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| Don’t Tell Me to Stop Squeezing My Boobs! |
| 2008-07-24 02:32:00 |
By Anne KruegerNo doubt you’ve seen the headline: Breast self-exams (BSEs) to check for breast cancer don’t work.I was pretty annoyed to find out that not only was the occasional halfhearted boob mauling that I did a waste of medical and diagnostic time, but worse, the guilt I felt over not mauling regularly was totally unnecessary too. Read More
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| Sleep Apnea Linked to Night Heart Attacks |
| 2008-07-23 02:56:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- A study links night-time heart attacks with the breathing disorder sleep apnea, which makes people gasp for breath every few minutes.The link is not fully established, but it seems logical, said Dr. Virend Somers, a cardiologist from the Mayo Clinic who is lead author of the report in the July 29 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.Most heart attacks occur in the day, generally between 6 a.m. and noon, Somers said. Having one during the night, when the heart should be most at rest, means that something unusual happened, he said. Somers and his colleagues have been working for a decade to show that sleep apnea is to blame.Their studies have looked at the most common form, obstr...
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| Health Tip: If Your Child Wears Glasses |
| 2008-07-22 03:51:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- If your child has been prescribed glasses, you may have a difficult time getting your child to wear them.The Children's Physician Network offers these suggestions:Let your child choose the frames, and be sure to give lots of compliments on how great they look. Start out having your child wear the glasses for short periods, until they become more comfortable. Encourage your child to wear glasses while doing something enjoyable, such as watching a movie or reading a book. Don't nag the child about wearing glasses, but praise them when they do. Wearing glasses should be part of the daily routine, much like teeth brushing or getting dressed. Mention sports heroes, actors or
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| Health Tip: Exercising During Pregnancy |
| 2008-07-20 00:26:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- Exercise is good for you during any stage of life.But among pregnant women, it can offset some common problems.Your doctor should approve of any exercise program while you're pregnant. The American Pregnancy Association offers this list of potential benefits:It can help alleviate conditions such as poor circulation and back pain. It can give you more energy throughout your day. It can help you sleep better. It can put you in a better mood. It can better prepare your body for childbirth. It can help prevent excessive weight gain during pregnancy.
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| Cancer Survival Depends on Where You Live |
| 2008-07-17 21:42:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- Your odds of surviving cancer depend on which country you live in. And, in the United States, it also depends on whether you're black or white, a new study finds.Economic differences among countries, access to health care, and the availability of cancer treatments feed the disparities in survival, the report said."There is a very wide global range in the odds of survival after a cancer diagnosis," said lead researcher Michel Coleman, a professor of epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in Great Britain. "Some of the range is understandable on the basis of the relative wealth of these countries," he added.The study also confirms the disparity in cancer survival among blacks...
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| Is Plastic Surgery Immoral? What World Religions Have to Say |
| 2008-07-17 02:50:00 |
By Andrea UseemGiving birth to three healthy boys was priceless. Having an incurably squishy tummy to show for it is embarrassing. And I admit that after inflating and deflating the balloon that is my belly three times, the idea of getting a tummy tuck does sometimes cross my mind. But I worry that altering my body for vanity is wrong.Oprah says cosmetic surgery isn’t something women should be ashamed of, but still, the idea of spending thousands of dollars and undergoing surgery simply to look better doesn’t sit right with me. Since I’m a religious person who tends to think in moral terms, I called up bioethicist Arthur Caplan to get some perspective. Read More
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| Many Women Struggle With Uncontrolled Blood Pressure |
| 2008-07-16 08:54:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- Nearly one in three Americans suffers from high blood pressure -- more than 73 million adults.But half of them -- women -- face unique challenges in controlling their blood pressure.For instance, women with high blood pressure are more likely to be obese and have high cholesterol levels. They're also less likely than men to meet target goals for their blood pressure. And they're also less likely than men to receive medications such as aspirin, blood pressure-lowering drugs or cholesterol-lowering drugs, compared to men, recent research found.These findings add greater urgency to the American Heart Association's ongoing "Go Red for Women" campaign, which seeks to c...
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| Health Tip: Monitoring What You Drink |
| 2008-07-11 09:44:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- People with heart failure tend to retain fluid, making it important to monitor what they drink.The doctor may prescribe medication to help rid the body of excess fluid, which puts less stress on the heart. While this type of drug, called a diuretic, may make you feel thirsty, it's important not to drink too much and negate the effects of the medication.The American Heart Association offers these guidelines for what people with heart failure should drink:Talk to your doctor about how much fluid you should have every day. Carefully track how much you are drinking. Measure how many ounces each container that you drink from holds. Monitor all fluids, including water you use to wash down medicines, as well as
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| Lipo Breast Reduction: A New Option for the Overendowed |
| 2008-07-10 09:44:00 |
By Anne KruegerBigger boobs are big these days (augmentation is still the No. 1 hit on the cosmetic surgery chart for women), but among my circle of friends—and a growing number of females—smaller breasts are coming in vogue.I don’t know anybody who has had breast augmentation (at least nobody has fessed up to it), but I do have two friends who’ve had breast reductions—one just last year. Breast reductions, also called mammoplasties, have risen to the top five cosmetic surgical procedures for women, with 153,087 in 2007, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Read More
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| Compound in Red Wine Fights Ravages of Age |
| 2008-07-04 07:33:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- A key compound in Wine">red wine known as resveratrol appears to protect against many of the health ravages associated with growing old, new animal research reveals."It's very hard to extrapolate from this finding to comment on the benefits of red wine directly, because red wine has many other compounds besides resveratrol, including ethanol, which have very active biological effects," noted study author Rafael de Cabo, unit chief of the laboratory of experimental gerontology at the National Institute on Aging in Baltimore."But red wine is a good source of resveratrol," he added. "And, in this mouse study, we have shown that this particular compound has very strong positive...
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| Health Tip: Help Prevent Headaches |
| 2008-07-02 22:37:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- Headache have a variety of causes and triggers, but stress is a common factor in many types of headache.The U.S. National Library of Medicine offers these suggestions to lessen stress and reduce your chances of a headache:Get plenty of sleep every night.Maintain a healthy diet, including staying away from junk food. Don't smoke. Get plenty of regular exercise. Stretch your neck, shoulders and upper body frequently. This is particularly important if you work all day at a desk or computer. Maintain good posture. Practice meditation, yoga or deep breathing techniques.
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| My Little Niece’s Surgery: Hospitals Are Stingy With Pain Relief |
| 2008-07-02 01:53:00 |
By Theresa TamkinsMy niece, Zoe, traveled with her mom and dad from Miami to our house last weekend because the 4-year-old was scheduled for craniofacial surgery at a local hospital. Zoe was born with a couple of problems, including craniosynostosis, a condition in which the sutures of the skull fuse too early and cause the skull to grow abnormally. She needed surgery when she was only 4 days old, again at age 2, and now, at 4. Read More
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| Barefoot Lifestyle Has Its Dangers |
| 2008-06-30 08:09:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- Going barefoot is one of the simple pleasures of summer, but some who doff their shoes and socks suffer injuries such as cuts and puncture wounds. In some cases, those injuries develop infections that require surgery.If you do go barefoot, check out these safety tips from the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons:Make sure you're vaccinated against tetanus. Teens and adults should get booster shots every 10 years. Apply sunscreen to the tops and bottoms of your feet to protect them from sunburn. Rare, but deadly, skin cancers can develop on the feet. Wear flip-flops or sandals around swimming pools, locker rooms and beaches. They'll help protect against cuts and abrasions from rough anti-slip surfaces and sharp objects hidden in beach sand, and prevent contact wit...
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| Are Medical Meetings Environmentally Unfriendly? |
| 2008-06-28 06:14:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- Anyone who has arrived at Chicago O'Hare, Orlando or Dallas airports during one of the dozens of huge medical meetings held every year will no doubt encounter tens of thousands of specialists from all over world thronging the hallways, the Starbucks, the luggage claim area.Of course, the attendees use jet fuel to get to the meeting and gas to get from the airport to the hotel where, once they're checked in, they'll have the option or reusing or not reusing their towels.But an expert writing in the June 28 issue of the British Medical Journal argues that medical meetings should be a thing of the past.The author, Dr. Malcolm Green, a professor emeritus of respiratory medicine at Imperial College London...
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| Complementary Medicine: Traditional Chinese |
| 2008-06-26 10:44:00 |
Nearly half the US populations turns to complementary, alternative and integrative practices to maintain or improve their health. Beverly Burns of UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine explores traditional Chinese medicine including acupuncture, meridians and chi. Series: "UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public"
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| Helping Women Soldiers Traumatized by Sexual Assault |
| 2008-06-24 08:21:00 |
By Sally ChewIn the past few years there has been a lot of attention paid to the problem of sexual assault in the U.S. military. Congressional hearings, military panels, and nonprofit organizations have looked at how to lower the incidence of assault, help women feel safe reporting it, and allow them to recover from the Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that often follows it.A new report from Australia recommends prolonged exposure therapy for preventing PTSD. The treatment involves reliving the traumatic experience with a therapist in order to face your fears and learn coping skills. Last year a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recommended the therapy specifically to treat women vets with PTSD—a condition they
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| Saying Good-Bye to Patients |
| 2008-06-16 07:35:00 |
By Dena Rifkin, MDNext month I’ll be finishing the final year of my fellowship in kidney disease and transitioning into my new role as attending physician, with mainly in-hospital rather than outpatient responsibilities. So I’m saying good-bye to some patients I’ve been seeing in clinic for the past two years.These patients won’t be left scrambling to find a new doctor. The attending physician who followed them for years before I showed up, and who supervised me, will see them from here on, albeit with another fellow. This pattern repeats itself every two or three years in our clinic. Read More
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| Tracking Down a Medical Expert: The Process and the Cost |
| 2008-06-12 02:55:00 |
By Kate RopeIt was time to track down an expert on autoimmune disease and pregnancy. My mystery chest pain (which first reared its ugly head during my pregnancy) had returned when my daughter was 3 months old, and my rheumatologist wanted me to consider going on a drug I couldn’t use while breast-feeding. That was a deal killer for me. I actually liked breast-feeding and was good at it. I was nowhere near ready to abandon it.So without consulting my doctor, I went looking for another. I live in one of the medical capitals of the world, New York City, and I am a health journalist who works at a health website. So, I had a leg up on finding an expert on autoimmune disease and pregnancy. I asked my colleagues if they had i...
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| Health Tip: Symptoms of Ovarian Cysts |
| 2008-06-04 22:07:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- Ovarian cysts are fluid-filled sacs that develop on a woman's ovaries.In some cases, they may be difficult to detect and pose no obvious warning signs. But they also may have noticeable symptoms, some of which are listed below, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:Pain or pressure in the abdomen, or a feeling of fullness. Dull pain in the lower back and thighs. Difficulty urinating. Painful sexual intercourse. Unexplained weight gain. Soreness of the breasts, nausea or vomiting.Abnormal pain or bleeding during menstruation. These symptoms should be checked by a doctor without delay. Seek immediate help if you have any of these symptoms.Pain with fever and vomiting. Sudden, seve
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| The Food Allergy Pantry Purge |
| 2008-06-03 02:00:00 |
By Sean KelleyA few days after my son, Graeme’s, food allergies (to peanuts, corn, soy, wheat, egg whites, and chicken) were confirmed, my wife mentioned his problems to a surgery colleague at the hospital where she is a nurse. “We harvested the organs of a 2-year-old this week. She got into the pantry when no one was looking,” he told her. “Peanut butter.”I’ve learned from my wife that people in the medical profession don’t often sugarcoat things and the sheer terror we felt hearing that story sent us straight to the pantry for an all out purge. Though it would have been easier to seal it off with bricks than to only remove the items that offend Graeme’s sensitive body, we opted for a surgical strike. Read M
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| I Love Peanuts, but They Could Kill My Son |
| 2008-05-26 06:44:00 |
By Sean KelleyI’m a peanut junkie. I love PB&Js, peanut butter pies, peanuts in Coca Cola bottles (a Southern treat that is just what it sounds like), and peanut brittle. I’ve been seen eating peanut butter straight out of the jar—with a spoon when handy and with fingers when not. When I introduced my wife, Patti, to the 105-year-old woman who helped raise me as my nanny, she offered only one piece of advice to her: “Don’t you run out of peanut butter.”Well, the days of the endless supply are over. My one food peccadillo can kill my son. We just learned that Graeme is deathly allergic to peanuts. Our 18-month-old began having problems the minute he was exposed to people food. Baby food was fine, milk was fine, but certain highly processed foo
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| Telemedicine a Cost-Effective Alternative to ER Visits |
| 2008-05-10 07:37:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- Telemedicine is a cost-effective way to replace more than a quarter of all visits to the pediatric emergency department, according to a community-wide study conducted in New York.Ailments, such as ear infections or sore throats, that virtually always prove manageable by telemedicine made up almost 28 percent of all pediatric ER visits in Rochester, N.Y., during one year, according to investigators from the University of Rochester Medical Center.Their findings were presented recently at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting, in Honolulu."We learned that more than one in four local patients are using the pediatric emergency department for non-emergencies," lead investigator Dr. Kenneth McConnochie, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Rochester's ...
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| Hypertension Takes Huge Toll in Developing Countries |
| 2008-05-02 05:22:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- Roughly 80 percent of high blood pressure-related deaths in the world occur in developing nations, a new study by New Zealand researchers shows.Once regarded as a problem only in high-income countries, high blood pressure is now a global problem that affects both rich and poor nations, the researchers said.The researchers calculated that 7.6 million premature deaths (about 13.5 percent of the worldwide total) and 92 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYS) -- 6 percent of the worldwide total -- among people over age 30 were caused by high blood pressure in 2001.About 54 percent of strokes and 47 percent of heart disease cases were attributed to high blood pressure. About half of those cases...
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| Allergies Can Dig Into Gardening's Fun |
| 2008-04-21 07:13:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- For gardeners with allergies, it can be difficult to enjoy their passion for plants when they have to cope with the misery of sneezing, itchy eyes, congestion and, in some cases, an asthma attack."Gardening outside during times of high pollen counts puts patients at risk for severe allergic symptoms," Dr. Warren Filley, an allergist/immunologist in Oklahoma City, said in a prepared statement."Avoidance measures, as well as the use of medications and allergy immunotherapy, can make the difference between having fun in the garden and being miserable," said Filley, a long-time gardener who suffers from allergies.An allergist/immunologist can help determine which plant species are causing allergies an...
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| Health Tip: Donating Blood |
| 2008-04-15 06:18:00 |
(HealthDay News) - Donating blood is a safe and easy procedure that can help save lives.Here is information on what to expect when you donate blood, courtesy of the American Red Cross:You'll have a mini-physical exam, where your blood pressure, pulse and temperature will be checked. You also will be asked questions about your lifestyle and health. The injection site on your arm will be sterilized, then a sterile needle will be inserted. Some minor stinging or discomfort is common when the needle enters the skin. It takes about 10 minutes to collect a pint of blood. You may need to lie still for a few minutes after the donation, and have a snack or a drink.If you donate to the Red Cross, y
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| Doctor-Patient Talks Affect Use of Breast Reconstruction Surgery |
| 2008-04-12 01:38:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- A lack of patient-doctor discussion may contribute to socioeconomic, age and race-related disparities in the use of breast reconstruction after mastectomy, says a study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.The study also found that breast reconstruction was more likely to occur after a surgeon discussed options with a patient, which suggests the need to increase and improve these conversations, the researchers said.They analyzed data on 626 patients who underwent mastectomy for breast cancer. Of those patients, 253 (40.4 percent) received breast reconstruction, and 249 (39.8 percent) had a documented disc...
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| Roshini Raj, MD, Explains Common Flu Symptoms on the "Today" Show |
| 2008-04-07 10:32:00 |
"Health" contributor Dr. Raj on the "Today" show Feb. 13, discussing tips on fighting the fluby Ross WealeIn the following segment, Roshini Raj, MD, of Health magazine describes flu symptoms and talks about whether you can still get that shot.DR. ROSHINI RAJRoshini Raj, MD, a Health magazine contributor and part of the magazine's Health Expert Network, is board-certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine with degrees from the New York University School of Medicine and Harvard University. Currently Dr. Raj is an attending physician at NYU Medical Center's Tisch Hospital in New York City. She also serves as an assistant professor at the NYU School of Medicine, and she has a special interest in women's health and cancer screening. She has also publi...
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| My Immune System Confronts a Virus |
| 2008-04-06 02:45:00 |
After a stem cell transplant, it's a little scary to run into a familiar old enemyby Jason CarpenterAs I reached Day 21 of my stem cell transplant, my recovery hit a very scary wall. I woke up with a fever of 102 and could barely lift my head off my pillow. I felt that little tingle in the back of my throat and knew right away what it was: the common cold.For a stem-cell-transplant patient, though, a cold is anything but common. Quoth the International Myeloma Foundation: “Even a minor infection...can lead to serious problems because the body’s immune system is so weakened by the effects of the high-dose chemotherapy and the loss of blood cells.” Translation: I could die. Continue reading »
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| 5 Ways to Boost Your Metabolism and Lose Weight |
| 2008-04-04 07:22:00 |
Magnesium, interval training, and other tricks to burn more caloriesby Ross WealeHealth magazine contributor Samantha Heller shows how to burn more calories, during an interview on the Today show, March 10.SAMANTHA HELLERSamantha Heller, RD, is the nutrition coordinator at the Fairfield Connecticut YMCA. A certified dietitian/nutritionist and exercise physiologist, Heller earned her master's degree in nutrition and applied physiology from Teachers’ College, Columbia University. She served as the senior clinical nutritionist and exercise physiologist at NYU Medical center in New York City for almost a decade and created and ran the outpatient nutrition program for the NYU Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. She has also been a fitness instructor for 15 years. Heller specializes in nutrition, ...
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| Will We Soon Be Storing Our Medical History on Facebook-Like Pages? |
| 2008-04-02 11:28:00 |
That’s what some big companies believe. I’m not so sureby Scott MowbrayCount me skeptical about the Microsoft and Google forays into personal medical information storage. The idea is good: We travel through life throwing off data about our health, which scatters like dust into doctor’s computers, hospital computers, HMO computers, and pharmacy computers. That data should be organized into a personal profile and accessible—like a password-protected Facebook page—but right now the computers don’t talk to each other.Worst case, a doctor has to make an urgent treatment decision without knowing some very recent, possibly live-saving medical history (see “My Patient Can’t Tel
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| Will Your New House Make You Sick? |
| 2008-04-01 02:08:00 |
The one we almost bought harbored cancer-causing gas and toxic mold. What buyers must check before their dream home turns into a nightmareby Amy O'ConnorIt was love at first sight. My husband and I couldn’t believe our luck. We met The One so early in our home-hunting process; the house was everything we’d ever dreamed of and more: neat and tidy, wrapped up in a bow. Or so we thought when we offered asking price and had it accepted. We even bonded with the sweet little-old-lady seller, whose grandmotherly demeanor filled us with confidence about our impending purchase. I envisioned our closing date through a Vaseline-coated lens, complete with baked-from-scratch chocolate chip cookies provided by her and a group hug with both attorneys. Continue reading
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| America's Healthiest Fast-Food Chains |
| 2008-03-30 10:49:00 |
Health magazine's choices for the healthy places to eat when you’re on the goby Ross WealeFrances Largeman-Roth discusses America’s healthiest fast-food chains on the Today show on March 25.FRANCES LARGEMAN-ROTHFrances Largeman-Roth, RD, is the senior food and nutrition editor at Health magazine, where she works on healthy recipes, food trends, weight-loss issues, and the latest nutrition research. She also writes a monthly food and health trend column called Hot Dish. Frances was previously part of the editorial team at the Discovery Health Channel and also held the post of managing editor at FoodFit.com. She has had the opportunity to work with top chefs and food personalities, putting a healthier spin on recipes from...
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| Calcium Scans Help Predict Coronary Risk |
| 2008-03-27 07:34:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- Scanning the heart arteries for calcium deposits can help predict future cardiac problems, a new study shows, but experts aren't sure that adding such scans to routine checkups would be worth the cost."It has been shown to be predictive" of potential heart trouble, said Dr. Diane Bild, deputy director of the division of prevention and population sciences at the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, which funded the study. "Whether it is actually beneficial to the people who are screened has not been shown."A calcium scan using computed tomography (CT) costs $300 to $600. These scans look for calcification -- hardening of the arteries caused by high blood fats and calcium deposits that can eventually cause blood vessel blockage. The scan is a potential competit...
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| A Bone Marrow Disease With a Brighter Prognosis |
| 2008-03-24 05:41:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- Blood is life. And the rare disease known as aplastic anemia robs the body of life by robbing the body of blood.The aplastic anemia patient's blood thins as the Marrow">bone marrow slows its production of blood cells. The results can range from chronic fatigue to heart disease or from endless infections to cuts that won't clot, depending on the type of blood cells that are lacking.But there's hope: Considered fatal as recently as two decades ago, aplastic anemia is becoming a far more manageable disease. Advances in drug therapies and improvements in the field of transplantation have slashed the death toll, allowing patients to live longer, fuller lives."We are getting be...
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| A good marriage could be the key to better blood pressure |
| 2008-03-21 01:09:00 |
Story Highlights:Most happily married people had better blood pressure, study showedDoctor: Marital quality more important than just being marriedSpouses with low marital satisfaction had higher blood pressure than singlesStudy involved mostly white people; not known if race is a factorNEW YORK (AP) -- A happy marriage is good for your blood pressure, but a stressed one can be worse than being single, a preliminary study suggests.That second finding is a surprise because prior studies have shown that married people tend to be healthier than singles, said researcher Julianne Holt-Lunstad.It would take further study to sort out what the results mean for long-term health, said Holt-L...
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| Pain Relief for Osteoporosis Patients With Fractures |
| 2008-03-19 01:14:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- In osteoporosis patients with spinal fractures, vertebroplasty provides significant pain relief and helps decrease disability, according to a new study.Vertebroplasty involves injection of medical-grade bone cement into a fractured vertebra to shore up the fracture and provide pain relief. It's used to treat painful vertebral compression fractures that don't respond to conventional medical therapy with analgesics or narcotics.The study followed 884 patients for five years who were assessed before and after vertebroplasty. Their average pre-treatment pain score on an 11-point scale decreased from 7.9 (+/- 1.5) before treatment to an average of 1.3 (+/- 1.8) after treatment.The patients' ability to manage everyday tasks such as washi...
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| Anxiety Helps Elderly Women Live Longer |
| 2008-03-16 02:08:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- Higher anxiety levels may help elderly women live longer, but may harm older men, U.S. research shows.A team at the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University followed 1,000 seniors in three Florida retirement communities for up to 15 years.They found that women with higher levels of anxiety at the start of the study lived longer than others. Year-to-year changes in anxiety levels didn't appear to affect women's survival, either.In contrast to women, men with higher anxiety levels at the start of the study were more likely to die earlier, the researchers said."Our research indicates that anxiety may have a protective effect on women, possibly causing them to ...
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| One in 4 Teen Girls Has a Sexually Transmitted Disease |
| 2008-03-12 03:50:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- More than 3 million teenaged girls have at least one sexually transmitted disease (STD), a new government study suggests.The most severely affected are African-American teens. In fact, 48 percent of African-American teenaged girls have an STD, compared with 20 percent of white teenaged girls."What we found is alarming," Dr. Sara Forhan, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a teleconference Tuesday. "One in four female adolescents in the U.S. has at least one of the four most common STDs that affects women.""These numbers translate into 3.2 million young women nationwide who are infected with an STD," Forhan said. "This means that far to...
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| Even in Middle Age, Starting to Drink May Lower Heart Risks |
| 2008-03-07 22:14:00 |
(HealthDay News) -- If you start drinking moderate amounts of alcohol in middle age, particularly wine, you can lower your risk of heart attack by up to 68 percent, compared to nondrinkers, a new study finds.While previous research had suggested that moderate alcohol consumption was good for the heart, it hadn't been clear whether starting drinking later in life confers a benefit."Among middle-aged people who began to drink alcohol in the middle age, we found considerable cardiovascular benefit," said lead researcher Dr. Dana E. King, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina's Department of Family Medicine.Current American Heart Association guidelines suggest that moderate drinking may be good for you, King noted. "But if you don't currently ...
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| Health Tip: When Caregiving Becomes Too Stressful |
| 2008-03-05 00:39:00 |
(HealthDay News) - Caring for a loved one who needs extensive help can be physically and emotionally draining. To continue providing loving care, it's important to monitor your own well-being, too.Here are some warning signs of caregiver stress, courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians:Feeling unusually angry or resentful toward the person you care for, yourself or your family. Withdrawing from social activities. Anxiety. Sleeping too much or having difficulty sleeping. Feeling irritable. Being sick frequently. more discussion: Forum· Addiction Forum · Ask the Doctors Forum · Ayurveda Forum · Ayurvedic & Thai Herbs Forum · Colon Cleansing Forum · Dental Forum · Diabetes Forum · Diet Forum · General Cleansing Forum · Hepatitis A,
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