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If you are taking care of someone at home who has H1N1 (swine) flu, it is important for you to prevent other people in the house from getting sick, according to Gary Kalkut, MD, MPH, Senior Vice-President, Chief Medical Officer of Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Kalkut and his colleagues at Montefiore offer the following information and advice on preventing illness during ...

NEW YORK - Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. It's a major reversal that conflicts with the American Cancer Society's long-standing position. Also, the task force said breast self-exams do no good and women shouldn't be taught to do them. For most ...

U.S. health experts say about two-thirds of cancers could be prevented via lifestyle changes. The Mayo Clinic researchers explain in their Special Report on Cancer Prevention in the November issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource says maintaining proper weight by eating a healthy, low-fat diet and by stepping up moderate to vigorous physical activity to 45 to 60 minutes almost daily ...

OAKLAND — Tiffany Lee, 16, is the worst-case swine flu scenario every doctor fears. On July 7, she started to cough and feel dizzy. "I thought it was allergies," she says from her hospital bed. Two days later, her parents took her to a local hospital, where doctors first said she was fine and sent her home. When she returned July ...

WASHINGTON - Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides. But with the U.S. fighting two wars, an acute shortage of trained personnel has left these therapists emotional drained and overworked, with limited time to prepare for their own war deployments. An Army psychiatrist is suspected in the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, and ...

ATLANTA - Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll released Friday. That's true even for people who are at extra risk for severe complications and should be at the front of the line. The numbers are about the same for parents ...

LONDON - About half of Hong Kong's health workers would refuse the swine flu vaccine, new research says, a trend that experts say would likely apply worldwide. In a study that polled 2,255 Hong Kong health workers this year, researchers found even during the height of global swine flu panic in May, less than half were willing to get vaccinated. Most ...

NONGTAPAN, Thailand - Nearly 16,000 Thais ignored the false rumors that they were being infected by the AIDS virus, and overcame their fears of becoming social outcasts to participate in the first HIV vaccine trials to show positive results. Many of the volunteers - an eclectic mix of housewives, fishermen, factory workers, laborers and prostitutes - had seen firsthand how the ...

Since it first emerged in April, the global swine flu epidemic has sickened more than 1 million Americans and killed about 500. It's also spread around the world, infecting tens of thousands and killing nearly 2,000. This summer, the virus has been surprisingly tenacious in the U.S., refusing to fade away as flu viruses usually do. And health officials predict ...

Training in mindfulness meditation and communication can alleviate the psychological stress and burnout experienced by many physicians, U.S. researchers say. [widget:1116] Dr. Michael S. Krasner, an associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York who was the study leader, says the training can also expand a physician's capacity to relate to patients and enhance ...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — So what does the world's oldest man eat? The answer is not much, at least not too much. Walter Breuning, who turned 113 on Monday, eats just two meals a day and has done so for the past 35 years. "I think you should push back from the table when you're still hungry," Breuning said. At 5 ...

NEW YORK - U.S. scientists say they are getting closer to one of medicine's elusive goals -- finding a cure for the common cold. A team of experts reported cracking the genetic codes of the 99 strains of common cold viruses and creating a catalog of vulnerabilities, The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) said Friday. The researchers felt "quite certain" that "a ...

Many mental-health crisis and suicide hotlines are reporting a surge in calls from Americans feeling despair over financial losses. It's unknown if the economic meltdown will lead to more suicides, says Lanny Berman, executive director of the Washington-based American Association of Suicidology. "Maybe the fact that so many are calling is a positive sign. They're seeking help." Although suicides spiked during ...

People of lower socio-economic status in Canada are more likely to be hospitalized for any number of health issues, a study says. The study by the Canadian Institute for Health Information compares 21 health-related indicators among three socio-economic groups -- low, average and high -- in 15 of Canada's largest metropolitan areas, Socio-economic status is a measure of an individual's economic ...

NEW YORK - If you're the parent of a 'tween or teen, chances are you've been asked to leave the room during your child's visit to the doctor so they can have a private chat. Now of course I believe that teenagers should have a trusting relationship with their doctors. But while I'm sitting there alone in the waiting room, watching ...

More patients are having surgery without staying in the hospital overnight, and these "outpatient" operations now make up two-thirds of all surgeries, a report shows. A growing number of patients are having operations without ever entering the hospital at all. The rate of visits to free-standing surgical centers tripled from 1996 to 2006, to 15 million surgeries and other procedures a ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 11 (UPI) - Too often the diagnosis of oral, head and neck cancer is diagnosed late, but a visit to the dentist can detect cancer early, a U.S. researcher says. Michael A. Siegel of the Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine says that the diagnostic tools currently available to prosthodontists - the specialty of implant, esthetic ...

When Chelsea Banton was born five weeks prematurely, doctors predicted she had 36 hours to live. Proving them wrong was the first miracle for Chelsea, now an Independence High School freshman. “She spent the first four months in a neonatal intensive care unit,” recalls her mother, Colleen Banton of Mint Hill. Before Chelsea was 2, she was admitted to the ...

ROCHESTER, Mich. — They're twins, all right, despite what their spanking new birth certificates say. Tariq Griffin entered the world at 12:17 a.m. on New Year's Day at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester, Mich. Twin brother Tarrance was born a bit earlier — 26 minutes to be exact. That means the boys have the unique distinction of having been born on different ...