Media Leading "Drug Educator" for Kids

Nestle to branch into health and nutrition Baltimore Sun Nestle, the world's biggest food group, is setting up a new company to develop products it says will treat diseases like diabetes in a deeper move into the highly profitable health and wellness area. The maker of Nescafe coffee, Kit Kat chocolate bars ... See all stories on this topic »

Stink bugs challenge bed bugs as worst pest USA Today Bed bugs have a new challenger as pest of the year. Stink bugs are proliferating in the Middle Atlantic states, damaging fruit and vegetable crops. They don't bite but they're gross people out (myself included), because they can creep into almost any ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Mammogram reminders from Newton-Wellesley Hospital Boston Globe By Sarah Thomas, Globe Correspondent Women with upcoming mammograms at Newton-Wellesley Hospital will be asked to participate in a program to increase cancer awareness, according to an announcement by the hospital. The Pink Card program, which will be ... See all stories on this topic »

Can America regain 'momentum' in fight against AIDS? CNN By Phil Gast, CNN (CNN) -- National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Monday will stress what's always been stressed: testing and prevention -- an approach promoted in a study showing 1 in 5 gay men have HIV and nearly half of them are unaware. ... See all stories on this topic »

Seattle Genetics, Takeda Drug Shrinks Lymphoma Patients' Tumors in Study Bloomberg By Rob Waters - Mon Sep 27 12:34:14 GMT 2010 Seattle Genetics Inc. said its two- drug therapy, developed with Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., cut tumor size by at least half in 75 percent of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system. ... See all stories on this topic »

Saudi says to ban Abbott's Similac baby formula Reuters RIYADH, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Monday it would ban and withdraw plastic and metallic cans of Similac powdered infant formula for possibly containing beetles and their larvae. Last week, Abbott Laboratories (ABT. ... See all stories on this topic »

Media Leading "Drug Educator" for Kids, Doctors Say ABC News By FREDERIK JOELVING NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite severe restrictions on tobacco advertising, youths are still too often exposed to media depicting smoking and drinking in a favorable light, according to one group of doctors. ... See all stories on this topic »

Frequent Family Dinners Linked To Lower Tobacco, Alcohol And Marijuana Use ... Medical News Today American teenagers who regularly have family dinners are much less likely to have used drugs, alcohol or marijuana compared to their peers who have family dinners infrequently, according to a new study - The Importance of Family Dinners VI - carried ... See all stories on this topic »

Jordan's Queen Rania undergoes treatment for irregular heart rhythm CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Jordan's Queen Rania was recuperating in a New York hospital Monday after she underwent a medical procedure to correct an irregular heart rhythm. "The procedure went very smoothly and Her Majesty is well and in good ... See all stories on this topic »