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3D printers help scientists grow prosthetic ears
3D-printed mold created from ear scans helps provide framework for cow cartilage cells to grow into a prosthetic ear
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

FDA approves new "Gummy Bear" silicone breast implant
Like other breast implants, the FDA warns these are not lifetime devices and may require future surgeries
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Oxygen treatment may not help foot ulcers
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite past clinical trials demonstrating that exposure to pure oxygen can help stubborn wounds heal, a large new study of diabetes patients with severe foot ulcers finds no benefit from oxygen treatments and possibly some harm.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Oxygen Treatment May Not Help Foot Ulcers
Despite past clinical trials demonstrating that exposure to pure oxygen can help stubborn wounds heal, a large new study of diabetes patients with severe foot ulcers finds no benefit from oxygen treatments and possibly some harm.Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Pages: Diabetic Foot, Oxygen Therapy
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Haley Pushes to Limit Food Stamp Purchases to Healthy Items
South Carolina, long at the back of the line in health care, wants to take the lead among states in the battle against obesity by allowing only healthy foods to be purchased with food stamps. Gov. Nikki Haley on Thursday joined leaders of three state agencies to announce plans to seek a waiver from the federal government to change the food stamp program. Haley noted that South Carolina has the eighth highest rate of obesity among states.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - February 22, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news

Scaling Up HIV Treatments Worth The Price, South Africa
According to two studies published in this week's Science journal, ramping up HIV antiretroviral treatments in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal has been worth the extra expense. According to the findings of the HTPN 052 (HIV Prevention Trials Network 052) trial, people who are HIV positive have a 96% lower chance of transmitting the virus to their partners if they are receiving ART (antiretroviral) medications. Jacob Bor, from Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA, and team followed up on this trial...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news

Pressure Rising to Avoid Cuts to Health Programs
(MedPage Today) -- Representatives of the medical research community, as well as patient advocates and other health experts, say Congress must find a way to stop the automatic spending cuts set to begin March 1.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don’t, and How to Make Any Change Stick
Mixing roughly three parts information with one part practical technique for yoking habits to the service of self-improvement, Jeremy Dean’s Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don’t, and How to Make Any Change Stick tours the last hundred years of psychological research on habit and synthesizes an impressive amount of insight into human habit formation and, for that matter, de-formation. Dean, an English lawyer turned psychologist, is the founder and proprietor of the website PsyBlog, which he’s maintained steadily since 2004. This is his first book, and one suspects it won’t be his last. ...
Source: Psych Central - February 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Brian Diedrick Tags: Alcoholism Book Reviews Cognitive-Behavioral Compulsive Gambling General Healthy Living Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Self-Help Career Academics Daniel Kahneman Diedrick English Lawyer Everyday Habits Habit Change Habit Formati Source Type: news

FDA Approves Breast-Cancer Drug
The FDA approved a powerful new type of drug that will be marketed by Roche to treat breast cancer.
Source: WSJ.com: Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Los Angeles health officials concerned about TB outbreak on skid row
(Reuters) - Los Angeles county health officials have asked for federal assistance to analyze and contain an outbreak of tuberculosis within the city's homeless population, a spokeswoman for the county agency said on Friday.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Nine Cancer Researchers Win New, Big Prizes ($3 Million)Nine Cancer Researchers Win New, Big Prizes ($3 Million)
Big money is awarded to big stars of science. Not everyone thinks it is a great idea. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Kenya: Zana Africa Launches Sanitary Pad Giveaway Challenge
[The Star]A mobile application to boost the distribution of sanitary towels in Kenyan schools was launched yesterday. The Nia Network, launched by Chase Group Foundation in partnership with Zana Africa, will coordinate the distribution of sanitary pads nationally.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

CDC Pitching in on LA TB Outbreak
(MedPage Today) -- The CDC is planning to send a research team to Los Angeles to investigate an outbreak of tuberculosis mainly among the city's homeless.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Kenya: Free Diabetes Checkup, Treatment at KNH
[The Star]Get free diabetes testing and treatment at Kenyatta Hospital tomorrow and Sunday. CEO Richard Lesiyampe says the campaign aims to increase awareness about the disease.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Kenya: Positive Goals Make the World a Better Place
[The Star]The lives of the world's poorest people have improved more rapidly in the last 15 years than ever before, yet I am optimistic that we will do even better in the next 15 years. After all, human knowledge is increasing. We can see this concretely in the development and declining costs of new medicines like HIV drugs, and in the creation of new seeds that allow poor farmers to be more productive. Once such tools are invented, they are never un-invented - they just improve.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Shareholders Blast Novartis
Novartis's shareholders blasted the company's board for offering its outgoing chairman a $78 million exit package, shortly before a nationwide vote is due on curbing executive pay.
Source: WSJ.com: Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

FDA approves new late-stage breast cancer drug Kadcyla
Kadcyla delivers the drug to the cancer site to shrink the tumor, slow disease progression and prolong survival
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Treating Localized Prostate CA Causes Functional DeclinesTreating Localized Prostate CA Causes Functional Declines
A new study examines the long-term effects of treating localized prostate cancer, and clinicians need to inform patients of these outcomes, says Dr. Gerald Chodak. Medscape Urology
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology Commentary Source Type: news

Former student focuses on maternity’s thin line
Source: Public Health News Headlines from Johns Hopkins - February 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Kenya: Convict Gets Extra Sentence
[The Star]A man who escaped after being jailed for three years for being in possession of seven rolls of bhang has been rearrested.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

“Solve the Outbreak” app great learning tool for science teachers, teens, young adults
Are you a K-12 librarian? Or a public librarian working with K-12 staff and students? If yes, then the CDC has a new app for you to explore. Scientists and gamers alike can now play disease detective, through “Solve the Outbreak,” a new iPad app from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The app lets users assume the role of a disease outbreak investigator in the agency’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) by navigating three fictional outbreaks based on real-life events. Users get clues, review data, and make decisions to determine the cause of the outbreak. Visit http://ow.ly/hXV5B for more information. /da
Source: Midcontinental Region News - February 22, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Other Libraries Public Libraries Source Type: news

Aquarium Dumping Linked To Giant Tahoe Goldfish
The giant fish in Lake Tahoe are thought to be spawning and schooling after being dumped there by aquarium owners.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Rate of employer health insurance coverage stabilizes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Less than half of adults received health insurance through their employer in 2012, but the market showed signs of stabilizing after three years of decline, according to a poll released on Friday.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Rate of Employer Health Insurance Coverage Stabilizes
Less than half of adults received health insurance through their employer in 2012, but the market showed signs of stabilizing after three years of decline, according to a poll released on Friday. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Page: Health Insurance
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kenya: 218,000 Receive Trachoma Drugs
[The Star]More than 218,000 people in Trans Mara received drugs to prevent or treat trachoma. The Ministry of Health gave out the drugs in a ten-day drive against the disease.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Riata ICD Leads in Denmark: Externalization Rate 11%Riata ICD Leads in Denmark: Externalization Rate 11%
The recalled implantable defibrillator leads aren't exactly rotten in Denmark, but their internal conductors are externalizing at a rate similar to what's been seen in other countries. Heartwire
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Flu Continues Its Retreat
(MedPage Today) -- Influenza activity continued to fall in most of the U.S., down from its peak in the last week of December, the CDC reported.
Source: MedPage Today State Required CME - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Learning to Live with Vision Loss as We Get Older
For most people, age brings a decline in vision. Some of the most frequently diagnosed age-related diseases trigger the loss of vision or blindness, including cataracts, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in The State of Vision, Aging and Public Health in America that cases of early age-related macular degeneration are expected to double by 2015 to 17.8 million for those ages 50 years and older. Cases of diabetic retinopathy among people aged 65 or older will quadruple to 9.9 million.
Source: Disabled World - February 22, 2013 Category: Disability Tags: Vision Disability Source Type: news

Thigh Fat May Slow Down Seniors
Decrease in walking speed predicts decline in mobility, researchers saySource: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Obesity, Seniors' Health, Walking Problems
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Soccer Goal: Lowering Blood Pressure
Adults who play regularly may reduce hypertension, study finds Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Exercise and Physical Fitness, High Blood Pressure
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Heartburn Meds May Often Be Taken for Too Long, at Too-High Doses
Study of U.S. veterans found many stay on drugs such as Prilosec for months, years without reevaluation Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: GERD, Medicines, Veterans and Military Health
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A Few Extra Pounds May Harm Lung Function in Black, Hispanic Kids
Differences in body fat distribution could boost asthma rates in some minorities, study saysSource: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Asthma in Children, Body Weight, Health Disparities
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Stress Early In Life Can Affect Heart Function Early
Life stress early on such as that experienced by babies who are sick, appears to have an early impact on heart function, affecting the heart's ability to refill with oxygen-rich blood and relax. A group of researchers from Georgia Regents University conducted a study using rat pups, separating them from their mothers for a couple hours everyday. Then, an extra stress was added to raise blood pressure. The researchers saw a noteworthy fall in basic heart function...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news

Calcium Supplements Lead To Heart Disease
Men who take calcium supplements are more likely to die of heart disease than those who do not take supplements. The finding came from a new study by a team of experts led by Qian Xiao, from the National Institutes of Health, and supports prior research from last year which indicated that calcium supplements are linked to a higher risk of heart attack. The experts observed 388,229 middle-aged adults between 50 and 71 years old in the United States for the purpose of their research...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

Cancer patients 'at risk from delays'
Up to fifth of bowel and prostate cancer sufferers' lives are being put at risk because they are not referred for treatment within two months of diagnosis, a leading charity has claimed.
Source: Telegraph Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Being bullied may lead to higher chance of adult psychological problems
Victims and those who were both bullied and bullies had a higher risk of having anxiety disorders, depression and suicidal thoughts
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

DNA's double helix: 60 years since life's deep molecular secret was discovered
Brenda Maddox describes how, in late February 1953, the structure of our genetic material was uncoveredI have never seen James Watson in a modest mood. It may be rash to mark the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA by paraphrasing the opening sentence of his notoriously immodest 1968 book The Double Helix. But as I prepare to write the biography of the man who, with Francis Crick, discovered the double helical structure of the molecule that forms our genes, I think of his remark that of all his work he was proudest of his writings.The Double Helix tells how Watson, then 25, discovered the secret of li...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 22, 2013 Category: Science Tags: The Guardian Genetics Biology Culture Books Features Ig Nobel Prizes Chemistry Science Source Type: news

DBS Benefits in Dystonia May Linger After Device Shut-OffDBS Benefits in Dystonia May Linger After Device Shut-Off
New report adds to a 'small but emerging' body of evidence of lingering motor benefit in dystonia after interruption of neurostimulation. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news

Despite Lingering Drought, USDA Predicts A Flood Of Grain
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says farmers may get a record harvest of corn, and a higher supply of soybeans and wheat in 2013. The corn harvest is expected to be up nearly 40 percent over last year's drought-crippled level.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Millions more could join Medicaid
Despite their initial, vehement protests, a growing number of Republican governors are giving their blessing to expanding Medicaid in their states.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'Smarter Lunchroom' May Lead to Healthier Choices
Attractive positioning of fruits and veggies influences what kids eat, researchers find
Source: WebMD Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Relationship Worries Can Make You Sick
Chronic fretting linked to rise in stress hormones, lowered immune response in study
Source: WebMD Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

For Alzheimer's Caregivers, Patience and Compassion Are Key
Expert advice for those facing the challenges brought on by the disease
Source: WebMD Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

AAN Points to 5 Questionable Practices in NeurologyAAN Points to 5 Questionable Practices in Neurology
A part of the 'Choose Wisely' campaign, the AAN has released their list of 5 practices judged unnecessary for patient care. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news

Flu vaccine less effective, especially among elderly
This year's flu vaccine was less effective than officials previously thought, particularly for the elderly, said officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Source: CNN.com - Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Don't hate GP receptionists for being grumpy - they're under pressure and under qualified, says new report
A study carried out by the University of Manchester has found that far from being at fault, GP receptionists deserve our sympathy.
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The cure for arthritis? Fish oil and aspirin, according to a breakthrough discovery
Scientists from the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston have found that the two work together to combat inflammation.
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Eritrea: Gel'alo Residents Express Satisfaction With Social Service
[Shabait]Gel'alo -The residents of Gel'alo semi-urban center, Northern Red Sea region, expressed satisfaction with social service facilities, on the basis of which their livelihood has by and large been improved.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Kadcyla For Late-Stage Breast Cancer Approved By FDA
Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine), a new medication for the treatment of HER2-positive, metastatic breast cancer, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), USA. Metastatic, also known as late-stage, means the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. HER2, a protein which drives normal cell growth, is found in larger quantities in several kinds of cancer cells (HER2-positive), including a number of breast cancers. The HER2 protein contributes to the growth and survival of cancer cells in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news

Ask A Dentist: Facts To Sink Your Teeth Into
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. And, it turns out, the dentist--because that fibery skin is good for your teeth. Dentists Mark Ryder of the University of California San Francisco and Mark Wolff of New York University answer your toothy questions in this episode of our "Ask an expert" series.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news