2015年4月29日 星期三

2015-04-30 U.S. Health


Los Angeles Times
   
Too many chins? FDA clears a treatment for that   
Los Angeles Times
It's not life-threatening, but as many as 7 in 10 Americans say they're bedeviled by double chin, a condition for which the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a new treatment: an injectable substance called deoxycholic acid, to be marketed ...

Fat takes it on the (double) chin with FDA-approved injection   The Seattle Times
FDA approves injection for melting away double-chin fat   Sacramento Bee
KYTHERA Biopharma : FDA Okays Treatment For Fat Below Chin   RTT News
ABC News   
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Maine News
   
Binge drinking leads to increased heart attack risk   
Maine News
It has been found by researchers that people who consume large amounts of alcohol at once have more than 70% increase in their chance of having a heart attack. The research was conducted by scientists led by a team at the Harvard School of Public ...

Women Are Getting Wasted Now More Than Ever   Munchies_ Food by VICE
Chasing women from bars won't help   Zambia Daily Mail
Binge drinking causes years of brain damage   National Monitor
Vine Report   
U.S. News & World Report   
Daily News Biotech Wired   
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New York Times
   
Rubella Has Been Eliminated From the Americas, Health Officials Say   
New York Times
Rubella, a disease with terrible consequences for unborn children, has finally been eliminated from the Americas, a scientific panel set up by global health authorities announced Wednesday. The disease, also known as German measles, once infected ...

WHO: Americas the first to eliminate rubella   UPI.com
Rubella Eradicated From The Americas   Huffington Post
Amid Concerns About Vaccine Adherence, Rubella Declared Eliminated   U.S. News & World Report
Deutsche Welle   
CBC.ca   
The Verge   
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Science Recorder
   
FDA panel gives a thumb's up to Amgen's T-Vec for melanoma   
FierceBiotech
Amgen's regulatory team for talimogene laherparepvec (T-Vec) was grilled by a group of outside FDA experts who picked up on some major questions regarding the Phase III melanoma study that was used to back its new drug application. A vigorous defense ...

FDA panel recommends approval for Amgen's skin cancer immunotherapy   Reuters
FDA panel approves Amgen's immunotherapy for skin cancer   Science Recorder
FDA panel recommends approval of T-VEC for unresectable melanomas   Healio
FierceVaccines   
Forbes   
Jutia Group   
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WCTI12.com
   
After Botulism Outbreaks, CDC Issues Home Canning Tips   
Food Poisoning Bulletin
After two botulism outbreaks were reported in one month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has compiled some tips on home canning, the most common source of foodborne botulism. canned-veggies-botulism-risk In New Mexico, two ...

Ohio botulism outbreak blamed on potato salad   Daily News Biotech Wired
Source of deadly botulism outbreak in Ohio identified   CBS News
Home-canned potatoes at church potluck blamed for deadly botulism outbreak   wtvr.com
WQAD.com   
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Live Science
   
'Obesity Signature' Written in Pee   
Live Science
A person's urine could reveal whether he or she is at risk for obesity and its related harmful conditions, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed information from more than 2,000 people in the United States and United Kingdom. The subjects had samples ...

What urine reveals about obesity   Los Angeles Times
25 Genetic Factors That Could Predict Obesity Risk   Healthline
Scientists find chemical clues on obesity in urine samples   Reuters

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KTBS
   
Local doctor says teens are undervaccinated for HPV   
KTBS
SHREVEPORT, La. - A local doctor said we are undervaccinating our teens for human papillomavirus (HPV) and hopes a new study will help. The study found that getting the HPV vaccine does not necessarily increase sexual activity in teens, which has long ...

Got The HPV Vaccine? You Might Need Another Shot!   YourTango
Vax Programs for HPV, Meningitis Prove Worthwhile   MedPage Today
Benefits of HPV vaccine can be seen in high school girls, study says   Deseret News
HealthDay   
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Newsweek
   
Air pollution could make your brain age faster   
The Week Magazine
On the heels of the American Lung Association's annual State of the Air report, a pair of studies details two new — and frightening — consequences of air pollution. The first study, published this week in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, found ...

Cleaner Air for Beijing Olympics Linked to Heavier Newborns   Newsweek
Olympics study links Chinese pollution to lower birth weights   CNN International

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USA TODAY
   
Report: California drought could worsen air pollution   
USA TODAY
Drought conditions may be exacerbating air pollution throughout California, according to a report released by the American Lung Association on Wednesday. ALA experts said many Western cities, as well as Riverside County as a whole, have been recording ...

The dirty truth: Four out of every 10 Americans live with unhealthy levels of air ...   Daily Mail
California air is getting cleaner, new report says   SFGate
Solano air quality good and bad   TheReporter.Com
Daily Herald   
azcentral.com   
Mashable   
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NBCNews.com
   
Jean Nidetch, ardent promoter of Weight Watchers, dies at 91   
Washington Post
“I was a fat housewife married to an overweight bus driver raising two very overweight kids with a fat group of friends and an overweight poodle,” Jean Nidetch once confessed, describing her life before she started a support group that would become one of ...

Jean Nidetch, 91, Dies; 72 Pounds Lighter, She Helped Start Weight Watchers   New York Times
Weight Watchers Founder Jean Nidetch Dies at Age 91   NBCNews.com
UPDATE 1-Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch, 91, dies in Florida   Reuters
BBC News   
Houston Chronicle   
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