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Friday, January 1, 2009
CDC: Most parents want H1N1 shot for kids
ATLANTA - A study of two counties in North Carolina found
most parents wanted their children to get the H1N1 vaccine,
official say. To assess intent to receive the H1N1 vaccine,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention performed a
survey in August among residents of two counties in North
Carolina. The CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
released Wednesday says of 207 households surveyed, 64 per-
cent of adults reported intent to receive the H1N1 vaccine,
while 65 percent reported intent to vaccinate all of their
children. In addition, 51 percent reported an intent to
vaccinate all of their children with both seasonal and H1N1
vaccines. For those not intending to get the vaccination,
among the reasons cited included a belief in a low likeli-
hood of infection and concern regarding side effects, the
report said. Eighty-five percent of the respondents say they
receive information about the H1N1 vaccine from television.
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Compound controls fungal infections
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Scientists in New York say they're seeking
a patent for a compound that could control fungal infections
afflicting nearly 25,000 U.S. residents a year. The compounds
known as brominated furanones have exhibited powerful anti-
fungal properties, said university researcher Dacheng Ren.
"In our tests, they reduced fungal growth by more than 80
percent, and we hope to improve on that going forward," Ren
and his team said this week in the Journal of Applied Micro-
biology and Biotechnology. Nearly 25,000 U.S. residents de-
velop severe fungal infections annually and 10,000 die de-
spite the use of anti-fungal drugs, Ren said, noting treat-
ment costs the healthcare system about $1 billion a year. The
brominated furanones have proved effective against pathogenic
fungus that has become increasingly resistant to anti-fungal
drugs during the last two decades, Ren said. The furanones
have different genetic targets and may avoid drug resistance,
said Ren, whose team is seeking a provisional patent for the
compound.
Chinese herbal product linked to cancer
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Researchers in Taiwan recommend closely
monitoring patients who have used a Chinese herbal product
that may increase urinary tract cancer risk. The National
Taiwan University researchers made this recommendation after
their study found a dose-dependent association between having
been prescribed Mu Tong and urinary tract cancer. Dr. -
Jung-Der Wang of the Institute of Occupational Medicine and
Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, said products
such as MuTong may contain aristolochic acid and were banned
in Taiwan in 2003 after clinical cases of urothelial cancer
were associated with aristolochic acid use. "In addition to
a ban on products that contain any amount of aristolochic
acid, we also recommend continued surveillance of herbs or
Chinese herbal products that might be adulterated with aris-
tolochic acid-containing herbs," the study authors said in
statement. "Finally, patients with a history of aristolochic
acid nephropathy or consumption of MuTong or Fangchi before
they were banned should be monitored regularly for urinary
cancer." The study findings, published in Journal of the
National Cancer Institute, were based on 4,594 patients who
had been diagnosed with urinary tract cancer between in 2001-
2002 and on a random sample of all insured patients made up
of 174,701 people.
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Up to 15 percent may have eating disorder
MONTREAL - Ten percent to 15 percent of women may have malad-
aptive eating behaviors, researchers in Canada found. Resear-
chers at the University of Montreal and the Douglas Mental
Health University Institute did a telephone survey of 1,501
women -- average age 31 -- on eating disorders. None of the
participants were classified as anorexic. The majority were
non-smokers and university graduates, and lived in an urban
area. The study, published in the International Journal of
Eating Disorders, found 13.7 percent of the women interviewed
reported binge eating up to seven times per month, while 2.5
percent of women reported forcing themselves to vomit, use
laxatives, or use diuretics to maintain their weight or
shape. In addition, 28 percent of women report intense exer-
cise twice a month with the sole objective of losing weight
or influencing. "We practice a sport for the pleasure it
provides, to feel good, but when the activity is done to
gain control over one's weight and figure, it is indicative
of someone who could be excessively concerned about their
weight," Dr. Lise Gauvin said in a statement. "Our data sug-
gests that a proportion of the female population displays
maladaptive eating patterns."
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