Health Highlights: Feb. 1, 2012
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:04 PM PST
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: |
Health Tip: Keep Heartburn Under Control
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:04 PM PST
(HealthDay News) -- Heartburn is the most common symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which occurs when the acidic contents of the stomach back up into the esophagus. |
Health Tip: Strained a Hamstring?
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:04 PM PST
(HealthDay News) -- Athletes are particularly susceptible to strains or tears of the hamstring, one of three sets of muscles and tendons between the thigh and the knee. |
Exercise a Good Pick-Me-Up After Cancer Treatment: Study
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:04 PM PST
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise can improve the health, energy and well-being of cancer patients after they've completed their main cancer treatment, a new review finds. |
RGHS to Reassign Nursing Staff
YNN Rochester Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:03 PM PST
Rochester General Health Systems announced it is reassigning its licenced practical nurses and will have only registered nurses attend to acute-care inpatient settings. LPNs will be assigned other duties. |
Pending obituaries for Thursday
Journal & Courier Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:03 PM PST
Richard L. Coddington, 72, of Battle Ground, died at 4:21 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at Indiana University Health. |
Researchers pitch switch to electronic prescriptions
The Register Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:02 PM PST
Medicos’ handwriting a killer Sydney health researchers are calling for the rapid implementation of electronic prescriptions in the country’s hospitals, to try and cut the rate of errors resulting from doctors’ poor handwriting.… |
EPA beach pollution rules allow 1 in 28 to get sick
Los Angeles Times Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:01 PM PST
Proposed new beach pollution regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, meant to protect public health, instead would continue to allow lots of people to get sick, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, or NRDC. |
Child Abuse, Neglect a Major Public Health Problem: CDC
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:01 PM PST
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Child abuse and neglect cost the United States $124 billion a year, which is comparable to the costs of other major public health problems, a new government study shows. |
Governors' speeches reflect states' cautious mood
York Daily Record Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:59 PM PST
NEW YORKâ€"Glimmers of economic optimism. Deep concerns about jobs and health care costs. These are among the recurring themes as governors across the nation deliver their annual State of the State addresses. |
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