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6/26/2006 11:55:00 AM | Link Added to Pesticide-Parkinson's Chain 
=(0) Research shows that pesticide exposure significantly raises the risk of developing Parkinson's Disease. Studies out of Harvard and the Mayo Clinic both come to this conclusion, with the risk being highest for those exposed to pesticides in the course of their work, such as farmers and ranchers. Further, autopsy studies show that common p...
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6/26/2006 10:07:00 AM | No compensation for wife mesothelioma victims as asbestos ... =(0) Courts in Britain are ruling that a company's asbestos liability does not extend to family members of employees. Cases decided this way have set a precedent, with many others declining to follow through because costs of litigation are too high. Many wives and family members of men who worked with asbestos in the 1950s and 1960s became ill...
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6/26/2006 8:51:00 AM | PBA To Start Its Own WTC Medical Registry To Track 9/11 Illnesses =(0) The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, a police union in New York, has begun its own online registry in order to keep a record of illnesses that develop in its members who were exposed to Ground Zero after the attacks of 9/11. Diseases such as cancer, kidney failure, and heart attacks may be entered by the membership. Meetings are also being ...
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6/26/2006 3:00:00 AM | PEOPLES PHARMACY Asthma Drugs Carry Risk =(0) A new study suggests that popular drugs used to treat asthma may be causing many deaths attributed to the disease. The drugs are salmeterol, found in Advair and Serevent inhalers, and formoterol (Foradil). Researchers advise that an effort should be made to avoid these, and to concentrate therapy on inhaled corticosteroids and other inflammati...
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6/25/2006 8:15:00 PM | Asbestos society warns against Wittenoom visits =(0) A town in Australia is being shut down by the government because of asbestos contamination. Residents of the town, in northwest Australia, are said to be endangering the public by trying to lure tourists there. According to the Asbestos Diseases Society in Australia, there is still a dangerous situation there, as people who went to work o...
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6/22/2006 6:24:00 AM | Sudden cardiac arrest top killer of young athletes =(0) Sudden cardiac arrest is the number one killer of young, athletic people. Often the cause is a heart defect, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This birth defect occurs in one out of 500 people but is most likely to cause problems in serious athletes, as thickened heart tissue cuts off blood flow, leading to sudden death. The National Athletic...
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6/22/2006 2:48:00 AM | WORKERS BATTLE FOR 9/11 SUIT =(0) The City of New York is trying to get a judge to dismiss a class-action lawsuit against it by Ground Zero rescue and recovery workers. The 8000 workers claim the city did not protect them from the health consequences of inhaling toxic air after the 9/11 attacks. Since then nearly 300 workers have contracted cancer and 33 have died. Howeve...
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6/22/2006 1:27:00 AM | Older blood associated with worse outcomes after repeat heart ... =(0) Researchers at Duke University have analyzed medical data and concluded that the age of stored blood for transfusions may be an issue for people having repeat heart surgery. More study is needed, but findings so far suggest that the older the blood, the greater the risk of respiratory and kidney problems, longer recovery time and death. T...
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6/21/2006 9:12:00 PM | Legal system shake-up on hold =(0) Scotland is planning to introduce a law next fall that will change the way asbestos victims there are compensated. Currently, mesothelioma sufferers must choose between immediate compensation, or have a larger payout go to their families after their death. The new bill proposes that the maximum payout be available to the victim while he i...
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6/21/2006 6:40:00 PM | Cancer Drug Some Help for Scleroderma =(0) Cytoxan, a drug used to fight lung cancer, has been found to benefit patients with scleroderma as well. Scleroderma is an immune system disorder in which connective tissue is targeted, leading to scar tissue potentially throughout the body. One area of particular danger is the lungs. There is no cure but studies have found Cytoxan may slo...
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6/21/2006 6:14:00 PM | Mutant Gene May Help Cause Abnormal Heartbeat =(0) Doctors have found that some cases of atrial fibrillation may be due to a genetic defect. Atrial fibrillation is a fairly common type of irregular heartbeat which affects the upper heart chambers. It is not immediately deadly but does raise the risk of stroke due to blood clots. The gene, found only in heart cells, makes a certain protei...
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6/21/2006 4:11:00 PM | Baltimore's African-American Diabetes Epidemic Tackled at ... =(0) The incidence of Diabetes in the African-American population is nearly twice that of whites in the US; further, their likelihood of having a limb amputated or developing kidney disease is seven times higher than in whites. A meeting was recently held in Baltimore to try to address the problem, raise awareness of the disease and risks, and the ...
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6/21/2006 4:09:00 PM | Finding new ways to deal with high blood pressure =(0) An intriguing new approach to controlling high blood pressure is being tested in the US. It's a device, surgically implanted in the chest, that somehow tricks the brain into thinking blood pressure is higher than it actually is, which then signals body processes that operate to reduce blood pressure. The device is intended to work alone o...
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6/21/2006 3:41:00 PM | Study Shows New Non-Invasive Device Screens Diabetes Better Than ... =(0) Shining a fluorescent light on the skin may soon replace fasting blood sugar levels as a diagnostic test for diabetes. In tests, the VeraLight Scout's identification of "advanced glycation endproducts" (AGEs) in the skin was actually more accurate at identifying diabetics and pre-diabetics than the traditional blood test. AGEs affect prot...
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6/21/2006 3:03:00 PM | Heart Risk Tied To Losing Job =(0) A data analysis by Yale University researchers shows that people who were fired or laid off from their jobs after age 50 had double the risk of heart attack and stroke as those who remained at work, even when other risk factors are taken into account. Doctors are urged to consider this part of a patient's history, as are employers when plannin...
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6/21/2006 11:33:00 AM | Herb Weisbaum: Beware The 'Sugar Pill' Claims For Diabetes =(0) There is no magic pill to lower blood sugar in diabetics, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest. At least, none that you can get without a prescription. Losing weight and exercising helps but taking commonly advertised supplements does not. Research shows no convincing evidence that Chromium, Cinnamon, Coenzyme Q10, G...
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6/21/2006 9:36:00 AM | Study Shows Promising Stem Cell Treatment for Paralysis =(0) Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have used stem cells to regrow damaged nerves and have enabled partially paralyzed rats to regain movement. While application in humans is still years away, it is an encouraging step forward towards helping those paralyzed because of trauma or disease..........
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6/21/2006 8:10:00 AM | Fresh diabetes treatment on the way =(0) Metformin, a drug used to treat Type II Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes, may soon be available in chewing-gum form. A collaboration between Canadian and Danish companies is developing the product, aimed for people who have difficulty tolerating the pill form of the medication due to gastrointestinal side effects. The drug would be absorbed thro...
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6/21/2006 7:20:00 AM | Japanese state, firm blamed for hepatitis C infection =(0) The government of Japan and drugmaker Mitsubishi Pharma were both found liable for the transmission of Hepatitis C in blood transfusion products, and ordered by a court to pay nine plaintiffs $2.24 million. Only plaintiffs who received blood after August 1985 will be compensated because the risks were not known before then. Tens of thousa...
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6/21/2006 6:51:00 AM | Prime minister confirms plans to overturn Lords ruling on ... =(0) A change in the wording of the British Compensation Bill (in the form of an amendment) should improve the ability of British asbestos victims to receive proper compensation for diseases such as mesothelioma. Instead of the liability being spread among a victim's various employers, the employers are to be "jointly and severally liable" so that ...
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