Health Calendar: Week of Thursday, April 26, 2012

April 26, 2012

Thursday, April 26 The Inspirations. Support group for persons living with chronic lung disease. 11:30-12:45 p.m. fourth Thursday of the month. Long Beach Memorial Outpatient Pulmonary Rehab Clinic, 2840 Long Beach Blvd., Suite 210. 562-933-5864. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). Weight-loss support group. 9:15 a.m. every Thursday. Belmont Shore Mobile Estates clubhouse, 6230 Marina View [...]

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It?s summer but docs spot ?winter ailments?

April 25, 2012

Doctors have observed an alarming number of viral infections uncharacteristic of a typical summer even as the city reels under a scorching summer heat. ?There has been a daily rush of patients who have been coming with flu-like symptoms in the past couple of weeks. Cases of cold, cough, fever, body ache and general fatigue [...]

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Chandler Regional And Mercy Gilbert Medical Centers Highlight Irritable Bowel syndrome Awareness

April 25, 2012

Chandler and Gilbert, Ariz. – nearly 20 percent of U.S. adults have symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), making it one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders diagnosed by doctors. April is IBS awareness month and Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert Medical Centers, Dignity Health members, have gastroenterologists who specialize in the field of digestive [...]

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Difference in brains is evident in babies

April 25, 2012

SEATTLE – it was a clue – the kind of clue medical researchers notice. Intent on finding answers about autism, now estimated to affect 1 of every 88 children, they followed it, poking and prodding and scanning, prying open its secrets. It was a curious little observation that, for any individual child, didn’t mean much. [...]

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Scientists develop first blood test to diagnose depression

April 25, 2012

Scientists say they have developed the first blood test to diagnose major depression in teenagers.  the test is also able to differentiate between at least two subtypes of depression: major depression and major depression combined with anxiety disorder. Currently, doctors and psychiatrists diagnose depression solely by relying on the patient to recount his or her [...]

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Rasheda Ali works to find Parkinson’s cure through stem cells

April 24, 2012

According to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, nearly one million Americans are living with Parkinson’s disease. Legendary boxing champion Muhammad Ali is one of those million.  Rasheda Ali, one of his daughters, spoke with Dr. Manny Alvarez, senior managing health editor for FoxNews.com, about her father’s struggles and her work to find a cure through stem [...]

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Japan Tobacco : Top-line results of the JTT-751 Phase 3 clinical study in Japan (GBA4-1) for the treatment of hyperphosphatemiaPDF:45.5kb

April 24, 2012

04/23/2012 | 03:39am FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tokyo, April 23, 2012 Top-line results of the JTT-751 Phase 3 clinical study in Japan (GBA4-1) for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia Tokyo, April 23, 2012 — Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) (TSE:2914) and Torii Pharmaceutical co., Ltd. (Torii) (TSE:4551) have announced the top-line results of GBA4-1. this study is a [...]

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Club drug ‘special K’ tied to urinary problems, abdominal pain

April 24, 2012

Many people who use the club drug ketamine – known as “special K” – may risk abdominal pain, bladder control problems and other urinary tract issues, and the heavier the dose or frequency of use, the more likely the problems, according to a UK study. The study, which appeared in the British Journal of Urology [...]

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Wacky Star Moms: A collection of pretty gross things they do for their kids

April 24, 2012

Last week, Fox411.com’s Pop Tarts column was the first to bring you Alicia Silverstone’s video on her vegan health blog TheKindLife.com that showed her pre-chewing and spitting food into her young son’s mouth.  We apologize. But now we can’t stop. It turns out that’s not the only eccentric parenting technique the “Clueless” star has shared [...]

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Why Do Boys and Girls Burn Out?

April 24, 2012

Guest blog post by Jaclyn Zubrzycki Exhaustion, stress, disengagement, cynicism, inadequacy: Not feelings that anyone seeks out, or that any educator wants to foster. but 16-year-olds in Nordic countries have been reporting these symptoms of burnout more and more over the past decade. why? Researchers Katariina Salmelo-Aro and Lotta Tynkkynen, of the University of Helsinki’s [...]

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