Large research studies including tens and hundreds of thousands of subjects have been pivotal in increasing the medical world’s understanding of what causes problems such as heart disease. Now, one of those large studies, the Women’s Health Initiative, has revealed new evidence about heart rate and the risk of heart disease.
Doctor Judy Hsia from George Washington University examined data about 160,000 women who have been part of the WHI for eight Read the rest of this entry »
Taking multivitamin supplements has no effect on older women’s chances of getting cancer, heart disease or a stroke, a new study indicates. Women taking multivitamins don’t seem to live any longer, on average, than women who don’t take them.
What do we know already?
Multivitamins are popular, with about 4 in 10 women and 3 in 10 men taking some kind of supplement. Although vitamin supplements are recommended for specific groups of people, such Read the rest of this entry »
Hospital Midtown (EUHM).
EUHM is a 511-bed community-based, acute-care teaching facility with about 2,900 employees, 947 Emory medical faculty and nearly 537 private practice community physicians. The hospital is known for services in cardiology, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, cancer, gastroenterology, emergency medicine and weight management. Women’s services include prenatal and postnatal education, bone density testing, mammography and Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Since the end of 2005, the US Food and Drug Administration has received nine reports of deaths due to a parasitic infection called babesiosis transmitted by blood transfusions, following nearly a decade in which no cases were reported.
Babesiosis, caused by the parasite Babesia, is usually transmitted through the bite of a tick, the same tick responsible for Lyme disease, although transmission via blood transfusion has Read the rest of this entry »
BRIGHTON – Salud Family Health Centers is one of 10 Colorado health-care providers to share in $2.27 million from the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy.
The funds are part of the Comprehensive Primary and Preventive Care program aimed at assisting providers in extending services to low-income residents. Since its inception in 2001, the program has distributed more than $26.9 million.
“The CPPC Program funding will allow us to provide at Read the rest of this entry »
December 22, 2008 12:00 am
Give the gift of health, vaccinate children against the flu
With the holidays fast approaching, one of the best gifts you can give is the gift of health. The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reminding the public it is not too late to get an influenza (flu) shot.
Oklahoma’s flu season generally runs from October through May and prevention by vaccination is the best way to prevent the flu and protect your family Read the rest of this entry »
Most of the problem lies with what children eat, despite a general drop-off in exercise, according to authors David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding, respectively editor in chief and food and nutrition editor for Men’s Health magazine.
It’s the type of food and how much children eat that has changed from a generation ago. Portions are larger and supermarket shelves are crowded with processed foods with long lists of confusing ingredients.
“It seems Read the rest of this entry »
Increased vigilance against Medicaid fraud by state agencies has prevented more than $100 million in Medicaid overpayments during the past three years, according to a joint report released Monday by the Florida Attorney General’s office and the state Agency for Health Care Administration.
The report said the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit recovered over $56.7 million during fiscal year 2007-2008, which includes court Read the rest of this entry »
‘Old’ drugs, new problem
Star-Tribune staff writer Thursday, October 09, 2008
At least 10 people died in the northwest corner of the state from prescription drug overdoses between April 30 and mid-August, according to Steve Herrmann’s records.
Herrmann, a Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation agent for the northwest enforcement team, said his unit is paying much more attention to prescription drug abuse and misuse because “it’s killing Read the rest of this entry »
Patient Joan Peters talks with Dr. Eric Schwartz during a recent visit. Peters suffers from congestive heart failure and is one of the patients being cared for as part of the Academy of Patient Safety at Holston Valley Medical Center. Erica Yoon photo.
KINGSPORT — Every week day at 10:30 a.m. health care professionals hold a meeting to discuss the status of every patient on the fifth floor of Holston Valley Regional Medical Center.
The Read the rest of this entry »