Tag: local updates
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Potential blockbuster diabetes drug appears safe, FDA says
WASHINGTON – Federal health officials said Monday a potential blockbuster diabetes medication from Bristol-Myers Squibb appears free from heart-related side effects that have plagued similar treatments. Despite low rates of heart attacks and related problems in testing, the Food and Drug Administration will still ask an outside panel to scrutinize the company’s safety data at…
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Once-a-day heart combo pill shows promise in study
ORLANDO, Fla. – A single daily pill that combines aspirin and four blood pressure and cholesterol medicines has passed its first big test, potentially offering a cheap, simple way to prevent both heart disease and stroke. The experimental “polypill” proved as effective as nearly all of its components taken alone, with no greater side effects,…
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Multiple veterans infected at problem VA clinics
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Viral infections, including hepatitis, have been found in 16 patients exposed to contaminated equipment at Veterans Affairs medical facilities, a department spokeswoman said Friday. So far, 10 colonoscopy patients from the VA medical center in Murfreesboro, Tenn., have tested positive for hepatitis, VA spokeswoman Katie Roberts told The Associated Press. In a…
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Sacrament for the sick is in demand
CHICAGO – Mary Ellen Segraves could sense the fear in her ailing mother Ceil’s eyes the day after her knee surgery. But when the Rev. Yaroslav Mendyuk approached her hospital bed to offer the sacrament of the sick, Segraves saw her mother light up. Following the priest’s lead, Ceil Segraves crossed herself with a frail…
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Study links anesthesia to learning disabilities in children
A Mayo Clinic study has found children who require multiple surgeries under anesthesia in the first three years of life are at a higher risk of developing learning disabilities later, according to a news release from the clinic. Researchers point out that the connection doesn’t mean that anesthesia is the cause. “The problem is that…
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Groups hold brain injury talks
Two events on brain injuries are coming to the Pikes Peak region, one of them today. Rocky Mountain Brain Injury Services will host two speakers from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. today at 2335 Robinson St. Gavin Atwood, executive director of the Brain Injury Association of Colorado, will discuss the state of brain injuries in Colorado.…
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Study: Lots of red meat increases risk of dying
CHICAGO – The largest study of its kind finds that older Americans who eat large amounts of red meat and processed meats face a greater risk of death from heart disease and cancer. The federal study of more than half a million men and women bolsters prior evidence of the health risks of diets laden…
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Guilty plea in scam to recruit homeless for hospital stays
LOS ANGELES – A former hospital executive pleaded guilty Wednesday to paying recruiters who brought in homeless people for unnecessary medical treatment in a scheme to collect millions of dollars from government health programs. Dante Nicholson, 51, is among at least four people charged in the recruiting scheme at City of Angels Medical Center, where…
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A stethoscope and a laptop: Some doctors going digital
VERO BEACH, Fla. — A stethoscope with three tiny koala bears dangling from his neck and eyeglasses perched on his nose, Dennis Saver looks every bit the family doctor as he steps into the examining room of his small practice on Florida’s Treasure Coast. When Saver begins to examine his patient, however, the 56-year-old physician…
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Miss America uses personal battle with anorexia to help others
DETROIT – She poses like a champion, one foot in front of the other, a dazzling – yet not forced-looking – smile at the ready. And even when she’s asked the same questions over and over, when she has to shake one more hand, smile for one more picture or when yet another little girl…