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One in 10 teenagers now suffers from liver disease due to toxic food supply
Today, more young people than ever are suffering from a chronic illness -- the cause of which has everything to do with eating a toxic diet -- that used to occur primarily only among older adults with diabetes. Figures recently compiled as part of the National Health...
Source: NaturalNews.com - October 16, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

RCT: Phase III TOPICAL trial investigates first-line erlotinib in patients with advanced NSCLC unsuitable for chemotherapy
Source: Lancet Oncology Area: News The Lancet Oncology has featured the results of the TOPICAL trial, which investigated the use of erlotinib in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and a poor performance status and the presence of several co-morbidities. The double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III trial, done at 78 centres in the UK involved a total of 670 patients with newly diagnosed, pathologically confirmed stage IIIb or IV NSCLC who were chemotherapy naïve, and had no symptomatic brain metastases. Patients were required to have been deemed unsuitable for chemotherapy because of ...
Source: NeLM - News - October 16, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Scientists to EPA: Include women in reproductive health research
(Northwestern University) EPA research on reproductive health is not being uniformly investigated in both sexes and across the lifespan due to out-of-date guidelines. Many toxicity studies are only conducted in males, but the effects may be different in women. Northwestern scientists will meet with EPA administrators in Washington to press for important changes in the guidelines for reproductive health research.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 16, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Genetic protection against arsenic
(Lund University) Evolution has not only controlled human development over millions of years, it also has an impact on modern man. This is one of the conclusions of a study of Argentinian villagers in the Andes, where the water contains high levels of arsenic. A gene variant that produces efficient and less toxic metabolism of arsenic in the body was much more common among the villagers than among other indigenous groups in South or Central America.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 16, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

In-car smoke 'breaks toxic limit'
Smoking in the car, even with the window open, makes pollution that exceeds official "safe" limits, scientists say.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 15, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A Little Bit Of Extra Sleep Pays Off Big For Kids
WebMD Medical News By Denise Mann Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Oct. 15, 2012 — Twenty-seven minutes. That’s how much extra sleep a school-aged child needs per night to be brighter and more productive the following day. According to a new study, kids who slept that extra amount each night were less impulsive, less easily distracted, and less likely to have temper tantrums or cry often and easily. By contrast, losing just shy of an hour’s worth of sleep had the opposite effects on behavior and mood. “Small changes in bedtime and daily routine could go a long way,” says researcher ...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 15, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mreal197 Tags: WebMD News Source Type: news

Hunt for Alzheimer's cure hots up
AstraZeneca is expanding its research teams worldwide to crack a potentially lucrative marketWith 800,000 sufferers in the UK and millions more worldwide, Alzheimer's disease – the most common form of dementia – represents one of the biggest and potentially lucrative challenges to modern medical research.For AstraZeneca, a company desperate to find a new generation of treatments to replenish its dwindling stock of patented drugs, it represents a serious commercial opportunity.Spurred on by a new chief executive, Pascal Soriot, brought in to turn Britain's second-biggest drug firm around after a shareholder revolt, Astr...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 15, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Julia Kollewe Tags: The Guardian Pharmaceuticals industry News Society Alzheimer's Drugs Neuroscience AstraZeneca Business Source Type: news

AstraZeneca focuses on Alzheimer's hunt
Drugs firm expands research teams worldwide to crack potentially lucrative marketWith 800,000 sufferers in the UK and millions more worldwide, Alzheimer's disease – the most common form of dementia – represents one of the biggest and potentially lucrative challenges to modern medical research.For AstraZeneca, a company desperate to find a new generation of treatments to replenish its dwindling stock of patented drugs, it represents a serious commercial opportunity.Spurred on by a new chief executive, Pascal Soriot, brought in to turn Britain's second-biggest drug firm around after a shareholder revolt, AstraZeneca's te...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 15, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Julia Kollewe Tags: The Guardian Pharmaceuticals industry News Society Alzheimer's Drugs Neuroscience AstraZeneca Business Source Type: news

ARTHRITIS PAIN FORMULA (Arnica Montana, Black Cohosh, Guaiacum Officinale Resin, Bryonia Alba Root, And Toxicodendron Pubescens Leaf) Tablet, Soluble [Hyland'S]
Updated Date: Oct 15, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - October 15, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Horizon scanning: Phase II study of sapacitabine for the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia in elderly patients
Source: Lancet Oncology Area: News The results of a Phase II study evaluating the efficacy and toxicity of sapacitabine, a novel oral cytosine nucleoside analogue, in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) have been published early online in the Lancet Oncology. The authors note that intensive chemotherapy does not benefit most elderly patients with AML due to poor tolerance, treatment-related morbidity and a high incidence of adverse cytogenetic abnormalities. Although up to half of patients will achieve a complete remission, median survival for elderly patients treated with chemotherapy is only 4...
Source: NeLM - News - October 15, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Study shows fit elderly patients should be considered for therapy
(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) Until there are more validated biomarkers to direct treatment decisions, many physicians use patient age to decide what therapy to give their patients. Literature data report that older patients often go undertreated because of concerns for limited tolerance to toxic therapies. A study, published in the November 2012 issue of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer's Journal of Thoracic Oncology, says that fit elderly NSCLC patients should be considered for salvage targeted therapy.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 15, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Tox Tunes #64: Reefer Head Woman (Aerosmith)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jDsMwOXbvo This rave-up of “Reefer Head Woman” — from Aerosmith’s 1979 album Night in the Ruts — is quite close to version cut by the Buster Bennett Trio in 1945. For some reason, Jazz Gillum gets writing credit in the notes. His 1938 release is much different, musically and lyrically.
Source: The Poison Review - October 14, 2012 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical aerosmith reefer head woman tox tunes Source Type: news

The Toxicology Investigators Consortium case registry: the 2011 experience - Wiegand TJ, Wax PM, Schwartz T, Finkelstein Y, Gorodetsky R, Brent J.
In 2010, the American College of Medical Toxicology established its Case Registry, the Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC). ToxIC is a prospective registry, which exclusively compiles suspected and confirmed toxic exposure cases cared for at the be...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 13, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Ruling in the diagnosis of methanol intoxication in a young heavy drinker: a case report - Anyfantakis D, Symvoulakis E, Cristodoulakis E, Frantzeskakis G.
We report a case of a 23-year-old male, a high daily alcohol ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 13, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Lenalidomide worsens survival, adverse events in prostate cancer
A combination of lenalidomide plus docetaxel and prednisone treatment in patients with chemotherapy-naive prostate cancer leads to worse overall survival rates and increased toxicity compared with placebo, show study results.
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - October 12, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

David Cameron, caterpillar cake and chums: a spread of privilege? | Jonathan Jones
No Harrods gateau for the Tory leader. A kids' birthday cake with added posh chaps – surely a party the plebs could joinA caterpillar birthday cake – how plebby is that? You may think that Conservatives have gold-plated gâteaux delivered from Harrods. You may think that David Cameron's well-heeled colleagues would give him a marble caryatid bought from the Frieze Masters art fair for his birthday. But no, foreign secretary William Hague and chief of staff Ed Llewellyn present their leader with a kid's chocolate cake and a facetious card in this picture that Cameron posted from the Conservative conference on his recent...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 12, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Jonathan Jones Tags: Comment David Cameron guardian.co.uk Society Technology Social mobility Politics Twitter Conservatives Comment is free Source Type: news

High PROFILE for Crizotinib in NSCLCHigh PROFILE for Crizotinib in NSCLC
Drs. Giorgio Scagliotti and Tony Mok discuss the NSCLC studies from ESMO 2012, focusing on the PROFILE trial confirming crizotinib as standard care for ALK+ disease, despite its unusual toxicity. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology Expert Interview Source Type: news

A case-based toxicology module on agricultural- and mining-related occupational exposures - Brown SD.
Objective. To develop and assess a toxicology module to teach pharmacy students about farming- and mining-related occupational exposures in the context of an existing toxicology elective course.Design. A teaching unit that included lectures and case studie...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 12, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news

Reason discovered for the toxicity of indoor mould
A team of researchers from Finland has discovered how indoor mold makes people sick. The only remedy is to heal the living environment, they say.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 12, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

More Effective Drugs With Fewer Side Effects Likely With Development Of Synthetic Liver Enzyme
Medicines could be made to have fewer side effects and work in smaller doses with the help of a new technique that makes drug molecules more resistant to breakdown by the human liver. Researchers based at Princeton University reported in the journal Science that they created a synthetic enzyme that acts as a catalyst to replace certain hydrogen atoms of a drug molecule with fluorine atoms. This swap stabilizes the molecule and makes it resistant to the liver enzymes that can inactivate a drug or create toxic byproducts...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Source Type: news

THYROID ASSIST (Adrenalinum, Thyroidinum, Aloe, Calc. Carb., Chelidonium Majus, Conium, Graphites, Iodium, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Lycopus Virginicus, Phytolacca, Rhus Toxicodendron, Silicea, Spongia, Echinacea) Liquid [Newton Laboratories, Inc.]
Updated Date: Oct 12, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - October 12, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

SCIATICA - NERVE CARE (Aconitum Nap., Ammonium Benzoicum, Arsenicum Alb., Benzoicum Acidum, Bryonia, Causticum, Cinchona, Colchicum, Gnaphalium Polycephalum, Iris Versicolor, Kali Iod., Ledum, Lithium Carb., Nux Vom., Phytolacca, Rhus Toxicodendron, Ruta, Sambucus Nig., Strychninum, Hypericum, Urtica Ur.) Liquid [Newton Laboratories, Inc.]
Updated Date: Oct 12, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - October 12, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

RHEUMATIC JOINT CARE (Uricum Acidum, Aconitum Nap.,Apis Mel., Arnica, Arsenicum Alb, Belladonna,Benzoicum Acidum, Bryonia, Calc. Carb., Chamomilla, Cinchona, Colchicum, Eupatorium Perf., Gaultheriaprocumbens, Guaiacum, Iodium, Kali Bic, Kalmia,Ledum, Pulsatilla, Rhus Toxicodendron, Ruta,Sabina, Strychninum, Lappa, Phytolacca, Symphytum,) Liquid [Newton Laboratories, Inc.]
Updated Date: Oct 12, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - October 12, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

COLD - SINUS (Influenza A Virus, Influenza B Virus, Aralia Quinquefolia, Arsenicum Alb., Bryonia, Euphrasia, Gaultheria Procubens, Gelsemium, Hepar Sulph. Calc., Histaminum Hydrochloricum, Hydrastis, Kali Bic., Merc. Viv., Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Rhus Toxicodendron, Sabadilla, Salvia, Sticta, Verbascum, Echinacea) Liquid [Newton Laboratories, Inc.]
Updated Date: Oct 12, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - October 12, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

ARNICA PLUS (Arnica Montana, Hamamelis Virginiana, Rhus Toxicodendron) Gel [Peaceful Mountain, Inc.]
Updated Date: Oct 12, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - October 12, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

INFLAMMATION (Anthracinum, Pyrogenium, Aconitum Nap., Aloe, Apis Mel., Arnica, Arsenicum Alb., Baptisia, Belladonna, Bryonia, Cantharis, Chelidonium Majus, Crotalus Horridus, Ferrum Phosphoricum, Gaultheria Procumbens, Hepar Sulph. Calc., Iodium, Lachesis, Nux Vom., Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Rhus Toxicodendron, Veratrum Viride, Verbascum, Echinacea) Liquid [Newton Laboratories, Inc.]
Updated Date: Oct 12, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - October 12, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

ECZEMA - SKIN CARE (Antimon. Crud., Arsenicum Alb., Berber. Vulg., Bovista, Bryonia, Cantharis, Chelidonium Majus, Croton, Dulcamara, Graphites, Hepar Sulph. Calc., Lycopodium, Mezereum, Nux Vom., Petroleum, Pulex Irritans, Pulsatilla, Rhus Toxicodendron, Sarsaparilla, Sepia, Sulphur Iod., Echinacea, Rumex Crisp., Taraxacum, Urtica Ur.) Liquid [Newton Laboratories, Inc.]
Updated Date: Oct 12, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - October 12, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

WARTS - MOLES - SKIN TAGS (Antimon. Crud., Bryonia, Calc.Carb., Causticum, Dulcamara, Graphites, Lycopodium, Merc. Sulph. Rub., Nat. Carb., Nitricum Ac., Nux Vom., Rhus Toxicodendron, Sabina, Sepia, Silicea, Staphysag., Sulphur, Thuja Occ., Taraxacum) Liquid [Newton Laboratories, Inc.]
Updated Date: Oct 12, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - October 12, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

BOWEL - DIGESTIVE CARE (Bismuthum Metallicum, Antimon.Crud., Arg. Nit., Arsenicum Alb., Baptisia, Bryonia, Chamomilla, Cinchona, Iris Versicolor, Kali Bic., Lachesis, Lycopodium, Mag. Carb., Nux Vom., Phosphorus, Podoph. Pelt., Pulsatilla, Raphanus, Rhus Toxicodendron, Tabacum, Verbascum, Zingiber, Echinacea, Juglans Regia.) Liquid [Newton Laboratories, Inc.]
Updated Date: Oct 12, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - October 12, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Avoid Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies!
Vampires They don't even have to bite your neck to drain you. For example, a community member writes, "I am a lighthearted and happy person, and if I talk to someone and feel totally sucked dry afterward I'm dealing with a toxic. I have a neighbor that stops by and unloads on me, and then she leaves happily and I'm full of her crap." The neighbor has achieved her goal - draining energy from her victim and using it herself. Read Full PostAvoid Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies! originally appeared on About.com Bipolar Disorder on Monday, October 15th, 2012 at 09:13:55.Permalink | Comment | Email this
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - October 12, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Support From Adults And Peers Lessens The Effects Of Bullying
This study conducted by lead author Dr...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 11, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

Chemtrails used for corporate profits, weapons and depopulation agendas
On the surface, weather control (manipulation) appears to be a good idea - except for one thing - it's really quite deadly! Why would anyone (in their right mind) think that spraying toxic chemicals (chemtrails) - into our atmosphere - is a good idea? So, the question...
Source: NaturalNews.com - October 11, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Adjuvant chemoradioimmunotherapy misses in pancreatic cancer trial
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adjuvant chemoradiation plus interferon alfa-2b did not improve survival compared with chemotherapy alone in a phase III trial of patients with resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma and was much more toxic, the study team says.
Source: Modern Medicine - October 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

Effects of synthetic cannabinoids usually mild and self-limited
3 out of 5 stars A Characterization of Synthetic Cannabinoid Exposures Reported to the National Poison Data System in 2010. Hoyte CO et al. Ann Emerg Med 2012 Oct;60:435-438. Abstract Despite my misgivings about the value of retrospective reviews based on querying electronic data bases, there is some helpful information in this paper. The authors reviewed cases of Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) homologue exposure entered into the National Poison Data System during the first 10 months of 2010. They identified 1353 single-agent exposures. Only 7.3% of these cases were coded as potentially life-threatening. There was one ...
Source: The Poison Review - October 10, 2012 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical K2 national poison data system spice synthetic cannabinoid Source Type: news

Prop 65 Has its Perks for Plaintiffs' Lawyers in Coffee Litigation
First, they argued that Californians must be warned of the possible carcinogenic effects of driving in parking garages. Then it was lighting matches, eating potato chips, and plugging in Christmas lights. According to plaintiffs’ lawyers, our most innocuous habits must be warned against. Now, drinking coffee is a purportedly dangerous practice–or so alleges The Council for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT).
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Anastasia Killian Source Type: news

Can You Drink Liquid Nitrogen?
Liquid nitrogen is non-toxic and resembles boiling water. You've probably heard about liquid nitrogen ice cream or seen Dippin' Dots ice cream, which is made using liquid nitrogen, but may ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - October 10, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

Adjuvant lithium improves radioiodine efficacy
Radioactive iodine (RAI) is an established treatment for hyperthyroid conditions such as Graves' disease or toxic nodular goitre. Various adjuvant therapies to improve the efficacy of RAI have been investigated; lithium has emerged as a favourite, as it increases thyroid iodine retention and can attenuate the surge in thyroid hormone release observed in patients commencing RAI treatment. However, adjuvant lithium has remained controversial as several studies have reported mixed results on RAI efficacy and some side-effects of lithium administration. Martin and colleagues investigated the effect of adjuvant lithium in hyper...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - October 10, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

New Coating Utilizing Nanotechnology Will Allow Surgeons To Sterilize Medical Devices That Contain Biological Components
A nanotech material containing an extract from liquorice can be used to sterilize and protect medical devices and implants which include biological components, and protects these functional bio-components during the sterilization process. Publishing their findings in the latest issue of Materials Today, a team of researchers from Germany and Austria explain how conventional sterilization techniques based on a blast of radiation, or exposure to toxic gas can damage the functional biological components of the device...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news

Disease prevention for your cat and dog, without vaccination
Disease prevention comes from having a healthy immune system. It does not come from vaccination. Regular readers of Natural News will be well aware of the toxic ingredients of vaccinations, including mercury, formaldehyde, aluminum, cross species tissue, adjuvants and...
Source: NaturalNews.com - October 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Study: GMO toxins found in nearly all pregnant women, unborn babies
A recent study published in the journal Reproductive Toxicology debunks yet another lie of the biotechnology industry concerning genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). According to an analysis conducted by researchers from the University of Sherbrooke Hospital Centre...
Source: NaturalNews.com - October 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

FEVER RELIEVER (Aceticum Acidum, Aconitum Napellus, Aesculus Hippocastanum, Agaricus Muscarius, Baptisia Tinctoria, Belladonna, Bryonia, Chamomilla, Eupatorium Perfoliatum, Ferrum Phosphoricum, Gelsemium Sempervirens, Pulsatilla, Rhus Toxicodendron, Sambucus Nigra, Sulphur, Veratrum Viride) Liquid [King Bio Inc.]
Updated Date: Oct 10, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - October 10, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Potion Recipes
Some of the most toxic household chemicals are the pretty fragrances in perfumes and cleaners. They might smell like delicate flowers, but most of these scents originated in a lab. ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - October 10, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

Mass spectrometry allows for rapid bacterial ID at Le Bonheur Children's
(Le Bonheur Children's Hospital) Mass spectrometry has, for a long time, been used in chemistry and toxicology and is a common tool in forensics. The technique is relatively new to the field of microbiology and will have a positive impact on health care. Le Bonheur Children's is one of the first children's hospitals to use the technology in this way.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - October 10, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

RCT: S-1 plus oxaliplatin versus capecitabine plus oxaliplatin for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
Source: Lancet Oncology Area: News Capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (CapeOX) is one of the doublet cytotoxic chemotherapy treatments for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Despite the statistical non-inferiorities which have been reported, efficacy outcomes and toxicity profiles of CapeOX have suggested that CapeOX might be slightly inferior to FOLFOX. Another oral fluoropyrimidine, S-1, could have advantages over capecitabine in terms of reducing the frequency of toxicities such as hand-foot syndrome (HFS). This open-label randomised phase III study directly compared S-1 and capecitabine in combination w...
Source: NeLM - News - October 10, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Nonprescription and Prescription Drugs Cause Poisonings Nonprescription and Prescription Drugs Cause Poisonings
A new study evaluating data from the Toxicology Investigators Consortium registry has found that nonprescription and prescription drugs are equally responsible for drug poisonings in the United States. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 9, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharmacist News Source Type: news

BONE REPAIR HP (Sodium Borate, Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Fluoride, Tribasic Calcium Phosphate, Eupatorium Perfoliatum Flowering Top, Iron, Hekla Lava, Hydrofluoric Acid, Toxicodendron Pubescens Leaf, Ruta Graveolens Flowering Top, Silicon Dioxide, Comfrey Leaf) Liquid [Natural Creations, Inc.]
Updated Date: Oct 9, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - October 9, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Worries About Lead for New York’s Garden-Fresh Eggs
A study suggests eggs from neighborhood gardens show elevated levels of lead, but whether the amounts are alarming is not clear.
Source: NYT - October 8, 2012 Category: Nutrition Authors: By JULIE SCELFO Tags: Eggs Lead Agriculture and Farming New York City Hazardous and Toxic Substances Source Type: news

When it comes to treating breast cancer, 'doing less does more' for patients, research suggests
Oncologists and researchers are discovering that when it comes to treating breast cancer, "doing less does more" for patients. This approach kills the cancer while improving cure rates and decreasing the chance of the cancer returning. It also spares patients the damaging side effects of treatment caused by toxic chemotherapy, less-precise radiation therapy, unnecessary diagnostic radiology and surgery.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Important Advance Towards Understanding The Mechanisms Of Colon Cancer Progression
Researchers from IMIM, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, have succeeded in determining the function of a new variant of enzyme IKKalpha (IKKÎ±) to activate some of the genes taking part in the tumor progressions of colorectal cancer. In the future, this fact will make it possible to design new drugs that inhibit this enzyme specifically and are less toxic for the remaining body cells, hence improving the treatment for this disease...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Colorectal Cancer Source Type: news

European Medicines Agency to review safety of codeine-containing medicines used post-op for children
Source: European Medicines Agency Area: News The European Medicines Agency (EMA)'s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has started its first safety review of a medicine under the new EU rules on pharmacovigilance. The review will consider the safety of codeine-containing medicines when used for post-operative pain relief in children. It has been initiated at the request of the UK medicines agency on the basis of recent concerns over an increased risk of morphine toxicity when codeine is given in this setting. In particular, a very small number of cases of rare but fatal or life-threatening respi...
Source: NeLM - News - October 8, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news