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Sooty California Air Takes 10 Years Off of Life

Posted on May 23, 2008
  LEARN MORE Air Resources Board Draft report  Injuryboard on Air pollution   Inuryboard on Pittsburgh air pollution  IMAGE SOURCE : WikiMedia Commons/ Pasadena Highway, Los Angeles, 2007/ author: Aliazimi    Up to 24,000 deaths a year among Californians are linked to air pollution, new research finds...

Chantix Use Banned For Truckers

Posted on May 22, 2008
  LEARN MORE Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Institute for Safe Medication Practices statement Chantix label FDA Chantix Alert  FDA Public Health Advisory  IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Tractor trailer/ author: MarcinJLewandowski    The chorus of consumer complaints about the drug, Chantix is getting louder and louder...

Sex Problems May Be Health Alert in Men

Posted on May 22, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on  Diabetes  Injuryboard on Sexual Dysfunction American Diabetes Association on Sexual Health American Heart Association on managing diabetes Journal of American College of Cardiology, Hong Kong study  J. of American College of Cardiology, Italian study IMAGE SOURCE:© iStockPhoto/ man getting massage/ author: Yuri_Arcurs    Two new studies suggest that diabetic men who are having trouble sustaining an erection could be twice as likely as other diabetic men to develop heart problems...

A Simple Blood Test For Hormone Replacement Therapy

Posted on May 22, 2008
LEARN MORE American Journal of Cardiology article Alternative therapies  Injuryboard on HRT Injuryboard on Estrogen Injuryboard on Estrogen and Ovarian cancer Injuryboard on Premarin Injuryboard on Progesterone Injuryboard on Compounding Pharmacies  IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockPhoto/ mature woman/author:  Yuri_Arcurs   A simple blood test might reveal if you are right for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to fight postmenopausal symptoms of night sweats and hot flashes...

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Want To Quit Smoking? Look To Social Networks

Posted on May 22, 2008
LEARN MORE  NEJM article Injuryboard on cigarettes and tobacco Injuryboard on Florida Tobacco lawsuits Injuryboard on Lung cancer   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ social smoking/ Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck, Snows of Kilimanjaro, 1952/ Film Screenshot- public domain   Smokers wanting to say goodbye to their cigarettes, tend to have better luck in a social network with the support and influence of friends and family...

Teens - Most Promising New Blood Donors Have Complications

Posted on May 21, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on blood donations  Injuryboard on older stored blood JAMA on teen reaction to donating blood  America Red Cross on donating blood   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ blood donation bruise/ author: npleaz   As the country ages, blood donations from the young are especially critical, but an American Red Cross report finds that many teens experience complications from donations, making them less likely to donate in the future...

Myth - Teens Substitute Oral Sex for Intercourse

Posted on May 21, 2008
  LEARN MORE Injuryboard on sex education  Injuryboard on teens and STDs Guttmacher Institute  Journal of Adolescent Health study  Injuryboard on Gardasil for HPV  Injuryboard on Cervical Cancer   IMAGE SOURCE: WikiMedia Commons/ Teen girls/ Savaman   Many teens who want to brag they are still virgins are engaging in oral sex instead...

Smoking Pilots Cannot Use Chantix To Quit

Posted on May 21, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Chantix  Injuryboard on Alert on drug Pfizer on Chantix FDA MedWatch reporting site FDA Public Health Advisory on Chantix Institute for Safe Medication Practices IMAGE SOURCE:  Pfizer Chantix Web site   Airline pilots who want to quit smoking can no longer do so with the help of the drug, Chantix also known as varenicline...

Autism Health Coverage Gains Florida Gov. Support

Posted on May 20, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Dr. Healy interview Injuryboard on autism Cure Autism Now  June 4th Washington rally Autism Task Force in Florida  Autism Society of America Gov. Crist News release   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Fl Gov./ source: state of Florida   Florida's Gov...

Sen. Kennedy Must Decide Brain Tumor Treatment Options

Posted on May 20, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on gliomas Mayo Clinic on brain tumors  National Cancer Institute   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ official portrait of Sen. Ted Kennedy/ source: Kennedy, Senate   The office of Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass) has announced he has a malignant brain tumor that is what likely led to his seizure Saturday morning...

Getting To Know You - Google Takes Medical Records Online

Posted on May 20, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on selling medical records Injuryboard on HIPAA Injuryboard on Cleveland Clinic trial Media Reform Conference  World Privacy Forum Report on medical identity theft World Privacy Reform Report for consumers of electronic medical records   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Google free icon/ author: Oren neu dag   It started out as a two-month trial, marrying the technical expertise of internet search giant, Google, Inc...

Allergic Babies May Result From Stressed Out Mom

Posted on May 19, 2008
LEARN MORE March of Dimes on stress and pregnancy  Injuryboard on stress and marriage   Injuryboard on anxiety disorders Dr. Rosalind Wright research on stress and pregnancy Brigham and Women's Hospital  Eight Stress Busters Yoga Journal on fighting stress   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ pregnant woman at WIC in Virginia/ US...

Who is To Blame For Las Vegas Hepatitis C Crisis?

Posted on May 19, 2008
  LEARN MORE CDC report on the Endoscopy Center Southern Nevada Health District on the investigation Injuryboard on reusing syringes Injuryboard on criminal charges  Injuryboard on caps on recovery Injuryboard on moving Mercedes to Dubai Injuryboard on reusing syringes  Injuryboard on first lawsuit  Injuryboard on hepatitis  CDC on infection control  White, Meany & Wetherall    IMAGE SOURCE: Creativecommons...

E. Coli Recall In 11 States - Health Risk High

Posted on May 19, 2008
  LEARN MORE USDA on recall  President Steve Hurckes, Sr. at (312) 421-3664, ext. 214 Injuryboard on E. coli  Injuryboard on E. coli loophole  Injuryboard on Food Product Safety  IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ cows eating regularly minimizes E...

Hand Washing Urged After Salmonella Dry Pet Food

Posted on May 16, 2008
  LEARN MORE CDC on salmonella pet food recall  MMWR report Injuryboard on salmonella Injuryboard on salmonellosis Injuryboard on Peter Pan contamination For more on salmonella, visit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC on salmonella    IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockPhoto/ jack Russell puppies/ author: shimmo   For the first time, an outbreak of salmonella bacterial infection in humans has been traced to dry dog food...

More Good News About Vitamin D, Sunshine And Breast Cancer

Posted on May 16, 2008
LEARN MORE Vitamin D Council Archives of Internal Medicine Colon Cancer and Vitamin D The American Society of Clinical Oncology  Injuryboard on breast cancer Injuryboard on vitamin D Injuryboard on osteoporosis   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Portugal sunbather/ author: Pedro Simoes   For years Americans have been told to stay out of the sun because of the risk of skin cancer...

Injured Teen Speaks Out About Six Flag Park Safety

Posted on May 15, 2008
LEARN MORE Rep.  Markey bill Injuryboard on Amusement Parks  Injuryboard on Six Flags lawsuit 2002 Injuryboard on Six Flags Accident 2001   IMAGE SOURCE: Rep. Markey and Kaitlyn/ source: Markey web site   A Kentucky teen who lost her feet in an amusement park ride last June has sued Six Flags and is support a bill to make amusement parks safer...

Bayer Receives Final Blow To Recalled Trasylol

Posted on May 15, 2008
LEARN MORE FDA Notice on Trasylol, May 14, 2008 Injuryboard on Trasylol   Injuryboard on Bayer Response to Trasylol studies Bayer AG on Trasylol 60 Minutes story on Trasylol New England Journal of Medicine Article NEJM aprotinin articles    IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockPhoto/ heart surgery/ miralex    The maker of the recalled drug Trasylol, Bayer AG of Germany, had planned to bring the drug back to the market after the release of a major study...

Merck Overturns $32 Million Vioxx Award

Posted on May 15, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Vioxx Injuryboard on  Merck & Co. InjuryBoard.com's Vioxx Information Page  FDA & Prescription Drug Help Center FDA & Prescription Drug Help Center Merck's Vioxx Information Center  Vioxx Master Settlement Agreement Description of Settlement Agreement  Examples of Vioxx Claim Valuations Vioxx Settlement Calcualtor Injuryboard on Vioxx Settles $4...

Actor Quaid Attacks Federal Protections for Big Pharma

Posted on May 14, 2008
LEARN MORE Quaid on 60 Minutes  Quaid V. Baxter complaint  Injuryboard on Drug Preemption  Injuryboard on Quaid lawsuit Injuryboard on preemption Injuryboard on Trasylol Trasylol on 60 Minutes Injuryboard on Vioxx Injuryboard on Avandia Federal Preemption Constitutional discussion Injuryboard on medical mistakes   Injuryboard on heparin   Injuryboard on Quaid twins last November      IMAGE SOURCE: ©Creativecommons...

Child Virus Hits China Capital

Posted on May 14, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on 2001 Foot-Mouth Outbreak Injuryboard on China reporting of outbreak Injuryboard on Viral meningitis CDC on HFMD Emerging Infectious Diseases May 2008 IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ HFMD in 11 mo boy/ author: MidgleyDJ   The capital of China, Beijing reported its first cases today of the deadly hand-foot-mouth disease that has so far killed 42 children...

Ultrasound Finds More Breast Cancers Than Mammography

Posted on May 13, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Breast Cancer Injuryboard on Mammogram Errors JAMA study American Cancer Society    IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto/ breast covered/ author: Eric Hood   There is good news and bad news about using ultrasound to detect cancers in the breast...

Breast Feeding One Year Plus Reduces Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

Posted on May 13, 2008
LEARN MORE Arthritis  Association on RA Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Injuryboard on Joints and Muscles Injuryboard on Arthritis Drugs    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ rheumatoid arthritis/ U.S. Gov, NIH, author: arnavaz   As if there isn't enough good news about the positive results from breast feeding on children...

Blood Clots Linked To Air Pollution

Posted on May 13, 2008
  LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Diesel Exhaust Injuryboard on  Deep Vein Thrombosis Archives of Internal Medicine study   IMAGE SOURCE:  WikiMedia Commons/ power plant before emission  controls / author: National Parks Service    Tiny particles of pollution in the air, a fraction of the width of a hair, seem to increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or blood clots in the legs...

Public Health Too Quick To Dismiss Autism Parents, NIH Director Says

Posted on May 13, 2008
LEARN MORE  Injuryboard on Vaccines Injuryboard on Autism Monica Bice web site CBS Online Interview    IMAGE SOURCE:  ©National Library of Medicine/ Dr. Bernadine Healy   "Public health has been too quick to dismiss concerns of families." That stunning admission from the former director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr...

Vaccine Court Considers Boy's Autism Cases

Posted on May 13, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Vaccines Injuryboard on Thimerosal Injuryboard on California Law Banning Thimerosal Injuryboard on Hannah Poling Injuryboard on Autism CBS interviews Dr. Bernadette Healy on susceptible group Moms Against Mercury  Institute for Vaccine Safety- on Thimerosal-Free Formulations FDA on thimerosal free vaccines     IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Autistic boy ducks in a row/ author: andwhatsnext   The autism explosion in this country is center stage in U...

Trooper, Illinois Facing $24 Million Lawsuit in Death of Teen Sisters

Posted on May 12, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Citizen Groups on Police Pursuits  Injuryboard on Pursuit Safety Injuryboard on Pursuit Watch Uhl Family remembrance web site Illinois State Police KSDK TV report on the accident  Ron Kelley's Driving course   IMAGE SOURCE: Courtesy: AttorneyTom Keefe/ Uhl Mazda   A $24 million lawsuit has been filed in the Illinois State Police Trooper crash that killed two sisters...

Government says Teen Depression Worse With Marijuana

Posted on May 12, 2008
LEARN MORE White House Report on Teen/Pot Use Actual Report PDF CNN video of news conference Injuryboard on Marijuana use and Employment Injuryboard on Antidepressants   IMAGE SOURCE:© iStockPhoto/dark angel series/ depression   The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy says that pot and depression are a bad combination and can lead to further mental health issues such as schizophrenia, anxiety and even suicide...

How to Predict Next Seasons Flu Vaccine

Posted on May 12, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Influenza Injuryboard on Flu Drugs  The CDC CDC Table of Flu Vaccines and thimerosal   IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto/ flu vaccine given/Millanovic   Next year's flu season will be the topic in Atlanta this week at the annual influenza vaccine summit meeting...

85 Now Identified With Hepatitis C in Las Vegas Investigation

Posted on May 10, 2008
  LEARN MORE Picture of Dr. Desai Las Vegas Sun Southern Nevada health district  Southern Nevada Health District Hotline 702-759-4636 CDC infection control CDC on needles and syringes White Meany Wetherall LLP Attorney Steve Klearman blog   IMAGE SOURCE: WikiMedia Commons/ colonoscopy illustration/ author: Euchiasmus    The most expansive public health investigation in U...

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