domingo, 31 de julio de 2011

Health review


CONNECTICUT DINING | HOSPITAL FOOD
Chicken Provençal.

Defying a Stereotype With Gourmet Dishes

The New Milford hospital cafe defies stereotypes by offering affordable, gourmet entrees, prepared with ingredients from local farms or from the hospital’s own rooftop garden.
VITAL SIGNS

Risks: Women’s Cancer Risk Increases With Height, Study Finds

The authors suggest that levels of growth hormone might be involved in the genesis of cancer, or that taller people are at greater risk for mutations simply because their bodies comprise more cells.
Soldiers and guests watched a parachute demonstration at a closing ceremony for Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Joao Silva for The New York Times
Soldiers and guests watched a parachute demonstration at a closing ceremony for Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Patients from the Washington hospital, which opened in 1909, will be moved to facilities in Maryland and Virginia.
RECIPES FOR HEALTH

Sweet and Sour Eggplant, Tomatoes and Chickpeas

Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
Pomegranate molasses makes this Lebanese dish both sweet and sour.
VITAL SIGNS

Nutrition: Stealthy Vegetables: Getting Children to Eat More

A study finds that when puréed zucchini, broccoli, tomatoes, cauliflower and squash are added to foods, children really don’t seem to mind.
The Surry Power Station in Virginia is an example in an N.R.C. study.

N.R.C. Lowers Estimate of How Many Would Die in Meltdown

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is completing an ambitious study that says the great bulk of radioactive material released in a meltdown would not escape the building.

Ruling Upholds Gene Patent in Cancer Test

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that genes can be patented, overturning a lower court decision that had shocked the biotechnology industry.

Study Faults Approval Process for Medical Devices

A top scientific group said the system that examines the safety of devices like artificial hips should be replaced.
Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

Cost of Treating Veterans Will Rise Long Past Wars

Though the withdrawal of American military forces from Iraq and Afghanistan will save the nation billions of dollars, the cost of caring for veterans is projected to grow for decades to come.
Not all who received mental health care after the Sept. 11 attacks benefited, researchers found.

Sept. 11 Revealed Psychology’s Limits, Review Finds

A wide-ranging psychological review found a succession of missteps after the attacks.
Views
From top, Bolivar Valentine, Tony Loreto and Rob Kearney have taken part in a bereavement group at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx.

Men in Grief Seek Others Who Mourn as They Do

Research increasingly suggests that men and women experience grief in different ways, and the realization has bolstered a nascent movement of bereavement groups geared to men throughout the country.
From Opinion
OPINIONATOR | FIXES
Treating the Cause, Not the Illness

Treating the Cause, Not the Illness

A group is training young volunteers to treat the social factors, like poor nutrition and housing, that make patients sick.
The Weekly Health Quiz
In the news: Happy Meals, nose jobs and migraines. Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
Columns
PERSONAL HEALTH

Sun’s Rays May Leave Mysterious Marks

Many rashes result from a photosensitivity reaction, a combination of the sun’s UVA radiation and exposure to a drug, perfume or another substance.
Gym Class: Ballet Aerobics
The Times's fitness guinea pig, Karen Barrow, tries a Figure 4 barre workout. For more Gym Class videos, go tonytimes.com/well.
Vitamins to Prevent Vision Loss
Dr. Stephen Rose of the Foundation Fighting Blindess responds to readers’ questions about nutrients and vitamins to counter macular degeneration.

Times Essentials
REPORTER'S FILE
Giovanna Poli is living with sickle cell disease.

Making Sickle Cell Disease a Manageable Illness

On most days Giovanna Poli acts like a typical 12-year-old, but she is living with sickle cell disease.

The Radiation Boom

Articles in this series examine issues arising from the increasing use of medical radiation and the new technologies that deliver it.