Video: Whooping cough
Right now California is in the middle of a whooping cough epidemic. Rates of the infectious disease are at an all time high for San Diego. As Suzanne Bartole reports one of the reasons for the outbreak may surprise you.
PSA Video: Immunize Your Kids
Don’t forget to immunize your children before sending them off to school this year.
U.S. government urges universal flu vaccinations
(Newswise)–Flu vaccine will soon be available at local pharmacies and doctor’s offices, and government officials are urging everyone over 6 months of age to receive it. This year’s vaccine protects against H1N1 and two other strains of seasonal flu.
The recommendation represents a break from past years, when the government focused on vaccinating people in certain [...]
Drug addicts get hooked via prescriptions
(Newswise)–If you want to know how people become addicted and why they keep using drugs, ask the people who are addicted.
Thirty-one of 75 patients hospitalized for opioid detoxification told University at Buffalo physicians they first got hooked on drugs legitimately prescribed for pain.
Another 24 began with a friend’s left-over prescription pills or pilfered from a [...]
Study reports exercise outcomes for war vets’ muscle pain
(Newswise)–Since returning home, some 100,000 veterans from the first Gulf War have reported chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) similar to fibromyalgia, and a new study in The Journal of Pain, published by the American Pain Society, shows that acute exercise can exacerbate the pain but long-term exercise has the opposite outcome and reduces it.
Researchers from Middleton [...]
Health and dental check-ups needed for school
SAN DIEGO–Did you know that school supplies are not all a child needs to start school? Make sure your children have the necessary health check-ups to start school, San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency officials reminded parents.
California law requires all children entering first grade to have a health check-up. Check-ups, even when a [...]
Palomar Pomerado Health to hold free health screenings
SAN DIEGO–Palomar Pomerado Health will hold a variety of free and low-cost health education classes and screenings led by physicians and other professionals during the month of August. Following is a complete schedule with registration information.
Blood Pressure Screenings
Pomerado Hospital Lobby – 2nd Tuesday of each month, Noon – 2 p.m., 15615 Pomerado Rd., Poway
Palomar Medical Center [...]
Palomar Pomerado Health to host CPR class
SAN DIEGO–Palomar Pomerado Health will host a CPR certification class designed for the layperson who will serve as a rescuer in the workplace.
The class, HeartSaver CPR, will be held from 6 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, August 17 at Pomerado Hospital, Conference Room C/D (Third floor), 15615 Pomerado Road in Poway, and 9 a.m. to noon, [...]
Just drop it: The one-size-fits-all approach to blood sugar control
(Newswise)–Aggressive blood sugar control does not improve survival in diabetic patients with kidney failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The results suggest that physicians should individualize blood sugar targets for these patients and not rely on recommendations based on studies in [...]
Kidney injury prevention may be possible: Watch for the warning signs
(Newswise)–Reduced kidney function and protein in the urine place a person at risk for kidney injury, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The results suggest that improved recognition of these warning signs could help reduce preventable forms of acute kidney injury (AKI).
Acute [...]
