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Fox
News - Posted by SA April 6,
2013
A
reduction in dietary salt
intake by 50 percent could
prevent approximately
100,000 deaths from heart
attack and stroke in the
United States every year,
according to new studies
published in the April 4
issues of British Medical
Journal online.
Healio
- April 5, 2013
Moderate-intensity walking
and vigorous running appear
to produce similar risk
reductions for hypertension,
hypercholesterolemia,
diabetes and, possibly, CHD.
USA
TODAY - Posted by SA April
5, 2013
It's
not just sore throats and
flu shots anymore.
Walgreens today becomes
the first retail store
chain to expand its health
care services to include
diagnosing and treating
patients for chronic
conditions such as asthma,
diabetes and high
cholesterol.
ABC
News - April 4, 2013
Share.
0. Cancer and heart disease
are bigger killers, but
Alzheimer's is the most
expensive malady in the
U.S., costing families and
society $157 billion to $215
billion a year, according to
a new study that looked at
this in unprecedented
detail.
BBC
News - April 4, 2013
These "metabolites"
represent the waste
products of the body's
chemistry - but their
uniqueness had never been
shown.
Telegraph.co.uk - April 3,
2013
Researchers have found that
lowering the levels of
cholesterol in the eye can
halt the growth of blood
vessels which cause
age-related macular
degeneration (AMD).
Reuters - Posted by SA
April 3, 2013
Most
people who stop taking
cholesterol-lowering
statins - because of side
effects or for another
reason - are able to
restart the same drug or a
similar one without ...
Huffington Post - April 2,
2013
Eating
fish could slash an older
person's risk of dying
prematurely by more than a
quarter, and their risk of
dying from heart disease by
more than a third, a new
study from the Harvard
School of Public Health and
the University of Washington
has found.
Cleveland Leader - March 31,
2013
A new
blood test that can detect
deadly pancreatic
cancer earlier than normal
could slightly improve
patient's chances of
survival, suggests a small
Japanese study.
Posted
by SA March 30, 2013
Prescription drugs can be a
costly expense for many
Americans. Recent surveys
show that many U.S. adults
skip out on filling their
prescriptions because of
cost, especially people who
don't have insurance for
medications.
U.S.
News & World Report - Posted
by SA March 29, 2013
Eating
more fiber-rich foods
appears to lower stroke
risk, according to a new
British study.
National Post - March 28,
2013
Bacteria that live in the
gut change after
gastric-bypass surgery, and
may aid in weight loss,
according to a Harvard
University study.
ABC
NEWS - March 27, 2013
A huge
international effort
involving more than 100
institutions and genetic
tests on 200,000 people has
uncovered dozens of
signposts in DNA that can
help reveal further a
person's risk for breast,
ovarian or prostate cancer,
scientists reported ...
CNN
- March 27, 2013
In
Europe, some allergy
sufferers are given
sublingual immunotherapy,
or allergy drops, to treat
their symptoms. These tiny
drops of purified
allergens - such as pollen
or dust mites - are placed
under the tongue as an
alternative to weekly
allergy shots.
Huffington Post - March 26,
2013
Being
socially isolated from the
friends and family you love
could raise your risk of
dying early, a new study
suggests. Researchers from
the University College
London found that social
isolation alone raises a
middle-aged or elderly
person's death risk, ...
Washington Post - March 25,
2013
Have a
heart problem? There is a
good chance it can be fixed
non-surgically. Procedures
that push tiny tools and
tubes through blood vessels
are reducing the need for
open heart surgery and
transforming heart care.
 Washington
Post - Posted by SA March
25, 2013
In
“Salt Sugar Fat,”
investigative reporter
Michael Moss shows how
executives and food
scientists at Coca-Cola,
Kraft, Frito-Lay and
Nestle are well aware that
sugary, fatty and salty
foods light up the same
pleasure centers in our
brains that cocaine does.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
- March 25, 2013
Type 2 diabetes is very
common and often does
not have symptoms. That
means about 80,000
adults in Minnesota may
have diabetes without
knowing it.
New
York Times - Posted by SA
March 24, 2013
WASHINGTON - The Food and
Drug Administration said
Friday that it was moving to
toughen regulation of the
industry that produces heart
defibrillators - devices
used to jolt a failing heart
back into its regular rhythm
- after tens of thousands of
...
New
York Times - Posted by SA
March 23, 2013
Medicare should not adjust
payments on a broad regional
basis to reward hospitals
and doctors that spend less
to achieve high-quality
care, an interim report
issued Friday by the
Institute of Medicine
concluded.
StandardNet - March 22, 2013
How
far should the Obama
administration go to
persuade states to expand
their Medicaid programs?
Since last June, when the
Supreme Court gave states
permission to opt out of the
Affordable Care Act's
Medicaid expansion, 14
governors have declared
...
Fast
Company - March 20, 2013
Swiss
scientists have developed a
blood-reading prototype that
sits beneath the skin and
can send results of up to
five separate tests
instantly to either a
patient or doctor's
cellphone.
Reuters - March 19, 2013
Deaths
and the risk of dying from
Alzheimer's disease have
risen significantly in the
United States during the
last decade, according to
two reports released on
...
NPR
- March 19, 2013
Mammography outcomes from
nearly a million U.S.
women suggest which ones
under 50 would stand the
greatest chance of
benefiting from regular
screening: those with very
dense breasts.
U.S. News & World Report
- March 18, 2013
MONDAY, March 18 (HealthDay
News) -- About 71
million Americans with
private health insurance
plans received at least
one free preventive
health service -- such
as a mammogram or flu
shot -- in 2011 and 2012
because of the
Affordable Care Act, the
...
USA
TODAY -Posted by SA March
17, 2013
The
number of medical students
committing to primary care
rather than specialties
increased for the fourth
straight year in the largest
"match program'' in history,
a report says.
ABC4 -
March 15, 2013
Colorectal cancer is the
second leading cause of
cancer deaths in Utah for
both men and women. · There
are no early warning signs
of colorectal cancer.
 CBS
News - March 15, 2013
Coffee
or green tea drinker? Don't
put that cup down: Those
beverages may lower your
stroke risk if they're a
regular part of your daily
diet.
Reuters - March 12, 2013
Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:50pm EDT.
* Drug often used to treat
bronchitis, acute sinus
infections. * Drug can alter
electrical activity of the
heart -FDA.
TIME - Posted by SA March
12, 2013
In the largest
investigation of its kind,
published in the journal
Cancer, researchers found
that women who regularly
take aspirin have a
decreased risk of
developing melanoma, and
that the protection may be
cumulative - the longer
they take it, the lower
...
Discovery News - March 11,
2013
A number of studies have
pointed out the health
benefits of resveratrol, a
compound found naturally in
red wine and other foods
like berries an peanuts.
Fayette Observer - March 10,
2013
North Carolina's decision to
reject $2 billion of
Medicaid money annually will
keep former truck driver
Dempsey Stanback and
thousands like him reliant
on charity because they
can't afford health
insurance.
MedPage Today - March 10,
2013
Aerobic walking several
times a week for 30
minutes duration improved
strength and stamina in
chronic stroke patients.
Note that physical gains
aside, neither group had
significant changes in
mental health scores from
baseline to 3 months.
 Los
Angeles Times - March 9,
2013
Scientists hoping to mimic
the life-extending qualities
produced by a chemical found
in red wine and dark
chocolate say they have
solved one of the mysteries
about how this compound
works to combat the effects
of obesity, diabetes,
certain cancers and a ...
CNN International - Posted
by SA March 8, 2013
(CNN) -- You have a brain
with billions of neurons.
You have thoughts, and you
do things because of those
thoughts. But how do tiny
cells translate into
thoughts and actions?
Health.com - March 7, 2013
Grilled hot dogs and
sausages may be tasty treats
at ball games and picnics,
but a new study of nearly
450,000 people finds that
eating too much processed
meat might shave years off
your life.
Los Angeles Times - Posted
by SA March 7, 2013
Researchers believe that
someday, doctors may be
able to use
specially-equipped laptops
and smartphones to figure
out if sudden-onset
dizziness in patients is
the result of a stroke, or
of a (more likely) benign
disturbance in the inner
ear.
U.S. News & World Report
- March 7, 2013
Implanting a type of
human brain cell into
newborn mice makes them
"smarter" as adults,
scientists have found --
an achievement experts
say could aid in
understanding and
treating human brain
diseases.
Counsel and Heal - March 6,
2013
It may seem that a video
game habit is just a waste
of time. After all, there
are indeed more constructive
things that a person can be
doing instead of playing
video games.
ABC News - March 6, 2013
Colorectal cancer - cancer
of the colon or rectum -
is the second leading
cause of cancer-related
deaths in the United
States, according to the
Centers for Diseases
Control and Prevention.
Clinical Endocrinology News
Digital Network - March 5,
2013
It's no April Fool's joke:
Brace for a 2% Medicare pay
cut starting April 1 now
that Congress and the
president have failed to
reach a deficit-reduction
agreement to avoid $85
billion in federal spending
cuts known as the sequester.
The Seattle Times - March
5, 2013
Retirement-community
officials in Washington
are shocked at a nurse's
failure to attempt
resuscitation on a
resident of a California
senior-living facility.
TIME - March 5, 2013
It turns out that
electronic medical test
results are a lot like
email: many get lost in
the digital shuffle.
Researchers from the
Michael E. DeBakey
Veterans Affairs Medical
Center in Houston
conducted a survey of
2,590 primary care
practitioners and found
that a ...
Digital Trends - March 5,
2013
It's not uncommon to hear
space travel - especially
the kind of privatized,
non-government-funded
space travel prescribed by
the Inspiration Mars
mission announced earlier
this week - being
described as “flying by
the seat of your pants.
Huffington Post - March 4,
2013
On March 9 of this year,
my son will have his head
shaved to highlight the
St. Baldrick's Foundation,
a mission dedicated to
fighting for children with
cancer, and to raise money
for eventual cures.
Alexandria Town Talk - March
3, 2013
If you've been confused by
what's in the Affordable
Care Act of 2010, you're not
alone. There have been few
nonpartisan accounts from
Washington or the media
since President Barack Obama
signed the act in 2010.
KSEE - March 3, 2013
An elderly woman being cared
for at a California
retirement facility died
following the refusal of a
nurse at the facility to
perform CPR on the woman
after she collapsed,
authorities said.
New York Times - Posted by
SA March 3, 2013
The United States Department
of Agriculture is likely to
approve a horse slaughtering
plant in New Mexico in the
next two months, which would
allow equine meat suitable
for human consumption to be
produced in the United
States for the first time
since 2007.
Wall Street Journal -
March 2, 2013
The National Institutes of
Health began reducing
research-grant payments to
scientists at universities
and hospitals around the
country over recent
months, even before the
across-the-board federal
spending cuts took effect
Friday.
Fox News - March 2, 2013
Eyes hooked up to the tail
can help blinded tadpoles
see, researchers say.
These findings could help
guide therapies involving
natural or artificial
implants, scientists
added.
Forbes - March 1, 2013
More health insurance
companies are getting into
the business of providing
seniors medical benefits via
privately run Medicare
Advantage plans despite
proposed cuts in payments
proposed by the Obama
administration.
USA TODAY - March 1, 2013
Twelve states report
widespread activity; 28 had
cases regionally. Flu.
Fitness coach Kelsey
Gunderson disinfects
exercise equipment at the
Centegra Health Bridge
fitness center in Huntley,
Ill.
LosAngeles Times -
February 28, 2013
If the pursuit of
happiness is the ultimate
goal of Americans, turns
out that people have a
much better shot in Hawaii
than in West Virginia.
Arkansas Times - February
27, 2013
Steven Brill was
interviewed on NPR this
morning about his
extensive (26,000 words)
Time magazine cover story,
"Bitter Pill: Why Our
Medical Bills are Killing
Us," on what our real
focus on American health
care should be: The $750
billion in excessive
...
Huffington Post - February
27, 2013
Helen Becker of
Northampton, Pa. has
received a hot meal from
volunteers with Meals On
Wheels of Northampton
County every day for the
past several years.
CNN - February 26, 2013
(CNN) -- Nutritionists have
long touted the
heart-healthy benefits of
extra-virgin olive oil.
Recently, researchers found
that consuming a
Mediterranean diet heavy in
olive oil can help lower
some heart risks.
CBS News - February 26,
2013
Dog treat manufacturer
Kasel Associated
Industries has issued a
recall of several popular
brands over fears of
salmonella contamination
that can sicken dogs and
humans.
Forbes - February 25,
2013
A large study conducted
with funding from the
Spanish government
appears to have settled
an old debate: What
should people eat to
avoid having a heart
attack or stroke?
US News & World Report
- February 25, 2013
In one case documented
in a new study, an
elderly patient was
misdiagnosed with
bronchitis but
actually had
full-blown pneumonia
and ended up being
admitted to the
hospital.
New York Times -
February 24, 2013
Readers weigh in on
problems with the health
care program. Enlarge
This Image. Katie Scott.
To the Editor: The
Medicare budget is now
facing economic pressure
that will force
political leaders to
make difficult choices
to extend the solvency
of the program.
BBC News - Posted by SA
February 24, 2013
The widely used insect
repellent Deet appears
to be losing its
effectiveness against
mosquitoes, scientists
say. Researchers from
the London School of
Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine say mosquitoes
are first deterred by
the substance, but then
later ignore it.
New York Times -
February 23, 2013
The Food and Drug
Administration on Friday
approved a new type of
drug that combines the
widely used breast
cancer medicine
Herceptin with a
powerful toxin to more
effectively kill cancer
cells while potentially
reducing side effects.
Daily Mail - Posted by SA
February 22, 2013
Ladies, the next time the
man in your life complains
you talk too much, silence
him with science. Tell him
it is all because of the
Foxp2 protein.
Reuters - February 21,
2013
There will be good and bad
news next year for seniors
using Medicare's
prescription drug program.
 Medical
News Today - February 20,
2013
When deaths from overdoses
from opioid painkillers
occur, there are usually
other prescription
medications for mental
health disorders and/or
neurologic conditions
involved too, researchers
from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
...
CNET - February 20, 2013
Backed by tech luminaries,
the Breakthrough Prize in
Life Sciences, a $3 million
reward, is being presented
to 11 different scientists
for their efforts to cure
diseases.
Telegraph.co.uk - February
19, 2013
In a landmark report, the
World Health Organisation
[WHO] warned “synthetic
chemicals” had “serious
implications” for human
health.
Milwaukee Journal
Sentinal - February 18,
2013
Stone Age humans lacked
toothpaste and dental
floss, but had more
diversity in their oral
bacteria. And, yes,
bacterial diversity
appears to have been a
good thing for the Stone
Agers.
 New
York Times - Posted by SA
February 17, 2013
The Food and Drug
Administration on Thursday
approved the first
treatment to give limited
vision to people who are
blind, involving a
technology called the
“artificial retina.
Milwaukee Sentinel
Journal - February 17,
2013
New model emphasizes
patients' ongoing
relationship with a
primary care doctor and
his or her team.
USA TODAY - February 15,
2013
Last week, the proportion of
people visiting the doctor
for influenza-like illness
was 3.2% of all doctor
visits, down from 4.2% the
week before.
 Huffington
Post - February 14, 2013
I was at an entrepreneurs
meeting yesterday and was
talking to a very
successful woman -- a
mother and a businesswoman
-- who is now divorced.
Health Policy Solutions
- February 14, 2013
Expanding Medicaid to an
estimated 275,000
additional people will
cost Colorado less than
the price of not adding
them. That's the bold
prediction from a new
study of Medicaid
expansion commissioned
by the Colorado Health
Foundation, which
supports ...
New York Daily News -
February 13, 2013
A Michigan woman who thought
she had a hernia gave birth
to a 10 lb. baby on the same
day she learned she was
pregnant. Linda Ackley of
Jackson, Mich.
TechTarget - February
12, 2013
The government recovered
$7.90 for every $1 they
spent on health care
fraud over the past
three years. The three
year average return on
investment is the
highest in the history
of the Health Care Fraud
and Abuse Control
Program, according to an
HHS ...
WGNtv.com - February
12, 2013
Researchers tested 55
bottles of Vitamin D
supplements from 12
different
manufacturers and
found that the potency
varied widely. Some of
the pills had as
little as 9 percent of
the dose listed on the
labels while others
had as much as 140
percent.
New York Times -
February 11, 2013
Jaime Rosenthal, a
senior at Washington
University in St. Louis,
called more than 100
hospitals in every state
last summer, seeking
prices for a hip
replacement for a
62-year-old grandmother
who was uninsured but
had the means to pay
herself.
Decoded Science -
February 10, 2013
Even though the Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) is
reporting that fewer
people are currently
seeing their doctors for
influenza-like-illnesses,
the numbers are still
above the national
baseline.
 Chicago
Tribune - Posted by SA
February 9, 2013
Retirees tend to worry
more about market
volatility and the
general cost of
longevity, but ongoing
health care expenses are
a huge threat to your
nest egg.
MiamiaHerald.com -
February 9, 2013
There was a time when
retirement meant a
move to a community
where all your
neighbors belonged to
the same generation:
Old. No more.
CTV News - February 8,
2013
Deep-fried foods may be
causing trouble in the
U.S. Deep South. People
whose diets are heavy on
them and sugary drinks
like sweet tea and soda
were more likely to suffer
a stroke, a new study
finds.
ABC News - February 7, 2013
A type of cholesterol you've
probably never heard of may
be linked to the third
leading cause of heart
disease in the country.
ABC News - February 6, 2013
Every single day, I take
care of women. As their
primary care physician, it
is my duty -- and my
privilege -- to take care of
the whole woman, not just a
set of organs or body parts.
Kaiser Health News -
February 5, 2013
Doing away with the
regulations, which it has
deemed are "excessively
burdensome," would save an
estimated $676 million a
year, according to the
administration.
U.S. News & World Report -
February 5, 2013
Older women who've had
regular exposure to
sunlight may be less
likely to develop
rheumatoid arthritis, new
findings indicate.
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