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| Inadequate housing contributes to low health rankings WASHINGTON — Almost one out of five U.S. families live in housing with severe problems, such as overcrowding, insufficient cooking and bathing facilities or costs above 50% of family income, according to a new report measuring the nation's healthiest and ...
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| Radiation improves odds for some women after mastectomy NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who have their breasts removed because of cancer may benefit from receiving radiation if they still have traces of cancer in their lymph nodes, suggests a new analysis. Radiation reduced the risk of death and of cancer ...
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Nearly Half of Young Men Say They've Had 'Unwanted' Sex A new study challenges some widely held assumptions about coercion, sexual assault and gender. According to a paper published in the American Psychological Association journal, Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 43% of high school and college-aged ...
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Patrick Dempsey's mother dies of cancer LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Patrick Dempsey's mother has died of cancer six years after inspiring him to help create a cancer support organization at a hospital in Maine. Amanda Dempsey was 79. Central Maine Healthcare CEO Peter Chalke says she was "a ...
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Still no health care? Don't panic, just enroll, say officials. People who have started applying for health insurance but aren't able to finish before the March 31 enrollment deadline will get extra time, the Obama administration announced Tuesday. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories ...
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FDA Staff Recommends Against Approval For Novartis' Heart-failure Drug ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday that its review staff has recommend against approval for Swiss drug maker Novartis AG's (NVS: Quote) heart-failure drug Serelaxin for sale in the U.S. at this time, citing that there is insufficient ...
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| HbA1c Not a Good CVD Predictor Endocrinology. HbA1c Not a Good CVD Predictor. Published: Mar 25, 2014. By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today. Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE; Instructor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. save.
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Utah's Provo-Orem region ranks first in overall well-being: survey SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Utah's Provo-Orem metropolitan area sits at the top of a list of U.S. communities with the highest level of overall well-being, beating out sunny Honolulu and Boulder, Colorado, a recent survey conducted by Gallup-Healthways ...
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Maker Of Four Loko Alcoholic Drinks To Stop Promoting To Underage Drinkers ... SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Four Loko, a popular line of fruit-flavored alcoholic drinks, will voluntarily curb how it markets its beverages to underage drinkers due to the efforts of San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera and 19 state attorneys general.
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Guinea bans bat-eating to curb Ebola outbreak Guinea has banned the sale and consumption of bats to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, its health minister has said. Bats, a local delicacy, appeared to be the "main agents" for the Ebola outbreak in the south, Rene Lamah said. Sixty-two people ...
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US Treasury says Lew to stay in hospital overnight for observation WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was running a mild fever and will stay in the hospital overnight on Tuesday after treatment for a benign enlarged prostate, a Treasury spokesperson said. "After his successful outpatient procedure ...
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Brain differences in college-aged occasional drug users Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered impaired neuronal activity in the parts of the brain associated with anticipatory functioning among occasional 18- to 24-year-old users of stimulant drugs, such as ...
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Girl who goes bald to support pal with cancer gets dress code waiver A Colorado third-grader whose freshly shaved head violated her school's dress code will be granted a waiver from the policy because of extraordinary circumstances -- the fact that she cut off her hair to empathize with a cancer-stricken friend.
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This is your brain on knitting In the years that followed, Huerta couldn't leave the house without suffering a panic attack. She hated getting in cars since her brother's body was found in one. She couldn't seem to hold down a job. Every time she stepped outside she felt disaster closing in.
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Misuse of 'e-juice' for electronic cigarettes can be deadly Michael Wooderson used to sell bubble gum-flavored nicotine “e-juice” at Aqueous Vapor, his Kansas City store where people can buy the increasingly popular refillable electronic cigarettes. Frank Franklin II | AP The liquids used in e-cigarettes are not ...
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UPDATE 1-Consumers seek to raise California cap on malpractice awards (Updates to show no legislative deal reached and signatures submitted). By Sharon Bernstein. SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 24 (Reuters) - Consumer advocates in California said on Monday they had gathered enough signatures to place an initiative on the ...
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Tainted air kills more than AIDS, diabetes, WHO report shows GENEVA — Air pollution killed 7 million people in 2012, more people than AIDS, diabetes and road injuries combined. One in eight deaths worldwide can be attributed to breathing tainted air, making it the world's largest environmental health risk, the ...
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Researchers pinpoint the kind of dancing that'll get you a mate A group of evolutionary biologists looked at the science of bump and grind, and they say they figured out exactly which dance movements catch a woman's eye. Researchers at Northumbria University and the University of Gottingen wanted to know what ...
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Old at Heart? New Tool Calculates Heart's True Age A new tool helps even young people to estimate their risk for heart disease later in life, by calculating their heart's true age. People's familial and lifestyle risk factors today contribute to their heart health when they get older, and should be considered when ...
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Essentia Health's Breast Cancer Program in Brainerd Earns 2014 America's Best ... The Cancer Center at Essentia Health – St. Joseph's Medical Center has been recognized for its quality patient experience. The program earned a 2014 America's Best Hospitals award from WomenCertified Inc., home of the Women's Choice Awards.
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