Health Awareness: Gynecological Cancer
While cervical and ovarian cancers are well-known among women, there are actually four additional gynecological cancers than most are not aware of—and should be. Following along with the Center for Disease Control’s campaign, Inside Knowledge, HealthNews believes it is important to support awareness and the Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005, or Johanna’s Law. The CDC developed the Inside Knowledge campaign ... Read More »
EyeCare America Provides Referrals for Free Eye Exams
According to the Vision Council of America, approximately 75% of adults use some sort of vision correction, whether it is reading glasses from the local drugstore or high-end contact lenses prescribed by your optometrist. But with over 46 million Americans lacking health insuranceand unemployment still hovering around 10 percent, many are unable to afford eye exams or the necessary prescriptions for ... Read More »
Health Care Salutes: Sounds of Pertussis Campaign
Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is seeing a resurgence, after almost total eradication in the United States. In 1976, after an all-time low case count of 1,010, pertussis cases have steadily risen, causing concern among both state and national health officials. California alone had a five-fold increase in cases in the last year, prompting organizations such as the March ... Read More »
HealthNews Salutes: BreastCancerTrials.org
Flu season is underway and given last year’s H1N1 flu pandemic, it is especially important to safeguard your family and protect them from developing any strain of influenza. The Centers for Disease Control consider the annual flu a “serious and contagious disease.” It can lead to hospitalization and death, and while they do not expect a repeat performance of last ... Read More »
Flu Season: Protecting Your Family
Flu season is underway and given last year’s H1N1 flu pandemic, it is especially important to safeguard your family and protect them from developing any strain of influenza. The Centers for Disease Control consider the annual flu a “serious and contagious disease.” It can lead to hospitalization and death, and while they do not expect a repeat performance of last ... Read More »
New Skin Cancer Diagnostic Tool
This year over 1 million Americans will be diagnosed with skin cancer, and of those approximately 60,000 will find out that they have melanoma—the most severe and deadly of skin cancers. Yet we persist in the sun and make no attempt to be routinely checked by our doctors, which some would consider a foolhardy and dangerous way to live a ... Read More »
Teen Gastric Bypass Can Increase Risk of Birth Defects
While the benefits of gastric bypass surgery are many—increased life expectancy, lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, reduction in cardiac disease—there is controversy when it comes to teenagers and this life-altering surgery. This type of surgery is being used more frequently on adolescents who are morbidly obese, but there are concerns about the effectiveness, safety, and long-term benefits in this age ... Read More »
Antidepressant Use Tied to Increased Diabetes Risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People who use antidepressants for the long term may be more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than non-users—including other individuals with severe depression, two new studies suggest. The findings, reported in the journal Diabetes Care, add to evidence linking antidepressant use to a modest elevation in type 2 diabetes risk. They do not, however, prove ... Read More »
‘Pre-Diabetes’ Raises Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A set of conditions known to accompany or portend type 2 diabetes, including obesity and high blood sugar, could more than double a person’s risk of developing heart disease, according to a new study. Further, the findings suggest that these factors can even work their negative influence in the absence of full-blown diabetes. “We are ... Read More »
Asthma Drug May Help Multiple Sclerosis: Study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The common asthma drug albuterol can help patients with multiple sclerosis, perhaps by tamping down an overactive immune system, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. The cheap pill, available generically, may enhance the effects of a standard MS treatment called glatiramer, the researchers reported in theArchives of Neurology. The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America estimates that 350,000 to ... Read More »
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