Desperate Search for a Kidney on YouTube
Man in need of an organ donor makes a video plea for help. YouTube - Organ donation - Health - Kidney - Arts

FDA Registry May Curb Food Poisonings
Over a seven-month period, manufacturers and distributors have reported 125 food safety issues directly to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, most concerning Salmonella or allergens, the agency said. Salmonella - Food and Drug Administration - United States - Allergen - Food safety

Hot Flash Spray Could Throw Kids Into Puberty
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that exposure to Evamist, a spray used to control hot flashes during menopause, may be associated with early puberty and early breast development in young children. The FDA reports that there were eight children between the ages of three and five who experienced premature puberty, nipple swelling, breast development and breast enlargement after "unintended exposure" to Evamist. According to an FDA spokesperson, "unintended exposure" likely means casual contact, such as hugging. Food and Drug Administration - Menopause - Breast - Hot flash - Puberty

New Diet Pill Safe and Effective ... So Far
There may be new hope for people looking for a diet pill that's both safe and effective. Researchers found that participants in a clinical trial who took the drug Contrave for more than a year lost an average of 6.1 percent of their body fat. Trial participants who took Contrave started losing weight four weeks after starting the drug and maintained their weight loss throughout the 56 weeks of the study. Health - Weight loss - Shopping - Qnexa - Support Groups

Docs Install Windpipes Made From Stem Cells
Two patients get new windpipes grown from donor tissue and their own stem cells. Stem cell - Biotechnology - Biology - Surgery - Vertebrate trachea

Calcium Supplements May Up Heart Attack Risk
Calcium supplementation -- without giving vitamin D at the same time -- appears to increase the risk of myocardial infarction, a new review of past research has shown. Sipuleucel-T - Cancer - Cancer vaccine - Health - Conditions and Diseases

Cancer Vaccine: 4 Months of Life Worth $100K?
Prostate cancer vaccine, Provenge, adds 4 months to life, at a pricetag of 100K. The first-ever approved cancer vaccine, Provenge offers hope to men with advanced prostate cancer, but the high cost of this new treatment raises healthcare policy questions. Prostate cancer - Sipuleucel-T - Cancer - Cancer vaccine - Health

Dengue Fever in Fla.: What You Need to Know
Dengue, (pronounced DEN-ghee) is a tropical disease spread by mosquitoes. It is caused by any one of four closely related dengue viruses (DENV 1, DENV 2, DENV 3, or DENV 4), carried most often by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, and less frequently, by Aedes albopictus. Dengue fever - Mosquito - Health - Infectious disease - Conditions and Diseases

You Call This a Heat Wave? Temps vs. Deaths
The South and East Coast have taken a real beating this summer from record-breaking temperatures and unrelenting heat. June was the hottest month on record, with temperatures nearly 2 degrees above the 20th-century average for the month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA's records stretch as far back as 1880. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Temperature - United States - 20th century - East Coast of the United States

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