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Splenda May Cause Weight Gain And Block Drug Absorption

Posted on September 23, 2008
LEARN MORE Citizens for Health Wikipedia on sucralose Duke study on splenda Equal Splenda Injuryboard on sacking saccharin (pink packets) Injuryboard on artificial sugars and weight gain Sweet Deception, the book  Sweet Deception, the video Calorie Control Council, trade group web site  Stevia, herb web site    IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockphoto/ pink packets of artificial sugar, saccharine/ author: PhotoEuphoria   A study out of Duke University suggests that Splenda, the artificial sweetener in the yellow packet, and its key component, sucralose, may harm health when consumed over time...

Study Finds Doctors Lack Empathy

Posted on September 23, 2008
LEARN MORE Archives of Internal Medicine - 9/22/08Lancet - 2/23/02InjuryBoard on Doctors IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto/ doctor taking notes/ author: sstop Empathy is an important patient-physician communication that many doctors seem to lack even when their patient's seem to ask for it, according to a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine...

Driving While Texting Laws Slow To Catch Up To Problem

Posted on September 23, 2008
LEARN MORE Jott.com Harris Interactive Poll  Pinger Injuryboard on texting addiction Injuryboard on teens ignore ban on cellphone while driving   IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockphoto/ texting teens/ author: LeggNet   The nation's air traffic controllers cannot bring cell phones into work...

Strong Stomach Needed For Latest Anti-Smoking Message

Posted on September 23, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on cigarettes and health Injuryboard on Florida tobacco lawsuits Injuryboard news on cigarette smoking Injuryboard news on cigarettes InjuryBoard on Cigarettes and Tobacco  CDC on Smoking & Tobacco Use  American Cancer Society on Tobacco Use  MMWR: Cancers Associated with Tobacco Use     IMAGE SOURCE:  "Eating You Alive" campaign/ Courtesy: New York City Health Department    Don't look at these images unless you have a strong stomach...

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Shorter Radiation Therapy Effective For Breast Cancer

Posted on September 23, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on Breast CancerInjuryBoard on CancerInjuryBoard News on Breast CancerResearchers Optimistic About New Breast Cancer TechnologyNational Cancer Institute on Breast Cancer IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons/ breast cancer ad/ author: Laurie Maitland A newly released study finds shorter, more intense radiation therapy following surgery for early stage breast cancer is just as effective as lower doses for a longer period...

Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis Treatment Linked to Jawbone Damage

Posted on September 22, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on OsteoporosisInjuryBoard on Bone, Joint & Muscle DisordersWebMD on Bisphosphonate DrugsCenter for Osteonecrosis Research & EducationNew Osteoporosis Drugs Show Promise in Clinical Trials IMAGE SOURCE: © Fosamax for Osteoporosis Treatment Osteoporosis drugs are not without possible adverse effects, including a condition in which jawbone tissue dies...

Traditional Men Earn More Than Egalitarian Males

Posted on September 22, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on happy marriages Journal of Applied Psychology study   IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockphoto/ Confident CEO/ author: francisblack   Society as a whole seems to value men in the workplace who hold more traditional views about being the family breadwinner...

Join The Fight: World Alzheimers Day

Posted on September 22, 2008
LEARN MORE ActionAlz.orgAlzheimer's AssociationWorld Alzheimer's DayInjuryBoard on Alzheimer's and Dementia IMAGE SOURCE: © Alzheimer's Association World Alzheimer's Day was September 21st and the Alzheimer's Association is asking people around the world to help by visiting ActionAlz where you can learn more about this heartbreaking disease...

The Sense Of Smell Never Sleeps

Posted on September 22, 2008
LEARN MORE American Academy of Otolaryngology Injuryboard on sleep disorders Injuryboard on sleep and adolescents Injuryboard on sleep and obesity, anti-aging   IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockphoto/ sleeping woman/ author: graphixel   If you want to have sweet dreams, sleep with flowers in the bedroom...

FTC Takes Action Against Companies Promoting Bogus Cancer Cures

Posted on September 22, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on CancerFTC News ReleaseFTC: Cure-ious? Ask.FDA on Online Cancer Fraud IMAGE SOURCE: © Cure-ious?ASK. by Federal Trade Commission The only thing worse than a cancer diagnosis, is the promise of a bogus cure. Hundreds of internet sites are falsely claiming they are "selling the cure for cancer" and now the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking action against several of those companies...

HPV Test For Rural Areas Major Breakthrough

Posted on September 22, 2008
LEARN MORE About HPV and cervical cancer QIAGEN  Lancet Oncology  Injuryboard on Cancer Injuryboard news on Cervical Cancer Injuryboard Help Center on Cervical Cancer   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ low grade cervical changes with HPV effect/ author: Dr...

Gene Variant Linked to Melanoma Risk

Posted on September 22, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on MelanomaInjuryBoard on Melanoma RatesInjuryBoard News on MelanomaInjuryBoard on Vitamin DNational Cancer Institute on MelanomaAmerican Cancer Society: Variant of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Linked to Melanoma Risk IMAGE SOURCE: ©Wikimedia Commons/ melanoma on skin/ author: U...

New Osteoporosis Drugs Show Promise in Clinical Trials

Posted on September 19, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on OsteoporosisWebMD on MenopauseInjuryBoard on FosamaxAmerican Society for Bone and Mineral ResearchMerck on Odanacatib Phase II StudyAmgen on DenosumabInternational Osteoporosis Foundation NIH on Osteoporosis IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto/ osteoporatic hips/ Starfotograph Two experimental osteoporosis drugs showed promise in clinical trials and increased bone mineral density in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, according to researchers...

Keep Your Cell Phone In Your Pants Pocket?

Posted on September 19, 2008
LEARN MORE CNET on cell phone radiation levels SAR 10 highest radiation cell phones  10 lowest radiation cell phones  Univ. of Pittsburgh memo re: cell phones   The New Atlantis (on cell phone use)  Injuryboard on Auto accidents and Cell phones  Injuryboard on Cell phone news  Injuryboard on Teens and cell phones  Injuryboard on Sperm count and cell phones  IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ cell phone image/ author: Mnoon    Do the radio frequencies from cell phones decrease sperm quality?  That was the question before researchers from the Cleveland Clinic who based this latest study on an earlier one...

Researchers Find New Target For Leukemia Treatment

Posted on September 19, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on LeukemiaInjuryBoard on ChemotherapyJournal Nature - September 17, 2008 editionAmerican Cancer Society on Leukemia IMAGE SOURCE: ©Wikimedia Commons /Leukemia cells/author: Ayacop Researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine have found a new chemotherapy target that could pave the way to more effective treatments of a deadly form of leukemia that affects children...

Levine Case Pits Corporations Against Consumers

Posted on September 19, 2008
LEARN MORE Editors Note * - While Injuryboard's National News has reported on Diana Levine in the past, her story now lands on the front page of the New York Times, written by Adam Liptak, a Yale law school graduate who covers the Supreme Court for the paper...

SAFE HOME 101- Stores Removing Baby Products that Contain BPA

Posted on June 13, 2008
Part of IB's - SAFE HOME 101 series in June- Home Safety Month LEARN MORE CHEJ on products in your home  FDA on Bisphenol-A (BPA) Science and Environmental Health Network Baby bottles care Injuryboard on plastic ban in California Injuryboard on phthalates chemical in plastics    IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ baby boy and bottle/ author: Matthias Sebulke   While Congress is still undecided and considering measures to ban a controversial chemical used to make baby bottles, toys and cups, major retailers such as Wal-Mart and Toys R Us are removing the baby products from their shelves...

25 Hospitalized in Widening Salmonella Scare -FDA Plan Lags

Posted on June 12, 2008
   LEARN MORE GAO report Summary FDA Food Protection Plan FDA update, June 12 FDA Consumer Complaint phone numbers  Injuryboard on Salmonella salsa Injuryboard on Salmonella peanut butter   IMAGE SOURCE: FDA/ Red Plum and Red Roma Tomatoes    Just as the FDA was being taken to task by Congress today, reports of consumers sickened by Salmonella-contaminated tomatoes widened by 61 new cases...

Underweight Infant Birth Rates Rising, The South Hardest Hit

Posted on June 12, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on low birth weight and autism  Injuryboard on SIDS Kids Count Report Annie E. Casey Foundation    IMAGE SOURCE : Wikimedia Commons/ premature infant/ author: Hallbrianh    The number of underweight infants has increased to its highest rate in 40 years, according to a new report...

Kaiser, Microsoft Partner In Online Medical Records

Posted on June 12, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on celebrity medical records Injuryboard on Google Health Kaiser Permanente HealthVault Injuryboard on selling medical records  Injuryboard on HIPAA  Injuryboard on Cleveland Clinic trial  World Privacy Forum Report on medical identity theft  World Privacy Reform Report for consumers of electronic medical records     IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Microsoft German campus/ author: Johannes Hemmerlein   If your medical records are stored online, will they be readily available for the World Wide Web to see? Many are asking that very question as the health industry shifts from paper medical files to digitized records...

Life Expectancy Edges Upward- So Does Alzheimer's

Posted on June 12, 2008
LEARN MORE CDC's National Center for Health Statistics report Injuryboard on diabetes drugs  Injuryboard on tort reform and life expectancy Injuryboard on life expectancy in Iceland Injuryboard on Alzheimer 's disease     IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ grandpa and child/ author: naphtalina   There is good news and bad news about life expectancy coming from U...

Study: Teens Ignoring Ban on Cell Phone Use While Driving

Posted on June 11, 2008
LEARN MORE Insurance Institute for Highway Safety on Cell Phone Laws Insurance Institute for Highway Safety on Teens Ignoring Cell Phone Ban National Transportation Safety Board Injuryboard on Teen text message death Injuryboard on Teenage drivers Injuryboard on Teen accident and settlement   IMAGE SOURCE: iStock Photo/Driving & talking teen/ author: MSR photo   You will be hard pressed to find a teenager not attached to a cell phone nowadays - even while driving, and even in a state that has a law banning the use of cell phones by  teen drivers...

Sleep Apnea Hurts Memory

Posted on June 11, 2008
LEARN MORE UCLA News Release Injuryboard on sleep apnea device recall, 2007  Injuryboard on sudden infant death Injuryboard on sleep apnea and stroke National Sleep Foundation on sleep apnea  American Academy of Family Physicians on sleep apnea   IMAGE SOURCE: Mammillary bodies (in box) of sleep apnea patient (right) are smaller than control subject (left)/ Courtesy, UCLA/Harper lab   Sleep apnea occurs when the muscles in the back of the neck fail to keep the airway open...

St. John's Wort Not Effective On ADHD, Study Finds

Posted on June 11, 2008
LEARN MORE Bastyr University on findings JAMA article-Abstract NIH on St. John's Wort Bastyr University  NIH-National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Injuryboard on performance enhancing supplements Injuryboard on ephedra products Injuryboard on dietary supplements   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ hypericum or St...

Death at Sea-What Consumers Of Cruise Lines Need To Know (Part One)

Posted on June 10, 2008
LEARN MORE Holland America Cruise Contract  Cruisebruise.com on Bryce case KOMO News on the Bryce story Carnival V Carlisle, February 15, 2007 Cruisejunkie.com   IMAGE SOURCE: KOMO-TV, Seattle/ Don and Marlene Bryce/ Courtesy, KOMO-TV reporter Liz Rocca    It was supposed to be a dream cruise...

Study: Vitamin D Keeps Hearts Healthy In Men

Posted on June 10, 2008
LEARN MORE Archives of Internal Medicine, June 2008 article Linus Pauling Institute on vitamin D Office of Dietary Supplements on Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Vitamin D NIH on vitamin D levels  WebMD on Low Vitamin D Risks in Men Archives of Internal Medicine: June Issue: Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Men Injuryboard on Vitamin D and Breast Cancer Injuryboard on Vitamin D   IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto/ art symbol for sun/ author: Fred_DL   Men who have low levels of vitamin D, also known as the "sunshine vitamin," may be at higher risk for a heart attack, according to a study in the June issue of  Archives of Internal Medicine...

Harvard Psychiatrists Under Fire for Failing to Report Drug Payments

Posted on June 10, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on American Medical Student Association Harvard on Conflicts of Interest What Doctors Think survey Boston Globe profile on Dr. Biederman   IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto/ sick money/ author: Elnur   Three distinguished Harvard University psychiatrists failed to report over three million dollars in payments they received from drug makers, violating U...

Death at Sea-What Consumers Of Cruise Lines Need To Know (Part Two)

Posted on June 10, 2008
   LEARN MORE The Bryce Story-Part One  Holland America Cruise Contract Cruisebruise.com on Bryce case KOMO News on the Bryce story Carnival V Carlisle, February 15, 2007 Cruisejunkie.com   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Holland America cruise line Maasdam/ author: Jean-Philippe Boulet, January 08   IMAGE SOURCE: KOMO-TV, Seattle/ Don and Marlene Bryce/ Courtesy, KOMO-TV reporter Liz Rocca   The Bryce family believes dehydration triggered Don's heart attack and that a visit by the doctor and some IV fluids might have saved his life...

FDA: Expanded Salmonella Warning Covers Salsa

Posted on June 09, 2008
  LEARN MORE Winn-Dixie Stores Inc FDA at 1-888-463-6332 CDC  1-800-311-3445 CDC on salmonella FDA health advisory FDA Farm Investigations  FDA- Safe handling of produce  FDA -Tomato consumer page CDC FDA Food Protection Plan    IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockPhoto / author: Klaudia Steiner   It's probably best to pass on tomatoes in your summer salad for awhile...

Long Island Woman Hospitalized For Bird Mites

Posted on June 09, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on dust mites Injuryboard on child allergies and mites Avian Web site on mites    IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ wild bird, Passer hispaniolensis/ author: Baldhur   Nina Bradica says she can feel the tiny bird mites biting and crawling around on her skin...

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