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Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars: CDC (AP) AP - Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list. Some former Komen supporters can't forgive, forget (AP)
Certain Cancer Drugs May Have Fatal Side Effects: Analysis (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with three relatively new cancer drugs may be linked to a slightly increased risk of death, a new analysis suggests. Ovarian cancer screening popular despite guidelines (Reuters) Reuters - Despite expert guidelines and scientific evidence to the contrary, a third of U.S. primary care physicians believe ovarian cancer screening is effective and many would offer it to patients, according to a new survey. FDA questions Amgen drug for prostate cancer (AP) AP - Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration say that an Amgen drug slowed the spread of cancer to the bone in men with hard-to-treat prostate cancer, though the drug did not extend life and carried significant side effects. Study: Family Intervention, Parent Education Reduce Childhood Obesity (ContributorNetwork) ContributorNetwork - A study published in the February issue of Pediatrics shows family intervention aimed at improving parenting skills reduced behavior problems in kids and obesity and associated health problems. One-third of Americans, including children ages 2 to 17, are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prev...... Diet supplements recalled on unlabeled drug worries (Reuters) Reuters - Healthy People Co is recalling 15 lots of seven different dietary supplements because they contain appetite suppressants or a drug for male erectile dysfunction, the Long Beach, California, company said. DEA raids 2 CVS pharmacies in drug abuse probe (Reuters) Reuters - The Drug Enforcement Administration said on Monday it raided two CVS pharmacies over the weekend as part of an effort to curb the abuse of prescription painkillers and other potentially addictive substances. Thousands of U.S. Kids Hospitalized for Abuse (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Close to 4,600 kids in the United States were hospitalized as a result of child abuse in one recent year, and 300 of them died, a new study shows. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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AP - Alexis McKenzie's mother had mild dementia, but things sounded OK when she phoned home: Dad was with her, finishing his wife's sentences as they talked about puttering through the day and a drive to the store.
AP - When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer — "a sea of pink" traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich. — she was so moved she sat in her car and wept.
