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U of M researchers find childhood cancer risk rises with mother's age

Research from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota indicates that a baby born to an older mother may have a slightly increased risk for many of the cancers that occur during childhood. "Our finding shows that although the absolute risk is low, advancing maternal age may be a fact...

Risk to Baby Rises With Repeat C-Sections

Procedure doubles odds for intensive care compared to vaginal birth newborns, researchers say THURSDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Babies delivered by elective, repeat cesarean section delivery are nearly twice as likely to be admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) than t...

Fathers' Concern Rises When Teens Start Having Sex

Dads become more motivated to intervene and keep kids safe, study finds FRIDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that family togetherness can be a tool to prevent teens from engaging in risky sexual behavior and provides surprising insight into the role played by father...

Men's Stroke Risk Rises Dramatically in Mid-40s

And the contributing factors are often those seen in older patients, study finds THURSDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- The odds of having a stroke seem to spike up when men reach their mid-40s. And the risks associated with stroke even at this earlier age are startlingly similar to ...

Employee Confidence Index Rises 2.3 Points in January

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Spherion Employee Confidence Index increased 2.3 points to 42.7 in January from last month's survey low of 40.4. The Index, which measures workers' confidence in their personal employment situation and optimism in the economic environment...

VirtualScopics Backlog Rises to a Record $27 Million

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VirtualScopics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VSCP ), a leading provider of quantitative imaging for clinical trials, today announced that its backlog currently exceeds $27 million compared to $14.7 million at the same time a year ago, a greater than 80% increas...

Growth Rate of U.S. Giving for Health Care Falls More Than 50 Percent in 2007 But Rises Almost Threefold in Canada, According to Association for Healthcare Philanthropy's Annual 'Report on Giving'

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Perhaps signaling donors' fears of a weakening U.S. economy last year, the growth of philanthropic giving for health care in the United States fell by more than half in 2007 from 2006, while the Canadian rate of growth in donations to health care ...

Stanford University Rises to Top of 2008 Trojan(R) Sexual Health Report Card

Ivy League Scores Big in Third Annual Survey as Most Sexually Healthy Conference PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The makers of Trojan(R) brand condoms today released the results of the third annual Trojan Sexual Health Report Card. Conducted by Sperling's BestPlaces, an independent...

Measles Outbreak Rises to 64 Cases, Most Since 2001

CDC says failure to be vaccinated is behind the worrisome trend THURSDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) -- There were 64 confirmed cases of measles in the United States from January through April 25, the highest number of cases in that time period since 2001, U.S. health officials said Thursd...

Skin Pain, Sensitivity Rises With Migraine

Almost two-thirds of people with these headaches suffer from skin discomfort, study finds,,,, WEDNESDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- People who have migraines -- either chronic or episodic -- are more likely to suffer from serious skin pain and sensitivity, new research shows. As m...

Risk of disability rises in states with income inequality

TORONTO, CDA. A massive survey conducted by researchers at the University of Toronto reveals Americans living in states with high rates of income inequality are significantly more likely to have a disability that limits the completion of daily tasks such as dressing, bathing and mobility at home....

Chronic kidney disease rises while most people with the condition remain unaware

A growing number of Americans have chronic kidney disease, but most remain unaware of it, hampering efforts to prevent irreversible kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and published November 7 in the Journal of the Ame...

Hispanic drug use rises in US culture

CORVALLIS, Ore. Substance abuse increases among recent Hispanic immigrants as they replace their traditional cultural beliefs with those of white Americans, according to new research presented today by Oregon State University assistant professor Scott Akins at the American Sociological Associatio...

Medical Practices Improving Service, Consumer Satisfaction Rises

Press Ganey Medical Practice Pulse Report Released Today SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Competition and consumer empowerment has spurred improvements at medical practices across the nation and patient satisfaction is inching upwards as a result, according to a new report from Press...

Mood-Enhancing and Heart Health Foods Emerging as Incidence of Heart Diseases Rises

LITTLE FALLS, N.J., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- As today's aging population spends increasing amounts on prevention rather than cures, the market for mood-enhancing foods will continue to experience healthy growth rates, according to the latest research from worldwide consulting and research firm Kli...

Indonesia's Bird Flu Death Toll Rises to 72

A 23-year-old woman has died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the country's total number of human deaths from the H5N1 strain //of the virus to 72, the world's highest, a health official said Wednesday. The female was from Central Jakarta and died on April 1, several hours after being brough...

Dengue Death Toll Rises to 25 in Karachi

The death toll due to dengue fever in Pakistan's Karachi city has risen to 25, private Geo TV reported Monday.// According to Pakistan's Dengue Fever Surveillance Committee, during the 24 hours to Monday afternoon, 47 dengue patients were discharged from hospitals in the port city while 68 ne...

Uttar Pradesh Dengue Figure Rises to 435

The dengue virus continued its spread across Uttar Pradesh with 44 new cases, taking the total to 435, while the chikungunya viral disease started showing up// in many areas Monday. Though the death toll from dengue stands at 11, the state recorded 44 new cases since Saturday. The spread of th...

Delhi Death Toll Due to Dengue Rises to 24

Two more people died of dengue fever, taking the death toll in the capital to 24, while 92 new cases were admitted to city hospitals as health officials launched a war against// the mosquito-borne disease. With the fresh dengue cases, the total number of patients in Delhi rose Friday to 1,278...

Bird Flu Death Toll Rises To 50 In Indonesia

An 11-year-old boy who died on Monday at a local hospital in Tulungagung, East Java, became Indonesia's 50th bird flu victim, Health Ministry officials confirmed yesterday.// Runizar Ruesin from the health ministry's bird flu information center told Reuters that the boy had contact with dead chicke...

Risk of Brain Hemorrhage Rises with Old Age

There are higher rates of major hemorrhage in the brain of older patients with atrial fibrillation whether or not they are using a common blood thinning therapy// , according to a new study. The research was conducted by a team of investigators from the University of California, San Francisco...

Risk of Miscarriage Rises with Father’s Ag

The risk of a pregnancy ending in a miscarriage, for a couple, appears to rise along with the father's age, irrespective of the age of the mother// according to a recent report by researchers in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology. They conducted their study on nearly 14,000 women in Jerusale...

Salmonella Affected Cases Rises to 31

Since March a strain of Salmonella Montevideo has infected thirty one people and three of them including a baby and a child have been hospitalized //, said the Health Protection agency. The Agency is probing the increased number of cases. The chocolate maker Cadbury had withdrawn about a...

Death Toll Over Fake Drug Rises To Nine In China

The death toll in the fake drug case in China has shot up to nine, triggering a nation-wide alert and check on pharmaceutical companies//, the state media reported today. The nine people were confirmed dead from using the fake Armillarisni A injection made by the Qiqihar No 2 Pharmaceutical...

Death from Cholera Rises in Angola

The official death toll that has been reported in Angola from a cholera outbreak has risen to 1 109, an unusually high mortality rate and it is expected to affect another 250 000 people before the disease is contained. // Since the first report of the outbreak in mid-February in Luanda, the c...

Assam’s Malaria Death Toll Rises To 75, More People Affecte

Malaria has claimed 75 lives in Assam and the health authorities said that more than 300,000 people are affected by the epidemic//. "So far 75 people have died of cerebral malaria since the disease struck in the state in the beginning of April," Assam Health Minister Bhumidhar Barman told IANS...

Death Toll due to Cholera Rises to 48 in Angola

The cholera epidemic has swept through Angola covering the provinces of Luanda, Bengo, Benguela, and Kwanza Norte. Since the declaration of the cholera outbreak on February 13, the number of reported cases has risen to 2,026 with a death toll of 48. // On Sunday WHO representative, Angola Fato...

Indonesian Bird Flu Death Toll Rises To 23

A day after Indonesia confirmed that the 23rd man had succumbed to the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, health officials confirmed that another man has tested// positive to the same virus. The H5N1 avian influenza virus has spread at a rapid rate over Europe and Africa and has flared up once again in As...

Risk Of AIDS Rises With Vaginal Washes

A University of Washington study has revealed that those women who use vaginal washes run a higher risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.// The study which extended over a period of ten years was led by Scott McClelland. The women who live in the sub-Saharan Africa mostly go in for vaginal washes. As many a...

'Good Samaritan Effect' Rises With Level of Threat

People are more likely to turn from passive bystanders to good Samaritans in situations that are dangerous or violent, German researchers report//. Occasions when a crowd of people stand back and ignore a person in trouble are well known. Psychologists call it the "bystander effect". But a ...

Risk Of Asthma Rises Due to Endotoxins

Asthma can be triggered by exposure to endotoxins in the house, according to the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine study. Humidifiers, pests, dust, pets, and outdoor // air are common sources of endotoxins, according to the University of Iowa’s Dr. Peter S. Thorne. Th...

More Kidney Cancer Is Detected and Treated Early, Yet Death Rate Rises

The number of cases of kidney cancer has been rising over the last two decades, and new research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center shows// that this increase is driven largely by the detection of small, presumably curable, kidney masses. But even though the rising incidenc...

Tanning Beds Get Highest Carcinogen Rating

... Melanoma risk rises 75 percent when device use begins before age 30, international panel says TUESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- The International Agency fo...

More Can Be Done to Slow Obesity's Toll on Health: Experts

...al will spend about $3,400 per year in medical expenditures and that number rises to about $4,870 if that individual is obese," study author Eric Finkelstein...rug costs average about $700 a year, but among those who are obese the cost rises to about $1,300 a year, he said. "For Medicare, the costs of obesity are...

Determining Insulin Pump Need for Diabetics

...ay ask an IRO review the medical necessity for an insulin pump when daily doses of insulin don't achieve tight glycemic control and the hemoglobin A1c rises above the recommended seven percent set by the American Diabetes Association, or when hypoglycemia continues despite adjusting insulin doses. "Program...

Almost 10 Percent of U.S. Medical Costs Tied to Obesity

...al will spend about $3,400 per year in medical expenditures and that number rises to about $4,870 if that individual is obese," study author Eric Finkelstein...rug costs average about $700 a year, but among those who are obese the cost rises to about $1,300 a year, an 80 percent increase, he said. "For Medicare, ...

1 in 7 Low-Income Preschoolers Is Obese

...hief of CDC's Maternal Child Nutrition Branch in the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity. "For a number of years, we were seeing continuous rises in this obesity epidemic and it looks like over the last five years we have actually seen that rate stabilize," he said. "Of course, we are not where ...

Biomarkers May Predict Alzheimer's

... really quantifies the accuracy of these tests in predicting Alzheimer's. "There have been a number of smaller reports that Aβ falls and P-tau rises as the clinical course progresses from aging to mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's," Gandy said. "The sensitivities and specificities of these s...

Niche Prescriptions Announces Grand Opening of New Program Offering Prescription Drug Discount Card

... networks in the United States and offers thousands of drugs at the lowest costs. (PRWEB) July 14, 2009 -- As unemployment rises and many Americans find themselves without health insurance and prescription drug coverage as a result of the perilous economic climate, locating an a...

Cats Purrfect at Getting Needs Met, Study Shows

...purrs that were getting the highest score on urgency and unpleasantness were ones that had an embedded cry, given at a higher level," McComb said. "It rises above the energy in the normal purr." In fact, when McComb's team digitally removed the cry from the recorded purr, it lost its sense of urgency for t...