An exhibit of photographs of life in the Blanchard community in Haiti will be on display during the month of December at Duke Chapel.
A health clinic funded in large part by the offerings taken at the chapel’s Christmas Eve service each year is located in this suburban community of 225,000 residents, many of whom fled the violence of Cite Soleil.
In late 2003, Family Health Ministries, a nonprofit organization established by Dr. David Walmer of Read the rest of this entry »
Obesity Likely Contributing To Older, Minority Women’s Increased Risk For Arthritis, Study Finds
Older minority women are more likely than their white counterparts to develop osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, likely because of risk factors such as obesity, according to a study published last month in the
,
reports.
For the study, researcher Nicole Wright of the
and colleagues studied 146,494 women participating in the Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama enters office with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a troubled U.S. economy and continuing crisis in the Middle East.
Despite the heavy workload, Mr. Obama says he intends to keep himself physically fit by playing a sport he loves — basketball.
He will become the 44th U.S. president after being involved in one of the most physically grueling presidential campaigns in recent history.
He endured the rigors of the Read the rest of this entry »
Genetic engineering is a high-tech way to “breed” desirable traits into livestock. The benefits might be for the producer, such as a disease-resistant cow or an easy-to-raise salmon. It might be for the environment — pigs that produce milder manure, for example — or for the consumer, say, more nutritious meat.
The old-fashioned way of breeding farmed animals requires selecting offspring with desired traits over successive generations. Ron Stotish, Read the rest of this entry »
Jury: $10.7M for NYC woman in wait for brain scan
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has awarded nearly $11 million to a woman who became partially paralyzed after waiting two hours for a hospital brain scan.
Jurors found New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens was negligent in caring for Candida Diego after she fractured her skull in a fall in September 2004.
A spokeswoman says the hospital doesn’t believe it is liable for the 71-year-old’s condition Read the rest of this entry »
A device to treat breast cancer that was cleared for use in the U.S. under
’s quick-review process raises concerns from critics that the agency is not thoroughly vetting some experimental medical devices before approval, the
of articles on medical treatments approved without strong evidence of efficacy. The device,
, has been used on about 45,000 breast cancer patients in the U.S. since FDA cleared it for use in 2002, even though it is still Read the rest of this entry »
was awarded two new federal grants to advance research in both brain aneurysms and reproductive health.
. The first grant, for $346,719, will help support a new research project led by Hui Meng, professor in mechanical engineering and neurosurgery, to study the causes of brain aneurysms and how to treat and prevent them.
The second grant, for $237,750, will support a new study by Michael Russell, professor of microbiology and immunology and oral Read the rest of this entry »
“Hemangiomas are benign tumors composed of blood vessels. Our institution has seen a dramatic increase in the number of infants presenting for care with hemangiomas. We believe the results of this study provide an explanation for this emerging pediatric health issue,” study author Dr. Beth Drolet, professor of dermatology and pediatrics at Medical College of Wisconsin and medical director of pediatric dermatology and birthmarks and vascular anomalies Read the rest of this entry »
More than two thirds of nurses admit to having no basic training in how to spot and help patients suffering from malnutrition, a nursing journal has said.
In a survey of more than 600 primary care nurses working in care homes, community hospitals and GP surgeries 86% said they had no training in the subject.
Only 24% said they would feel comfortable dealing with patients who need help with their diet.
Health visitors admitted to having the lowest Read the rest of this entry »
CARSON CITY, Nev.—Nevada ranks fifth nationally in its percentage of children without health insurance, according to a report released Wednesday by advocacy group Families USA.
The report, based on U.S. Census Bureau data for 2005 through 2007, said 107,000 children, about 16 percent of the total in the state, are without insurance. Families USA noted the time frame excludes the worsening economy in 2008.
Most of the uninsured children in Read the rest of this entry »