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Narrowed carotid artery also a risk for slow thinking, not just stroke When oxygenated blood needs to squeeze through a narrowed space to get to the brain -- a condition called asymptomatic carotid stenosis -- mental performance may suffer, even in the absence of stroke, a new study suggests. In patients with diabetes, high ...
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Mother's low vitamin D linked to toddler's risk of cavities NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women's low vitamin D levels during pregnancy are linked to a higher risk of cavities in the teeth of their toddlers, according to a new study done in Canada. Previous studies have shown that vitamin D deficiency among mothers ...
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| Bowel Illnesses Sometimes Coincide in Kids MONDAY, April 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Children suffering from irritable bowel syndrome are four times more likely than other kids to have a condition called celiac disease -- an allergy to gluten -- Italian researchers report. More than 2 million people in ...
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| US court postpones injunction against Medtronic heart valve (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday postponed an injunction that would have stopped Medtronic Inc from selling its CoreValve heart valve implant in competition with Edwards Lifesciences Corp's Sapien valve product. The injunction, issued by a U.S. ...
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No Link Between Induced Labor, Autism: Obgyns MONDAY, April 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- There is no connection between inducing labor in childbirth and autism, according to a new statement released Monday by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Existing guidelines on when ...
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The Best and Worst States for Infertility Fertility report card scores states on insurance coverage for IVF, fertility specialists, and support groups. If you're struggling to get pregnant, the best states to live in are Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. That's according to a ...
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Cyramza Approved for Stomach Cancer MONDAY, April 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Cyramza (ramucirumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat cancer of the stomach or of the area where the esophagus joins the stomach (the gastroesophageal junction).
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Experts Question Aircraft Stowaway's Miraculous Survival Tale Specialists are questioning the authenticity of a 16-year-old teenager's tale after he stated he stashed in the wheel well of an aircraft and made it through a five-hour air travel from California to Hawaii. “Somebody surviving at 35,000 feet for five hours with no ...
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New Painkiller Rekindles Addiction Concerns Nearly half of the nation's 38,329 drug overdose deaths in 2010 involved painkillers like hydrocodone and oxycodone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These narcotics now kill more adults than heroin and cocaine combined, ...
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Compounds Offer New Way to Treat Alzheimer's (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Bradeis University devised an entirely new approach to treating Alzheimer's disease. Using computer-based virtual screening, the team ...
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Woman ditches diets, loses 160 pounds (CNN) -- Teena Henson's "journey to life" began with a newspaper ad. She remembers wishing they had an Anytime Fitness in her hometown of Gilmer, Texas. She specifically wanted to join Anytime Fitness because it is open 24/7 and is made for men and ...
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Skin cancer rates soar in the North East as the search for the 'perfect tan' continues SKIN cancer rates in the North-East have more than trebled in the last 20 years with hundreds of people diagnosed every year, new figures have shown. The region has seen a dramatic increase in the number of people diagnosed with malignant melanoma ...
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Letter: Don't scapegoat e-cigarettes I applaud CVS' decision to ban tobacco products from their inventory and think all stores that contain a pharmacy should ban tobacco products. However, James Wilusz, director of the Tri-Town Health Department is wrong on e-cigarettes (Eagle, Feb. 17).
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Yesterday's tobacco habits When I was a kid tobacco was very much a part of life. Men smoked everywhere except in church. There were ash trays everywhere. There were fancy, small ashtrays set on flat surfaces all over one's house. Some ashtrays were manufactured that sat on top ...
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Impulsive? A procrastinator? Blames your genes New research suggests the tax office should expand the list of acceptable explanations for procrastinators' yearly extension requests and late tax filings. Two possibilities: "I was born this way" and "failure to evolve". Procrastination, suggests a new study, is an ...
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| Change in kidney allocation rules should help patients “Dialysis is like torture. I'm so exhausted. It takes so much out of you. I just want to get on with my life,” Ursula Bode, 64, said in the living room of her two-room apartment in St. Therese Plaza in Munhall. Bode is undergoing dialysis treatments and needs a ...
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On the Clock? Doctors Rush Patients During Appointments It isn't uncommon for doctors to schedule their patients in 15 minute intervals, and while this means more patients are seen per day, it also can mean poor quality of medical care. Take, for example, Joan Eisenstodt, who went to see an ear, eye and nose ...
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam's hand challenged by restive lawmakers NASHVILLE — The legislative session that just ended proved to be Gov. Bill Haslam's most challenging year yet as he faced a tough state budget and increasing pushback from his fellow Republican lawmakers — especially on education. From a full-fledged ...
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Mental, socio-economic effects of childhood bullying lasts into adulthood: Study Researchers found that people who were bullied earlier in life are likely to still experience the effects of bullying when they reach 50 years old. (Photo : Diego Grez). A number of negative outcomes are associated with bullying. Kids who are bullied by their ...
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We are all Autistic in One Way or Another, Says Mythily Chari It's hard not to draw a parallel between Shankar Nikumbh, the special educator portrayed by Aamir Khan in Taare Zameen Par, and Mythily Chari. While the film delivered an important social message on autism, Mythily Chari is considered an icon of hope by ...
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| When Anxiety Complicates ADHD (dailyRx News) Nearly half of all children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder also have an anxiety disorder. It's important to understand how these disorders together affect children. A recent study investigated how children functioned and how their ...
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