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Mediterranean Diet Slows Cognitive Decline Study Finds

Posted on February 10, 2009
LEARN MORE Archives of Neurology Abstract of study Mayo Clinic- The Mediterranean diet Injuryboard News -Mediterranean diet and diabetes, December 2008 Injuryboard News - diet and inflammation, November 2008   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikipedia Commons/ olive tree, Lisboa, Portugal / author:  Wiked Kentaur   This study reinforces what health advocates have called for all along - that a national health improvement picture begins at home...

Daily Dose Of Aspirin Reduces Risk Of Colon Cancer

Posted on February 10, 2009
LEARN MORE Journal of National Cancer Institute – Feb. 18, 2009 InjuryBoard Colon Cancer Help Center American Cancer Society on Colon Cancer IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons / aspirin / author: Chaval Brasil A daily dose of aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may help to lower the risk of developing polyps that can lead to colorectal cancer, said researchers on Tuesday...

Suspected Link Testicular Cancer and Pot Smoking

Posted on February 09, 2009
  LEARN MORE The journal, Cancer  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Injuryboard Help Center - Cancer Injuryboard on Testicular Cancer   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ cannibas / author: Pauk   A new study suggests that long-term marijuana use may increase a man's chances of developing testicular cancer...

Amid Pilot Accolades - Do You Know How Much Your Pilot Makes?

Posted on February 09, 2009
  LEARN MORE Airline Pilot Central  Captain salaries  ALPA   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Delta pilots, 2007/ author: Twin Jalanugraha      ABC's Good Morning America had a tearful reunion between Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III and his crew and many of the passengers who survived the "Miracle on the Hudson"...

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Solving The Case Of Poisoned Peanuts

Posted on February 09, 2009
LEARN MORE PulseNet FDA Salmonella Web Page CDC on Salmonella InjuryBoard Peanut Butter Recall News IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / No Peanuts / author: MentalArt Cracking the case of the poisoned peanuts has involved federal scientists, as well as clues in Ohio and other states...

More Than Half Of Unemployed Without Insurance Study Says

Posted on February 09, 2009
LEARN MORE Families USA Report "Squeezed! Caught between Unemployment Benefits and health Care Costs" The Commonwealth Fund- " Maintaining Health Insurance During a Recession" Injuryboard - Regional News, Jacksonville, FL - Cost of COBRA exceeds benefits, January 2009 Injuryboard- Regional News, Kentucky  - Young Adults Without Health Insurance - September 2008   IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockphoto/ stethoscope and wallet/ author: LOUOATES A new study shows half of the low-income people who become unemployed, are also without health insurance...

Breast Cancer Risk And Insulin

Posted on February 06, 2009
  LEARN MORE German Cancer Research Center- press release NCI study on insulin and breast cancer  American Osteopathic Association on Exercise and Postmenopausal women here  American Heart Association study summary here    IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockphoto/ ranplett   A relationship has been uncovered between high levels of insulin and breast cancer...

Parnell Off Federal Peanut Butter Board

Posted on February 06, 2009
LEARN MORE CDC on Salmonella outbreak FDA on peanut salmonella recall U.S. Department of Agriculture  IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons, salmonella, author: Nutloaf   It's difficult to believe it hasn't happened sooner, but there has already been a shakeup in new Department of Agriculture Peanut Standards Board...

Teenage Girl Disabled Following Gardasil, Meningitis Vaccine

Posted on February 06, 2009
LEARN MORE Injuryboard News - Gardasil proposal for older women, January 2009 Injuryboard News- 12-year-old is paralyzed after Gardasil, November 2007 Injuryboard News- Gardasil stories National Vaccine Information Center    IMAGE SOURCE:  Rocky Mountain News Web page, Ashley Ryburn   The Rocky Mountain News tells the story of 16-year-old Ashley Ryburn who was suddenly sick all the time...

Salmonella Victims Call For Tightened Food Safety

Posted on February 05, 2009
LEARN MORE Dr. Sundlof testimony, February 5  FDA Salmonella Web page CDC on Salmonella PCA  Statement    IMAGE SOURCE:  CDC Web site on on Salmonella   Michael Thomas says he was the "peanut butter kid" growing up. He always loved peanut butter and jelly, but the last time he ate peanut butter was in February 2007...

Hispanic Women and Breast Cancer - Understudied Group

Posted on February 05, 2009
  LEARN MORE Ella Cancer Study highlights  InjuryBoard Breast Cancer  InjuryBoard Breast Cancer News  InjuryBoard on Cancer Drugs  National Cancer Institute on Breast Cancer  Dana-Farber Cancer Center    IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons / mammogram showing breast cancer / author: Lipothymia   Hispanic women living in the U...

Hopes of Recovery From Early Stage Pancreatic Cancer

Posted on February 05, 2009
LEARN MORE American Cancer Society on pancreatic cancer  Injuryboard News - Gastric bypass surgery reduces risk of pancreatic cancer, April 2008 Injuryboard News- 60 Minutes story on radio waves to kill cancer, April 08   IMAGE SOURCE:  Associated Press Video/ Ginsburg on the court   Pancreatic cancer is generally one of the more lethal forms of the disease...

Workers: Rodents Common At PCA Plant

Posted on February 04, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA Inspection Report (pdf) FDA searchable database of products FDA on Salmonella Outbreak InjuryBoard on Peanut Butter Recall CDC on Salmonella Outbreak IMAGE SOURCE:© Wikimedia Commons / Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich / Drew17 Peanut Corp...

Higher Altitude Improves Kidney Dialysis, Life Span

Posted on February 04, 2009
  LEARN MORE JAMA - Abstract  Rice University on high altitude training   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ mountain biker in snow/ author: Wolfgang   Dialysis patients who live above sea level may do better than their lowland counterparts. That is a finding published in the Journal of the American Medical Association...

MySpace Purges 90,000 Sex Offender Users

Posted on February 04, 2009
LEARN MORE Injuryboard News- Teen lured by online sex offender, October 2007 Internet Safety Technical Task Force Facebook MySpace Sentinel Tech Holding   IMAGE SOURCE: MySpace Web site   90,000 MySpace users will no longer be able to use the social networking site to meet new friends...

CT Heart Scan Risks - Safe Screening Alternatives

Posted on February 04, 2009
LEARN MORE JAMA: 2/4/09 Risk Assessment Tool InjuryBoard Heart Attack News InjuryBoard on Heart Attacks IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ diagram of a heart attack/ author: U...

Lawsuits Fly Over Chinese Drywall

Posted on February 03, 2009
LEARN MORE Lennar Homes  Gypsum Association ASTM standard C1264   IMAGE SOURCE:  Sarasota Herald Tribune Web site / image of Kristin Culliton, resident of Taylor Morrison home   The lawsuits are beginning to fly concerning the construction of Florida homes made with drywall from China...

Postpartum Depression Mystery Examined

Posted on February 03, 2009
  LEARN MORE Archives of General Psychiatry- Abstract Health and Human Services Q & A - Women's health French study on sons  Injuryboard on postpartum  Journal of Clinical Nursing study  Information on post-partum depression        IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ pregnancy 34 weeks/ author: Inferis           Who is likely to fall into a depression after giving birth?  That has largely been an unanswered question, so researchers from the University of California, Irvine looked at a likely cause...

Harvard Cleaning Up Conflicts

Posted on February 03, 2009
  LEARN MORE Harvard on Conflicts of Interest  What Doctors Think survey  Boston Globe profile on Dr. Biederman  Injuryboard on American Medical Student Association    IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto/ sick money/ author: Elnur All of the unflattering news about doctors and academics at Harvard University's School of Medicine has done nothing but put a black eye on the prestigious school and teaching hospital, Massachusetts General...

NTSB Holds Public Hearings to Assess Medical Helicopter Safety

Posted on February 03, 2009
LEARN MORE NTSB – Public Hearing Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / Air Evac / author: MarcoCoda Tuesday was the first of four days of public hearings in Washington to address the rise in medical helicopter crashes...

Study: Insulin Protects Against Alzheimer's

Posted on February 03, 2009
LEARN MORE PNAS: 2/1/09 InjuryBoard on Alzheimer’s Disease InjuryBoard News on Alzheimer’s InjuryBoard Help Center on Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s Association IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / close up render of neuron brain cell / author: Henrik5000 Insulin has the ability to protect the brain from harmful proteins associated with Alzheimer’s, a new study says...

Help To Quit Smoking On Camera

Posted on February 02, 2009
A Product Designed To Kill You LEARN MORE Injuryboard Help Center on cigarettes and tobacco American Legacy Foundation Injuryboard News -Teens quitting smoking, December 2008   IMAGE SOURCE: Web page Today Show   How hard is it to quit the most highly addictive drug- nicotine?  The Today Show is partnering with the American Legacy Foundation to produce a series on quitting smoking - "Today Calls it Quits...

Facing Foreclosure? Stay Put.

Posted on February 02, 2009
LEARN MORE The National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) Squatting In Their Homes: CNN Video Guide to Avoiding Foreclosure Hope Now – Support & Guidance for Homeowners IMAGE SOURCE:© iStockPhoto / foreclosure / author: GeofferyHolman As many Americans find they cannot stay in their homes because of job loss or a sub-prime loan that has now doubled, one Ohio Congresswoman has a word of advice, "Stay put" and when the sheriff comes, tell him to "Show me the paper...

FDA Expert Panel Recommends Darvon Ban

Posted on February 02, 2009
LEARN MORE DAWN data Injuryboard Regional News, Colorado- Top 10 Dangerous Drugs, April 2008 Public Citizen on Darvon   IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ headache sufferer/ author: Kaisphoto   An expert panel advised the Food and Drug Administration Friday that the painkiller, Darvon should be banned...

New FDA Head Will Have A Lot On His Plate

Posted on February 02, 2009
LEARN MORE   FDA Food Recall List- updated almost daily FDA 1-888-SAFEFOOD CDC 1-800-CDC-INFO CDC on latest Injuryboard News  Salmonella scare lifted on Tomatoes, July 2008   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Salmonella Typhimurium/ author:  Nutloaf from Sydney, AU   President Obama told the Today Show that the salmonella outbreak raises the call for a sweeping review of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) food safety inspection program...

Fosamax Linked To Esophageal Cancer

Posted on February 02, 2009
LEARN MORE NEJM 1/1/09 InjuryBoard on Fosamax InjuryBoard on Esophageal Cancer InjuryBoard on Osteoporosis National Osteoporosis Foundation WebMD on Bisphosphonate Drugs IMAGE SOURCE:© Fosamax for Osteoporosis Treatment Fosamax, a popular osteoporosis drug by Merck, and other similar drugs have been linked to some rare, but serious, side effects, including heart irregularity, osteonecrosis of the jaw and most recently esophageal Cancer...

Stem Cell Transplants Show Promise For MS Patients

Posted on January 30, 2009
LEARN MORE The Lancet Neurology, 1/30/09 IB News – Successful stem cell surgery, November 2008 InjuryBoard on Obama and stem cell research InjuryBoard on Multiple Sclerosis IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / Types of MS / author: Lipothymia A new study suggests Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients infused with their own immune cells helps the immune system to reset itself and possibly reverse symptoms if in the early stages, reports BBC News...

11 Million Children To Be Enrolled in SCHIP After Senate Gives Okay

Posted on January 30, 2009
LEARN MORE Injuryboard- Tampa News on redefining the limit of poverty, August 2007 Injuryboard News on President Bush extension of SCHIP, January 2008   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ girls with painted faces/ author: InPhonic customer service    It was the last hurdle for children of many low-income families to accessing health care...

Criminal Charges May Be Filed Against Peanut Plant

Posted on January 30, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA Form 483 - Inspection report on Blakely plant, January 2009 Childlers, Buck, and Schlueter L.L.P  The state of Georgia may pursue criminal charges against Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), whose products are linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak, reports CNN...

Peanut Corporation Shipment Rejected By Canada For Metal Fragments

Posted on January 30, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA Salmonella Web page CDC on salmonella outbreak   IMAGE SOURCE:  CDC, map of outbreak   The story keeps getting worse for the peanut plant in Georgia that is at the center of a nationwide recall. The Associated Press reports in an exclusive that a shipment of peanuts from the plant went to Canada last spring and was found to contain a "filthy, putrid or decomposed substance," later determined to be metal fragments...

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