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Election ‘08: Presidential Candidates’ Health Platforms

Oct 23rd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health News

With the stage set for the upcoming presidential election, all eyes are turned to where exactly the candidates stand on particular issues. One importanat issue on everybody’s mind this election is health care.
Mostly we’ve heard the rhetoric surrounding Democratic hopeful Barack Obama’s and Republican candidate John McCain’s plans for health care. But is that the [...]



Dentists too thinly spread in rural Australia

Sep 26th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health News

The Australian Dental Association issued a media release yesterday calling on the Federal Government to do more to address the maldistribution of the current dental workforce, which is negatively impacting on the delivery of services in areas of need such as in rural, regional and remote parts of Australia.
Key recommendations in the release are as [...]



Blood pressure harder to control in winter

Nov 5th, 2007 | By | Category: Health News

“It does appear that if one wants to have very tight control of blood pressure, that the ‘winter dip’ in control should be addressed - if not by a change of lifestyle, perhaps even by a change of medication.”
Veterans treated in the winter were less likely to see their blood pressure levels come down [...]



FDA Asks Bayer to Suspend Sales of Heart Drug Pending Further Scrutiny Over Death Risk

Nov 5th, 2007 | By | Category: Health News

The FDA says drug maker Bayer has agreed to stop selling its anti-bleeding drug Trasylol. via KTIV-TV Sioux City



“Every Baby Has A Story” Campaign Visits Rush University Medical Center Thursday, November 8

Nov 5th, 2007 | By | Category: Health News

A traveling “Every Baby Has A Story” motor coach launched by the March of Dimes will arrive in Chicago and be open to the public on Thursday, November 8 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Rush University Medical Center, 1650 W. Harrison Street, Chicago This nationwide tour is crossing the U.S. [click link for [...]



Potential Treatment For Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Nov 5th, 2007 | By | Category: Health News

SMA is the second most prevalent genetic cause of infant death in the UK, after cystic fibrosis.Studies show that between 1:50 and 1:34 of the population are carriers of the disease, and that it affects in the region of 1:10,000 children born in the UK. In the USA, 1:40 are carriers and 1:6,000 children are [...]



First Systemic Therapy For Fatal Childhood Disease Performed By U Of M

Nov 5th, 2007 | By | Category: Children's Health, Health News, Wellness & Lifestyle Articles

University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview physicians have performed the first bone marrow and cord blood transplant to treat recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB).Children with RDEB lack a protein that anchors skin to the body, resulting in fragile skin that sloughs off with little movement or friction. They suffer painful wounds and must be bandaged [...]



Serum And Urine Fibronectin Levels In Children With Vesicoureteral Reflux

Nov 5th, 2007 | By | Category: Children's Health, Health News, Wellness & Lifestyle Articles

UroToday.com- In a study published in Pediatric Nephrology, Sabasinska, et al. assessed serum and urine fibronectin levels in children with vesicoureteral reflux and tried to correlate them with the degree of reflux and urine osmolality. The study group consisted of 54 children with vesicoureteral reflux who had a median age 4.28 years with a range [...]



Anesthesia Pouch Allows Children To Go Home Sooner After Surgery

Nov 5th, 2007 | By | Category: Children's Health, Health News, Wellness & Lifestyle Articles

Children recovering from orthopaedic surgery feel less pain and leave the hospital sooner when they go home with a small pouch that delivers local anesthetic agents and blocks pain transmission from surgical sites. Already used in adults, doctors at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia adapted the technique for children. Their findings are published in the [...]



Interview with Dr. Hank Liers Part 2: High-RNA superfoods

Nov 5th, 2007 | By | Category: Health News

The following is part two of an interview between Mike Adams and Dr. Hand Liers, the chief formulator of products sold by Health Products Distributors, Inc. (HPDI) (www.IntegratedHealth.com). To see all parts of this interview, search this site for “Dr. Hank Liers.”
Mike: Let’s get to more of your products. What’s your new superfood product that [...]



Processed Food, Pharmaceuticals Contribute To Declining Health

Nov 5th, 2007 | By | Category: Health News

(NewsTarget) Earlier analyses, including an NIA-supported study suggests America’s obesity epidemic, which is contributing to higher rates of diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension, could be threatening the decline of our health. Furthermore, some of the today’s common diseases didn’t even exist 40 years ago. In this same time frame, we have made enormous advances in [...]



New Staph Infection In Port Townsend

Nov 5th, 2007 | By | Category: Health News

The Port Townsend School District has canceled preschool classes at one of its elementary schools after confirming a second case of a drug-resistant staph infection. via KCPQ