Provides the latest RSS feeds for Breaking Health News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Tucson Post.com http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/cat/a1e025da3c02ca7c/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 07:23:21 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:23:21 -0400 30 Doctors have been able to successfully treat a 2.5-year-old boy who had suffered from cardiac arrest and brain damage, putting him in a vegetative state, using his own cord blood containing stem cells. The symptoms improved significantly; over the following months, the child learned to speak simple sentences and to move. "Our findings, along with those from a Korean study, dispel the long-held ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735622/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 06:30:06 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735622/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Using your tablet or smartphone before bed can suppress quality sleep, thus putting you at risk for health problems, a new study suggests. If you want to improve your sleep, researchers advise shutting off your tablet well before bedtime. Nighttime exposure to LED rays illuminating from tablets, computers, TVs, and smartphones can disrupt your body's natural rhythms, and raise your risk for not ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735621/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 06:30:05 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735621/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c University of East Anglia scientists have made a breakthrough in breast cancer research which shows how some enzymes released by cancerous cells could have a protective function. Their research revealed that an enzyme called MMP-8 (matrix metalloproteinase-8) could be acting as a locator to the immune system, which then becomes activated to attack tumours. It was originally thought that the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735199/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 06:00:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735199/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Scientists have proved that the H7N9 influenza virus is efficiently transmitted when animals are in close contact-defined in the study as touching, coughing and the exchange of bodily fluids. David Kelvin, PhD, a senior scientist at the Toronto General Research Institute and Professor at the University of Toronto, noted that the study was designed to give them clues about the transmission of ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214734821/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:40:02 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214734821/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Scientists at the National Institutes of Health report have discovered that a small molecule released in the spinal cord of a mouse triggers a process that is later experienced in the brain as the sensation of itch. The small molecule, called natriuretic polypeptide b (Nppb), streams ahead and selectively plugs into a specific nerve cell in the spinal cord, which sends the signal onward through ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733119/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733119/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Scientists have come up with a non-invasive and more effective way to detect oral cancer, says a study. The imaging technique, which is detailed in the Journal of Biomedical Optics, has been developed by Kristen Maitland, assistant professor at the department of biomedical engineering of Texas Aamp;M University. The non-invasive system combines two separate technologies -- confocal microscopy ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732280/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 03:30:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732280/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Television's top shows have come under fire by health experts for the unhealthy lifestyles of their best loved characters. According to a new research, the serials set a bad example as they exemplify unhealthy diets and high levels of boozing. Scientists analysed more than 830 scenes from four popular soaps - Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks- for over two weeks and found ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732104/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 03:20:02 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732104/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A new research from Western University has shed light on why some cancer cells don't respond to chemotherapy, and identified a mechanism to rectify that. Breast cancer characterized as "triple negative" carries a poor prognosis, with limited treatment options. In some cases, chemotherapy doesn't kill the cancer cells the way it's supposed to. Dr. Shawn Li, PhD, and his team at Western's ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732087/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 02:50:02 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732087/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Scientists have warned that treatment with high potency statins (especially atorvastatin and simvastatin) may increase the risk of developing diabetes. But some statins can reduce the risk of diabetes. Statins are among the most widely prescribed medications for the prevention of cardiovascular events. Although tolerated well, an association with new-onset diabetes has recently been suggested. ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214731386/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 01:50:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214731386/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Extreme heat can affect medicines and these can become life threatening for those using them, doctors said Thursday. "Quality of medicines can deteriorate during summers because of high temperatures. As most medicines are designed to be stored at normal room temperatures, no drug should be exposed to temperatures higher than 86 degrees fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius)," the Delhi Medical ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718201/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 12:40:01 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718201/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c DC Comics has won a Federal Court case against a Melbourne gym over the term 'Superman Workout' which the company used to promote its products, allowing the fitness company to register 'superman workout' as a trademark. The gym Cheqout had had been using the phrase to describe its workout DVDs and video clips, but DC Comics challenged the trademark, saying Cheqout's consumers would think it was ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214713758/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:02 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214713758/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Michael Douglas has revealed that the role of the late 'Liberace' in the upcoming movie 'Behind the Candelabra' was a beautiful gift because he got it just after his struggle with stage-four throat cancer. The 'Basic Instinct' star thanked director Steven Soderbergh for giving him a chance to portray the role of the late pianist in the movie, Us magazine reported. Emotional Douglas expressed ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214711841/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 06:50:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214711841/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A researcher at New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine has demonstrated a technique to measure the health of human genetic material in relation to a patient's age. Dr. Gil Atzmon hopes that the dissemination of this technique that measures telomere length will lead to the development of a "genetic thermometer" to assess a patient's health in relation to other individuals of the same ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214711116/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 06:30:05 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214711116/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c British Columbians can take pride in being the Swedes of Canada, boasting the best lifestyle habits and health status in the country.That's one of the findings of a Conference Board of Canada report titled Paving the Road to Higher Performance: Benchmarking Provincial Health Systems.The report, released Thursday, accords B.C. an A grade, "on the strength of having the healthiest ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735368/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 06:11:12 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735368/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Lifetime achievement Charla Parker CEO of Western Clinicians Network The Business Journal salutes individuals who have had a huge impact on health care in our community. They range from doctors and nurses to administrators and educators. Some are entrepreneurs while others are volunteers. Click here for a slideshow listing the heroes honored Many are ordinary people who have ended up doing ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735367/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 06:00:57 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735367/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Share your story We are interested in hearing how diabetes has impacted your life. Submit your comments to be considered for publication on this site or in the print edition of the Corpus Christi ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735369/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:50:46 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735369/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMESFriends and family of Mike Reyes, who died in March after years of complications from diabetes, wait for his funeral services at the Holy Family ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735370/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:50:45 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735370/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Michael Zamora/Caller-TimesSamantha Reyes, 14 (from left), sits with mother Danita Reyes and twins Simon and Sophie Reyes, 10, next to a vase of flowers meant for Mike Reyes’ gravesite. After years of complications from diabetes, Mike Reyes, a father and husband, died after having a heart ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735371/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:50:43 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214735371/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c For two days this week, May 21-22, workers at various University of California Medical Centers went on strike. Several hundred respiratory therapists, occupational therapists, nursing aids, surgical technicians, and other patient care workers, all represented by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) marched in front of their respective centers demanding better ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733450/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:39 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733450/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A stage manager working on Michael Jackson's ill-fated This Is It concert warned an AEG executive days before the star's death he was in a physical and mental decline and needed help, according to an email shown to jurors."I have watched him deteriorate in front of my eyes over the last eight weeks," said John Hougdahl in an email to Randy Phillips dated June 19, 2009.Jackson ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733451/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:17:48 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733451/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The FDA on Thursday granted marketing clearance for the first HbA1c test for diagnosing diabetes - COBAS INTEGRA 800 Tina-quant HbA1cDx assay, manufactured by Roche, of Basel, Switzerland.The HbA1c test, also known as A1c test, shows a patient's average glucose level over a three-month period. The A1c tests currently on the market are FDA-cleared for monitoring a patient's blood glucose ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733452/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:14:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733452/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Cathleen Bennett, director of state health policy and strategic planning, and state Sen. Joseph F. Vitale, chairman of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733455/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:11:21 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733455/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c But melanoma and other skin cancers are largely preventable. Health officials want to make sure people know that skin cancer is the most common cancer and that people can guard against it by wearing sunscreen and protective clothing and avoiding long-term exposure to the strong midday sun. That's especially important information on Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer at the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733456/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:11:21 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733456/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c obesity , said a University of Illinois scientist who conducted a study at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potos?. "The students who inherited genetic risk factors from both parents were already 15 pounds heavier and 2 inches bigger around the waist than those who hadn't. They also had slightly higher fasting glucose levels," said Margarita Teran-Garcia, a U of I professor ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733457/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:18 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733457/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Researchers at USC have found that a class of pharmaceuticals can both prevent and treat Alzheimer's Disease in mice. The drugs, known as "TSPO ligands," are currently used for certain types of neuroimaging. "We looked at the effects of TSPO ligand in young adult mice when pathology was at an early stage, and in aged mice when pathology was quite severe," said lead ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733458/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:17 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733458/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c stem cells in the blood often jump into action by multiplying and differentiating into mature immune cells that can fight off illness. But repeated infections ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733461/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:17 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733461/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c tumor cells that uses a modified poliovirus is showing encouraging results in an early study to establish the proper dose level, researchers at Duke Cancer Institute report. The treatment, developed at Duke and tested in an ongoing phase 1 study, capitalizes on the discovery ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733460/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:16 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733460/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c autism showed significant improvement after six months of simple sensory exercises at home using everyday items such as scents, spoons and sponges, according to UC Irvine neurobiologists. They found that a treatment known as environmental enrichment led to notable gains in male subjects between the ages of 3 and 12. Results appear online in Behavioral Neuroscience. Study co-authors Cynthia ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733459/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:15 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733459/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Is it permissible to harm one to save many? Those who tend to say "yes" when faced with this classic dilemma are likely to be deficient in a specific kind of empathy, according to a report published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE. Philosophers and psychologists have long argued about whether there is one "right" answer to such moral questions, be it utilitarian ethics, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733462/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:14 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733462/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Plastic additives known as phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates) are odorless, colorless and just about everywhere: They turn up in flooring, plastic cups, beach balls, plastic wrap, intravenous tubing and - according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - the bodies of most Americans. Once perceived as harmless, phthalates have come under increasing scrutiny. A growing collection of ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733357/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:14 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733357/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c New research shows that craving drugs such as nicotine can be visualized in specific regions of the brain that are implicated in determining the value of actions, in planning actions and in motivation. Dr. Alain Dagher, from McGill University, suggests abnormal interactions between these decision-making brain regions could ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733464/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:13 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733464/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c addiction expert Francesco Leri, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science at the University of Guelph, suggest food addiction could explain, at least partly, the current ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733215/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:12 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733215/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Researchers at Johns Hopkins have unraveled the molecular foundations of cocaine's effects on the brain, and identified a compound that blocks cravings for the drug in cocaine-addicted mice. The compound, already proven safe for humans, is undergoing further animal testing in preparation for possible clinical trials in cocaine addicts, the researchers say. "It was remarkably ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733465/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:12 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733465/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is independently associated with visceral (abdominal) fat accumulation only in men, perhaps explaining gender differences in the impact of OSA on cardiovascular disease and mortality. "Visceral fat accumulation, which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, is also associated with OSA, and gender differences in mortality related to sleep apnea have been ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733466/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:11 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733466/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c More than 40 percent of patients being treated for COPD at a federally funded clinic did not have the disease, researchers found after evaluating the patients with spirometry, the diagnostic "gold standard" for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. "While there have been many studies of the under-diagnosis of COPD, there has not been a U.S.-based study that has quantified the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733467/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:11 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733467/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c prostate cancer could become as easy for men as personal pregnancy testing is for women, thanks to UC Irvine research published in the /i>Journal of the American Chemical Society. After more than a decade of work, UC Irvine chemists have created a way to clearly identify clinically usable markers for prostate cancer in urine, meaning that the disease could be detected far sooner, with ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733468/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:10 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733468/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The new 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) appears to be as safe as the previous version used prior to 2010, the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in Vaccine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved PCV13 for use beginning in 2010 after a series of trials. These trials found that PCV13, which protects against a ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733471/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:09 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733471/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Results from a large observational study reported at EuroPCR 2013 question whether bivalirudin is superior to heparin in the absence of GPIIb/IIIa blockade, showing similar 30-day mortality in patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). European and US NSTE-ACS guidelines currently recommend bivalirudin alone ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733470/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:09 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733470/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c US scientists have found a molecule that triggers the sensation of itching in mice. They say the finding solves a mystery about itching: it is not a low level of pain but a separately wired circuit with a direct line into the brain. If studies show the same is true of humans, the discovery could lead to new drugs to relieve symptoms in chronic itching conditions like eczema. Santosh Mishra and ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733473/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:08 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733473/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c What people take from nature - water, food, timber, inspiration, relaxation - are so abundant, it seems self-evident. Until you try to quantitatively understand how and to what extent they contribute to humans. In today's world, where competition for and degradation of natural resources increases globally, it becomes ever more crucial to quantify the value of ecosystem services - the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733472/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:08 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733472/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Knee replacement surgery is a very common procedure. However, it does not always resolve function or pain in all the recipients of new knees. A study by Robert Barrack, MD and his colleagues from the Washington University School of Medicine wanted to determine if any socioeconomic factors were associated with less successful outcomes of knee replacement surgery. Their study, which appears in ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733475/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:07 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733475/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Widely available in pharmacies and health stores, phosphatidylserine is a natural food supplement produced from beef, oysters, and soy. Proven to improve cognition and slow memory loss, it's a popular treatment for older people experiencing memory impairment. Now a team headed by Prof. Gil Ast and Dr. Ron Bochner of Tel Aviv University's Department of Human Molecular Genetics has ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733474/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:07 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733474/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Most elite athletes consider doping substances "are effective" in improving performance, while recognising that they constitute cheating, can endanger health and entail the obvious risk of sanction. At the same time, the reasons why athletes start to take doping substances are to achieve athletic success, improve performance, for financial gain, to improve recovery and to prevent ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733477/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:06 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733477/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c glaucoma , but their use is not without risks. PGAs have long been associated with blurred vision, dryness, changes in eye color and other side effects. Now a new study has found that these drugs also cause upper and lower eyelid drooping and other issues that can interfere with vision. The findings are described in PLOS ONE. Researchers from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear performed ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733478/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:05 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733478/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Regardless of pain, social class or age, a woman is more likely to be prescribed pain-relieving drugs. A study published in Gaceta Sanitaria (Spanish health scientific journal) affirms that this phenomenon is influenced by socioeconomic inequality between genders in the Autonomous Community in which the patient resides. In 1999, a researcher at the University of Harvard, Ishiro Kawachi, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733481/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:04 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733481/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population level study to examine human immunity to the virus, which was previously only found in birds. The findings have implications for planning the public health response to this pandemic threat. The study used a new, high throughput method that allows blood samples to be analysed for ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733479/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:04 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733479/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The warning images Brussels proposes to include on tobacco packages in order to reduce consumption do not make the desired impact on smokers because they only find some of them really unpleasant. So, if the European Commission wants to improve the efficacy of its anti-smoking campaigns, it should produce a new set of images that make a stronger emotional impact. These are some of the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733394/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733394/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Lund University, Sweden, have bioengineered a novel molecule which has been proven to successfully ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733480/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733480/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c cysts are a common type of brain lesion that is usually harmless, but with a risk of rupture or bleeding. A new study identifies risk factors for rupture or bleeding in children with "incidentally" detected arachnoid cysts, reports the May issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733482/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:02 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733482/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. The finding suggests that vitamin C added to existing TB drugs could shorten TB therapy, and it highlights a new area for drug design. The study was published in the online journal Nature Communications. TB is caused by infection with the bacterium M. tuberculosis. In 2011, TB sickened some 8.7 million people and took some 1.4 million lives, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733483/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:01 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733483/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c One-year results from SOURCE XT - one of the largest, post-approval transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) registries to-date - reported today at EuroPCR 2013 show good clinical outcomes in routine clinical practice, with high rates of device success for all access approaches, valve sizes and delivery systems. The SOURCE XT Post-Approval Study followed up 2688 consecutively enrolled ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733486/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:00 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733486/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine and co-written by physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine finds that an important genetic risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis can be used to identify individuals at risk for this deadly lung disease. Researchers looked at a fairly common variant of the gene for mucin-5B, a protein that is a ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733493/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:59 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733493/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The American Heart Association recommends that people eat at least two servings of fish every week. The omega 3 fatty acids in fish oil are thought to have very good properties that can help prevent cardiovascular ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733490/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:58 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733490/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Environment is not the only factor in shaping regulatory patterns - and it might not even be the primary factor, according to a new Rice University study that looks at how cells' protein networks relate to a bacteria's genome. The Rice lab of computer scientist Luay Nakhleh reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that when environmental factors are eliminated ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733491/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:58 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733491/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Frequent heartburn increases the risk of cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nondrinkers and nonsmokers, according to a new study. The research, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, also indicated that the use of antacids has a protective effect against ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733489/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:57 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733489/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c According to new research carried out by scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, forty percent of medical students are unconsciously biased against obese people. The study, published in the Journal of Academic Medicine, revealed that doctors generally have an anti-fat bias which results in obese people not receiving the same level of respect as slim people. Doctors may assume that due ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733487/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:56 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733487/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Optical illusions have long been used in neuroscience to point out perceptions into how the brain functions, and now a visual test can detect impaired abilities to see large motions in high-IQ people, according to a new study. The finding, published in Current Biology reveals that people who have high IQ scores process sensory information differently. The brains of people with high IQ were ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733488/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:56 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733488/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Lt. Col. (Dr.) Heather Pickett performs acupuncture therapy on Sandra Moncayo, a retired Naval Chief Petty Officer, at Mike O’Callaghan Federal Medical Center at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Kelly suffers from PTSD and chronic pain, and acupuncture has helped ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733495/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:47 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733495/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c After weeks of negotiations, California said it has selected 13 health plans for a new state-run insurance marketplace where as many as 5 million people will shop for coverage next ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733289/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:07:34 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733289/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic at Coney Island in Cincinnati. Some labor unions that initially backed Obama's health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry about what they say are unexpected consequences of the plan that could hurt their members. (AP Photo/David Kohl, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733496/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 04:47:17 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733496/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c WASHINGTON (AP) -- When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732678/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 04:02:13 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732678/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c AN accessible, healthy food supply is urgently needed to tackle the rising and costly problem of obesity, the Public Health Association of Australia says. The health care system cannot tackle the problem alone and strategies to prevent obesity should include shielding children from promotion of unhealthy foods during their peak television viewing times, the PHAA says. The Council of Australian ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732629/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 03:47:20 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732629/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A pioneering, B.C.-led surgical procedure aimed at preventing ovarian cancer has been deemed safe by a new Italian study published Thursday in the medical journal Gynecologic Oncology.B.C. experts have been at the forefront of a change in surgical protocols that recommends the removal of women's Fallopian tubes during hysterectomies in order to reduce their risk of developing ovarian ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732191/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 03:12:56 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732191/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The problem of under-nourished patients in Dublin hospitals is being ignored, according to the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism.They are launching a document, "Every patient deserves good nutritional care", which recommends how to eliminate malnutrition in older and chronically sick patients. The report will be used as an opportunity to establish a "malnutrition ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732184/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 03:02:52 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732184/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c British law enforcement was under fire Friday after conceding it knew for almost a decade about the two men who allegedly butchered a British soldier. Prime ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732157/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 02:55:54 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214732157/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Dr. Travis Stork walked viewers through the physical ailments that can stem from a split, noting that people are more likely to get sick after a breakup. He also warned that those ailments can have major consequences. "You can actually have something called broken heart syndrome," he said. "People have died from a broken heart because of the stress placed on your heart after a ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214731731/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 02:15:26 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214731731/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c US researchers reported Thursday the discovery of a key molecule responsible for triggering the sensation of itch in our brain but warned that the molecule may not be a good drug target since it's involved in many body functions. Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health said that there will be no itch if the molecule, a small neuropeptide called natriuretic polypeptide b, or ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214731245/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 01:41:41 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214731245/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mary Janet (Gregorius) Demarest, 85, of Natrona Heights, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in her home with the loving support of family and ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214731247/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 01:23:35 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214731247/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A May 5 letter ("Gun laws won't stop criminals") from Greg Perrine of Reedsville was less than honest in replying to an earlier writer's view that "90 percent of Americans support the Manchin/Toomey plan for background checks on all gun-purchases." Perrine cited information from the "Buckeye Firearms Institute" to claim "90 percent of police ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214731248/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 01:14:56 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214731248/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c On Wednesday, Colorado's health benefit exchange got a substantial number of participants. And on Thursday, it officially got its funding source. Gov. John Hickenlooper signed House Bill 1245, sponsored by Rep. Beth McCann, D-Denver, which gives to the exchange $23.5 million over the next two years that had been used to fund the soon-to-be-defunct Cover Colorado health insurance program. The ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214731246/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 01:10:06 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214731246/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The prevalence of obstetric fistula -- a preventable and treatable condition linked to women's reproduction -- among women and girls in developing countries is a denial of their human rights, a senior UN official said on Thursday, urging global action to make childbirth safer. "The persistence of fistula is a result of human rights denied and a reflection of human rights abuse," ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214730759/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 00:48:35 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214730759/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c medical blunder in which a transplant patient was left fighting for her life after being given a heart that did not match her blood type. The rare mistake was discovered halfway through the emergency operation at a premier public hospital when a nurse, who was not in the operating theatre, realised that the donor's AB blood type was not compatible with the recipient's type A one. This ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214729646/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 22:55:46 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214729646/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Saskatchewan has a better wait time for a type of heart surgery than the rest of the country, a progress report on health-care reforms shows.That good news was a rare bright spot in an annual progress report released Thursday by the Health Council of Canada, which found that reforms are not keeping pace with the needs of Canadians and that access to services varies widely from province to ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214729647/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 22:50:41 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214729647/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214729648/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 22:45:55 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214729648/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c California, widely seen as a model for how individuals will buy health insurance under the new health care law, announced Thursday that 13 insurers had been chosen to sell policies through the insurance marketplace ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214730760/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 21:49:32 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214730760/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c California health officials on Thursday unveiled the likely rates that insurers will charge under the health-care law backed by President Barack Obama - and they are lower than expected, rebutting warnings by critics that many people will experience "rate shock" once the law is fully implemented. On average, a person who chooses a mid-level plan can expect to pay around $321 a month, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214729062/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 21:30:40 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214729062/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c To the Editor: Re ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733454/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 21:23:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733454/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c To the Editor: In ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733453/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 21:23:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214733453/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Leading characters in TV soaps are promoting unhealthy lifestyles with too much drinking, a poor diet and an almost total lack of exercise, according to an academic study. Several actors are portrayed drinking alcohol in at least a third of the scenes they appear in, while others are shown eating chips, cake and fry-ups. The two-week study by Liverpool John Moores University Business School ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214728297/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 20:59:59 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214728297/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c today, two doctors from the University of Michigan described how they saved an infant with a life-threatening respiratory disorder using a custom-designed 3D-printed device. Printed with bio-absorbable plastic, the device is holding the child's airway open and allowing him to breathe normally. The child, Kaiba Gionfriddo, suffered from tracheobrochomalacia--a collapse of the airway to one of ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214728298/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 20:41:22 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214728298/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c It said such practices included false investigations leading to wrong diagnostic results and poor equipment of centres designated as medical ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727231/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 19:59:40 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727231/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c In the ongoing battle between humans and cockroaches, the insects have a leg up. A new study finds that roaches evolved their taste buds to make sweet insecticide baits taste bitter. As a result, the roaches avoid the baits and thrive, to the frustration of homeowners everywhere.Plenty ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727232/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 19:57:42 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727232/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It’s the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab. In the case of Kaiba Gionfriddo, doctors didn’t have a moment to spare. Because of a birth defect, the Ohio ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727233/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 19:46:45 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727233/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c DENVER (AP) -- In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727798/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 19:39:38 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727798/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The Boy Scouts of America today voted to lift its longtime ban on admitting gay Scouts but will continue to exclude openly gay adults from leadership roles. The vote by its 1,400 national membership came as no surprise to gay rights advocates, who hailed it as a first step to ending discriminatory practices in the 103-year-old organization. The ruling by secret ballot at a national ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727234/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 19:29:55 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727234/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c BAY ST. LOUIS, MS (WLOX) - Robert Pascasio is no longer the chief executive officer of Hancock Medical Center. A news release from the medical center's board of trustees announces his departure. But, it doesn't say why Pascasio left the hospital just one year after being named CEO. Hancock Medical Center's interim CEO will be Craig Cudworth. His first day on the job is Monday. ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725961/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 18:52:39 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725961/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c BOSTON -– A Massachusetts teacher has been arrested for trafficking methamphetamine after he allegedly received a package of the illegal substance at his school. Stephen Doran, 57, a tutor at the Match Charter Middle School in the suburb of Jamaica Plain in Boston, was arrested Tuesday afternoon and held on $10,000 bail.And in a twist straight out of hit AMC show Breaking Bad, sworn ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725962/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 18:46:16 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725962/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c It may not be long before Explorys outgrows the loft space at its Cleveland offices. The health-care big data firm has doubled its staff to 100 in the last ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725777/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 18:38:33 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725777/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Policyholders will pay anywhere from nothing to $687 a month in insurance premiums under California's health exchange, a program that will involve the participation of 13 carriers who will compete to offer coverage for the nation's most populous ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725778/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 18:23:42 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725778/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The strike formally ended at 4 a.m. after thousands of hospital pharmacists, nursing assistants, operating room assistants and other health care workers joined the walkout organized by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725965/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:17 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725965/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Representative Edward Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, on Thursday became the latest lawmaker to propose legislation that would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration greater regulatory authority over drug ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725966/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:05 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725966/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Preventable and in most cases, treatable , obstetric fistula is a childbirth injury that leaves women incontinent and occurs when a woman or girl suffers prolonged, obstructed labor without relief from timely medical intervention. As Thursday, May 23 marks the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, The Christian Post highlights a global faith-based charity which has been working for the past ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725879/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:33 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725879/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A record breaking face transplant in Poland but we want to warn you about the pictures you're about to see just three weeks after a workplace accident left a 33 year old man severely ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725967/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 18:17:56 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725967/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who had used marijuana in the past month had smaller waists and lower levels of insulin resistance - a diabetes precursor - than those who never tried the drug, in a new study. The findings, based on surveys and blood tests of about 4,700 U.S. adults, aren't enough to prove marijuana keeps users thin or wards off disease. And among current pot smokers, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725968/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 18:10:52 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725968/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c GENEVA (AP) -- International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725969/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 18:06:35 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725969/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu May 23, 2013 5:39pm EDT May 23 (Reuters) - Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc said it was informed by its partner Astellas Pharma Inc that the Japanese company would not be seeking marketing approval for their experimental kidney cancer drug in Europe. Aveo's shares were down about 13 percent in extended trade, after closing at $2.70 on the Nasdaq. Astellas does not intend to fund any future ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725964/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:07 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725964/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c SACRAMENTO -- Ventura County consumers looking to purchase individual health insurance policies next year through California's new purchasing exchange will have four health plans to choose from -- three of the largest commercial companies and also the county-owned Ventura County Health Care ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724348/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:38:47 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724348/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c James Swierkosz, a popular professor and assistant dean of students at St. Louis University School of Medicine, died Tuesday (May 21, 2013) at age 65.The cause of death was unknown, a university spokeswoman said Thursday. He had no known illness, she said.Professor Swierkosz had no children of his own, but many of his students considered him a father figure, students and colleagues said."He ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724489/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:34 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724489/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the opening session of the Texas Legislature in Austin earlier this year. The state of Texas is turning down billions of federal dollars that would have paid for health care coverage for 1.5 million poor Texans. By refusing to participate in Medicaid expansion, which is part of the Affordable Care Act, the state will leave on the table an estimated $100 ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724490/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:32:40 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724490/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c BIG PLANS: Johnson & Johnson says it's poised by 2017 to seek regulatory approval for a dozen new medicines and two dozen variations of existing ones.BIG IMPACT: Two experimental medicines could transform current treatments. One is an antidepressant that appears to work in just a day, instead of taking weeks. The other is a powerful painkiller that's not addictive.BIG REBOUND: ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724398/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:31:17 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724398/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Senate has approved a measure that would create a state-governed "insurance exchange" so individuals and small businesses can shop for health care coverage as required by President Obama's health law. Lawmakers voted Thursday 37-19 to send the House a bill establishing the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace. The exchange will guide people ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724491/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:15 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724491/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c PORTLAND, Ore. - A family struggling with serious medical issues that was facing eviction will now be allowed to stay in their home, thanks to the neighbors who stood up for them and the media attention their story got. The Weiser-Lilly family has been hit hard - 12-year-old Aly has been fighting a touch-and-go battle with cancer for years and just this past November, her dad, Jeremy, learned ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724492/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:29:39 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724492/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Dr. Russell Kridel, president of Harris County Medical Society, said the new physician group will provide doctors with tools to provide better and more efficient care. The Texas Medical Association has teamed up with some of the states largest medical societies to create the Physician Services Organization for Patient Care. The organization aims to deliver tools to help physicians perform better ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725963/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:19:38 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725963/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who had used marijuana in the past month had smaller waists and lower levels of insulin resistance - a diabetes precursor - than those who never tried the drug, in a new study. The findings, based on surveys and blood tests of about 4,700 U.S. adults, aren't enough to prove marijuana keeps users thin or wards off disease. And among ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724342/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:13:19 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724342/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A web-based decision-making tool that alerts heart doctors when diagnostic tests would not be useful for a specific patient can curb wasteful procedures, according to a new ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724494/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:12:11 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724494/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Knee pain appears to decrease up to one year after "prolotherapy," a series of sugar water injections at the site of the pain, according to a new ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724433/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:12:11 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724433/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama have so far found only cold and flu viruses. In tests on seven of the nine patients, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found no sign that the illnesses were caused by any single germ, CDC spokeswoman Sharon Hoskins said in an email. Meanwhile, Alabama officials said they had added two more cases to the cluster, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724495/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:49 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724495/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Seven Alabama residents sickened by a mysterious illness this month that resulted in two deaths actually had cases of the flu, a cold virus or pneumonia, state health officials announced Thursday. State and local authorities had been conducting laboratory tests from samples taken from the seven patients in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The lab samples ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724496/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:08 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724496/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c More it is not always mean better quality at least when it comes to -- street. Consumer reports tested twelve broad spectrum sunscreens that claim to protect against cancer causing UB EA and UBB raised. Eight found some of -- east expensive brands -- the most effective. But I think everyone. Want to cut when they can but -- don't want to cut -- you know air quality tests measure the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724497/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:03:50 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724497/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c SAN JOSE (KCBS) - A large group of registered nurses walked off the job Thursday morning at two hospitals in San Jose. Instead of changing IVs and administering medication, nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital and Regional Medical Center were walking the picket line in a dispute over wages, benefits, pension and staffing levels. The union represents 1,400 members of the California Nurses ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724498/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:02:41 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724498/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c SACRAMENTO (AP) -- The state’s largest health insurers, including Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente, will be among 13 plans competing to provide coverage to millions of Californians through the state’s new health exchange, officials announced Thursday. Covered California, the state agency running the health insurance marketplace, detailed plans and prices to be ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724972/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:02:29 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724972/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The aid will be used on emergency health assistance, sheltering, food, water, hygiene, and other basic needs BRUSSELS - The European Union has decided on provide an additional 65 millions euro in humanitarian aid to civil war-stricken Syrians.The aid will be transferred to the victims both in Syria and in the neighboring countries via UN agencies, the Red Cross, the Red Crescent, and other ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724332/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:45 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724332/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The Oregon Idea is urging support for legislation that would help bring more doctors to Oregon's rural areas. A nonprofit that counts some of the state's biggest power brokers as board members is throwing its weight behind a proposal for more rural doctors. On Thursday the Oregon Idea sent an email that encouraged support for Senate Bill 2, a proposal to waive $4.9 million in tuition and ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724493/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 16:31:44 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724493/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c recent study published in the International Journal of Obesity, researchers found that when foods were labeled as being healthier, people were more likely to eat larger portions of it, even if the calories of both were similar. When a food is perceived as being "healthy," it often seems like an invitation to overindulge. I see this with clients who stock up on – and fill out with ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723013/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 16:24:09 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723013/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The couple had prepared to welcome their newborn baby and when Ann went to labour on January 17, this year, they knew that the moment they had prepared for had ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723014/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 16:21:23 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723014/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c It is a open secret the board funds its activities through registration and licence fees collected from doctors and hospitals hence creating a conflict of interest. This perhaps vindicates the observers' claim the board cannot effectively punish doctors and hospitals who foot its ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723015/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:49 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723015/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore inspects the product and learns about the different uses for and varieties of marijuana during a trip to a dispensary in Arizona on Friday, March 22, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723016/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 16:16:05 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723016/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c New research shows parents play a more important role than previously thought in whether or not their child is bullied. Bullies are more likely to target children of overprotective ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723017/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 16:10:21 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723017/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c By Kristin Wyatt, The Associated Press In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argues that businesses - not just the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723020/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 16:04:00 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723020/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The 2013 report card released by Active Healthy Kids shows Canada gets low grades across the board in physical activity. Active Healthy Kids is an organization that promotes an active lifestyle in children, and a source for knowledge, insight, and understanding for stakeholders to help build better programs to increase physical activity in children. Active Healthy Kids releases a report card ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723021/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 16:02:23 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723021/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- One of Indiana's largest health systems says it's cutting an undisclosed number of jobs by June 30 because of increasing economic and competitive pressure on the health care ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723771/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:49 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723771/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Western Health Advantage is one of 13 plans to land a spot in the individual marketplace for the state's health benefit exchange. Western Health Advantage CEO Garry Maisel says rates for plans came in under projections because of intense competition. "WHA and other California plans wanted to be part of Covered California and part of history," Maisel said. Sacramento-based Western ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723019/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:42 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723019/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c There's something fishy about the news that omega-3 supplements may help fight type 2 diabetes. Researchers believe fish oil can help with glucose regulation, but they don't yet understand whether it has a direct impact on type 2 diabetes development, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723022/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:21 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723022/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c B vitamins have long been known to play a key role in metabolism and energy extraction; and a deficiency in vitamins B6 or B12 can cause anemia.   New research suggests that B vitamin supplementation may also play a role in protecting against Alzheimer's disease - which is good news for the aging U.S. population. First of all, what are the B vitamins?   There are eight different ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723024/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:10 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723024/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c University of Pittsburgh researchers have confirmed that a federally-approved cancer drug reverses cognitive disabilities in mice with Alzheimer's ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723025/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:47 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723025/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Having heartburn often may lead to cancers of the throat and vocal cord, according to a new study. The good news, though, is over-the-counter antacids may help reduce risk, the study authors said. "Previous studies examining gastric reflux and cancers of the head and neck have generated mixed results," study author Dr. Scott M. Langevin, a postdoctoral research fellow at Brown ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722692/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:38 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722692/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c An Edison, N.J. fitness trainer was charged with conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids across the country through Internet sales, a court complaint said. Richard Gray, 60, who pleaded guilty in 2008 to similar charges, said little in his preliminary hearing in federal court in Newark Wednesday, the (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger reported. Gray's arrest came after agents from U.S. Customs ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723028/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:27 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723028/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Florida police said a woman accused of domestic battery allegedly used a garden gnome decked out in New Orleans Saints gear to strike a man in the head. Gulfport police said Lisa Buckley, 47, arrived home around 4:17 p.m. Sunday "and began yelling at the victim" to start an argument that soon turned physical, the Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times reported Thursday. Buckley "threw items all ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723986/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:25 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723986/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Two brothers from Berlin said they created a line of healthy frozen yogurts for dogs with flavors including salmon and beef. Twin brothers Roman and Raoul Krohn said they came up with the idea for Cold and Dog frozen yogurt when they were 9 years old and their grandmother told them not to give ice cream to their dog because it could be deadly, The Local.de reported Thursday. The brothers, now ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723321/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:24 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723321/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fish body oil supplements modestly increase amounts of a hormone associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease, U.S. researchers say. "While prior animal studies found fish oil increased circulating adiponectin, similar effects in humans was not established," lead author Jason Wu of the Harvard School of Public Health said in a statement. "By reviewing evidence ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723026/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:18 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723026/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A snapshot of plans that will be offered on California's state health care exchange, Covered California, to qualified individuals in Santa Clara County. Ahead of the official launch of California's state health care exchange on Jan. 1, 2014, the agency charged with implementing new system on Thursday debuted benefit plans that will be available to qualified individuals. Though some ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723018/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 15:33:45 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723018/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c In the late 1960s, a new fitness "fad" swept across the nation at a steady, leisurely pace. And at least one leading physician did not like ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721464/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 15:08:12 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721464/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Electric lights that brighten smartphones, laptops, tablets, and other electronic devices are frequently causing people to not get a proper night's sleep, according to a new report published in the journal Nature. The body's natural rhythm becomes distorted as a result of artificial lights. Additionally, these lights can impact chemicals in the brain as well as prompt people to use ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721465/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:21 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721465/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Jeremy Laurance is Health Editor of The Independent and the i and has covered the specialism for more than 20 years. He thinks the harm medicine does is under-appreciated, the harm it prevents over-rated, and that cycling works better than most drugs. He was named Specialist Journalist of the Year in the 2011 British Press ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721282/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 14:57:25 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721282/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c , the central character commits violent acts during blackouts. To cure him, a medical team inserts electrodes into his brain, wiring them to an atomic-powered computer attached to his shoulder. Of course, the experiment runs amok. The patient escapes and goes on a killing rampage. It's a Crichton formula that runs through several books such as Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain. ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721466/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 14:56:02 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721466/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Police in Massachusetts say a 57-year-old tutor, who once served as a state representative and now being treated for stage-three cancer, accepted packages containing heat-sealed freezer bags filled with meth at the school where he worked. WHDH's Jonathan Hall ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721296/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 14:47:17 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721296/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. scientists say a dramatic result last year suggesting that a cancer drug already approved by U.S. regulators could quickly clear out Alzheimer's plaques in mice was too good to be ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721470/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 14:39:43 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721470/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Reading, writing, arithmetic - and PE? The prestigious Institute of Medicine is recommending that schools provide opportunities for at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day for students and that PE become a core subject. The report, released Thursday, says only about half of the nation's youngsters are getting at least an hour of vigorous or moderate-intensity physical activity ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721471/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 14:36:12 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721471/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Students at Rose Hill Elementary School jump around doing a counting exercise that is also aerobic exercise in their classroom in Commerce City, Colorado May 1, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721472/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 14:35:26 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721472/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women in their 40s didn't cut back on mammograms during 2010, the year after a government-backed panel said annual breast cancer screening should be optional for them, says a new ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721473/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 14:35:26 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721473/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Men wearing surgical masks as a precautionary measure against the novel coronavirus, speak at a hospital in Khobar city in Dammam May 23, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721474/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 14:35:26 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721474/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Health officials say they traced a salmonella outbreak that sickened nearly 300 people to cooked chorizo sausage served at a Las Vegas restaurant. A report released Wednesday by the Southern Nevada Health District said the salmonella contamination likely occurred at the Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar, not where the sausage was produced, the Las Vegas Sun reported. "[There is] a small ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721275/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:55 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721275/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Afghanistan . Army officials said Lee Rigby, 25, nicknamed Riggers, was married with a 2-year-old son, The Guardian reported. He enlisted in 2006 and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009. Rigby, apparently targeted because he was wearing a T-shirt for the soldiers' charity Help for Heroes, was hacked to death Wednesday outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in the Woolwich district of London. ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721703/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:55 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721703/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Sutter Health applied to offer coverage in the health benefit exchange via its new health maintenance organization plan, but recently withdrew its application. A big local name didnt make the list of health plans participating in Covered Californias new insurance marketplace next year: Sutter Health. Sutter did apply to offer coverage in the health benefit exchange via its new health maintenance ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721467/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 14:02:21 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721467/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Richmond firefighters have evacuated the West Hospital building on the Virginia Commonwealth University's medical campus because of a water ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719642/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:51:25 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719642/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c New York Rangers coach John Tortorella, right, argues a penalty call as Brad Richards looks on late in the third period of the NHL Winter Classic hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, in Philadelphia. (Associated ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719846/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:47:55 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719846/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Eric Larson quit smoking after 39 years and is back on the trail to good health. What a pleasure-and surprise-to recently run into my longtime friend Eric Larson hiking in the Santa Barbara foothills. I DIDN'T ask, "What are YOU doing here?" But Eric must have known I was wondering how he hiked nearly three miles up San Roque Trail to a scenic vista point, because shortly after we ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719847/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:45:38 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719847/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c FRANKFORT, Ky. - The tea party won the first round Thursday in a lawsuit that questions the legality of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange that Gov. Steve Beshear set up last year by executive order.Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip J. Shepherd refused to dismiss the lawsuit, as had been requested by attorneys for the state.The state argued unsuccessfully that taxpayers don't have ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719848/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:40:43 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719848/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) is required to procure medical grade marijuana and distribute it to Palmetto State residents with glaucoma and other ';chronic ailments'; – or at least that’s what an obscure 1980 state ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719849/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:38:05 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719849/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c What should have been the happiest day of Amanda Simpson's life quickly turned into a frightening one after the birth of her son led to the unexpected diagnosis of an aggressive form of cancer. The 34-year-old mom from Timberlea, N.S. says her pregnancy was fairly routine. "It was long. I had some nausea. I had a lot of fatigue. It was rough, but from all accounts, I think it was ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719850/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:36:12 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719850/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c BOSTON (CBS) — Brad Richards is the second-highest paid player on the Rangers, with a $12 million salary and a $6.67 million cap hit that runs through the 2019-20 season. With the Rangers facing elimination Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, Brad Richards will be a spectator. Richards skated with the scratches on Thursday morning and afterwards confirmed that he will not be playing ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719853/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:32:31 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719853/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Pam Goldberg, CEO of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Now that the Massachusetts Health Information exchange (MassHIway), an exchange allowing for e-health information to be shared between health care providers and organizations, is up and running, one group is hoping to advance its interoperability. The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721475/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:32:08 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721475/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c New Zealand adults are on average the second heaviest among 50 countries, a health list reveals - prompting warnings of a looming medical crisis for some Kiwis. The average Kiwi was estimated to weigh 81.3kg last year, lighter only than the average American, who weighed 82.7kg. The weight list was compiled by the Bloomberg news service using data from the World Health Organisation, the OECD and a ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721468/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:06 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721468/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Pietermaritzburg - Two mothers whose sons died after a fitness test in KwaZulu-Natal testified at a commission of inquiry in Pietermaritzburg on ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719855/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:25:32 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719855/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, announces the health plans that were selected for 19 regions across the state as part of the federal healthcare ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719680/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:20:34 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719680/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Screening for lung cancer using low-dose computed tomography (CT scans) rather than chest X-rays may be a more effective way of detecting the disease, Medscape Today reported. Researchers hope that these results, collected as part of the National Lung Screening Trial, will provide more detailed information about the benefits of various types of lung cancer screening available to patients and ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719857/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:25 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719857/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c In 1996, Lynette Johnson, a professional photographer, was approached by her sister-in-law Sally Elliot with a difficult request.  Elliot's daughter and Johnson's niece, Lanie, had been stillborn and Elliot wanted Johnson to take a picture of her before her funeral. "It was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life," Johnson, 59, based out of Seattle, Wash., told ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719858/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:24 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719858/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians will get their first look Thursday at the health plans to be offered through the state's new insurance exchange and how much that coverage will cost ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719681/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:18:55 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719681/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest insulin producer, said Phase III study results had shown people treated with its liraglutide drug had an 8 percent weight ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719859/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:18:43 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719859/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The human skin's surface is home to the "skin microbiome," an ecosystem where fungus, bacteria and viruses coexist. Sometimes, things within the microbiome can go wrong: Fungal skin infections affect about 29 million people in the United States. Research on the topic is lacking because growing fungi in the laboratory is a slow, difficult process. Thanks to genome mapping, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719502/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:53 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719502/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c new safety warnings for the drug thalidomide, which is used to treat multiple myeloma, because there is a slight risk patients could develop a secondary cancer. Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer that is treated with a combination of medications including thalidomide. Patients who receive thalidomide must meet specific conditions and are registered for the controlled distribution of the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719860/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:13:14 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719860/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c U.S. schools should provide an hour a day of physical activity. Prince Harry of Britain races in a gym during a tour of the Harlem Children's Zone school in the Harlem region of New York. (UPI Photo/Lucas ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214720888/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:08:35 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214720888/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Wisconsin state workers who smoke would have to pay $50 more per month for health insurance under a Gov. Scott Walker proposal that has won approval by the Legislature’s budget committee. The Joint Finance Committee on voted 13-3 to approve the fee. Twelve other states currently impose similar fees but anti-smoking groups including the American Cancer Society and the American Lung ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719687/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:07:33 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719687/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered nine months ago after a salmonella outbreak is making nut butter ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719861/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:02:17 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719861/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c GENEVA (AP) -- World Health Organization officials said Thursday that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719862/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 13:02:17 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719862/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c We celebrate local health care heroes. There are many physicians among our honorees. But there are also administrators and educators, researchers and public health advocates, entrepreneurs and a ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719852/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 12:53:40 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719852/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Covered California's Peter Lee. Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Health Net and nine smaller, regional health plans will participate in Covered California next year, the health benefit exchanged authorized by the Affordable Care Act. The smaller participants include the Bay Area's Alameda Alliance for Health, San Francisco-based Chinese Community Health ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719851/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 12:40:26 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719851/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c ABUJA -- Aid organization Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended emergency health care in Borno State, Nigeria, - the heart of an insurgency now under assault by government troops. The decision comes after five gunmen hijacked an aid vehicle on Saturday. A couple of weeks ago, Doctors without Borders moved into Baga, a town where thousands of homes were burnt to the ground and hundreds ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718268/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 12:35:01 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718268/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c At Princes St Primary School in Sandy Bay, co-ordinator and teacher Louise White is hoping to double the number of students using their own foot power. "We did a survey and found that 109 of our 355 students walk to school," she said. "We aim to get that number up to at least 218. "Some live too far away to walk the whole distance but we are hoping to persuade parents to park ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718270/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 12:32:32 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718270/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Here's a look at median CEO pay by industry last year, as calculated by executive pay research firm Equilar. For the fourth time in five years, health care CEOs got the most pay and utilities CEOs got the least.-Health care: $11.1 million-Industrial goods: $11 million -Services: $10.9 million-Financial: $9.8 million-All companies: $9.7 million-Consumer goods: $9.5 million-Basic materials: ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718271/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 12:26:07 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718271/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c In an effort to "help the world and improve lives" German software company, "SAP AG", has just announced it plans to work alongside Specialisterne and recruit hundreds of people diagnosed with autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder) to join their workforce. The company said that it seeks to hire people ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718272/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 12:25:42 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718272/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c "Our goal is to provide patients and their families with efficient access to high quality emergency services. This expansion project ensures we have the space and resources to meet the growing volume and variety of patient care needs," Followell said in a news ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718273/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 12:24:59 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718273/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Local authorities in Kunming, in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, reassured the public that the massive oil refinery and paraxylene (PX) project would not harm residents' health and the pollution would be strictly controlled.Mayor Li Wenrong on Tuesday answered concerns about the project's pollution in the second meeting of the kind with 23 resident representatives and ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718274/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 12:22:21 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718274/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c By Karen ParrishAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 23, 2013 – Defense leaders will work closely with Veterans Affairs Department counterparts to ensure full integration of health records, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said yesterday. Hagel and VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki took part in a roundtable discussion on veterans health benefits claims with members of the Senate ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718275/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:11 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718275/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Durban - Two state-of-the-art radiotherapy machines used to treat cancer patients will be operational again soon at Addington Hospital in Durban, the KwaZulu-Natal health department said on ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718278/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 12:08:22 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718278/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Heat-related deaths in New York City's borough of Manhattan may rise about 20 percent over the next decade, according to a new study. Researchers at Columbia University in New York analyzed the relationship between daily temperatures ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718279/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 12:03:05 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718279/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Kaiba Gionfriddo plays with his mother, April outside his Youngstown, Ohio home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A 3D-printed airway surgically implanted last February saved the boy's life, according to ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718280/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:31 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718280/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c report out today makes some ambitious recommendations for physical education requirements in schools, including at least 30 minutes a day of movement during school hours. In the report, the Institute estimates that just half of school-age children get 60 minutes of daily moderate-to-vigorous activity. They suggest that schools make physical education a core subject and add the movement time ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718281/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 11:57:48 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718281/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c