FRIDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) — Eating a high-fiber diet does not lower a person’s risk of diverticulosis, but a low-fiber diet might, according to a new study that contradicts what doctors have believed for decades. Diverticulosis is a disease of the intestines in which pouches develop in the colon wall. Researchers at the University [...]
January 27, 2012
Roswell Park cancer vaccine uses body’s own immunity
Published: Jan. 27, 2012 at 1:59 AM BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 27 (UPI) – The Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., began a phase I clinical trial of a dendritic cell vaccine that uses the body’s immunity to fight cancer. The NY-ESO-1 dendritic cell vaccine, developed at Roswell Park, will be manufactured in the institute’s [...]
January 27, 2012
Long Shifts May Raise Some Nurses’ Odds for Obesity
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) — Nurses who work long hours and have less physically demanding jobs are much more likely to be obese than other nurses, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Nursing surveyed about 2,100 female nurses and found that about 55 percent of them were [...]
January 27, 2012
Wine Wednesday Winners: Terroir Murray Hill
Location, location, location…Terroir is highly disputed French wine term that loosely means the “sense” and characteristics of a place. We’re not just talking about the origin, soil makeup, climate, geography and how winemakers apply them to their process. We’re also speaking to the human (and even spiritual) impact that all of those things have on [...]
January 26, 2012
Caregivers improve care, lower costs
Published: Jan. 26, 2012 at 2:04 AM BALTIMORE, Jan. 26 (UPI) — Family members who routinely accompany older adults to physicians’ offices help improve care, U.S. researchers found. Lead author Jennifer L. Wolff, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and colleagues at the Johns Hopkins schools of Public Health, [...]
January 26, 2012
Some fried food not a heart breaker
Published: Jan. 25, 2012 at 3:36 PM MADRID, Jan. 25 (UPI) — Food fried in olive or sunflower oil was not linked to heart disease or premature death, researchers in Spain found. Professor Pillar Gullah-Castillo of Autonomous University of Madrid surveyed the cooking methods of 40,757 adults ages 29-69 over an 11-year period. None of [...]
January 25, 2012
Device makers urge coverage of weight-loss surgery
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Device manufacturers are pushing the U.S. government and health insurers to cover weight-loss surgery, an effort that could give millions more obese Americans access to the treatments. Advocates say it will give obese patients a complete arsenal for fighting the condition that can spur a host of life-threatening illnesses and help save [...]
January 25, 2012
Magic mushrooms may help treat depression
Published: Jan. 24, 2012 at 10:08 PM LONDON, Jan. 24 (UPI) — Psilocybin mushrooms, better known as magic mushrooms or shrooms may help treat people with depression, researchers in Britain say. Senior author David Nutt of Imperial College London said psychedelics are thought of as “mind-expanding” drugs so it is commonly assumed they work by [...]
January 25, 2012
An Apfel a Day: Iris Apfel for M*A*C
M*A*C -easily one of my most favorite brands- releases celeb and fashion collabs with the greatest of frequency. Hello Kitty, Miss Piggy, Gareth Pugh, Heatherette and Daphne Guinness are just a few names that pop into our minds. M*A*C’s Iris Apfel collection, which is “inspired by a rare bird who has always been ahead of [...]
January 24, 2012
Parents May Hold Key to Treating Kids’ Obesity
MONDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) — Parents and caregivers should be involved in treatment programs for obese children and should lead by example, praise children’s progress and use setbacks as learning opportunities, experts say. “In many cases, the adults in a family may be the most effective change agents to help obese children attain and [...]
January 24, 2012
Autistics have more psychiatric issues
Published: Jan. 24, 2012 at 12:26 AM BOSTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) — The presence of co-occurring psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions may result in a change in autism spectrum disorder, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Andrew Zimmerman of Massachusetts General Hospital for Children and colleagues at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public said questions remain as [...]
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Common Gastro Disease Occurs Even With High-Fiber Diet
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Roswell Park cancer vaccine uses body’s own immunity
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Long Shifts May Raise Some Nurses’ Odds for Obesity
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Wine Wednesday Winners: Terroir Murray Hill
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Caregivers improve care, lower costs
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Vacation deprivation not healthy. In fact, it’s costly.
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Study Links BPA in Plastics to Erectile Dysfunction
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Can Circumcision Prevent the Spread of Herpes, HPV, Other STDs?
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Sex Behind the Nursing Home Curtain
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How Do I Know if I Have Genital Warts?
January 28, 2012
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