Health Glance
Earlier this month (March 2011), Japanese authorities ordered doctors to stop using pneumococcal and Hib vaccines because four children died after receiving the shots. However, the real news was never reported: more than 2,000 babies died in the United States after receiving vaccines for these very same diseases, yet authorities refuse to warn parents and halt production. A safety review is vital to determine whether a recall of the dangerous shots may be necessary to protect additional American babies from disability and death.
More than 2,000 vaccinated babies died: The cost of doing business
Tobacco industry brushes off call for FDA restrictions on menthol cigarettes
Despite evidence that menthol cigarettes are a significant factor in the rise of smoking among adolescents, a federal advisory panel on Friday stopped short of recommending a ban on the cigarettes.
Instead, it urged further study of the issue, which suggested that the Food and Drug Administration would ultimately pursue more modest action, such as marketing restrictions aimed at reducing access for the young.
Advisers back ban on menthol cigarettes
Banning sales of menthol-flavored cigarettes would improve public health, advisers have concluded in a draft report released on Friday.
"Removal of menthol cigarettes from the marketplace would benefit public health in the United States," said Dr. Mark Clanton of the American Cancer Society in summarizing the panel's findings. The committee was debating the findings before sending a final report to the Food and Drug Administration.
TVNL Comment: Really?! 450,000 Americans die of smoking related diseases every year.Wouldn't banning sales of ALL cigarettes improve public healt far more significantly? Just asking...
Haiti cholera 'far worse than expected', experts fear
The cholera epidemic affecting Haiti looks set to be far worse than officials had thought, experts fear. Rather than affecting a predicted 400,000 people, the diarrhoeal disease could strike nearly twice as many as this, latest estimates suggest.
Aid efforts will need ramping up, US researchers told The Lancet journal. The World Health Organization says everything possible is being done to contain the disease and warns that modelling estimates can be inaccurate.
Vaccines may have increased swine flu risk
There is renewed controversy surrounding influenza vaccines, with some studies showing people immunised against the seasonal flu might have been at greater risk during the swine flu outbreak.
Infectious diseases expert Professor Peter Collignon has called for a review of Australia's flu vaccine policy in light of the new research, but the Federal Government has defended its vaccination program.
OxyContin abuse spreads from Appalachia across U.S.
Shawn Clusky has seen every side of Kentucky's battle with pain pill addiction over the past 10 years. Clusky first tried OxyContin at age 17 with his school buddies, shortly after the high-powered narcotic painkiller went on the market. He was an occasional user and seller until about age 21, when he became fully addicted.
When he was 25, he got arrested at a Lexington gas station for selling $15,000 worth of pills. Clusky received probation, but was still using until he was sent to the WestCare rehabilitation center in eastern Kentucky. He now works there as a counselor.
"Imaginary Panic": The WHO Admits that the H1N1 Pandemic was a Multibillion Dollar Fraud....
The Swine Flu ‘pandemic’ turned out to be nothing more than a storm in a teacup generated by a flurry of conflicts of interest.
A majority of European Health Committee MEPs have nonetheless recently approved a report by Anne Delvaux (PPE) endorsing the existence of what was really an imaginary panic and calling for ‘more cooperation between member states’ to deal with future pandemics.
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