Hoodia today: November 2008

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Study finds childhood sleep terrors inherited (Reuters)

Reuters - Night terrors, which send children into sudden inconsolable screaming, are at least partially inherited, according to a study published on Monday. Read more...

Cancer Rates Drop in the U.S. (Time.com)

Time.com - For the first time in a decade, researchers say cancer rates are falling in the U.S. - at the same time that cancer death rates are also on the decline Read more...

Swiss approve pioneering legal heroin program (AP)

AP - The world's most comprehensive legalized heroin program became permanent Sunday with overwhelming approval from Swiss voters who simultaneously rejected the decriminalization of marijuana.

China pledges to fight AIDS discrimination (AP)

AP - Chinese health authorities and the U.N. AIDS agency pledged to fight discrimination against people with the disease in China with the unveiling Sunday of a massive red ribbon, the symbol of AIDS awareness, at the Olympic Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing.

Pregnant Indians risk passing diabetes to babies (Reuters)

Reuters - Up to 15 percent of pregnant women in India are developing diabetes, raising the risk of their children developing the disease, said experts on Sunday, who blamed factors including malnutrition. Read more...

China pledges to fight AIDS discrimination (AP)

Bases brace for surge in stress-related disorders (AP)

AP - Some 15,000 soldiers are heading home to this sprawling base after spending more than a year at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military health officials are bracing for a surge in brain injuries and psychological problems among those troops.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

India's hijras spread safe sex message in life or death AIDS fight (AFP)

AFP - Savitha was born a boy but became a girl at the age of 16. Nine years on, she sells cheap sex to lorry drivers at a dusty truck stop outside the southern Indian city of Bangalore.

Bases brace for surge in stress-related disorders (AP)

FDA sets melamine standard for baby formula (AP)

AP - Two months ago, federal food regulators said they were unable to set a safety threshold for the industrial chemical melamine in baby formula. Now, however, they found a way to settle on a standard that allows for higher levels than those found in U.S.-made batches of the product.

FDA sets melamine standard for baby formula (AP)

Bases brace for surge in stress-related disorders (AP)

India minister wants all school kids to learn yoga (Reuters)

Reuters - India's health minister on Saturday said he wants to push all school-going children to learn yoga, in the hope that it can reduce the prevalence of diseases such as diabetes and hypertension in years to come. Read more...

Obesity fuels fears of faster diabetes rise (Reuters)

Reuters - The prevalence of diabetes worldwide will far outstrip even the sharp increase currently projected unless rising trends of obesity are controlled, health experts said on Saturday.

FDA sets melamine standard for baby formula (AP)

AP - Less than two months after federal food regulators said they were unable to set a safety threshold for the industrial chemical melamine in baby formula, they announced a standard that allows for higher levels than those found in U.S.-made batches of the product.

Friday, November 28, 2008

FDA sets safe level for infant formula contaminant (AP)

AP - Federal regulators set a safety threshold Friday for the industrial chemical melamine that is greater than the amount of contamination found so far in U.S.-made infant formula.

Health Tip: Medications and Pregnancy (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- You may take certain over-the-counter
supplements and medications without thinking twice. But when you're
pregnant, even drugs that you can buy without a prescription can affect
the developing fetus. Read more...

Health Tip: Medications and Pregnancy (HealthDay)

More cash needed to help care for Indians with HIV (AFP)

AFP - Father Sunny Joseph has no doubts about what is required to help treat children and adults with HIV. "We need more money," he said. "We need much more, for medication especially."

Health Tip: Medications and Pregnancy (HealthDay)

FDA rule change boosts access to morning-after pill (Reuters)

Reuters - Women have easier and quicker access to the morning after pill since the Food and Drug Administration ruled that the medication could be sold to adults without a prescription, a survey of pharmacies in three large US cities shows.

Health Tip: Medications and Pregnancy (HealthDay)

Patients treat serious illness as laughing matter (AP)

AP - The off-color jokes flew around the room. As the anecdotes got bawdier, the laughter intensified. Some recited from memory, others read from notebooks they brought along.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Patients treat serious illness as laughing matter (AP)

AP - The off-color jokes flew around the room. As the anecdotes got bawdier, the laughter intensified. Some recited from memory, others read from notebooks they brought along.

Women Smokers Lose 14.5 Years Off Life Span (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- During Lung Cancer Awareness
Month in November, female smokers should take advantage of available
resources, pick a quit day, and start taking steps toward kicking the
habit, urges The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
(ACOG). Read more...

Women Smokers Lose 14.5 Years Off Life Span (HealthDay)

India's hijras spread safe sex message in life or death AIDS fight (AFP)

AFP - Savitha was born a boy but became a girl at the age of 16. Nine years on, she sells cheap sex to lorry drivers at a dusty truck stop outside the southern Indian city of Bangalore.

Women Smokers Lose 14.5 Years Off Life Span (HealthDay)

Scientists track genetic changes in leukemia (Reuters)

Reuters - Distinctive genetic changes occur in the cancer cells that trigger relapse in patients with the most common type of childhood cancer, according to a study that may offer new hope for beating the disease. Read more...

Cancer Rates Drop in the U.S. (Time.com)

Time.com - For the first time in a decade, researchers say cancer rates are falling in the U.S. - at the same time that cancer death rates are also on the decline Read more...

Ant aphrodisiac conman executed (Reuters)

Reuters - China has executed the leader of a bogus scheme for breeding ants to make aphrodisiacs that conned investors out of 3 billion yuan ($439 million), the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. Read more...

FTC tosses guidance on tar, nicotine in cigarettes (AP)

AP - The cigarette industry for 42 years has made factual claims about tar and nicotine levels based on machine testing blessed by the Federal Trade Commission.

FTC tosses guidance on tar, nicotine in cigarettes (AP)

AP - The cigarette industry for 42 years has made factual claims about tar and nicotine levels based on machine testing blessed by the Federal Trade Commission.

FTC tosses guidance on tar, nicotine in cigarettes (AP)

AP - The cigarette industry for 42 years has made factual claims about tar and nicotine levels based on machine testing blessed by the Federal Trade Commission.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Calls for national infant formula recall spread (AP)

AP - Disclosure that laboratory tests have detected traces of contamination in several major brands of infant formula generated concern and confusion Wednesday, with a national consumer's group and the Illinois attorney general demanding a Food and Drug Administration recall and the federal agency saying it had released inaccurate information on what chemicals were found in which top selling products.

Calls for national infant formula recall spread (AP)

Hair Beads Spurring Head Trauma in Kids (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Although head trauma is a
common injury seen in young children, U.S. doctors report on two recent
cases of skull fracture with a surprising cause -- hair beads. Read more...

FDA finds traces of melamine in top-selling U.S. infant formula (AP)

AP - Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe.

More evidence ties media violence to teen violence (Reuters)

Reuters - Children who get heavy doses of media violence may be at greater risk of violent behavior as teenagers -- even when a range of other influences is considered, according to a new study. Read more...

Author Terry Pratchett in UK Alzheimer's plea (Reuters)

Reuters - Top-selling author Terry Pratchett will deliver a petition to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday calling for an urgent increase in funding for dementia research.

Hair Beads Spurring Head Trauma in Kids (HealthDay)

FDA finds traces of melamine in top-selling U.S. infant formula (AP)

AP - Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe.

Hair Beads Spurring Head Trauma in Kids (HealthDay)

FDA finds traces of melamine in top-selling U.S. infant formula (AP)

AP - Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe.

Hair Beads Spurring Head Trauma in Kids (HealthDay)

FDA finds traces of melamine in top-selling U.S. infant formula (AP)

AP - Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe. The Food and Drug Administration said last month it was unable to identify any melamine exposure level as safe for infants, but a top official said it would be a "dangerous overreaction" for parents to stop feeding infant formula to babies who depend on it.

Teething drug kills 25 children in Nigeria (AFP)

AFP - Nigeria's food and drug control agency NAFDAC said 25 children have died in the last fortnight after taking a teething mixture discovered to contain a harmful susbstance, local media said Wednesday.

Cancer Rates Drop in the U.S. (Time.com)

Time.com - For the first time in a decade, researchers say cancer rates are falling in the U.S. - at the same time that cancer death rates are also on the decline Read more...

Separation planned for Oklahoma conjoined twins (AP)

AP - A set of 1-month-old girls believed to be the first known American Indian conjoined twins are doing well and will be separated, doctors say.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

FDA finds traces of melamine in top-selling U.S. infant formula (AP)

Health Tip: Hide or Get Rid of Excess Hair (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- In women, factors such as hormonal changes,
diet, illness, or use of certain medications can trigger the growth of
excess or unwanted hair. Read more...

Bayer Healthcare in $97.5 million kickback settlement (Reuters)

Reuters - Diabetic supply maker Bayer Healthcare, a unit of Bayer AG, has agreed to pay $97.5 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to several diabetic suppliers and caused them to submit false Medicare claims, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. Read more...

FDA finds traces of melamine in top-selling U.S. infant formula (AP)

FDA finds traces of melamine in top-selling U.S. infant formula (AP)

AP - Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe.

FDA finds traces of melamine in top-selling U.S. infant formula (AP)

FDA finds traces of melamine in top-selling U.S. infant formula (AP)

AP - Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe.

Teething syrup suspected of killing 24 Nigerian kids (Reuters)

Reuters - Two dozen children have died and nine have fallen ill in Nigeria during the last three weeks after being given teething syrup, the health minister said on Tuesday. Read more...

Rate of new U.S. cancer cases drops for first time (Reuters)

Reuters - Cancer rates have dropped for the first time in the United States and previous declines in cancer deaths are accelerating, a report released on Tuesday showed as cancer-fighting efforts produced solid results.

Rate of new U.S. cancer cases drops for first time (Reuters)

Health Tip: Hide or Get Rid of Excess Hair (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- In women, factors such as hormonal changes,
diet, illness, or use of certain medications can trigger the growth of
excess or unwanted hair. Read more...

Black seniors perceive health status differently (Reuters)

Reuters - Older African Americans more likely to rate their health as poor compared with older white Americans, even though when the two groups "are functioning extremely well, new research suggests. Read more...

Health Tip: Hide or Get Rid of Excess Hair (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- In women, factors such as hormonal changes,
diet, illness, or use of certain medications can trigger the growth of
excess or unwanted hair. Read more...

Nigeria to launch mass polio immunization drive (Reuters)

Reuters - Nigeria will launch a new campaign to vaccinate millions of children against polio Wednesday in an attempt to curb the spread of the disease that has crippled hundreds this year, the World Health Organization said. Read more...

Wikipedia often omits important drug information: study (Reuters)

Reuters - Consumers who rely on the user-edited Web resource Wikipedia for information on medications are putting themselves at risk of potentially harmful drug interactions and adverse effects, new research shows.

Health Tip: Hide or Get Rid of Excess Hair (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- In women, factors such as hormonal changes,
diet, illness, or use of certain medications can trigger the growth of
excess or unwanted hair. Read more...

5 million in U.S. go to alcohol, drug self-help groups (Reuters)

Reuters - About 5 million Americans attend meetings of self-help groups like Alcoholics Anonymous for alcohol and drug abusers, and nearly half of them reported remaining clean, a federal study released on Monday showed.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Health Tip: Keep Bathroom Chemicals Locked Up (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The bathroom may be full of potential
dangers and temptations for young children. Read more...

Study: Many kids in Katrina trailer park anemic (AP)

AP - Dozens of infants and toddlers who lived in Louisiana's biggest trailer park for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina were anemic because of poor diets, at a rate more than four times the national average. Read more...

To some psychiatric patients, life seems like TV (AP)

AP - One man showed up at a federal building, asking for release from the reality show he was sure was being made of his life. Another was convinced his every move was secretly being filmed for a TV contest. A third believed everything — the news, his psychiatrists, the drugs they prescribed — was part of a phony, stage-set world with him as the involuntary star, like the 1998 movie "The Truman Show."

Nap without guilt: Study finds it boosts sophisticated memory (AP)

AP - Just in time for the holidays, some medical advice most people will like: Take a nap. Interrupting sleep seriously disrupts memory-making, compelling new research suggests. But on the flip side, taking a nap may boost a sophisticated kind of memory that helps us see the big picture and get creative.

Health Tip: Keep Bathroom Chemicals Locked Up (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The bathroom may be full of potential
dangers and temptations for young children. Read more...

Some breast cancers may spontaneously disappear (Reuters)

Reuters - The results of a mammographic screening study suggest that some invasive breast cancers may spontaneously regress over time. Read more...

Health Tip: Keep Bathroom Chemicals Locked Up (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The bathroom may be full of potential
dangers and temptations for young children. Read more...

Health Tip: Keep Bathroom Chemicals Locked Up (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The bathroom may be full of potential
dangers and temptations for young children. Read more...

To some psychiatric patients, life seems like TV (AP)

AP - One man showed up at a federal building, asking for release from the reality show he was sure was being made of his life. Read more...

Health Tip: Keep Bathroom Chemicals Locked Up (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The bathroom may be full of potential
dangers and temptations for young children. Read more...

Drug addiction causes 65 pct of Russian HIV cases: agency (AFP)

AFP - Nearly two thirds of Russians with HIV contracted the virus that causes AIDS by using illegal drugs, the country's consumer rights and sanitary oversight agency said Monday.

Health Tip: Keep Bathroom Chemicals Locked Up (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The bathroom may be full of potential
dangers and temptations for young children. Read more...

New tobacco product alarms some health officials (AP)

AP - They're discreet, flavorful and come in cute tin boxes with names like "frost" and "spice." And the folks who created Joe Camel are hoping Camel Snus will become a hit with tobacco lovers tired of being forced outside for a smoke.

Health Tip: Keep Bathroom Chemicals Locked Up (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The bathroom may be full of potential
dangers and temptations for young children. Read more...

Sweden to offer all girls free cervical cancer vaccines (AFP)

AFP - Sweden will offer vaccines against cervical cancer to all primary school girls as part of the country's free vaccination programme, the National Board of Health and Welfare said Monday.

Taxpayers shell out $200 million for unapproved drugs (AP)

AP - Taxpayers have shelled out at least $200 million since 2004 for medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness but are still covered under Medicaid, an Associated Press analysis of federal data has found. Millions of private patients are taking such drugs, as well.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Taxpayers shell out $200 million for unapproved drugs (AP)

AP IMPACT: Govt pays millions for unapproved drugs (AP)

AP IMPACT: Govt pays millions for unapproved drugs (AP)

Friday, November 21, 2008

Health Tip: Signs That a Child May Be Autistic (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Autism is a childhood developmental disorder
that has no cure. Autistic children have problems with social interaction,
communication, and may engage in repetitive behaviors. Read more...

Health Tip: Signs That a Child May Be Autistic (HealthDay)

Weight-Alzheimer link different for men and women (Reuters)

Reuters - Women who are heavy in their middle years are at greater risk of Alzheimer's disease, especially if they have large waists. However, for men, being underweight during that period of life actually increases the likelihood of developing the degenerative brain disease, researchers report in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Read more...

Health Tip: Signs That a Child May Be Autistic (HealthDay)

Children of centenarians live longer, healthier (Reuters)

Reuters - People who make it to the age of 100 may indeed have some "good genes" that they pass on their children, according to a new study. Read more...

Health Tip: Signs That a Child May Be Autistic (HealthDay)

Retirees hit by "longevity risk" (Reuters)

Reuters - Like many other elderly Americans, Edie Stark has been hard hit by the meltdown in U.S. financial markets. She is 84 and has been worried a lot lately about outliving her savings.

Retirees hit by "longevity risk" (Reuters)

Reuters - Like many other elderly Americans, Edie Stark has been hard hit by the meltdown in U.S. financial markets. She is 84 and has been worried a lot lately about outliving her savings.

Health Tip: Signs That a Child May Be Autistic (HealthDay)

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Texting Food Diaries Helps Kids Stick With Diets (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Experts hope that letting
kids have their fingers do the texting will increase compliance with the
food diaries that are such a critical part of successful dieting. Read more...

Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier (AP)

AP - Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted treatment, survived about as long as those on another course of chemotherapy. Read more...

Study backs Finland's colon cancer screening (Reuters)

Reuters - A national screening program in Finland has detected about 40 percent of colon cancers early, showing that such tests can make a difference, Finnish researchers reported on Friday. Read more...

Texting Food Diaries Helps Kids Stick With Diets (HealthDay)

Doctors to be on guard for meningitis in kids (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. health officials asked doctors on Thursday to be alert for possible cases of meningitis and other illnesses in children caused by Hib bacteria amid an ongoing vaccine shortage. Read more...

Texting Food Diaries Helps Kids Stick With Diets (HealthDay)

Drug combo may help curb bedwetting (Reuters)

Reuters - In children who continue to wet the bed despite standard treatment with desmopressin, adding the bladder-control drug tolterodine (Detrol) to therapy leads to a significant decrease in the risk of bedwetting, Missouri-based researchers have found. Read more...

Texting Food Diaries Helps Kids Stick With Diets (HealthDay)

Obese have right to 2 airline seats: Canada court (Reuters)

Reuters - Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday. Read more...

Texting Food Diaries Helps Kids Stick With Diets (HealthDay)

Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital (AP)

AP - D'Zhana Simmons says she felt like a "fake person" for 118 days when she had no heart beating in her chest. "But I know that I really was here," the 14-year-old said, "and I did live without a heart." Read more...

Study: Banning fast-food TV ads could dent obesity (AP)

AP - A little less "I'm Lovin' It" could put a significant dent in the problem of childhood obesity, suggests a new study that attempts to measure the effect of TV fast-food ads. Read more...

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