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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: MedicineNet <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:41 AM Subject: Health News for the Week of: Monday, October 19, 2009 ================================================================== Weekly Health News Week of: Monday, October 19, 2009 >From MedicineNet We Bring Doctors' Knowledge To You http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0c4w0Ey ------------------------------------------------------------------ Friday, October 23, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Disgusting Reasons to Wash Your Hands If you want to get a man to wash his hands, you might want to make your message downright disgusting ... http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriG0EQ Asthma Patients Often Skip Their Medication http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriI0ES Diagnosing ADHD: Teacher Input Overlooked? http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriH0ER Diabetes Drug May Boost Weight Loss in Obese Patients http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Bria0Eq Constant Light Linked to Symptoms of Depression http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriZ0Ej Cocoa in Chocolate May Be Good for the Heart http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriY0Ei Health Tip: Warning Signs of Scoliosis http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriX0Eh Health Tip: What's Causing Urinary Incontinence? http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriW0Eg Scientists Discover Gene Key to Human Speech http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriV0Ef Psychiatric Meds for Infants Linked to Later Behavior Problems http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriU0Ee Production Problems Plague Delivery of Swine Flu Vaccine http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriT0Ed Long-Acting Insulin Works Best for Many Diabetics http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriS0Ec Dying Wishes Followed More Often for Whites http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriR0Eb Guidelines Urge Use of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriQ0Ea Health Highlights: Oct. 22, 2009 http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriP0EZ Red-Grape Compound May Improve Diabetes http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriO0EY Some Parts of Human Genome Get Lost http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriN0EX Rotavirus Vaccine Cutting Infection Rates Among Kids http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriM0EW Money Woes Keeping Many Couples From Fertility Treatments http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriL0EV Drug Use in Teens May Damage Memory Years Later http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriK0EU Assessing Embryo Metabolism May Aid IVF Success http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BriJ0ET ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thursday, October 22, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Study: No Benefit to Costly Arthritis Drugs For many people with rheumatoid arthritis, the traditional, and much cheaper, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) appear to work just as well as newer TNF blockers that target the underlying disease process, a large study shows ... http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdc0En Drugs May Save Memory of the Sleep-Deprived http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdg0Er Obese Women Retain More Pregnancy Weight http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdf0Eq CDC: Partial OK of Gardasil for Boys http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brde0Ep Study Finds Less Toxic Treatment for Myeloma http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdy0EB CT Scans Surpass X-Rays for Swine Flu: Study http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdx0EA Swine Flu Parties? Send Your Regrets, Experts Say http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdw0E8 Health Tip: Soothe the Pain of Breastfeeding http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdv0E7 Health Tip: Signs of an Asthma Attack in Your Child http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdu0E6 Less Sensitivity to Hormone May Play Role in Autism http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdt0E5 Sex of Twins May Affect Outcomes http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brds0E4 Gene Behind Gaucher Disease a Player in Parkinson's http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdr0E3 Intensive Dialysis Doesn't Save Lives of the Sickest http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdq0E2 American Cancer Society Stands By Cancer Screening Guidelines http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdp0E1 CDC Panel Says No to Routine Use of Gardasil for Boys http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdo0Ez Alternative Treatments May Boost IVF Success http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdn0Ey Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdm0Ex Sex With a Partner Makes Evolutionary Sense: Study http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdl0Ew Radiation Treatments Made Safer for Cancer Patients http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdk0Ev Worldwide Vaccine Availability Reaches All-Time High: Report http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdj0Eu Blood Protein May Predict Heart Attack But Not Stroke http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdi0Et Health Highlights: Oct. 21, 2009 http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brdh0Es ------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, October 21, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------ H1N1 Swine Flu Deadly to the Young H1N1 swine flu has turned flu death statistics upside down, the CDC today confirmed ... http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brar0Ez 2/3 of Heart Failure Patients Don't Get Major Drug http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brau0E3 Omega-3s No Help for Depression? http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brat0E2 Hip Fracture, Cardiovascular Disease Linked http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Bras0E1 Prolonged Use of Pacifier Linked to Speech Problems http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrbD0EG Brain Protein Tied to Retardation http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrbC0EF With Microdermabrasion, Rough Seems to Work Better http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrbB0EE Health Tip: You Need Vitamin B-12 http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrbA0ED Health Tip: Signs You May Have Sinusitis http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Bra80E2 Stroke Treatment Window May Allow a Bit More Time http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Bra70E1 New IVF Guidelines Aim to Reduce Multiple Births http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Bra60Ez Cancer Drug May Help Scleroderma http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Bra50Ey Study Forecasts More Young Doctors in Future http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Bra40Ex Glucosamine Fails Osteoarthritis Test http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Bra30Ew Seasonal Flu Vaccine Approved for Children http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Bra20Ev School Meals Need to Get Healthier: Report http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Bra10Eu Full Results of AIDS Vaccine Trial Confirm Modest Benefit http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Braz0E8 The Brain Comes Alive With the Sounds of Music http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Bray0E7 Babies Injured in Car Seats Used Outside of Cars http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brax0E6 Votrient Approved for Advanced Kidney Cancer http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Braw0E5 Health Highlights: Oct. 20, 2009 http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0Brav0E4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday, October 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Mercury Levels Same in Autistic, Other Children Blood levels of mercury are similar in children with autism, those with other developmental problems, and those who are developing typically, according to a new study ... http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYb0Eb Medications for RA Linked to Skin Cancer http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYe0Ee New Test Checks for Prostate Cancer Return http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYd0Ed Fighting Gout With Skim Milk and Water http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYc0Ec Leg Clots May Not Travel to Lungs http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYu0Eu Existing Drug May Lead to ALS Treatment http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYt0Et Health Tip: Detecting Head Lice http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYs0Es Health Tip: Preparing for a Mammogram http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYr0Er Clues to Hypertension in Kids May Be Seen in Bones http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYq0Eq Childhood ADHD Linked to Criminal Behavior in Adults http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYp0Ep Timing of Oxygen After a Stroke May Matter http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYo0Eo Gardasil Approved to Prevent Genital Warts in Males http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYn0En U.S. Relaxes Opposition to Medical Marijuana http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYm0Em Minnesota Pig Infected With H1N1 Flu http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYl0El Hospital Workers May Trigger Dangerous Outbreaks http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYk0Ek More Doctors Need to Learn to Spot Skin Cancers http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYj0Ej Micardis Given Wider Approval http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYi0Ei Health Highlights: Oct. 19, 2009 http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYf0Ef Web Surf to Save Your Aging Brain http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYh0Eh Some People Vulnerable to Persistent Post-Op Pain http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrYg0Eg ------------------------------------------------------------------ Monday, October 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Child H1N1 Swine Flu Deaths Accelerate Eleven children died of H1N1 swine flu last week, raising the October child/teen death toll to 43 -- more pediatric deaths in one month than seen in a bad September-to-May flu season ... http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrUs0Eo Osteoporosis Help From 'Vegetable Lamb' Plant? http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrUv0Er FDA Panel: New MS Drug Helps Walking http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrUu0Eq 2 ALS Cases May Be Linked to Gardasil Vaccine http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrUt0Ep Easy Way to Prevent Post-Op Nausea? http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrVF0E5 Scientists Find New Key to Lupus http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrVE0E4 Drugs for Inflammatory Bowel Might Increase Cancer Risk http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrVD0E3 Hangovers May Be Tougher for Migraine Sufferers http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrVC0E2 Household Insecticides May Be Linked to Autoimmune Diseases http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrVB0E1 Health Tip: Putting Baby to Bed http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrVA0Ez Health Tip: The Importance of Folic Acid http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrU80Ep Take the Sting Out of Your Child's Flu Shots http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrU70Eo Drinking Your Way to Health? Perhaps Not http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrU60En Video Games Can Play Havoc With Kids' Joints http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrU50Em Posttraumatic Stress May Raise Death Risks http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrU40El Obesity May Affect Fertility in Young Women http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrU30Ek Race, Insurance May Affect Testing of Kids in ER http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrU20Ej Strides Made in Tonsil Cancer Repair http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrU10Ei Transplant May Treat Metabolic Disorders in Womb http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrUz0Ev New FDA Study Seeks Feedback on Lasik Surgery http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrUy0Eu Breast Cancer Gene Tied to Diagnosis at Younger Age http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrUx0Et Cervarix Approved to Help Prevent Cervical Cancer http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0BrUw0Es ------------------------------------------------------------------ NEWSLETTER MANAGEMENT CENTER ------------------------------------------------------------------ You are subscribed as [email protected] See all your MedicineNet newsletter selections and subscribe to more newsletters including the Daily Health Newsletter, General Health Newsletter, and Health News Alerts. http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0qNi0EQ&[email protected]&DMAILVAR_UNSUB=0amb72aadmn3atxkmiffolukkak4a To unsubscribe from this MedicineNet Weekly Health Newsletter, send a blank email to: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------ Privacy http://newsletters.medicinenet.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/eBBpK0MuLmp0GuQ0o1j0Eu MedicineNet offers free RSS feeds. 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