you how. This week: thighs (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Finger on the pulse
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Max Pemberton says space in NHS hospitals is at a premium. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - September 7, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
