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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) - With so much news focused on the Ebola epidemic in Africa, parents and other caregivers should think about how to help children feel safe, experts say. "Children are almost always listening," said Dr. Allison Baker, a pediatric psychopharmacologist at the Child Mind Institute in New York City. "They hear words and phrases, but this doesn't mean that they...
October 22, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Two-thirds of dietary supplements recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because they contained banned ingredients remained on store shelves at least six months after they were recalled, a new study finds. For example, in July 2013, researchers were able to purchase EverSlim - a weight-loss supplement that had been recalled in February 2012...
October 22, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Your sex life is unlikely to suffer because of sleep apnea treatment, according to a new study. People with sleep apnea experience periods of disrupted breathing throughout sleep. This can lead to daytime fatigue, high blood pressure and other health conditions. The gold standard of sleep apnea treatment involves going to bed wearing a mask or nosepiece with...
October 22, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Monitoring devices among intensive care patients set off 2.5 million alarms in one month at a U.S. hospital, a new study of "alarm fatigue" shows. Alarm fatigue occurs when hospital staff become desensitized to the constant beeps and bleeps of alarms, and either ignore them or turn them off. The problem has been identified as a major issue by The Joint Commission,...
October 22, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Touching cash register receipts can dramatically increase your body's absorption of a potentially dangerous chemical, bisphenol A (BPA), researchers report. BPA, originally created as an estrogen supplement, has been linked to developmental problems in infants and children, and cancer, obesity, diabetes and heart disease in adults, researchers say. The chemical...
October 22, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Besides the danger and worry from the disease itself, many Americans battling cancer are faced with high bills for medical care, two new reports show. One-third of cancer survivors in the United States say they have experienced money or work problems due to cancer care, while even many cancer patients who have insurance say they have had to change their lifestyle...
October 22, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The risk of birth defects is low among children conceived using assisted reproductive technologies (ART), according to a new study. Researchers examined more than 300,000 births in Massachusetts between 2004 and 2008. Of those babies, 11,000 were conceived using ART. Assisted reproductive technologies include fertility treatments where both eggs and sperm...
October 22, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) - While in-office visits may still be best, taking a photo of a skin lesion and sending it to your dermatologist for analysis may be a valuable piece of eczema care, a new study finds. "This study shows something interesting - patients' eczema improved regardless whether they saw the doctor for follow-up in the office or communicated online," said one expert...
October 22, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Over the last three decades, Americans have cut their intake of artery-clogging saturated and trans fats - but not enough, new research shows. Meanwhile, consumption of healthy omega-3 fatty acids known as DHA and EPA - plentiful in fatty fish like salmon - has remained steady, though very low, the experts found. "These trends are encouraging, but we still...
October 22, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Seniors who wear their dentures when they sleep are at increased risk for pneumonia, according to new research. The study included 524 men and women, average age about 88, who were followed for three years. During that time, there were 28 hospitalizations and 20 deaths from pneumonia. Among the 453 denture wearers, the 41 percent who wore their dentures when...
October 22, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Americans are less trusting of the medical profession than people in many other countries - even though they often like their own doctor, a new report finds. Based on data from an international health care survey, the United States is near the bottom of the list when it comes to public trust in the medical establishment, Harvard researchers report. On the...
October 22, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The U.S. health care system ranks dead last compared to other industrialized nations when it comes to affordability and patient access, according to a new survey. The 2013 survey of the American health care landscape was conducted by the Commonwealth Fund just prior to the full implementation of the Obama administration's Affordable Care Act (ACA). "I would...
October 22, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) - After weight-loss surgery, some patients may be at risk for developing severe headaches, a new study suggests. In a small number of people, the surgery was associated with a condition known as spontaneous intracranial hypotension - or low blood pressure in the brain. The condition can trigger headaches while standing that disappear when lying down. These...
October 22, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The United States is now mandating that all airline passengers arriving from Ebola-affected nations of West Africa land at one of five airports equipped to screen them for infection with the virus. In a statement released Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson noted that 94 percent of air passengers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone already land...
October 21, 2014
MONDAY, Oct. 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) - U.S. health officials on Monday officially tightened guidelines for health workers treating Ebola patients, now requiring full body suits with no skin exposure and use of a respirator at all times. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided to issue the tougher rules after two Dallas nurses contracted Ebola while caring for the first patient...
October 21, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Snacking may be the first thing on a child's mind after school. But young ones should also take steps to prevent getting sick. The Foodsafety.gov website offers these tips: - Make sure children immediately refrigerate all lunch bags and leftovers. Teach children to wash hands before preparing or eating a snack. Make sure they use clean utensils. Have children wash all vegetables...
October 21, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Young trick-or-treaters typically are overloaded with candy, but you don't have to jump on the candy bandwagon. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics suggests these healthier Halloween options: - Vitamin C-packed, 100 percent-fruit fruit chews. Trans fat-free animal crackers or some sugar-free gum. Small juice boxes with 100 percent fruit juice. Small cups of low-fat pudding. Halloween...
October 21, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Nonsmokers who live with smokers are exposed to triple the World Health Organization's recommended safe levels of harmful air particles, a new study warns. That means that air-particle levels in a home with a smoker are similar to that of the air in large, polluted cities, the study found. Living in smoke-free homes could offer major health benefits to nonsmokers,...
October 21, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Children of mothers exposed to high levels of traffic air pollution during pregnancy may be at increased risk for lung damage, according to a new study. Researchers tested the lung function of 620 children in Spain when they were 4 years old. Their mothers' exposure to the traffic air pollutants nitrogen dioxide and benzene during the second trimester of pregnancy...
October 21, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Headlines remain riveted on the three Ebola cases in Dallas. But, mental health specialists say overblown fear is a much bigger health threat to Americans. President Barack Obama on Friday appointed an Ebola "czar" to oversee the U.S. response to the virus, which has infected two Dallas nurses who cared for a Liberian man who died of Ebola this month at Texas...
October 21, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) - About one-fifth of Hispanic women have a genetic variation that offers significant protection against breast cancer risk, according to a new study. The genetic variant originates from native Americans and reduces breast cancer risk by 40 percent to 80 percent, particularly the more aggressive estrogen receptor-negative forms of the disease, researchers said....
October 21, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Paralyzed Man Walks After New Type of Spinal Surgery - A 38-year-old Bulgarian man who was paralyzed from the waist down can walk again after groundbreaking surgery, and is believed to be the first person in the world to recover from complete severing of the spinal nerves. Polish surgeons transplanted...
October 21, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Black women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) are only about half as likely as white women to become pregnant using the popular assisted reproduction technique, new research indicates, and the racial disparity persists even when donor eggs are used. In the study, about 31 percent of white patients became pregnant after IVF, compared to about 17 percent...
October 21, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Infants who quickly add weight and length may be showing a genetic propensity for obesity as toddlers, a new study suggests. In adults, certain genes have been linked to increased body fat, but the same genes in infants promote proportionate gains in fat and lean muscle, the researchers said. At 1 year, kids with these genes may be heavier and taller. By ages...
October 21, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A new study finds no link between vaccines and increased risk of multiple sclerosis or similar nervous system diseases. Even though some have questioned whether vaccines - particularly for hepatitis B and human papillomavirus (HPV) - might be associated with a small rise in the risk of MS, prior studies yielded mixed findings on the issue, with most studies...
October 21, 2014
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