Another substance for expectant mothers to be wary of may well be the common painkillers known as NSAIDS non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. A new Canadian study has found that 7.5 percent of more than 4,700 women who miscarried had taken an NSAID at some time during the pregnancy. This was compared with the less than 3 percent of the women who had taken NSAIDS without suffering a miscarriage.
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Dr. Oz is urging fans across the country to publicly dump soaps and toothpastes containing it; the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has filed a lawsuit to hasten FDA regulation of it; Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) has proposed to ban it; but there remains no scientific evidence that the antibacterial chemical triclosan is harmful to humans.
Fewer women had mammograms done in 2005, and a recent study published in the journal Cancer suggests that the decline is linked to a decreased use of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms. In order to investigate the drop in mammograms, researchers from the National Cancer Institute looked at data from more than 7,000 women who were interviewed in 2005.
Traditionally, doctors have been advising patients with heartburn to avoid eating a meal within three or four hours of bedtime but is this just a medical old wives tale, or is the recommendation founded on real scientific evidence?
A commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine expresses concerns about the advisability of employing weight-loss surgery for teenagers who are severely obese. While this type of surgery has become increasingly common among adults, it is less clear whether weight-loss surgery, also known as bariatric surgery, should be employed for adolescents.
Harm reduction has been an effective tool in relieving the plight of drug addicts who are at an increased risk of contracting severe infections especially hepatitis and HIV, but also drug-resistant bacteria such as MRSA as a result of using contaminated shared needles.
Six percent of adults were told by a health professional last year that they have coronary heart disease (CHD), according to the results of a national survey conducted by the CDC. Published in the journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, these data constitute a significant decrease compared to 2006, when 6.7 percent of adults were diagnosed with the disease.
In her latest opinion article for Food Safety News, lawyer Michele Simon sets out to condemn the food industry s influence on the annual conference of the American Dietetic Association.
The clean nicotine delivery device known as the electronic cigarette has fared well in its first clinical trial. According to a new study that Italian researchers published in the journal BMC Public Health, the device may be more effective than traditional nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) as a means to help people quit smoking.
Last time we checked on the status of the genetically-engineered salmon developed by AquaBounty Technologies, a number of Congressmen and Senators were clamoring to prohibit the FDA from approving the fish. Now, the FDA has submitted its support of the salmon s commercial production, leaving only the final step of approval from the White House s Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
We ve reported on bad studies. We ve reported on scare tactics. But a new screed from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) manages to combine both of these in one wildly unfounded toxic seafood threat.
Unfortunately, not all the news is good news: A recently proposed measure in the Russian Federation, much to our (and all others devoted to reducing the toll of smoking) chagrin, aims to ban the manufacture, sale, and importation of smokeless tobacco products.
As we reported in yesterday's Dispatch, TV's Dr. Oz has been under fire for his season-opening publicity stunt, in which he claimed that the arsenic levels found in apple juice may be cause for concern. Almost immediately, however, the FDA came out against Dr.
In a letter to the FDA on modified risk tobacco products (MRTP), a coalition of public health non-profits, including the American Cancer Society, The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, and the American Heart Association, cites the tobacco industry s long history of misleading the public. As is now common knowledge, the industry hid the dangers of cigarette smoking, manipulated their products to enhance addictiveness, and marketed to young people. Now, these non-profits have used this history as a springboard to urge the FDA to establish stringent standards for the marketing of MRTP.
In an article in today s New York Times Science Times, Dr. Lawrence K. Altman reminds readers that, to this day, smallpox is still the only disease to have been eradicated from the planet. This, however, was no small feat, and required international cooperation among an array of public health organizations.
We incorrectly referred to Dr. Mehmet Oz as a former physician in yesterday s Dispatch. While we continue to disparage his irresponsible and misleading assault on apple juice, we do apologize for our mischaracterization. To the best of our knowledge, Dr. Oz continues to be a licensed physician.
Emergency room doctors need to prescribe preventive medication for kids on Medicaid who show up with an asthma attack, concludes a new study in the Journal of Pediatrics.
At last week s American Dietetic Association conference, two prominent professors of nutrition debated the link between consumption of sugary beverages and the rising obesity rate. The question is a contentious one, not least because it is sugar that policymakers and health experts most frequently target in efforts to combat the obesity epidemic. However, as the heated discussion between Dr. Theresa Nicklas and Dr.
What will be the upshot if the federal government sets up its own drug development and commercialization program? Most likely, incompetence and political lobbying instead of industry expertise and commercial viability, says former FDA deputy commissioner Scott Gottlieb in an op-ed for the National Review Online.
A study just published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has found that American consumption of added sugars dipped from 2000 to 2008. We wonder how that information can be correlated with the conventional mantra that added sugar, especially in soda, is the main cause of rampant obesity in America.
Upon initially reading the results of new research that found that nearly 30 percent of U.S. male smokers between the ages of 18 and 24 who were living in snus test market areas had tried the product, Dr. Ross thought the study was going to finally reveal the truth about snus and other smokeless tobacco products that they can help smokers get off deadly cigarettes. Unfortunately, however, Dr.
New guidelines for follow-up to mild strokes may be needed, according to data presented by researchers at the Canadian Stroke Congress in Ottawa.
It was just ten years ago when in the face of the AIDS pandemic, wealthier nations and big pharma agreed to give up patent rights and profits in order to provide developing nations with vital treatments. Generally, patents provide inventors with 20 years of exclusive sales, however, according to international law, countries may force companies to share those rights with competitors if it means protecting public health. Historically, however, the U.S.
Produced in the liver, human serum albumin (HSA) is a plasma protein used to help transport various hormones, steroids, and fatty acids in the bloodstream. For some people, however, HSA is needed on an emergency basis to replenish blood volume following trauma. The combination of albumin and liquid restores blood pressure better than saline alone when there is inadequate blood for transfusion available. The same applies for treatment of extensive burns.
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