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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
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Brain Stem Abnormality Seen in SIDS Babies Study Shows - FOX News
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KFC Joins the Trans-Fat Fight - BusinessWeek
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NIH Completes Nanomedicine Network
NIH Completes Formation of National Network of Nanomedicine CentersWhat: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has completed its national network of eight Nanomedicine Development Centers (NDCs).Why: To announce to the scientific community the completion of the national network of NDCs.When: The final four NDCs were funded this year. NIH funded four NDCs last year. [click link for full article]
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Study dispels some sexual behavior myths (AP)
AP - In the first comprehensive global study of sexual behavior British researchers found that people aren't losing their virginity at ever younger ages married people have the most sex and there is no firm link between promiscuity and sexually transmitted diseases.
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New Suicide Attempt Research
An AP story hit the wires today that covers new research on suicide attempt rates for African- and Carribean- Americans. Historically suicide attempt rates for this population have been significantly lower than for white Americans. According to the story part of this was related to a high stigma of suicide in the black community which [...]
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Landmark govt. study examines depression (AP)
AP - The final stage of a landmark federal study on treating depression suggests that two-thirds of sufferers eventually can be helped if they are patient enough to keep trying medications until they find one that works.
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New Study Suggests Cause of Sudden Infant Deaths - New York Times
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KFC Joins the Trans-Fat Fight - BusinessWeek
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Study: Divorced women have more illness (AP)
 AP - Women may give up more than a husband by divorcing — they may also lose some of their good health according to a study by Iowa State University.
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PSA level rising can be cancer indicator (AP)
 AP - How fast a man's PSA level is rising — even before it's high enough to trigger a doctor's alarm — may signal that he has a life-threatening form of prostate cancer when the tumor is still small enough to be curable researchers said Tuesday.
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Breastfeeding Boosts Mental Health
A new study has found that babies that are breastfed for longer than six months have significantly better mental health in childhood.The findings are based on data from the ground-breaking Raine Study at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research that has tracked the growth and development of more than 2500 West Australian children over the past 16 years. [click link for full article]
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The colonel to cut trans fats from his secret recipe - Globe and Mail
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Study: Divorced women have more illness (AP)
AP - Women may give up more than a husband by divorcing — they may also lose some of their good health according to a study by Iowa State University.
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Bird flu strain found in China dominates - Los Angeles Times
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Depression May Lead to Brittle Bones
A new study conducted by Israeli scientists shows that depression may cause brittle bones and also that some anti-depressants could be used to treat osteoporosis.
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CDC investigating salmonella outbreak (AP)
AP - A salmonella outbreak potentially linked to produce has sickened at least 172 people in 18 states health officials said Monday.
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Approval Of Nonprescription Plan B Sales To Women Over Age 18 "Not Enough" To Reduce Need For Abortion Opinion Piece Says
FDA's decision to approve Barr Laboratories' application for nonprescription sales of its emergency contraceptive Plan B to women ages 18 and older is "welcome news" but it will not be "enough to overcome our nation's stalled progress in reducing unintended pregnancies and the need for abortion" [click link for full article]
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Cooking oil producers try alternatives (AP)
 AP - KFC's announcement that it will eliminate trans fats from its cooking oil puts more pressure for alternatives on companies that make and distribute the oil.
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NYC Hears Testimony on Trans-Fat Ban - Forbes
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Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 172 in 18 States - Forbes
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NYC ponders ban on trans fats (AP)
 AP - When some KFC restaurants secretly switched to frying oil free of trans fats customers didn't notice. Attempts to rid the chain's popular biscuits of a shortening filled with the artery-clogging substance did not go as smoothly.
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Few Consumers Check Source of Online Health Information
Pew Internet yesterday released a report that showed (a) most Internet users start at a search engine (not a content site like WebMD) when looking for health information online; and (b) very few check the source and the date of the information they fine. Just 15 percent of those surveyed said they always checked the source [...]
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PRI's "The World" Interviews Physician On Efforts To Fight HIV/AIDS In Zimbabwe
PRI's "The World" a production of BBC World Service PRI and WGBH Boston on Thursday interviewed Carlo Spagnolli -- an Italian physician who runs the privately funded HIV/AIDS treatment program Project Zimbabwe at the Luisa Guidotti Hospital in Mutoko Zimbabwe -- about efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in the country despite antiretroviral drug shortages (Mullins "The World" PRI 10/26). [click link for full article]
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NYC ponders ban on trans fats (AP)
AP - When some KFC restaurants secretly switched to frying oil free of trans fats customers didn't notice. Attempts to rid the chain's popular biscuits of a shortening filled with the artery-clogging substance did not go as smoothly.
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Bird Flu Strain That Caused Outbreaks Evaded Vaccine in China - Bloomberg
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Pantries may go bare in ban plan - New York Daily News
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Cooking oil producers try alternatives (AP)
AP - KFC's announcement that it will eliminate trans fats from its cooking oil puts more pressure for alternatives on companies that make and distribute the oil.
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Democrats Say Medicare Handbook Could Be Misleading For Beneficiaries Choosing 2007 Coverage Options According To Letter Sent To HHS Secretary Leavit
Senate and House Democrats this week in a letter to HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt said that the Bush administration has used a Medicare handbook on coverage options for beneficiaries to promote Medicare Advantage plans rather than to provide objective information CQ HealthBeat reports. The letter -- signed by Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Reps. [click link for full article]
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Monday, October 30, 2006
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Male will have their own contraceptives? - Xinhua
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KFC to Fry Chicken Without Trans Fats - WebMD
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KFC drops trans fats as NYC probes ban (AP)
AP - After two years of secret taste tests KFC said Monday it would stop frying chicken in artery-clogging trans fats but New York City restaurants being urged to do the same say it's not so easy.
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Cooking oil producers try alternatives (AP)
AP - KFC's announcement that it will eliminate trans fats from its cooking oil puts more pressure for alternatives on companies that make and distribute the oil.
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Accurate Perceptions & Depression
There is a growing line of research attempting to understand factors related child and adolescent depression. Today the LA Times covered a new study on preteens which found that those with the most accurate perceptions of whether classmates liked or disliked them were the least likely to struggle with depression. This was true even for [...]
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Women With Mental Disorders Less Likely To Have Mammograms
Women with mental disorders are less likely to have screening mammograms than women without mental illness although the nature of the mental illness does play a role according to a large study published by Indiana University School of Medicine and Richard Roudebush VA Health Services Center for Excellence researchers in the October issue of Journal of General Internal Medicine. [click link for full article]
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Scientists Uncover New Strain of Bird Flu in China - ABC News
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NYC Hears Testimony on Trans-Fat Ban - Forbes
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Cooking oil producers try alternatives (AP)
AP - KFC's announcement that it will eliminate trans fats from its cooking oil puts more pressure for alternatives on companies that make and distribute the oil.
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KFC drops trans fats as NYC probes ban (AP)
AP - After two years of secret taste tests KFC said Monday it would stop frying chicken in artery-clogging trans fats but New York City restaurants being urged to do the same say it's not so easy.
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Fat Stem Cells Being Studied As Option For Breast Reconstruction
Breast cancer survivors might one day avoid the prospect of invasive breast reconstruction surgery opting instead for an approach that would involve using stem cells derived from their own fat suggest University of Pittsburgh researchers who are studying the potential these cells may have for regenerating new breast tissue. [click link for full article]
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KFC to use no-trans-fat oil in chicken (AP)
 AP - KFC Corp. said Monday it will start using zero trans fat soybean oil for its Original Recipe and Extra Crispy fried chicken Potato Wedges and other menu items.
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Doctors ponder fixing heart defect (AP)
AP - One in five adults has a little hole in the heart. Most will never know it. But the defect may play a role in certain strokes and severe migraines leading thousands to get devices implanted to seal it shut.
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Trials for alternative male Pill show no side-effects - Independent
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Asian Spice Turmeric May Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis and ... - SeniorJournal.com
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Testing Teen Antidepressant Levels
Current research could possibly explain why some teenagers taking antidepressants become aggressive or suicidal some going as far as to kill themselves. In a recent study researchers used hamsters to determine the link between teens antidepressants and suicidal tendencies.
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Potential Male Contraceptive Homes in on Testes - Scientific American
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Caffeine-stoked energy drinks worry Docs (AP)
 AP - More than 500 new energy drinks launched worldwide this year and coffee fans are probably too old to understand why.
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Stigma Discrimination In India Hindering HIV/AIDS Treatment Care Study Says
The stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS in India is delaying treatment and care for HIV-positive people according to a study conducted by the Population Council's Horizons program; Sharan an Indian nongovernmental organization; and the New Delhi-based Institute of Economic Growth IRIN/Kenya London News reports. [click link for full article]
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Hygiene fears over hospital's plan to treat cats and dogs - Telegraph.co.uk
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NYC considering ban on trans fat (AP)
 AP - There are plenty of things in Kentucky Fried Chicken that are bad for your health — cholesterol saturated fat and salt to name a few. But only one has the potential to get the colonel's recipe banned in New York City.
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US debates 'hidden' food fats ban - BBC News
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'Sperm stopping' male pill hope - BBC News
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Electronic Preventative Services Selector (ePSS) Tool For Primary Care Clinicians Launched By AHRQ USA
A new Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) tool for primary care clinicians to use when recommending preventive services for their patients was unveiled by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality at the National Prevention Summit. [click link for full article]
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Caffeine-stoked energy drinks worry Docs (AP)
AP - More than 500 new energy drinks launched worldwide this year and coffee fans are probably too old to understand why.
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Sunday, October 29, 2006
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NYC Tries To Ban Fat - Dog Flu Diet and Diseases
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Glaxo speaks to UK about bird flu vaccine - paper - Scotsman
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Caffeine-stoked energy drinks worry Docs (AP)
AP - More than 500 new energy drinks launched worldwide this year and coffee fans are probably too old to understand why.
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NYC considering ban on trans fat (AP)
AP - There are plenty of things in Kentucky Fried Chicken that are bad for your health — cholesterol saturated fat and salt to name a few. But only one has the potential to get the colonel's recipe banned in New York City.
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Obsessive Shopping Disorder: The Poor Man’s Disease?
Ive been haunted by questions ever since I published my first blog entry on compulsive shopping behavior. These are questions which have become all the more pertinent after the whole schizophrenia diagnosis debate. The most troubling one of which is: Should compulsive shopping behavior actually make it into the next DSM as a full-fledged [...]
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Perth Medical Research Team Sheds New Light On Asthma
Australian researchers have found that exposure to measured doses of ultraviolet light such as sunlight could reduce asthma.The research team at Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research through funding provided by the Asthma Foundation of WA studied the effect of ultraviolet light on the development of asthma-like symptoms in mice such as inflamed airways and lungs. [click link for full article]
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Survey: In flu pandemic staying home raises paycheck care ... - CNN
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NYC considering ban on trans fat (AP)
AP - There are plenty of things in Kentucky Fried Chicken that are bad for your health — cholesterol saturated fat and salt to name a few. But only one has the potential to get the colonel's recipe banned in New York City.
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Lack Of Communication Is Frequent In ICU And End-of-Life Care
A new study shows families of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are not satisfied with the amount or kind of communication they receive from health-care providers. Researchers from Harvard Medical School administered 25 open-ended questions to 50 ICU patient families. [click link for full article]
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Asthma Linked to Soot from Diesel Trucks - Toronto Daily News
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Hyperglycemia In COPD May Lead To Longer Hospital Stays
Patients hospitalized with COPD and asthma exacerbations are likely to have poor glucose control and an associated increased length of stay (LOS) in the hospital according to a study from Cooper University Hospital. Sixty-seven patients hospitalized for COPD or asthma exacerbations were evaluated for hyperglycemia and a correlation with LOS during corticosteroid treatment. [click link for full article]
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Caffeine-stoked energy drinks worry Docs (AP)
AP - More than 500 new energy drinks launched worldwide this year and coffee fans are probably too old to understand why.
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NYC considering ban on trans fat (AP)
AP - There are plenty of things in Kentucky Fried Chicken that are bad for your health — cholesterol saturated fat and salt to name a few. But only one has the potential to get the colonel's recipe banned in New York City.
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Trans fat ban plan worries NYC eateries - San Jose Mercury News
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Ailing 'Dilbert' cartoonist talks again (AP)
 AP - A balding bespectacled working stiff inexplicably loses his voice — except when speaking in rhyme or pinching his nose. It may sound like a farcical plot for a popular cartoon satirizing American office culture but "Dilbert" cartoonist Scott Adams says he recovered less than a week ago from just such an affliction.
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Study Links Trucks’ Exhaust With Bronx Schoolchildren’s Asthma - New York Times
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Specimens tied to E. coli - Sacramento Bee
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