A forthcoming JAMA study of 255 adolescents taking Seroquel, Abilify, Zyprexa or Risperdal found they all gained 8 to 15 percent of their body weight in under 12 weeks, with Zyprexa the worst. Doctors also prescribe the drugs off-label for ADHD and anxiety.
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Miscellaneous
The New "Twilight Zone" -- Obama Declares Swine Flu Emergency
President Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, letting HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius bypass federal rules to speed response. Production delays cut expected supply from 120 million doses by mid-October to 11 million shipped. Mercola disputes the declaration's basis.
Lifestyle
Setting Our Clocks Back: Some Surprising Health Effects
Shifting the clocks can leave circadian rhythms out of sync for weeks, bringing fatigue, sleeplessness and irritability, and a 2008 study found male suicide rates rose in the weeks after the spring change. The research overall is thin and sometimes contradictory.
Lifestyle
WHO will admit cell phones raise brain cancer risk*
London's Daily Telegraph reported the WHO will announce that long-term cell phone use may be linked to elevated risk of some brain cancers, from a 13-country study of 12,800 people that remains inconclusive. A recent meta-analysis of 23 studies found no connection overall.
Disease
Andrew Lloyd Webber diagnosed with prostate cancer*
Media reports say the 61-year-old composer is being treated for early-stage disease and is expected back at work by year's end. Background follows on how the prostate works, the 192,280 US cases and 27,360 deaths projected for 2009, and known and suspected risk factors.
Lifestyle
Improving Health with Lifestyle Changes
Arguing that prevention has been neglected, the piece cites an MSNBC report that 70% of doctor visits are lifestyle related, and follows a woman diagnosed with diabetes at 45 who shifted to lean protein and vegetables alongside her medication.
Miscellaneous
Daylight Saving Time ends on Nov 1
Daylight Saving Time starts at 2 am on the second Sunday of March and ends at 2 am on the first Sunday of November, when clocks go back an hour; in 2009 that fell on November 1. The piece also notes the term is Daylight Saving, not Daylight Savings.
Drug
Diabetes drug may also help weight loss*
In a Lancet trial of 564 obese people on a reduced-calorie diet, those taking the diabetes drug liraglutide lost 15 pounds against six on placebo and nine on orlistat, and three quarters on the highest doses shed at least 5 percent of body weight. Nausea and vomiting were reported.
Miscellaneous
Blood Donation: The Gift of Life
A profile of Howard Drew, a 77-year-old retired military commander listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for donating 220 pints of blood since 1950, told alongside a high school blood drive organizer and a student who got past her fear of needles.
Miscellaneous
Obama Declares Swine Flu 'National Emergency'
Obama signed a proclamation declaring H1N1 a national emergency, letting hospitals waive certain federal requirements to handle a surge of patients. WHO had reported about 5,000 deaths worldwide; U.S. officials counted more than 1,000 deaths and over 20,000 hospitalizations.
Miscellaneous
What is broadband Internet service?
The FCC counts broadband as data transmission above 200 kilobits per second in at least one direction, though most providers run substantially faster, and unlike dial-up the connection stays on. The agency was then drafting a National Broadband Plan due to Congress by February 17, 2010.
Healthcare
What OTC Drug May Have Killed More People in 1918 Flu Pandemic than Flu Itself?
Mercola presents historical evidence that heavy aspirin dosing, widely recommended during the 1918-19 flu pandemic, may have contributed to deaths through toxicity that causes hemorrhage and fluid buildup in the lungs. He uses it to argue for caution with even over-the-counter drugs.
Disease
CBS Reveals that Swine Flu Cases Seriously Overestimated
Dr. Mercola relays a three-month CBS News investigation reporting that most people diagnosed with “probable” H1N1 likely did not have that virus, or any flu. CBS says the CDC told states in late July 2009 to stop testing and counting individual cases because the epidemic was already confirmed.
Disease
Latest diabetes figures paint grim global picture (press release)
The International Diabetes Federation put the worldwide diabetes total at 285 million, up from about 30 million in 1985, and projects more than 435 million by 2030. Low- and middle-income countries bear the brunt, and more than half of those affected are aged 20 to 60.
Drug
Common Ingredients in U.S. Licensed Vaccines
FDA explains that aluminum salts are added to vaccines such as DTaP, pneumococcal conjugate and hepatitis B as adjuvants to strengthen the immune response, citing six decades of use with only uncommon severe local reactions. Cervarix uses a different adjuvant, AS04.
Drug
FDA approves Peramivir for 2009 H1N1 flu
At CDC's request, FDA issued an emergency use authorization for intravenous peramivir in hospitalized adults and children with confirmed or suspected 2009 H1N1 flu whose oral or inhaled therapy is failing or impractical. No IV influenza antiviral is FDA-approved.
Healthcare
Low-dose radiation can cause heart disease and stroke too
Imperial College London researchers built a mathematical model, published in PLoS Computational Biology, predicting that higher radiation doses raise cardiovascular risk, in line with studies of nuclear workers. If the mechanism holds, risks from medical and dental x-rays may be underestimated.
Government
FDA: The Word is Out on Unapproved H1N1 Products
The FDA warns consumers about products claiming to diagnose, prevent or cure the 2009 H1N1 flu. Since May 2009 it has warned more than 75 websites over 135 fraudulent products, released a flu-fraud widget, and joined the FTC in a warning letter to one supplement marketer.
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