High school students who text heavily and spend hours on social networking sites are more likely to develop unhealthy lifestyles and risky behaviors, a study by Case Western Reserve University said in a conference last week. Texting was associated by researchers to unprotected sex, smoking, alcohol abuse, eating disorders, depression and other psychiatric problems. Teens […]
Fish oil in the form of omega-3 supplements is not effective in preventing or limiting cases of an abnormal heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation, American researchers say. Atrial fibrillation causes the heart to pump blood inefficiently and predisposes to blood clots that can cause stroke or death. It was hoped that omega-3, long been established […]
Four Loko, the caffeinated alcoholic beverage that was banned by four states, would not be shipped in New York stores anymore by November 19. The decision was made by the energy drink manufacturer Phusion Projects, based in Chicago, in coordination with New York’s State Liquor Authority and Governor David Paterson. The deal also involved state-wide […]
About 59 million Americans did not have health insurance this year, four million more compared to 2008, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a news conference today. “Both adults and kids lost private coverage over the past decade,” CDC director Dr. Thomas Frieden said. The latest data impacts the health […]
Pfizer Inc. and Genentech Inc. announced this weekend that their respective drugs have produced satisfactory results to treat symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. The companies said that treatment objectives were met by the promising drug in the clinical trials conducted. Tasocitinib, otherwise known as CP-690 550, relieved signs and symptoms of moderate and severe cases of […]
Vitamin E supplements, thought to prevent strokes, may actually increase the risk for brain attacks, according to a new study published today in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal. Harvard researchers said that vitamin E upped the risk of a particularly lethal kind of stroke by as much as 22 percent. The vitamin, […]
The Board of Supervisors of the city of San Francisco on Tuesday passed a city ordinance prohibiting restaurants to give away free toys with unhealthy meals such as the famous McDonald’s Happy Meals. The board voted 8 to 3 in favor of the new law which will take effect on December 1, 2011. The new […]
Caffeine is classified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a multipurpose generally recognized safe substance, but it proved fatal for a British teen. An inquest last week ruled that 23-year old Michael Bedford’s s death was accidental. He died shortly after ingesting two spoonfuls of caffeine powder which was estimated to be as […]
Electronic cigarette distributor Smoking Everywhere has signed a settlement with the state of California to limit its marketing efforts aimed at minors and claims that their products are healthier tobacco alternatives, according to announcement made on Friday by State Attorney General Jerry Brown. The deal follows a statement made by the U.S. Food and Drug […]
Pfizer, Inc. announced that it is recalling 38,000 more bottles of its best-selling cholesterol drug Lipitor after getting two more reports from customers of a foul-smelling odor in some bottles. This is the third recall in three months for Lipitor bottles, upping the total of recalled bottles to 369,000. It is suspected that the unusual […]
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