(HealthNewsDigest.com) – For consumers searching for just the right sunblock this summer, the options can be overwhelming.
Month: July 2015
Strange Circular DNA May Offer New Way to Detect Cancers
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 29, 2015 – Strange rings of DNA that exist outside chromosomes are distinct to the cell types that mistakenly produced them
More Work Needed to Engage Consumers After Enrolling in Health Insurance Plans
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Enrolling in an insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act is only the first step for consumers to be actively engaged in their health care
Grip Strength May Tell Whether you Have Diabetes
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Whether you grasp it right away or not, your grip strength may indicate whether or not you have undetected diabetes and high blood pressure
Physician Groups Band Together to Address America’s Opioid Crisis
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Opioid abuse is a serious public health problem that has reached crisis levels across the United States, with 44 people dying each day from overdose of opioids, and many more becoming addicted.
New Treatment Principle for Tuberculosis Activates the Body’s Own Defence System
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Widespread resistance to antibiotics requires new, expensive medicines with various side-effects to be used against tubercle bacteria.
Poison Control Tips for Safe Summer Picnics and Barbeques
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – San Francisco – July 27, 2015 – Ah, summer picnics and barbeques and foodborne illnesses. E. coli, salmonella and other pathogens cause almost 9.4 million diagnosed food poisoning illnesses per year.
ASDS Skin Cancer Program Honored
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – July 28, 2015, Rolling Meadows, Ill. – A skin cancer screening program offered by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery has been commended with a national 2015 Power of A award for “helping to make the world a better place.”
University of Florida Debuts State-of-the-art Medical Education Building
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – After years of planning and construction, a historic day for the University of Florida has arrived with the unveiling of the nation’s premier medical education facility.
If You’re Hot, Your Pets are Hotter: Tips to Keep Them Cool
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Summer is fun for people and pets, but because of the heat, you need to help make it safe, too.
A Marked Improvement in Health and Healthcare for Medicare Patients
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In a 15-year study of older Medicare patients, Yale School of Medicine researchers saw an estimated 20% drop in mortality, about 30% fewer hospitalizations, and 40% reduction in deaths after hospitalization.
‘Major Player’ in Skin Cancer Genes
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A multidisciplinary team at Yale, led by Yale Cancer Center members, has defined a subgroup of genetic mutations that are present in a significant number of melanoma skin cancer cases.
Doctors Practicing Asylum Medicine Look for Scars of Persecution
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – This is the story that Paulin Kalonji, once the owner of a small business in Africa, told Dr. Katherine McKenzie at the Yale School of Medicine when he applied for asylum in the United States:
Safe Cardio for Back Pain Sufferers
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – West Orange, NJ, July 2015 – Want to improve your fitness level but afraid your bad back will keep you on the sidelines – or in your easy chair?
Link Between Mood, Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Depressive symptoms and mood in the moment may predict momentary pain among rheumatoid arthritis patients
Illuminating Mechanisms of Repetitive Thinking
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The ability to engage in mental time travel – to delve back into past events or imagine future outcomes – is a unique and central part of the human experience.
Helping Kids Fight Asthma
(HealthNewsDigeswt.com) – CHICAGO – The rates of asthma in children are unusually high in Chicago and the respiratory disorder disproportionately affects African-American children.
Dramatic Disparity
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A dramatic health disparity is receiving a literally dramatic response: A touring stage play has been calling attention to the disproportionate impact Alzheimer’s disease has on African-Americans
Diversifying the Front Lines of Health Care
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Sheena Harmon was finishing her studies at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta and contemplating the next major step in a doctor’s journey: residency.
A Gentler Fight Against Lung Cancer
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – As a pulmonologist (lung disease specialist), Elaine Chen, MD, encourages her patients who smoke to stop – as soon as possible.