http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9877 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 16:18:00 EST Potentially preventable medical errors that occur during or after surgery may cost employers nearly $1.5 billion a year, according to new estimates by the Department of Health andamp; Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9878 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:12:00 EST According to traditional Chinese medicine, each season is ruled by an element. Summer is associated with the element of Fire. The ancient theory of The Five Phases was introduced almost two thousand years ago, and discusses the idea that the structure of the cosmos reflects the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9868 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:15:00 EST The proportion of U.S. adults who self report they are obese increased nearly 2 percent between 2005 and 2007, according to a report in todayand#8242;s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). An estimated 25.6 percent of U.S. adults reported being obese in 2007 compared to 23.9 percent in 2005, an increase of 1.7 percent. http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9869 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:29:00 EST The proportion of U.S. adults who self report they are obese increased nearly 2 percent between 2005 and 2007, according to a report in todayand#8242;s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). An estimated 25.6 percent of U.S. adults reported being obese in 2007 compared to 23.9 percent in 2005, an increase of 1.7 percent. http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9870 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:30:00 EST Adequate financing for long-term care, improving the quality of long term care services, and developing an adequate, skilled workforce are some of the urgent challenges facing long-term care in the future, say four of five respondents to the latest Commonwealth FundModern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey. http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9871 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:44:00 EST Drug companies just can't get it right when trying to come up with a safe drug for arthritis. Following the catalogue of deaths associated with the COX-2 drug Vioxx, doctors started to recommend a new drug group, but this, too, seem to be killing the patient. http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9872 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:47:00 EST Official advice that women should be examining their breasts for signs of cancerous lumps may be wrong, and may even be doing more harm than good. http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9873 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:50:00 EST Gardasil, the vaccine designed to protect against the cervical cancer-causing HPV virus, is responsible for the deaths of 10 adolescent girls and 140 reports of serious side effects this year in the USA. http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9874 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:52:00 EST Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs increase the risk of prostate cancer in overweight men, a new study has discovered. http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9875 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:57:00 EST Even in this era of modern medicine, it is still assumed that babies who have colic must simply suffer through it. Colic has reached epidemic proportions, afflicting an estimated one in four infants. Yet most allopathic (conventionally trained) pediatricians admit they know very little about the causes and treatment of colic. They advise exhausted parents: “The baby will grow out of it.” http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9876 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:37:00 EST If you want to lose weight, forget eating a low-fat diet. Low-fat foods, which achieve billions of dollars of sales every year, will help you lose some weight - but it's nothing compared to other diets, a major new study has discovered. http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9864 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:39:00 EST Rosehip could be a more effective pain-reliever than standard drugs for people with arthritis, a new study suggests. A powder form of the wild variety of rosehip, Rosa canina, is better at relieving pain among osteoarthritis patients than paracetamol and the nutritional supplement, glucosamine. http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9865 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:42:00 EST Children and teenagers are being advised to limit their use of mobile phones as the technology may pose a health hazard, Canada's health officials have warned. http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9866 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:44:00 EST Women who eat nuts, get stressed or use a mobile phone while they are pregnant can cause health problems for their child, a range of recent studies has discovered. http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9867 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:02:00 EST Infantile Diarrhea is common condition that is often overlooked, but one that can be alleviated with traditional Chinese medicine. Infantile Diarrhea is a spleno-gastric disorder, marked by frequent defecation of thin or watery stool. Especially in infants, severe diarrhea can lead to serious complications such as dehydration or malnutrition. 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Since then, America's chief health regulator has said they are dangerous for pregnant women and young children, and now it is may ask dentists to pay out $3,000 for filter systems to stop the mercury from the fillings getting into the water system. http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9859 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:22:00 EST Aggressive use of nationally recommended clinical prevention activities, such as smoking cessation programs, controlling pre-diabetes or lowering cholesterol, could increase life expectancy for U.S. adults by reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a joint report of three major national healthcare organizations. http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9854 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:25:00 EST There's a fruit juice that has more antioxidants than any other drink, including other juices, green or black tea, and red wine. 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