Washington, United States, October 17:
A new research has found that women who smoke are at significantly increased risk of developing an abdominal aortic aneurysm, a condition in which a weak area of the abdominal aorta
expands or bulges.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm, also written as AAA and often pronounced ‘triple-A’, is caused by a weakened area in the main vessel that supplies blood from the heart to the rest of the body, according to the Read the rest of this entry »

The Nassau police Friday asked the public’s help finding a missing 13-year-old Levittown boy last seen by his mother Thursday after she took him to a children’s mental health agency.
Shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday as his mother was filling out paperwork at the Westbury clinic, the boy left and hasn’t been seen since by his family.
He may have gone to an area near Roosevelt Field mall in East Garden City or Broadway Mall in Hicksville, the police Read the rest of this entry »

“It’s a testament to the importance of this initiative that so many organizations are joining together to support the cause,” said John Wesson Ashford, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., senior research scientist at the Stanford/VA Aging Clinical Research Center, Palo Alto, CA, and chairman of AFA’s Memory Screening Advisory Board. “With the escalating incidence of Alzheimer’s disease, it is quite clear that we can’t afford to ignore its warning signs, as individuals Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON — Calling an overhaul of the health care system a basic element of his administration’s economic recovery programs, President-elect
as his choice to become secretary of health and human services and to lead efforts to secure “affordable, accessible health care for every single American.”
At a news conference in Chicago, Mr. Obama said that Mr. Daschle, a former Senate majority leader from South Dakota, would Read the rest of this entry »

TALLAHASSEE – The economy is in recession and the budget outlook is bleak. Could 2009 turn out to be state Rep. Ed Homan’s lucky year anyway?
The Tampa Republican is trying for a third year to force insurers to cover mental health treatment at the same level that they cover other health services. Florida law sets minimum requirements for mental health benefits, but does not require parity; as a result, insurers typically offer less coverage of those Read the rest of this entry »

Our worries. They’re crescendoing like the finale of Beethoven’s “Ninth”: Bailouts, buyouts. Recession, depression. Enter the meditative practice of mindfulness. Born of Buddhist roots, it’s increasingly recognized as a measure to calm the mind’s chatter and elevate the brain’s thinking and organizational processes. Even the medical mainstream is taking note _ the Sept. 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association had a piece titled Read the rest of this entry »

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Researchers looking into the long-term health effects of hormone replacement therapy said on Wednesday they had made the strongest case yet that the pills raise the risk of breast cancer.
But other experts and one company that makes hormone replacement therapy (HRT) pills said they still dispute the conclusion that a recent drop in U.S. breast cancer cases means that HRT was responsible 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 »

In a meeting that only happens once a year, members of the San Jose City Council and Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors converged Monday to tackle common issues facing the two agencies.
The 15 elected officials hit upon four major points: the development of the county fairgrounds, city annexation of pockets of county land, ending homelessness, and the proposal to seismically retrofit Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and build a downtown medical Read the rest of this entry »

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February 20,
2009
Feb. 20, 2009
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Physical activity guidelines will be given a “closer look” during a lecture by Rear Adm. Penelope Slade-Sawyer, acting executive director of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sport, who will present the Marian Godeke Miller Lecture at Indiana University Bloomington on Tuesday, Feb. 24.
Slade-Sawyer, Commissioned Corps Officer in the U.S. Public Health Read the rest of this entry »