Health Camp

Medicare "drifting towards disaster": U.S. official

2008-05-11T06:34:00.001-07:00

Medicare is lurching toward disaster and it is too late for the Bush Administration and Congress to do anything about it, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said on Tuesday. He said the next administration will have to act to stop rising costs and get control of the $400 billion federal health insurance plan for the elderly, More...

10 Commandments for Dropping 10 Pounds & 10 Years

2008-05-11T06:33:00.002-07:00

In addition to some form of simple exercise regimen, these ten daily habits worked into your routine can provide you with optimum health, beautiful skin and a trim waistline. It's not a diet; I didn’t read it anywhere. It's really just common sense that no one seems to follow. More...

Medical marijuana user who was denied liver transplant dies

2008-05-11T06:33:00.001-07:00

A man who was denied a liver transplant because he used marijuana with medical approval to ease the symptoms of hepatitis C has died. More...

Gynecologists say the darndest things

2008-05-11T06:32:00.002-07:00

We asked women around the country to share their tales of being the ultimate captive audience for aspiring comedians or just otherwise awkward practitioners of the vaginal arts. These are their stories. More...

Millions of Americans Are Suffering from Chronic Pain

2008-05-11T06:32:00.001-07:00

Nursing a migraine today? New research shows you're not alone. More than a quarter of Americans suffer daily pain, a condition that costs the U.S. about $60 billion a year in lost productivity. And how often you're in pain depends largely on the size of your paycheck. More...

Even the Insured Feel the Strain of Health Costs

2008-05-11T06:31:00.002-07:00

Many of the 158 million people covered by employer health insurance are struggling to meet medical expenses that are much higher than they used to be — often because of some combination of higher premiums, less extensive coverage, and bigger out-of-pocket deductibles and co-payments. More...

10% of U.S. Kids Using Cough Medicine Every Week

2008-05-11T06:31:00.001-07:00

Approximately one in 10 U.S. children uses one or more cough and cold medications during a given week, according to new research from Boston University. While cough and cold medications for children are widely marketed in the United States, how frequently they are used had not been scientifically studied. More...

Men 'not interested in sex'

2008-05-11T06:30:00.000-07:00

Increasing numbers of middle-aged men are going off sex, according to relationship experts. Counseling and sex therapy charity Relate says it has seen a 40 per cent increase in men who simply cannot be bothered to make love to their wives and partners. More...

4 Things in Your House Dirtier Than A Toilet

2008-05-11T06:29:00.002-07:00

After reading this post, you're gonna want to reach for the Purell. More...

Is stress at work making you sick?

2008-05-11T06:29:00.001-07:00

A group of middle managers gathers in central London for a half-day workshop on stress. Merren Barber, an occupational health physiotherapist, delivers a stark warning: managers who put too much pressure on their workers can cause serious health problems. More...

Memory Loss Linked to Short Arms and Legs

2008-05-11T06:28:00.002-07:00

Having short arms and legs may raise a person's risk of developing memory problems later in life. More...

Is the CDC Ignoring Scientific Evidence?

2008-05-11T06:28:00.001-07:00

In many states, citizens and scientists are accusing the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) of failing to make the connection between public health problems and industrial sources of pollution -- even in the face of scientific evidence! More...

5 Diseases Flourishing Thanks to Global Warming

2008-05-11T06:27:00.002-07:00

Mosquitoes and other insects have long been harbingers of disease, but global warming is allowing them to venture into the newly warmer areas and spread once uncommon ailments to unfamiliar locations. More...

Breastfeeding Associated With Increased Intelligence

2008-05-11T06:27:00.001-07:00

The largest randomized study of breastfeeding ever conducted reports that breastfeeding raises children's IQs and improves their academic performance, a McGill researcher and his team have found. More...

2nd Largest US Physicians Group Endorses Medical Marijuana

2008-05-11T06:26:00.002-07:00

Transcending political controversy and stigma surrounding the subject, the second largest physician group in the country, the American College of Physicians (ACP), has endorsed the use, reclassification, and further study of medicinal marijuana. More...

Health Secrets of a 114-Year-Old Man: Lifestyle or Genes?

2008-05-11T06:26:00.001-07:00

Researchers look into the secrets of one of the oldest people in the world. What causes long life? More...

10 High-Tech Health Breakthroughs Coming Soon to Your Body

2008-05-11T06:25:00.004-07:00

Medicine of the future will make even today’s broad-based therapies obsolete. Breakthroughs such as cancer-hunting nanoparticles, virus-busting lasers and featherweight heart monitors have begun to usher in a new era of targeted treatment More...

Teen Survives 25,000-Volt Shock That Burned His Clothes Off

2008-05-11T06:25:00.003-07:00

A 16-year-old in England somehow survived a 25,000-volt electrical shock from an overhead power line that burned his clothes off of his body. More...

Boy, 2, suffers from Children’s Alzheimer’s

2008-05-11T06:25:00.001-07:00

Taylor Smith, from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, has been diagnosed with Niemann-Pick Type C, also known as Children’s Alzheimer’s. The disease means that the toddler is likely to develop signs of dementia before he becomes a teenager, although the symptoms can appear at any time More...

‘Mad Pride’ Fights a Stigma

2008-05-11T06:17:00.000-07:00

Elyn recounts the florid visions she has experienced during her lifelong battle with schizophrenia, dancing ashtrays, houses that spoke to her, and hospitalizations where she was strapped down with leather restraints and force-fed medications...their talk is part of a conversation about mental illness, “extreme mental states...Members of the mad More...