| HEALTH NEWS | |||||
| Cancer | |||||
| Lung Cancer Alliance Announces National Framework for Lung Cancer Screening Excellence | |||||
| Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) moved lung cancer screening to a national platform by announcing a Framework for Lung Cancer Screening Excellence which includes a bill of rights for the at-risk public and guiding principles for lung cancer screening sites. | |||||
| Cancer: RT may not prolong life for some lung cancer patients | |||||
| Elderly lung cancer patients receiving radiation therapy (RT) after surgical resection may not have improved survival from the treatment, according to a study published online Feb. 13 in Cancer. | |||||
| Critical Shortage of Children’s Leukemia Drug | |||||
| Medication used to treat the most common form of childhood leukemia is in short supply, adding to the largest nationwide shortage of critical lifesaving hospital medications in nearly a decade. | |||||
| Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis May Raise Kids’ Cancer Risk | |||||
| Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the most common form of childhood arthritis, may be at higher risk of developing cancer than children who do not have the condition, according to a new study published in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism. | |||||
| Cardiovascular Disease | |||||
| Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women | |||||
| More women die of heart disease than all forms of cancer combined, and 90 percent in the U.S have at least one risk factor for the disease. But many don’t think it can happen to them. | |||||
| Obesity | |||||
| Shunned Children Exercise Less, at Greater Risk for Obesity | |||||
| New research from Kent State University’s Dr. Jacob Barkley, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science, demonstrates that social exclusion results in decreased physical activity among children. | |||||
| New study reveals clear link between obesity and pain | |||||
| There’s a clear link between obesity and pain, suggests a new study that finds the heaviest people suffer the greatest discomfort. Researchers examined data from more than 1 million people who were asked about their health, pain and well-being in telephone surveys conducted between 2008 and 2010. | |||||
| Michelle Obama promotes obesity fight | |||||
| Michelle Obama introduced a contest Saturday for videos by U.S. faith-based and community groups promoting the fight against childhood obesity. Speaking at the Northland Church in Central Florida, Obama said religious and community organizations have an important role in encouraging children in healthy eating and exercise. | |||||
| Vaccination | |||||
| If CDC Acts, Younger Seniors Will Get Pneumonia Vaccine | |||||
| The 42 million people in the U.S. who are between 50 and 65 may soon have a new vaccine to prevent pneumococcal pneumonia – a virulent form of the disease estimated to infect between 5 and 10 million people a year in the United States, and killing between 40,000 to 70,000 annually, according to the Global Healthy Living Foundation | |||||
| Diabetes | |||||
| Largest-Ever Gene Study of Type 2 Diabetes Finds Variants across Many Ethnic Groups | |||||
| The largest genetics study to date of type 2 diabetes (T2D) has identified new gene variants associated with risk for the common metabolic disease. An international scientific consortium, studying multiethnic populations, uncovered genes that may point to biological targets for developing more effective drugs for T2D. | |||||
| Plastic surgery reported up despite economy | |||||
| Anti-aging procedures that don’t involve going under the knife drove the growth of cosmetic medicine in 2011, a new report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons says. The plastic surgery market saw “significant” growth for the second year in a row, the group says, with cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery each up 5%. | |||||
| No single diet will work for all diabetics | |||||
| Paula Deen, the queen of Southern cuisine, created a hoopla last month when she revealed that she has type 2 diabetes and has known about it for three years. Some people were troubled that even after she was diagnosed, she continued to cook high-fat, high-sugar, high-calorie recipes on her TV show — foods that people with the disease are advised to consume infrequently. Deen said she eats such foods only in moderation. | |||||
| Neurology | |||||
| High calorie intake linked to mild memory loss in elderly | |||||
| Here’s another reason not to overeat: It may increase your risk of memory loss. Older people who consumed more than 2,143 calories a day had more than double the risk of a type of memory loss called mild cognitive impairment compared to those who ate fewer than 1,500 calories a day, according to a study being released Sunday by the American Academy of Neurology on its website (aan.com). | |||||
| Patients With Neurological Diseases Like Parkinson’s Disease May Also be Suffering From a Secondary Condition They Didn’t Know Existed, New Survey Shows | |||||
| Patients with neurological diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy (MSA), may be experiencing symptoms associated with the rare condition, neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (also known as Neurogenic OH or NOH). | |||||
| Other News | |||||
| Kids Today Fall Short on Sleep Time | |||||
| Kids don’t get the recommended amount of sleep — and they never have. That’s the conclusion of Australian researchers who tracked changes in sleep recommendations, and what was known about actual sleep time, over more than a century. | |||||
| INDUSTRY NEWS | |||||
| Healthy Ageing: The Biggest Business Opportunity for F&B in 2012? | |||||
| Fi Conferences launches its first Healthy Ageing event – a timely two-day conference providing manufacturers and retailers with the insights they need to take advantage of what has been billed as one of the biggest business opportunities for the F&B sector in 2012. | |||||
| SeraCare to go private in $81 mln deal | |||||
| SeraCare Life Sciences Inc said it will be bought by an affiliate of private equity firm Linden Capital Partners for $80.8 million. The deal follows a trend set in 2011, when the U.S. healthcare industry witnessed a string of private equity takeovers as PE firms bet on rising use of services by an aging population in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. | |||||
| Cable Firms in U.S. Target Medical Broadband | |||||
| The technology that saved Sappenfield is becoming more mainstream and providing fresh vitality to Cox and other U.S. cable carriers, which are seeking new revenue sources as growth in TV customers slows. | |||||
| P&G reportedly to cancel Pringles sale to Diamond | |||||
| Procter & Gamble has decided it will seek to terminate its sale of the Pringles snack business to Diamond Foods, said three people with knowledge of the situation, following the accounting probe that ousted Diamond’s chief executive officer. | |||||
| MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY NEWS | |||||
| Google’s new ‘entertainment device’ is coming | |||||
| The tech world is all abuzz about Google’s mysterious new “entertainment device.” Nicknamed “Project Tungsten,” the device serves as a music hub that connects to speakers or a home stereo. Running Google’s Android operating system, the device can play digital music files stored online at Google Music or on assorted devices. | |||||
| 63% of iPhones were activated outside the U.S. last quarter | |||||
| The chart at right from Horace Dediu’s Asymco blog shows the U.S. share of iPhone activations growing last quarter due, he speculates, to the U.S. launch of the iPhone 4S and the addition of a third domestic carrier, Sprint (S). | |||||
| The Facebook IPO: Marketing, hypocrisy, and arrogance | |||||
| The social media juggernaut’s financial filing reveals some uncomfortable truths about Silicon Valley and Wall Street. | |||||
| US seeks to mine social media to predict future | |||||
| The U.S. government is seeking software that can mine social media to predict everything from future terrorist attacks to foreign uprisings, according to requests posted online by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies. | |||||
| Ogilvy’s Social Practice Expands Into Global, Integrated Offer | |||||
| Ogilvy & Mather is building on the social media capability established at its Ogilvy Public Relations unit over the past few years, to launch Social@Ogilvy, a worldwide practice that will bring together all of the agency’s social media experts from multiple disciplines to deliver integrated social solutions. |
