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Bi-Weekly Newsletters:
| 1/30/12 | Estrogen may be best remedy for hot flashes. USA Today (1/17, Painter) reports that “when…things don’t work, and when women are miserable (not everyone is), most doctors will offer a prescription” and “the first choice – except for women with a history of breast cancer or other health conflicts – is still hormone therapy (estrogen, often combined with progestin).” |
| 1/2/12 | Obesity researcher: Obesity may begin in utero. The Los Angeles Times (12/19, Roan) reports that Melinda Sothern, “a leading fitness and nutrition expert at Louisiana State University…has a theory that the tide of obesity that has swept the nation in the last two decades had its roots in what young mothers did, or didn’t do, in the postwar, suburban-sprouting 1950s. |
| 12/19/11 | Medicine shortages raising health care costs, \risking errors. In an article on the front of its “Science Times” section, the New York Times (12/13, D1, Rabin, Subscription Publication) reports that over 251 medicines were in short supply this year, most of which are “generic injectable medications” that “relieve pain, fight cancer or infections, anesthetize surgical patients, treat cardiovascular disease and manage psychiatric conditions.” |
| 12/05/11 | Study finds new hip implants work no better than older models. HealthDay (11/30, Reinberg) reports that “newer, metal-on-metal implants seem to be no more effective than older implants and may sometimes even be more problematic,” according to a study published online Nov. 29 in BMJ. |
| 11/21/11 | CDC: 93% of people with prediabetes are undiagnosed. USA Today (11/14, Hellmich) reports,”Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, foot and leg amputations and blindness. |
| 11/07/11 | Many young adults may have undetected atherosclerosis. HealthDay (10/28, Predit) reports, “A new study warns that many young adults have undetected thickening of the arteries — or atherosclerosis,” according to a study presented at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in Vancouver. |
