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FDA And Everyday Health Collaborate To Expand Reach Of Consumer Health Informationemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Everyday Health announced a collaboration that will expand the delivery of the agency's vital consumer health information to the 30 million unique users who visit Everyday Health each month.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news

State Health Plans In Washington, Kansas Face Challengesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Officials in Washington state and Kansas are working to get residents out of or into their state-run insurance programs. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: About as many people are on the wait list for Washington's Basic Health plan, a state-run, low-cost health insurance program, as are currently enrolled.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

New Technology Drives Therapies For Older Patients, Those With Alzheimer'semail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Technology advances are making life better for the elderly and those with Alzheimer's disease by allowing the older to stay in their homes and giving the ill a way to interact with society again.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alzheimer's / Dementia Source Type: news

FDA Approves New Drug Treatment For Long-Term Pain Relief After Shingles Attacksemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the approval of Qutenza (capsaicin) 8% patch, a medicated skin patch that relieves the pain of post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), a serious complication that can occur after a bout with shingles. Shingles is an outbreak of rash or blisters on the skin that is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox - the varicella-zoster virus.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

Medicare Doctor Payment "Fix" Could Slip, Jeopardizing AMA Support For Health Reformemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The American Medical Association backed the House Democrats' reform bill earlier this month, at a time when it appeared likely lawmakers would move to permanently end looming cuts to doctors' Medicare payments that Congress defers from year to year, Politico reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news

Senate Democrats Wait For CBO Score, Work To Keep Votesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is planning a "key test vote by the end of the week" on a health reform bill, according to Senate aides, Politico reports. "The vote on a motion to proceed to the bill could come as early as Friday, teeing up the amendment process to begin after the Thanksgiving break." Reid may keep the Senate in session over the weekend (Budoff Brown, 11/17).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

Blogs Comment On Abortion Issues In Health Reform, HPV Vaccinations For Immigrantsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "DeGette: Stupak Agenda Is Much Wider Restrictions on Abortion," Brian Beutler, Talking Points Memo: Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) "takes issue" with Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) "interpretation of the events leading up to the vote that completely changed the stakes of reform debate," Beutler writes.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Abortion Source Type: news

Egyptian Mummies Reveal Heart Disease As Ancient Afflictionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A new study finds that atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries, was common in ancient Egyptians, challenging a belief that vascular disease is a modern affliction caused by current-day risk factors such as stress and sedentary lifestyles.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

STI Rates Increase Among Mississippi Teensemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Teenagers ages 15 through 19 now comprise nearly 40% of Mississippi's sexually transmitted infection cases, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. The number of chlamydia cases among teens increased 25% over the last five years, and numbers of cases in 2008 were close to the 2007 total.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Sexual Health / STDs Source Type: news

At-Risk College Students Reduce HBP, Anxiety, Depression Through Transcendental Meditationemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, according to a new study to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension, December 2009.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine Source Type: news

Revised Guidelines Say Most Women Can Begin Mammograms At Age 50email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Most women should begin routine mammograms to screen for breast cancer at age 50, not 40 as previously recommended, according to new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that aim to reduce harm from overtreatment, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, the new guidelines differ significantly from the task force's last recommendations and from those of other groups.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news

States Take Action To Reduce Risk Factors For Preterm Birthemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
For the second consecutive year, the United States earned only a "D" on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, demonstrating that more than half a million of our nation's newborns didn't get the healthy start they deserved. In the 2009 Premature Birth Report card, seven states improved their performance by one letter grade and two fared worse.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Source Type: news

Researchers Discover Heart Disease In 3,500-Year-Old Mummiesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Hardening of the arteries has been detected in 3,500-year-old mummies, so we may have to look beyond modern risk factors to fully understand heart disease, according to research presented American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

Death toll of A/H1N1 flu reaches 100 in Iranemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Health Ministry said the ...
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Concerns over social care plansemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The government's plan to offer the most vulnerable people free social care in their own homes in England has been met with a cool response.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Int'l NGO seeks approval of Chinese contraceptive on African marketemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
KAMPALA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) – Family Health International ...
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Pre-eclampsia linked to thyroidemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion This well-conducted research used two separate studies to examine whether pre-eclampsia during pregnancy affects thyroid function. Although both studies found a clear link between pre-eclampsia and blood tests that indicated an underactive thyroid, many questions remain unanswered. Principally, it is unclear whether blood test results that indicated an underactive thyroid were associated with any signs or symptoms of disease. While women had altered levels of one of the thyroid hormones tested, few women were found to have abnormal levels of both. Abnormal levels of just one hormone does not necessarily sugge...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy/child Source Type: news

What’s New in Clinical Trials in Lupus?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Recent trials have explored the efficacy of old, widely used therapies, as well as newer agents, to prevent lupus flares and for maintenance therapy. International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: news

What Is Dystonia? What Causes Dystonia?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Dystonia is a general term which describes involuntary movements and extended muscle contractions - a range of movement disorders. The patient has twisting body movements, tremor and unusual or awkward postures. For some patients the whole body may be involved in the movements, while for others only certain parts of the body are affected.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

Advocacy Groups Increase Efforts To Oppose Abortion Coverage Restrictions In Senate Health Reform Billemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Abortion-rights advocacy groups are ramping up advertising campaigns and lobbying efforts to prevent Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) antiabortion amendment to the House health reform bill (HR 3962) from being included in the Senate's version of the legislation, CongressDaily reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Abortion Source Type: news

Five Exercises Reduce Neck Pain Of Women Office Workersemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Strength training exercises using dumbbells can reduce pain and improve function in the trapezius muscle, the large muscle which extends from the back of the head, down the neck and into the upper back. The exercises also improve the muscle's ability to respond quickly and forcefully among women suffering trapezius myalgia, a tenderness and tightness in the upper trapezius muscle.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

Heart-Health Benefits Of Omega-3 Fatty Acids Affected By Method Of Cookingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
If you eat fish to gain the heart-health benefits of its omega-3 fatty acids, baked or boiled fish is better than fried, salted or dried, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. And, researchers said, adding low-sodium soy sauce or tofu will enhance the benefits.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

Symptoms Of Depression Improved By Motivational "Women-Only" Cardiac Rehabemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Depressive symptoms improved among women with coronary heart disease who participated in a motivationally-enhanced cardiac rehabilitation program exclusively for women, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. Depression often co-occurs with heart disease and is found more often in women with heart disease than in men.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

Some Obese People Perceive Body Size As OK, Dismiss Need To Lose Weightemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Some obese people misperceive that their body size is normal and think they don't need to lose weight, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. In the Dallas Heart Study of 5,893 people, researchers found that 8 percent of the 2,056 who were obese said they were satisfied with their body size or felt they could gain weight.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

Monetary Gain And High-risk Tactics Stimulate Activity In The Brainemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Monetary gain stimulates activity in the brain. Even the mere possibility of receiving a reward is known to activate an area of the brain called the striatum.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

Tulane Cancer Center To Begin Novel Clinical Trial For Late-Stage Prostate Cancer Drugemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
International prostate cancer expert Dr. Oliver Sartor of Tulane Cancer Center is the first oncologist in the United States to offer patients an experimental new treatment for late-stage prostate cancer through a multi-center clinical trial that is currently recruiting patients at 100 sites across 20 countries worldwide.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Prostate / Prostate Cancer Source Type: news

Detonating Tumor Killer Drug In Cancers On Commandemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Experiments at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute (PVLSI) at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news

Engineering Researcher Part Of Team That Discovers How To Capture Tumor Cells In Bloodstreamemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Jin-Woo Kim, a biomedical engineering researcher at the University of Arkansas, is part of a cutting-edge nanotechnology research group that has discovered a way to capture tumor cells in the bloodstream. The work could dramatically improve early cancer diagnosis and prevent deadly metastasis. The discovery was published Nov.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news

Need For Emergency Airway Surgery For Hard-to-Intubate Patients Reducedemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Be prepared, that old Boy Scout motto, is being applied with great success to operating room patients whose anatomy may make it difficult for physicians to help them breathe during surgery, Johns Hopkins researchers report in a new study.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

Popular Rapid Influenza Tests Pose A Dangerous Public Health Riskemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Rapid influenza diagnostic tests used in doctors' offices, hospitals and medical laboratories to detect H1N1 are virtually useless and could pose a significant danger to public health, according to a Loyola University Medical Center researcher.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news

Cancer-Fighting Drugs Delivered Right To The Tumoremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An encapsulation breakthrough by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology may enable doctors to deliver anti-cancer drugs directly to tumors over extended periods of time, while preventing the systemic side effects of chemotherapy and other current cancer treatments.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news

Cancer Patients And Doctors Report Drug Side Effects Differently, But When Combined Improve Reporting Of Adverse Eventsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
In clinical trials for cancer, it is standard for clinicians rather than patients to report adverse symptom side effects from treatments, such as nausea and fatigue. At present, patient self-reporting, although important, is not a well studied source of this information.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news

NeurogesX To Hold Conference Call To Discuss FDA Approval Of Qutenza(TM) (capsaicin) 8% Patch For Treatment Of Postherpetic Neuralgia (PHN)email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NeurogesX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGSX) announces that it will hold a conference call at 8:30a.m. ET (5:30a.m. PT) to discuss the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Qutenza(TM) (capsaicin) 8% patch, the first and only product containing prescription strength capsaicin, for the management of neuropathic pain due to postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), the nerve pain which can follow shingles.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

FDA Clears The First Rapid Test To Detect Bacteria In Pooled Plateletsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Fenwal, Inc., a global medical technology company focused on improving blood collection, separation, safety and availability, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Verax Platelet PGD® test as a quality control test to detect bacterial contamination in whole blood-derived, pooled platelets prior to transfusion.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news

New Consortium Paves The Way For Improved Treatment Of Hypertension And Associated Vascular Complicationsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Top Institute Pharma (TI Pharma) has formed a consortium with Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Erasmus Medical Centre and Maastricht University to define new modalities for the treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure) and associated vascular complications such as heart and kidney failure, myocardial infarction and stroke.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hypertension Source Type: news

Destination Therapy Trial Data Demonstrate Superiority For HeartMate II(R) Over HeartMate(R) XVEemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Thoratec Corporation (Nasdaq: THOR), a world leader in device-based mechanical circulatory support therapies to save, support and restore failing hearts, said that data released from the Destination Therapy (DT) pivotal trial for the HeartMate II left ventricular assist system (LVAS) demonstrate that
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

American Heart Association Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Report: Tailoring Drug Dose To Heart Failure Patients' Response More Effectiveemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Tailoring the dose of a heart failure drug to a patient's response is better than the one-size-fits-all approach, according to research presented in a late-breaking clinical trial at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

American Heart Association Late Breaking Clinical Trial Report: High Dose Of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Effective In Heart Failure Patientsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A larger dose of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) is more effective than a smaller dose in heart failure patients, researchers said at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. The Comparison of Low-Dose vs.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

American Heart Association Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Report: Continuous Flow Heart Pump Improves Survival More Than Pulsatile Typeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A new, continuous flow heart pump, or left ventricular assist device (LVAD), delivered better two-year survival in advanced heart failure patients than the current pulsatile model, researchers reported in a late-breaking clinical trial presentation at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

InterMune Announces Modification To On-Going Phase 2b Study Of ITMN-191 In Patients With Chronic HCV Infectionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
InterMune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITMN) announced that the on-going Phase 2b study conducted by Roche of ITMN-191 (RG7227) combined with standard of care (SOC) PEGASYS® (peginterferon alfa-2a) and COPEGUS® (ribavirin) in HCV treatment-naive patients has been modified. The Phase 2b study has four dosage cohorts: SOC; 300mg q8h plus SOC; 600mg q12h plus SOC and 900mg q12h plus SOC.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Source Type: news

Cellphone app to make maps of noise pollutionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
New software could turn cellphones into environmental sensors, enabling them to gather noise pollution data in unprecedented detail
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: journals

114-Year-Old Woman Dies In NY Nursing Homeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A 114-year-old woman believed to be the oldest native-born American and the third-oldest person in the world has died at a New York nursing home.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

Saudi preachers asked to keep sermons short amid swine flu fearsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Islamic Affairs has instructed Muslim preachers to keep their sermons short over fears
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Hospitals in Pakistani capital packed with patients due to changing weatheremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Two main hospitals of the ...
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Drug can halve heart attacks in the healthy: Statins give 'unprecedented' cut in risk, say doctorsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A drug has been found to cut the risk of heart attacks by almost half in 'healthy' people, researchers say today.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What's up Doc? Did you say carrots only really help half of us to see in the dark?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Young children have long been told that eating carrots will help them see in the dark.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Salt warning to the takeaway generation: Teens risk health by eating one ready-meal a dayemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
One in six young people eats a salt-laden ready-meal or takeaway every day, a survey shows. Many have three or more a week, but an astonishing 16 per cent indulge daily.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Fish and chips is out, but baked or boiled fish with soy sauce is in if you want a healthy heartemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
How fish is cooked helps to determine how healthy it is for the heart, a study suggests and the findings are bad news for the great British tradition of fish and chips.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mall Santas Lobby For Swine Flu Shotsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Many of the nation's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those runny-nosed kids. There's also the not-so-little matter of that round belly. Research has suggested obesity could be a risk factor.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

Grandmother who was sterilised 13 years ago gives birth to 'miracle baby'email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Now she is mother to health baby boy Connor, born last week and weighing in at 8lbs 8oz, who is younger than her grandchildren.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news