[Health] For Early Cancer, Lumpectomy Beats Mastectomy for Survival: Study

For Early Cancer, Lumpectomy Beats Mastectomy for Survival: Study
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2269330/Cancer-patients-say-No-mastectomy-likely-survive.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
MONDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Breast-conserving surgery for early stage breast cancers may result in better survival than mastectomy, according to a new study.

Keryx kidney disease drug meets late-stage trial goal
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/28/us-keryx-trial-kidneydisease-idUSBRE90R0KP20130128
Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:56am EST. (Reuters) - Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc said a late-stage trial of its experimental kidney disease drug met the main study goal of reducing phosphate levels in blood, sending the company's shares up 43 percent before the bell ...

Aging in Brain Found to Hurt Sleep Needed for Memory
http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/diseases/poor-sleep-can-cause-memory-decline-in-elderly_20459.html
Scientists have known for decades that the ability to remember newly learned information declines with age, but it was not clear why.

Gatorade to drop BVO after consumer complaints
http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/gatorade-listens-to-a-teen-and-changes-its-formula/
Responding to consumer concerns, PepsiCo announced Friday that it will remove brominated vegetable oil, an emulsifier, from citrus-flavored Gatorade sold in the U.S.. Mississippi teenager Sarah Kavanagh launched an online petition in November that drew ...

'Significant brain activity' in comatose Ariel Sharon
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/significant-activity-detected-in-ariel-sharon-s-brain.premium-1.496704
Read a version of this story on CNN Arabic. (CNN) -- Doctors in Israel said Monday that they had detected "significant brain activity" during tests on former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a brain hemorrhage seven ...

Monster Energy, Red Bull turn to lobbyists for help
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/monster-energy-red-bull-turn-to-lobbyists-for-help/2013/01/25/c5bf09b0-65a4-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_story.html
As the Food and Drug Administration continues to investigate the safety of energy drinks, two of the biggest makers of energy beverages are shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to pay Washington lobbyists.

FDA Panel Calls for Greater Restrictions on Hydrocodone
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/778275
Drugs containing hydrocodone combined with other analgesics may soon be subject to more stringent prescribing requirements if the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepts the recommendation of its expert panel to reschedule the widely used drug.

FDA: Listeria Concerns Force Whole Foods Market to Recall Sockeye Salmon
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/01/more-listeria-brings-more-recalled-smoked-salmon/
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the Whole Food Market is voluntarily recalling one of its products, Whole Catch Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon because it may contain the Listeria Monocytogenes Bacterium.