Health News | Health Resources Make Your Calories Count Make Your Calories Count is an interactive learning program that provides consumers with information to help plan a healthful diet while managing calorie intake. May 30, 2009 - 8:26:01 AM
Health News | Health Resources Hospice Fraud: California Files Criminal Charges Continuing his fight to combat Medicare and Medi-Cal fraud, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. last night filed criminal charges against six individuals who paid healthy seniors to be admitted to a hospice for the terminally ill and then billed state and federal health care programs for "phantom procedures" never performed. May 6, 2009 - 7:45:17 PM
Announcements Swine Flu : FDA, FTC Warn Public of Fraudulent 2009 H1N1 Influenza Products The
U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission are
alerting the public to be wary of Internet sites and other promotions
for products that claim to diagnose, prevent, mitigate, treat or cure
the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. May 1, 2009 - 3:43:51 PM
Announcements Frosted Mini-Wheats Ads Were False: Kellogg Settles FTC Charges Kellogg Company, the world's leading producer of cereal, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that advertising claims touting a breakfast of Frosted Mini-Wheats as "clinically shown to improve kids' attentiveness by nearly 20%" were false and violated federal law. Apr 21, 2009 - 9:55:21 AM
Health News | Health Resources Overlooked "Brown Fat" Tied to Obesity Scientists have thought that adults lack a type of fat called brown fat. New research shows that not only do adults have it, but it may play an important role in weight control. Apr 20, 2009 - 10:30:48 PM
Health News | Health Resources Medicare Expands Coverage Of Pet Scans As Cancer Diagnostic Tool The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final
national coverage determination (NCD) to expand coverage for initial testing
with positron emission tomography (PET) for Medicare beneficiaries who are
diagnosed with and treated for most solid tumor cancers. Apr 13, 2009 - 7:27:39 AM
Heterosexual men who undergo medical circumcision can significantly reduce their risk of acquiring two common sexually transmitted infections — herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), the cause of genital herpes, and human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cancer and genital warts, according to a report in the March 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Announcements Ten California Hospitals Get Penalties from CDPH The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announcedthat 10 hospitals have been assessed administrative penalties of $25,000 from the state of California after a determination that the facilities' noncompliance with licensing requirements has caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury or death to patients.
Health News | Health Resources Prostate Cancer: Metabolomics Links Compounds to Prostate Cancer A new study has uncovered a molecule associated with the transformation of
benign prostate tissue into metastatic prostate cancer. The discovery identifies
a potentially useful indicator for the disease and suggests new targets for
prostate cancer treatments Feb 24, 2009 - 10:10:35 AM
