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AP - Federal health officials have issued a public health warning against rabies after an Iraqi puppy with the disease arrived in the United States.

When I first read this headline, I thought they were talking about inhalers traditionally used to treat asthma, which is something I have to use occasionally when my asthma flares up - it’s the Albuterol inhaler that I use when I need it only.  However, apparently the only medications that are being studied as having […]

Reuters - Tens of millions of people will die from respiratory illness and lung cancer over the next 25 years in China if nothing is done to reduce smoking and fuel burning indoors, scientists warned.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) — A Chinese herbal remedy known
as “horny goat weed” may indeed live up to its name as a natural version
of Viagra.

AP - The largest study of U.S. children ever performed — aiming to track 100,000 from conception to age 21 — will start recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York in January.

AP - Talk about going out with a win.

Reuters - A study that will cost $3.2 billion and last more than two decades to track the health of 100,000 U.S. children from before birth to age 21 will be launched in January, U.S. health officials said on Friday.

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

Reuters - US children are substantially more likely to be prescribed drugs for mental conditions than their peers in the Netherlands and Germany, new research shows.

Reuters - Genetic tests could in future show who will respond best to Genentech and Roche’s blockbuster cancer drug Avastin — a positive development for patients but not necessarily for sales.

September 25 — In people with type 2 diabetes, regular aerobic exercise and weightlifting may reduce levels of fat in the liver by as much as 40 percent, according to Johns Hopkins researchers.
High liver fat levels are common in type 2 diabetes patients and contribute to heart disease risk.
The study included 77 diabetic women […]

September 25 — New studies published this week in the The Lancet provide further evidence that candesartan, a blood pressure medicine, can cut the risk and severity of retinopathy in people who have diabetes.
“We suggest that clinicians may wish to consider using candesartan [brand name Atacand] in people with type 1 diabetes with hard-to-control […]

September 24 — The painkiller pentazocine may help prevent diabetes-related retinal damage that leads to vision loss, according to Medical College of Georgia researchers.
“The effects of this drug on retinal health are phenomenal,” Dr. Sylvia Smith, a retinal cell biologist and co-director of the Vision Discovery Institute at MCG’s School of Medicine, said in […]

September 23 — Nasally administered insulin won’t protect children at high risk of developing type 1 diabetes from getting the illness, Finnish researchers say.
The study included 264 children with an increased genetic risk for type 1 diabetes who tested positive for two or more diabetes-associated autoantibodies in consecutive blood samples taken 3 month to […]

September 22 — A new study can help doctors decide when to treat people who have an underactive thyroid gland that does not cause symptoms strong enough to arouse worry, researchers report.
As many as 27 million Americans have some type of thyroid disease, according to the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists; about half of […]