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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 US obesity rates reaching a resting point, studies show - Los Angeles Times January 14, 2010 at 12:11 AM Belleville News Democrat US obesity rates reaching a resting point, studies show Los Angeles Times The assessments from the CDC indicate that Americans may have turned a corner in fighting weight problems. But health experts say there's more to ! be done to reverse the trend. Darrell Pender, working in his home office in Brooklyn, NY, has brought down ... Americans are fat, study says, but not getting fatter.San Jose Mercury News Obesity Rates Hit Plateau in US, Data SuggestNew York Times One-Third of American Adults Are Obese, but Rate SlowsWall Street Journal USA Today -ABC News -FOXNews all 466 news articles »   Haiti quake survivors spend second night in streets - BBC News January 14, 2010 at 12:01 AM USA Today Haiti quake survivors spend second night in streets BBC News Thousands of Haitians are spending a second night in the open after the country's catastrophic earthquake which may have killed te! ns of thousands. Medical aid agency Medecins sans Frontieres reported a "massive influx" of casualties at its makeshift ... Doctors Without Borders: Supplies and Staff ScarceNew York Times Disease Could Become as Deadly as QuakeCBS News Doctors Without Borders Report Dire Need for Care in HaitiFOXNews Discovery News -AFP -eMaxHealth all 210 news articles »   No lines, no waiting, for swine flu vaccine - Kansas City Star January 13, 2010 at 11:50 PM Boston Globe No lines, no waiting, for swine flu vaccine Kansas City Star Last fall, when supplies of H1N1 vaccine were short, clinic lines were long. But now that the nation is virtually swimming in vaccine, health officials worry that in! terest in the shots and snorts may be fading just as we should be ... No new H1N1-related deaths reported in NevadaSan Jose Mercury News Free H1N1 vaccines open to allNorthJersey.com 2 swine flu deaths bring state total to 24 as officials urge vaccinationThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com Pacific News Center -Terre Haute Tribune Star -Great Bend Tribune all 1,590 news articles »   Morphine helps wounded avoid post-combat stress - Reuters January 13, 2010 at 11:38 PM Washington Post Morphine helps wounded avoid post-combat stress Reuters BOSTON (Reuters) - US combat soldiers in Iraq who received a shot of morphine within an hour of being wounded were less likely to develop post-traumatic stress diso! rder, researchers reported on Wednesday. The painkiller injections are no guarantee of ... Morphine May Help Traumatic StressNew York Times Morphine found to help stave off PTSD in wounded troopsWashington Post Morphine given early is shown to help blunt post-traumatic! stressMinneapolis Star Tribune BusinessWeek -Eastern Echo -AirForceTimes.com all 120 news articles »   Chemical in Many Consumer Plastics Linked to Heart Disease - Scientific American January 13, 2010 at 8:49 PM Scientific American Chemical in Many Consumer Plastics Linked to Heart Disease Scientific American HEALTH RISK?: Bisphenol A or BPA, an ingredient in many common plastics, has been linked to ! an increased risk of heart disease. Higher concentrations of bisphenol A—a common ingredient in plastics found in products ranging from ... Study Supports Connection Between BPA and Heart DiseaseU.S. News & World Report BPA May Be Linked to Heart Disease RiskWebMD Scientists Link Plastics Chemical to Health Risk! sABC News BusinessWeek -myGLOSS -STATS all 84 news articles »   No new H1N1-related deaths reported in Nevada - San Jose Mercury News January 13, 2010 at 6:27 PM Boston Globe No new H1N1-related deaths reported in Nevada San Jose Mercury News AP LAS VEGAS—The Southern Nevada Health District says no new swine flu-related deaths have been reported for the week that ended Saturday. The health district say ! there have been 3431 confirmed cases of H1N1 for the 2009-10 influenza season that ... Decline of flu continues in Minn.; 2 more deaths confirmedMinneapolis Star Tribune Do Area Residents Still Want an H1N1 Vaccine?KFBB NewsChannel 5 County offers free H1N1 vaccine clinic in BlaineBlaine Northe! rn Light 39online.com -9&10 News -New Bern Sun Journal all 1,620 news articles »   Morphine may help with post-traumatic stress, research finds - Washington Post January 13, 2010 at 6:20 PM News 8 Austin Morphine may help with post-traumatic stress, research finds Washington Post More than 200 years after it was isolated from poppies, morphine remains one of medicine's best painkillers. But that ! isn't its only use. Physicians sometimes include morphine in a cocktail of drugs given to people having heart attacks. ... Study: Quick Morphine Treatment May Prevent PTSDFOXNews Morphine in Combat Injury Halved Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderBusinessWeek Morphine Cuts Both Pain and PTSDMedPage Today New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) -News 8 Austin all 77 news articles »   Surgeon General Benjamin as 'America's family doctor' - USA Today January 13, 2010 at 5:59 PM Daily Mail Surgeon General Benjamin as 'America's family doctor' USA Today By Manuel Balce Ceneta, AP By Mary Brophy Marcus, USA TODAY WASHINGTON, DC — Those who have met the new US surg! eon general, Regina Benjamin, often refer to the Alabama family physician as "warm," "kind" and "humble" — words not often associated with ... Surgeon general visits Detroit schoolDetroit Free Press US Surgeon General Visits Detroit H1N1 ClinicMichigan Radio Radio campaign urges H1N1 vaccinationsRadi! o Busine ss Report ABC News -Fox 28 -The Detroit News all 41 news articles »   California Assembly panel backs legalization of marijuana - MiamiHerald.com January 13, 2010 at 4:40 PM Kansas City Star California Assembly panel backs legalization of marijuana MiamiHerald.com Assemblyman Tom Ammiano emerged Tuesday from a victorious committee vote to legalize marijuana proclaiming history was in the making. It didn't matter that his bill was dead on non-arriv! al. A separate Assembly health committee won't take ... Marijuana legalization bill approved by key Assembly committeeLos Angeles Times Committee advances bill to legalize, tax potSan Francisco Chronicle Should Washington legalize marijuana?KNDO/KNDU New York Times -San Jose Mercury News -The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com all 1,000 news articles »   Pelosi Fights for More Low Income Subsides in Healthcare - U.S. News & World Report January 13, 2010 at 4:16 PM St. Louis Post-Dispatch (blog) Pelosi Fights for More Low Income Subsides in Healthcare U.S. News & World Report In most states, if you driv! e, you have to have car insurance. Coverage, in other words, is mandated. There's a similar requirement making the rounds with healthcare reform. It's called an "individual mandate," and it basically means that ... Health care: A 'goldmine' for fraudstersCNNMoney.com Lack of Medicare Chief Is a Strike Against ReformNew York Times Democrats consider expanding Medicare tax to investmen! t income to finance ...Baltimore Sun Martha's Vineyard Times -Newsweek -Reuters all 105 news articles »   Catching up on lost sleep a dangerous illusion - USA Today January 13, 2010 at 4:06 PM PhysOrg.com Catching up on lost sleep a dangerous illusion USA Today People who are chronically sleep-deprived may think they're caught up after a 10-hour night of sleep, but new research shows that although they're near-normal when they awake, their ability to function deteriorates ! ... Chronic sleep loss hampers performanceReuters Study: Good Sleep on Weekend Does Little For Sleep DeprivedKFSM You Lose If You Don't Snooze; Lost Sleep Can't Be RecoveredBusinessWeek CBC.ca -WKOW-TV.com -WGME all 296 news articles »   Chronic sleep loss hampers performance - Reuters January 13, 2010 at 3:03 PM Stuff.co.nz Chronic sleep loss hampers performance Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One night of good sleep is not enough to recover from chronic sleep deficit, which over time hinders a person's ability to stay alert and attentive, US resear! chers said on Wednesday. Many nights of too little sleep when the ... A Good Night's Slumber Won't Reverse Chronic Sleep LossBusinessWeek You can't bank sleep: researchersCBC.ca Chronic sleep loss, sleep debt dangerousWKOW-TV.com WGME -Science Magazine (subscription) -The Australian all 283 news articles »   Obesity Rates Hit Plateau in US, Data Suggest - New York Times January 13, 2010 at 2:41 PM National Post Obesity Rates Hit Plateau in US, Data Suggest New York Times Americans, at least as a group, may have reached their peak of obesity, according to data the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Wednesday. The numbers ! indicate that obesity rates have remained constant for at least 5 ... US obesity rate leveling off, at about one-third of adultsUSA Today CDC: U.S. Adult, Children Obesity Rates Level Off After Years of SurgingFOXNews Data: US Obesity Rate High, but Not RisingABC News BusinessWeek -TIME -U.S. News & World Report (blog) all 379 news articles »   For Achilles Overuse, Plasma Injections Look No Better Than Placebo - BusinessWeek January 13, 2010 at 2:06 PM TopNews United States For Achilles Overuse, Plasma Injections Look No Better Than Placebo BusinessWeek WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- A new treatment for overuse injury of the Achilles tendon doesn't appear to be! effective, a new study shows. Researchers in the Netherlands concluded that platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections are no better than ... Small study casts doubt on sports injury injections reportedly used by WoodsThe Canadian Press Popular Blood Therapy May Not WorkNew York Times New Achilles Tendon Treatment Falls Sh! ort of HypeWebMD Medscape -eMaxHealth -Science Daily (press release) all 237 news articles »   Expert Says Swine Flu Scare Just a Money-Making Scam - Opposing Views January 13, 2010 at 2:00 PM Reuters Expert Says Swine Flu Scare Just a Money-Making Scam Opposing Views Calling it "one of the greatest medical scandals of the century," the head of health for the Council of Europe is calling for an investigation of the Wor! ld Health Organization's declaration that swine flu was a pandemic. Wolfgang Wodarg said officially ... Many in Kentucky choose not to get H1N1 vaccinationsBowling Green Daily News H1N1 outbreakOrange County Review SEARHC honors National Influenza Vaccination WeekCapital City Weekly KJCT8.com -Newton Daily News -Williston Daily Herald all 1,508 news articles »   Blood Test for Lung Cancer in the Works - WebMD January 13, 2010 at 1:32 PM BBC News Blood Test for Lung Cancer in the Works WebMD Jan. 13, 2010 (Coronado, Calif.) -- A blood test under study to help diagnose lung cancer looks promising, researchers reported Tuesday at a cancer meeting in California. If perfected, the test could help ! spare patients the need to ... AACR-IASLC: Blood Test Finds Early Lung CancerMedPage Today Green Tea Lessens Chance Of Lung Cancer Among SmokersInventorspot Green tea 'may block lung cancer'BBC News WFIE-TV -WGNtv.com -BusinessWeek all 180 news articles »   Insurers funded anti-health reform ads: report - MarketWatch January 13, 2010 at 12:06 PM mediabistro.com (blog) Insurers funded anti-health reform ads: report MarketWatch LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The nation's biggest health insurers on Wednesday ac! knowledged funding TV ads designed to kill or water down the health-care overhaul measure, after a published report said the spots were paid for ... Report: Health insurers funded Chamber of Commerce's attack adsPRWeek Insurance companies funded health reform attack adsFierceHealthcare Insurers Helped Pay for TV Attack AdsN! ew York Times (blog) New America Foundation (blog) -Politico -Atlantic Online (blog) all 26 news articles »   Nonprofit, company team up for 'artificial pancreas' - Reuters January 13, 2010 at 11:18 AM The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Nonprofit, company team up for 'artificial pancreas' Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Diabetes advocates and a company that makes insulin pumps announced plans on Wednesday to team up to make a so-called artificial pancreas -- a s! ystem of pumps and monitors to manage type-1 diabetes. The Juvenile Diabetes Research ... J&J, Charity to Start Testing Artificial PancreasABC News J&J, charity to start testing artificial pancreasBusinessWeek Scientists to begin testing artificial pancreasWKOW-TV.com PR Newswire (press release) -Pizza Marketplace.com -Bizjournals.com all 133 news articles »   Marijuana legalization bill approved by key Assembly committee - Los Angeles Times January 13, 2010 at 12:40 AM The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Marijuana legalization bill approved by key Assembly committee Los Angeles Times The measure, which would tax and regulate pot for users 21 and older, is unlikely to get additional consideration until next! year. By Patrick McGreevy Reporting from Sacramento - A proposal to legalize and tax marijuana in California was approved by a ... Legalizing pot gets a thumbs-up in California legislative committeeSacramento Bee Committee advances bill to legalize, tax potSan Francisco Chronicle Committee Approves Calif. Pot Legalization Bil! lNew York Times San Jose Mercury News -phillyBurbs.com -Pasadena Star-News all 873 news articles »   Study Supports Connection Between BPA and Heart Disease - U.S. News & World Report January 13, 2010 at 10:16 AM Study Supports Connection Between BPA and Heart Disease U.S. News & World Report A previously reported link between exposure to the plastics chemical bisphenol A and heart disease stands, reports a new study published online January 12 in PLoS ONE. Added to previous work, the finding provides a third ... BPA May Be Linked to Heart Disease RiskWebMD Chemical BPA Linked to Heart Disease RiskBusinessWeek BPA and heart disease: Smoking gun or statistical smoke?STATS ABC News -! UP I.com -Plastics News all 73 news articles »   New York City wants less salt in processed, restaurant foods - Food Consumer January 13, 2010 at 7:46 AM Globe and Mail New York City wants less salt in processed, restaurant foods Food Consumer New York City Department of Health Mental Hygiene issued a set of guidelines to rec! ommend a voluntary salt reduction in packaged and restaurant foods. The recommendations are based on the city's consultation with health experts and the food industry ... Restaurant Chefs Boiling Over NYC Mayor's Salt CrackdownFOXNews Food Makers Cut Back on SaltWall Street Journal New York City leads drive to cut US salt intakeReuters ABC News -New York Times -Sphere all 629 news articles »   Hypertension Drugs May Cut Alzheimer's Risk - WebMD January 13, 2010 at 7:20 AM Reuters Hypertension Drugs May Cut Alzheimer's Risk WebMD Jan. 12, 2010 -- Drugs commonly used to treat high blood pressure and heart disease may reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests. Boston University scientis! ts, reporting in the journal BMJ, ... Some blood pressure drugs may cut risk of dementiaReuters Blood pressure meds may stave off dementiaabc7.com Longevity Gene May Cut Dementia RiskeFitnessNow DrugWatch.com -U.S. News & World Report -The Guardian all 154 news articles »   BPA May Be Linked to Heart Disease Risk - WebMD January 13, 2010 at 7:20 AM BPA May Be Linked to Heart Disease Risk WebMD Jan. 12, 2010 - Nearly everyone in the US carries the plastics chemical BPA in their bodies. But those with the highest BPA levels have the highest risk of heart disease, new data confirm. BPA -- bisphenol A -- is one of the world's ... Scientists Link Plastics Chemical to Health RisksABC News Chemical BPA Linked to Heart Disease RiskBusinessWeek BPA and heart disease: Smoking gun or statistical smoke?STATS Baby Chums -Pl! astics News -UPI.com all 81 news articles »   Nighttime HIV, AIDS testing event set in Las Vegas - San Jose Mercury News January 13, 2010 at 7:13 AM Jakarta Globe Nighttime HIV, AIDS testing event set in Las Vegas San Jose Mercury News AP LAS VEGAS—Southern Nevada health officials are offering free rapid HIV and AIDS testing in Las Vegas as part of a multi-city event on Friday night. The drive is called the AIDS Healthcare ! Foundation HIV Testing Tour Across America. ... District, NIH announce new initiative aimed at HIV/AIDS epidemicWashington Post AIDS Prevention to Focus on Gay MenJakarta Globe KENYA: New strategy targets most at-risk populationsPlus News JURIST -WTOP -AllAfrica.com all 68 news articles »   Marijuana legalization gets OK from California legislative committee - MiamiHerald.com January 13, 2010 at 6:58 AM Modesto Bee Marijuana legalization gets OK from California legislative committee MiamiHerald.com Assemblyman Tom Ammiano emerged Tuesday from a victorious committee vote to legalize marijuana proclaiming history was in the making. It didn't matter that his bill was dead on no! n-arrival. A separate Assembly health committee won't take ... Marijuana legalization bill approved by key Assembly committeeLos Angeles Times Committee Approves Calif. Pot Legalization BillNew York Times California Panel Approves Legalization BillJoinTogether.org San Francisco Chronicle -Capitol Weekly -San Jose Mercury News all 933 news articles »   European Governments Cancel Vaccine Orders - Wall Street Journal January 13, 2010 at 6:16 AM MiamiHerald.com European Governments Cancel Vaccine Orders Wall Street Journal Just months after rushing to order enough swine-flu vaccine to protect their citizens, European governments are cancelling orders and trying to sell or give away ! extra doses as they sit on a glut of the ... Everyone urged to get swine flu shotKTAR.com Clinics aim to protect against H1N1McMurray Almanac Health Dept. offers free flu shotsStatesville Record & Landmark About! .com: He alth -Royal Oak Daily Tribune -Marion Star all 1,417 news articles »   Green tea 'may block lung cancer' - BBC News January 13, 2010 at 5:31 AM BBC News Green tea 'may block lung cancer' BBC News Drinking green tea may offer some protection against lung cancer, say experts who studied the disease at a medical university in Taiwan. The latest work in more than 500 people adds to growing evidence suggesting the beverage has anti-cancer! powers. ... Strides Made in Lung Cancer TreatmentPalm Beach Post Green Tea and Leafy Greens May Cut Smokers' Lung Cancer RiskeFitnessNow Drinking Green Tea May Fend Off Lung Cancer in SmokersdBTechno WebMD -AHN -Tea News all 143 news articles »   Poland stands alone in refusing swine flu vaccines - Washington Post January 13, 2010 at 5:10 AM Mid Columbia Tri City Herald Poland stands alone in refusing swine flu vaccines Washington Post AP WARSAW, Poland -- The decision seemed fraught with risk: a government refusing to import swine flu vaccines amid worldwide warnings of a spreading epidem! ic. But Poland did just that, becoming the only country worldwide known to ... Vaccination effort credited for decline in seasonal, swine flu casesFlorida Times-Union Officials warn of 'third wave' of swine fluBoston Herald Now they can't give swine flu vaccine awayLancast! er Newspapers WFAA -WalesOnline -Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph all 132 news articles »   Health care: A 'goldmine' for fraudsters - CNNMoney.com January 13, 2010 at 4:14 AM St. Louis Post-Dispatch (blog) Health care: A 'goldmine' for fraudsters CNNMoney.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- There's a group of people who really love the US health car! e system -- the fraudsters, scammers and organized criminal gangs who are bilking the system of as much ... Lack of Medicare Chief Is a Strike Against ReformNew York Times Health Reform RevisionismNewsweek Taxing Details That Harm PatientsWall Street Journal McMurray Almanac -Rochester Democrat and Chronicle -Kaiser Health News all 58 news articles »   FDA warns Amylin on promotion - San Diego Union Tribune January 13, 2010 at 3:17 AM FDA warns Amylin on promotion San Diego Union Tribune Federal drug regulators have slapped San Diego's Amylin Pharmaceuticals with a warning letter over allegedly improper promotion of its diabetes drug Byetta. A letter the Food and Drug Administration released ... FDA takes drug makers to task on adsBosto! n Globe FDA Warns Bayer, Eli Lilly For Misleading Drug AdsCNNMoney.com Business news in brief | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/13/2010Philadelphia Inquirer Reuters -Attorney at Law ! ;-Newsday (subscription) all 139 news articles »   Richmond gest kudos on anti-smoking effort - San Francisco Chronicle January 13, 2010 at 2:30 AM KSFY Richmond gest kudos on anti-smoking effort San Francisco Chronicle Richmond, not usually associated with stellar air quality, won praise Tuesday for protecting its residents' lungs by enacting some of the toughest anti-smoking laws in the country. "! We have lots of challenges in this city, but we can also be at the ... US makes progress in tobacco control, group saysReuters S.J., bulk of cities get straight F's in tobacco control lawsStockton Record Report gives Colorado mixed grades on tobacco controlDenver Post Bizjournals.com -Glendale News Press -In-Forum all 218 news articles »   Man with TB allowed on Philly-to-SF flight - San Francisco Chronicle January 13, 2010 at 1:24 AM KCBS Man with TB allowed on Philly-to-SF flight San Francisco Chronicle A man with tuberculosis was allowed to board a cross-country flight over the weekend despite having been placed on a "do not board" list, feder! al authorities said Tuesday. The passenger who took US Airways flight 401 from ... Man with TB took flight to San FranciscoSan Jose Mercury News Tuberculosis patient flies despite being on banned listCNN Sick Passenger on "Do Not Board" List Flies Out of Phillymsnbc.com Philadelphia Daily News -Philadelphia Inquirer -Philadelphia Metro all 78 news articles »   Web Tool Tracks the Flu - New York Times January 13, 2010 at 12:43 AM MyFox Tampa Bay Web Tool Tracks the Flu New York Times Google's Flu Trends, a surveillance tool for the United States that tracks flu-related search queries, will measure flu activity in 121 cities. Official flu trend ! data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ... Google Tracks Flu Trends in 121 US CitiesSearch Engine Journal Your Google 'Flu' Searches Track Flu ZonesFOX 4 News Google Shows Flu Trends for 121 Cities in the USWebProNews (blog) ReadWriteWeb (blog) all 31 news articles »   Europe Cancels H1N1 Shots as Flu Fails to Heat Up - Wall Street Journal January 13, 2010 at 12:00 AM MiamiHerald.com Europe Cancels H1N1 Shots as Flu Fails to Heat Up Wall Street Journal Just months after rushing to order enough swine-flu vaccine to protect their citizens, European governments are canceling orders and trying to sell or give! away extra doses as they sit on a glut of the ... GSK agrees to cuts in swine flu drug ordersTelegraph.co.uk H1N1 Shots Widely Available, but Do People Want Them?ABC News National Influenza Vaccination! Week: T oday's Message Focus On Parents & KidsPacific News Center Jacksonville Daily Progress -BusinessWeek -GoErie.com all 1,425 news articles »   Insurers Helped Pay for TV Attack Ads - New York Times (blog) January 12, 2010 at 11:02 PM Insurers Helped Pay for TV Attack Ads New York Times (blog) Six big health insurance companies funneled millions of dollars to the United States Chamber of Commerce for television commercials attacking Congressional efforts to overhaul the health care system, the National Journal reported ... White House Exposes Health Insurance Companies On Health Care ReformGov Monitor Kaiser, not involvedPolitico Insurers quietly fund opposition to Democrats' health pushWashington Post (blog) Atlantic Online (blog) -NPR (blog) -TPM LiveWire (blog) all 13 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.