AUDIO from Medialink, Oral Health America & Philips Sonicare: National Smile Month - Giving Americans Something to Smile About Survey Reveals State of Americans' Oral Health
5/16/2008
| NEW YORK, May 16 /- There's more to a healthy mouth thanflashing a set of pearly whites. Here's the scoop on America's oral carehabits - and what it means for our overall health. Listen to this report from Oral Health America & Philips Sonicare at: http://media.medialink.com/WebNR.aspx?story=35118 Registered journalists can access video, audio, text, graphics andphotos... [Comments] |
Low Vitamin D Tied to Depression in Older Adults
5/16/2008
| Poor levels also cause increase in serum parathyroid hormone readings, study says FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Low levels of vitamin D and high levels of a hormone secreted by the parathyroid glands may increase the risk of depression in older adults, according to a new report. The Dutch study, published in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry , supports pre... [Comments] |
FDA Panel Considers Toll-Free Number for TV Drug Ads
5/16/2008
| Consumers could report side effects, but critics want agency to act, not wait years FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Direct-to-consumer drug ads on television should include a toll-free phone number that would allow consumers to report adverse side effects, U.S. health experts suggested Friday. The experts serve on a panel that advises the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.... [Comments] |
New Method Proposed for Determining Which Patients Should Get Treatment for Colorectal Cancer
5/16/2008
| ROCHESTER, Minn., May 16 -- This release isbeing sent in a social media format, by Mayo Clinic in conjunction with theNational Cancer Institute, part of the NIH. News: * A new study being presented at the American Society of ClinicalOncology meeting in Chicago (Abstract #4020), may change treatment practicein about 25 percent of patients with colon cancer and... [Comments] |
United Concordia Dental Celebrates National Smile Month
5/16/2008
| Month-long Campaign to Emphasize the Importance of Oral and Overall Health HARRISBURG, Pa., May 16 /- National dental insurer UnitedConcordia Dental is celebrating National Smile Month, a collaborationbetween Oral Health America and the British Dental Health Foundation topromote the importance of oral health to overall health. Beginning May 18,this year's event is launching i... [Comments] |
Paramedics, EMTs in Oregon, Washington State Ratify First-Ever Teamsters Contract
5/16/2008
| Contract Covers More than 500 Workers WASHINGTON, May 16 -- More than 500 paramedicsand emergency medical technicians in the Greater Portland, Oregon andVancouver, Washington area have ratified their first-ever contract asTeamsters. "The Teamsters are pleased that these workers are now covered by astrong contract that gives them job protection and a secure ret... [Comments] |
New method proposed for determining which patients should get treatment for colorectal cancer
5/16/2008
| A new study being presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago (Abstract #4020), may change treatment practice in about 25 percent of patients with colon cancer and is the basis for proposed changes to the way colorectal cancers will be staged. This new study, using National Cancer Institute (NCI) SEER population-based statistic registries from 1992 to 2004,... [Comments] |
Drug fends off kidney cancer progression
5/16/2008
| New data from an international, multicenter Phase III clinical trial has found that the experimental targeted therapy everolimus (RAD001) significantly delays cancer progression in patients with metastatic kidney cancer whose disease had worsened on other treatments. The study was led by Robert Motzer, MD, an attending physician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), who will pres... [Comments] |
Vitamin D Use Linked to Lower Mortality in Kidney Patients
5/16/2008
| Study finds chronic disease sufferers gain benefit from calcitriol, an oral form FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Taking activated vitamin D may cut the risk of death for people with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease by about one quarter, a new study suggests. During a two-year study of more than 1,400 patients, those being treated with calcitriol, an oral form of a... [Comments] |
ACP says major system reforms needed to improve the state of primary care medicine in the US
5/16/2008
| (Washington) Declaring that Primary care medicine is in a precipitous decline, David C. Dale, MD, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians (ACP), today joined with leading representatives of employers and consumers to issue a call for comprehensive reforms to attract, recruit and retain general internists and other primary care physicians. During a panel discussion of the s... [Comments] |
Fibroids common, but women have options
5/16/2008
| Small fibroids located just beneath the lining of the uterus (submucosal) are more likely to move to the endometrial cavity after uterine artery embolization (UAE) but usually dont cause major complications, according to a new study. The study included 49 patients with 140 fibroids who underwent an MRI examination before and after UAE. The study found that 39 of these were submucosal. Of... [Comments] |
