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HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) — High doses of a drug used
to fight cancer may reduce disease activity and disability in people with
aggressive multiple sclerosis, results of a small trial suggest.

AP - The toll from salmonella-tainted tomatoes jumped to 228 illnesses Thursday as the government learned of five dozen previously unknown cases and said it is possible the food poisoning contributed to a cancer patient’s death.

Reuters - Finasteride (Proscar) reduces
the risk of prostate cancer in all men, regardless of their
risk level for the disease, new research shows.

AP - Most U.S. hospitals don’t do very well when it comes to promoting breast-feeding, according to the first national report to look at the issue. The average hospital scored 63 out of 100, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

Reuters - GE Healthcare, a unit of General
Electric Corp, said on Thursday U.S. health regulators granted
it priority review on its application for AdreView, a molecular
imaging agent for the detection of neuroendocrine tumors in
children and adult patients.

AP - Lori Erickson-Trump has faked headaches and back pain. She’s had physicals and MRIs she didn’t need and she gets paid for it — all to evaluate the performance of doctors and their staffs.

Reuters - Europe’s schools should think about
removing vending machines packed with savory or sugary snacks
and offer fruit and vegetables to students instead, an internal
European Commission document said.

AP - Silver dental fillings contain mercury, and the government for the first time is warning that they may pose a safety concern for pregnant women and young children.

AFP - British pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline said on Thursday that European regulators had given marketing approval for its tablet breast cancer drug Tyverb.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:

HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) — Primary tumors can fuel the
growth of stray cancer cells elsewhere in the body, say researchers at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — In a child, back pain is different from back
pain in adults. Particularly in children under age 4, it indicates a
serious underlying problem, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
says.

Data published in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) demonstrate that the first-in-class direct renin inhibitor Rasilez® (aliskiren) shows potential kidney-protective benefit independent of its blood pressure lowering effects1.
In the Aliskiren in the Evaluation of Proteinuria in Diabetes (AVOID) study, aliskiren reduced albuminuria by an additional 20% versus placebo in […]

(NaturalNews) Diabetics who consume caffeine may experience a significant increase in blood sugar, according to a new study conducted by researchers from Duke University Medical School and published in the journal Diabetes Care.
Researchers placed tiny blood sugar monitors under the skin of 10 people with Type 2 diabetes, which allowed the participants’ glucose levels to […]

(NaturalNews) Chlorophyll is a pigment found in dark green plants that is important for photosynthesis to take place; however, this pigment does more than just facilitate energy production in plants. According to Michael T. Simonich of the Linus Pauling Institute, chlorophyll actually helps fight cancer cell growth and acts as an antioxidant in the body.
Chlorophyll […]