Most Sports-Related Eye Injuries Are Preventable
- SATURDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) — To prevent injuries toyour eyes while playing sports, you need to go pro — as in protectiveeyewear, advises the American Optometric Association (AOA).
Extra Pounds During and Between Pregnancies Can Pose Problems
- SATURDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) — Pregnancy has long beenconsidered a kind of gastronomical free-for-all. After all, a pregnantwoman has to nourish two bodies with the food she eats, right?
Health Highlights: April 19, 2008
- Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Report: Language help better for patients at NY hospitals
NEW YORK - Two years ago, Aida Torres rushed her feverish daughter to the emergency room. Doctors at the Brooklyn hospital tried telling Torres that her mentally retarded daughter, Madayeli, needed surgery for an ovarian cyst, but the scared mother didn’t understand them because she doesn’t speak English.
Frustrated and desperate, the native of the Dominican Republic sought help from a Spanish-speaking hospital maintenance worker. He wasn’t able to help either; Torres eventually asked a friend to leave work to interpret.
Rare liver disease kills 10 Afghans; wheat blamed
KABUL, Afghanistan - As many as 10 people have died in western Afghanistan from a rare liver disease believed to be caused by contaminated wheat, officials said Saturday.
At least 161 people were also hospitalized with Gulran disease although estimates were as high as 200 affected in Herat province, on the Iranian border, said Peter Graaff, resident representative of the U.N. World Health Organization.
Exercise Combats Cancer Fatigue
- FRIDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) — Exercise may help improvefatigue caused by cancer and its treatments, new research says.