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| House Republican budget would slash $5.8 trillion over the next decade Los Angeles Times The 2012 budget proposal relies on cuts and reforms to safety net programs such as Medicare and Medicaid but mostly avoids changes to Social Security. The plan has little chance of passage but is meant to portray the GOP as the party willing to make ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cut your risk of heart disease, even at work Los Angeles Times By Marissa Cevallos, HealthKey Heart disease is a killer, and now researchers say staying late at work could be one contributing factor. But here's a note to the water-cooler crowd: It's not just the workaholics who get heart attacks. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Brain Scans Show Some May be Food Addicts OzarksFirst.com (Chicago, IL) -- When some people see a milkshake it can activate the same areas of the brain as when a drug addict sees cocaine. Researchers writing in the "Archives of General Psychiatry" say if certain foods are addictive, that may explain why ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Study: Think You Need Bypass Surgery? Not So Fast! Medical News Today New study findings suggest that contrary to current practice, doctors and patients have time to consider bypass surgery over drug treatment alone. Open-heart surgery has an early risk of death, with nearly 5% of patients who underwent bypass surgery in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| What Your Doctor May Not Know About Your Pain Pills NPR (blog) by Michelle Andrews Most people who have chronic pain — a bad back, arthritis, or many other ailments — see their primary care physician for treatment. If ibuprofen doesn't ease the ache, these doctors often prescribe narcotic drugs like Vicodin, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Higher bleeding risk seen in J&J, Bayer clot drug Reuters By Ransdell Pierson NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A blood clot preventer from Johnson & Johnson and Bayer caused a surprisingly high rate of bleeding in a trial of patients with acute illnesses, representing a significant setback for the drugmakers. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| More Athletes With Sudden Cardiac Death Than Previously Thought Medical News Today Approximately 1 in every 44000 thousand athletes in the USA dies from sudden cardiac death in the USA each year, a significantly higher rate than previously thought, Kimberly Harmon, MD explained in the journal Circulation. Harmon believes their team's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US teen pregnancy rate lowest in 70 years msnbc.com WASHINGTON — The US teen pregnancy rate in 2009, the latest year for which data are available, hit its lowest since tracking began 70 years ago, the Center for Disease Control said on Tuesday. Could your pillow be making you sick? ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexican Immigrants To The US At Higher Risk Of Depression, Anxiety Medical News Today Moving can be stressful, and millions of Mexican residents decide to migrate north each year. It can be a stressful change for anyone trying to acculturate and assimilate to new surroundings, but a new study finds that Mexicans have a sizable higher ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Surge in kids' CT scans raises concerns Chicago Sun-Times Soaring numbers of kids are getting CT scans in emergency rooms, a study has found, raising concerns that some of them might be exposed to adult-sized radiation doses and an increased risk of developing cancer. The number of ER visits nationwide in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| MRI finds earlier breast cancers in gene carriers WTAQ By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Breast cancer screening that includes MRI scans may reduce the chance of finding advanced cancer in women at high genetic risk of the disease, a new study suggests. That's because MRI appears to discover their ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| CDC: Salmonella in turkey burgers resistant to antibiotics Atlanta Journal Constitution By George Mathis Eating a healthy diet is tough, and drug resistant microbes can make it even tougher. A salmonella strain that sickened folks in 10 states, including one person in Georgia, is resistant to many antibiotics, the Centers for Disease ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Appeals Court Hears Argument in the "Breast Cancer Gene" Case EFF The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, DC heard oral argument yesterday in the closely watched "breast cancer gene" patent case. At issue are two patents covering naturally occurring human genes that, when present, signal an increased ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mother of cancer-stricken son on trial for failing to give him medicine Boston Globe LAWRENCE -- There were two Kristen LaBries, one a devoted mother caring for a sick boy fighting cancer and the other a woman who "seethed with resentment" at the boy's father whom she accused of abandoning them, an Essex County prosecutor said today at ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Health Insurer Stocks Off; Medicare Plans Modest Rate Increase Wall Street Journal By Dinah Wisenberg Brin Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Health insurance stocks slipped Tuesday after the government issued final 2012 Medicare Advantage rates that will be a bit above flat on average and slightly lower than the program's preliminary estimate. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US panel says Optimer's antibiotic effective Reuters SILVER SPRING, Md. , April 5 (Reuters) - Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc's (OPTR.O) experimental antibiotic is safe and effective in treating a bacterial infection that causes diarrhea, a US advisory panel said on Tuesday. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| MI to still keep 3% from school staff WOOD-TV By Tony Tagliavia GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - The state of Michigan expects to continue to collect 3% of school employees' pay to be used for retirement health care costs after a judge ruled that the law that mandates the practice is unconstitutional, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| AACR: Aspirin Use Tied to Lower Pancreatic Cancer Risk Doctors Lounge Aspirin use at least once monthly appears to be associated with a reduced risk of developing pancreatic cancer, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, held April 2 to 6 in Orlando, Fla. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Association Between Flat Skulls And Sudden Infant Death Syndrome? Medical News Today Babies are turning up with flat heads more and more in Texas at least. However, there may be a trade off with preventing SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome. This flat skull condition called plagiocephaly, a condition marked by an asymmetrical, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Alzheimer's Genes: Why They Matter, Even If They Don't Change Patient Care TIME By Alice Park Tuesday, April 5, 2011 | 0 comments Genes are a gateway to understanding disease, and Alzheimer's is certainly no exception. In recent years, researchers have grown the list of known genes associated with the most common form of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NY Health Dept Imposes New Diet for Workers CalorieLab Calorie Counter News Cake is just one of the items that's been taken off the menu at agency lunches for the nearly 3000 employees of the New York Health Department. The new health mandate was outlined in a brochure, "Life in the Cubicle Village," issued to employees. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Steward Health Care seeks another Catholic hospital ModernHealthcare.com By Vince Galloro Steward Health Care System, Boston, and Saints Medical Center, Lowell, Mass., have signed a letter of intent for 104-bed Saints to become part of Steward, according to a joint news release. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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