Accidents Claim 12,000 U.S. Kids’ Lives Each Year
THURSDAY, Oct. 18 (HealthDay News) — About 12,000 children die from unintended, accidental injuries each year, most of them preventable, according to a report issued Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency also noted that between 2000 and 2009, almost 116,000 Americans age 19 and younger lost their lives to[Read the Rest]
There are plenty of reasons for children to get flu shot
It’s flu season. Fortunately, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports low flu activity across the United States. What does this mean? Now’s the time to think of prevention. And one of the best ways to protect yourself and your family from flu is the yearly vaccine. There are interventions that can significantly reduce the chance that your[Read the Rest]
Diet, Exercise May Boost ‘Good’ Cholesterol, Study Suggests
THURSDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) — For overweight people with diabetes, intensive exercise and dieting not only aids weight loss, it can also help train their fat cells to produce a hormone believed to boost production of “good” cholesterol, according to a new study. And this so-called “good” cholesterol, or HDL cholesterol, has been linked[Read the Rest]
Eat chocolate, win the Nobel Prize?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Of all the chocolate research out there, the most unabashed tribute to the “dark gold” has to be a study just published in one of the world’s most prestigious medical journals. Drum roll, please: The higher a country’s chocolate consumption, the more Nobel laureates it spawns per capita, according to[Read the Rest]
Health Tip: At Risk for High Cholesterol?
(HealthDay News) — Risk factors for high cholesterol include things you can’t control, such as age, gender and family history. But lifestyle choices — factors you can control — are a big part of the equation, too. The Cleveland Clinic says controllable risk factors for high cholesterol include: Whether your diet is high in saturated[Read the Rest]
Pack School Lunches That Are Healthy and Fun
SATURDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) — Packing nutritious and fun school lunches can help children achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Here are some tips for parents from Dr. William Gillespie, a pediatrician and chief medical officer at New York City-based EmblemHealth. Give your children a choice. If they get to decide what’s in their lunch,[Read the Rest]
Keeping Up a Healthy Lifestyle Pays Off in Added Years: Study
FRIDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) — So how much of a benefit might you get from exercising, eating right and avoiding vices like smoking? New research from Sweden suggests that healthy living into old age can boost life spans by several years. The study sought to determine how healthy living affects people aged 75 or[Read the Rest]
‘Magic’ Carpet Could Help Shield Elderly From Falls
THURSDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) — Researchers report that it’s possible to use plastic optical fibers in carpeting to warn seniors when their walking patterns might put them in danger of falling. The fibers, placed on a carpet underlay, work by sensing a person’s movement through electronics and sending signals to a computer where they[Read the Rest]
Could Internet Addiction Be Genetic?
TUESDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — Not only is Internet addiction a legitimate compulsion, it may have the same genetic component as nicotine addiction, a new study suggests. Out of nearly 850 people interviewed about their Internet habits, German researchers evaluated 132 who showed signs of being hooked to the Web, while another 132 without[Read the Rest]
Millions of Americans Have Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure: CDC
TUESDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — One-third of Americans have high blood pressure and only half of them have it under control, dramatically increasing their risk for possibly fatal heart attacks and strokes, a new government report shows. That translates into 67 million Americans with high blood pressure and only 36 million people keeping it[Read the Rest]
