A new study on the potential causes and prevention of autism has been released, and this one may result in a rush to the vitamin store.
The number of young adults with high blood pressure appears to be on the rise. Nineteen percent of 14,000 men and women between the ages of 24 and 32 had a blood pressure reading of 140/90 millimeters of mercury or higher when it was measured at their home as part of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (known as Add Health).
Measles cases in the U.S. this year are at their highest since 1996, the CDC reports. In only the first four months of 2011, 118 cases have already been reported, 89 percent of which can be attributed to importation of the disease — and, significantly, 105 of those cases occurred in unvaccinated people. Travelers returning from Europe and Southeast Asia make up the bulk of the diagnoses. Although the disease has been considered eliminated in the U.S.
Tennessee Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey released a statement last week proposing that his state approve funding smoking cessation drugs and counseling under their Medicaid program, TennCare. Mr.
As spring turns to summer, ACSH anticipates better beach weather, plenty of summer movie sequels, and a new seasonal scare from the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Well, the EWG has yet to disappoint us, and this time, they’re warning us about sunscreens that may contain phototoxic and “dangerous endocrine disrupting” chemicals such as retinyl palmitate and oxybenzone, respectively.
Allergan Inc., maker of the weight loss device Lap-Band, is seeking FDA approval to extend the use of the device to obese teenagers. The Lap-Band is a silicon ring fitted around the stomach to reduce food intake. Clinical trials on teens have already been initiated, and the company believes that because an estimated one-in-three U.S. adolescents is obese or overweight, the procedure should be available to them.
The CDC and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) have a number of upcoming meetings scheduled to discuss whether to endorse a new meningitis vaccine for infants. Though nothing on the CDC website mentions the cost of the vaccine as part of the agency’s deliberations, one of the groups invited to the meetings, The Keystone Center, received a letter which effectively says just that.
Just as it's not advisable to purchase your prescription medications online, it's probably not a good idea to find your drug highs there either. Published in the journal Drug Testing and Analysis, Dr.
SimplyThick, a product used to thicken breast milk and formula, should not be used to feed premature babies, the FDA warned yesterday. According to the agency, the additive may cause life-threatening damage to children’s intestines. Since May 13, 15 cases of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), with symptoms of abdominal bloating, greenish-tinged vomit and bloody bowel movements, have been reported in addition to two deaths.
According to an organization called the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF), Dr Soda Co., a refreshment services provider in California, is in violation of the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, otherwise known as Proposition 65.
