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5/25/12 - 'Diabetic Foot Infections Can Be Reduced With Proper Treatment' ‎

5/25/12 'Diabetic Foot Infections Can Be Reduced With Proper Treatment'

‎Medical News Today

Diabetics often suffer from foot infections, yet appropriate care can save limbs, and ultimately lives, according to the Infectious Diseases Society of America's new ...

5/23/12 - Heart Risk Often Overlooked in RA Patients

5/23/12 Heart Risk Often Overlooked in RA Patients

‎dailyRx

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are at a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, yet not all doctors are considering the added heart risk, a new study ...

5/23/12 - 1 in 5 Americans Will Get Skin Cancer. Will It Be You?

5/23/12 1 in 5 Americans Will Get Skin Cancer. Will It Be You?

‎U.S. News & World Report

Melanoma, the deadliest form, increasingly strikes younger adults. Here's how to cut your risk.

5/18/12 - OSHA's Safety Tests Protect Workers at Little Cost: Study

5/18/12 OSHA's Safety Tests Protect Workers at Little Cost: Study

‎U.S. News & World Report

To reach their conclusion, researchers looked at data on 409 California businesses randomly inspected by the state's Occupational Safety and Health ...

5/14/12 - Whooping cough outbreak has public health officials wary

5/14/12 Whooping cough outbreak has public health officials wary

‎USA TODAY

This school year, the kindergarten religious exemption rate reached 5.8 percent statewide. Public health officials say the ideal is for at least 95 percent ...

5/11/12 - Fitness in Middle Age Lowers Medical Costs Later: Study

5/11/12 Fitness in Middle Age Lowers Medical Costs Later: Study

‎U.S. News & World Report

Of the 20489 given a "healthy" designation, 16186 were men and 4303 were women, with an average age of 51. When Medicare costs and other insurance payments ...

5/7/12 - Vaccination Laws Lead to More Middle School Immunizations

5/7/12 Vaccination Laws Lead to More Middle School Immunizations

‎ABC News

A group of parents, health care providers recently lobbied against a bill in Vermont that would mandate vaccines for all school children by eliminating ...

5/3/12 - Melanoma rate in young people has increased dramatically

5/3/12 Melanoma rate in young people has increased dramatically

‎USA TODAY

"These people can't imagine being 30, let alone having skin cancer," he said. ... Both types of skin cancer have been linked to UV exposure, which Poeschl ...

5/2/12 - Mammograms may be worth risks for some in their 40s

5/2/12 Mammograms may be worth risks for some in their 40s

‎Fox News

One in eight U.S. women will developed invasive breast cancer at some point, according to estimates, but less than a quarter of them will die from it.

4/27/12 - Many older men still get prostate cancer testing

4/27/12 Many older men still get prostate cancer testing

‎Fox News

Despite recommendations not to screen men age 75 and older for prostate cancer, most elderly men still get tested, according to a new survey.

4/23/12 - Shingles Vaccine Deemed Safe in Large Study

4/23/12 Shingles Vaccine Deemed Safe in Large Study

‎WebMD

The researchers found no increased risk in the first six weeks after vaccination for stroke, heart disease, infections of the brain or spinal cord or other ...

4/23/12 - Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Are Unaware of Recommended Vaccinations ...

4/23/12 Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Are Unaware of Recommended Vaccinations ...

‎MarketWatch (press release)

US health officials have pointed to recent outbreaks of whooping cough, ... cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and advice in communities ...

4/23/12 - Caring for the Person with Asthma: Following an Asthma Action Plan

4/23/12 Caring for the Person with Asthma: Following an Asthma Action Plan

‎The Leewards Times

Having an asthma action plan is the best way to prepare for asthma attacks – and to be able to act quickly when an attack happens. Asthma can be a stressful ...

4/19/12 - Healthy Lifestyle Choices Could Cut Cancer Rates: Report

4/19/12 Healthy Lifestyle Choices Could Cut Cancer Rates: Report

‎U.S. News & World Report

THURSDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- Most people know what lifestyle choices will keep the chances of a cancer diagnosis low: Don't smoke, eat healthy, ...

4/11/12 - Get An Eye Exam: Arthritis to Cancer Seen in Eye

4/11/12 Get An Eye Exam: Arthritis to Cancer Seen in Eye

‎ABC News

Doctors say dozens, maybe scores of diseases -- from high blood pressure to certain cancers -- can show symptoms in the eye. Researchers in the United ...

4/11/12 Lack of Sleep May Lead to Obesity, Harvard Study Suggests

4/11/12 Lack of Sleep May Lead to Obesity, Harvard Study Suggests

‎BusinessWeek

By Nicole Ostrow  Lack of sleep or erratic slumber from working late-night shifts or travel may lead to diabetes and obesity, according to ...

4/3/12 - Young Girls More Likely to Report Side Effects after HPV Vaccine

4/3/12 Young Girls More Likely to Report Side Effects after HPV Vaccine

‎MarketWatch

For this study, researchers used electronic health records to identify 3490 Oregon and Washington girls and young women (ages 11-26) who received their ...

3/30/12 - Post-Stroke Depression Undertreated

3/30/12 Post-Stroke Depression Undertreated

‎MedPage Today

This study found that patients following stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) had depression scores that were similar to each other and higher than the ...

3/26/12 - Safe Sleep Can Prevent SIDS Deaths

3/26/12 Safe Sleep Can Prevent SIDS Deaths

‎WebMD

The public health campaign “Back to Sleep,” geared toward putting infants to sleep on their backs, helped reduce the rate of SIDS by more than 50%.

3/23/12 - Treating Gum Disease May Help Diabetics Avoid Complications

3/23/12 Treating Gum Disease May Help Diabetics Avoid Complications

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U.S. News & World Report

"My research team and I had looked at other data sets and we knew that health care costs could be reduced, but we wanted to look at the hospitalizations and ...