Health Watch

Friday, December 29, 2006

Things get ugly in wrinkle market

Things get ugly in wrinkle market

By Rhonda L. Rundle

The Wall Street Journal Europe

28 Dec 2006



THE U.S. FOOD and Drug Administration has approved an injectable wrinkle treatment called Radiesse that its maker boasts lasts longer than rival treatments in temporarily correcting smile lines. The agency’s action has sparked competing claims over... read more...

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Thursday, December 28, 2006

Food agency takes on industry over junk labels

Food agency takes on industry over junk labels

Felicity Lawrence

The Guardian

28 Dec 2006



Consumers are to be presented with two rival new year advertising campaigns as the Food Standards Agency goes public in its battle with the industry over the labelling of unhealthy foods. The Guardian has learned that the FSA will launch a series of... read more...

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Food agency takes on industry over junk labels

Food agency takes on industry over junk labels

Felicity Lawrence

The Guardian

28 Dec 2006



Consumers are to be presented with two rival new year advertising campaigns as the Food Standards Agency goes public in its battle with the industry over the labelling of unhealthy foods. The Guardian has learned that the FSA will launch a series of... read more...

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Food agency takes on industry over junk labels

Food agency takes on industry over junk labels

Felicity Lawrence

The Guardian

28 Dec 2006



Consumers are to be presented with two rival new year advertising campaigns as the Food Standards Agency goes public in its battle with the industry over the labelling of unhealthy foods. The Guardian has learned that the FSA will launch a series of... read more...

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Food agency takes on industry over junk labels

Food agency takes on industry over junk labels

Felicity Lawrence

The Guardian

28 Dec 2006



Consumers are to be presented with two rival new year advertising campaigns as the Food Standards Agency goes public in its battle with the industry over the labelling of unhealthy foods. The Guardian has learned that the FSA will launch a series of... read more...

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Food agency takes on industry over junk labels

Food agency takes on industry over junk labels

Felicity Lawrence

The Guardian

28 Dec 2006



Consumers are to be presented with two rival new year advertising campaigns as the Food Standards Agency goes public in its battle with the industry over the labelling of unhealthy foods. The Guardian has learned that the FSA will launch a series of... read more...

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Study Indicates That Mental Exercises Can Pay Off Long-Term

Study Indicates That Mental Exercises Can Pay Off Long-Term



The Washington Post

20 Dec 2006



cause the brief training sessions seemed to confer enormous benefits as many as five years later. That would be as if someone went to the gym Monday through Friday for the first two weeks of the new year, did no exercise for five years, and still saw... read more...

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Detecting Alzheimer’s

Detecting Alzheimer’s

By Gautam Naik

The Wall Street Journal Europe

19 Dec 2006



THE AMOUNT of cholesterol in theblood is usuallyagoodindicator of a person’s risk of suffering heart disease. Now scientists are making headway in developing a similar test to detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Over the past two years,... read more...

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Rush to ‘biomarker’ testing for diseases raises questions

Rush to ‘biomarker’ testing for diseases raises questions

By Sharon Begley

The Wall Street Journal Europe

19 Dec 2006



Move over, genetic tests. Biomarkers are here. Physicians and patients have long dreamed of a simple blood test that could instantly detect cardiovascular disease, cancer or other serious illnesses in their earliest, most treatable stages. No more... read more...

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Breakthrough hailed as study shows circumcision can halve HIV risk

Breakthrough hailed as study shows circumcision can halve HIV risk

Sarah Boseley Health editor

The Guardian

14 Dec 2006



Circumcision can halve the risk of a man picking up the HIV infection which leads to Aids, scientists in the United States said last night. Two major trials, in Kenya and Uganda, have confirmed what doctors and campaigners have suspected and hoped for... read more...

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Stomach surgery and drugs for children to tackle obesity epidemic

Stomach surgery and drugs for children to tackle obesity epidemic

Sarah Hall Health correspondent

The Guardian

13 Dec 2006



Children as young as 12 could be given anti-obesity drugs and stomach-stapling surgery as part of a package to tackle the obesity epidemic, according to official guidelines issued today. In the first comprehensive review of the obesity problem, the... read more...

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Drug makers offer pills to curb monthly cycles

Drug makers offer pills to curb monthly cycles

By Tara Parker-Pope

The Wall Street Journal Europe

12 Dec 2006



Drug makers are finding a new way to market birth-control pills: as a way to help women curb or eliminate periods. The concept of “period management”—using hormones to alter or eliminate the menstrual cycle—has been around for years. Doctors have... read more...

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Winter can hurt the heart

Winter can hurt the heart

By Tara Parker-Pope

The Wall Street Journal Europe

12 Dec 2006



WINTER HAS long been a time for taking extra precautions about your health. Everyone knows winter is flu and cold season, and it’s important to moisturize skin and take extra care navigating icy walks. But most people don’t know winter is also a... read more...

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Saturday, December 09, 2006

NONE FOR ME

NONE FOR ME

BY ALLISON HANES

National Post

09 Dec 2006



Brian Thompson packs Ritz crackers with cheese slices every day for lunch. For supper, he usually eats a grilled cheese sandwich. And when he dines out at restaurants, he orders garlic bread with cheese— as a main course. This Christmas he will fill... read more...

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Friday, December 08, 2006

A question of sport: half of Britons do no exercise at all

A question of sport: half of Britons do no exercise at all

Polly Curtis Health correspondent

The Guardian

08 Dec 2006



The English may be obsessed with sport — but for half of the population that does not go beyond picking up the remote control. A study of nearly 364,000 people in every corner of the country, commissioned by Sport England, reveals half of the... read more...

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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Smoking, obesity hit U.S. health

Smoking, obesity hit U.S. health

By Gregory Lopes THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Washington Times Daily

05 Dec 2006



Americans’ continued smoking habits and spike in obesity have slowed improvements in the country’s overall health, according to a report to be released today. “The health of the nation has leveled off and we have not reached an ideal limit,” said... read more...

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Obesity epidemic may trigger 12,000 cancer cases a year

Obesity epidemic may trigger 12,000 cancer cases a year

Ian Sample Science correspondent

The Guardian

05 Dec 2006



Britain’s soaring rates of obesity are likely to trigger a new wave of cancer, with as many as 12,000 weight-related cases now expected every year by 2010, researchers warned yesterday. Obesity plays a role in nearly 4% of cancers, including breast and... read more...

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Monday, December 04, 2006

How fruit and veg ‘can halve miscarriage risk’

How fruit and veg ‘can halve miscarriage risk’

Page By Fiona MacRae Science Reporter

Daily Mail

04 Dec 2006



EATING fruit and vegetables daily halves the chance of miscarriage, research shows. A study of thousands of pregnant women revealed those who included fruit and veg regularly in their diet were 46 per cent less likely to miscarry. Chocolate, vitamin... read more...

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