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AP - Nearly a year after federal epidemiologists first sounded the alarm over a cluster of rare blood cancers in northeastern Pennsylvania, their research has zeroed in on a hardscrabble region 80 miles northwest of Philadelphia that is home to several Superfund sites and a power plant fired by waste coal.

AP - Infections may play a bigger role in premature birth than doctors have thought, says a new study that found almost one in seven women in preterm labor harbored bacteria or fungi in their amniotic fluid.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) — Safety warnings slowed the use of
antipsychotic drugs in seniors with dementia. But the overall use of the
drugs in the elderly increased, a finding which suggests that warnings may
not be sufficient to protect patients, Canadian researchers say.

AP - It’s one of the biggest frustrations of life with food allergies: That hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain the wrong ingredient.

Reuters - Burning incense may create a
sweet scent, but regularly inhaling the smoke could put people
at risk of cancers of the respiratory tract, researchers
reported Monday.

Reuters - Teenagers arrested for juvenile
offenses have a high rate of sexually transmitted diseases, so
screening these teens soon after arrest may help catch many
cases, a new study suggests.

Reuters - Parents who want their
preschoolers to eat their fruits and vegetables should probably
practice what they preach, a new study suggests.

Reuters - Potentially harmful medication
administration errors are very rare in assisted living
settings, the result of a study of 12 facilities in three
states suggests.

Reuters - Metabolic syndrome, a cluster
of conditions that increases the risk of heart disease, stroke
and diabetes, in extremely obese patients can be cured by
gastric bypass surgery, according to the findings from a new
study.

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

Reuters - Steroid treatment given
immediately before or after birth to reduce the rate and
severity of chronic lung disease does not appear to harm
cardiac function in children later on, according to a review of
published studies by Dutch researchers.

Reuters - Eli Lilly and Co’s Cymbalta depression
treatment significantly reduced chronic low back pain in a
relatively small clinical trial, the company said on Monday.

Well, remember all the recent hoopla about the chemicals in plastic not being safe to drink out of or heat your food in microwaves with?  Well, it seems the good old FDA has claimed the chemicals in plastic are safe.  Well, I feel better now, don’t you?  And yes, I’m being facetious in case you […]

AP - An inmate on Ohio’s death row is asking for clemency, saying he’s so fat that executioners would have trouble finding his veins for a lethal injection.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — No one is immune from worry — even
children. So it’s important for parents to help them deal with their
concerns in healthy ways.