INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2042','7','	<p><!--Spanish ID: 601933 --> <p>WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have discovered that a gene that triggers the growth of stem cells during early brain development is also key to the growth of deadly adult brain tumors called gliomas.</p> <p>The protein produced by the gene, called Olig2, \"has both Jekyll and Hyde functions,\" said lead researcher Dr. David H. Rowitch, a professor of pediatrics and neurological surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, Children\'s Hospital.</p> <p>\"It is very important for some of the repair functions of the brain in some diseases, but it seems to be co-opted by brain cancer stem cells,\" he said.</p> <p>Olig2 \"is specific to growth in the brain, and if you are able to target the activity of this gene, you might have something that would specifically work on cells in the brain but not have the adverse side effects in the rest of the body,\" Rowitch said.</p> <p>In experiments on mice, his team found that blocking the function of the protein almost completely stopped the gliomas from forming. That means that drugs that targeted Olig2 might kill tumor cells without affecting healthy brain tissue, the researchers say.</p> <p>Their report is published in the Feb. 15 issue of <i>Neuron</i>.</p> <p>About 10,000 Americans are diagnosed with gliomas each year. \"It\'s a leading cause of cancer-related deaths because there is so little you can do to prevent the rapid progression of this cancer,\" Rowitch said.</p> <p>\"Glioblastoma is really a pretty dreadful tumor with very few treatment options,\" agreed William C. Phelps, the Scientific Program Director at the American Cancer Society. \"Nothing has shown to be particularly effective, and treatment options have barely changed in the last couple of decades. Treatment is entirely palliative. There is no real effect other than just extending survival for a period of time.\" he said. \"Typical survival is a year.\"</p> <p>By looking at human gliomas, Rowitch and colleagues found that Olig2 is activated in the stem cells and growth cells that are found in brain tumors. In experiments with mice that had malignant gliomas, they found that inhibiting Olig2 function stopped tumors from growing in 91 percent of the mice.</p> <p>The Olig2 gene is critical in the early embryo for the production of all motor neurons, Rowitch said. \"Animals that have a mutation of this gene are entirely paralyzed and die at birth,\" he said. In adults, Olig2 is necessary to the process of repairing brain cells, such as in multiple sclerosis, he noted.</p> <p>Rowitch\'s colleague, Charles D. Stiles, a professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at Harvard Medical School, believes that Olig2 may be a good target for brain cancer therapy, since its activity is limited to the brain, and therapy is unlikely to produce adverse side effects elsewhere in the body.</p> <p>\"The charm of Olig2 is that it is confined to the brain,\" Stiles said. \"Although you need Olig2 to develop a brain, and perhaps you need Olig2 to repair certain lesions in the brain, you can go for quite some period of time without Olig2 once the brain has been developed.\"</p> <p>Targeting Olig2 as a treatment for brain cancer is still a decade away, Rowitch said. \"But I am hoping that this work will lead to an era of targeted therapy for brain cancer.\"</p> <p>One expert applauded the research.</p> <p>\"This is a beautiful study showing that the pathways that control normal brain development are the same pathways that are corrupted in gliomas,\" said Russ Pieper, director of basic science at the University of California, San Francisco, Brain Tumor Research Center.</p> <p>This paper is among the first to begin to unravel how neural stem cells can contribute to glioma formation and to identify specific genes and pathways involved, Pieper said. \"The study further cements the idea that alterations in stem cell differentiation give rise to gliomas, and that this population of cells represents the key therapeutic target,\" he said.</p> <p>No drugs currently exist that can target the Olig2 gene, Pieper said. \"However, this study will likely spur further investigation into how Olig2 is turned on and how this can be prevented,\" he said.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>For more information on brain cancer, visit the <a href=\" http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_3x.asp?dt=3\" target=\"_new\">American Cancer Society</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2043','7','	<p> <P>How many times have you made that New Year\'s resolution to get in shape? A lot of us put exercise on our list at this time of year, but it\'s typically one of the first things to fall by the wayside when life gets back to normal after the holidays. If you\'re looking for some extra motivation to keep you on track, here are 5 good reasons to get active and stay active in 2007.</p> <div class=T8>1. Exercise can help keep your weight down.');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2044','7','	<p> <P>Fewer people died of cancer in 2004 than in 2003, marking the second consecutive year that cancer deaths have declined in the United States, a new American Cancer Society report shows. According to <i>Cancer Statistics 2007</i>, there were 3,014 fewer cancer deaths in 2004 compared to the previous year. The report is published in the latest issue of the ACS journal <i>CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians</i>.</p> <P>That number is much higher than the drop of 369 deaths reported between 2003 and 2002. And that suggests the trend is more than just a statistical blip, experts say.</p> <P>\"This second consecutive drop in the number of actual cancer deaths, much steeper than the first, shows last year\'s historic drop was no fluke,\" says John R. Seffrin, PhD, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society. \"The hard work towards preventing cancer, catching it early, and making treatment more effective is paying dramatic, lifesaving dividends.\"</p> <P>The CA article and its companion piece, <i><a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/STT/stt_0.asp\">Cancer Facts & Figures 2007</a></i>, are yearly ACS reports that estimate the number of cancer cases and deaths in the coming year. For 2007, an estimated 1,444,920 new cases of cancer are expected, along with 559,650 cancer deaths.</p> <div class=T8>Rates Declining for Most Major Cancers');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2045','7','	<p><p>(HealthDay News) -- Colon polyps are extra tissue that form along the large intestine, also called the colon. Polyps are most often benign, but should be removed to check for cancer, the National Digestive Diseases Clearinghouse says.</p> <p>Polyps occur most often in people aged 50 and older. Symptoms of colon polyps may include black or bloody stools, anal bleeding, diarrhea or constipation that lasts for more than a week.</p> <p>You\'re more likely to get polyps of the colon -- and should be tested for them -- if you\'re 50 or older, if you\'ve had some before, or if you have a family history of colon polyps or colon cancer.</p> <p>If polyps are found during exploratory procedures called colonoscopies or sigmoidoscopies, the doctor should remove the excess tissue.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2046','7','	<p><!--Spanish ID: 600480 --> <p>TUESDAY, Dec. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Several tumor suppression genes whose expression is lost in four of the most common kinds of solid human cancers -- lung, breast, prostate and colon -- have been identified by researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.</p> <p>The findings may help in the development of new screening methods for early detection of these cancers, the researchers said. The study was published online Dec. 25 in the <i>Public Library of Science Medicine</i>.</p> <p>Loss of tumor-suppression gene expression can occur through a mutation in the gene\'s DNA sequence, through deletion of the gene, or as a result of methylation, a process where a chemical called a methyl group is attached to a DNA region near the gene and prevents it from being activated, according to background information in a news release.</p> <p>In this study, the researchers identified genes that lost their tumor-s uppression function as a result of methylation.</p> <p>\"The findings from our study suggest that it may be possible to develop a methylation profiling platform that could be used to screen patients for common solid tumors, while at the same time identify what type of tumor the patient may have,\" study author Dr. David Shames said in a prepared statement.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The U.S. National Cancer Institute has more about <a href=\"http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Sites-Types/general\" target=\"_new\">cancer</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2047','7','	<p><p>WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A cluster of five genes may predict a better outcome after treatment for patients with lung cancer, Taiwanese researchers report.</p> <p>The study highlights the increasingly important role of genetics in lung cancer care, one U.S. expert said.</p> <p>\"This is one of several studies over the last few years looking at genes to predict that if a tumor is removed surgically, who does well and who should get more aggressive therapy,\" said Dr. Roy S. Herbst, chief of the section of thoracic medical oncology at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and co-author of an editorial accompanying the report in the Jan. 4 <i>New England Journal of Medicine.</i></p> <p>\"Now, we have to move toward personalizing therapy,\" Herbst said.</p> <p>In the study, a team of cancer specialists at National Taiwan University, Taipei, studied the expression of a variety of genes in tissue samples from 125 people who had surgery for lung cancer. They identified 16 genes associated with better survival.</p> <p>They then narrowed their search to five genes from that array. This \"five-gene signature was an independent predictor of relapse-free and overall survival,\" the researchers reported.</p> <p>\"If we are truly going to make inroads in lung cancer, we have to look at genes,\" Herbst said. \"At M.D. Anderson, we are very focused on genes to personalize therapy for persons with lung cancer.\"</p> <p>But the Houston program is in its early stages, Herbst said. If an early treatment fails in a patient, a genetic analysis is made of a tissue sample to help determine what to do next. \"The problem is, we don\'t know which genes are the best,\" Herbst said. \"We are learning as we go along.\"</p> <p>A similar kind of genetic analysis is being used in the treatment of lung cancer patients at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, said Dr. Vincent A. Miller, an associate attending physician in the center\'s thoracic oncology service. The new gene analysis is based on the identification of a mutation associated with lung cancer, he said.</p> <p>\"We take patients and either treat or don\'t treat with specific drugs depending on whether they have a specific mutation,\" Miller said.</p> <p>The Taiwanese study is \"very interesting,\" but it needs verification by \"larger studies and studies by other groups,\" he said. One potential problem: Different genes might be more or less important for different ethnicities, Miller said.</p> <p>\"Lung cancer in the Far East may be different than lung cancer in the United States,\" he said. For example, Miller\'s studies have shown that most people who develop lung cancer in South Korea are not smokers, whereas smoking is by far the leading cause of lung cancer in the United States.</p> <p>\"It may be different genetics or different environmental factors -- cooking oil, for example,\" Miller said.</p> <p>But the genetics of lung cancer is not infinitely complicated, he said. \"It isn\'t different for every individual,\" Miller said. \"It might be 10 or 20 different genes in all.\"</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>Find out more about the genetics of lung cancer at the <a href=\"http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/prevention-genetics-causes/lung\" target=\"_new\">U.S. National Cancer Institute</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2048','7','	<p><p>WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A genetic \"signature\" that consists of 186 genes combined together can predict the risk of breast cancer recurrence in women with the disease, a new study found.</p> <p>And the same set of genes also predicts the recurrence of prostate cancer, lung cancer and medulloblastoma, the most common form of childhood brain cancer, the researchers said.</p> <p>\"This is very impressive data that will hopefully be able to predict which patients can benefit or not benefit from certain types of treatment,\" said Dr. Jay Brooks, chairman of hematology/oncology at Ochsner Health System in Baton Rouge, La., who was not involved with the study. \"Whether this can be taken into the direct clinical arena will remain to be seen.\" </p> <p>The authors of the study, from Stanford University and the University of Michigan, said they\'re already working to make the findings available to doctors and their patients. The findings are published in the Jan. 18 issue of the <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i>.</p> <p>A small number of cells within breast cancer are believed to be the ones that actually cause the cancer to grow. These \"cancer stem cells\" were first identified in 2003. </p> <p>The authors of the new study compared the gene expression profile of breast cancer stem cells with that of normal breast cells. From that data, the researchers culled a list of 186 genes that comprised an \"invasiveness\" gene signature. This signature was then evaluated to see how it related to overall survival as well as metastasis-free (no cancer spread) survival in patients.</p> <p>As it turned out, there was a strong correlation between the gene signature and both overall and metastasis-free survival, the researchers said.</p> <p>The gene signature was then combined with prognostic criteria from the National Institutes of Health to classify patients into those with a \"good\" or \"poor\" prognosis. Those with a good prognosis had a 10-year rate of metastasis-free survival of 81 percent, while those with a poor prognosis had a rate of 57 percent. </p> <p>And when the gene signature was combined with a second group of genes previously identified by researchers, the signature\'s predictive value was even more accurate, the researchers said. </p> <p>A second study in the same issue of the journal found that denser breasts were associated with a higher risk of breast cancer, and the risk was elevated in cancers found both at screenings and in the period between screenings. The study\'s lead author is Dr. Norman Boyd, a senior scientist with The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research at Princess Margaret Hospital, in Toronto.</p> <p>Women with breast density in 75 percent or more of their baseline mammogram had about a five times greater risk of breast cancer, compared with women who only had density in 10 percent of their first-ever mammogram. The findings held true after adjusting for all known risk factors for the disease.</p> <p>These findings confirm previous research, but they use more modern technology, Boyd said. \"We wanted to see whether we would see similar messages with modern mammography, and we did,\" he said. \"We also wanted long-term observation.\" </p> <p>\"Women should understand that this [breast density] is indeed a risk factor with the same kind of awareness they might accept knowing that some of their relatives have breast cancer,\" Boyd said. \"If they know they have dense breast [tissue] and something changes, they may report it more promptly.\" </p> <p>And women on hormone replacement therapy, which can increase breast density, should talk with their doctor about what they should do, he said.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>For more on breast cancer, visit the <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=&dt=5\" target=\"_new\">American Cancer Society</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2049','7','	<p><p>THURSDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. tobacco companies increased the level of addictive nicotine in their cigarettes by 11 percent from 1998 to 2005, and did so in a variety of ways, new research shows.</p> <p>The tobacco companies accomplished the increase not only be intensifying the concentration of nicotine in the tobacco but also by modifying several design features of cigarettes to increase the number of puffs per cigarette taken by smokers, according to a Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) study.</p> <p>Analyzing major brand name cigarettes sold in Massachusetts, the researchers found that increases in smoke nicotine yield per cigarette averaged 1.6 percent each year over those seven years. Nicotine is the primary addictive ingredient in cigarettes.</p> <p>Increases in smoke-nicotine yields occurred in each of the four major manufacturers and across all the major cigarette market categories, including light and ultralight.</p> <p>The findings were expected to be presented Thursday at the Harvard School of Public Health.</p> <p>\"Cigarettes are finely-tuned delivery devices, designed to perpetuate a tobacco pandemic,\" research team co-leader Howard Koh, associate dean for public health practice at HSPH and a former commissioner of public health in Massachusetts, said in a prepared statement.</p> <p>\"Yet precise information about these products remains shrouded in secrecy, hidden from the public. Policy actions today requiring the tobacco industry to disclose critical information about nicotine and product design could protect the next generation from the tragedy of addiction,\" Koh said.</p> <p>\"Our findings call into serious question whether the tobacco industry has changed at all in its pursuit of addicting smokers since signing the Master Settlement Agreement of 1998 with the State Attorneys General,\" research team co-leader Gregory Connolly, program director of the Tobacco Control Research Program at HSPH, said in a prepared statement.</p> <p>\"Our analysis shows that the companies have been subtly increasing the drug nicotine year by year in their cigarettes, without any warning to consumers, since the settlement. Scrutiny by the Attorneys General is imperative,\" Connolly said.</p> <p>He added that Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) has filed proposed federal legislation \"that would address this abuse and bring the tobacco industry under the rules that regulate other manufacturers of drugs.\"</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse has more about <a href=\"http://www.nida.nih.gov/ResearchReports/Nicotine/Nicotine.html\" target=\"_new\">tobacco addiction</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2050','7','	<p><!--Spanish ID: 601246 --> <p>TUESDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say a simple test that analyzes DNA in a person\'s sputum could be used to diagnose lung cancer.</p> <p>As outlined in an article in the Jan. 15 issue of the journal <i>Clinical Cancer Research</i>, a team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine is developing an inexpensive and non-invasive genetic test to help detect early stage lung cancer in current and former smokers.</p> <p>The test looks at whether two genes (HYAL2 and FHIT) -- believed to be tumor-suppressors -- are missing from cells found in sputum. The test, called \"fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH),\" uses fluorescently labeled single-strand DNA probes to bind to the complementary band of a specific gene. A special microscope is then used to check for the presence or absence of a fluorescent signal produced when the strands bind.</p> <p>An initial test of FISH identified 76 percent of stage 1 lung cancer patients whose tumors also showed the same loss of the two genes. In contrast, standard sputum cytology tests -- which look for changes in cell structure -- identified 46 percent of the patients.</p> <p>\"There is an urgent need to develop reliable early diagnostic biomarkers for lung cancer that can be detected non-invasively, and these two genes look to be great candidate markers for such a test,\" Dr. Feng Jiang, assistant professor of pathology, said in a prepared statement.</p> <p>\"We need to validate our finding, of course, but we have shown that the genetic aberrations seen in sputum reflect the same genetic aberrations found in lung tumors, and that these molecular changes occur before any morphological changes can be seen in a cytology test,\" Jiang said.</p> <p>\"As a diagnostic tool to identify early stage lung cancer patients who would then benefit most from curative therapies, FISH is very cheap and convenient,\" he said. \"The technique may be also useful in monitoring lung cancer patients for response to treatment, disease progression and early evidence of relapse in the future.\"</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The U.S. National Cancer Institute has more about <a href=\"http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/lung\" target=\"_new\">lung cancer</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2051','7','	<p><p>THURSDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers think they have discovered how to boost one of the body\'s natural cancer fighters.</p> <p>It might be possible to superpower the gene, known as PTEN, by tinkering with an enzyme that regulates its activity, scientists report in the Jan. 12 issue of <i>Cell</i>.</p> <p>Although they are a long way from developing an actual drug based on the discovery, the ability to manipulate the tumor-suppressor gene is \"potentially a real breakthrough,\" said study author Dr. Pier Paolo Pandolfi, a professor of cancer biology and genetics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.</p> <p>Pandolfi and other researchers at Sloan-Kettering and Columbia University were intrigued by the PTEN gene, which suppresses tumors by preventing \"excessive proliferation [of cells] that\'s associated with cancers and [inducing] cells to die when they misbehave and act as a tumor,\" Pandolfi explained.</p> <p>Essentially, the PTEN gene acts as a guard inside a cell, explained Xuejun Jiang, director of a Sloan-Kettering laboratory that studies cells. But when the gene mutates, it stops guarding cells properly.</p> <p>\"The consequence is that those cells might grow crazily, and when they need to die, they don\'t die,\" Jiang said.</p> <p>Scientists have noticed that mutated PTEN genes seem to be connected to several kinds of cancer, including tumors in the prostate, brain and breast.</p> <p>In three new studies, published in the Jan. 12 issue of <i>Cell</i>, researchers report that an enzyme known as NEDD4-1 appears to be crucial in telling the PTEN gene what to do. Essentially, the enzyme regulates PTEN, which is itself a regulator, Jiang explained.</p> <p>If there\'s more of the enzyme, the PTEN gene seems to do a shoddier job of keeping an eye on keeping cancer at bay. That made the scientists wonder whether they could control tumors by manipulating the levels of the enzyme.</p> <p>\"Now we are trying to build up more sophisticated cell models and animal models\" to confirm whether this approach would work, Jiang said.</p> <p>There\'s at least one possible hitch: tinkering with PTEN could be devastating, according to Pandolfi, because boosting its power could make the gene go after healthy cells.</p> <p>That would, in essence, make a treatment toxic, just like current chemotherapy drugs sometimes poison the body as they kill the cancer.</p> <p>This isn\'t the first time researchers have looked at PTEN. In 2005, researchers at Sloan-Kettering reported that the gene could stop massive tumor growth in prostate cancer even when another tumor suppressor, known as P53, was turned off.</p> <p>In those cases, PTEN seemed to make mutating cancer cells go to sleep.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>Learn more about the PTEN gene from the <a href=\"http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene=pten\" target=\"_new\">U.S. National Library of Medicine</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2052','7','	<p><p>FRIDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Surgery for prostate cancer can be safe and worthwhile for older men above the traditional cutoff age of 70.</p> <p>That\'s the conclusion of emerging research that calls into question the traditional view that men should be denied the surgery based on advanced age alone.</p> <p>Dr. Shabbir M.H. Alibhai, a scientist at University Health Network and the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute in Canada, published a study last year evaluating the effect of radical prostatectomy -- removal of the prostate gland -- among more than 11,000 men in Ontario. The finding: In otherwise healthy older men up to age 79, the risk of death after this surgery is relatively low.</p> <p>Alibhai thinks the study, because it was carefully done and included a large sample size, is beginning to change medical practice.</p> <p>\"We are finding surgeons are less cautious in thinking about this surgery for men over age 70,\" said Alibhai. \"People are being a little bit more scientific about this thing, [saying], \'Let\'s look at the aggressiveness of the cancer and how healthy the man is.\' \"</p> <p>The prostate gland, about the size of a walnut and located just below the bladder and in front of the rectum, helps produce seminal fluid. More than 234,000 men in the United States will learn they have prostate cancer this year, and more than 27,000 will die from the disease. Annual exams should begin at age 50 -- or earlier for men at high risk, according to the American Cancer Society.</p> <p>Traditionally, Alibhai said, many surgeons would make their decision to remove the prostate based on age alone, suggesting to men over 70 that they undergo radiation or hormone treatment, instead.</p> <p>Alibhai hopes his research, published in the <i>Journal of the National Cancer Institute</i>, spurs men to act as their own advocate. He believes many men are now justified to say to their surgeon, \"Just because I am over 70 does not mean I am going to have horrible complications.\"</p> <p>For the study, Alibhai and his co-researchers looked at the death and complication rates in 11,010 men who had prostate surgery between 1990 and 1999. The researchers looked at the first 30 days after the procedure.</p> <p>\"We found that the 30-day mortality rate did increase slightly with age,\" Alibhai said. \"The absolute mortality was about 0.5 percent. Although on a relative level there was an increase in the risk of mortality with each decade of age, the absolute risk was still quite low in older men.\"</p> <p>Overall, 53 men died, and 2,246 had one or more complications within 30 days of surgery. Other factors that increased the risk of 30-day mortality were previous heart disease or stroke, Alibhai said. \"If you had either or both those risks, you were at a significantly higher risk of having 30-day mortality than if you didn\'t have any of those conditions,\" he said.</p> <p>The bottom line: The researchers found that what really increases the risk of nearly all complications during the first 30 days after prostate surgery is other medical problems, such as heart problems, rather than age alone.</p> <p>Alibhai advises men to consider what other health problems they have and how aggressive their cancer is when trying to decide on surgery. \"The first thing the person needs to ask is, \'Do I need aggressive therapy?\' What is the chance this is going to grow and cause me trouble in my remaining days?\' \"</p> <p>If a man is older than 70, and the cancer isn\'t that aggressive, he may want to avoid surgery, especially if he has other health problems. But if he\'s fit and healthy, and the cancer is more aggressive, surgery might be the best choice, Alibhai said.</p> <p>Men also need to consider the likelihood of long-term complications from surgery, such as urinary incompetence or sexual dysfunction. Such complications weren\'t studied in Alibhai\'s research, and the risks do increase with age.</p> <p>But a word of caution was offered by another expert, Dr. Warren A. Jones, a distinguished professor of health policy and professor of family medicine at the University of Mississippi. He said the population of men studied by Alibhai may be more ethnically similar than what is found in the United States. \"While the points they [the researchers] make are honorable points, for our population, I would be cautious.\"</p> <p>Jones said men should discuss the pros and cons of surgery with their family doctor, ideally one they\'ve seen for many years, so he or she can assess their health status and advise them accordingly.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>To learn more about prostate cancer, visit the <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=LRN&dt=36\" target=\"_new\">American Cancer Society</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2053','7','	<p><p>FRIDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A trial testing whether the chemotherapy drug mitoxantrone would benefit men with prostate cancer has been stopped because three of the 488 patients who received the drug developed leukemia.</p> <p>According to the Southwest Oncology Group, which was running this phase III trial, 983 patients were randomly assigned to receive hormone deprivation therapy alone or hormone deprivation therapy plus six doses of mitoxantrone.</p> <p>\"We were surprised by the incidence of leukemia,\" said principal investigator Dr. L. Michael Glode, a professor of medical oncology at the University of Colorado in Denver. \"This general category of drugs has been associated with leukemia.\"</p> <p>One expert thinks the decision to end the trial was correct.</p> <p>\"They are doing the right thing,\" said Dr. Anthony D\'Amico, chief of radiation oncology at Brigham and Women\'s Hospital, in Boston. \"The initial studies of mitoxantrone were done in men with end-stage prostate cancer -- but their life expectancy was about a year and a half. The life expectancy of the men in this study is 10 to 15 years or more. Only in a study like this can you see the long-term side effects of chemotherapeutic agents like mitoxantrone.\"</p> <p>However, another expert doesn\'t see anything unusual about the incidence of leukemia among men receiving mitoxantrone.</p> <p>\"This is the first trial that tested adjuvant chemotherapy in men with high-risk prostate cancer,\" said Dr. Mario Eisenberger, a professor of oncology at Johns Hopkins University. \"I wouldn\'t be so alarmed with the very low number of leukemias in this setting, especially if you put that against the possible gain that you can get from this approach.\"</p> <p>Mitoxantrone has been approved for use in prostate cancer as well as in breast cancer, and it is commonly used to treat multiple sclerosis. In this trial, mitoxantrone was being used to treat \"poor risk\" prostate cancer patients. These are men whose cancer has spread to the tissues next to the prostate, or whose cancer has a high probability of returning after surgery or radiation therapy.</p> <p>The trial was stopped on Jan. 12 after the Southwest Oncology Group\'s Data Safety Monitoring Committee reviewed side effects and survival. The committee found that no patients in the hormone deprivation-only group developed leukemia, which suggested there was an increased risk of leukemia from mitoxantrone.</p> <p>Another expert wasn\'t surprised that there appears to be an association between mitoxantrone and leukemia in these men.</p> <p>\"It is well known that mitoxantrone is associated with a small, but real, increased risk of leukemia,\" said Dr. Celestia Higano, an assistant professor of medicine and urology at the University of Washington. \"The incidence of leukemia in this trial is on target with what has been seen in breast cancer. This is not unexpected.\"</p> <p>Glode also noted there have been similar incidences of leukemia with the drug among patients with breast cancer and with multiple sclerosis. \"The drug is approved for treating leukemia and for prostate cancer,\" he said. \"We don\'t know if mitoxantrone is the culprit here; it could just be a cluster of cases because the percentage is so small.\"</p> <p>Despite closing the trial early, it is going to take years of monitoring the patients to really determine whether or not mitoxantrone actually has a benefit for men with prostate cancer, Higano said.</p> <p>\"We are going to have to wait a number of years to see if there isn\'t, at the end of the day, some potential survival benefit, even though it was at the cost of some patients developing leukemia,\" Higano said.</p> <p>It will take up to 10 years to see if the drug had a survival benefit, Glode noted. \"At this point, patients in both arms of the trial are doing better,\" he said. \"That may be due to the hormone treatment. The trial will take another eight to 10 years to determine if there was a benefit from the chemotherapy drug.\"</p> <p>Eisenberger thinks these trials, despite some drawbacks, are essential to find ways to save lives.</p> <p>\"We would like to see the continued support for the kinds of trials we are doing,\" Eisenberger said. \"We are really trying to see if we can save more lives. People will die of the disease; people will die of the consequences of treatment, but the net benefit in the end is that you save thousands of lives at the cost of a very small proportion, which really saddens me, but life is not perfect.\"</p> <p>Both Eisenberger and Higano are concerned that the fallout from this trial will affect other trials. \"Some degree of alarm over these findings is going to make people hesitant to continue with research in this area,\" Higano said. In addition, Higano is concerned that doctors will stop referring patients to trials because of the halting of this trial.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The U.S. National Library of Medicine can tell you more about <a href=\"http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202378.html\" target=\"_new\">mitoxantrone</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2054','7','	<p><p>FRIDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Skin cancer researchers focused on sun exposure may be on the right track: A new study finds that beachgoers accurately report their sun habits, such as use of sunscreen, protective clothing and time spent in the sun.</p> <p>A team from the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, studied 88 adults, average age 40, who visited a beach in Honolulu in February or March 2004. The participants answered questions about their sun habits when they arrived at the beach, and again when they left the beach.</p> <p>The researchers checked the participants\' arms, legs and face for sunscreen, took note of their clothing, and assessed whether they had a sunburn.</p> <p>Overall, the participants\' self-reports of their sun habits were consistent with what was observed by the researchers. However, the study authors did observe that the beachgoers wore sunglasses less often than they reported they did.</p> <p>&quot;This study contributes to the paucity of existing research describing the validity of self-report sun habits,&quot; the researchers wrote. The study &quot;confirms that self-report is a suitable approach to assess sun habits of beachgoers.&quot;</p> <p>The study is published in the October issue of the <i>Archives of Dermatology</i>.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has more about <a href=\"http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/actionsteps.html\" target=\"_new\">sun safety</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2055','7','	<p><p>TUESDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) --Marathoners face heightened odds for skin cancer, including melanoma, new European research shows.</p> <p>The study &quot;confirms things we already know,&quot; said Dr. Robin Ashinoff, chief of dermatologic, Mohs, and laser surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J. &quot;We should be counseling these people to try and do their outside activities not when the sun is strongest, to wear a hat, T-shirt, long sleeves, and to put on sunblock. They\'re at high risk.&quot; </p> <p>According to background information in the study, there is evidence to suggest that endurance exercise, including marathon running, may raise the risk of skin cancer. Not only are outdoor exercisers exposed to high levels of ultraviolet radiation, but endurance exercise may suppress the immune system. </p> <p>&quot;Anybody who spends a lot of time outdoors -- runners, bicyclists, golfers, tennis players -- all have a lot of sun damage,&quot; confirmed Ashinoff, who was not involved in the current study. </p> <p>&quot;People who spend more time in the sun have an increased melanoma risk,&quot; added Dr. Vijay Trisal, assistant professor of surgical oncology at City of Hope Cancer Center in Duarte, Calif. </p> <p>Melanoma is one of the deadliest and most aggressive of all cancers. Other forms of skin cancer, such as basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, tend to be less deadly but can be disfiguring.</p> <p>The study\'s Austrian authors, themselves avid runners, treated eight ultramarathon runners with malignant melanoma over the past decade. All of the melanomas were located on parts of the body that were not covered or were only partially covered by clothing during exercising. </p> <p>For this study, the team from the Medical University of Graz recruited 210 marathon runners (166 of them men), aged 19 to 71, at a local marathon and compared them to a group of 210 controls recruited at a skin cancer screening campaign. </p> <p>All participants were examined for skin cancer and completed a questionnaire about any personal and family history of skin cancer, sun sensitivity and sun exposure. Marathoners also answered questions about their training. </p> <p>Controls were more sensitive to the sun (meaning they had lighter eyes and more sensitive skin types). But the marathoners had more dysplastic nevi (atypical moles, which can become malignant melanoma) and more liver spots. The more intense the training regimen, the more pronounced the abnormalities. </p> <p>As a result of their participation in the study, 24 marathoners and 14 people in the control group were referred to dermatologists for possible non-melanoma skin cancer. </p> <p>Most of the marathoners (96.7 percent) said they wore shorts and short-sleeved or sleeveless shirts. Only 56.2 percent said they regularly used sunscreen while training or competing, while 41.9 percent said they used it occasionally, and 1.9 percent said they did not use it at all. </p> <p>Marathoners and other outdoor exercisers should follow some common-sense rules, Trisal said, such as &quot;don\'t go out at midday, wear a wide-brimmed hat and a sunscreen of more than 15 SPF.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;Everything that makes you happy and feel good is, to some extent, good for your health. However, it is now well established that endurance exercise, and in particular marathons/ultramarathons, represent emergency states for the whole body,&quot; said Dr. Christina M. Ambros-Rudolph, study lead author and a dermatologist with the Medical University of Graz.</p> <p> &quot;Taking sunscreen alone is not enough as it can lose its power with sweating. It would be important to avoid training in sun-peak hours (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and wear reasonable gear that covers shoulders and upper back,&quot; she added. </p> <p>Ambros-Rudolph and her colleagues are currently finishing a follow-up study. </p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>For more on skin cancer, head to the <a href=\"http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/skin\" target=\"_new\">U.S. National Cancer Institute</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2056','7','	<p><!--Spanish ID: 600261 --> <p>MONDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Potentially fatal skin cancers called melanomas are more likely to grow fast when they\'re thicker, symmetrical, elevated, have regular borders or produce symptoms, a new Australian study found.</p> <p>\"Rapidly growing melanomas can potentially kill in a matter of weeks,\" said lead researcher Dr. Wendy Liu, of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, in East Melbourne.</p> <p>\"They can occur in anyone, not necessarily those with large numbers of moles and freckles. In fact, they more often occur in those without large numbers of moles and freckles and elderly men. They are more often red, rather than brown and black, symmetrical, elevated and symptomatic,\" Liu added.</p> <p>In the study, Liu\'s team investigated the growth rate of melanoma in 404 patients with invasive melanoma. Patients had their skin examined, and data about the moles were collected. In addition, patients were interviewed as soon as possible after diagnosis.</p> <p>Patients and their families were asked to recall when they first noticed a spot on their skin from which the melanoma later developed, and when they noticed the mole had changed or become suspicious.</p> <p>The researchers collected data on demographics, skin cancer risk factors, the characteristics of the tumor and who first detected the cancer -- the patient, a family member or friend, or a physician.</p> <p>Using this information and the thickness of the tumor when it was removed, Liu\'s group was able to estimate its rate of growth.</p> <p>The researchers found that about one-third of all the melanomas grew less than 0.1 millimeters per month, another one-third grew between 0.1 millimeter and 0.49 millimeters per month, and one-third grew 0.5 millimeters or more per month.</p> <p>Rapid tumor growth was associated with tumor thickness, ulceration (formation of a break or sore on the skin), amelanosis (lack of pigment in the tumor), regular borders, elevation and symptoms.</p> <p>Moreover, faster-growing melanomas were more often found in people 70 and older, in men, and in those with fewer moles and freckles, the researchers reported.</p> <p>Factors not associated with the rate of growth were the number of atypical moles or age spots or liver spots; a history of sun damage or blistering sunburns; skin type; eye color; family or personal history of melanoma; and current or childhood sun exposure.</p> <p>\"Rapidly growing melanomas no longer fit the classical description of melanomas,\" Liu said. \"We need to promote the awareness of this less common but more aggressive form of melanomas among the health professionals and the general public.\"</p> <p>But Liu cautioned that \"any rapidly growing skin lesion, regardless of its morphology and perceived risk factors for melanoma, deserves prompt medical assessment.\"</p> <p>The study findings are published in the December issue of the <i>Archives of Dermatology</i>.</p> <p>One expert noted that most cancers have rapidly growing forms.</p> <p>\"This is not a surprising finding,\" said Dr. Vijay Trisal, an assistant professor of surgical oncology at the City of Hope Cancer Center, in Duarte, Calif. \"You can extrapolate these findings to any tumors in the body.\"</p> <p>Tumors that are fast-growing are more aggressive, and can divide faster and invade vessels and organs more quickly, Trisal said.</p> <p>Trisal added, however, that asking patients about the growth of their melanoma is not an accurate basis for estimating the speed of the cancer\'s growth. \"It is very subjective,\" he said. \"It also depends on where the lesion is. If it\'s on the back, it might not be noticed for a long time.\"</p> <p>\"Tumors that grow fast are particularly worrisome, especially if you have no chemotherapy for them,\" Trisal said. \"For melanoma, we have no chemotherapy, and the faster they grow, the worse they are, because that means that the tumor has the ability to get into the blood vessels and lymph nodes faster.\"</p> <p>People should get medical attention as soon as they notice a melanoma, Trisal said. </p> <p>\"You can\'t just sit there and watch a melanoma grow and say, \'Fine, it hasn\'t grown in two months, so it is not that aggressive,\' because you want to get on top of it sooner,\" Trisal added.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The U.S. National Cancer Institute can tell you more about <a href=\"http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/melanoma\" target=\"_new\">melanoma</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2057','7','	<p><!--Spanish ID: 600352 --> <p>WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Giving infants \"light therapy\" to treat their jaundice may boost their risk of skin moles during childhood, French researchers report.</p> <p>Some types of moles can raise risks for melanoma skin cancer, the team pointed out.</p> <p>Jaundice affects between 45 percent and 60 percent of healthy newborns and as many as 80 percent of premature babies, according to background information in the article, which is published in the December <i>Archives of Dermatology</i>.</p> <p>In this study, researchers at Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris, examined 58 children, ages 8 or 9, for the presence of melanocytic nevi (moles). Eighteen of the children had phototherapy when they were newborns.</p> <p>Overall, 37 of the children had moles that were 2 millimeters or larger, and there were an average of 2.08 moles per child. The children who\'d had phototherapy (light therapy) had more moles than the other children (an average of 3.5 vs. 1.45). When the analysis was limited to moles between 2 millimeters and 5 millimeters, the association between phototherapy and moles was stronger, the study said.</p> <p>Moles smaller than 2 millimeters in diameter \"may represent more recent nevi, whereas those nevi due to early event should be larger,\" the researchers wrote. \"Nevi larger than 5 millimeters probably are congenital nevi and are most probably associated with genetic predisposition.\"</p> <p>\"Higher numbers of acquired benign nevi are associated with increased risk of melanoma,\" the study authors concluded. \"A detailed examination of the factors responsible for the development of nevi in children would be useful to identify high-risk groups to be targeted for prevention. The link between melanoma and phototherapy should be the focus of such a study.\"</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about <a href=\"http://familydoctor.org/756.xml\" target=\"_new\">babies and jaundice</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2058','7','	<p><p>(HealthDay News) -- Melanoma is a deadly form of skin cancer. But it can be prevented with some safe-sun practices. Follow these suggestions from the American Cancer Society to help reduce your risk: </p> <ul> <li>Keep your skin covered when outside with long sleeves, long pants and a hat.</li> <li>If you\'re outside for a long time, head for the shade.</li> <li>Use sunscreen any time you are outside -- even if it\'s cloudy. Be sure to apply it properly by following the instructions on the product.</li> <li>Wear sunglasses.</li> <li>Don\'t use tanning beds.</li> <li>Look for any moles that look abnormal and have them checked by your doctor.</li> </ul> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2059','7','	<p><!--Spanish ID: 600575 --> <p>FRIDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- While many people like to get a tan because they think it makes them look their best during holiday celebrations and vacations, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) wants to remind people that indoor tanning is always dangerous.</p> <p>An AAD survey of over 1,000 U.S. adults found that 69 percent of male and 61 percent of female respondents said they believed that people look better with a tan. The survey also found that 60 percent of men and 54 percent of women thought that tans make a person look \"healthy.\"</p> <p>This common belief that tans make people look better explains why so many people go to tanning salons in the fall and winter. Each day, about a million Americans visit tanning salons. But this short-term boost to self image comes at a cost in the long term, experts warn.</p> <p>\"Indoor tanning is an unnecessary activity. While it produces a temporary cosmetic effect, it can cause long-term health problems,\" Dr. Arielle N.B. Kauvar, associate professor of dermatology at New York University School of Medicine, said in a prepared statement.</p> <p>\"Overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation is the most preventable cause of skin cancer. Self-tanning products are a safe alternative way to get the cosmetic effect,\" Kauvar said.</p> <p>Research has shown a connection between indoor tanning and melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer and the second most common form of cancer in American women ages 20 to 29, the AAD said.</p> <p>Despite evidence about the dangers of indoor tanning, the industry actually tries to promote it as something that\'s beneficial. That\'s because exposure to UV light triggers the body to produce vitamin D, which may reduce the risk for cancer and other diseases.</p> <p>\"Because vitamin D can be produced through exposure to UV light, some people may think that they have to have exposure to the sun or a tanning lamp to produce optimal amounts of the nutrient,\" Kauvar said.</p> <p>\"But there are safe ways to get vitamin D each day -- drinking a couple of glasses of vitamin-D fortified milk or orange juice, eating salmon or mackerel and other foods rich in vitamin D, or taking a supplement -- that do not pose a health risk like tanning does,\" Kauvar said.</p> <p>In an effort to educate people about the dangers of indoor tanning, the AAD recently launched a public education campaign that features television, radio and print advertisements.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The U.S. Federal Trade Commission discusses <a href=\"http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/health/indootan.htm\" target=\"_new\">false advertising claims about indoor tanning</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2060','8','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Infants form memories early, but also forget</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Babies lose the information faster than adults, researchers say</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>SAN FRANCISCO - Adults thinking back rarely can remember anything before preschool, but those bright infant eyes staring back at Mommy and Daddy really are forming memories. It\'s just that babies also forget.</p><p>In fact, babies\' rate of forgetting is even faster than that of adults, Patricia Bauer of Duke University said Friday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</p><p>Bauer was part of a panel discussing \"infant amnesia,\" the puzzling inability of people to remember events early in life.</p><p>Researchers have long speculated that babies\' brains were simply unable to form memories, but Bauer said new research indicates that is incorrect.</p><p>While rates of memory development vary among infants, all babies are extremely intelligent, added Lisa Oakes of the University of California at Davis. \"The task they have before them is overwhelming.\"</p><p>Infants are very good at extracting information from their environment, said Oakes.</p><p>The ability to form memories depends on a network of structures in the brain, and these develop at different times, Bauer said. As the networks come together between 6 months and 18 months of life, researchers see increased efficiency in the ability to form short-and long-term memory, she said.</p><p>From age 6 months to 2 years, memory increases from about 24 hours to a year, she said.</p><p>But noting that children, like adults, forget, she compared the brains of infants and adults with colanders used to drain food. The adult colander has small holes, for draining something like orzo or rice, while the infant colander has larger holes, such as for draining large penne pasta, but allowing more information to flow out.</p><p>Adults\' earliest memories of childhood tend to be emotional events, either positive or negative, she added.</p><p>\"Our lives completely depend on being able to remember the past,\" Bauer said, and that matures during the first two years of life.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/17185324/\">When pregnant mom eats fish, kids do better</a></li><li>\n<a href=\"/id/17155848/\">U.S., Britain rank last in kid welfare</a><a href=\"/id/17185324/\">?/a>\n</li><li>\n<a href=\"/id/17170672/\">Human brain can regenerate cells</a><a href=\"/id/17185324/\">?br></a>\n</li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Bauer said infants were tested by using objects such as cups and blocks. In one test a baby would be shown two cups, a block would be put into one, the other cup would be put over the top, and the group would be shaken to form a rattle.</p><p>This is something children don\'t do instinctively, she explained, but once they see it they can copy it, and researchers can see how long they remember when given the same objects.</p><p>Oakes said she studied infants by watching how long they would look at something. Babies will look longer at something new than something they are familiar with, she said, which allows researchers to calculate how long the baby remembers something.</p><p>Tracy DeBoer of the University of California at Davis said babies born to diabetic mothers are at increased risk of memory loss. Such children may have shortages of oxygen and iron before birth, and that can cause impaired memory when they are growing.</p><p>That impairment did not occur in cases where the mothers\' diabetes was controlled during pregnancy, she added.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2061','8','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Parents urged to donate newborn\'s cord blood</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Can be used for bone marrow transplants to help cancer patients</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>WASHINGTON - Flyers in upscale doctors\' offices portray it as the hot new baby-shower gift: a registry where friends and family chip in almost $2,000 to start privately banking a newborn\'s umbilical cord blood, just in case of future illness.</p><p>That idea of biological insurance is a long shot that most mothers-to-be can safely ignore, say new guidelines from the nation\'s pediatricians that urge more parents to donate their babies\' cord blood - so that it might save someone\'s life today.</p><p>The guidelines come as the government begins setting up the first national cord-blood banking system, aiming to prevent some 12,000 deaths a year - if public banks can compete with marketing-savvy private companies that now house the bulk of the world\'s preserved cord blood.</p><p>Cord blood is rich in stem cells, the building blocks that produce blood - and the same stem cells that make up the bone-marrow transplants that help many people survive certain cancers and other diseases. But cord blood has some advantages: These younger stem cells are more easily transplanted into unrelated people than bone marrow is, and they can be thawed at a moment\'s notice, much easier than searching out a bone-marrow donor.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?BoardID=762&amp;ThreadID=206223&amp;BoardsParam=HIPDelay%3d1\">Discuss: Do you plan to donate your baby\'s cord blood?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/17185324/\">When pregnant moms eat fish, kids do better</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/17010970/\">Risky pregnancies on the rise</a> </li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>There should be plenty for both private and public banking, says an optimistic Dr. Elizabeth Shpall of the public M.D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank. After all, cord blood from most of the nation\'s 4 million annual births is thrown away.</p><p>Chief hurdles: Improving consumer awareness - and the small number of hospitals that allow donations.</p><p>Her own work illustrates the industry\'s stark socio-economic contrasts: At Houston\'s Ben Taub General Hospital, Shpall finds the mostly Hispanic mothers-to-be not only unable to afford private banking - few have even heard that cord blood has a medical use.</p><p>Armed with a $3 million federal grant to improve much-needed minority donations, she is working with Spanish-language TV and radio programs that in a few months will begin telling Houston moms about their cord blood choices, and which hospitals allow donations.</p><p>Her message: \"Unless you have a family member with cancer, it\'s unlikely you would ever need it, and you would be doing a service to humanity to donate it.\"</p><p>Today, about 50,000 cord blood donations are stored in more than 20 public banks around the country. The new National Cord Blood Inventory aims to triple that number, enough that virtually anyone who needs stem cell treatment could find a match - especially minority patients who today seldom can as most bone marrow donors are white.</p><p>Private banks have an estimated 400,000 units stored.</p><p>What\'s the controversy? Deciding who really needs to store a child\'s own cord blood for later use. Private storage costs $1,500 to $1,900 up front, and about $125 a year thereafter, although some offer special programs for lower-income families.</p><p>Guidelines published last month by the American Academy of Pediatrics say:</p><ul><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Parents should consider private storage only if an older sibling has cancer or certain genetic diseases that cord blood is proven to treat.</li><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Everyone else should consider donating their child\'s cord blood. The odds that a child would need an infusion of his or her own cord blood later in life are slim, between one in 1,000 and one in 200,000.</li></ul><p><b><strong>Experimental treatments</strong></b><br>Private banks vehemently disagree, arguing that as scientists learn more about stem cells, the blood could create personalized treatments for heart disease or other more common killers.</p><p>\"That\'s still considered very experimental,\" counters Dr. Mitchell Cairo of Columbia University Medical Center, who co-authored the new guidelines.</p><p>Also, doctors don\'t even know if cord blood remains usable after being stored for decades.</p><p>Still, last month Illinois doctors reported the first apparent success in treating a child\'s leukemia with her own cord blood - something usually impossible because that blood so often carries the cancer-triggering genetic defect.</p><p>The report has expectant parents calling Advocate Hope Children\'s Hospital to ask if they, too, should store their babies\' cord blood, says Dr. Ammar Hayani, who performed the transplant only after genetic testing showed that patient\'s cord blood was defect-free.</p><p>\"It\'s probably overadvertised by some of these companies as this biological insurance. That\'s probably overdramatization of its potential,\" says Hayani, who advises parents of the pediatric academy\'s guidelines. \"But I think parents need to know\" both sides\' arguments, he says.</p><p>About 11 states have recently passed legislation to try to increase the information that expectant parents receive about their cord blood choices: store it, donate it, or discard it.</p><p>It\'s no different than how families choose between public or private schools, says Steve Grant of Cord Blood Registry, which began offering the baby-gift option last year after noticing grandparents putting up the money.</p><p>\"The competitive nature seems misplaced to me,\" he says. \"Family banking is not in any way detracting from the ability to build a public system.\"</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('2062','8','	<p><p>WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic clues that reveal a brain cell\'s origins remain distinct even after the cell becomes a brain tumor, researchers report.</p> <p>That discovery could help improve insight into childhood brain tumors, says an international team of scientists.</p> <p>\"Our findings suggest that brain tumors arising in different regions may be genetically distinct as a consequence of their unique cellular origins. This is yet another factor we need to consider when trying to understand how pediatric brain tumors form,\" study senior author Dr. David H. Gutmann, professor of neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, said in a prepared statement.</p> <p>He led six laboratories in a detailed genetic analysis of pilocytic astrocytoma, the most common kind of childhood brain tumor.</p> <p>\"We were hoping to identify genes that contribute to the formation of these tumors and find indicators that might help us predict which tumors will be relatively well-behaved and which will be more aggressive,\" said Gutmann, who is also co-director of the neuro-oncology program at the Siteman Cancer Center.</p> <p>\"When we looked at gene activity levels in the tumors as a function of brain location ... a very interesting pattern began to emerge,\" he said.</p> <p>The researchers found that tumors that develop in different parts of the brain retain distinct patterns of gene expression. This suggests that genetic fingerprints can be used to pinpoint the likely origins of brain tumors.</p> <p>The study is in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal <i>Cancer Research</i>.</p> <p>\"There\'s been a movement in recent years to link normal brain development to pediatric neuro-oncology, and these findings affirm that as a necessary approach,\" Gutmann said. \"We won\'t fully understand the causes of pediatric brain tumors until we consider them in the context of factors that shape the development and specialization of different brain regions.\"</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The U.S. National Cancer Institute has more about <a href=\"http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/childbrain/patient/\" target=\"_new\">childhood brain tumors</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('482','2','	<p><p>TUESDAY, July 4 (HealthDay News) -- It only takes five heart-healthy lifestyle habits to significantly reduce heart disease risk in middle-aged and older men, a new study shows.</p> <p>Even men being treated for high blood pressure or high cholesterol showed a reduced risk of heart disease when they quit smoking, kept slim, exercised daily, drank only a moderate amount of alcohol and stuck to a healthy diet.</p> <p>The 16-year study of almost 43,000 men, ages 40 to 75, was published in the July 4 issue of the journal <i>Circulation</i>.</p> <p>The study at looked at the impact on health of five heart-healthy behaviors. In detail, these behaviors included keeping a body mass index (BMI) of less than 25 (the threshold for overweight) and exercising daily for at least 30 minutes. Moderate alcohol consumption was defined as an average of half a drink to two drinks a day. A healthy diet included fruits and vegetables, cereal fiber, nuts, legumes, chicken and fish, low-intake of trans and saturated fats, and taking a multivitamin for at least five years.</p> <p>Among all the men in the study, 2,183 had a heart attack or developed fatal coronary heart disease during the study period.</p> <p>Men who adhered to the five healthy habits were 87 percent less likely to develop coronary heart disease, compared to men who had none of the healthy habits, the study found.</p> <p>The researchers concluded that 62 percent of coronary events in the overall study group may have been prevented if all the men in the study adhered to the five healthy habits.</p> <p>The researchers also found that these healthy behaviors could prevent 57 percent of all coronary events among men taking medications for high blood pressure or high cholesterol.</p> <p>&quot;One of the strengths of this study is that every two years, we collected detailed updated information on lifestyle factors such as BMI or smoking status and also medical confirmation of newly diagnosed heart disease,&quot; study lead author Stephanie Chiuve, research fellow, department of nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, said in a prepared statement.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The American Heart Association offers <a href=\"http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200009\" target=\"_new\">healthy lifestyle tips</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('483','2','	<p><!--Spanish ID:533634--> <p>WEDNESDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) -- Daily physical activity helps extend the lives of people with the debilitating condition known as peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a U.S. study finds.</p> <p>The researchers found the death rate among more active patients is less than a third that of inactive patients.</p> <p>Lower extremity PAD -- a condition in which fatty deposits build up in the inner linings of the artery walls in the legs -- affects about 8 million Americans. PAD is associated with an increased risk of heart disease, heart attack, and stroke. Common symptoms of PAD include cramping, pain, and tiredness in the leg or hip muscles while walking, climbing stairs or exercising.</p> <p>&quot;Most PAD patients are inactive to avoid the pain of cramps in their legs,&quot; study senior author Dr. Mary M. McDermott, an associate professor at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, said in a prepared statement.</p> <p>Her team assessed the physical activity levels of 460 male and female PAD patients, average age 72, who were followed for five years. Of the 460 patients, 134 died during follow-up, and 40 percent of those deaths were due to cardiovascular disease.</p> <p>The death rate among patients with the lowest activity levels was more than three times higher than patients with the highest levels of physical activity. The findings appear in the July 4 issue of the journal <i>Circulation</i>.</p> <p>&quot;We found that there is a survival benefit for PAD patients who are more physically active in their daily routines,&quot; McDermott said.</p> <p>Doctors should advise PAD patients to be more active, she said.</p> <p>&quot;Anything PAD patients can do in their daily life to be more active may help them live longer. Simple tips to add more physical activity to a daily routine are parking further away at the grocery store or taking the stairs,&quot; McDermott said.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The American Medical Association has more about <a href=\"http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/295/5/584\" target=\"_new\">PAD</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('484','2','	<p><p>WEDNESDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- For decades, Americans have avoided iodine deficiency by consuming salt specially fortified with iodine. But a new study out of China suggests that, in some cases, fortification can lead to excessive iodine intake, which has its own health risks.</p> <p>The trick, experts say, is to find a safe, mid-range dose of the trace element, which is essential to healthy thyroid function.</p> <p>&quot;That\'s the case with any mineral or vitamin -- there\'s a level below which you can end up with a deficiency, and there\'s a level above which you can consume an excess,&quot; said Roberta Anding, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.</p> <p>She and another expert said that, despite the results of the Chinese study, the major iodine-related problem facing Americans is still deficiency, especially among pregnant women and those people who cut most salt from their diet.</p> <p>&quot;I really couldn\'t find cases or case-reports of iodine overdose in the U.S.,&quot; Anding said.</p> <p>That\'s not the situation in China, according to a study published in the June 29 issue of the <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i>. Researchers led by Dr. Weiping Teng, of China Medical University in Shenyang, compared iodine concentrations in urine samples from more than 3,000 people living in three different regions of the country.</p> <p>They also examined the incidence of hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) and autoimmune thyroiditis (also known as Hashimoto\'s disease) in these populations. Both of these conditions are linked to excessive iodine intake.</p> <p>The team found that rising levels of iodine intake was closely linked to a rising incidence of the two thyroid conditions, which can cause fatigue and a general physiological slowdown.</p> <p>While all of the people consumed iodized salt, some communities were much more affected than others.</p> <p>&quot;Those people were probably getting iodine [naturally] in the water, which others didn\'t, and then they were also getting the iodized salt,&quot; explained Dr. Robert Utiger, a clinical professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and the author of an editorial on the study in the journal. Together, that double-dose pushed people into an excess of daily iodine, he explained.</p> <p>Utiger believes countries or communities that are considering iodine fortification of salt should first discern how much of the nutrient people are already obtaining via food and water.</p> <p>But he stressed that iodine deficiency -- not excess -- remains the principal area of concern, both globally and in the United States. For example, despite the widespread use of iodized salt, the percentage of pregnant women with iodine deficiency &quot;has increased in the U.S. over the past 20 years,&quot; Utiger said -- up from just 1 percent in the 1970s to 7 percent by 2002.</p> <p>That\'s troubling, Utiger added, because a severe deficiency of the nutrient can lead to miscarriage or such serious birth defects as mental retardation. And even mild deficiencies in childhood have been linked to learning disabilities, poor growth and goiter in school-age children.</p> <p>Why the upswing in iodine-deficient Americans? According to Anding, multiple factors may be at play.</p> <p>&quot;Of course, our richest source of iodine is iodized salt,&quot; she said. &quot;But I see more and more people going back to more \'natural\' versions -- non-iodized sea salt, for example -- or people cutting back on their added salt.&quot;</p> <p>Indeed, cutting back on salt <i>is</i> healthy, in terms of avoiding high blood pressure and stroke. In fact, the American Medical Association earlier this month called on Americans to cut their daily sodium consumption in half over the next 10 years.</p> <p>Anding agreed that too much salt is bad for people. But she said iodized table salt remains a prime source of iodine, so extreme cutbacks can be harmful. &quot;I actually had a dietitian friend of mine who found out she had an overt iodine deficiency,&quot; Anding said. &quot;That\'s because she\'s a good dietitian and didn\'t use a whole lot of salt,&quot; she added.</p> <p>Another problem is that many food manufacturers are now using non-iodized salt, she said. Unlike many countries, the United States does not mandate that all commercial salt be iodized, although government studies show that about 70 percent of table salt does contain the nutrient.</p> <p>Utiger said he\'d like to see fewer American women with iodine deficiency, but the results of the Chinese study suggest that boosting concentrations of iodized salt comes with its own risks.</p> <p>&quot;There\'s a trade-off: If you raise the iodine intake of the population as a whole, you will reduce the number of pregnant women who have poor iodine intake,&quot; he said. &quot;But a few more people may then have the effect of too <i>much</i> iodine,&quot; he noted.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>For more on iodine, head to <a href=\"http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/minerals/iodine/\" target=\"_new\">Oregon State University</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('485','2','	<p><p>WEDNESDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Using B vitamins to lower levels of the blood protein homocysteine does not ward off Alzheimer\'s disease, at least not in older people with high homocysteine levels, according to new research.</p> <p>The findings come as a disappointment after previous work had suggested a link between Alzheimer\'s and elevated concentrations of the amino acid.</p> <p>&quot;There is no short-term benefit of homocysteine lowering with B-vitamins on cognitive performance in healthy older people with high homocysteine,&quot; confirmed Murray Skeaff, co-author of the study published in the June 29 issue of the <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i> and associate professor of human nutrition at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.</p> <p>But the issue is not dead, yet. </p> <p>&quot;We would love to see something as simple and relatively non-toxic as a vitamin intervention that would prevent dementia and/or Alzheimer\'s,&quot; said William Thies, vice president of medical and scientific relations at the Alzheimer\'s Association in Chicago. &quot;This trial probably has an inadequate number of people and too short a time period to show an effect. This particular trial will not end the discussion,&quot; he said.</p> <p>Previous observational studies had shown higher homocysteine levels in Alzheimer\'s patients. Also, among older adults, higher homocysteine levels were correlated with poorer performance on cognitive tests. </p> <p>About 4.5 million people in the United States suffer from dementia, the association said, and many more experience some form of cognitive impairment. </p> <p>The authors of this study wanted to see if lowering homocysteine levels had any impact on cognitive function in older adults. </p> <p>The two-year study involved 276 healthy participants, age 65 or older, who had blood homocysteine levels above a certain threshold.</p> <p>Participants were given a daily supplement containing 1,000 micrograms of folate, 500 micrograms of vitamin B12 and 10 milligrams of B6. Cognitive testing was done at the beginning of the study as well as after one and two years of treatment. </p> <p>Folates are B-vitamin nutrients found in foods such as bananas and oranges, leafy green vegetables, asparagus, broccoli, liver, and many types of beans and peas. </p> <p>Although homocysteine levels did become lower in the vitamin group, the researchers detected no significant differences in scores of mental functioning. </p> <p>&quot;We used a range of tests to assess specific aspects of cognition and found no evidence of better cognition in those who took vitamins,&quot; Skeaff said. &quot;If dementia is at the extreme of the continuum of cognitive decline, then, according to the \'homocysteine hypothesis,\' we might have expected better cognitive performance in the vitamins group. This did not happen. If there was a hint of anything -- the emphasis is on hint -- it was <i>lower</i> cognitive scores in the vitamins group&quot; he said. </p> <p>&quot;This study puts a chink in [the hypothesis\'] armor, because we did not find even a hint of better cognition in those who took the vitamins,&quot; Skeaff said, concluding, &quot;Population-based screening for high homocysteine concentrations or treatment with high-dose B-vitamins to improve cognitive performance cannot be advocated, based on current evidence.&quot; </p> <p>But to truly understand the effect of lowering homocysteine on dementia, much larger and longer trials would be needed, Thies said. Such trials are invariably expensive.</p> <p>One interesting aside to the current study is that it did manage to demonstrably lower homocysteine levels, even in the United States, where foods like bread are already folate-enriched.</p> <p>&quot;That\'s always been one of the questions about doing a trial like this: Is there enough folic acid supplementation around the world now that it makes homocysteine lowering difficult to achieve in a \'real\' population?&quot; Thies asked. &quot;They\'ve shown they can do that, but obviously, it has virtually no effect on any of the cognitive markers,&quot; he said. </p> <p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture began requiring that all grain products be fortified with folic acid in 1998. The supplement is key in helping prevent neural tube defects such as spina bifida in newborns. </p> <p>There has been concern, however, that such fortification may not be safe for older people with vitamin B12 deficiency. </p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>For much more on Alzheimer\'s, visit the <a href=\"http://www.alz.org/\" target=\"_new\">Alzheimer\'s Association</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('486','2','	<p><!--Spanish ID:533534--> <p>WEDNESDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with celiac disease have to carefully monitor their diet to avoid consuming gluten, a ubiquitous protein found in whole grains.</p> <p>Now, researchers say a newly discovered enzyme may prevent an allergic reaction in celiac patients who have accidentally consumed gluten.</p> <p>Gluten causes an inflammatory reaction that can lead to significant intestinal damage in people suffering from celiac disease. The damage prevents the intestine from properly absorbing nutrients from food. Avoiding gluten in the diet prevents this damage, but the risk of accidentally ingesting gluten remains high.</p> <p>However, researchers at Stanford University say they\'ve identified an enzyme called EP-B2 that successfully digested gluten in an acidic environment similar to that of a human stomach. The enzyme even broke down the elements of the protein associated with causing the inflammatory reactions in celiac patients.</p> <p>&quot;Non-dietary therapies that allow celiac patients to safely incorporate low-to-moderate levels of gluten into their daily diet would be of considerable benefit,&quot; study author Dr. Chaitan Khosla, of Stanford University and the Celiac Sprue Research Foundation, said in a prepared statement. &quot;Having demonstrated earlier that certain types of enzymes can detoxify gluten, our laboratory set out to devise an optimal oral enzyme therapy for celiac sprue by borrowing from nature,&quot; Khosla said.</p> <p>&quot;In germinating barley seed, gluten serves as a nutritious storage protein that is efficiently digested by enzymes. One enzyme, EP-B2, plays a crucial role in this process by breaking gluten proteins after glutamine residues, which comprise one-third of all amino acid residues in gluten,&quot; Khosla added.</p> <p>Khosla\'s team used a combination of EP-B2 and PEP, another enzyme known to digest gluten. The two enzymes together broke down and detoxified gluten within 10 minutes. Neither was effective when used alone.</p> <p>&quot;Our results suggest that recombinant EP-B2 should be effective as supportive therapy to help celiacs cope with the \'hidden\' gluten in everyday life, and that a two-enzyme cocktail containing PEP and EP-B2 may even allow celiacs to resume a more normal diet in the future,&quot; concluded Khosla.</p> <p>Results from the study are reported in the June issue of <i>Chemistry and Biology</i>.</p> <p><b>More information</b> </p> <p>The Celiac Disease Foundation has more information on <a href=\" http://www.celiac.org/&quot;target =\">celiac disease</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('487','2','	<p><p>THURSDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- Pets always welcome treats, but their owners may be putting themselves at risk of developing salmonella infection by handling beef or seafood snacks contaminated with the bacteria.</p> <p>So warned the authors of a report issued Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).</p> <p>The CDC study outlined nine cases of pet owners becoming sick with a specific type of infection, called <i>Salmonella</i> Thompson, in 2004 and 2005, after handling pet treats from two different manufacturers, one in the state of Washington and the other in British Columbia, Canada.</p> <p>&quot;This is the third outbreak in North America, the first in the United States, but we know these animal-derived pet treats are frequently contaminated with salmonella,&quot; said report co-author Fred Angulo, an epidemiologist at the CDC\'s Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, part of the National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases.</p> <p>&quot;There probably have been more cases,&quot; Angulo said. &quot;There\'s certainly salmonella being brought into people\'s homes on pet treats. People are probably getting sick but not attributing it to contact with pet treats,&quot; he added.</p> <p>All the patients included in the CDC report developed diarrhea, and one also experienced vomiting. That patient, an 81-year-old woman, required hospitalization, according to the report.</p> <p>In each case, the illness was traced back to pet treats contaminated with <i>Salmonella</i>, concluded experts, who detailed their findings in the CDC journal <i>Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report</i>.</p> <p>The manufacturers had received frozen, raw beef parts from slaughterhouses in Canada and the United States. In addition, the Washington manufacturer received frozen, raw salmon.</p> <p>&quot;Although the pet treats were dehydrated at the British Columbia and Washington plants, the dehydration temperatures were not high enough to kill bacteria that might have been present. No processing step, such as irradiation, that would destroy Salmonella and other bacteria was used during the processing,&quot; according to the report.</p> <p>&quot;Ultimately, the way to prevent this is at the point of production,&quot; Angulo said. &quot;There is no need for salmonella to be present in pet treats,&quot; he said. &quot;Pet treats can be properly produced so that salmonella would not be present. Pet treats could easily be irradiated and easily be heated to a temperature that would kill salmonella and then be quickly and safely packaged so that salmonella would not be reintroduced,&quot; he added.</p> <p>To prevent getting an infection from contaminated pet treats, the CDC recommends that people wash their hands thoroughly with soap and water after handling animal-derived pet treats. They also advise that children under the age of five, older adults and people with immune system problems stay away from animal-derived pet treats because of the possibility of severe infection or serious complications from salmonellosis.</p> <p>The agency is also calling on pet store owners, health-care providers, veterinarians, and pet treat manufacturers to provide information to pet owners about the potential health risks of animal-derived pet treats and salmonellosis prevention.</p> <p>In addition, they are urging pet treat manufacturers to use heat-treatment or irradiation that would destroy <i>Salmonella</i> and other bacteria during processing.</p> <p>An industry spokesman believed the problem was caused by the failure of manufacturers to follow established guidelines for the preparation of pet treats, developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).</p> <p>&quot;The American Pet Products Manufacturers Association has worked with the FDA to develop voluntary guidelines for the preparation, manufacture and handling of pet treats,&quot; said the association\'s general council, Ed Rod.</p> <p>&quot;A lot of animal products can be contaminated if they aren\'t processed properly,&quot; Rod said. &quot;It sounds like there was a failure in the manufacturing process,&quot; he added.</p> <p>Rod doesn\'t think new regulations are needed, however. &quot;These manufacturers may not have complied with the applicable regulations already in place,&quot; he said.</p> <p>But Angulo disagreed, saying industry and the FDA could be doing more.</p> <p>&quot;There is an onus on the industry to prevent this from occurring,&quot; Angulo said. &quot;Many of the larger pet food companies are aware of this hazard and are attempting to address it already, but there are a lot of small producers whose profit margins are so low that voluntary measures won\'t be sufficient,&quot; he said.</p> <p>&quot;The only way to way to really prevent this might be a regulation that would require producers to prevent this from occurring,&quot; Angulo said. &quot;The way to prevent this would be to have the FDA regulate pet treats, which they have the authority to do,&quot; he said.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>For more on dog food safety, head to the <a href=\"http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2001/301_pet.html\" target=\"_new\">U.S. Food and Drug Administration</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('488','2','	<p><p>FRIDAY, June 30 HealthDay News) -- Donuts, muffins and frozen pizzas all had their cover blown on Jan. 1, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandated labeling of so-called &quot;trans fats&quot; in foods.</p> <p>These treats, and many other commercially prepared foods, include the dangerous fats, which extend a product\'s shelf life. But, like saturated fats, trans fats are known to be risk factors for cardiovascular disease, raising LDL, or &quot;bad&quot; cholesterol levels.</p> <p>Until this year, food labels listed the amount of saturated fat in products, but companies weren\'t required to detail the amount of trans fats, leaving diet-conscious consumers in the dark about the overall fat content of the foods they ate.</p> <p>Now, however, any food with more than 0.5 grams of trans fats must reflect the amount of that fat in the labeling.</p> <p>So, are consumers paying attention?</p> <p>&quot;It\'s a little early to tell -- right now it seems like I\'m still hearing more about New Year\'s resolutions and weight control,&quot; said Karen Collins, a dietician and nutrition advisor for the American Institute for Cancer Research. &quot;But as people settle down and focus on healthy eating they can live with, they will be able to focus on the big picture.&quot;</p> <p>The big picture, Collins explained, is that by checking food labels for trans fats, consumers will be able to make healthier food choices.</p> <p>&quot;Trans fats were the missing part,&quot; she said. &quot;Consumers could see the amount of calories, sodium or saturated fat in a food, but were left guessing on the trans fats.&quot;</p> <p>The new mandate, she noted, will ensure that consumers have better information about the foods they want to eat, and can pick and choose depending on how much they like a particular food.</p> <p>Tara Gidus, a dietician in Orlando, Fla., and national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, said there\'s a balance between too little information and too much information.</p> <p>&quot;For a lot of people, labels provide too much information and they can\'t handle the numbers,&quot; she said. &quot;But the new labeling is definitely good for people who do want to take the time and want as much information as possible.&quot;</p> <p>As important as it is to provide complete information to the consumer, Gidus added, another benefit of the new labeling requirement is that it has persuaded many food manufacturers to reduce the amount of trans fats in their foods -- to make them more palatable to buyers and to increase their marketability in a competitive food business.</p> <p>&quot;Food supplement amounts just got better because of the FDA mandates,&quot; she said.</p> <p>When looking at the new labeling, it\'s important to pay attention to recommended food portion sizes and only eat the amount suggested, Collins pointed out.</p> <p>&quot;There are two pieces to the new food labeling,&quot; she said. &quot;One is to make good food choices, and the other is the amount of food you eat.&quot;</p> <p>If food has less than 0.5 grams of trans fats, food companies don\'t need to list it as an ingredient, Collins said. In that case, you can look for the words &quot;hydrogenated&quot; or &quot;partially hydrogenated,&quot; which indicate the presence of trans fats, she noted.</p> <p>But even tiny amounts of trans fats can add up, she added.</p> <p>If there\'s a negligible amount of trans fats in, say, six crackers, that\'s OK, she said, &quot;but if you eat half a box, it could be two and a half grams of trans fats.&quot; </p> <p>Collins said the best way to use the new labeling is to add the saturated fats and trans fats together for the total &quot;bad&quot; fat content. The general recommendation for daily saturated and trans-fat consumption is no more than 20 grams, she said.</p> <p><b> More information</b></p> <p>To learn more about trans fat labeling, visit the <a href=\"http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/qatrans2.html\" target=\"_new\">U.S. Food and Drug Administration</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('489','2','	<p><p>MONDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- There are 65 million American adults with high blood pressure. If you\'re one of them, you can lower your blood pressure by following the step-by-step dietary and physical activity advice offered in an updated guide from the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).</p> <p>The updated version of the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) eating plan recommends limiting salt (sodium), saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol. It also urges people to increase their consumption of fruits, vegetables, fat-free or low-fat milk products, whole grain products, fish, poultry, and nuts.</p> <p>It offers new information on potassium, weight loss, and physical activity, and includes a week\'s worth of menus, easy-to-prepare recipes and a diary to record what you eat and your exercise. There are also tips about heart-healthy food choices and ways to be more physically active.</p> <p>&quot;NHLBI studies have shown that the DASH eating plan can significantly lower high blood pressure, even within the first few weeks,&quot; Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel, NHLBI director, said in a prepared statement. &quot;They demonstrate that be making healthy choices in diet and physical activity, you can get on track to a healthier life,&quot; she said.</p> <p>Here are some examples of the advice and suggestions contained in the guide:</p><ul> <li>If you eat only one or two servings of vegetables a day, try adding one serving at lunch and another at dinner.</li> <li>Gradually switch to fat-free or low-fat milk and reduce your intake of soda or other sweetened beverages.</li> <li>Choose whole grain foods, such as whole wheat bread or whole grain cereals. This will provide with added nutrients and fiber.</li> <li>Select food items with the lowest levels of salt or sodium.</li> <li>Start exercising by taking a 15-minute walk each day and slowly build from there.</li></ul> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>Here\'s where you can find the <a href=\"http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/yourguide/\" target=\"_new\">DASH guide</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('490','2','	<p><p>WEDNESDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) -- Another major study finds that the more obese a woman is, the greater her risk for coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, high blood pressure and death.</p> <p>Reporting in the July 5 <i>Journal of the American Medical Association</i>, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh analyzed data on weight, death, and cardiovascular disease among more than 90,000 ethnically-diverse U.S. women followed for an average of seven years.</p> <p>They concluded that the health risks of women who are extremely obese may have been underestimated.</p> <p>There are three categories of obesity, according to background information in the study: obesity 1 (a body mass index of 30 to 34.9); obesity 2 (BMI of 35 to 39.9); and obesity 3 (BMI of 40 or greater). A 5-foot, 4-inch person who weighs 233 lbs. would have a body mass index of 40. </p> <p>The latter two categories (sometimes termed severe obesity) are becoming more common in the United States. From 1986 to 2000, the prevalence of women with severe obesity quadrupled, the researchers noted, and by 2000, two percent of all U.S. women were severely obese.</p> <p>The study found that the higher a woman\'s level of obesity, the greater her health risks.</p> <p>&quot;Accounting for degree of excess weight is important in understanding [women\'s] weight-related health risk,&quot; the researchers reported. &quot;Overall, extremely obese women were more likely to die over the average seven years of follow-up than were women in other examined weight categories.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;More accurately assessing weight-related health risk may both improve policy decisions about obesity and assist women in making informed decisions about their health,&quot; they added.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The American Obesity Association has more about <a href=\"http://www.obesity.org/subs/fastfacts/obesity_women.shtml\" target=\"_new\">women and obesity</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('491','2','	<p><p>(HealthDay News) -- Anorexia nervosa occurs when a person is consumed with body image, loses weight and often exercises compulsively. Although it can affect people of any age or gender, the American Academy of Family Physicians says it is most prevalent in teenage girls.</p> <p>People with anorexia typically think they are fat, even though they may be very thin, and take drastic measures to lose weight.</p> <p>Anorexics usually eat small portions of no- or low-calorie foods, often exercise compulsively, and are afraid of gaining weight or being overweight.</p> <p>Other symptoms include no menstruation, dry or pale skin, hair loss, feeling cold, irritability and frequent illness. If the disease progresses for too long, an anorexic may die of starvation.</p> <p>Anorexia is usually treated with counseling, and often hospitalization to address the underlying emotional issues. Many people with anorexia do not want or believe that they need help, making emotional support from family members and friends very important, the AAFP says.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('492','2','	<p><!--Spanish ID:533674--> <p>THURSDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that calcium may do double duty in middle age, building bone strength while helping prevent weight gain.</p> <p>Calcium supplements seem to have the greatest impact on maintaining weight, and may even aid weight loss. Supplementation seemed to benefit women even more than men, noted researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.</p> <p>The study was funded by grants from the U.S. National Cancer Institute.</p> <p>Reporting in the July issue of the <i>Journal of the American Dietetic Association</i>, the researchers followed 10,000 men and women in their mid-50s for between eight and 10 years. Dietary calcium and supplemental calcium intakes, as well as total calcium consumption, were studied and analyzed and compared to weight loss or gain throughout the study period.</p> <p>Although previous research had examined a similar link, those studied the relationships between dietary calcium and weight rather than supplements.</p> <p>The Seattle team noted that while &quot;dietary calcium alone had no significant effect on 10-year weight change,&quot; women who received calcium supplementation did tend to experience some weight loss.</p> <p>&quot;Although more evidence from randomized clinical trials is needed before calcium supplements can be recommended specifically for weight loss, this study suggests that calcium supplements taken for other reasons (e.g., prevention of osteoporosis) may have a small beneficial influence on reducing weight gain, particularly among women approaching midlife,&quot; the study authors wrote in a prepared statement.</p> <p>Another study, published in the same journal, examined the relationship between education and nutritional advice.</p> <p>The study found that adults over age 50 with less than four years of college education turn to their doctors, neighbors and their television for nutritional advice and information more often than their better-educated peers do.</p> <p>&quot;Education level, more than any other socioeconomic factor, can predict disease risk, health behavior patterns and diet quality,&quot; researchers at the USDA Human Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, said in a prepared statement. &quot;It has been suggested that one reason higher education promotes more healthful diets is that better-educated people may get better nutrition information,&quot; they said.</p> <p><b>More information</b> </p> <p>The Mayo Clinic has more information on <a href=\" http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/calcium-supplements/AN00964&quot;target =\">choosing a calcium supplement</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('493','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Bush supports limits on morning-after pill</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Says prescription should be required for minors who want to use Plan B </b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>WASHINGTON - President Bush said Monday he supports restricting access to emergency contraception for minors, as regulators weigh wider access to the \"morning-after\" pill.</p><p>Bush\'s comment was his first direct public statement on the politically charged issue that has delayed a Senate confirmation vote on his nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, Andrew von Eschenbach.</p><p>While he did not specifically support wider access to the drug, Bush said he backed von Eschenbach, who as acting FDA commissioner has supported nonprescription emergency contraception sales for adults, earning him the opposition of some conservatives.</p><p>\"I believe that Plan B ... ought to require a prescription for minors. That\'s what I believe,\" Bush said at a news conference.</p><p>Barr Pharmaceutical\'s has been unsuccessful in two attempts to win government approval to sell its Plan B drug more widely without a prescription. Its first application in 2003 covered women of all ages but was rejected. The second was limited to women 16 and older. The FDA postponed a decision.</p><p>The company Friday said it filed a revised application but no details were released. The FDA is expected to act soon.</p><p>Von Eschenbach\'s nomination to the permanent job of commissioner has been held up for months by Democrats who assert that the decision on Plan B has been delayed for political reasons.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;ALSO IN HEALTH</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/14455342/\">Ways to fix knee cartilage tested</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/14453874/\">Accutane risks worse than expected</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/14453505/\">Bacteria-laced gum could help teeth</a> </li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>In July, Von Eschenbach said Plan B could be used safely and effectively for women 18 and older as long as younger people could not buy it without a doctor\'s note.</p><p>Plan B, approved as a prescription in 1999, is a set of two high-dose hormone pills that can prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of sexual intercourse.</p><p>Supporters, including Planned Parenthood and the American Medical Association, say easing access will lead to fewer abortions, while opponents argue it will spur promiscuity.</p><p>\"If the president\'s comments are an indication ... that they\'re final going to move on this, this would be great progress,\" said Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards.</p><p>Von Eschenbach and two previous commissioners said they were not directed by the White House on the issue.</p><p>But the Family Research Council and other conservative groups which normally support Bush are opposing the nomination because von Eschenbach is moving forward on Plan B, as well as allowing the abortion pill RU-486 to remain on the market.</p><p>\"Dr. von Eschenbach has shown a history of ignoring any concern for women\'s health in exchange for political expediency,\" the group\'s vice president for government affairs, Tom McClusky, said in a statement earlier this month.</p><p>Abortion opponents also object to Plan B because some research suggests it may prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb. The FDA says Plan B works mainly by blocking the release of an egg from an ovary. The drug also may prevent an egg and sperm from uniting.</p><p>It works differently from RU-486, which blocks a hormone that keeps a fertilized egg implanted in the uterus.?</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('494','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Herpes infections down, but still are a concern</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Decline in all groups, though one researcher says epidemic continues</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>CHICAGO - Nearly 25 years after a news magazine declared that an epidemic of genital herpes threatened to undo the sexual revolution, a new study finds an encouraging decline in the percentage of people infected with the herpes virus.</p><p>Back in 1982, a Time cover story headlined \"The New Scarlet Letter\" sounded an alarm that seems mild now compared to concern over another sexually transmitted lifetime infection, the AIDS virus.</p><p>The new study shows a 19 percent drop since 1994 in the percentage of Americans ages 14 to 49 testing positive for herpes type 2, the most common cause of the recurring painful sores of genital herpes. The declines were especially pronounced among young people.</p><p>The findings, appearing in Wednesday\'s Journal of the American Medical Association, represent biological evidence of a decrease in risky sexual behavior among adolescents, said lead author Dr. Fujie Xu of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</p><p>\"Overall, this is good news. There is a decrease occurring among all youth, males and females, and in all racial groups,\" Xu said. \"That\'s very encouraging.\"</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;ALSO IN HEALTH</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/14466023/\">Costly proton therapy?argets tumors</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/14309026/\">Fake pills can provide real relief</a> </li><li><a href=\"/id/14467818/\">Prostate drug, cataract issues?inked</a> </li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>But herpes is still uncomfortably common. Despite the decline, blood tests of more than 11,000 people found 11 percent of men and 23 percent of women carry the genital herpes, or type 2, virus. Among people in their 20s, the infection rate was almost 11 percent.</p><p>Ironically, the rates have dropped back to about where they were when Time ran its cover story, said study co-author Dr. Stuart Berman of the CDC.</p><p>\"If it was a scarlet letter then, I don\'t know what you call it now and there\'s more HIV around,\" Berman said. Herpes greatly increases the chances of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.</p><p>\"It\'s still an epidemic,\" said Dr. Tom Cherpes of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, who was not involved with the study. \"The fact that there\'s a trend downward should not be construed by anybody that herpes is under control.\"</p><p>In addition, 56 percent of men and 60 percent of women tested positive for the oral herpes virus, type 1, which is best known as the culprit behind cold sores, but can spread to the genitals through oral sex. Type 1 may be causing more genital infections in some groups, such as college students, Xu and Berman said.</p><p>Herpes can be treated with antiviral drugs, which can help prevent flare-ups and reduce the risk of spreading it to others. Condoms can help lower the risk of transmission, although they\'re not foolproof. Infected people are contagious even without symptoms.</p><p>The study was funded by the CDC. A previous CDC report in 1997 found a 30 percent increase in herpes infection since the late 1970s.</p><p>\"This new data really reverses the trend,\" said study co-author Francis Lee of Emory University.</p><p>Dr. Kenneth Fife of the Indiana University School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study, noted that rates of infection are still disproportionately high among women and blacks. The study found 42 percent of blacks tested positive for herpes type 2, a decline of only 4 percent since 1994.</p><p>\"Maybe we\'ve finally gotten through to the young people that they need to change their behavior,\" Fife said. \"We still see plenty of genital herpes. There are adolescents who are becoming infected.\"</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('495','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Too much information? Birds, bees and HPV</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>New STD vaccine presents challenge for parents of preteens</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060828/060828_HPV_hmed_7a.hmedium.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"Image: Amanda Zaborowski, Linda Zaborowski\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">M. Spencer Green / AP</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"-1\">After discussions with her mom and doctor, Amanda Zaborowski, 14,?ecently got the first of three vaccines to protect against sexually transmitted forms of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer. Linda Zaborowski?anted the decision to be up to her daughter.</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>GRIFFITH, Ind.  - What they thought would be a routine physical for her volleyball team found 14-year-old Amanda Zaborowski and her mom facing a big question: Did they want Amanda to get a new vaccine that would protect her against the common and serious sexually transmitted disease HPV, or human papillomavirus?</p><p>The vaccine, Amanda\'s doctor told them, could prevent potentially deadly cervical cancer. He also explained that the three-dose inoculation would work best if she had it well before becoming sexually active.</p><p>This was a doctor that her mom, Linda Zaborowski, had trusted since Amanda was a child. She thought the vaccine sounded like a good idea. But she ultimately wanted her daughter to make the decision.</p><p>\"If you think this is right for me, you know what\'s best,\" the high school freshman told her mom and doctor. \"I\'ll do it.\"</p><p>HPV is a weighty topic that more parents are addressing with their daughters, since the Food and Drug Administration recently approved the vaccine for girls as young as age 9. Some parents, particularly those with preteen girls, are wondering just how much information to share.</p><p>Do they simply say it\'s a vaccine against cancer and leave it at that? Or should they also explain that HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that, among other symptoms, causes genital warts?</p><p>Linda Zaborowski says it was clear that she needed to give Amanda, her eldest daughter, more information than less.</p><p>\"When I was young, my mom said, \'Here\'s a book.\' That\'s how we learned about sex,\" says Zaborowski, who is a cafeteria bookkeeper and recess aide at her children\'s schools in Griffith, Ind., a suburban town near Chicago. \"But it\'s not like that now.\"</p><p>She started to realize that when she sat in on Amanda\'s fourth-grade lesson on reproductive anatomy a few years ago and discovered that some girls were already menstruating.</p><p>Government surveys also have found that about 7 percent of children have had sexual intercourse before age 13, while about a quarter have done so by age 15. And while teen pregnancy rates have steadily dropped since the early 1990s, millions of teens and young adults are contracting sexually transmitted diseases - HPV among the most common.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"http://boards.live.com/MSNBCboards/board.aspx?BoardID=762\">Your Turn: How much should you share with your preteen?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/14512830/\">Plan B backers vow to fight age limits</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/13212604/\">Breaking Bioethics: We\'ve got a shot against cancer -?ill we take it?</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p><b><strong>6 million new infections<br></strong></b>Researchers at the federal Centers for Disease Control estimate that more than 6 million Americans - many of them teens and young adults - get a new infection of HPV each year.</p><p>Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, an adolescent and internal medicine specialist at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, says parents need to take those statistics seriously when deciding how to address the HPV vaccine.<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"1%\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/060828/AP_CERVICAL.gif\" align=\"Right\" height=\"283\" width=\"183\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr></table></p><p>\"Cervical cancer is real. Sex is real - and even though we believe our kid is different and will never have sex until they are married, it is not reality,\" Rohr-Kirchgraber says.</p><p>During medical visits with girls and their parents, she discusses HPV along with routine vaccines for meningitis, as well as the DTaP shot for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (also known as whooping cough).</p><p>\"When you just put it on the list and make it one of the many they need, it becomes less of an obstacle,\" she says.</p><p>Dr. Kenneth Alexander, an associate professor of pediatrics and an infectious diseases expert at the University of Chicago\'s Comer Children\'s Hospital, also is a proponent of fully explaining the HPV vaccine to teens.</p><p>\"Parents only want to talk about cancer prevention. When they talk about STDs, they get pretty uptight,\" he says. \"Teenagers are often more savvy. 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The pediatrician, Dr. Aleta Clark, said that\'s because of uncertainty over whether many health insurers will cover the $360 cost of the three-shot series. Clark recommends patients return in January, when she believes most insurers will be on board.</p><p>\"I\'m trying not to stick families with the bill,\" she said.</p><p>Abolt wants the shots for her 11-year-old daughter, too, and said getting both girls vaccinated is a no-brainer.</p><p>\"If there\'s something out there that could protect against something down the line, why wouldn\'t you get the vaccine?\" Abolt said. \"I want to get it as soon as it becomes available - but I would also like insurance to cover it.\"</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;MORE IN HEALTH</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/14518361/\">Too much information? Birds, bees and HPV</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/14569615/\">Waistlines keep expanding in 31 states</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/14570972/\">Back-to-school meningitis vaccine supply gap </a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>The vaccine, Merck &amp; Co.\'s Gardasil, has been hailed by many doctors as a breakthrough in cancer prevention. It prevents infections from four strains of the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer, other genital lesions and genital warts.</p><p>About 6 million Americans are diagnosed each year with HPV, which is among the most common sexually transmitted diseases. It infects men and women, but because cervical cancer is the most serious consequence, the vaccine currently is recommended for women and girls only.</p><p>Chicago pediatrician Dr. Donald Brown said patients and parents who have seen television ads and other consumer marketing about the shots \"have been asking about this like no other vaccine that I can recall.\"</p><p>Brown said he\'s offering it despite insurance uncertainties, and is billing insurers, not patients, with his fingers crossed.</p><p>\"We don\'t know about the insurance, but it\'s good medicine,\" he said.</p><p>\"This is a big school season, kids are coming in to get high school physicals and college physicals, and if we don\'t catch them now we\'ll have to wait a year,\" Brown said Monday.</p><p>The vaccine was approved in early June for use in girls as young as 9, up to age 26. A government advisory panel\'s recommendations later that month said that ideally the vaccine should be given before girls become sexually active; for those already exposed or infected by one HPV strain, the vaccine can offer protection against other strains.</p><p>Some major health insurers including Aetna, Cigna and Wellpoint say they already offer coverage for Gardasil. Others have said they will but are waiting for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to adopt the advisory panel\'s recommendations - something that\'s expected to happen in November, said Mohit Ghose, spokesman for America\'s Health Insurance Plans, a trade group for insurers.</p><p>Still, it could take insurers and doctors several months to work out contracts and reimbursement issues for the expensive vaccine, Ghose said.</p><p>Gardasil is at least twice as expensive as three-shot vaccines for other diseases. That\'s because of research and development costs and its value as a public health tool, said Merck spokeswoman Kelley Dougherty. She said the vaccine is available in all 50 states but would not discuss the amount ordered or already shipped to doctors\' offices.</p><p>Some doctors, Planned Parenthood offices and community clinics are waiting to order the vaccine when it becomes available for uninsured youngsters through the government\'s Vaccines for Children program. Some, too, are waiting until it is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is expected to follow the CDC\'s lead.</p><p>While a lag between approval and official government policy on vaccines is normal, the delays have lasted months with several recent shots, creating \"a kind of limbo\" for many doctors, said Dr. Jonathan Temte of the American Academy of Family Physicians.</p><p>Temte said his group plans to discuss speeding up its own recommendations instead of waiting for the CDC.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('497','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Gay baths - still a haven for unprotected sex?</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Pushed to fringes after AIDS epidemic, 2 New York spots live on</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>NEW YORK - Wearing just a small white towel and a smile, Bob prowls the dark halls of the East Side Club, looking into dozens of its closet-sized rooms and hoping eye contact with another man will lead to sex.</p><p>\"It\'s better than going to a bar and taking your chances,\" said Bob, a 46-year-old garden supplies salesman from New Jersey who declined to give his last name. \"You always know something is going to happen here.\"</p><p>For some gay men, the city\'s two 24-hour bathhouses - the East Side Club in midtown and the West Side Club in Chelsea?- live on as a spot for sex without strings despite a recent trend toward more men hooking up online.</p><p>They rent small rooms to have sex in at a cost of $21 for four hours, after paying a nominal annual membership fee.</p><p>Bathhouses, pushed to the fringes of the gay scene in the mid-1980s when the city shuttered most of them to stem the spread of AIDS, still offer patrons something a bar or the Internet cannot - near-guaranteed sex in a safe environment.</p><p>\"In a bathhouse you meet a person in the flesh in a relatively safe and clean environment where everyone has the same agenda,\" said Bill Stackhouse, director of the Institute for Gay Men\'s Health at the Gay Men\'s Health Crisis, a group that fights AIDS in New York City.</p><p>\"It\'s safer than the Internet, where all you have is a photo and maybe some video footage before you go to someone\'s home,\" he said.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/13834339/\">Sexual aid drugs bought online can be deadly</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Operating a business for the purpose of sex violates state law. 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Downstairs, five men waited to get in from the lobby, looking as ordinary as any group of suburban fathers waiting at a dental office.</p><p>Peter, 57, a construction manager with silver hair, goes to the East Side Club once every two weeks and has for years.</p><p>\"You have that itch, and it feels good to scratch it,\" said Peter, who also did not want to give his last name. \"There is still a place to go for it. You should see this place at 6 (p.m.) before all of the guys go home to their wives.\"</p><p>Both clubs smell of chlorine and loud techno music bounces off the ceiling and walls of the thin, dark hallways, which are lined with about 100 rooms and separate steam rooms and showers. They are both housed anonymously in Manhattan office blocks, identified only by discreet entries on the tenant directory inside the lobby of each building.</p><p>Customers can rent lockers or rooms, which are about 6 by 8 feet, of which a bed with a 2-inch-thick mattress takes up more than half. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('498','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Mandatory cervical cancer shots for Mich. girls?</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Proposed bill would require HPV vaccines for girls entering sixth grade</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>LANSING, Mich. - Michigan girls entering the sixth grade next year would have to be vaccinated against cervical cancer under legislation backed Tuesday by a bipartisan group of female lawmakers.</p><p>The legislation is the first of its kind in the United States, said Republican state Sen. Beverly Hammerstrom, lead sponsor.</p><p>The vaccine was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in June for use in girls and women and has been hailed as a breakthrough in cancer prevention. It prevents infections from some strains of the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus, which can cause cervical cancer and genital warts.</p><p>A government advisory panel said that ideally, the vaccine should be given before girls become sexually active.</p><p>The American Cancer Society estimates that cervical cancer will be diagnosed in 9,700 women nationwide, and that 3,700 will die.</p><p>\"We believe we can save the lives of these girls,\" Hammerstrom said.</p><p>Some critics around the country have expressed concern that schools would make the vaccine a requirement for enrollment. They have argued that requiring the vaccine would infringe on parents\' rights and send a message that underage sex is OK.</p><p>As with other vaccines required for schoolchildren, the bills have a provision allowing parents to opt out of the HPV vaccine requirement for medical, moral or philosophical reasons.</p><p>The three-shot vaccination costs $360. Hammerstrom said that most Michigan employers will cover the vaccine, and that uninsured girls could be covered through the federal government\'s Vaccines for Children program.</p><p>Health officials estimate that 20 million people are infected with HPV, with 6.2 million new infections occurring every year. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('499','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">First penis transplant reversed after two weeks</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Operation successful, but recipient suffered \'severe psychological problem\' </b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><div class=\"textMedBlack\">MSNBC News Services</div><p></p></font><p>LONDON - Surgeons in China who said they performed the first successful penis transplant had to remove the donated organ because of the severe psychological problems experienced by the man and his wife.</p><p>The case appears to be the first such transplant reported in a medical journal - European Urology, published by the European Association of Urology.</p><p> The Chinese doctors could not be reached for comment, and their report does not explain how the 44-year-old man lost his penis. It says only that \"an unfortunate traumatic accident\" left him with a small stump, unable to urinate or have sex normally.</p><p>Surgeons led by Dr. Hu Weilie at Guangzhou General Hospital performed the complex 15-hour microsurgery to attach the penis in September 2005, a hospital spokesperson said Tuesday. The penis had been donated by the parents of a 22-year-old brain-dead man. The operation was successful but Hu and his team removed the transplant two weeks later.</p><p>\"There was a strong demand from both the patient and his wife\" for a transplant, and the operation \"was discussed again and again\" and approved by the hospital\'s ethics committee, Hu wrote in the peer reviewed journal European Urology. The patient had been unable to have intercourse or urinate properly since the accident that occurred 8 months before the surgery was performed.</p><p>\"Because of a severe psychological problem of the recipient and his wife, the transplanted penis regretfully had to be cut off,\" Hu said in the report which was published online, without elaborating.</p><p>\"This is the first reported case of penile transplantation in a human,\" Hu added.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/14894303/\">Bogus records raise more fears in tissue trade</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/14606396/\">Body parts scandal leaves patients worried</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/14088742/\">Chinese face transplant patient leaves hospital</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Ten days after the operation, which had been approved by the hospital\'s medical ethical committee, the recipient had been able to urinate.</p><p>There had been no signs of the 10-centimeter (4-inch) organ being rejected by the recipient\'s body. But Hu said more cases and longer observation are needed to determine whether sexual sensation and function can be restored.</p><p>\"The patient finally decided to give up the treatment because of the wife\'s psychological rejection, as well as the swollen shape of the transplanted penis\" Hu added.</p><p><b><strong>Similar to hand, face transplants</strong></b><br>In a commentary in the journal, Yoram Vardi, of the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, said the successful surgery represents an additional step in contemporary medicine.</p><p>But he added that careful patient selection is required as well as thorough informed consent of the patient and his family.</p><p>\"Satisfactory consideration of these issues must be taken into account so that this approach can be considered a serious therapeutic option in the future,\" Vardi added.</p><p>Despite how shocking and radical the operation sounds, it involves standard microsurgery techniques to reconnect blood vessels and nerves.</p><p>From a medical point of view, \"the main hurdle is the functional recovery,\" said Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, chief of plastic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.</p><p>From arm and leg reattachments, it\'s known that nerve regrowth occurs at a rate of about an inch a month and often is insufficient to allow normal use, he said.</p><p>However, the ethical and psychological challenges in such cases can be even more paramount, as this and other recent transplants involving hands and faces illustrate.</p><p>\"Some of the considerations for a penile transplant are the same as for a hand or face transplant,\" such as the need to take lifelong immune-suppressing drugs to prevent rejection of the new organ, Lee said.</p><p><b><strong>Psychological issues </strong></b><br>The drugs can cause kidney and other damage, acceptable risks when the transplant involves a vital organ such as a liver or heart, but more ethically perilous when the operation is aimed at improving quality of life rather than extending it, Dr. Yoram Vardi, a neurology and urology specialist at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, writes in an accompanying commentary in the urology journal.</p><p>Psychological issues are keenly important. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('500','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">\'Sexsomniacs\' puzzle medical researchers</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Sufferers unknowingly have sex in their sleep</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>LONDON - Researchers are struggling to understand a rare medical condition where sufferers unknowingly demand, or actually have, sex while asleep, New Scientist magazine reported on Wednesday.</p><p>Research into sexsomnia - making sexual advances towards another person while asleep - has been hampered as sufferers are so embarrassed by the problem they tend not to own up to it, while doctors do not ask about it.</p><p>As yet there is no cure for the condition, which often leads to difficulties in relationships.</p><p>\"It really bothers me that I can\'t control it,\" Lisa Mahoney told the magazine. \"It scares me because I don\'t think it has anything to do with the partner. I don\'t want this foolish condition to hurt us in the long run.\"</p><p>Most researchers view sexsomnia as a variant of sleepwalking, where sufferers are stuck between sleep and wakefulness, though sexsomniacs tend to stay in bed rather than get up and walk about.</p><p>While sleepwalking affects two to four percent of adults, sexsomnia is not thought to be as common a problem, according to Nik Trajanovic, a researcher at the sleep and alertness clinic at Canada\'s Toronto Western Hospital.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Related story</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/14029754/\">Excerpt: Why do men fall asleep after sex?</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>But an Internet survey of sexsomniacs carried out in 2005 that drew 219 reliable respondents concluded it was more prevalent than medical case reports alone might suggest.</p><p>\"Most of the time sleep sex occurs between people who are already partners,\" Mark Pressman, a sleep specialist at Lankenan Hospital in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, told the New Scientist.</p><p>\"Sometimes they hate it,\" added Pressman of the reactions of sexsomniacs\' partners. \"Sometimes they tolerate it. On rare occasions you have stories of people liking it better than waking sex.\"</p><p>With no cure, addressing triggering factors - stress or sleep deprivation - can help, while Michael Mangan, a psychologist at the University of New Hampshire in the U.S. has set up a Web site, www.sleepsex.org, to help sufferers.</p><p>Meanwhile Trajanovic is devising a procedure for diagnosing sexsomnia in legal cases where sufferers have been accused of sexual assault.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('501','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Global study dispels common myths about sex</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Research reveals surprising details about STDs, loss of virginity, and more</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>LONDON - In the first comprehensive global study of sexual behavior, British researchers found that people aren\'t losing their virginity at ever younger ages, married people have the most sex, and there is no firm link between promiscuity and sexually transmitted diseases.</p><p>The study was published Wednesday as part of a series on sexual and reproductive health by the British medical journal The Lancet. Professor Kaye Wellings of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicines and her colleagues analyzed data from 59 countries.</p><p>Experts say the study will be useful not only in dispelling popular myths about sexual behavior, but in shaping policies that will help improve sexual health across the world.</p><p>Researchers looked at published studies on sexual behavior in the last decade. They also used data from national governments worldwide. Wellings noted that since the survey results were based on self-reporting, they could be susceptible to error.</p><p><b><strong>Promiscuity and STDs</strong></b><br>Wellings said she was surprised by some of the survey\'s results.</p><p>\"We did have some of our preconceptions dashed,\" she said, explaining they had expected to find the most promiscuous behavior in regions like Africa with the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases. That was not the case, as multiple partners were more commonly reported in industrialized countries where the incidence of such diseases was relatively low.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img src=\"/images/icons/interactive.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"14\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#ffffff\">INTERACTIVE</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"1\" style=\"border:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#eeeeee;background-image:url(\'/images/backgrounds/component_grey.gif\');\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#cccccc\" background=\"/images/backgrounds/component_dkgrey.gif\" width=\"100%\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8356446 \"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Interactives/Health/AIDS/zFlashAssets/World_AIDS_TZ152.gif,vsmall.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><div class=\"scalAd\"><input type=\"button\" class=\"mbox w77\" value=\"Launch\" title=\"Launch\" onmouseover=\"swapbtn(this, 1)\" onmouseout=\"swapbtn(this, 0)\" onclick=\"javascript:window.location.replace(\'http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8356446\');\"></div></td></tr></table></td><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font class=\"textMedBlackBold\"><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8356446 \">The AIDS epidemic</a></font><br><font color=\"black\">Cases and deaths around the globe</font></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>\"There\'s a misperception that there\'s a great deal of promiscuity in Africa, which is one of the potential reasons for HIV/AIDS spreading so rapidly,\" said Dr. Paul van Look, director of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization, who was not connected to the study. \"But that view is not supported by the evidence.\"</p><p>Wellings says that implies promiscuity may be less important than factors such as poverty and education - especially in the encouragement of condom use - in the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases.</p><p>The survey found that single men and women in Africa were fairly sexually inactive: only two-thirds of them reported recent sexual activity, compared with three-quarters of their counterparts in developed countries.</p><p><b><strong>Sexual activity not starting earlier</strong></b><br>The study also found that contrary to popular belief, sexual activity is not starting earlier. Nearly everywhere, men and women have their first sexual experiences in their late teens - from 15 to 19 years old - with generally younger ages for women than for men, especially in developing countries. That is no younger than 10 years ago.</p><p>Still, there are considerable variations across countries. In the United Kingdom, for example, men and women tend to lose their virginity at ages 16?and 17?respectively. In comparison, men and women in Indonesia waited until they were 24?and 18?respectively.</p><p><b><strong>Married couples have the most sex</strong></b><br>Researchers also found that married people have the most sex, reporting engaging in sexual activity in the previous four weeks more frequently than single people. There has also been a gradual shift to delay marriage, even in developing countries.</p><p>While that has meant a predictable rise in the rates of premarital sex, experts say this doesn\'t necessarily translate into more dangerous behavior.</p><p>In some instances, married women may be at more risk than single women.</p><p>\"A single woman is more able to negotiate safe sex in certain circumstances than a married woman,\" says van Look, who points out that married women in Africa and Asia are often threatened by unfaithful husbands who frequent prostitutes.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/board.aspx?BoardID=476\" target=\"_blank\">Message board: Surprised by this sex study?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/14360303/\">Multiple partners fueling AIDS epidemic</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/14938109/\">AIDS testing recommended for most Americans</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>There is much greater equality between women and men with regard to the number of sexual partners in rich countries than in poor countries, the study found.</p><p>For example, men and women in Australia, Britain, France and the United States tend to have an almost equal number of sexual partners. In contrast, in Cameroon, Haiti, and Kenya, men tend to have multiple partners while women tend only to have one.</p><p>This imbalance has significant public health implications.</p><p>\"In countries where women are beholden to their male partners, they are likely not to have the power to request condom use, and they probably won\'t know about their husbands\' transgressions,\" said Wellings.</p><p>Because of the diversity of sexual habits worldwide, Wellings warns that no single approach to sexual health will work everywhere. \"There are very different economic, religious and social rules governing sexual conduct across the world,\" she said.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('502','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Why young people don\'t use condoms</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Social, cultural factors influence decisions, researchers say</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>LONDON - Social and cultural factors, not just unavailability or ignorance, influence why young people do not use condoms, researchers said on Friday.</p><p>Some sexually active people under 25 years of age associate condoms with a lack of trust, while others believe carrying them could imply sexual experience, which might be a plus for men but not necessarily for women.</p><p>In a review of more than 250 studies of young people\'s sexual behavior, researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine discovered striking similarities in what affects young sexual behavior in different countries.</p><p>\"This study summarizes key qualitative findings that help in understanding young people\'s sexual behavior and why they might have unsafe sex,\" said Dr. Cicely Marston and Eleanor King in a study in The Lancet medical journal.</p><p>They found that compared to men, women\'s sexual freedom was universally restricted. Penalties for transgression varied from verbal criticism to honor killings, in which a woman who is thought to have dishonored her family is killed.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/15501173/\">Global study dispels myths about sexual behavior</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>The studies, carried out between 1990-2004, showed that young people assess a potential partner\'s disease risk, and the need for a condom, by their appearance and how well they know them socially.</p><p>Men were expected to be highly sexually active and women were expected to be chaste, according to data from countries including Britain, Australia, Mexico and South America.</p><p>\"Our findings help explain why many HIV programs have not been effective,\" the researchers said.</p><p>\"Programs that merely provide information and condoms, without addressing the crucial social factors identified are only tackling part of the problem,\" they added.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('503','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Few Americans favor abstinence-only sex ed</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>82 percent support comprehensive programs in schools, study shows</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><p></p></font><p>NEW YORK - Most Americans, regardless of their political leanings, favor comprehensive sex education in schools over abstinence-only programs, researchers reported Monday.</p><p>Currently, the federal government champions the abstinence-only approach, giving around $170 million each year to states and community groups to teach just-say-no sex education. This funding precludes mention of birth control and condoms, unless it\'s to emphasize their failure rates.</p><p>However, critics point out that studies have failed to show that abstinence-only education delays sex or lowers rates of teen pregnancy.</p><p>This latest study, according to the authors, suggests that the federal government is out of step not only with research, but also with public opinion.</p><p>Of the nearly 1,110 U.S. adults they surveyed, 82 percent supported programs that discuss abstinence as well as other methods for preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Half were in outright opposition to abstinence-only education.</p><p>Even among self-described conservatives, 70 percent supported comprehensive sex ed., while 40 percent opposed the abstinence-only strategy.</p><p>The findings \"highlight a gap between policy, and science and public opinion,\" said Dr. Amy Bleakley of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and lead author of the new study.</p><p>Whether this divide will influence policy-makers is unknown, she told Reuters Health. \"We just want to bring this to their attention,\" she said.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?ThreadID=118720\">Discuss: Do you think abstinence-only ed delays sex?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15545100/\">Why young people don\'t use condoms</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15593753/\">Circumcision cuts STD risk</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Bleakley and her colleagues report the findings in the Archives of Pediatrics &amp; Adolescent Medicine.</p><p><b><strong>Mixed results</strong></b><br>To receive federal funding, abstinence-only programs must meet eight criteria set down in 1996. Among these is the stipulation that abstinence until marriage be taught as the \"expected standard of human sexual activity.\"</p><p>Only a handful of studies have examined the effectiveness of such programs, and the results have been mixed, according to an editorial published with the study.</p><p>Many more studies have looked at comprehensive sex ed. and found that some programs do increase condom and contraceptive use, but may also help delay sex, writes Dr. Douglas Kirby of ETR Associates in Scotts Valley, California.</p><p>ETR Associates is a non-profit company that researches and develops health programs, including STD and pregnancy prevention programs for schools.</p><p>\"Until we have strong evidence that particular abstinence-only programs are effective,\" Kirby argues, \"we certainly should relax the funding restrictions and fund programs (including comprehensive programs) that effectively delay sex among young people.\"</p><p>Bleakley agreed with that conclusion. But beyond the issue of balance in funding, she said, is the fact that there is evidence comprehensive sex education can help prevent the potential consequences of teen sex - including HIV and other STDs.</p><br><table width=\"100%\" style=\"background-color:#ffffee\" cellPadding=\"2\" cellSpacing=\"0\"><tr><td width=\"50%\"><font size=\"1\"><img src=\"/images/msnbc/print02.gif\" width=\"25\" height=\"20\" align=\"absmiddle\"> <a href=\"javascript:printThis(\'15603764\')\" class=\"linkBlack\">Print this</a></font></td><td><font size=\"1\"><img src=\"/images/msnbc/email02.gif\" width=\"25\" height=\"20\" align=\"absmiddle\"> <a href=\"javascript:emThis(\'15603764\')\" class=\"linkBlack\">Email this</a></font></td></tr></table></td><td width=\"10\"></td></tr></table><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('504','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Free Viagra spices up small Brazilian town</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Since \'Happy Penis\' program led men to stray, pills are now given to wives</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>BRASILIA, Brazil  - The mayor of a small Brazilian town has begun handing out free Viagra, spicing up the sex lives of dozens of elderly men and their partners.</p><p>\"Since we started the free distribution of sexual stimulants, our elderly population changed. They\'re much happier,\" said Joao de Souza Luz, the mayor of Novo Santo Antonio, a small town in the central state of Mato Grosso.</p><p>Souza Luz said 68 men over the age of 60 had already signed up for the program, which was approved by the town\'s legislature and has been dubbed \"Happy Penis,\" or \"Pinto Alegre\" in Portuguese.</p><p>But the program has also had the unforeseen consequence of encouraging some extra-marital affairs, Souza Luz said.</p><p>\"Some of the old men aren\'t seeking out their wives. They\'ve got romances on the side,\" he said.</p><p>To discourage such illicit canoodling, Souza Luz said the city had decided to begin distributing the Viagra pills to the wives of the men who signed up for the program.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15753803/\">Condoms urged in prisons to curb AIDS</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15427247/\">\'Sexsomniacs\' puzzle researchers</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>\"That way, when the women are in the mood, they can give the pills to their husbands,\" he said.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('505','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Chewable pill stops pregnancy, freshens breath </font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Spearmint-flavored contraceptive has hit pharmacy shelves</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/ap/nybz22512072145.hmedium.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"IMAGE: Chewable contraception\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">AP</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"-1\">Femcon Fe, the first chewable birth-control method, contains the same hormones as standard oral contraceptives and?ffers a new option for women who don\'t like swallowing pills. </font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>TRENTON, N.J. - Looking for a contraceptive that\'s convenient - and tasty? The first chewable birth-control method, a tiny, spearmint-flavored tablet that also can be swallowed without chewing, has hit pharmacy shelves.</p><p>Femcon Fe, which contains the same hormones as standard oral contraceptives, offers a new option for women who don\'t like swallowing pills and want to take their birth control with them, according to Carl Reichel, president of drugmaker Warner Chilcott of Rockaway.</p><p>Warner Chilcott, which makes prescription dermatology and women\'s health products, officially launched the product Thursday aimed at women who sometimes forget to take their pills.</p><p>\"This isn\'t a great leap forward, but I think this is a helpful step,\" said Dr. Lee Shulman, chairman of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, and an obstetrician-gynecologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and a professor at Northwestern University.</p><p>\"I think it is a better approach in the group of women who have a very high rate of unintended pregnancy, which is younger women,\" Shulman said.</p><p>According to a number of studies, one-third to nearly one-half of women on birth control pills miss one or two per month, increasing their chances of pregnancy. With perfect use of combination pills, containing both estrogen and progestin, 0.1 percent of users become pregnant each year, compared with the 3 percent to 8 percent rate studies have found with typical use.</p><p><b><strong>Just as effective as regular pills, maker says<br></strong></b>Femcon Fe, which the company says is just as effective as standard pills, comes in the typical 28-day cycle, with 21 days of active pills and seven days of inactive or \"reminder\" pills. The \"Fe\" stands for the chemical symbol for iron, which is included in the dummy pills.</p><p>A month\'s supply will sell for $44 wholesale, somewhat higher at pharmacies.</p><p>Femcon Fe is simply a chewable version of the company\'s Ovcon 35, a birth control pill that has already been on the market for about three decades. Reichel said the company initially planned to start selling the chewable contraceptive under the same name and had begun to distribute samples to doctors in late September. But when the company realized the two versions would confuse patients and pharmacists, it postponed the launch and changed the name and trademark.</p><p>The company said the package is convenient for women who want to carry it in a purse: a credit-card sized dispenser kept inside a velvet pouch, Reichel said. That can be a bit more discreet than the big, \"dial packs\" in which birth-control pills usually are sold.</p><p>Women must drink 8 ounces of water with the tablet. Like other oral contraceptives, Femcon Fe does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases and carries an increased risk of blood clots, heart attack and stroke, particularly for female smokers over the age of 35.</p><p><b><strong>Continuous-use pill waiting for approval<br></strong></b>Femcon Fe arrives amid a flurry of new contraceptive methods in recent years aimed at improving effectiveness through convenience or shortening or eliminating periods altogether. The first continuous-use pill, Wyeth\'s Lybrel, is awaiting federal approval.</p><p>Warner Chilcott, part of drugmaker Warner-Lambert Co. until it was acquired by Pfizer Inc. a decade ago, is best known for its Loestrin birth control pill, which shortens periods slightly.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/16077185/\">Morning-after pill on shelves, but debate rages</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>The tablets contain 35 micrograms of ethinyl estradiol, the estrogen form standard in oral contraceptives. That\'s the highest level in the category of low-dose pills, and that dose could help women bothered by breakthrough bleeding, said Dr. Laurent Delli-Bovi, a Boston gynecologist serving as a paid consultant to Warner Chilcott.</p><p>Femcon Fe also contains 40 micrograms of a second hormone, progestin, with a low enough dose that it could reduce progestin-related side effects such as bloating, depression, irritability and acne, she said.</p><p>Shulman noted many generic birth control pills contain 35 micrograms of ethinyl estradiol, but said any new method that helps the women take contraception faithfully \"is a win for everybody.\"</p><p>\"I will, for sure, talk about this with patients,\" he said.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i>Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('506','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Recipe for better sex: What to eat to add spice</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>10 things to add to your diet and enhance your love life</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061208/061208_hotSex_hsmal_4p.hsmall.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"IMAGE: Chili peppers\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">Photos.com</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"-1\">Chili peppers can stimulate the nervous system and enhance the feelings of sexual arousal.</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><div class=\"textMedBlackBold\" style=\"padding-top:10px;\">By By Forbes.com staff</div><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/home/index.html?partner=msnbc\"><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/home/index.html?partner=msnbc\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/Local/sourceForbes.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>Need to spice up your sex life? All the ingredients you need may be found at your local grocery store. </p><p>Like many aspects of health, our sex drive is affected by what we put into our bodies. Certain foods affect the body in different ways. Depending on what you consume, wining and dining a date can induce more sleep than romance. A big, fancy dinner, a bottle of wine and fine chocolates may sound sweet - but such meals are actually little more than empty calories. </p><p>To really get your blood going, consider circulation-enhancing dishes. Food that\'s high in Omega-3 fatty acids such as mackerel, salmon and wild salmon are best. \"Omega-3 makes your nervous system function better,\" says Dr. Barbara Bartlik, assistant professor of psychiatry and sex therapist with the Human Sexuality Program at Weill Cornell Medical Center. \"Sex is really about circuitry.\" Multivitamins and minerals will help, too. Both improve neurological function, which contributes to good circulation. </p><p><b><strong>Grab some granola<br></strong></b>Improved circulation results in greater erectile response. To accomplish that, go for food rich in L-Arginine, such as granola, oatmeal, peanuts, cashews, walnuts, dairy, green vegetables, root vegetables, garlic, ginseng, soybeans, chickpeas and seeds. Studies show that L-Arginine is helpful for improving sexual function in men. There haven\'t been studies done on women - but remember, erectile response isn\'t just a guy thing. \"Women have erections too: in their clitoris and the tissue surrounding the vulva,\" says Bartlik. </p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#FFFFFF\">&nbsp;From a better sex diet to healthy gifts</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a4abc1\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-right:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-bottom:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-left:solid 1px #a4abc1;background-color:#f3f3f6;\" bgcolor=\"#f3f3f6\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\"><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table><tr><td><p class=\"textMed\"><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/30/sex-diet-nutrition-life-health_cx_tw_1205sexdiet_slide_2.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Slideshow: 10 foods to spice up your sex life</a></p><p class=\"textMed\"><strong><u>More from Forbes<br></u></strong><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/home/2006/12/05/health_gift_guide-forbeslife-cx_avd_1206healthgiftguide_slide_2.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">10 healthy gifts</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/07/19/cz_mh_0719obesityslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Obesity\'s hidden costs</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/2006/12/04/trans-fat-vote-forbeslife-cx_avd_1205transfat_slide_2.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Top 5 worst trans fat offenders<br></a><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/10/24/life_health_cx_ad_1025featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Easy ways to ease up on your body<br></a></p></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Humans have sought ways to enhance or improve their sex lives for millennia - and have never been reluctant to spend money to make themselves better lovers. The ancient Romans were said to prefer such exotic aphrodisiacs as hippo snouts and hyena eyeballs. Traditional Chinese medicine espoused the use of such rare delicacies as rhino horn. Modern lovers are no less extravagant. In 2005, for example, according to Amsterdam-based health care information company Wulters Kluwer, Americans spent just under $1.4 billion to treat male sexual dysfunction disorders alone. </p><p>Of that amount, Viagra rang up $1.2 billion in sales for Pfizer, or 60 percent of the total market. Among the other drugs trying to find their way into American\'s bedside tables and back pockets are Levitra and Cialis. </p><p>There is a difference, of course, between helping sexual dysfunction and arousing our passions. </p><p>Aphrodisiacs, for the most part, have been shown to be ineffective. Named for Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of sex and beauty, these include an array of herbs, foods and other \"agents\" that are said to awaken and heighten sexual desire. But the 5,000-year tradition of using them is based more on folklore than real science. \"There is no data and no scientific evidence,\" says Leonore Tiefer, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. \"Product pushers are very eager to capitalize on myths,\" she says. </p><p>Most libido-enhancing products offer short term benefit at best, according to Dr. John Mulhall, director of the Sexual Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian and associate professor of urology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Mulhall, who also sits on the Nutraceuticals Committee of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, says, \"Every year, we review the literature on these compounds - these nutraceuticals like nitric oxide and ginseng - and there are none that have really been shown to be more than a placebo.\" </p><p>When it comes to sexual function, the placebo effect probably accounts for 30 percent of improvements in men and around 50 percent in women, he says. That means there are a lot of people out there who believe a pill they are taking or a food they are eating is doing a lot of good for them sexually. In reality, their mind is doing all the work. </p><p>So, besides renting \"The Story of O\" and opening a bottle of red wine, what can people do to kick-start their sex life? </p><p><b><strong>For a good time, try soy</strong></b><br>One thing they can do is change their diet. Soy, for example, binds estrogen receptors, which helps the vaginal area remain lubricated and combats symptoms of menopause - particularly hot flashes. Studies have shown that soy is also beneficial to the prostate, a crucial male sex organ. However, it\'s important to note that women who have a history of breast cancer should not eat large amounts of soy, because the binding of estrogen receptors actually increases the risk of reoccurrence. </p><p>Foods that promote weight loss also hold libido-boosting potential. \"There has been very solid research showing that obesity is a risk factor for erectile dysfunction and low testosterone,\" says Dr. Ridwan Shabsigh, director of the New York Center for Human Sexuality and associate professor of urology at Columbia University\'s medical school. \"Reducing weight,\" he says, \"results in an increase of testosterone, and thus an increase in sexual function.\" </p><p><b><strong>\'Good for your heart, good for your penis\'</strong></b><br>\"From an erection standpoint, anything that\'s good for your heart is good for your penis,\" says Dr. Mulhall. Too much saturated fat can, over time, clog arteries and, in doing so, prevent an adequate flow of blood from reaching the genital region. This not only interferes with the ability to perform, but also with sexual pleasure. Too little fat, on the other hand, is also bad. </p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15991670/\">Do we really have a sexual prime?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16098766/\">Chewable pill stops pregnancy, freshens breath</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/14061456/\">MSNBC.com Special Report: America Unzipped</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>\"You need fat to produce your hormones,\" says Beverly Whipple, professor emerita at Rutgers University and president of the World Association for Sexology. \"Cholesterol is metabolized in the liver, and you get your testosterone and estrogen, which you need for your sex drive,\" she says. Olive oil, salmon and nuts are optimal sources of the \"good\" kinds of fats -monounsaturated and polyunsaturated. </p><p>According to Dr. Judith Reichman, author of \"I\'m Not in the Mood: What Every Woman Should Known about Improving Her Libido,\" medical and hormonal problems are major contributors to sexual dysfunction and a low libido - but so are too much stress, relationship difficulties and psychological issues. Antidepressants, such as Prozac by GlaxoSmithKline and Paxil by Eli Lilly, can negatively affect sex drive as well.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2007 Forbes.com</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('507','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Condoms a big problem for men in India</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Most men\'s penises are an inch too short for popular prophylactics </b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>NEW DELHI - Condoms designed to meet international size specifications are too big for many Indian men as their penises fall short of what manufacturers had anticipated, an Indian study has found.</p><p>The Indian Council of Medical Research, a leading state-run center, said its initial findings from a two-year study showed 60 percent of men in the financial capital Mumbai had penises about 1 inch shorter than those condoms catered for.</p><p>For a further 30 percent, the difference was at least 2 inches. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('508','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Call for global use of cervical cancer vaccines</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Shots against sexually transmitted disease could save 250,000 lives a year</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>LONDON - International health experts called on Tuesday for rapid worldwide access to promising but expensive cervical cancer vaccines that have the potential to save a quarter of a million lives a year.</p><p>Merck &amp; Co. Inc.\'s recently launched Gardasil and GlaxoSmithKline Plc\'s Cervarix, which is expected to be approved next year, protect women against human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes most cases of the disease.</p><p>They are likely to be embraced in rich countries but uptake in the developing world - where 80 percent of cervical cancer deaths occur - is uncertain, given their high price and potential resistance to vaccinating girls aged 9 to 13 years against the sexually transmitted virus.</p><p>The call for global access came at a conference in London bringing together 60 health experts from multilateral agencies, government, charities and the drug industry.</p><p>\"There is usually a 15 to 20 year delay between the time that new vaccines are approved in the West and the time they reach developing countries,\" said Nothemba Simelela of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.</p><p>\"The world cannot afford to wait 20 years to begin saving women from cervical cancer.\"</p><p>Death rates from the second most common female cancer are increasing in the developing world, where more than 95 percent of women never have a cervical smear test.</p><p><b><strong>Price critical</strong></b><br>Price will be a key factor in determining how quickly the new vaccines are used in poor countries.</p><p>Gardasil costs $375 in the United States and $397 to $477 in Europe for a course of three injections. Glaxo\'s product is expected to be priced similarly.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15972032/\">Abortion drug may thwart breast cancer</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16098766/\">Chewable pill stops pregnancy, freshens breath</a>?/li><li><a href=\"/id/15545100/\">Why young people don\'t use condoms</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Officials from Merck and Glaxo attending the conference said they would cut the cost for developing nations substantially but stopped short of promising a not-for-profit price.</p><p>Julian Lob-Levyt, secretary-general of the GAVI Alliance, said the price needed to come down to below $10 in the long term.</p><p>\"That\'s the kind of figure that the poorest countries are indicating to us, but we are prepared to subsidize the price at the outset in anticipation that it then declines,\" he told Reuters.</p><p>GAVI - a partnership for vaccines grouping governments, the World Bank and the private sector - was likely to formally endorse use of the new HPV vaccines in the next 12 to 18 months, he added.</p><p>Gardasil and Cervarix are the first vaccines for cancer and consequently set an important strategic precedent for the international community.</p><p>In the past, the world has been used to giving simple shots against childhood diseases that cost a few pennies -- but that model is changing as more complex vaccines are developed.</p><p>\"It\'s just a matter of time before other vaccines will be out there for cancer ... and hopefully it\'s just a matter of time before we have a vaccine for HIV/AIDS,\" said Howard Zucker, assistant director-general for health technology at the World Health Organization.</p><p>\"This should be a model for the future when other vaccines come to market.\"?</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('509','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Sex does the body good</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Regular romps can provide a host of physiological benefits</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/home/index.html?partner=msnbc\"><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/home/index.html?partner=msnbc\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/Local/sourceForbes.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>The best that modern science can say for abstinence is that it\'s harmless when practiced in moderation. \"Saving yourself\" before the big game, the big business deal, the big hoe-down or the big bakeoff may indeed confer some moral advantage; but physiologically it does zip. </p><p>Having regular and enthusiastic sex, by contrast, confers a host of measurable physiological advantages, be you male or female. (This assumes that you are engaging in sex without contracting a sexually transmitted disease.) </p><p>In one of the most credible studies correlating overall health with sexual frequency, Queens University in Belfast tracked the mortality of about 1,000 middle-aged men over the course of a decade. The study was designed to compare people of similar age and health. Its findings, published in 1997 in the British Medical Journal, were that men who reported the highest frequency of orgasm enjoyed a death rate half that of the laggards. Other studies (some rigorous, some less so) purport to show that having sex even a few times a week has an associative or causal relationship with the following: </p><ul><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Improved sense of smell: After sex, production of the hormone prolactin surges. This, in turn, causes stem cells in the brain to develop new neurons in the brain\'s olfactory bulb, its smell center. </li><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Reduced risk of heart disease: In a 2001 follow-up to the Queens University study mentioned above, researchers focused on cardiovascular health. Their finding? That by having sex three or more times a week, men reduced their risk of heart attack or stroke by half.</li><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Weight loss, overall fitness: Sex, if nothing else, is exercise. A vigorous bout burns some 200 calories - about the same as running 15 minutes on a treadmill or playing a spirited game of squash. The pulse rate, in a person aroused, rises from about 70 beats per minute to 150, the same as that of an athlete putting forth maximum effort. </li></ul><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15991670/\">Do we really have a sexual prime?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16157113/\">Condoms a big problem for men in India</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>British researchers have determined that the equivalent of six Big Macs can be worked off by having sex three times a week for a year. Muscular contractions during intercourse work the pelvis, thighs, buttocks, arms, neck and thorax. Sex also boosts production of testosterone, which leads to stronger bones and muscles. Men\'s Health magazine has gone so far as to call the bed the single greatest piece of exercise equipment ever invented. </p><ul><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Reduced depression: A study of 293 women in 2002 had the same implications. American psychologist Gordon Gallup reported that sexually active participants whose male partners did not use condoms were less subject to depression than those whose partners did. One theory of causality: Prostoglandin, a hormone found only in semen, may be absorbed in the female genital tract, thus modulating female hormones. </li><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Pain relief: Immediately before orgasm, levels of the hormone oxytocin surge to five times their normal level. This, in turn, releases endorphins, which alleviate the pain of everything from headaches to arthritis to even migraines. In women, sex also prompts production of estrogen, which can reduce the pain of PMS. </li><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Less frequent colds and flu: Wilkes University in Pennsylvania says individuals who have sex once or twice a week show 30 percent higher levels of an antibody called immunoglobulin A, which is known to boost the immune system. </li><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Better bladder control: Heard of Kegel exercises? You do them, whether you know it or not, every time you stem your flow of urine. The same set of muscles is worked during sex. </li><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Better teeth: Seminal plasma contains zinc, calcium and other minerals shown to hinder tooth decay. Since this is a family web site, we will omit discussion of the mineral delivery system. Suffice it to say that it could be a far richer, more complex and more satisfying experience than squeezing a tube of Crest - even Tartar Control Crest. Researchers have noted, parenthetically, that sexual etiquette usually demands the brushing of one\'s teeth before and/or after intimacy, which, by itself, would help promote better oral hygiene. </li><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">A happier prostate? Some urologists believe they see a relationship between infrequency of ejaculation and cancer of the prostate. The causal argument goes like this: To produce seminal fluid, the prostate and the seminal vesicles take such substances from the blood as zinc, citric acid and potassium, and then concentrate them up to 600 times. Any carcinogens present in the blood likewise would be concentrated. Rather than have concentrated carcinogens hanging around causing trouble, it\'s better to evict them. A study published by the British Journal of Urology International asserts that men in their 20s can reduce, by a third, their chance of getting prostate cancer by ejaculating more than five times a week. </li></ul><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#FFFFFF\">&nbsp;From better sex to trans-fatty foods </b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a4abc1\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-right:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-bottom:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-left:solid 1px #a4abc1;background-color:#f3f3f6;\" bgcolor=\"#f3f3f6\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\"><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table><tr><td><p class=\"textMed\"><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/30/sex-diet-nutrition-life-health_cx_tw_1205sexdiet_slide_2.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Slideshow: Better sex diet</a></p><p class=\"textMed\"><strong><u>More from Forbes<br></u></strong><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/07/19/cz_mh_0719obesityslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">The hidden cost of obesity</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/2006/12/04/trans-fat-vote-forbeslife-cx_avd_1205transfat_slide_2.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Top 5 worst trans-fat offenders<br></a><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/10/24/life_health_cx_ad_1025featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Easy ways to ease up on your body</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/12/05/leadership-health-sex-lead-innovation-cx_tw_1205aphrodisiacs_slide_2.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">10 aphrodisiacs that work</a></p></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>While possession of a robust appetite for sex - and the physical ability to gratify it - may not always be the cynosure of perfect health, a reluctance to engage can be a sign that something is seriously on the fritz, especially where the culprit is an infirm erection. </p><p><b><strong>Can you have too much?</strong></b><br>Dr. J. Francois Eid, a urologist with Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York Presbyterian Hospital, observes that erectile dysfunction is an extension of the vascular system. A lethargic member may be telling you that you have diseased blood vessels elsewhere in your body. \"It could be a first sign of hypertension or diabetes or increased cholesterol levels. It\'s a red flag that you should see your doctor.\" Treatment and exercise, says Dr. Eid, can have things looking up again: \"Men who exercise and have a good heart and low heart rate, and who are cardio-fit, have firmer erections. There very definitely is a relationship.\" </p><p>But is there such a thing as too much sex? </p><p>The answer, in purely physiological terms, is this: If you\'re female, probably not. If you\'re male? You betcha. </p><p>Dr. Claire Bailey of the University of Bristol says there is little or no risk of a woman overdosing on sex. In fact, she says, regular sessions can not only firm a woman\'s tummy and buttocks but also improve her posture. </p><p>As for men, urologist Eid says it\'s definitely possible to get too much of a good thing, now that drugs such as Viagra and Levitra have given men far more staying power than what may actually be good for them. </p><p>The penis, says Eid, is wonderfully resilient. But everything has its limits. Penile tissues, if given too roistering or prolonged a pummeling, can sustain damage. In cases you\'d just as soon not hear about, permanent damage. </p><p>\"I see it in pro football players,\" says Eid. \"They use Viagra because they\'re so sexually active. What they demand of their body is unreasonable. It\'s part of playing football: you play through the pain.\" This type of guy doesn\'t listen to his body. He takes a shot of cortisone, and keeps on going. And they have sex in similar fashion.\" </p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2007 Forbes.com</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('510','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Even Grandma had premarital sex, survey finds</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Americans weren\'t any more chaste in the past, researchers report</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img src=\"/images/icons/video.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"14\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#ffffff\">NBC VIDEO</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"1\" style=\"border:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#eeeeee;background-image:url(\'/images/backgrounds/component_grey.gif\');\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#cccccc\" background=\"/images/backgrounds/component_dkgrey.gif\" width=\"100%\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><a href=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'a3951d6a-bb36-4df3-a364-f9f25750f0e0\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'16311860\',\'Premarital sex is widespread\')\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/061221/tdy_vieira_sexstudy_061221.300w.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><div class=\"scalAd\"><input type=\"button\" class=\"mbox w77\" value=\"Launch\" title=\"Launch\" onmouseover=\"swapbtn(this, 1)\" onmouseout=\"swapbtn(this, 0)\" onclick=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'a3951d6a-bb36-4df3-a364-f9f25750f0e0\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'16311860\',\'Premarital sex is widespread\')\"></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font class=\"textMedBlackBold\"><a href=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'a3951d6a-bb36-4df3-a364-f9f25750f0e0\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'16311860\',\'Premarital sex is widespread\')\">Premarital sex is widespread</a></font><br><font color=\"black\">Dec. 21: \'Today\' host Meredith Vieira talks with Dr. Nancy Snyderman, NBC\'s chief medical editor, and Keith Ablow, a psychiatrist and host of \'The Dr. Keith Ablow Show,\' after a new study showing most Americans have sex before marriage.</font><p class=\"credit\">Today Show Health</p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\"></font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>NEW YORK - More than nine out of 10 Americans, men and women alike, have had premarital sex, according to a new study. The high rates extend even to women born in the 1940s, challenging perceptions that people were more chaste in the past.</p><p>\"This is reality-check research,\" said the study\'s author, Lawrence Finer. \"Premarital sex is normal behavior for the vast majority of Americans, and has been for decades.\"</p><p>Finer is a research director at the Guttmacher Institute, a private New York-based think tank that studies sexual and reproductive issues and which disagrees with government-funded programs that rely primarily on abstinence-only teachings. The study, released Tuesday, appears in the new issue of Public Health Reports.</p><p>The study, examining how sexual behavior before marriage has changed over time, was based on interviews conducted with more than 38,000 people - about 33,000 of them women - in 1982, 1988, 1995 and 2002 for the federal National Survey of Family Growth. According to Finer\'s analysis, 99 percent of the respondents had had sex by age 44, and 95 percent had done so before marriage.</p><p>Even among a subgroup of those who abstained from sex until at least age 20, four-fifths had had premarital sex by age 44, the study found.</p><p><b><strong>Sex stable since the \'50s<br></strong></b>Finer said the likelihood of Americans having sex before marriage has remained stable since the 1950s, though people now wait longer to get married and thus are sexually active as singles for extensive periods.</p><p>The study found women virtually as likely as men to engage in premarital sex, even those born decades ago. Among women born between 1950 and 1978, at least 91 percent had had premarital sex by age 30, he said, while among those born in the 1940s, 88 percent had done so by age 44.<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"1%\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/061219/AP_PremaritalSex.gif\" align=\"Right\" height=\"365\" width=\"181\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr></table></p><p>\"The data clearly show that the majority of older teens and adults have already had sex before marriage, which calls into question the federal government\'s funding of abstinence-only-until-marriage programs for 12- to 29-year-olds,\" Finer said.</p><p>Under the Bush administration, such programs have received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.</p><p>\"It would be more effective,\" Finer said, \"to provide young people with the skills and information they need to be safe once they become sexually active - which nearly everyone eventually will.\"</p><p>Wade Horn, assistant secretary for children and families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, defended the abstinence-only approach for teenagers.</p><p><b><strong>White House: Wait longer, please<br></strong></b>\"One of its values is to help young people delay the onset of sexual activity,\" he said. \"The longer one delays, the fewer lifetime sex partners they have, and the less the risk of contracting sexually transmitted disease.\"</p><p>He insisted there was no federal mission against premarital sex among adults.</p><p>\"Absolutely not,\" Horn said. \"The Bush administration does not believe the government should be regulating or stigmatizing the behavior of adults.\"</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"http://www.publichealthreports.org/userfiles/122_1/12_PHR122-1_73-78.pdf\">Read the?uttmacher report (.PDF)</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16287477/\">Vote: Do you believe the premarital sex stats?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16282622/\">Sex does the body good</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15991670/\">Do we really have a sexual prime?</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Horn said he found the high percentages of premarital sex cited in the study to be plausible, and expressed hope that society would not look askance at the small minority that chooses to remain abstinent before marriage.</p><p>However, Janice Crouse of Concerned Women for America, a conservative group which strongly supports abstinence-only education, said she was skeptical of the findings.</p><p>\"Any time I see numbers that high, I\'m a little suspicious,\" she said. \"The numbers are too pat.\"</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('511','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Poor record-keeping plagues Bush AIDS effort</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Report finds $15 billion program unable to verify claims of success </b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>WASHINGTON - President Bush\'s ambitious AIDS-fighting program in poor countries has pushed so hard for fast results that basic record keeping and accountability often went by the wayside, making it hard to judge the true success, according to government audits and officials.</p><p>Investigators found the three-year-old, $15 billion program has overcounted and undercounted thousands patients it helped or was unable to verify claims of success by local groups that took U.S. money to prevent the spread of disease or care for AIDS victims and their children.</p><p>The Bush administration says it has worked to fix the problems that were found in multiple countries and outlined in several audits reviewed by The Associated Press.</p><p>\"It\'s not good enough for the auditors to hear from the mission that we did A, B and C but we can\'t prove it to you, or there\'s no documentation to prove that we did it,\" said Joe Farinella, a top watchdog inside the U.S. Agency for International Development.</p><p>Farinella is the assistant inspector general who oversaw the investigations into how U.S. AIDS money was spent overseas in 2004 and 2005.</p><p>He said many recipients failed to keep records that would provide \"reasonable assurance that what they say was done was in fact carried out.\" The inspector general will recommend that the administration clarify its directives and improve reporting methods.</p><p><b><strong>\'Our approach\'<br></strong></b>The administration acknowledges the lapses and says it has imposed tighter reporting systems that have improved the accuracy of information. Officials blame the shoddy record keeping on an eagerness to get money into the field to help AIDS victims.</p><p>\"You could\'ve waited for three years to get all these systems in place and an awful lot of people would have died,\" said Ambassador Mark Dybul, the administration\'s global AIDS coordinator.</p><p>\"Our approach was get the services out, start moving the programs. In many of the cases where they say we can\'t find documentation, that doesn\'t mean people aren\'t getting services; that just means the reporting systems are not in place,\" he said. Dybul said he has \"extraordinary\" confidence in the overall numbers.</p><p>For at least one country, Guyana, incorrect numbers made it into this year\'s annual report to Congress. It cited services to 5,200 AIDS orphans, but auditors documented fewer than 300, many of them not even affected by AIDS.</p><p>The opposite occurred in South Africa. Some provincial governments refused to disclose information on AIDS tests and counseling, causing \"severe underreporting\" in the number of victims who were helped with U.S. money, an audit dated Aug. 11 concluded. Officials said that problem was now resolved.</p><p>After reporting that millions of people were reached by mass-media promoting sexual abstinence and use of condoms, the administration now has dropped that measurement completely, on grounds it is impossible to know how many people hear radio messages.</p><p><b><strong>\'Something Congress should look at\'</strong></b><br>The numbers are important because Congress and others closely track administration strategies for a program that is pumping unprecedented sums into AIDS-stricken nations in Africa. The administration demands that programs make progress toward specific targets each year and report tallies in dozens of categories.</p><p>Bush\'s goals are ambitious: to treat 2 million infected people by 2008, prevent 7 million new infections and provide support and care for 10 million HIV/AIDS patients and orphans.</p><p>\"The accuracy of the numbers is essential and is something Congress should look at,\" said the incoming chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.</p><p>Rep. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('513','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">How women pick mates vs. flings</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Chiseled men catch the eye, but do rounder faces make for better partners?</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><div class=\"textMedBlackBold\" style=\"padding-top:10px;\">By By Abigail W. Leonard</div><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Sources/Art/sourceLiveScience.gif,standard.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>Science might be able to explain our fascination with Brad Pitt\'s chiseled jaw and George Clooney\'s smoldering eyes.</p><p>Women seem to judge potential mates by how masculine their features are, new research shows. Men with square jaws and well-defined brow ridges are seen as good short-term partners, while those with more feminine traits such as a rounder face and fuller lips are perceived as better long-term mates.</p><p>In the study, 854 male and female subjects viewed a series of male head shots that had been digitally altered to exaggerate or minimize masculine traits. The participants then answered questions about how they expected the men in the photos to behave. </p><p>Overwhelmingly, participants said those with more masculine features were likely to be risky and competitive and also more apt to fight, challenge bosses, cheat on spouses and put less effort into parenting. Those with more feminine faces were seen as good parents and husbands, hard workers and emotionally supportive mates.?</p><p>Despite all the negative attributes, when asked who they would choose for a short-term relationship, women still selected the more masculine looking men.?Brad and George then would be picks for a brief romance, if not the long haul.</p><p>The study, detailed in the December issue of the journal Personal Relationships, reached conclusions similar to research published earlier last year in Britain.</p><p>The new study\'s author, Daniel Kruger at the University of Michigan\'s School of Public Health, said that from an evolutionary perspective, it makes sense women would view more masculine-looking men as potential flings and less masculine-looking ones as long-term partners.?</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/16282622/\">Regular sex can make you healthier</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16287113/\">Even Grandma had premarital sex, survey finds</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>The key, he said, is testosterone, the hormone responsible for development of masculine facial features and other secondary sexual characteristics. </p><p>Testosterone is necessary for development, but can also have detrimental health effects. It has been shown, for example, to interfere with the body\'s immune response, so men who are able to maintain high levels of the hormone are typically strong and healthy - traits women would want to pass on to their progeny.</p><p><b><strong>Prone to stray?<br></strong></b>Increased testosterone has also been linked to male cheating and violence in relationships, so while these men might produce high quality offspring, they don\'t always make great parents or faithful mates, Kruger says.?</p><p>The study suggests women could be equipped to use seemingly superficial characteristics \"as a cue to pick up on trends in these behavioral strategies,\" Kruger said. </p><p>There are plenty of these signals in the animal world. Male peacocks\' huge, outrageous tails can make foraging for food and evading predators difficult, but the plumage, which many researchers say indicates male fitness, is so effective at luring females that the trait has been preserved in the population, Kruger points out. </p><p>While the findings are compelling, the scientific community has typically greeted the field of physiognomy, which links facial characteristics to certain behavioral traits, with skepticism. </p><p>Kruger argues, however, that the research is a valuable tool for understanding mating strategies. And, of course, for explaining how Pitt and Clooney managed to snag People Magazine\'s \"Sexiest Man Alive\" title two times each - it might have to do with their genes, but could also have something to do with ours.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2007 LiveScience.com. All rights reserved. </em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('514','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Gonorrhea linked to male bladder cancer risk</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Common sexually transmitted disease doubles threat, study finds</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>LONDON - Gonorrhea, a common sexually transmitted infection, can double the risk of bladder cancer in men, researchers said Tuesday.</p><p>Earlier studies already had suggested a link, and scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health in Massachusetts who monitored the health of 51,529 American men found 286 cases of bladder cancer in men who had had the infection.</p><p>\"We observed a two-fold increase in bladder cancer risk among men with a history of gonorrhea,\" said Dr. Dominique Michaud, the lead author of the research reported in the British Journal of Cancer.</p><p>The link was stronger for invasive and advanced bladder cancer, which is more serious and difficult to treat, and among smokers.</p><p>Bladder cancer is the ninth most common cancer worldwide. Smoking is a leading cause of the disease and accounts for 65 percent of cases in men and 30 percent in women, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;CLICK FOR RELATED CONTENT</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/15548276/\">9 most popular plastic surgery fixes for men</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>\"Gonorrhea is an infection that often recurs, causing local inflammation and symptoms such as incomplete emptying of the bladder,\" Michaud said. \"The inflammation itself or the associated symptoms could be contributing to the development of bladder cancer.\" </p><p>Professor John Toy of the charity Cancer Research UK said the findings strengthen the suspected linked between gonorrhea and bladder cancer in men.</p><p>\"The next step is to confirm whether the increased risk could be caused directly by the gonorrhea infection or its symptoms,\" he said in a statement.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('515','3','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Sexy people play the symmetry card</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Balance, not body type, is key in fashion and attraction</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070109/070109_symettry_hmed_2p.hmedium.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"Naomi Campbell\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">Czarek Sokolowski / AP file</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"-1\">You don\'t have to look like supermodel Naomi Campbell to be sexy. The key, says fashion designer Bradley Bayou, is dressing to enhance symmetry.</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>NEW YORK - To call sexiness an exact science is a stretch, but there is certainly a formula, says fashion designer Bradley Bayou.</p><p>Measurements have nothing to do with it. It\'s about symmetry.</p><p>\"What we are attracted to, what we find sexy, are things that are symmetrical. Research backs that up,\" says Bayou, who has written a new book called \"The Science of Sexy\" (Gotham Books).</p><p>\"Women try to force their figures into fads and trends, even if they\'re not flattering to them, because they think they\'re \'sexy.\' ... But it\'s really all about balancing the body.\"</p><p>Short hourglass shapes might consider jackets that fit snugly at the waist, perhaps adorned with a peplum, and skirts with either semicircles or A-lines. Tall boyish shapes would be better served by open necklines, such as a V or a scoop, and a pleated skirt or straight-leg pants with angled pockets, Bayou suggests.</p><p>\"Everywhere you look in nature, it\'s always balanced. A tree is balanced, even looking, even though it\'s not exactly the same on both sides. Yes, you\'ll have imperfections, but if you pull it all together, they\'ll be balanced.\"</p><p>That makes sense to Randy Thornhill, a biology professor at the University of New Mexico who has studied the link between symmetry and physical attraction.</p><p><b><strong>Health equals beauty<br></strong></b>\"The bottom line is developmental health. The general finding for animals - not just humans - is that as the individual begins development, optimal development is bilateral symmetry. Most don\'t achieve it,\" he says.</p><p>Symmetry, whether most of us realize it, may signal that an individual can be a strong, healthy mate capable of producing healthy offspring, Thornhill says. It indicates an ability to deal with any environmental problems encountered in the person\'s life.</p><p>Thornhill\'s original research focused on facial symmetry, but, he says, further research has found the same thing with breasts, buttocks and thighs.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;CLICK FOR RELATED CONTENT</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/16444786/\">How women pick mates vs. flings</a> </li><li><a href=\"/id/16387963/\">7 resolutions for sensational sex in \'07</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>\"With women, bodily symmetry is conveyed in the face but also how she mobilizes - how she walks, a more attractive gait. When dancing, symmetrical people are more attractive when they dance. It comes out in the grace and movement,\" he says.</p><p>That means the structure of your genes are more important than the size of your jeans.<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"1%\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070109/070109_fashionDesign_hmed_2p.standard.jpg\" align=\"Left\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"Bradley Bayou\"></td></tr><tr><td><div class=\"credit\" style=\"text-align:right;margin-bottom:5px;\">Diane Bondareff / AP</div><div class=\"credit\">\'Women try to force their figures into fads and trends, even if they\'re not flattering to them, because they think they\'re \"sexy,\" says Bayou.</div><hr noshade=\"true\" size=\"1\" color=\"#C0C0C0\"></td></tr></table></p><p>Bayou, formerly the creative director at Halston, is known as a source of red-carpet gowns for Oprah Winfrey, Queen Latifah, Salma Hayek and Eva Longoria - women of varying body types. \"All these women are sexy, and they\'re all different. The one thing in common, though, is that they\'re not emaciated. If that\'s what magazines say is sexy, they\'re wrong.\"</p><p>He adds: \"Every body is unique, and there are different pieces that will work on them.\"</p><p>Bayou\'s book aims to help women find the styles that work for them. He offers suggestions based on 12 basic body types, accounting for shape, height and weight. He tells you what to wear and what not to wear: Overt plunging necklines and micro minis usually fall into that second category.</p><p>The one thing that does look good on just about everyone is a wrap dress. \"Thank God for Diane von Furstenberg,\" says Bayou. (Von Furstenberg first introduced that silhouette to the fashion world in early 1970s, got it on the cover of Time magazine in 1976, and has included it in every variation imaginable in her collections ever since.)</p><p><b><strong>Accessorize with confidence<br></strong></b>How to accessorize it? With confidence.</p><p>\"I find that most women - 99 percent, I\'d say - are insecure about their bodies, and I\'m talking about drop-dead gorgeous women. What I find sexy is self-confidence. I\'m trying to give those women confidence about their body. You can\'t change your body overnight, but you can change the way you dress.\"</p><p>Other things to wear with pride are kindness and a sense of humor.</p><p>\"I think everybody agrees that sexy comes from within,\" Bayou adds. \"A runway model might not be sexy, but a size 10 or 12 shapely woman can be so sexy. She\'ll get more attention in the end if she\'s confident and funny.\"</p><p>Women spend too much time stressing about the little stuff, he says, not realizing that men can usually find something sexy about almost anyone. \"Women think you need it all, but you really only need one part and make the most of it. ... People aren\'t born perfect.\"</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('516','3','	<p><p>TUESDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The number of fetal and infant deaths caused by the serious pregnancy complication preeclampsia has dropped sharply since the 1960s, a new study reports.</p> <p>The research, published in the Sept. 20 issue of the <i>Journal of the American Medical Association</i>, theorizes that earlier delivery of babies whose mothers have preeclampsia and better prenatal care for their mothers have contributed to the dramatic decline.</p> <p>&quot;Babies had more than a fourfold risk of dying in utero during the first period [of the study], 1967 to 1978. At the end of the study, 1991 to 2003, the risk of stillbirth was 1.3-fold higher in mothers with preeclampsia,&quot; said study author Olga Basso, a research fellow at the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, in Research Triangle Park, N.C.</p> <p>Preeclampsia is a potentially fatal complication of pregnancy that affects up to 8 percent of all pregnancies, according to the Preeclampsia Foundation. It\'s most common in first pregnancies and is characterized by high blood pressure, water retention and protein in the urine. Sudden severe headaches, vision changes, swelling and weight gain indicate worsening preeclampsia.</p> <p>The disorder often comes on quickly, and there\'s no good way to know for sure which women will develop the condition. However, researchers from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development recently announced that they have had success detecting those at risk of preeclampsia earlier in pregnancy by testing for high blood levels of certain proteins. In the future, doctors may be able to use such a test to diagnose preeclampsia at an even earlier stage.</p> <p>Unfortunately, there\'s currently no truly effective treatment for preeclampsia except delivery of the child. Often, however, a mother may not be far enough along in her pregnancy to safely deliver the baby. In this case, doctors try to control the mother\'s blood pressure and give her medications to help the fetus\' lungs mature more quickly. Worldwide, preeclampsia is responsible for about 76,000 maternal and fetal deaths, according to the Preeclampsia Foundation.</p> <p>Rates of preeclampsia have been on the rise for years, possibly due to the number of mothers putting off pregnancy until a later age and the use of assisted reproductive technologies, according to Dr. Abdulla Al-Khan, director of perinatal diagnostics and therapeutics, a division of maternal fetal medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey.</p> <p>&quot;Preeclampsia has become an epidemic the U.S.,&quot; he said.</p> <p>Almost 800,000 pregnant women were included in the current study. All were Norwegian-born and pregnant for the first time. The data from these pregnancies was collected from 1967 through 2003. Nearly 34,000 of these women developed preeclampsia during their pregnancies.</p> <p>Between 1967 and 1978, only 8 percent of the mothers had induction of birth -- either by induction of labor or by Caesarean section. From 1991 through 2003, that number jumped dramatically, to 20 percent.</p> <p>During that same time, fetal death rates also dropped dramatically. The risk of having a stillbirth for a woman with preeclampsia was 4.2 times higher than for a woman without preeclampsia between 1967 and 1978. From 1991 to 2003, the risk of a stillbirth for a preeclamptic woman was 1.3 times higher than for a pregnant woman without the disorder.</p> <p>Meanwhile, newborn death rates stayed mostly the same.</p> <p>&quot;This stability in neonatal risk is remarkable, considering the increasing number of very preterm deliveries in recent years, resulting from aggressive obstetric management of preeclampsia,&quot; the authors wrote.</p> <p>Basso said earlier deliveries and medical management of the mothers throughout their pregnancies appeared to help bring the fetal and newborn death rates down.</p> <p>Al-Kahn said he wasn\'t particularly surprised by the findings, and he said that he agrees that getting these babies delivered early is probably the biggest factor in the increased survival. Plus, he said, care for premature babies has advanced considerably in recent years.</p> <p>&quot;Especially in the U.S., we have stronger newborn intensive care and premature babies are doing much better,&quot; said Al-Khan.</p> <p>He did, however, point out that this study\'s findings aren\'t necessarily applicable to the much more ethnically and socially diverse U.S. population.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>To learn more about preeclampsia, visit the <a href=\"http://www.preeclampsia.org/about.asp\" target=\"_new\">Preeclampsia Foundation</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('517','3','	<p><p>THURSDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Testing for HIV should become a routine part of medical care for Americans 13 to 64 years of age, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Thursday.</p> <p>It should be given much like a cholesterol or blood-pressure test, and patients should have to refuse to take the HIV test if they don\'t want it, CDC officials added.</p> <p>The goal of the new recommendation is to increase early detection of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and to simplify the HIV screening process in health-care settings. The recommendations also include new measures to improve diagnosis among pregnant women and further reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission.</p> <p>Currently, more than 250,000 Americans are HIV-positive but don\'t know it, according to the CDC.</p> <p>&quot;The goal is to increase the early diagnosis of HIV, so that people could access treatment, know their HIV status, and be helped and supported in efforts to take of themselves, but also to prevent transmission to other people,&quot; CDC Director Dr. Julie L. Gerberding said during a press conference Thursday.</p> <p>Previous screening approaches haven\'t been effective in identifying many people who are HIV-positive, Gerberding noted. &quot;These new recommendations will help us reach our ultimate goal of no child with infection, no person untreated or undiagnosed, and no transmission of HIV among people in this country,&quot; she said.</p> <p>While the recommendations aren\'t legally binding, they are expected to influence doctors\' practices and health insurance coverage.</p> <p>Patients be should be told that HIV testing is part of routine care and have the opportunity to decline testing. Before making this decision, however, they should be provided information about HIV and the meaning of positive and negative test results, and should have the opportunity to ask questions, the CDC recommended.</p> <p>The recommendations are only for testing in health-care settings, said Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of CDC\'s National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention. The recommendations do not include community centers or other HIV- or health-care outreach programs.</p> <p>&quot;The goal of the new recommendations is to make sure that anyone who seeks medical care also has the opportunity to learn if they are infected with HIV,&quot; Fenton said.</p> <p>The CDC is also recommending simplified testing procedures that overcome barriers to screening, such as pretest counseling and separate written consent. Both of these barriers should be removed. Rather, HIV testing should be incorporated into general consent for medical care, the agency said.</p> <p>There should also be enhanced screening for pregnant women, the CDC said. The estimated number of infants born with HIV declined from about 1,650 in 1991 to less than 240 this year. The new recommendations are intended to help reduce this number even further.</p> <p>The recommendations also appear in the Sept. 22 issue of the CDC\'s <i>Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report</i>.</p> <p>One expert thinks the new recommendations are an important step forward in HIV detection and prevention, and are a good allocation of public health-care time and dollars.</p> <p>&quot;I am very pleased to see that the CDC is now recommending routine voluntary HIV screening,&quot; said Gillian D. Sanders, an associate professor of medicine at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, at Duke University.</p> <p>&quot;Our previous research has emphasized that the case for systematic voluntary HIV testing even in low prevalence health-care settings is compelling. Routine HIV screening is able both to prolong life of the infected individuals and their potential partners, and also is a good use of our resources,&quot; she said.</p> <p>And, Sanders said, the CDC\'s recommendation to streamline the pre- and post-counseling associated with HIV testing will considerably enhance the cost-effectiveness of routine HIV screening.</p> <p>&quot;Making voluntary HIV screening a routine part of health care will help to remove the stigma associated with testing while helping us to identify infected individuals early in their disease,&quot; Sanders said.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The CDC can tell you more about <a href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/index.htm\" target=\"_new\">HIV and AIDS</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('518','3','	<p><p>THURSDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Smokers may be at higher risk of contracting HIV infection than nonsmokers, new research finds.</p> <p>Cigarette smoking has already been linked to an increased risk of infection in general, including sexually transmitted infections.</p> <p>For their analysis, researchers identified six studies that investigated the association between smoking and becoming HIV positive. Five of the studies found smokers were at increased risk of contracting HIV. The increased risk ranged from 60 percent higher in smokers to a more than tripling of the risk.</p> <p>The researchers looked at another 10 studies that assessed the association between smoking and progression to AIDS. Nine of these studies concluded that smokers were not at increased risk.</p> <p>Smokers may be more vulnerable to infection due to changes in the lungs and the immune system, said the authors.</p> <p>This study was published online ahead of print in <i>Sexually Transmitted Infections</i>.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have more about <a href=\" http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/\" target=\"_new\">HIV and AIDS prevention</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('519','3','	<p><p>FRIDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Research that uncovers a protein pathway critical to lung development holds the promise of new treatments for premature babies who suffer from respiratory distress syndrome.</p> <p>&quot;There is a lot of work that must be done, but at least we have a new set of molecules for which, if a receptor is found, intervention is possible,&quot; said study author Vrushank Dave, an assistant professor of pediatrics at University of Cincinnati Medical Center.</p> <p>&quot;This is the first signaling pathway that has been identified for lung maturation,&quot; Dave said. In their research, which is published in the Sept. 21 online issue of the <i>Journal of Clinical Investigation</i>, his team found the protein calcineurin is necessary for lung tissue development at birth.</p> <p>The study was performed in fetal mice and identified a specific signaling pathway for genes that controlled how lung tissue developed. That\'s good news because until now, the controlling proteins for the final stages of lung development have not been identified.</p> <p>&quot;It is critical to understand that this work was done in mice, so we can\'t make a blanket statement saying that the (research) will translate into humans,&quot; Dave cautioned.</p> <p>Still, the animal work is important because right now, there\'s no definitive treatment for premature babies who develop respiratory distress syndrome, Dave noted. Lungs fully develop very late in pregnancy, so premature infants are at risk for lung disease when they\'re born. Currently, mothers at risk for preterm delivery are given a single shot of a corticosteroid to help reduce the chances of their babies developing these conditions.</p> <p>&quot;Prenatal corticosteroids for the prevention of respiratory distress syndrome improves lung maturation; it has some confounding problems,&quot; Dave said. These infants are at a very high risk of dying, despite aggressive treatment that can include a mechanical respirator.</p> <p>Almost one-fourth of premature infants develop respiratory distress syndrome because the cells that line their lungs are not fully developed, so they can\'t breathe properly; about 60,000 children in the United States are born each year weighing less than three pounds. Of those who survive, many suffer permanent lung damage, which can slow growth, increase the possibility of infection, and result in abnormal brain development.</p> <p>The current study sheds some much needed light on the syndrome. The researchers deleted the calcineurin b1 gene in the respiratory cells of fetal mice, which stunted lung maturation and caused respiratory failure. The gene deletion decreased the synthesis of surfactant and other proteins necessary for lung development. Because they lacked the protein calcineurin, the newborn mice could not breathe properly and died soon after birth, the researchers wrote.</p> <p>The mouse research may apply to premature infants because &quot;failed lung maturation at birth results in surfactant deficiency, causing respiratory distress in the perinatal period,&quot; the authors wrote.</p> <p>Future treatment will hinge on more basic science. &quot;The idea is to find the receptor for the [calcineurin] pathway, and we don\' have it at this point,&quot; Dave said.</p> <p>The hope is that the description of this pathway that controls the final stages of lung development in mice might help researchers design treatments to manage respiratory distress syndrome and lung disease in premature babies.</p> <p>Once the receptor is found, &quot;we would like to find molecular targets for the receptor. If we can find that receptor, then it would be possible to see how much we can increase lung maturation,&quot; Dave said.</p> <p>Finding a receptor for the pathway would activate it, but &quot;that\'s not only the pathway involved. This is very complex phenomenon -- in the last few days before birth, a lot of structural and functional changes in lung are going on,&quot; he explained.</p> <p>This research, Dave stressed, is in its infancy. &quot;We don\'t know the therapeutic target. This (approach) would work if there\'s a defect in the receptor pathway, but if there\'s a cellular defect, that can\'t be cured with this research,&quot; he said.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>For more on acute respiratory distress syndrome, go to the <a href=\"http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&amp;b=35693\" target=\"_new\">American Lung Association</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('520','3','	<p><!--Spanish ID:535130--> <p>MONDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have uncovered how herpes infects the cornea, which may help explain how it escapes the immune system.</p> <p>Both strains of the herpes virus -- HSV-1, the type that causes cold sores in the mouth, and HSV-2, which causes genital herpes -- can infect the cornea of the eye. Ocular herpes is the leading cause of infectious blindness in the United States. An estimated 400,000 Americans have some form of the disease, according to the National Eye Institute.</p> <p>Reporting in the Sept. 25 issue of the <i>Journal of Cell Biology</i>, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine found that HSV-1 enters the first layer of the cornea to infect the inner layer, the stroma, in a process similar to the way that bacteria and viruses are engulfed by immune cells called phagocytes.</p> <p>&quot;In the electron microscope pictures, it looks like the stroma cells form long arms that reach out and collect the virus particles, and then wrap around them, forming a sac, and bring them into the cell body,&quot; study senior author Deepak Shukla, an assistant professor of ophthalmology, visual science, microbiology and immunology, said in a prepared statement.</p> <p>But unlike phagocytes, which destroy foreign particles, the herpes virus emerges from the stroma undamaged and able to infect the cell.</p> <p>&quot;This raises the interesting possibility that herpes may be able to evade the immune system defenses in the same way,&quot; Shukla said.</p> <p>&quot;Understanding herpes\' unusual pathway for infecting the stroma cells opens up new strategies for developing therapies against this potentially blinding disease and has implications for understanding other herpes virus infections,&quot; he said.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about <a href=\"http://familydoctor.org/091.xml\" target=\"_new\">herpes</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('521','4','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Most women in the dark about HPV</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Only 40 percent had heard of sexually transmitted disease, survey finds</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>NEW YORK - Awareness about human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and its link to cervical cancer, is relatively low among American women, according to a survey of 3,076 women 18 to 75 years of age.</p><p>Only 40 percent of women responding to the 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey had ever heard about HPV and, of those, less than 20 percent knew that HPV could sometimes lead to cervical cancer.</p><p>Sixty-four percent of women knew that HPV was sexually transmitted and 79 percent knew it could cause abnormal Pap smears.</p><p>\"Therefore, one of our main findings is that being aware of HPV does not guarantee accurate knowledge,\" Dr. Jasmin A. Tiro, of the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, told the American Association for Cancer Research\'s Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Meeting in Boston.</p><p>Younger women, those with higher education levels, and those exposed to more health information were more likely to have heard about HPV. \"But the only factors associated with having accurate knowledge -- knowing that it could lead to cervical cancer -- was an abnormal Pap test or testing positive on an HPV test,\" Tiro said.</p><p>\"This suggests that most women are finding out about HPV after experiencing a negative consequence,\" she said.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/13612899/\">Panel backs cancer vaccine for 11-year-old girls</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>HPV is a very common sexually transmitted infection but in most women there are no symptoms and infection often clears without treatment so most women do not have the opportunity to learn from their doctor that HPV can become persistent and then can develop into cervical cancer.</p><p>In June 2006, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first vaccine to block infection by certain high-risk types of HPV. The vaccine is recommended for women 9 to 26 years of age.</p><p>This survey, Tiro noted, was performed before the HPV vaccine was approved, so it therefore provides good comparison data to measure future levels of HPV knowledge in the American population. A similar survey looking at HPV awareness is planned for 2007.</p><p>Summing up, Tiro said \"we need to increase women\'s knowledge of HPV and cervical cancer before chances of them becoming infected so that they can protect themselves, because cervical cancer is one our greatest success stories from a screening perspective in that women do have options to prevent and detect cervical cancer early.\"</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('522','4','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Eating red meat may raise breast cancer risk</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Taking vitamins won\'t protect against heart problems, new studies say</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>CHICAGO - Eating red meat may raise a woman\'s risk of a common type of breast cancer, and vitamin supplements will do little if anything to protect her heart, two new studies suggest.</p><p>Women who ate more than 1?servings of red meat per day were almost twice as likely to develop hormone-related breast cancer as those who ate fewer than three portions per week, one study found.</p><p>The other - one of the longest and largest tests of whether supplements of various vitamins can prevent heart problems and strokes in high-risk women - found that the popular pills do no good, although there were hints that women with the highest risk might get some benefit from vitamin C.</p><p>The meat study was published in Monday\'s Archives of Internal Medicine. The vitamin study was presented at an American Heart Association conference in Chicago. Both were led by doctors at Harvard Medical School and were aimed at two diseases women most fear and want to prevent.</p><p>Antioxidants like vitamins C and E attach to substances that can damage cells. Scientists have been testing them for preventing such diseases as Alzheimer\'s and cancer.</p><p>This is the first large study to test vitamin C alone, not in combination with E or other vitamins, for heart health, said Dr. JoAnn Manson, chief of preventive medicine at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women\'s Hospital in Boston, who led the research.</p><p>More than 8,000 women were randomly assigned to take vitamin C, E or beta carotene alone or in various combinations for nearly a decade. An additional 5,442 women took folic acid and B vitamin supplements for more than seven years.</p><p>\"Overall, there was minimal evidence of any cardiovascular benefit of any of these antioxidants,\" and people should not start or continue taking them for that purpose, Manson said.</p><p>Among the 3,000 women in the study who had no prior heart disease but three or more risk factors for it, those who received vitamin C alone or in combination had a 42 percent lower risk of stroke. Smokers taking C also had a 48 percent lower risk.</p><p><b><strong>Vitamin E could help a little<br></strong></b>Vitamin E may give very small benefits for some women, the study suggests. Those with prior heart disease had a 12 percent reduction in the risk of new heart problems, Manson said.<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"120\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/ColorBoxes/Styles/ColorBoxImages_GlobalOnlyPlease/interactive_icon.gif\" height=\"14\" width=\"24\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#FFFFFF\">Test yourself </b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a4abc1\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-right:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-bottom:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-left:solid 1px #a4abc1;background-color:#f3f3f6;\" bgcolor=\"#f3f3f6\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><a href=\"/id/3296963/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/031107/Quiz_TZ152.jpg\" height=\"110\" width=\"150\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"15\"><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font></td><td><b><a href=\"/id/3296963/\">Breast cancer: How much do you know</a>?</b></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>\"Many of these subgroup findings are intriguing. However, they need to be confirmed in other studies,\" Manson said. \"We don\'t want this to be interpreted as a conclusive finding.\"</p><p>What does appear conclusive is that folic acid and B vitamins \"are not effective as preventive agents,\" said Dr. Christine Albert, who presented that portion of the study at the heart meeting on Monday. These nutrients lower homocysteine, a blood substance thought to increase heart disease risk, but many studies now call the importance of that into question.</p><p>The meat study was based on observation rather than an experiment. The Nurses\' Health Study tracked the diets and health of more than 90,000 women who were 26 to 46 years old when they enrolled roughly two decades ago.</p><p>They filled out diet questionnaires in 1991, 1995 and 1999, and were divided into five groups based on how much red meat they said they ate. Researchers checked on their health for 12 years on average and confirmed breast cancer diagnoses with medical records.</p><p>Meat consumption was linked to a risk of developing tumors whose growth was fueled by estrogen or progesterone - the most common type - but not to tumors that grow independently of these hormones.</p><p>The women who ate more red meat were more likely to smoke and be overweight, but when the researchers took those factors into account, they still saw that red meat was linked with an increased risk of breast cancer.</p><p><b><strong>Red meat also raises risk of colorectal cancer<br></strong></b>Earlier studies have found that obesity raises the risk of breast cancer and that red meat raises the risk of colorectal cancer.</p><p>\"Our study may give another motivation to reduce red meat intake,\" said study co-author Eunyoung Cho.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?ThreadID=122407\">Discuss: Will you change your diet?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/10703837/\">Coffee may fight breast cancer for some women</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/13141253/\">Yoga may ease cancer treatment side effects</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>However, Dr. Anne McTiernan of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle cautioned that the findings rely on women\'s recall of what they ate - an inexact way to measure diet.</p><p>\"A 16-ounce steak and a three-ounce piece of meat are counted the same. People are horrible at determining what is a real serving,\" said McTiernan, author of \"Breast Fitness,\" a book on reducing cancer risk.</p><p>It may be wise to cut down on red meat because of its fat and calorie content, McTiernan said, but \"this isn\'t a reason to become a vegetarian if you weren\'t planning to do that already.\"</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><SCRIPT language=javascript src=http://www.msnbc.com/modules/getdata.asp?id=breast_cancer_facts&retfmt=js></SCRIPT><SCRIPT language=javascript src=http://www.msnbc.com/modules/poptext/poptext_codeV2.js></SCRIPT><SCRIPT>if (window.breast_cancer_facts) { displayApp(breast_cancer_facts); }</SCRIPT></td></tr></table></p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('523','4','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Tighter rules on trendy hormones urged</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Claims touting anti-aging \'bioidenticals\' are wrong, doctors\' group says</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061116/061116_summers_vlrg_7a.vlarge.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"Actress Somers arrive at The Carousel of Hope Ball in Beverly Hills\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">Fred Prouser / Reuters file</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"-1\">The nation\'s largest doctors\' group wants the FDA to impose stricter regulation of so-called natural hormones touted in a book by celebrity Suzanne Somers. </font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>CHICAGO - The American Medical Association has stepped into the controversy over alternative hormone treatments for aging that Suzanne Somers advocates in a hot new book.</p><p>The nation\'s largest doctors\' group voted this week to seek stricter Food and Drug Administration oversight and regulation of these so-called \"bioidentical\" hormone compounds.</p><p>Some of the treatments are promoted as alternatives to estrogen and progestin supplements once widely used for hot flashes and other menopause symptoms. Somers\' new book, \"Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones\" on national best-seller lists, maintains that these treatments also can reverse the aging process and keep people mentally sharp, physically fit and sexually active.</p><p>Some doctors who were quoted in \"Ageless\" say the book overpromises anti-aging benefits from these products and wrote a letter of complaint last month to the book\'s publisher.</p><p>The actress-fitness guru could not immediately be reached for comment, but she has defended the book and appeared Wednesday night on CNN\'s \"Larry King Live\" to address her critics.</p><p>\"If we all figure out that we just put back the hormones we\'ve lost in the aging process to the exact amount that we need, we won\'t need all the other drugs that we\'re being offered,\" she told CNN.</p><p>Landmark government research linking conventional hormone pills with health risks led many women to quit taking them.</p><p>But there\'s no evidence that bioidenticals are any safer and they may even have other risks, Dr. Robert Vigersky, a member of the Endocrine Society delegation to the AMA, said Wednesday. The society represents doctors who specialize in hormone-related disorders.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?BoardID=761&amp;ThreadID=125707&amp;BoardsParam=HIPDelay%3d1\">Discuss: Should there be?imits on \"bioidenticals\"?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15517992/\">NBC: New form of hormone therapy sparks debate</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15497863/site/newsweek/\">Newsweek: Suzanne Somers\'s pseudoscience</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>\"This is a safety issue, there\'s no question about it,\" said Dr. Ardis Hoven, an AMA board member.</p><p><b><strong>Worries about safety</strong></b><br>The products, sometimes called \"natural\" hormones, are compounds that have the same chemical and molecular structure as hormones that are produced in the human body. They are custom-mixed by special pharmacies according to a doctor\'s prescription.</p><p>Promoters say they are plant-based, but Vigersky said some contain synthetic products and their exact ingredients aren\'t always known because they are not FDA-approved.</p><p>\"We think that people are being misled into thinking that they are safer and we\'re worried that they may be inappropriately prescribed,\" said Vigersky, an endocrinologist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He said he has no financial ties to pharmaceutical companies that produce hormone pills.</p><p>The AMA adopted the new policy at its interim meeting Monday in Las Vegas. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, which makes conventional hormone pills, requested similar scrutiny in an FDA petition earlier.</p><p>The AMA will urge the FDA to assess the purity of ingredients in the alternative compounds, evaluate any side effects and require manufacturers and compounding pharmacies to report any adverse events.</p><p>The doctors group also endorses creation of a registry of adverse events linked to bioidenticals, along with standard patient safety information on the product packaging.</p><p>While the custom compounds are not FDA-approved, the agency has regulatory authority over them because they are considered drugs. An FDA spokesman said the agency shares the AMA\'s concerns about potentially misleading claims and is paying close attention to the issue.</p><p>Dr. Erika Schwartz, a New York physician who objects to the wide-ranging claims in Somers\' book, nevertheless criticized the AMA for taking the side of the pharmaceutical industry.</p><p>Schwartz said that while she shares the AMA\'s general concerns about safety, there\'s no evidence that the hormone compounds are not safe.</p><p>\"I don\'t believe in overpromising,\" Schwartz said. \"I believe hormones are only part of the anti-aging process. If you want to stay young and healthy, you need to eat right, to exercise, to deal with stress, to sleep,\" she said. \"The hormones are one other option.\"</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('524','4','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Brazilian model dies from anorexia</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>21-year-old Ana Carolina Reston weighed 88 pounds</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061116/061116_brazil_model_vlrg_10a.vlarge.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston, who died on November 14 in Sao Paulo from a generalized infection caused by anorexia, is seen in a handout picture released by the L\'Equipe modeling agency\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">L\'Equipe Agence via Reuters</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"-1\">Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston died on November 14?rom a generalized infection caused by anorexia. Her body-mass-index was well below that of the limit defined as starvation.</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The mother of a Brazilian fashion model who died from complications of anorexia has made an emotional appeal for parents to take better care of aspiring young models.</p><p>The death of Ana Carolina Reston, 21, follows growing criticism of the use of underweight models in the fashion world, an issue given new significance after the death in August of Uruguayan model Luisel Ramos of heart failure during a fashion show in Montevideo.</p><p>Reston died on Tuesday in a Sao Paulo hospital from a generalized infection caused by anorexia, an eating disorder in which sufferers obsessively deprive themselves of food in pursuit of an ultra-slim look.</p><p>Reston weighed only 88 pounds (40 kg) and was about 5 feet 8 inches tall (1.72 meters) tall. Doctors consider this weight normal for a 12-year-old girl no more than about 5 feet (1.5 meters) tall.</p><p>\"Take care of your children ... no money is worth the life of your child, not even the most famous (fashion) brand is worth this,\" her mother, Miriam Reston, told O Globo newspaper.</p><p>She said her daughter had been trying to help her family with the money she made as a model.</p><p>Miriam spoke on national television and to local newspapers to highlight the tragedy. She said she had pleaded with her daughter to eat more and to see a doctor.</p><p>\"She would reply, \'Mummy, don\'t mess me around,\'\" Miriam told O Estado de S.Paulo.</p><p>\"Dictatorship of skinny look kills a model,\" said the front-page headline of O Dia tabloid, which carried a picture of the dark-haired, big-eyed girl in lingerie.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?BoardID=490&amp;ThreadID=125804&amp;BoardsParam=HIPDelay%3d1\">Discuss: Are skinny fashions to blame for eating disorders?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15730915/site/newsweek/\">Newsweek: New thinking about anorexia</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15294352/\">Hair offers clues to anorexia</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/14801074/\">Spain ban on skinny models shocks industry</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Many top models come from Brazil and thousands of young girls from all walks of life dream of modeling careers, inspired by the international success of Gisele Bundchen or Adriana Lima.</p><p>Reston was not famous but she had worked abroad, including in Japan, and did some jobs for Giorgio Armani and the Brazilian model agency L\'Equipe, which declined immediate comment.</p><p>In September, Spain caused a storm in the fashion world when Madrid barred models below a certain weight from its top fashion show. Models with a body-mass-index (BMI), which takes into account height and weight, of less than 18 were banned.</p><p>Reston\'s BMI was just 13.5 while the World Health Organization considers anyone with a BMI below 18.5 underweight. A BMI below 17.5 being one of the criteria for the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and a BMI nearing 15 is usually used as an indicator for starvation.</p><p>Other famous fashion venues like London were considering following suit.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('525','4','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Amniocentesis doesn\'t raise miscarriage rate</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Older studies overestimated risk, new report finds</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>NEW YORK - Amniocentesis performed during the fourth through sixth month of pregnancy, known as the \"midtrimester,\" does not increase the rate of miscarriage, according to a report in the journal Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology.</p><p>Amniocentesis involves the insertion of a needle into the mother\'s abdomen and then into the uterus to obtain a sample of the amniotic fluid that surrounds the developing baby. This fluid can be analyzed to determine the presence of chromosome disorders, such as Down\'s syndrome, as well as the sex of the baby.</p><p>Although the pregnancy loss rate attributed to midtrimester amniocentesis is usually quoted as just 0.5 percent, the authors point out, many doctors still consider this to be an overestimate.</p><p>To investigate further, Dr. Keith A. Eddleman from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York and colleagues used a large database to estimate the pregnancy loss rate after midtrimester amniocentesis. About 3,000 women who underwent amniocentesis were compared with more than 31,000 who did not.</p><p>Pregnancy loss was rare in women who underwent amniocentesis and the rate was comparable to that seen in women who did not have the procedure, suggesting that amniocentesis itself really didn\'t raise the risk of pregnancy loss.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15485694/\">Fertile? 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('526','4','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Ban on silicone breast implants lifted</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Despite lingering fears, controversial device back after 14 years</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img src=\"/images/icons/video.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"14\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#ffffff\">NBC VIDEO</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"1\" style=\"border:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#eeeeee;background-image:url(\'/images/backgrounds/component_grey.gif\');\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#cccccc\" background=\"/images/backgrounds/component_dkgrey.gif\" width=\"100%\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><a href=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'e0f8ec92-bc9c-4b5a-ad2e-51e69ecb194f\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'c24\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'15770776\',\'FDA reverses course on breast implants\')\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/061117/nn_bazell_implants_061117.300w.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><div class=\"scalAd\"><input type=\"button\" class=\"mbox w77\" value=\"Launch\" title=\"Launch\" onmouseover=\"swapbtn(this, 1)\" onmouseout=\"swapbtn(this, 0)\" onclick=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'e0f8ec92-bc9c-4b5a-ad2e-51e69ecb194f\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'c24\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'15770776\',\'FDA reverses course on breast implants\')\"></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font class=\"textMedBlackBold\"><a href=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'e0f8ec92-bc9c-4b5a-ad2e-51e69ecb194f\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'c24\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'15770776\',\'FDA reverses course on breast implants\')\">FDA reverses course on breast implants</a></font><br><font color=\"black\">Nov. 17: Fourteen years after removing silicone implants from the market, the FDA now says they are safe. But that\'s unlikely to silence the critics, reports NBC\'s Robert Bazell.</font><p class=\"credit\">Nightly News</p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\"></font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><div class=\"textMedBlack\">NBC, MSNBC and news services</div><p></p></font><p>WASHINGTON - Though \"reasonably safe,\" silicone-gel breast implants won\'t last a lifetime and women who get them probably will need surgery again, the government warned as it ended a 14-year virtual ban on what arguably are the nation\'s most controversial medical devices. </p><p>Women must undergo repeated, costly MRI exams to check for broken, oozing implants and understand that there are other irreversible side effects, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. </p><p>\"Many of the changes to your breasts following implantation cannot be undone,\" warns the FDA\'s special brochure that women are supposed to be given before undergoing the operation. </p><p>Still, the agency cleared manufacturers Mentor Corp. and Inamed Corp. - now part of Allergan Inc. - to start selling the implants again, more than a decade after the devices were yanked off the market for fears that they could cause myriad diseases. </p><p>The FDA approved the silicone-gel implants for women 22 and older, or those undergoing breast reconstruction surgery. The age minimum is because most women\'s breasts have not fully developed before that age. </p><p>\"There is reasonable assurance that Allergan and Mentor silicone-gel breast implants are safe and effective and there is adequate information to enable women to make informed decisions,\" said Dr. Daniel Schultz, FDA\'s medical device chief. </p><p>Mentor called the decision a \"historic moment.\" Allergan said it created new options for women. </p><p>However, Dr. Sidney Wolfe, a consumer activist and longtime opponent, called the implants \"the most defective medical device FDA has ever approved.\" And a lawmaker called on Congress to investigate the FDA\'s approval process. </p><p>The approvals came with conditions, including a requirement that the companies complete 10-year studies on women who have received the implants to study leaks. Companies are also required to begin new decade-long studies of the safety of the devices in 40,000 women. </p><p>Schultz called the implants \"one of the most extensively studied medical devices.\" </p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15770904/\">Vote: Should silicone-gel implants be allowed back on the market?</a></li><li><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?ThreadID=126604\">Discuss:?hare you?iew on?ealth news.?f you were to get implants, would you go for silicone?</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>\n<strong>Fears of \'silent rupture\'<br></strong>\nThe FDA warned that the implants are not without risk and that women may not immediately know if their implants break. That means women with the implants will need to undergo regular MRIs to catch those so-called \"silent ruptures.\" Such MRIs typically cost several hundred dollars - a cost not always covered by insurance. </p><p>The FDA decision opens the implants to much wider use by women seeking to reconstruct or augment their breasts. Since 1992, the silicone implants had been available only as part of research studies. </p><p>Silicone-gel breast implants first went on the market in 1962, before the FDA required proof that all medical devices be safe and effective. Thirty years later, they were banned amid concerns about their safety. </p><p>At the time, there were fears about a possible connection to a variety of diseases, including cancer, lupus, arthritis and other so-called autoimmune diseases. Alarming cases of ruptures added to the concern.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"1%\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/061117/BreastImplants.gif\" align=\"Left\" height=\"336\" width=\"215\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"Breast implants\"></td></tr></table>Since then, most studies have failed to find a link between silicone breast implants and disease.</p><p>\"There is no association between silicone breast implants and those type of diseases,\" says Dr. Sherine Gabriel, an epidemiologist and arthritis researcher with the Mayo Clinic. \"So the scientific evidence on this point has been negative and quite consistent.\" </p><p>The rupture issue persists. An Institute of Medicine report in 2000 found rupture rates as high as 77 percent. The FDA\'s Dr. Donna-Bea Tillman said women should expect them to last for the \"reasonably foreseeable future,\" without elaborating. </p><p>Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., called on Congress to investigate the FDA\'s decision-making process to make sure it is \"based on science and not on corporate and political considerations.\" </p><p>\"From a scientific standpoint, the decision we are making tonight is in the best interests of American women,\" Schultz responded. </p><p>Women whose silicone implants ruptured have reported years of pain, swelling, numbness and other symptoms that they blame on the devices. Leaked silicone gel can migrate throughout the body, forming lumps. Implants also can cause infection and form hard, painful scar tissue that can distort the shape of a breast. </p><p>Some researchers also worry that the platinum used to manufacture the implants can seep into the body and cause harm. The FDA says there is no evidence of that. </p><p>\n<strong>Look and feel better<br></strong>\nMany plastic surgeons and their patients say the silicone implants look and feel better than the saline-filled substitutes that took their place. Those implants are sold without restrictions. </p><p>\"It\'s a hugely positive piece of news for plastic surgeons and for patients and for the company - all three - because it really allows us to turn a page and to work with what we have believed for a long time is a better technology and better device,\" said Dr. Scott Spear, head of plastic surgery at Georgetown University Hospital and an Allergan consultant. </p><p>Last year, the FDA told both companies their implants could be approved once they met additional, undisclosed conditions. Federal advisers had narrowly recommended that Inamed\'s implants not receive FDA approval, citing concerns about the long-term durability. The same advisers endorsed Mentor\'s implants. </p><p>In October 2003, FDA advisers had recommended allowing the implants to be sold again. The agency overruled that recommendation. </p><p>But why now, after so many years? <table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img src=\"/images/icons/interactive.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"14\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#ffffff\">INTERACTIVE</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"1\" style=\"border:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#eeeeee;background-image:url(\'/images/backgrounds/component_grey.gif\');\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#cccccc\" background=\"/images/backgrounds/component_dkgrey.gif\" width=\"100%\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4164676&#xA;\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/040126/Buy_Beauty_Int3_tease.jpg\" height=\"109\" width=\"148\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><div class=\"scalAd\"><input type=\"button\" class=\"mbox w77\" value=\"Launch\" title=\"Launch\" onmouseover=\"swapbtn(this, 1)\" onmouseout=\"swapbtn(this, 0)\" onclick=\"javascript:window.location.replace(\'http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4164676\');\"></div></td></tr></table></td><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font class=\"textMedBlackBold\"><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4164676&#xA;\">Buying beauty</a></font><br><font color=\"black\">Cosmetic surgery in the United States</font></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>\n</p><p>\"We have more information than we had 14 years ago - more information about why these devices are safe and effective, more information about the risks and benefits that we can give to women so they can make informed choices,\" said Dr. Donna-Bea Tillman, director of the FDA\'s Center for Devices and Radiological Health. </p><p>Breast implants have become more popular, despite a history of lawsuits. Last year, 291,000 women had their breasts surgically enlarged in the United States, a 37 percent increase since 2000, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. </p><p>The popularity of implants for reconstructive surgery shrank over the same five-year period by 29 percent, to 58,000 procedures, according to Society statistics. Last year, 39,000 women had their implants removed. </p><p>Overall, the use of breast implants has grown since 1992 despite the FDA\'s de facto ban. </p><p>Dow Corning Corp., once the major manufacturer of silicone breast and other implants, faced 19,000 lawsuits, pushing it into Chapter 11 in 1995. The company emerged from Chapter 11 in 2004, after setting aside $2.35 billion to settle claims. </p><p>Allergan Inc. shares rose $1.76, or 1.6 percent, in trading that was almost double its average volume to close at $112.50 on the New York Stock Exchange. Mentor Corp. shares increased $1.47, or 3.19 percent, also in heavy trading, closing at $47.58. </p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><SCRIPT language=javascript src=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/components/interactives/_prod/siliconeimplants/data.js\"></SCRIPT><SCRIPT language=javascript src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/components/interactives/tools/interactive.js></SCRIPT><SCRIPT>if (window.siliconeimplants) { displayApp(siliconeimplants); }</SCRIPT></td></tr></table></p><p><em>The Associated Press and NBC\'s Robert Bazell contributed to this report. </em></p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2007 MSNBC Interactive</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('527','4','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">More adoption rights urged for birth mothers</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Report: Women giving up their infants need better support, counseling</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061119/061119_adoption_hmed_730a.hmedium.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">Kiichiro Sato / AP</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"-1\">Jenna Hatfield, center back, holds her 1-year-old son Nicholas, while her biological daughter Ariana, center front, smiles, at her home on?riday, Nov. 17 in Cambridge, Ohio. At left is Hatfield\'s husband, Joey and next to Ariana, right, is her adoptive mother Denise Loss and Loss\'s son, Joey, 1. </font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>NEW YORK - Mothers deciding to place their infants for adoption deserve better counseling, more time to change their minds, and more support in trying to keep track of the children they relinquish, a leading adoption institute recommends in a sweeping new report.</p><p>The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute said its report, being issued Sunday, is the most comprehensive ever devoted to birth mothers, whom it described as \"the least understood and most stigmatized participants\" in the adoption process.</p><p>\"Birth parents have been a population that has been neglected for so long - just starting a dialogue that respects them as flesh-and-blood human beings is really important,\" said the institute\'s executive director, Adam Pertman.</p><p>The report focuses on U.S. mothers who voluntarily place infants for adoption - an estimated 13,000 to 14,000 such adoptions occur annually. Most of this country\'s roughly 135,000 adoptions each year are from foster care; the next biggest category is overseas adoptions.</p><p>In contrast to a few decades ago, many of the voluntary U.S. adoptions are \"open\" - with adoptive parents communicating with the birth mother and often allowing her regular contact with the adopted child. However, the report says a significant number of birth mothers are manipulated, pressured and deceived - sometimes finding that they have no recourse when agreements they negotiated to visit or keep track of their children are broken.</p><p>\"If you make a decision about adoption based on thinking you\'ll be able to see this child grow up, and suddenly the carpet is pulled from under you and the family moves away without giving you their address, you go through this traumatic loss that some women never come to terms with,\" the report\'s author, Susan Smith, said in a telephone interview.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?BoardID=762&amp;ThreadID=127120&amp;BoardsParam=HIPDelay%3d1\">Discuss: Should birth mothers have more rights after adoption?</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>The report recommends that all states establish legally enforceable post-adoption contact agreements; it said only 13 now have such policies covering infant adoptions.</p><p><b><strong>\'Very vulnerable state\'<br></strong></b>It also recommended extending other rights to birth mothers, including pre-adoption access to pressure-free counseling about their options.</p><p>\"It amazes me how many adoptions are done by attorneys, where the birth mothers have zero counseling,\" Smith said. \"There are a lot of sharks out there, manipulating them in every way they know how, and the laws don\'t prevent that in most states.\"</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"1%\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061119/061119_adoption_bcol_730a.standard.jpg\" align=\"Left\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr><tr><td><div class=\"credit\" style=\"text-align:right;margin-bottom:5px;\">Kiichiro Sato / AP</div><div class=\"credit\">Jenna Hatfield, 25, plays at her home with her 3-year-old biological daughter, Ariana, left, who was adopted by a Pennsylvania couple three years ago. \"It\'s worked very well for me - just a couple of bumps,\" she says.</div><hr noshade=\"true\" size=\"1\" color=\"#C0C0C0\"></td></tr></table>Jenna Hatfield, 25, of Cambridge, Ohio, said she got little insightful counseling before she agreed three years ago to the adoption of her daughter, Ariana, by a couple from Pennsylvania.</p><p>\"My agency did not tell me until a month after I signed the agreement that open adoptions are not enforceable in Pennsylvania,\" Hatfield said.</p><p>She said she has been fortunate in befriending the adoptive parents; they regularly bring Ariana to visit Hatfield, who is now married and has a 1-year-old son.</p><p>\"Thus far it\'s worked very well for me - just a couple of bumps,\" Hatfield said. \"But unless both sides are willing to put in the legwork, there are going to be problems, and they\'d need counseling to help them meet in the middle.\"</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"1%\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/061120/ap_AdoptionContactStates.gif\" align=\"Right\" height=\"280\" width=\"368\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr></table>One problem cited in the report is a shortage of mental health professionals trained to understand the grief and loss experienced by birth mothers.</p><p>The report said birth mothers\' chances of achieving peace of mind are greatest if they are able to keep in contact with the adopted children, or get continuing information about them.</p><p>\"Mothers after childbirth are in a very vulnerable state,\" Smith said. \"We need laws and practices that protect their rights and interests.\"</p><p><b><strong>Time to change her mind</strong></b><br>The report recommended that birth mothers be given at least a few weeks after childbirth before the adoption decision becomes irrevocable. At present, irrevocable consent for an adoption can be established within four days after birth in roughly half the states.</p><p>\"In many states, you can change your mind about buying a vacuum cleaner or taking out a mortgage within a prescribed time period, but most states do not have a revocation period during which a mother can change her mind about relinquishing her child,\" the report said.</p><p>The report said the rights of birth fathers also deserve stronger protections, including notification of pending adoptions.</p><p>Current adoption practices, the report said, \"are too often based on outdated understandings, faulty stereotypes, and misinformation from the time that secrecy pervaded the adoption world.\"</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('528','4','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Morning-after pill on shelves, but debate rages</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Plan B now available at pharmacies nationwide</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061206/061206_morningafter_hmed_12p.hmedium.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"Matt Hartwig\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">Charlie Riedel / AP file</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"-1\">National distribution of emergency contraception began on Nov. 6. Critics charge it promotes promiscuity and unsafe sex.</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>NEW YORK - A month after distribution began, the over-the-counter version of the morning-after pill is now available at pharmacies nationwide. Planned Parenthood celebrated Wednesday with a free giveaway of the emergency contraceptive, while critics insisted that Plan B\'s accessibility will soon be a cause for regret.</p><p>Plan B was the focus of bitter debate for years before the Food and Drug Administration, after repeated delays, declared in August that customers 18 and older should be able to buy it in pharmacies without a prescription.</p><p>The manufacturer, Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., then needed to develop new packaging for the over-the-counter version; it announced the start of national distribution on Nov. 6.</p><p>Plan B, a high dose of a drug found in many regular birth-control pills, can lower the risk of pregnancy by up to 89 percent if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex. Girls 17 and younger still need a prescription to buy Plan B, though an older person - male or female - could buy it over the counter on a teenage girl\'s behalf.</p><p>Supporters of Plan B had sought over-the-counter approval on the premise that wider availability would reduce the number of unplanned pregnancies and abortions.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15526078/\">Women sue over popular birth control patch</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15713966/\">Many women still unaware of HPV</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Critics of the drug challenge those claims, arguing that Plan B instead will promote promiscuity and unsafe sex; they warn that men might coerce their underage sexual partners into using it. Some critics also consider the pill tantamount to abortion, although it differs from the abortion pill RU-486 and has no effect on women who are already pregnant.</p><p>Carol Cox, a Barr Pharmaceuticals spokeswoman, said the Plan B distribution went smoothly, but she would not specify how many pills were issued. She said the company does not expect detailed sales information until February.</p><p>The cost of a standard two-pill pack varies. Kate Horle, a Planned Parenthood official in Colorado, said prices there range from $30 at her organization\'s clinics to $61 at some supermarket-based pharmacies.</p><p>While some independent pharmacies are not stocking Plan B because of moral objections or perceived lack of demand, the pill is widely available. Major pharmacy chains such as CVS Corp., Rite-Aid Corp. and Walgreen Co. not only offer the pill throughout their networks, but also pledge to ensure that customers can buy Plan B onsite even if a given employee declines to provide service for reasons of conscience.</p><p>A CVS pharmacist who has qualms about selling Plan B must arrange for another employee to sell it, and the pharmacist must ensure that the customer \"is served promptly and treated with respect,\" the company said.</p><p>Jackie Payne, government relations director for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said some pharmacy chains were less explicit in their commitments, but overall she was pleased by the industry\'s reception of over-the-counter Plan B.</p><p>\"It\'s been a dramatic change in terms of access, of commitment to stock the pills and ensure that women receive service in the store without delay,\" she said.</p><p><b><strong>Pill giveaway</strong></b><br>On Wednesday, in celebration of Plan B\'s expanded availability, the pills were being given away free at more than 350 Planned Parenthood centers in 30 states.</p><p>Planned Parenthood\'s vice president for medical affairs, Dr. Vanessa Cullins, urged women to back up their regular birth control by keeping emergency contraception in their medicine cabinet \"in case the condom breaks, you miss two or more birth control pills or have unprotected sex.\"</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"1%\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/061206/AP_MORNING_PILL.gif\" align=\"Right\" height=\"394\" width=\"180\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr></table>Planned Parenthood centers also sell the pill; as a clinic operator, the organization gets a discount from Barr that helps it undercut pharmacy prices.</p><p>The pill giveaway was denounced by some Planned Parenthood critics.</p><p>\"They\'re using this to drive customers to their clinics and drive up their profits,\" said Jim Sedlak, vice president of the American Life League.</p><p>Dr. Joe DeCook of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists said he worries that sexually active women using Plan B will feel less need to see a physician, reducing the odds of early detection of sexually transmitted diseases.</p><p>DeCook pronounced Plan B\'s over-the-counter status a \"done deal\" that would be hard to reverse, but some other opponents said they would carry on the fight. They said future studies may cast doubt on the pill\'s merits, and they spoke of pushing legislation on the state level to curtail access to it.</p><p>\"The battle is not over,\" said Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America. \"There are more things we can do and will be doing.\"</p><p>Already, four states - Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and South Dakota - specifically allow pharmacists to opt out of providing emergency contraceptives.</p><p>Because of the prescription requirement for younger buyers, Plan B is actually kept behind pharmacy counters - not on display. NARAL Pro-Choice America is one of several groups working to broaden awareness of it.</p><p>\"We\'re not seeing many TV ads for it, like you see for Viagra,\" said NARAL\'s president, Nancy Keenan. \"Folks have to know it\'s there.\"</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('529','4','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Despite cancer risk, some need hormones</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Docs worry severely menopausal women with won\'t get necessary help</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img src=\"/images/icons/video.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"14\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#ffffff\">NBC VIDEO</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"1\" style=\"border:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#eeeeee;background-image:url(\'/images/backgrounds/component_grey.gif\');\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#cccccc\" background=\"/images/backgrounds/component_dkgrey.gif\" width=\"100%\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><a href=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'69a19ae8-41f0-4783-951c-062b80bff734\',\'us\',\'Source_Nightly News\',\'c24\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'16225423\',\'More on the declining rate of breast cancer\')\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/061215/nn_snyderman_cancer2_061215.300w.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><div class=\"scalAd\"><input type=\"button\" class=\"mbox w77\" value=\"Launch\" title=\"Launch\" onmouseover=\"swapbtn(this, 1)\" onmouseout=\"swapbtn(this, 0)\" onclick=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'69a19ae8-41f0-4783-951c-062b80bff734\',\'us\',\'Source_Nightly News\',\'c24\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'16225423\',\'More on the declining rate of breast cancer\')\"></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font class=\"textMedBlackBold\"><a href=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'69a19ae8-41f0-4783-951c-062b80bff734\',\'us\',\'Source_Nightly News\',\'c24\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'16225423\',\'More on the declining rate of breast cancer\')\">More on the declining rate of breast cancer</a></font><br><font color=\"black\">Dec. 15: In a startling turnaround, breast cancer rates in the United States dropped dramatically in 2003, and experts said they believe it is because many women stopped taking hormone pills. NBC\'s Nancy Snyderman reports.</font><p class=\"credit\">Nightly News</p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">Nightly News</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>SAN ANTONIO - This week\'s news that a big drop in breast cancer cases might be due to millions of women going off menopause hormones may lead even more of them to abandon the pills.</p><p>But doctors worry that women with severe menopausal symptoms will overreact to the risks and deny themselves the benefits of hormones.</p><p>\"There are some women who really require treatment. ... I worry that they will be talked out of it,\" said Dr. JoAnn Manson, a women\'s health expert at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women\'s Hospital in Boston.</p><p>Hormone use plummeted after a 2002 study found that it raised the risk of breast cancer, heart disease and other problems. Before that, the pills were thought to prevent many of those conditions, and doctors prescribed them as little fountains of youth.</p><p>On Thursday, researchers reported that the rate of breast cancer in the United States dropped more than 7 percent in 2003, the year after that landmark study. The backlash against hormones is considered the leading explanation for the decline.</p><p>Some women are still using hormone therapy \"because their doctors genuinely believe that it prevents some diseases,\" said Dr. Isaac Schiff of Massachusetts General Hospital, who headed a panel for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that recommended in 2004 that doctors not withhold the treatment from women who truly need it.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"1%\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/061215/AP_HORMONES_CANCER.gif\" align=\"Right\" height=\"462\" width=\"178\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr></table></p><p>But that\'s not as many women as you might think, Manson said.</p><p>About 2 million women start menopause each year in the United States, but only about one-fourth have moderate to severe symptoms lasting longer than four years, said Manson, whose new book, \"Hot Flashes, Hormones &amp; Your Health,\" includes a flowchart to help women decide whether to use hormones, which type and for how long.</p><p><b><strong>Weighing the risks<br></strong></b>The key questions a woman should weigh:</p><ul><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Am I already at risk of heart disease, blood clots or breast cancer that would make hormones a bad idea?</li><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Are my symptoms truly disrupting my life?</li></ul><p>One thing doctors agree on about hormone therapy: It works.</p><p>Nancy Nixon used it for six years to treat headaches, night sweats and hot flashes until she was diagnosed with breast cancer 11 years ago.</p><p>\"It does make me feel sad\" to no longer be able to use it, said Nixon, who manages the call-in line for Y-ME, a cancer support group. \"But if someone said to me, \'Chocolate causes breast cancer,\' I would stop eating it even though I love it.\"</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/16228168/site/newsweek/\">Breast cancer: Should you stop taking hormones?</a></li><li><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?BoardID=761&amp;ThreadID=151401&amp;BoardsParam=HIPDelay%3d1\">Discuss: Did you take hormone therapy?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16206352/\">Breast cancer drop tied to less hormone therapy</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Schiff said that when he tells patients of the potential breast cancer risk, \"some go into a panic and say, \'I\'ll just suffer.\'\"</p><p>Manson called that unfortunate.</p><p>\"There are ways to reap those benefits and minimize the risk,\" she said.</p><p><b><strong>Tips on taking hormones<br></strong></b>She and the gynecology group offer these suggestions:</p><ul><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Take the lowest dose for the shortest time - two or three years if possible. Start out small and add more medication if symptoms do not abate.</li><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Do not take hormones to try to prevent heart disease; they don\'t.</li><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Never take estrogen without progestin if you still have a uterus because that raises the risk of uterine cancer.</li><li class=\"textBodyBlack\">Try periodically to cut your dose and wean yourself off.</li></ul><p>\"It\'s important that women do try to discontinue,\" and not just stay on the pills for many years, Manson said.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i>Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('530','4','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Herbal treatment little help for menopause</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Black cohosh not effective in relieving hot flashes, study finds</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>PHILADELPHIA - A popular herbal treatment called black cohosh is practically ineffective at relieving hot flashes and night sweats in women going through menopause, a study found.</p><p>The findings were disappointing news for women seeking alternatives to estrogen-progestin hormone supplements, which have been linked to breast cancer and heart problems.</p><p>The yearlong study of 351 women suffering from hot flashes and night sweats found that those given black cohosh got about the same amount of relief as those who took a placebo. And those groups saw nothing close to the improvement in women on hormones.</p><p>\"It\'s disappointing news,\" said Katherine Newton, an epidemiologist who helped lead the study, funded by the National Institute on Aging and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. \"It would be nice to offer something safe and effective.\"</p><p>The study was conducted at Seattle-based Group Health, a health plan, and was published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine.</p><p>Black cohosh - an herb that is a member of the buttercup family and is commonly given to ease menopause symptoms - is available in pill or liquid form and is sold over the counter in many health food stores and over the Internet.</p><p><b><strong>Herbal supplements no help?<br></strong></b>It is among a host of supplements including soy, wild yam, red clover and St. John\'s wort that have been tried for relief of hot flashes and night sweats, but studies almost universally have found they don\'t work.</p><p>Certain antidepressants have proved effective, and one company, Depomed Inc. of Menlo Park, Calif., plans to seek the Food and Drug Administration\'s approval to sell an anti-seizure drug, gabapentin, for relief of hot flashes.</p><p>In the latest study, some participants were given black cohosh, while others received hormone supplements, a placebo or a botanical treatment that included black cohosh, alfalfa, licorice and ginseng.</p><p>Women taking the herbal treatments saw hot flashes reduced by only about half an episode per day compared with those taking the placebo, the study found. Those who got hormone therapy reduced their hot flashes by about four episodes per day when compared with the placebo.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/16229091/\">Despite cancer risk, some women need hormones</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16206352/\">Breast cancer rates decline sharply</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15747472/\">Tighter rules on trendy hormones urged</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p><b><strong>Behavioral changes may be best bet<br></strong></b>Menopausal women can still make behavioral changes such as dressing in layers, sleeping in a cooler room and avoiding possible triggers such as very hot liquids and alcohol, Newton said. The study also shows that symptoms decreased over the course of the 12-month period and that they nearly always go away on their own.</p><p>The findings come less than a week after researchers reported a dramatic decline in U.S. breast cancer cases, a drop doctors attributed partially to fewer women using hormone therapy to treat menopause.</p><p>In 2002, a government study found a higher risk of breast cancer and heart problems occurred among women taking estrogen-progestin pills. Millions of women stopped taking the supplements. Doctors urged women with serious menopausal symptoms to use the lowest dose for as short a time as possible.</p><p>The latest study, conducted between 2001 and 2004, could hurt hopes for herbal remedies.</p><p>\"We hope that this is not it,\" said Dr. Susan Reed, another of the study\'s authors. \"However, there\'s not much that appears promising that is currently on the horizon.\"</p><p>The news may not all be bad. Since women who took a placebo saw some improvement, experts say there is hope that some could get relief through meditation or self-hypnosis.</p><p>\"If you can relax your mind appropriately, you can also relax your body,\" said Barrie Cassileth, an alternative-medicine researcher at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, who was not involved in the study. \"If 30 percent of women could lose hot flashes because their mind made them do it, that\'s fantastic.\"</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('531','4','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Triplets born to woman with 2 wombs</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>First case of its kind, British hospital official says</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>LONDON - A woman with two wombs has given birth to triplets, in what is believed to the first case of its kind, a hospital official said Friday.</p><p>Hannah Kersey, 23, gave birth to three girls in September, said Richard Dottle, a spokesman for Southmead Hospital in Bristol where the babies were born. The children spent nine weeks in the hospital.</p><p>The girls - identical twins delivered from one womb and a single baby from the other - were delivered by Caesarean section seven weeks early, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported.</p><p>Kersey and her partner Mick Faulkner said they were \"over the moon\" at how healthy and happy the girls were.</p><p>\"They are three lovely and incredible children, all with very different personalities,\" the BBC quoted Kersey as saying.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/16299656/\">\'Designer\' babies with made-to-order defects?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15287554/\">Grandma gives birth to daughter\'s baby</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15485694/\">Fertile? Cell phone rings when it\'s baby time</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>\"There haven\'t been any similar account where three healthy babies are born of two wombs,\" said Yakoub Khalaf, a consulting gynecologist at Guy\'s and St. Thomas\'s Hospital. He said that multiple pregnancies tended to be risky, and that delivering triplets under such abnormal circumstances was even riskier.</p><p><b><strong>\'Extremely lucky\'</strong></b><br>Separate or partially joined wombs, are uncommon, although not rare. About one woman in 1,000 has them, according to Khalaf.</p><p>Pregnancies in such cases are possible, although they tend to result in premature birth more than half the time. One pregnancy in each womb is almost unheard of - Khalaf said he had identified only 70 cases over the past 50 years worldwide - and triplets delivered from two wombs has never before been recorded.</p><p>\"This lady was extremely lucky,\" said Khalaf.</p><p>Kersey was not immediately available for comment on Friday but the Southwest News Agency based in Filton, England, said it had bought the rights to her story. It would not disclose the amount.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('532','4','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Could low-carb diets lead to birth defects?</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Low levels of folate in women may be due to lack of bread, officials say</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>ATLANTA - Blood levels of folate in young women are dropping, a disturbing development that could lead to increased birth defects and may be due to low-carb diets or the popularity of unfortified whole-grain breads.</p><p>Government health officials could only speculate on the reasons but called the backslide in this important B vitamin disturbing.</p><p>It\'s not clear how the decline in folate levels has affected newborns, but preliminary data suggest the dramatic declines in neural tube defects seen in the late 1990s may have leveled off by 2004, said officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</p><p>\"This is a cause of substantial concern,\" said Dr. Nancy Green, medical director for the March of Dimes, which campaigns for birth defects prevention.</p><p>Folate is a naturally occurring B vitamin. An artificial version, which is more easily metabolized by the body, is folic acid.</p><p>Years ago, scientists concluded that folate deficiencies contributed to the occurrence of serious birth defects of the spine and brain, known as neural tube defects.</p><p>So the government has long urged women to eat cereals and breads fortified with folic acid to help prevent birth defects. By the late 1990s, the fortification campaigns were succeeding: Folate levels increased, and neural tube defects dropped by as many as 1,000 a year.</p><p>But a CDC study released Thursday found an 8 percent to 16 percent decline in folate levels in U.S. women of childbearing age, according to large blood-drawing surveys done between 1999 and 2004.</p><p><b><strong>First decline since health campaigns began<br></strong></b>It was the first time such a decline has been seen since the start of government health campaigns urging women to make sure they get enough folic acid.</p><p>The decline was most pronounced in white women, although black women continue to be the racial group with the least folate in their blood, health officials said.</p><p>The study was based on a regular national survey that involves not only interviews but physical examinations and blood tests. 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Research has found obese people metabolize folate differently than thinner folk, and some doctors believe heavier women need more folic acid to prevent neural tube defects, Green said.</p><p><b><strong>The Atkins affect<br></strong></b>Diet trends may have been be another factor, said Dr. Joseph Mulinare, a CDC epidemiologist who was the study\'s lead author.</p><p>He noted that in 1998, the Food and Drug Administration began requiring that folic acid be added to breads, cereals and other products that use enriched flour. Whole-grain breads were not under that mandate because they already contain some folate.</p><p>Low-carb diets increased in popularity during the early 2000s. Women who avoided flour and bread products because of their carbohydrates may have also taken in less folic acid, Mulinare said.</p><p>Vitamins and supplements are the best way to get the recommended daily dose of 400 micrograms of folic acid. But only a third of women of child-bearing age take a folic acid-containing supplement every day, he said.</p><p>Eating certain foods also helps, especially breads, cereals and other products containing enriched flour.</p><p>While whole-grain breads contain natural folate, it\'s a smaller amount than the folic acid in enriched breads. So the popularity of whole-grain breads \"may be a factor\" in the drop in folate levels, Mulinare said.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i>Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('533','4','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Womb transplants could become reality</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Current organ donor networks could provide option for infertile women</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>Current organ donor networks appear able to supply human wombs, or uteruses, for transplantation as a possible approach to treating infertility, researchers report in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.</p><p>Dr. Giuseppe Del Priore of New York Downtown Hospital and colleagues came to this conclusion after participating in a local organ donor network retrieval team for over 6 months.</p><p>Approximately 1,800 heart-beating, but brain-dead, organ donors were identified through an existing donor network. The removal of several organs took place in about 150 of the donors and 9 had specifically consented to donate their uterus.</p><p>The uterus was removed without complications in eight donors. Tissue testing suggested that the organs were, in fact, suitable for transplantation.</p><p>The researchers point out that the transplant of organs that are not needed to preserve life raises ethical issues. Thus far, the only human uterine transplant that has been performed was \"controversial and unsuccessful.\"</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/16326865/\">Triplets born to woman with two wombs</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Nevertheless, they note that surgical techniques have improved and the successful retrieval of a usable human uterus brings the possibility of such transplants closer.</p><p>\"Our hope,\" the team concludes, \"is to eventually restore reproductive function through transplantation of a human uterus.\"</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('534','4','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Dental X-rays can spot osteoporosis</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Study suggests simple, inexpensive way to detect bone-thinning disease</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>NEW YORK - A computer program that analyzes routine dental X-rays could offer a simple, cheap way to detect the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis, new research suggests.</p><p>British researchers found that a software program they developed was able to spot signs of declining bone density in dental X-rays of the lower jaw - a potential sign of osteoporosis.</p><p>The findings, they report, suggest that routine dental X-rays could provide an inexpensive way to provide wide screening of older adults for osteoporosis. Those with signs of bone thinning in the jaw could be referred for more expensive osteoporosis testing.</p><p>In the U.S., the Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all women age 65 or older be screened for osteoporosis - the \"gold standard\" for screening is a relatively expensive test called dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Medicare will pay for this test every two years.</p><p>In the United Kingdom, the national health system currently has no program for osteoporosis screening.</p><p>That means many people with the disease - most often older women - won\'t know they have it until they suffer a fracture, said Dr. Hugh Devlin of the University of Manchester, the lead author on the new study.</p><p>The study findings, published online in the journal Bone, are based on bone X-rays of 652 European women 45 to 70. All of the women underwent DXA, as well as panoramic dental X-rays, which show the whole jaw.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;RELATED CONTENT</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/16532785/\">Womb transplants could become reality</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>The DXA tests found osteoporosis in the hip or spine in 140 women. Analysis of dental X-rays picked up more than half of these cases, the researchers found.</p><p>More work is needed before dental X-rays become part of osteoporosis screening, Devlin said. \"We want to find out the attitude of patients and doctors to this new role of dentists identifying patients they suspect of being at high risk of osteoporosis,\" he noted.</p><p>The next step, according to Devlin, will be for an X-ray equipment company to take to the idea and integrate the software into its products.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2007 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('535','4','	<p><p>WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- High blood levels of two proteins may tip doctors off to the development of preeclampsia, a dangerous and often unpredictable complication of pregnancy, U.S. researchers report.</p> <p>&quot;In general, you need high levels of both these proteins to get severe preeclampsia,&quot; said lead researcher Dr. Richard J. Levine, a senior investigator at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health.</p> <p>His team published its findings in the Sept. 7 <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i>.</p> <p>Preeclampsia affects up to 8 percent of pregnancies around the world and can lead to premature delivery and the need for a Caesarean section. The condition results in a sudden spike in high blood pressure and a rise in protein in the urine.</p> <p>One of the major challenges with preeclampsia is that it has been tough for doctors to predict who might be at risk.</p> <p>While the study results are preliminary, Levine and others cautioned that &quot;there is [now] hope for developing a predictive test as well as a diagnostic one.&quot;</p> <p>In the study, Levine and his colleagues compared data from five groups of women -- those with preterm preeclampsia, those with preeclampsia at term (37 weeks), those with pregnancy-associated high blood pressure, those with normal pressure who delivered infants small for gestational age, and women with normal blood pressure who delivered infants who were not small for gestation age.</p> <p>Four of the groups included 120 women each, while the group with preterm preeclampsia included 72 women. All had been participants in the Calcium for Preeclampsia Prevention trial, a study conducted from 1992 to 1995 to evaluate the effects of daily calcium supplements in reducing preeclampsia (the supplements did not prove effective).</p> <p>Levine\'s team examined blood specimens taken and stored during the study, comparing levels of two specific proteins, endoglin and sFlt1.</p> <p>Comparing women who had preeclampsia to women with stable blood pressure, Levine said protein levels &quot;started going up two or three months before they developed the disease. So that gives us reason to believe we can identify women who will subsequently develop preeclampsia.&quot;</p> <p>The first protein, soluble endoglin, began to rise in the 17th to 20th week of pregnancy in women who developed preterm preeclampsia. For women who developed preeclampsia later on, at full-term, levels started to climb at weeks 25 to 28.</p> <p>Those who developed high blood pressure later (but not the protein in the urine associated with preeclampsia) had their levels rise in the 33rd through the 36th week of pregnancy.</p> <p>The second protein studied was soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1, or &quot;sFlt1.&quot; Those who developed preeclampsia had increased levels of this protein. They also had reduced levels of another substance called placental growth factor, or PlGF. Those who got preeclampsia at term and those who had gestational high blood pressure had a rise in the soluble endoglin and an increase in their sFlt1-to-PlGF ratio.</p> <p>&quot;We haven\'t investigated this enough to say how often it occurs,&quot; Levine said. Nor can they yet say how much the risk of preeclampsia rises with each increase in protein levels.</p> <p>The study builds on work done previously by Dr. Ananth Karumanchi, a nephrologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, and a co-author of the current paper.</p> <p>One expert praised the study.</p> <p>&quot;It\'s great,&quot; said Dr. Brian Brost, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. He said science is &quot;getting closer and closer&quot; to understanding and predicting preeclampsia.</p> <p>Earlier this year, Brost\'s team found an association between preeclampsia and a third protein, HtrA, which is found in placental tissues.</p> <p>In an editorial accompanying the study, Drs. Marshall Lindheimer of the University of Chicago and Jason Umans of Georgetown University noted that the &quot;authors now have strong evidence to suggest the usefulness of these proteins in predicting preeclampsia.&quot; But they said that the data was from samples stored for about 10 years. They questioned if those samples had remained stable over such a long time.</p> <p>Levine said he believes the blood samples did retain their integrity, since they showed no signs of deterioration.</p> <p>Until more is known about preeclampsia, however, there is not much a woman can do to minimize her risk, Brost said.</p> <p>&quot;Currently, nothing is proven to be of marked benefit,&quot; he said.</p> <p>Women should be sure to adhere to their prenatal visit schedule, he said, as close monitoring can help pick up preeclampsia early.</p> <p>If the condition is diagnosed early, a doctor may prescribe medicine to lower blood pressure and buy her some time. Or, the doctor might decide to deliver the baby, if the woman is nearing term.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>To learn more about preeclampsia, visit the <a href=\"http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000898.htm\" target=\"_new\">U.S. National Library of Medicine</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('536','4','	<p><!--Spanish ID:534804--> <p>WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Children born to moms who drank during their pregnancy are at increased risk of drinking problems by the time they are 21, a new study finds.</p> <p>&quot;We know about the detrimental effects of alcohol during pregnancy on brain development and some physical malformations, but this is one of the best studies showing that alcohol use itself may be another risk factor,&quot; said Dr. James Garbutt, a professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. &quot;It\'s another reason not to drink during pregnancy.&quot;</p> <p>Garbutt was not involved in the study, which was conducted by Australian researchers and was published in the September issue of the <i>Archives of General Psychiatry</i>.</p> <p>In the study, Rosa Alati, from the University of Queensland, Herston, Australia, and colleagues collected data on alcohol abuse for over 2,100 people followed from birth to age 21.</p> <p>The participants\' mothers were also asked how often and how much they drank at any given time.</p> <p>At 21 years of age, 25 percent of the children had some kind of alcohol problem, the researchers said. Of these, 13 percent said they developed the problem before they were 18, and 12 percent said they developed the problem between 18 and 21, Alati\'s team found.</p> <p>Analysis of the data showed that children of mothers who drank more than three glasses of alcohol on any one occasion during early pregnancy were nearly two-and-a-half times more likely to develop an alcohol disorder before age 18 and more than twice as likely to develop an alcohol problem between ages 18 and 21.</p> <p>Drinking during other stages of pregnancy, including late pregnancy, also increased the risk, the researchers found.</p> <p>&quot;Our findings support a biological contribution to the origin of alcohol disorders and suggest that greater attention should be given to the role of the programming effect of <i>in utero</i> alcohol exposure to the development of alcohol disorders in adulthood,&quot; Alati\'s group concluded.</p> <p>Another expert agreed that the study provides more evidence of the dangers of drinking during pregnancy.</p> <p>&quot;This paper makes a convincing case that increased maternal alcohol consumption, especially early in pregnancy, is likely a cause of alcohol problems in young adulthood,&quot; said Dr. Redford Williams, the director of the Behavioral Medicine Research Center and a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University.</p> <p>It is known that increased maternal alcohol use is associated with altered brain development in the fetus, as well as fetal alcohol syndrome in newborns, Williams said.</p> <p>&quot;The major potential problem in interpreting these findings is the possibility, unexamined in this study, that genetic factors that influence maternal drinking may also be present in the offspring and contribute -- in addition to, or via, an interaction with the increased exposure to alcohol to the offspring\'s drinking behavior at age 21,&quot; Williams said.</p> <p>However, &quot;whatever the mechanism eventually turns out to be, these findings make a strong case for not drinking during pregnancy,&quot; Williams said.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>There\'s more on alcoholism at the <a href=\"http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/FAQs/General-English/default.htm\" target=\"_new\">U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('537','4','	<p><p> (HealthDay News) -- While many birth defects are caused by genetic, environmental or unknown factors, a mother-to-be\'s behaviors also can heighten the risk of birth abnormalities.</p> <p>Here are suggestions for pregnant women on improving the chances for a healthy birth, courtesy of the Nemours Foundation:</p> <ul> <li>Even before you\'re pregnant or when you\'re trying to conceive, take folic acid supplements, and make sure you\'ve had all the necessary vaccinations and that you\'ve tested negative for any sexually transmitted diseases.</li> <li>Once you are pregnant, talk to your doctor about any prescription or over-the-counter medications you take. </li> <li>Don\'t drink any alcohol, take drugs or smoke cigarettes, and stay clear of secondhand smoke.</li> <li>Take vitamins and have regular prenatal visits with your doctor to be sure your baby is healthy.</li> <li>Maintain a healthy diet, and get regular exercise as recommended by your doctor.</li> </ul> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('538','4','	<p><!--Spanish ID:534887--> <p>MONDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Five years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, many of those at or near the World Trade Center site carry grim reminders of that day in their minds, hearts and even their lungs.</p> <p>Thousands of workers who toiled for months on the smoldering pile that was Ground Zero continue to complain of respiratory illness, including a chronic, soot-laden hacking known as &quot;World Trade Center Cough.&quot; At the same time, researchers are keeping tabs on the development of hundreds of children, born early and underweight, to women living in Lower Manhattan. And psychologists worry that the anniversary day itself could reawaken mental woes for those once traumatized by the devastation.</p> <p>In short, the health problems that have emerged over the last five years will become a lasting legacy of 9/11, and one that will continue to grow, experts say.</p> <p>The potential cost of treating the long-term health effects of 9/11 is daunting. Most pressing are the needs of 40,000 first-responders and clean-up workers who experts say inhaled a toxic soup of lead, mercury, dioxin, asbestos, benzene and other contaminants from the debris of the collapsed towers.</p> <p> New research released last week by Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City found that 69 percent of these workers developed new or worsened respiratory symptoms after working at the site, with 59 percent still showing evidence of symptoms today. Those who arrived first on the scene tended to have the worst symptoms, the researchers said.</p> <p>&quot;It wasn\'t surprising to me to see these effects from a toxic exposure that goes on for that length of time, even for several days or weeks, with deposition of metals in the lung and no way for the lungs to clear it,&quot; Dr. Len Horovitz, a pulmonary specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, told <i>HealthDay</i>.</p> <p>Horovitz added that things could possibly get worse for some of those affected, especially in terms of workers\' long-term risk for cancer.</p> <p>&quot;It\'s not clear whether we\'re going to see a rise in malignancies, but one would suspect that that certainly is possible,&quot; he said.</p> <p>Doctors have already attributed one death -- that of 34-year-old NYC police detective James Zadroga -- to respiratory problems caused by Ground Zero exposures. Last Friday, Zadroga\'s father, Joseph, told a House subcommittee hearing that the government has spent too much time studying the health issues and not enough time treating those who were sickened or still at risk.</p> <p>Last Thursday, the first federal funds for treating 9/11-linked health issues were announced by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt. The amount was $75 million.</p> <p>Critics called it too little, too late.</p> <p>&quot;They seem to be running from the people who are sick, not standing with them and helping them,&quot; Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a New York City Democrat, told the <i>New York Times</i> last week.</p> <p>The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon also left many Americans across the country with deep and lingering emotional scars.</p> <p>A team led by Dr. David Spiegel, a professor of psychiatry at California\'s Stanford University, conducted surveys of New York City residents in the six months after the attacks.</p> <p>&quot;Initial rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) involved large proportions of the population,&quot; Spiegel said. &quot;We found that 7.5 percent of people in the New York City metropolitan area initially met criteria for PTSD, and 20 percent of people south of Canal Street -- right where the WTC is -- met the criteria.&quot;</p> <p>While studies on national rates of PTSD following 9/11 haven\'t been done, &quot;our research shows that just witnessing somebody else getting injured or killed can induce PTSD-like symptoms,&quot; he said. That includes witnessing horrific scenes via television, the Stanford expert said.</p> <p>But there is some good news, he noted.</p> <p>The number of people with symptomatic PTSD linked to 9/11 has subsided over time, he said. People who were less isolated and able to talk over their fears and feelings with others tended to recover more quickly, he added.</p> <p>The jury is still out, however, on the youngest potential victims of the attacks.</p> <p>Beginning soon after the disaster, a team led by child health expert Dr. Federica Perera, of Columbia University\'s Mailman School of Public Health, has tracked the birth outcomes and long-term development of more than 300 babies born to women living near the site. All of the women were at some stage of pregnancy on Sept. 11, 2001.</p> <p>&quot;Babies born to women who had been living with a two-mile radius of the World Trade Center site during the months following 9/11 weighed significantly less at birth -- about a third of a pound less -- compared to infants born to other women living further away,&quot; Perera said. The study also found that nearly all women, regardless of their proximity to the site, gave birth slightly earlier than usual -- probably the result of an increase in stress linked to 9/11.</p> <p>However, the tendency toward smaller birth weights continued even after Perera\'s team adjusted for this prematurity. &quot;So, we infer that there was [also] a potential effect of the pollutants themselves,&quot; she said.</p> <p>Blood tests on newborns\' umbilical cords confirmed relatively high levels of combustion-linked toxins called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in babies born to mothers living in Lower Manhattan, she added.</p> <p>These &quot;children of 9/11&quot; are now 4 and 5 years of age, and Perera said her team intends to soon publish findings on the impact of the disaster -- if any -- on their ongoing health and development. &quot;This is to help the families who are concerned, to reassure where we can do that, and to take note of any potential risk where that is appropriate,&quot; she said.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>There\'s more on post-9/11 health issues at the <a href=\"http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/wtc/wtc-resource.pdf\" target=\"_new\">New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('539','4','	<p><p>FRIDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Making the &quot;morning-after&quot; pill more readily available to women does not cut the rate of either abortions or pregnancies, a British reproductivehealth expert contends.</p> <p>After much controversy and three years of delay, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in August approved over-the-counter sales of the pill, also called Plan B, for women 18 years of age and older.</p> <p>In an editorial in the Sept. 16 issue of the <i>British Medical Journal</i>, Anna Glasier, director of family planning and well woman services at Lothian Primary Care National Health Service Trust, in Edinburgh, Scotland, said the pill does help some women avoid unwanted pregnancy.</p> <p>&quot;While emergency contraception sometimes prevents pregnancy for individual women who have had unprotected sex or whose contraceptive method has let them down, such as a burst condom, there is a growing body of evidence which suggests that increasing use of emergency contraception does not have any effect on the rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion,&quot; Glasier said.</p> <p>Use of the &quot;morning-after&quot; pill has grown in Britain in recent years. In 1984, just 1 percent of women requesting an abortion said they had used it to try and prevent pregnancy. By 1996, that number risen to 6 percent, and, by 2002, it was 12 percent of women.</p> <p>Although emergency contraception has been touted as the solution to rising abortion rates, abortion rates in Britain have increased from 11 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 in 1984 (136,388 abortions) to 17.8 per 1,000 women in 2004 (185,400 abortions), even though use of the pill has increased.</p> <p>Ten different studies found that giving women a supply of emergency contraception to keep at home increased its use twofold to threefold but had no measurable effect on rates of abortion or pregnancy, Glasier noted in her editorial.</p> <p>&quot;So, despite significant increases in the use of emergency contraception in the U.K. over the past 20 years, abortion rates continue to rise, and in Sweden and France the same holds true,&quot; she said.</p> <p>Opponents of the &quot;morning-after&quot; pill in the United States felt that over-the-counter sales would lead to an increase in teen promiscuity.</p> <p>Glasier said most women don\'t recognize when they have put themselves at risk of unintended pregnancy, and so they don\'t use emergency contraception even when they have it in the bathroom medicine cabinet.</p> <p>&quot;Emergency contraception is not going to be the quick fix solution to rising abortion rates,&quot; Glasier said. &quot;The message to individual women should be, if you want to avoid getting pregnant, you should be using a method before you have sex or certainly while you are having sex, and that leaving contraception until after you have had sex is the least good option.&quot;</p> <p>For governments, Glasier said, the message is that emergency contraception is useful when women don\'t use contraception or when something goes wrong, but, &quot;it is not a substitute for more effective methods, and the recent emphasis on increasing the availability of emergency contraception will probably not reduce abortion rates.&quot;</p> <p>One expert thinks the reason that emergency contraception hasn\'t had an impact on abortion or pregnancy rates is that it isn\'t used enough.</p> <p>&quot;There is clear evidence that increased availability does increase use,&quot; said James Trussell, director of the Office of Population Research at Princeton University.</p> <p>&quot;Moreover, there is also evidence that increasing use does not do what the opponents have claimed. It does not increase risk-taking. It does not decrease regular contraceptive use. It does not increase sexually transmitted infections. It does not decrease condom use,&quot; he said.</p> <p>However, studies have also found that, despite increased availability and use of emergency contraception, there is no decrease in pregnancy rates, Trussell said. The problem is that although women have the pill, they don\'t use it, he said. &quot;Clearly, it\'s not going to work if you don\'t use it.&quot;</p> <p>The reason many women don\'t use the pill is that they don\'t think they\'re at a high risk of getting pregnant, Trussell said. &quot;The problem that we have is simply that emergency-contraception pills are not used enough to have a major public health impact,&quot; he said.</p> <p>Trussell thinks the best way to prevent unwanted pregnancies and abortions is the widespread use of contraceptives, particularly IUDs and implanted contraceptives.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration can tell you more about the <a href=\"http://www.fda.gov/CDER/drug/infopage/planB/planBQandA.htm\" target=\"_new\">morning-after pill</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('540','4','	<p><p>(HealthDay News) -- An epidural analgesia, commonly called an epidural, is a method of pain relief often used during childbirth.</p> <p>According to the Childbirth Connection, an anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist will first sterilize an area of the back. A needle is then inserted into the epidural area between the spinal cord and the membrane that protects it. Then, a catheter is inserted and the needle removed.</p> <p>The catheter will allow a numbing anesthetic, sometimes narcotic, into the spine and prevent the woman from feeling pain during childbirth. The anesthetic is typically administered regularly by an automated pump. </p> <p>The epidural may reduce the woman\'s ability to push, which may prolong childbirth.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('541','4','	<p><p>(HealthDay News) -- Scleroderma, an autoimmune disorder whose primary symptom is hardening of the skin, affects up to four times as many women than men. It also tends to strike people between ages 25 and 55, although it can occur at any age.</p> <p>The cause of scleroderma is unknown, says the Scleroderma Foundation. The severity of the disease depends on which body parts are affected, and how early and appropriately the condition is treated.</p> <p>Treatments often are directed at individual symptoms, including gastrointestinal problems, joint pain and high blood pressure.</p> <p>Scleroderma, affecting about 300,000 people in the United States, isn\'t infectious, contagious or cancerous, the foundation says.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('542','4','	<p><p>FRIDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- A new patch made from edible ingredients promises victory over the annoying mouth ulcers known as canker sores in a matter of hours.</p> <p>Canker sores affect 58 million Americans and occur along the inside of the cheeks, lips and gums. What starts as a small red swelling often becomes an irritated, ruptured sore covered by a white or yellow membrane. Left untreated, the painful ulcer usually heals within two or three weeks.</p> <p>Quantum Health\'s <i>Canker Cover</i> covers and seals the sore for up to 12 hours, protecting it from irritants including the teeth, tongue, food and drink. A single patch heals the sore in 8 to 12 hours for most people, the company said. The patch releases menthol, sea salt, citrus oil and other ingredients to deaden pain and speed healing, Quantum said.</p> <p>A Quantum-sponsored study published in the <i>Journal of Pharmaceutical Science</i> found the remedy had healed 60 percent of 248 participants\' sores within 8 hours, the company said in a statement. The study was conducted by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>To learn more about canker sores, visit the <a href=\" http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000998.htm\" target=\"_new\">U.S. National Library of Medicine</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('543','4','	<p><!--Spanish ID:533262--> <p>WEDNESDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- British scientists have discovered a tantalizing new wrinkle in the understanding of smoking\'s unhealthy effects.</p> <p>Middle-aged smokers whose faces were heavily wrinkled were five times as likely to have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as smokers whose faces were relatively smooth, the study out of Cambridge University found. </p> <p>The authors speculated that both COPD and wrinkling may be linked by a common mechanism and that facial wrinkling might indicate susceptibility to the potentially deadly lung disease.</p> <p>&quot;The association may help us to understand more about the effects of smoking on the body and suggest that the disease process that gives rise to COPD may not be solely confined to the lung,&quot; explained study lead author Dr. Bipen Patel, who is now a consultant physician in respiratory medicine at Royal Devon &amp; Exeter Hospital in the United Kingdom.</p> <p>&quot;It also suggests that premature wrinkling in a smoker may be an indication that they are developing COPD and should be screened for the condition, since it is often not diagnosed in its earliest stages,&quot; Patel said. &quot;However, the benefit of this would need to be confirmed in an additional study.&quot;</p> <p>The finding is &quot;certainly biologically plausible,&quot; said Dr. Norman Edelman, chief medical officer for the American Lung Association. But he remained skeptical of any clinical implications leading from the study. </p> <p>&quot;This may be of use in educating patients but, in terms of detection of lung disease, we [already] have a simple breathing test. We don\'t have to look for wrinkles,&quot; he said. </p> <p>The research appears in the June 14 online edition of <i>Thorax</i>, and was done while Patel was at Cambridge.</p> <p>COPD refers to a group of progressive chronic lung diseases, including emphysema and bronchitis, which block the airways and restrict oxygen flow.</p> <p>Some 13.5 million Americans suffer from COPD, and the World Health Organization predicts that the condition will become the third leading cause of death worldwide by 2020.</p> <p>&quot;It is well known that cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for COPD, although only a proportion of smokers are affected. It is also known that cigarette smokers can develop premature ageing of the skin,&quot; Patel said. &quot;We hypothesized that these conditions could be likened to premature ageing of the lung and skin and therefore that there may be a common susceptibility to COPD and skin wrinkling.&quot;</p> <p>However, Edelman noted that not all smokers go on to develop COPD. &quot;Obviously, people vary in their response to what\'s in the smoke,&quot; he said.</p> <p>In the study, the team wanted to see if genetic factors that predispose smokers to COPD might also predispose them to wrinkles. </p> <p>The researchers analyzed data on 149 current and former middle-aged smokers, 68 of whom (45.6 percent) had COPD. The participants came from 78 families.</p> <p>Eighty-three percent had no facial wrinkling or only minor lines, but close to 17 percent had considerable wrinkling. </p> <p>Lung strength and function, measured in all participants, turned out to be significantly lower in those with extensive wrinkling than in those with smoother faces.</p> <p>People with heavy wrinkles were also five times more likely to have COPD than those without wrinkles. People with facial wrinkling also had triple the risk of suffering from more severe emphysema.</p> <p>&quot;We do not know the underlying mechanism,&quot; Patel said. &quot;We suspect that the common susceptibility to COPD and wrinkling has a genetic basis; however, the genes that are responsible for this have not been identified. The mechanism may be related to the loss of elastic tissues (such as collagen and elastin) in the lung and skin, but this is not yet proven.&quot;</p> <p>The findings are more likely to be helpful in spurring new research than in providing any direct benefit to patients, Edelman said.</p> <p>&quot;I think this will be of use to basic biologists,&quot; he explained. &quot;Maybe you can start doing experiments on the skin; maybe that\'s an easier model to use than the lung to figure out what the mechanisms are.&quot; </p> <p><b>More information </b></p> <p>For more on COPD, head to the <a href=\"http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&amp;b=35020\" target=\"_new\">American Lung Association</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('544','4','	<p><p>(HealthDay News) -- One of the best protections again skin cancer is to examine your skin regularly. Here are some tips on what to look for, courtesy of the Skin Cancer Foundation:</p> <ul> <li>Look for any darkened patches of skin, irregular or new moles, or any other new growths.</li> <li>Conduct your examination in a well-lit room.</li> <li>Examine your head and scalp using a mirror. Use a hair dryer to move hair out of the way for a better view of your scalp.</li> <li>Check hands, fingers and fingernails. Using a full-length mirror, examine your forearms, elbows, underarms and biceps.</li> <li>Women should check on and around their breasts; everyone should check their chest, neck, shoulders, back and abdomen.</li> <li>Sit down to examine the tops and bottoms of the feet, and your toes.</li> </ul> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('545','4','	<p><p>FRIDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer suffered by people, accounting for more than half of all malignancies, according to the American Cancer Society.</p> <p>So when you\'re out lounging in the sun this summer, working on that tan, remember that you\'re putting your body\'s largest organ at risk for cancer.</p> <p>But preventing skin cancer can be as easy as limiting sun exposure between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and keeping a close eye on your skin for suspicious growths and moles. And recent research breakthroughs may aid treatment, particularly with melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer.</p> <p>People rarely die from nonmelanoma skin cancer, which includes basal cell and squamous cell cancers. These malignancies claim the lives of about 2,800 Americans each year, compared with more than 1 million new cases diagnosed annually.</p> <p>&quot;Basal cell skin cancer is like a rust spot on a car door,&quot; said Dr. Ken Gross, a clinical professor of dermatology at the University of California, San Diego. &quot;If you ignore it, it\'ll eat through that spot, but it will never reach the engine or the transmission.&quot;</p> <p>Melanoma is a far more menacing threat. There are expected to be 62,190 new cases of melanoma diagnosed in the United States this year, and about 7,910 deaths from the cancer. Overall, the mortality rate for the disease has increased by 50 percent since the 1970s, according to the American Cancer Society.</p> <p>However, new research could help treat, and perhaps prevent, melanoma. In a study published in the November issue of the <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i>, researchers found that there are at least several distinct types of melanoma, each potentially responding to its own individual treatment.</p> <p>&quot;It\'s very clear the landscape is changing because more and more genetic abnormalities are being found, and there are targeted therapies available for some of them,&quot; said study author Dr. Boris Bastian, an assistant professor of dermatology and pathology at the University of California, San Francisco.</p> <p>Bastian found that there are differences between melanomas arising from skin on different parts of the body: chronically sun-damaged skin, skin without sun damage, skin rarely exposed to the sun, and mucous membranes.</p> <p>&quot;Therapies may only work for specific genetic abnormalities,&quot; Bastian said. &quot;We\'re going to see, like in other cancer types, a breakup of the disease for treatment.&quot;</p> <p>People at greatest risk for skin cancer are those who spend a lot of time in the sun and have fair skin. &quot;We know that sunburn and chronic sun exposures bump up the risk of skin cancer,&quot; Gross said.</p> <p>Family history also plays a part in determining whether you\'re apt to get skin cancer, he added. People with relatives who have contracted skin cancer should pay closer attention to abnormalities on their skin.</p> <p>&quot;Things that might be a little suspicious on someone else might be quite suspicious on you, and you might want to worry a little more,&quot; Gross said.</p> <p>People with freckles or moles are at increased risk of melanoma, so they should inspect their moles often and keep track of any changes in them. You also should note any changes in your skin, including odd sores, lumps, blemishes or markings.</p> <p>&quot;Pay attention for the ugly duckling, the mole that doesn\'t fit in, the mole that has changed,&quot; Bastian said.</p> <p>Once you\'ve found a skin lesion or mole that gives you pause, you should go to a dermatologist as soon as possible to have it looked at, Gross said.</p> <p>He recommends a dermatologist over your family physician because the specialist knows more about the different types of skin blemishes and cancers and can make a more informed diagnosis.</p> <p>&quot;Most patients come in saying, \'I\'ve got a mole, and it\'s changing, that makes me suspicious. I want it biopsied,\' &quot; Gross said.</p> <p>People might want to consider having regular skin screenings, particularly as they get older, he said. That way, doctors can track the progress of various blemishes and moles and note any suspicious changes.</p> <p>Even if a growth has been removed, Gross recommends paying close attention to the place it came from. It could recur without warning.</p> <p>&quot;The most important thing you can remember is just because I say something is alright, that doesn\'t make it so,&quot; Gross said.</p> <p>Gross said people who want to avoid skin cancer need only use common sense.</p> <p>&quot;When we go out, we wear a brimmed hat and long sleeves,&quot; he said. &quot;I don\'t sunbathe, and I stay as far away from indoor tanning beds as possible.&quot;</p> <p>Sunscreens can be useful, but are not a solution you should count on, Bastian said.</p> <p>&quot;Usually, people don\'t put on enough sunscreen,&quot; he said. &quot;My recommendation is not to rely on sunscreens, but to avoid the sun during peak hours.&quot;</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>To learn more, visit the <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/lrn/lrn_0.asp\" target=\"_new\"> American Cancer Society</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('546','4','	<p><p>MONDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks and Hispanics with melanoma, the potentially deadly skin cancer, tend to have it diagnosed at a later, more advanced stage than whites, researchers report.</p> <p>Over the past decade, melanoma has become more common, with the rate of new cases increasing 2.4 percent every year in the United States. Because whites are at higher risk for the disease, most prevention and detection efforts have targeted them.</p> <p>This may be why survival rates among whites have increased from 68 percent in the 1970s to 92 percent today. Unfortunately, the same improvement in survival hasn\'t been replicated among blacks and Hispanics, the University of Miami researchers noted.</p> <p>&quot;We found that patients who were black and Hispanic were diagnosed later for melanoma than white patients in Miami-Dade County, Florida,&quot; said lead researcher Dr. Robert Kirsner, professor and vice chairman of dermatology and cutaneous surgery at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.</p> <p>Their findings appear in the June issue of the <i>Archives of Dermatology</i>.</p> <p>In their study, the researchers looked at 1,690 melanoma cases reported in Miami-Dade County between 1997 and 2002. Among these, 1,176 occurred in white patients, 485 in Hispanic patients and 29 in non-Hispanic black patients. The population of whites and blacks in Miami-Dade County is approximately the same.</p> <p>Compared with whites, the Hispanic and black patients were more likely to have advanced-stage melanomas. Sixteen percent of Hispanics and 31 percent of blacks had cancer that had metastasized -- spread to other organs or tissues -- compared with 9 percent of whites.</p> <p>Moreover, 52 percent of black patients had regional or distant-stage melanoma, the most severe stages, compared with 26 percent of Hispanic and 16 percent of white patients.</p> <p>Kirsner isn\'t sure why these differences exist. It\'s possible that blacks and Hispanics have a more aggressive type of melanoma, he speculated. &quot;More likely, there is less awareness among patients and health-care providers that melanoma can occur in ethnic populations and patients with darker pigmentation,&quot; Kirsner said.</p> <p>As a consequence, these patients aren\'t screened as often, and lesions are not detected as early as in the white population, Kirsner said. &quot;So a diagnosis is delayed until a late stage and that correlates with worse survival,&quot; he said. &quot;Patients\' diagnoses with thin melanomas have nearly a 100 percent survival. However, if it has spread, then survival goes down to 16 percent. So survival is worse in Hispanics and blacks.&quot;</p> <p>This is a public health issue, Kisner said. &quot;Greater awareness is needed both by doctors and patients. Awareness by patients and health-care providers can, hopefully, turn that tide and lead to the same improvement in survival that has been demonstrated in white populations.&quot;</p> <p>Dr. Jeffrey C. Salomon, an assistant clinical professor of plastic surgery at Yale University School of Medicine, agreed that it\'s important to educate blacks and Hispanics about the risk of melanoma.</p> <p>&quot;Clearly the awareness of melanoma risk in dark-skinned populations is less than in fair-skinned, sunburn-prone people. More could and should be done to raise the awareness that melanoma is not a disease exclusively of Caucasians,&quot; he said.</p> <p>&quot;Pigmentary changes on soles of feet, on palms, and under nails may be the only early warning sign of trouble in dark-skinned people,&quot; Salomon said. &quot;This message needs to be sent out to people at risk. You can never make a diagnosis without thinking of it.&quot;</p> <p>But another doctor thinks that since melanoma is largely a disease that strikes Causasians, it might be unwise to divert too many health-care dollars from education programs for whites.</p> <p>&quot;If you stop to think about how much impact you are going to have on melanoma by infusing money into the system, because melanoma is about 50 times more common in whites than in blacks, the fact is you have a lot more bang for your buck in reducing death from melanoma if that money is targeted at whites,&quot; said Dr. Jean-Claude Bystryn, a professor of dermatology at New York University School of Medicine.</p> <p>Bystryn said spending the same amount of money on blacks and whites to reduce deaths from melanoma by 50 percent would save 500 lives among whites compared with 15 among blacks in Dade County.</p> <p>&quot;From a public health point of view, it is better to focus on the group that is most at risk,&quot; Bystryn said.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>To learn more about melanoma, visit the <a href=\"http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/melanoma\" target=\"_new\">U.S. National Cancer Institute</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('547','4','	<p> <P><b>Summary:</b> Melanoma is often diagnosed at a later stage in African Americans and Hispanics than in whites, according to new research from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. That may be one reason these minority groups have a lower survival rate with this form of skin cancer, the researchers report in the latest issue of <i>Archives of Dermatology</i>.</p> <P><b>Why it\'s important:</b> <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=&dt=39\">Melanoma</a> is becoming increasingly common in the United States. Melanomas that are found at an early stage, when they are very thin, can be cured with <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_4X_Types_of_Surgery_for_Melanoma_Skin_Cancer_50.asp?sitearea=\">surgery</a>. But the thicker and more advanced a melanoma gets, the more difficult it is to treat and the more likely it is that it will spread. More than 90% of patients with stage I melanoma survive at least 5 years after diagnosis, but only about 18% of people with stage IV (widespread) melanoma live that long.</p> <P><b>What\'s already known:</b> <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/PED_7.asp?sitearea=PED\">Exposure to ultraviolet light</a>, either from the sun or artificial sources like tanning booths, is one of the main risk factors for this disease. Skin cancers of all types, including melanomas, are less common in people with darker skin -- but they can still develop. Despite being at higher risk for the disease, whites still have much higher survival rates from melanoma than do African Americans or Hispanics, according to background information in the study.</p> <P><b>How this study was done:</b> Senior researcher Robert Kirsner, MD, Phd, and his colleagues wanted to get a better idea of how melanoma was affecting Hispanics and blacks in Miami-Dade County, which has higher-than-average populations of both groups. They used the Florida Cancer Data System to determine how many cases of melanoma had been diagnosed in the county between 1997 and 2002, what race and ethnicity the patients were, and what stage their cancer was in when found.</p> <P><b>What was found:</b> Out of 1,690 melanoma cases, 1,176 cases (70%) were diagnosed in non-Hispanic whites. Another 485 cases (29%) were in Hispanics, and 29 (2%) were in non-Hispanic blacks. The black patients had the most late-stage diagnoses; 52% had melanoma that had spread to nearby or distant parts of their body. Among Hispanics, 27% had regional or distant spread at diagnosis, and among whites, 16% did. </p> <P><b>The bottom line:</b> Kirsner and his colleagues say more needs to be done to make darker-skinned people of any race aware that they are still at risk for melanoma, even though their risk is lower than that of light-skinned people. It\'s important for everyone to check their skin regularly for <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3X_Can_melanoma_be_found_early_50.asp?sitearea=\">signs of skin cancer</a> , and to use <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_2x_Can_Melanoma_Be_Prevented_50.asp?sitearea=\">sunscreen and other types of protection</a> when they go out in the sun.</p> <DIV align=center><IMG height=1 alt=\"\" src=\"/images/health/story/www_cancer_org/common/images/rule.gif\" width=440 vspace=10 name=rule></DIV> <P><b>Citation:</b> \"Comparison of Stage at Diagnosis of Melanoma Among Hispanic, Black, and White Patients in Miami-Dade County, Florida.\" Published in the June, 2006, <i>Archives of Dermatology</i> (Vol. 142, No. 6: 704-708). First author: Shasa Hu, MD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('548','4','	<p><p>FRIDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- With summer here, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) is offering some simple safety tips to protect your eyes.</p> <p>Each year, more than one million eye injuries occur in the United States, 90 percent of which are preventable with safety precautions, according to the AAO.</p> <p>According to the academy, &quot;excessive exposure to ultraviolet light reflected off sand [and] pavement can temporarily burn the eye surface. Long-term exposure to ultraviolet radiation may lead to age-related macular degeneration and cataracts, both major causes of visual impairment and blindness.&quot;</p> <p>Here are some of the academy\'s safety suggestions:</p> <ul> <li>Wear protective eyewear when using heavy machinery such as lawnmowers.</li> <li>Be sure your sunglasses block at least 99 percent of UV and UV-B rays.</li> <li>Always wear swimming goggles when underwater -- chlorine from pools can irritate the eyes, while bacteria from lakes and ponds can inflame the cornea if the germs settle beneath a contact lens.</li> <li>Instruct children to never look or stare directly at the sun.</li> <li>Children\'s toys meant for flying can be hazardous to the eyes. Check for pointed edges and make sure the toy is assembled correctly.</li> <li>Do not touch unexploded fireworks and stand at least one-quarter mile away from exploding fireworks.</li> </ul> <p>If you or a family member suffers an eye injury, seek medical help immediately. </p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>For more eye safety tips, visit the <a href=\"http://www.aao.org/news/release/20060426.cfm\" target=\"_new\">American Academy of Ophthalmology</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('549','4','	<p><p>(HealthDay News) -- Dandruff is caused by a fat-eating yeast-like fungus called malassezia, which lives on most people\'s scalps without causing a problem, according to the Ontario government.</p> <p>Sometimes, however, this fungus grows out of control and causes faster cell production than usual. New cells thus move much more quickly from the deepest layer of your scalp to the outer layer, where they flake and fall off.</p> <p>While doctors don\'t know why only some people are affected, increased oil production may be partly to blame.</p> <p>Here are some flake control suggestions:</p> <ul> <li>Reduce the stress in your life. It may help reduce dandruff symptoms.</li> <li>Wash your hair daily to get rid of excess oil and flakes. Use a gentle shampoo.</li> <li>Cut down on styling products. Sometimes the buildup of hair sprays, gels and mousses can make your scalp oily.</li> </ul> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('550','4','	<p><!--Spanish ID:533530--> <p>WEDNESDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Personal-care products containing tea tree oils and lavender appear to cause abnormal breast development in pre-pubescent boys, a new study found.</p> <p>The ingredients, which have an estrogen-like effect, are found in various shampoos, lotions, soaps and other products. </p> <p>&quot;There\'s definitely an association between exposure to lavender oil and tea tree oil and gynecomastia [abnormally large breasts in men],&quot; said Derek Henley, lead author of the research and a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, in Research Triangle Park, N.C.</p> <p>Henley stopped short of declaring a cause-and-effect relationship, but did emphasize that the information could help physicians identify cases of gynecomastia that have no readily apparent cause.</p> <p>&quot;It may help steer physicians in a direction they wouldn\'t have thought of,&quot; Henley said. &quot;The message is to raise awareness, so the public is aware of the association, and physicians are aware of it,&quot; he said.</p> <p>Dr. Edward Reiter, chairman of pediatrics at Bay State Children\'s Hospital in Springfield, Mass., added, &quot;The issue is a Sherlock Holmes kind of thing. This was a pretty good pick-up. It\'s old-fashioned science sleuthing. You have a problem, and you figure out what\'s going on.&quot; </p> <p>Henley presented the findings at the just-completed annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, in Boston. Reiter was moderator of a press conference announcing the findings. </p> <p>Gynecomastia is associated with an imbalance of estrogens (so-called female hormones) and androgens (so-called male hormones). Young boys don\'t produce much testosterone, so there is nothing in the body to counteract extra estrogen, such as might come from mistakenly taking a mother\'s birth control pill or, more concerning, an estrogen-secreting tumor. </p> <p>The condition is unusual. &quot;I may see a patient every year or every other year with this, a pre-pubertal boy who has some breast development,&quot; Reiter said. &quot;Usually, it\'s a tiny amount, and you never find out what it is, then it goes away,&quot; he explained. </p> <p>But when Dr. Clifford Bloch, co-author of the study and a pediatric endocrinologist in Denver, saw five boys with the problem, he decided to investigate. All of the boys, he soon realized, had used over-the-counter health-care products containing lavender and/or tea tree oil on their hair or skin. </p> <p>When tested on human breast cancer cells, the oils appeared to mimic the activity of estrogen and also suppressed male hormone responsiveness. After discontinuing use of the lavender and tea tree oils, all of the boys saw the problem resolved. </p> <p>And even though the condition is relatively uncommon, experts think this information will help clear other &quot;mystery&quot; cases. </p> <p>&quot;My guess is that this sort of thing occurs in a scattered way in little boys all the time,&quot; Reiter said. &quot;It may well be that someone wouldn\'t even think of this. Now, doctors can ask if the patient is using any products,&quot; he said.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The <a href=\"http://familydoctor.org/080.xml\" target=\"_new\">American Academy of Family Physicians</a> has more on gynecomastia.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('551','4','	<p><p>THURSDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. advisory panel recommended Thursday that 11- and 12-year-old girls be routinely vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer.</p> <p>The National Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices also recommended that the vaccine, called Gardasil, be administered to girls as young as 9, at the provider\'s discretion, and for women up to age 26 who have not previously been vaccinated against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV). </p> <p>&quot;The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices made a historic vote today to recommend routine use of HPV vaccine for girls aged 11 to 12,&quot; Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a Thursday news conference. &quot;It\'s a very important day -- a breakthrough for women\'s health.&quot;</p> <p>Some religious conservatives and other critics have expressed concern that giving the vaccine to children could encourage underage sex. But, according to Schuchat, no controversy arose at the panel\'s recent public meetings. </p> <p>The panel\'s recommendation was hailed by health experts.</p> <p>&quot;It\'s a wonderful thing. It\'s good news all around,&quot; said Dr. Connie L. Trimble, associate professor of gynecology and obstetrics and pathology at Johns Hopkins\' Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, in Baltimore. Trimble is working on a therapeutic vaccine for people already infected with the virus. </p> <p>The advisory committee also recommended that the vaccine be included in the Vaccines for Children Program, which provides free vaccines for children up to age 18 who are eligible for Medicaid, are uninsured or are Native American or Alaskan Native. </p> <p>The recommendations will be passed along to the head of the CDC and to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for review, and are expected to be accepted. </p> <p>Gardasil, manufactured by Merck &amp; Co., is the first vaccine to protect against HPV, known to cause most cervical cancers. </p> <p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Gardasil earlier this month for girls and women aged 9 to 26. An FDA advisory panel had signed off on the vaccine in May. </p> <p>Cervical cancer is the second most common malignant disease in women globally, causing an estimated 290,000 deaths worldwide each year. In the United States, some 10,400 new cases will be diagnosed this year, and 3,700 women will die from the disease. </p> <p>The main cause of cervical cancer is continuous infection with HPV, especially HPV 16 and 18, which are spread by sexual contact. The virus also causes precancerous and benign cervical lesions and genital warts, and may be implicated in some anal and oral cancers. An estimated 20 million men and women in the United States are infected with HPV but, for most, the virus shows no symptoms and goes away on its own. </p> <p>In a two-year study involving more than 12,000 women, Gardasil was found to be 100 percent effective against four types of human papillomavirus: 16 and 18, which are responsible for about 70 percent of cervical cancer cases, and 6 and 11, which cause 90 percent of genital wart cases. </p> <p>Merck has said the vaccine has the potential to reduce the annual number of new cervical cancer cases around the world from 500,000 to about 150,000, and cut deaths by more than two-thirds, to about 90,000.</p> <p>At the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology earlier this month in Atlanta, scientists reported that the Gardasil vaccine was also 100 percent effective against vulvar and vaginal precancerous lesions caused by HPV types 16 and 18. </p> <p>Like many other vaccinations, Gardasil will require three shots over six months. Even with the vaccine, women would still need to be screened for cervical cancer caused by other types of HPV, experts noted. This is most often accomplished by having a Pap test, which is still a very accurate indicator of a woman\'s cervical condition. </p> <p>In fact, Schuchat stressed, the vaccine &quot;will not replace other prevention strategies, such as cervical cancer screening for women or protective sexual behaviors. Women should continue to get Pap tests as a safeguard against cervical cancer.&quot;</p> <p>It\'s unclear whether insurance providers will pay for the cost of the vaccine -- estimated to be $120 -- for children not covered under the Vaccines for Children Program.</p> <p> &quot;We are hopeful that managed care will pick this up,&quot; Schuchat said. &quot;Working on ensuring access is very important.&quot; </p> <p>More information</p> <p>Visit the <a href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/nip/recs/child-schedule.htm\" target=\"_new\">National Immunization Program</a> for more on childhood immunizations.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('552','4','	<p> <P>A federal advisory panel is recommending that a new <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_6x_FAQ_HPV_Vaccines.asp\">vaccine for human papilloma virus (HPV)</a> be routinely given to girls aged 11-12. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices also said the vaccine, called Gardasil, may be given to girls as young as 9, if doctors think it\'s necessary.</p> <P>Gardasil, made by Merck, was <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_HPV_Vaccine_Approved_Prevents_Cervical_Cancer.asp\">approved earlier this month</a> by the US Food and Drug Administration. It protects against 2 strains of HPV that are responsible for about 70% of cases of <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=&dt=8\">cervical cancer</a>, and also some cases of <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=&dt=55\">vaginal</a>, <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=&dt=45\">vulvar</a>, <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=&dt=35\">penile</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=&dt=47\">anal</a> cancers. The vaccine also targets 2 other HPV strains responsible for 90% of genital warts cases.</p> <P>The committee\'s action \"represents another critical step toward preventing cervical cancer and saving the lives of women in this country and around the world,\" said Debbie Saslow, PhD, director of breast and gynecologic cancers at the American Cancer Society. \"The Society encourages widespread vaccination to protect adolescent girls from the 2 most common cancer-causing types of HPV.\"</p> <div class=T8>Cancer Screening Still Important');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('553','4','	<p><p>FRIDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that rates of cancer and cancer-related death are especially high among survivors of the Holocaust in Israel.</p> <p>An Israeli research team found that Holocaust survivors who emigrated from Europe to Israel following World War II are at higher risk for cancer compared to European Jews who moved there before the war began.</p> <p>Much of the difference can be attributed to cancers found among the youngest Holocaust survivors. Specifically, male and female immigrants born in Europe between 1940 and 1945 faced the highest odds of developing breast or colorectal cancers, the researchers found.</p> <p>While the findings may have implications for survivors of mass atrocities in general, they are of immediate concern to the 238,600 Holocaust survivors still living in Israel, said study co-author Dr. Micha Barchana.</p> <p>&quot;The bad news is that Holocaust survivors are at a higher risk to get cancer, but the good news is that we can do something [about it],&quot; he said. &quot;We are focusing on the practical implementation of the research results: the need for survivors to participate in early-detection programs that are offered in Israel as well as in most modern countries, due to the finding that classifies them as a high-risk population,&quot; he explained.</p> <p>Barchana serves as the director of the National Cancer Registry in the Israeli Health Ministry and is also a senior lecturer in the school of public health at the University of Haifa in Israel.</p> <p>He and his colleagues presented their research earlier this year at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, held in Lyon, France. The work was funded by the Israel Cancer Society.</p> <p>Barchana\'s team reviewed records from the Israeli government\'s Central Bureau of Statistics to first draft a list of all Jewish immigrants to Israel born in Europe between 1920 and 1945.</p> <p>They then turned to the Israeli Health Ministry\'s National Cancer Registry to compile cancer incidence and death rates among these immigrants.</p> <p>The researchers found that those immigrants born between 1920 and 1945 who came to Israel between the end World War II and 1989 were at significantly higher risk for cancer than immigrants born between 1920 and 1939 who migrated to Israel before the onset of World War II.</p> <p>Barchana said his team does not know how many of the post-war European immigrants suffered through the experience of Nazi concentration camps or wartime Jewish ghettos. However, he said his team assumed that many or most did, and that, in any case, &quot;all the Jews in Europe at war time had gone through severe food deprivation and other stresses.&quot;</p> <p>Higher cancer risks seemed to linger for decades for this group, the researchers found. Male Holocaust survivors experienced a 14 percent higher cancer incidence rate than pre-war immigrants and were 2.4 times more likely to get cancer than their pre-war compatriots.</p> <p>Female Holocaust survivors had a 21 percent higher rate of cancer than pre-war immigrants and were 2.3 times more likely to have a cancer diagnosis than pre-war immigrants.</p> <p>Breaking down cancer incidence by specific diseases, the authors found that Holocaust survivors were at a significantly higher risk for lung cancer, Kaposi\'s sarcoma (a rare form of skin malignancy), and prostate cancer.</p> <p>Heightened risks for certain other cancers stood out. For example, male Holocaust survivors were nine times more likely to be diagnosed with cancer of the large intestine than pre-war immigrants. Female Holocaust survivors faced more than double the risk for cancer of the large intestine and a 50 percent higher risk of developing breast cancer, the study found.</p> <p>In addition, Barchana\'s team found that the younger the Holocaust survivor was during the war, the greater their risk for getting cancer. In fact, most of the increase in risk among Holocaust survivors was borne by those who were 14 years of age or younger during World War II.</p> <p>Barchana said that finding has been shown in other studies involving survivors of terrible events. &quot;Research on A-bomb survivors in Japan clearly shows that women that were at a young age are at higher risk of developing cancer later in life,&quot; he said. Similar data is emerging among those affected by the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident, Barchana added.</p> <p>Patients who had survived the Holocaust also had a tougher battle to fight off the disease once it was diagnosed, the researchers found. According to Barchana, that may be due to the fact that &quot;Holocaust survivors are being diagnosed at later stages compared to the control group.&quot;</p> <p>Five-year cancer survival rates were 5 percent to 13 percent lower among Holocaust survivors compared to other immigrants, regardless of sex or age.</p> <p>According to the researchers, the findings suggest that severe deprivation, from whatever cause, may weaken the body\'s long-term defenses against cancer. Inmates in the Nazi concentration camps suffered prolonged exposure to extreme poverty, food deprivation, over-crowding, harsh weather, physical abuse and mental stress.</p> <p>The authors called for Holocaust survivors and their families to be increasingly vigilant about cancer detection, particularly for breast and colorectal cancers, and to avail themselves of the free screenings for such diseases that are currently available in Israel.</p> <p>On a wider note, Barchana emphasized the role that food deprivation probably plays as a contributing factor to increased cancer risk.</p> <p>&quot;There has been some (prior) data on the possible role of malnutrition in breast cancer etiology,&quot; he remarked. &quot;This work completes this knowledge, and this aspect of the study should be further investigated,&quot; Barchana said.</p> <p>Dr. Michael Thun, vice president of epidemiology and surveillance research with the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, said the study was interesting and, in some ways, surprising.</p> <p>&quot;When one compares these results to studies of the Dutch Famine of 1944 to 1945, what they had found was that there was an increase in breast cancer risk, but they did not find the same increase in other cancers,&quot; Thun noted. &quot;So, in this study, it was surprising to me that there was an increase in risk in colorectal cancer and a range of different cancers,&quot; he said.</p> <p>&quot;But in the case of the Holocaust, people had so many terrible things happen that it\'s even more complex and dreadful than just the famine resulting from war,&quot; added Thun. &quot;So, I agree with the authors\' conclusions that closer screening of these people is warranted to detect cancers early,&quot; he said.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>For advice on cancer screening, visit the <a href=\" http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_2_3X_ACS_Cancer_Detection_Guidelines_36.asp?sitearea=PED\" target=\"_new\">American Cancer Society</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('554','4','	<p><p>WEDNESDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) -- Babies who are breast-fed for longer than three months are less likely to become bed-wetters, a new study suggests.</p> <p>&quot;Although this data is preliminary data, my advice [to mothers] would be to breast-feed their babies longer than three months for the developmental advantages this provides, and one of those may be protection against bed-wetting,&quot; said study author Dr. Joseph G. Barone, a pediatrics expert at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J.</p> <p>But another bed-wetting expert, Dr. Howard Bennett, a Washington, D.C., pediatrician, cautioned that the study findings, published in the July issue of the journal <i>Pediatrics</i>, are preliminary.</p> <p>&quot;I think it\'s a thought-provoking study, and it sets the stage for a further look. It is interesting to us as doctors but not quite ready for prime time,&quot; said Bennett, who wrote <i>Waking Up Dry: A Guide to Help Children Overcome Bedwetting</i> for the American Academy of Pediatrics.</p> <p>Barone, who acknowledged that the research is preliminary, explained how his team decided to study the possible link: &quot;There have been a lot of studies done looking at general child development and breast-feeding. And those have shown that children who are breast-fed have developmental advantages compared to children who are formula-fed,&quot; he said. Those gains include better vision and cognitive skills, Barone said, adding, &quot;Bed-wetting is associated with developmental delay.&quot;</p> <p>Barone\'s team looked at 5- to 13-year-olds -- 55 were or had been bed-wetters and 117 were not. The researchers asked the parents about breast-feeding history, family history of bed-wetting and other data. Among the 55 bed-wetters, 45.5 percent had been breast-fed. Among children who didn\'t wet the bed, 81.2 percent had been breast-fed.</p> <p>The researchers also found that children who didn\'t wet the bed had been breast-fed for a longer period than bed-wetters, an average of three months longer.</p> <p>When the researchers categorized the children based on duration of breast-feeding, they found that breast-feeding less than three months wasn\'t associated with a protective effect against bed-wetting.</p> <p>That finding meshes with other studies that revealed developmental advantages associated with breast-feeding longer than three months, Barone said.</p> <p>An estimated 40 percent of 3-year-olds wet the bed, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The exact causes aren\'t totally understood, but experts believe that, for some children, the bladder isn\'t developed enough to hold urine for a full night. Other children can\'t yet recognize when their bladder is full and don\'t wake up in time to relieve themselves.</p> <p> Family history also seems to play a big role, Bennett said. If two parents wet the bed as children, their child has a 77 percent chance of being a bed-wetter. If one parent did, the child has about a 43 percent chance. If neither parent did, there\'s only a 15 percent chance their child will have a bed-wetting problem, he said.</p> <p>And Bennett noted: &quot;It is much too early to add \'the prevention of bed-wetting\' is another reason why mothers should breast-feed their babies. Because of this study, mothers should not feel guilty they did not breast-feed or breast-feed long enough.&quot;</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>For more on bed-wetting, visit the <a href=\"http://www.aap.org/pubed/ZZZ30FMNH4C.htm\" target=\"_new\">American Academy of Pediatrics</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('555','4','	<p><!--Spanish ID:533635--> <p>WEDNESDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) -- Female survivors of childhood cancer are more likely to experience early menopause than other women, a U.S. study finds.</p> <p>Reporting in the July 5 issue of the <i>Journal of the National Cancer Institute</i>, researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City studied the incidence and risk factors for premature menopause in more than 2,800 women who were childhood cancer survivors. They then compared that data to information on premature menopause from 1,065 female siblings of childhood cancer survivors.</p> <p>Early menopause occurred in 126 childhood cancer survivors and in 33 of the siblings, the study found. Non-surgical, premature menopause was more common among childhood cancer survivors. The cumulative incidence of premature menopause was nearly 30 percent among cancer patients who\'d been treated with both abdominal-pelvic radiation and alkylating chemotherapy.</p> <p>The study concluded that age, radiation to the ovaries, a diagnosis of Hodgkin\'s lymphoma, and treatment with alkylating chemotherapy increased the risk of early menopause in childhood cancer survivors.</p> <p>&quot;The results of this study will facilitate counseling current survivors about their future risk of premature menopause and will aid in designing new regimens that seek to diminish late ovarian toxicity,&quot; the study authors wrote.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>The American Pregnancy Association has more about <a href=\"http://www.americanpregnancy.org/womenshealth/pof.htm\" target=\"_new\">premature menopause</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('556','5','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Low testosterone may be sign of severe illness</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Men with depleted hormone levels have higher death rate, study indicates</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>CHICAGO - Low levels of testosterone, the male sex hormone associated with virility and energy, may also indicate if a man will die soon, a study said on Monday.</p><p>Men in the lowest of three categories of testosterone levels were at least 68 percent more likely to die in the following 4-1/2 years than those in the \"normal\" category, the study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine said.</p><p>Out of a total of 858 military veterans aged 40 or older, 166 had below normal testosterone levels and 35 percent died during the study period. That compared to a 20 percent death rate for subjects with normal testosterone levels.</p><p>Levels of testosterone drop when serious illness strikes and recover when the illness passes, or do not rebound if health fails to improve, said study author Molly Shores of the University of Washington at Seattle.</p><p>The study said any impact on the study from men who supplemented their testosterone levels was likely minimal.</p><p>Cyclist Floyd Landis had a positive doping test for testosterone after a key stage of his Tour de France victory, though the 30-year-old has said the testing was flawed.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('557','5','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">How dads can cope when kids fly the coop</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>It\'s not just women who face empty nest syndrome, 8 tips for men to cope</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><div class=\"textMedBlackBold\" style=\"padding-top:10px;\">By By Susan Yara</div><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/home/index.html?partner=msnbc\"><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/home/index.html?partner=msnbc\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/Local/sourceForbes.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>Ellen Berman, a mother of two, had a challenge to face when her younger child went off to college. Not only did she have to deal with her own emotions about the children leaving home, she had to tackle similar feelings in her husband, Perry. </p><p>\"When my daughter left, I really missed her because we share a lot of girly interests, but she also did a lot of stuff with Perry that I wasn\'t interested in,\" the Philadelphia resident says. \"So each of us lost a friend.\" </p><p>Empty nest syndrome, the profound sadness that can come when children grow up and move out, is usually associated with mothers. But, men also experience grief when the last child departs - a problem that can be compounded by other issues. At the same time as kids leave home, careers tend to start leveling off. And suddenly, there is an abundance of time with the wife - which isn\'t always positive. </p><p></p><p><b><strong>Coping as a couple<br></strong></b>There are, however, ways to make the transition easier - and even enjoyable. Coping as a couple is not only more efficient than going it alone, doing so can help avert marriage problems down the line. Divorce rates tend to rise when children leave home, says Dr. Arthur Kovacs, a clinical psychologist in Santa Monica, Calif.</p><p>\"This is a time when the husband and wife need to draw closer if they can,\" he says. \"Men are horrible about telling their feelings, and they often get annoyed at their wives if they are talking about it, so they become quite insensitive. It\'s an unfortunate dynamic.\"</p><p>The Bermans were at an unusual advantage because both are practicing psychiatrists; she is a family psychiatrist and clinical professor at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Therefore, they were more prepared than most couples to begin restructuring their new life together and most importantly, to communicate. </p><p>\"It was interesting to figure out what we were going to do,\" Berman says. \"A couple really needs to talk about what the balance is between happy and sad, and what they want from their marriage.\" </p><p><b><strong>Crucial communication<br></strong></b>According to experts, communication is crucial during the beginning stages of empty nest, which usually lasts about six months. It is a time to hash out underlying issues in personal lives and relationships. Questions parents should ask include: Are there problems that haven\'t been addressed because of the children? Are the finances good? Do we want to spend more time together or even less?<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#FFFFFF\">&nbsp;From living alone to eating right</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a4abc1\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-right:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-bottom:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-left:solid 1px #a4abc1;background-color:#f3f3f6;\" bgcolor=\"#f3f3f6\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\"><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" ID=\"Table1\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font></td><td><font color=\"black\"><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/08/22/cx_sy_0823featslide.html\" target=\"_blank\">Slideshow: How dads cope with empty nest</a><br></font></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font></td><td><font color=\"black\"><strong><u>More from Forbes<br></u></strong><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/08/01/cx_sy_0802featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">The snacking survival guide</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/04/28/cx_vg_0501featslide2.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">15 ways to live longer</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/03/14/cx_sy_0315featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">The healthiest candies</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/03/07/cx_sy_0308featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">10 diets that work</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/02/22/cx_sy_0223featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Celebrity chefs\' healthiest meals</a></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>\"Couples sometimes have to renegotiate the marriage,\" says Dr. Kevin Kerber, a clinical psychiatrist and assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Michigan. \"For example, they may have had a good pattern that was relatively stable when the kids were around - everything from who cooked and cleaned to sexual frequency.\"</p><p>When faced with emotional pressure, it can be easy for men to turn to bad habits, like drinking. Needless to say, it\'s not a good idea. </p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/14518782/\">Vote: Dads, did your feel free or forlorn when your kids left home?</a></li><li><a href=\"http://boards.live.com/MSNBCboards/board.aspx?BoardID=777\" target=\"_blank\">Message board: Share your experiences</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>\"Men will do various things to deal,\" Kerber says. \"If they have a wandering eye, they might be more apt to have an affair. They are more prone to drinking more often, and other problematic behaviors. Men need to avoid them.\" </p><p><b><strong>Time to re-assess<br></strong></b>Fathers - and parents in general - should use the opportunity to re-assess their lives. Take advantage of the slowdown, rediscover marriage, concentrate on getting in shape or entertaining more. The possibilities are endless when you have less responsibility. </p><p>\"The whole fun of empty nesting is that you don\'t have to come home anymore,\" Berman says. \"You have kids because it\'s life giving, so you\'re happy and sad when they go.\" </p><p>And, she adds, don\'t worry - they end up coming home a lot more often than expected.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2007 Forbes.com</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('558','5','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Agent Orange study ends, no cancer link found</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>24-year Air Force investigation discovered more diabetes in those exposed</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>ROCKVILLE, Md. - The government is taking steps to preserve data and biological specimens from a quarter-century investigation into the effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans, having found an elevated risk for diabetes but no clear links to cancer from the soon-to-end study.</p><p>The independent Institute of Medicine concluded earlier this year that the material from the Air Force Health Study is valuable and should be preserved and made available to researchers and scientists. That sentiment was seconded Thursday by members of a government panel that has advised the Air Force throughout the study.</p><p>\"There is value in the material gathered, beyond what already has appeared in publications,\" said Dr. Michael Stoto, chairman of the Food and Drug Administration\'s advisory committee on the Air Force Health Study and a professor of health systems administration at Georgetown University.</p><p>The meeting was the committee\'s last. The $140 million health study meets its statutory end Sept. 30, at least partially closing another chapter on the war.</p><p>In its report stressing the inherent value of the study data and specimens, the Institute of Medicine recommended one of its agencies - the Medical Follow-up Agency - and research institutions in Boston and Seattle as possible custodians of the material.</p><p>Congress has designated the Medical Follow-up Agency as the future custodian of the material, and legislation authorizing the transfer from the Air Force is pending in the House and Senate.</p><p>Rick Weidman, executive director for policy and government affairs at the Vietnam Veterans of America, testified in favor of that agency being the one to oversee the material, citing lack of trust in the government.</p><p>\"We do believe firmly that they\'re fair, that they\'re honest, that they\'re institutions and individuals of unimpeachable integrity,\" Weidman said.</p><p><b><strong>Ties to diabetes, but not cancer<br></strong></b>The \"Ranch Hand\" study, begun in 1982 and named for the Agent Orange spraying operation in Vietnam, concludes Sept. 30 having found elevated risk of diabetes among \"Ranch Handers,\" but no clear link to cancer.</p><p>In March 2000, an Air Force study confirmed a connection between wartime exposure to Agent Orange and diabetes, a link that Vietnam vets had long suspected.</p><p>Air Force officials said the link was statistical and not proven conclusively. But the study found a 47 percent increase in diabetes among veterans with the highest levels of dioxin in their bloodstreams.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"http://boards.live.com/MSNBCboards/board.aspx?BoardID=777\">Message board: What do you think about the findings?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/11609834/\">1 in 10 Iraq vets suffer stress disorder</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>It did not, however, find any consistent evidence that Agent Orange is related to cancer.</p><p>The overall study involved about 3,000 people - about 1,000 \"Ranch Handers\" who handled the defoliant or came into contact with it, and about 2,000 other Air Force personnel not involved in the operation.</p><p><b><strong>11 million gallons sprayed in war<br></strong></b>The U.S. military sprayed some 11 million gallons of the defoliant over the leafy jungles of southern and central Vietnam from 1962 to 1971 in an effort to expose enemy supply lines, sanctuaries and bases.</p><p>Airmen were exposed to the sweet-smelling herbicide during spraying flights, while loading the chemical and while performing maintenance on the aircraft and the spraying equipment.</p><p>Agent Orange was named for the orange-striped barrels it was shipped in. It contains dioxin, a cancer-causing byproduct linked to medical ailments in U.S. war veterans and their Vietnamese counterparts.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i>Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('559','5','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Pill puts the brakes on common sex complaint</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Drug prolongs sex in study of men with premature ejaculation</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>LONDON - A drug designed to treat premature ejaculation works well and is safe, researchers said on Friday.</p><p>Dapoxetine, an antidepressant known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), is the first treatment specifically for premature ejaculation.</p><p>Premature ejaculation affects between 27 and 34 percent of all men, according the the American Urological Association.</p><p>In two trials involving 2,600 men with premature ejaculation, the treatment developed by drug maker Johnson &amp; Johnson\'s Alza Corporation unit was effective and delayed orgasm.</p><p>\"On-demand dapoxetine is an effective and generally well tolerated treatment for men with moderate-to-severe premature ejaculation,\" Dr. Jon Pryor, of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis who led the study, said a report in The Lancet medical journal.</p><p>Men in the studies received a placebo or the drug which they took one to three hours before having sex. After 12 weeks on the treatment there was a three- to four-fold increase in the time to ejaculation.</p><p>\"Dapoxetine also improved patients\' perceptions of control over ejaculation, satisfaction with sexual intercourse, and overall impression of change in conditions. Partners benefited through improved satisfaction with sexual intercourse,\" Pryor added.</p><p>Side effects of the drug included nausea, diarrhea, headache and dizziness.<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#FFFFFF\">&nbsp;MSNBC.com podcast</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a4abc1\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-right:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-bottom:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-left:solid 1px #a4abc1;background-color:#f3f3f6;\" bgcolor=\"#f3f3f6\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td><a href=\"/id/11025380/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/PROJECTS/TheBodyOdd/BodyOdd_BluFinal_noSiteLogo.thumb.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></td><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"15\"><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font></td><td><b><a href=\"/id/11025380/\">Listen now</a> <a href=\"http://podcast.msnbc.com/audio/podcast/pdm_bodyodd.xml\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Media/podcast/POD_icon_25x11a.gif\" height=\"11\" width=\"25\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"Right-click to copy the shortcut to this podcast, then paste into your podcast application\'s subscription menu\"></a></b></td></tr><tr><td><p class=\"textMed\">Got a weird medical question? Get an even weirder answer in our biweekly show.</p></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Last October, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve the drug. The company said it would continue to develop the treatment and would address questions raised by the FDA.</p><p>Premature ejaculation affects more men than erectile dysfunction, the condition that made Pfizer Inc.\'s impotence drug Viagra a blockbuster.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('560','5','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Man sues after sperm goes to wrong woman</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Woman who was artificially inseminated isn\'t saying whether she gave birth</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>PORTLAND, Ore. - A man who donated sperm so that his fiancee could be inseminated is suing an Oregon hospital that gave the sample to the wrong woman.</p><p>The man, identified in court papers only as \"M.H.\", is seeking $2 million from Oregon Health &amp; Sciences University. He also filed a separate lawsuit to determine whether a child was born.</p><p>The hospital acknowledges that the man\'s sperm was used to inseminate a woman he hadn\'t intended it for.</p><p>\"OHSU is deeply sorry for this situation,\" said Barbara Glidewell, the hospital\'s patient advocate and ethicist. \"Health care providers are human and error is inevitable.\"</p><p>The hospital, whose fertility clinic performs about 1,000 inseminations a year, said new safeguards have been implemented.</p><p>In September 2005 the man\'s sample was given to a woman, identified only as \"Jane Doe,\" who had been trying for years with her husband to start a family. The couple paid $515 for sperm from an anonymous donor, according to court documents.</p><p>Jane Doe\'s husband stated that after the insemination procedure doctors told the couple of the mistake and that \"we had to return to the hospital so that my wife could be given some medicine to make sure she did not become pregnant,\" according to documents.</p><p>He said that he and his wife \"were not permitted to leave OHSU\'s fertility clinic until my wife swallowed the medicine under the watchful eye of a nurse,\" the documents said. He also said the OHSU fertility clinic offered a free abortion if she became pregnant \"and two free artificial inseminations\" if she didn\'t.</p><p>Hospital spokeswoman Kathleen McFall said she could not comment on those allegations.</p><p>Jane Paulson, an attorney for M.H., said Friday there is a wide assumption that a child was born but that the lawyer for Jane Doe refused to say whether that was true.</p><p>Jane Doe\'s husband said in a court document he and his wife are not interested in any financial support M.H. might have to offer: \"We only want M.H and his \'partner\' to leave us alone.\"</p><p>M.H.\'s lawsuit seeking to find out if Jane Doe gave birth to his child is scheduled to go to court in Portland on Monday. Paulson said the lawsuit seeking damages from the hospital could be a year or more away from trial.</p><p>The insemination mistake was first reported Friday in The Oregonian.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('561','5','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Don\'t call it male menopause</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>As men age, their hormone levels change, too</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/home/index.html?partner=msnbc\"><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/home/index.html?partner=msnbc\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/Local/sourceForbes.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>As men start to age, their bodies also start to undergo major changes. They don\'t get hot flashes, but they do experience hormonal, physiological and chemical shifts that can affect many aspects of their lives. What is this phenomenon that occurs in men starting in their 40s? </p><p>You can call it aging; just don\'t call it male menopause. </p><p>\"It\'s a bit of a misnomer,\" says Dr. Christopher Saigal, an assistant professor of urology at UCLA. \"I prefer to call it ADAM--Androgen Deficiency of the Aging Male. It best reflects what is going on.\"</p><p>Just like women, men experience a decrease in hormone levels as they age. It simply isn\'t in the same way. Saigal says that starting at age 30, men start to lose about one percent of testosterone a year. It\'s a gradual decline, whereas women experience a dramatic drop in estrogen when they go through menopause. </p><p>\"The term has a popular appeal because everyone knows it in women, but it\'s different,\" he says. </p><p>But that doesn\'t mean men should ignore the changes </p><p>\"It\'s slow and subtle, so they might not recognize it,\" says Dr. Elliot Jacobs, a plastic surgeon in Manhattan who addresses the topic of low testosterone in his book <em>Man Talk</em>. \"Men are usually less willing to go for routine medical checkups than women, but they should be getting tested for their hormone levels just like they get a PSA test [for prostate cancer].\"</p><p>Every man is affected differently, but those who do have significantly low levels of testosterone may start to notice a decrease in sex drive, a tendency to be grumpy or sad, or tiredness. Worse, they may feel depressed or anxious, which may lead doctors to prescribe antidepressants rather than administering medically approved testosterone replacement. </p><p><b><strong>\'Huge placebo effect\'</strong></b><br>As awareness increases, men are starting to inquire about treatment more often, and doctors are addressing the condition more. In fact, Saigal says, between 1999 and 2002, prescriptions tripled for testosterone products such as gels, patches or injectables. But the treatment is not a cure-all: Saigal says it\'s just unclear whether all those treatments are actually helping. </p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#FFFFFF\">&nbsp;From empty nests to skin care</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a4abc1\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-right:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-bottom:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-left:solid 1px #a4abc1;background-color:#f3f3f6;\" bgcolor=\"#f3f3f6\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\"><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table><tr><td><p class=\"textMed\"><strong><u>More from Forbes<br></u></strong><strong><u><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/09/12/cx_sy_0913featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><u><br></u></strong></a></u></strong><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/08/22/cx_sy_0823featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">How men tackle empty nest syndrome</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/09/12/cx_sy_0913featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">10 things to know about prostate cancer</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/01/24/cx_sy_0125featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">How men get fat</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/health/2005/10/05/cz_af_1005healthslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Is sex necessary?</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/01/10/cx_sy_0111featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Cold-weather skin care</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/09/26/life_health_cx_sy_0927featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Top men\'s skin care products</a><br></p></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>\"Not all men with borderline testosterone need treatment, but some experience something similar to having a disease, so the treatment for them has a huge placebo effect,\" he says. </p><p>Testosterone supplements have been shown to have both positive and negative side effects. The positive benefits are that it makes a man\'s bones stronger and less prone to osteoporosis or bone fractures. Testosterone has also been shown to improve a man\'s cardiovascular health.</p><p>On the negative side, experts say they do not know the long-term consequences of testosterone replacement. One of the main concerns is the effect it may have on the prostate, because testosterone can enlarge it. Increased testosterone also can cause blood clots and liver dysfunction. Jacobs says another problem is that it can lead to hair loss, and in the rare circumstance the testosterone can be partially changed to estrogen, which causes breast growth. </p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/14485777/\">Men feel the pressure for a perfect body, too</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/14717055/\">Drug helps stop premature ejaculation</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>\"If a man doesn\'t see a difference in how he feels within a few months, then he should get off of it,\" says Saigal. \"It will take some time to figure out who are the real men who need to be treated for it.\" </p><p>In the meantime, experts say, it\'s best to see a doctor who can administer the proper amounts of testosterone. They also recommend that men do not try to supplement themselves, whether it is for treating low levels of testosterone or for activities such as weightlifting. Excessive amounts of testosterone can affect fertility, shrink testicles, cause manic anger and stunt growth. </p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2007 Forbes.com</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('562','5','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Guys have body issues, too</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Hunky media images have negative effects on men, spark reckless behavior</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061006/061006_bodyImage_vmed_4p.vmedium.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"Image: Matthew McConaughey\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">Gustavo Caballero / Getty Images</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"-1\">Matthew McConaughey\'s chiseled,?airless bod has some guys hitting the gym and the waxing clinic.</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>NEW YORK - That guy in the Abercrombie &amp; Fitch ad doesn\'t have a head, but does it really matter? His upper body is as sculpted as Michelangelo\'s David - all chiseled muscle, washboard abs and not a follicle of chest hair.</p><p>You don\'t just see him in the provocative ads for Abercrombie, the youth-oriented clothing chain: On billboards and in magazines everywhere, it seems, there\'s a male Adonis - buff, sleek, hairless. Like that famous 500-year-old statue, it\'s nice to look at. But how does it make the average guy feel?</p><p>Maybe not so great. With all the attention these days on the effect paper-thin models and actresses can have on girls and women, it\'s worth noting that men can suffer from body image problems, too.</p><p>\"Body image is not just a concern for women,\" says researcher Deborah Schooler, who\'s looked into the adverse effects such media images can have on male self-esteem. \"It affects men, too, and it demands attention.\"</p><p>In the past, research has understandably focused mostly on women, and the dangerous eating disorders that can stem from body-related emotional issues. And when looking at men, researchers asked the wrong questions, Schooler argues.</p><p><b><strong>Stinky, hairy worries<br></strong></b>\"Asking men about just weight or size misses the boat,\" Schooler, a research associate at Brown University, said in a telephone interview. What men are more concerned about, she says, are other \"real-body\" factors, like sweat, body hair and body odor.</p><p>In a study published last spring and recently featured in Seed magazine, Schooler, then at San Francisco State University, and a colleague looked at 184 male college students. The more media these young men \"consumed\" - especially music videos and prime-time TV - the worse they felt about those \"real\" aspects of their bodies, the researchers found.</p><p>Further, they found that such negative feelings impacted their sexual well-being, in some cases leading to more aggressive and risky sexual behavior. (The study appeared in the journal Psychology of Men and Masculinity.)</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Take the Men\'s Health magazine survey</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"http://survey1.rodale.com/rodale-2way-v56/2wOL4A/2WAY.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hey, guys, what are your top goals for 2007?</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Does all this mean it\'s unhealthy for \"Average Joes,\" as the researchers titled their study, to aspire to the lean, muscular body idealized by Michelangelo and Abercrombie alike? One prominent promoter of men\'s fitness argues no - unless, of course, it\'s an obsession.</p><p>\"What\'s good about that image is that it\'s the picture of health,\" says David Zinczenko, editor of Men\'s Health magazine and a best-selling diet author. \"With diabetes rates skyrocketing over the past 70 years, a little more \'lean\' wouldn\'t hurt us.\"</p><p>Zinczenko points to all the role models with healthy and realistic bodies that have graced magazine covers: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Tom Cruise, Hugh Jackman.</p><p><b><strong>Rugged vs. smooth<br></strong></b>Indeed, the very concept of the male ideal appears to change with the seasons. \"We seem to go from rugged to smooth, rugged to smooth,\" says the longtime fitness personality Richard Simmons, of \"Sweatin\' to the Oldies\" fame. \"You\'re either the Marlboro Man or you\'re the Surfer Boy. You\'re a cowboy, or you\'re a lean, mean swimming machine.\"</p><p>Body image, says Simmons, who now has a show on satellite radio, \"is a very personal, private thing for guys - something they don\'t want to talk about.\" But make no mistake, he says: \"Getting into a pair of jeans is just as important for a man as a woman. He wants to look good.\"</p><p>Years ago, Simmons says, when he was overweight, he would turn off the TV when he saw the ultrafit exercise guru Jack LaLanne, because it depressed him. Now, he says, at age 58, 148 pounds and \"cute as a button,\" he spends his time trying to convince people to appreciate the bodies they have.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15161029/\">Men vs. Women: What body part do you fret about?</a></li><li><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/board.aspx?BoardID=777\">Men\'s Health Message Board: Talk man-to-man</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15098830/\">Sexploration: Why beauty is in the eye of the beholder</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>However complicated body-image issues are for men, it seems they will always be more fraught for women.</p><p>\"For boys and men, engaging with these media images is more of a choice,\" says Deborah Tolman of the Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality in San Francisco. \"There\'s just not the same requirement for a man in our society to look a particular way. As a man, you can look terrible and still be very well respected.\"</p><p>As a girl, \"you can be the best debater at school,\" Tolman says. \"But if you\'re fat, you don\'t get people\'s admiration, despite your skill. That\'s not true with boys.\"</p><p>And what of LaLanne, now 92, who so depressed the young Simmons decades ago that he turned off the TV?</p><p>Of the incessant media images, the still-avid exerciser says, \"Maybe at least that\'ll get \'em out doing something!\" Aspiring to today\'s ideal body is fine, he says, as long as it\'s what you want. He deplores, though, the overly muscular type that \"looks like they use steroids. Once you start fooling with Mother Nature, you\'re in trouble.\"</p><p>As for his own image issues, LaLanne, who still works out two hours every morning, says they\'re soley focused on sticking around a while longer.</p><p>\"I can\'t afford to die,\" LaLanne explains. \"It would wreck my image.\"</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('563','5','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Lack of testosterone due to age can lead to falls</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Low levels of the hormone can impair vision, coordination, report finds</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>CHICAGO - Men 65 and beyond with low testosterone tend to fall more often than older men with higher levels of the sex hormone, according to a study published on Monday.</p><p>It may be that low levels of the hormone impair vision, thinking processes or coordination, said the report from Oregon Health &amp; Science University in Portland.</p><p>\"Like women on hormone replacement therapy, many older men are turning to testosterone therapy to regain some of what has been lost physically and mentally in the aging process,\" said Dr. Eric Orwoll, a professor of medicine at the school.</p><p>\"These results validate the need for more research on this trend in treatment for men in the advanced years of life,\" he added.</p><p>The study involved 2,587 men aged 65 to 99 starting in 2000 and continuing to March of 2005. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('564','5','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Blue-eyed men prefer blue-eyed women </font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Specific physical trait reveals paternity of children, researchers say</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>OSLO - Blue-eyed men prefer blue-eyed women, apparently because eye color can help reveal whether their partner has been faithful, researchers said on Monday.</p><p>\"Before you request a paternity test, spend a few minutes looking at your child\'s eye color,\" Bruno Laeng and colleagues at the University of Tromso in Norway said in the study.</p><p>Under the laws of genetics, two parents with blue eyes will always have blue-eyed children, it said. So a blue-eyed man can know his blue-eyed wife or partner has cheated on him if their child has brown eyes.</p><p>\"Blue-eyed men may have unconsciously learned to value a physical trait that can facilitate recognition of own kin,\" the scientists said in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.</p><p>The scientists asked 88 students to rate the attractiveness of models based on pictures manipulated so that half of them had blue eyes and the other half had brown eyes. The blue-eyed men in the group showed a preference for blue-eyed women.</p><p>But brown-eyed men, who cannot find any clues about paternity from a child\'s eye color, had no preferences by eye color. Women showed no preference for brown- or blue-eyed men, irrespective of their own eye color.</p><p>A quarter of children born to two brown-eyed parents who have both brown and blue-eye genes among their ancestors will have blue eyes. The rest will be brown.</p><p>In a second study, 443 young adults of both sexes were asked about the eye color of their partners - blue-eyed men were also the group with the highest proportion of partners with the same eye color.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('565','5','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Guys, eat fruits and veggies to improve fertility</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Men who don\'t get enough produce have lower sperm motility, study says</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><div class=\"textMedBlackBold\" style=\"padding-top:10px;\">Jacqueline Stenson</div><div class=\"textMedBlack\">Contributing editor</div><div class=\"textMedBlack\">MSNBC</div><p></p></font><p>NEW ORLEANS - <table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"102\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/i/msnbc/Test-Dev/donna/msnbc10/Launch%20images/byline_msnbc.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"100\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#000000\"></b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#666666\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #666666;border-bottom:solid 1px #666666;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Bylines/mugs/MSNBC%20Interactive/msnbc_stenson_jackie.thumb.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><font color=\"black\"><b>Jacqueline Stenson</b></font></td></tr><tr><td><font class=\"credit\">Contributing editor</font></td></tr><tr><td><hr size=\"1\" width=\"85%\" color=\"#cccccc\" noshade=\"1\" align=\"center\"></td></tr><tr><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font color=\"black\"><a href=\"/id/10913169/\">Profile</a></font></td></tr><tr><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font color=\"black\"><script language=\"javascript\">document.write(\'<a href=\"mailto:\'+\'JacquelineStenson\'+\'@\'+\'FEEDBACK.MSNBC.COM\">\')</script>E-mail<script language=\"javascript\">document.write(\'</a>\');</script></font></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>Men hoping to boost their fertility may want to eat more fruits and veggies, new research suggests.</p><p>The more produce a man consumed, the less sluggish his sperm, researchers reported at a meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.</p><p>Forty-eight infertile men and 10 fertile men who had fathered children in the last year completed questionnaires about their diets. Results showed that 83 percent of the infertile men had a low intake of fruits and veggies, defined as fewer than five servings a day, compared with 40 percent of the fertile men.</p><p>And overall, men who ate the fewest fruits and veggies had the lowest sperm motility.</p><p>\"We think that sperm quality is affected by dietary antioxidant intake,\" said study author Dr. Vivian Lewis, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y.</p><p>Antioxidants, like those found in fruits and vegetables, may help prevent damage to sperm that causes them to become sluggish and lose the ability to fertilize an egg, she said.</p><p>In particular, the antioxidants glutathione and cryptoxanthin, which are prevalent in brightly colored produce such as leafy greens, tomatoes, peppers and oranges, were associated with strong, healthy sperm, Lewis said.<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#FFFFFF\">&nbsp;More fertility news from MSN Health</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a4abc1\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-right:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-bottom:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-left:solid 1px #a4abc1;background-color:#f3f3f6;\" bgcolor=\"#f3f3f6\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\"><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" ID=\"Table1\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font></td><td><font color=\"black\"><a href=\"http://health.msn.com/centers/mensexualhealth/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100104719\" target=\"_blank\">Introduction to male fertility</a></font></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font></td><td><font color=\"black\"><a href=\"http://health.msn.com/centers/mensexualhealth/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100057226\" target=\"_blank\">Should I be tested for infertility?</a></font></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font></td><td><font color=\"black\"><a href=\"http://health.msn.com/centers/mensexualhealth/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100067122\" target=\"_blank\">Causes of male infertility</a></font></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font></td><td><font color=\"black\"><a href=\"http://health.msn.com/centers/mensexualhealth/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100080296\" target=\"_blank\">Sperm penetration test overview</a></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>She recommended that men hoping to father children eat \"a variety of fruits and vegetables, at least five servings a day.\"</p><p>Dr. Rebecca Sokol, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, who was not affiliated with the study, said it\'s prudent for men trying to impregnate their partners to improve their diets. It could potentially help their sperm, and it certainly helps their overall health, she said.</p><p>Men also should avoid prolonged soaks in the hot tub and smoking cigarettes and marijuana, all of which may damage sperm, she said.</p><p><b><strong>Hang up the phone?</strong></b><br>Another study presented at the conference linked cell phone use with impaired sperm, but the researchers and other experts said the study is too preliminary to advise hopeful dads-to-be to cut back on their talk time.</p><p>\"You can only say there\'s a suggestion of an association,\" said Sokol. \"You certainly can\'t conclude that it causes infertility.\"</p><p>In the study of 361 men undergoing evaluation for infertility, researchers found that the more time men spent on their cell phones each day, the unhealthier their sperm. For instance, men who spent more than four hours a day on their cell phones had lower sperm counts, less motile sperm and more irregularly shaped sperm than men who didn\'t use cell phones. The differences ranged from about 30 to 50 percent.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/13803756/\">Lab sperm could help treat male infertility</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15198199/\">Rrrowwr! Ovulating women dress to impress</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15388758/\">Veggies help keep older brains sharp</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Electromagnetic fields given off by cell phones could potentially impair sperm, said study author Ashok Agarwal, director of andrology at the Glickman Urological Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.</p><p>But he noted that his team did not account for the use of laptop computers, PDAs and other devices that also have EMFs, and more studies are needed.</p><p>Joseph Farren, a spokesperson for CTIA-The Wireless Association, which represents the cell phone industry, disputed the findings.</p><p>\"One study, as the researchers note, does not provide evidence of a reduction in sperm quality,\" he said.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 MSNBC Interactive</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('566','5','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Scientists develop male birth control pill</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Single dose, hormone-free drug prevents ejaculation of sperm</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img src=\"/images/icons/video.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"14\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#ffffff\">NBC VIDEO</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"1\" style=\"border:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#eeeeee;background-image:url(\'/images/backgrounds/component_grey.gif\');\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#cccccc\" background=\"/images/backgrounds/component_dkgrey.gif\" width=\"100%\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><a href=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'db877f6e-8bc6-4478-b2a7-4a0983618ea2\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'15931676\',\'U.K. scientists develop The Pill for men\')\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/061128/tdy_friesen_pill_061128.300w.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><div class=\"scalAd\"><input type=\"button\" class=\"mbox w77\" value=\"Launch\" title=\"Launch\" onmouseover=\"swapbtn(this, 1)\" onmouseout=\"swapbtn(this, 0)\" onclick=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'db877f6e-8bc6-4478-b2a7-4a0983618ea2\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'15931676\',\'U.K. scientists develop The Pill for men\')\"></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font class=\"textMedBlackBold\"><a href=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'db877f6e-8bc6-4478-b2a7-4a0983618ea2\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'15931676\',\'U.K. scientists develop The Pill for men\')\">U.K. scientists develop The Pill for men</a></font><br><font color=\"black\">Nov. 28: British scientists have developed a single-dose male contraceptive pill that can be taken just before a date. They say it does not cause any side effects. NBC\'s Dawna Friesen reports.</font><p class=\"credit\">Today show</p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">Today show</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><div class=\"textMedBlackBold\" style=\"padding-top:10px;\"><script>document.write(\"<a href=\'&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;:\"+\"janeweaver\"+\"&#64;\"+\"FEEDBACK.MSNBC.COM\'>\");</script>Jane Weaver<script>document.write(\'</a>\');</script></div><div class=\"textMedBlack\">Health editor</div><div class=\"textMedBlack\">MSNBC</div><p></p></font><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"102\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/i/msnbc/Test-Dev/donna/msnbc10/Launch%20images/byline_msnbc.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"100\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#000000\"></b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#666666\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #666666;border-bottom:solid 1px #666666;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Bylines/mugs/MSNBC%20Interactive/msnbc_weaver_jane_2.thumb.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><font color=\"black\"><b>Jane Weaver</b></font></td></tr><tr><td><font class=\"credit\">Health editor</font></td></tr><tr><td><hr size=\"1\" width=\"85%\" color=\"#cccccc\" noshade=\"1\" align=\"center\"></td></tr><tr><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font color=\"black\"><a href=\"/id/10913366/\">Profile</a></font></td></tr><tr><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font color=\"black\"><script language=\"javascript\">document.write(\'<a href=\"mailto:\'+\'JANEWEAVER\'+\'@\'+\'FEEDBACK.MSNBC.COM\">\')</script>E-mail<script language=\"javascript\">document.write(\'</a>\');</script></font></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>When it comes to birth control, it may finally be the guy\'s turn. </p><p>British scientists are developing a male birth control pill that could put a smile on the faces of a lot of women, according to a report by NBC\'s Dawn Friesen on \"Today\" Tuesday. The hormone-free pill, which prevents the ejaculation of sperm, could be on the market in five years. </p><p>The pill, a single dose taken a few hours before having sex, affects contraction of the muscles that control ejaculation, but wouldn\'t interfere with performance or orgasm sensation, researchers at King\'s College London say. The result is a dry ejaculation.</p><p>\"It\'s not stopping sperm production,\" Dr. Christopher Smith told NBC News. \"It\'s not a hormonal method. It\'s just simply stopping the muscle which takes the sperm along.\" </p><p>The scientists found the solution after noticing that drugs used in the treatment of schizophrenia and high blood pressure were effective at preventing ejaculation, according to a report in the British newspaper \"The Guardian Unlimited.\" </p><p>The pill would be more user-friendly than other male contraceptive methods such as vasectomy, injections or implants, researchers told NBC.?</p><p>\"Within half a day, the sperm is on the move again,\" says Smith.</p><p>If the pill passes clinical trial, it could be a significant benefit for people who are anxious about long-term effects from hormones.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15941051/\">Vote: Guys, would you take it? Women, would give up control?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15937201/\">Fruits, veggies may affect male fertility</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>But if men can\'t remember to take out the garbage, will they remember to take the birth control pill? Moreover, some men, worried that it could damage their virility, may object to taking any kind of pill.</p><p>\"We know from international research that men want to take part in fertility control,\" Rebecca Findlay from the London Family Planning Association told NBC. \"It could be quite liberating for couples.</p><p>The pill would not prevent sexually transmitted diseases, she said.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 MSNBC Interactive</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('567','5','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Circumcision cuts STD risk, major study shows</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>25-year study finds substantial benefit to controversial procedure</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>Circumcised males are less likely than their uncircumcised peers to acquire a sexually transmitted infection, the findings of a 25-year study suggest.</p><p>According to the report in the November issue of Pediatrics, circumcision may reduce the risk of acquiring and spreading such infections by up to 50 percent, which suggests \"substantial benefits\" for routine neonatal circumcision.</p><p>The current study is just one of many that have looked at this controversial topic. While most research has found that circumcision reduces the rates of HIV (the virus that causes AIDS), syphilis and genital ulcers, the results are more mixed for other STDs.</p><p>The American Academy of Pediatrics has called the evidence \"complex and conflicting,\" and therefore concludes that, at present, the evidence is insufficient to support routine neonatal circumcision.</p><p>In the current study, the researchers analyzed data collected for the Christchurch Health and Development Study, which included a large birth cohort of children from New Zealand. Males were divided into two groups based on circumcision status before 15 years of age. The presence of a sexually transmitted infection between 18 and 25 years of age was determined by questionnaire.</p><p>The 356 uncircumcised boys had a 2.66-fold increased risk of sexually transmitted infection compared with the 154 circumcised boys, lead author Dr. David M. Fergusson and colleagues, from the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences report.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15389873/\">Guys, eat fruits, veggies to boost fertility</a><li xmlns:control=\"control\">\n<a href=\"/id/15499211/\">Can you build a brainier baby?</a>\n</li>\n</li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Moreover, this elevated risk was largely unchanged after accounting for potential confounders, such as number of sexual partners and unprotected sex.</p><p>The authors estimate that had routine neonatal circumcision been in place, the rate of sexually transmitted infections in the current cohort would have been reduced by roughly 48 percent.</p><p>This analysis shows that the benefits of circumcision for reducing the risk of sexually transmitted infection \"may be substantial,\" the authors conclude. \"The public health issues raised by these findings clearly involve weighing the longer-term benefits of routine neonatal circumcision in terms of reducing risks of infection within the population, against the perceived costs of the procedure,\" they add.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i>(c) Reuters 2006. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('568','5','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">9 most popular plastic surgery fixes for men</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Chin tucks and calf implants? More guys getting \'a little work\' done</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><div class=\"textMedBlackBold\" style=\"padding-top:10px;\">By Allison Van Dusen</div><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/home/index.html?partner=msnbc\"><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/home/index.html?partner=msnbc\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/Local/sourceForbes.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>Bruce Hildebrand, 60, was working for the U.S. Department of Defense in 2001 when his wife noticed a crease between his eyes that made him look \"angry.\" </p><p>He got even with his wrinkles - the following year, he went to a plastic surgeon to get the first of six Botox injections. </p><p>\"I think I felt more confident after I had it done,\" says Hildebrand, who is now retired and about to have a face-lift. \"If there\'s a nice way to remedy the effects of aging, then I say, \'Why not?\' \"</p><p>They\'re exercising, they\'ve quit smoking and they\'re eating more healthy foods. But men who end up in the plastic surgeon\'s chair often say they don\'t think they look as good as they feel, according to doctors. Some patients are fresh off a divorce or looking for a competitive edge in an office full of young bucks. Others are inspired by wives who have had successful procedures - or are kind enough to ask why their husbands\' once-smooth brows now appear permanently furrowed. </p><p>From 2000 to 2005, there was a whopping 44 percent increase in minimally invasive cosmetic procedures among men, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. While the jump in demand isn\'t unique to the gender, doctors say it speaks to many men\'s desire to boost their looks - often through quickie treatments that don\'t cause a lot of bruising or require lengthy recovery times.</p><p>\"Men want to know, \'When am I going to be really ready to go back to the office?\' \" says Dr. Richard D\'Amico, president elect of the ASPS and a plastic surgeon in private practice in Englewood, N.J. <table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#FFFFFF\">&nbsp;From plastic surgery to living longer</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a4abc1\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-right:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-bottom:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-left:solid 1px #a4abc1;background-color:#f3f3f6;\" bgcolor=\"#f3f3f6\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\"><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table><tr><td><p class=\"textMed\"><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/10/31/forbeslife_health_cx_avd_1101featslides.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Slideshow: 9 top plastic surgeries for men</a></p><p class=\"textMed\"><strong><u>More from Forbes<br></u></strong><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/04/28/cx_vg_0501featslide2.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">How to live to 100</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/10/02/biz-cx_tvr_1002addiction_slide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Most expensive addictions</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/07/06/cx_sy_0707featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Tips on skin cancer prevention<br></a><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/10/24/life_health_cx_ad_1025featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">Easy ways to ease up on your body</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/09/12/cx_sy_0913featslide.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">10 things to know about prostate cancer</a></p></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p><b><strong>Top three most popular procedures<br></strong></b>For many of those patients, that means getting minimally invasive cosmetic procedures such as Botox, microdermabrasion or laser hair removal, the top three most popular among males last year. (For the rest of the Forbes list, <a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2006/10/31/forbeslife_health_cx_avd_1101featslides.html?partner=msnbc\" target=\"_blank\">view the slideshow.</a>)</p><p>Among cosmetic procedures, figures from the ASPS show that the number of Botox treatments increased 233 percent from 2000 to 2005 among men, with an estimated 313,519 injections of toxin. Dr. David McDaniel, Virginia-based director of the Institute of Anti-Aging Research, credits the mainstream acceptance of Botox and the fact that more doctors have mastery of the technique, making patients look less frozen and more natural. </p><p>\"As a guy in the public eye you want people to think you look really good, really rested, like you\'re eating all your fruits and veggies,\" McDaniel says. \"You don\'t want people to think, \'I wonder who did his Botox?\' \" </p><p><b><strong>Liposuction on the rise</strong></b><br>Despite the rise of in-and-out procedures, cosmetic surgical procedures such as nose reshaping, hair transplantation and liposuction also remain popular among men. Men\'s liposuction, which involves the removal of excess fat through a suctioning device, went up 10 percent from 2004 to 2005, based on ASPS figures. The typical male request involves the lower back, upper flanks and abdomen, otherwise known as the \"spare tire,\" D\'Amico says. </p><p>\"These are not lazy, obese people,\" D\'Amico says. \"We\'re talking about people out there dieting and exercising but there are limits to what we can achieve with that. This is a reward for all that hard work.\"</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?ThreadID=120685\">Discuss: Guys, would you have work done?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15593753/\">Circumcision appears to reduce STDs</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15160230/\">Guys have body issues, too</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Removal of fat from under the chin, which can leave a tell-tale oily spot on a man\'s tie knot, is becoming more common, too, says Dr. Darrick Antell, a New York-based plastic surgeon and a spokesman for the ASPS.</p><p>Looking to the future, doctors say they expect tummy tucks and body lifts to show dramatic growth due to the popularity of gastric bypass surgery. Patients can lose hefty amounts of weight following the surgery, leaving them with unattractive, baggy folds of skin.</p><p>Though minimally invasive procedures are up for men, the number of women who pay visits to the plastic surgeon is still far greater. Dr. J. David Holcomb, president of the Florida Society of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, guesses that if as many men begin having different procedures done as women there aren\'t currently enough doctors to handle the patient load.</p><p>\"They\'re the biggest untapped market,\" he says.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2007 Forbes.com</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('569','5','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Daily drink may help men\'s high blood pressure</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Moderate alcohol use again linked to reduced chance of heart attack</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>WASHINGTON - Men with high blood pressure are usually advised to avoid alcohol, but U.S. and Dutch researchers said on Tuesday that a drink or two every day may reduce their chances of a heart attack.</p><p>The study of 11,000 men supports other research that shows small-to-moderate amounts of alcohol can lower the risk of heart disease, by increasing the levels of high density lipoprotein, or \"good\" cholesterol, and by making blood less likely to clot.</p><p>Drinkers in general have a bigger risk of high blood pressure, and heavy drinking raises the risk of early death overall, including from heart disease. But many studies have shown that moderate drinkers may be healthier.</p><p>The team at the Harvard School of Public Health, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Wageningen University in the Netherlands wanted to see if men with high blood pressure, who are generally advised not to drink, might safely enjoy a little wine, beer or spirits.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/15967818/\">Why red wine may be good for your heart</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>They analyzed data from 11,711 health professionals taking part in a long-term survey between 1986 and 2002.</p><p>The men who had one or two drinks a day had lower rates of fatal and nonfatal heart attacks than the others. But their overall death rate was not lower.</p><p><b><strong>Don\'t overindulge</strong></b><br>Men who had three drinks or more a day on average were not protected.</p><p>\"Men diagnosed with hypertension probably get a lot of advice on how to change their lifestyle, physical activity and diet,\" said Joline Beulens, who led the study. \"This study indicates that if they drink alcohol in moderation they may not need to change their drinking habits.\"</p><p>Beulens, visiting Harvard from Wageningen, said two drinks appear to be the limit -- something found in other studies. \"So our findings are not a license for men with hypertension to overindulge,\" she added in a statement.</p><p>\"Because excess alcohol intake clearly increases blood pressure, many men with hypertension are counseled not to drink, but our results suggest that may not be necessary if men drink safely and responsibly.\"</p><p>Writing in Tuesday\'s issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, the researchers noted that they only studied male health care professionals, so it is not clear whether the findings apply to women or men in different occupations.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('570','5','	<p><p>WEDNESDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- New animal research suggests that a naturally produced estrogen hormone known as estradiol might help protect against diabetes by preventing the death of pancreatic cells critical to the production of insulin.</p> <p>The findings are based on work with mice and have not yet been tried in a human trial.</p> <p>&quot;This is the first study that shows that the female hormone estrodial is important to ensuring pancreatic beta-cell survival in both females and males,&quot; said study co-author Dr. Franck Mauvais-Jarvis. He is an assistant professor with the department of molecular and cellular biology and the department of medicine in the division of diabetes, endocrinology &amp; metabolism at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.</p> <p>Almost 21 million Americans are currently living with diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association.</p> <p>Most people with diabetes have what\'s known as the type 2 form of the disease, which results from the body\'s inability to properly use the naturally produced hormone insulin to regulate blood sugar levels by processing sugars into energy.</p> <p>However, between 5 percent and 10 percent of diabetics have a version of the disease known as type 1 diabetes, in which the body doesn\'t produce any insulin.</p> <p>Focusing on type 1 diabetes, Mauvais-Jarvis and his colleagues noted that the body\'s inability to produce insulin is driven by the death of insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells.</p> <p>In an attempt to isolate estradiol\'s potential impact on pancreatic beta-cell destruction, the researchers worked with both male and female mice that were either unable to produce estradiol, lacked an estrogen receptor needed for normal estradiol functioning, or were given a compound that prevented the estrogen receptors from working.</p> <p>Reporting in this week\'s issue of the <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</i>, the researchers said that both genders of mice experienced severe beta-cell death while demonstrating dramatically lower-than-normal levels of insulin production -- leading to the onset of type 1 diabetes.</p> <p>However, Mauvais-Jarvis and his team found that after administering targeted doses of estradiol, the pancreatic beta-cells were &quot;rescued&quot; from death, insulin production resumed, and diabetes was averted.</p> <p>The researchers concluded that -- at least in mice -- estradiol appears to offer protection against the chain of events that lead to type 1 diabetes.</p> <p>Mauvais-Jarvis was cautiously optimistic that the work with mice might one day translate into a benefit for humans at risk for diabetes.</p> <p>&quot;One has to be cautious, because this study has been performed in mice, and although the mouse is the best available model to study human diseases, mice are not humans,&quot; he said.</p> <p>Still, Mauvais-Jarvis said the study indicates that estradiol may offer a new clinical route for the prevention of diabetes in women and men.</p> <p>&quot;That\'s a novel paradigm,&quot; he said. &quot;Thirty years ago, it was believed that sex hormones were involved only in reproduction and sexual behavior. But in the last 10 years, there has been a kind of challenge to this concept, and we have discovered novel functions regarding estrodial -- such as the prevention of beta-cell death -- that have been revealed to be true for both sexes.&quot;</p> <p>Mauvais-Jarvis stressed, however, that offering patients estrogen-replacement therapy wasn\'t an option, given recent findings that such treatment appears to elevate the risk of breast cancer in women.</p> <p>Rather, he suggested that &quot;the future is try to dissect the good and the bad uses of estrodial,&quot; in an effort to develop medicines that could prevent beta-cell deaths and diabetes without harmful side effects.</p> <p>Dr. Robert Rizza, a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic, and president of the American Diabetes Association, called the new findings &quot;intriguing.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;There have been various studies that have shown that estrogen may lower the risk for developing diabetes, and this study shows why this might be the case,&quot; he sad. &quot;This could be a mechanism.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;It may or may not be true for humans,&quot; Rizza added. &quot;But it will teach us more about how estrogen works. And if it turns out to be the case, this could be used for other novel therapies to prevent diabetes.&quot;</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>For more on diabetes prevention, visit the <a href=\"http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-prevention.jsp\" target=\"_new\">American Diabetes Association</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('571','5','	<p><!--Spanish ID:533318--> <p>FRIDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- A glass or two of orange, grapefruit or other citrus juice each day may help prevent osteoporosis-linked bone fracture, a new U.S. study in rats concludes.</p> <p>Regular doses of grapefruit and orange juice helped prevent osteoporosis and strengthened bones in a study conducted on male rats with low levels of circulating testosterone.</p> <p>&quot;This is a problem with aging men, because the level of testosterone decreases as men age,&quot; lead researcher Dr. Farzad Deyhim, a professor of human and animal nutrition at Texas A &amp; M-Kingsville, said in a prepared statement.</p> <p>His team at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center divided the rats into three groups: those with no change in diet; those who received orange juice; and those who received grapefruit juice. The rodents were fed fresh juice supplemented with sodium bicarbonate, to reduce acidity, every morning.</p> <p>The juice-fed rats showed enhanced bone density, the researchers report in the current issue of <i>Nutrition</i>.</p> <p>The next step for the researchers is to study the cellular makeup of the rats\' bones to determine how the juice actually improved bone strength. &quot;There are about 400 compounds in citrus, so we need to find out which compound in citrus caused this,&quot; said Dr. Bhimu Patil, director of the university\'s center.</p> <p>&quot;A reduction in bone density is caused when there is an increase in oxidants. In these studies, both grapefruit juice and orange juice increased antioxidants in the rats\' systems,&quot; Patil said. &quot;So that is the benefit since oxidants damage bone cells.&quot;</p> <p>There are about 1.5 million fractures in the United States every year caused by osteoporosis, says Patil. &quot;It\'s a silent disease of aging. But if we can maintain our bone strength, maybe we\'ll be able to prevent it.&quot;</p> <p><b>More information</b> </p> <p>Visit the National Osteoporosis Foundation to read more about <a href=\"http://www.nof.org/ &quot;target =\">osteoporosis</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('572','5','	<p><!--Spanish ID:533396--> <p>WEDNESDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Androgen deprivation therapy, an effective but costly and potentially toxic treatment, is often used to treat advanced prostate cancer.</p> <p>But a new study suggests that a patient\'s choice of physician, rather than the stage of his cancer, may determine whether or not he gets the treatment.</p> <p>Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston studied the treatment histories of nearly 62,000 men from a Medicare database, age 65 and older, who were diagnosed with prostate cancer. They also looked at data on the patients\' 1,802 urologists and the frequency with which they prescribed androgen deprivation therapy.</p> <p>The therapy, which prevents production of cancer-promoting steroid androgens in cells, is used in approximately half of all prostate cancers, typically for more advanced or metastatic tumors.</p> <p>According to the study, just 9.7 percent of patients prescribed the therapy received it because of the stage or grade of their tumors. Twenty-one percent seemed to have been prescribed androgen treatment because it was favored by the urologist they saw. In fact, use of the therapy could be attributed to symptoms and other patients\' specifics only 4.3 percent of the time, the team said.</p> <p>The findings &quot;suggest that interventions at the level of the urologist may be an effective way to modify the use of this therapy for prostate cancer,&quot; the authors wrote in a prepared statement.</p> <p>An editorial, written by Dr. Paul F. Schellhammer, of Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, appears alongside the findings, which appear in the June 21 issue of the <i>Journal of the National Cancer Institute.</i></p> <p>Schellhammer said, &quot;the challenge for urologists is to offer men with high-risk, potentially lethal prostate cancer androgen deprivation therapy early in their course of treatment and to avoid the unnecessary risks of androgen deprivation therapy among men with low-risk indolent [slow-moving] disease.&quot;</p> <p><b>More information</b> </p> <p>The Prostate Cancer Foundation has more information on <a href=\" http://www.prostatecancerfoundation.org/&quot;target =\">prostate cancer</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('573','5','	<p><p>THURSDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- An unexpectedly high number of troops serving in Iraq are suffering from migraine headaches, researchers report.</p> <p>The debilitating headaches are affecting more than one-third of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, or about twice that in the general U.S. population, according to a study being presented at the annual American Headache Society (AHS) meeting now underway in Los Angeles. </p> <p>Factors like heat, stress and exhaustion can all raise risks for migraine, experts say, and could be to blame for the high incidence reported.</p> <p>&quot;Migraines are common among U.S. military personnel in a combat zone -- up to 37 percent of those in Iraq,&quot; said study lead author Dr. Brett Theeler, a neurology resident at Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, Washington, at a Thursday news conference. &quot;This greatly exceeds the prevalence expected for the same age and gender.&quot; </p> <p>These migraines were also underdiagnosed and undertreated and significantly impaired the soldiers\' ability to do their jobs, experts added. </p> <p>Migraines are particularly debilitating headaches that plague about 28 million Americans. The condition costs the economy more than $13 billion each year in lost work. </p> <p>&quot;The World Health Organization ranked migraine attacks as one of the most disabling conditions known to mankind,&quot; said Dr. Stephen Silberstein, director of the Jefferson Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, at the same news conference. &quot;It is equivalent to acute psychosis and quadriplegia. People have attacks all the time, and they have significant disability.&quot; </p> <p>Many factors that can contribute to migraines are present in Iraq, Theeler said. </p> <p>&quot;We hypothesized that migraines would be common among soldiers in Iraq because they can be linked with physical exhaustion, dehydration, abnormal meal patterns, exposure to fumes and extreme heat, among other things,&quot; he said. </p> <p>Theeler\'s study is the first to look at migraines among active-duty soldiers, although there have been case reports and articles from previous conflicts. </p> <p>Headache questionnaires were completed by 2,697 U.S. soldiers from Fort Lewis, Washington. The questionnaires included questions about symptoms experienced during the last three months of deployment. </p> <p>Nineteen percent of the soldiers surveyed reported headaches meeting the criteria for migraine, 18 percent reported headaches meeting the criteria for probably migraine and 11 percent reported having non-migraine headaches. Only 5 percent had previously been diagnosed with migraine. </p> <p>The majority of the respondents (95 percent) were men.</p> <p>Soldiers with definite migraines had an average of 3.5 attacks every month, lasting an average of five hours per attack, and made a total of 477 sick call visits, Theeler said. Only 2 percent of these soldiers were using one of the family of triptan medications, deemed the most effective for this condition. </p> <p>Although no one knows precisely why the incidence of migraine would be elevated in this group, the reason probably has to do with different stressors, the authors said. </p> <p>The researchers contacted the soldiers again three months after they had returned home. &quot;The migraines tended to persist after they got home and, in many cases, became more severe,&quot; Theeler said. </p> <p>Health officials are now trying to intervene before men and women are deployed. &quot;We have started educating soldiers about migraine headaches and are developing a migraine-screening program to identify people prior to deployment, so that appropriate treatments can be prescribed,&quot; Theeler said. </p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>For more on migraines, visit the <a href=\"http://www.migraines.org/\" target=\"_new\">National Migraine Association</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('574','5','	<p><!--Spanish ID:533479--> <p>MONDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Obese men with prostate cancer are less likely to benefit from radiation therapy than men who aren\'t overweight.</p> <p>The finding may help doctors determine which patients -- particularly overweight ones -- need to have more aggressive treatment.</p> <p>&quot;Prostate cancer for most men is quiet. It\'s a cancer with a good outcome,&quot; said study lead author Sara Strom, associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. &quot;Basically, what you would like in prostate cancer is to identify men who have more chances of having a bad outcome, so you can do something different with them. Obesity is something to take into consideration,&quot; she said. </p> <p>But another expert cautioned restraint when interpreting the findings, which appear in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal <i>Cancer</i>.</p> <p>&quot;Not many of the patients in the study were obese, so you can\'t make a very strong case for this paper, even though it\'s possible it\'s true,&quot; said Dr. Murugesan Manoharan, associate professor of urological oncology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. &quot;The study was also done in the past [1988-2001], and things have changed since them. We have newer radiation technologies,&quot; he noted.</p> <p>Obesity is the root of many health evils, from diabetes to joint problems and, as is increasingly evident, even cancer. </p> <p>Previous studies have shown that obese men with prostate cancer tend to have more aggressive disease and higher death rates. They are also more likely to have a malignancy that progresses after a prostatectomy, which is surgery to remove all or part of the prostate. </p> <p>Researchers still didn\'t know how obesity might affect disease progression after radiation treatment. The new study sought to examine any relationship between obesity and progression of disease after external-beam radiotherapy. It is the first study of its kind.</p> <p>Strom and her colleagues reviewed the medical records of 873 prostate cancer patients who had received external beam radiotherapy as the only treatment for their illness. Eighteen percent of the men in the group were mildly obese, and 5 percent were moderately to severely obese. </p> <p>As the patient\'s body mass index (BMI, a ratio of weight to height) increased, the risk of disease progression following radiation therapy also increased. Moderately and severely obese men had a 99 percent greater risk of higher levels of prostate-specific antigen, a protein linked to the presence of prostate cancer. The obese men also had a 70 percent greater risk of tumor recurrence or metastasis.</p> <p>&quot;We found that after taking all the other important risk factors for a bad outcome into consideration, obesity is still associated with an increased risk not only of PSA going up but of having a cancer that returns and, in some cases, becomes metastatic,&quot; Strom said. &quot;That\'s really the bad outcome,&quot; she added.</p> <p>The study did not explore the reasons behind the findings, but Strom speculated that hormones, diet and genetic susceptibility may all play a role.</p> <p>A second study in the same issue of the journal found that men with prostate cancer were driven more by emotion than any clear understanding of the clinical evidence when making their treatment decisions. </p> <p>A study of 20 men with prostate cancer revealed a high level of fear and uncertainty, along with a desire to have rapid results and a tendency to shun second opinions. Men also displayed misconceptions about the effectiveness of different treatment options and tended to rely on anecdotal information about others\' experiences with the disease. </p> <p>Doctors need to take patients\' fears and misconceptions into account when guiding treatment, the authors stated. </p> <p>Manoharan agreed. </p> <p>&quot;Ideally, patients should make at least two visits, one for diagnosis and an overview of treatment,&quot; he said. &quot;Then, bring them back after two weeks, after they have reviewed written information,&quot; he added.</p> <p>And with prostate cancer, there is time for this luxury. </p> <p>&quot;Prostate cancer does not kill anybody so rapidly, so time is on the side of the patients,&quot; Manoharan said. &quot;Patients should be given the important information that this cancer is not going to kill them immediately,&quot; he said.</p> <p><b>More information</b></p> <p>For more on prostate cancer, visit the <a href=\"http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/prostate\" target=\"_new\">National Cancer Institute</a>.</p> </p>\n		');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('575','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Drug-coated balloons safer way to unclog hearts</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Get rid of mesh tubes and instead put medication on artery wall, study says</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>BOSTON - As safety concerns surround the use of stents to keep clogged heart arteries open, a team of German doctors is recommending a new technique.</p><p>In a study to be published in this week\'s New England Journal of Medicine, the German doctors said stents - tiny mesh tubes used to prop open heart arteries after blockages have been cleared - should be scrapped.</p><p>Instead, they recommend directly painting the inner wall of the affected artery with the drug paclitaxel using the same type of balloon used to reopen the artery in the first place.</p><p>It\'s a \"potentially promising approach\" said Edoardo Camenzind of University Hospital in Geneva in an editorial in the journal.</p><p>Such a technique was tried and abandoned in the 1990s. But with a better way to apply the drug to the artery wall, \"it may be that we can make progress in this field by going \'back to the future\',\" Camenzind said.</p><p>The study, presented at an American Heart Association meeting in Chicago, was small, involving only 52 patients whose stents had become clogged.<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"120\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img src=\"/images/icons/interactive.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"14\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#ffffff\">INTERACTIVE</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"1\" style=\"border:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#eeeeee;background-image:url(\'/images/backgrounds/component_grey.gif\');\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#cccccc\" background=\"/images/backgrounds/component_dkgrey.gif\" width=\"100%\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><a href=\"&#xA;&#xA;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10803202&#xA;&#xA;\"><a href=\"javascript:OpenChildWindow(\'http://www.msnbc.com/news/wld/graphics/HEARTattack.asp\',\'fastfacts\',\'width=520,height=405\');\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/031107/TEASES/AnatomyHeartAttack_TZ150.jpg\" height=\"110\" width=\"150\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><div class=\"scalAd\"><input type=\"button\" class=\"mbox w77\" value=\"Launch\" title=\"Launch\" onmouseover=\"swapbtn(this, 1)\" onmouseout=\"swapbtn(this, 0)\" onclick=\"javascript:window.location.replace(\'http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10803202\');\"></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Yet six months after treatment, the arteries had re-narrowed in only 5 percent of the volunteers whose arteries had been dabbed with paclitaxel, compared with 43 percent of the people whose arteries had 60 seconds of contact with an uncoated balloon.</p><p>The team, led by Bruno Scheller of Saarlandes University in Homburg/Saar said dabbing on a coating of paclitaxel may be better than a drug-releasing stent because the drug is distributed more evenly along the artery wall when the balloon is used.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15318468/\">Mesh stents could cause strokes</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15514802/\">New pump can help reverse heart failure</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>In addition, the balloon technique avoids the irritation that might be caused by the stent struts themselves as they constantly press against the artery wall.</p><p>Keeping an artery open using drugs \"may not require the implantation of stents and a prolonged release of a drug,\" they said.</p><p>The study coincides with troubling times for the $6 billion global market for stents, which once implanted stay in the artery permanently to improve the flow of blood to the heart muscle and relieve symptoms such as chest pain.</p><p>The devices have come under scrutiny amid studies suggesting drug-eluting stents may raise the risk of blood clots months after they are implanted.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('576','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Opening blocked arteries not always good idea</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Angioplasty no help for some heart attack survivors, study says</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>CHICAGO - In a surprise finding, heart attack survivors with mild or no symptoms who wait three days or more to seek medical help will not benefit from widely used procedures to open clogged arteries, U.S. researchers said Tuesday.</p><p>Artery-clearing procedures called angioplasties are recommended for almost all heart attack patients with completely blocked arteries who seek treatment within the first 12 hours of a heart attack.</p><p>The early treatment restores blood flow to the heart, preserving the heart muscle and reducing the risks of death and heart failure, a chronic condition in which the heart pumps blood less efficiently. But about 30 percent of acute heart attack patients arrive at the hospital after the 12-hour treatment window has closed.</p><p>Many doctors had assumed some benefit would extend to patients who sought help beyond the treatment window.</p><p>Researchers, writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, said surgically restoring blood flow after three days was no better than standard drug therapy at reducing the risk of death, a second heart attack or heart failure.</p><p>\"It\'s not what I expected. We had expected a 25 percent reduction in events with angioplasty,\" said the study\'s lead author, Dr. Judith Hochman of New York University School of Medicine. \"There is absolutely no benefit.\"</p><p>The finding applies only to stable heart attack survivors who wait too long to seek treatment, a group that represents some 100,000 patients per year in the United States.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15701409/\">Balloons best to blow up heart clogs</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15687777/\">Hospitals race to speed heart care</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Hochman said the research underscores the need for patients to seek treatment early for a heart attack.</p><p>\"This is disappointing but on the other hand, it shows how good medical therapy has gotten,\" she said. \"Beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, statins, aspirin -- these are critical life-saving medicines.\"</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"120\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img src=\"/images/icons/interactive.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"14\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#ffffff\">INTERACTIVE</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"1\" style=\"border:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#eeeeee;background-image:url(\'/images/backgrounds/component_grey.gif\');\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#cccccc\" background=\"/images/backgrounds/component_dkgrey.gif\" width=\"100%\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><a href=\"&#xA;&#xA;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10803202&#xA;&#xA;\"><a href=\"javascript:OpenChildWindow(\'http://www.msnbc.com/news/wld/graphics/HEARTattack.asp\',\'fastfacts\',\'width=520,height=405\');\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/031107/TEASES/AnatomyHeartAttack_TZ150.jpg\" height=\"110\" width=\"150\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><div class=\"scalAd\"><input type=\"button\" class=\"mbox w77\" value=\"Launch\" title=\"Launch\" onmouseover=\"swapbtn(this, 1)\" onmouseout=\"swapbtn(this, 0)\" onclick=\"javascript:window.location.replace(\'http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10803202\');\"></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>The four-year study involved 2,166 stable heart attack survivors on five continents. Patients were randomly assigned by computer to receive medical therapy alone or medical therapy plus balloon angioplasty and stenting.</p><p>The procedure involves fishing a catheter through the artery, inflating a balloon in the blocked vessel and inserting a tiny, wire-mesh tube or stent to keep the artery open.</p><p>The study found no statistically significant difference between the two groups in the occurrence of death, heart attacks or heart failure in up to five years of followup.<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"1%\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/061114/AP_Angioplasty.gif\" align=\"Right\" height=\"334\" width=\"367\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr></table></p><p>The study, dubbed TOSCA-2 and published in the journal Circulation, originally started as an independent trial funded by the National Institutes of Health and was later merged with the larger trial, known as OAT.</p><p>The TOSCA-2 study looked at 381 Canadian and international patients who were treated with either drugs or angioplasty to see how long their arteries stayed open and whether angioplasty helped improve the heart\'s pumping efficiency.</p><p>It found that 83 percent of arteries stayed open in patients treated with angioplasty, compared with only 25 percent in the medication group, but the treatment did not improve the heart\'s pumping ability.</p><p>Both studies are being presented at the annual scientific meeting of the American Heart Association in Chicago.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('577','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Chocolate addiction leads to sweet discovery</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Eating a little each day can help cut risk of heart attack, researchers say</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>WASHINGTON - They were so addicted, they just could not give up their favorite daily snack - not even in the interest of science.</p><p>But chocolate lovers who flunked out of a Johns Hopkins University study on aspirin and heart disease helped researchers stumble on an explanation of why a little chocolate a day can cut the risk of heart attack.</p><p>It turns out chocolate, like aspirin, affects the platelets that cause blood to clot, Diane Becker of the Johns Hopkins University\'s School of Medicine and her colleagues discovered.</p><p>\"What these chocolate offenders taught us is that the chemical in cocoa beans has a biochemical effect similar to aspirin in reducing platelet clumping, which can be fatal if a clot forms and blocks a blood vessel, causing a heart attack,\" Becker said in a telephone interview.</p><p>The 139 so-called chocolate offenders took part in a larger study of 1,200 people with a family history of heart disease. The study looked at the effects of aspirin on blood platelets.</p><p>Before they got the aspirin, the volunteers were asked to stay on a strict regimen of exercise, refrain from smoking and avoid caffeinated drinks, wine, grapefruit juice and chocolate.</p><p>Chocolate and the other foods are known to affect platelets.</p><p>\"We knew they would offend,\" Becker said. \"Some people said to us, \'I can do anything but I can\'t stay off my chocolate.\'\"</p><p>\"If people said, \'I will try my very best,\' we said, \'OK do your very best, but it is crucial that you don\'t eat chocolate for 24 to 48 hours before you come in for testing.\'\"</p><p>Yet some people failed even this test of self-control.</p><p><b><strong>Going all the way<br></strong></b>\"Nobody ate like a chocolate chip. If they were going to eat it, they ate some chocolate,\" Becker said. \"It went all the way from from a chocolate chip cookie to someone who ate a gallon of chocolate ice cream with chocolate chunks and two chocolate-chip cookies at one sitting.\"</p><p>Becker cut them out of the aspirin study, but looked at their blood anyway.</p><p>Researchers ran platelet samples from both groups through a mechanical blood vessel system designed to time how long it takes for the platelets to clump together in a hair-thin plastic tube.</p><p>The blood of the chocolate eaters was slower to clot than the blood of the volunteers who resisted chocolate, Becker told a meeting of heart experts in Chicago.</p><p>In a urine test, the chocolate lovers had lower levels of a platelet waste product called thromboxane.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15514025/\">Coffee may help reduce risk of type 2 diabetes</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15511128/\">Big doses of red wine could promote long life</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>\"Does it help a little bit? Yes,\" Becker said. \"But it does not have anywhere near the magnitude of the effects of a single baby aspirin a day.\"</p><p>Nonetheless, Becker\'s team wants to study the effects of eating chocolate on a \"free-living\" population of volunteers. They will measure how much chocolate people eat and then watch them for several years to see if chocolate-eaters have a different rate of heart attacks, stroke and heart operations.</p><p>Other studies have suggested that dark chocolate contains more of the beneficial compounds linked with heart health, and experts note that the high sugar and fat content of most chocolate candy might cancel out some of the benefits. </p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i>(c) Reuters 2006. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('578','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Flu shot helps cut heart attacks, deaths in some</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Virus can be lethal for those with underlying cardiac problems, study says</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>CHICAGO - Getting a flu shot can reduce the incidence of death, heart attack or unplanned procedures to open clogged heart arteries in patients with coronary artery disease, Polish researchers said Wednesday.</p><p>The study adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that people with heart trouble should get a flu shot every year.</p><p>\"We know that people die of flu who have underlying cardiopulmonary disease. It\'s only logical that if you are able to prevent flu with vaccine, you can prevent these deaths,\" said Dr. Arnold Monto, professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan.</p><p>\"Flu puts these people over the edge,\" said Monto, who serves on the World Health Organization\'s Influenza Pandemic task force.</p><p>The study, which was conducted in Poland and presented at the American Heart Association meeting in Chicago, involved 658 patients with coronary artery disease. Of those, 325 received an active flu vaccine and 333 received a placebo.</p><p>After 296 days, patients who did not receive the vaccine were nearly twice as likely to have a heart attack, undergo an unplanned angioplasty to open blocked arteries or die from heart-related causes.</p><p>Monto said the study was significant because it compared groups who received the vaccine and groups who did not.</p><p>He said such a trial would be considered unethical in the United States because of U.S. guidelines recommending that heart patients get flu shots.</p><p>Flu is responsible for 36,000 deaths and 225,000 hospitalizations in the United States each year, yet only one in three adults with heart disease got flu shots last year, according to the American College of Cardiology.</p><p>\"The study reinforces the principle that patients who have underlying cardiac disease - particularly coronary artery disease - are somewhat protected by having the influenza vaccine,\" said Dr. Leroy Rabbani, a cardiologist at Columbia University Medical Center in New York,</p><p>Rabbani said other studies have shown a link between inflammation and heart attacks. \"Anything that can decrease the opportunity for infection such as flu vaccine will be beneficial,\" he said.</p><p>The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology in September issued a scientific advisory asking heart doctors to give flu shots to their patients.</p><p>Coronary artery disease occurs when the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle become hardened and narrowed. It is the most common type of heart disease and the leading cause of death in the United States in both men and women.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('579','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Conflicting reports on painkiller\'s safety</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>New study suggests naproxen, sold as Aleve, may pose heart dangers</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>WASHINGTON  - Researchers looking at the safety of various arthritis and headache remedies said Thursday they had found some more evidence that the popular analgesic naproxen may cause heart problems.</p><p>The researchers themselves cautioned about reading too much into their findings, and outside experts discounted them.</p><p>Nonetheless, the researchers said they thought it was important to present their evidence to help experts sort out what the real dangers are.</p><p>The issue is important because companies have been forced to withdraw several drugs in a new class called COX-2 inhibitors because they may cause strokes and heart attacks, and drug makers face multi-million dollar liability suits.</p><p>And the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered strict warnings to be put on packages of painkillers known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDS, including naproxen, a popular NSAID sold over-the-counter by Bayer under the brand name Aleve.</p><p><b><strong>Call for warning labels<br></strong></b>The warning labels were ordered because of some studies that suggested NSAIDS might also raise heart risks.</p><p>\"Particularly for safety data, \'truth\' may come in small doses. We firmly believe that results from trials should be published regardless of the direction, magnitude, or statistical significance of the observed results,\" said Barbara Martin of the John Hopkins University School of Public Health, who worked on the study.</p><p>Writing in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Clinical Trials, Martin and colleagues said they looked at data from a trial designed to see if Celebrex might help prevent Alzheimer\'s disease in high-risk patients.</p><p>The 2,500 elderly volunteers were given either COX-2 inhibitor Celebrex, naproxen or a placebo for up to 3-1/2 years. It was stopped when concerns rose over the safety of COX-2 inhibitors.</p><p>The trial showed no increased or decreased heart risk for Celebrex, known generically as celecoxib, compared to placebo.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15719986/\">Chocolate addiction leads to sweet discovery</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/14805300/\">Naproxen shown to have fewer heart risks</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>But it did show an increased risk for naproxen.</p><p>Over three years, 5.5 percent of the patients getting Celebrex had a stroke, heart attack or were diagnosed with congestive heart failure, while 5.6 percent of those getting a placebo did.</p><p>In comparison, 8.25 percent of the naproxen patients had such a serious cardiovascular incident or death.</p><p><b><strong>Critics call study unreliable<br></strong></b>Dr. Steve Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio said the trial\'s findings were \"completely unreliable.\"</p><p>\"The stopping of the study early was improper and it led to erroneous conclusions,\" Nissen said in a telephone interview.</p><p>\"We know from very large epidemiological (population) studies and all sorts of studies that naproxen is a safe drug, perhaps the best of the NSAIDS,\" added Nissen, an outspoken expert on the safety of NSAIDS and COX-2 inhibitors.</p><p>Just last week, a much smaller study led by Dr. Michael Schiff of the Denver Arthritis Clinic suggested that naproxen did not raise the risk of heart attack and stroke.</p><p>\"We don\'t have the full answers,\" Nissen said. He has a safety trial with 21,000 patients under way to compare naproxen with Celebrex and placebo.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('580','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Millions face risk from drug-coated stents</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Potentially lethal heart devices a frightening problem for patients, doctors</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img src=\"/images/icons/video.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"14\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#ffffff\">NBC VIDEO</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"1\" style=\"border:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#eeeeee;background-image:url(\'/images/backgrounds/component_grey.gif\');\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#cccccc\" background=\"/images/backgrounds/component_dkgrey.gif\" width=\"100%\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><a href=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'ac2d1a95-e97e-4f53-9d05-cb33234676b6\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'c24\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'15940008\',\'Heart stents causing problems for some patients\')\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/061128/nn_bazell_stents_061128.300w.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><div class=\"scalAd\"><input type=\"button\" class=\"mbox w77\" value=\"Launch\" title=\"Launch\" onmouseover=\"swapbtn(this, 1)\" onmouseout=\"swapbtn(this, 0)\" onclick=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'ac2d1a95-e97e-4f53-9d05-cb33234676b6\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'c24\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'15940008\',\'Heart stents causing problems for some patients\')\"></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font class=\"textMedBlackBold\"><a href=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'ac2d1a95-e97e-4f53-9d05-cb33234676b6\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'c24\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'15940008\',\'Heart stents causing problems for some patients\')\">Heart stents causing problems for some patients</a></font><br><font color=\"black\">Nov. 28: Millions of Americans could be walking around with tiny time bombs in their hearts. NBC\'s Robert Bazell reports.</font><p class=\"credit\">Nightly News</p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\"></font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><div class=\"textMedBlackBold\" style=\"padding-top:10px;\">Robert Bazell</div><div class=\"textMedBlack\">Chief science and health correspondent</div><div class=\"textMedBlack\">NBC News</div><p></p></font><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"102\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/i/msnbc/Test-Dev/donna/msnbc10/Launch%20images/byline_nbcnews.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"100\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#000000\"></b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#666666\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #666666;border-bottom:solid 1px #666666;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Bylines/mugs/NBC%20News/nbc_bazell_%20robert.thumb.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><font color=\"black\"><b>Robert Bazell</b></font></td></tr><tr><td><font class=\"credit\">Chief science and health correspondent</font></td></tr><tr><td><hr size=\"1\" width=\"85%\" color=\"#cccccc\" noshade=\"1\" align=\"center\"></td></tr><tr><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font color=\"black\"><a href=\"/id/3687100/\">Profile</a></font></td></tr><tr><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font color=\"black\"><script language=\"javascript\">document.write(\'<a href=\"mailto:\'+\'Health\'+\'@\'+\'MSNBC.com?Subject=Second Opinion\">\')</script>E-mail<script language=\"javascript\">document.write(\'</a>\');</script></font></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Millions of Americans could be walking around with tiny time bombs in their hearts. </p><p>The concern centers on devices called drug-eluting stents. Doctors implant them in the hearts of about a million Americans a year to treat<em> </em>coronary artery disease. They generate some $5 billion a year in sales for the two companies that make them. But they may be doing more harm than good. </p><p>Next month a panel of experts will try to advise the Food and Drug Administration on what to do about it. But many top doctors and scientists admit they are in uncharted waters with a frightening problem that was largely unanticipated. By one estimate the devices already kill 2,000 Americans a year - and no one knows what the long-term danger will be. </p><p>To understand the potential hazard, it helps to look at the history of efforts to open the arteries to the heart when they get clogged with cholesterol-containing plaque. That blockage leads to shortness of breath and the chest pains called angina. If the artery closes completely the result is a heart attack with destruction of heart muscle and often death.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/news/091406.html\">FDA statement on stent use</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3040025\">American Heart Association study on stents</a></li><li><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?BoardID=476&amp;ThreadID=131361&amp;BoardsParam=HIPDelay%3d1\">Discuss: Do you have a stent? What will you do?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/6852387/\">Interactive: How a heart attack happens</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15714753/\">Opening blocked arteries not always a good idea</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15405830/\">New heart stent disappears on its own</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Beginning around 1980, doctors started using tiny balloons inserted on wires through the veins and guided by X-rays to push open the clogged arteries. This procedure, called angioplasty, often worked - but with a problem. In about half the cases the artery would close up again within a few weeks or months, an outcome called restenosis. The re-shutting of the arteries occurs because the blood vessels respond to the treatment as if they suffered a slight wound. They try to heal by growing more cells which can clog the artery again.</p><p><b><strong>Thwarting the body\'s own healing process<br></strong></b>To solve the problem, starting in 1994, cardiologists put tiny pieces of wire mesh called stents around the balloons. These stay in place as a piece of scaffolding to try to keep the arteries open.</p><p>These helped, but not enough.?</p><p>Cells still grew over the wire, and in 20 percent to 30 percent of the cases, the vessel clogged again.</p><p>Drug-eluting stents (DES) appeared as the next solution. These give off a drug that prevents?cell growth, and for that, they work well. The restenosis rate fell to about 5 percent. In 2003, soon after the FDA approved them, drug-eluting stents captured most of the market, even though they cost about $2,000 compared to $800 for the bare metal version.</p><p>Then a new hazard started to appear. </p><p>Doctors began seeing patients suffer from heart attacks that seemed to be triggered by the new stents. Because the drug-eluting stents are so effective at stopping the cell proliferation inside the arteries, the DES\'s end up as a piece of metal sticking out in the artery. That creates a perfect place for a blood clot to form and instantly block the artery. The result? A potentially fatal heart attack.</p><p>Dr. Jeffrey Moses of Columbia University, who conducted some of the original studies of the DES\'s, estimates the danger of a blood clot at 1 in 500 patients a year. For every million of the devices implanted, that would add up to 2,000 clots a year - although not all of them would be fatal.</p><p>But an estimate from Drs. Sanjay Kaul and George Diamond from Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles, published on the Web site of the American College of Cardiology, estimates that <em>deaths</em> from the new devices exceed 2,000 a year. Studies from Europe regard the danger to be many times higher. Because the devices are so new no one knows how long the hazard persists.</p><p>Already, many cardiologists are cutting back from using the devices. Sales are dropping dramatically. The FDA panel may well recommend they not be used at all.?</p><p>Companies are searching for alternatives, including balloons that give off the drugs and would be removed at the time of the procedure, as well as stents that dissolve a few weeks after they are implanted.</p><p><b><strong>What\'s next?<br></strong></b>The big question now facing the FDA is: What should the estimated 4 million patients who already have a DES do??</p><p>The devices cannot be removed safely or easily. One preventive measure is to keep the patient on the blood-clotting medication Plavix for months or even indefinitely. But that medicine can cause severe bleeding, including a type of deadly stroke, and it costs more than $1,200 a year. </p><p>DES manufacturers Boston Scientific and Johnson &amp; Johnson could end up rivaling Vioxx maker Merck as targets of lawsuits from people who suffer heart attacks.</p><p>The origin of this terrifying problem is that medical devices, like drugs, get tested for a few months in a few hundred or at most a few thousand of people before the FDA approves them.</p><p>Many experts are clamoring for better methods of assuring safety before devices like these go into millions of people for a lifetime.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 MSNBC Interactive</em></i></div><br>');
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NBC\'s Robert Bazell reports.</font><p class=\"credit\">Nightly News</p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\"></font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>CHICAGO - Blood clotting is four to five times more likely in patients getting drug-coated heart devices known as stents, compared to the older bare-metal variety, according to a large data analysis released Wednesday.</p><p>The analysis came one week before a Food and Drug Administration panel of experts is to meet to discuss the issue.</p><p>The Cleveland Clinic analysis of 14 studies with 6,675 patients will likely fuel a growing debate about the safety of drug-coated stents, the tiny wire-mesh devices used to prop open surgically cleared arteries.</p><p>Thrombosis, or blood clots, can lead to heart attacks.</p><p>The release of the study in the December issue of American Journal of Medicine came one week before the FDA panel is to discuss stent thrombosis, or potentially fatal blood clotting long after the devices are implanted.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/15816251/\">Millions face risks from drug-coated heart stents</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>\"Our analysis found that there is a small, but real hazard of late stent thrombosis with drug-eluting stents more so than with bare-metal stents, likely in the setting of discontinuation of anti-clotting drugs,\" said Dr. Deepak Bhatt, a Cleveland Clinic official, in a prepared statement.</p><p>\"This does not mean that drug-eluting stents should not be used, as other studies have shown that they do significantly reduce the need for repeat procedures compared with bare metal stents,\" added Bhatt, associate director of the Cleveland Clinic Cardiovascular Coordinating Center and one of the study\'s authors.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('582','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">New clue to red wine\'s heart protection</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Grapes from southwest France contain higher levels of healthy ingredient</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>NEW YORK - Scientists in the U.K. have identified \"oligomeric procyanidins\" as the likely ingredient in red wine\'s polyphenols that contributes to heart health and longevity. And some red wines contain more procyanidins than others.</p><p>In the journal Nature, Dr. Roger Corder, from Queen Mary\'s School of Medicine and Dentistry in London, and his associates note that not everyone agrees that red wine actually possess heart-healthy properties, which they say may be due to the complexity and variability in the constituents in different wines.</p><p>To look into this issue, the investigators cultured human blood vessel cells and exposed them to 165 different wines to identify the polyphenols with most potent effects on blood vessels.</p><p>They found that procyanidins suppress production of a protein called endothelin-1 that constricts blood vessels. High-performance liquid chromatography identified oligomeric procyanidins as the specific phenolic constituent responsible for this effect.</p><p>People living in Nuoro province, Sardinia, and southwest France have higher than normal average longevity. And wines from those regions, Corder and colleagues found, had a 2- to 4-fold higher inhibitory effect on endothelin-1 and significantly higher oligomeric procyanidin levels than wines from Australia, Europe, South America, the US, and Sardinia.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15388898/\">Two drinks a day help men avoid heart attack</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/12477926/\">Is it really safe to drink lots of coffee?</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Corder and his associates maintain that traditional wine-making methods and use of the flavonoid-rich grape Tannat commonly grown in southwest France result in high levels of oligomeric procyanidins in the local wine.</p><p>The researchers are hopeful that further investigation of oligomeric procyanidins-rich wines and foods will provide insight into how blood vessel function might be optimally maintained.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('583','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">FDA to probe safety of popular heart stents</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Drug-coated devices may raise the risk of possibly fatal blood clots </b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>Millions of chest pain and heart attack sufferers thought they were getting a phenomenal medical advance when tiny coils that ooze medicine were placed in their arteries to keep them from squeezing shut again.</p><p>These gizmos, called drug-coated stents, worked so much better than plain old metal ones that 6 million people worldwide received them in the few years they have been available. It was a modern record for any medical device.</p><p>Now their long-term safety is in question.</p><p>Doctors think these stents may raise the risk of life-threatening blood clots months and even years later unless people stay on Plavix, an anti-clotting drug whose long-term safety in stent patients has not been established.</p><p>Thousands of people are being urged to take the $4-a-day drug until more is known.</p><p>Thousands of others each day who develop new blockages are being treated by doctors no longer sure of what to do. Many are returning to the old metal stents, and some are fundamentally rethinking when to use stents at all and are considering alternatives like bypass surgery or medications.</p><p>A Food and Drug Administration panel will meet on the issue Thursday and Friday. Medical journals are rushing studies into print, and powerful doctor groups are reconsidering treatment guidelines.</p><p>\"It\'s such a huge public health issue with so many people involved,\" said Dr. Robert Califf of Duke University, who worked on one study to be presented to the FDA.</p><p><br>Doctors also worry about overreacting to a risk that appears small - five or fewer clots in every 1,000 patients.</p><p>\"The benefit of having a drug-eluting stent is tremendous,\" said Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15816251/\">Millions face risks from drug-coated stents</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15950723/\">Data finds greater chance of blood clots</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Stents are used in angioplasty. Through a blood vessel in the groin, doctors push a tube to a blocked heart artery, inflate a balloon to flatten the clog, and prop the artery open with a stent.</p><p><b><strong>Maybe too aggressive</strong></b><br>About 652,000 Americans had angioplasty in 2003 - more than twice the 268,000 who had bypass operations, which are riskier, costlier and take far longer to heal. Angioplasty became more popular when the first drug-coated stent came out that year, virtually eliminating the procedure\'s main drawback: scar tissue requiring a repeat effort to reopen the vessel.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"1%\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/061204/AP_HeartStent.gif\" align=\"Right\" height=\"431\" width=\"396\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr></table>Two brands are sold in the United States - Taxus, by Boston Scientific Corp., and Cypher, by Johnson &amp; Johnson\'s Cordis Corp. Labels say patients should take baby aspirin and Plavix for three months with Cypher and six months with Taxus, based on how long the stents release medication and how long doctors believed it took for the artery to repair itself by forming a new lining. Many doctors prescribe Plavix for up to a year.</p><p>Now it seems the coated stents may keep this essential artery lining from forming for a long time, maybe permanently. Without the lining or Plavix, clots can form and stick to stents.</p><p>It happened in May to David Reinhart, a 41-year-old legal secretary in Manhattan who collapsed two weeks after finishing the year of Plavix his doctor recommended.</p><p>\"I feel a bit of a guinea pig,\" he said of the stent situation. \"It\'s obvious there\'s a lot they really don\'t know about it yet.\"</p><p>If it weren\'t for Swiss efficiency, the risk might not be known. Switzerland\'s government required a study to prove the new stents were worth their cost - $2,200 to $2,700 versus $600 to $800 for old ones - and to test how long Plavix should be taken. This produced the bombshell finding that patients with coated stents had double the risk of cardiac problems after stopping Plavix than those with plain metal stents.</p><p>\"Everyone has been scrambling around looking in their databases\" to see if it\'s true in their patients, said Dr. Christopher Cannon of Brigham and Women\'s Hospital in Boston, who consults for Sanofi-Aventis SA, which sells Plavix in the U.S. with Bristol-Myers Squibb.</p><p>Many such hospital registry studies have now been reported. Two presented at a recent American Heart Association meeting were provocative.</p><p>Dr. Joseph B. Muhlestein at the University of Utah found that deaths and heart attacks were higher with coated stents after three years and that their advantage for preventing artery reclosure disappeared by that time. Doctors in the Netherlands found that the devices were comparable after three years.</p><p>\"It\'s led me to wonder maybe we\'re being too aggressive\" in using the new stents, Muhlestein said.</p><p>Hospital registries help, but are not solid proof like randomized studies where similar patients are assigned to get one treatment or another. The best picture yet of risk may come from an analysis of pooled results from 14 randomized studies by Dr. Deepak Bhatt at the Cleveland Clinic. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('584','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">New heart drug dead, but older choices on hand</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Experimental Pfizer drug was aiming to boost good cholesterol, lower bad</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>Pfizer Inc.\'s new experimental heart drug is dead, but the dual approach the company was testing - boosting good cholesterol while lowering the bad - is very much alive, specialists said Monday.</p><p>A drug already on the market, Niaspan, raises good cholesterol without serious risks, and a large federal study is testing it with statin medications - the very thing Pfizer was trying to do before being forced to abandon its drug, torcetrapib, because of safety problems.</p><p>For consumers, the main fallout may be a delay in getting a new medicine that avoids Niaspan\'s chief side effect - a hot prickly sensation called flushing that patients hate but that also can be minimized, doctors said.</p><p>\"It does set us back years\" in developing an alternative drug, said the Cleveland Clinic\'s Dr. Steven Nissen, who led one recent study on the doomed Pfizer drug.</p><p>It also \"raises the safety bar for new agents ... to a very high level,\" because deaths and heart attacks were significantly greater among those taking the experimental Pfizer drug, said Dr. Allen Taylor of Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He led the most promising study yet of Niaspan plus a statin drug and has consulted for all of the major companies involved in these research efforts.</p><p>On Saturday, Pfizer stopped its torcetrapib study after an independent safety board spotted more deaths and other serious complications among patients getting the experimental drug.</p><p><b><strong>Trying to boost good cholesterol<br></strong></b>For decades, doctors have focused on lowering LDL or bad cholesterol, as the main way to cut the risk of heart problems. Millions of Americans already take statins, sold under such brand names as Lipitor and Zocor, to lower LDL, which ferries fats from food into the bloodstream.<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"1%\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/061204/ap_NiaspanSales.gif\" align=\"Right\" height=\"315\" width=\"230\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr></table></p><p>But lots of statin users suffer heart attacks and strokes anyway, so doctors increasingly have been looking at boosting HDL, or good cholesterol - which escorts fat out of the blood and to the liver to be disposed - to further lower risk.</p><p>Niacin, a type of B vitamin, does this, and Niaspan, made by Kos Pharmaceuticals Inc., is an extended-release version of niacin that minimizes flushing. It has been on the market since the late 1990s, although niacin has been sold as a vitamin for more than 50 years.</p><p>At an American Heart Association conference two years ago, Taylor reported that Niaspan plus statin drugs kept blockages in heart arteries from getting worse. There also were fewer heart attacks, deaths, strokes and other problems among those taking Niaspan plus statins versus statins alone in his study.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/16027217/\">Pfizer ends development of key cholesterol drug</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Pfizer\'s torcetrapib appeared to be a much more potent booster of HDL but had \"a laser-guided missile approach\" in the way it worked that may have made it uniquely dangerous, said Taylor, who served on a Pfizer advisory panel for the drug.</p><p>\"My suspicion is torcetrapib failed because of its mechanism of action,\" agreed Dr. Greg Brown of the University of Washington in Seattle, who is leading the big federal study of Niaspan plus the statin Zocor. It involves several thousand patients at 72 medical centers in the United States and Canada.</p><p><b><strong>How to reduce side effects<br></strong></b>Taking Niaspan at bedtime along with aspirin and a low-fat snack can minimize the hot flashes, or flushing problem, Taylor said.</p><p>\"If you stay with it for a couple of months, your body develops a tolerance to the flush,\" Brown said. \"We\'ve had people on niacin for 20 years. They refuse to give it up now because they\'ve had fathers die at age 40\" and don\'t want to suffer the same fate.</p><p>Merck &amp; Co. also is testing an HDL-booster: its own extended-release niacin combined with a prostaglandin blocker, a drug to prevent some of the flushing. Drugs called fibrates also raise HDL, but carry risks when combined with statins.</p><p>Some newer diabetes drugs may boost HDL. Nissen will present results of one such study at a cardiology meeting in March. He and others also will provide results of other studies on the Pfizer drug that may shed light on whether it was uniquely dangerous.</p><p>Finally, there are many ways to improve cholesterol without the risks of medication.</p><p>\"We know we can raise HDL by asking people to exercise more, to stop smoking and lose weight,\" Taylor said.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('585','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Is this celebrity doctor\'s TV ad right for you?</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Despite past failures, Dr. Robert Jarvik succeeds hawking statin drug Lipitor</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061204/061204_lipitor_hlg_3p.hmedium.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"Image: Robert Jarvik\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">Lipitor.com</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"-1\">Dr. Robert Jarvik pops up all over the Lipitor Web site.</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><div class=\"textStoryTag\" style=\"padding-top:10px;\">COMMENTARY</div><div class=\"textMedBlackBold\" style=\"padding-top:10px;\">Robert Bazell</div><div class=\"textMedBlack\">Chief science and health correspondent</div><div class=\"textMedBlack\">NBC News</div><p></p></font><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"102\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/i/msnbc/Test-Dev/donna/msnbc10/Launch%20images/byline_nbcnews.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"100\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#000000\"></b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#666666\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #666666;border-bottom:solid 1px #666666;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Bylines/mugs/NBC%20News/nbc_bazell_%20robert.thumb.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><font color=\"black\"><b>Robert Bazell</b></font></td></tr><tr><td><font class=\"credit\">Chief science and health correspondent</font></td></tr><tr><td><hr size=\"1\" width=\"85%\" color=\"#cccccc\" noshade=\"1\" align=\"center\"></td></tr><tr><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font color=\"black\"><a href=\"/id/3687100/\">Profile</a></font></td></tr><tr><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font color=\"black\"><script language=\"javascript\">document.write(\'<a href=\"mailto:\'+\'Health\'+\'@\'+\'MSNBC.com?Subject=Second Opinion\">\')</script>E-mail<script language=\"javascript\">document.write(\'</a>\');</script></font></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>Would you buy a heart medication from someone whose own efforts to cure heart disease led to failure?</p><p>Apparently, many people do.?</p><p>Dr. Robert Jarvik\'s ubiquitous appearances as a pitchman for Pfizer\'s cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor?have worked well, according to Rich Thomaselli of Advertising Age. Thomaselli notes that third-quarter sales for Lipitor hit $3.3 billion, a 15 percent increase over the same period last year.?Particularly impressive, he points out, because Lipitor already was the world\'s best-selling drug - generating income of $13 billion last year alone .</p><p>Pfizer, the maker of Lipitor, needs Jarvik and all the help it can get more than ever. Lipitor\'s patent expires in 2010 and torcetrapib, the drug due to take its place, just flamed out in clinical trials. Pfizer was hoping the new drug would equal or exceed the sales of Lipitor. Now <a href=\"/id/16027217/\">it is gone</a>.</p><p>But who is Robert Jarvik and why is he such an effective spokesman for the drug? </p><p><b><strong>Familiar name</strong></b><br>The ads work, I suspect, because Jarvik was quite a celebrity in the world of heart disease in the early- and mid-1980s - long enough ago that many of the people old enough to require heart medication remember the name, but aren\'t quite sure what he accomplished.</p><p>Jarvik is a medical doctor, but not with the strongest credentials. When he finished Syracuse University his grades did not permit entry into a U.S. medical school. So, he enrolled at the University of Bologna, Italy, but left after two years. Eventually Jarvik decided the mechanical aspects of the body fascinated him and he earned a master\'s degree in medical engineering from New York University.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?BoardID=476&amp;ThreadID=145473&amp;BoardsParam=HIPDelay%3d1\">Discuss: Should celebrity doctors hawk drugs in commercials?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16027217/\">Pfizer ends development of key cholesterol drug</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16035352/\">FDA to probe safety of drug-coated heart stents</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/6852387/\">Interactive: How a heart attack happens</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>After that he went to work for Dr. Willem Kolff, a Dutch born physician-inventor at the University of Utah who produced the first dialysis machine and was working on other artificial organs, including a heart. Kolff quickly assumed the role of Jarvik\'s mentor and helped him earn an M.D. from the University of Utah in 1976, although Jarvik neither took an internship nor practiced medicine.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"1%\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061204/061204_lipitor_bcol_11a.standard.jpg\" align=\"Left\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr><tr><td><div class=\"credit\" style=\"text-align:right;margin-bottom:5px;\">Amy Sancetta / AP</div><div class=\"credit\">The patent for Lipitor, the world\'s best-selling drug, expires in 2010.</div><hr noshade=\"true\" size=\"1\" color=\"#C0C0C0\"></td></tr></table></p><p>Jarvik\'s work on mechanical heart pumps in Kolff\'s lab culminated with the Jarvik 7, the first of his devices to be put into a human. It was not the first test of an artificial heart - Texas surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley kept a patient alive for 60 hours with one in 1969. But the Jarvik 7 was based on a solid body of animal studies and was intended to be a permanent replacement for the human heart.</p><p>With the help of the University of Utah\'s major push for publicity, the first attempt to put the device into a human attracted enormous worldwide interest. The auditorium was packed on Dec. 2, 1982, as university officials announced the name of the first recipient: Barney Clark, a dentist who suffered life-threatening heart failure.</p><p>Most people assumed the device would either work or not. It wasn\'t so simple. Clark held on for 112 days suffering a series of complications.</p><p>During frequent press conferences to update the patient\'s condition, Jarvik (inexplicably wearing surgical scrubs), along with the head surgeon Dr. William DeVries, briefed the world\'s media on Clark\'s condition. Jarvik appeared regularly in newspapers on magazine covers and on TV news.</p><p><b><strong>\'Dracula of Medical Technology\'</strong></b><br>A few years later the artificial heart experiments and the media circus that accompanied them (full disclosure: I was part of it) migrated from Utah to the Humana Corporation hospital chain, headquartered in Louisville, Ky.</p><p>William Schroeder, the patient who lived the longest with the Jarvik 7, famously woke up after the surgery and asked for a beer. But he soon suffered a series of debilitating strokes and died 620 mostly miserable days after the surgery.</p><p>On May 16, 1988, an editorial in the New York Times dubbed the artificial heart experiments, \"The Dracula of Medical Technology.\" </p><p>\"The crude machines,\" it continued, \"with their noisy pumps, simply wore out the human body and spirit.\"</p><p>Since then, in a series of start-up companies, Jarvik has continued his quest to make an artificial heart - as have several other firms. One competitor recently won FDA approval to sell its device for implantation in extreme emergencies.</p><p>Perhaps Jarvik\'s chances of success with another artificial heart account for his willingness to serve as pitchman for Pfizer. I inquired, without success, to find the going rate for a semi- celebrity like Jarvik to appear in such ads. Thomaselli of Advertising Age said whatever it is, it is \"infinitesimal\" compared to Pfizer\'s expenditures of $11 billion a year on advertising, much of it for Lipitor.</p><p>Why spend so much marketing Lipitor??</p><p>Because Lipitor is only one of six drugs in the class called statins that lower cholesterol. Many cardiologists say that for the vast majority of people any one of these drugs works just as well as the other. Two of them, Mevacor and Zocor, have already lost their patent protection so they cost pennies a day compared to $3 or more a day for Lipitor.</p><p>In 2010, when Lipitor loses its patent protection, it, too, will cost pennies a day, and Pfizer will no longer need Dr. Robert Jarvik.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 MSNBC Interactive</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('586','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Dropping statins may increase heart attack risk</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Many stop taking cholesterol-lowering prescriptions too soon, experts warn</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>LONDON - Worldwide thousands of people taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are suffering unnecessary heart attacks because they are not complying with the recommended treatment, Dutch researchers said on Thursday.</p><p>The researchers estimate up to 9,000 European and 7,000 American statin users have heart attacks that are avoidable.</p><p>\"Getting users to stay on statins and to use them persistently saves lives, and doctors must get over to patients the message that complying with treatment is essential,\" Dr Fernie Penning-van Beest, of the PHARMO Institute in Utrecht, said in a statement.</p><p>High cholesterol, along with smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure and being overweight, is a risk factor for heart disease, one of the biggest killers in Western countries.</p><p>Statins lower cholesterol by inhibiting an enzyme that controls how much is produced in the body. Pfizer\'s Lipitor, Merck\'s Zocor and AstraZeneca\'s Crestor are among the leading statin drugs on the market.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/16039753/\">Opinion: Should you buy a heart drug from this doctor?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16035352/\">FDA to probe heart stent safety</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15967818/\">Heart-healthy ingredient found in red wine</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>The drugs are effective if taken properly, but some people may be taking doses that are too low or have stopped treatment.</p><p>The Dutch study of nearly 60,000 new statin users and their prescriptions in the Netherlands over a two-year period found that about half the patients stopped taking the drugs during that time. Roughly a third were on a high or intermediate dose.</p><p>Hospital admissions for heart attacks dropped by 30 percent in statin users compared to patients not complying with the treatment, the study found. They believe that the impact of using the drugs properly would be similar in Europe and the United States.</p><p>In the study published in the European Heart Journal they calculated that every year up to 400 statin users in the Netherlands have a heart attack that could have been avoided.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('587','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">FDA panel backs safety of drug-coated stents</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Experts remain divided over degree of risk from blood clots</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>WASHINGTON - Drug-coated stents that prop open the arteries of about 3 million people in the U.S. don\'t increase the risk of heart attack or death when used as labeled but may put patients at risk for blood clots, health advisers said Thursday.</p><p>While the panel of experts broadly dismissed the more serious risks, they split on characterizing the degree of the increased clotting risk in comparison with older, bare-metal stents. They agreed only that more study of the newer devices is needed.</p><p>\"There may be something there. From an evidence-based perspective, I can\'t say definitively one way or another,\" said panel member Dr. Norman Kato of the Cardiac Care Medical Group of Encino, Calif.</p><p>Another panel member, Dr. Steve Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic, said the clotting risk was real and that only its magnitude was in question.</p><p>\"There is pretty unequivocal evidence,\" Nissen said.</p><p>The panel also said any safety concerns fail to outweigh the benefits of the stents - tiny mesh tubes used like scaffolding to keep blood free-flowing through the arteries. Drugs that coat the stents elute, or dissolve, into the bloodstream to prevent reclogging of arteries.</p><p>\"The message is drug-eluting stents are safe and that the safety concerns are far outweighed by evident clinical benefit,\" panel chairman Dr. William Maisel, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, told reporters.</p><p><b><strong>Mixed verdict<br></strong></b>The mixed verdict came at the outset of a two-day meeting of the Food and Drug Administration advisers, convened to discuss possible clotting and associated risks of the drug-coated stents. The panel\'s findings Thursday apply only to the minority of patients for whom the FDA-approved labeling says use of the devices is appropriate.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/16039753/\">Opinion: Should you buy a heart drug from this doctor?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15816251/\">Millions face risk from heart stents</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15967818/\">Heart-healthy ingredient found in red wine</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>More than 60 percent of the drug-coated devices are implanted in higher-risk and other patients not covered by the labels. The panel of FDA advisers was to discuss that so-called off-label use and its risks Friday.</p><p>Boston Scientific Corp. and Johnson &amp; Johnson, the two manufacturers with U.S. approval to sell the drug-coated stents, also said the benefits of the devices outweigh their risks.</p><p>FDA staff, however, believe drug-coated stent patients could face a small but significant chance of blood clots.</p><p>\"Are you certain of that conclusion?\" asked panel member Dr. John Somberg of Rush University Medical Center in Lake Bluff, Ill.</p><p>FDA medical officer Dr. Andrew Farb said he was, after acknowledging the difficulty of acting on that information.</p><p>\"When we have rare events in relatively small numbers, to come up with sweeping conclusions can raise issues,\" Farb said.</p><p>Some researchers believe clotting associated with the stents leads to an increased risk of heart attack and death - a danger the FDA said is unknown.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"1%\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/061204/AP_HeartStent.gif\" height=\"431\" width=\"396\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr></table></p><p>Boston Scientific acknowledges a slight increase in clotting associated with its drug-coated stent, the Taxus. The company said it has seen no corresponding increase in heart attacks or deaths.</p><p>\"At the end of the day, the things patients care about - \'Am I more likely to be dead or have a major heart attack?\' - the answer is \'no,\"\' said Dr. Donald Baim, Boston Scientific\'s executive vice president and chief medical and scientific officer.</p><p>Johnson &amp; Johnson said there is no significant difference in clotting, heart attack or death rates between its stent, the Cypher, and bare metal versions.</p><p>Both companies said use of the drug-coated stents reduces the need for follow-up surgeries to reopen clogged arteries when compared with bare-metal stents. That accounts for the widespread use of the drug-coated versions since their introduction in 2003.</p><p><b><strong>Plavix urged indefinitely<br></strong></b>Multiple studies have suggested the risk of blood clots, heart attack and death rises in patients who stop taking Plavix earlier than now recommended. Some doctors recommend patients stay on it indefinitely until more is learned.</p><p>The panel recommended labels on the devices be updated to reflect those studies. Earlier, FDA staff said it is unknown how long patients should take the drug, distributed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Sanofi-Aventis SA, citing the risk of bleeding. The panel also said patients should talk to their doctors before stopping or restarting use of Plavix.</p><p>On Friday, the FDA also will seek recommendations for research on the drug-coated stents on the market or pending approval. Both Medtronic Inc. and Abbott Laboratories hope to enter the more than $5 billion U.S. market for the drug-coated stents.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('588','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">FDA warns blood thinner linked to clots</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Risk increases after ending Heparin, drug manufacturer says</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration and Baxter International Inc. have notified doctors that the drug Heparin could be linked to thrombosis or blood clots in patients several weeks after they stop taking it, the agency said Friday.</p><p>The FDA said it revised the warnings section of the prescribing information for Heparin, a blood thinner, because of the possibility of delayed onset of thrombocytopenia and thrombosis. The agency described that as a \"serious antibody-mediated reaction resulting from irreversible aggregation of platelets.\"</p><p>\"Thrombotic events may be the initial presentation for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis which can occur up to several weeks after the discontinuation of heparin therapy,\" the FDA said in a notice.</p><p>Baxter spokeswoman Erin Gardiner said the company asked the FDA to add the new labeling language to reflect current medical literature on the drug, as a reminder to doctors to monitor patients for the potential effects. Heparin is available in generic form and sold by other companies as well.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/16091261/\">Dropping statins may increase heart attack risk</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>The move was not prompted by any recent increase in adverse events or complaints about the product, she added.</p><p>The prescribing information for Heparin also includes the warning that the drug may cause pulmonary embolism, cerebral blood clots, strokes, skin necrosis, and gangrene in arms and legs that could lead to amputation and possible death.</p><p>Heparin is typically administered intravenously to thin a patient\'s blood when there is a danger of clotting.</p><p>The drug generates annual sales of about $30 million, Baxter said.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('589','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">\'Safety concerns\' for majority of stent patients</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>FDA offers no clear answer on drug-coated devices in 3 million Americans</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img src=\"/images/icons/video.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"14\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#ffffff\">NBC VIDEO</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"1\" style=\"border:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#eeeeee;background-image:url(\'/images/backgrounds/component_grey.gif\');\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#cccccc\" background=\"/images/backgrounds/component_dkgrey.gif\" width=\"100%\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><a href=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'d4efd267-a02a-4520-be81-cb40003c85a9\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'c24\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'16115105\',\'Stents a concern for most patients, FDA says\')\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/061208/nn_bazell_stents_061208.300w.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><div class=\"scalAd\"><input type=\"button\" class=\"mbox w77\" value=\"Launch\" title=\"Launch\" onmouseover=\"swapbtn(this, 1)\" onmouseout=\"swapbtn(this, 0)\" onclick=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'d4efd267-a02a-4520-be81-cb40003c85a9\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'c24\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'16115105\',\'Stents a concern for most patients, FDA says\')\"></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font class=\"textMedBlackBold\"><a href=\"javascript:msnvDwd(\'00\',\'d4efd267-a02a-4520-be81-cb40003c85a9\',\'us\',\'hotvideo_m_edpicks\',\'c24\',\'msnbc\',\'\',\'16115105\',\'Stents a concern for most patients, FDA says\')\">Stents a concern for most patients, FDA says</a></font><br><font color=\"black\">Dec. 8: NBC\'s Robert Bazell tells Brian Williams about an FDA panel that reviewed the safety of popular drug-coated stents and said doctors should use them less often in certain types of patients.</font><p class=\"credit\">Nightly News</p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table><a href=\"javascript:window.status=\'iedialog:open=16115105\';\"></a></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\"></font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><div class=\"textMedBlack\">MSNBC News Services</div><p></p></font><p>WASHINGTON - Members of the Food and Drug Administration panel that reviewed the safety of popular drug-coated stents would like doctors to use them less often in certain types of patients, the chairman of the panel said Friday.</p><p>The problem is the drug-eluting versions of the tiny mesh tubes used to prop open arteries carry a greater risk of causing blood clots, which can lead to heart attacks and death. And there are more severe \"safety concerns\" when the devices are implanted for off-label uses, the FDA panel warned.</p><p>More than 60 percent of the 3 million Americans with drug-coated stents have gotten them for \"off-label\" indications - including putting them in more than one vessel, after an acute heart attack or in patients with complications such as diabetes. </p><p>Still, the panel, wrapping up two days of debate on Friday, was split on the strength of the evidence concerning the risks.</p><p>Patients with these types of stents in their arteries face an increased risk of heart attacks and death, but it\'s unclear to what extent their already poor health or the devices are to blame, the federal advisers concluded.</p><p>\"I think the panel would like to see the amount of off-label use go down,\" Dr. William Maisel of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center told reporters after the panel meeting.</p><p>Panelists recommended stent patients take blood-thinning drugs for at least a year. They also said the labels on the devices should be updated to warn doctors that off-label use won\'t give the same results as seen in generally simpler cases involving healthier patients.</p><p><b><strong>Majority of patients \'off-label\'<br></strong></b>A day earlier, the same panel concluded that the drug-coated stents are safe when used as directed but may put patients at risk for blood clots. Use as directed involves healthier patients with less complex problems. They account for fewer than 40 percent of cases.</p><p>\"If these stents are really doing what they\'re supposed to do, please help alleviate the fear that many of us are experiencing,\" stent patient Rick Dulin, 51, told the panel Friday. The Rockville, Md., resident urged the medical establishment to provide stent patients with more support and more current information.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?ThreadID=148298\">Discuss: Do you have a stent? How concerned are you?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16091436/\">Panel backs safety of stents when used as labeled</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16035352/\">FDA to probe safety of popular heart stents</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15816251/\">Second Opinion: Millions face risk from drug-coated stents</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>The device in question is a tiny artery scaffold with a drug coating. The drugs elute, or dissolve, into the body to prevent reclogging of arteries that can require follow-up surgery. That\'s their advantage over the plain, bare-metal stents.</p><p>The FDA is concerned by a small but significant increased risk of clotting associated with the drug-eluting stents. The agency convened the outside panel of experts to examine the issue and provide recommendations.</p><p>Several of the panelists pointed to a Swedish study of 60,000 patients showing that patients with these types of stents have a 20 percent higher death rate than those getting the older bare metal stents.</p><p><b><strong>Stronger labels urged<br></strong></b>Dr. Steve Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic suggested strengthening the language on the devices\' labels to reflect the uncertainty of their safety in broader populations.</p><p>\"I want to warn people a little more than we do now,\" Nissen said.</p><p>But the lack of evidence from studies left some panelists unable to make a strong recommendation.</p><p>\"I haven\'t heard anything today that\'s going to change my practice when I go back Monday morning,\" said Dr. Christopher White, of the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans.</p><p>Some suggested any evidence of increased risk compared to on-label use is muddied by the health of the patients.</p><p>\"The differences, if there are any, are likely to be confounded by differences in the patient population,\" said panel member Dr. Warren Laskey, of the University of New Mexico\'s medical school.</p><p>The two companies with U.S. approval to sell the stents, Boston Scientific Corp. and Johnson &amp; Johnson, said there is no increased risk in off-label patients or, if there is, that it\'s probably attributable to their health status.</p><p>The panelists also told the FDA that companies seeking to bring new drug-coated stents to market should carry out longer and larger trials in humans to understand the clotting risk. Both Medtronic Inc. and Abbott Laboratories hope to enter the more than $5 billion U.S. market for the drug-coated stents.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"1%\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/061204/AP_HeartStent.gif\" height=\"431\" width=\"396\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr></table></p><p><em>NBC\'s Robert Bazell, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.</em></p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2007 MSNBC Interactive</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('590','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Blood tests no better at predicting heart attacks</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Checks of cholesterol levels, blood pressure just as accurate, study finds</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>New blood tests that doctors hoped would more accurately predict which patients are headed for a heart attack or stroke are no better than cholesterol levels, blood pressure and other conventional measurements, a study found.</p><p>Doctors in recent years had become excited over substances in the blood that appeared to be powerful new predictors of a heart attack. These substances included C-reactive protein, or CRP; homocysteine; and BNP, or B-type natriuretic peptide.</p><p>An increasing number of family doctors have been ordering expensive tests for these substances, and some patients have started requesting them, in hopes of identifying people who do not have the standard risk factors but are still likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke.</p><p>But the new research, by scientists at the highly regarded Framingham Heart Study, found that tests of CRP, BNP, homocysteine and seven other substances are only a couple of percentage points better at predicting outcomes than the standard, commonsense risk factors that doctors have known for decades.</p><p>The difference in accuracy was considered so small as to be negligible.</p><p>\"It\'s a little bit disappointing,\" said lead author Dr. Thomas J. Wang, a Harvard Medical School assistant professor. \"I think our study and some other recent studies have begun to dampen that enthusiasm.\"</p><p><b><strong>No \'magic blood test\'</strong></b><br>The study was published in Thursday\'s New England Journal of Medicine.</p><p>The Framingham researchers, who have been testing residents of the Boston suburb for several decades, used frozen blood samples taken from 3,209 healthy Framingham participants in the mid-1990s, then checked to see who had major heart complications or died over the following decade.</p><p>The best predictors were tests for BNP, CRP, homocysteine and renin in the blood and albumin in the urine. Patients with the highest levels of BNP and albumin were nearly twice as likely as those with lowest levels to suffer a heart attack, stroke or heart failure; those with the highest levels of CRP, BNP and the three other substances were four times as likely to die during the decade.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/16114030/\">\'Safety concerns\' for majority of stent patients</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16113345/\">FDA warns blood thinner linked to clots</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>However, the standard risk factors - high blood pressure, high cholesterol, family history, advanced age, smoking, obesity, lack of exercise and diabetes - were just as accurate as predictors.</p><p>\"This really supports the value of focusing on risk-factor reduction, not looking for a magic blood test,\" said Dr. Richard Stein, director of preventive cardiology at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. He predicted some insurance companies will soon start telling doctors to limit such tests, which are not covered by some insurers.</p><p>\"At present, I don\'t think we should be measuring these in routine clinical practice,\" said Dr. Daniel Levy, director of the Framingham study, which is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.</p><p><b><strong>Risk factors really matter</strong></b><br>Levy and Wang said the 10 \"biomarkers\" tested in the study may still be useful for the many patients at intermediate risk of heart problems - those determined by the conventional risk factors to have a 10 percent to 20 percent chance of suffering a heart attack or stroke over the next decade.</p><p>Dr. Sidney Smith, former president of the American Heart Association and director of the Center for Cardiovascular Science and Medicine at University of North Carolina, noted the findings may not apply to minorities. The Framingham residents are almost all whites of European extraction.</p><p>He said the findings also show that doctors and patients should work harder to get known risk factors such as obesity and diabetes under control to prevent serious heart problems.</p><p>Some doctors said they expect better blood tests to be discovered eventually.</p><p>\"The question is, \'Where\'s the next frontier?\"\' Levy said.</p><p>He said the answer could come from two huge federal studies. One, with results expected next year, is examining about 500,000 genetic variations in 10,000 people to spot differences linked to heart disease; the other, still being planned, will examine about 150 biomarkers to see which ones best predict future heart problems.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('591','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Spare tire may put you on road to heart disease</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Those with big bellies face increased risk, study finds</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>NEW YORK - The more your belly sticks out, the greater your risk of developing heart disease, a new study shows.</p><p>\"The message is really obesity in the abdomen matters even more than obesity overall,\" Dr. Carlos Iribarren of Kaiser Permanente of Northern California in Oakland, the study\'s lead author, told Reuters Health.</p><p>Body mass index, a gauge of weight in relation to height, is a fairly crude way to judge a person\'s heart disease risk based on obesity, he noted. For example, muscular people may have a high BMI and be perfectly healthy.</p><p>In the current study, Iribarren and his team tested whether sagittal abdominal diameter, which is the distance from the back to the upper abdomen midway between the top of the pelvis and the bottom of the ribs, would improve the accuracy of BMI in predicting heart disease risk.</p><p>Waist circumference is widely used to measure obesity in the abdominal area, Iribarren noted. But while there are many ways to measure a person\'s waist, ab diameter, which is evaluated by a doctor or nurse with a caliper, is much more standardized and therefore probably less subject to error, he added.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"120\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img src=\"/images/icons/interactive.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"14\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#ffffff\">INTERACTIVE</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"1\" style=\"border:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#eeeeee;background-image:url(\'/images/backgrounds/component_grey.gif\');\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#cccccc\" background=\"/images/backgrounds/component_dkgrey.gif\" width=\"100%\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6852335&#xA;\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/040519/hearthealth_quiz_TZ.vsmall.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><div class=\"scalAd\"><input type=\"button\" class=\"mbox w77\" value=\"Launch\" title=\"Launch\" onmouseover=\"swapbtn(this, 1)\" onmouseout=\"swapbtn(this, 0)\" onclick=\"javascript:window.location.replace(\'http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6852335\');\"></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font class=\"textMedBlackBold\"><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6852335&#xA;\">Heart attacks</a></font><br><font color=\"black\">Are you at risk?</font></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>He and his colleagues looked at 101,765 men and women who underwent checkups between 1965 and 1970, which included ab diameter measurements, and were then followed for about 12 years.</p><p>Men with the largest ab diameter were 42 percent more likely to develop heart disease during follow-up compared with those with the smallest ab diameter, Iribarren and his team found. A large ab diameter increased heart disease risk by 44 percent for women.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Related story</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/16300653/\" target=\"_blank\">Blood tests no better at predicting heart attack</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Within BMI categories, the researchers found, heart disease risk rose with ab diameter; even among men of normal weight, heart disease risk was higher for those with bigger bellies.</p><p>The relationship between ab diameter and heart disease risk was strongest among the youngest men and women, which is not surprising, Iribarren said, given that people who develop central obesity younger in life are likely to have more serious problems.</p><p>\"I think it has important implications for prevention,\" he said. \"Don\'t let this happen to you when you\'re young, that\'s kind of the message.\"</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#FFFFFF\">&nbsp;HOW TO REDUCE YOUR HEART DISEASE RISK</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a4abc1\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-right:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-bottom:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-left:solid 1px #a4abc1;background-color:#f3f3f6;\" bgcolor=\"#f3f3f6\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\"><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" ID=\"Table1\"><tr><td><font color=\"black\">-</font></td><td><font color=\"black\"><strong>Don\'t smoke, and if you do, quit.</strong> Women who smoke are two to six times more likely to suffer a heart attack than non-smoking women.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font color=\"black\">-</font></td><td><font color=\"black\"><strong>Aim for a healthy weight</strong>. It\'s important for a long, vigorous life. Being overweight and obesity can cause many preventable deaths.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font color=\"black\">-</font></td><td><font color=\"black\"><strong>Get moving.</strong> Make a commitment to be more physically active. Aim for 30 minutes of moderately intense activity on most, preferably all, days of the week.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font color=\"black\">-</font></td><td><font color=\"black\"><strong>Eat for heart health.</strong> Choose a diet that is low in saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol. Be sure to include whole grains, vegetables and fruits.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font color=\"black\">-</font></td><td><font color=\"black\"><strong>Know your numbers.</strong> Ask your doctor to check your blood pressure, cholesterol (total, HDL, LDL, triglycerides), and blood glucose. Work with your doctor to improve any numbers that are not normal.</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#666666\"><p>Source: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute</p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('592','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">War trauma may lead to future heart attacks</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Study of nearly 2,000 veterans links symptoms of PTSD to heart disease</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>A groundbreaking study of 1,946 male veterans of World War II and Korea suggests that vets with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder are at greater risk of heart attacks as they age.</p><p>The new study is the first to document a link between PTSD symptoms and future heart disease, and joins existing evidence that vets with PTSD also have more autoimmune diseases such as arthritis and psoriasis.</p><p>A second study, funded by the Army, found that soldiers returning from combat in Iraq with post-traumatic stress disorder reported worse physical health, more doctor visits and more missed workdays. The Army study is based on a survey of 2,863 soldiers one year after combat.</p><p>\"The burden of war may be even greater than people think,\" said the first study\'s lead author, Laura Kubzansky of the Harvard School of Public Health, who studies anxiety, depression and anger as risk factors for heart disease. Her work, with colleagues from Harvard and Boston University, appears in Monday\'s Archives of General Psychiatry.</p><p>Their study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Army study appears in Monday\'s American Journal of Psychiatry.</p><p>The possible link with heart disease didn\'t surprise one Iraq veteran diagnosed with PTSD.</p><p><b><strong>\'Wake-up call\'<br></strong></b>\"It didn\'t take a rocket scientist to figure out,\" said John Oliveira of New Bedford, Mass., a former Navy public affairs officer and veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. \"It should also be a wake-up call that the cost to treat those of us suffering from PTSD could dramatically increase as we age.\"</p><p>Medical authorities first accepted post-traumatic stress disorder as a psychiatric condition in 1980 at the urging of Vietnam veterans.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;More top health news</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/16331336/\">January Jumpstart: Kick off 2007 with a month of healthy tips</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16419323/\">Down syndrome test urged for all pregnancies</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>In PTSD, the body\'s normal hormonal response to stress becomes trigger-happy, scientists believe. Long after traumatic events, people remain edgy, fearful and prone to nightmares and flashbacks. The continual release of adrenaline prompted by these symptoms may wear down the cardiovascular system, Kubzansky said.</p><p>\"It\'s not enough to simply welcome them home and do some immediate evaluation or help with reintegration,\" she said. \"They need to be tracked and watched carefully.\"</p><p>The Harvard and Boston University researchers analyzed data from the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study, a long-term research project tracking Boston-area vets.</p><p>They looked at health records of men who completed either a 46-item questionnaire measuring PTSD symptoms in 1986, or a different 35-item PTSD assessment in 1990. Both questionnaires are recognized tools for diagnosing PTSD and ask about symptoms such as sleep problems, nightmares, numbness, a heightened sense of being on guard and intrusive memories of traumatic events.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"120\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img src=\"/images/icons/interactive.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"14\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#ffffff\">INTERACTIVE</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"1\" style=\"border:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#eeeeee;background-image:url(\'/images/backgrounds/component_grey.gif\');\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#cccccc\" background=\"/images/backgrounds/component_dkgrey.gif\" width=\"100%\"><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><a href=\"&#xA;&#xA;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10803202&#xA;&#xA;\"><a href=\"javascript:OpenChildWindow(\'http://www.msnbc.com/news/wld/graphics/HEARTattack.asp\',\'fastfacts\',\'width=520,height=405\');\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/031107/TEASES/AnatomyHeartAttack_TZ150.jpg\" height=\"110\" width=\"150\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td align=\"middle\"><div class=\"scalAd\"><input type=\"button\" class=\"mbox w77\" value=\"Launch\" title=\"Launch\" onmouseover=\"swapbtn(this, 1)\" onmouseout=\"swapbtn(this, 0)\" onclick=\"javascript:window.location.replace(\'http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10803202\');\"></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>Over the 10 to 15 years after completing the questionnaires, the vets with more PTSD symptoms were more likely to have heart attacks. For each level increase in symptoms on the 1990 assessment, the risk of heart attack or chest pain rose 18 percent - even after the researchers took into account known heart disease risk factors such as smoking, alcohol use and high blood pressure.</p><p>Although the men had different levels of PTSD symptoms, very few had enough symptoms for a true diagnosis, Kubzansky said. The study needs to be repeated to see if the findings hold true for PTSD-diagnosed veterans, and for women, she said.</p><p>The data also didn\'t track how frequently the men exercised, so researchers couldn\'t tell if the men with PTSD symptoms were getting more or less exercise than other veterans.</p><p><b><strong>Exercise a possible factor<br></strong></b>Dr. Gary J. Kennedy, director of geriatric psychiatry at Montefiore Medical Center, called the study \"impressive.\" He said one symptom of PTSD is avoiding activity, which could account for some of the effect on the heart.</p><p>Kennedy, who was not involved in the study, said treatment options for PTSD include drugs, talk therapy and behavioral changes such as getting more exercise and taking action to solve small problems in life rather than shutting down emotionally.</p><p>\"We\'ve got a whole generation of veterans coming back (from Iraq and Afghanistan) and their health needs are just going to be tremendous,\" Kennedy said.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('593','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Gene variant linked to stroke risk</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>May be more prevalent in Asians than Europeans or Africans, scientists say</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>HONG KONG - Japanese researchers have identified a gene variant which appears to predispose a person to strokes, but it seems more prevalent in Asians than in those of European or African descent.</p><p>In a paper to be published in February in Nature Genetics, researchers said the presence of the variant raised the risk of cerebral infarction, the most common type of stroke, by 40 percent.</p><p>Cerebral infarction happens when blood supply to a part of the brain is obstructed, resulting in death or serious damage to brain cells. The obstruction can be caused by a blood clot, a build-up of fatty deposits in blood vessels or cancerous cells.</p><p>The researchers studied 1,112 Japanese individuals and found that the variant of the gene PRKCH turned up more frequently in those who had had a stroke. The variant also appeared to be linked to an enzyme, rendering it more active.</p><p>\"The risk variant makes the enzyme more active, and that is abundantly expressed in a variety of different cell types in blocked arteries, which can ultimately lead to a stroke,\" they wrote. \"Arteries with more severe blockages tended to have higher levels of PKC-eta (the enzyme).\"</p><p>Lead researcher Michiaki Kubo, a laboratory head at Japan\'s Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, said the genetic variant was independent of other conventional risk factors such as age, sex, hypertension, smoking and drinking.</p><p>\"Although many genetic and environmental factors contribute to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, we think that this will be one of the important factors for atherosclerosis,\" Kudo wrote in an email reply to Reuters.</p><p>Atherosclerosis is a hardening of the arteries, caused by fatty deposits in the bloodstream.</p><p>The identification of this variant could open the way to further studies on stroke prevention.</p><p>Kubo recommended that carriers be monitored intensively. While a standard blood pressure of 140/90 mmHg (millimetres of mercury) would be acceptable for non-carriers, carriers should keep their blood pressure at a lower level.</p><p>However, the researchers added that this PRKCH variant is extremely rare in individuals of European or African descent, and therefore may not have a significant effect on the genetic susceptibility to stroke in non-Asian populations.</p><p>Stroke is the third most common cause of death in developed countries, exceeded only by coronary heart disease and cancer, according to the World Health Organisation.</p><p>Worldwide, 3 million women and 2.5 million men die from strokes each year. In the United States, someone dies of stroke every three minutes.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('594','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Online tracker monitors calories, exercise</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Heart association tool lets users list food daily with focus on walking</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070108/070108_exercise_hmed_9a.hmedium.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"Jogger\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">Getty Images stock</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"-1\">The American Heart Association?stimates that adults reap two hours of life expectancy for each hour of regular exercise.</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>DALLAS - With an eye on Americans who spend too much time sitting behind computer screens and not enough time getting exercise, the American Heart Association is pitching fitness with an online nutrition tracker.</p><p>The group hopes its new free Start! program will inspire Americans to follow through on those resolutions to get in shape. With its online fitness and nutrition tracker, participants can enter what they eat each day and how much exercise they get, then get a summary of calories in and calories out.</p><p>\"I think we all know that as a nation, we are not active enough,\" said Dr. Raymond Gibbons, president of the heart association, which announced its campaign Monday.</p><p>About 195 million people, 65 percent of Americans, are overweight, according to government figures. Being overweight has serious consequences, increasing the risk for diabetes, heart problems, high blood pressure, stroke and some forms of cancer.</p><p>As far as exercise, the program has a particular focus on walking, \"the easiest activity for most people,\" Gibbons said.</p><p>The heart association estimates that adults gain two hours of life expectancy for each hour of regular exercise. Gibbons said that depends somewhat on how vigorously a person exercises, but any activity is beneficial.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;CLICK FOR RELATED CONTENT</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/16517953/\">Stroke risk tied to gene variant</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>The heart association hopes to get corporations involved by recognizing some as \"fit-friendly\" if they meet certain criteria such as providing walking routes, promoting walking programs and allowing staff to wear tennis shoes on \"sneaker days.\"</p><p>\"We encourage individuals as they sign up to encourage their corporation to do the same,\" said Alex Barbieri, a heart association spokesman.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('595','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">More adults have congenital heart disease</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Study links rise in condition to increased infant survival rates</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>DALLAS - Severe cases of congenital heart disease are on the rise among North American adults, but researchers say that probably means growing numbers of infants born with the condition are surviving into adulthood.</p><p>\"This is a real success story,\" said Dr. Ariane Marelli, lead author of a new study on the trend and director of the McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence at McGill University in Montreal.</p><p>The study, which analyzed databases in Quebec, where access to health care is universal, found that severe congenital heart disease had risen among adults by 85 percent from 1985 to 2000.</p><p>Among children the increase over the same time period was 22 percent, according to the study, published Monday in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.</p><p>Congenital heart defects occur before birth and are structural problems related to the abnormal formation of the heart or major blood vessels near it.</p><p>Marelli said increased survival rates for infants born with the defects were the most likely reason for an adult rise of severe CHD, but that more research was needed to make the link definitive.</p><p>\"There are many possible reasons for the increase, but we think the most likely reasons are that advances in care of pediatric heart patients have allowed these infants to survive into adulthood,\" she said.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/16437638/\">Drink a day?ay help male high blood pressure</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16300653/\">Blood tests no better at predicting heart attacks</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>She said infants born with the condition before the 1960s and 1970s were less likely to survive than they are now.</p><p>\"To our knowledge, this is the first study to measure the changing number of patients in a North American population during a period of major progress in the management of CHD,\" said Marelli.</p><p>\"This is the largest population study of CHD to have been performed in North America. We have no reason to believe that the predominantly Caucasian population of Quebec and Canada is different from the United States,\" she said.</p><p>Extrapolating the study findings in Quebec to the U.S. population, researchers estimate that 1.8 million Americans had the disease in 2000 - 900,000 adults and 900,000 children.</p><p>This points to one of every 85 children having the disease in 2000 and one out of every 250 adults.</p><p>\"For comparison purposes, cystic fibrosis occurs in one of 4,500 live births, so there are 45 times more children with CHD than children with cystic fibrosis, and most of these children are now becoming adults,\" Marelli said.</p><p>\"The increasing prevalence of CHD means these children will live longer and acquire other forms of heart disease,\" Marelli said.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('596','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Test may pinpoint heart attack, stroke risk</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>High levels of amino acid substance can spot future problems, study finds</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>CHICAGO - An inexpensive blood test may identify which heart disease patients are at the highest risk of a stroke or heart attack, allowing doctors to move more aggressively to help them, a study said Tuesday.</p><p>\"We are very good in this country at diagnosing heart disease,\" said Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, of the University of California at San Francisco, lead author of the study.</p><p>\"But we\'re not very good at distinguishing who\'s at high risk for future problems and starting them on preventive therapies,\" she added. \"This test could make all the difference.\"</p><p>The study, published in this week\'s Journal of the American Medical Association, involved nearly 1,000 people who were followed for over three years. The blood test measured a combination of amino acids called NT-proBNP related to heart function.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/3296859/\">Quiz: Are you at risk for a stroke?</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/15279713/\">Red wine may help prevent stroke damage</a></li><li><a href=\"/id/16437638/\">Daily drink can protect men from heart attack</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>The researchers found that heart disease patients with the highest levels of the substance had nearly eight times the risk of stroke, heart attack or heart failure as did those with the lowest levels.</p><p>About 71 million people in the United States alone have one or more forms of heart disease, and the test would cost from $20 to $40, according to information provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which sponsored the study along with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('597','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">DNA strands might predict heart disease</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Short telomeres, also tied to aging, increase likelihood of illness, study says</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>LONDON - British scientists have discovered a potential new way to identify people who have a higher risk of developing heart disease.</p><p>Telomeres, tiny strands of DNA at the ends of chromosomes that seem to contain secrets about aging, may also hold clues about who is more likely to suffer from coronary heart disease.</p><p>The researchers, who measured telomere length in leukocytes, or white blood cells, in 1,500 men 45-64 years old, found short telomeres indicate a higher likelihood of developing heart disease.</p><p>\"We have shown that leukocyte telomere length is associated with future coronary heart disease events in middle-aged, high-risk men,\" professor Nilesh Samani, of the University of Leicester in England, said in a report in The Lancet medical journal Friday.</p><p>Telomeres protect the ends of chromosomes from fraying. They shorten each time a cell divides and the loss is associated with aging. As telomeres get smaller, the chromosomes can become unstable and at greater risk of mutation.</p><p>Earlier research had shown that people with heart disease have shorter telomeres, but it was not clear until now if telomere length could be a predictive marker for the illness.</p><p>\"They have shown that it is a predictor. It doesn\'t say it is functionally linked to heart disease but it is certainly associated with it,\" said professor Jeremy Pearson of the British Heart Foundation.</p><p>He said the findings are also important in understanding the disease process and in finding ways to prevent heart attacks.</p><p>The researchers, who compared the length of telomeres of 484 men who went on to develop heart disease and 1,058 healthy men, found shorter telomere length was linked to disease risk.</p><p>Heart disease is a leading killer in industrialized countries. Smoking, being overweight or obese, lack of exercise, high blood pressure, diabetes and raised cholesterol levels increase the odds of developing the illness.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;CLICK FOR RELATED CONTENT</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/16543370/\">DNA-tailored medicine moves into mainstream</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>In addition to pinpointing which men might develop heart disease, Samani and his team said telomere length could be used to help identify men who would benefit from taking cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins to reduce their risk of heart disease.</p><p>They showed statins lowered the odds of developing heart disease in patients with short telomeres. But if patients with short telomeres were given a placebo, or dummy pill, their odds of illness were almost double compared to people with long telomeres.</p><p>Pfizer\'s Lipitor, Merck\'s Zocor and AstraZeneca\'s Crestor are among the leading statins.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2007 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('598','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Doctor donates artificial heart to Smithsonian</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Dr. Robert Jarvik implanted device in dentist Barney Clark in 1982</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070112/070112_jarvik_heart_vlrg_6a.vlarge.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">Forrest Anderson / AP file</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"-1\">Dr. Robert Jarvik, inventor of the artificial heart, Jarvik-7, holds up a model like the one implanted in Barney Clark in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1982.</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"><p></p></font><p>WASHINGTON - The pioneering artificial heart developed by Dr. Robert Jarvik will go on display at the Smithsonian Institution next month.</p><p>\"As an item of historic interest, this is the only time the public has had a chance to look at it,\" Jarvik said of the heart implanted in dentist Barney Clark in 1982.</p><p>\"Unfortunately, a lot of people who go see it will have been children at the time it was used,\" he commented in a telephone interview Thursday. \"A lot of years have gone by.\"</p><p>Jarvik donated one of his newer artificial hearts to the National Museum of American History and is lending the museum the heart that kept Clark alive for 112 days.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/16039753/\">Should you buy a cholesterol drug from Jarvik?</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Although the history museum is closed for renovations, the hearts will be displayed during February at a special \"Treasures of American History\" exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian spokeswoman Melinda Machado said.</p><p>\"Dr. Jarvik\'s innovations have helped shape the history of medicine,\" museum director Brent D. Glass said in a statement. \"This donation is a wonderful addition to our collections representing American ingenuity and innovations.\"</p><p>Jarvik said Smithsonian historians had visited him in New York to film his collection of artificial hearts.</p><p>\"We laid them out in a sort of evolutionary tree, we had the table covered with different prototypes showing how one idea led to the next,\" he said. Some were dead ends and others led to better hearts.</p><p>He said the historians requested a donation and he agreed to give them a Jarvik 2000 FlowMaker and to lend the museum the earlier model that had been used in Clark.</p><p>\"That\'s never been publicly shown or exhibited,\" he said.</p><p>The American history museum has a collection of historical artificial organs and assist devices, including the Liotta-Cooley artificial heart, the first temporary artificial heart implanted in a human.</p><p>The Liotta-Cooley heart was developed by Domingo Liotta and implanted by surgeon Denton Cooley on April 4, 1969. The recipient, Haskell Karp, lived for 64 hours with the artificial heart until a human heart was available for transplant.</p><p>The Jarvik 7 was the first permanent artificial heart implanted in a human.</p><p>In the United States, his Jarvik 2000 model has been approved for trials to buy time for heart transplant patients. In Europe, it has been used as a permanent heart replacement. Peter Houghton of Birmingham, England, had such a pump surgically implanted in his heart more than 6?years ago and is the longest-living patient with such a device.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('599','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Mutated gene doubles autism risk, study finds</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Researchers find first clear genetic link to the complex disorder</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>WASHINGTON - U.S. researchers said on Monday they had identified a genetic mutation that raises the risk of autism and could also explain some of the other symptoms seen in children with autism.</p><p>Although autism and similar disorders can clearly run in families, theirs is the first study to find a definitive genetic link to the disorder, which affects as many as 1 in 175 U.S. children.</p><p>Dr. Pat Levitt and colleagues at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., studied 743 families in which 1,200 family members were affected by autism spectrum disorders, which range from fully disabling autism to Asperger\'s syndrome.</p><p>They found a single mutation in a gene called MET, which is known to be involved in brain development, regulation of the immune system and repair of the gastrointestinal system. All of these systems can be affected in children with autism.</p><p>\"This is a vulnerability gene,\" Levitt said. \"There are not genes that actually cause autism. It raises the risk.\"</p><p><b><strong>2 copies of gene double the risk<br></strong></b>People with two copies of the mutated gene have 2 to 2.5 times the normal risk of autism and people with one mutated copy have 1.7 times the risk, he said.</p><p>The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offer a way to start looking for the actual causes of autism, Levitt said.</p><p>Autism can cause a range of symptoms, from fairly mild social dysfunction to severe and disabling learning and social impairments.</p><p>Researchers knew it could run in families, but the cause has been unknown. Children are usually diagnosed as toddlers, with parents often describing a sudden regression in abilities and behavior. There is no known cure.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Click for related content</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><ul><li><a href=\"/id/15162347/\">CDC funds largest ever study on autism</a></li><li><a href=\"http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/board.aspx?BoardID=762\">Parenting Message Board: How concerned are you about autism?</a></li></ul></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p>Levitt said the mutation does not change the function of the gene, but changes gene expression - how active the gene is.</p><p>Levitt says his team will now try to make a rat or a mouse with the same genetic mutation and use it to study what in the environment might cause autism in people with the mutation.</p><p>\"It may be more than one thing,\" Levitt said.</p><p>\"Let\'s say it is exposure to some chemical. It is a long list of everything from food additives to mercury to fertilizers. This will help.\"</p><p><b><strong>Questions on vaccines<br></strong></b>Levitt said his study may help answer questions about links between vaccines and autism.</p><p>Experts virtually all agree that vaccines do not cause autism but some parents remain mistrustful. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a series of studies into the potential causes of autism.</p><p>In a second study, a team at Cornell University and Indiana University-Purdue University found that television viewing may be a factor among American children.</p><p>Michael Waldman of Cornell University and colleagues found that children from rainy U.S. counties watch more television and autism rates corresponded with this pattern.</p><p>\"The analysis shows that early childhood television viewing could be an environmental trigger for the onset of autism and strongly points to the need for more research by experts in the field of autism,\" said Waldman, who will present his findings on Friday to a conference of the National Bureau of Economic Research.</p><p>A third team of researchers found that the brain regions of adults with autism may not communicate with each other as efficiently as they do in other people.</p><p>Michael Murias and colleagues at the University of Washington used high-resolution electroencephalography or EEG to find patterns of abnormal connectivity between brain regions in 36 people with autism.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. 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INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('600','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Popular antidepressant linked to overdoses</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>FDA urges doctors to prescribe smallest possible amounts of Effexor </b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061025/061025_effexor_vmed_1130a.vmedium.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"Effexor\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">Joe Raedle / Getty Images file</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"-1\">Wyeth, the maker of Effexor, shown here, and the FDA have received reports of overdoses occurring in some patients, mostly in combination with alcohol or other drugs.</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday urged doctors to prescribe the popular antidepressant Effexor in the smallest possible quantities to reduce the risk of overdose.</p><p>Wyeth, the maker of Effexor or venlafaxine HCI, and the FDA had reports of overdoses occurring in some patients, mostly in combination with alcohol or other drugs, the agency said in a statement.</p><p>\"Health care professionals are advised to prescribe Effexor and Effexor XR in the smallest quantity of capsules consistent with good patient management to reduce the risk of overdose,\" the FDA said.</p><p>The reported overdoses resulted in death or symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, coma, seizures, vomiting and vertigo, Wyeth said in a letter it sent to doctors and health care providers.</p><p>\"Epidemiological studies have shown that venlafaxine-treated patients have a higher pre-existing burden of suicide risk factors than SSRI-treated patients,\" the Wyeth letter said.</p><p>SSRIs - selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - are another class of antidepressants that include such drugs as Celexa, Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft.</p><p>The letter did not disclose how many overdose cases had been reported. It urged doctors to report any adverse reactions to Effexor to the company or to the FDA.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('601','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Feeling down? Depression may cause bone loss</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Scientists say antidepressants could offer treatment for osteoporosis</b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceReuters.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"140\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></a><p></p></font><p>JERUSALEM - Depression can lead to brittle bones, Israeli scientists found in a new study released on Monday that also suggested antidepressant drugs could be used to treat osteoporosis.</p><p>The scientists, at Jerusalem\'s Hebrew University, said mice that were given drugs to induce behavior similar to human depression suffered from a loss of mass in their bones, mainly their hips and vertebrae.</p><p>After being given antidepressants, the bone density of the mice increased, along with their level of activity and social interaction, the scientists said.</p><p>\"The new findings ... point for the first time to depression as an important element in causing bone mass loss and osteoporosis,\" Hebrew University professor Raz Yirmiya, who took part in the study, said in a statement.</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"120\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/ColorBoxes/Styles/ColorBoxImages_GlobalOnlyPlease/interactive_icon.gif\" height=\"14\" width=\"24\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#FFFFFF\">Test yourself </b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a4abc1\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-right:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-bottom:solid 1px #a4abc1;border-left:solid 1px #a4abc1;background-color:#f3f3f6;\" bgcolor=\"#f3f3f6\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><a href=\"/id/3296469/\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/031107/Quiz_TZ152.jpg\" height=\"110\" width=\"150\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></a></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"15\"><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font></td><td><b><a href=\"/id/3296469/\">What\'s your risk for osteoporosis</a>?</b></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>Depression activates the \"sympathetic nervous system\", which responds to impending danger or stress, causing the release of a chemical compound called noradrenaline that harms bone-building cells, the study showed.</p><p>Antidepressant drugs block noradrenaline and reverse its negative effects, according to the findings, which will be published this week in the American journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences).</p><p>A study published earlier this month by the Forsyth Institute in Boston found that fluoxetine, used in the popular anti-depressant drug Prozac, also increased bone mass in mice.</p><p>Osteoporosis weakens bones and makes them more likely to fracture. It is treatable but affects millions and is most prevalent among postmenopausal women.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.</em></i></div><br>');
INSERT INTO `dede_addonarticle` VALUES('602','6','<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td width=\"10\"></td><td width=\"98%\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" valign=\"top\"><tr><td><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"+2\" color=\"551E1B\">Mental health experts: No Halloween psychos</font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><b>Advocates, federal agencies work to rid Halloween of mental-illness themes </b><br></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061024/061024_freddy_hmed1p.hmedium.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font size=\"-2\">New Line Productions</font><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br><font size=\"-1\">Freddy Krueger, the horror-movie character, is one of the?taples of?opular culture?omplicating efforts by mental health professionals to end the stigma of mental illness. </font><br><spacer type=\"block\" height=\"10\" width=\"1\"></spacer><br></td></tr></table><font size=\"-2\"><div class=\"textMedBlackBold\" style=\"padding-top:10px;\"><script>document.write(\"<a href=\'&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;:\"+\"Michaelross\"+\"&#64;\"+\"feedback.msnbc.com\'>\");</script>Michael E. Ross<script>document.write(\'</a>\');</script></div><div class=\"textMedBlack\">Reporter</div><div class=\"textMedBlack\">MSNBC</div><p></p></font><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"102\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/i/msnbc/Test-Dev/donna/msnbc10/Launch%20images/byline_msnbc.gif\" height=\"20\" width=\"100\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#7788aa\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#000000\"></b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#666666\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #666666;border-bottom:solid 1px #666666;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><img border=\"0\" src=\"http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Bylines/mugs/MSNBC%20Interactive/msnbc_ross_051201.thumb.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\"></td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><font color=\"black\"><b>Michael E. Ross</b></font></td></tr><tr><td><font class=\"credit\">Reporter</font></td></tr><tr><td><hr size=\"1\" width=\"85%\" color=\"#cccccc\" noshade=\"1\" align=\"center\"></td></tr><tr><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font color=\"black\"><a href=\"/id/10913650/\">Profile</a></font></td></tr><tr><td><font color=\"551E1B\">?/font><font color=\"black\"><script language=\"javascript\">document.write(\'<a href=\"mailto:\'+\'Michaelross\'+\'@\'+\'feedback.msnbc.com\">\')</script>E-mail<script language=\"javascript\">document.write(\'</a>\');</script></font></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>Mental health professionals and advocates are battling to take themes of mental-illness out of Halloween. </p><p>The <a href=\"http://www.nami.org/\">National Alliance on Mental Illness</a> says Halloween celebrations depicting psychoses and insane asylums victimize the mentally ill.</p><p>\"Looking at it through the specific prism of Halloween, stigma is one of the main barriers to people getting help when they need it,\" said Bob Carolla, a spokesman for NAMI, a mental health advocacy organization based in Arlington, Va.</p><p>\"The stigma is linked to the perception of violence, even though research indicates that people with mental illness are no more prone to violence than the rest of the population,\" Carolla said. </p><p>The culprit? \"It\'s often a haunted house attraction dressed up with some kind of mental illness theme, usually presented as an insane asylum,\" he said. </p><p><b><strong>Haunting haunted houses<br></strong></b>A NAMI project called StigmaBusters, meant to shift attitudes about mental illness in popular culture, has had some success making direct appeals to organizations that use insanity themes. If a film, program or event is seen as stigmatizing the mentally ill, StigmaBusters, and NAMI affiliates throughout the country, contact the producers through e-mail alerts. StigmaBusters has more than 20,000 e-mail subscribers, including hospitals, media outlets and universities.</p><p>A community haunted house, sponsored by the Wheaton, Ill., Jaycees, changed its \"Insanitarium\" theme this year, after objections made public by the project. </p><p>\"We realize that mental illness is a serious problem that can have a great personal impact on many lives,\" the organization said last week on its Web site announcing a change in the 2006 theme, and apologizing for the \"Insanitarium\" concept.</p><p><b><strong>A pop-culture staple<br></strong></b>Images of the mentally ill have been a staple of movies and television for years. The 1978 film \"Halloween\" followed Michael Myers, an escapee from a mental institution, on a murderous Halloween-night rampage. The film, considered a pioneer of the slasher movie genre, has been re-released this month. \"Halloween 9\" is set for release in October 2007. </p><p>Amusement parks have also adopted psycho themes. Paramount\'s Kings Island, a park near Cincinnati, Ohio, continues to advertise \"The Asylum\" and \"PsychoPath,\" two of its Halloween attractions for \"Fearfest 2006,\" despite NAMI\'s objections. </p><p>\"We\'re really appealing to teens and young adults, and we\'re using the theatrics of thrillers they enjoy,\" said Maureen Kaiser, spokeswoman for Kings Island, in defending the attractions. </p><p>Kaiser said that none of the park\'s attractions \"are intended to offend anyone or to make light of mental illness, adding that no park customers had complained. </p><p>But she said NAMI\'s objections would be considered in shaping the \"future of the attraction.\"</p><p><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"460\"><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr height=\"20\"><td width=\"98%\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><font size=\"-1\"><b color=\"#666666\">&nbsp;Live vote</b></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#cccccc\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-top:solid 1px #cccccc;border-bottom:solid 1px #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><tr><td><table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"headlineList2\"><tr></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px;\"><font class=\"bigRedLink\"><p><a href=\"/id/15477350/?displaymode=1006\">No \'psycho\' costumes? Have?he experts gone too far?</a></p></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"\" bordercolor=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\"><tr><td style=\"\"><font class=\"textSmall\" color=\"#000000\"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><p><b><strong>\'Perception rather than reality\'<br></strong></b>For Carolla, negative perceptions of mental illness in pop culture can be as much implied as shown. </p><p>\"It\'s perception rather than reality,\" Carolla said. \"Besides the Halloween movies, you\'ve got the film \'Psycho,\' and there\'ve been others. Sometimes it\'s violent movies. Sometimes it\'s comedies where people with serious [mental] illness are presented as the butt of jokes.\"</p><p>\"It\'s pervasive throughout the popular culture, which is one of the reasons this is so difficult,\" Carolla said. \"You don\'t necessarily find organizations outside the mental health community willing to take on the cause and contribute to anti-stigma efforts.\"</p><p><b><strong>Bigger than Halloween<br></strong></b>That said, Carolla says progress has been made in cultural depictions of the mentally ill that extend beyond specific Halloween themes. Carolla said the USA Network drama \"Monk,\" whose main character is an obsessive-compulsive detective, has attracted positive response from the mental health community for its depiction of that disorder. (USA Network is a property of NBC Universal, parent of MSNBC.)</p><p>And he called the 2001 movie \"A Beautiful Mind\" \"a tremendous breakthrough in terms of educating the public about schizophrenia.\" </p><p>The Entertainment Industries Council, a group that focuses the entertainment industry on health and social issues, has just produced a guide for screenwriters to use as <a href=\"http://www.eiconline.org/publications/spotlighton/bipolar.pdf\">a reference on bipolar disorder</a>. </p><p>And on Nov. 29, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Substance Abuse &amp; Mental Health Services Administration and the U.S. Advertising Council will start a national anti-stigma campaign, with public service announcements, aimed at changing the public\'s perception of mental illness.</p><div class=\"textBodyBlack\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><em>?2006 MSNBC Interactive</em></i></div><br>');
