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| US introduces menu calorie labeling to fight obesity (Reuters) - The U.S. government will publish sweeping new rules on Tuesday requiring chain restaurants and large vending machine operators to disclose calorie counts on menus to make people more aware of the risks of obesity posed by fatty, sugary ... | |
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| USPSTF: Routine Vitamin D Screening Unsupported Endocrinology. USPSTF: Routine Vitamin D Screening Unsupported. Published: Nov 24, 2014. By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today. Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE; Assistant Professor, Section of Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine. | |
| Restaurant Menus Must Carry Calorie Counts, FDA Says Restaurants will have to list calories right on their menus under long-awaited rules to be published by the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday. As expected, the rules require chain restaurants to list clear calorie information on menus. But they don't ... | |
| Brain's dementia weak spot identified The brain has a weak spot for Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia, according to UK scientists who have pinpointed the region using scans. The brain area involved develops late in adolescence and degenerates early during ageing. At the moment, it is ... | |
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| Yuck! Students not eating nutrition program's healthy lunches BOSTON — Schoolchildren aren't exactly gobbling up the healthy lunches they were meant to eat under a national nutrition program, two new studies suggest. Students purchasing school lunch only select a fruit or vegetable about half the time, and even ... | |
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| Kids' Bag Lunches Not Meeting Nutrition Guidelines: Study MONDAY, Nov. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The lunches children bring from home may be less healthy than the school cafeteria offerings, a new study suggests. Researchers found that for kids in one Texas school district, bag lunches typically had more ... | |
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| Merck, Iowa firm will make and test an Ebola vaccine TRENTON, N.J. — Merck & Co., a top manufacturer and marketer of vaccines, has joined the fight against Ebola, the often-fatal hemorrhagic virus that has been ravaging parts of West Africa for months. Merck, of Whitehouse Station, N.J., has entered a global ... | |
| Merck joins hunt for Ebola vaccine Itching to compete and join the fight to solve one of the world's most talked-about health concerns, Merck & Co. got back in the business of making Ebola vaccine Monday. The pharmaceutical giant announced that it will pay at least $30 million to license a ... | |
| FDA strengthens warning on device linked to cancer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. regulators on Monday strengthened their warning against use of a once-popular device for gynecologic surgery that can spread unsuspected cancer, saying its risk is only justified in a fraction of patients. The Food and Drug ... | |
| Ebola crisis may result in more hunger: UNDP report UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Wild price swings caused by the Ebola health crisis are making it more difficult for households to feed themselves and make a stable living, and action is required to keep food on the market, protect the poor and support ... | |
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| Influenza kills 2 Florida children, including 1 in Orange County Two Florida children, including one in Orange County, have died of the flu, the state Department of Health said Monday. The department was notified of the deaths last week, spokesman Nick Van Der Linden said. They are the first pediatric flu-related deaths ... | |
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| New FDA rules will put calorie counts on menus WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers will soon know how many calories they are eating when ordering off the menu at chain restaurants, picking up prepared foods at supermarkets and even eating a tub of popcorn at the movie theater. The Food and Drug ... | |
| Suicide Risk Falls Significantly With Talk Therapy According to new research in the Lancet Psychiatry, even short-term psychotherapy can offer long-term benefits for those at higher risk of suicide. For up to two decades, the new study followed people who'd attempted suicide once, and found their risk of ... | |
| FDA Warns Against Device That May Spread Cancer in Women surgery, amputation, medical prcedure, doctors in surgical masks, operation On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning against the use laparoscopic power morcellators in the removal of the uterus (hysterectomy) or fibroids ... | |
| Italian doctor with Ebola returning for treatment MILAN — An Italian doctor who has been working in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the Ebola virus and is being transferred to Rome for treatment, the health ministry said Monday. It is Italy's first confirmed case of Ebola. The doctor, who was not identified ... | |
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| Yogurt May Lower Diabetes Risk Regular consumption of yogurt may help lower the risk for Type 2 diabetes, a new study has found. Researchers followed almost 200,000 men and women ages 25 to 75 for as long as 30 years, tracking their health with periodic interviews and their diets with ... | |
| HealthSouth expands into home health market with EHHI deal NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- HealthSouth Corp. has agreed to buy privately held EHHI Holdings Inc., the owner of Encompass Home Health and Hospice, for about $750 million. The deal has been approved by both boards and is expected to close before the ... | |
| Alzheimer's Researchers Find An Early Neurological Indicator Alzheimer's research has led researchers down many paths, but each time they investigate a new idea, they learn more and more about the degenerative condition known as Alzheimer's disease. The history of the condition indicates that it has always been a ... | |
| Mali confirms eighth Ebola case, monitoring 271 people BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali said on Monday that another person had tested positive for the Ebola virus, bringing the total number of cases in the West African nation to eight. Mali is the sixth West African country to be hit by the worst outbreak on record of deadly ... | |
| UN to miss Dec 1 Ebola target due to rising Sierra Leone cases ACCRA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. Ebola Emergency Response Mission will not fully meet its Dec. 1 target for containing the virus due to escalating numbers of cases in Sierra Leone, Anthony Banbury, the head of UNMEER, said on Monday. The mission ... | |
| Deaths Halt Amgen Drug Trial Amgen Inc. announced on Monday it has ended two clinical studies on an experimental cancer drug after a preliminary review showed increased deaths among one group of patients. The Thousand Oaks biopharmaceutical company said that it would ... | |
| Mali confirms eighth Ebola case BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali has confirmed a new case of Ebola, bringing to eight the number of people who have fallen ill with the deadly disease in the West African country. A government statement issued Monday night said the patient had been placed in a ... | |
| Number of Flu Cases Surpasses the Peak Month Last Flu Season The McLennan County Public Health District had 1671 flu cases for the week of Nov. 16 until Nov. 22. This number is higher than the total number of cases for the peak month last flu season. Last December nearly 1,600 cases were reported. McLennan ... | |
| Elderly should take cholesterol-lowering statins – US study Nearly everyone aged 66 to 75 should consider taking cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins to reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke, new guidelines published Monday said. A total of 97 percent of people in the age group, and 100 percent of men, ... | |
| Spoonful of yoghurt a day may keep diabetes at bay A new study has revealed that eating one table spoon of yoghurt can dramatically cut your chances of getting diabetes. The researchers revealed that daily tablespoon of yoghurt reduces the risk of getting type 2 diabetes by nearly a fifth, the Mirror reported. | |
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| Vitamin D Screenings May Be Unnecessary United States Preventative Services Task Force has issued a statement saying vitamin D tests are not needed for everyone. The group said there is not enough evidence that vitamin D screening is beneficial to recommend it as a routine practice. The U.S. ... | |
| Alzheimer's risk almost double for aging blacks On a radiant fall day, more than 100 people filed into a gloomy auditorium in Boston to see a play about an even-gloomier subject: Alzheimer's disease and how the progressive, brain-killing condition shakes up an African American family. "I forget things," the ... | |
| Brown Bag or Cafeteria Tray, Kids Don't Eat Healthy School Lunch Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) – Schoolchildren aren't exactly gobbling up the healthy lunches they were meant to eat under a national nutrition program, two new studies suggest. Students purchasing school lunch only select a fruit or vegetable about half the time, ... | |
| FDA: Morcellators can spread cancer but shouldn't be banned Hooman Noorchashm and his wife, Amy Reed, raised money for sarcoma, the cancer that a medical device spread inside her abdominal cavity. (Hooman Noorchashm photo). Travel Deals. $809 & up -- Cozumel All-Incl. 3- Night Escape from Philly. | |
| Merck, Iowa Firm Sign Ebola Vaccine Licensing Deal Merck & Co., a top creator and seller of vaccines, has joined the fight against Ebola, the often-fatal hemorrhagic virus that's been ravaging parts of West Africa for months. Merck, based in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, said Monday it has entered a global ... | |
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| New Warning to Obese Kids: Higher Risk of Liver, Heart Disease UCSD researchers are looking into how high-fat diets could lead to liver failure and UCSD researchers found link between childhood obesity and liver disease. Photo credit: abcnews.go.com. The increasing number of obese children is leading to a higher ... | |
| Almost half of SIDS were caused by brain abnormality 4 A new study on SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome shows that almost half of it were caused by brain abnormality. The research funded by the National Institutes of Health shows that there is a specific brain abnormality in brain among babies that died of ... | |
| Merck teams up with Iowa firm Merck & Co, one of the world's top developers and sellers of vaccines, has entered a partnership with a small drug developer to research and manufacture a potential Ebola vaccine now in initial patient testing. The exclusive deal involves a vaccine candidate ... | |
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| Amgen ends studies of gastric cancer drug NEW YORK (AP) — Biotech drugmaker Amgen said Monday it is ending late-stage trials of its gastric cancer treatment rilotumumab because patients who took the drug were more likely to die. Amgen said more patients died after treatment with rilotumumab ... | |
| Nail Stem Cells Prove To Be Surprisingly Versatile (VIDEO) Researchers identified a new population of stem cells present in the nail bed that have the ability to self-renew or even undergo specialization into different tissues. Share This Story. To find these fascinating stem cells the researchers used a novel system to ... | |
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