Category: New infant formula safety advice

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Wheat-based infant follow-on formulas are better reconstituted with fruit juice and should be stored in the fridge at 4C to prevent growth of meningitis bacteria, as per recent research. The results of a study, published recently in the Society for Applied Microbiology journal, Letters in Applied Microbiology, have shown that Cronobacter species […]

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Obstructive sleep apnea decreases blood flow to the brain, elevates blood pressure within the brain and eventually harms the brain’s ability to modulate these changes and prevent damage to itself, as per a newly released study published by The American Physiological Society. The findings may help explain why people with sleep apnea […]

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Montreal, January 6, 2009 Women who smoke during pregnancy risk delivering aggressive kids as per a new Canada-Netherlands study reported in the journal Development and Psychopathology While prior studies have shown that smoking during gestation causes low birth weight, this research shows mothers who light up during pregnancy can predispose their […]

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As adolescents mature into young adults, increasing time constraints due to school or work can begin to impact eating habits in a negative way. As per a research findings reported in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, scientists found that while young adults enjoy and value […]

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With 30 million drivers in the US aged 65 and over, we count on older Americans to recognize when they can no longer drive safely and decide that it’s time to stay off the road. A newly released study finds that a decrease in vision function is a key factor in bringing […]

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Stem cells are the body’s primal cells, retaining the youthful ability to develop into more specialized types of cells over a number of cycles of cell division. How do they do it? Researchers at the Carnegie Institution have identified a gene, named scrawny, that may be a key factor in keeping a […]

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Recent animal studies have shown that clioquinol an 80-year old drug once used to treat diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders can reverse the progression of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases. Scientists, however, had a variety of theories to attempt to explain how a single compound could have such similar effects […]

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The Framingham and National Cholesterol Education Program tools, NCEP, do not accurately predict coronary heart disease, as per a research studyperformed at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. The study included 1,653 patients who had no history of coronary heart disease; eventhough 738 patients were taking statins (cholesterol […]

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While some emerging technologies can create environments that require very little physical effort, one Kansas State University researcher thinks games like Nintendo’s Wii Fit can help promote physical rather than sedentary activities for people of all ages. “I think there is a great potential to develop ways to promote physical activity through […]

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A number of elderly adults want to remain active and independent for as long as possible. Seniors want to age in their own homes and avoid moving to institutions or nursing homes. University of Missouri scientists are using sensors, computers and communication systems, along with supportive health care services to monitor the […]

Ruth Levine wrote:
Is this a case of style over substance?
Val Jones, who has interviewed three recent Surgeon Generals, calls it a “shock,” and says, “I don’t think he has the gravitas or appropriate experience for the role of Surgeon General of the United States.”
She cites a source that is concerned about his lack […]

Ruth Levine wrote:
Is it the technology or the people behind the computers?
This piece from Health Care Renewal suggests it’s the latter, or the so-called sociotechnical issues. In other words, the problem is not with the technology itself, but “inadequate planning, insufficient testing or training, failing to include front-line clinicians in the planning […]

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin) wrote:
The stakes cannot be higher for Boston’s Tufts Medical Center.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been reading how rival Partners HealthCare, comprised of powerhouse hospitals Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals, have bullied health insurers into disproportionally higher payments.
I have argued it is because patients demand their services.
Now, Tufts Medical Center […]

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin) wrote:
Recent guidelines ignore newer oral diabetes agents like Avandia and Januvia.
Matthew Mintz criticizes this move, saying that this will lower the threshold for diabetes to begin insulin therapy.
He wonders if the endocrinologists, who authored the guidelines, have a financial motive to do so. Due to time constraints, primary care physicians do […]

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One of the current handicaps of cancer therapys is the difficulty of aiming these therapys at destroying cancerous cells without killing healthy cells in the process. But a newly released study by McMaster University scientists has provided insight into how researchers might develop therapies and drugs that more carefully target cancer, while […]

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A team of scientists at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey has identified a long-sought gene that is fatefully switched on in 30 to 40 percent of all patients with breast cancer, spreading the disease, resisting traditional chemotherapies and eventually leading to death. The gene, called “Metadherin” or MTDH, […]

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Digitalis-based drugs like digoxin have been used for centuries to treat patients with irregular heart rhythms and heart failure and are still in use today. In the Dec. 16 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine now report that this […]

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Cancer and cell biology experts at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have identified a new tumor suppressor that may help researchers develop more targeted drug therapies to combat lung cancer. The study, led by Jorge Moscat, PhD, appears in the January 2009 issue of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Proto-oncogenes are genes that […]

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Just seeing someone smoke can trigger smokers to abandon their nascent efforts to kick the habit, as per new research conducted at Duke University Medical Center. Brain scans taken during normal smoking activity and 24 hours after quitting show there is a marked increase in a particular kind of brain activity when […]

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In a six-month comparison of low-carb diets, one that encourages eating carbohydrates with the lowest-possible rating on the glycemic index leads to greater improvement in blood sugar control, as per Duke University Medical Center researchers. Patients who followed the no-glycemic diet experienced more frequent reductions, and in some cases elimination, of their […]