- THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — Safer triggers and training
have helped reduce nail gun injuries, but safety regulations are needed to
help protect residential carpenters, say Duke University Medical Center
researchers.
Nail guns cause more injuries than people realize, according to study
lead author Hester Lipscomb, a professor of occupational and environmental
medicine.
“There are more than 35,000 [...]
- THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — Preliminary results from an
early trial of a new immunotherapy suggests doctors may soon have another
weapon for the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
A team of German scientists and clinicians led by Patrick Baeuerle,
chief scientific officer at Micromet AG, a Munich-based biopharmaceutical
company, demonstrated partial or complete tumor regression in 11 [...]
- THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — Insured children in the
United States are much more likely than uninsured children (91 percent vs.
69 percent) to visit a doctor's office and to have a regular annual
check-up (77 percent vs. 45 percent), according to new data released
Thursday by the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation.
The study, conducted by University of [...]
- THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — Even a little stress and
anxiety can greatly worsen and extend a person's reaction to common
allergens, a new study says.
The finding, to be presented Thursday at the American Psychological
Association annual meeting, in Boston, are important, as allergies are the
fifth-most-common chronic disease in the United States. The [...]
- THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — The risk of stroke for a
young woman smoker is directly related to the number of cigarettes she
smokes, a new study finds.
While smoking has been clearly established as increasing the risk of
stroke, “there is not a lot of data out there on the actual dose
response,” said Dr. John [...]
- THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — Having two or more servings
of dairy products a day starting as a preschooler may lead to better bone
health as an adolescent, a new report says.
The study, expected to be published in The Journal of
Pediatrics, found higher levels of bone mineral content and bone
density in teens who consumed [...]
- THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — Endurance-running fans
awaiting the upcoming marathons at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing may
no doubt be wondering how the runners can complete the grueling 26.2-mile
event, especially when air pollution has been a concern.
In fact, marathon great Haile Gebrselassie, who reportedly has
exercise-induced asthma, opted out of the marathon event, [...]
- THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — Damage caused by chronic
ear infections in children may alter their sense of taste, making fatty
and sweet foods more desirable and increasing the risk of obesity.
That's the conclusion of four new studies presented Thursday at the
American Psychological Association's annual meeting in Boston.
In the first study, Kathleen Daly, a [...]
- THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — Giving a high dose of the
anti-clotting drug tirofiban to heart attack victims while on route to the
hospital could improve their chances of survival, a new report says.
The study, published in a special cardiology issue of The Lancet
this week, showed that patients given tirofiban in addition to the
standard [...]
- THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — The average monthly premium
for Medicare's prescription drug plan will increase to an estimated $28 in
2009, three dollars more than this year's monthly premium, Medicare
officials announced Thursday.
That 2009 figure is 37 percent lower than originally projected when
Medicare's so-called Part D drug coverage was introduced in 2003, the
officials added. [...]