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By Carrie Cassens
saukvalley.com
If you are currently pregnant, trying to get pregnant, would like to get pregnant in the future, or know someone who is pregnant (and would like to pass along some useful information), this article is for you.
Good nutrition is key to delivering a healthy baby. Paying special attention to your diet during pregnancy […]

Vitamin D, also known as the “sunshine vitamin” because the body manufactures the vitamin after being exposed to sunshine, has a long list of health benefits. Recent research suggests that vitamin D may provide protection from osteoporosis, hypertension (high blood pressure), cancer, and several autoimmune diseases. But its primary function is to promote the body’s […]

ScienceDaily — Men who come to the hospital with pneumonia generally are sicker than women and have a higher risk of dying over the next year, despite aggressive medical care, according to a study being presented May 20, at the 104th International Conference of the American Thoracic Society in Toronto.
“It is well known that women […]

Shows that Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati are among the 10 worst metropolitan areas in America when it comes to women’s heart health.
The worst piece of news in the Heart Friendly Cities survey? Women in Cleveland and its suburbs have a higher body mass index - that’s a measure of how fat we are - than […]

Mercurynews The community leaders meeting Friday emphasized the need to “bootstrap” health care solutions rather than wait for state or federal action.
About 140 people attending a forum at the Cocoanut Grove organized by the Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County learned:
• Many more county children under 17 now have health insurance thanks to programs […]

ScienceDaily (May 19, 2008) — Researchers have developed what they believe is the first new mechanism in nearly 20 years for inhibiting a common target used to treat all HIV patients, which could eventually lead to a new class of AIDS drugs.
Researchers at the University of Michigan used computer models to develop the inhibiting compound, […]

As you age, your levels of growth hormone and melatonin (which control sleeping and waking) decline. This can make you go to sleep earlier and wake up earlier, sleep more lightly or wake up several times during the night.
Like younger adults, you still need seven to eight hours of sleep a night. Something besides normal […]

While it is easy to rely on just wheat, rice and corn to get your recommended daily allowance, expanding your repertoire of grains can be a fun and exciting way to increase the variety, flavor and texture of your favorite meals.
The USDA Food Pyramid recommends that at least half of your daily servings of grains […]

FAIRFIELD, Conn., May 5, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Competitive Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:CTT) announced today that it has applied for FDA 510(k) medical device authorization for U.S. sales of its pain management therapy device. The CTT device has Medical Device CE certification from the European Union allowing European sales for this non-invasive method for rapid treatment […]

ScienceDaily (May 16, 2008) — The absence of two proteins in mammalian embryos prevents the development of a healthy heart, a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, has found.
The study, which appears in the May 15 issue of Developmental Biology, was led by Stephen Duncan, Ph.D., professor of cell biology, […]

The Oak Ridge High School Health Science Academy is designed to provide all students with a highly academic overview of the health care profession.
This year the program established a clinical internship class within the curriculum. This class provides an educational experience for students to incorporate classroom knowledge in a wide variety of practicum settings. The […]

FARMINGTON, Conn. and FAIRFIELD, Conn., — (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — University of Connecticut Health Center and Competitive Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:CTT) announced today that Dr. Eric Secor Jr., assistant professor from the Department of Immunology at the University’s School of Medicine in Farmington, has been awarded a multiyear $750,000 K-08 Career Development Award from the National Institutes […]

By Ed Edelson
HealthDay Reporter
In 2004, Medicare reduced its reimbursement rates to doctors for drugs that treat prostate cancer by blocking the activity of male hormones.
Coincidentally or not, the use of surgery — castration — to accomplish that same goal started to increase at just the same time, a new study found.
It’s not possible to say […]

By Julie Appleby, USA TODAY
The government’s bill for treating chronically ill seniors and the disabled in the nation’s teaching hospitals is nearly four times higher at some of those medical centers than others, says a report out today.
The reason? Sharp differences in how long patients spend in the hospitals during the final two years of […]

Thats new research on hospital treatment raises concern among parents, as it shows that medicine mix-ups, accidental overdoses, and bad drug reactions harm roughly one of 15 children while being hospitalized.
Researchers, led by Paul Sharek of Stanford University’s Packard Children’s Hospital followed over 900 children’s cases from 12 different U.S. children’s hospitals in 2002.
The study […]