NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Some cancer patients may find
that putting their emotions down in writing helps improve their
pain and general well-being, a study suggests.
Such writing, part of a concept called “narrative”
medicine, has been seen as a way to aid communication between
seriously ill patients and their doctors.
But the act of writing, itself, may also [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Men whose wives have terminal
cancer are often not informed that their spouse's illness is
incurable, or are only told within a week of her death,
according to the largest study to date to investigate this
issue.
“Communication of incurable illness is difficult for
everybody,” Dr. Hanna Dahlstrand of Karolinska University
Hospital in Stockholm noted in an [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Black men with early prostate
cancer may be less likely to receive aggressive treatment than
their white counterparts, a small study has found.
The reason, researchers say, seems to be that doctors are
somewhat less likely to offer extensive surgery or radiation
treatment to black patients — and not that black patients more
often refuse more-aggressive [...]
A passenger arrives at the departure lounge of an airport. Gay advocates and commentators have hailed a vote by US senators to repeal a travel ban on HIV-positive visitors or immigrants to the United States.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)
WASHINGTON (AFP) -
Gay advocates and commentators have hailed a vote by US senators to repeal a travel ban on HIV-positive [...]
- THURSDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials on
Thursday dropped their warning against eating fresh tomatoes, as the toll
in the ongoing salmonella outbreak reached 1,220 confirmed cases, with at
least 242 people hospitalized.
“As of today, FDA officials believe that consumers may now enjoy all
types of fresh tomatoes available on the domestic market without [...]
- FRIDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) — A national task force is
recommending that all newborns be screened for congenital hearing
loss.
“Screening for hearing loss should be part of every newborn infant's
health care evaluation,” U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Chairman Ned
Calonge, who is also chief medical officer for the Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment, said [...]
- (HealthDay News) — Exercise is good for you during any stage of
life. But among pregnant women, it can offset some common problems.
Your doctor should approve of any exercise program while you're
pregnant. The American Pregnancy Association offers this list of potential
benefits:
It can help alleviate conditions such as poor circulation and back
pain.
It can give you [...]
- (HeathDay News) — There's a good chance that while playing or
stepping on an uneven surface, you will sprain your ankle. More than
25,000 people do it every day, according to the American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Depending on how severe the sprain is, your ankle might swell and hurt
too much to stand on it. You [...]
- THURSDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) — Measuring proteins that
carry cholesterol in the blood may give a better estimate of heart attack
risk than measuring cholesterol, a major study finds.
The study focused on the ratio of two of the proteins, called
apolipoprotein B100 (ApoB) and apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1). The
international team of researchers studied data on more [...]
BEIJING (Reuters) -
The health situation in parts of China
hit by the massive earthquake in May remains grim though there
have been no epidemics, the government said on Friday.
The 7.9 magnitude quake struck the southwestern province of
Sichuan, killing about 70,000 people and making more than 10
million homeless.
“We are still in a critical stage of quake [...]