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Wyeth Paid for Favorable Drug Reports, Senator Says (12/11/08) -- Wyeth paid a company to ghostwrite medical journal articles about its hormone therapy products and seek academic scientists to sign them as authors, a U.S. senator said.
Documents from lawsuits suggest the drugmaker hired DesignWrite Inc. of Princeton, New Jersey, to draft manuscripts related to the Wyeth products and breast cancer risks, according to letters released today from Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa to the companies. Wyeth makes the hormone replacement drugs Prempro and Premarin.
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Mould Toxins More Prevalent And Hazardous Than Thought (12/9/08) -- Mould toxins in buildings damaged by moisture are considerably more prevalent than was previously thought, according to new international research. Erica Bloom from the Division of Medical Microbiology at Lund University in Sweden has contributed to research in this field by analyzing dust and materials samples from buildings damaged by mould. Virtually all of the samples contained toxins from mould.
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Secondhand Smoke Raises Odds Of Fertility Problems In Women (12/6/08) -- If you need another reason to quit smoking, consider that it may diminish your chances of being a parent or grandparent. Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found that women exposed to second hand smoke, either as adults or children, were significantly more likely to face fertility problems and suffer miscarriages.
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New asthma drugs raise concern (12/6/08) -- The FDA is concerned about asthma drugs known as LABAs, which already carry warnings. The long-acting medications relax tight muscles around stressed airways and free patients from the need to take a puff from their inhalers every few hours.
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Vitamin K Slows Insulin Resistance in Older Men (12/5/08) -- Vitamin K slows the development of insulin resistance in older men, but not women, a new study found.
Insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes, occurs when the body cannot use insulin properly. As a result, glucose builds up in the blood. Overweight and obese people are prone to insulin resistance, because excess fat can interfere with insulin function.
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Poor Mental Health May Boost Asthma Risk (12/5/08) -- A new study suggests a link between your mental health and your respiratory health -- specifically asthma.
People who rated their mental health as poor were more likely to have asthma than those who described their mental health as good, Brown University researchers report.
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Junk food link to Alzheimer's (12/5/08) -- Eating fast food could contribute to the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to a new Swedish study that offers possible clues to preventing it.
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Vitamin E may lessen chronic inflammation (12/4/08) -- Chronic muscle inflammation may be lessened by taking vitamin E, a U.S. researcher suggests.
Kimberly Huey of the University of Illinois in Champaign says vitamin E may be linked to a reduction in cytokines -- proteins that spur the immune response.
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US troops launch Iraq toxins case (12/4/08) -- Sixteen American soldiers who served in Iraq are suing the defence contractor KBR, accusing it of knowingly exposing them to a cancer-causing chemical.
The soldiers say they were exposed to the chemical while working at a water pumping plant in southern Iraq.
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Whales and dolphins increasingly threatened by noise pollution, scientists say (12/4/08) -- They cite noise pollution caused by increased commercial shipping, seismic surveys and military sonar -- which the U.S. Navy will soon use during training off Southern California, just in time for the gray whale migration -- as major threats to the survival of many species of marine mammals.
All these sounds and painful pings make it increasingly difficult for whales and other mammals to communicate with song. They also lead to mammal strandings.
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Report: Toxins Found In One-Third Of Toys Tested (12/3/08) -- One in three toys tested by a Michigan nonprofit group contained medium or high levels of toxic chemicals, according to a report released Wednesday. And U.S.-made children's toys didn't necessarily contain fewer toxins than their imported counterparts.
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Gulf War illness is real, report finds (11/17/08) -- A report released on Monday concluded that Gulf War syndrome is a legitimate illness suffered by more than 175,000 U.S. war veterans who were exposed to chemical toxins in the 1991 Gulf War.
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Can Exercise Prevent Severe Stroke? (10/20/08) -- The benefits of keeping active may be growing. A new international study looks at whether exercise reduces the severity of strokes.
Researchers discovered that people who exercised the most prior to their stroke were 2 1/2 times more likely to have a milder stroke when compared to those who exercised the least. And participants who put in the most active hours were also twice as likely to experience a better long-term outcome.
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Fructose -- Found In High-fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar -- Sets Table For Weight Gain Without Warning (10/19/08) -- Eating too much fructose can induce leptin resistance, a condition that can easily lead to becoming overweight when combined with a high-fat, high-calorie diet, according to a new study with rats.
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Winter hardship in Afghanistan (10/18/08) -- A harsh winter is in store for the people of Afghanistan where many are affected by poverty and drought, reports Damian Grammaticas from the Saighan Valley.
Up here Afghans rely on the winter snows to recharge the ground water. But for six of the past seven years there has not been enough snow. This year was the worst of all.
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Flu Vaccine Not Associated With Reduced Hospitalizations Or Outpatient Visits Among Young Children (10/17/08) -- Use of the influenza vaccine was not associated with preventing hospitalizations or reducing physician visits for the flu in children age 5 and younger during two recent seasons, perhaps because the strains of virus in the vaccine did not match circulating strains, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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Breast Cancer Epidemic Looms in China (10/17/08) -- Meat intake has risen dramatically in Asia in recent years, and dairy products are now heavily promoted. Traditional rice, soy, and other products have become less fashionable. At the same time, many women are delaying childbirth. These factors appear to contribute to the increasing cancer risk in Asia.
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Vitamin D A Key Player In Overall Health Of Several Body Organs, Says Biochemist (10/13/08) -- Essential for life in higher animals, vitamin D, once linked to only bone diseases such as rickets and osteoporosis, is now recognized as a major player in contributing to overall human health, emphasizes UC Riverside's Anthony Norman, an international expert on vitamin D.
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Antioxidants Could Help Huntington's Disease Sufferers (10/11/08) -- Therapeutic strategies to strengthen antioxidant defences could help to prevent the progression of Huntington's Disease. This is the suggestion from the results of the first ever trial on human samples carried out by researchers at the University of Lleida. The results have been published in the latest issue of Free Radical Biology & Medicine magazine.
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Honey 'can help heal burns' (10/9/08) -- Honey can help to heal burn wounds, according to an authoritative new review of scientific studies.
Centuries after it was first thought beneficial, scientists have concluded that it can reduce the healing time for mild to moderate burns.
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