Archive for November, 2007
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Health Tip: Burping Your New Baby
(HealthDay News) - To avoid a gassy, fussy baby, burping is an important part of every feeding.Here are suggestions on how to burp your young infant, courtesy of the Nemours Foundation:
Sit upright, holding your baby against your chest so that the chin is against your shoulder.
OR: Sit your baby upright on your lap or knee, […]
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High Blood Pressure Could Exacerbate Alzheimer’s
(HealthDay News) — High blood pressure reduces blood flow to the brains of Alzheimer’s patients and exacerbates the symptoms of the disease, a new study finds.
A team at the University of Pittsburgh used MRI to measure brain blood flow in older adults, including 20 Alzheimer’s patients (10 with hypertension and 10 without); 48 normal adults […]
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Cancer Patients Gain From Reporting Symptoms Online
(HealthDay News) — Having cancer patients report to doctors on their symptoms and side effects online may improve their care, a new study finds.
Even the sickest cancer patients are willing and capable of reporting their symptoms online, says a team from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
“Cancer care has become increasingly complex, causing […]
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Health Tip: The Road to a Healthy Heart
(HealthDay News) — The American Heart Association says there are a few simple things you can do to keep active and promote a healthier heart:
Do housework yourself, instead of hiring someone else to do it.
Work in the garden or mow the grass. Using a riding mower doesn’t count.
Go out for a short walk […]
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Diets May Raise Cancer Risk for Poor, Urban Women
(HealthDay News) — It can be difficult for women in America’s inner cities to eat in ways that may help prevent cancer.
That’s the conclusion of a Johns Hopkins University study that looked at the dietary habits of 156 black women living in 11 public housing communities in Washington, D.C.
The researchers found that about 61 percent […]
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More Young Americans Are Contracting HIV
(HealthDay News) — In the 26 years since scientists first spotted AIDS in America, millions of dollars have been poured into outreach efforts aimed at keeping young people clear of HIV, the virus that causes the disease.
But on the eve of World AIDS Day, a disturbing statistical fact has emerged in this country: The number […]
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Research Can Help Close Cancer ‘Race Gap’
(HealthDay News) — Collaborations between researchers and community groups can help ease cancer disparities among minority populations, researchers report.
They based their conclusions on the results of U.S. initiatives launched in Nashville, Tenn. and among the Navajo Nation.
Such partnerships between researchers and community groups can improve the quality of data collection, provide new insight into social […]
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Health Tip: Female Infertility
(HealthDay News) - About 7.3 million females in the United States aged 15 to 44 had difficulty becoming pregnant or carrying a baby to term in 2002, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lists these factors that may contribute to female infertility:
Age.
Stress.
Unhealthy […]
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We Can! Program Takes Aim at Childhood Obesity
(HealthDay News) — The U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Association of Children’s Museums are teaming up on a program to combat the obesity epidemic among America’s children.
The program — called We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition) — was introduced Thursday in Boston, Las Vegas and Pittsburgh, which have been designated […]
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Gene Tweak Reverses Aging in Mouse Skin Cells
(HealthDay News) — Scientists say they’ve been able to temporarily return old skin cells to their youthful state by blocking the activity of a single gene.
“This gene gets more and more active with age,” said lead researcher Dr. Howard Chang, an assistant professor of dermatology at Stanford University. “It doesn’t exist to make us old. […]