Talking about drugs probably ranks near the bottom on a parents list of things they love to do with their kids, but ignoring that discussion could lead to conversations far more uncomfortable and heartbreaking. 
JENNY KANE, The Patriot-News Sandy Gladfelter, the director of Education at the Susan P. Byrnes Health Education CenterStart talking about these things early in your childs life so its common ground and not awkward, said Sandy Gladfelter, director of education at the Susan P. Byrnes Health Education Center in York. I joke about how often Ive talked to my kid about cigarettes and shes only 4 years old. Read more…
A new study led by an Indian-origin surgeon has found that increased levels of a protein that helps regulate the bodys blood pressure may also predict a major cardiovascular event in high-risk patients.
Measuring the amount of the protein, known as plasma renin activity (PRA), in the blood stream may give doctors another tool to assess a patients risk and help prevent a heart attack or stroke.
Conventional factors like genetics and environment do not always provide a complete patient story and an understanding of cardiovascular risk, said Subodh Verma, cardiovascular surgeon at St.
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Nearly all American adults with untreated alcohol use disorders don’t think they need treatment
A new report based on a national survey shows that only 1.2 percent of the nation’s more than 7.4 million adults aged 21 to 64 with an untreated alcohol abuse disorder perceive they could benefit from treatment. The report released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in conjunction with National Alcohol Screening Day, April 7, highlights the need to raise awareness about adult problem drinking, how to identify when someone has a problem, how to confront a problem drinker and how to get help.
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The drugs used in chasing away blues could also make your arteries thicker, restricting blood flow and upping the risk of heart disease and stroke, a study co-authored by an Indian origin expert says.
Although depression is a risk factor for heart disease, the effect of anti-depressant is separate from depression itself, says study co-author Amit Shah, cardiology fellow at Emory University School of Medicine.
Twins are genetically the same but may be different when it comes to other risk factors such as diet, smoking and exercise, so studying them is a good way to distill out the effects of genetics, Shah says.
Researchers measured carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), the thickness of the lining of the main arteries in the neck, by ultrasound.
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The lyrics of a popular country song suggest how to live like were dying, but how does someone who should have died, but didnt, now live?
Until a year ago, John Ulsh of West Pennsboro Twp. walked with a cane, still recovering from injuries he suffered in a head-on car accident in December 2007. Now, he can work out for 45 minutes on an elliptical machine at the Carlisle YMCA.
For West Pennsboro Twp. resident John Ulsh, thats not a rhetorical question. After a head-on automobile crash in December 2007, doctors gave Ulsh a 3 percent chance of survival. Beating the odds has been a long journey, and the physical, emotional and spiritual challenges Ulsh faced have changed how he approaches life.
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The Question: How do I best prioritize my hard and easy runs?
The Answer: Understanding the point of a training session lends real purpose to getting out the door each day. Everyone has a certain state of fitness and health, and training provides a stimulus to which the body adapts. If you’re currently sedentary, the stimulus could be as simple as walking around the block. If you can run five kilometres in 25 minutes (a five-minute kilometre), then running a kilometre in 4:30 would be a new stimulus. After you train, you’ll have a period of recovery, where you might feel fatigued or even a little sore, followed by a period of adaptation where you’ll bump up to a new level of fitness.
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A new study has found that drinking four to six mugs of tea daily is as good as a litre of water for keeping yourself hydrated.
The finding disproves the idea that regular tea drinking can dehydrate the body because of its caffeine content.
The research also found no negative health effects from drinking that amount of tea.
In the high quality UK clinical trial, 21 volunteers drank either four 240ml mugs of tea over a 12-hour period equivalent to just under one litre of tea in total or a similar amount of plain, boiled water served warm. The tea included 20ml of semi-skimmed milk but no sugar.
The test was also repeated using six cups of tea or plain water, equivalent to nearly 1.5 litres of fluid, to investigate the effect of intakes.
Blood samples were taken before consumption and at regular intervals to check hydration levels.
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