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Mixed Results on Glucosamine and Chondroitin Research

Posted on September 30, 2008
LEARN MORE Arthritis & Rheumatism Abstract National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2006 GAIT results Mercola Arthritis Foundation Injuryboard help center on chondroitin Injuryboard on arthritis drugs Injuryboard news on arthritis drugs  Injuryboard Q & A arthritis Injuryboard news on Celebrex   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ total hip replacement/ author: National Institutes of Health    Best-selling nutritional supplements, glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate do not offer treatment for people suffering from osteoarthritis, a two year published study reveals...

FDA: Statins Don't Increase Risk of Lou Gehrig's Disease

Posted on September 30, 2008
LEARN MORE ALS AssociationInjuryBoard on Lou Gehrig's DiseaseJournal ISPENINDS on ALS IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / Atorvastatin marketed as Lipitor / author: Benjah-bmm27 A review of several studies found that commonly used statin cholesterol drugs do not increase the risk of Lou Gehrig's disease, according to the U...

Depression and Heart Attack Link

Posted on September 30, 2008
LEARN MORE American Heart Association on recommendations Circulation, September 30, 2008 Mended Hearts  Injuryboard news on heart attack Injuryboard help center on heart attack Injuryboard Depression overview Injuryboard news on depression    IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ diagram of a heart attack/ author: U...

Second-Hand Smoking Can Lead to Nicotine Addiction in Children

Posted on September 30, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on Cigarettes & TobaccoInjuryBoard on Lung CancerInjuryBoard News on Lung CancerLung Cancer AllianceCDC on Smoking & Tobacco UseCampaign for Tobacco Free Kidsjournal Addictive Behaviors IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons / Paul Newman / author: Majestic Second-hand smoking is not only harmful, but it sets a bad example for children...

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94 Percent of Nursing Homes Problem Plagued

Posted on September 30, 2008
LEARN MORE Health and Human Services report How to choose a nursing home - Medicare Injuryboard Help center - Nursing homes Injuryboard news on nursing homes   IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ elderly woman in wheelchair/ author: Mike Papas   Considering a nursing home for a loved one?  You might want to consider the recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services...

Women More Likely Than Men To Have Age-Related Sexual Symptoms

Posted on September 30, 2008
LEARN MORE WebMD on MenopauseInjuryBoard on Erectile Dysfunction IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Bliss symbol/ author: Immanuel Giel A new study, Sex, Menopause & Relationship, found men and women 50 and older expects the desire for and ability to have sex to lessen with age...

Study Finds Genetic Link to Colon Cancer and Obesity

Posted on September 30, 2008
LEARN MORE JAMA – Oct. 1, 2008 InjuryBoard on Colon Cancer InjuryBoard on Obesity American Cancer Society on Colon Cancer Obesity Linked To Cancer IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons / Colorectal anatomy/ author: U...

Feds Investigate Chelation Study

Posted on September 29, 2008
LEARN MORE TACT TrialInjuryBoard on Chelation TherapyInjuryBoard on Heart ProblemsNational Center for Complementary and Alternative MedicineHeart Association on Chelation TherapyControversial Autism Study Canceled IMAGE SOURCE: © iStock Photo / Heartbeat / author: Eraxion The largest alternative medicine study of its kind, ever launched by the U...

Melamine Contamination In Cadbury Chocolates Made In China

Posted on September 29, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard News on China melamine Wikipedia on melamine Injuryboard on pet food recall  Injuryboard on melamine  FDA Health Advisory on Chinese infant formula     IMAGE SOURCE: Cadbury Chocolate Web site    While the European Union and its 27 member nations have taken steps to ban or limit milk products from China, now British candy maker Cadbury says it's recalling 11 different types of Chinese-made chocolates found to contain the plastic component, melamine...

Milk Duct Breast Cancer Treatment Successful Outcomes For Younger Patients

Posted on September 29, 2008
LEARN MORE American Cancer Society Philadelphia's Fox Chase Cancer Center American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Injuryboard on breast cancer InjuryBoard on Mammogram Errors  Breast Cancer - Diagnosis Errors  National Cancer Institute on Breast Cancer  Dana-Farber Cancer Center  InjuryBoard on Breast Cancer News   IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / Breast Cancer Survivors / author: JBryson   New research suggests that young women diagnosed with a common form of early breast cancer, can have just as successful a prognosis as older women...

Progress On Stem Cells Slowed By Apprehension, Approvals

Posted on September 29, 2008
LEARN MORE Journal Science Abstract  International Society for Stem Cell Research letter World Stem Cell Summit Injuryboard on leukemia Injuryboard news on Parkinson's disease   IMAGE SOURCE: ©Wikimedia Commons /Leukemia cells/author: Ayacop    Stem cell research has pinned its future on using embryonic stem cells, the body's master cells, to create new tissues, organs and blood...

Nebraska Teens Abandoned By Frustrated Caregivers

Posted on September 29, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Violent Children and Teens Nebraska Stats on Safe Haven Children InjuryBoard on Safe Haven law in Nebraska 9 Children Abandoned Under New Nebraska Safe Haven Law Dad Who Left 9 Kids Talks IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / teen in conflict / author: aldomurillo Many pre-teens and teenagers that have been left by families at Nebraska hospitals over the last several weeks have severe behavioral problems or mental illness, according to Omaha World-Herald...

FDA Investigating Eprex Anemia Drug

Posted on September 28, 2008
LEARN MORE EprexJohnson & Johnson News ReleaseInjuryBoard on AnemiaInjuryBoard on Procrit / EprexInjuryBoard News on Anemia DrugsInjuryBoard on Blood DisordersFDA on Epoetin alfa Ongoing Safety Review IMAGE SOURCE: © Eprex The U.S...

Women Leadership Stops At Home

Posted on September 26, 2008
LEARN MORE Pew news release   IMAGE SOURCE: pie graph on who make decisions at home/ author: Pew Research Center Women may not need a survey to tell them that they wield power at home. But that is what a study from the Pew Research Center finds when it looked at gender and power at home...

Study Finds U.S. Kids Take More Psychotropic Drugs Than European

Posted on September 26, 2008
LEARN MORE Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health -9/18/08 IssueU.S. Library of National Health on Child Mental Health InjuryBoard on Antidepressants IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / kids / author: Diane39 A newly released study finds American children are three times more likely to be prescribed psychotropic drugs for mental health conditions such as bipolar disease and ADHD than that of European children...

Dad Who Left 9 Kids Talks

Posted on September 26, 2008
LEARN MORE KETV Nebraska stats on Safe Haven children  Injuryboard on Safe Haven law in Nebraska    IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ sad adolescent/ author: aldomurillo   His life just "fell apart". That's the word from out-of-work widower Gary Staton who spoke to KETV -TV Omaha, about why he abandoned his nine children at a hospital under Nebraska's new safe haven law...

FDA Failing At Food Safety GAO Report Says

Posted on September 26, 2008
LEARN MORE GAO Home FDA Food Safety Injuryboard on FDA Injuryboard on E. coli Injuryboard  news on E. coli Injuryboard on Salmonella   IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / fresh iceberg lettuce / jmsilva   The inner workings and failings of the Food and Drug Administration are being revealed in a draft report, obtained by the AP, by  the Government Accountability Office...

New Diabetes Drug Performs Well In Trials

Posted on September 26, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on DiabetesInjuryBoard on Pancreatitis The Journal LancetNovo Nordisk Liraglutide Press ReleasesFDA Warns of Type 2 Diabetes Drug Deaths IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / human insulin / author: Pdeitiker A new class of diabetes drugs has shown promising results in a clinical trial conducted to help bring it to market, researchers report...

U.S. Abortion Rates Lowest In 30 Years

Posted on September 25, 2008
LEARN MORE Gammacher Institute News ReleasePlanned Parenthood on AbortionAbortion Rate Hits A New Low IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto / abortion / author: Spauln A new report conducted by the Guttmacher Institute, nonprofit organization that supports choice, finds abortion rates in this country have reached a 30-year low, particularly among teens, which at one time had the highest abortion rates...

Unpaid Health Care Strains Families

Posted on September 25, 2008
LEARN MORE Kaiser Family Foundation report Center for Studying Health System Change New American Foundation Injuryboard on managed care and insurance companies Injuryboard on marrying for health benefits Injuryboard on Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act    IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto/ emergency sign/ author: © BradenGunem   With the financial meltdown of our economy filling the headlines - many Americans are already feeling it close to home...

California Is Sixth Anti-Texting Behind Wheel State

Posted on September 25, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on state texting laws Injuryboard on texting addiction Injuryboard on teens ignore ban on cellphone while driving Jott.com  Harris Interactive Poll Pinger  Injuryboard on addiction treatment  Injuryboard on antidepressants    IMAGE SOURCE:© iStockphoto/ teen texting/ roundhill   Laws are slowly beginning to catch up to our latest talk technology...

9 Children Abandoned Under New Nebraska Safe Haven Law

Posted on September 25, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on violent children and teens  The CDC publication  CDC Report  Injuryboard on Daycare Abuse    IMAGE SOURCE: WikiMedia Commons/ infant crying Inferis   Nebraska TV is reporting that a father of nine children dropped them at a hospital in Omaha just before 7 Wednesday night...

Family Health-Care Deductibles Increase by 29 Percent

Posted on September 25, 2008
LEARN MORE Kaiser Family Foundation ReportEmployer Health Benefits 2008 Annual SurveyHealth Affairs - 9/24/08 EditionInjuryBoard on Managed Care and Insurance CompaniesUnpaid Health Care Strains Families IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto / medical solutions / author: gmutlu Workers are forced to shoulder higher health care costs as more employers want larger out-of-pocket payments from employees before their insurance policies start, according to a newly released study...

Drug Makers "Transparency" Bandwagon Getting Full

Posted on September 25, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on conflict- of- interest Injuryboard News on drug payments Injuryboard on Pfizer Injuryboard on Lilly Injuryboard on Merck Injuryboard on pharmaceutical billionaire speaking out   IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto/ sick money/ author: Elnur   Drug maker Eli Lilly on Wednesday became the first drugmaker to announce that it plans to disclose just how much it pays to doctors and researchers for speaking and consulting services...

Spiriva Increases Risk of Heart Problems

Posted on September 24, 2008
LEARN MORE JAMA - 9/28/08Annals of Internal Medicine - 9/16/08InjuryBoard on COPDFDA on TiotropiumWebMd on Anticholinergics IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons /Healthy lung vs. COPD/ author: Mrug Commonly prescribed drugs used for treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increases the risk of deadly heart problems, a new study finds...

White House Opts Not To Set Perchlorate Standards For Drinking Water

Posted on September 24, 2008
LEARN MORE Congressional Research Service report for Congress,  May 2008 Jan, 2002 EPA draft on perchlorate Injurboard - Help Center on perchlorate Injuryboard on Raytheon cleanup    IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ F-18 Hornets/ author: U.S. Navy   Do not expect any action on safe-water drinking standards for perchlorate, a component of rocket fuel that's linked to thyroid problems in pregnant women and young Americans...

Hormone Therapy Not Helpful For All Prostate Cancer Patients

Posted on September 24, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on Prostate CancerInjuryBoard News on Prostate CancerProstate Cancer InstituteAmerican Cancer Society on Prostate Cancer IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons/ Created by US government agency National Cancer Institute Hormone therapy may not work as effectively in all prostate cancer patients, according to a newly released study...

Energy Drinks - Caffeine Overload Should Be Labeled Says Report

Posted on September 24, 2008
LEARN MORE Drug and Alcohol Dependence article  Injuryboard on caffeine Injuryboard on teens and insomnia Injuryboard on heart problems Injuryboard on arrhythmia   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ energy drinks in Canada/ author: Grendelkahn   Energy drinks  "Give You Wings" and "Unleash the Beast...

Study: Most Failed Drug Trials Unpublished

Posted on September 24, 2008
  LEARN MORE PLoS Medicine: Publication of Clinical Trials Supporting Successful New Drug Applications: A Literature Analysis FDA: Drug Approval Process U.S. FDA CDER InjuryBoard on FDA & Prescription Drugs InjuryBoard on Clinical Trials IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / Rx Drugs /author: pixhook Half or more of all supporting clinical trials for U...

Mental Health Coverage Expanded Under Bill

Posted on September 24, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on head and brain injuries Injuryboard on depression Injuryboard on emotional problems Injuryboard news on depression   IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockphoto/ homeless depressed man/ author: aurumarcus  Congress has passed a mental health parity bill that prohibits employers from charging higher co-pays for mental health services...

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