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(HealthDay News) - A picnic is a great way to celebrate the warmer weather, but it's important to prevent food from spoiling and becoming a health hazard. The foodsafety.gov website offers these tips for enjoying a picnic: - Prepare a list of essentials such as a cooler packed with ice, a food thermometer, containers for packing leftovers, paper towels and a supply of clean utensils. Make sure the...
June 17, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Dr. Oz Rebuked at Senate Hearing Into Fake Diet Products - Celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz was raked over the coals Tuesday at a U.S. Senate hearing into the marketing of fake diet products. Senators said Oz - who often touts the virtues of weight-loss products on his syndicated television show - bears...
June 17, 2014
TUESDAY, June 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - New insight into infants' immune systems could lead to improvements in vaccines that would better protect youngsters from infectious diseases, researchers report. Compared to adults, infants' immune systems respond faster and more aggressively, but the protection they create lasts only a short time. This leaves infants more susceptible to infections, according...
June 17, 2014
TUESDAY, June 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Stroke typically affects women in their later years, but doctors are now beginning to focus on helping them cut their risk earlier in life. This increased attention to risk factors in early adult years was recommended by new guidelines that were released earlier this year by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association. Those guidelines...
June 17, 2014
TUESDAY, June 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Patients suffering from the nasty bacterial infection known as -Clostridium difficile- often must choose between standard antibiotics and a procedure known as fecal transplantation to deal with the digestive tract disorder. The fecal transplant involves harvesting good bacteria from the stool of a healthy donor and inserting it into the intestines of a sick...
June 17, 2014
TUESDAY, June 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The potentially deadly MERS virus did not spread from two patients in the United States to any people in their homes or to health care workers who treated them, federal health officials said Tuesday. The cases of MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) in Indiana and in Florida involved patients who worked as health care providers in Saudi Arabia, the epicenter...
June 17, 2014
TUESDAY, June 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - People who live in "walkable" neighborhoods are less likely to be overweight or obese and also have lower rates of diabetes. That's the finding from two Canadian studies that showed those living in an area that encourages walking are also three times more likely to walk or bike and half as likely to drive to get from one place to another compared to residents...
June 17, 2014
TUESDAY, June 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - People with an overactive thyroid gland - called hyperthyroidism - are more likely to take extended sick leave from work than those without the disorder, new research finds. This is particularly true the first year after a person is diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, according to the study published June 17 in the -Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism....
June 17, 2014
TUESDAY, June 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - For the best chance at spotting breast cancer early, women at high risk need frequent MRI screenings along with mammograms, a large Canadian study contends. Mammograms alone failed to detect the early cancers in a study of more than 2,000 high-risk women, according to the findings. "What my study is showing is that high-risk women should be screened earlier,...
June 17, 2014
TUESDAY, June 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A popular provision of the Affordable Care Act that allows young adults to stay on a parent's health insurance plan up to age 26 may be good for their health and financial security, a large study suggests. Having that coverage is associated with a 6.2 percentage-point increase in the probability of young adults reporting excellent health and 4 percentage-point...
June 17, 2014
TUESDAY, June 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Children with anxiety problems actually have a bigger "fear center" in their brain, researchers report. The study included 76 children aged 7 to 9, which is when anxiety-related traits and symptoms can first be reliably detected, according to the Stanford University School of Medicine researchers. The parents provided information about their youngsters' anxiety...
June 17, 2014
TUESDAY, June 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Drugs used to break up blood clots in the lungs may lower the risk of death, but they also increase the risk of bleeding, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from 16 trials involving use of clot-busting drugs called thrombolytics to treat life-threatening clots in the lungs (pulmonary embolism). Despite the drugs' apparent life-saving benefits, the...
June 17, 2014
TUESDAY, June 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Summer get-togethers provide a perfect opportunity to eat fresh and healthy foods, an expert says. "Picnics, tailgates and barbecues are the perfect occasions to take advantage of the wonderful fruits and vegetables that are available from May through September," Katherine Farrell Harris, director of Integrated Nutrition for AdvantageCare Physicians, said in...
June 17, 2014
SATURDAY, June 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Scientists who reversed type 1 diabetes in mice say their results might lead one day to new ways to help people with the blood sugar disease. Type 1 diabetes accounts for about 5 percent of all diabetes cases and is typically diagnosed in children and young adults. There is no cure for the disease, but it can be controlled by taking insulin. In type 1 diabetes,...
June 16, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Dairy foods are an important part of a balanced diet, but some dairy products are healthier than others. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics suggests these healthier options: - Look for fat-free or low-fat varieties of milk. Eat yogurt as a milk alternative. It offers plenty of calcium and protein. Good choices include fat-free and low-fat varieties that contain active cultures....
June 16, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Your nails may be a good indicator of general health, so it's important to keep them looking good and strong. The American Academy of Dermatology suggests these tips: - Make sure nails are always dry and clean, and trimmed properly. Using sharp nail scissors or clippers, cut straight across with slightly rounded tips. File nails with an emery board. Avoid biting nails or cutting...
June 16, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - U.S. Health Care System Ranked Last Again: Report - The United States' health system once again comes in last when compared to 10 other rich nations, according to the latest Commonwealth Fund report on the issue. The nonprofit group said that while Americans spend much more per person on medical...
June 16, 2014
MONDAY, June 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Kids appear to process caffeine - the stimulant in coffee, energy drinks and soda - differently after puberty. Males then experience greater heart-rate and blood-pressure changes than females, a new study suggests. Although the differences are small, "even what we might consider low doses of caffeine can have an effect on heart rate and blood pressure in kids,"...
June 16, 2014
MONDAY, June 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Delinquent youth face a significantly increased risk for a violent death when they're adults, a new study finds. Their rate of violent death was nearly twice as high as U.S. combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the researchers. Among these delinquent teens, girls and Hispanics are most likely to die violently when they're adults, the investigators...
June 16, 2014
MONDAY, June 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The "bionic pancreas" - a device that uses a sophisticated computer program working in concert with several diabetes management devices - successfully managed blood sugar levels in its first real-world trials on adults and children with type 1 diabetes. What may be even more important is that the device took away the constant monitoring that's required with...
June 16, 2014
MONDAY, June 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Young black adult dialysis patients who live in poor neighborhoods are much more likely to die than their white counterparts, according to a new study. This racial difference was much less pronounced in wealthier neighborhoods, according to the study, published online recently in the -Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Among dialysis patients aged...
June 16, 2014
MONDAY, June 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Although diabetes distress is often mistaken for depression, the good news is that simple interventions appear to help significantly reduce this distress, according to new research. The need to correctly identify depression is also highlighted in a second new study. This concluded that people with type 1 diabetes who are also depressed have a higher risk of...
June 16, 2014
MONDAY, June 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) - When a spouse dies, the surviving husband or wife often will deeply feel the loss of a close confidant. But a new study, published in the June issue of -Health Psychology-, finds that they may be better off in terms of their future health by turning to a close friend rather than a close relative. "Friendships are discretionary while family relationships are...
June 16, 2014
MONDAY, June 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Experts at the American Diabetes Association are advising a lower blood sugar target for children and teens with type 1 diabetes. According to the ADA, patients younger than age 19 should try to maintain an A1C blood sugar level lower than 7.5 percent, the group said in a new position statement. A1C is a test that determines average blood sugar (glucose) levels...
June 16, 2014
MONDAY, June 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Taking epilepsy drugs while breast-feeding does not appear to harm the developing brains of young children, a new study finds. There have been concerns that using epilepsy drugs while breast-feeding could pose a threat to youngsters because it's been shown that some epilepsy drugs can cause cell death in young animals' brains. And in spite of the fact that epilepsy...
June 16, 2014
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