[Health] Merck Says Niacin Drug Has Failed Large Trial

Merck Says Niacin Drug Has Failed Large Trial
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57560359/study-heart-drug-tredaptive-is-ineffective/
The drug maker Merck announced on Thursday that a combination of niacin and another medicine failed to protect against heart attacks and strokes in a large clinical trial, and that the company would no longer pursue approval of the combination drug in the ...

Surgeons Still Make Preventable Mistakes
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/12/20/surgeons-still-leave-items-in-patients.html
There are certain mistakes that should never happen to you during surgery. The surgeon should never accidentally leave a sponge in your body after he sews you up, perform surgery on the wrong part of your body, or perform the entirely wrong surgery on ...

Chest compression-only CPR shows long-term benefit
http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-80522-Chest-compression-only-CPR-termed-better
By Katherine Hobson. NEW YORK | Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:34pm EST. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer cardiac arrest - in which the heart stops beating - were less likely to die in subsequent years when bystanders performed cardiopulmonary ...

Family meals boost children's fruit and vegetable intake
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/12/20/fruits-vegetables-children-family.html
Children eat more fruits and vegetables when families sit down to dine together, British researchers have found. Health authorities such as the World Health Organization recommend the eating of five 80-gram portions of fruits and vegetables a day to promote ...

It takes more than an IQ to describe how our brains work
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/9758391/It-takes-more-than-an-IQ-to-describe-how-our-brains-work.html
Intelligence Quotient, or IQ, has been used to sort people, whether job candidates or schoolchildren, for decades. Now, a century after psychologists first came up with the idea of “general intelligence”, the world's biggest study of its kind has put paid to the ...

Pakistan clerics calls for protests against polio worker killings
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/who-suspends-campaign/article4217186.ece?homepage=true
By Mehreen Zahra-Malik. ISLAMABAD | Thu Dec 20, 2012 2:46am EST. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An alliance of Pakistani clerics will hold demonstrations across the country against the killings of polio eradication campaign workers, leaders said on Thursday, ...

Design college says eagle-snatching-kid video a hoax
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/terror-from-above-viral-baby-snatching-eagle-video-deemed-a-hoax-by-critics-1.1085355
A YouTube video, posted Tuesday by MrNuclearCat, purports to show an eagle snatching a child off the ground for a few seconds at a Montreal park.

DC tops list of heart healthy states
http://www.presstv.com/usdetail/279096.html
The District tops a new list of the most heart healthy states, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Instant Index: Conjoined Twins Christmas Miracle
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/conjoined-twins-recovering-separation-surgery-article-1.1224387
And now, our "instant index." And it starts with a very special christmas portrait. Allison and amelia tucker with santa.

Nelson Mandela Hospitalized For Thirteenth Day
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/nelson-mandela/9759758/Nelson-Mandelas-condition-serious-but-improving.html
A poster with a picture of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, ahead of the ruling party elective conference where the current President Jacob Zuma will fight for a second term as head of the ...

German Health Care Attracts Foreign Patients
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/21/world/europe/german-health-care-attracts-foreign-patients.html
BERLIN - When Jalal Talabani, the president of Iraq, needed advanced medical care for a stroke suffered this week, he flew not to the United States or Britain but to Germany, for treatment here in the capital.

Even the young and healthy benefit from flu vaccine
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/flu-season-surging-just-in-time-for-the-holidays-1.1087698
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm 28 and healthy. I've never gotten a flu shot and have never had the flu. Do I really need a flu vaccination?

Marijuana Use Up, Alcohol and Cigarettes Down For HS Students
http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Teens-views-on-dangers-of-pot-fall-to-20-year-low-184343801.html
New study on 8th, 10th, and 12th graders shows marijuana use was up but alcohol and cigarette use was down. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Marijuana use is up while alcohol and cigarette use is down for high school students across the country, according to a ...

Bubba Watson, Ping present $250000 to hospital
http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/Bubba-Watson-Ping-present-250000-to-hospital-122012
Masters champion Bubba Watson and golf equipment maker Ping presented $250,000 to the Phoenix Children's Hospital on Thursday for use in the construction of Arizona's first pediatric gait lab.