eFluxMediaBird flu strikes farm in northeastern BangladeshReuters -2 hours agoDHAKA, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Bird flu has killed nearly 500 chickens at a poultry farm in northeastern Bangladesh in what officials said on Sunday was the first outbreak of the disease in that area.Birdflu virus stable but mutation risks remain-OIEGuardian UnlimitedWoman's illness raises Indonesia's H5N1 total to 117CIDRAPeFluxMedia - Lebanon Daily News - BBC News - United Press Internationalall 135 news articles
Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesToo much sugar-free gum linked to bowel problemsReuters -Jan 10, 2008LONDON (Reuters) - Consuming too much sorbitol, a sweetener widely used in "sugar-free" chewing gum and sweets, can cause serious bowel problems, German doctors said on Friday.Too Much Sugar-Free Gum Linked to Severe Weight LossAtlanta Journal ConstitutionChewing Gum Sweetener Can Cause Dangerous Weight LossMedical News TodayMedPage Today - Daily Mail - Times Online - ABC Newsall 166 news articles
dBTechnoReseachers Identify New Targets to Disrupt HIV LifecycleVoice of America -Jan 11, 2008By Art Chimes In what is being hailed as a major step in the fight against HIV/AIDS, US researchers have identified 273 proteins that are key to reproduction of the virus that causes AIDS.HIV Research Opens Up Potential Targets for DrugsNew York TimesProteins That Could Be Used to Halt HIV Are IdentifiedWashington PostAllAfrica.com - Bloomberg - Medical News Today - Reuters UKall 233 news articles
dBTechnoThree studies suggest gene raises autism riskReuters -Jan 10, 2008By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Three US teams of scientists using different research approaches said on Thursday that different flaws in a single gene raise the risk of autism.Studies link autism to two genetic defectsLos Angeles TimesAutism Gene Glitch Traced to MomsWebMDABC News - Science News - U.S. News &World Report - ToTheCenter.comall 201 news articles
dBTechnoMenino decries clinics in retailersBoston Globe -Jan 11, 2008Mayor Thomas M. Menino embarked on a highly public campaign yesterday to block CVS Corp. and other retailers from opening medical clinics inside their stores, an effort that exposed a rift between Menino and the state's public health commissioner, ...CVS to house health clinics in existing footprintBizjournals.comMenino off base on mini-clinics . . .Boston HeraldTurn to 10.com - Parents &Kids - Providence Business News - dBTechnoall 26 news articles
A look inside big-money hardball of health careHouston Chronicle -4 hours agoBy FROMA HARROP ''Crowding out" sounds like a bad thing. The Bush administration uses that fearsome term in denying recent requests by Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma and no doubt other states to expand Medicaid to families not considered poor.Bowling and health care legislation stand out in legislative ...Kansas City StarKaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Three States' Efforts ...Kaiser network.orgAnchorage Daily News (subscription) - WBOC TV 16 - WMDT - The News Journalall 9 news articles
Albany Times UnionStar of Anti-Smoking Campaign Still PuffsABC News -Jan 11, 2008By MARCUS BARAM Skip Legault, with his tale of two heart attacks, strokes and an amputated right leg, has become the star of anti-smoking posters and commercials blanketing New York since December.Officials: smoking star makes ads betterNew York Daily NewsShock Anti-smoking Ad Man Still Smoke Half A Pack A DayMedical News TodayFOXNews - eFluxMedia - 7Online.com - Radar Onlineall 151 news articles
Boston moves toward trans fats banBoston Globe -Jan 11, 2008Following the lead of New York City and Brookline, health regulators in Boston last night took the first step toward banning artery-clogging trans fat from French fries, doughnuts, and other food sold in restaurants and corner stores.Boston regulators join movement to ban trans fat in restaurantsBoston HeraldBoston Close to Trans Fat BanBostonistCanoe.ca - Boston Channel.comall 15 news articles
Veterans Day in CourtTIME -17 hours agoWhen veterans of America's two current wars - Iraq and Afghanistan - tried to sue the Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to process thousands of claims for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the Department waved them off saying they had no ...Judge in SF allows suit charging VA denies some vets health careSan Francisco ChronicleClass-action lawsuit against VA approvedSan Jose Mercury NewsKaiser network.org - OpEdNewsall 15 news articles
Enews 2.0Government Report: Millions of Youth Use Cough Syrup to Get HighFOXNews -Jan 10, 2008About 3.1 million people between the ages of 12-25 have used cough and cold medicine to get high, the government reported this week.Millions of Young People Abuse Cough MedicinesMedPage TodayReport: Cold Drugs Used to Get HighWebMDNewsinferno.com - WSAW - Science Daily (press release) - WALB-TVall 92 news articles
The Money TimesFDA Cracks Down on 'Mixed' Hormones for MenopauseFOXNews -Jan 10, 2008Government health officials this week began cracking down on Internet sales of custom-mixed hormones for menopausal women, a market born when doctors deemed prescription estrogen therapy too risky for many.FDA Warns Against Bio-Identical Hormone TherapyU.S. News &World ReportFDA Warns Pharmacies About Menopause Drug ClaimsInjuryBoard.comSan Diego Union Tribune - MyFox Kansas City - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - KTAR.comall 51 news articles
Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesWomen of childbearing age don't take folic acidReuters -Jan 10, 2008NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although all women of childbearing age are recommended to take 400 micrograms of folic acid daily to prevent possible birth defects should they become pregnant, findings from two new studies indicate that most eligible women ...CDC to Young Women: Take Folic AcidWebMDMany childbearing women don’t get folic acid supplementsFood ConsumereFluxMedia - United Press International - InjuryBoard.com - WDIO-TVall 43 news articles
dBTechnoStudy links preschool teachers' stress to student expulsionsLos Angeles Times -Jan 11, 2008Long days and burdensome workloads are likely to affect an instructor's ability to manage a classroom, researchers find. By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Preschool teachers who are highly stressed because of classroom conditions, ...Smaller classes can cut Pre-K expulsions: reportReuters UKCutting Pre-K ExpulsionsHartford CourantPittsburgh Post Gazette - dBTechno - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Seattle Post Intelligencerall 17 news articles
