Swallowing difficulties may indicate eosinophilic oesophagitis
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Patients experiencing swallowing difficulties (dysphagia) should undergo tissue sample tests to see if they have a condition called eosinophilic oesophagitis, US researchers recommend. (Source: MedWire News - Consumer Health)
Source: MedWire News - Consumer Health - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
P&g to launch new health care products from parent co's stable
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Proctor & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Ltd plans to launch personal health care and feminine care products developed by its parent company, Proctor & Gamble Co, a top company official said. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Spongy carbon tubes take the strain
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Somewhere between carbon fibres and carbon nanotubes, a new material shows its strengths. (Source: news@nature.com)
Source: news@nature.com - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: journals
Outcry at scale of inheritance project
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NIH launches multi-million-dollar epigenomics programme. (Source: news@nature.com)
Source: news@nature.com - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: journals
Science investment crucial to surviving financial crisis
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Britain's new science minister promises to "vigorously" defend budget. (Source: news@nature.com)
Source: news@nature.com - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: journals
Eight people get tested after bus tb scare
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There's no cause for concern because only eight of 27 passengers on a bus that carried a rider infected with tuberculosis have come forward, Ontario health officials said Thursday. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Palliative care group urges more death discussion
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It's a concept of care aimed at relieving suffering and improving quality of life for people with an advanced illness, but those working in palliative care say many Canadians lack knowledge and understanding about what's involved. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
One in four u.s. teen girls got gardasil vaccine
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One in four teen girls in the United States have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Results of heroin study to be leaked friday
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Advocates of drug reform say they will release results from a trial drug program that provided prescription heroin to addicts at a news conference Friday, in defiance of efforts to silence the study in the midst of the federal election campaign. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Strep outbreak mainly impacting homeless, drug users
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A deadly outbreak of streptococcal infections that's killed 10 people in northern Ontario is likely to spread but doesn't pose a widespread threat because it appears to be clustered around distinct groups of people, the province's chief medical officer of health said Thursday. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Second lawsuit filed in tainted milk scandal
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A second lawsuit has been filed against a Chinese dairy company at the heart of the tainted milk crisis, an attorney said Friday, as more than 10,000 children remained hospitalized after drinking milk powder laced with an industrial chemical. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lettuce in e. coli outbreak traced to california
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Detroit firm among local distributors. (Source: Health Behavior News Digest)
Source: Health Behavior News Digest - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Detroit Free Press Source Type: news
China bans one brand of herbal drug after 3 deaths
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The Chinese government announced that it had banned the sale and use of one brand of a herbal medicine after three people injected with it died and three others fell seriously ill, revealing a new product safety issue even as the government is grappling with the scandal over tainted milk. (Source: Health Behavior News Digest)
Source: Health Behavior News Digest - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: The New York Times Source Type: news
Schizophrenia -- a family's experience
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After Growing Up With a Schizophrenic Sister, Author Hopes for More Awareness (Source: Health Behavior News Digest)
Source: Health Behavior News Digest - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ABC News Source Type: news
Percentage of uninsured under 65 high in fla.
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In the Livingston-Averill home, high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol go untreated. (Source: Health Behavior News Digest)
Source: Health Behavior News Digest - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News Journal Online Source Type: news
Study asks if gene testing motivates healthy living
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A 20-year study will help determine whether people who learn from gene testing that they are at high risk of a disease take preventive steps like giving up cigarettes, having regular medical exams or eating leaner foods. (Source: Health Behavior News Digest)
Source: Health Behavior News Digest - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Bloomberg Source Type: news
Nearly 1 in 6 online health insurance shoppers are 'uninsurable'
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A number of health reformers, including Sen. John McCain, call for insurance tax credits that people could use to shop for individual health policies on the open market. (Source: Health Behavior News Digest)
Source: Health Behavior News Digest - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Wall Street Journal ( Blog ) Source Type: news
This open-enrollment season, beware of out-of-pocket costs
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Next year, you'll likely pay more for your workplace health benefits, but you may have to read the fine print to figure out where the bite will come. (Source: Health Behavior News Digest)
Source: Health Behavior News Digest - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Wall Street Journal Source Type: news
Aide says dalai lama's surgery ends successfully
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Surgeons successfully removed gallstones from the Dalai Lama on Friday, an operation that will not prevent the Tibetan spiritual leader from traveling again by the end of the month, a top aide said. (Source: Health Behavior News Digest)
Source: Health Behavior News Digest - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Associated Press Source Type: news
People with social phobia have different self-image
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The brains of people with generalized social phobia actually respond differently than those of other people when reading criticism about themselves, a new report says. (Source: Health Behavior News Digest)
Source: Health Behavior News Digest - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HealthDay News Source Type: news
1 in 4 us teen girls got cervical cancer shot
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One in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday. (Source: Health Behavior News Digest)
Source: Health Behavior News Digest - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Associated Press Source Type: news
Poll: don't use cloned animals for food
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LONDON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- People in the European Union say meat from cloned animals should not go to market, a Eurobarometer poll indicates. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study: ginkgo can prevent stroke damage
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HAGERSTOWN, Md., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Daily doses of ginkgo tree-leaf extract can prevent or reduce brain damage caused by a stroke, U.S. researchers said in a medical journal Friday. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Child heart disease risks on the rise
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The rate of premature heart disease among obese teens is set to triple, and the increasing prevalence of high blood pressure in children is a major culprit, experts warn. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Who probes deadly mystery illness
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GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A U.N. agency said Friday it was examining nearly 150 people who had contact with three people killed by a mysterious illness in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Limit on cold remedies for kids was fda's idea
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- When drug makers made a surprise announcement this week that they no longer recommend cough and cold remedies for youngsters under 4, they didn't let on that it was the government's idea.... (Source: AP Top Health News)
Source: AP Top Health News - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Exercise intervention helps with arthritis
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COLUMBIA, Mo., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- University of Missouri researchers say adults with arthritis who received exercise interventions increased their physical activity and felt less pain. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Johns hopkins medicine news roundup, october 10, 2008
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Podcast topics include the role of vitamin D in Alzheimer’s management, controversy regarding stents, management of atrial fibrillation and thyroid complications. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey and Rick Lange, M.D. Source Type: podcasts
Mild glucose abnormalities in pregnancy linked to postpartum diabetes risk
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A study shows that any degree of abnormal glucose homeostasis during pregnancy is predictive of glucose intolerance 3 months after delivery. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news
Overweight, high c-peptide may predict future mortality from prostate cancer
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Both excess body weight and a high plasma concentration of C-peptide predispose men with a subsequent diagnosis of prostate cancer to an increased likelihood of dying of this disease. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology Source Type: news
Talc use in genital area linked to increased risk for ovarian cancer
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Women should avoid using talc in the genital area, say researchers reporting further evidence supporting an association between such use and an increase in the risk for ovarian cancer. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
Warfarin warning: shortfalls in anticoagulation for af up risks of ich and embolic stroke
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Documentation of the care of patients in a nationwide health plan suggests that less than half of patients with atrial fibrillation are prescribed an anticoagulant. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Sleep position may affect infant blood pressure
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A longitudinal study shows that an infant's blood pressure may be modified by sleep position, with a decrease in blood pressure in the prone position in those aged 2 to 3 months. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Source Type: news
New des on the block: taxus liberté receives fda approval
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FDA approves an easier-to-deliver descendant of the TAXUS Express stent. Heartwire (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Triple raas blockade may slow progression of kidney disease
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Blockade of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) with three distinct treatment approaches appears to slow progression of chronic kidney disease, according to a report from Poland. It is published in the September issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Source Type: news
Outdoor workouts a greener alternative to gym
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Walk into any gym and you're going to see quite a bit of
energy burned -- the energy it takes to keep all that equipment running. So some gyms and exercise enthusiasts are
putting a greener spin on working out, as CBS station KYW-TV reports. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
Occupational injuries very common in surgeons
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A survey of more than 350 plastic surgeons indicates that occupational injuries, especially muscle strains, are the norm, not the exception with this profession, according to study findings to be presented next month at the American Society of Plastic Surgery meeting in Chicago. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Source Type: news
Risk of mi doubled in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are twice as likely to experience a myocardial infarction (MI) over a 3-year period compared with patients with noninflammatory rheumatic disorders, according to data from the Wichita, Kansas-based National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Guideline tackles higher mortality among hypertensive patients with diabetes
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Physicians need to aggressively treat high blood pressure as soon as it develops in patients with diabetes if they are to effectively lower the 7-fold higher mortality rate observed in patients with both conditions, according to a presentation today at a press conference sponsored by the American Society of Hypertension. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Survivors share breast cancer battles
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Breast cancer is a tough foe to face, but women who have beaten it want people to know about their battles. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
Rate of chronic lung disease rising in vlbw infants as surfactant use declines
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The incidence of chronic lung disease among infants weighing less than 1000 g at birth increased between 2001 and 2006, while at the same time, the use of surfactant in this population has fallen off, according to data from a nationwide US registry. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Obesity may raise risk of progression to permanent atrial fibrillation
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New research suggests that obesity not only increases the risk of first atrial fibrillation, it also increases the odds that paroxysmal atrial fibrillation will become permanent. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Hpv infection rates similar in men and women
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Although men are at high risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, most last no more than a year, researchers report in the September 15th issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. This is in line with findings in women. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Fewer hospital days for daily home hemodialysis patients
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The number of hospital days is lower for daily home hemodialysis patients than for peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, according to a report in the October American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Source Type: news
Recipes for health: red chard, potato and white bean ragout
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This comforting stew makes a hearty meal when served with a salad and crusty bread. (Source: NYT > Health)
Source: NYT > Health - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Cooking and Cookbooks Chard (Vegetable) Recipes Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news
Economic downturn poses threat to mental health: who
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The added stress of a global economic downturn could lead to a rise in mental health problems, the World Health Organization said Friday. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Who: mental health stigma unfair
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GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- People with mental health problems should no longer be denied treatment because of cultural stigmas, World Health Organization officials said in Switzerland. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fewer medicare prescription drug plan options available next year for low-income residents, according to analysis
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Low-income residents in all states but Wisconsin who are enrolled in Medicare prescription drug benefit plans will have fewer plans to choose from in 2009, according to an analysis released this week by Avalere Health, USA Today reports. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news
Kaiser daily health policy report reports on budget news related to health care in louisiana, tennessee
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Summaries of recent budget news related to health care in Louisiana and Tennessee appear below.Louisiana: Further delays in efforts to address a projected $81 million deficit for the state Department of Health and Hospitals could force deeper Medicaid cuts, DHH Secretary Alan Levine said on Tuesday during a hearing of the state House Appropriations Committee, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news
Hasbro's nerf blaster toy recalled
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A Nerf Blaster toy, manufactured by Hasbro, has been voluntarily recalled because the toy's plunger can pull the user's skin during firing -- causing bruising, cuts, blood blisters, and welts on the face, neck, and chest. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - October 10, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
