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Digests of HEALTH news stories


Saturday


  • June-01 -- Italy announces first case of SARS-like coronavirus
    GENEVA, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The novel coronavirus was renamed Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) following the proposal of the Coronavirus Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.
    The new virus has killed 24 people around the world so far, mainly in Saudi Arabia. More...

  • June-01 -- Medicare Trust Fund Outlook Improves
    WASHINGTON -- In another indication of the impact of slowing healthcare costs, the federal government Friday upgraded its assessment of the financial health of the Medicare insurance program for the elderly and disabled.
    A year ago, in the 2012 annual report , trustees were estimating that the Medicare Part A trust fund would pay benefits with a present value of $21 trillion from 2012 through 2086, and that the present value of total taxable payroll earnings would be $411 trillion over that same period. More...

  • June-01 -- Probiotics: More Evidence of Efficacy
    In people who got Clostridium difficile after taking antibiotics, taking probiotics reduced the chances of having diarrhoea.
    The investigators examined 23 trials that reported on C.difficile involving 4,213 adults and children. More...

  • June-01 -- Study: Soap and ointment used on all ICU patients reduces MRSA
    In the first group, patients contaminated with MRSA were given routine care.
    The third group was the only group that had a significant reduction in MRSA detections, Huang said, down 37%. More...

  • June-01 -- Heath Buzz: What's the 'Prancercise' Exercise Program?
    Created by Florida resident Joanna Rohrback, prancercising is described as "a springy, rhythmic way of moving forward, similar to a horse's gait and ideally induced by elation," according to the official Prancercising website .
    Prance-master Joanna Rohrback takes you on a magical, pranceable journey to fitness, introducing you to "the prancercise gallop" and the "prancercise box" (a.k.a. "the shadowbox prance"). More...

  • June-01 -- 2 more illnesses linked to TN pharmacy
    None of the infections detected in patients in three states -- Illinois, North Carolina and Florida -- have led to reports of meningitis or other life-threatening illnesses.
    The FDA and TDH began an on-site inspection of the facility May 22, and health department spokesman Woody McMillin said in a news release that the staff and management have been cooperative. More...

  • June-01 -- Onboard physicians respond to nearly half of medical emergencies on ...
    Though not required by the Federal Aviation Administration, many airlines use a medical communications facility to consult with physicians on the ground, according to a press release regarding the study, with the most common problems reported relating to fainting, respiratory problems, nausea or vomiting and cardiac symptoms.
    With 2.75 billion passengers flying on commercial airlines a year, that breaks down to about 44,000 in-flight emergencies a year. More...

  • June-01 -- How does your hometown stack up among fittest cities?
    All that hill-climbing you had to do to get from the taco truck to the bar has paid off -- San Francisco was ranked the fourth fittest city in America by the American College of Sport Medicine's American Fitness Index.
    Minneapolis-St. Paul--which includes Bloomington, Wisconsin--received a score of 78.2. More...

  • June-01 -- Ticks and Mosquitoes Infest Georgia
    Campers, take comfort: Scientists have found a way to genetically alter mosquitoes so they lose their preference for the scent of humans.
    "And if we can also provide insights into how existing repellants are working, then we can start having some ideas about what a next-generation repellant would look like." More...

  • June-01 -- Hands-free Whopper holder: The fast-food equivalent of a feed bag
    Do you think that the Whopper from Burger King is your favorite fast food burger? If you have answered in the affirmative, then you will be pleased with this new time saving device (if you can call it that) as part of its 50th anniversary celebration in Puerto Rico.
    PEURTO RICO - Between the patties, lettuce, tomatoes and sauce, holding a Burger King Whopper with two hands--let alone one--takes some serious concentration. More...

  • June-01 -- Long Beach and other employers considering cutting part-timers' hours to ...
    Twenty-three states have declined to do so, and another six have not made a final decision.
    The Florida House refused to go along. More...

  • June-01 -- Jockey Creates New Bra Sizing System; Goodbye A Cup
    The resulting combinations would give sizes like 1-30, 7-36 and 9-42, where the first measurement of 1-10 relates to the volumetric fit cup sizes and the second is the under-bust measurement in seven different band sizes ranging from 30 to 42.
    The sizing kit costs $19.95 and Jockey said it includes a $20 coupon intended to be used toward buying a bra. More...

  • June-01 -- DC Approves Two New Proton Therapy Centers
    The Maryland Proton Treatment Center is already under construction in Baltimore, 40 miles away.
    More...

  • June-01 -- New technology makes breast cancer surgery more precise at UC Irvine
    Women who scored high on a standard test for anxiety were more likely to choose mastectomy.
    " Peggy Orenstein, its author, who is also a breast cancer survivor, wanted to expose the downside of early and regular mammography a practice which is covered by insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act. More...

  • June-01 -- WHO Urges Countries to Ban Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship.
    GENEVA, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Wednesday for countries to ban all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship to help reduce the number of tobacco users, especially keeping young people from being addicted.
    The tobacco leaves used in cigarette production contains radioactive materials that can build up in the lungs overtime and result in a high percentage of radiation in your body which can predispose a smoker to cancer. More...

  • June-01 -- Mayor Menino's prostate surgery 'went very well,' surgeon says
    Menino underwent the elective procedure for an enlarged prostate at the Brigham and Women's Hospital today.
    The 70-year-old had the elective surgery to relieve symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate. More...

  • June-01 -- McDonald's CEO says chain doesn't sell junk food
    McDonald's CEO Don Thompson made a super-sized error when he told a girl, age 9, that his fast-food chain doesn't sell "junk food."
    Hannah brought up a great point. More...

  • June-01 -- Lifespan gap between less-educated white women, counterparts growing
    Montez and Zajacova found that growing disparities in economic circumstances and health behaviors -- especially employment status and smoking habits from various education levels -- accounted for a major portion of the widening mortality gap.
    Being jobless may be as deadly as smoking. More...

  • June-01 -- Normal or Not? How Coffee Drinking May Brew a Mental Disorder
    Several studies have tied coffee to preventing certain diseases, such as staving off breast cancer from returning when consumed moderately.
    Coffee-drinkers, beware: Your caffeine habit could induce a temporary mental disorder. More...

  • June-01 -- City Spreads Larvicide In Creeks To Battle West Nile
    LANSING, MI - A wild turkey in Gratiot County in the central part of the Lower Peninsula has tested positive for the West Nile virus, the Michigan Department of Community Health said Friday.
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Friday


  • May-31 -- Respiratory disease MERS kills three more in Saudi Arabia
    GENEVA, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The novel coronavirus was renamed Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) following the proposal of the Coronavirus Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.
    The virus started in 2012 in Jordan, and has since spread to several other countries in the Middle East including Saudi Arabia and Qatar. More...

  • May-31 -- Medical staff onboard to help during most in-flight emergencies
    "Certainly, though, there are some conditions that require additional medical management - and not management that would optimally be provided in an aircraft," Martin-Gill said.
    In general, healthcare providers who aid fellow passengers are protected from medical liability through a "Good Samaritan" clause in the 1998 Aviation Medical Assistance Act. More...

  • May-31 -- Who lies more about sex, men or women?
    Then 293 college students between the ages of 18 and 25 were asked how often they engaged in 124 different behaviors (from never to a few times a day).
    Fisher discovered how people would honestly respond to questions about sexuality and other gender-role behaviors by asking some study participants questions when they thought they were hooked up to a lie detector machine. More...

  • May-31 -- Common Painkillers Linked To Increased Heart Risk
    LONDON: Two of the world's most common painkillers, taken in high doses over a long period of time increases the chances of heart attack.
    You either look long term and avoid to protect your heart or you take the short term approach because you can't actually function sufficiently to hold down a job without them. More...

  • May-31 -- UPDATE 1-FDA approves two Glaxo melanoma drugs
    The newly approved drugs , dabrafenib (to be marketed as Tafinlar) and trametinib (to be marketed as Mekinist), are to be used individually, not as a combination treatment, the FDA said.
    Last year, FDA gave approval to 39 drugs. More...

  • May-31 -- Scientists Crack HIV Coating, Leading to Possible AIDS Cure
    Blue Waters was up to the task of running the many, many simulations needed to fully piece together the HIV capsid's structure.
    For the first time, scientists have determined the precise chemical structure of the HIV capsid, a protein shell that acts as armor for the virus's genetic material and a key weapon when attacking the human body's defenses. More...

  • May-31 -- FDA Addresses Injectable Nutrition Drugs Shortage
    Patients deserve and expect medicines that are available when they need them.
    Valerie Jensen, associate director for the FDA's drug shortage program has said that the hospitals can start asking for drugs immediately. More...

  • May-31 -- Probiotics Affect Brain Activity
    The yogurt contained a mix of several prebiotics that are thought to have a positive effect on the intestines.
    Dr. Emeran Mayer, who also worked on the study, said that what we eat alters the way our gut bacteria breaks down food. More...

  • May-31 -- Hypertension: Symptoms and Treatment
    People like you with just a high systolic pressure are at higher risk for having a heart attack, heart failure or a stroke if you don't get treatment.
    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , an estimated 68 million people are living with the condition, and it considerably raises the risk of a number of other maladies ranging from stroke and heart attack to chest pain and heart failure. More...

  • May-31 -- Prancercise: New eccentric fitness routine mimics dancing like a horse
    Rohrback demonstrates Prancercise.
    Joanna Rohrback, of Coral Springs, Fla., created the workout routine 'Prancercise,' which is based on the rhythmic moves of horses. More...

  • May-31 -- Angelina Jolie Missing Aunt's Funeral For Public Appearance At Brad Pitt's ...
    Following her announcement that she underwent a double mastectomy, Angelina Jolie reportedly also plans to have surgery to remove her ovaries in order to lower her risk of developing ovarian cancer, People reported.
    Angelina Jolies aunt, Debbie Martin, died May 26, 2013 after a nine-year cancer battle. More...

  • May-31 -- How does your hometown stack up among fittest cities?
    All that hill-climbing you had to do to get from the taco truck to the bar has paid off -- San Francisco was ranked the fourth fittest city in America by the American College of Sport Medicine's American Fitness Index.
    Minneapolis-St. Paul are being heralded the fittest and healthiest cities in the United States, making it the third consecutive win for the Twin Cities, according to the American Fitness Index . More...

  • May-31 -- Autistic Teen Has Off-the-Charts IQ
    Now the 15-year-old Jacob is pursuing a Ph.D. in physics, ABC News reports.
    "Under the stars is actually where I found what Jacob is truly good at," Barnett said. More...

  • May-31 -- Easy steps limit antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals
    The study , published in The New England Journal of Medicine, is the largest to evaluate strategies for controlling infections with MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    In the first group, patients contaminated with MRSA were given routine care. More...

  • May-31 -- FDA denies approval to Endo Health's testosterone drug
    McDonald's CEO Don Thompson made a super-sized error when he told a girl, age 9, that his fast-food chain doesn't sell "junk food."
    Again, while few would argue McDonald's isn't junk food, few would also suggest it is okay to eat it very often at all. More...

  • May-31 -- McDonald's Pushing Meat as Salads Fail to Lure Diners
    McDonald's CEO Don Thompson made a super-sized error when he told a girl, age 9, that his fast-food chain doesn't sell "junk food."
    Again, while few would argue McDonald's isn't junk food, few would also suggest it is okay to eat it very often at all. More...

  • May-31 -- 4 Reasons You're Paying Too Much for Sunscreen
    SPF level: A sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or more means a product lowers the risk of skin cancer and skin aging.
    A two to three-inch brim (around the entire hat) offers protection to face and scalp. More...

  • May-31 -- ADHD Medication Does Not Raise Risk For Drug And Alcohol Abuse
    As with other medications, there are potential side effects, and the patient should be carefully evaluated to, for example, determine the proper dosage."
    "As far as being protective, that's a bit more intuitive," says Lee. More...

  • May-31 -- Florida man, 84, reaches a rare milestone: He's donated 100 gallons of blood
    Sometime last month the 84-year-old from Riviera Beach reached the 100-gallon mark.
    Harold Mendenhall, who started giving blood when his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, is still donating at the age of 84. More...

  • May-31 -- Colorado gets ready for legal recreational marijuana
    This right here, folks? This is why we can't have nice things.
    The laws cover how the drug should be raised and packaged, with purchasing limits for out-of-state visitors and a new marijuana driving limit as an analogy to blood alcohol levels. More...

Thursday


  • May-30 -- Medical emergencies occur on 1 of every 604 flights
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    Most cases don't require diverting a plane as the study's leader, Dr. Christian Martin-Gill, advised a pilot to do two years. More...

  • May-30 -- ADHD medications not tied to drug, alcohol abuse
    As with other medications, there are potential side effects, and the patient should be carefully evaluated to, for example, determine the proper dosage."
    While there are no apparent drawbacks to the nonstimulant medications, the stimulants pose no risk and are often more effective. More...

  • May-30 -- FDA approves two Glaxo melanoma drugs
    The findings suggest a major change in healthcare practice that could save lives.
    The study concept and design was created by investigators in the CDC's Prevention Epicenter Program at the University of California, Irvine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Rush University and Washington University in St. Louis. More...

  • May-30 -- Study: Decontaminating all ICU patients can reduce deadly hospital infections ...
    The findings suggest a major change in healthcare practice that could save lives.
    The study concept and design was created by investigators in the CDC's Prevention Epicenter Program at the University of California, Irvine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Rush University and Washington University in St. Louis. More...

  • May-30 -- Scientists on MERS: Deadly virus may linger longer than once thought
    GENEVA, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The novel coronavirus was renamed Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) following the proposal of the Coronavirus Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.
    Symptoms, which include fever and a cough, are severe and can lead to pneumonia and kidney failure. More...

  • May-30 -- More Kids Accidentally Ingesting Marijuana Following New Drug Policies
    This right here, folks? This is why we can't have nice things.
    People will also be able to buy marijuana at retail outlets that are set to open at the beginning of next year. More...

  • May-30 -- Experts Call For Increased Monitoring Of Drug Resistant Bird Flu
    Laboratory tests have confirmed resistance in three H7N9 bird flu patients to a common group of antiviral drugs including Tamiflu, said the latest study published in The Lancet.
    One of the three patients infected developed a resistance after being treated with oseltamivir (Tamiflu), a widely used antiviral drug. More...

  • May-30 -- Avatars ease voices for schizophrenia patients
    During the treatment, the therapist pushes the patient to challenge the voice and instructs the patient on how to slowly take charge of the hallucinations.
    New treatment options have been welcomed for the one in four patients with schizophrenia who does not respond to medication. More...

  • May-30 -- Vaccine Blocks Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease
    The trial took place at four sites across China - three in Jiangsu province and one in Beijing.
    "This virus has caused a fairly severe outbreak in the Sydney metropolitan region over the past six months, with many children admitted to hospital, some with life-threatening disease. More...

  • May-30 -- FDA to import scarce nutrition drugs for sickest babies
    Patients deserve and expect medicines that are available when they need them.
    The agency said Wednesday it immediately will begin importing trace elements, potassium phosphate and sodium phosphate -- drugs used in total parenteral nutrition or TPN -- from a Norwegian plant affiliated with Fresenius Kabi USA LLC, based in Lake Zurich, Ill. More...

  • May-30 -- German hospital removes pencil from man's head after 15 years
    A man from Afghanistan has been living with a four-inch pencil inside his head for the past 15 years.
    A 24-year old man from Afghanistan recently went to doctors for help in explaining why he suffered from constant headaches, colds, and vision loss in one eye. More...

  • May-30 -- Parents Fight a System They Believe is Unfairly Preventing Their Daughter From ...
    At 10 years old, Sarah Murnaghan has been left with only a couple of weeks to live due to her bout with cystic fibrosis.
    The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) reports there were only 10 transplants in Sarah's age group in 2012, whereas there were more than 1,700 adults during that same time period. More...

  • May-30 -- Scientists Crack HIV Coating, Leading to Possible AIDS Cure
    Blue Waters was up to the task of running the many, many simulations needed to fully piece together the HIV capsid's structure.
    Led by structural biology professor Peijun Zhang, the Pittsburgh team exposed the building blocks of the capsid to high salt conditions, leading the proteins to assemble into tubes made entirely of hexagons. More...

  • May-30 -- Dolphin-Assisted Births Are a Thing
    A North Carolina couple is raising eyebrows across the country with their unique birth plan: a dolphin-assisted delivery.
    Even though the Barrington family is not due for a few months, Heather and Adam have already begun the bonding process with the dolphins. More...

  • May-30 -- Diet soda erodes teeth as much as meth, crack: Case study
    Turn that smile upside down, Diet Coke addicts! A new study claims that a diet soda habit can rot your teeth just as badly as using meth or cocaine.
    "None of the teeth affected by erosion were salvageable," Bassiouny said, describing the female, who now has dentures. More...

  • May-30 -- America's fittest cities: Healthiest places in US revealed and Los Angeles doesn't ...
    Minneapolis-St. Paul ranked first for the third straight year, with a score of 76.4; Detroit and a host of Southern metro areas were in the bottom 10, with Oklahoma City, Okla., ranked last.
    Indianapolis ranked 45th in the American College of Sport Medicine's (ACSM) American Fitness Index (AFI), which measures the health and community fitness status of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. More...

  • May-30 -- Toxic waste from Greek yogurt poses danger to waterways
    TWIN FALLS -- Chicken nuggets and Chobani yogurt, a common factor might soon put those two in the same category when it comes to school lunches.
    "Since we stared making Greek yogurt we have disposed of the extracted whey in a sensible and responsible way via agricultural recycling in the form of animal feed and fertilizer when that is possible. More...

  • May-30 -- Relay for Life invites entire county
    The team annually takes part in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Dodge County.
    "It is the Cancer Society's 100th birthday this year," said Anne McDevitt, area coordinator for the walk. More...

  • May-30 -- Sugary drink consumption down among US kids
    Justice Carol Corrigan also expressed concern for parents of the diabetic students.
    The California School Employees Association, which represents office secretaries, custodians and teachers' assistants, supports ANA's position, as do the unions representing teachers. More...

  • May-30 -- Diabetes in California schools: State's high court appears likely to let school ...
    Justice Carol Corrigan also expressed concern for parents of the diabetic students.
    Too much insulin can cause fatality and can cause it fairly quickly." More...

Wednesday


  • May-29 -- Highlights of Colorado's New Marijuana...
    Doctors in Colorado evaluated about 1,400 patients aged 8 months to 12 years who came to the Childrens Hospital Colorado emergency room from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2011.
    Colorado residents will be allowed to purchase up to one ounce of marijuana, the maximum amount allowed for non-medical marijuana patients to possess. More...

  • May-29 -- French man dies of SARS-related respiratory virus
    The new coronavirus first emerged in the Middle East last year and is known to have infected at least 44 people, including 23 people who died of the illness.
    LILLE, France (Reuters) France reported its first death from the new SARS-like coronavirus on Tuesday and Saudi Arabia, where the virus first emerged last year, said there were five new cases. More...

  • May-29 -- Tamiflu Resistance Confirmed in H7N9 Flu Cases
    Chinese scientists have confirmed that the H7N9 bird flu strain has begun to show resistance to the drug Tamiflu , a commonly used treatment for the virus.
    During the crisis, Dr. Chan said that the Chinese government worked with the WHO to stem the spread of the virus, and shared the virus strains and genetic sequence data with international experts. More...

  • May-29 -- Mom's obesity surgery may help break cycle in kids
    In this study, women who had had gastric bypass surgery i.e., a procedure which essentially results in making the stomach smaller so that women eat less, had children with a lesser risk of becoming obese, as per USA Today ]] USA Today .
    In an interview with National Public Radio, Willet angrily called the JAMA study "a pile of rubbish." More...

  • May-29 -- Developing good habits is more important than self-control in meeting goals ...
    In one experiment Wood and her co-investigators followed students for a semester, including during exams.
    Stress and exhaustion may turn us into zombies, but a novel study shows that mindless behavior doesn't just lead to overeating and shopping sprees--it can also cause us to stick with behaviors that are good for us. More...

  • May-29 -- Patients Who Contribute To Their Own Medical Decisions May Pay More
    "CoQ10 is the first medication to improve survival in chronic heart failure since angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and beta blockers more than a decade ago and should be added to standard heart failure therapy," Mortensen said in a statement.
    After I had a sigificant heart attack 10 years ago, and having stients instead of the full bypass recomended but leaving the LAD 98% blocked, I started taking 800-3200 mg/day of CoQ10 along with other supplements and recently passed a stress test with no evidence of the heart attack. More...

  • May-29 -- CoQ10 Promising for Chronic Heart Failure
    "CoQ10 is the first medication to improve survival in chronic heart failure since angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and beta blockers more than a decade ago and should be added to standard heart failure therapy," Mortensen said in a statement.
    After I had a sigificant heart attack 10 years ago, and having stients instead of the full bypass recomended but leaving the LAD 98% blocked, I started taking 800-3200 mg/day of CoQ10 along with other supplements and recently passed a stress test with no evidence of the heart attack. More...

  • May-29 -- More Evidence Links Pesticides, Solvents, With Parkinson's
    For the review, Cereda and his colleague Dr. Gianni Pezzoli, with the Parkinson Institute - Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento ( ICP ), Milan, examined studies from around the world that looked at human exposure to insecticides, weed killers, fungicides, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane ( DDT ) and other chemicals used in agriculture.
    Weeds and insects aren't necessarily desirable when it comes to our produce and gardens--have you ever chomped down on an apple only to find a worm? But the chemicals used to kill pests in fields and planters may be harming your health as well. More...

  • May-29 -- Tobacco's Role in Movies Falls, Alcohol's Rises
    Alcohol brand product appearances in youth-rated movies nearly doubled from 80 to 145 per year during the study period.
    Note that this study of U.S. movies reveals a sharp decline in tobacco appearances over the past 13 years. More...

  • May-29 -- Cinnamon Might Just Be the Spice of Life
    Sturm's team scanned the brains of 237 older people: 62 with mild cognitive impairment (a precursor to Alzheimer's), 64 with Alzheimer's disease, and 111 healthy controls.
    All of the participants also underwent MRI exams to test for levels of disease progression. More...

  • May-29 -- World's oldest person, 116, now last living man born in 19th century
    The supercentenarian was born on April 19, 1897, in the 30 th year of Japan's Meiji period.
    One of Perls' studies also showed that women who conceived naturally and carried a baby to full term after age 40 are at least four times more likely than average to live to the age of 100. More...

  • May-29 -- Lice appear to be behind Calif. deer balding
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    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- An invasion of aggressive lice appears to be behind the balding of deer across California and may even be linked to deer deaths, according to state wildlife officials who are studying the hair loss. More...

  • May-29 -- With just weeks left, Sarah fights the system for life-saving pair of lungs
    At 10 years old, Sarah Murnaghan has been left with only a couple of weeks to live due to her bout with cystic fibrosis.
    For Sarah, a modified adult lung would fit as well. More...

  • May-29 -- New Sunscreen Labels: What to Look For
    Look for a new catch phrase found on some lotions and sprays: "broad spectrum."
    "Sunscreen is not a magic bullet," said Dr. Steven Q. Wang, director of dermatologic surgery and dermatology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Basking Ridge, N.J., and a spokesman for the Skin Cancer Foundation , which receives funding from sunscreen manufacturers. More...

  • May-29 -- 'Crack babies' of the 1980s just a myth, says new report
    "The field of prenatal cocaine exposure has advanced significantly since the misleading "crack baby" scare of the 1980s," the review authors stated.
    Studies that tracked children beyond infancy have failed to find any severe outcomes. More...

  • May-29 -- Pizza delivery guy caught on video eating toppings
    Here's the story of purloined pizza toppings and snow cones resting in the rest room.
    More...

  • May-29 -- Relay for Life Nite at the Monette Park
    After low participation last year, organizers of the 2013 Callaway County Relay for Life are banking on a slew of changes and additions to the annual American Cancer Society fundraiser to draw greater support from the community.
    Residents looking to get involved with Relay for Life can visit www.RelayForLife.or/BedfordMI. Later this summer, the organization will be hosting its 2nd annual Bark for Life in Bedford on Aug. 24 in the Civic Club at Parmlee Park. More...

  • May-29 -- When e-smokers breathe out, what do we breathe in?
    Dallas, TX -- ( SBWIRE ) -- 05/28/2013 -- Leading e cig review website tech-cigarette.com has announced the initiation of the V2 Cigs Memorial Day Sale , which is all set to allow smoking enthusiasts to save a mind blowing 35% on their total billing amount.
    The kit features the newest ecigarette technology, a durable storage case and rechargeable lithium battery, along with a USB and wall charger, five tobacco-flavored cartomizers and a lifetime warranty. More...

  • May-29 -- Diet soda as bad as meth or crack cocaine for your teeth: study
    The acid in soda is in the form of citric acid and phosphoric acid.
    Soda (both diet and sugary), methamphetamine and crack cocaine cause similar dental problems due to their high levels of acids, according to Dr. Mohamed Bassiouny, a professor of restorative dentistry at the Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia. More...

  • May-29 -- Events scheduled to educate public about West Nile virus
    While the majority of people who contract West Nile will have no symptoms to very mild flu-like symptoms, the disease can lead to paralysis, coma and death in less than 1 percent of cases, according to the state Health Department.
    State health officials are asking people to protect themselves against mosquito bites. More...

Tuesday


  • May-28 -- Check young kids for motor delays: pediatricians
    In a new clinical report, an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) panel said that doctors should regularly screen babies and young children for delays in motor skill development - include trouble sitting, standing and speaking - at well-child visits, as diagnosing and treating these problems early on may ultimately improve a child's outlook and provide parents with additional support, Reuters Health reports.
    On a general exam, it recommended that doctors measure head size and look at children's muscle tone, reflexes and eye movements. More...

  • May-28 -- Doc: Face transplant patient making good progress
    Picture taken on May 21, 2013 and released on May 22, 2013 by the Oncology Center in Gliwice, Poland, shows a patient a few days after the first face transplant in the Gliwice's Oncology Centre in Gliwice, Poland.
    A surgeon who operated on Poland's first face transplant patient says the man is already practicing swallowing and making sounds. More...

  • May-28 -- pharmacy group says FDA changed inspection rules
    The patients received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn. The FDA said in a statement at least one of the seven cases appears to be a fungal infection.
    Facilities to conduct a thorough examination of records from the pharmacy to determine when and where MPA products were shipped. More...

  • May-28 -- Patients who helped with medical choices had higher bills: study
    Many patients like having a say in their medical care.
    "We're suffering a tail-end of the pandemic," a former Venezuelan health minister, Rafael Orihuela, told a local TV station, commenting on the widespread reports of 17 deaths in the South American nation of 29 million people. More...

  • May-28 -- Parents aren't talking to their children about substance abuse
    A national study has found parents have more influence over the behaviors of their teen-aged children than they think they do, when it comes to alcohol and drug use.
    The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that daily use of marijuana has also increased. More...

  • May-28 -- Unresolved grief can be hidden health risk, experts say
    "I want to be famous and be on stage and sing and dance, and play my xylophone," the young girl told the station.
    Because relatively few children die each year (a good thing), there are few pediatric lungs available for transplant (a bad thing). More...

  • May-28 -- Pa. girl's parents challenge lung donor rule
    "I want to be famous and be on stage and sing and dance, and play my xylophone," the young girl told the station.
    "Under 12 there were like 20 pediatric offers last year and on the adult list there were 1,500 offers, we're talking vastly different numbers," said Janet. More...

  • May-28 -- "Crack Babies" of 1980s Healthier Now Than Predicted
    Widespread use of crack cocaine in the 1980s led to the "crack baby" scare, when babies born to crack users sometimes had worrisome symptoms including jitteriness and smaller heads.
    Black's team underwent a comprehensice review of a wide range of 27 studies concludes that children born of mothers who were using crack cocaine during pregnancy grew up to be have relative normal mental and physical functions. More...

  • May-28 -- Kids Poisoned by Medical Marijuana, Study Finds
    Study author Dr. George Sam Wang, from the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver, and his team compared the marijuana ingestions by young children who sought care in a children's hospital emergency department before and after the modification of drug enforcement laws in October 2009 regarding medical marijuana possession.
    The bill's primary sponsor, Rep. Jeff Irwin (D., Ann Arbor), said Michigan spends about $325 million each year enforcing marijuana laws. More...

  • May-28 -- European Sunscreen Roadblock on US Beaches
    There's another major concern: Until recently, many sunscreens with a high sun protection factor, or SPF, were designed primarily to protect people from ultraviolet B rays, the main cause of sunburn.
    When applying spray sunscreens on children, be aware of the direction of the wind to avoid inhalation. More...

  • May-28 -- Mom's obesity surgery may help her children
    Bariatric surgery, or weight loss surgery, is a type of procedure performed on people who are dangerously obese, for the purpose of losing weight.
    A high proportion of those wanting gastric surgery to treat obesity are suffering from depression and anxiety. More...

  • May-28 -- Menino to undergo surgery on benign prostate
    BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has scheduled prostate surgery, the latest among health issues that have included a bone fracture and respiratory infection.
    The surgery will only take a few hours, and the mayor is expected to make a full and complete recovery. More...

  • May-28 -- Sleep time for children influenced by genes
    "We know that with adults, there's a lot of individual variation in how much sleep a person needs," Montgomery-Downs said.
    More...

  • May-28 -- Solved! The Mystery of the Maddening Itch
    When Mishra and Hoon removed either Nppb itself or the specific nerve cell in mice, the animals stopped scratching themselves when exposed to a range of itchy substances.
    The discovery has also triggered another question. More...

  • May-28 -- Mother gives birth to 13lb 10oz baby - almost DOUBLE the average size
    Yvette Camberos Hernandez of Bell Gardens, Calif., gave birth to a 13-pound, 10-ounce baby girl at Whittier Hospital Medical Center over Memorial Day weekend via C-section.
    A young mother in California has given birth to a 13-pound, 10-ounce baby girl. More...

  • May-28 -- Mental Health Month
    Thomas spoke about some of the many famous and influential people through the years who suffered from some type of mental illness.
    Adapted from the MD Mama blog on Boston.com. More...

  • May-28 -- Super handyman: Keeping mosquitoes at bay
    While the majority of people who contract West Nile will have no symptoms to very mild flu-like symptoms, the disease can lead to paralysis, coma and death in less than 1 percent of cases, according to the state Health Department.
    The San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District said the mosquitoes were discovered in ZIP codes 95337 (a chunk of Manteca extending south to Caswell Memorial State Park) and 95366 (Ripon). More...

  • May-28 -- FDA questions iPhone app that analyzes urine
    Since the company makes use of a smartphone and mobile app, the setup can be classified as an automated strip reader.
    The uCheck app only works with the BioSense Technologies' automated urinalysis kit, which can be purchased for $40 . More...

  • May-28 -- Relay for Life team captains meeting Wednesday
    Relay for Life started small at Assumption College about a decade ago but on Friday night more than 600 people poured onto the track area where tents and team spirit abounded.
    "We will be playing upbeat, inspirational music," said Cassidy. More...

Monday


  • May-27 -- Soda Drinkers Beware: Drinking Soda May Cause Kidney Stones
    According to the abstract: "Consumption of sugar-sweetened soda and punch is associated with a higher risk of stone formation, whereas consumption of coffee, tea, beer, wine, and orange juice is associated with a lower risk."
    RESULTS: Things associated with increased risk of kidney stones: Sugar-sweetened cola and non-cola drinks, artificially sweetened non-cola drinks (barely), and punch. More...

  • May-27 -- Parents can prevent teens' substance use despite doubts
    Do parents have any influence over their children when it comes to illicit drug, alcohol and tobacco use? A recently released report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reveals that parents possess the power to prevent their teens' substance abuse.
    According to the report, one in every five parent believe that he or she has very little to say over what his/her child does in terms of alcohol and drug usage. More...

  • May-27 -- Researchers: Child obesity linked to C-sections
    Children being born via C-section might be at risk of many other health complications, Dr. Jan Blustein from the New York University School of Medicine, lead author of the study, told Reuters Health.
    Babies who were born via cesarean are reportedly more likely to become victim to obesity according to Reuters Health . More...

  • May-27 -- pharmacy group says FDA changed inspection rules
    The patients received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn. The FDA said in a statement at least one of the seven cases appears to be a fungal infection.
    Facilities to conduct a thorough examination of records from the pharmacy to determine when and where MPA products were shipped. More...

  • May-27 -- Angelina Jolie's aunt loses battle with breast cancer weeks after mastectomy
    Last week, in the opinion pages of the New York Times, media icon Angelina Jolie made a different kind of news: The glamorous actor/director wrote that she had undergone a double mastectomy, a preventive surgery that removed both her breasts, because she had found she carried an inherited gene mutation that sharply increases the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.
    Everyday Australians who carry the same genetic mutation as the Hollywood A-lister, but whose stories have taken very different turns. More...

  • May-27 -- Scientists cast doubt on Alzheimer's cancer drug study
    The finding could eventually lead to better treatment in humans.
    Samples taken after seven days of treatment with bexarotene showed no significant difference in the number or size of plaques in the animals' brains. More...

  • May-27 -- Wily Cockroaches Find Another Survival Trick: Laying Off the Sweets
    In an evolutionary twist, some German cockroaches have developed a genetic mechanism that makes sugar taste bitter - allowing them evade sugary bait set out to kill them.
    The cause of cockroaches' glucose boycott remained a mystery. More...

  • May-27 -- Consumer Reports Announces Sunscreen Winners, Losers
    While the (FDA) has proposed a rule that limits the maximum SPF value on sunscreen labels to 50, Australian regulation mandates a maximum of 30.
    Consumer Reports tested a dozen sunscreen lotions and sprays for sunburn protection and found that higher doesn't necessarily mean better. More...

  • May-27 -- Mystery of why we itch revealed by scientists
    When Mishra and Hoon removed either Nppb itself or the specific nerve cell in mice, the animals stopped scratching themselves when exposed to a range of itchy substances.
    Not all itches go away with a simple scratch. More...

  • May-27 -- McDonald's CEO bawled-out by 9-year-old
    Several other activists also spoke out at the meeting, prodding McDonald's to do more about offering healthy items.
    More...

  • May-27 -- Mosquito Samples From Machado Lake In Harbor City Test Positive For West Nile
    While the majority of people who contract West Nile will have no symptoms to very mild flu-like symptoms, the disease can lead to paralysis, coma and death in less than 1 percent of cases, according to the state Health Department.
    The San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District said the mosquitoes were discovered in ZIP codes 95337 (a chunk of Manteca extending south to Caswell Memorial State Park) and 95366 (Ripon). More...

  • May-27 -- Teens most guilty of underestimating calories in fast food, study reveals
    Block and his team then collected the participants' receipts and counted how many calories the meals actually contained.
    Adults, teens and parents of school-age children were the worse guessers of calories in food. More...

  • May-27 -- Blood donation is valuable, so why not pay donors?
    Historically, during the summer months of June, July and August, about two fewer donors give blood at each Red Cross blood drive than what patients need.
    To support summer holiday donations, presenting donors will be enterd into prize giveaways with a chance to win an American Express gift card. More...

  • May-27 -- Mom dies, gives birth, then is revived -- and they're both fine
    A U.S. woman gave birth to her child while her heart had stopped beating.
    Nigrelli's husband, Nathan, also a teacher, was just two doors down. More...

  • May-27 -- Diet soda as bad as meth or crack cocaine for your teeth: study
    Methamphetamine, crack cocaine and soda-sweetened or not-are all highly acidic and can cause similar dental problems, said Dr. Mohamed Bassiouny, a professor of restorative dentistry at the Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia.
    Bassiouny's study was published recently in the journal General Dentistry. More...

  • May-27 -- Intelligence linked to ability to ignore distractions
    The ability to visually filter the motion strongly predicted IQ in fact, motion suppression (the ability to focus on the action and ignore background movements) was as predictive of total IQ as individual subsections of the IQ test itself.
    People with a higher IQ are better at filtering out distractions, allowing them to focus on the task in hand, scientists claim. More...

  • May-27 -- An Airway Created with a 3D Printer Saved This Baby's Life
    Kaiba Gionfriddo, who lives with his parents in Youngstown, Ohio, had a rare birth defect known as tracheobronchomalacia: just one in 2,200 are born with it.
    More...

  • May-27 -- Zimbabwe activist: Prisoners denied AIDS drugs
    Antiretroviral treatment increased from less than 1 million in 2005 to 7.1 million in 2012, with nearly 1 million added in the last year alone.
    In sub-Saharan Africa, the centre of the global epidemic, almost 60 percent of all people living with HIV are women, said the report, adding that 3.1 percent of young women aged from 15 to 24 are living with HIV (versus 1.3 percent of young men). More...

  • May-27 -- Saudi Arabia reports total of 18 now dead from new SARS-linked virus
    Saudi Arabia had announced it would send samples taken from animals possibly infected with a deadly SARS-like virus to the United States for testing in a bid to find the source of disease.
    More...

  • May-27 -- Aveo suffers new setback on kidney cancer drug
    While the Food and Drug Administration is expected to rule by July 28 whether to approve Aveo's capsule for sale in the United States, the Astellas retreat -- following a surprise 13-to-1 vote against tivozanib by an FDA advisory committee on May 1 -- dimmed prospects for an experimental treatment once regarded as promising for kidney cancer patients.
    There are at least five other approved drugs to treat renal cell carcinoma in the United States. More...

Sunday


  • May-26 -- Two dead, others sick locally from unknown illness
    Dr. Mary McIntyre, an assistant state health officer at the Alabama Department of Public Health , said that while the illness is certainly not a new mutation of any known influenza virus, two patients diagnosed with the illness did test positive when checked for the H1N1 strain of the flu.
    A report from local TV news station WSFA said hospitalizations in the cluster began on May 16 at the city's Southeast Alabama Medical Center. More...

  • May-26 -- Parents can prevent teens' substance use despite doubts
    A new report indicates that more than one in five parents of teens aged 12 to 17 (22.3 percent) think what they say has little influence on whether or not their child uses illicit substances, tobacco, or alcohol.
    Information about the campaign is available at: www.underagedrinking.samhsa.gov . More...

  • May-26 -- Tennessee pharmacy recalls steroid injections after 7 people get abscesses
    State inspectors found issues at the pharmacy the month before the suspect medicine was shipped but allowed it to continue to operate.
    The government recommends doctors stop using any sterile drugs distributed by the pharmacy. More...

  • May-26 -- C-sections tied to child obesity
    Children being born via C-section might be at risk of many other health complications, Dr. Jan Blustein from the New York University School of Medicine, lead author of the study, told Reuters Health.
    Data according to the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention states that in the U.S. nearly one in four women have babies by C section. More...

  • May-26 -- Wily Cockroaches Find Another Survival Trick: Laying Off the Sweets
    In an evolutionary twist, some German cockroaches have developed a genetic mechanism that makes sugar taste bitter - allowing them evade sugary bait set out to kill them.
    In the ongoing battle between humans and cockroaches, the insects have a leg up. More...

  • May-26 -- Angelina Jolie post-mastectomy topless portrait to be sold for charity
    Last week, in the opinion pages of the New York Times, media icon Angelina Jolie made a different kind of news: The glamorous actor/director wrote that she had undergone a double mastectomy, a preventive surgery that removed both her breasts, because she had found she carried an inherited gene mutation that sharply increases the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.
    Two years ago my older sister, at 52, was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. More...

  • May-26 -- McDonald's CEO Scolded By 9-Year-Old
    Hannah Robertson, the 9-year-old girl who grilled Don Thompson, the CEO of McDonald's Corp., at a shareholder meeting for marketing fast food to children said she wasn't impressed with his response.
    I'll continue doing that," added Thompson. More...

  • May-26 -- Statin Drugs May Increase Risk Of Diabetes
    Benefits versus risks continued.
    Diabetes educator teaches how to perform a blood sugar test. More...

  • May-26 -- Some Sunscreens Don't Protect As Well As Advertised
    While the (FDA) has proposed a rule that limits the maximum SPF value on sunscreen labels to 50, Australian regulation mandates a maximum of 30.
    Products that are "water resistant" will keep providing the full level of SPF even while you swim or sweat. More...

  • May-26 -- Solved! The Mystery of the Maddening Itch
    When Mishra and Hoon removed either Nppb itself or the specific nerve cell in mice, the animals stopped scratching themselves when exposed to a range of itchy substances.
    Things that made a normal mouse scratch like crazy had no effect on mice with no Nppb. More...

  • May-26 -- Certain chronic pain may raise suicide risk
    Ours strongly suggests gastric reflux, which causes frequent heartburn, is an independent risk factor for cancers of the pharynx (throat) and larynx (vocal cord)."
    Sometimes HPV leads to genital warts, which can grow during pregnancy. More...

  • May-26 -- Frequent heartburn raises throat cancer risk 80 percent, study finds
    Ours strongly suggests gastric reflux, which causes frequent heartburn, is an independent risk factor for cancers of the pharynx (throat) and larynx (vocal cord)."
    Sometimes HPV leads to genital warts, which can grow during pregnancy. More...

  • May-26 -- Officials: Spring Valley infant diagnosed with measles
    Public health officials discovered a case of measles at a kosher grocery store in the Orthodox community of Spring Valley, New York.
    Rockland County officials are warning residents that they may have been exposed to a confirmed measles case in Spring Valley. More...

  • May-26 -- Experts mull H7N9 bird market findings, assess rapid tests
    Scientists have proved that the H7N9 influenza virus is efficiently transmitted when animals are in close contact-defined in the study as touching, coughing and the exchange of bodily fluids.
    In one test, all three ferrets kept together in a cage with an infected ferret contracted the virus within two days. More...

  • May-26 -- Miracle -Pregnant Mother Dies-Gives Birth and Comes back to Life
    A U.S. woman gave birth to her child while her heart had stopped beating.
    RICHMOND, Texas -- It has being called a miraculous birth after a Texas woman died, delivers her baby, and then is revived. More...

  • May-26 -- Doctors Use 3D-Printed, Bioresorbable Tracheal Splint to Save Baby's Life
    It is the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab.
    In severe cases, though, parents learn of the defect when a child suddenly stops breathing and dies. More...

  • May-26 -- Diet soda as bad as meth or crack cocaine for your teeth: study
    Turn that smile upside down, Diet Coke addicts! A new study claims that a diet soda habit can rot your teeth just as badly as using meth or cocaine.
    Dr. Mohamed Bassiouny, who lead the study in Philadelphia, claimed that the combination of citric and phosphoric acid in the drink are high enough to erode teeth to make one look like a drug addict. More...

  • May-26 -- Permanent blood donation clinics 'may be more effective than mobile units'
    Historically, during the summer months of June, July and August, about two fewer donors give blood at each Red Cross blood drive than what patients need.
    While it's illegal to pay someone for a kidney or a lobe of their liver, it's completely legal to offer blood donors a small reward for giving a pint or two of blood. More...

  • May-26 -- Teen birth rate drops, especially among Hispanics
    The birth rate among women ages 15-19 decreased by almost half from 1991 to 2011, from 62 to 31 births per 1,000 adolescents.
    "The thing that surprised me most was the big decline in rates for Hispanics: at least 40 percent in 22 states and the District of Columbia," Brady Hamilton, a co-author of the report said, according to NBC News. More...

  • May-26 -- Teens most guilty of underestimating calories in fast food, study reveals
    Block and his team then collected the participants' receipts and counted how many calories the meals actually contained.
    Currently, a third of all people living in the U.S are obese and about 17 percent (or 12.5 million) of children and adolescents are obese, according to estimates by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More...





Saturday


  • May-25 -- Another Infection Outbreak Tied to a Compounding Pharmacy
    Block and his team then collected the participants' receipts and counted how many calories the meals actually contained.
    Among children ages 9-18, girls and obese kids were 70-80 percent more likely than others to use caloric information on menus than boys and others with healthier body mass indexes (BMI). More...

  • May-25 -- What's In That Big Mac? More Than You Think
    Block and his team then collected the participants' receipts and counted how many calories the meals actually contained.
    Patients also "need continued support on how to use it. More...

  • May-25 -- Alabama Mystery Illness Solved
    Testing has confirmed that the illness is just a mix of common bugs.
    Two patients eventually died after coming down with pneumonia, Dr. Mary McIntyre, who is leading the investigation, told ABCNews.com in an email. More...

  • May-25 -- Statin Drugs May Increase Risk Of Diabetes
    Commenting on the study, Prof Risto Huupponen and Prof Jorma Viikari, from the University of Turku, in Finland, said: "The overall benefit of statins still clearly outweighs the potential risk of diabetes."
    Statins, widely prescribed medications with established benefits for the prevention of cardiovascular events, are tolerated well, but an association with new-onset diabetes has been suggested in other studies. More...

  • May-25 -- Senate committee advances drug compounding bill
    Either way, if the exact cause could be identified, it might be possible to give C-section babies doses of the missing gut bugs to restore balance.
    Blustein and her colleagues could only speculate as to what causes increased body mass in children delivered by cesarean section. More...

  • May-25 -- C-sections tied to child obesity
    Either way, if the exact cause could be identified, it might be possible to give C-section babies doses of the missing gut bugs to restore balance.
    Blustein and her colleagues could only speculate as to what causes increased body mass in children delivered by cesarean section. More...

  • May-25 -- Teen birth rate drops, especially among Hispanics
    HYATTSVILLE, Md. (UPI) The U.S. teen birth rate dropped by half since the 1991 high of 62 per 1,000 teens ages 15-19 to a record low of 31 per 1,000 teens in 2011, officials say.
    The rates ranged from a high of 50.7 in Arkansas to 13.7 in New Hampshire. More...

  • May-25 -- Motion Filtering Ability Correlated to High IQ
    The ability to visually filter the motion strongly predicted IQ in fact, motion suppression (the ability to focus on the action and ignore background movements) was as predictive of total IQ as individual subsections of the IQ test itself.
    The group tried to disprove the findings from the initial 12-participant study conducted while Tadin was at Vanderbilt University working with co-author Sohee Park, a professor of psychology. More...

  • May-25 -- Scientists scratch the surface of itching's origins
    When Mishra and Hoon removed either Nppb itself or the specific nerve cell in mice, the animals stopped scratching themselves when exposed to a range of itchy substances.
    In the itching relay, GRP certainly carries the baton but Nppb that starts the race. More...

  • May-25 -- Topless Painting Of Angelina Jolie Post-Masectomy Expected To Fetch $20000
    Last week, in the opinion pages of the New York Times, media icon Angelina Jolie made a different kind of news: The glamorous actor/director wrote that she had undergone a double mastectomy, a preventive surgery that removed both her breasts, because she had found she carried an inherited gene mutation that sharply increases the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.
    Women's voices created the campaign message: "Breast cancer runs in my family. More...

  • May-25 -- Wily Cockroaches Find Another Survival Trick: Laying Off the Sweets
    In an evolutionary twist, some German cockroaches have developed a genetic mechanism that makes sugar taste bitter - allowing them evade sugary bait set out to kill them.
    "In the cockroach case, sugar actually tastes bitter - an effective way for natural selection to quickly produce cockroaches that wont accept the sugar baits that hide poison." More...

  • May-25 -- Texas baby born after her mother was technically dead
    Erica Nigrelli, a teacher at Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas, was 36 weeks pregnant when she fell unconscious in front of her class three months ago.
    Nigrelli's husband, Nathan, also a teacher, was just two doors down. More...

  • May-25 -- Dermatologists Answer Burning Questions About Sunscreens
    Broad spectrum means sunscreens are supposed to protect not just against UVB rays, but UVA rays as well.
    The most expensive sunscreen in the test, California Baby SPF 30+ ($6.90/oz.) only received a "Good" rating on tests for protection against UVA rays and a "Poor" rating for staining fabrics. More...

  • May-25 -- New bird flu may be capable of human to human spread - study
    Scientists have proved that the H7N9 influenza virus is efficiently transmitted when animals are in close contact-defined in the study as touching, coughing and the exchange of bodily fluids.
    Flu transmission in ferrets forecast likely patterns in humans, the authors said in the study published Thursday in the online edition of the journal Science. More...

  • May-25 -- Aveo suffers new setback on kidney cancer drug
    Brigham and Women's Hospital published a paper in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology saying that excessive consumption of sugary drinks like soda increases the risk of kidney stone formation, which already affects 20 percent of American men and 10 percent of American women.
    Drinks such as soda can increase the likelihood of the development of renal stones. More...

  • May-25 -- Sugary drinks might raise kidney stone risk - But beer may help
    People who drink one or more servings of sugar-sweetened non-cola beverages per day have a 33% greater risk of developing kidney stones than people who drink one or more servings of coffee, tea, water, orange juice, wine or beer daily, a new study finds.
    Individuals who drank coffee, tea, and orange juice had a lower-than-average risk of forming stones. More...

  • May-25 -- WF Baptist researchers find obesity bias among many medical students
    Scientists at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have carried out a three-year study including more than 300 third-year medical students at a U.S. medical school, using a computer programme called the Weight Implicit Association Test to measure unconscious preferences.
    "Medical schools should address weight bias as part of a comprehensive obesity curriculum." More...

  • May-25 -- 3D-Printed Splint Helps Baby Breathe Again
    It is the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab.
    Because of the urgency of Kaiba's life threatening condition, though, we were able to get emergency clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to create a tracheal splint for him, using the material. More...

  • May-25 -- WHO to help Saudi Arabia's coronavirus investigation before hajj
    Saudi Arabia on Thursday notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of the death of a person who was infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
    The CSG, which published the name in the Journal of Virology last week, said it had been endorsed by the Saudi, Dutch and British scientists who discovered it, the WHO's European office and the Saudi health ministry. More...

  • May-25 -- Labs reject dramatic findings on cancer drug in Alzheimer's mice
    "I have universally declined and advised others to decline."
    Today the journal Science published a series of articles based on a recent round of independent studies that poke gaping holes in the findings published in the journal in early 2012, when neuroscientist Gary Landreth from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and his collaborators reported that bexarotene wiped out half of the beta amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer's in a few days and improved cognitive functions in mice. More...

Friday


  • May-24 -- America's teen birthrate takes another dive
    Following trends from the past several years , a report released Thursday by the Center for Disease Control indicates that all those crazy anti-teen pregnancy ads might be working, because the rate of teen births dropped 25 percent between 2007 and 2011.
    In the most recent period studied, birth rates for black teens declined 24 percent, while white teens showed a 20 percent drop. More...

  • May-24 -- WHO warns countries not to hoard secrets of coronavirus
    The man's two children were also diagnosed with the virus but have since undergone treatment and recovered.
    The WHO said the global count for MERS-CoV stood at 43 cases with 21 deaths, the same as cited by a WHO official via Twitter yesterday. More...

  • May-24 -- Alabama mystery illness determined to be flu, cold or pneumonia
    Right now health officials are treating the mystery illness like the flu."
    I would like to know the age of the people who have been hospitalized or who have died. More...

  • May-24 -- Senate panel approves tighter oversight of compounding pharmacies, but bill is ...
    Newswise Toronto - May 23, 2013 - Embargoed until 2:00 PM - An international team of scientists has proved that the H7N9 influenza virus is efficiently transmitted when animals are in close contact -- defined in the study as touching, coughing and the exchange of bodily fluids.
    For instance, ferrets were used to confirm the 2009 H1N1 swine influenza virus could hop between mammals. More...

  • May-24 -- H7N9 bird flu spreads much like ordinary flu
    Newswise Toronto - May 23, 2013 - Embargoed until 2:00 PM - An international team of scientists has proved that the H7N9 influenza virus is efficiently transmitted when animals are in close contact -- defined in the study as touching, coughing and the exchange of bodily fluids.
    For instance, ferrets were used to confirm the 2009 H1N1 swine influenza virus could hop between mammals. More...

  • May-24 -- A molecular window on itch
    A pair of molecular geneticists from the National Institutes of Health, Santosh Mishra and Mark Hoon, isolated a crucial signaling molecule produced by nerve cells that is necessary for passing along the sensation of an itch to the brain.
    In the itching relay, GRP certainly carries the baton but Nppb that starts the race. More...

  • May-24 -- Medical first: Doctors save boy by 3-D printing airway tube
    It is the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab.
    Kaiba, the 20-month-old son of April and Bryan Gionfriddo of Ann Arbor, Mich., suffered from tracheobronchomalacia, a rare condition that weakens the cartilage supporting the trachea. More...

  • May-24 -- Cockroaches can evolve to avoid poison in just 5 years: study
    In a study published May 24 in the journal Science, North Carolina State University entomologists show the neural mechanism behind the aversion to glucose, the simple sugar that is a popular ingredient in roach-bait poison.
    The new study found roach enthusiasm for fructose, although Schal has heard that other roaches may be averse to it. More...

  • May-24 -- The new DSM-5 fails to accurately describe mental illness
    This week, the American Psychiatric Association released the fifth edition of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual, known as the DSM-V. Known as psychiatry's bible, the DSM provides mental health professionals with descriptions and diagnostic criteria for every recognized mental disorder.
    Last year, eligibility for disability support pensions for mental illness, which costs the Australian government some A$3.8 billion a year was changed to a new threshold. More...

  • May-24 -- Why I disagree with Angelina Jolie's mastectomy decision
    Last week, in the opinion pages of the New York Times, media icon Angelina Jolie made a different kind of news: The glamorous actor/director wrote that she had undergone a double mastectomy, a preventive surgery that removed both her breasts, because she had found she carried an inherited gene mutation that sharply increases the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.
    Suddenly, discussions about boobs are no longer restricted to the traditional locales of men's clubs and women's clinics. More...

  • May-24 -- UC hospitals cancel surgeries, divert patients amid strike
    Hospitals prepared for the two-day strike by rescheduling patients' elective surgeries and hiring temporary workers--but services could not help but be interrupted when thousands of employees took to the picket line at UC medical centers in Los Angeles, Irvine, San Diego, San Francisco and Sacramento.
    More than 75% of the union's patient care employees scheduled to work show up, resulting in overstaffing at some of the five medical centers. More...

  • May-24 -- 400-pound tiger needs surgery to remove giant hairball
    CLEARWATER, FL (BAY NEWS 9/CNN) - A 400 pound tiger named Ty is feeling better after having a football sized hairball removed from his stomach.
    The team was able to pull the hairball out of Ty's stomach piece by softball-sized piece. More...

  • May-24 -- Feet come first when it comes to body parts with most fungi
    Cold feet may be hospitable to some strains of fungi, while hot feet may be more attractive to others.
    More than 100 types of fungi live on the healthy human foot, according to a new study. More...

  • May-24 -- Light From Electronic Devices Prevents Proper Night's Sleep
    As a result of modern technology Prof Czeisler said "many people are still checking email, doing homework or watching TV at midnight, with hardly a clue that it is the middle of the solar night'.
    "Many people are still checking e-mail, doing homework or watching TV at midnight, with hardly a clue that it is the middle of the solar night," observed Dr. Czeisler. More...

  • May-24 -- Frequent heartburn raises throat cancer risk 80 percent, study finds
    "People without a history of heavy smoking or drinking who have experienced frequent heartburn during their lifetime are 78% more likely than those who have never had it to develop cancer of the throat or vocal cord," Scott Lagevin, the lead author of the study tells BootsWebMD by email.
    HPV (the virus): Approximately 79 million Americans are currently infected with HPV. About 14 million people become newly infected each year. More...

  • May-24 -- Stem-cell cloner acknowledges errors in groundbreaking paper
    Scientists have used cloning technology to transform human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, an experiment that may revive the controversy over human cloning.
    One of our most exciting findings was the discovery that fat tissue contained large numbers of stem cells that could form cartilage and bone. More...

  • May-24 -- Heading to the beach? New SPF regulations issued by the FDA
    Yonkers, NY -- In Consumer Reports' latest Ratings of sunscreens, Up & Up (Target) Sport SPF 50 spray and Equate (Walmart) Ultra Protection SPF 50 lotion earned the highest scores in tests and were among the least expensive.
    People headed to the beach this summer will find new sunscreen labels on store shelves that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. More...

  • May-24 -- Sugary drinks tied to kidney stone risk
    People who drink one or more servings of sugar-sweetened non-cola beverages per day have a 33% greater risk of developing kidney stones than people who drink one or more servings of coffee, tea, water, orange juice, wine or beer daily, a new study finds.
    Soda drinkers had a 33 percent greater risk, and the punch drinkers had an 18 percent higher risk averaging out to the 23 percent increased risk for the sugary beverage fans. More...

  • May-24 -- Greater attention needed for safe childbirths, UN urges on inaugural Day to end ...
    One of the most serious injuries of childbirth, obstetric fistula is a hole in the birth canal caused by prolonged, obstructed labour due to the lack of timely and adequate medical care.
    The World Health Organization estimates that there are 50,000-100,000 new cases of obstetric fistula each year. More...

  • May-24 -- Born to save sister's life, Calif. woman graduates from college
    Even before she was born, Cal State University Long Beach student Marissa Ayala, 23, was making national headlines.When her parents couldn't find a bone marrow donor for her sister, Anissa, who had been diagnosed with leukemia, they tried to conceive a child to create a match.
    The questions came, first from reporters, later from friends. More...

Thursday


  • May-23 -- Doctors use 3-D printer to custom-design implant for baby
    April Gionfriddo says it wasn't immediately clear what was wrong, until one morning the family was eating out when Kaiba was 2 months old.
    Kaiba Gionfriddo plays with his mother, April outside his Youngstown, Ohio home on Tuesday. More...

  • May-23 -- Scientists find more than 100 types of fungi living on our feet
    "DNA sequence-based methods of identification enabled us to differentiate among species of fungi and to conclude that the diversity of fungi is highly dependent on the body site rather than the person who is sampled.
    Unlike bacteria, fungi are hard to grow in the lab. More...

  • May-23 -- Tech Giant Recruiting Autistic Workers
    Hundreds of people with autism required in the IT sector.
    The new trend in employing autistic staff globally, who will be serving as software testers, programmers and data quality assurance specialists for the company, is following the success of a pilot in India and Ireland. More...

  • May-23 -- American Workers' Health Care Costs Increase Again
    "Although the trends are slowing down, the total dollar amount has risen $1,300 per year each of the last four years."
    Families are paying 8.4 percent more than last year toward insurance premiums, while employers are paying 6.1 percent more. More...

  • May-23 -- As Brain Goes, So Goes the Heart
    By the study's end, more patients taking escitalopram had no mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia during three mental stress activities compared with patients taking placebo (34.2% versus 17.5%), according to Wei Jiang, MD, of Duke University Medical Center, and colleagues.
    Echocardiography and electrocardiography testing and blood pressure and heart rate measurements were used to assess heart function during the stress tests. More...

  • May-23 -- When it comes to deadly viruses, what's in a name?
    May 21, 2013 (CIDRAP News) A World Health Organization (WHO) expert has expressed concern that guest workers in the Middle East could carry the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) to India and the Philippines, according to a media report, while a few more details emerged about three Tunisian cases reported yesterday.
    Mounts was generally positive about the Saudi response, according to the Star. More...

  • May-23 -- UC hospitals cancel surgeries, divert patients amid strike
    The hospitals prepared for the two-day strike by rescheduling patients' elective surgeries and hiring temporary workers, but services still were affected after thousands of employees took to the picket line at UC medical centers in Los Angeles, Irvine, San Diego, San Francisco and Sacramento, where the UC Davis facility is located.
    This union is greedy, selfish and dishonest. More...

  • May-23 -- Regeneron moves higher on asthma drug study data
    Patients with moderate to severe asthma in a clinical trial testing a new drug by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Sanofi SA showed promising results, according to a report released Tuesday.
    A new asthma drug, dupilumab, may help people whose asthma conditions are not well-treated by current medication. More...

  • May-23 -- Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury
    There, led by Dr. Adam Maciejewski, the surgical team restored the man's face, jaws, palate and the bottom of an eye socket.
    The operation was the fastest ever since the April 23 accident tore off most of Grzegorz's face and crushed his upper jaw. More...

  • May-23 -- Dog owners tend to have healthier hearts
    WHITING, Ind., May 22, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Dog person or cat person, Americans love their pets, but when it comes to how much is spent on them, dogs tip the scales.
    While I take issue with the wording ("pet" and especially "ownership"), I absolutely agree that sharing life with, and caring well for, beloved cats makes for healthier, more positive and well-adjusted humans. More...

  • May-23 -- Chronic pain calls for custom treatment
    With this 2013 award, The Pain Center has now been the recipient for five consecutive years.
    Doctors are baffled by me, and usually decide that I'm lying and trying to score pain medications. More...

  • May-23 -- Neb. AG wants to revoke license of abortion nurse
    Lead investigator Dr William Jacobs, professor of microbiology and immunology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University, said: "We have only been able to demonstrate this in a test tube, and we don't know if it will work in humans and in animals.
    From New York - Vitamin C may be able to kill drug resistant tuberculosis (TB), according to a report published in Nature Communications. More...

  • May-23 -- Vitamin C Proves a 'Dream Drug' in Fighting TB
    Lead investigator Dr William Jacobs, professor of microbiology and immunology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University, said: "We have only been able to demonstrate this in a test tube, and we don't know if it will work in humans and in animals.
    From New York - Vitamin C may be able to kill drug resistant tuberculosis (TB), according to a report published in Nature Communications. More...

  • May-23 -- CDC continues search for Ala. mystery illness cause
    The mysterious illness that has killed two in Alabama began to emerge late last week, and some of the seven total sickened also presented with the flu when treated.
    Shortness of breath in recent weeks the CDC and the Health Department now analyzing test results from the patients hoping to find some sort of clue. More...

  • May-23 -- The new DSM-5 fails to accurately describe mental illness
    Until the release of the new mental health manual, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), today (May 22), hoarding was considered to be part of obsessive-compulsive disorder opnbrktOCDclsbrkt .
    The controversial manual of mental disorders was released at the weekend and is receiving global attention. More...

  • May-23 -- Universal vaccine could end annual flu jabs
    The new universal vaccine attaches eight fragments of virus that are present in all strains of flu to a protein nanoparticle called ferritin.
    Self-assembling influenza nanoparticle vaccines elicit broadly neutralizing H1N1 antibodies. More...

  • May-23 -- Did cancer hats go too far?
    The hats had a pink ribbon in place of the third letter of the "F" word, but the message was easily deciphered and they were sporting the hats at a mall, which is family oriented venue.
    King of Prussia reached out to the Clark sisters after the incident and apologized. More...

  • May-23 -- Cancer Prevention Study Coming to Amarillo
    Donations from corporate sponsors are vital to the success of Relay for Life of Montville.
    STEPHEN UHLER Money raised during the recent relay held at the school is going towards the school's faculty Relay for Life team, which was made a member of the 5K Club for raising more than $5,000 at last year's relay event. More...

  • May-23 -- Michigan Supreme Court: Medical marijuana patients have some protections ...
    LANSING- Michigan's Supreme Court has overturned a Court of Appeals decision in the case of People v Koon and provided protections for medical marijuana patients who are driving with marijuana in their bloodstream.
    "Rick Thompson was the Editor in Chief for the entire 2-year run of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Magazine, was the spokesman for the Michigan Association of Compassion Centers and is the current Editor and Lead Blogger for The Compassion Chronicles ]] The Compassion Chronicles . More...

  • May-23 -- Do Nuts & Olive Oil Help Preserve Cognitive Function?
    These participants were also taking part in the Predimed trial as a way to ward off cardiovascular disease and were randomly assigned to a Mediterranean diet with added olive oil or mixed nuts, while a control group received advice to follow the standard low-fat diet typically recommended to prevent heart attack and stroke.
    What kinds of nuts? How much olive oil? If you test the general population of Greeks who eat these kinds of diets, are they more mentally alert than people in other parts of the world? Is dementia less prevalent in Greece? It would be helpful if Ms. Sifferlin would include a little more information here. More...

Wednesday


  • May-22 -- UPDATE 1-Regeneron, Sanofi asthma drug seen as potential game changer
    "Influenza viruses constantly reinvent themselves.
    A report by Chinese scientists published in The Lancet suggested that H7N9 could have been spread by migrant birds to local poultries because H7 is not usually found in Yangtze Delta region poultry, including Zhejiang, Jiangsu provinces and Shanghai. More...

  • May-22 -- China's bird flu outbreak cost $6.5 billion
    "Influenza viruses constantly reinvent themselves.
    Officials in the eastern Chinese province hit hardest by a recent outbreak of bird flu are optimistic the crisis has passed. More...

  • May-22 -- Over 7 million people now receiving HIV treatment in Africa – UN report
    CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- City Hall employees lit up symbolic candles and wore red ribbon pins during the International Candle Light Memorial on Aids at the flag ceremony held Monday at the City Hall grounds.
    Among the success stories were Ethiopia, where the 40,000 going on treatment in 2011 was almost four times the new infections. More...

  • May-22 -- Bed sharing may increase risk of SIDS by five times
    Now the Department of Health has asked the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to "urgently' review guidance after the authors of the new study said the it should be expanded to dissuade all bed sharing - especially with infants under three months.
    The prevalence of SIDS deaths when an infant slept with a parent rose from 12% in the 1980s to 50% in 1999-2003. More...

  • May-22 -- Drowsy young drivers have increased crash risk
    Too little sleep increases the risk of car crashes for young drivers, a new study confirms.
    You say you had a good quantity of sleep last night, but maybe the quality of your sleep is not as good as it could be? Having a good sleep routine -- including a consistent bedtime and wake time -- often is the key to getting the quality sleep night after night that your body needs for optimal health. More...

  • May-22 -- At UC San Francisco, 150 surgeries canceled because of strike
    SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) University of California medical center workers in San Francisco and several other cities statewide began a two-day strike Tuesday.
    System officials said the main issue is the union's refusal to accept a new pension plan, similar to those of other state workers, that requires more employee contributions and reduces long-term benefits for new hires. More...

  • May-22 -- Age, Other Illnesses May Make Prostate Cancer Treatment Unnecessary
    The investigators found that 29% of men with no comorbidities received nonaggressive treatment (androgen deprivation or watchful waiting), as did 33% of men with one comorbidity, 18% of men with two comorbidities, and 20% of men with three or more comorbid conditions.
    Advancing age added to the other-cause mortality hazard conferred by comorbidity burden. More...

  • May-22 -- Skin cancer vaccine being studied by local doctor
    To make it easier for people to choose products that effectively reduce the health risks of UV overexposure, the FDA has issued new labeling rules for sunscreen products.
    Platypus Australia's quality garments have received favourable reviews by parents worldwide. More...

  • May-22 -- Merck Hangs Tough
    FDA staffers found clear evidence to prove that Merck's blockbuster drug candidate suvorexant is quite effective in promoting sleep, but the internal review cites multiple safety issues for the high doses studied in clinical trials.
    If suvorexant is approved for market, it is expected to generate sales of $521 million by 2017 for Merck, according to a MedPageToday report, citing information from an average estimate of seven analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. More...

  • May-22 -- A Guide to DSM-5 - Medscape
    An updated manual of guidelines for the diagnosis of mental disorders goes on sale Wednesday after stoking long-standing controversy over its new characterization of some disorders, including combining autism disorder and Aspergers syndrome as different levels of the same problem.
    Psychiatrist Allen Frances, former chair of the DSM-4 taskforce and currently professor emeritus at Duke, wrote in " Last Plea To DSM-5: Save Grief From the Drug Companies, "Making grief a mental disorder will be a bonanza for drug companies, but a disaster for grievers.Psychiatry should not be mislabeling the normal." More...

  • May-22 -- Miami face-chewing victim thanks supporters in new video
    MIAMI -- The scrawny homeless man whose face was partially chewed off by a crazed attacker last year has gained 50 pounds and is relearning the guitar, his doctors said Tuesday.
    The attack was caught on surveillance cameras from the Miami Herald building. More...

  • May-22 -- Germany's SAP to Recruit Tech Staff With Autism
    After the great success of pilot projects in India and Ireland , the giant software company Sap, supported by Specialisterne, has announced to be willing to hire 500 people with autism in Germany.
    SAP just become the first major global company to hop on board. More...

  • May-22 -- Adding Nuts And Olive Oil Could Help Reduce Dementia Risk - RTTNews
    After an average of 6.5 years, participants were tested for signs of cognitive decline using a range of mental tests.
    Compared with the control group on a low-fat diet typically recommended for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, the "adjusted means of MMSE and CDT scores were also higher for participants allocated to the MedDiet plus nuts versus control (adjusted differences: +0.57 (95% CI +0.11-+1.03, P =0.015 for MMSE and +0.33, 95% CI +0.003-+0.67, P =0.048 for CDT)." More...

  • May-22 -- 'Suicide contagion' spreads after schoolmate death
    Teenagers who had a classmate die by suicide are significantly more likely to think about or attempt suicide themselves over the following two years, according to a new study.
    "More than 13% of adolescent suicides are potentially explained by clustering may explain an even larger proportion of suicide attempts." More...

  • May-22 -- Mom: Disney show 'Jessie' ridicules kids with celiac disease
    The complaints center around an episode that parents feel shows insensitivity toward children with food allergies.
    Ms. Raslevich was moved to create a petition on Change.org, which has garnered over 2,100 signatures. More...

  • May-22 -- AcelRX post-op pain treatment meets late-stage study goal
    At the most recent follow-up when the participants were an average age of 41, a total of 222 men remained in the study.
    The study consisted of 207 white men who were diagnosed with ADHD at an average age of 8, and a comparison of 178 men who were not diagnosed with ADHD at childhood. More...

  • May-22 -- Childhood ADHD and Adult Obesity Be Linked: A Study
    At the most recent follow-up when the participants were an average age of 41, a total of 222 men remained in the study.
    The study consisted of 207 white men who were diagnosed with ADHD at an average age of 8, and a comparison of 178 men who were not diagnosed with ADHD at childhood. More...

  • May-22 -- Tunisian Man is Latest Coronavirus Fatality
    The ministry further said that Saudi Arabia so far recorded 31 cases infected with the virus.
    A coronavirus patient has been discharged from hospital and no new case has been reported since the last case was announced, the ministry added. More...

  • May-22 -- Anesthetic Drug May Treat Depression
    The surprising source of these stunning outcomes? Ketamine -- used among medical practitioners as an anesthetic, but perhaps best known as "Special K" and popularized as a recreational drug because of its powerful hallucinogenic properties.
    Ketamine influences brain receptors activated by a transmitter called glutamate to help restore the dysfunctional communication between nerve cells in the depressed brain, and much more quickly than traditional antidepressants. More...

  • May-22 -- The American Cancer Society Marks 100th Anniversary
    The 10th Annual Glen Rock Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society.
    Besides fundraising walks, Sukamto Sia has spent a lot of time in the American Cancer Society's offices stuffing envelopes and collating newsletters. More...

Tuesday


  • May-21 -- Similar Cardiovascular Risk Observed With COPD Drugs
    Freeport, Bahamas - The 30th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial this year is being observed worldwide on May 19 with the theme 'In solidarity' emphasizing the need for people living with and affected by HIV to join hands and work together in response to HIV. As the world came together on this day the Grand Bahama Community was not left out, as the various Committee's on Grand Bahama in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Project Hope Bahamas, The Grand Bahama AIDS Awareness Committee and The Red Rose Ball Committee came together in solidarity to host the AIDS Candlelight Memorial to show solidarity.
    Over the past 10 years there have been significant advances in the field of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. The international scientific community now recognizes the superiority of triple antiretroviral therapy compared to the mono-or bi-therapy. More...

  • May-21 -- Navajo Confront an Increase in New HIV Infections
    Freeport, Bahamas - The 30th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial this year is being observed worldwide on May 19 with the theme 'In solidarity' emphasizing the need for people living with and affected by HIV to join hands and work together in response to HIV. As the world came together on this day the Grand Bahama Community was not left out, as the various Committee's on Grand Bahama in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Project Hope Bahamas, The Grand Bahama AIDS Awareness Committee and The Red Rose Ball Committee came together in solidarity to host the AIDS Candlelight Memorial to show solidarity.
    Over the past 10 years there have been significant advances in the field of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. The international scientific community now recognizes the superiority of triple antiretroviral therapy compared to the mono-or bi-therapy. More...

  • May-21 -- An alternative to high-deductible health plans may not stand under health law
    The report, " How the Affordable Care Act Helps Young People ," explains that the argument that young adults are "harmed" by the Affordable Care Act is misleading because it fails to take into account many of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that make coverage more affordable.
    Proponents insist it is the panacea for what ails health care today and it will bring affordable health care to millions of Americans who are without coverage. More...

  • May-21 -- FDA Queries Need for Higher Doses of Insomnia Drug - MedPage Today
    FDA staffers found clear evidence to prove that Merck's blockbuster drug candidate suvorexant is quite effective in promoting sleep, but the internal review cites multiple safety issues for the high doses studied in clinical trials.
    "In our view," the review continues, "the data taken together (both safety and effectiveness, as well as pharmacokinetics) suggest that a lower dose should be recommended, at least as an initial dose." More...

  • May-21 -- Revised Sunscreen Labels Should Help Shoppers
    The FDA is considering requiring all sunscreens with a higher than 50 rating for SPF to be labeled "50+" because of the murky nature of the health benefit of increased protection.
      Once again, the EWG report lacks the rigor and reliability of formal, expert scientific evaluation and is not peer-reviewed. More...

  • May-21 -- Vitamin D Boosts Quality of Life in Crohn's - MedPage Today
    Crohn's disease is an inflammatory condition with no known cure and often causes diarrhea, abdominal pain, mouth sores and joint pain.
    Half of hospitalised Crohn's disease patients believe their recovery was hampered because of poor hospital food, a poll suggests. More...

  • May-21 -- Health Highlights: May 20, 2013 - Philly.com
    The NHS in Wales has vaccinated more than 50,000 people in the last two months, but cases continue to rise and now stand at 1,105.
    Scotlands Chief Medical Officer has called for children aged between 10 and 17 to be vaccinated against measles. More...

  • May-21 -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder linked to adult obesity
    At the most recent follow-up when the participants were an average age of 41, a total of 222 men remained in the study.
    This is another disease that I feel the medication does worse than the 1950's discipline. More...

  • May-21 -- Zach Sobiech, whose goodbye song 'Clouds' touched millions, dies
    Zach Sobiech, who had a viral hit song with "Clouds'' that was also featured in a celebrity tribute video to him, died at 18 of bone cancer on Monday morning.
    "Because of Zach … kids with osteosarcoma will have better outcomes in the future," the fund said. More...

  • May-21 -- SARS-like virus claims new life in Saudi: ministry
    WHO said the latest discovery brings to 41 the total of number of laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with nCoV that it had received, including 20 deaths, since the new virus was identified by scientists in September 2012.
    On a brighter note, the MOH said one of the health workers who was being treated for the infection has recovered and released from the hospital. More...

  • May-21 -- BRCA and mastectomy after Angelina Jolie
    Angelina Jolie revealed some inspiring news on Tuesday that ended up not only being the biggest entertainment story this week, but also major national news.
    Newer ways to rebuild breasts have made mastectomy a more appealing option for some women. More...

  • May-21 -- Bunions should be blamed on genes, not shoes, study shows
    The study revealed bunions and toe deformities were highly inheritable depending on age and gender, but not plantar soft tissue atrophy.
    More...

  • May-21 -- Glen Rock Relay for Life exceeds expectations
    New Jersey Students Rally for Second Annual Food Fight for Hunger Tim Lonergan, a junior at Chatham High School, and Brendan Lewis, a sophomore at Mendham High School, are getting ready for their second annual food fight to help those in need of food in Morris County.
    Usually the bags are lit around the track, but since the event was inside of the Civic Center, the bags around the indoor track were not lit. More...

  • May-21 -- Handbags may contain more germs than average toilet flush
    Swabs from dozens of toilet seats and handbags were collected to compare and contrast the levels of bacterial transfer of each group.
    The dirtiest items of all in the handbag are the hand cream bottles. More...

  • May-21 -- Bacon restaurant shut down for smelling like bacon
    Who doesn't like the smell of bacon? Apparently the neighbors of the restaurant called Bacon Bacon.
    Owners at Bacon Bacon prepare drinks, meals, and ice cream using bacon at the restaurant. More...

  • May-21 -- Free Skin Cancer Screenings - Philly.com
    Under FDA regulations, products that pass a broad spectrum test can be labeled "broad spectrum" on the front of the product.
    Al Mahdi went on to stress that although a certain amount of sun exposure is necessary to ensure good health in terms of ensuring general mental health and the production of vitamin D spending extended periods of time in direct contact with the sun has been proven to be damaging to the skin. More...

  • May-21 -- CDC, DPH to celebrate Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week
    The Centers for Disease Control is reporting that in a study of public swimming pools conducted in 2012, 58 percent of pool filters tested positive for E. coli, bacteria normally found in the human gut and feces.
    Experts were quick to point out that people usually don't get sick from mere exposure to E. coli, however the presence of the bacteria suggests that more dangerous bacteria and parasites might also be present. More...

  • May-21 -- Coffee May Protect Against Liver Disease - VOA
    "While rare, PSC has extremely detrimental effects," said the study's author, Dr. Craig Lammert, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist.
    Study investigator Craig Lammert, a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is presenting the findings at the Digestive Disease Week 2013 conference in Orlando, Florida this week. More...

  • May-21 -- Proposed Calif. measure requires doctor drug tests
    They're calling it the "Pee in the Cup'' initiative -- a proposed state ballot measure that would require doctors to be randomly subjected to drug and alcohol testing, the same way bus drivers are.
    Drug testing is met with a great deal of skepticism by medical professionals and politicians due to a range of different issues. More...

  • May-21 -- Stem cell discovery reignites human cloning debate
    Scientists have used cloning technology to transform human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, an experiment that may revive the controversy over human cloning.
    "We think that it is wrong to attack some innocent human lives here and now to help others down the road," Doerflinger told LiveScience. More...

Monday


  • May-20 -- Indonesia's nationwide healthcare plan stumbles at first hurdle
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  • May-20 -- After ravages of flesh-eating bacteria, Aimee Copeland uses new bionic hands
    A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands.
    The "bioism" software can also be downloaded to an iPhone and iPod, the spokesman said. More...

  • May-20 -- Cystic Fibrosis: Charity and Industry Partner for Profit - MedPage Today
    Vertex Pharmaceuticals now is charging $307,000 per year per patient, for the drug.
    Since receiving the letter last July, Vertex has raised the annual price of Kalydeco another $13,000. More...

  • May-20 -- Brain Stimulation Increases Ability to do Math
    "With just five days of cognitive training and noninvasive, painless brain stimulation, we were able to bring about long-lasting improvements in cognitive and brain functions," said Roi Cohen Kadosh an experimental psychologist at the University of Oxford in the U.K., said in a statement.
    TRNS boosts the way neurons in the brain transmit signals; making them more synchronous. More...

  • May-20 -- APA Leaders Defend New Diagnostic Guide - MedPage Today
    Today, the American Psychiatric Association released the much-anticipated fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a 1,000-page revision 20 years in the making.
    The first found that British and U.S. psychiatrists came to different diagnostic conclusions when viewing the same patients on videotape ( 1 ). More...

  • May-20 -- CDC finds mental health woes in one in five US kids
    ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) Nearly 1 in 5 children in the U.S. suffers from a mental disorder, and this number has been rising for more than a decade.
    Overall, the study found 20% of all kids between the ages of 3 and 17 have some kind of mental disorder. More...

  • May-20 -- Major Breakthrough in IVF Treatment Raises Success Rate by 60 Pct
    British fertility experts have tested a new technique that should provide higher success for In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).
    The team then devised an algorithm that can identify embryos that grow more slowly than usual. More...

  • May-20 -- Should genetic testing for cancer be available to all Canadians?
    Pat Halpin-Murphy is president and founder of the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition.
    The culture surrounding cancer focuses so much on positive attitudes, "fighting," and the newest technology that it has created an entire set of toxic messages to women about the right way to have cancer. More...

  • May-20 -- Health official felt pressure from pro-fluoride group about dental data, email says
    Much of the credit for the nation's better oral health can be attributed to the decision in the 1940s to begin adding fluoride to public drinking water systems.
    The poll, which was conducted by Survey USA and released just five days before the election, shows that 53 percent of likely voters are against fluoridating the water. More...

  • May-20 -- Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
    Expanding Medicaid is expected to cost the state more than $27 million, but will bring $2.5 billion into the state through provider payments for health care services, according to figures from HHS. Senate President Peter Bragdon, R-Milford, questioned if the federal government would live up to its commitment to pay 100 percent of the cost of expansion during the first three years before gradually dropping to 90 percent after seven years in the program.
    The number of Georgians on Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids, the state's health insurance program for children from low-income families, has risen from 1.49 million at the beginning of 2008 to 1.79 million. More...

  • May-20 -- American Cancer Society celebrates 100th birthday
    When 16-year-old Heidi Thelin leads the Survivors' Lap at the start of today's Relay For Life at Eastern View High School, she will have walked a long road.
    The fundraising continued throughout the night and Saturday. More...

  • May-20 -- Rainy AIDS Walk Raises Money For Research, Local Service Groups
    NZAF Executive Diretcor Shaun Robinson observed that it is thirty years since the International Candlelight Memorials started, in San Francisco, that 30 million people around the globe have died from HIV infection and a further 30 million are currently living with the virus which, if untreated, leads to AIDS. HIV-positive speakers told the over two hundred people gathered in Auckland of the courage it takes to be open about their health status and of the support which is available to those diagnosed with HIV infection.
    If that is the definition I would then say yes, Cambodia is one of the countries in the South-East Asia region that has made the fastest progress in the last 10 years. More...

  • May-20 -- Poop Prevalent in Public Pools, CDC Says
    A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than half of all public pools had tested positive for E. coli, the bacteria most commonly associated with fecal matter.
    Coffman says sweat and urine can also decrease the chlorine's ability to clean, causing swimmers to get rashes, diarrhea, or ear infections from the bacteria and parasites in the water. More...

  • May-20 -- OAS study says countries should consider decriminalizing drug use
    "While leaders have talked about moving from 'criminalization' to 'public health' in drug policy, punitive, abstinence-only approaches have still predominated, even in the health sphere," said Daniel Wolfe, director of the Open Society International Harm Reduction Program.
    BOGOTA, COLUMBIA The Organization of American States (OAS) Friday released a ground-breaking report on hemispheric drug control that includes not only an assessment of the current state of affairs, but also looks at a number of alternate scenarios for future directions in drug policy, including explicit analysis of possible regulation and legalization regimes. More...

  • May-20 -- The Health Toll of Immigration
    "There's something about life in the United States that is not conducive to good health across generations," Robert A. Hummer, a social demographer at the University of Texas at Austin told the Times.
    More...

  • May-20 -- Health department gives tick-borne and mosquito-borne disease prevention tips
    Who doesn't like the smell of bacon? Apparently the neighbors of the restaurant called Bacon Bacon.
    The strong smell of pig, which bothered neighbors, apparently led officials last summer to find that the restaurant lacked proper health permits. More...

  • May-20 -- Reprieve for San Francisco Bacon Restaurant Facing Closure
    Who doesn't like the smell of bacon? Apparently the neighbors of the restaurant called Bacon Bacon.
    The strong smell of pig, which bothered neighbors, apparently led officials last summer to find that the restaurant lacked proper health permits. More...

  • May-20 -- Mendocino Co. moving forward with mental health service contracts
    Centennial offers many services, including group, family and individual therapy; jail-based services; vocational rehabilitation services; play therapy; day treatment; substance abuse treatment; animal-assisted therapy; emergency response; mentoring; a community support program; a Parenting With Love and Limits program, and the Pioneer Wellness Line.
    "This situation has been tolerated far too long," Kennedy said. More...

  • May-20 -- Simple test would have alerted Lejeune to toxic water problem
    CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) -- Ron Poirier couldn't escape the feeling that his cancer was somehow a punishment.
    Results of a long-delayed study on birth defects and childhood cancers were only submitted for publication in late April. More...

  • May-20 -- Telford family participating in Sunday's Komen Race for the Cure
    The NFL has even started a program called "A Crucial Catch" to promote breast cancer screening programs.
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Sunday


  • May-19 -- Bionic Hands Given to Survivor of Flesh-Eating Disease
    ATLANTA (AP) - A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands.
    Aimee's hands and feet were amputated in order to keep her alive after her horrible accident. More...

  • May-19 -- DSM-IV Boss Presses Attack on New Revision - MedPage Today
    Today, the American Psychiatric Association released the much-anticipated fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a 1,000-page revision 20 years in the making.
    The problem of multiple diagnoses like mine is one reason NIMH wants to abandon DSM and replace it with a system that looks at the brain systems that are going awry rather than focusing solely on symptoms. More...

  • May-19 -- EMA: Benefits Outweigh VTE Risks With Hormone Drugs for Acne - Medscape
    Following a formal safety review, conducted at the request of French authorities, the agency concluded that the benefits outweighed the risks - provided measures were taken to minimize the chance of blood clots forming in veins and arteries.
    Diane 35, which is a hormonal acne treatment that works by regulating hormones and blocking ovulation, has been linked to some risks that include thromboembolism, which occurs when a particle blocks the blood vessels. More...

  • May-19 -- Could electroshock therapy work -- for learning math?
    "With just five days of cognitive training and noninvasive, painless brain stimulation, we were able to bring about long-lasting improvements in cognitive and brain functions," said Roi Cohen Kadosh an experimental psychologist at the University of Oxford in the U.K., said in a statement.
    'We found that with just 5 days of TRNS-accompanied cognitive training, we were able to bring about long-lasting improvements in cognitive and brain functions. More...

  • May-19 -- Lundbeck says drug shows improvement in depression symptoms
    Angelina Jolie's mother had breast cancer and died of ovarian cancer, and her maternal grandmother also had ovarian cancer -- strong evidence of an inherited, genetic risk that led the actress to have both of her healthy breasts removed to try to avoid the same fate, her doctor said Wednesday.
    Narod says that the current criteria are too restrictive. More...

  • May-19 -- Angelina Jolie: exposure or agenda?
    Angelina Jolie's mother had breast cancer and died of ovarian cancer, and her maternal grandmother also had ovarian cancer -- strong evidence of an inherited, genetic risk that led the actress to have both of her healthy breasts removed to try to avoid the same fate, her doctor said Wednesday.
    Genetic testing is meant to identify people who have an increased risk of getting cancer by looking for mutations in genes on a chromosome. More...

  • May-19 -- Large Majority of Adults Have Smoke-free Rules in Homes, Vehicles
    "We have made tremendous progress in the last 15 years protecting people in public spaces from secondhand smoke," said Tim McAfee, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Office on Smoking and Health at CDC. "The good news is that people are applying the same protection in their homes and vehicles.
    Secondhand smoke exposure is responsible for an estimated 50,000 deaths each year in the United States. More...

  • May-19 -- Sugary Sodas, Fruit Punches, & Kidney Stone Risk
    "We found that higher consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks was associated with a higher incidence of kidney stones."
    People are often advised to drink more fluids to prevent repeat cases of kidney stones, but sugary drinks might do more harm than good. More...

  • May-19 -- District 301 Relay raises money to fight cancer, support area families
    When 16-year-old Heidi Thelin leads the Survivors' Lap at the start of today's Relay For Life at Eastern View High School, she will have walked a long road.
    Everyone is invited to attend the public event. More...

  • May-19 -- Up to 1 in 5 children suffer from mental disorder: CDC
    ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) Nearly 1 in 5 children in the U.S. suffers from a mental disorder, and this number has been rising for more than a decade.
    According to the CDC's report, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, was the most prevalent diagnosis, which was found in 6.8% of children between 3 and 17. More...

  • May-19 -- Anchorage Pools Cleaner than Most
    A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than half of all public pools had tested positive for E. coli, the bacteria most commonly associated with fecal matter.
    A total of 59% of the samples contained Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common bacterium that can cause disease and is found in soil, water, skin, and other outside areas. More...

  • May-19 -- 30000 in Detroit for run against breast cancer
    The NFL has even started a program called "A Crucial Catch" to promote breast cancer screening programs.
    There is an estimated crowd of 40,000 expected at Saturday's race. More...

  • May-19 -- Bacon Restaurant In San Francisco Closes Down For Bacon Smell; Shut Down ...
    When the San Francisco Department of Public Health investigated, it notified the restaurant last August that it lacked proper health permits and gave the owners 75 days to resolve the issue, but the problems apparently continued.
    The strong smell of pig, which bothered neighbors, apparently led officials last summer to find that the restaurant lacked proper health permits. More...

  • May-19 -- Despite study, some universities cater to gluten-free needs - USA Today
    Many common foods, including apples, artichokes, mushrooms, chickpeas, and wheat, are sources of FODMAPs.
    Others with food allergies, like gluten intolerance, may be able to, depending on the severity as diagnosed by a doctor. More...

  • May-19 -- Handbags may contain more germs than average toilet flush
    Dr. Barratt and his team took swabs from dozens of toilet seats and handbags as part of a study to remind people about good hand hygiene.
    They found one in five handbag handles had enough bacteria to pose a health risk. More...

  • May-19 -- Calif. doctor who promised fake herbal cancer cure sentenced to 14 years in prison
    A federal jury convicted Daniel in September 2011 of four counts of mail and wire fraud, six counts of tax evasion and one count of witness tampering.
    One patient who paid $13,000 died a few months later. More...

  • May-19 -- Is killing a fetus murder?
    Florida man John Andrew Welden has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of product tampering and first-degree murder and faces life in prison if convicted.
    If convicted, Welden faces life in prison. More...

  • May-19 -- Lucas votes to appeal Affordable Care Act
    Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, said Republicans must begin serious legislating.
    23 percent have no idea whether the act is still law. More...

  • May-19 -- N.H. Senate GOP leaders question health expansion
    North Carolina's Medicaid costs grew at lowest rate in the nation between 2007 and 2010, in large part because of efforts by Community Care of North Carolina to manage patients' costs.
    McCrory himself signed the legislation refusing the expansion in early March. More...

  • May-19 -- Chaz Bono 65 lbs Sexier – How He Successfully Did It?
    Bono says he is feeling good about how much weight he's lost, though he does have more pounds he wants to lose.
    I'm just kind of letting my body dictate," Bono told People. More...





Saturday


  • May-18 -- Mild Electric Shocks to Brain Boosts Mathematics Ability according to ...
    In the 2010 study, Cohen Kadosh and colleagues used transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), which delivers a weak but constant current to the brain via electrodes placed on the skull.
    They said, it would also help people acquire their full potential in math and other tricky subjects. More...

  • May-18 -- Aimee Copeland, woman who survived flesh-eating infection, receives bionic ...
    In a major milestone, Aimee Copeland, the Georgia graduate student who contracted flesh-eating bacteria after a zip-lining accident, is learning to use two state-of-the art prosthetic hands.
    Copeland, 24, is in the process of learning to use two state-of-the art prosthetic hands called iLimbs. More...

  • May-18 -- Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?
    The study was conducted by Craig Bryan, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Utah and associate director of the National Center for Veterans Studies.
    "An important feature of the study is that by being on the ground in Iraq, we were able to compile a unique data set on active military personnel and head injuries," said Bryan, who also is associate director of the university's National Center for Veterans Studies. More...

  • May-18 -- Diane-35's benefit as acne drug outweigh risks, Health Canada finds
    The clot risk was "low", said a European Medicines Agency (EMA) ruling on a French-initiated review of the drug's safety.
    "Based on all available data, the PRAC concluded that Diane-35 and its generics have a place as a treatment option for certain women suffering form the above-mentioned (skin) conditions," said the statement. More...

  • May-18 -- Public swimming pools not as clean as you think, study finds
    A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than half of all public pools had tested positive for E. coli, the bacteria most commonly associated with fecal matter.
    Pseudomonas could be introduced by swimmers, but may also be indicative of natural contamination. More...

  • May-18 -- Sanofi highlights positive PhIII study for myelofibrosis contender
    A small-scale study in the lab finds that mosquitoes infected by the parasite are three times as likely as uninfected mosquitoes to respond to human odours.
    There is no evidence that Wolbachia is transferred to humans via mosquito bites or to mosquito predators like geckos and spiders. More...

  • May-18 -- Malaria-Infected Mosquitoes More Attracted to Humans - VOA
    A new study in the journal PLOS One demonstrates, for the first time, that mosquitoes infected with malaria are more attracted to human odor than uninfected mosquitoes.
    Mosquitoes that were infected with the parasites landed and probed significantly more than uninfected mosquitoes in response to the odor. More...

  • May-18 -- IVF 'may be boosted by time-lapse embryo imaging'
    Women undergoing IVF treatment are three times more likely to have a baby through a new technique that scientists are claiming as the biggest fertility breakthrough for 35 years.
    Using the new technique, the team create what they call morphokinetic algorithms to predict success (MAPS). More...

  • May-18 -- FDA approves new drug for advanced prostate cancer
    SILVER SPRING, Md. -- The FDA has approved radium-223 dichloride (Xofigo) for treating bone metastases from castration-resistant prostate cancer, the agency said Wednesday.
    According to Algeta's press release, Xofigo is the first alpha particle-emitting radioactive therapeutic agent approved by the FDA. The company also noted that Xofigo is being approved more than three months ahead of the product's prescription drug user fee goal date of Aug. 14. More...

  • May-18 -- Mental illness in youth: a common struggle
    Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) is the most prevalent diagnosis amongst youngsters between the ages of three and 17, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ( CDC ) first-ever comprehensive report on the mental health of American children.
    Somewhere between 13 and 20 percent of kids in the United States experience some sort of mental illness , according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More...

  • May-18 -- Depression is Deadly among Cancer Survivors
    The study team examined whether symptoms of depression observed between one and 10 years after cancer diagnosis were associated with an increased risk of premature death between two to three years later.
    Kim Jong Un inspects a long-range artillery sub-unit of Korean People's Army Unit 641 at undisclosed location in North Korea on March 12, 2013. More...

  • May-18 -- Doctors Warn Angelina Jolie's Double Mastectomy is Not Relevant for Most ...
    Angelina Jolie's announcement that she recently had a preventive double mastectomy, after a genetic test indicated she had a high risk of developing breast cancer, has brought new attention to such testing.
    I met Gertrude, the accountant in Uganda, while working on a series about cancer in developing countries for The World . More...

  • May-18 -- Destin Relay for Life: Walk for a cause
    The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of O'Brien County starts at 7 PM that night, and runs until 1 AM. Cindy Runger, event chairperson says that this coming Wednesday May 22, the American Cancer Society will celebrate 100 years of saving lives from cancer and creating a world with more birthdays.
    Teams are formed by high school sports teams, members of the National Honor Society, fire and EMS personnel, church groups and youth groups, the Kiwanis Club, the drama club, teachers and school staff, work buddies, book clubs, neighbors, family members, and childhood friends. More...

  • May-18 -- Lyme disease: Tiny tick, big problem
    CULLMAN -- The Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC), a nonprofit organization of leading veterinary parasitologists, predicts the threat of Lyme disease for dogs will be extremely high this year.
    Her mother was infected through a tick bite which resulted in a rash and flu-like symptoms. More...

  • May-18 -- Which ear you hold your cell phone to may reveal brain dominance
    Washington: Scientists have discovered a strong correlation between brain dominance and the ear used to listen to a cell phone.
    Kim Jong Un inspects a long-range artillery sub-unit of Korean People's Army Unit 641 at undisclosed location in North Korea on March 12, 2013. More...

  • May-18 -- Retirement health-care tab? Try $220000
    Even though I'm retired and on Medicare, I still have a lot of out-of-pocket medical expenses.
    Some newer medigap plans have lower premiums in return for more cost sharing. More...

  • May-18 -- Study: Why Pot Smokers Are Skinnier
    Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body does not produce enough insulin to maintain normal blood sugar levels or when the body is unable to use insulin effectively, known as insulin resistance.
    A total of 4,657 people answered a drug-use questionnaire. More...

  • May-18 -- 'Heart Rock' event in Downtown Phoenix to benefit American Heart Association
    "People who weren't fit at the start of the study were at higher risk for heart failure after age 65," said Ambarish Pandey, M.D., lead author of the study and an internal medicine resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
    Long-term survival, 5 years or more, improved by 45% in 2004 compared to 1995. More...

  • May-18 -- Viewpoint: My Case Shows What's Right -- and Wrong -- With Psychiatric ...
    When Thomas Insel, the director of the National Institute of Mental Health, came out swinging with his critiques of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a couple of weeks ago, longtime critics of psychiatry were shocked and gratified.
    The latest revision began in 1999 with high hopes for putting mental illness on a scientific footing, using neuroscience in particular to tell the difference between, say, normal sadness and major depression. More...

  • May-18 -- Is killing a fetus murder?
    Florida man John Andrew Welden has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of product tampering and first-degree murder and faces life in prison if convicted.
    Weldon took that choice away from Lee in a way that was as deceitful as it was dangerous. More...

Friday


  • May-17 -- Ewwww -- poop in pools more common than you may think, CDC warns
    According to the Centers for Disease Control, 58% of water samples from public pools tested positive for E. coli, bacteria commonly found in human feces.
    According to the report, DNA from E. coli bacteria--normally found in the gut and feces--were discovered in 58% of the of samples. More...

  • May-17 -- Health care workers sickened by SARS-like virus - USA Today
    LONDON // Two health workers in Saudi Arabia have become infected with a potentially fatal new Sars-like virus after catching it from patients - the first evidence of such transmission within a hospital, the World Health Organisation said.
    Since September 2012, the World Health Organization has been informed of 40 confirmed cases of the virus, and 20 of the patients have died. More...

  • May-17 -- How Stem Cell Cloning Works (Infographic)
      The cloning technique is essentially the same one used to create Dolly the cloned sheep, with some modifications to make cloning work using human eggs and human cells.
    Most embryos …formed one or two pronuclei at the time of removal from TSA, whereas a slightly higher portion of embryos cleaved…suggesting that some SCNT embryos did not exhibit visible pronuclei at the time of examination… Most cleaved embryos developed to the eight-cell stage…but few progressed to compact morula…and blastocyst.stages. More...

  • May-17 -- Study: Why Pot Smokers Are Skinnier
    People who had used cannabis but not in the last month had weaker associations, but still had lower blood sugar levels than non-users, suggesting cannabis has an impact on insulin and insulin resistance during periods of recent use.
    A previous report from 2011 showed that marijuana use is on the rise in the U.S., with 6.6% of 12th-graders using it daily . More...

  • May-17 -- Multiple concussions tied to more suicidal thoughts
    The study was conducted by Craig Bryan, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Utah and associate director of the National Center for Veterans Studies.
    Craig Bryan, the study's lead author and an Air Force psychologist who served in Iraq in 2009, analyzed 161 military subjects, most of whom were men serving in the Army. More...

  • May-17 -- Brain Device Successful in Improving Mathematical Skills
    In the 2010 study, Cohen Kadosh and colleagues used transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), which delivers a weak but constant current to the brain via electrodes placed on the skull.
    Random electrical stimulation, a technique that applies a gentle current through the skull, leads to a long-lasting boost in the speed of mental calculations, a small laboratory study of university students has found. More...

  • May-17 -- Women MI Patients Sicker Than Men - MedPage Today
    13 percent of women had renal failure and 49 percent suffered from depression.
    Of the women, 6 percent had a history of stroke and 6 percent had heart failure. More...

  • May-17 -- Up to 1 in 5 children suffer from mental disorder: CDC
    For teenagers, addiction to drugs, alcohol and tobacco are the most common issues, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.
    Mental health problems are diagnosable, treatable and people can recover and lead full healthy lives," Perou added. More...

  • May-17 -- Cancer patients more than twice as likely to go bankrupt
    Cancer patients are more than twice as likely to go bankrupt than people without cancer, suggesting the need for healthcare providers to better assess patients' "financial health" and the need for more policy in helping cancer patients cover expenses in the first year after a diagnosis, according to a new study from [[ Health Affairs.
    Younger people had a 10 times increased chance of filing for bankruptcy. More...

  • May-17 -- The Great Salt Debate: So Bad?
    High salt content has also been linked to increased risk for stroke, heart failure, osteoporosis, stomach cancer and kidney disease.
    The answer is processed and manufactured food. More...

  • May-17 -- FDA approves radiopharmaceutical to treat advanced prostate cancer
    SILVER SPRING, Md. -- The FDA has approved radium-223 dichloride (Xofigo) for treating bone metastases from castration-resistant prostate cancer, the agency said Wednesday.
    The drug, Xofigo, is targeted to patients with late-stage, metastatic disease that has spread to the bones but not to other organs, the FDA said in a news release. More...

  • May-17 -- Talking on cell phone raises blood pressure in some: study
    Heart rate did not change significantly.
    The study showed that the systolic pressure rise was less drastic in patients who were used to participating in more than 30 phone calls per day. More...

  • May-17 -- Skin Cancer Linked to Dramatically Lower Alzheimer's Risk - Medscape
    Of the 141 people with skin cancer, two developed Alzheimer's disease.
    "The theoretical basis for thinking that there could be a relationship comes from the fact that Alzheimer's and cancer are opposites kind of disorders in terms of cell division," lead author Dr. Richard Lipton, of Albert Einstein College and a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, told FoxNews.com. More...

  • May-17 -- HHS announces first federal health and safety standards for child care
    CMS will spend up to $1 billion for awards and evaluation of projects from across the country that test new payment and service deliver models that will deliver better care and lower costs for Medicare and Medicaid, along with the Children's Health Insurance Program.
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a $1 billion initiative to fund innovations in federal healthcare programs aimed at cutting costs while improving the health results. More...

  • May-17 -- Following New York's Lead, States Consider Raising Age for Tobacco Sales
    Two New Jersey lawmakers are pushing to make it illegal for anyone under 21 to purchase cigarettes, joining efforts in nearby New York City.
    More...

  • May-17 -- Glen Rock Relay for Life returns to high school
    A flock of cancer survivors clad in purple t-shirts repeatedly circled the track at Mount Pleasant Junior High School on Friday night during the Titus and Morris County annual Relay for Life event - organized by local members of the American Cancer Society.
    "We were honored to have participated in our first year at the event as a family, especially walking in unison with the 69 cancer survivors from our community." More...

  • May-17 -- John Andrew Welden: Tampa man accused of tricking former girlfriend into ...
    Cyotec, also known as misoprostol, is typically used with another drug, mifepristone, to cause an abortion during the first nine weeks of pregnancy.
    John Andrew Welden was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on charges of product tampering and first-degree murder. More...

  • May-17 -- Another New Immune Therapy Effective in Multiple Cancers - Medscape
    While Bristol is generally considered to have a lead, Merck and Roche are not far behind with similar drugs.
    The drug, anti-PDL-1 antibody was given to patients with late stage melanoma, kidney and lung cancers. More...

  • May-17 -- Malaria parasite lures mosquito to human odour
    A small-scale study in the lab finds that mosquitoes infected by the parasite are three times as likely as uninfected mosquitoes to respond to human odours.
    Our work is the first to demonstrate Wolbachia can be stably established in a key malaria vector, the mosquito species Anopheles stephensi, which opens the door to use Wolbachia for malaria control," said study leader Dr. Zhiyong Xi, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University (MSU) and Director of the Sun Yat-sen University-MSU Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases in China. More...

  • May-17 -- Get Fit in Middle Age to Cut Heart Failure Risk, Study Says
    Data according to the American Heart Association suggests that more than 5.1 million Americans live with heart failure, and by 2030 the occurrence of heart failure will shoot up by 25 percent, based on the 2013 estimates.
    What might surprise some people, however, is how quickly quitting smoking can reduce a person's risk for heart disease. More...

Thursday


  • May-16 -- Cloning produces human embryonic stem cells
    Embryonic stems cells are the starter cells to all others in the body, which means potentially they can grow into any type of tissue, from blood to bone to brain.
    The technique used - somatic cell nuclear transfer - has been well-known since Dolly the sheep became the first mammal to be cloned, in 1996. More...

  • May-16 -- Palos Medical Group's Dr. Kanesha Bryant provides insight on genetic testing for ...
    Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy sheds light on a weapon being used in the fight against breast cancer BRACAnalysis genetic testing.
    It wasn't just that a supernova movie star had her breasts surgically removed to improve her chances of not getting breast cancer. More...

  • May-16 -- clue to why women live longer
    They looked at levels of white blood cells and cytokines, which help to carry messages in the immune system.
    Two kinds of immune system cells that fight intruders - CD4 T- cells and natural killer cells - increased in number with age, with a greater rate of increase in females than in males. More...

  • May-16 -- Government to Pay $1 Billion For Innovative Health Care Ideas - Ozarks First
    Instead of producing high volumes of milk after childbirth, women secrete small amounts of colostrum , a form of breast milk which contains high concentrations of nutrients and antibodies.
    The study is quick to point out, however, that the results refer to early limited formula (or ELF) use. More...

  • May-16 -- Tiny bit of formula promotes breast-feeding
    Instead of producing high volumes of milk after childbirth, women secrete small amounts of colostrum , a form of breast milk which contains high concentrations of nutrients and antibodies.
    The study is quick to point out, however, that the results refer to early limited formula (or ELF) use. More...

  • May-16 -- FDA OKs radiation-based prostate cancer drug - USA Today
    SILVER SPRING, Md. -- The FDA has approved radium-223 dichloride (Xofigo) for treating bone metastases from castration-resistant prostate cancer, the agency said Wednesday.
    A prostate cancer drug developed by a biotech that's relatively new on the Cambridge, Mass. scene, Algeta U.S. LLC, has won approval in the U.S. three months ahead of time. More...

  • May-16 -- Unlocking the manipulation of mosquitoes by malaria parasites - Science News
    A small-scale study in the lab finds that mosquitoes infected by the parasite are three times as likely as uninfected mosquitoes to respond to human odours.
    There is no evidence that Wolbachia is transferred to humans via mosquito bites or to mosquito predators like geckos and spiders. More...

  • May-16 -- Only Abortion Clinic in Miss. Fights to Stay Open
    A longstanding state law says patients must be told that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer, but Parker told the group that the claim is bogus.
    A federal judge allowed the law to take effect in July but prohibited the state from punishing the clinic as it sought to comply. More...

  • May-16 -- California health insurance exchange announces grants
    Statewide, the selected organizations will reach nearly 9 million individuals and more than 200,000 small businesses in California's 58 counties, according to Covered California, also known as the California Health Benefit Exchange.
    The mission of Sacramento-based California Black Health Network is to improve the health status of people of African American descent in California and eliminate health disparities. More...

  • May-16 -- Tarceva diagnostic brings new indication
    "Companion diagnostics play an important role in determining which therapies are the safest and most effective for a particular patient," Alberto Gutierrez, of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in a statement.
    The safety and effectiveness of the cobas EGFR Mutation Test was established with clinical data showing that, on average, NSCLC patients with specific types of EGFR mutations (exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R substitution mutations) lived without their disease progressing for 10.4 months when they received Tarceva treatment, compared to 5.4 months for those who received a standard two-drug chemotherapy regimen. More...

  • May-16 -- IRS sued for improperly seizing the medical records of 10 million Americans
    The suit filed in the Superior Court of San Diego by Robert Barnes, a Malibu lawyer representing a corporate client named John Doe Co., charged that IRS agents raided the company on March 11, 2011, in a tax case and seized the medical records.
    Barnes said the record seizure at the John Doe Company was so massive it affects "roughly one out of every twenty-five adult American citizens." More...

  • May-16 -- Books blast new version of psychiatry's bible, the DSM - USA Today
    Since the 1970s, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , has reigned as the so-called "bible" of psychiatry.
    The volume properly disputes the prevailing notions that perpetuate faux diagnosis, and uncloak the murky boundaries between sanity and insanity. More...

  • May-16 -- Hysterectomy does not increase heart disease risk - Zee News - India
    Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women and many studies have shown increased risk of cardiovascular disease to be a health risk associated with hysterectomy, especially accompanied by ovary removal.
    The current analysis included women who, by the end of the study, had reached natural menopause (1,769), had had a hysterectomy with ovarian conservation (77), or had had a hysterectomy with bilateral oophorectomy (106). More...

  • May-16 -- Rotavirus: India unveils cheap Rotavac diarrhoea vaccine
    Priced at around Rs 54 ($1), it will be a boon for developing countries that are fighting the killer virus.
    New Delhi: S cientists in India have come the closest ever to developing a wholly indigenous vaccine called Rotavac that, if approved for commercial use, could save at least 60,000 children a year from diarrhoeal deaths and will cost a tenth of the price at which the cheapest comparable vaccine is currently sold. More...

  • May-16 -- Restaurant and Prepared Foods Are Not Much Healthier Than They Were in 2005
    Lowering sodium intake might adversely affect your health, the panel found.
    New salt study: The dangerously high levels of salt in processed foods and fast food are still there, essentially unchanged, despite numerous calls from public health agencies and private food industry to voluntarily reduce sodium levels, according to a report from Yahoo! More...

  • May-16 -- China's Counterfeit Condoms
    As China Daily reported Wednesday, police in Fujian province confiscated more than 2 million condoms falsely labeled as Durex, Contex, and Jissbon products, following a March 29 raid.
    The duo bought four packing machines and purchased condoms from a factory in Hebei province and packages from Guangdong province. More...

  • May-16 -- North Jefferson Relay for Life this weekend
    A flock of cancer survivors clad in purple t-shirts repeatedly circled the track at Mount Pleasant Junior High School on Friday night during the Titus and Morris County annual Relay for Life event - organized by local members of the American Cancer Society.
    Courtney Mayberry and Kevin Wright are co-chairs of this year's Rustburg Relay. More...

  • May-16 -- Worse than fast food? Meals at independent restaurants average over 1300 ...
    Breakfast portions alone averaged out at 1,226 calories.
    The average American eats closer to 3,600 mg each day, largely in processed foods. More...

  • May-16 -- Smoke-Free Hotel Rooms Aren't, Study Finds - MedPage Today
    "Hotels with a partial smoking ban did not protect the occupants of non-smoking rooms from exposure to tobacco pollution."
    While it is common knowledge that second hand smoke exposure poses a significant health risk , few realize that accumulating scientific evidence is pointing a nicotine stained finger at third hand smoke exposure as well. More...

  • May-16 -- Cancer increases bankruptcy risk, even for insured
    The youngest age groups had up to 10 times the bankruptcy rate as compared to the older age groups.
    Our study thus raises important questions about the factors underlying the relationship between cancer and financial hardship." More...

Wednesday


  • May-15 -- Angelina Jolie's Double Mastectomy: Q&A; - WebMD
    Angelina Jolie's announcement on Tuesday, in an eloquent New York Times column , that she had a double mastectomy underscores the difficult decisions women face when they have a frightening family history of breast cancer.
    I immediately thought of an interview I had with Edie Falco just a couple months ago. More...

  • May-15 -- Study Questions How Sharply US Should Cut the Salt
    Lowering sodium intake might adversely affect your health, the panel found.
    "We don't want people to be distracted from the important health message that there is benefit in aggressively lowering sodium from the current levels in the American diet." More...

  • May-15 -- Kids Still Use Snuff, 'Chaw' - MedPage Today
    Federal judge Edward Korman had ruled last month against the Health and Human Services Department, in favor of making the pill available to all girls without a prescription.
    The Obama administration has decided that even though Plan B has earned FDA approval for all ages, the drug should remain under a strict age limit that does not include young girls. More...

  • May-15 -- Students weigh in on the Plan B debate - USA Today
    Federal judge Edward Korman had ruled last month against the Health and Human Services Department, in favor of making the pill available to all girls without a prescription.
    The judge said the appeals were "taken solely to vindicate the improper conduct" of Sebelius, "and possibly for the purpose of further delaying greater access to emergency contraceptives for purely political reasons." More...

  • May-15 -- Signs of tobacco smoke still found in non-smoking rooms
    A partial smoking ban did not protect the occupants of non-smoking rooms from exposure to tobacco pollution.
    While it is common knowledge that second hand smoke exposure poses a significant health risk , few realize that accumulating scientific evidence is pointing a nicotine stained finger at third hand smoke exposure as well. More...

  • May-15 -- Books blast new version of psychiatry's bible, the DSM - USA Today
    The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, commonly known as DSM-5, is the "bible" of American mental health issues.
    The new edition of the bible of insanity has been published in the United States and will become, like its predecessors, the global reference document for psychiatry. More...

  • May-15 -- FDA approves genetic test for lung cancer drug - USA Today
    Instead of producing high volumes of milk after childbirth, women secrete small amounts of colostrum , a form of breast milk which contains high concentrations of nutrients and antibodies.
    At the age of three months 79 percent of the first group was feeding solely on breast milk compared to only 42 percent of the control group. More...

  • May-15 -- Study: Breast-feeding and Formula May Benefit Newborns
    Instead of producing high volumes of milk after childbirth, women secrete small amounts of colostrum , a form of breast milk which contains high concentrations of nutrients and antibodies.
    At the age of three months 79 percent of the first group was feeding solely on breast milk compared to only 42 percent of the control group. More...

  • May-15 -- Hysterectomy not tied to heart risk factors: study
    Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women and many studies have shown increased risk of cardiovascular disease to be a health risk associated with hysterectomy, especially accompanied by ovary removal.
    More...

  • May-15 -- Dining Out on a Calorie Budget Nearly Impossible, Studies Find
    Breakfast portions alone averaged out at 1,226 calories.
    The study focused on the "disease-promoting potential" of meals in "sit-down restaurants," which are a distinct category from fast food. More...

  • May-15 -- Feds charge 89 people, including doctors, nurses, with Medicare fraud
    Attorney General Holder and Secretary Sebelius were joined in the announcement by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, FBI Assistant Director Ron Hosko, Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson of the HHS Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) and Deputy Administrator and Director of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Program Integrity Peter Budetti.
    Holder said during the four-year crackdown by a federal strike force that 1,500 people have been arrested in connection to schemes involving nearly $2 billion in fraudulent billings. More...

  • May-15 -- Hospital probes E German 'human guinea pig' drug tests
    BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin's renowned Charite hospital says it plans to investigate allegations that patients in East Germany were used as unwitting guinea pigs in medical trials.
    Apparently, over 50 East German medical facilities were involved in over 600 clinical trials that reeked in a lot of funds for a state that needed money. More...

  • May-15 -- Medicaid expansion resolution fails in Louisiana House health committee
    The reduction methodology to accommodate "data refinement and methodology improvement before larger reductions begin in FY 2017" is being proposed just for FY 2014 and 2015, rather than the full $18.1 billion specified through 2020.
    The program would have paid for the $165-a-month anti-seizure medication Shafer relied on. More...

  • May-15 -- Now, a desi rotavirus vaccine
    Priced at around Rs 54 ($1), it will be a boon for developing countries that are fighting the killer virus.
    Cryptosporidium, shigella and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ST-ETEC) were the other significant pathogens. More...

  • May-15 -- Dead for 40 minutes: Man revived by new CPR technique
    Colin Fiedler, 39, opened up about his life or death that took place in June of 2012 to The Herald Sun.
    Three patients who have been clinically dead for at least 40 minutes have been brought to life by doctors in Australia using a new resuscitation technique. More...

  • May-15 -- Options available for breast reconstruction surgery
    The study included more than 3,000 patients in California who were diagnosed with breast cancer between 2006 and 2011.
    Social support mechanisms matter in terms of physical outcomes". More...

  • May-15 -- Relay for Life of Lake Stevens celebrates survivors, remembers those lost and ...
    A flock of cancer survivors clad in purple t-shirts repeatedly circled the track at Mount Pleasant Junior High School on Friday night during the Titus and Morris County annual Relay for Life event - organized by local members of the American Cancer Society.
    Citarella started participating in the Relay 14 years ago. More...

  • May-15 -- 'Oncoplastic' surgery helping breast cancer patients recover
    Nationally, about 25 to 30 per cent of women get immediate reconstruction.
    For years the choice was whether to remove just the cancerous lump or the whole breast. More...

  • May-15 -- AbbVie, partner team up on drug to treat Celiac disease
    "Celiac disease is an area with significant unmet medical need," Dr. Scott Brun, AbbVie's vice president, pharmaceutical development, said in a statement.
    After positive results from a Phase IIa trial with Alvine's AVL003 experimental drug, showing less intestinal inflammation, Abbvie , the recent Abbott offshoot, has secured rights to the treatment. More...

Tuesday


  • May-14 -- Can small amounts of formula promote breastfeeding?
    MONDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Giving small amounts of infant formula to newborns who experience significant weight loss can increase the length of time that they are breast-fed, according to a new study.
    Scientists assigned 40 exclusively breastfeeding newborn term infants, who had lost more than 5 percent birth weight, to early limited formula (ELF) intervention. More...

  • May-14 -- Study: More than Half of Teen Drivers Text and Drive - Rochester Home Page
    The voluntary survey, conducted every two years since 1991, includes participants attending public and private high schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
    There is also evidence that distracted driving (including texting) is now the leading single cause of teenage fatalities, according to a 2011 survey done by the Centers for Disease Control. More...

  • May-14 -- China reports three new bird flu deaths, toll hits 35
    Compared with other bird flu strains, however, the H7N9 virus appears to spread faster from poultry to humans, and its symptoms are severe.
    The H7N9 flu virus was first detected in March and is described by WHO as one of the most lethal flu viruses around. More...

  • May-14 -- Ask adult patients about alcohol misuse: panel
    Primary care physicians should screen adult patients for alcohol misuse and offer brief counseling to those who engage in risky or hazardous drinking behaviors, according to an updated recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
    The Task Force also found insufficient evidence to make recommendations for screening or behavioral interventions for adolescents. More...

  • May-14 -- If Job Stress Mounts, Healthy Living May Be Lifesaver - MedPage Today
    A federal judge, who ordered last month that the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill be made available to young teens and girls without a doctor's prescription, denied on Friday the Obama administration's request to temporarily halt the order, calling the bid "frivolous" and politically motivated.
    The FDA, which had protected against Sebelius's decision, last month approved another drug application to make one brand available over the counter to girls as young as 15, but still requiring proof of age. More...

  • May-14 -- Judge Refuses to Drop His Order Allowing Morning-After Pill for All Ages
    A federal judge, who ordered last month that the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill be made available to young teens and girls without a doctor's prescription, denied on Friday the Obama administration's request to temporarily halt the order, calling the bid "frivolous" and politically motivated.
    According to Korman, politics is the driving force behind Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius' attempts to keep the age restrictions in place. More...

  • May-14 -- Agent Orange exposure linked to deadliest form of prostate cancer in Vietnam ...
    Exposure to Agent Orange was linked with a 52 percent increase in overall prostate cancer risk, a 75 percent increased risk of high-grade prostate cancer and a more than doubled risk of the deadliest forms of the disease.
    The finding is important for screening Veterans for the disease, study author Mark Garzotto, MD, of the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University said in a press release. More...

  • May-14 -- WHO calls on France to stay calm amid SARS-like virus scare
    LILLE, France May 9 (Reuters) - Two people who had contact with a Frenchman who is seriously ill with the new SARS-like coronavirus have fallen sick and been admitted to hospital, health officials in northern France said on Thursday.
    A retrospective study in Jordan found that there had been an outbreak of the new virus there as long ago as April 2012, with two confirmed cases and 11 probable ones, including 10 health care workers, Thomas told Reuters. More...

  • May-14 -- Kenyan patients escape from Nairobi's Mathari hospital
    Police Chief Samuel Anampiu is in charge of the area where Mathari Mental Hospital sits.
    Anampiu announced the patients' escape to Kenya's newspapers and said the police are using the patients' belongings and pictures to help with the identification process. More...

  • May-14 -- Angie Everhart reveals she's fighting thyroid cancer
    Actress and model Angie Everhart, 43, is about to undergo surgery for thyroid cancer.
    Word had started to trickle out and the star and rep wanted to take control of the flow of information. More...

  • May-14 -- Health law lets young people stay on a parent's plan or buy their own insurance
    For single adults, that is approximately $14,856 per year.
    The transition will also require the shutting down of Commonwealth Care and Commonwealth Choice, programs created by the 2006 state reform law offering subsidized insurance options to qualified residents and a marketplace for purchasing unsubsidized insurance. More...

  • May-14 -- Most doctors still reject Medicaid as program expansion nears
    Salt levels increased at most fast-food restaurants and in processed foods from 2005 to 2011, according to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine.
    WASHINGTON — The amount of salt in foods that are processed or sold at fast food restaurants is still high despite calls by medical experts for people to cut sodium for better health, a U.S. study said Monday. More...

  • May-14 -- Sodium levels in packaged and restaurant foods have not fallen much, study finds
    Salt levels increased at most fast-food restaurants and in processed foods from 2005 to 2011, according to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine.
    WASHINGTON — The amount of salt in foods that are processed or sold at fast food restaurants is still high despite calls by medical experts for people to cut sodium for better health, a U.S. study said Monday. More...

  • May-14 -- Books blast new version of psychiatry's bible, the DSM - USA Today
    Currently, psychiatrists diagnose an illness based on a cluster of symptoms as defined in a big book with a big name: the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, for short.
    Later this month, the American Psychiatric Association ( PSYCH ) will release the fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, referred to as DSM-5 , and the impending release has been stirring a vigorous debate within the psychological community. More...

  • May-14 -- Were You There? 2013 Gwinnett Relay for Life
    People may donate at Relay For Life of McKinney's website, www.RelayForLife.org/McKinneyTX , or by contacting Jeffcoat at [email protected] or co-chair Alesha Crowell at [email protected] .
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  • May-14 -- Men and women walk for hope, a cure for breast cancer - USA Today
    OTTUMWA, IOWA -- The 17th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure took place in Ottumwa Park this morning.
    Donations to Komen and participation in its "Race for the Cure" events, which had fallen off because of the misstep, did not fully recover. More...

  • May-14 -- First Medical Marijuana Dispensary To Open In Nation's Capital - RTTNews
    The regulations go into effect on May 24.
    The level of support is a landmark shift from 40 years ago when just 12 percent backed legalized pot, according to Gallup. More...

  • May-14 -- Spontaneous Gene Variants Tied to 10% of Child Heart Defects (1)
    Sinai and the University of Pennsylvania.
    Specifically, the analysis found that about 10 percent of the participant cases were associated with spontaneous mutations that arise during fetal development. More...

  • May-14 -- West Hollywood doctor surrenders after drug-trafficking charges
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Southern California doctor has been indicted on charges he allegedly wrote more than 1,200 prescriptions for powerful painkillers after a federal order revoked his authority to prescribe the drugs.
    The 72-year-old faces "four counts of using a revoked DEA registration number and three counts of distribution of hydrocodone," according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. The suspect was brazen, authorities say, writing 1,200 hydrocodone, oxycodone (a.k.a. OxyContin) and Xanax prescriptions after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency revoked his registration in December of 2011. (It was permanently revoked in July). More...

  • May-14 -- Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under ObamaCare, critics ...
    Sources suggested that Cancer patients could suffer higher expenditure on medications under the President Barack Obama's health care law.
    WASHINGTON (AP) Consumer alert: If you or someone you know needs costly medications and you're hoping President Barack Obama's health care law will meet the need, you may be in for a surprise. More...

Monday


  • May-13 -- Second case of challenging virus reported in France
    LILLE, France May 9 (Reuters) - Two people who had contact with a Frenchman who is seriously ill with the new SARS-like coronavirus have fallen sick and been admitted to hospital, health officials in northern France said on Thursday.
    LILLE, France: French health authorities said on Thursday they feared the country's first case of a new SARS-like virus that has killed 18 people, mostly in SDaudi Arabia, may have infected two other people. More...

  • May-13 -- Judge again rejects limits on emergency contraception
    A federal judge, who ordered last month that the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill be made available to young teens and girls without a doctor's prescription, denied on Friday the Obama administration's request to temporarily halt the order, calling the bid "frivolous" and politically motivated.
    If the government fails to secure a suspension of Korman's order, the path will become clear for over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill to young girls, an outcome that President Barack Obama's administration had tried to block. More...

  • May-13 -- Whole Foods mislabels chicken, vegan salads; FDA warns people with food ...
    According to the AP , the mix-up happened in 15 stores (in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York)"in some locations, the salads were sold in the cold food bars where customers can scoop food into containers. in other locations, it said the salads were displayed in the prepared food sections behind glass."
    Just yesterday, Sprouts Farmers Market, a group of 157 stores in the Southwest, filed an IPO prospectus with a similar pitch. More...

  • May-13 -- Government stops study on stroke prevention - USA Today
    Early results suggest invasive therapies are riskier than previously thought.
    The emergency ischemic stroke treatment is meant to administer clot dissolving drugs or thrombolytics. More...

  • May-13 -- Glaxo, Theravance Win Approval for Lung Disease Treatment
    What : Shares of Theravance ( NASDAQ: THRX ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on central nervous system and respiratory disorders, jumped as much as 14% after the Food and Drug Administration approved it and GlaxoSmithKline's ( NYSE: GSK ) revolutionary inhaled COPD treatment Breo Ellipta.
    FDA approved the use of Breo for patients suffering from COPD or in common parlance smoker's cough. More...

  • May-13 -- Books blast new version of psychiatry's bible, the DSM - USA Today
    I'm a 25-year survivor, thank God," Shirley Greene said.
    Of the proceeds raised in the Twin Cities Race, 75 percent stays in Minnesota to help uninsured and underinsured women fight breast cancer. More...

  • May-13 -- Thousands participate in Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure
    OTTUMWA, IOWA -- The 17th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure took place in Ottumwa Park this morning.
    The recent decline in attendance has widely been attributed to the Susan G. Komen foundation's controversial decision in January 2012 to stop funding breast cancer prevention programs at Planned Parenthood. More...

  • May-13 -- Keep the promise on AIDS
    Participants are advocating for: increased and maintained funding for HIV/AIDS prevention and care; the pharmaceutical companies to reduce AIDS drug prices; support for HIV prevention programs; and support for healthcare reform.
    Additional supporters of the Cleveland "Keep the Promise" rally and march include the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland (ATGC) and Cincinnati's Caracole, Inc. This fourth "Keep the Promise" march follows the inaugural "Keep the Promise" March on Washington in July of last year, when a coalition of 1,432 organizations from 103 countries came together before the XIX International AIDS Conference to call for more global HIV/AIDS funding. More...

  • May-13 -- Fresh and Fit: Gluten intolerance, fact or fad?
    Celiac disease is a digestive condition triggered by consumption of the protein gluten, which is primarily found in bread, pasta, cookies, pizza crust and many other foods containing wheat, barley or rye.
    Traces of Gluten are Found Everywhere - Many are blinded by gluten being sourced and channeled in food but traces of the protein are also found in beauty products. More...

  • May-13 -- About ProPublica's Medicare Part D data
    "There's certainly room for improvement," Robert Vito, a regional inspector general who has directed many of the reports, said in an interview.
    In cases where a provider wrote 10 or fewer prescriptions for a specific drug, CMS removed some information to protect patient privacy. More...

  • May-13 -- Ignorance of tick-borne Lyme disease 'costing lives'
    Spotting ticks requires time and patience, but so does waiting six months for a diagnosis once Lyme disease takes hold.
    For more information about tick-borne disease prevention, visit the Indiana State Department of Health's website at StateHealth.in.gov . More...

  • May-13 -- Scientists devised workout that requires just a chair, a wall and 7 minutes
    In a new study published in the American College of Sports Medicine's Health & Fitness Journal, two experts said that a combination of 12 exercises done over the course of seven minutes could be just as good for you as hours spent on other kinds of exercise, according to a preview of an upcoming New York Times Magazine column.
    "There's very good evidence that high-intensity interval training provides many of the fitness benefits of prolonged endurance training but in much less time." More...

  • May-13 -- Nevada's Worst Salmonella Outbreak
    The report noted that Firefly management has fully cooperated fully with the health district staff during the investigation.
    Far, surveillance for additional cases revealed 200 people who became ill after eating at Firefly during April 21-26, 2013. More...

  • May-13 -- Stafford doctor faces 95 charges, including involuntary manslaughter in patient's ...
    Nibedita Mohanty, 54, of Stafford, was indicted on one count of involuntary manslaughter, 72 counts of felony narcotics distribution and 22 counts of felony obtaining money by false pretenses involving insurance fraud, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.
    More...

  • May-13 -- FDA will investigate added caffeine in foods
    The agency made the announcement just as Wrigley was rolling out Alert Energy Gum, a new product that includes as much caffeine as a half a cup of coffee in one piece and promises "the right energy, right now."
    There is a need for changes in the regulatory framework to better guide the consumers and the industry about the appropriate level and use of caffeinated products." More...

  • May-13 -- Potential norovirus outbreak sickens more than 100 students at Wash. school
    According to the Moses Lake School District, students and staff reported symptoms similar to the stomach flu or norovirus including fever, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting.
    Health officials say the best way to prevent the spread of the virus is to stay clean with soap and water and stay away from others if you are sick. More...

  • May-13 -- High blood pressure is greatest risk factor for stroke
    Strokes are commonly called "brain attacks" because they mirror heart attacks : Something stops blood from reaching the brain, killing the parts of the brain that would've received that blood.
    Hemorrhagic strokes are caused by a rupture of a blood vessel resulting in bleeding within the brain itself. More...

  • May-13 -- Gene clues for testicular cancer, heart defect
    Direct sequencing of protein-coding regions of the human genomes to hunt down de novo mutations has only been applied to one other common congenital disease--autism.
    More...

  • May-13 -- New program to curb hospital return visits may burden smaller ones in poorer ...
    The charges listed in the new report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are called "chargemaster" prices.
    Even with the combined 54 percent increase from the base payment for Medicare reimbursements, the figure only covers about 90 percent of the hospital's cost for the service, Castillo said meaning UMHS loses money on Medicare patients. More...

  • May-13 -- Queen of England Addresses Plight of Asbestos Sufferers
    The Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center wants to hear from all U.S. Navy Veterans, or their family members, if the Veteran has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, or any type of asbestos exposure lung cancer, because the compensation for these types of individuals can be substantial.
    Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that affects the pleura or the protective lining surrounding the heart, lungs or stomach. More...

Sunday


  • May-12 -- Judge Refuses to Drop His Order Allowing Morning-After Pill for All Ages
    A federal judge, who ordered last month that the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill be made available to young teens and girls without a doctor's prescription, denied on Friday the Obama administration's request to temporarily halt the order, calling the bid "frivolous" and politically motivated.
    "The motion for a stay pending appeal is denied," Judge Korman said in a 17-page order. More...

  • May-12 -- French tests ease fears of coronavirus transmission
    LILLE, France May 9 (Reuters) - Two people who had contact with a Frenchman who is seriously ill with the new SARS-like coronavirus have fallen sick and been admitted to hospital, health officials in northern France said on Thursday.
    The 13 cases, with 7 deaths, have all been reported since May 2. More...

  • May-12 -- Malaria hope: Bacteria that make mosquitoes resistant
    Malaria spreads in human populations because female Anopheles mosquitoes carrying malaria-inducing Plasmodium parasites bite people and pass it into their bloodstream.
    Malaria is very infectious and major disease across the globe. More...

  • May-12 -- Obama's health secretary seeks donations from companies for healthcare law
    Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has gone, hat in hand, to health industry officials, asking them to make large financial donations to help with the effort to implement President Obama's landmark health-care law, two people familiar with the outreach said.
    Republicans are questioning whether Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius might have broken the law by asking industry groups to help fund the implementation of President Obama's healthcare law. More...

  • May-12 -- Government stops study on stroke prevention - USA Today
    Early results suggest invasive therapies are riskier than previously thought.
    The patient may experience headaches and other symptoms from time to time which can be treated with medicines. More...

  • May-12 -- Meningitis outbreak: Nashville clinic provided patients' names
    The suggestion was part of a statement by the former Saint Thomas Outpatient Neurosurgical Center medical director in a lawsuit brought by Wayne Reed.
    Balanced Solutions Compounding Pharmacy, a division of Axium Healthcare Pharmacy, Inc., of Lake Mary, FL (4/21/2013): All lots of sterile nonexpired drug products were recalled following an inspection that showed the facility had inadequate assurance that products were sterile. More...

  • May-12 -- Steps for US store delis to reduce Listeria risk
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that infections with Lm causes about 1,600 illnesses, 1,500 hospitalizations and 260 deaths in the United States each year.
    FSIS is planning to provide outreach materials to retailers where ready-to-eat meat and poultry products are sliced, prepared, or packaged for consumption in the home. More...

  • May-12 -- FDA Approves Once-Daily COPD Drug - MedPage Today
    What : Shares of Theravance ( NASDAQ: THRX ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on central nervous system and respiratory disorders, jumped as much as 14% after the Food and Drug Administration approved it and GlaxoSmithKline's ( NYSE: GSK ) revolutionary inhaled COPD treatment Breo Ellipta.
    FDA approved the use of Breo for patients suffering from COPD or in common parlance smoker's cough. More...

  • May-12 -- Spending on prescription drugs drops as people 'ration' their health care
    According to a new report from IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, the nation's total spending on prescription medications dropped from $329.2 billion in 2011 to $325.8 billion last year.
    According to the report, the patent expirations of common prescriptions resulted in a $28.9 billion reduction in spending. More...

  • May-12 -- Save the Children teams up with GlaxoSmithKline
    The initial target is to save the lives of one million children within five years.
    Flagship programmes will run initially in Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya. More...

  • May-12 -- Thousands participate in Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure
    The organization has raised more than $35 million in the past 20 years.
    In 2012, Komen Chicago granted over $1.5 million to 17 community organizations, and in total has awarded over $12 million towards the fight against breast cancer in the Chicagoland service area. More...

  • May-12 -- Stafford doctor faces 95 charges, including involuntary manslaughter in patient's ...
    Dr. Nibedita Mohanty, of 441 Marlborough Point Road, Stafford, has been charged with 72 counts of felony distribution of a Schedule II Narcotic, 22 counts of felony obtaining money by false pretenses (involving insurance fraud), and one count of involuntary manslaughter, Stafford County Sheriff's Office spokesman Bill Kennedy said.
    Billy Bowler said more information regarding that charge might be released sometime next week. More...

  • May-12 -- Pets, especially dogs, are good for the heart
    Glenn N. Levine, MD, professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas said that owning a pet, specifically a dog, reduces the risk of getting affected by the heart diseases.
    Previous work conducted on pet ownership has shown that people with pets are more likely to live longer, happier lives than those who don't have any pets. More...

  • May-12 -- Generic version of narcotic Opana still for sale despite concerns
    In a rebuke that Endo Health Solutions said might cost it $120 million in 2013, the Food and Drug Administration rejected the Malvern drugmaker's request that the agency deny approval to generic versions of its opioid painkiller Opana ER. Last year, Endo took the unusual step of asking the FDA to withdraw approval of its own drug on safety grounds.
      In isolation, Endo estimates that the denial of the Citizen's Petition and the potential launch of multiple generic formulations of non-abuse deterrent oxymorphone could reduce 2013 total net sales of OPANA ER by up to $120 million and reduce adjusted diluted EPS by up to approximately $0.55 in 2013. More...

  • May-12 -- Why Psychiatry's Seismic Shift Will Happen Slowly
    The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is psychiatry's bible.
    There are just 303 psychiatric drugs in development, compared to 3,436 cancer medicines and 1,247 drugs for other neurological disorders, according to the Analysis Group in a study commissioned by PhRMA, the drug industry trade group. More...

  • May-12 -- Heart Patient Risk From iPad2 Found by 14-Year-Old
    Gianna Chien, a 14-year-old high school freshman from California, found that specialized magnets in Apple's iPad 2 can interfere with implanted heart devices.
    No effects were noted in the people who had implanted pacemakers or the loop recorder. More...

  • May-12 -- Study Claims Marijuana Tied to Lower Bladder Cancer Risk
    Patients with little or no positive social interaction were three times more likely to report a low quality of life and more physical symptoms, the investigators found.
    The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine offers protection against cervical cancer, but cannot effectively protect against infections of some types of high risk HPV which are not included in the vaccine. More...

  • May-12 -- Protect against ticks and Lyme disease
    Rocky Mountain spotted fever can be fatal and Lyme disease can cause long-term nervous system damage.
    The disease often starts with a rash but can become much more serious. More...

  • May-12 -- Palos Community Hospital Honors Staff during National Nurses Week
    Nursing is projected to grow faster than all other occupations, with more than 700,000 new RN jobs by 2020.
    Matt Tederman, BSN, CFRN, says, "Kids are always the toughest flights. More...

  • May-12 -- Whole Foods mislabels chicken, vegan salads; FDA warns people with food ...
    According to the AP , the mix-up happened in 15 stores (in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York)"in some locations, the salads were sold in the cold food bars where customers can scoop food into containers. in other locations, it said the salads were displayed in the prepared food sections behind glass."
    The vegan salad contained soy, and the chicken salad contained egg. More...





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