Safeway CEO Steve Burd describes a wellness plan that discounts insurance for employees with a body mass index under 30 and pays year-end rebates for losing weight, quitting smoking, cutting cholesterol or lowering blood pressure. Safeway's health costs have stayed flat over five years.
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Drug
Cocaine and nicotine vaccines show promise
A cocaine vaccine meant to blunt the drug's euphoric effects worked in 38 percent of study participants, though the effect wore off after two months. Lead researcher Thomas Kosten says the concept works but depends on the antibody levels each person reaches.
Disease
Adolescents with ADHD and Depression More Likely to Have an Internet Addiction
A Taiwanese study in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found boys and girls with ADHD or hostility issues were more likely to be addicted to the internet, and girls with social phobia or depression had more trouble leaving it. Some clinicians want the condition added to the DSM.
Miscellaneous
Do NOT Let Your Child Get Flu Vaccine -- 9 Reasons Why
Mercola lists nine arguments against giving children flu shots, among them the need for two doses, adjuvants such as thimerosal, aluminum and squalene, approval based on mock vaccines, and warnings that heavy use of vaccines and Tamiflu may push flu viruses to mutate.
Miscellaneous
American Academy of Pediatrics questions autism data
The American Academy of Pediatrics says the 1-in-91 figure, drawn from a telephone survey of 78,000 parents, is less accurate than the 1-in-150 estimate from the ADDM Network, which checks parent reports against children's medical records.
Lifestyle
Physical activity reduces breast cancer risk
A Polish case-control study of 858 invasive breast cancer patients and 1,085 controls found women whose jobs kept them standing or moving most of the day were 34 percent less likely to have breast cancer than mostly seated women, with a 43 percent gap among postmenopausal women.
Disease
Tim Tebow concussion
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was hit in the third quarter against Kentucky, vomited on the sideline, briefly lost consciousness and was taken by ambulance to a Lexington hospital. CT scans showed a concussion with no brain bleeding; his parents called it mild.
Miscellaneous
Public Ambivalence May Keep Many from Swine Flu Vaccine
A history of influenza runs from Hippocrates through the belief that “bad air” caused it to the 1930s discovery of the virus, then turns to what the writer calls disturbing similarities between swine flu and the 1918 Spanish flu as the first vaccine doses are readied.
Drug
Who Invented the Flu Vaccine?
Desperate Spanish flu treatments ranged from bleeding to intravenous hydrogen peroxide and a mix of blister fluid, strychnine, caffeine and morphine. Transfusing blood from recovered patients seemed to help and amounted to a crude first form of influenza vaccination.
Miscellaneous
SC Mom dies from swine flu complications after birth
A pregnant South Carolina woman died of swine flu complications shortly after giving birth, and her newborn appears healthy. The piece notes she had received no flu vaccine, counts about 27 such deaths since the outbreak began, and argues the risk is small next to other causes of maternal death.
Miscellaneous
Researchers Increase Longevity of Mice Genetically
London researchers blocked production of the protein S6K1 in mice without changing what they ate, extending lifespan by a fifth and heading off age-related illness such as type 2 diabetes. The mice also showed better motor skills, stronger bones and more youthful T-cells.
Drug
Clinical Testing of Pancreatic Cancer Drug Called to Abrupt Halt
SciClone Pharmaceuticals halted all testing of its pancreatic cancer drug RP101 during phase 2 on a safety review board's recommendation. The piece notes the disease has no screening test and lists risk factors including age, male sex, diabetes, obesity and activity level.
Miscellaneous
Suit Filed by Allergan Could be Precedent Setting
Allergan has sued the FDA over rules barring drug makers from marketing off-label uses to doctors. Botox is approved for five uses in the US but has 21 indications worldwide, and the company argues it should be free to give physicians criteria and dosages for uses it has not sought approval for.
Miscellaneous
Concussions and Alzheimer's: The High Cost of Playing in the NFL
Autopsies on six former NFL players found all had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, damage from repeated concussions that has been linked to early-onset Alzheimer's and depression. Boston University's Chris Nowinski says a significant share of pros will develop it, often in their 40s.
Miscellaneous
Obesity in Pregnant Women Linked to Certain Heart Defects in Their Babies
A CDC analysis in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology found overweight women 18% more likely, and severely obese women 30% more likely, to have babies with congenital heart defects. The overweight mothers also had more smoking, diabetes and high blood pressure.
Miscellaneous
Yale Murder Shows Sordid Underbelly of Animal Research
A column arguing that the arrest of lab technician Raymond Clark III over the murder of Yale graduate student Annie Le exposes the secrecy of animal research, and questioning what security buys when the threat comes from inside the lab.
Disease
CDC H1N1 Flu Website Situation Update, October 2, 2009
CDC's FluView for September 20-26, 2009 found activity above what is expected for the season: rising doctor visits for flu-like illness, high hospitalization rates for adults and children, widespread activity in 27 states, and 60 pediatric H1N1 deaths since April, 11 of them that week.
Miscellaneous
How to Cut Up Your Credit Card the RIGHT Way
Mercola reprints Federal Reserve guidance on picking a credit card: start from how you will use it, then compare annual fees, grace periods and the separate APRs that apply to purchases, cash advances, balance transfers, tiered balances and late payments.
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