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Source: FDA (U.S. Food & Drug Administration) Consumer Updates Have I been living under a rock? (Rhetorical). Apparently the smoking experience has been brought into the electronic age with battery operated cigarette look-a-likes. Now with real glowing tip. The draw (if you’ll pardon the pun) is a smokeless product which somehow manages to avoid the whole [...] Source: FDA (U.S. Food & Drug Administration) Website. http://www.fda.gov/ Because there’s always time for a quickie. (Stop snickering). The FDA is investigating the diabetes drug Lantus (insulin glargine) for a potential associated risk of cancer. No less than 4 observational studies recently published in the journal Diabetologia suggest such a risk. It should be noted that even [...] Source: US CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention); The Beeb Okay, with all of the irresponsible reporting and mass hysteria over H5N1 (Bird Flu) and H1N1 (Swine Flu) and the likely emergence of H7N7 and H3N8 (Equine Flu), (Okay, I may be teasing about that last one, but it’s real. Look it up), one naturally [...] Source: BBC News Because it’s Friday and we all need a lift. The H1N1 virus (that’s the swine flu) has infected Turkey’s in Chile. The UN (that’s the United Nations) warns that birds elsewhere may also become infected. Yes, birds (of H5N1 virus or bird flu fame) contracting the swine flu (of pig fame). There have [...] Source: BBC Health; Cancer Research Journal; Cancer Research UK A recent US study of more than 1,000 women at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center suggests that Tamoxifen, a common drug used to treat breast cancer, increases the risk of developing aggressive secondary tumors by 4x. Dr. Alison Ross of Cancer Research UK, advises that the benefits [...] Source: British Medical Journal; Cancer Research UK Companion studies to that previously mentioned here in this blog http://www.medicalmalpracticelawyerblogphiladelphia.com/?p=21 support the notion that Ovarian Cancer is problematic for clinicians and patients alike. The British Medical Journal Study (Bristol) reviewed charts of over 200 women diagnosed with cancer finding that symptoms associated with Ovarian Cancer were reported by [...] Source: BBC Health; Cancer Research UK Might want to re-think that candlelit aromatherapy bath to de-stress. That is if you don’t want to increase your risk of lung cancer. Huh? No, really. South Carolina State University Researchers performed serial analysis of paraffin wax candle fumes in laboratory testing. Their conclusion? Paraffin wax candles cause exposure to harmful [...] Source: BBC Health; Cancer Research UK Cancer, in general, has increased in prevalence due primarily to people living longer and advances in medical detection of cancer. Liver Cancer, however, is apparently among the most frequent primary cancer sites. Why? Good question. As a population, we are fat (putting greater demand on the liver) and we drink [...] Source: BBC Health Just in time for the end of the beach season, a recent British College of Optometrists poll reveals that nearly 1/3 of parents in Britain do not purchase sunglasses for their children. Of the 2/3 who do, they appear more concerned with cost than actual eye protection. Children and adults with light colored [...] Source: BBC Health and Sleep journal Lack of sleep is worse for women according to a University College London and University of Warwick Study. Sleeping less than 8 hours is associated with increased inflammatory markers for heart disease and an increased risk of dying from heart disease at less than 5 hours per night. The study of more [...] |
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