Bankers eager to streamline health transactions.(Practice
Trends)
WASHINGTON -- With health savings accounts serving as a point of
entry, banks and other financial institutions are rapidly moving into
the health care sector, and bankers believe they have much to . . .
Adopt guidelines for e-mail questions.(Managing Your Dermatology
Practice)
I recently received a lengthy e-mail from a very worried woman. She
claimed to be an established patient in my office, which I had no way of
confirming because she did not sign her message. She . . .
Feds scrutinize generic maker.(Policy & Practice)
India's Ranbaxy Inc., one of the top 10 generic drug makers in
the world, is being investigated by various arms of the federal
government for allegedly introducing "adulterated or . . .
Stiefel completes acquisition.(Policy & Practice)
Stiefel Laboratories has completed its purchase of Barrier
Therapeutics, a Princeton, N.J.-based company that has three topical
products on the market, Xolegel, Vusion, and Solage.
"Barrier's . . .
Survey: only 15% get skin exams.(Policy & Practice)(Brief
article)
In a national survey, only 15% of American workers reported ever
having a head-to-toe skin exam. Only 8% of those who had seen a
physician in the past year reported having had such an exam, . . .
FDA seizes hydroquinone.(Policy & Practice)
The FDA seized $24 million worth of unapproved drugs, including
several hydroquinone cream products, from a St. Louis manufacturer. The
agency took the action after an inspection of several plants . . .
Sunscreen label delay decried.(Policy & Practice)
Lawmakers are urging the Food and Drug Administration to release
comprehensive sunscreen labeling that has been in the works for several
years. Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and Sen. Jack Reed . . .
Congress gearing up for health care reform.(Practice
Trends)
Democrats and Republicans are so confident about the chances of
some type of health reform in the next administration that staff
meetings and hearings geared toward crafting legislation have been . . .
Role of birth month in osteoporosis risk unclear.(Across
Specialties)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND -- Maternal exposure to sunlight in late
pregnancy can exert a beneficial influence on the offspring's bone
mineral density in later life, Dr. Nicola J. Goodson said at the . . .
Central adiposity bests BMI as stroke predictor.(Across
Specialties)
Measures of abdominal adiposity appear to be better predictors of
stroke or transient ischemic attack than does body mass index, based on
results from a German study of more than 1,100 . . .
Senior health tips on eating well.(Across Specialties)
The latest topic to be added to NIH-Senior Health--the health and
wellness Web site developed by the National Institute on Aging and the
National Library of Medicine-is "Eating Well as You . . .
Excess weight in some adults considered
'benign'.(Across Specialties)
According to reports by two separate research groups a
"considerable proportion" of overweight and obese adults show
no cardiometabolic abnormalities and can be considered to have
"benign" . . .
Fruit and vegetable intake may prevent diabetes.(Across
Specialties)(Clinical report)
Plasma vitamin C level as well as fruit and vegetable intake shows
a "striking" inverse relation with the risk of developing
diabetes, according to a prospective study.
Compared with men and . . .
Treating childhood obesity requires a multifaceted
approach.(Across Specialties)
GENEVA -- One of the most common issues complicating the treatment
of childhood obesity is physical or learning disabilities, according to
Dr. Julian p Hamilton-Shield of the University of Bristol . . .
Physical activity is key to combating pediatric obesity.(Across
Specialties)
GENEVA -- Increasing physical activity levels in children and
adolescents is just what the doctor should order to reverse the rate of
childhood and adolescent obesity, according to Dr. Denes . . .
Short REM sleep linked to overweight in kids.(Across
Specialties)
Shortened sleep duration, particularly shortened REM sleep, is
associated with overweight in children and adolescents, according to a
recent report.
Given the high prevalence of both overweight . . .
Over past decade, prevalence of food allergies on the
rise.(Across Specialties)
CHICAGO -- The prevalence of reported food allergies has risen 24%
among children under age 5 years and 19% among children aged 5-17 years
during the past decade, according to a study by the . . .
Asthma linked to consuming nuts in pregnancy.(Across
Specialties)
Women who eat nut products such as peanut utter daily throughout
pregnancy may significantly increase their children's risk of
developing asthma symptoms, according to a Dutch cohort study.
At 8 . . .
Tocilizumab plus low neutrophil count doesn't up infection
risk.(Across Specialties)
PARIS -- Low neutrophil counts that developed during treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis with tocilizumab were not associated with increased
risk of serious infections in an analysis of data from two . . .
Real world data show, for PsA, methotrexate effective.(Across
Specialties)
PARIS -- Methotrexate is an effective therapy for psoriatic
arthritis, according to findings from a large Norwegian registry.
The same data that confirm methotrexate's usefulness in
management of . . .
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