TMC Medical Minutes: Fall Prevention

Kids' Cereals Packing Some Nutrition Punch
Consumer Reports rated 27 on their sugar, sodium fiber and other contents. Some that did well may surprise you.
Lower Stress Of Holiday Flying With Kids
Travel + Leisure magazine's Laura Begley told how to, on The Saturday Early Show.
Jump-Start Your Weight Loss Plan This Fall
Do natural
COOL Changes For Food Labels
Shoppers will now know where a lot of food was grown. A new law requires country of origin information to be displayed on fresh and frozen vegetables, most meats and some kinds of nuts, reports Michelle Miller.

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Posted: 1:42 PM Jul 7, 2008
Last Updated: 2:12 PM Jul 28, 2008
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In the elderly, falling can mean more than just a broken bone. Sadly, it can also be an underlying cause of death. A recent study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control even takes a look at how brain injuries from falls factor into deaths in the elderly each year. Physical Therapist James Pierce discussed why it’s so important to take steps to prevent the elderly from falling.

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Probiotics No Help in Childhood Eczema
New research shows that the use of probiotics to treat eczema in children is not effective and may carry a risk of bowel damage and infection.
Child Heart Disease Risks on the Rise
The rate of premature heart disease among obese teens is set to triple, and the increasing prevalence of high blood pressure in children is a major culprit, experts warn.
Hasbro's Nerf Blaster Toy Recalled
A Nerf Blaster toy, manufactured by Hasbro, has been voluntarily recalled because the toy's plunger can pull the user's skin during firing -- causing bruising, cuts, blood blisters, and welts on the face, neck, and chest.
Nurses' Images in Movies Improving
Fictional nurses in movies are going through an image change, and this time, it's a positive one, a new study shows.
St. John’s Wort for Major Depression?
A new data review shows that St. John’s wort can be as effective as prescription antidepressants for easing symptoms of major depression.

US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears (AP)
AP - When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard.
Limit on cold remedies for kids was FDA's idea (AP)
AP - When drug makers made a surprise announcement this week that they no longer recommend cough and cold remedies for youngsters under 4, they didn't let on that it was the government's idea.
1 in 4 US teen girls got cervical cancer shot (AP)
AP - One in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday.
WHO probing deaths from mystery disease in SAfrica (AP)
AP - The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg.
German doing well after 1st double arm transplant (AP)
AP - A German farmer who received the world's first complete double arm transplant said Wednesday that incredulity gave way to joy when he woke from surgery to discover he had arms again.