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 Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people
 Advocates are back with real health care stories
 Federal probe finds problems with chelation study
 Scrub tech may have exposed thousands to hepatitis
 World health officials tackle swine flu challenges
 Fawcett's death spotlights a rare cancer
 Jackson's hospital is known for 'raising the dead'
 Obesity rates rising, Mississippi's still fattest
 Few survive cardiac arrest, even with hospital CPR
 CDC: Private health care coverage at 50-year-low
HEALTH HEADLINES
FDA urges caution in weighing risks of ADHD drugs
Published Tuesday, June 16, 2009 0 comment(s)
WASHINGTON -- Federal health regulators are urging parents to keep their children on attention deficit drugs like Ritalin and Adderall, despite new evidence from a government-backed study that the stimulants can increase the risk of sudden death.Publ ... full story

Health & Fitness Calendar
Published Friday, June 12, 2009 0 comment(s)
CLINICAL WORKMondayBrazos County Health Department immunization clinic, 8:30-11:30 a.m. 201 N. Texas Ave., Bryan. All ages: Immunizations, $5/child and $25/adult. Adults: TB skin test $10, tetanus $10. Accepts Medicaid for children. 361-4440.Thursday ... full story

Check out more than your trainer's abs
Published Friday, June 12, 2009 0 comment(s)
The official start of summer is almost here. There are a few of us who still want to get into swimsuit shape, but are at a standstill.Where do we go from here? How do we do it? Now is the time to check out a personal trainer. But there's another prob ... full story

'A sad case': She chose herbals over surgery
Published Monday, June 01, 2009 0 comment(s)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Leslee Flasch worked in a hospice. She had seen cancer treatments fail. Now doctors were saying she needed her colon removed to treat her rectal cancer. Barely 50 years old, she would have to wear a colostomy bag for the rest of h ... full story

Step outside the routine
Published Thursday, May 14, 2009 0 comment(s)
May is National "Exercise is Medicine" month.Read that sentence again.I know some of you might be thinking that I had something to do with it. Considering that I believe exercise cures everything, I can understand why one might think so.I only wish I ... full story

Effective workouts don't have to be boring
Published Sunday, May 10, 2009 0 comment(s)
An Internet conversation between a friend and me revealed several real-world fitness issues we'll discuss over the coming weeks. First, the conversation.Jennifer: I need to get into shape for swimsuit season. I know you're not one for distance runnin ... full story

Health & Fitness Calendar
Published Thursday, May 07, 2009 0 comment(s)
CLINICAL WORKMondayBrazos County Health Department immunization clinic, 8:30-11:30 a.m. 201 N. Texas Ave., Bryan. All ages -- Immunizations are $5/child and $25/adult; Adults -- tb skin test $10, tetanus $10.Accepts medicaid for children. 361-4440.G ... full story

Health & Fitness calendar
Published Thursday, April 30, 2009 0 comment(s)
CLINICAL WORKMondayBrazos County Health Department immunization clinic, 8:30-11:30 a.m. 201 N. Texas Ave., Bryan. All ages -- Immunizations are $5/child and $25/adult; Adults -- tb skin test $10, tetanus $10.Accepts medicaid for children. 361-4440.G ... full story

Health & Fitness calendar
Published Thursday, April 23, 2009 0 comment(s)
CLINICAL WORKMondayBrazos County Health Department immunization clinic, 201 N. Texas Ave., Bryan. 361-4440.GET MOVINGMondaySeniors golf tournament, 7 a.m. Texas A&M University Golf Course. $5 entry. No advance registration; just show up and play. ... full story

Health & Fitness briefs
Published Thursday, April 23, 2009 0 comment(s)
Waging a war to get past the painPain can wreak havoc in a person's life, obliterating the ability to work, maintain relationships or carry out basic activities. Dr. Mark Barhorst, a 1988 graduate of the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of ... full story

Bryan man's quest to finish a marathon inspires friends, family
Published Thursday, April 23, 2009 0 comment(s)
For most people, it's crazy to even think about running 13 miles. For me, it's just another challenge. Some of my friends don't understand why I sacrifice my Saturday nights to wake up before dawn and spend the next few hours running a ridiculously l ... full story

Health & Fitness calendar
Published Thursday, April 16, 2009 0 comment(s)
CLINICAL WORKMondayBrazos County Health Department immunization clinic, 201 N. Texas Ave., Bryan. 361-4440.ThursdayGerontology Research Foundations - Health Screens. College Station Conference Center. Receive state-of-the-art testing from ultrasound ... full story

Health & Fitness calendar
Published Sunday, March 15, 2009 0 comment(s)
CLINICAL WORKMondayBrazos County Health Department immunization clinic, 201 N. Texas Ave., Bryan. 361-4440.GET MOVINGMondaySeniors golf tournament, 7 a.m. Texas A&M University Golf Course. $5 entry. No advance registration; just show up and play. ... full story

Glutes keep body running smoothly
Published Sunday, February 08, 2009 1 comment(s)
Direct trauma or musculoskeletal imbalances cause lower back pain. Today, we'll deal with possible musculoskeletal issues, especially the glutes. Often when a person has lower back pain, abdominal muscles are determined to be the culprit. The person ... full story

Mind spa: Your brain on exercise
Published Monday, January 19, 2009 0 comment(s)
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Seniors in this retirement hotspot diligently packed the local Y, sweating to keep their bodies in shape. But after their workout, several couldn't remember where they put their car keys.Watching this scenario unfold, neurotherapis ... full story

Can a 10-minute workout make a difference?
Published Sunday, September 28, 2008 0 comment(s)
NEW YORK -- Stephen Lowrie has gotten the message to squeeze in exercise wherever he can. He parks far from the entrance, takes the stairs -- even lifts weights at his desk."I don't do all these things all the time every day," said Lowrie, 47, of Be ... full story

Fit for kids
Published Sunday, September 21, 2008 0 comment(s)
NEW YORK -- Like many parents, Diana Ennen had trouble getting her daughter Amber to exercise.So, two years ago, Ennen decided that Amber was coming to the health club. Now age 10, Amber is using the stair stepper, lifting hand weights and doing sit ... full story

Cholesterol drugs recommended for some 8-year-olds
Published Tuesday, July 08, 2008 1 comment(s)
CHICAGO (AP) -- For the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems. It is the strongest guidance ever given on the issue b ... full story

Budget fertility treatments planned for Africa
Published Tuesday, July 08, 2008 0 comment(s)
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Doctors are getting ready to introduce a cheap in vitro fertilization procedure across Africa, where women are sometimes ostracized as witches or social outcasts if they cannot have children. Millions of dollars go ... full story

Torn ACLs, other big injuries hit little athletes
Published Tuesday, July 08, 2008 0 comment(s)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A 14-year-old gymnast with a stress fracture in her lower back. A 12-year-old who tore his ACL in a soccer game. A 16-year-old runner with a leg stress fracture. A 15-year-old who tore his meniscus playing basketball. A ... full story

Salmonella probe adds foods served with tomatoes
Published Wednesday, July 02, 2008 0 comment(s)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Adding to tomato confusion, the government is about to start testing numerous other types of fresh produce in the hunt for the source of the nation's record salmonella outbreak -- even as it insists tomatoes remain the leadin ... full story

Bush administration delaying Medicare fee cut
Published Wednesday, July 02, 2008 0 comment(s)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration said Monday it will delay paying doctors for treating Medicare patients in early July to give Congress more time to block a scheduled 10.6 percent fee cut. The move by the Centers for Medicare and ... full story

FDA official: Plastic baby bottles are safe
Published Saturday, June 28, 2008 0 comment(s)
WASHINGTON -- Plastic baby bottles and water bottles are safe, a federal health official said this month, seeking to ease public concerns about the health hazards of a chemical used in the products. The National Toxicology Program has sai ... full story

US advisory panel OK's 2 new combination vaccines
Published Friday, June 27, 2008 0 comment(s)
ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal advisory panel on Thursday endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks that young children must endure to get the recommended immunizations. The panel gave its nod to a fou ... full story

Health insurance lags most in Southwest, CDC says
Published Wednesday, June 25, 2008 0 comment(s)
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Southwest has the lowest rate of health insurance coverage in the country, with 30 percent of non-elderly adults and 18 percent of children uninsured, according to a new government study. New England -- with a rate of u ... full story

 

 
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