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The Seattle Times: Health (30 unread)

• Study: those who stay fit have longer sex lives

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 11:44am CST

  It seems the old cliche may be true.

• Businesses to fight health bill with huge ad campaign

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:16am CST

  A coalition of organizations led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce plans to spend as much as $1 million a day on advertisements designed to pressure lawmakers to vote "no" on health-care legislation.

• Grandma's a good caregiver, but she might be making grandkids overweight

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 10:46pm CST

  A new study in the International Journal of Obesity finds that young children under full-time care of their grandparents may be at a higher risk for being overweight than children who are only looked after by their parents.

• Harry Smith colonoscopy to air on `Early Show'

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 10:51am CST

  "The Early Show" co-anchor Harry Smith is scheduled to have a colonoscopy Wednesday, with live reports planned as he undergoes the procedure at a New York hospital.

• Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 10:43am CST

  Brazil's president said Tuesday that he kicked the smoking habit he had for 50 years after a recent health scare sent his blood pressure soaring.

• Little black box helps jog failing memory

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 8:56am CST

  Two years ago, Reznick, who has early-stage Alzheimer's disease and is now 82, signed up for an experiment intended to help people with Alzheimer's and other memory disorders. The concept was simple: using digital pictures and audio to archive an experience like a weekend visit from the grandchildren, creating a summary of the resulting content by picking crucial images, and reviewing them periodically to awaken and strengthen the memory of the event.

• Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening

  Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:26pm CST

  Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.

• P&G recalls 2 Pringles flavors

  Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:18pm CST

  Procter & Gamble Co. has recalled two versions of Pringles chips because of concerns about potential Salmonella exposure.

• Puff, puff, puff, nicotine rises gradually

  Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:16pm CST

  Nicotine builds up gradually in smokers' brains rather than spiking after each puff, according to a study that might help point to new ways to help people quit smoking.

• UN says mother-child HIV can be eliminated by 2015

  Posted: March 8th, 2010, 1:52pm CST

  The United Nations says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015 if health programs receive increased investments as planned.

• UNAIDS: Funding cuts could lead to HIV 'nightmare'

  Posted: March 8th, 2010, 1:46pm CST

  Cuts in donor funding could cause an HIV "nightmare," the United Nations' AIDS agency chief warned Monday.

• Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow

  Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:38am CST

  The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.

• Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow

  Posted: March 7th, 2010, 3:31pm CST

  The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.

• First lady gets moving at soccer clinic

  Posted: March 5th, 2010, 6:01pm CST

  First lady Michelle Obama kicked soccer balls with youngsters to encourage them to get the recommended hour of daily exercise as she promoted her campaign against childhood obesity.

• WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination

  Posted: March 5th, 2010, 9:31am CST

  The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.

• WHO: 85 million African children to get polio shot

  Posted: March 5th, 2010, 7:16am CST

  The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.

• 17 food makers put on notice by FDA

  Posted: March 4th, 2010, 10:39am CST

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified 17 food companies, including major brands such as Gerber and Nestlé, that they have violated federal laws by making false or misleading claims on their packaging.

• Russian drug fails to treat Alzheimer's

  Posted: March 4th, 2010, 10:38am CST

  It seemed unlikely, but in recent years an old Russian hay-fever pill had become one of the world's best hopes for treating Alzheimer's disease.

• FDA warning for hand sanitizer in Puerto Rico

  Posted: March 4th, 2010, 10:06am CST

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers in Puerto Rico that two locally produced hand sanitizers contain high levels of bacteria.

• New guidelines urge fewer prostate screenings

  Posted: March 4th, 2010, 12:01am CST

  New guidelines for prostate-cancer screening issued Wednesday emphasize that physicians should better educate men about the risks and benefits of using the PSA test for screening.

• Sanofi drug shows promise against prostate cancer

  Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 7:16pm CST

  For the first time, an experimental drug has extended the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who are no longer responding to other treatments and are out of options for fighting the disease, a company-led study found.

• Sanofi drug shows promise against prostate cancer

  Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 7:16pm CST

  A study suggests that an experimental drug may modestly extend the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who are no longer responding to other treatments.

• Should men be tested for prostate cancer?

  Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 5:46pm CST

  The American Cancer Society revised its guidelines for prostate cancer screening on Wednesday. The advocacy group is one of many organizations that make such recommendations. Some questions and answers:

• Obama open to adding GOP ideas to health plan

  Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 12:31am CST

  President Obama said Tuesday he was open to four new Republican proposals on health-care legislation, in a gesture of bipartisanship meant to jump-start his stalled drive to overhaul the system.

• More than one way to trim health coverage premiums

  Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 5:31pm CST

  Skyrocketing premiums have stunned some consumers who buy their own health insurance policies. People in several corners of the country are facing increases of 20 percent or more from some insurers.

• Mullahs help promote birth control in Afghanistan

  Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 2:46pm CST

  Some mullahs in Afghanistan are distributing condoms. Others are quoting the Quran to encourage longer breaks between births. Health experts say contraception is starting to catch on in a country with the world's second highest maternal death rate.

• Shanghai declares indoor smoking ban ahead of Expo

  Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 7:01am CST

  Restaurants and office buildings in China's commercial capital Shanghai are scrambling to set up nonsmoking areas as the city bans lighting up in indoor public spaces ahead of the World Expo.

• Parents say doctors hastening deaths of dying children

  Posted: March 1st, 2010, 9:56pm CST

  A handful of parents have told researchers that they had asked doctors to hasten their children's deaths — and that doctors complied, using high doses of the powerful painkiller.

• Give your brain a jump start with a nap

  Posted: March 1st, 2010, 8:46pm CST

  Nap time may boost brain function later in the day, study indicates.

• Research notes more ways music affects brain

  Posted: March 1st, 2010, 8:16pm CST

  Playing a musical instrument appears to both improve our ability to hear and our ability to focus and remember, according to two recent studies.