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Hearing Loss Rising Among U.S. Children

Posted on December 11, 2008
LEARN MORE Children’s Hearing Institute Turn it to the Left American Academy of Audiology Noise-Induced Hearing Loss InjuryBoard Help Center- Hearing Loss IMAGE SOURCE:© Turn it to the Left / American Academy of Audiology Hearing loss among children and young adults is rising in the United States, reports the Children’s Hearing Institute and one-third of the damage is caused by noise...

Bowel-Clearing Drugs Get Black Box Warning

Posted on December 11, 2008
LEARN MORE FDA News Release InjuryBoard Help Center- Colon Cancer InjuryBoard Colon Cancer News WebMD on Colonoscopies American Cancer Society on Colon and Rectum Cancer A Preferable Test For Colon Cancer IMAGE SOURCE:© Wikimedia Commons/ Diagram of the stomach, colon and rectum/ author: William Crochot The U...

Tykerb, Femara Drug Combination Delays Breast Cancer

Posted on December 11, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard News – Breast Cancer InjuryBoard Help Center – Breast Cancer National Cancer Institute on Breast Cancer Researchers Optimistic About New Breast Cancer Technology IMAGE SOURCE:© Wikimedia Commons / Femara (letrozole) / author: Fvasconcellos A Phase III study showed that a combination of Novartis’s drug Femara and GlaxoSmithKline’s drug Tykerb can significantly delay progression of breast cancer in some patients, said researchers on Thursday...

Justice Delayed In New Hampshire

Posted on December 10, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard Blog on Justice Delayed Injuryboard on the evolution of the U.S. tort system New Hampshire court system Web site   IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto/ courtroom gavel   "Justice delayed is justice denied," is a saying that means if legal redress is denied or delayed, it is effectively the same as having no redress at all...

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Short-Haul Truckers At Greater Risk For Lung Cancer

Posted on December 10, 2008
LEARN MORE Environmental Health Perspectives 10/2008 Air Resources Board Public Agenda InjuryBoard on Lung Cancer InjuryBoard on Diesel Exhaust EPA: Health Assessment Document for Diesel Engine Exhaust 2002 IMAGE SOURCE:© Wikimedia Commons / diesel smoke / author: Photohound A new national study by researchers at UC Berkeley and Harvard suggests trucking company workers continuously exposed to diesel exhaust from vehicles on the highway, loading docks and city streets have an elevated risk of developing lung cancer compared to other workers...

E-Prescribing Helps Doctors Pick Cheaper Drugs

Posted on December 10, 2008
LEARN MORE Archives of Internal Medicine Dec. 8/22, 2008 CMS on E-Prescribing National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NEPSI) Consumer Guide to E-Prescribing IMAGE SOURCE: © NationalErx A new study finds millions a year can be saved by an electronic prescribing system that informs doctors which drugs are least expensive...

Avandia, Actos May Impact Bone Density In Women

Posted on December 10, 2008
  LEARN MORE Canadian Medical Assn Journal on Avandia, Actos  Injuryboard background on Actos Injuryboard background on Avandia  Injuryboard on Avandia black box warning, Nov '07 Public Citizen News Release  FDA Petition  Consumers Union on Diabetes Drugs  InjuryBoard on Heart Attack  InjuryBoard on Diabetes Drugs  American Diabetes Association - Type 2 Diabetes  IMAGE SOURCE: © Avandia...

Exporting Cancer- WHO Global Report On Trends

Posted on December 10, 2008
  LEARN MORE J. National Cancer Institute, on exporting tobacco NCI on cancer trends, Nov. 2008 WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer Injuryboard on Gates, Bloomberg $500 million anti-smoking campaign Injuryboard - background on cigarettes and tobacco Injuryboard on lung damage Injuryboard on tobacco litigation IMAGE SOURCE: So African women smoking/ Courtesy: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation   The World Health Organization released its 2008 World Cancer Report Tuesday, and the numbers show that developing countries that adopt increasingly Westernized lifestyles and tobacco use are catching up to developed nations in the number of cancer deaths annually...

Study Blames Prescription Drugs For Most Unintentional Overdoses

Posted on December 10, 2008
LEARN MORE JAMA 12/10/08 InjuryBoard on FDA & Prescription Drugs InjuryBoard on Addiction IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / Rx Drugs / author: pixhook New research confirms the growing dangers posed by the abuse of prescription painkillers and calls on clinicians to help prevent future cases of addiction and overdose...

Heart Attacks And Women- The Gender Bias Continues

Posted on December 09, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard Help Center on heart attacks Injuryboard News- Depression may raise heart attack risk Injuryboard- on Avandia and heart attack risk American Heart Association Circulation- Abstract   IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ EMT checking for a pulse/ author: sdominick   You are rushed to the hospital with symptoms of a heart attack...

Dieters - Eat More Not Less Of Right Fats

Posted on December 09, 2008
  LEARN MORE Archives of Internal Medicine Abstract NIH on metabolic syndrome NEJM Weight Loss Study  American Heart Association: Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations  InjuryBoard: Is Breakfast the New Dinner?  American Heart Association on Mediterranean Diet  Atkins Diet   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ almonds in and out of shell/ author: Koyaanis Qatsi   It used to be that dieters were told not to eat fat...

Study: Money A Major Incentive For Weight Loss

Posted on December 09, 2008
LEARN MORE JAMA: Financial Incentive–Based Approaches for Weight Loss 12/10/08 InjuryBoard News on Obesity InjuryBoard on Diet Drugs InjuryBoard on Dietary Supplements CDC on Obesity American Heart Association: Overweight and Obesity Statistics IMAGE SOURCE:© iStockPhoto / diet / author: saluha If your desire to be back in your skinny jeans isn’t incentive enough to drop a few pounds, maybe some money will motivate you...

Wal-Mart Will Pay $54.25 Million To Uncompensated Workers

Posted on December 09, 2008
LEARN MORE Wal-Mart Injuryboard Blog - Wal-Mart sues injured employee, April 2008 Injuryboard Blog- Off the Clock Wal-Mart fine, September 2008   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ generic Wal-Mart exterior/ author: Sven They say they clocked out but continued working at Wal-Mart for no compensation...

Rep. Waxman Supports Ban On Consumer Drug Ads

Posted on December 09, 2008
LEARN MORE Rep. Henry Waxman The Prescription Project The Prescription Plan News Release IMAGE SOURCE:© Wikimedia Commons / Rep...

Glaucoma Drug May Become Desirable Cosmetic

Posted on December 08, 2008
LEARN MORE University of Michigan on Lumigan  Luminen warnings Allergan Web site Allergan News on Latisse FDA warning letter to Allergan, September 2005 FDA on Lumigan   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ thick eyelashes/ author: Chameleon   It's been used by thousands of patients to treat glaucoma, now a drug made by Allergan might be approved to make lashes thicker...

FDA Warns Of Asthma Drug Risks

Posted on December 08, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on Asthma InjuryBoard on Asthma Drugs Asthma News InjuryBoard on Albuterol NHLBI: What is Asthma? FDA Asthma Facts IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons / Asthma Inhaler / author: Mendel The continued use of four popular asthma drugs - Advair, Foradil, SereVent and Symbicort– increases risk of asthma-related deaths and asthma attacks, according to two federal drug officials...

Poverty May Impoverish Childhood Learning

Posted on December 08, 2008
  LEARN MORE Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience Web site UC Berkeley press release Injuryboard on poverty and children's health programs National Center for Children in Poverty, National and State Trend data NCCP on child poverty   IMAGE SOURCE: Teen strapped up for monitoring/ author: Karl Frank Jr...

Are Brain Boosters A Good Idea?

Posted on December 08, 2008
LEARN MORE Journal Nature on cognitive enhancing drugs NIH on ritalin  Injuryboard - Help Center Ritalin Child deaths from ritalin Provigil Web site The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse  13th Annual Survey   Injuryboard on FDA and Prescription Drugs   Injuryboard News on prescription drugs    IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockphoto/ pencil case & drugs/ author: TACrafts   It may not be surprising in our latte-fueled hyper-fast society to find that many healthy people are turning to stimulants at work or school...

Escalator Dangers & Safety

Posted on December 08, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on Escalator Injuries InjuryBoard Defective and Dangerous Products Help Center CPSC on Escalator Safety Consumer Reports on Crocs and Similar Soft Shoes Linked to Escalator Entrapments Kentucky Woman Sues Crocs Over Daughter's Escalator Injury IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / escalator / author: Rhyman007 People are injured on metro Atlanta escalators several times a week...

Parents Challenge School Policies For Diabetic Kids' Rights

Posted on December 08, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on Diabetes American Diabetes Association Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation JDRF Kids Online Children with Diabetes Foundation IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / blood sugar reading / author: MarkHatfield Parents are challenging school policies that make it difficult for diabetic children to inject insulin and test blood sugar levels while at school...

Cleveland Clinic Leads the Way on Full Disclosure

Posted on December 05, 2008
LEARN MORE Cleveland Clinic News Release Public Citizen on Drug Company Incentives NEJM: Is Academic Medicine for Sale? 2007 Some Doctors Just Say NO To Pharma Pay NPR Radio Host's Conflict With Drug Makers Exposed by Sen...

CDC: Most Americans Miss Exercise Goals

Posted on December 05, 2008
LEARN MORE MMWR 12/5/08 Exercise Guidelines For Harried Americans, Everyone Healthy People 2010 HHS Exercise Guidelines CDC: Tips for a Safe and Healthy Life InjuryBoard on Obesity APHA Releases 2008 America's Health Rankings IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / woman jogging / author: Vasko A new report by the U...

Veterans and Long-Term Brain Injuries

Posted on December 05, 2008
LEARN MORE Institute of Medicine summary Veterans for Common Sense  Rand Corp on Unemployment among ex- servicemembers Injuryboard on lawsuit against Dept of Veterans Affairs  Injuryboard on Gulf War illness Veterans United for Truth  Injuryboard on PTSD study      IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ soldier in Iraq/ author: Sgt...

APHA Releases 2008 America's Health Rankings

Posted on December 04, 2008
LEARN MORE APHA News Release UnitedHealth Foundation Release 2008 America’s Health Rankings CDC: Tips for a Safe and Healthy Life InjuryBoard on Obesity InjuryBoard on Obesity News IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons / waist circumference / author: Pharos, FDA Dietary Guidelines The health of the nation, as a whole, has declined for the fourth consecutive year...

Heparin Contamination Report

Posted on December 04, 2008
LEARN MORE NEJM Abstract, Dec. 4, 2008 Injuryboard- Help Center Heparin Injuryboard - News on Heparin Baxter Healthcare  FDA on Heparin  FDA Heparin Recall   IMAGE SOURCE: FDA   The final report is now in on the contaminated blood thinner heparin that caused as many as 81 deaths in the U...

Public Citizen: NHTSA Withholding Data On Cell Phone Traffic Deaths

Posted on December 04, 2008
LEARN MORE Center for Auto Safety v. NHTSA Public Citizen News Release Mother Jones Investigation Insurance Institute for Highway Safety on Cell Phone Laws NHTSA Center for Auto Safety IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / Driving & talking / author: MSR photo In a federal lawsuit filed on December 1, Public Citizen claims that records showing the connection of driver cell phone use and traffic fatalities are being withheld from the public...

Ethicist: Making Sense of Disturbing Teen Behaviors

Posted on December 04, 2008
  LEARN MORE National Voices Injuryboard Talks To:  Kirk O. Hanson/ Ethicist/ Image Courtesy: Markkula Center for Applied Ethics University of Santa Clara Injuryboard  - News on teen girls Injuryboard -  News on Media Messages  Injuryboard - News on Wal-Mart Death MN Dept of Health report, August 2008 Smoking Gun- Complaint against teens  Injuryboard on Nursing Home Abuse    IMAGE SOURCE:  Smoking Gun Web Site/ Teens Charged In Nursing Home Abuse   The news Tuesday about teenage girls allegedly abusing and sexually humiliating mentally impaired, elderly residents of a nursing home, seems almost too unbelievable to be true...

Happiness Is Contagious Like Measles

Posted on December 04, 2008
LEARN MORE BMJ editorial  BMJ article Injuryboard on women and happiness   IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ happy business people/ author: Neustockimages   Happiness can spread like the measles. That is the conclusion of a study of more than 4,700 people, followed over 20 years, all part of the Framingham Heart Study social network...

ToxicToys Still On Store Shelves

Posted on December 04, 2008
LEARN MORE NYPIRG: Toy Safety Report Released For Holiday Season HealthyToys: The Consumer Guide to Chemicals in Toys InjuryBoard on Dangerous Toys Defective & Dangerous Products Help Center Mattel Toy Recall Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act Trouble in Toyland IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / boy playing with blocks / author: Matka_Wariatka Fisher-Price recalled more than 1 million toys last year due to violations of federal lead paint standards...

High Levels of Chemicals Found In Children's Toys

Posted on December 04, 2008
LEARN MORE HealthyToys: The Consumer Guide to Chemicals in Toys NYPIRG’s Toy Safety Report Released for the Holiday Season InjuryBoard on Dangerous Toys Toxic Toys Still On Store Shelves Mattel Toy Recall Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act Trouble in Toyland IMAGE SOURCE: © Ecology Center / HealthyToys...

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