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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Study Supports Routine Cancer Gene Testing for Women of Ashkenazi Jewish Descent - Routine screening for breast and ovarian cancer-causing gene mutations should be offered to all women of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, say the authors of a new study. They found that women of Ashkenazi descent who tested...
September 5, 2014
FRIDAY, Sept. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Parents and children in troubled families, where violence and verbal aggression are a common part of the daily landscape, tend to have more cavities and missing teeth, a new study suggests. New York University researchers found that parents with worse oral health often had partners who were more verbally or physically hostile to them. And children whose mothers...
September 5, 2014
FRIDAY, Sept. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A growing knowledge of the skin disease called psoriasis is leading to greater treatment choices, including personalized therapies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports. Psoriasis is an immune system disorder that causes overproduction of skin cells, resulting in scaling, pain, swelling, redness and heat. The condition affects about 7.5 million Americans....
September 5, 2014
FRIDAY, Sept. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Physical activity might reduce a man's chances of having to get up more than once a night to urinate, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed data from thousands of men in order to determine rates of nocturia (getting up two or more times a night to urinate) or severe nocturia (getting up three or more times a night). Compared to inactive men, those who were...
September 5, 2014
FRIDAY, Sept. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The recent deaths of two high school football players highlight the danger faced by athletes if they drink too much water or too many sports drinks, a new study says. The players died of exercise-associated hyponatremia, which occurs when athletes drink lots of fluids even when they're not thirsty. Too much fluid intake causes cells to swell with water, resulting...
September 5, 2014
FRIDAY, Sept. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Patients with sepsis are more likely to survive this life-threatening bloodstream infection if they're treated in a hospital that handles a large number of sepsis cases, a new study shows. Researchers analyzed data from more than 914,000 patients hospitalized with severe sepsis in the United States between 2004 and 2010. The overall death rate was 28 percent....
September 5, 2014
FRIDAY, Sept. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The reason polyester clothes smell worse than cotton apparel after a hard workout is because odor-causing bacteria grow better on them, a new study shows. Researchers collected T-shirts from 26 people after they did an intense hour-long bicycle spinning session. They "incubated" the shirts for 28 hours, and then analyzed them for bacteria. The main type of odor-causing...
September 5, 2014
FRIDAY, Sept. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A sexually transmitted cancer is still plaguing dogs around the world despite efforts to combat the disease by sterilizing dogs and preventing them from roaming free, according to recent survey of veterinarians. Known as canine transmissible venereal tumor (CTVT), this type of cancer is most common in regions of the world that haven't had much success controlling...
September 5, 2014
FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) - Cancer rates in dogs are about the same as in people, but there are far fewer drug treatments specifically targeted for dogs. "Pets are living longer because of preventative health care. And we're able to diagnose cancers earlier. As a result, there is an increased need for better cancer treatments," Dr. Lisa Troutman, a veterinarian with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,...
September 5, 2014
FRIDAY, Sept. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The NephroCheck test, designed to predict the risk of sudden kidney injury within 12 hours, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Current tests can only determine whether critically ill people already have an acute kidney injury, the agency said Friday in a news release. The new test, if it determines a near-term acute kidney injury is...
September 5, 2014
FRIDAY, Sept. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Asian greenhouse camel crickets are now common in homes across the eastern United States, but this invasive species is not a danger to people, a new study reveals. "The good news is that camel crickets don't bite or pose any kind of threat to humans," lead author Mary Jane Epps, a postdoctoral researcher at North Carolina State University, said in a university...
September 5, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Spending less time sitting might increase your lifespan by keeping your DNA young, Swedish researchers say. More time spent on your feet appears to lengthen bits of DNA called telomeres. Telomeres, which protect the end of chromosomes (like the tips that keep shoelaces from fraying), tend to get shorter and shorter until they can't shorten any more, causing...
September 4, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Some foods can interact with medications, causing harmful side effects. The American Academy of Family Physicians says these factors may raise your risk of a food/drug interaction: - Being a pregnant woman. Being an older adult. Having a chronic disease, such as heart disease or diabetes. Being a young child. Eating a poor diet. Copyright © 2014 HealthDay. All rights reserved.
September 4, 2014
(HealthDay News) - You're asthmatic and so is your best friend. But the things that trigger your asthma can be very different. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the most common asthma triggers include: - Tobacco smoke, including secondhand smoke. Dust mites. Outdoor air pollution. Mold. Cockroaches and their droppings. Pet dander. Smoke from burning wood, grass or leaves. Infections...
September 4, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Comedian Joan Rivers Dead at 81 - Comedian Joan Rivers, 81, died Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, her daughter Melissa said in a statement. Rivers was rushed to the hospital Aug. 28 after she stopped breathing while undergoing surgery on her vocal cords at an endoscopy clinic....
September 4, 2014
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Female animals or cells are rarely used in surgical research studies, even though sex differences can have a major impact on medical research, a new study finds. The finding has prompted the editors of five major surgical journals to require study authors to report the sex of animals and cells used in their research. If they use only one sex, they will have...
September 4, 2014
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Breast-feeding may help women lose their pregnancy weight and keep it off if they were obese before they became pregnant, according to new research. When women who were obese prior to becoming mothers followed national breast-feeding recommendations, they weighed almost 18 pounds less than obese mothers who didn't breast-feed. If mothers were overweight or...
September 4, 2014
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Nearly 10 percent of Americans aged 12 and older were illicit drug users in 2013, and almost 20 million said they used marijuana, making it the most widely used drug, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. Two states, Colorado and Washington, permit the recreational use of marijuana. The new study findings are from a government report outlining the extent...
September 4, 2014
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Two women have been given an experimental Ebola vaccine as the U.S. National Institutes of Health launches a much-anticipated trial to combat the often-lethal virus that has plagued four West African nations. The women, ages 39 and 27, are the first people to receive the vaccine, which had previously been tested only in monkeys, -ABC News- reported. The fast-tracked...
September 4, 2014
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) Breast-feeding offers many benefits for new moms and babies, but some women experience problems and don't know where to get help, an expert says. Breast-feeding can lower a child's risk of asthma, diabetes and other health problems, and reduce a mother's risk of breast cancer, said Laura Zeidenstein, director of the nurse midwifery program at Columbia University...
September 4, 2014
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Taking osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates to help prevent fractures may carry a slight risk for unusual breaks in the thigh bone, Swedish researchers report. For those who took bisphosphonates for four to five years, the so-called "relative risk" was 100 times higher than among people who didn't use the medications. But the researchers explained that...
September 4, 2014
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - More than 20 states have obesity rates topping one-third of their population, and six states saw a rise in obesity rates last year, according to two new reports on America's worrisome, widening girth. The reports released Thursday - one from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the other from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood...
September 4, 2014
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Adult survivors of childhood burns are at increased risk for depression and suicidal thoughts, a new Australian study finds. "This research demonstrates that being hospitalized for a burn during childhood places that child in an increased risk group. They require further, long-term follow-up beyond the medical attention received for their burns," Dr. Miranda...
September 4, 2014
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Outdoor activities and sunlight reflected up into the eyes may increase the risk of a vision condition tied to cataracts and glaucoma, a new study suggests. There is some evidence that ultraviolet radiation contributes to the condition, called exfoliation syndrome (XFS), but the researchers behind the new study say those findings have been inconsistent. In...
September 4, 2014
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Could eating foods rich in potassium, such as bananas and potatoes, help lower the risk of stroke and an earlier death for older women? - Possibly, suggest the findings from a new study. But the research is too preliminary to confirm that potassium alone - and not a better overall diet - actually plays a major role in helping women avoid strokes and live longer....
September 4, 2014
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