[Health] Taking the fright out of Halloween candy

Taking the fright out of Halloween candy
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2012/10/28/halloween_brings_sweet_business_to_candy.htm
These days Halloween candy crowds the aisles of store shelves within minutes of the final back-to-school sale. And while it might seem like a good idea to stock up during the early-bird sales, too often "the candy is gone by the time it's actually Halloween, ...

New test to improve HIV diagnosis in poor countries
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/new-test-to-improve-hiv-diagnosispoor-countries_774379.html
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have come up with a test for the virus that causes AIDS that is ten times more sensitive and a fraction of the cost of existing methods, offering the promise of better diagnosis and treatment in the developing world.

Wood: Boost from energy drinks comes with cost to health
http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=810101
This week's news included an investigation into five deaths and a nonfatal heart attack in people who drank a popular high-caffeine energy drink.

On Doctor-Assisted Suicide, Stances Rooted In Intimate Experiences
http://www.wbur.org/2012/10/25/massachusetts-physician-assisted-suicide
BOSTON - This Election Day, Massachusetts voters will weigh in on the difficult issue of physician-assisted suicide. Specifically, whether terminally ill people expected to live six months or less should be able to get a lethal prescription from their doctors so ...

Novartis flu vaccines only 1% of Manitoba stock
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/six-european-countries-order-temporary-ban-on-import-of-novartis-flu-vaccines/articleshow/16975610.cms
Health officials in Manitoba say they have checked their supplies for flu vaccines and only one per cent of the stock consists of Novartis products.

Mayor Menino hospitalized for virus
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/10/28/boston-mayor-menino-in-hospital-with-virus/
By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff. Mayor Thomas M. Menino has spent the weekend in a Boston hospital with a virus after coming home two days early from a vacation in Italy, his spokeswoman said on Sunday.

African-American Women: Breast Cancer More Deadly?
http://www.kentucky.com/2012/10/28/2387314/these-are-exciting-times-for-breast.html
Oct. 28, 2012 -- African-American women may be more likely to die of breast cancer than women of other races, especially in the first few years after the diagnosis, according to new research.

Texas mom breaks world record for donating breast milk
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-mom-breaks-world-record-donating-breast-milk-article-1.1194078?localLinksEnabled=false
Got Milk? Texas mom breaks world record for donating breast milk - more than 86 gallons! Alicia Richman had more milk than she needed to feed her son last March, so she turned to Mothers' Milk Bank of North Texas, a nonprofit, to help others in need.

Obama and Romney on health care
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2012/10/28/presidential-stances-on-health-care/
Barack Obama. The White House uploaded a YouTube video in 2009 outlining Obama's health care plan in four minutes. Obama in March 2010 signed into law his landmark legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

What Medicare Will Cover Even if You're Not Likely to Get Better
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/-/world/15234923/landmark-medicare-settlement-could-change-lives/
Paul O. Boisvert for The New York Times. Glenda Jimmo of Lincoln, Vt., was the lead plaintiff in a class-action suit filed after Medicare denied coverage for nurses and home health aides, saying her condition was unlikely to improve.

Pennsylvania Game Commission chronic wasting disease check station expects ...
http://blog.pennlive.com/pa-sportsman/2012/10/pennsylvania_game_commission_chronic_wasting_disease_check_station_expects_more_action_in_rifle_seas.html
The state Game Commission's deer check station in the chronic wasting disease management area in Adams and York counties wasn't all that busy during its first few days of operation, Oct. 18-23.

El Paso man recovering from West Nile virus
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/article/279636/10/West-Nile-virus-deaths-up-19
EL PASO - An El Paso man is recovering after being diagnosed with West Nile virus in September and spending several weeks in the hospital.

Help us plan cancer-fighting Relay for Life Nov. 14
http://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/current/2012/10/27/108347/lewiston-new-location-new-month-for-relay-for-life
Editor,. Many of us have been touched by cancer. The fight against cancer is everyone's battle. Our community has an outstanding opportunity to make an important contribution to this fight, and I appeal to you to be a part of it.