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"Spam" meat tied to diabetes risk in Native Americans: study
Mon,30 Jan 2012 06:09 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Native Americans who often ate processed meat in a can, generically known as "spam" and a common food on reservations, one subsidized by the government -- had a two-fold increased risk of developing diabetes over those who ate little or none, according to a U.S. study. Native Americans are at especially high risk of developing diabetes, with nearly half having the condition by age 55. Researchers writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition surveyed 2,000 Native Americans from Arizona, Oklahoma and North and South Dakota to look into potential reasons for the high rate. ... Full Story | Top |
Edwards says new heart valve data encouraging
Mon,30 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Edwards LifeSciences Corp on Monday said patients who received the company's Sapien replacement heart valve through an incision between the ribs fared better in a new study than an earlier small group of patients who got the valve. The earlier data, released in November on 104 high-risk patients implanted using the transapical approach through the ribs, showed traditional open-heart surgery produced better results. Data for an additional 822 patients, presented Monday at a meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, showed lower mortality rates than for the original Sapien group. ... Full Story | Top |
S&P may cut G20 nations as of 2015 on health costs
Mon,30 Jan 2012 04:08 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ratings agency Standard & Poor's warned it may downgrade "a number of highly rated" Group of 20 countries as of 2015 if their governments fail to enact reforms to curb rising health-care spending and other costs related to aging populations. Developed nations in Europe, as well as Japan and the United States, are likely to suffer the largest deterioration in their public finances in the next four decades as aging populations strain social safety nets, S&P said in a report published on Monday. ... Full Story | Top |
Frito-Lay chips not "all natural": lawsuit
Mon,30 Jan 2012 02:30 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man sued Frito-Lay on Monday, claiming the company misleads consumers with the claim its popular Tostitos and SunChips products are made with "all-natural ingredients." In the proposed class-action lawsuit filed in Brooklyn federal court, plaintiff Chris Shake said the snacks actually contain corn and oils made from genetically engineered plants. Shake said he shelled out an additional 10 cents per ounce of chips to buy the allegedly "all-natural" Tostitos and SunChips instead of a product such as Doritos, which makes no such claim. ... Full Story | Top |
Dentist ordered to jail for fraud over paper clip root
Mon,30 Jan 2012 02:23 PM PST
Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - A former Boston-area dentist accused of substituting paper clips for stainless steel posts in patient root canals was sentenced to two and a half years in jail for Medicaid fraud, authorities said on Monday. Michael Clair, 53, who has admitted to charges including filing false claims and assault and battery, billed Medicaid for the cost of standard root-canal posts and submitted claims using other dentists' identification numbers, authorities said. ... Full Story | Top |
Study clouds evidence on soy and menopause
Mon,30 Jan 2012 02:18 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Middle-aged women may find some relief from hot flashes and other menopause problems with soy supplements, according to Chinese researchers. They found daily supplements of soy germ isoflavones reduced the sudden sweats more than inactive placebo pills after six months. But a U.S. expert wasn't convinced by the results, which run counter to other published studies. "The majority of them are showing no benefit," said William W. Wong, a nutrition researcher at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston who wasn't involved in the new work. ... Full Story | Top |
Experts want suicide risk warning on ADHD drug
Mon,30 Jan 2012 02:14 PM PST
Reuters - GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - Children who take a common drug for attention deficit disorder should be warned about the risk of suicidal thoughts, U.S. pediatric health advisers said on Monday. Several members of an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration asked the agency to change the label for Focalin, an attention deficit medicine made by Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG, to reflect this risk. The drug is approved for children aged 6 or older. The FDA often follows the advice of its committees, although it is not required to. ... Full Story | Top |
San Francisco airport unveils yoga room for travelers
Mon,30 Jan 2012 01:20 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Just cleared airport security and in need of a little deep breathing and stretching relaxation? San Francisco Airport has opened what it calls a first of its kind yoga room, and while it's not quite a mountaintop in Tibet, airport officials say the low lights, and soothing blue walls aim to afford travelers, stressed out or sanguine, an oasis of calm in which to flex, twist and decompress. "As far as we know it's the first (yoga room) at an airport anywhere in the world," said Michael C. McCarron, director of community affairs for the airport. ... Full Story | Top |
FDA doctors, scientists claim illegal surveillance
Mon,30 Jan 2012 01:19 PM PST
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration secretly monitored the private emails of staff doctors and scientists who alleged the agency was approving medical devices that posed a danger to patients, according to federal court documents. In a lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court in Washington, six current and former FDA employees also claim the agency sought to repress warnings about potential corruption in device reviews by retaliating against whistleblowers who passed information to Congress and the news media. ... Full Story | Top |
Pricey surgery robots lack clear benefits: study
Mon,30 Jan 2012 01:18 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As robots march into operating rooms across the nation, some doctors are getting worried that patients might not be better off with the costly machines. In the latest study to cast doubt on the technology, researchers found similar complication rates among women treated for endometrial cancer whether or not surgeons got help from a robot. Yet robotic surgery costs about $1,300 more than the low-tech approach, called laparoscopy, in addition to the upfront cost to the hospital of the machine itself. ... Full Story | Top |
San Francisco airport unveils yoga room for travelers
Mon,30 Jan 2012 11:41 AM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Just cleared airport security and in need of a little deep breathing and stretching relaxation? San Francisco Airport has opened what it calls a first of its kind yoga room, and while it's not quite a mountaintop in Tibet, airport officials say the low lights, and soothing blue walls aim to afford travelers, stressed out or sanguine, an oasis of calm in which to flex, twist and decompress. "As far as we know it's the first (yoga room) at an airport anywhere in the world," said Michael C. McCarron, director of community affairs for the airport. ... Full Story | Top |
FDA doctors, scientists claim illegal surveillance
Mon,30 Jan 2012 11:16 AM PST
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration secretly monitored the private emails of staff doctors and scientists who alleged the agency was approving medical devices that posed a danger to patients, according to federal court documents. In a lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court in Washington, six current and former FDA employees also claim the agency sought to repress warnings about potential corruption in device reviews by retaliating against whistleblowers who passed information to Congress and the news media. ... Full Story | Top |
Second exam important in child sex-abuse cases
Mon,30 Jan 2012 11:16 AM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When a child is thought to have been sexually abused, a second medical exam may be key to picking up injuries and sexually transmitted infections, a study published Monday finds. The American Academy of Pediatrics already recommends that kids being examined for sexual assault have a follow-up exam in the weeks afterward. But until now, no studies had looked at the benefits of doing that. For the new report, researchers reviewed the records of 727 children and teenagers who were evaluated for sexual abuse or assault over a five-year period. ... Full Story | Top |
"Spam" linked to diabetes risk in Native Americans
Mon,30 Jan 2012 11:15 AM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study, American Indians who frequently ate processed meat that comes in a can - a common food on reservations and one subsidized by the U.S. government - had a two-fold increased risk of developing diabetes compared to those who ate little or none of the products generically known as "spam." "I think what this study indicates is processed meats should be a priority for reduction (in the diet), especially among American Indians where they can go to food assistance programs and they can get discounted spam," said Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
FDA approves Roche skin cancer drug
Mon,30 Jan 2012 09:57 AM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Monday approved Roche's pill to treat an advanced form of the most common form of skin cancer, known as basal cell carcinoma. The drug, Erivedge, which was co-developed by Curis Inc, was given a green light by the Food and Drug Administration more than a month ahead of the expected March 8 decision date. It was approved for use by adults whose cancer cannot be treated with surgery or radiation or whose disease has spread to other parts of the body or returned following surgery. ... Full Story | Top |
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