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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 Vitamin D linked to cardiac deaths in blacks - Food Consumer January 6, 2010 at 8:18 pm Indian Express Vitamin D linked to cardiac deaths in blacks Food Consumer It is no news that black Americans are more likely to die from cardiovascular events compared to whites. A study in the Jan 11, 2010 issue of the journal Annals of Family Medicine suggests what makes the difference is vitamin D deficiency. ... Lower Vitamin D Levels in Blacks May Up Heart RisksBusinessWeek Could vitamin-D deficiency account for higher CV mortality in blacks?TheHeart.Org Vitamin D deficiency may account for the higher cardiovascular mortality raPrivate MD Los Angeles Times (blog) -EVLiving -Expressindia.com all 38 news articles » Proactive Approach To Fighting Staph Examined - TurnTo23.com January 6, 2010 at 7:32 pm WALA-TV FOX10 Proactive Approach To Fighting Staph Examined TurnTo23.com BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Surgical patients are especially vulnerable to hospital infections because the operation involves breaking the skin, which normally forms a barrier to harmful bacteria. Some patients develop infections from the hospital, ... Studies: Switching antiseptic prep, screening patients cut post-op infectionsThe Canadian Press all 93 news articles » US FDA says to take new look at anemia drugs - Reuters January 6, 2010 at 7:23 pm US FDA says to take new look at anemia drugs Reuters WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - US regulators plan to ask outside experts to re-evaluate the use of Amgen Inc (AMGN.O) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) anemia drugs when given to patients with chronic kidney disease. ... FDA Advisory Panel To Meet On Use Of Anti-Anemia DrugsWall Street Journal Amgen's, J&J's Anemia Drugs Will Be Reviewed by FDA AdvisorsBusinessWeek FDA Taking Another Look At Safety of Anemia DrugsAttorney at Law MedPage Today -MarketWatch all 21 news articles » Can Cell Phones Help Fight Alzheimer's? - WebMD January 6, 2010 at 6:22 pm BBC News Can Cell Phones Help Fight Alzheimer's? WebMD Jan. 6, 2010 -- Cell phone exposure may be helpful in the fight against Alzheimer's disease, a new study shows. The study, involving mice, provides evidence that long-term exposure to electromagnetic waves associated with cell phone ... Mobile phone radiation 'protects' against Alzheimer'sBBC News Could Your Cell Phone Help Shield You From Alzheimer's?BusinessWeek Cell Phone Exposure May Protect Against and Reverse Alzheimer's DiseaseScience Daily (press release) MedPage Today -Tampabay.com -Brandon News and Tribune all 110 news articles » Calorie postings trim Starbucks calorie consumption - Reuters January 6, 2010 at 5:30 pm Calorie postings trim Starbucks calorie consumption Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City law requiring restaurants to post the calories of their menu items led Starbucks customers to consume 6 percent fewer calories per transaction, a Stanford University study found. For people who averaged more than ... Gaining weight? Maybe you should blame nutrition labelsLos Angeles Times (blog) Study says Bloomberg's calorie rule makes impactCrain's New York Business I'll Have a Low-Fat Muffin With My FrappuccinoNew York Times (blog) TIME -ABC7Chicago.com -Fast Casual all 109 news articles » Marshals Seize $1 Million in Food From Warehouse - ABC News January 6, 2010 at 4:21 pm Marshals Seize $1 Million in Food From Warehouse ABC News AP US marshals seized more than $1 million worth of bulk restaurant food products from a Nashville food processor and warehouse after inspectors found signs of rodent infestation. According to a news release from the US Food and Drug Administration, ... Feds Seize Millions in 'Unsanitary' Produce From Tennessee CompanyConsumer Affairs $1M In Food Seized From Nashville WarehouseWSMV US Marshals raid Nashville businessThe Tennessean Wall Street Journal -Knoxville News Sentinel -Nashville Scene (blog) all 113 news articles » Health spending pace slowest ever recorded - Bizjournals.com January 6, 2010 at 3:11 pm Seattle Post Intelligencer Health spending pace slowest ever recorded Bizjournals.com Health spending in the US in 2008 grew at the slowest rate ever recorded since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services started officially tracking expenditures in 1960. The CMS reported Tuesday that national health spending increased 4.4 percent ... Agency tracks national health expensesQuad City Times LTC Cost Increases Abated In 2008National Underwriter Life and Health Insurance News Healthcare Spending Growth Slows, but Not as Much for Physician ServicesMedscape New York Times -Reuters -Mesquite Local News all 581 news articles » Gilead says HIV drug combo tests well - Bizjournals.com January 6, 2010 at 2:13 pm dBTechno Gilead says HIV drug combo tests well Bizjournals.com Gilead Sciences Inc. said a combination treatment for HIV infection was doing well halfway through a mid-stage clinical test. The combination, called "quad," is a mix of elvitegravir, GS 9350 and Truvada (itself a combination of emtricitabine and ... Gilead Sciences' HIV drug regimen meets mid-stage goalReuters Gilead Says HIV Regimen Is Meeting Goals in TrialABC News Experimental HIV Drug Meets Preliminary Study GoalsdBTechno MarketWatch -FierceBiotech -TheStreet.com all 90 news articles » Study Turns up 10 Autism Clusters in California - ABC News January 6, 2010 at 1:56 pm TopNews United Kingdom (blog) Study Turns up 10 Autism Clusters in California ABC News CHICAGO (Reuters) - US researchers have identified 10 locations in California that have double the rates of autism found in surrounding areas, and these clusters were located in neighborhoods with high concentrations of white, ... Local Environment Not Cause of Autism 'Clusters'WebMD Autism 'Clusters' Linked to Parents' EducationNPR Study reveals autism clusters in parts of Peninsula, no clusters in East BayInside Bay Area San Francisco Chronicle (blog) -BusinessWeek -KMJ Now all 89 news articles » State reports two new H1N1 deaths; cases still ebbing - Minneapolis Star Tribune January 6, 2010 at 1:53 pm CTV.ca State reports two new H1N1 deaths; cases still ebbing Minneapolis Star Tribune State health officials said Wednesday they have recorded two new deaths associated with the H1N1 virus, but all other flu indicators continued to show an ebb in the outbreak. Only one patient was hospitalized with flu ... H1N1 flu vaccine now available to Santa Clara County residentsSan Jose Mercury News Cranford to hold H1N1 clinic for general public on Jan. 10NJ.com Swine flu vaccine now easier to locateDouglas Daily Dispatch Redwood Times -Gant Daily -WIVB all 1,324 news articles » Health spending in US grows at slowest rate ever in 2008 - Bizjournals.com January 6, 2010 at 1:52 pm Kansas City Star Health spending in US grows at slowest rate ever in 2008 Bizjournals.com Health spending in the United States in 2008 grew at the slowest rate ever recorded since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services started officially tracking expenditures in 1960. The CMS reported Tuesday that national health spending increased ... CMS' EHR subsidy plan focuses on health outcomesModernHealthcare.com Health Insurance Reform: Insanity or Relief?Mesquite Local News Healthcare Spending Growth Slows, but Not as Much for Physician ServicesMedscape Health Imaging & IT -HealthLeaders Media -New York Times all 579 news articles » Pomegranates May Prevent Breast Cancer - Natural Products Industry Insider January 6, 2010 at 12:55 pm New York Daily News Pomegranates May Prevent Breast Cancer Natural Products Industry Insider DUARTE, Calif.—Eating pomegranates or drinking pomegranate juice may prevent estrogen-responsive breast cancers, says a new study published in Cancer Prevention Research (2009;3(1):108–13). The pomegranate fruit is a rich source of the phytochemicals ... Early Breast and Prostate Cancer and Clinical Outcomes (Fracture)Cancer Network Pomegranate compounds may ease breast cancer riskReuters Pomegranates May Fight Breast CancerWebMD SmartAboutHealth -Xinhua -Science Daily (press release) all 134 news articles » Milder depression may not respond to antidepressants - CNN January 6, 2010 at 11:46 am The Age Milder depression may not respond to antidepressants CNN Paxil, shown here, and an older drug called Tofranil were the two antidepressants used in the study. (Health.com) -- For people with milder cases of depression, fake pills may be just as effective as antidepressant drugs, ... Do You Really Need That Antidepressant?U.S. News & World Report (blog) Antidepressants aren't the only remedy for milder forms of depression: studyNew York Daily News Limits to antidepressants' effectiveness: studyReuters WebMD -Wall Street Journal -USA Today all 159 news articles » Mildly Depressed? Stay away from the Strong Stuff! - eFitnessNow January 6, 2010 at 7:54 am PsychCentral.com Mildly Depressed? Stay away from the Strong Stuff! eFitnessNow A new study conducted in Philadelphia indicates that many of the commonly prescribed drugs used to treat depression are little more effective than placebos in cases where the symptoms of the depression are mild. Robert DeRubeis, a psychology professor ... Mild Cases of Depression Not Eased by AntidepressantsdBTechno Pills seen as less helpful for mild depressionColumbus Dispatch Antidepressants Are Most Effective Against Severe DepressionSmartAboutHealth AHN -New York Times -Reuters all 144 news articles » Eating Pomegranates Reduces Risk of Breast Cancer - dBTechno January 6, 2010 at 7:35 am Telegraph.co.uk Eating Pomegranates Reduces Risk of Breast Cancer dBTechno Boston (DbTechNo) - Results of a new study find that eating pomegranates can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer. Pomegranates contain ellagitannins which according to the researchers, may act as a drug to fight off the onset of the disease. ... Pomegranate compounds may ease breast cancer riskReuters Pomegranate Found To Help Fight Breast CancerSmartAboutHealth Pomegranates May Fight Breast CancerWebMD Xinhua -Science Daily (press release) -cbs4denver.com all 111 news articles » Ways to save at the gym - WTOP January 6, 2010 at 6:49 am BBC News Ways to save at the gym WTOP AP source: Shanahan agrees to coach Redskins UNDATED -- If you've resolved to lose weight this year, January is a good time to shop around for deals. If you want to get hooked on exercise, the first week is free in January at the YMCA, Gold's, ... Resolutions keep area gyms busyCarlisle Sentinel New year rings in fitness craze in local gymsBusiness Gazette Resolute: Fitness centers brace for influxKenai Peninsula Online KFOR -abc11.com -BBC News all 24 news articles » SJ offers free swine flu vaccine to residents - Stockton Record January 6, 2010 at 3:09 am Globe and Mail SJ offers free swine flu vaccine to residents Stockton Record By The Record STOCKTON - With H1N1 vaccine supplies improving, San Joaquin County Public Health Services is making it available free starting next week to people of all ages who are residents of San Joaquin County. Residents should call their doctors ... H1N1 shots plentiful and advisedMinneapolis Star Tribune Additional flu vaccine clinic offeredThe Daily Sound Health Department urges flu vaccinationsBarre Montpelier Times Argus Herald & Review -Lockport Union-Sun & Journal -Pueblo Chieftain all 1,099 news articles » Johnson: In the medical-marijuana debate, it's time to be grown-ups - Denver Post January 6, 2010 at 3:02 am Johnson: In the medical-marijuana debate, it's time to be grown-ups Denver Post The hand-wringing by lawmakers and others over medical marijuana just tickles me, or floors me. I still cannot tell. You would think they were handing out AK-47s in the state's proliferating number of dispensaries. ... Med pot deal gone bad?Denver Daily News Denver Reportedly Has More Pot Dispensaries Than Starbucks ShopsFOXNews Pot shop rules sent to committeeSan Diego Union Tribune SDNN: San Diego News Network -Telegraph.co.uk -9NEWS.com all 91 news articles » Antidepressant Pills May Help Only Most Severe Cases - Bloomberg January 6, 2010 at 2:47 am Indian Express Antidepressant Pills May Help Only Most Severe Cases Bloomberg Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Antidepressants such as those made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc may be no better than dummy pills for people with mild or moderate depression, according to a study that suggests 70 percent of patients wouldn't benefit ... Popular Drugs May Help Only Severe DepressionNew York Times Limits to antidepressants' effectiveness: studyReuters Benefits of Antidepressants May Vary With Severity of DepressionAbout.com: Health Wall Street Journal -WebMD -KEYC all 120 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.

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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Reuters: Health News Cellphones may protect brain from Alzheimer's January 6, 2010 at 6:46 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study in mice suggests using cellphones may help prevent some of the brain-wasting effects of Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. Pelosi says Congress "close" to health deal January 6, 2010 at 6:42 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday congressional Democrats were close to agreement on merging their healthcare bills but still faced challenges in blending the two approaches. Nose treatment cuts hospital-acquired infections January 6, 2010 at 5:50 pm BOSTON (Reuters) - If you're checking into the hospital for surgery, doctors may soon be swabbing your nose in an effort to prevent an infection from appearing after your operation. Calorie postings trim Starbucks calorie consumption January 6, 2010 at 5:32 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City law requiring restaurants to post the calories of their menu items led Starbucks customers to consume 6 percent fewer calories per transaction, a Stanford University study found. Radiation risk low with whole-body airport scanners January 6, 2010 at 4:43 pm CHICAGO (Reuters) - The radiation risk from full-body scanners used to improve airport security is low and unlikely to raise an individual's risk of cancer, U.S. experts said on Wednesday. Low selenium tied to throat, stomach cancers January 6, 2010 at 4:18 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting enough selenium in your diet could help protect you from cancer of the esophagus, a large new study suggests. Kids like veggie choices, but may not eat them January 6, 2010 at 3:42 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Offering young kids a vegetable choice at dinner may not prompt them to eat more of these healthy foods, hint findings from a Dutch study. Study turns up 10 autism clusters in California January 6, 2010 at 1:55 pm CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have identified 10 locations in California that have double the rates of autism found in surrounding areas, and these clusters were located in neighborhoods with high concentrations of white, highly educated parents. Kidney cancer proves more complicated than thought January 6, 2010 at 1:36 pm LONDON (Reuters) - The more scientists look, the more complex cancer seems to become. U.S. AIDS chief sees new goals in global battle January 6, 2010 at 1:22 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is retooling its global multibillion-dollar fight against HIV/AIDS to transform healthcare in some of the world's poorest countries, the U.S. AIDS chief said on Tuesday. U.S. judge upholds most limits on tobacco marketing January 6, 2010 at 1:17 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge upheld much of a sweeping federal law limiting the marketing of cigarettes through sponsorships and on merchandise, in a ruling tobacco opponents claimed as a victory. Use of psychiatric drug combos growing in the U.S. January 6, 2010 at 1:15 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - US adults being treated for mental illness are more likely to be prescribed two or more drugs today than a decade ago. Folic acid in late pregnancy tied to child asthma January 6, 2010 at 12:57 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young children whose mothers took folic acid supplements in late pregnancy may have an increased risk of developing asthma, a new study hints.   This email was sent to createrofheaven.healthnewsupdates@blogger.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.