- (HealthDay News) — People with heart failure tend to retain
fluid, making it important to monitor what they drink.
The doctor may prescribe medication to help rid the body of excess
fluid, which puts less stress on the heart. While this type of drug,
called a diuretic, may make you feel thirsty, it's important not to drink
too [...]
- (HealthDay News) — Most pregnant women will go into labor
naturally, but sometimes it's safer for doctors to induce labor.
Here are reasons for why a doctor might decide to induce labor,
courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians:
Going two weeks or longer past the due date.
Having no contractions after the woman's water breaks.
Having high [...]
- FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) — A chemically modified form of
interferon improves the chances that melanoma patients will survive and
have no recurrence of the skin cancer, according to a new report.
Dutch researchers, who published their findings in this week's edition
of The Lancet, said their study found long-term treatment with
pegylated IFNa2b cut the [...]
- FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) — The teen birth rate is up for the
first time in 15 years, and homicides among teens are up for the first
time in 12 years, a new government report finds.
On the plus side, there has been a drop in childhood deaths from
injuries, and fewer eighth graders are [...]
- (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:
Diabetes and Hypertension
If you are aged 18 to 80, have controlled type 2
diabetes mellitus, have high blood pressure, and haven't had any major
heart problems within the last six months, you may qualify for this
study.
The research site is in Nashville, Tenn.
More information
Please [...]
- FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) — Teach parents how to talk about sex
with their teen, and they will tackle this tough subject more readily and
often, a new study says.
The study, published online July 11 in British Medical Journal,
evaluated a workshop-based program called “Talking Parents, Healthy Teens”
aimed at parents of 6th- to 10th-graders. In [...]
- FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) — The wildly popular
farm-raised fish known as tilapia may actually harm your heart, thanks to
low levels of healthy omega-3 fatty acids and high levels of unhealthy
omega-6 fatty acids.
New research suggests the combination could be particularly bad for
patients with heart disease, arthritis, asthma and other diseases
involving overactive inflammatory responses.
“If [...]
- FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) — California researchers say
they have developed molecular “smart bombs” that stop pancreatic and
kidney cancer from spreading in mice while causing fewer side effects and
damage to healthy surrounding tissues than traditional chemotherapy.
A team from the University of California, San Diego, designed a
“nanoparticle” anti-cancer drug delivery system that zooms in [...]
- FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) — Baby boomers, take comfort: A
new study among older would-be jugglers suggests the aging mind doesn't
lose the ability to learn new skills.
The finding is based on an analysis of brain scans taken while people
aged 50 and up learned the art of juggling. Although they typically picked
up the skill [...]
- FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) — People who are hospitalized
for severe heart failure and have been taking beta blockers should be kept
on those medications while in the hospital, a new study finds.
And if they weren't taking beta blockers already, most of them should
be started on the medications when they leave, according to a [...]