Month: April 2012
Mobile Stroke Units Might Trim Time to Treatment
Codeine After Surgery Could Endanger Certain Kids: Study
Combined vaccine not tied to seizures in older kids
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although the combined vaccine against measles, mumps and chickenpox comes with a small risk of fever-related seizures in toddlers, a new study suggests that’s not true in older children. The measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine has been available in the U.S. since 2005. It combines the traditional MMR vaccine with the anti-chickenpox shot so young children can undergo fewer jabs. …
Planned Parenthood sues Texas over exclusion
Planned Parenthood sued Texas on Wednesday for excluding the group from participating in a program that provides contraception and check-ups to women.
FDA Wants Limits on Antibiotics Fed to Animals
Miley Cyrus Slammed for Gluten-Free Diet
| "For everyone calling me anorexic, I have a gluten and lactose allergy," the 19-year-old actress tweeted. A gluten-free diet excludes foods containing gluten, a protein found in wheat. "It's not about weight — it's about health. Gluten is crap anyway! See all stories on this topic » |
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Weight losers shun fads, EKGs show value, foods go extreme
| By Kim Painter, USA TODAY Weight loss success: The secret to weight loss? It's not any fad diet, supplement or special food, an unsurprising new study finds. Instead, obese people in the study who lost 5% to 10% of their weight used tried and true … See all stories on this topic » |
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Weight–loss programs may yield best results for obese
Participants who reported losing at least 5 percent of body weight in the previous year were more likely to say they ate less fat, exercised more and used prescription weight–loss medications. Eating diet foods and products, taking nonprescription diet …
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Minimize Exposure to Toxic Nail Polish Ingredients
Faults seen in cancer study funding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – It’s well-known that clinical trials of cancer treatments often can’t cover their costs. But a new study suggests that government-funded trials could take at least one cue from those backed by drug companies. In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report saying that the U.S. system for conducting cancer clinical trials was approaching a “state of crisis” (see Reuters story of April 10, 2010). …
Dementia cases ‘to double by 2030’: WHO
The number of people with dementia is expected to almost double to 65.7 million by 2030 as the world population ages, according to a World Health Organisation report published Wednesday.