As part of a plan to revamp the state’s Medicaid program, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced on Thursday that she is proposing fees for adults who lead unhealthy lives. Childless adults who are obese or suffer from a chronic condition and who fail to work with their doctor to meet specific goals would be charged [...]
In patients suspected of having prostate cancer, analyzing non-tumor tissue may be an effective option, California researchers say. Dr. Dan Mercola, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of California at Irvine, says there are more than 1 million U.S. prostate biopsies annually but the tests can miss up to 30 percent of [...]
There may be a link between certain types of migraines in children and a common congenital heart defect, a new study suggests. U.S. researchers looked at 109 children aged 6 to 18 who were diagnosed with migraines and treated at the Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, between 2008 and 2009. The [...]
Once-rare cases of malaria infection in Kenya’s higher altitudes are becoming more common as temperature zones shift. “The good news in such areas is that most residents have not suffered from malaria; the bad news is the same. Because their bodies have never been exposed to the parasite, their immune systems respond too slowly to [...]
Chances are you know someone who has autism. It is the fastest growing developmental disability in the U.S. affecting one in 110 children nationally, more so in boys than girls. This month, the world is bringing Autism to the front lines and asking for your help. You’re asked to light it up blue. “We’re asking [...]
For months, said Washington health-care attorney Rene Quashie, his phone has been “ringing off the hook,” with hospital and doctor clients wanting advice on how to reorganize themselves to get new Medicare bonuses under the health-care law. Handling such questions, said Quashie, an associate with the firm Drinker Biddle & Reath, is sure to be [...]
Red No. 40 and other artificial dyes have increasingly become scarlet letters (and numbers) to parents who read food labels. Some believe that these common food, drug and cosmetic dyes can exacerbate behavioral disorders in children, as well as possibly contribute to allergies and cancers. The FDA, after long stating that no scientific evidence conclusively [...]
Men who take antidepressants are more likely to have thickening of the arteries and higher heart and stroke risks than those who do not, said a study of middle-aged male twins. The difference translates to about a four-year age gap, making the twin taking the pills physically older than the twin who does not, said [...]
A provision of the President Barack Obama-led federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed last year means more than 300,000 additional Tennesseans may be eligible for TennCare/Medicaid in 2014 – and the federal government initially will pick up the tab. As of Jan. 1, 2014, Americans who earn less than 133 percent of the [...]
The father of a 12-year-old autistic boy says his son died in a fire at the family’s mobile home in southern Arizona after the child appeared confused and ran back into the house. The man, who has not been identified, says the boy woke him early Saturday to say there was smoke in the home [...]
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