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Family Health
Discovery Health Presents All New Baby Week
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Silver Spring, Md.— The addition of a baby to a family is supposed to be one of life’s happiest events—but for some, the road can be a little rocky. Discovery Health’s all-new Baby Week kicks off on Monday, March 1 at 8 PM (ET/PT,) showcasing the joys—and the struggles—that arrive with a new baby.
Feb 9, 2010 - 10:51:09 AM
FDA Approval
FDA Unveils Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - SILVER SPRING, Md., -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced an initiative to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from three types of medical imaging procedures: computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine studies, and fluoroscopy. These procedures are the greatest contributors to total radiation exposure within the U.S. population and use much higher radiation doses than other radiographic procedures, such as standard X-rays, dental X-rays, and mammography.
Feb 9, 2010 - 10:10:07 AM
Pet Care
Top 10 Dog and Cat Medical Conditions of 2009
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - BREA, Calif., -- Even the healthiest person can end up in a doctor's office with an unexpected bout of stomach trouble or an ear infection. While these conditions are rarely life threatening, they can become chronic and expensive to treat. The same is true for pets.
Feb 9, 2010 - 9:29:22 AM
Safety
Cold-Weather Driving Tips
(HealthNewsDigest.com)-Brushing up on a few cold-weather driving tips could help keep motorists safe behind the wheel. That may be particularly true for many older drivers, a number of whom sometimes have difficulty dealing with snow, rain, ice and fog.
Feb 9, 2010 - 8:23:34 AM
Research
How the Brain Controls Our Limb Movement
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - New research at the University of Leicester into how the brain controls the movements of limbs could prompt major advances in understanding the human brain and the development of prosthetic limbs.
Feb 9, 2010 - 7:23:36 AM
Guest Columnist
Ensure Optimal EHR Performance for Your Clinicians (HIMSS Convention Related News)
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Electronic health record (EHR) systems are becoming more vital for healthcare organizations to improve patient care and remain competitive. However, if not implemented and managed with the clinician’s expectations in mind, healthcare organizations can’t capitalize on the full benefits of the EHR technology.
Feb 8, 2010 - 6:04:36 PM
Heart Health
On-pump and Off-pump Bypass Surgery Yield Similar Results
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - BOSTON — Off-pump bypass surgery, or "beating heart surgery," was developed in hopes of creating a safer way to fix cholesterol-clogged coronary arteries. But a major new study suggests that off-pump bypass surgery doesn’t quite measure up to the traditional operation, in which the heart is stopped during the procedure and a heart-lung machine pumps blood through the body, reports the February 2010 issue of the Harvard Heart Letter.
Feb 8, 2010 - 4:25:02 PM
Patient Issues
New Tool to Assess Emergency Department Patients
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A new assessment tool, reported recently by the Journal of Hospital Medicine, may help hospitals avoid under- or over-treating patients who are admitted through hospital emergency departments (EDs).
Feb 8, 2010 - 4:20:33 PM
Heart Health
Hospitals Should Be Aware of Rare, Life-Threatening Heart Rhythm
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - DALLAS, -- Hospital care providers need to be more aware that cardiac arrest from a medication-induced heart rhythm problem is a rare but potentially catastrophic event in patients, according to a joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology.
Feb 8, 2010 - 4:11:55 PM
Book Review
Does Cold Weather Make You Store Body Fat?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Do you get fatter in the cold weather? It's a good question right now, and the answer is yes!
Feb 8, 2010 - 1:23:25 PM
Children's Health
Anorexics Found to Have Excess Fat -- In Their Bone Marrow
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - BOSTON, -- People with anorexia nervosa, paradoxically, have strikingly high levels of fat within their bone marrow, report researchers at Children's Hospital Boston. Their findings, based on MRI imaging of the knees of 20 girls with anorexia and 20 healthy girls of the same age, appear in the February issue of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
Feb 8, 2010 - 1:14:04 PM
Research
Yale Scientists Shed Colorful Light On Novel Proteins
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - New Haven, Conn. - A Yale School of Medicine neuroscientist investigating how viruses can be used to attack brain cancers has developed a new method to generate novel, color-coded proteins that can be used by researchers investigating cures for a host of diseases.
Feb 8, 2010 - 12:27:37 PM
Guest Columnist
Beyond Interoperability: A Solution That Builds Bridges Between Incompatible Systems (HIMSS Convention Related News)
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Interoperability means the transparent and secure sharing of patient information among all stakeholders involved in ensuring that an individual receives the most efficient and effective care possible.
Feb 8, 2010 - 11:49:09 AM
Women's Health
Most Pregnant Women Never Tested for the Most Common Birth Defect
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - CROMWELL, Conn., -- Three out of five women who have given birth to a child with a congenital heart defect (CHD) -- the number-one birth defect and leading killer of infants and newborns -- were never tested for the defect during pregnancy.
Feb 8, 2010 - 11:19:17 AM
Family Health
March of Dimes Helps Nurses Care for Mothers and Babies
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., -- For nurses seeking up-to-date and cost-effective continuing education on the care of mothers and babies, the March of Dimes is now offering three new publications (modules). They are:
Feb 8, 2010 - 11:03:03 AM
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Pay-for-Performance in Healthcare
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - BOSTON — Although the idea of pay-for-performance (P4P) is popular among healthcare policy makers and private insurers, the results do not necessarily translate to the patient.
Feb 8, 2010 - 10:49:46 AM
Financial Health
Are You and Your Mate Financially Compatible?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Richmond — You like the same movies and you finish each other's sentences, but where do you and your significant other stand on important financial issues? Whether you’re walking down the aisle or celebrating your silver wedding anniversary, the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA) offers personal finance tips to keep your love, and your money matters, in wedded bliss.
Feb 8, 2010 - 10:16:54 AM
Autism Issues
Link Between Advanced Maternal Age and Autism
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly elevated risk of having a child with autism, regardless of the father’s age, according to an exhaustive study of all births in California during the 1990s by UC Davis Health System researchers. Advanced paternal age is associated with elevated autism risk only when the father is older and the mother is under 30, the study found.
Feb 8, 2010 - 10:07:22 AM
Contributing Columnist
Missteps At The Lancet: The Andrew Wakefield Travesty..And Others
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - By now, it is well publicized that the infamous study in which autism was linked to MMR inoculations—by Andrew Wakefield et al.—has been "fully retracted" by the editors. Wakefield's paper was published in the February 28, 1998 issue of the famed British medical journal The Lancet, and was retracted on February 2, 2010.
Feb 7, 2010 - 7:30:03 AM
Food/Nutrition Columnist
A Valentine Gift for You: Tips to Keep You Healthy
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - When it comes to your health size does matter. For men, if your waist measures more than 40 inches (for women 38 inches) you are at greater risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and other serious health problems.
Feb 7, 2010 - 7:20:53 AM
Love/Relationship Columnist
Prepare to Sculpt - Not Nag Your Partner
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - My best friend is a sculptor. I don’t mean the kind you do with a knife on wood or ice, I mean with her husband. She never talks bad about him to me or any of her other friends. She changes any topic to bring out how great he is. She does that to his face too.
Feb 7, 2010 - 7:10:52 AM
Lifestyle
Top Ten Foods
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - This week let's discuss our Top Ten Foods. Last week we discussed the "Power of Food" and yes we all want to be thinner, more fit, and healthier. One concrete step we can take is to eat foods that offer us the most overall benefit to accomplish our goals (notice, we're talking about what we can add to our diet, not take away!).
Feb 7, 2010 - 7:09:35 AM
Children's Health
Teva’s Needle-Free Tjet® Device Takes a Kid-Friendly Approach to Growth Hormone Deficiency Treatment
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Jerusalem, Israel, – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced the availability of new resources to support the recently introduced Tjet® injector system, a needle-free device designed to deliver Teva’s TEV-TROPIN® [somatropin (rDNA origin) for injection] brand human growth hormone (hGH) to children who have growth failure due to inadequate secretion of normal endogenous growth hormone. The Tjet® device uses a needle-free delivery system that releases the same amount of TEV-TROPIN® as a traditional syringe in two seconds.
Feb 7, 2010 - 7:00:36 AM
Environment
Traffic Congestion
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Traffic congestion has gotten way out of hand—and not just in developed countries anymore: Traffic jams and smog plague dozens of cities in China and in many other parts of the developing world. Here in the U.S., road congestion now causes commuters to spend an average of a full work week each year sitting in traffic, according to the Texas Transportation Institute. While alternative modes of getting around are available, most of us still opt for our cars for the sake of convenience, comfort and privacy.
Feb 6, 2010 - 3:23:32 PM
Environment
Green-friendly Linoleum
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Whether you chose linoleum flooring for its no fuss functionality, the soft feel underfoot, its distinctive look, or its green attributes, you definitely want to take care of your investment in an eco-friendly way for the sake of maintaining it for as long as possible while protecting the indoor air quality in your home.
Feb 6, 2010 - 3:14:11 PM
Beauty
Pain Free Fillers
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - This week marked a major breakthrough for women (and men) in search of ageless looks. First Juvederm® XC from Allergan announced its FDA approval, followed shortly by Restylane® and Perlane® with Lidocaine from Medicis. These fillers are the next three hyaluronic acid gel derived filler choices available to Americans, after Prevelle® Silk from Mentor and Hydrelle®, which is now marketed by Coapt Systems.
Feb 6, 2010 - 12:19:15 PM
Women's Health
HPV Vaccine Shows Promising Results in Genital Diseases in Young Women
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ATLANTA – A five-year, multi-site international study has shown that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations given to adolescents and young women decrease the number of abnormal Pap smears, biopsies and cases of genital warts, researchers report in the final analysis of a study published online Feb. 5, 2010, in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Feb 6, 2010 - 9:42:14 AM
Financial Health
Put Financial Help In Your Hands
(HealthNewsDigest.com)-If you're unsure about your ability to manage your money, you're not alone.
Feb 6, 2010 - 8:59:40 AM
Medicine
Promising New Medicines In The Pharmaceutical Pipeline
(HealthNewsDigest.com)-There is encouraging news in the fight against childhood diseases. At America's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, researchers are testing 244 new medicines to help meet the special health needs of children. These medicines offer hope that the significant improvements made in children's health over the past few decades will continue and even accelerate in the years to come.
Feb 6, 2010 - 8:43:20 AM
Heart Health
Womenheart and Nutrisystem Team Up to Help Fight Heart Disease
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Washington, DC – More than 42 million American women live with or are at risk for heart disease, and obesity is a leading risk factor threatening women’s heart health. WomenHeart: the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, and Nutrisystem®, a leading provider of weight management programs and services, have partnered to set a dramatic example by challenging eight inspiring WomenHeart Champions to successfully become Red Dress Ready by February 5 – National Wear Red Day.
Feb 5, 2010 - 5:04:36 PM
Book Review
If Inflammation Is the Cause, Green-Lipped Mussel Oil Could Be the Cure
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Beenleigh, Australia—There's a well-studied, natural supplement consumers can take that has a multitude of health benefits and no side effects. It's marine oil extracted from the New Zealand green-lipped mussel. This healthful oil features prominently in a new 78-page e-book by Australian health journalist Carl Thompson, Inflammation: A Closer Look at What Drug Companies Do Not Want You to Know.
Feb 5, 2010 - 2:33:24 PM
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National
Influenza Season Week 4 ending January 30, 2010
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Synopsis:During week 4 (January 24-30, 2010), influenza activity remained at approximately the same levels as last week in the U.S.
Feb 5, 2010 - 10:25:25 AM
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Healthcare, Obama and Wall Street
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - New York, NY, – The Executive Council, the premier forum for business leaders and innovators, announced it’s annual healthcare symposium today. The event will take place on the morning of Tuesday, February 9, 2010 and will include leaders from all sectors of the healthcare industry – payors, providers, pharma, government/regulatory and life sciences.
Feb 5, 2010 - 8:18:34 AM
Guest Columnist
A Medical Solution and Dramatic Treatment for Adult Dyslexia
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - As a result of Dyslexia and related Learning, Attention Deficit…Disorders, an estimated one out of every four Americans in the workplace cannot properly read, write, spell, calculate, remember…and concentrate. And if the “mildly” impaired in and out of management as well as those with disadvantaged backgrounds are included – a staggering 40 % of the workforce will experience previously unexplainable difficulty in maximizing their potential.
Feb 4, 2010 - 6:26:57 PM
Guest Columnist
EHR Spending is On the Rise
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - One visible trend seen in the healthcare industry as we kick off the New Year includes a rapid increase in IT spending on EHR (electronic health records) systems. As the demand for efficiency and accurate data capture among the healthcare industry persists, EHRs are becoming a source in which physicians are able to electronically capture high quality data faster than they can in traditional formats.
Feb 4, 2010 - 6:13:41 PM
Research
Sorting Out What Makes Proteins Clump Together
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers and their colleagues have found the key factors that cause proteins to turn into sticky, fibrous clumps that can grind cellular activity to a halt. The new findings show how some organisms prevent amyloid clumps from forming and point the way toward drugs that might one day do the same for humans.
Feb 4, 2010 - 6:07:45 PM
Children's Health
Secretaries Sebelius and Vilsack Celebrate One Year Anniversary of Children's Health Insurance Law
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Exactly one year after President Obama signed the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that 2.6 million more children were served by Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) at some point over the past year and released The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act One Year Later:
Feb 4, 2010 - 5:59:55 PM
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National
New Health Spending Projections
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Washington, DC – Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), released the following statement today in response to new health spending projections released by CMS which found that health care’s share of the economy grew 1.1 percentage points in 2009 – the largest one-year increase in GDP share since the federal government began keeping track in 1960:
Feb 4, 2010 - 5:54:11 PM
Guest Columnist
The Transformative Power of Investments in Technology and Talent
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - It’s a given that technological advancements will continue to revolutionize healthcare in this new decade. What is not so obvious is where much of the revolution will take place. The real surprise might be which hospitals are investing in technology and the talent to apply it. What might be equally surprising are the dividends these investments are earning for the hospitals and their communities, especially in terms of access to quality, affordable care.
Feb 4, 2010 - 4:39:00 PM
Autism Issues
Changing Attitudes Toward Autism - HBO Film Starring Clare Danes Marks
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - The heavily-promoted HBO film forthcoming Saturday night, February 6 at 8:00pm, about Temple Grandin, played by Clare Danes, is possibly the biggest publicity splash yet for promoting understanding and appreciation of individuals with learning and behavior differences.
Feb 4, 2010 - 1:52:30 PM
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