Reuters – As the U.S. continues to watch Congress thrash out a plan to try to cover those without health insurance, a new study shows that people admitted to the hospital for trauma are almost twice as likely to die from their injuries if they are uninsured.
Reuters – Think that a drink or two a day help keep your mind sharp into older age? Researchers from the United Kingdom may have poked a hole into that idea.
Reuters – More than 49 million Americans — one in seven — struggled to get enough to eat in 2008, the highest total in 14 years of a federal survey on “food insecurity,” the U.S. government said Monday.
AP – 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.
Reuters – Sweeping new U.S. breast cancer guidelines released on Monday recommend against routine mammograms for women in their 40s, and suggest women 50 to 74 only get a mammogram every other year.
Reuters – People who have had repeated flu infections — or repeated flu vaccines — may have some protection against the new pandemic swine influenza, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
HealthDay – SUNDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) — A new study raises more
questions about ezetimibe (Zetia), a drug used by millions of Americans in
tandem with statins to lower LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol.
HealthDay – SUNDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) — Rapid cooling of heart attack
patients may boost their chance of survival without brain damage, Swedish
researchers report.
HealthDay – SUNDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) — The over-activity of a gene known
to boost a woman’s risk for breast cancer may have a good side, making
arteries healthier, a new study suggests.
HealthDay – SUNDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) — Replacing or adding wiring
increases the risk of major complications for patients having surgery to
replace a pacemaker or other heart rhythm-stabilizing device, a new study
finds.