http://www.panews.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:17:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_170192818.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_170192818.html An event for parents of those children and others begins today in Pittsburg, Kan., as the Kansas chapter of the National Autism Association hosts a two-day conference on autism spectrum disorders. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:28:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinsmedicine_story_164120701.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinsmedicine_story_164120701.html Harriette Rost’s husband, Tom, 63, suffered a catastrophic stroke on May 26, 2006, which left him as a quadriplegic, with no speech and dependent on a feeding tube. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:15:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_161230355.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_161230355.html Tomatoes contaminated with a rare strain of salmonella may have come from farms in Mexico, according to newspapers in California and New Mexico. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:19:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_156232057.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_156232057.html On Dec. 12, 2000, a 15-year-old junior varsity basketball player, Gregory Moyer of Pennsylvania, headed to the locker room for halftime. Thu, 29 May 2008 10:43:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_149192044.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_149192044.html Ticks can be found nearly anywhere there is grass, bushes, brush and leaf litter, including suburban backyards and city parks. Thu, 29 May 2008 10:24:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_150090932.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_150090932.html About 310,000 people a year die of coronary heart disease without being hospitalized or admitted to an emergency room - about 850 Americans a day, according to the American Heart Association. Wed, 21 May 2008 13:50:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_142135049.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_142135049.html "As a general rule, at 76, without the ability to do a surgical resection, as kind of a ballpark figure you're probably looking at a survival of less than a year," Dr. Keith Black, chairman of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Thu, 01 May 2008 17:53:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinsmedicine_story_121171607.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinsmedicine_story_121171607.html Hands-only CPR is a compression-focused source of resuscitation to be used on adults experiencing interrupted breathing or heart attack-like symptoms until professional help arrives. Thu, 01 May 2008 10:51:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_122101445.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_122101445.html Jill Bolte Taylor, a brain scientist, suffered a potentially lethal stroke in 1996, and used her expertise to heal and better herself. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:10:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_119091404.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_119091404.html Loyal Bishop took hits, lost teeth as a three-sport athlete in college. Now the retired Lutheran pastor is helping himself and others battle Parkinson's, a disease that afflicted his late wife too. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:31:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_113114851.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_113114851.html The stories range from a 22-year-old Olympic snow-boarder who was struck down by a rare virus to a disabled veteran of World War II, who had spent 48 years in blindness. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_112143707.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_112143707.html Photo story: "A lot of people think yoga is bunny foo foo. They think we have scented candles and are chanting 'chakra, chakra.'" Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:37:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinsmedicine_story_111000231.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinsmedicine_story_111000231.html It’s little wonder that a single puzzle piece is used as the symbol by most organizations that deal with autism. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:49:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_089152217.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_089152217.html Katherine Ward believes she has found the answer to her stiff joints and aching muscles in a popular junk food — chocolate. But not just any chocolate, a “healthy chocolate” called Xocai (pronounced “show-sigh). Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:01:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_086170527.html http://www.panews.com/healthandfitness/cnhinshealth_story_086170527.html Lack of sleep can affect mood, ability to concentrate