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MONDAY, June 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Speaking two or more languages helps protect your brain as you age, even if you learn new languages as an adult, new research suggests. The study included 835 people born in Scotland in 1936 whose first language was English. They were given mental skills tests at age 11 and again in their early 70s. Of the participants, 262 were able to speak at least two languages,...
June 2, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Head of Veterans Affairs Resigns Amid Scandal - Eric Shinseki, the embattled secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department, resigned Friday morning after a meeting with President Barack Obama. Shinseki's resignation followed increasing evidence of widespread misconduct and mismanagement at the agency's...
June 2, 2014
MONDAY, June 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A pill that blocks male hormone activity can improve survival and delay the need for chemotherapy in men with advanced prostate cancer, a new clinical trial has found. Men who took a daily dose of the drug enzalutamide started chemotherapy nearly a year and a half later than men who received a placebo, even though their prostate cancer had spread to other parts...
June 2, 2014
MONDAY, June 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) - People may soon be able to learn whether or not they have lung cancer - and how bad their cancer is - by breathing into a tube. Researchers have developed a breathalyzer that can detect lung cancer and assess whether it is early or advanced, according to findings presented this weekend at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago. The device...
June 2, 2014
MONDAY, June 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The Obama administration announced plans Monday that would require the United States to cut power plant emissions that many scientists blame for global warming by 30 percent by 2030. It's a move that would substantially improve the health of millions of Americans, federal officials said. The plan targets the biggest source of carbon pollution in the country -...
June 2, 2014
MONDAY, June 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A new test that helps doctors identify the cause of a specific type of kidney disease has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) damages blood vessels in the kidneys that help filter the blood. Some cases are caused by the body's rejection of its own kidney tissue (autoimmune), while the rest are triggered...
June 2, 2014
MONDAY, June 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Women with poor diets before pregnancy are more likely to give birth prematurely than women who have healthy diets, a new study from Australia confirms. "Preterm birth is a leading cause of infant disease and death and occurs in approximately one in 10 pregnancies globally." said lead author Dr. Jessica Grieger, a postdoctoral research fellow with the University...
June 2, 2014
MONDAY, June 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Hispanics became much more likely to take their heart medicines after Medicare's prescription drug benefit plan was launched in 2006. But there was only a small increase seen among black patients, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed U.S. government data to identify trends in the four years after the drug plan - formally called Medicare Part D - was introduced....
June 2, 2014
MONDAY, June 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) - If an oncoming hurricane has a female name, it may be time to take storm preparations seriously. That's because hurricanes with female names seem to be deadlier than those with male names, according to new research. That finding held true even when Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in 2005, was taken out of the equation. The researchers don't have...
June 2, 2014
MONDAY, June 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Breast cancer patients with small-sized "HER2-positive" tumors have a low risk of cancer recurrence, even without chemotherapy and an especially potent drug called trastuzumab, a new study finds. HER2-positive breast cancer, which accounts for 15 percent to 20 percent of all breast cancer cases in the United States, has been shown to respond well to the antibody...
June 2, 2014
MONDAY, June 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) - More than 12 percent of kids in the United States experience beatings, neglect or sexual or emotional abuse, according to a new study. "One in 8 American children, at some point between birth and their 18th birthday, will be maltreated," said study researcher Christopher Wildeman, associate professor of sociology at Yale University. Although the percentage of...
June 2, 2014
MONDAY, June 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Women who survive a heart attack before age 55 tend to face more complications over the coming months than men do, new research suggests. One year after their heart attack, women had worse physical functioning, poorer mental functioning and a lower quality of life than men who survived their heart attack, the study found. The researchers can only speculate on...
June 2, 2014
MONDAY, June 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Contrary to previous evidence of what scientists have dubbed the "obesity paradox," being overweight or obese won't lower your risk of dying from a stroke, a new study shows. The obesity paradox suggests that overweight, and even obese, people may have a lower risk of dying prematurely from a number of conditions, including stroke, than do normal-weight folks....
June 2, 2014
SUNDAY, June 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A new type of anti-estrogen drug appears to work better than the estrogen-blocking drug tamoxifen in preventing recurrences of breast cancer in certain women, a new study reports. Exemestane (Aromasin), which belongs to a class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors, reduced the relative risk of breast cancer recurrence by nearly a third compared to tamoxifen....
June 1, 2014
THURSDAY, May 29, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The bones of England's King Richard III are yielding up more secrets about the 15th century monarch, two years after his remains were excavated under a parking lot in Leicester, Great Britain. The new research, published May 29 in -The Lancet-, suggests the spinal scoliosis noted initially in Richard's skeleton may not have unduly hampered his movement or appearance....
May 30, 2014
THURSDAY, May 29, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A higher dose of the diabetes drug liraglutide (Victoza) may help obese people without the disease lose weight, a new study suggests. In this test of its effectiveness as a diet aid, people taking liraglutide for over a year lost an average of 8 percent of their body weight, compared with 2.6 percent shed by those taking a placebo (dummy drug), researchers...
May 30, 2014
THURSDAY, May 29, 2014 (HealthDay News) - When you have high blood pressure, exactly what type of increased heart risk you face may be determined by which number in your blood pressure reading is high, new research shows. In a blood pressure reading, systolic pressure is the top number and diastolic pressure is the bottom number. People with higher systolic blood pressure had a greater risk of bleeding...
May 30, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Learning how to manage your chronic illness can help make coping easier. The American Academy of Family Physicians offers this advice: - Examine your lifestyle and choose one unhealthy practice to address. Create a specific goal to address your issue, such as exercising three days per week. Create a plan to deal with factors that may interfere with your goal. Make sure your goal...
May 30, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Keeping pool water clean protects the health and safety of swimmers by keeping germs and dirt out of the water. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers these suggestions: - Before you jump in, take a shower with soap and water. Skip swimming if you have diarrhea. Take a break to use the bathroom every hour. Wash hands after using the toilet or changing diapers....
May 30, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Head of Veterans Affairs Resigns Amid Scandal - Eric Shinseki, the embattled secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department, resigned Friday morning after a meeting with President Barack Obama. Shinseki's resignation followed increasing evidence of widespread misconduct and mismanagement at the agency's...
May 30, 2014
FRIDAY, May 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Older adults who have schizophrenia appear to face a higher risk of getting dementia, new research suggests. "The rates of dementia in those with schizophrenia in the study were twice that of non-schizophrenic patients," said lead researcher Hugh Hendrie, a Regenstrief Institute investigator and a scientist at the Indiana University Center for Aging Research....
May 30, 2014
FRIDAY, May 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - If you're watching your weight, you may have to watch your white bread consumption, too. When white bread is a diet staple, you may be more likely to become overweight or obese than if you favor whole grain bread, according to a new study. Researchers tracked the eating habits and weight of more than 9,200 Spanish university graduates for an average of five years....
May 30, 2014
FRIDAY, May 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - White women who get five or more blistering sunburns between the ages of 15 and 20 have an 80 percent increased risk for melanoma - the most deadly form of skin cancer, new study findings indicate. Researchers also found these women have a 68 percent greater risk for two other forms of skin cancer known as basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. "Our...
May 30, 2014
FRIDAY, May 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - In the wake of concerns that calcium supplements increase the risk for heart attack or stroke, a large, new U.S. study offers women and their doctors some reassurance. Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston found, in a study of more than 74,000 women, that these supplements are safe in terms of heart health. Millions of women take calcium supplements...
May 30, 2014
FRIDAY, May 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Intensive-care unit patients who receive steroids seem to be at greater risk of developing delirium, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers. Steroids are given to ICU patients for a number of reasons, including to reduce inflammation and to treat septic shock, the study authors said. The researchers examined the medical records of 330 lung injury...
May 30, 2014
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