U.s. hoards bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears
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When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard. Yet deep inside an 86-page supplement to United States export regulations is a single sentence that bars U.S. exports of vaccines for avian bird flu and dozens of other viruses to five countries designated "state sponsors of terrorism." (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 12, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
Canadian researchers probe 'clumsy child' syndrome
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When Katie Smith was a toddler, her parents noticed that she was a little clumsier than most other children her age. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - October 12, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
About 2,500 flee pa. chemical leak
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A corrosive liquid overflowed from a tank at a chemical plant in western Pennsylvania on Saturday, evaporating into a toxic cloud ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - October 12, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
My orangutans sensed i’d had cancer - they were so gentle with me when i was weak
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When Michelle Desilets was first diagnosed with lymphoma, all she could think about was caring for her 'babies' in Borneo. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kids' cereals packing some nutrition punch
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Consumer Reports rated 27 on their sugar, sodium fiber and other contents. Some that did well may surprise you. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: The Early Show: Health Source Type: news
Dating website launched for sti sufferers
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Dating when you have an incurable sexually transmitted infection is a fraught business, with sufferers facing ignorance, humiliation and rejection. Three women talk to Louise Millar about their experiences – and an initiative that offers new hope. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Grandmother wins her battle for cancer drug
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A GRANDMOTHER with terminal cancer who faced moving to Scotland to get life-saving drugs free on the NHS has won her battle with health bosses in England to fund the medicati (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Matron's back to bring nhs up to scratch
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THEY once ruled the wards in their starched uniforms and white frilly caps, their bossiness epitomised by actress Hattie Jacques in the Carry On films. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Forget the gym, the office is the place to get fit
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FORGET the gym: get fit in the office. That's the latest big idea from the Government's health experts as they attempt to tackle Scotland's obesity crisis. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
War legacy
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The 67-year battle to save WWII veteran's leg (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Common fibre a 'true superfood'
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A fibre found in most fruit and vegetables may help ward off cancer, experts believe. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Diving face first into 'safe cosmetics'
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Beauty can also mean helping the planet.
Our beauty regimens may be poison -- and I don't mean the expensive perfume of that name. Revelations of toxic ingredients in cosmetics, lotions, nail polishes, shampoos: They lead women to wonder about the safety of stunning. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Exercise needn't make you sick, but listen to your body
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Extreme workouts might lessen the immunity benefits that come with a more moderate pace. Switch out training days and if you're sick, rest up.
Does exercise increase the chance of getting sick? It seems that, whenever I ramp up my exercise program, I get colds and sinus infections more often. I was wondering if you could shed some light on this. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Track your workout in a diary, trainers recommend
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Logging your activities shouldn't be laborious. It's a way to monitor progress and keep motivation up.
KEEPING A workout journal is an easy way to track exercise progress. Maybe that's why many personal trainers suggest (or insist) their clients keep one. After all, it is difficult to recall exactly how many minutes at what intensity you did on the elliptical trainer last time. Without those details, workouts blend into one another with no real progress measured. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Leg stretch can build flexibility and strength
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Here's a dynamic exercise to help you develop flexibility and strength without risking injury or building bulk. You'll increase your upper body strength while stretching the backs of your legs. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cost estimates vary on mental health parity law
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Agencies predict that health insurance costs could increase from 0.2% to 5%, depending on the type of plan.
Will the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 increase the cost of health insurance? (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lawful boost to mental health coverage
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Under the just-passed legislation, plans can no longer make enrollees pay more for mental health and substance abuse coverage than for physical issues.
Advocates battling for more than a decade for improved mental healthcare coverage saw their labor rewarded this month when federal legislation was passed requiring group health plans to provide equal coverage for mental and physical illnesses. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bottled water versus tap: which is safer to drink?
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Both have their risks, but your home's water is subject to broader scrutiny.
Those ubiquitous plastic water bottles have been increasingly vilified in recent years. Los Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Barbara, among others, have banned them from purchase with city funds. A few trendsetting restaurants, and even some markets and hotels, have banned them too. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Do food dyes affect kids' behavior?
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Studies suggest a link between artificial food coloring and hyperactive behavior in children. Some experts are skeptical.
Almost every parent has a story about their kid bouncing off the walls after downing a package of jelly beans or eating a neon blue-frosted cupcake at school. Most blame the sugar. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Energy drinks: a dangerous, edgy buzz?
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Consumption of the highly caffeinated beverages may increase the risk of later substance abuse, researchers say.
ENERGY drinks are the target of many complaints: too much sugar, too much caffeine and too many herbal extracts with dubious claims. Now, researchers say the drinks may lead to drug abuse. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
B.c. boy may be the youngest to get heart pump
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A 13-year-old boy from the Vancouver-area has survived a potentially fatal heart condition by receiving the world's smallest heart pump. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Catholic schools opt out of hpv vaccine in alberta
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Alberta is scrambling to come up with a backup plan to vaccinate girls against a virus that causes cervical cancer as more Catholic school boards opt out, saying it condones premarital sex. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
British cancer patient has her breast removed in revolutionary keyhole surgery
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A British cancer patient has become the first in Europe to have her breast removed using revolutionary keyhole surgery. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Woman in right-to-die case worsens
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Eluana Englaro's father insists it was her wish that she not be kept alive. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Billy graham released from nc hospital after fall
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Evangelist Billy Graham spends night in NC hospital after tripping over a dog at home (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to breathe more easily about asthma
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Children who take paracetamol more than once a month may have a greater risk of developing asthma, a new study says. DR ELLIE CANNON answers the questions this raises. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to tackle crohn's disease without the help of drugs
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A simple diet enabled John Maffioli to beat a debilitating disease. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How i trained for a half-marathon just after giving birth, by bbc newsreader sophie raworth
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Sophie signed up for the Great North Run while pregnant. Here’s her pain-filled diary commentary. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Wash. to vote on doctors helping the ill end their lives
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The emotionally charged battle over end-of-life decisions has taken to the airwaves as Washington state voters decide whether ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Grow yoour brain cells and and prevent dementia
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A new study suggests that seniors who line dance, play bridge or a musical instrument may be doing more than just having fun: They may be warding off the risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimer’s, a progressive brain disease which afflicts 5.2 million Americans. (Source: Huliq Health News)
Source: Huliq Health News - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: alzheimers-ideas Tags: Health Alzheimer & #039;s disease alzheimersideas dementia prevention dementia today dementia views senior health Source Type: news
Economic crisis affecting americans' mental health
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More than 18 million Americans are affected by depression yearly, and our economic crisis is only making matters worse. But knowing the warning signs and what to do about them can make all the difference. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
Small intestine can sense and react to bitter toxins in food
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Toxins in food often have a bad, bitter taste that makes people want to spit them out. New UC Irvine research finds that bitterness also slows the digestive process, keeping bad food in the stomach longer and increasing the chances that it will be expelled. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Clue to genetic cause of fatal birth defect
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A novel enzyme may play a major role in anencephaly, offering hope for a genetic test or even therapy for the rare fatal birth defect in which the brain fails to develop, according to a study from researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. The study appears in the October issue of the journal of Molecular Endocrinology. In the U.S. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Unc receives $8.5 million for new public health preparedness research center
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The North Carolina Institute for Public Health has been awarded an $8.5 million, five-year grant to create a new research center focused on helping protect the state from a wide range to disasters and threats. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Aid / Disasters Source Type: news
Lower stress of holiday flying with kids
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Travel + Leisure magazine's Laura Begley told how to, on The Saturday Early Show. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: The Early Show: Travel Source Type: news
Ncar launches intensive study into future hurricane risk
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The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), working with federal agencies and universities as well as the insurance and energy industries, has launched an intensive study to examine how global warming will influence hurricanes in the next few decades. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: IT / Internet / E-mail Source Type: news
Biological alternatives to chemical pesticides
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With increasing consumer pressure on both farmers and supermarkets to minimise the use of chemical pesticides in fruit and vegetables, a new study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), looks at why there is currently little use of biological alternatives in the UK. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Source Type: news
Natural fingerprints in coal used to track mercury emissions
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University of Michigan researchers have developed a new tool that uses natural "fingerprints" in coal to track down sources of mercury polluting the environment. The research is published in the online issue of the journal Environmental Science & Technology. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Source Type: news
Body contouring: selecting appropriate massive weight loss patients critical
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The importance of pre-operative screening for patients seeking body contouring after massive weight loss will be assessed in three studies presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2008 conference, Oct. 31 - Nov. 5, in Chicago. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery Source Type: news
Urban earthquakes, nuclear bombs and 9/11: new york seismologist honored for work local and global
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Won-Young Kim, a senior scientist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, has won the Jesuit Seismological Association Award from the Seismological Society of America for his work on wide-ranging questions both local and global. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Aid / Disasters Source Type: news
Is ct-colonoscopy valuable tool to detect colorectal cancer?
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CTC (virtual colonoscopy) is a thin slice CT scan of the abdomen after adequate bowel preparation and colon insufflation in which data are reconstructed providing axial, multiplanar, and endoluminal views, in order to visualize internal colonic wall. (Source: Huliq Health News)
Source: Huliq Health News - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: harminka Tags: Health colorectal cancer CT colonoscopy Source Type: news
New alternative in treating short bowel syndrome
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SBS is a clinical condition characterized by diarrhea, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, malabsorption, and progressive malnutrition related to a wide resection of the small intestine. (Source: Huliq Health News)
Source: Huliq Health News - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: harminka Tags: Health bowel health bowel syndrome Source Type: news
Risk factors of abdominal venous thrombosis
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Abdominal venous thrombosis may present as BCS or SVT. Hereditary and acquired risk factors have been implicated in the etiopathogenesis of abdominal venous thrombosis. (Source: Huliq Health News)
Source: Huliq Health News - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: harminka Tags: Health chronic thrombosis Venous thrombosis Source Type: news
How to differentiate macro-regenerative nodules from hepato-carcinoma?
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BA, the congenital absence or destruction of intra- or extra-hepatic biliary system, affects about 5 - 10/100 000 live births. End stage liver cirrhosis developed in some BA patients later in life. (Source: Huliq Health News)
Source: Huliq Health News - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: harminka Tags: Health carcinoma hepatocellular carcinoma lung nodules Source Type: news
Why could ethyl pyruvate attenuate severe acute pancreatitis?
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Excessive activation of inflammatory mediator cascade during SAP is a major cause of distant organ injury and the high mortality. Cytokines such as TNF- alpha and IL-1 beta are released early in the development of systemic inflammatory response. (Source: Huliq Health News)
Source: Huliq Health News - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: harminka Tags: Health pancreatic disorders pancreatitis Source Type: news
Sensitive nanowire disease detectors made by yale scientists
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Yale scientists have created nanowire sensors coupled with simple microprocessor electronics that are both sensitive and specific enough to be used for point-of-care (POC) disease detection, according to a report in Nano Letters. (Source: Huliq Health News)
Source: Huliq Health News - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: harminka Tags: Health Nanowires point-of-care Source Type: news
Controversial injections examined at asps annual meeting
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Injecting fat after breast reconstruction to correct implant wrinkling or dimpling may be safe and effective to improve breast shape, according to a study to be presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2008 conference, Oct. 31 - Nov. 5, in Chicago. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery Source Type: news
On trail of targeted therapy for blood cancers
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Investigators from the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine are focusing on a family of blood proteins that they hope holds a key to decreasing the toxic effects of chemotherapy in children and adults. (Source: Huliq Health News)
Source: Huliq Health News - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: harminka Tags: Health blood cancers cancer therapy Source Type: news
Link between mitochondria and tumor formation in stem cells
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Researchers report on a previously unknown relationship between stem cell potency and the metabolic rate of their mitochondria –a cell's energy makers. Stem cells with more active mitochondria also have a greater capacity to differentiate and are more likely to form tumors. (Source: Huliq Health News)
Source: Huliq Health News - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: harminka Tags: Health mitochondria stem cell Source Type: news
Statins may prevent miscarriages
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Hospital for Special Surgery researchers have found that statins may be able to prevent miscarriages in women who are suffering from pregnancy complications caused by antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), according to a study in mice. (Source: Huliq Health News)
Source: Huliq Health News - October 11, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: harminka Tags: Health pregnancy Pregnancy complications Source Type: news
