HEALTH NEWS

CDC Steps Up Efforts to Identify Salmonella Source http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-01-07-salmonella_N.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avian Flu Becoming More Resistant to Antiviral Drugs http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107122658.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brain Food: How to Eat Smart http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090107/sc_livescience/brainfoodhowtoeatsmart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Breakthrough Procedure could do Away with Many Open Heart Surgeries http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=6589797&page=1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exercise Improves Your Health in Just about Every Category But It Is not a Cure-All for Obesity http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090106/sc_livescience/studyexercisewontcureobesity------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why It Is So Hard for Smokers to Quit http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090106/sc_livescience/whysmokerscantquiteasily ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics Astounding – No. 1 Killer of Women is Heart Disease – What Women Need to Do at Any Age http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/05/healthmag.heart.health/index.html-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- China Confirms that Beijing Woman Died of Bird Flu http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5052NP20090106?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=22&sp=true -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Bird Flu Cases Revives Concern over Human Pandemic http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-birdflu4-2009jan04,0,3010223.story -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- World’s Oldest Living Person at 115 Dies http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7808767.stm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Irish-American Dance Master Michael Flatley is Back on Stage after Years of Suffering from a "Mystery Virus," – He Credits Irish "Energy Healer" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081231/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_ireland_dancer_flatley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smokers with Stroke in Family Six Times More Likely To Have One http://www.physorg.com/news150023581.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smoking Bans in One Colorado City Leads to Major Drop in Heart Attacks http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_he_me/med_smoking_ban_heart -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Motorists Convicted of Drunk Driving will have to Get Past New Ignition Lock to Drive http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_on_re_us/dui_legislation_ignition_locks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Low Cal Diet May Improve Focus but Blur Memory http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475136,00.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grape Seed Compound Kills Leukemia Cells http://www.newsmax.com/us/grape_seed_kills_leukemia/2008/12/31/166671.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oldest Man in USA Dies at 112 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_re_us/obit_oldest_american_man -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Dangerous Drug Combinations You Need to Avoid http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20081224/ts_usnews/5dangerousdrugcombinationsyouneedtoavoid -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Health Myths that Need Cleaning Up [You must click on the “Next Box” to continue to next myth.] http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6519300&page=1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hospitals becoming “Ill” from Bad Debt and Credit Problems http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081228/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown_hospitals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Killer Flu Hits Britain http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/77651/Killer-flu-hits-Britain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One in Five Caucasian People have the High Blood Pressure Gene http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7802743.stm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thiamine Reverses Kidney Damage in Type Two Diabetes http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7796073.stm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Perils of Sneezing http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6479792&page=1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cambodian Man Survives H5N1 Bird Flu – The Strain that Killed Seven Other People http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/wireStory?id=6504517 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Salt Lake City, UT and Madison, WI Lead the List of Healthiest Cities http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081221/ap_on_re_us/motown_blues -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doctors Warns that New Mad Cow Strain could Kill 350 Britons http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1097105/Doctors-warn-new-mad-cow-strain-kill-350-Britons.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exercise Suppresses Appetite by Affecting Appetite Hormones http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211081446.htm-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Quality Rating System Starts for Nursing Homes across the Nation http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28303440/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medical “Conscience Rule” May be Ethical Hot Potato http://content.usatoday.com/communities/religion/post/2008/12/60218954/1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obesity Set before the Age of Five http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7786229.stm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top Ten Natural Healers http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6467771&page=1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack in the Box Burgers Top List for Most Unhealthy http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-fi-value9-2008dec09,0,6939965.story -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manila finds Ebola in Pigs http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/93df0f52-c7c0-11dd-b611-000077b07658.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amish Community has a Gene that seems to Make It Immune from Heart Disease http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465868,00.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teens that “Cut” Getting into Self Mutilation with Glass, Pins, and Needles http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AnxietyDisorders/story?id=6395262&page=1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blame Your Genes: Some People Eight Times More Likely to Suffer Prolonged Illness http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208084708.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doctor Claims Cure for Alcoholism is in a Pill http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Drugs/story?id=6420464&page=1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cancer to Overtake Heart Disease as World’s #1 Killer by 2010 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,464184,00.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cold Sore Virus Linked to Alzheimer’s http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16234-cold-sore-virus-might-cause-alzheimers.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dispelled: No Scientific Evidence that High Fructose and Obesity Link http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/dispelled_high_fructose_corn_syrup_causal_link_obesity -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Five Super Foods that Lower Cholesterol http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=6421156&page=1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Montana Judge Rules Doctor Assisted Suicide is Legal http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463069,00.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Irish Pork Recalled in Dioxin Poison Alert http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/all-irish-pork-is-recalled-in-dioxin-poison-alert-1055813.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Untold Thousands Dying in Zimbabwe As Hospitals and Clinics Run Out of Drugs http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-af-zimbabwe-health-crisis,0,5108880.story -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baby Boomers Chase Fountain of Youth But at What Price? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081207/ap_on_he_me/staying_young New Study at University of Pennsylvania: Using Magnetic Energy to Relieve Depression and it is Working http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110703325.html?wprss=rss_health -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One in Three Toys Contain Toxic Chemicals – Check Out List http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,461264,00.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vaccine Makers Urge Government to come up with a Plan for Pandemic – It Cannot Wait http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/wireStory?id=6392247 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scientist Gets Closer to Creating Artificial Life http://www.physorg.com/news147698448.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zimbabwe Declares Health Disaster – Cholera Epidemic and No Healthcare System up and Running http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_re_af/af_zimbabwe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vermont Called Healthiest State and Louisiana the Worst http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081204/hl_nm/us_rankings_usa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Study: Happiness is Contagious http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/05/happiness.social.network/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21st Century Plague – Rat Fleas Spreading Heart-damaging Bacteria http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081123222844.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Influenza Pandemic will Threaten Coal and Power Supplies http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/biz-plan/news/nov2008coal.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Techniques in Back Fusion Relieves Pain http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/story?id=6299490&page=1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Cold Virus came from Birds 200 Years Ago http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/common_cold_virus_came_humans_birds_200_years_ago -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Large Study: Gingko does not appear to Help with Alzheimer’s http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/wireStory?id=6282867 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 90 Year Old Woman Trains for Honolulu Marathon http://www.kitv.com/cnn-news/18048676/detail.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Woman receives New Windpipe grown from Her Own Stem Cells http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,454424,00.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete Organs Grown in Labs is New Transplant Advance http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/3479613/British-doctors-help-perform-worlds-first-transplant-of-a-whole-organ-grown-in-lab.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cholera Threatens 1.4 Million Zimbabweans http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081118/hl_afp/zimbabwepoliticshealthprotest_081118171451 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many Doctors in US Plan to Quit or Cut Back http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081118/us_nm/us_doctors_usa_survey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nestle Recalls 900,000 Pounds of Lean Cuisine http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/story?id=6281008&page=1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,000 Chickens Die in Vietnam from Bird Flu http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/12/content_10345858.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thailand Reports Bird Flu Outbreak http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2417052.htm?tab=latest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Year Old Girl Dies of Bird Flu in Indonesia http://in.reuters.com/article/health/idINTRE4AB4BL20081112 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paranoia on the Rise http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/12/paranoia-on-the-rise-experts-say/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Google to Track the Spread of Flu in USA http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7724503.stm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drug Addicted Docs – Is it Time for Urine Drug Testing? http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/story?id=6232694&page=1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 12 Most Germiest Places in your Life http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21423163/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lack of Sleep Linked to Heart Risks http://www.newsmax.com/health/lack_sleep_heart_risk/2008/11/11/149959.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raw Broccoli Best Veggie for Staving off Cancer http://www.newsmax.com/health/raw_broccoli_fight_cancer/2008/11/11/149960.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wisconsin Seeing Shortage of Primary Doctors http://www.newrichmond-news.com/articles/index.cfm?id=31734&section=Wisconsin News&property_id=9 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Super Bugs on the Rise in Canadian Hospitals http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081107143849.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deadly Stomach Virus More Common than thought in Hospitals http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081111/D94CUEM86.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lack of Potassium Linked to High Blood Pressure http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20081109/hl_hsn/lackofpotassiumlinkedtohighbloodpressure -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brain Speed Peaks at Age 40 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/04/health/main4568970.shtml?tag=lowerContent;homeSectionBlock204 Food and Meds You should not Mix http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/20/health/healthy_living/main4531579.shtml Belly Fat Dangerous – Hints on How to Lose it http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/01/earlyshow/health/main4562801.shtml Assisted Suicide given the Green Light in Washington State http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80161 Students in Chinese University Quarantined because of Cholera Epidemic http://io9.com/5077742/students-quarantined-in-university-as-epidemic-unfolds