Broccoli sprouts, cabbage, ginkgo biloba and garlic: A grocery list for cancer prevention
...ring people relatively simple ways to help protect themselves from the disease. Five studies presented today during the American Association for Cancer Research's 4th annual Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting in Baltimore, Md., add to the arsenal of research that shows adding certain vegetables an...Mayo Clinic: Sinusitis is common yet often overlooked cause of chronic cough
...nd treatment for the underlying problem and resign themselves to live with the coughing," says Dr. Lim. "Thus, you find situations like women who have to wear sanitary pads for urinary leakage due to their coughing and men who can't have hernia surgery because of their constant coughs." To determine whether sin...Headlines about Herceptin show equality of access to costly drugs must be tackled
...so highlights new cost issues - both for the drugs themselves and surrounding cost of treatment. Equality of patient access must extend to these accompanying areas, for example in diagnosing suitability for the drugs. Recent UK figures, for instance, show that only half of women are currently tested for the c...Leaders work to establish diabetes plan for Pennsylvania
...g pregnant face a higher risk of complications for themselves and their babies. One out of every 10 healthcare dollars is spent on diabetes and its complications. "This summit is unique," said Linda Siminerio, Ph.D., executive director of the University of Pittsburgh Diabetes Institute, which is hosting the sum...Study highlights the ramifications of medical misdiagnosis
... painful biopsies and incorrect treatments that in themselves often worsened the condition of the patient, speeding permanent loss of mobility. "It is unfortunate that individuals afflicted with this rare disabling disease have suffered further serious problems due to incorrect diagnoses by their physicians," s...Study reveals surprising attitudes about research involving adults with Alzheimer's
...articipants were asked which kinds of studies they themselves would allow if they were acting as the surrogate f...ts would be willing to participate in such studies themselves while lower percentages, but still large majorities, said they would allow a loved one to take part....Is it okay to sign Alzheimer's patients up for research studies?
...consent for research most strongly when applied to themselves as future research subjects and least strongly when placing themselves in the position of the surrogate having to decide for a loved one. For example, for a study that wou...Cannabis-based medicine relieves the pain of rheumatoid arthritis and suppresses the disease
...-to-use mouth spray that patients could administer themselves up to a maximum of six doses a day. The CBM consisted of a blend of whole plant extracts, standardised for content, that delivered approximately equal amounts of two key therapeutic constituents from the cannabis plant: delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol ...People eat more stale popcorn if served in a big bucket
...ence other people, they often wrongly believe they themselves are unaffected, Wansink found in a 2004 study. "This suggests that portion and package size may insidiously influence people at a basic level of which they are not aware or do not monitor," Wansink warned....Women are receiving less aggressive treatment for chest pain and heart attacks than men, study finds
...se--the number-one killer of women--should educate themselves about their treatment options, Dr. Anand said. "Women who develop acute coronary syndromes can ask their physicians if they are candidates for such procedures, as opposed to staying silent and leaving it up to the doctor to decide," she said....Generous home-poured alcoholic beverages may lead to overindulgence
...any readers and their friends & family are pouring themselves larger-than-standard drinks. Given that safe-drink messages are based on a specific amount of alcohol in a drink, 0.6 ounces, they might want to become more aware of the percentage of alcohol in the brands of beer, wine and spirits they choose, perh...New study shows chiropractic is cost-effective in treating chronic back pain
...atients with mechanical low-back pain who referred themselves to 60 doctors of chiropractic and 111 medical doctors in 64 general practice community clinics in Oregon and one in Vancouver, Wa. Chiropractic care included spinal manipulation, physical therapies, an exercise plan, and self-care patient education. ...Fewer heart failure patients die when hospitals make efforts to improve care
... changes and education that can help them care for themselves after they go home. U-M doctors have helped lead both projects, with help from MPRO, Michigan's healthcare quality improvement organization. The heart failure project, which grew out of the heart attack project, was spearheaded by the Greater Flint ...Pregnant women need HIV testing to protect themselves and their babies
...omen need to know their HIV status to help protect themselves and their unborn babies, says a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at the Medical College of Georgia. "The reason this is important is there are about 300 babies born every year in this country with HIV infection," says Dr. Andrew W. Helfgott, chief ...ANA encourages nurses and health care workers to get vaccinated against flu
...on and remind them of their responsibility to keep themselves healthy, especially given their direct contact wit...st year. More than half of nurses polled consider themselves extremely or very susceptible to influenza this coming season and almost all (95 percent) nurses agr...Study shows people unaware of harmful effects of painkillers
...nearly 30 percent of these people did not consider themselves at risk for any side effects associated with painkiller use. Similar numbers of people who exclusively used prescription painkillers were unaware of their risks and experienced complications. Everyday more than 36 million people take over-the-counte...Thanksgiving gluttony misaligned with 'intuitive eating' approach examined in new study
...is sick and "1" is starving. Intuitive eaters keep themselves at or around a "5." If they feel they are getting hungry, they eat until they are back at a "5" or "6." They stop eating when they are satisfied, even if that means leaving food on the plate. One part of intuitive eating that may be counterintuitive ...Penn research permits first-ever visualization of psychological stress in the human brain
...s hormone and heart rate. Many subjects described themselves as being "flustered, distracted, rushed and upset" by the stress task. The results showed increased cerebral blood-flow during the "stress test" in the right anterior portion of the brain (prefrontal cortex) -- an area long associated with anxiety...Mother-to-child transmission of HIV
... of the children born to HIV-positive mothers will themselves be infected. In about 50% of the cases, transmission from mother to child occurs during labor and delivery. Scientists don't yet understand how exactly that transmission happens, but they have found that some treatments can prevent most cases. Howeve......up, however, did not gain any weight. They weighed themselves every morning and e-mailed their weights to the research team. In turn, the team provided weekly feedback using a method called the Tissue Monitoring System (TMS), a mathematical method for estimating changes in body tissue from a series of daily wei...