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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The second nurse at a Dallas hospital to be diagnosed with Ebola flew on a domestic, commercial airline flight on Monday evening - less than 24 hours before she reported symptoms to hospital staff, federal health officials said Wednesday. Health officials said the risk is low that Amber Joy Vinson, 26, exposed her fellow passengers to Ebola during Frontier...
October 15, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - An experimental immune-system therapy can often lead to complete remission in leukemia patients who have run out of other options, a new study confirms. Researchers found that 27 of 30 children and adults with advanced acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) went into full remission after receiving genetically tweaked versions of their own immune system cells....
October 15, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Malpractice reform may not keep physicians from ordering unnecessary and expensive tests, a practice known as "defensive medicine," a new study reports. Emergency room physicians in three states that enacted malpractice reform continued to order imaging tests and admit patients for treatment at the same rate, even though the law had been changed to make it...
October 15, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Osteoporosis occurs when bones become thin and brittle, increasing the risk for fractures. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mentions these risk factors for osteoporosis: - Being a postmenopausal woman. Being white. Being an older adult. Having a small frame. Getting insufficient dietary calcium. Getting insufficient exercise. Copyright © 2014 HealthDay. All rights...
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A new map of the house fly's DNA - its genome - could help scientists take a swat at a host of human diseases, experts say. That's because the flies not only transmit human illnesses but are also immune to them, experts said. Learning more about how the house fly's genes make it immune to certain illnesses might help lead to new vaccines or treatments for humans,...
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Although exercise has long been thought to help improve the symptoms of depression, teenagers may not reap these benefits, a new British study suggests. The study found that physical activity levels in early teen years didn't appear to affect rates of depression in later teen years. "Those participants who were more physically active in early adolescence did...
October 14, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Faster Test Developed for Enterovirus D68 - A new, faster lab test for enterovirus D68 has been developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between mid-August and Oct 14, a total of 691 people in 46 states and the District of Columbia have been confirmed to have respiratory...
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Is obesity more deadly for some races than for others? Prior research had suggested that when blacks become obese, they might be slightly less likely to die early, compared to people of other races of similar weight. However, a major new study from the American Cancer Society finds no such difference: People with excess pounds who are healthy and have never...
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The percentage of American patients who experience serious post-operative pain appears to have fallen significantly over the past decade, a new survey reveals. How significantly? In 2003, 63 percent of those polled said they struggled with some kind of notable pain two weeks after in-hospital surgery, but in 2014, only 39 percent had similar experiences, according...
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Following the Mediterranean diet may help reverse a condition known as metabolic syndrome, new research suggests. The study compared a low-fat diet to a Mediterranean diet - a diet rich in whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, fish and olive oil. The Mediterranean diet was supplemented with either extra nuts or extra virgin olive oil. The Mediterranean...
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Insights gleaned from salamanders may help keep people scar-free after surgery, University of Florida researchers say. They're focusing on a type of salamander called the axolotl, which can regenerate lost limbs and re-grow its own spinal cord. "When axolotls are young and still living together in nature, it seems like their favorite snack is their siblings'...
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Young athletes who pitch more than 100 balls a week risk getting a painful overuse injury that can hamper normal shoulder development, new research shows. The injury is called acromial apophysiolysis, and the researchers said it can lead to additional problems, including rotator cuff tears. "There is no problem with teenagers pitching in baseball. The problem...
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A rare type of skin cancer has been linked to allergic reactions to metal implants, researchers said. Some patients who have metal devices implanted near the skin may develop chronic skin rashes caused by contact allergies to metals such as nickel, cobalt and chromium. These rashes may lead to an unusual and aggressive form of skin cancer, the researchers said....
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - In the future, could people with type 2 diabetes manage their medications with a pulse of light? A preliminary new study suggests it may be possible. In the study, scientists showed that the prototype drug - for now just called JB253 - stimulated insulin release from pancreatic cells in the lab when they were exposed to blue light. "In principle, this type...
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14 2014 (HealthDay News) - The risks of using epidural and spinal anesthesia during childbirth are extremely low, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed data from more than 80,000 women who received epidural or spinal anesthesia during childbirth and found that the overall rate of complications was just under 3 percent. The most common complications involved medications, including...
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Low vitamin D levels could make childbirth more painful, according to a new study. Vitamin D deficiency is common during pregnancy, especially among high-risk women, including vegetarians, those with little sun exposure, and members of ethnic minorities, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says. The new study included 93 pregnant women whose...
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - More children are going to the emergency room for health care, a new California study reveals. Children's visits to the emergency room in California hospitals increased 11 percent between 2005 and 2010. At the start of the study, 2.5 million children were seen in the ER. By 2010, 2.8 million children visited the ER each year, according to the study released...
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A device to help women with a condition called impaired detrusor contractility (IDC), in which they can't contract bladder muscles needed to excrete urine, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. IDC can be caused by a neurologic problem, stroke or spinal cord injury, the FDA explained in a news release. The InFlow Intraurethral Valve-Pump...
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - In a study of more than 1 million cancer patients who had surgery, Harvard researchers found that almost 5 percent died within one month of their operation. That's a higher death rate than seen in previous, smaller studies, the researchers noted. The greatest risk of dying was among patients who were single, uninsured, minority, male, older, less educated,...
October 14, 2014
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Public health officials are actively monitoring 76 Dallas hospital workers who may have been exposed to Ebola while treating Thomas Eric Duncan, the first patient diagnosed with the deadly virus in the United States. Officials identified the workers after one of Duncan's nurses, Nina Pham, tested positive for Ebola, opening up the possibility that others might...
October 14, 2014
SUNDAY, Oct. 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Anesthesia-related complications in the United States have fallen by more than half, while the overall death rate has remained the same, a new study indicates. Researchers analyzed data from more than 3.2 million cases of anesthesia use between 2010 and 2013, and found the rate of complications decreased from 11.8 percent to 4.8 percent. The most common minor...
October 13, 2014
SUNDAY, Oct. 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A laboratory study seems to support the theory that a buildup of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain is the first step in a process that leads to Alzheimer's disease. Researchers also pinpointed the important role of a particular enzyme in this process, and they believe the enzyme could offer a target for new drugs to fight Alzheimer's. The theory that accumulation...
October 13, 2014
SUNDAY, Oct. 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A health care worker who helped treat the Liberian man who died of Ebola in a Dallas hospital last week has tested positive for the virus, public health officials reported Sunday. "We don't know what occurred in the care of the original patient in Dallas, but at some point there was a breach in protocol, and that breach in protocol resulted in this infection,"...
October 13, 2014
SUNDAY, Oct. 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - It's safe to chew gum while fasting before surgery, researchers report. Patients are usually told not to eat or drink before surgery to prevent complications while they're under anesthesia, but it wasn't clear if the same was true for chewing gum. This new study included 67 patients who underwent gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures. About half the patients...
October 13, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Injuries are common in the hamstring - the muscle at the back of the thigh - notably among athletes. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons mentions these common symptoms of hamstring injury: - A severe and sudden pain in the back of the thigh, particularly if running at full speed. Swelling of the hamstring that usually appears within a few hours of the injury. A discoloration...
October 13, 2014
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