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MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A new report estimates more than two-thirds of emergency department visits for overdoses of narcotic drugs involve prescription medications. The researchers launched their research to better understand why people overdose on narcotics, a class of medications that includes illegal drugs like heroin along with prescription painkillers like Percocet and Oxycontin....
October 27, 2014
MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Giving young children agave nectar or a placebo treatment of flavored, colored water both appear to help reduce cough symptoms at night more than not giving any treatment, according to a new study. "Many pediatricians suggest doing nothing for cough and cold symptoms other than maintaining hydration and perhaps giving acetaminophen or ibuprofen," said lead researcher...
October 27, 2014
MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A mild concussion after age 65 might boost your risk of developing dementia, a new study suggests. Head injuries seem to pose special hazards for seniors compared to those in upper middle age, the researchers said. "This was surprising and suggests that the older brain may be especially vulnerable to traumatic brain injury, regardless of the traumatic brain...
October 27, 2014
MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Even adults with depression are generally optimistic about the future, a new study shows. But that finding carries its own caveat, the researchers added. "It turns out that even clinically depressed individuals are also characterized by the belief that one's life in the future will be more satisfying than one's past and current life," lead researcher Michael...
October 27, 2014
SUNDAY, Oct. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The governors of New York and New Jersey are being pressured by the Obama Administration to rethink tough quarantine measures that require all medical workers returning from West Africa who had contact with Ebola patients to be forced into isolation, according to news reports. However, -The New York Times- reported Sunday that Andrew Cuomo of New York and Chris...
October 26, 2014
SATURDAY, Oct. 25, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Arriving home safe and sound is one of the best Halloween treats of all. To that end, be sure that costumes and goody bags have reflective strips that improve visibility to drivers, said Dr. Sampson Davis, an emergency medicine doctor at Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, N.J. Trick-or-treaters should also carry a flashlight, and costumes should...
October 25, 2014
SATURDAY, Oct. 25, 2014 (HealthDay News) - On Friday, the governors of New York and New Jersey announced strict new quarantine measures for anyone returning via Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports who may have had contacts with Ebola patients in Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leona. The measures, which exceed current federal guidelines, mean that people who had such contacts would be tested and kept in...
October 25, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Surgeons Transplant First Non-Beating Heart - Surgeons in Australia say they successfully transplanted a heart that had stopped beating for up to 20 minutes. Until now, heart transplants have only been able to use still-beating hearts from brain-dead donors. But a surgical team at St. Vincent's...
October 24, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Obizur (antihemophilic factor recombinant) has been approved to treat a rare, non-inherited form of hemophilia in adults. Unlike the more common form of hemophilia that's inherited and affects males, acquired hemophilia affects both males and females. The rarer form of the blood disorder occurs when the body's immune system attacks a protein that's necessary...
October 24, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A New York City doctor who recently returned from West Africa infected with Ebola is in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital, media reports say. Dr. Craig Spencer had been working with the medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders, helping to treat Ebola patients in Guinea, one of three West African countries hit hard by the disease. According to -The New...
October 24, 2014
THURSDAY, Oct. 23, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A large influx of international aid is needed, and soon, if West Africa is to avoid tens of thousands of deaths from the widening Ebola crisis, a team of Yale University researchers predict. Using a specially designed mathematical model, the researchers looked at the possible future of the outbreak in just one densely populated county of hard-hit Liberia -...
October 24, 2014
(HealthDay News) - If your child is overweight, be sure to teach him or her about the importance of a nutritious diet and regular exercise. You also should offer plenty of support and avoid pressuring your youngster. The Weight-loss Information Network offers these additional suggestions: - Put your child on a weight-loss plan -only- after getting your doctor's approval. Don't severely restrict what...
October 24, 2014
(HealthDay News) - On Halloween, excited trick-or-treaters can pose significant hazards for drivers, especially in residential areas. The U.S. National Safety Council offers these safety tips: - Be extra alert and cautious on Halloween, remembering to watch for children near the roads. Look out for children darting between parked cars. Use caution when entering and exiting alleys and driveways. Watch...
October 24, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) - For those teens who try to avoid spending time with their parents and siblings, new research suggests that sitting down for family meals might help them stay slim as adults. Despite everyone's busy schedules, researchers found that just one or two gatherings around the kitchen table each week were well worth the effort. "There are numerous distractions that...
October 24, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Multiple drug use put couples who "swing" at increased risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), a new study shows. Swingers are defined as heterosexual couples who have group sex, swap partners and/or visit sex clubs for couples. Researchers looked at 289 people, average age 49, in the Netherlands who said they were swingers and visited an STD clinic between...
October 24, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Cadavers are better than a computer simulation of the human body for teaching anatomy to college students, a new study says. The findings suggest that cadavers should continue to be used in undergraduate human anatomy courses for future doctors, nurses and other health and medical professionals, according to the researchers. Their study included almost 240 students...
October 24, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Infants with a specific skin gene mutation who are exposed to peanut protein in household dust may be more likely to develop a peanut allergy, according to a new study. Peanut allergy and other food allergies have been linked to severe eczema, a skin disorder, in early infancy, the U.K. researchers said. In conducting the study, researchers at King's College...
October 24, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Children exposed to two air toxins - chromium and styrene - while in the womb and during the first two years of life may have increased odds of developing autism, according to a new study. Prenatal and early exposure to the highest amounts of chromium, a heavy metal, increased the risk for autism by 65 percent, said researchers from the University of Pittsburgh...
October 24, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Researchers who discovered antibiotics in farmed and wild fish say their findings are cause for concern. The use of antibiotics in animals, including fish, that are raised for human consumption contribute to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that threaten people's health, according to background information from the study. Each year in the United...
October 24, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Not getting the right amount of sleep might raise your risk of ulcerative colitis, a new study suggests. Those who sleep less or more than the recommended seven to eight hours per night may be more prone to developing the chronic condition, which causes inflammation in the intestines, researchers report. The study authors concluded that duration and quality...
October 24, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The virus that causes common cold sores - herpes simplex - might increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease, two studies by Swedish researchers suggest. In fact, being a carrier of certain antibodies to the virus can double the risk of Alzheimer's disease, the researchers found. "The identification of a treatable cause [herpes simplex] of the most common dementia...
October 24, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Interrupting blood supply to an arm or a leg before heart surgery may help reduce the risks associated with the surgery, according to a new study. "During heart surgery we have to stop the blood supply to the heart to be able to operate on it. After some time without fresh blood, the heart will reduce its ability to produce energy because it doesn't get oxygen....
October 24, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Nina Pham, the first of two Dallas nurses to be infected with Ebola while caring for a patient, is now free of the virus, officials at the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced Friday. And on her way home to Texas, she got a special treat - a visit to the White House and a hug from President Barack Obama, -ABC News- reported. Speaking at a news briefing...
October 24, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) - As more genetic tests are developed that spot increased risks for certain cancers, one might think that high-risk people would be more proactive about getting screened. But a new study suggests that, at least with colon cancer, knowledge does not change behavior: People who found out their genes doubled their risk of colon cancer were no more likely than people...
October 24, 2014
FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Current osteoporosis screening guidelines and tools fail to identify many younger postmenopausal women at risk for osteoporosis-related fractures, a new study says. "If we want to prevent fractures, we need tools that help us accurately predict who will suffer these osteoporotic injuries so that we can target these at-risk people for preventive measures," study...
October 24, 2014
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