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Anderson Cooper | Keeping them Honest
Recently on Anderson Cooper's 360, CNN presented an investigative report on insurance companies that deny auto accident victims their compensation using the "Three Ds" of insurance tactics. CNN spotlights a report on how insurance companies have implemented a $8 million advertising and marketing campaign to get voters to vote against the law.
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CNN
Contraceptive patch gets new warning
January 18, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new study showing an increased risk of blood clots among women using a contraceptive skin patch prompted the Food and Drug Administration on Friday to add that finding to the drug's label.
The agency said the label on the Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal Patch will include the results of a study in women aged 15-44 indicating a higher risk of clots than for women using birth control pills. Read the article>>>
CNN
Scientists probe food poisonings' legacy
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a dirty little secret of food poisoning: E. coli and certain other foodborne illnesses can sometimes trigger serious health problems months or years after patients survived that initial bout. Scientists only now are unraveling a legacy that has largely gone unnoticed.
What they've spotted so far is troubling. In interviews with The Associated Press, they described high blood pressure, kidney damage, even full kidney failure striking 10 to 20 years later in people who survived severe E. coli infection as children, arthritis after a bout of salmonella or shigella, and a mysterious paralysis that can attack people who just had mild symptoms of campylobacter. Read the article>>>
Obesity surgery seen as potential diabetes cure
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- A small new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes.
Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs were five times more likely to see their diabetes disappear over the next two years than were patients who had standard diabetes care, according to Australian researchers. Read the article>>>
Cell phones may disrupt sleep
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks about a new study that links cell phone usage with trouble sleeping. Read the article>>>
Mixed caffeine messages
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks about research showing caffeine can protect against cancer, but may cause miscarriage. Read the article>>>
TIME
Patient Zero for a Colon Cancer Gene
Monday, Jan. 21, 2008
When Mr. and Mrs. George Fry set sail from England and arrived in Weymouth, Mass., in the 1630s, they brought to America more than just luggage and four kids. They also brought the original gene mutation that leads to a hereditary form of colon cancer ? and has resulted in thousands of people in the United States today who are at higher risk of developing the disease.
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Genes Increase Prostate Cancer Risk
Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008
Prostate cancer may not be at the top of your list of topics for dinner conversation with Dad. But you might reconsider: About 10% of prostate cancer cases are linked with family history, and evidence for the disease's genetic roots is growing. Researchers have recently identified a series of gene markers that, when present with family history of the disease, increase a patient's risk of prostate cancer more than nine times. Those markers, say researchers, can be detected in a simple saliva or blood sample ? good news for a condition whose prognosis is improved by early detection. Read the article>>>
KRON
Amtrak Service Stalls After Train Hits Pedestrian
Posted: Jan 22, 2008 09:23 AM
SACRAMENTO (KRON) - Officials with Amtrak say passengers should expect delays after an accident early Tuesday morning.
According to Amtrak spokesperson Karina Romero, the train hit an unidentified person on the tracks between West Sacramento and Davis just after it left Sacramento around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. Read the article>>>
KPIX
Jan 22, 2008 11:59 am US/Pacific
Immigrant Home Remedies Could Be Poisonous
HOUSTON (AP) ? Maria didn't mean to poison her children. Quite the opposite.
Worried about her daughters' lack of appetite, the young Houston mother was merely following her grandmother's advice when she gave the two girls and a niece a dose of "greta"?a Mexican folk medicine used to treat children's stomach ailments. Read the article>>>
Jan 18, 2008 2:44 pm US/Pacific
FDA Adds Warning Label To Birth Control Patch
WASHINGTON (AP) ? A new study showing an increased risk of blood clots among women using a contraceptive skin patch prompted the Food and Drug Administration on Friday to add that finding to thedrug's label.
The agency said the label on the Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal Patch will include the results of a study in women aged 15-to-44 indicating a higher risk of clots than for women using birth control pills.
The blood clots could potentially lead to a lung embolism, the agency said.
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Jan 16, 2008 3:29 pm US/Pacific
Makers Of Blacks-Only Heart Pill Cuts Staff
BiDil Manufacturers Halting Marketing, Exploring Possible Sale Of Company
BOSTON (AP) ? The maker of the first medication approved for use in a specific racial group is halting marketing of the blacks-only heart drug, laying off most of its 90-person staff and exploring a possible sale of the company.
NitroMed Inc. says it lacks the cash and marketing muscle to make its 21/2-year-old drug BiDil a commercial success, although the firm hopes to turn things around after it seeks approval in a couple years for a once-a-day tablet to succeed the current three-times-a-day formulation.
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CNN
FDA approves blood pressure drug - Novartis
Treatment combines two medications to treat high blood pressure.
January 21 2008: 1:21 PM EST
Sold under the name Tekturna in the United States, the hypertension compound aliskiren was approved last March. It acts by targeting renin, an enzyme responsible for high blood pressure. The newly approved version also includes hydrochlorothiazide, a compound that inhibits the kidney's ability to retain water. This water pill is commonly used to treat high blood pressure.
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KTVU
29-Year-Old Man Struck By Several Cars On Dark Highway
POSTED: 7:02 am PST January 21, 2008
UPDATED: 10:40 am PST January 21, 2008
SUNNYVALE -- A 29-year-old Sunnyvale man has been tentatively identified as the man fatally struck by several cars on a dark stretch of northbound U.S. Highway 101 in Sunnyvale Monday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. Read the article>>>
Oil Spilled In Bridge Collision Closes SF Beaches
POSTED: 9:49 am PST November 7, 2007
UPDATED: 11:58 pm PST November 7, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO -- A container ship traveling through dense fog bumped into a tower supporting the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Wednesday morning, spilling thousands of gallons of oil into the water. Read the article>>>
Investigators Seek Cause Of Fatal SoCal Plane Crash
POSTED: 12:29 am PST January 21, 2008
UPDATED: 9:57 am PST January 21, 2008
CORONA, Calif. -- Investigators ranged through rows of vehicles at a car dealership Monday, examining debris from a plane crash the day before that left five dead, showering bodies and wreckage over a bustling auto mall in this heavily populated Southern California city.
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KRON
Pilot's Sleep Disorder Investigated in SF Bay Oil Spill
Posted: Jan 18, 2008 12:15 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The ship pilot who was at the helm when a?freighter spilled 58,000 gallons of fuel into San Francisco Bay in?November suffers from a sleep disorder and was on prescription?medication to ward off drowsiness, people close to the?investigation told The Associated Press. Read the article>>>
KGO
Study links miscarriages to caffeine
Monday, January 21, 2008 | 9:53 AM
By Amy Hollyfield
SAN FRANCISCO -- Pregnant women may want to think twice before ordering that double latte. New research warns there may be a link between caffeine and miscarriage.
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Doctors giving free eye exams
Thursday, January 17, 2008 | 5:43 PM
A recent survey by the American Academy of Ophthalmology finds many older Americans do not get their vision checked because they often don't recognize the signs of eye disease. Other seniors say they simply can't afford it. A national program is hoping to change that, making eye exams available to seniors in need.
(Call 1-866-324-EYES for a free screening) Read the article>>>
Lowering cholesterol without taking drugs
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
One of four people have high cholesterol. Many are given powerful drugs to help treat it. Now, there is a new way to lower cholesterol without taking a drug.
Cholesterol-lowering pills called statins are the best-selling drugs in the world.
"Heart attack is obviously the big danger that everybody is worried about," says David Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D, clinical nutritionist. Read the article>>>
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