WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Consumers should not buy or use
Mommy's Bliss Nipple Cream, marketed by San Rafael,
California-based MOM Enterprises Inc, due to ingredients that
could harm infants, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said
on Friday.
The product, marketed to nursing mothers to help soothe and
heal their dry or cracked nipples, contains ingredients
chlorphenesin and phenoxyethanol that could cause respiratory
distress or [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Losing weight is a challenge, but keeping
it off can even more difficult without a good plan and healthy habits.

Here are suggestions to help you keep the weight off that you've worked
so hard to lose, courtesy of the American Heart Association:

Understand what works best for you — such as what rewards [...]

BEIJING (Reuters) - Nearly 12 percent of those killed in China’s southwestern Sichuan province by the massive May 12 earthquake were students and teachers, crushed when their schools collapsed on top of them, the Beijing News reported on Saturday.

The toll from the quake is already more than 55,000 and the newspaper said at least 6,581 [...]

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration on Friday warned women not to use or purchase Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream, marketed by MOM Enterprises Inc. of San Rafael, Calif.
The cream, promoted to nursing mothers to help soothe dry or cracked nipples, contains ingredients that may cause respiratory distress, vomiting and diarrhea in infants, the agency [...]

- THURSDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Women who take hormone replacement
therapy via skin patches may face a lower risk of blood clots than women
who take the therapy orally.

The new finding could change the risk-benefit ratio for women who are
considering hormone therapy to relieve hot flashes, night sweats and other
symptoms of menopause.

“One main clinical [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease is
difficult to accept, and it can be uncomfortable to share these feelings
with your loved ones.

Here are some suggestions, courtesy of the Alzheimer's Association:

Offer a basic explanation of the disease; that it is not just normal
part of aging, but a brain disease that significantly impairs memory [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Allergy and asthma symptoms can be caused by
a variety of factors, both indoors and outdoors.

The American Lung Association offers this list of common “triggers”
that can set off a reaction in the lungs and elsewhere in the body:

Breathing cold air.
Exposure to smoke, from tobacco products and wood-burning fires.
Exposure to chemicals with [...]

- FRIDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) — Low doses of carbon monoxide (CO) –
the potentially lethal gas in car exhaust fumes — may help protect the
lungs of patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery, German
researchers say.

The team gave low doses of CO to pigs that underwent beating-heart
CPB.

“Our findings support that inhaled CO provides anti-inflammatory
effects in [...]

- FRIDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) — Patients with a progressive fibrosis
of the lungs that's fatal within a few years of diagnosis may finally have
some reason for hope.

Japanese researchers say daily use of the drug pirfenidone improved the
lung function and lengthened the survival of patients with the illness,
called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

“Patients look to [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:

Crohn's Disease

If you are aged 18 to 75 inclusive, have been diagnosed
with active Crohn's disease, and are on a stable dose of concomitant
medication, you may qualify for this study.

The research site is in
Arlington Heights, Ill.

More information

Please see http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/studies/cat51.html.
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease

If you [...]