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Fewer heart attacks after weight-loss surgery: study
Wed,4 Jan 2012 09:08 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Obese people who had weight-loss surgery were less likely to later suffer a heart attack or stroke, or to die from one, compared to people who did not have the surgery, according to a Swedish study. The findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, come from a study of more than 4,000 obese people treated at 500 surgery departments and health care centers in Sweden. ... Full Story | Top |
Higher alcohol prices may curb drinking: study
Wed,4 Jan 2012 07:51 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Does that bottle of beer or wine have the same appeal if it's more expensive? Maybe not, Canadian researchers say. Findings published in the journal Addiction showed that each 10 percent price hike in the minimum price of beer, liquor and alcoholic beverages led people to drink 3.4 percent less alcohol overall, with consumption of specific types of alcohol falling even more. Researchers used data between 1989 and 2010 from the Canadian province of British Columbia, where the government sets minimum prices for alcohol and keeps information on its sales. ... Full Story | Top |
Cancer rates in U.S. keep falling: report
Wed,4 Jan 2012 03:42 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Cancer death rates are continuing to fall, dropping by 1.8 percent per year in men and 1.6 percent per year in women between 2004 and 2008, according to the American Cancer Society's annual report on cancer statistics released on Wednesday. Advances in cancer screening and treatment have prevented more than a million total deaths from cancer since the early 1990s, according to the report. But the influential cancer group said new cases of seven less-common cancers rose in the past decade, suggesting more could be done in America's 40-year war on cancer. ... Full Story | Top |
FDA restricts class of antibiotics in animals
Wed,4 Jan 2012 03:18 PM PST
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health regulators placed restrictions on animal use of a class of antibiotics often used to treat diseases like pneumonia in humans, as part of an effort to prevent the rise of drug-resistant bacteria. The Food and Drug Administration issued an order on Wednesday to stop the widespread injection of cephalosporins into cattle, pigs, chickens and turkeys beginning April 5. Cephalosporins are commonly used to treat people with pneumonia and skin and soft tissue infections, the FDA said. They can also be used to treat foodborne illnesses such as salmonella and E. coli. ... Full Story | Top |
Argentina's Fernandez recovering well after surgery
Wed,4 Jan 2012 02:46 PM PST
Reuters -  PILAR, Argentina (Reuters) - Argentina's popular president, Cristina Fernandez, is recovering well after undergoing surgery for thyroid cancer on Wednesday, setting the stage for her return to work later this month. Fernandez's papillary carcinoma was detected during a routine medical checkup just before Christmas and there was no sign the disease had spread, government officials said. The cancer diagnosis came just months after the center-left leader easily won a second four-year term in office. Doctors have said the 58-year-old president has a better than 90 percent chance of recovery. ...
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Colombia will pay for PIP breast implant removal
Wed,4 Jan 2012 02:31 PM PST
Reuters - BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will pay for the removal of breast implants made by a bankrupt French company that were linked to a global health scare, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The implants were manufactured by the now defunct Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) and appear to have had an unusually high rupture rate, prompting the authorities in France to urge women to have them removed. Colombia's Health Ministry said the state would pay for removal of the implants if a doctor recommended it or if they ruptured and there was a medical emergency. ... Full Story | Top |
Fewer heart attacks seen after weight-loss surgery
Wed,4 Jan 2012 02:29 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study of obese Swedes, those who had weight-loss surgery were less likely to go on to suffer a heart attack or stroke, or die from one, compared to people who were managed without surgery. The results jibe with an earlier report by the same group of researchers, suggesting that those participants who underwent bariatric surgery were less likely to be diagnosed with diabetes or die from any cause over the following decade. But exactly how weight loss influences the risk of heart problems in obese people hasn't been completely clear, they note. ... Full Story | Top |
Give slim kids higher marks, says French diet guru
Wed,4 Jan 2012 01:57 PM PST
Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Pierre Dukan, the nutritionist behind the popular but controversial Dukan diet, has suggested that France tackle child obesity by giving extra exam marks for slimness. Dukan, who has sold 8 million copies of his diet book worldwide, made the proposal in a 250-page book called 'An Open Letter to the Future President', which he sent out on Tuesday to 16 candidates for France's presidential election. ... Full Story | Top |
U.S. twin births have doubled in three decades: study
Wed,4 Jan 2012 01:56 PM PST
Reuters -  ATLANTA (Reuters) - The number of twins born in the United States has doubled in the last three decades largely as a result of fertility treatments, with one in 30 infants born in 2009 a twin, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. "The increases are quite widespread, affecting all age groups and all parts of the country," said Joyce Martin, a CDC epidemiologist and coauthor of the new study. More than 137,000 twins were born in the United States in 2009, accounting for one in every 30 babies. ...
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Higher alcohol prices may curb drinking: study
Wed,4 Jan 2012 01:20 PM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new Canadian study suggests increasing the minimum price of beer, liquor and other alcoholic beverages may reduce how much people drink. Researchers used data from the Canadian province of British Columbia, where the government sets the minimum price for alcohol and keeps information on its sales. For every 10-percent price hike, they found people drank 3.4 percent less alcohol, and their consumption of particular drinks dropped even more. "This is an important finding about an effective but under-utilized policy," said Dr. ...
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No extra risk of breaking bones after ovary removal
Wed,4 Jan 2012 01:18 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who have their ovaries surgically removed may go through menopause early, but that does not seem to raise their risk of breaking a bone, a new study suggests. Women may have their ovaries removed during a hysterectomy (surgery to remove the uterus) or to prevent ovarian cancer if they are at high genetic risk of the disease. If the procedure is done before menopause, it will trigger an early "surgical menopause." With natural menopause, women's estrogen levels wane and their bone density tends to decline -- raising the risk of fractures. ... Full Story | Top |
Study in monkeys raises hope for HIV vaccines
Wed,4 Jan 2012 11:47 AM PST
Reuters -  CHICAGO (Reuters) - An experimental vaccine helped protect monkeys from an especially deadly form of the AIDS virus, raising new hope for an effective vaccine in people, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. The vaccine reduced the risk of infection by 80 percent among monkeys exposed to a primate version of the virus, while monkeys that became infected had lower amounts of the virus in their blood, the team reported in the journal Nature. "It is an important advance in knowledge," Dr. ...
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Arteries still healthy in young football players
Wed,4 Jan 2012 11:45 AM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Studies have found that retired pro football players may have an increased risk of heart disease. But new research shows that while they are still in the game, there are no signs of trouble in the players' arteries. After retirement, pro football players tend to have more heart risk factors, like high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol levels and obesity, than the general public. And former linemen, with their super-sized bodies, seem to be particularly vulnerable. ...
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FDA prohibits class of antibiotics in animals
Wed,4 Jan 2012 11:30 AM PST
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health regulators on Wednesday banned a class of antibiotics for use in animals to prevent the rise of drug-resistant bacteria that also infect humans. The Food and Drug Administration issued an order to prohibit cephalosporin, a popular class of antibiotics, for use in cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys from April 5, with some exceptions. Health officials argue that the widespread use of the drug by livestock farmers could lead to resistance when the drug is used to treat people. Bacteria learn to outsmart antibiotics when repeatedly exposed to the medicines. ... Full Story | Top |
Medtronic remote diabetes monitor gets U.S. approval
Wed,4 Jan 2012 11:27 AM PST
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc on Wednesday said it received regulatory approval for the first remote glucose monitor that will let parents check the blood sugar of a diabetic child sleeping in another room. About three out of four severe hypoglycemic reactions, in which a diabetic's blood sugar drops to a dangerously low level, occur overnight. Parents of children with diabetes typically get up several times a night to check whether the child's blood sugar is within healthy levels. ... Full Story | Top |
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