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Almost any night of the week you can have your pick of medical TV shows. You got your "Scrubs," "Grey's Anatomy" and "House." If reality TV is your thing, take your pick from "Untold Stories of the ER" on TLC and "Dr. 90210" on E!. Even the crime shows, like "Law and Order" and "CSI," break over into the health TV genre from time to time.
So it should come as no surprise that people are gleaning health information from...
One good thing might come out of suffering a lifetime of painful migraines.
A new study from Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, found that middle-aged migraine sufferers showed less cognitive decline and memory loss over a period of 12 years than a group of migraine-free adults.
Some reasons for this could include the increased use of non-aspirin, over-the-counter painkillers, which could be asserting some type of neuro-protective effect in...
This project will stick in your mind long after you finish reading it and make you truly appreciate family and life.
Sacramento Bee photographer Renée C. Byers and writer Cynthia Hubert followed mother Cyndie French for a year as her son Derek Madsen battled neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer.
Byers recently won the Pulitzer Prize for her photos. And if you have the time, I recommend looking at Sacbee.com's site for the project, which includes the story, video and more...
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Kristi Shelton still has the purple card with the fallen leaf and tear drop printed on it that workers at Mercy Southwest Hospital put on her hospital room door after she lost twins Faith Anna and Christian Todd. Both were born at 20 weeks, just halfway through a typical gestation. That doesn't mean they were missed any less, Shelton said. (Read "Walk to raise funds for those with littlest legs" in today's Californian.) People sometimes are surprised to hear Shelton had a...
Mexico's new secretary of health visited California Monday to talk about the health needs facing Mexicans in California.
According to a story from the San Francisco Chronicle, Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos plans to meet every six months with U.S. health officials and Mexican immigrant communities to create a basic health care plan to cover Mexicans in the United States.
Eventually, he would like to extend to them the universal health care that is being developed by Mexico's...
Rules intended to protect the environment are forcing asthma patients to turn to a different emergency inhaler -- a change that isn't coming cheap.
The Food and Drug Administration is phasing out the albuterol inhalers that use chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, to propel the medicine into the lungs, in favor of the environmentally conscious hydrofluoroalkane, or HFA, inhalers. CFCs have been shown to deplete the ozone layer, which has been tied to increases in skin cancer and cataracts. (Read...
The National Cancer Institute has a neat tool that lets you calculate your breast cancer risk.
It's called the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool and asks you seven questions regarding age, family history and medical history.
Keep in mind, though, that this is only to help you learn more about your risk factors and that you should discuss concerns with your physician. The tool only calculates risk for women over 35.
Cancer risk has been in the news this week as two studies came...
Think you know your way around a fast-food menu board?
Test your knowledge.
1. Which of the following breakfast items that are served at Denny's do you think has the fewest calories?
A. ham and cheddar omelet
B. country fried steak and eggs
C. three slices of French toast with syrup and margarine
D. three pancakes with syrup and margarine
2. Which of the following items that are served at Chili's do you think has the least salt?
A. Cajun chicken...
As the warmer temperatures beckon us outside, look out for ticks, the state's health department said Tuesday.
Ticks are small arachnids that are found in naturally vegetated areas throughout California, according to a news release from the state Department of Health Services. They prefer cool, moist environments, shaded grasses, shrubs and leaf litter.
Ticks attach to animals and feed on their blood over several days.
Individuals may become infected with the bacteria that cause...
It may be too soon to tell if the recent gusty winds in Bakersfield are going to cause an increase of valley fever cases, but medical professionals are telling people to watch out.
(Read "Recent winds expected to stir up valley fever" in Tuesday's Californian.)
Valley fever is a lung disease endemic to this area that's contracted when someone breathes in the valley fever spores found in the dust.
With more dust in the air, more spores are airborne.
It will still be...
About one in eight pregnant women will go into preterm birth, according to a landmark national study released last year.
Preemies, babies born before 37 weeks gestation, not only have higher rates of respiratory, gastrointestinal, hearing, vision, cognitive, behavioral and growth problems, but they also account for the most frequent cause of infant death.
The key to stemming infant mortality is to reduce the incidence of preterm birth, researchers have said. (Read "Before their...
A study came out yesterday that found health benefits to be the most highly coveted of employee perks.
One caveat of the National Business Group on Health report that I found particularly interesting was the fact that two in three, or 65 percent, favor charging smokers more for health coverage.
People are split over charging more from people who are obese. Fifty one percent opposed it.
A total of 1,619 randomly selected workers participated in the survey, according to the news...
The Food and Drug Administration is in a tizzy over a new energy drink/dietary supplement called Cocaine.
The 8.4 ounce drinks are being marketed as "the legal alternative."
Produced by the Las Vegas-based Redux Beverages, Cocaine contains no actual cocaine, just sugars, amino acids, vitamins and a whopping 280 milligrams of caffeine, according to the drink's MySpace page. That's equivalent to 3.5 Red Bulls.
Its logo is spelled out in what looks like white powder.
The...
Opponents of California's physician-assisted suicide bill say more than 500 residents a year would commit legal suicide if the bill passes.
And if it is passed, other states would likely follow suit, according to a story today in USA Today.
"Absolutely, other states would follow," says Anthony Adams, a Republican assemblyman from Hesperia and an opponent, in the story. An assisted-suicide law in California, he says, would project to the nation "the false illusion that...
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