Archive for July, 2008
Few aware that smoking can cause bladder cancer (Reuters)
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008In a research review published in the Journal of Urology, investigators found that in one recent study, just over one third of adults knew that smoking raises the risk of bladder cancer.
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New Clues to How Cancer Spreads (HealthDay)
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Cells called fibrocytes — which take a trip around the body and rush to the site of an damage to aid in healing — may create "premetastatic niches" from one side which cancer cells can invade healthy organs, said Dr.
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Sugarless gummy bears may battle cavities (Reuters)
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Xylitol is a natural sweetener found in various berries, corn, birch and other plant sources.
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FDA finds salmonella strain at second Mexican farm (AP)
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Dr. David Acheson, the Food and Drug Administration’s food safety chief, called the finding a key breakthrough in the case, taken in the character of did another health official.
“We have a smoking (just quit smoking - try stop smoking patch) fire-arm, it appears,” said Dr.
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Medivation Alzheimer’s drug helps — if used early (Reuters)
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008The latest results, substance presented at the Alzheimer's Association's international collection of people in Chicago, found Dimebon was safe and continued to benefit people who took it against a year and a half.
"The most important thing from my stop of view is there were no new safety issues that emerged with longer exposure of the patients," said Dr.
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Baxter Alzheimer’s drug effective at 9 months: study (Reuters)
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008"If successful, it should actually alter the long-term race of the illness, and the effects should persist for a very long time," Dr.
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ER docs: Don’t text and walk, skate — or cook
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By Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press CHICAGO — The warning came too late in the place of Barack Obama’s director: Don’t walk and text at the same time. Obama aide Valerie Jarrett fell off a Chicago curb several weeks ago while her thumbs were flying on her Blackberry. “I didn’t see the sidewalk and I twisted my ankle,” Jarrett said. “It was a nice wake-up call for me to be a lot more careful in the future, because I clearly wasn’t paying attention and I should have.” Jarrett got off easy and didn’t extremity medical attention. But in an alert issued this week, the American College of Emergency Physicians warns of the danger of more serious accidents involving oblivious texters. (Read the full post about ‘ER docs: Don’t text and walk, skate — or cook’…)
Food ads target kids, FTC reports
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Advances Made Against Alzheimer’s Disease (HealthDay)
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008A trio of studies that were expected to be presented Wednesday at the Alzheimer's Association 2008 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease in Chicago noted progress made on three different treatment fronts.
The first verdict involved a trial of a drug called dimebon, an antihistamine widely available in Russia, that is being tried for Alzheimer's disease even though there is no theoretical basis for its use in treating this condition.
"We don't understand what the mechanism of action is," said Dr.
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