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Wednesday, Sep. 30th 2009
Report Predicts Most Babies Born Since 2000 in Wealthy Countries Will Live to 100 By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Oct. 1, 2009 — Reaching the age of 100 may become pretty ordinary for most babies born in rich countries since 2000, according to a new report.
“If the pace of increase in life expectancy in developed countries over the past two centuries continues through the 21st
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Wednesday, Sep. 30th 2009
Study Shows Treatment of Diabetes in Pregnant Women Cuts Health Risks for Infants By Kathleen Doheny
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Sept. 30, 2009 — Treating pregnant women who have even mild gestational diabetes helps reduce the risk of complications in infants and the women’s own risk of blood pressure problems, according to a new study.
While gestational diabetes — defined as having
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Wednesday, Sep. 30th 2009
Bacterial Infections Can Be Deadly for Some Patients With H1N1 Swine Flu By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Sept. 30, 2009 – Bacterial infections play a major role in H1N1 swine flu deaths, the CDC warns.
The swine flu bug can cause fatal pneumonia all by itself. But in a large number of cases it gets help from other deadly germs that take advantage of a weakened immune system
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Wednesday, Sep. 30th 2009
Deaths From Opioid Painkillers Have Tripled Since 1999 By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Sept. 30, 2009 — Methadone deaths have risen sevenfold in less than a decade, according to a government report that largely blames the increase on the growing use of methadone for pain relief.
Used primarily for the management of heroin addiction until the late 1990s, methadone has become
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Wednesday, Sep. 30th 2009
Despite Decline, African-American Death Rate Still Higher By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Sept. 30, 2009 — Breast cancer death rates dropped 2%, continuing a decade-long decline, the American Cancer Society reports.
That means about 15,000 deaths were avoided in 2009 alone, the ACS estimates.
Breast cancer deaths declined among African-American women. But African-Americans
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Tuesday, Sep. 29th 2009
Most People at Risk of Severe Flu Don’t Know It, Consumer Reports Poll Shows By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Sept. 30, 2009 — Only a third of Americans plan to get the H1N1 swine flu vaccine, a Consumer Reports poll shows.
One reason might be that 57% of adults with conditions that put them at risk of severe flu complications aren’t aware of their risk of severe
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Tuesday, Sep. 29th 2009
Study Shows No Association Between Strep and Tourette’s Syndrome, Tics, or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Sept. 30, 2009 — Streptococcal infections, which include strep throat and strep pneumonia, don’t appear to make Tourette’s syndrome, tics, or obsessive-compulsive disorder more common, a new study shows.
That study, published in the advance
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Tuesday, Sep. 29th 2009
CDC: Most Americans Falling Short of Recommended Daily Servings of Fruits and Vegetables By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Sept. 29, 2009 — Only 14% of U.S. adults and 9.5% of U.S. teens meet the government’s goals for eating enough fruits and vegetables, according to a new CDC report.
The key goals are to eat at least two daily servings of fruit and at least three daily servings
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Tuesday, Sep. 29th 2009
Study Shows the More Weight Gained From Ages 18 to 50, the Lower the Odds of Being Healthy at 70 By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Sept. 29, 2009 — For women, the odds of being healthy at age 70 are best for those who don’t gain a lot of weight between ages 18 and 50 and who aren’t obese at 50.
That news appears in the “Online First” edition of BMJ.
But
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Tuesday, Sep. 29th 2009
Younger Women With Advanced Disease Live Longer By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Sept. 29, 2009 — Younger women with advanced colon cancer live slightly longer than younger men with advanced disease, but the survival advantage disappears as women age and their estrogen levels drop, a new study shows.
Previous research suggests a role for the female hormone in protecting against
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