ER docs: Don’t text and walk, skate or cook (AP)
Posted by admin on Jul 30, 2008
CHICAGO - The warning came too late for Barack Obama’s adviser: Don’t walk and text at the same time.Obama aide Valerie Jarrett fell off a Chicago curb several weeks ago while her thumbs were flying without ceasing her Blackberry.
“I didn’t see the sidewalk and I twisted my ankle,” Jarrett said. “It was a nice wake-up cry for me to be a lot more concerned in the to come, because I clearly wasn’t paying attention and I should have.”
Jarrett got off easy and didn’t need medical attention.
But in an alert issued this week, the American College of necessity Physicians warns of the danger of more serious accidents involving oblivious texters.
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New Clues to How Cancer Spreads (HealthDay)
Posted by admin on Jul 30, 2008
WEDNESDAY, July 30 (HealthDay news) — New clues about how cancer spreads from one area of the body to another have been discovered by a University of North Carolina School of Medicine researcher.Cells called fibrocytes — which travel around the body and rush to the site of an injury to aid in sanative — may create "premetastatic niches" through which cancer cells can invade healthy organs, said Dr.
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FDA finds salmonella strain at second Mexican farm (AP)
Posted by admin on Jul 30, 2008
WASHINGTON - The salmonella strain linked to a nationwide outbreak has been found in watering water and a serrano pepper at a Mexican farm, treaty health officials said Wednesday.Dr. David Acheson, the Food and Drug Administration’s food safety chief, called the finding a key breakthrough in the case, as did another health official.
“We have a smoking (happy quit smoking - try stop smoking patch) gun, it appears,” said Dr.
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Baxter Alzheimer’s drug effective at 9 months: study (Reuters)
Posted by admin on Jul 30, 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Alzheimer's disease patients treated with Baxter International Inc's Gammagard for nine months maintained cognitive function and in some cases improved it, according to an interim analysis of data from a small study."If successful, it should actually transmute the long-term course of the illness, and the effects should be steadfast for a very slow proper time," Dr.
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Medivation Alzheimer’s drug helps — if used early (Reuters)
Posted by admin on Jul 30, 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A medicine for Alzheimer's disease made by Medivation Inc kept symptoms at bay for 18 months, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday, but people who got the drug after first taking a placebo fared less well, suggesting early treatment is best.The latest results, being presented at the Alzheimer's Association's international meeting in Chicago, found Dimebon was safe and continued to benefit people who took it for a year and a half.
"The most important part from my point of view is in that place were no new safety issues that emerged through longer exposing.
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Advances Made Against Alzheimer’s Disease (HealthDay)
Posted by admin on Jul 30, 2008
WEDNESDAY, July 30 (HealthDay news)– New reports on very different approaches to treating Alzheimer's disease could one day conduce to better therapies for the mind-robbing condition, experts say.A trio of studies that were expected to be presented Wednesday at the Alzheimer's Association 2008 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease in Chicago noted progress made on three different usage fronts.
The first finding involved a trial of a drug called dimebon, an antihistamine widely available in Russia, that is being tried for Alzheimer's disease even though there is no theoretical base for its use in treating this condition.
"We don't understand what the mechanism of action is," said Dr.
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Moms With Alzheimer’s May Pass on Risk to Kids (HealthDay)
Posted by admin on Jul 30, 2008
WEDNESDAY, July 30 (HealthDay word) — People whose mothers have had Alzheimer's disease may be predisposed to the mind-robbing predicament, a new study finds.The link may be a dysfunction in how the brain handles sugar — something that's with appearance of truth genetic and starts years before symptoms of Alzheimer's appear, researchers allege.
"Overall, these findings usher that their brains are not working properly to start with, and the metabolic impairment gets worse over time," explained lead researcher Lisa Mosconi, a research assistant professor of psychiatry at the Center for Brain Health at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City.
There is evidence that having a father affected with Alzheimer's disease increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease four- to tenfold, Mosconi said.
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HIV fire service man sues brigade
Posted by admin on Jul 30, 2008
A fire avail control room executor with HIV is suing Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service for disability discrimination over his condition.
Michael Ashton told an employment tribunal in Manchester he had to take particular period off work because of his condition.
Mr Ashton, who worked for the service for five years prior to diagnosis in 2006, claims management threatened to discipline him for too many absences.
The brigade denies discrimination against Mr Ashton.
Mr Ashton lodged a formal grievance against the brigade’s management because of the way he was treated, the tribunal heard.
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Singles ‘face Alzheimer’s risk’
Posted by admin on Jul 30, 2008
Being single when you reach middle age could mean else than having the house to yourself - it could increase your risk of dementia.
Swedish inquiry, presented at a US conference, found that wedlock or having a partner halved the risk of developing dementia.
Scientists believe social interaction between couples may ward off illness.
The Alzheimer’s Research Trust declared the results were worrying, given the high divorce rates in the UK.
These findings are especially worrying for the UK - a society with a high divorce rate, marriage at an all-time low, and ageing people
Rebecca Wood,
Alzheimer’s Research Trust
the study by the Karolinska Institute suggested that the problem might be even greater for some people.
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Gene hunters
Posted by admin on Jul 30, 2008
The third instalment of World News America’s series on Alzheimer’s explores the drudge of gene hunters
After decades of seeking, five Alzheimer’s disease genes have been discovered. But they are only a few pieces of a very complex puzzle.
Scientists believe that there could be a number of key genes that haven’t yet been found. The best chance of developing a antidote for Alzheimer’s is if gene hunters can track down the rest.
Dr Martin Medrano, a researcher in the Dominican Republic, is one of those leading the hunt.
For the past 10 years, he has been travelling across the country, finding families affected by Alzheimer’s.
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