HEALTH News, Jun 27, 2011

Ban fast food ads on TV: U.S. doctors Sun,26 Jun 2011 10:43 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fast food ads on TV are making American youth fatter and should be banned in children's programming, an influential group of doctors said Monday. Full Story1

Halozyme keeps options open for ultrafast insulin Sun,26 Jun 2011 02:30 PM PDT Reuters - SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Halozyme Therapeutics Inc, which specializes in reformulating drug products available only as infusions, expects to have key results this fall from trials of its "ultrafast" insulin formulations. Full Story1

"Lean gene" ups risk of heart disease and diabetes Sun,26 Jun 2011 10:07 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Being slim may not always lead to a lower risk of heart disease and diabetes, scientists said Sunday after they identified a gene linked both to having a lean body and to a higher risk of metabolic diseases. Full Story1

Cream may buy time for snake bite victims Sun,26 Jun 2011 10:04 AM PDT Reuters - HONG KONG, Jun (Reuters) - A chemical compound that is used on heart patients may raise chances of survival for snakebite victims, Australian scientists said on Monday. Full Story1

AIDS drugs can cause premature ageing: study Sun,26 Jun 2011 10:04 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A class of generic AIDS drugs often used to treat HIV in Africa and other poor regions can cause premature aging and lead to age-related illnesses such as heart disease and dementia, scientists said on Sunday. Full Story1

Roche to fight for Avastin as breast cancer drug Sun,26 Jun 2011 09:18 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Drugmaker Roche Holding AG will try to convince U.S. regulators to reverse course on Avastin, the world's best-selling cancer medicine, and approve its use for breast cancer in a hearing this week. Full Story1

Chronology: Key dates for Roche cancer drug Avastin Sun,26 Jun 2011 09:18 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roche unit Genentech is appealing a U.S. proposal to withdraw breast cancer as an approved use for Avastin, the world's best-selling cancer drug with $6 billion in annual sales. A hearing on the appeal takes place Tuesday and Wednesday. Full Story1

France should pay if E.coli warning wrong: British MEP Sun,26 Jun 2011 07:51 AM PDT Reuters - BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - A British MEP called on France to pay compensation if a British company linked by the French government to an E.coli outbreak in Bordeaux turned out not to be responsible. Full Story1

Bristol diabetes pill tied to certain cancers Sat,25 Jun 2011 02:34 PM PDT Reuters - SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A new type of diabetes pill being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca was effective in a two-year study but more bladder and breast cancers have been found in patients treated with the drug. Full Story1

France bans UK garden firm's seeds in E.coli scare Sat,25 Jun 2011 09:01 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - At least two people suffering from E.coli in the French city of Bordeaux have the strain that caused scores of deaths in Germany, French authorities said, and they halted sales of vegetable seeds from a British gardening firm. Full Story1

Global diabetes epidemic balloons to 350 million Sat,25 Jun 2011 08:34 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON/SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The number of adults with diabetesworldwide has more than doubled since 1980 to 347 million, a far larger number than previously thought and one that suggests costs of treating the disease will also balloon. Full Story1

Novo Nordisk says degludec insulin outperforms Sanofi rival Fri,24 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Reuters - COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Studies showed Novo Nordisk's insulin degludec lowered blood sugar levels with significantly reduced rates of hypoglycaemia when compared with rival Sanofi's Lantus, the Danish firm said on Saturday. Full Story1

Amylin study shows insignificant heart rhythm link Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:29 PM PDT Reuters - SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Analysis of an earlier trial found a "clinically insignificant" link between changes in heart rhythms and use of Bydureon, a long-acting diabetes drug being developed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly and Alkermes. Full Story1

FDA rejects Pain, Pfizer anti-abuse painkiller Fri,24 Jun 2011 03:46 PM PDT Reuters - BANGALORE (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and Pain Therapeutics Inc said U.S. health regulators declined to approve their abuse-resistant painkiller Remoxy, less than a week after a similar Pfizer drug was cleared for sale, sending Pain's stock crashing Friday. Full Story1

Abbott says blood sugar monitoring devices stolen Fri,24 Jun 2011 02:45 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories said it was working with authorities to retrieve one tractor-trailer shipment of blood glucose monitoring products that was reported stolen on June 19. Full Story1

RunKeeper Adds New Integration To Its Health Graph In Hopes Of Building âThe Facebook Of Fitnessâ TechCrunch Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:47 PM PDT You may have heard about the social graph and the interest graph, but what about the health graph? Thanks to RunKeeper , this term may soon become an oft-used part of your vocabulary. RunKeeper, for those unfamiliar, was founded three years ago as a simple iPhone app and a small online fitness community designed to help runners and other fitness enthusiasts employ smartphone technology to better ... Drive to focus on increasing awareness of health issues Zawya Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:46 PM PDT Abu Dhabi The UAE is currently a leader in health awareness in the GCC, but there is still much that can be done to improve peopleâs awareness about health issues and their lifestyles, a leading healthofficial said in the capital yesterday. Underhanded free-throw shooting underrated Lawrence Journal-World Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:42 PM PDT The man on the other end of the phone called back too late to help me prepare for Lawrence Memorial Hospitalâs Hoops for Menâs Health free-throw shooting contest Sunday in Allen Fieldhouse, but in time to assure me Iâm not the only one perpetually puzzled by a basketball mystery. Nursing student earns Franciscan St. Anthony Health scholarship The Michigan City News-Dispatch Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:36 PM PDT MICHIGAN CITY â David Wrightâs desire to be a registered nurse recently earned him a $5,000 scholarship through Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City in honor of a 35-year former nurse who died of cancer in 2008. First Federal of Bucks County presents $5,600 contribution to Lower Bucks Family YMCA Bristol Pilot Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:35 PM PDT First Federal of Bucks County presented a generous gift of $5,600 to the Lower Bucks Family YMCA to help support their Strong Kids Campaign which benefits underserved families in the Lower Bucks Community and provides a wide variety of services and programs such as Child Care, Summer Day Camp, Youth Sports and Health & Wellness programs. County gets funds to purchase ambulance Sterling Journal-Advocate Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:19 PM PDT STERLING -- The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) posted the recipients of the EMTS grants program for 2010 on Monday. Logan County was awarded $77,500 to be used toward the purchase of an ambulance. Bombers will live or die on Pierce's health Slam! Sports Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:19 PM PDT Raise your hand if you've heard this one before: The Bombers' chances this season rest on the health of Buck Pierce. State officials visit Sterling Sterling Journal-Advocate Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:17 PM PDT STERLING -- The visit of Reggie Bicha, the new executive director of Colorado Department of Human Services; Dr. Chris Urbina, executive director of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment; and Karla Maracinni, policy adviser for Govenor John Hickenlooper, brought more than 75 individuals to the Plainsman Grill Thursday. SENIOR SIGNALS: Best not to avoid long-term planning The Bristol Press Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:17 PM PDT Atty. Daniel O. Tully Dear Attorney Tully: I am really tired of trying to get my husband to prepare legal documents in case either of us gets ill. For years it was âIâm too busy.â Now itâs âIâm too tired and donât want to leave the house,â We are not spring chickens and we do have healthproblems. How can I get him to sign the documents and do some planning? Nationalâs health priorities all wrong Scoop.co.nz Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:12 PM PDT New Zealandâs ranking as the country with the fourth highest rate ofdiabetes is a damning indictment of the Governmentâs health priorities, says Labourâs Health Spokesperson Grant Robertson.

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