SAN DIEGO–Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) has been awarded $205,000 in grants by Susan G. Komen San Diego to support its Breast Cancer Case Management (BCCM), which offers free in-home services to individuals diagnosed with breast cancer. In San Diego, six women a day are diagnosed with breast cancer. Many underserved breast cancer […]
Hardcore Fitness San Diego Donates $100 For Every Padres Home Run
SAN DIEGO–Hardcore Fitness San Diego will donate $100 for every Padres home run this season to local nonprofit Fresh Start Surgical Gifts to benefit kids with physical deformities. The campaign has no fundraising limit, and all proceeds will benefit the Fresh Start Medical Program that provides free-of-cost reconstructive surgery for infants, children and teens with […]
County Teams With Padres To Raise Awareness About Stroke
SAN DIEGO–On average, a stroke occurs every 40 seconds in the United States. Do you know what to do if someone is having a stroke? If you don’t, you’ll have an opportunity to learn during a stroke awareness event at Petco Park. Information about the warning signs of stroke and what to do if a […]
Men Taking Medications For Enlarged Prostate Face Delays In Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
(Newswise)–Men treated with medications for symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) experienced a two-year delay in diagnosis of their prostate cancer and were twice as likely to have advanced disease upon diagnosis, report University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers. Men who took drugs that inhibit the enzyme 5α-reductase, known as 5-ARIs, were […]
Flu Cases Still Falling, Deaths Increase To 67
SAN DIEGO–Three additional flu deaths were reported last week while the number of influenza cases in the region continued fall, the County Health and Human Services Agency said Thursday. The ages of the three people who died ranged from 55 to 96 years of age and all had underlying medical conditions. Through April 20, a […]
Study Suggests Overdiagnosis Of Schizophrenia
(Newswise)–In a small study of patients referred to the Johns Hopkins Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic (EPIC), Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that about half the people referred to the clinic with a schizophrenia diagnosis didn’t actually have schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling disorder marked by disordered thinking, feelings and behavior. People who […]
Common Sleep Myths Compromise Good Sleep And Health
(Newswise)–People often say they can get by on five or fewer hours of sleep, that snoring is harmless, and that having a drink helps you to fall asleep. These are, in fact, among the most widely held myths about sleeping that not only shape poor habits, but may also pose a significant public health threat, […]
New Study Suggests College Students End Up In Vicious Cycle Of Abuse, Stress
(Newswise)–One negative behavior such as substance abuse or heavy alcohol drinking can lead college students toward a vicious cycle of poor lifestyle choices, lack of sleep, mental distress and low grades, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York. “We used a robust data-mining technique to identify associations between mental distress […]
Local Nonprofit ConnectMed International “Jornada” Medical Work Day Provide Free Medical Care
SAN DIEGO–Local nonprofit ConnectMed International hosted a “jornada,” or medical work day, to provide free medical care and reconstructive surgery in underserved communities in and around Tijuana, Mexico. This month, 25 San Diego volunteers representing ConnectMed collaborated with healthcare professionals in Mexico to provide five surgeries, including complex cases such as first and second stage […]
Diesel Exhaust Filtered Of Its Tiny Particles May Worsen Allergy-Induced Lung Impairment
(Newswise)–Air pollution from diesel engines may worsen allergy-induced lung impairment more when tiny particles are filtered from the exhaust than when they are not, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. This surprising result may be due to the fact that some particle-depletion […]
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