Sexual Recovery Institute director Robert Weiss told CBS's Early Show that the double life reported of Tiger Woods is a clear sign of an addictive process, and that sex and drug addictions often go together. The American Psychiatric Association does not recognize the diagnosis; the WHO does.
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Drug
Osteoporosis drugs may reduce breast cancer risk, and other breast cancer news
Two studies at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium linked bisphosphonates to lower breast cancer rates: 3.3 versus 4.4 percent in Women's Health Initiative data, and 30 percent lower after five years' use among Israeli women. A third found high BMI predicted worse survival.
Miscellaneous
Did a Flu Drug Manufacturer Withhold Evidence From Drug Trials?
Doctors say Roche has withheld Tamiflu trial data, leaving scientists unable to judge the stockpiled drug. A review of what is publicly available found no evidence it prevents complications such as pneumonia in otherwise healthy people; it may shorten illness by about a day.
Miscellaneous
What's the difference between a winter storm watch and a warning?
Winter storms can bring flooding, closed roads, downed power lines and hypothermia. The piece gathers FEMA's list of winter storm terms and preparedness pages from FEMA, CDC, HHS and EPA, plus guides on frostbite, hypothermia and being trapped in a vehicle.
Miscellaneous
What's on Americans' Minds?
A USA.gov summary listing the site's most-visited pages, most-clicked links to other government sites, and top search terms for October 2009.
Miscellaneous
Why Women Hate "Smart" Restrooms
A column on motion-sensor fixtures that misfire: library toilets flushing before, during and after use, hand driers roaring at passers-by, faucets that ignore waving hands, and new medical offices whose lights switch on only once it is dark outside.
Lifestyle
How Dangerous is Outdoor Second-Hand Smoke?
A study of cotinine in nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke outdoors found levels up to 162 percent above the control group. Separate research identified bacteria of medical significance, including Acinetobacter, Klebsiella and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in every cigarette tested.
Drug
Batch of H1N1 Vaccine Pulled Due to Severe Allergic Reactions
Dr. Mercola reports that GlaxoSmithKline asked Canadian officials to hold back one 172,000-dose lot of its Arepanrix H1N1 vaccine while it investigates anaphylaxis reported in about one of 20,000 recipients, against a usual rate of one in 100,000.
Disease
Pediatric cancer survivors at risk of dying from heart disease
A BMJ study compared 14,358 five-year survivors of childhood cancer with 3,899 siblings and found survivors face higher rates of heart failure, heart attack, heart inflammation and valve abnormalities as late as 30 years after treatment, even at lower drug and radiation doses than expected.
Environment
Cell Phones and Brain Tumors -- The Spin Machine Is Alive and Well
Devra Davis argues that headlines declaring cell phones safe rest on Scandinavian brain cancer trends through 2003 that were never matched to actual phone use. Only half the population owned phones by 2000, and brain cancers can take a decade or longer to appear.
Miscellaneous
Lowering salt in your diet - FDA
About 75 percent of Americans' salt comes from processed foods and restaurant cooking, not the shaker. The FDA explains that salt raises blood pressure in many people and that the 2005 Dietary Guidelines cap sodium at 2,300 mg a day, or 1,500 mg for groups including older adults.
Miscellaneous
Tiger Woods mother-in-law released from hospital
Paramedics took Tiger Woods' mother-in-law, Holmberg, from his Orange County home to Health Central Hospital early Tuesday for stomach pain, CNN reported. She was released hours later in good condition. She is a regional governor in Sweden and the mother of Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren.
Lifestyle
Loneliness raises breast cancer risk
University of Chicago researchers kept rats in isolation and exposed them to stress: the animals produced more corticosterone and showed a 3.3-fold increase in breast cancer risk, with 135 percent more tumors and far larger ones. Author Martha McClintock wants targets for intervention identified.
Drug
Most Britons Reject Swine Flu Vaccine
A survey of more than 100 British family doctors found only about 46 percent of patients offered the H1N1 vaccine accepted it, with pregnant women the hardest to persuade. Patients cited fear of side effects and a virus milder than first feared.
Lifestyle
Men Married to Smart Women Live Longer
Swedish Institute for Social Research data on more than 1.5 million people found men live significantly longer when married to or living with a college-educated woman — her schooling mattering more than his. Dr. Mercola suggests shared habits and mental stimulation may explain it.
Lifestyle
Shunning the Family Bed. Who Benefits Most?
Mercola relays Jay Gordon's argument that babies sharing a bed with sober, nonsmoking parents on a safe surface face a near-zero chance of SIDS, and that crib makers, not parents, should have to prove separate sleep is safe.
Drug
FDA: Excess Exposure to Radiation from CT Brain Perfusion Scans
The FDA has identified at least 50 more patients exposed to up to eight times the expected radiation during CT perfusion scans, involving more than one scanner maker, with some reporting hair loss or skin redness. It asks facilities to review dosing protocols and check display panels before scans.
Miscellaneous
Phthalates Not Found in GoodGuide Tests of Zhu Zhu Pets (PR)
A press notice stating that GoodGuide's tests did not find phthalates in Zhu Zhu Pets toys, and reprinting the firm's correction of an earlier release that compared its surface-based chemical measurements against federal standards based on a soluble method.
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