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| Praise the lard? Religion fosters obesity by middle age msnbc.com By Diane Mapes It might be the potlucks, it might be those long hours sitting in pews, but whatever the cause, a new study presented this week shows a link between religious activity and weight gain. No matter how much you wash your hands, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Mini-Strokes' May Increase Risk of Heart Attack WebMD By Denise Mann March 24, 2011 -- "Mini-strokes" or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) are known to increase risk for stroke, and now new research shows that they may also double your risk for heart attack. A TIA occurs when blood flow to an area of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Health care lobbying boom continues CNNMoney WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- A year after Congress enacted sweeping health care reform, the lobbying bonanza is continuing. The Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act was signed into law last March, but much of the work implementing the law is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| China's Smoking Ban: Not For Lack of Trying to Prevent It New Yorker (blog) If the news that China has banned smoking in hotels, restaurants and indoor public spaces caused you to gasp and consider dumping your shares of British American Tobacco, please take a deep breath: this development has not been for lack of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Deadly Antibiotic-Resistant Superbug Spreads in Southern California ABC News By KATIE MOISSE, ABC News Medical Unit An antibiotic-resistant superbug once thought to be rare is spreading through health-care facilities in Southern California, health officials say. More than 350 cases of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mint That Kills: The Curious Life of Menthol Cigarettes The Atlantic By Tom McNichol Menthol cigarette smokers can exhale in relief: their Kools won't be losing their cool anytime soon. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has declined to recommend a ban on menthol cigarettes, even though the study group ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Late-breaking news: FDA expands approval of shingles vaccine ModernMedicine FDA has approved an expanded age indication for Zoster Vaccine Live, (Zostavax, Merck) for the prevention of herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles, in adults ages 50 years and older. Zostavax was first approved in May 2006 for the prevention of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Study: Pfizer pancreatic cancer drug shrinks tumors FierceBiotech A study published in the journal Science revealed that Pfizer's early-stage pancreatic cancer candidate CP- 870893 shrank tumors in four patients in the study. An additional 11 patients saw their tumors stabilize. The participants were given Pfizer's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon in product recall BusinessWeek Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon unit is recalling a group of medical drainage products because of concerns about the sterility of the products. Ethicon, which makes sutures and other surgical products, said it received customer complaints that the sterile ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| New Report Shows How Many Students Meet Fitness Goals Patch.com By Steven Bartholow | Email the author | 7:42am About 47 percent of Grossmont Unified High School District students and about 30 percent of Santee School District (SSD) students received healthy scores across the board in a state fitness test, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Vt. House to take final action on state budget NECN MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont House is set to take final action on a $4.69 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, with funding for education and human services expected to draw much debate. The House was to take up the spending ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rolling Into the ER: Ecstasy Hospitalizations Spike, Spur Spring-Break Fears ABC News By COURTNEY HUTCHISON, ABC News Medical Unit A new player might be joining the list of spring-break overdose dangers: the "club drug" ecstasy. New government statistics show a 75 percent spike in ecstasy-related emergency room visits since 2004, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Study: Chemical in Many Household Products Associated With Early Menopause ABC News By BEN FORER and SUZAN CLARKE The study published by the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found that women with high levels of perfluorocarbons (PFCs) in the body had lower concentrations of estrogen compared with women with low levels of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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