Mon,27 Jun 2011 09:18 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. health panel begins meeting Tuesday to consider whether the world's best-selling cancer medicine, Roche Holding AG's Avastin, should retain approval for treating breast cancer. Full Story1
Pediatrician group urges ban on junk food ads Mon,27 Jun 2011 03:04 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. pediatricians want to ban junk food ads aimed at children, saying that they conspire with sedentary activities like watching television and playing video games to make kids fat. Full Story1 |
Neurontin study more marketing than science: report Mon,27 Jun 2011 02:33 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study of the safety and effectiveness of an anti-epilepsy drug mislead doctors and patients about the point of the research, suggests a new report. Full Story1 |
Neurontin study more marketing than science: report Mon,27 Jun 2011 02:33 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study of the safety and effectiveness of an anti-epilepsy drug mislead doctors and patients about the point of the research, suggests a new report. Full Story1 |
Can vitamin D lower your risk of melanoma? Mon,27 Jun 2011 02:32 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking vitamin D may help protect women who have already had non-melanoma skin cancers against a much deadlier form of the disease, suggests a new study. Full Story1 |
Evergreen Produce sprouts may carry salmonella: FDA Mon,27 Jun 2011 01:31 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators advised people not to eat alfalfa or spicy sprouts under the Evergreen Produce brand on Monday as they investigate a possible link to a salmonella outbreak in five U.S. states. Full Story1 |
 LONDON (Reuters) - Dutch and British health officials advised people to avoid raw salad shoots and seeds on Monday after scientists linked an outbreak of E.coli in France to a highly toxic one in Germany that has killed 43 people. |
Sanofi diabetes drug shown to work as well as Byetta Mon,27 Jun 2011 12:35 PM PDT Reuters - SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A trial of Sanofi's experimental once-daily drug for Type 2 diabetes, Lyxumia, found that it worked as well as Byetta, a similar drug sold by Amylin and Eli Lilly and Co that is injected twice a day. Full Story1 |
Amish parents mirror wider concerns over vaccines Mon,27 Jun 2011 12:34 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among the minority of Amish parents who do not immunize their children, the most common reasons for skipping the shots were more related to concerns over the potential side effects of vaccines, than to religious beliefs, a new study finds. Full Story1 |
Evergreen Produce sprouts may carry salmonella: FDA Mon,27 Jun 2011 12:00 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health regulators advised people not to eat alfalfa or spicy sprouts under the Evergreen Produce brand on Monday as they investigate a possible link to a salmonella outbreak in five U.S. states. Full Story1 |
Japanese parents fume over Fukushima radiation Mon,27 Jun 2011 09:30 AM PDT Reuters - FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Angry parents of children in Japan's Fukushima city marched along with hundreds of people on Sunday to demand protection for their children from radiation more than three months after a massive quake and tsunami triggered the worst nuclear disaster in 25 years. Full Story1 |
Bydureon study shows tiny heart rhythm link: Amylin Mon,27 Jun 2011 09:29 AM 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 |
 SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Big-box retailers Wal-Mart Stores and Kmart, pioneers in the push to cut consumer prices for generic drugs, have been raising prices for the most popular brand-name diabetes drugs, according to a new study. |
Bristol diabetes pill tied to certain cancers Mon,27 Jun 2011 08:49 AM 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 |
Scientists getting closer to artificial pancreas Mon,27 Jun 2011 08:23 AM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Researchers are coming closer to developing an "artificial pancreas," a long-sought system of insulin pumps and glucose sensors that deliver insulin to diabetics, mimicking the function of a real pancreas. Full Story1 |
Friendship Home Receives National Award for Commitment to Quality Services Audubon County Advocate Journel Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:49 PM PDT The Friendship Home has been recognized as a 2011 recipient of the Bronze â Commitment to Quality National Quality Award for its outstanding performance in the health care profession. The award, presented by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), highlights facilities across the nation that have demonstrated their intention to pursue a rigorous ... |
Community centres combatting swine flu fears, transmission Abbotsford Mission Times Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:45 PM PDT Community centres throughout the city are carefully following H1N1 prevention advice from Vancouver Coastal Health, which is reassuring residents who use the facilities, according to the Vancouver Park Board. |
Groups pushing to save poor from cuts Douglas Dispatch Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:44 PM PDT PHOENIX -- Three public interest law firms are making a last-ditch effort to keep the state from scaling back its health care program for the poor. |
Low cost Vaccination Clinic Douglas Dispatch Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:40 PM PDT The Douglas Animal Shelter/Animal Health Care Center will offer two days of a rabies vaccination clinics on Thursday, June 16 and Friday, June 17, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Douglas Animal Shelter, located at 2017 Rogers Avenue. |
They âgot themselves testedâ for HIV Lake County News-Sun Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:40 PM PDT NORTH CHICAGO â It was a beautiful day for an HIV test. Set up on the lawn of the Lake County Health Departmentâs North Chicago clinic on 14th Street, just west of Lewis Avenue, the local site for National HIV Testing Day on Monday drew a steady stream of visitors with a picniclike atmosphere: sun, fun, and a fired-up grill.Priscilla Brown, 50, of North Chicago wore a sticker that declared âI ... |
Man can't decide on his own name Summit Daily News Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:38 PM PDT A man who arrived at St. Anthony's Summit Medical Center earlier this month came up with no less than five different names for health care professionals and authorities in an attempt to conceal his identity and an arrest warrant out of Maryland. |
Valley Fitness offering new 'Silver Sneakers' program Kern Valley Sun Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:35 PM PDT Susan BarrKern Valley Sun Valley Fitness, located at 6200 Lake Isabella Blvd in Lake Isabella, has announced two new and innovativehealth programs. |
Health Deptartment to Utica: Shut down ambulance service Utica Daily News Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:35 PM PDT UTICA, July 27, 2011 -- Unless something changes quickly, the City of Utica will no longer be able to provide its ambulance service starting Friday. |
With clock ticking, House passes bills Amarillo Globe-News Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:31 PM PDT AUSTIN - The Texas House shook off its previous malaise and sped through key legislation on Monday, approving major budget, education-funding and health care reform bills despite sometimes heated debate over cutting schools to the bone. Summary:Â AUSTIN - The Texas House shook off its previous malaise and sped through key legislation on Monday, approving major budget, education-funding and ... |
Counties lose state long-term health contracts Douglas Dispatch Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:26 PM PDT Things can change dramatically overnight, and that is exactly what happened to the county fiscal 2011-2012 budget when the news that the state was no longer contracting with the county to provide long term care for residents of Cochise, Graham and Greenlee counties. |
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