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HealthDay News) - Having a keen sense of responsibility will help a person throughout life, and that responsibility should begin during childhood, experts say. The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests how parents should teach children about responsibility: - When you assign your child tasks, make sure you clearly explain what's expected, and keep it consistent. To keep your child motivated, offer...
June 20, 2014
FRIDAY, June 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Hispanic mothers are at especially high risk of having newborns with serious birth defects of the brain and spine called neural tube defects, according to a new report. Also, more babies are born prematurely to Hispanics than women of other ethnicities, the March of Dimes report states. This report, updating a similar 2008 paper by the nonprofit foundation,...
June 20, 2014
FRIDAY, June 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) - "Hey Dad? You wanna have a catch?" - "I'd like that." - That simple exchange - between a son and his long-dead father - provides the powerful climax of the film "Field of Dreams," which just celebrated its 25th anniversary on Sunday, Father's Day. But the movie is much more than a film about baseball, or about chasing your dreams, even seemingly impossible ones....
June 20, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Number of Veterans Waiting for VA Appointments Grows - More than 10 percent of veterans are waiting at least 30 days for an appointment at Veterans Affairs health centers, which is more than double what was initially reported, new VA data shows. The new figure is unfortunate but likely indicates...
June 20, 2014
FRIDAY, June 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A tool to assess "financial toxicity" for cancer patients - namely, the expense, anxiety and stress of illness-related costs - has been developed by University of Chicago Medical Center cancer specialists. Many cancer patients face exorbitant and unpredictable treatment costs often at a time when they're less able to work, the researchers point out. "Few physicians...
June 20, 2014
FRIDAY, June 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) - U.S. government agencies must do more to determine whether treatments are actually helping veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), an expert advisory panel contends. The report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee says that the effectiveness of PTSD therapies remains unknown because they are not tracked by the Departments of...
June 20, 2014
FRIDAY, June 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Health officials are reporting a rise in U.S. cases of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, though they were quick to note that all of these infections have so far originated outside the United States. "Thankfully, we have not seen any cases in the United States yet where the person got the disease here," said Dr. Erin Staples, a medical epidemiologist at the...
June 20, 2014
FRIDAY, June 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A man with a rare condition that left him with no hair on his body grew a full head of hair after taking an arthritis drug, a new study reveals. The 25-year-old patient also grew eyebrows and eyelashes, along with facial, armpit and other hair after treatment with tofacitinib citrate. The man's lack of body hair was caused by a disease called alopecia universalis....
June 20, 2014
FRIDAY, June 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A growing shortage of endocrinologists in the United States means that patients may have to wait longer to see one of these specialists, a new study suggests. Endocrinologists treat conditions related to hormones, including diabetes, thyroid disorders, obesity, osteoporosis and adrenal diseases. Currently, there is a shortage of about 1,500 endocrinologists...
June 20, 2014
FRIDAY, June 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Drugs used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not increase the risk of suicide attempts or suicide, and may actually provide a protective effect, a new study suggests. Prior research had hinted that ADHD drugs might raise the risk of suicidal behavior, according to the authors of the new report. However, they believe that the findings...
June 20, 2014
FRIDAY, June 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Some bee pollen products marketed for weight loss may actually threaten your health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. These potentially dangerous products have been found to contain undeclared ingredients that may harm people who have conditions such as high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat and bipolar disorder, the agency said. According to the...
June 20, 2014
FRIDAY, June 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Checking Facebook and emails during class leads to lower grades for college students of varying intelligence levels, a new study finds. While this might seem like a no-brainer, previous studies had suggested that smarter people are better at multitasking and filtering out distractions, the Michigan State University researchers said. For this study, published...
June 20, 2014
FRIDAY, June 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The growing unease around the safety of testosterone supplements was highlighted Friday with a U.S. Food and Drug Administration announcement that the products must now carry a warning label on the general risk of blood clots in the veins. Testosterone therapy has been widely advertised as a way to help aging men with so-called "low T" improve their sex drive...
June 20, 2014
FRIDAY, June 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Think soccer is only for young elite athletes playing in the World Cup? - Not so: A new Danish study finds that the game Europeans call "football" can bring serious health benefits to men in their 60s and beyond. "The results provide strong evidence that football is an intense, versatile and effective form of training, including for untrained elderly men," study...
June 20, 2014
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Teen suicide attempts rose nearly 22 percent after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned about dangers of antidepressants, a new study finds. In 2003, the FDA mandated a "black box" warning - the most serious type of warning in prescription drug labeling - on popular antidepressant medications called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI),...
June 19, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Mosquito bites can be more than just an itchy annoyance; they can transmit diseases such as West Nile Virus. The California Department of Public Health suggests how to help prevent mosquito bites: - As standing water is a breeding ground for mosquitoes, promptly eliminate any standing water around your home. Stay indoors during the times when mosquitoes are most active, notably at...
June 19, 2014
(HealthDay News) - If authorities suggest that you remain at home during a pending hurricane, there are precautions you can take to stay safe. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers these suggestions: - Follow the latest weather reports on television or radio. Stay indoors until you have been advised that it's safe to leave home, even if it looks calm outside. Stay in a room without...
June 19, 2014
THURSDAY, June 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Getting a pink slip is never uplifting, but a new study suggests it's a bigger downer for Americans than for Europeans. The study of more than 38,000 people in the United States and 13 European countries found that Americans are prone to developing depression if they become unemployed, compared to their European peers. The finding was especially strong if...
June 19, 2014
THURSDAY, June 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The number of methamphetamine-related visits to U.S. hospital emergency departments jumped from about 68,000 in 2007 to almost 103,000 in 2011, the latest year for which such data is available, a new federal government report finds. The report, released Thursday by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), "shows that methamphetamine...
June 19, 2014
THURSDAY, June 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Two new U.S. government reports provide a statistical snapshot of health and health insurance coverage in 2013, before new coverage options took effect under the Affordable Care Act. On a positive note, fewer Americans were uninsured in 2013 than in 2010 - 14.4 percent versus 16 percent, respectively. But sharp coverage gaps remained depending on factors like...
June 19, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - U.S. Asthma Rates Drop: Study - Asthma in the United States appears to be declining, a new study suggests. It found that 7.4 percent of Americans said they had asthma in 2013, compared with 8.6 percent in preceding years. The 2013 rate was the lowest in a decade and equals a decline of more than...
June 19, 2014
THURSDAY, June 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A growing number of young American adults aren't waiting until they're married to have children, especially those without a college education, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from 9,000 adults, ages 26 to 31, who took part in a federal government survey in 2011. Among those who were parents and did not graduate from college, 74 percent of mothers...
June 19, 2014
THURSDAY, June 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) - For an uninsured man with prostate cancer, the price of surgery could range from $10,000 to $135,000, depending on the hospital, a U.S. study finds. What's more, that wide range in charges - a 13-fold difference - has nothing to do with quality, researchers said. "Consumers are used to higher prices meaning higher quality. But that's not true in medicine,"...
June 19, 2014
THURSDAY, June 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Despite the well-publicized risks of skin damage and cancer from too much sun, people continue to soak up ultraviolet radiation outdoors and in tanning salons. Now a new animal study adds to evidence that for some, tanning is truly an addiction. In experiments with mice, scientists found that exposing the animals to a daily dose of UV light boosted their blood...
June 19, 2014
THURSDAY, June 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) - U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who suffered brain injuries are at a much higher risk for headaches, especially migraines, a new study finds. Deployment-linked traumatic brain injury "is associated with a strong and highly significant increase in frequency and intensity of headache, the majority of which are migraine," concludes a team led by...
June 19, 2014
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