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Telomere Length Linked to Common Cold Risk Telomere Length Linked to Common Cold Risk
Shorter leukocyte telomere length may be associated with increased risk for infection and clinical illness after rhinovirus exposure among healthy adults, according to a small cohort study. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news

Kenya: Challenges Faced in Health Care
[The Star]Health facilities face various challenges leading to poor deliver of services. Standards and Regulatory service boss Lucy Musyoka says that experts in quality health care have a major task to lay out a clear policy on how they are going to improve health stands in the country.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 19, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Opioid Pain Meds Culprits in Majority of Overdose DeathsOpioid Pain Meds Culprits in Majority of Overdose Deaths
Opioid analgesics are the primary culprits in the vast majority of US overdose deaths, and individuals with mental illness are at particular risk. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news

Why do Babies Cry
Spanish researchers have studied adults' accuracy in the recognition of the emotion causing babies to cry. Eye movement and the dynamic of the cry play a key role in recognition.
Source: Disabled World - February 19, 2013 Category: Disability Tags: Pediatric Health Concerns Source Type: news

Jane Fonda: I'll never stop working out
DON’T touch my crows’ feet, Jane Fonda told the plastic surgeon who was about to “tidy up” one of the most famous faces in Hollywood. “I don’t want to look fake, I want to look like me only rested.”
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sharp Rise Seen in Robotically Assisted Hysterectomies
Study finds complication rate similar to other minimally invasive technique, but higher cost Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Page: Hysterectomy
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Fraudulent Data May Have Led to Use of Risky Treatment in ICUs
Second look at data on a starch-filled solution finds it may do more harm than good Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Page: Critical Care
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cold and Flu Sufferers Should Ease Back into Fitness Routine
Toned-down workout advised; vigorous exercise too soon can have negative impact, expert cautions Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Common Cold, Exercise and Physical Fitness, Flu
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Blame Common Colds on Your Chromosome 'Caps?'
Study of young adults suggests DNA 'telomeres' may determine who's vulnerable Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Common Cold, Genes and Gene Therapy
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

As Economy Rebounds, More Folks Try Turning Back Hands of Time
Report on cosmetic procedures finds Botox, fillers, chemical peels and laser hair removal topped the list last year Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Health Statistics, Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Viewpoints, February 20 Issue Of JAMA - US Health Care, Access & Reimbursement Policy And Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis Treatment
Reengineering U.S. Health Care Ari Hoffman, M.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, write that "health reform requires fixing a chronically dysfunctional system. While it is tempting to try to identify a single solution to this complex problem, the cure will require a multimodality approach with a focus on reengineering the entire care delivery process." In this Viewpoint, the authors examine the issue of reengineering the U.S. health care system...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news

Opioid Analgesics Involved In Most Pharmaceutical Overdose Deaths
"Data recently released by the National Center for Health Statistics show drug overdose deaths increased for the 11th consecutive year in 2010. Pharmaceuticals, especially opioid analgesics, have driven this increase. Other pharmaceuticals are involved in opioid overdose deaths, but their involvement is less well characterized," writes Christopher M. Jones, Pharm.D., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, and colleagues...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

Association Found Between Length Of Biological Marker And Development Of Respiratory Infection In Healthy Adults
Among healthy adults who were administered a cold virus, those with shorter telomere length (a structure at the end of a chromosome) in certain cells were more likely to develop experimentally-induced upper respiratory infection than participants with longer telomeres, according to results of preliminary research published in the February 20 issue of JAMA. Telomeres shorten with each cell division and function as protective caps to prevent erosion of genomic DNA during cell division...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Respiratory / Asthma Source Type: news

Increase Seen In Use Of Robotically-Assisted Hysterectomy For Benign Gynecologic Disorders
Between 2007 and 2010, the use of robotically-assisted hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disorders increased substantially, although, when compared with laparoscopic hysterectomy, the robotic procedure appears to offer little short-term benefit and is accompanied by significantly greater costs, according to a study appearing in the February 20 issue of JAMA. "Hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disease is one of the most commonly performed procedures for women. Overall, 1 in 9 women in the United States will undergo the procedure during her lifetime...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Women's Health / Gynecology Source Type: news

Intravenous Fluid Used To Increase Blood Volume In Critically Ill Patients Associated With Increased Risk Of Death, Kidney Injury
In an analysis of studies that examined critically ill patients requiring an increase in blood fluid volume, intravenous use of the fluid hydroxyethyl starch, compared with other resuscitation solutions, was not associated with decreased mortality, according to an article appearing in the February 20 issue of JAMA...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Blood / Hematology Source Type: news

Potential Cause of Depression IdentifiedPotential Cause of Depression Identified
A protein involved in synaptic structure has been identified as a potential cause of depression, a finding that has 'enormous therapeutic potential.' Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news

Detroit nurse claims hospital barred African American staff from caring for white child
Hospital denies issuing order, but confirms father did make request to block African Americans from child's care
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cross Federal Workgroup on Telehealth (FedTel) Inventory of Activities
Provides a collection of telehealth activities and projects including grant opportunities from the federal government. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - February 19, 2013 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

How my four-year-old was nearly strangled by a window blind cord
Mother Helen Carroll describes the horrifying realisation that her son Christian, pictured, had come perilously close to being killed in a freak accident which has claimed the lives of at least 25 children in Britain since 1999.
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Chef whose weight plummeted after gastric bypass is furious after NHS refuses op to remove his FOUR STONE of excess skin
Jason Young, 29, from Nottingham, lost 13st after weight loss surgery and says the refusal to remove his excess skin has left him suicidal.
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Short Telomeres Tied to Risk for Common Cold (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Individuals with shortened telomeres had an increased risk of contracting colds after laboratory exposure to a cold virus, researchers said.
Source: MedPage Today State Required CME - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revealed: What 200 calories looks like in different foods ¿ and the results are very surprising
WiseGEEK photographed what we've all wondered: 200 calories worth of broccoli equals how many gummy bears?
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kenya: Moi Referral Prepares for Poll Incidents
[The Star]The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital has asked the government to give it Sh100 million "for the March 4 election emergencies".
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 19, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Diet drinks may not fuel your appetite: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Take another sip of that Diet Coke - a new study suggests diet soda drinkers don't eat any more sugary or fatty foods than people who stick with water instead.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Diet Drinks May Not Fuel Your Appetite
Take another sip of that Diet Coke - a new study suggests diet soda drinkers don't eat any more sugary or fatty foods than people who stick with water instead. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Page: Carbohydrates
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kenya: HIV Infection High Among the Married, Says NGO
[The Star]MARRIED people are most at risk of HIV/Aids infection, an NGO has said. Aids Health Care Foundation has said the spread of HIV/Aids among married people is high due to multiple sexual partners in marriages.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 19, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Alcohol Causes 1 in 30 Cancer Deaths in the USAlcohol Causes 1 in 30 Cancer Deaths in the US
The first comprehensive study of alcohol-attributable cancer deaths in 3 decades indicates that the problem is substantial in the United States. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Kenya: Researchers Identify Animal Skin Odours That Control RVF
[The Star]Researchers from Icipe have identified skin odours from animals which allow mosquitoes to find and obtain blood meal from preferred hosts.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 19, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Kentucky turnaround to drive Wellcare profit (Feb 13)
(Reuters) - Managed care provider Wellcare Health Plans Inc's fourth-quarter profit edged past analysts' estimates on growth in its Kentucky Medicaid health plan that previously dragged on the results of several insurers.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Express Scripts accuses Ernst & Young of stealing trade secrets
(Reuters) - A unit of Express Scripts Holding Co has sued Ernst & Young and one of the accounting firm's former partners for stealing trade secrets and corporate data to boost Ernst & Young's own healthcare business.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

How psychology can beat obesity
Long-term success of gastric operations linked to change of lifestyle and behaviourAs a final precaution, before being cleared for surgery, patients waiting for weight-loss operations in Chester are referred to a bariatric psychologist, Dr Denise Ratcliffe, who assesses whether they understand their eating behaviours and whether they are strong enough to change them.The meetings can be very emotional, as Ratcliffe digs gently away to disclose the causes of the problem."How does the emotional overeating happen?" she asks a morbidly obese 45-year-old woman who has gained weight over the past 20 years, mainly through twice-we...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 19, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Amelia Gentleman Tags: The Guardian Psychology Obesity Doctors Eating disorders Chester News Health & wellbeing Society UK news Source Type: news

Kenya: 150 Hospitals in Quality Healthcare Plan
[The Star]Hospitals in Western and Nyanza yesterday launched a programme aimed at improving quality of health care in public and private hospitals.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 19, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Kenya: U.S. Surgeons Offer Free Services in Narok
[The Star]A team of US surgeons will be visiting the country next month to provide free surgeries.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 19, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Alternatives: Moderate Drinking Treatment Hits Los Angeles
Nearly all addiction treatment in the U.S. is abstinence-based even though abstinence is the least likely outcome for people suffering with substance-related problems. Is it any wonder that 90% of people who experience problems don't even seek treatment and that those who do perform so poorly? It's time we treated the actual problem in front of us.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - February 19, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Adi Jaffe, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Eating Disorders Health Psychiatry 12-step abstinence addiction treatment program alcohol drugs alternatives assumption avoidance better solution college students continuum DUI harm-reduction illicit drug impuls Source Type: news

Gilead's Hepatitis C Drug Shows Promise In Final Phase 3 Study
Gildead Sciences has just announced that its experimental hepatitis C drug, called sofosbuvir, successfully met its primary efficacy endpoint in a fourth pivotal phase 3 study called FUSION. The drug, an oral nucleotide inhibitor of HCV polymerase, performed very well in the late-stage trial testing...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Source Type: news

UN Warns Of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals In Domestic Products
Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in domestic and industrial products which have not been properly tested may result in significant health problems. The finding was reported by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and WHO (World Health Organization). Their research suggests that more studies are needed to completely understand the link between EDCs (endocrine disrupting chemicals) and certain illnesses and disorders...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Biology / Biochemistry Source Type: news

Fungi In Lungs May Hold Asthma Treatment Clues
There was a time when we assumed the insides of our lungs were devoid of life, apart from our own cells helping us breathe. But now we learn that the lung is home to a wide range of organisms, including fungi. A new study finds that people with asthma have a different blend of fungi in their lungs compared to healthy people who do not have asthma, leading the researchers to suggest this could be a useful avenue for developing new treatments...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Respiratory / Asthma Source Type: news

Confessions of a Dietitian With a Muffin Top
Taking the first step to losing the post-baby weight
Source: U.S. News - Health - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Johns Hopkins Professor Leads Evaluation of the U.S. Global Response to HIV/AIDS
Source: Public Health News Headlines from Johns Hopkins - February 19, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Finding the Voice of Rural Minnesota
Results of a study that included interviews and a survey of people actively involved in public policy in general and in issues affecting rural Minnesota. -- Center for Rural Policy and Development
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - February 19, 2013 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Air pollution increases the risk of death for heart attack survivors
Scientists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that higher levels of tiny soot particles in the air lead to more deaths among heart attack patients.
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Should We Prohibit Genetically Engineered Babies?
What if, before your child was born, you could make sure they had the genes to be taller or smarter? Would that tempt you, or would you find it unnerving? Two teams of experts debate genetic engineering in the latest Intelligence Squared U.S. debate.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Letters to a Young Madman: A Memoir
“You cannot distract yourself from grief. You cannot dispel it. You cannot conquer it. You can only live through it.” When Paul Gruchow first started putting Letters to a Young Madman together, he wondered how his disjointed journal entries, quotes, and medical research could work to create something coherent and meaningful. Though every entry contains a different experience, a different thought, a quote that Gruchow could relate to, any reader of this book is able to clearly understand the message that Gruchow is sending. “To assume sickness as a career, of course, is to resume the role of a child.” Gruchow commu...
Source: Psych Central - February 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nichole Meier Tags: Book Reviews Depression General Personal Stories Treatment Abyss Entering A Life Family Ties Grief Health Care History Journal Entries Madam Madman Medical Research Meier Memoir Mental Health Care Mental Health Facility Source Type: news

Proposed 2014 Medicare Advantage rates cut insurer payments
(Reuters) - Proposed reductions in government payments for Medicare Advantage insurance plans - estimated at $11 billion by an insurance industry trade group - sent health insurer shares lower on Tuesday.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Mortality Doubles With High Calcium Intake Plus SupplementsMortality Doubles With High Calcium Intake Plus Supplements
However, a new study results suggest that supplements, rather than intake level, are the problem. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

6 Innovations That Will Change Healthcare
When economists, data scientists and medical professionals team up, the result is often remarkable innovation. These six examples from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Future of Health and Wellness Conference could change the way patients interact with hospitals, physicians and each other.
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - February 19, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

'At last, someone can hear me': First words of man left brain damaged after brutal attack who can 'speak' for first time in 20 years thanks to an iPad
Kevin Beverley, 55, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, could only make himself understood through grunts until he discovered an iPad application that 'speaks' for him.
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Posterior Corneal Astigmatism: Not to Be Ignored!Posterior Corneal Astigmatism: Not to Be Ignored!
Dr. William Culbertson explains why ignoring posterior corneal astigmatism may yield incorrect estimation of total corneal astigmatism and less-than-satisfactory surgical results. Medscape Ophthalmology
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology Viewpoint Source Type: news

Texas mom gives birth to two sets of identical twins
Double identical twin birth happens once every 70 million pregnancies; Couple did not use any fertility treatments
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Demand for Botox, fillers drives U.S. cosmetic surgery growth
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Botox, fillers and chemical peels were among the most popular cosmetic treatments in the United States and fueled growth in the plastic surgery industry for the third consecutive year, according to statistics released on Tuesday.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news