Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
While the voting for the pope is billed as secret, with each cardinal guided only by his faith in God, the process is ultimately a closed-door exercise in consensus-building that cements fidelity to the Church's new leader among the inner circle …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – There is no link between receiving a number of vaccines early in life and autism, researchers said on Friday. In a study slated to appear in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers said there is no association between receiving “too many vaccines too soon” and autism, despite some fears among parents around the number of vaccines given both on a single day and over the first 2 years of life. As many as one in 50 U.S. school-age children have been diagnosed with autism, up 72 percent since 2007. …
PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – The Sicilian regional government in Italy has revoked permission for the United States to build a military satellite station on the island, its governor said on Friday, after protests by residents who said it could pose a health risk. The planned ground station is part of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), an ultra high-frequency satellite network aimed at significantly boosting communications capacity for the U.S. military and its allies. …
By Toni Clarke (Reuters) – FDA has approved a new diabetes drug from Johnson & Johnson, making it the first in its class to be approved in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the drug, Invokana, after data showed it was effective in lowering blood sugar in patients with Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. The FDA has asked for five postmarketing studies for the drug including a cardiovascular outcomes trial, an enhanced pharmacovigilance program, a bone safety study and two pediatric studies, the agency said in a statement on its website. …
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The number of Americans diagnosed with celiac disease continued to rise over the past decade but leveled off in 2004, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed data on a small but representative sample of people living in Olmsted County, Minnesota, and found that between the years 2000 and 2010, the number of new cases of celiac disease increased from about 11 people per 100,000 to about 17 people per 100,000. “We’re finding a lot more celiac disease,” said Dr. …
Yet another study has found no link between the number of vaccines a child gets in their early years and an increased risk of being diagnosed with autism. The study, which was published online in the Journal of Pediatrics on Friday, also found that the frequency and spacing of vaccinations makes no impact on the risk of diagnosis.
By Steve Olafson OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Health officials are notifying some 7,000 people to warn they may have been exposed to HIV and other infectious diseases at an Oklahoma dental practice where improper sterilization procedures and rusty surgical tools were discovered, authorities said. The investigation was launched after a patient of Dr. Wayne Scott Harrington of Tulsa was diagnosed with hepatitis C and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to a complaint filed against the oral surgeon. …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Biogen Idec Inc said on Friday it will charge $54,900 a year for its multiple sclerosis drug, Tecfidera, which received U.S. approval on Wednesday. The company has priced the drug at a discount to key competitors such as Novartis AG's MS pill Gilenya, which costs roughly $60,000 a year, in a bid to maximize its market share. "We think this represents solid value to the MS community and demonstrates our commitment to patient access," said Kate Niazi-Sai, a Biogen spokeswoman. …