A Cochrane review concluded that immunizing nursing-home workers did nothing to cut laboratory-confirmed influenza among elderly residents, and called for research into lower-tech measures such as better hand washing. Dr. Mercola uses it to question flu vaccination generally.
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FDA Okays Crestor for Healthy People: What You Need to Know
The FDA approved Crestor to prevent heart attack and stroke in healthy people with risk markers such as high C-reactive protein. The writer notes the trial's 55 percent relative reduction works out to about 2 cases avoided per 1,000, while diabetes risk rose 8 percent.
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Dynasty actor John Forsythe dies of pneumonia
John Forsythe, the Dynasty star and the voice of Charlie in Charlie's Angels, died of complications from pneumonia at 92. He had quadruple bypass surgery in 1979 and was treated for colon cancer in 2006. The piece credits his 51-year marriage among reasons for his long life.
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State-Specific Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccination Coverage
CDC combined two surveys to estimate state-level 2009 H1N1 vaccination coverage through the end of January 2010. Among people aged 6 months and older, coverage ranged from 12.9% to 38.8% by state, with a median of 23.9%.
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Despite Recent Arguments, Breast Cancer Screening Saves Lives
Two studies by Stephen Duffy in the Journal of Medical Screening estimate that for every 28 breast cancers diagnosed through screening, two to 2.5 lives are saved and one case is over-diagnosed. A mammogram delivers about 0.7 mSv, roughly three months of background radiation.
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Experts Say U.S. Doctors Overtesting, Overtreating
Mercola gathers reports that Americans are overtested and overtreated: a New England Journal of Medicine study on unneeded angiograms, NIH specialists on repeat cesareans, and groups questioning routine PSA tests, mammograms for women in their 40s and frequent Pap tests.
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Central Figure in Vaccine Cover-Up Absconds With $2 Million
Dr. Poul Thorsen, a Danish researcher behind studies the CDC cites to dispute a vaccine-autism link, disappeared after officials uncovered fraud involving millions in stolen taxpayer money. Critics say one of his studies failed to disclose that new reporting mandates inflated autism counts.
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MasXtreme Capsules (Natural Wellness) - product contains undeclared drug ingredien
FDA and Natural Wellness warned that MasXtreme capsules, sold as a dietary supplement, contain undeclared aildenafil and phentolamine. The sildenafil-like compound can interact with nitrates and drop blood pressure dangerously, so buyers should stop using the product.
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MMR Vaccine: The Best Protection against Mumps
Mumps has not vanished from the U.S.: a few hundred cases are reported each year, a 2006 Midwest outbreak hit more than 6,000 people, and a Northeast outbreak had infected over 2,500 by late February 2010. Public health experts credit two-dose coverage with limiting both.
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Understand mammogram screening
Brodersen and colleagues argue women should hear mammography's benefits and harms in absolute numbers: screening 2,000 women for 10 years prolongs one life, while 10 are overdiagnosed and treated needlessly and more than 200 endure months of distress from false positives.
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Breast Cancer News: Mammogram Screening Doesn't Cut Mortality Risk
A BMJ study compared Danish areas that introduced mammography screening with those that did not, over the decade before and after. Among women aged 55 to 74, breast cancer mortality fell 1 percent a year in the screened areas against 2 percent in the unscreened ones.
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Breast Cancer News: Mammogram Screening Doesn’t Reduce Mortality Risk
A BMJ study comparing Danish regions before and after screening began found breast cancer mortality among women aged 55 to 74 fell 1 percent a year in screened areas versus 2 percent in unscreened ones, suggesting mammography did not cut deaths.
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The Vaccines That Worry Parents Most
In a University of Michigan survey of more than 1,500 parents, about 12 percent said they had refused a vaccine their doctor recommended, most often HPV, meningococcal, MMR or chickenpox. Most cited something they had read or heard, or feared side effects.
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Switzerland Suspends Use of Glaxo's Rotarix Vaccine
Switzerland asked doctors to suspend GlaxoSmithKline's Rotarix vaccine after DNA from porcine circovirus type 1 was found in it. The FDA said no illness is known to be linked to the pig virus; Merck's rival RotaTeq does not contain it.
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How does tuberculosis spread?
Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and spreads through the air when a person with TB of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes or talks. People with latent infection feel well and cannot infect others, but may develop active disease if left untreated.
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RNAi Therapy Proves Promising
Caltech chemical engineers reported in Nature on nanoparticles that carry RNA interference into tumors to shut down disease-linked proteins. In a phase 1 trial in melanoma patients, testing of three subjects confirmed the particles had reached the tumors.
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FDA Issues Warning Re Rotovirus Vaccine
The FDA asked clinicians and patients to stop using GlaxoSmithKline's Rotarix after an academic team found the vaccine carried DNA from porcine circovirus type 1. The CDC urged suspending its use pending review; Merck's RotaTeq does not contain the DNA.
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2010 Alzheimer's Facts
A summary of the Alzheimer's Association's 2010 Facts and Figures report: 5.3 million Americans have the disease, one more develops it every 70 seconds, deaths rose 46.1 percent from 2000 to 2006, and 11 million unpaid caregivers gave 12.5 billion hours of care in 2009.
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