 | ||||||||
| health | ||||||||
| NEWS | ||||||||
The latest on Zika and the Olympics (CNN) All eyes are on Rio and its Zika-carrying mosquitoes as the countdown to the 2016 Olympics continues. Here is the latest on how the battle against the Zika virus is being won or lost and how that effort is affecting athletes, visitors and the ...
| ||||||||
Zika virus: CDC monitoring nearly 300 pregnant women FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 file photo, Lara, who is less then 3-months old and was born with microcephaly, is examined by a neurologist at the Pedro I hospital in Campina Grande, Paraiba state, Brazil.
| ||||||||
Opioid Prescriptions Drop for First Time in Two Decades Dr. Mitchell Stark, an oral surgeon in Maryland, advised Ronda Person on Friday to take ibuprofen after surgery. Dr. Stark said he tells all of his patients to try prescription-strength ibuprofen first, before considering opioid painkillers.
| ||||||||
Early Patient Palliative Care Helps Family Caregivers The involvement of palliative care early on in the process of treating patients with cancer led to an improvement in depressive symptoms and quality of life among family caregivers, according to the results of a study (abstract 10131) presented at a ...
| ||||||||
FDA Finishes Food Labels for How We Eat Now Michelle Obama stood in front of a depiction of the revamped nutrition label on Friday, the day the new listing went into effect. Credit Jim Lo Scalzo/European Pressphoto Agency.
| ||||||||
An 'Added Sugar' Label Is On The Way For Packaged Food The new, redesigned "Nutrition Facts" label is coming. The Food and Drug Administration has announced that the new label will be required on most packaged food by July 2018.
| ||||||||
Why the sugar industry hates the FDA's new Nutrition Facts label In early 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it was going to consider making a few changes to the nutrition facts label found on just about every food item sitting on grocery store shelves around the nation.
| ||||||||
California's Anti-Vaping Law Puts Puritanism Above Health vapedirectuk/flickrI like to quote H.L. Mencken's definition of Puritanism: "The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
| ||||||||
Home > Current Issue > Statins May Be More Useful than Antihypertensive Therapies f... Three new studies lend support to the ever-growing view that cholesterol-lowering statins should be more widely used to help prevent cardiovascular disease, even in people who are considered to be at moderate risk.
| ||||||||
Public swimming pool violations ATLANTA (AP) - A government survey has found at least one violation in nearly 80 percent of public pool and hot tub inspections from 2013 in five states.
| ||||||||
Swimming Pools Are Gross, The CDC Reminds Us Just In Time For Summer We are rapidly coming up on the scorching summer days when all you want to do is lounge in the pool. Unfortunately, though, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would like to spoil that lovely image for you by reminding everyone that ...
| ||||||||
Watch Out for the Water at Public Pools, CDC Warns An analysis showed that 1 in 8 inspections of places like pools and hot tubs revealed potential hazards that shut them down. By Rachel Dicker | Associate Editor, Social Media May 20, 2016, at 2:34 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Reddit; Cancel.
| ||||||||
Even frail, older adults could benefit from intensive blood pressure reduction Adults with hypertension who are age 75 years and older, including those who are frail and with poor overall health, could benefit from lowering their blood pressure below current medical guidelines.
| ||||||||
Public Pools, Hot Tubs Rife With Health and Safety Violations, CDC Finds As the weather warms and Memorial Day looms, children and adults alike will soon be flocking to swimming pools. But just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, a new report from the U.S.
| ||||||||
APA study suggests mental health care access is limited in DC area ATLANTA - Recent findings presented here indicate more than 80% of psychiatrists within networks of some of the largest carriers in the Health Insurance Exchange Network in Washington, D.C.
| ||||||||
'Sunscreen' Gene May Help Protect Against Skin Cancer A new USC-led study identified a "sunscreen" gene that may help stave off skin cancer. The researchers found that the "UV radiation Resistance Associated Gene" is a tumor suppressor for skin cancer, which is the most common form of cancer in the United ...
| ||||||||
Study: U.S. cancer deaths are mostly preventable Americans can prevent their risk of dying from cancer simply by maintaining a healthy lifestyle, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Oncology.
| ||||||||
Opioid Crisis is Really a Crisis of Compassion Mehmet Oz, M.D. Cardiac Surgeon and Host of the Emmy-Award Winning 'The Dr. Oz Show'. 2016-05-20-1463766413-8822460-Ozsignage.
| ||||||||
Living with Lyme: Mrs. Delaware 2015 As part of Lyme Disease Awareness Month, 47 ABC is taking another in-depth look at this illness, with a follow-up to our award winning Special Report "Tiny Tick, Big Controversy.
| ||||||||
New treatment for deadly skin cancer causes cells to rupture, die It was back. After battling melanoma for more than a decade, Herbert Schwartz was having a routine visit with his dermatologist last year when his doctor detected three dark spots on his lower left leg.
| ||||||||
First Zika virus death in France's Martinique FORT-DE-FRANCE: The French Caribbean island of Martinique has suffered its first Zika virus-related death, the regional health agency said today.
| ||||||||
Relay for Life of Salinas kicks off Friday Hundreds of cancer survivors and their families kicked off Relay for Life of Salinas at the Salinas Sports Complex on Friday. The American Cancer Society event helps raise money for cancer research.
| ||||||||
Redheads wanted for Portland gathering against melanoma Dr. Phoebe Rich, a Portland dermatologist, right, examines Alan Daniels during free skin cancer screenings in 2009. The screenings will also be offered on Saturday at the War on Skin Cancer event on the South Waterfront.
| ||||||||
Tulsa to house St. Jude Children's Hospital affiliate clinic TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Tulsa will house the nation's eighth affiliate clinic of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, making it the first in Oklahoma and the outpost farthest west.
| ||||||||
Big weekend for Relay for Life events in West Michigan GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - The weather is going to be perfect for several Relay for Life events kicking off in West Michigan this weekend, it's an effort WZZM is proud to be a part of.
| ||||||||
American Cancer Society's Relay for Life Relay for Life: American Cancer Society's Relay for Life 2016 will start at noon Saturday at the Solomon Calhoun Center. The survivors lap starts off the relay followed by music, entertainment, children's activities, games and plenty of good food.
| ||||||||
Need for mental health awareness, funding for college students grows Editor's note: The Focus on Research column highlights different research projects and topics being explored at Penn State. Each column will feature the work of a different researcher from across all disciplines.
| ||||||||
Illinois health officials warn of potential measles exposures in Chicago, DeKalb A person diagnosed with measles may have exposed others in the last week while visiting Chicago and DeKalb. (WLS). Embed. <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7chicago.
| ||||||||
Dr. Mark Pinsky: New Test Allows For More Accurate, Earlier Diagnosis For Lyme's Disease Lyme's Disease is a tick borne disease much more prevalent in certain parts of the U.S. but not exclusive to those areas. The long term effects of this can be devastating.
| ||||||||
Nonspeaking teen writes profound letter explaining autism For the first 14 and a half years of Gordy's life, Evan and Dara Baylinson had no reason to believe their son could comprehend anything they said: He had never spoken, and he couldn't really emote.
| ||||||||
Brain-dead Vacaville toddler given more time on life support Attorneys for Israel Stinson, the brain-dead toddler on life support at Kaiser Roseville hospital, got a weekend reprieve in their legal fight now before the 9th U.S.
| ||||||||
High saturated-fat, low unsaturated-fat diet in adolescence tied to higher breast density BALTIMORE - May 19, 2016. Adolescent girls whose diet is higher in saturated fats and lower in healthier unsaturated fats have higher breast density in early adulthood, which may potentially increase their risk for breast cancer later in life ...
| ||||||||
Fraternity anti-drinking programs don't work, analysis finds Bad news for fraternities: Those impressive-sounding programs designed to reduce alcohol consumption? They don't seem to work.
| ||||||||
Senate passes bills to tackle heroin crisis Senator Michael Nozzolio announced the State Senate has enacted a package of 22 bills, which take a comprehensive approach to fighting the ongoing heroin and opioid crisis.
| ||||||||
St. Jude prepares to build $84 million tower on Memphis campus November 6, 2015 - People walk outside the Chili's Care Center at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Friday. St. Jude is planning a huge expansion during the next six years, increasing staff by 25 percent and treating 20 percent more cancer patients.
| ||||||||
Experimental test could spot Lyme disease much faster A urine test designed for early detection of Lyme disease has shown some success in preliminary research, according to a study published in the Journal of Translational Medicine.
| ||||||||
Hypertension in kids isn't rare, but experts are unsure how best to handle it Trinity Green, 4, (left) who is about to enter preschool at Walbridge Elementary, gets her blood pressure checked by Emma Kulig, a first-year St. Louis University medical student on Sunday, August 19, 2012, at a back-to-school health fair at Loyola ...
| ||||||||
SPRINT: Low Blood Pressure Target Good for Older Patients LONG BEACH, California - The treatment of hypertensive patients 75 years and older to a systolic blood pressure target of 120 mm Hg reduces the overall risk for mortality by one-third, according to new data from SPRINT.
| ||||||||
Hepatitis C is Killing Americans in Record Numbers while Patients Cannot Access Life Saving Medicine According to the CDC and reported recently by Lena Sun in the Washington Post, Hepatitis C now kills more people annually than the next 60 reportable infectious diseases combined, and, yes, the list of the next 60 infectious diseases includes HIV.
| ||||||||
| You have received this email because you have subscribed to Google Alerts. |
 Receive this alert as RSS feed |
| Send Feedback |
No comments:
Post a Comment