FDA's holiday guidance notes foodborne illness usually passes within hours or days in healthy people but can be severe for older adults, infants, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems. Consumer educator Marjorie Davidson lays out four basic steps, starting with cleaning.
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Miscellaneous
Infant deaths trigger massive crib recall
The Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled more than 2 million Stork Craft drop-side cribs after 110 reports of the drop side detaching, 15 entrapments and 20 falls. Four entrapments suffocated infants aged 6 to 9 months. Owners should stop using them and request a free repair kit.
Drug
Breast Care Experts Come Out Against Mammogram Guidelines
Former NIH head Bernadine Healy urged women to ignore the task force recommendation that mammograms start at 50, saying it will increase breast cancer deaths. The American Cancer Society and radiologists objected too; task force members said they weighed benefits against harms.
Miscellaneous
"Take Your Medicine" Kids Brochures Embarrass British Health Service
Britain's NHS asked activist Ben Hansen to take its children's leaflets on Zyprexa, Risperdal and Strattera off his Bonkers Institute site, saying they were meant to support counselling rather than stand alone. Hansen refused and posted the NHS letter alongside them.
Miscellaneous
Daycare may double TV time for young children, study finds (PR)
Researchers observed 168 child care programs in four states and found preschoolers in home-based daycare watched 2.4 hours of television a day on average, against 0.4 hours in center-based programs. It is the first look at screen time in child care in more than 20 years.
Environment
Officials probe radiation leak
About 150 workers at the Three Mile Island plant were exposed to doses of up to 16 millirem, against an annual limit of 2,000, and operator Exelon says the public faces no health risk. Federal officials are investigating how the contamination happened.
Healthcare
Reclaiming our Choices
A Food Consumer editorial on the week's politics, from the Senate health care debate to Sarah Palin's book tour and Patrick Kennedy's communion, arguing that fear drives much of the reaction and that real health reform starts with individual lifestyle choices.
Healthcare
Cancer Risks from Mammogram Screening
Mammography relies on x-rays, a recognized carcinogen whose damage is considered cumulative, and no doctor can predict who benefits and who is harmed. John Gofman calculated that about 5 in 1,000 women aged 30 to 34 having five exams would get radiation-induced breast cancer.
Disease
Researchers Find Tamiflu Resistant Viruses in UK and US
The WHO counted 57 Tamiflu-resistant flu cases worldwide, most arising within the patients themselves. But four cases at Duke University Medical Center and five in Wales appear to have spread person to person among immune-compromised patients. The viruses still respond to Relenza.
Disease
Four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia die of H1N1 virus
Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry said four pilgrims died of H1N1 flu three days before the haj at Mecca: a 17-year-old Nigerian and three 75-year-olds from Sudan, India and Morocco. A spokesman said the cases were found too late and that most had chronic conditions.
Miscellaneous
Thanksgiving 2009: Some Basics
Thanksgiving fell on November 26 in 2009. The annual observance began in 1863 and became a federal holiday in 1941. The first celebration brought together 53 pilgrims and 90 Indians and featured duck, goose, venison, fish, lobster and clams rather than today's turkey and cranberries.
Disease
Stefanie Spielman dies from breast cancer
The wife of NFL and Ohio State player Chris Spielman was 30 and three months pregnant when she found a lump. She survived four bouts with cancer before a fifth returned in March, and died at 42 at the family's home in Upper Arlington, leaving four children.
Miscellaneous
Search dysfunction noticed on eBay site
eBay's search returned erroneous results through much of a Saturday, the Wall Street Journal reported, with the company blaming errors in back-end systems. Searches for terms such as iPod failed outright, and a spokesman promised full service by Sunday.
Drug
Pap test guidelines changed
ACOG now advises women aged 21 to 30 to be screened every two years rather than annually, replacing 2003 advice to begin three years after first intercourse or by 21. The group acknowledged that aggressive screening brings unnecessary follow-up tests, harm to the cervix, cost and anxiety.
Government
FDA MedWatch - Meridia (sibutramine): Early Communication about cardiovascular events
The FDA told clinicians it is reviewing preliminary data suggesting patients taking sibutramine, sold as Meridia for obesity, had more cardiovascular events than those on placebo. The agency drew no conclusions and restated that the drug should be avoided in patients with heart disease or stroke.
Disease
Key Flu Indicators 11-21-2009
CDC's FluView reported that during Nov. 8-14, 2009 flu activity fell across all key indicators for a third straight week but stayed very high for the season. Hospitalization rates were highest in children under 5, and 21 more flu-related pediatric deaths were reported that week.
Disease
Do You Know the Five Risk Factors for Lung Cancer BESIDES Smoking?
Dr. Mercola outlines what lung cancer is, its two main types, and its common symptoms, among them a persistent cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, recurrent pneumonia, coughing up blood and weight loss, noting these usually surface only at an advanced stage.
Drug
What is Really Interfering with Women’s Hormones?
A Mercola post summarizing an interview with Daniel Kalish, D.C., who argues hormone imbalances usually stem from the stress response rather than standing alone, followed by a pitch for the Mercola Inner Circle membership.
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