NewsTalk 1290 News & Talk of Texoma » disease http://newstalk1290.com News and Talk Radio of Texoma Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:33:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Movie Popcorn Butter Linked to Alzheimer's http://newstalk1290.com/movie-popcorn-alzheimers/ http://newstalk1290.com/movie-popcorn-alzheimers/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:17:01 +0000 Sean O'Connell http://screencrush.com/?p=40947 What is your snack of choice at the movie theater? Please don’t say popcorn. It is? It’s popcorn? Ok, well, you certainly don’t ask the concession stand employees to douse your corn with gallons of artificial butter spray, right? Oh, you do? Well, you might want to read on. We apologize in advance.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/movie-popcorn-alzheimers/feed/ 0 Thinkstock What Disease Could Be Making a Surprise Comeback? http://newstalk1290.com/disease-making-a-comeback/ http://newstalk1290.com/disease-making-a-comeback/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:07:43 +0000 Don Deane http://tsminteractive.com/?p=91071 Thought to be eliminated in the US since 2000, the number of measles cases spiked last year to 222, the highest number in 15 years. Not surprisingly, the majority of those affected did not receive the measles vaccine, said a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/disease-making-a-comeback/feed/ 0 Hulton Archive/Getty Millions of Baby Boomers Could Have Hepatitis C http://newstalk1290.com/millions-of-baby-boomers-could-have-hepatitis-c/ http://newstalk1290.com/millions-of-baby-boomers-could-have-hepatitis-c/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:05:10 +0000 Shauna Wright http://thecheckup.com/?p=12507 Federal health officials are warning that deaths from the liver-destroying hepatitis C virus are on the rise, and that baby boomers are especially at risk.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/millions-of-baby-boomers-could-have-hepatitis-c/feed/ 0 Thinkstock Study: New Hormone Could Help Fight Obesity, Diabetes http://newstalk1290.com/benefits-of-exercise/ http://newstalk1290.com/benefits-of-exercise/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:05:48 +0000 Shauna Wright http://thecheckup.com/?p=9994 Researchers have isolated a protein in mice muscle cells that trigger the same health benefits as exercise.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/benefits-of-exercise/feed/ 0 Thinkstock Lung Cancer Is Officially No Longer Just a 'Smoker's Disease' — Health Check http://newstalk1290.com/lung-cancer-smokers-health-check/ http://newstalk1290.com/lung-cancer-smokers-health-check/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:25:37 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=63948 While most cases of lung cancer occur in smokers, nearly 20 percent of cases strike those who’ve never touched a cigarette. When it comes down to the facts, 32,000 nonsmoking Americans die from lung cancer every year — so many that experts say it’s time to stop calling it “the smoker’s disease.”

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/lung-cancer-smokers-health-check/feed/ 0 American Cancer Society via Getty Images / Spencer Platt, Getty Images 'More Fish… Less Alzheimer's,' Says New Research — Health Check http://newstalk1290.com/eating-fish-less-alzheimers-health-check/ http://newstalk1290.com/eating-fish-less-alzheimers-health-check/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:33:21 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=63308 Researchers have narrowed down the task of warding off Alzheimer’s disease into a simple one — eating more fish.

In a new study, 260 people with an average age of 71 were followed to see how much fish they ate and how it was prepared. The results showed those who ate baked or broiled fish on at least a weekly basis were much less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or mild mental impairment.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/eating-fish-less-alzheimers-health-check/feed/ 0 malias, Flickr Can Singing Help Heal Depression, Improve Parkinson's Conditions? — Health Check http://newstalk1290.com/singing-happier-parkinsons-disease/ http://newstalk1290.com/singing-happier-parkinsons-disease/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:35:35 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=62355 Parkinson’s Disease is a frustrating and frightening medical condition, and treatment options are few. However, a group in Canterbury, England may have made a surprising discovery that could benefit not only them, but everyone else in the world – singing seems to make them feel better.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/singing-happier-parkinsons-disease/feed/ 0 BBC AIDS Deaths and HIV Infections Hit Lowest Numbers Since Start of Epidemic http://newstalk1290.com/aids-hiv-lowest-numbers/ http://newstalk1290.com/aids-hiv-lowest-numbers/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:37:22 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=62031 The United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is reporting world AIDS deaths and new HIV infections have each dropped 21 percent since the peak of the AIDS pandemic, the most optimistic report the group has ever issued.

Michel Sidibe, executive director of UNAIDS program, says in a news release, “We have seen a massive scale-up in access to HIV treatment, which has had a dramatic effect on the lives of people everywhere.”

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/aids-hiv-lowest-numbers/feed/ 0 China Photos, Getty Images Study Finds Autistic Kids Have Too Many Brain Cells — Health Check http://newstalk1290.com/autistic-kids-brain-cells-health-check/ http://newstalk1290.com/autistic-kids-brain-cells-health-check/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:22:34 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=59330 New research finds autistic children’s brains have far more neurons in the prefrontal cortex than those of kids who don’t have the disease.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/autistic-kids-brain-cells-health-check/feed/ 0 David Silverman, Getty Images Arizona Professor Banned from McDonald's, Found Disease-Causing Bacteria [VIDEO] http://newstalk1290.com/arizona-professor-banned-mcdonalds-bacteria-video/ http://newstalk1290.com/arizona-professor-banned-mcdonalds-bacteria-video/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:48:03 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=57042 A university professor in Arizona has been banned from eight McDonald’s restaurants in her area, after she found dangerous bacteria in the children’s play area.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/arizona-professor-banned-mcdonalds-bacteria-video/feed/ 0 Brandi Simons, Getty Images Can Coffee Reduce Risk of Skin Cancer? http://newstalk1290.com/coffee-skin-cancer/ http://newstalk1290.com/coffee-skin-cancer/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:35:49 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=56771 Your daily cups of joe may be doing more than just giving you the energy to face the day.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/coffee-skin-cancer/feed/ 0 Scott Witt, Flickr Hair Stylists and Barbers Could Be Weapons in War Against Skin Cancer http://newstalk1290.com/hair-stylists-barbers-skin-cancer/ http://newstalk1290.com/hair-stylists-barbers-skin-cancer/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:54:26 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=55086 A new study reveals hair stylists and barbers are excellent detectors of skin cancers on the scalp, neck and face, areas often difficult to see by others.

Two hundred stylists and barbers in Houston, TX were surveyed, and researchers found that although few of them had been formally trained to spot cancer, more than half had already found cancerous moles or lesions on clients.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/hair-stylists-barbers-skin-cancer/feed/ 0 travelsalem, Flickr Mom with Cancer Dies to Save Unborn Baby [VIDEO] http://newstalk1290.com/mom-cancer-dies-save-unborn-baby-video/ http://newstalk1290.com/mom-cancer-dies-save-unborn-baby-video/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:33:46 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=55118 A selfless mother has died to save her unborn baby.

The woman was diagnosed with a life-threatening form of cancer and refused chemotherapy so that her child could be born, even though it meant she would die.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/mom-cancer-dies-save-unborn-baby-video/feed/ 0 NewsOK.com Mom's Love May Protect You From Diabetes and Heart Problems http://newstalk1290.com/moms-love-may-protect-you-from-diabetes-heart-problems/ http://newstalk1290.com/moms-love-may-protect-you-from-diabetes-heart-problems/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:10:45 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=50663 New research acquired from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) suggests that a nurturing mother can help insulate her children from a lifetime of health problems.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/moms-love-may-protect-you-from-diabetes-heart-problems/feed/ 0 Heather Wizell, Flickr Virus Discovered That Kills Breast Cancer Within a Week http://newstalk1290.com/virus-discovered-that-kills-breast-cancer-within-a-week/ http://newstalk1290.com/virus-discovered-that-kills-breast-cancer-within-a-week/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:36:21 +0000 Aaron Galloway http://newstalk1290.com/?p=9654 Scientists at the Penn State College of Medicine claim to have discovered a non-disease causing virus that will kill all grades of breast cancer within seven days.

The Adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2) is harmless to humans, but apparently very deadly to breast cancer at any stage

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/virus-discovered-that-kills-breast-cancer-within-a-week/feed/ 0 Photo by Robert King/Newsmakers Pat Robertson Says Divorcing a Spouse with Alzheimer's Is Justifiable http://newstalk1290.com/pat-robertson-divorcing-spouse/ http://newstalk1290.com/pat-robertson-divorcing-spouse/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:05:07 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=46583 Deeply conservative Pat Robertson shocked some viewers of his ’700 Club’ program on Tuesday when he told one of them that it’s okay to divorce a spouse with Alzheimer’s disease.

The man said he was conflicted because a friend whose wife has Alzheimer’s has been cheating on her. Robinson responded, “I know it sounds cruel, but if he’s going to do something, he should divorce her and start all over again, but make sure she has custodial care and somebody looking after her.”

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/pat-robertson-divorcing-spouse/feed/ 0 Mario Tama, Getty Images Experts Believe 366 Million People Now Suffer from Diabetes http://newstalk1290.com/366-million-people-diabetes/ http://newstalk1290.com/366-million-people-diabetes/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:32:28 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=45787 During a European meeting of the International Diabetes Federation, it was announced that 366 million people now suffer from the disease — and that number is only going up.

Since diabetes is most often diagnosed in middle age, experts believe the increase in cases is at least partially due to an aging population, as well as overall population growth and rising obesity rates.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/366-million-people-diabetes/feed/ 0 ladytaz, Flickr Amtrak Passengers Warned About Measles Exposure http://newstalk1290.com/amtrak-passengers-warned-about-measles-exposure/ http://newstalk1290.com/amtrak-passengers-warned-about-measles-exposure/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:25:02 +0000 Jade Walker http://tsminteractive.com/?p=38960 Passengers who rode on Amtrak’s northeast regional train No. 171 last Wednesday  may have been exposed to the measles. Virginia health officials issued the alert after a foreign visitor came down with the highly contagious illness.

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