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| FDA wins high-profile support in consumer genetics kerfuffle When the Food & Drug Administration last November ordered the Mountain View, Calif.-based firm 23andMe to stop marketing its genetic test kit to consumers, the ensuing debate took on a "rage against the machine" tenor. Entrepreneurs, patients' rights ...
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Environmental Exposures and Autism THURSDAY, March 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A large U.S. study suggests environmental pollution might be contributing to autism risk, although the specific culprit toxins remain unknown. Researchers analyzed medical records and found a correlation ...
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| California picks first products for 'green chemistry' screening SACRAMENTO — Eager to attack more hazardous household products, state officials went public Thursday with a first list of consumer products that might need to be reformulated or pulled from retailers' shelves altogether. As part of its unfolding "green ...
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UK to fast-track some drugs under early access scheme LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is to accelerate access to ground-breaking drugs for serious conditions under a new early-access plan that the government hopes will benefit both patients and pharmaceutical companies. The initiative, which has similarities with a ...
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| Stroke Patients Lose Month for Each 15-Minute Delay Stroke patients are robbed of a month of disability-free life for every 15-minute delay in treatment to restore blood flow to the brain, a study found. The clot-busting therapy tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, should be given within 4 and a half hours of the ...
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| Diabetes Linked With Lower Cancer Survival: Study THURSDAY, March 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients with diabetes are more likely to die than those without diabetes, and the risk is especially high for those taking insulin, a new study finds. The findings were published March 13 in the journal ...
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Excessive drinking causes 500 deaths a year in Utah While Utah averages more than 500 deaths a year due to excessive drinking, the state still has the lowest rate among 11 select states, according to a report released Thursday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New Mexico had the ...
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Nicotine Withdrawal Weakens Brain's Self-control People who try to quit smoking often say that kicking the habit makes the voice inside telling them to light up even louder, but why people succumb to those cravings so often has never been fully understood. Now, a new brain imaging study in this week's ...
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Health Matters: Selfies Could Lead To Surgery Let me ask you, have you ever taken a selfie—a photograph of yourself— and uploaded it to Instagram or Twitter? Well, doing this may be fueling more people to modify or enhance their looks. Selfies posted on these social media platforms may be motivating ...
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Sugar More Harmful Than Marijuana Says Americans In New Survey Americans now believe marijuana is not as harmful as it is said to be. In a poll most of the adults said sugar is even more harmful. The survey questioned 1,000 adult Americans on several topics ranging from religion to politics and to health. In one question ...
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Cuddlers soothe babies too sick, tiny to go home CHICAGO — A volunteer slips her arms into a gauzy yellow hospital gown and approaches a medical crib holding a tiny newborn hooked up to noisy machines. "OK," she says, with a smile. "Baby time." kAm%92E >62?D 4F55=6 E:>6 :? E96 ?6@?2E2= :?
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Emergency Rooms Are No Place for the Elderly The elderly man lived alone in an apartment complex not far from the hospital. A younger neighbor, who'd watched him hobble down the building's stairwell for nearly a week, insisted on taking him to the emergency room. Doctors there immediately ...
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Ban on Doctors' Group Imperils Myanmar Sect Lay Lay Win, 28, gave birth last month at a clinic in an area of Rakhine State where a health care crisis has grown worse. Credit Adam Dean for The New York Times. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the ...
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Head of Japan's Riken Institute Apologizes Over Stem-Cell Papers TOKYO--The head of Japan's Riken science institute on Friday issued an apology over two disputed papers in Nature on stem cells, saying they contained "serious errors." Ryoji Noyori, a Nobel laureate, bowed deeply at a news conference in Tokyo and said ...
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Reports: Japan Institute May Retract 'Game-Changing' Cell Study A Japanese research institute was likely to retract a study that promised a revolutionary way to create stem cells over claims its data was faulty, reports said Friday, dealing a huge blow to what was touted as a game-changing discovery. The findings ...
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Fighting for oral dominance: Good fungi keep bad ones in check in healthy mouths Human mouths contain a balanced mix of microbes which, when disrupted, can lead to oral diseases. A study published on March 13th in PLOS Pathogens compares the bacteria and fungi present in the mouths of healthy individuals with those from patients ...
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Rare C-section performed on gorilla at San Diego Zoo Safari Park SAN DIEGO -- Imani, who is 18 and had never given birth before, was in labor and in distress. The survival of the baby seemed to be in doubt. So a team of veterinarian staff from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and (human) neonatal specialists from UC San ...
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Dole Fresh Vegetables Announces Precautionary Recall of Limited Number of ... MONTEREY, Calif. — Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling a limited number of cases of bagged salad. The products being recalled are Dole Italian Blend (UPC 7143000819), Fresh Selections Italian Style Blend (UPC 1111091045), Little Salad Bar ...
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Statins have virtually no side-effects, study finds Statins have virtually no side effects, with users experiencing fewer adverse symptoms than if they had taken a placebo, a major study claims. Researchers at Imperial College looked back at 29 trials involving more than 80,000 patients taking the cholesterol ...
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Seoul Grand Park Shut After Nearby Bird Flu Outbreak The Seoul Grand Park was shut down again at noon Thursday after bird flu was detected in a dead bean goose in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province. If the strain is confirmed as highly pathogenic, access to poultry farms in areas including southern Seoul will be ...
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Two synergistic therapies allow solid tumors to act as their own cancer-fighting ... Researchers in the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute eradicated solid tumors in laboratory mice using a novel combination of two targeted agents. These two synergistic therapies stimulate an immune response, ultimately allowing ...
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