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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 Tiny wasp with potential for big impact - San Francisco Chronicle January 15, 2010 at 3:07 AM ABC Online Tiny wasp with potential for big impact San Francisco Chronicle (01-14) 11:03 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A tiny parasitic wasp, the venomous archenemy of many insects that ravage livestock and crops and trigger human disea! ses, has yielded the secret of its genes to an international team of scientists who decoded its ... Parasitic wasps may hold pesticide, genetic secretsAFP Mapping of wasp genome to help fight pests, diseaseSF State Campus Headlines Sequencing Wasp Genome Sheds New Light on Sexual ParasiteScience Daily (press release) GenomeWeb Daily News -Indiana University -ABC Online all 55 news articles »   Parenthood linked to lower BP - Times of India January 15, 2010 at 2:22 AM Indian Express Parenthood linked to lower BP Times of India The study by Brigham Young University researchers showed that parenthood is linked to lower blood pressure, particularly so among wome! n. Parenthood can be stressful, but it has health benefits too, says a new study. Parenthood is obviously not the only ... Kids good for your health? Parents have lower blood pressureUSA Today Have a kid and lower your blood pressure, researchers sayLos Angeles Times (blog) Study: Moms Have Lower Blood PressuremyGLOSS! KSL-TV -BusinessWeek -Irish Health all 28 news articles »   WHO official denies exaggeration about dangers of swine flu pandemic - Washington Post January 14, 2010 at 10:41 PM MiamiHerald.com WHO official denies exaggeration about dangers of swine flu pandemic Washington Post A top World Health Organization official dismissed charges Thursday that the agency exaggerated the threat posed by the! H1N1 virus and that it had been unduly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry to issue dire warnings about the swine ... Pandemic Flu Scare Fades, Vaccine Glut Seen for Glaxo (Correct)BusinessWeek WHO Addresses Media Misconceptions About H1N1 PandemicMedscape Metro Health to provide free H1N1 vaccinationsBizjournals.com The Hour -LubbockOnline.com -BBC News all 1,910 news articles »   FDA Can't Regulate Electronic Cigarettes - New York Times January 14, 2010 at 10:13 PM KOMO News FDA Can't Regulate Electronic Cigarettes New York Times By AP A federal judge says the Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority in efforts to regulate electronic cigarettes. Regulators began halting shipments of electronic cigarettes last year. Th! e FDA said it found cancer-causing ingredients ... FDA can't block importing of 'electronic cigarettes'Washington Post What Was He Smoking? Judge Denies FDA Attempt to Ban Import of e-CigarettesAm Law Litigation Daily Judge OKs imports of e-cigarettes, blasts FDAReuters! Wall Street Journal -The BLT: Blog of Legal Times -ABC News all 553 news articles »   Pandemic Flu Scare Fades, Vaccine Glut Seen for Glaxo, Novartis - BusinessWeek January 14, 2010 at 9:30 PM MiamiHerald.com Pandemic Flu Scare Fades, Vaccine Glut Seen for Glaxo, Novartis BusinessWeek Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The influenza pandemic that swept the globe and fueled concern that millions of people would die has resul! ted in an unprecedented glut of vaccine as fewer people than expected have sought immunization. ... WHO Addresses Media Misconceptions About H1N1 PandemicMedscape WHO official denies exaggeration about dangers of swine flu pandemicWashington Post Metro Health to provide free H1N1 vaccinationsBizjournals.com BBC News -Glens Falls Post-Star -CIDRAP all 1,859 news articles »   Judge Orders FDA to Stop Blocking Imports of E-Cigarettes From China - New York Times January 14, 2010 at 8:21 PM KOMO News Judge Orders FDA to Stop Blocking Imports of E-Cigarettes From China New York Times A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to stop blocking the importation of electronic cigarettes from China and indicated that the devices should be regulated as! tobacco products rather than drug or medical ... FDA can't block importing of Â'electronic cigarettes'Washington Post What Was He Smoking? Judge Denies FDA Attempt to Ban Import of e-CigarettesAm Law Litigation Daily E-Cigarette Manufactur! ers Score Major WinThe BLT: Blog of Legal Times Reuters -ABC News -Wall Street Journal all 543 news articles »   Have a kid and lower your blood pressure, researchers say - Los Angeles Times (blog) January 14, 2010 at 8:19 PM myGLOSS Have a kid and lower your blood pressure, researchers say Los Angeles Times (blog) The next time your little one dumps a cup of coffee into your laptop keyboard, keep this in mind: A new study finds that having c! hildren may be linked to having lower blood pressure. Researchers from Brigham Young University, the University of Utah and ... Raising kids can lower blood pressure, BYU researcher saysDeseret News Kids good for your health? Parents have lower blood pressureUSA Today Study: Moms Have Lower Blood PressuremyG! LOSS KSL-TV -Science Daily (press release) -BusinessWeek all 20 news articles »   Leading COPD Drug Won't Harm Heart: FDA - BusinessWeek January 14, 2010 at 7:42 PM Daily Contributor Leading COPD Drug Won't Harm Heart: FDA BusinessWeek THURSDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it found no good evidence that the Spiriva HandiHaler boosts heart risks in p! atients who use it to help control chronic obstructive pulmonary ... No heart risk seen with Pfizer COPD drug -FDAReuters FDA Finds No Heart Risk With Spiriva InhalerABC News FDA Finds No Increased Stroke Risk With SpirivaWall Street Journal MedPage Today -DG News -Daily Contributor all 116 news articles »   Simple test could cut cancer deaths in poor nations - Reuters January 14, 2010 at 7:17 PM Global Simple test could cut cancer deaths in poor nations Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - A simple "see and treat" approach using a test costing $2 could help doctors prevent 100000 cervical cancer deaths a year in women in poorer countries, British scientists said on Friday. Cervical cancer ! is the leading cause of cancer ... Is HPV Running Rampant?WebMD Study: 56% of young lovers are infected with HPVUSA Today College STD rates startlingFlyer News WACH -Edwardsville Intelligencer -StandardNet all 50 news articles »   You Lose If You Don't Snooze; Lost Sleep Can't Be Recovered - BusinessWeek January 14, 2010 at 6:05 PM TopNews United States You Lose If You Don't Snooze; Lost Sleep Can't Be Recovered BusinessWeek (Bloomberg) — People who frequently get too little sleep and try to make up the deficit with periodic longer bouts of rest ! perform more poorly at work, a study found. Nine participants in the study, published in the journal Science ... Can't Sleep a Wink? Catching 40 Later Won't HelpHealthNews Catching up on lost sleep a dangerous illusionUSA Today One good night of sleep may do less than once thoughtPrivate MD Reuters -TopNews United States -UPI.com all 350 news articles »   Parasitic wasps may hold pesticide, genetic secrets - AFP January 14, 2010 at 6:01 PM CBC.ca Parasitic wasps may hold pesticide, genetic secrets AFP WASHINGTON — They are almost too small to see, but parasitic wasps possess a powerful poison and unusual genetic makeup that could give them outsized scientific importa! nce, according to US researchers. A group of scientists who sequenced the genomes of ... Mapping of wasp genome to help fight pests, diseaseSF State Campus Headlines Nature's 'smart bomb' genome revealedABC Online Sequencing Wasp Genome Sheds New Light on Sexual ParasiteScience Daily (press release) GenomeWeb Daily News -Indiana University -San Francisco Chronicle all 48 news articles »   FDA Has No Authority Over Electronic Cigarettes, Judge Says - Wall Street Journal January 14, 2010 at 4:34 PM Legal News Line FDA Has No Authority Over Electronic Cigarettes, Judge Says Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—A federal judge said the Food and Drug Administration doesn't have the authority to seize electronic! cigarettes because the products don't qualify as devices subject to the agency's regulation. In a 32-page opinion, ... Judge allows firms to import e-cigarettes into USReuters Calif AG Sues E-Cigarette Maker, Says Cigs UnsafeABC News FDA can't block import of 'electronic cigarettes,' judge rulesWashington Post BusinessWeek -Legal News Line -San Francisco Chronicle all 193 news articles »   Correction: Windpipe transplant story - Washington Post January 14, 2010 at 4:00 PM CBC.ca Correction: Windpipe transplant story Washington Post AP LONDON -- In a Jan. 13 story about an innovative windpipe transplant, The Associated Press erroneously described the time frame of the injury. Linda De Croock suffered! from her injury for more than 25 years, not 2 1/2 years. Windpipe transplanted after being grown in woman's armTelegraph.co.uk Transplanted Trachea Grows Own Blood Supply in Patient's ArmBusinessWeek Belgian doctors give woman a new windpipe after implanting it into her armThe Canadian ! Press The Next Reporter (blog) all 250 news articles »   Study warns of drug-resistant HIV strains - San Francisco Chronicle January 14, 2010 at 3:57 PM Bay Area Reporter Study warns of drug-resistant HIV strains San Francisco Chronicle (01-14) 11:42 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Drug-resistant strains of HIV could become more prevalent - even developing into "mini-epidemics" ! - in San Francisco over the next 10 years as patients live longer, healthier lives, according to a new model developed ... New Study Raises Concerns About HIV Drug ResistanceTIME HIV Drug Resistance Set to Rise?MedPage Today Findings on HIV Mutations May Provide Leads in Drug ResearchHarvard Crimson Livemint all 14 news articles »   No heart risk seen with Pfizer COPD drug -FDA - Reuters January 14, 2010 at 3:45 PM No heart risk seen with Pfizer COPD drug -FDA Reuters WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - US health officials on Thursday said they found no increased risk of heart trouble with use of Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) inhaled lung drug Spiriva. The US Food and Drug Administration, in a statement, said it had finished ... FDA Finds No Increased Stroke Risk Wit! h SpirivaWall Street Journal FDA finds no heart risk with Spiriva inhalermsnbc.com Follow-Up to the October 2008 Updated Early Communication about an Ongoing ...Bioscience Technology PR Newswire (press release) -Drug Store News (blog) all 86 news articles »   Obesity rates stabilize but remain high - CNN January 14, 2010 at 3:18 PM National Post Obesity rates stabilize but remain high CNN Expert: "Obesity is still the leading nutritional health problem facing Americans and the leading driver of health-care costs. Stopping it from going up is a nice start, but m! ore is needed." (Health.com) -- Obesity rates in the United ... US obesity rates reaching a resting point, studies showLos Angeles Times Americans are fat, study says, but not getting fatterSan Jose Mercury News Obesity Rates Hit Plateau in US, Data SuggestNew York Times USA Today -Wall Street Journal -CalorieLab Calorie Counter News all 539 news articles »   Haiti's Health: From Bad To Worse - Newsweek January 14, 2010 at 3:11 PM Telegraph.co.uk Haiti's Health: From Bad To Worse Newsweek In the next few days, doctors will have to deal with an influx of patients—and a lack of supplies—to keep casualties to a minimum. When earthq! uakes strike cities that don't expect them. By Mary Carmichael | Newsweek Web Exclusive Please fill in the ... Doctors Without Borders: Supplies and Staff ScarceNew York Times Doctors Without Borders Report Dire Need for Care in HaitiFOXNews Doc on Docs: Movie Spotlights Doctors Without BordersTheWrapBBC News -CBS News -CTV.ca all 280 news articles »   Haiti's Health: From Bad To Worse - Newsweek January 14, 2010 at 3:11 PM Telegraph.co.uk Haiti's Health: From Bad To Worse Newsweek In the next few days, doctors will have to deal with an influx of patients—and a lack of supplies—to keep casualties to a minimum. When earthq! uakes strike cities that don't expect them. By Mary Carmichael | Newsweek Web Exclusive Please fill in the ... Doctors Without Borders: Supplies and Staff ScarceNew York Times Doctors Without Borders Report Dire Need for Care in HaitiFOXNews Survival on the line after Haiti quake: medical expertsAFP Long Beach Press-Telegram -TheWrap -Phillyist all 264 news articles »   State Watch: Walgreen Medicaid Prescription Threat, Conn. Insurance Claims - Kaiser Health News January 14, 2010 at 10:51 AM State Watch: Walgreen Medicaid Prescription Threat, Conn. Insurance Claims Kaiser Health News The (Spokane, Wash.) Spokesman-Review: "Walgreen Co. said it will stop filling Medicaid prescriptions at about half of its pharmacies in Washington next month because of continued reimbursement reductions" (Stucke, 1/14). The Wall Street Journal: It's ... Walgreen protests Wash. state Medicaid paymentsReuters Walgreen May Leave MedicaidHULIQ Walgreens to cease Medicaid reimbursements at 64 Washington state pharmaciesDrug Store News (blog) Pottstown Mercury -Earthtimes (press release) -Drug Store News (blog) all 27 news articles »   You can't always catch up from sleep loss - UPI.com January 14, 2010 at 10:34 AM China Daily You can't always catch up from sleep loss UPI.com BOSTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- A good night's sleep cannot make up for chronic sleep deprivation, which has a snowball effect hurting a person's abili! ty to stay alert, Boston researchers say. People may think they're OK because their body's daily circadian ... Catching up on lost sleep a dangerous illusionUSA Today Chronic sleep loss hampers performanceReuters Chronic sleep loss is hard to overcomeLos Angeles Times (blog) WBUR -dBTechno -NECN all 319 news articles »   WHO official: H1N1 threat not exaggerated - Washington Post January 14, 2010 at 9:26 AM ABC News WHO official: H1N1 threat not exaggerated Washington Post A top World Health Organization official Thursday dismissed charges that the agency exaggerated the threat posed by the H1N1 virus and that it had! been unduly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry to issue dire warnings about the swine ... Metro Health to provide free H1N1 vaccinationsBizjournals.com Did UK get it right on swine flu?BBC News WHO Denies Hyping Dangers of Swine FluVoice of America Radio Iowa -Maui News -Opposing Views all 1,803 news articles »   Read Excerpt: 'Food Rules' by Michael Pollan - ABC News January 14, 2010 at 8:51 AM ABC News Read Excerpt: 'Food Rules' by Michael Pollan ABC News In "Food Rules" Michael Pollan solicited ideas from chefs, doctors, readers and others to come up with rules to eat by. From tips on break! fast cereals to plants to junk food Pollan, author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma," hopes to change your eating habits ... Feasts and Food RulesIllinois Times Michael Pollan's new pocket guide to eatingPhiladelphia Inquirer Students pick Pollan's brainThe Daily Evergreen New York Daily News -Christian Science Monitor -Georgetown University The Hoya all 15 news articles »   Did UK get it right on swine flu? - BBC News January 14, 2010 at 6:55 AM Telegraph.co.uk Did UK get it right on swine flu? BBC News Governments and health chiefs took unprecedented steps to keep the first pandemic for 40 years at bay - but with the swine flu virus now looking to be on its way out, the que! stion on everyone's lips is did we over-react? ... Interest in flu shots wanes as season goes onNorwalk Reflector Swine flu vaccination clinics restart across Yolo CountyDaily Democrat Chemung urges residents to get H1N1 vaccinationElmira Star-Gazette In-Forum -San Jose Mercury News -South Bend Tribune all 1,916 news articles »   WTHRFirst free H1N1 vaccination clinic opens to everyone - WTHR January 14, 2010 at 5:04 AM CTV.ca WTHRFirst free H1N1 vaccination clinic opens to everyone WTHR Entertainment News from AP Indianapolis - Thursday is your chance to get a free H1N1 flu vaccine. The first public clinic offering free inoculations takes place on t! he city's south side. Previous clinics in Marion County have been reserved for only ... No new H1N1-related deaths reported in NevadaSan Jose Mercury News H1N1: A Deadly After Effect - Research SummaryBryan College Station Eagle Free public H1N1 flu shots in Lincoln; school vaccination schedule announcedValley Breeze Kansas City Star -San Antonio Express -Duke Chronicle all 1,712 news articles »   People 'happier' at weekends, scientists 'discover' - Telegraph.co.uk January 14, 2010 at 4:38 AM TheMedGuru People 'happier' at weekends, scientists 'discover' Telegraph.co.uk It is something most of us have known for years but scientists have proven that people really! are happier and healthier on the weekend. Psychologists say the 'weekend effect' is due to the opportunity to spend time with loved ones. ... Weekends are happier days for a reasonTopNews United States Study finds people happier, more vital on weekendsCTV.ca There's a reason you're happiest on weekendsUSA To! day RocNow -Science Daily (press release) -Visit Bulgaria all 58 news articles »   Morphine shows promise against post-traumatic stress disorder - Los Angeles Times January 14, 2010 at 3:00 AM CBC.ca Morphine shows promise against post-traumatic stress disorder Los Angeles Times Studies find that troops who got the powerful painkiller when injured were about 50% less likely to develop PTSD than those who didn't. The findings offer hope f! or preventive treatment. By Karen Kaplan Early administration of morphine to military ... Morphine helps wounded avoid post-combat stressReuters Morphine May Help Traumatic StressNew York Times Morphine found to help stave off PTSD in wounded troopsWashington Post KRQE -Minneapolis Star Tribune -HealthNews all 224 news articles »   US obesity rates reaching a resting point, studies show - Los Angeles Times January 14, 2010 at 12:11 AM eFitnessNow 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 ... Obesity Rates Hit Plateau in US, Data SuggestNew York Times Americans are fat, study says, but not getting fatterSan Jose Mercury News US obesity rate leveling off, at about one-third of adultsUSA Today Wall Street Journal -ABC News -FOXNews all 552 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.