(HealthNewsDigest.com)-Preparing for summer camp can be as stressful as it is exciting, and–while it’s normal to worry about your kids–you don’t want to do the same about their stuff. iPods. Laptops. The latest running shoes. Add all those (and more) to the average $1,000 cost of two weeks at camp, and you can see why it’s worth making sure your child’s expensive gear makes it back home.
Steering Clear Of Fundraising Scams
(HealthNewsDigest.com)-Thinking about donating to a charity? The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, recommends taking these precautions to ensure that your donations benefit the people and organizations you want to help.
Steering Clear Of Fundraising Scams
(HealthNewsDigest.com)-Thinking about donating to a charity? The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, recommends taking these precautions to ensure that your donations benefit the people and organizations you want to help.
Teaching Your Belly to Feel Full
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – NEW YORK — Why do so many diets start successfully, only to crash and burn? Why is it that no matter how hard dieters try, keeping the weight off seems impossible? Dr. Louis Aronne explains in his new book, “THE SKINNY: On Losing Weight Without Being Hungry” (Broadway Books), written with Alisa Bowman, that the key is your body’s chemistry, not willpower. His solution: teaching your body to stop craving food and feel full sooner.
Teaching Your Belly to Feel Full
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – NEW YORK — Why do so many diets start successfully, only to crash and burn? Why is it that no matter how hard dieters try, keeping the weight off seems impossible? Dr. Louis Aronne explains in his new book, “THE SKINNY: On Losing Weight Without Being Hungry” (Broadway Books), written with Alisa Bowman, that the key is your body’s chemistry, not willpower. His solution: teaching your body to stop craving food and feel full sooner.
Summertime and Teens: How to Prevent Medicine Abuse
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – School’s out for summer and teens with extra time on their hands sometimes choose unhealthy and risky behaviors like alcohol, drug, or medicine abuse to fill the boredom.
Summertime and Teens: How to Prevent Medicine Abuse
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – School’s out for summer and teens with extra time on their hands sometimes choose unhealthy and risky behaviors like alcohol, drug, or medicine abuse to fill the boredom.
Recession Temporarily Easing Nursing Shortage
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, D.C. — The recession may temporarily end an 11-year-long nursing shortage in many areas of the country according to a new study released by the health policy journal Health Affairs. However, this is only a respite for the nation’s health care system as the study also projected a nursing shortage of 260,000 registered nurses developing by 2025 — a shortage twice as large as any nursing shortage experienced since the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid in the mid-1960s.
Recession Temporarily Easing Nursing Shortage
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, D.C. — The recession may temporarily end an 11-year-long nursing shortage in many areas of the country according to a new study released by the health policy journal Health Affairs. However, this is only a respite for the nation’s health care system as the study also projected a nursing shortage of 260,000 registered nurses developing by 2025 — a shortage twice as large as any nursing shortage experienced since the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid in the mid-1960s.
Breaking a Sweat Good for Strengthening Bones
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Physical activity, exercise, and sport all provide a variety of benefits to our heart, lungs, and other vital organs. Researchers at the University of Michigan have confirmed that exercise is just as important for a healthy skeletal system.
Breaking a Sweat Good for Strengthening Bones
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Physical activity, exercise, and sport all provide a variety of benefits to our heart, lungs, and other vital organs. Researchers at the University of Michigan have confirmed that exercise is just as important for a healthy skeletal system.
Can Lowering Body Temperature Prevent Brain Damage in Children?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ANN ARBOR, Mich. – In the first large-scale study of its kind, researchers at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and the University of Utah will lead a multi-center study to investigate whether hypothermia–lowering body temperature–can prevent or reduce brain damage in children deprived of oxygen after a cardiac arrest.
Can Lowering Body Temperature Prevent Brain Damage in Children?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ANN ARBOR, Mich. – In the first large-scale study of its kind, researchers at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and the University of Utah will lead a multi-center study to investigate whether hypothermia–lowering body temperature–can prevent or reduce brain damage in children deprived of oxygen after a cardiac arrest.
FDA Approves Injectable Form of Ibuprofen
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Caldolor, the first injectable dosage form of the common pain medication ibuprofen, to treat pain and fever.
FDA Approves Injectable Form of Ibuprofen
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Caldolor, the first injectable dosage form of the common pain medication ibuprofen, to treat pain and fever.
Depression Medications May Reduce Male Fertility
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – NEW YORK — As many as half of all men taking the antidepressant medication paroxetine (trade names Seroxat, Paxil) may have increased sperm DNA fragmentation — a predictor of compromised fertility. Research led by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center also found that the changes are reversible with normal levels of sperm returning after discontinuation of the drug.
Depression Medications May Reduce Male Fertility
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – NEW YORK — As many as half of all men taking the antidepressant medication paroxetine (trade names Seroxat, Paxil) may have increased sperm DNA fragmentation — a predictor of compromised fertility. Research led by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center also found that the changes are reversible with normal levels of sperm returning after discontinuation of the drug.
Gene Therapy technique Thwarts Cancer by Cutting Off Tumor Blood Supply
(HealthNewsDiget.com) – University of Florida researchers have come up with a new gene therapy method to disrupt cancer growth by using a synthetic protein to induce blood clotting that cuts off a tumor’s blood and nutrient supply.
Gene Therapy technique Thwarts Cancer by Cutting Off Tumor Blood Supply
(HealthNewsDiget.com) – University of Florida researchers have come up with a new gene therapy method to disrupt cancer growth by using a synthetic protein to induce blood clotting that cuts off a tumor’s blood and nutrient supply.
AMA Cheers Senate Passage of Historic Tobacco Regulation Bill
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – “The AMA cheers Senate passage of legislation that will for the first time allow the FDA to strongly regulate cigarettes and other tobacco products. Passage of this historic legislation by both the House and Senate is a victory for public health over Big Tobacco.