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FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Obesity increases the risk of certain types of breast cancer in postmenopausal black and Hispanic women, two new U.S. studies show. One study of more than 3,200 Hispanic women found being overweight or obese increased the risk for estrogen receptor-negative and progesterone receptor-positive breast tumors among postmenopausal women. "We've known this for a long...
October 31, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Access to generic hormone therapy medicines improves the chances that breast cancer patients will stick with their drug treatment, a new study found. "We know that hormone therapy for women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer can reduce recurrence by up to 50 percent," study leader Dr. Dawn Hershman, an associate professor of epidemiology at Columbia...
October 31, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Carving pumpkins and trick-or-treating may seem like harmless fun, but Halloween injuries send many children to emergency rooms in the United States every year, experts say. Out of eight holidays, Halloween had the fifth highest number of ER visits involving children aged 18 years and younger, according to 2007-2013 data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance...
October 31, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Toddlers can both sense adult anger and alter their behavior in response to it, new research reveals. "Babies are like sponges," said study co-author Andrew Meltzoff, co-director of the University of Washington Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, in Seattle. "They learn not only from their own direct social experiences but from watching the social interactions...
October 31, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Children and teens with poor access to general surgeons are at increased risk of suffering a ruptured appendix, and the risk is particularly high among young children, a new study finds. If an infected appendix isn't removed quickly enough, it can burst or rupture, leading to a serious, sometimes fatal infection, according to background information from the...
October 31, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Sleep apnea may make it hard for you to remember simple things, such as where you parked your car or left your house keys, a small study suggests. Tests on 18 people with severe sleep apnea showed that this ability - called spatial memory - was impaired when sleep apnea disrupted rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, even when other stages of sleep weren't affected....
October 31, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Surgery for low back pain caused by spinal stenosis varies depending on where in the United States you live, a new report says. "Nearly 80 percent of Americans will experience low back pain at some point in their lives, and about 30 million people a year receive professional medical care for a spine problem," co-author Brook Martin, of the Dartmouth Institute...
October 31, 2014
THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Almost one-fifth of Americans do daily battle with crippling, chronic pain, a large new survey reveals, with the elderly and women struggling the most. The poll of roughly 35,000 American households provides the first snapshot of the pain landscape in the United States, the survey authors said. The bottom line: Significant and debilitating pain that endures...
October 31, 2014
(HealthDay News) - More than 2.5 million Americans visited emergency departments as a result of motor vehicle crashes in 2012, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency offers these tips to help reduce your risk of injury: - The driver and all passengers always should wear safety belts, even for a very short trip. Make sure children are safely strapped in, children...
October 31, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Foods such as meat, seafood, poultry and eggs must be separated from other edibles to prevent possible cross-contamination with germs. The Foodsafety.gov website offers these suggestions: - Keep these foods separate from all other foods in your grocery shopping cart. When you check out at the grocery, make sure each of these foods is separately wrapped in a plastic bag to prevent...
October 31, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Ebola Concerns Overshadow Medical Meeting in New Orleans - Ebola fears have triggered a conflict between Louisiana officials and a medical group holding its annual meeting in the state. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is meeting in New Orleans, starting this weekend, and thousands...
October 31, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Malfunction of a key brain protein called tau is the likely culprit behind Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, a new study in mice concludes. Neurons - highly specialized nerve cells in the brain - appear to die when tau malfunctions and fails to clear the cells of unwanted and toxic proteins, explained Charbel Moussa, head of the Laboratory for...
October 31, 2014
THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Physical frailty may lead to worse five-year survival rates among kidney transplant patients, regardless of their age, a new study shows. The findings suggest that patients should be screened for frailty before kidney transplantation, and that those identified as frail need to be closely monitored after their transplant, the study authors said. The researchers...
October 30, 2014
THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - In the world of 21st-century medicine, organ transplantation is nothing new. The first kidney transplant took place in 1950, followed by the first liver transplant in 1963 and the first human heart transplant in 1967. By 2010, doctors had even managed the transplantation of a patient's entire face. One major organ still eludes the transplant surgeon, however:...
October 30, 2014
THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - New research supports replacing the traditional way of reimbursing doctors for care - paying for each service provided - with an alternative system that gives a set amount of money to health care organizations for patient care. "These results are encouraging, because, throughout our health care system, spending is growing at an unsustainable rate and our quality...
October 30, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Halloween costumes may be scary and spooky, but they should still be safe. Parents should make sure costumes don't obstruct vision or increase the risk of falls. The Safekids.org website offers these suggestions: - Select costumes and treat bags that are light in color, and decorate them with reflective tape. Skip the mask and opt for face paint instead. Make sure every child carries...
October 30, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Counseling can be an effective way to deal with life's many problems and challenges. The American Academy of Family Physicians says counseling may help people cope with these issues: - Depression, grief or loss. Intimacy, relationships, fertility, infidelity or divorce. Anxiety, stress, anger, compulsion or addiction. Problems with family, career or phobias. Eating disorder, illness...
October 30, 2014
THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A full-court press involving all public health tactics known to prevent Ebola transmission will be required to quell the current West African epidemic, a new study reports. Four practices in particular - burying the Ebola-infected dead in a hygienic way, immediately isolating new patients, tracing people potentially exposed to the virus, and providing better...
October 30, 2014
THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The World Bank pledged Thursday an additional $100 million in the fight against the Ebola outbreak wreaking havoc in West Africa. The money, which brings the World Bank's total pledge to more than $500 million, will be used to attract more foreign health care workers to the three hardest-hit countries - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. "The world's response...
October 30, 2014
THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A comparison of two of the most common types of weight loss surgery found that laparoscopic gastric bypass helped patients shed more excess pounds than adjustable gastric banding, but carried a higher risk of short-term complications and long-term hospitalizations. Gastric-bypass surgery makes the stomach smaller and reroutes the small intestine, so your body...
October 30, 2014
THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - There are clear differences in the brains of people with chronic fatigue syndrome and the brains of healthy people, new research indicates. Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine said their findings could help doctors diagnose this baffling condition and shed light on how it develops. People with chronic fatigue syndrome are often misdiagnosed...
October 30, 2014
THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Wearing masks made of latex and taking hayrides are among the Halloween festivities that could be risky for children with asthma, according to the American Lung Association. The association advises parents to be proactive about managing their child's asthma to ensure that Halloween is safe and enjoyable. Some of the steps they recommend parents take include:...
October 30, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Gerber Sued Over Baby Formula Allergy Claims - Baby food maker Gerber is being sued for claiming that its Good Start Gentle formula can prevent or reduce allergies in children, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday. The company's claim is false and it misled consumers by suggesting...
October 30, 2014
THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The skin condition eczema may increase slightly the risk of broken bones and injured joints, a new study reports. In a study of 34,500 adults, researchers found that among 7 percent of people who had an eczema flare-up in the past year, 1.5 percent had a bone or joint injury and 0.6 percent had an injury that caused a limitation of function. Compared to people...
October 30, 2014
THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The number of medical malpractice payments in the United States has dropped sharply since 2002, according to a new study. And compensation payment amounts and liability insurance costs for most doctors remained flat or declined in recent years, researchers report online Oct. 30 in the -Journal of the American Medical Association. "For many physicians, the...
October 30, 2014
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