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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Health - Google News - Google News Anthrax scare increase to 9 cases; FBI investigating - NBC13.com January 4, 2010 at 8:51 pm al.com (blog) Anthrax scare increase to 9 cases; FBI investigating NBC13.com As of Monday afternoon, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Birmingham Division along with other law enforcement agencies are working to track down the person or person who mailed ... Letters prompt anthrax scareWALA-TV FOX10 Letters prompt anthrax scares at Alabama courthouses, offices of senators and ...Los Angeles Times Statewide Anthrax ScareWKRG-TV al.com (blog) -ABC News -WKRG-TV all 237 news articles » Giving up smoking 'raises diabetes risk' - BBC News January 4, 2010 at 8:10 pm Times Online Giving up smoking 'raises diabetes risk' BBC News Giving up smoking sharply increases the risk of developing type-two diabetes, a US study suggests. Researchers found quitters had a 70% increased risk of developing type-two diabetes in the first six years without cigarettes compared with non-smokers. ... Weight gain from quitting smoking linked to diabetesLos Angeles Times Study finds quitting smoking raises diabetes riskReuters Quitting Smoking Carries Diabetes RiskWebMD CNN -Xinhua -BusinessWeek all 40 news articles » Democrats may side-step conference committee on health care - Baltimore Sun January 4, 2010 at 8:06 pm Los Angeles Times Democrats may side-step conference committee on health care Baltimore Sun Washington Bureau - As Congressional Democrats attempt to arrive at a final healthcare bill, they appear increasingly likely to forego the formal conference committee process for merging House and Senate versions of legislation, instead opting for ... Congress prepares for final health care pushCNN Health Care Countdown: Senate Bill Could Hit Middle Class HardFOXNews Dems Intend to Bypass GOP on Health CompromiseABC News Reuters -BusinessWeek -WRAL.com all 788 news articles » State Board Accuses Octuplet Doctor of Negligence - New York Times January 4, 2010 at 7:13 pm KTLA State Board Accuses Octuplet Doctor of Negligence New York Times By AP LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The California Medical Board is accusing a fertility doctor of negligence and violating professional guidelines in the case of a woman who conceived octuplets. The state licensing body said Monday that Beverly Hills fertility ... Octomom Doctor Accused of NegligenceMyFox Los Angeles Octomom rapped, her fertility doctor 'neutered'Sawf News Breaking News: Octo-Mom Doctor Accused of NegligenceRadar Online TMZ.com (blog) -Herald Sun -Momlogic.com all 225 news articles » Experts: No Proof Autism Diets Help/Don't Help - WebMD January 4, 2010 at 6:01 pm eFitnessNow Experts: No Proof Autism Diets Help/Don't Help WebMD Jan. 4, 2010 - There's still no proof that special diets help or don't help autistic kids -- or that food allergies, food sensitivities, or gut problems cause autism, an expert panel concludes. The panel, chaired by Harvard's ... Autism Diets: No Evidence They Work or Not, Say ExpertsABC News No Proof Yet That Special Diets Ease AutismBusinessWeek Evidence lacking for autism diets, panel saysChicago Sun-Times eFitnessNow -MedPage Today -TopNews United States all 318 news articles » Spoon Size Leads to Medicine Dosage Errors - WebMD January 4, 2010 at 5:30 pm PhysOrg.com Spoon Size Leads to Medicine Dosage Errors WebMD Jan. 4, 2010 -- Using a kitchen spoon to measure liquid medicines, like cough syrup or cold medicine, may make it harder to get the right dosage. A new study shows that the amount of liquid medicine a person pours into a kitchen ... Using Kitchen Spoons Ups Risk of Dosing ErrorsBusinessWeek Can Kitchen Spoons Be Dangerous Spoons? Too Little or Too Much Medicine ...Science Daily (press release) Don't Trust Kitchen Spoons to Measure MedicineWXYZ MedPage Today -Citizens Report all 16 news articles » France cancels 50 million flu shot orders - Reuters January 4, 2010 at 4:50 pm CTV.ca France cancels 50 million flu shot orders Reuters PARIS (Reuters) - France has canceled over half the flu vaccines it ordered to combat the H1N1 flu virus, Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot said on Monday, in an effort to head off criticism after reserving too many shots. ... Insect Cells Provide the Key to Alternative Swine Flu VaccinationScience Daily (press release) Monmouth Health Department to offer new H1N1 clinicsAsbury Park Press Swine Flu Vaccines Pile Up In Washoe As H1N1 Hype SubsidesKOLO Stamford Plus Magazine -Jerusalem Post -Quad-Cities Online all 599 news articles » Later-to-bed teens risk sadness, suicidal thoughts - Reuters January 4, 2010 at 3:30 pm Telegraph.co.uk Later-to-bed teens risk sadness, suicidal thoughts Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Earlier bedtimes make for happier teens, a new study in the journal Sleep suggests. Adolescents whose parents enforced bedtimes of 10 pm or earlier were significantly less likely to be depressed and to have suicidal thoughts ... Sleep-Deprived Teens' Disturbing ThoughtsCBS News Staying up late may be a bummer for teensABC7Chicago.com Getting Enough Sleep Linked to Good Mental Health in TeensTonic 14WFIE.com -The Guardian -AHN all 207 news articles » Ohio Orders Additional 288000 H1N1 Vaccines Doses - WHIOtv.com January 4, 2010 at 3:05 pm CBC.ca Ohio Orders Additional 288000 H1N1 Vaccines Doses WHIOtv.com COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has ordered 288000 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The vaccine will be shipped directly to 638 enrolled medical providers, including physicians, ... County offeres H1N1 flu vaccine at several clinics starting TuesdayphillyBurbs.com UHS now has 'plentiful' stock of H1N1 vaccinesMichigan Daily H1N1 vaccine available to general public, state saysNOLA.com Suburban Life Publications -Environmental Health News -WTHR all 500 news articles » NYC-funded guide for heroin users draws DEA's ire - USA Today January 4, 2010 at 2:56 pm CBS News NYC-funded guide for heroin users draws DEA's ire USA Today A new guidebook funded by New York City for heroin users has drawn the ire of some DEA officials because it offers information on how to prepare drugs for injection and how to inject properly. Take Charge, Take Care, also offers information on HIV ... NYC's Heroin How-To Handbook Not A HitNBC New York NYC How-To Heroin Guide Hits StreetsAHN Drug investigator calls NYC-funded guidebook a step-by-step how-to manual for ...Los Angeles Times 10 Connects -UPI.com all 316 news articles » Autism Diets: No Evidence They Work or Not, Say Experts - ABC News January 4, 2010 at 2:45 pm TopNews United States Autism Diets: No Evidence They Work or Not, Say Experts ABC News For years parent support networks and celebrity activists have endorsed restrictive diets to combat the so-called "leaky gut" symptoms and behavior problems of children with autism. As autism numbers rise, businesses are seeing an ... Recommendations for Treating GI Tract Symptoms in Children With Autism IssuedMedscape No Proof Yet That Special Diets Ease AutismPalm Beach Post Evidence Lacking for Special Diets for Treating ASDsMedPage Today Chicago Sun-Times -TopNews United States -dBTechno all 300 news articles » Cepheid Gets FDA Approval for Swine Flu Test - FOXBusiness January 4, 2010 at 1:59 pm Cepheid Gets FDA Approval for Swine Flu Test FOXBusiness Cepheid's (CPHD) test that can positively identify the H1N1 virus in less than one hour was given approval by the Food and Drug administration on Monday. The test is for emergency-use only, for "moderate-complexity" testing. ... Cepheid receives special FDA authorization for use of 1-hour swine flu testABC News Cepheid Gets Emergency Use Authorization for H1N1 Flu AssayGenomeWeb Daily News Cepheid gets FDA emergency approval for H1N1 assayReuters Wall Street Journal -RTT News -PR Newswire (press release) all 109 news articles » Lifestyle Linked to Age-Related Macular Degeneration Study finds elderly ... - ModernMedicine January 4, 2010 at 1:08 pm Visit Bulgaria Lifestyle Linked to Age-Related Macular Degeneration Study finds elderly ... ModernMedicine MONDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- In elderly women, alcohol consumption and smoking are strongly associated with an increased risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a study in the January issue of the American Journal of ... Quit Smoking to save your EyesightTopNews United States Smoking Increases Risk Of Blindness In Old AgeE Canada Now Study: Smoking might cause blindnessThaindian.com The Money Times -eFitnessNow -Medical News Today all 69 news articles » U.S. lifts restriction on visas to HIV-positive foreigners - CNN January 4, 2010 at 1:05 pm New York Daily News U.S. lifts restriction on visas to HIV-positive foreigners CNN Washington (CNN) -- Tourists, business people and other foreign nationals who are HIV-positive will find it easier starting Monday to obtain short-term visas to visit the United States. Advocates for HIV-positive people said the new policy was long ... America lifts ban on visitors carrying HIVTimes Online US lifts HIV/Aids immigration banBBC News Rights groups laud end of US HIV/AIDS travel banAFP BusinessWeek -EDGE Boston -Daily Mail all 100 news articles » Healthcare, economy, security on Obama's 2010 agenda - Reuters January 4, 2010 at 12:45 pm Kansas City Star Healthcare, economy, security on Obama's 2010 agenda Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama faces a long list of challenges as he returned from his Hawaiian holiday on Monday and began the new year. Here are some questions and answers about Obama's agenda as he nears the end of his first year ... Economy front and center for Obama, CongressMarketWatch Congress' 'Ping-Pong' PartisanshipNewsweek (blog) No Formal Conference on Health Care ReformThe Washington Independent Market News International -Philadelphia Bulletin -CQPolitics.com all 527 news articles » InterMune Lung Drug Gets FDA Priority Review - ABC News January 4, 2010 at 10:57 am InterMune Lung Drug Gets FDA Priority Review ABC News AP InterMune Inc. said Monday the Food and Drug Administration granted the biotechnology company's developing lung condition drug pirfenidone priority review. Pirfenidone is aimed at the chronic lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which affects ... FDA OKs quick review for Intermune drugEast Bay Business Times FDA Gives InterMune Drug Application Priority-Review StatusWall Street Journal InterMune gets FDA priority review for pirfenidoneMarketWatch RTT News -PR Newswire (press release) -TopNews United States all 104 news articles » Dr. Reddy's Diabetes Drug Meets Phase 3 Trial Target - Bloomberg January 4, 2010 at 10:42 am Dr. Reddy's Diabetes Drug Meets Phase 3 Trial Target Bloomberg Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., India's second-biggest drugmaker, and Denmark's Rheoscience said their balaglitazone diabetes drug met its primary target of reducing blood glucose levels in clinical trials. ... Dr. Reddy's spotlights promising Phase III diabetes dataFierceBiotech Dr Reddy's diabetic drug shows promising resultsBusiness Standard Dr Reddy's: Balaglitazone Drug Meets Primary Endpoint In Phase III StudyWall Street Journal MSN Money -RTT News -Moneycontrol.com all 18 news articles » America Lifts Ban on HIV Infected Travelers - dBTechno January 4, 2010 at 8:21 am dBTechno America Lifts Ban on HIV Infected Travelers dBTechno Boston (DbTechNo) - After 22 years, the US has lifted a ban on allowing people with HIV to enter into America. The ban, initiated at the end of the 80's came at a time when the HIV pandemic was at a peak of sorts, and meant that nobody with either HIV ... Budget cuts eliminate post of HIV advocateHonolulu Star-Bulletin US Ends Ban On Immigrants With HIV/AIDSAHN US lifts HIV/Aids immigration banBBC News CBS News (blog) -New Vision -Politics Daily (blog) all 34 news articles » Evidence lacking for autism diets, panel says - Chicago Sun-Times January 4, 2010 at 8:08 am Evidence lacking for autism diets, panel says Chicago Sun-Times Mariann Frigo talks with eight-year-old Alan Passe, who suffers from Down's Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder, as they do a sensory integration exercise with a net swing at Jacob's Ladder Pediatric Rehabilitation Center in Portage. ... Evidence lacking for special diets in autismWKOW-TV.com Report: Digestive Problems Not Linked To Autismkypost.com Evidence lacking for special autism diets, says reportThe Canadian Press Examiner.com -Disability Scoop all 224 news articles » Cepheid gets FDA emergency approval for H1N1 assay - Reuters January 4, 2010 at 8:05 am Cepheid gets FDA emergency approval for H1N1 assay Reuters Jan 4 (Reuters) - Cepheid (CPHD.O) said it has been granted Emergency Use Authorization from US health regulators for its H1N1 influenza assay Xpert Flu A Panel. The test runs on Cepheid's GeneXpert System and identifies the H1N1 influenza virus in ... Cepheid Gets FDA Emergency Use Approval For Flu TestWall Street Journal Cepheid Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization For First 2009 H1N1 Influenza ...RTT News Cepheid Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for First 2009 H1N1 ...PR Newswire (press release) all 23 news articles » Health care overhaul: Critics on left, right unite against mandate - Chicago Tribune January 4, 2010 at 8:00 am Los Angeles Times Health care overhaul: Critics on left, right unite against mandate Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON -- If there is one thing in the proposed health care overhaul that sets Michael Cannon's libertarian teeth on edge, it's the requirement that all Americans must get health insurance. ... Health bills could expand IRS roleUSA Today In Health Bill for Everyone, Provisions for a FewNew York Times Health-care reform not finishedPhiladelphia Business Journal NorthJersey.com -Philadelphia Inquirer -BusinessWeek all 432 news articles » FDA Gives InterMune Drug Application Priority-Review Status - Wall Street Journal January 4, 2010 at 7:30 am FDA Gives InterMune Drug Application Priority-Review Status Wall Street Journal InterMune Inc. (ITMN) said the US Food and Drug Administration has given a priority-review designation to the company's new drug application for a treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The California-based pharmaceutical company said the ... FDA Grants Priority Review For InterMune's Pirfenidone NDA; Sets Action Date ...RTT News FDA Grants Priority Review of Pirfenidone NDA for the Treatment of Patients ...PR Newswire (press release) InterMune Says FDA Grants Priority Review Of Pirfenidone NDA For IPF Treatment ...RTT News all 22 news articles » Sleep-Deprived Teens' Disturbing Thoughts - CBS News January 4, 2010 at 7:27 am CBC.ca Sleep-Deprived Teens' Disturbing Thoughts CBS News (CBS) A new study shows that teens who don't get enough sleep are more likely to suffer from depression and have suicidal thoughts -- in some cases -- much more likely. Researchers at the Columbia University Medical Center in New York found that ... Study Links Sleep Duration To Mental HealthAHN Late-night teens 'face greater depression risk'BBC News Does more sleep equal less depressed teens?Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) WebMD -AFP -Food Consumer all 189 news articles » China records 659 swine flu deaths in 2009 - AFP January 4, 2010 at 5:19 am Reuters China records 659 swine flu deaths in 2009 AFP BEIJING — China said Monday it had recorded 659 swine flu deaths in 2009, nearly all of them in the last two months of the year, and warned that the danger of mass outbreaks still existed in certain areas. The health ministry said the total number of ... France defends flu vaccine surplusSydney Morning Herald France wants to sell millions of surplus flu shotsReuters Parents not concerned about H1N1 as new school year opensChannel News Asia BBC News -Aljazeera.net -msnbc.com all 349 news articles » Local blood drives - Poughkeepsie Journal January 4, 2010 at 3:04 am Redcliffe & Bayside Herald Local blood drives Poughkeepsie Journal The blood shortage is continuing. Donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health. A photo identification is usually required. Blood can be given every 56 days. Sixteen-year-olds may donate with a signed parental ... Still giving blood, even after the holidaysOCRegister Resolution Blood Drive Reaches GoalWBNG-TV Family keeps New Year's tradition: giving at the blood bankOregonLive.com Visalia Times-Delta -St. George Daily Spectrum -Jackson Clarion Ledger all 18 news articles » Health bills could expand IRS role - USA Today January 4, 2010 at 12:41 am Los Angeles Times Health bills could expand IRS role USA Today Internal Revenue Service agents already try to catch tax cheats and moonshiners. Under the proposed health care legislation, they would get another assignment: checking to see whether ... In Health Bill for Everyone, Provisions for a FewNew York Times Health-care have-nots | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/04/2010Philadelphia Inquirer Senate Likely to Have Edge as Democrats Craft Final Health BillBusinessWeek Chicago Tribune -Los Angeles Times -NorthJersey.com all 399 news articles » VA State Police issue Endangered Missing Child Media Alert - WDBJ7.com January 4, 2010 at 12:19 am WSLS.com VA State Police issue Endangered Missing Child Media Alert WDBJ7.com She is believed to be in danger and was last seen at the Cumberland Children's Hospital in New Kent County. She may be in the company of Lemuel Cartwright. He is driving a blue 1993 Dodge Ram Pickup with North Carolina license plates XYZ-8450. ... Virginia State Police issue endangered child alert for 11-year-old girlTriCities.com Police search for missing girl, 11, in possible abductionDaily Press Father suspected in child abductionRichmond Times Dispatch WTVR -WRIC -Examiner.com all 10 news articles » NYC-funded handout called how-to for heroin users - Sacramento Bee January 3, 2010 at 11:04 pm USA Today NYC-funded handout called how-to for heroin users Sacramento Bee AP NEW YORK -- A New York City-funded guidebook for heroin users offers information on how to prepare drugs carefully and care for veins to avoid infection. The state's top official with the Drug Enforcement Administration calls the "Take Charge Take ... New York City criticized for its heroin how-to guideLos Angeles Times (blog) City-funded handout called how-to for heroin users7Online.com NYC-funded guide for heroin users draws DEA's ireUSA Today Associated Content -NBC New York -AHN all 324 news articles » Budget cuts makes "quit smoking" resolution harder for Wisconsin - FOX 21 Online January 3, 2010 at 10:16 pm New Zealand Herald Budget cuts makes "quit smoking" resolution harder for Wisconsin FOX 21 Online By Nicolette Helling & photojournalist Mitchell Davis, FOX 21 News SUPERIOR - If your new year's resolution is to quit smoking, your success might depend on which side of the bridge you live on. As of Jan. 1, Wisconsin's biggest smoking cessation ... People flock to kick the smoking habitKJCT8.com Plea to smokers to quit in 2010BBC News Tulalip Tribes commit $334000 to Community Smoking Cessation CampaignIndian Country Today New Zealand Herald -The Standard -Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com all 28 news articles »   This email was sent to createrofheaven.healthnewsupdates@blogger.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.