"Olive Oil Diet Curbs Strokes"
WSJ Feb 25  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324338604578326160736614012.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsFifth

"Special K Cereal Recalled Due to Glass Fragments"
WebMD Feb 21
http://news.feedzilla.com/en_us/stories/health/286424048?count=20&client_source=feedzilla_widget&order=relevance&format=json&sb=1

"Obesity May Increase Risk for Brain Abnormality in Newborns"
Medscape Feb 15
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/779429

"Popular Workout Booster Draws Safety Scrutiny" (DMAA)  
NPR Feb 15  
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/02/15/171997753/dmaa-popular-workout-booster-draws-safety-scrutiny

"Cesarean Delivery No Safer for Twins"
Medpage Feb 14
http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/SMFM/37368

VIDEO: "Horsemeat found in school lunches"   
Reuters Feb 16 
http://www.reuters.com/video/2013/02/16/horsemeat-found-in-school-lunches?videoId=241164099&videoChannel=1

"Jury awards $63M in Motrin suit; lawyer says drug caused reaction ‘like having your skin burned off’ "  
ABAJ Feb 14
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/jury_awards_63m_in_motrin_suit_lawyer_says_drug_caused_reaction_like_having/ 
"Jurors in Plymouth, Mass., have awarded $63 million to a teen and her family in a suit claiming Children’s Motrin caused a rare skin condition and blindness.

Samantha Reckis, now 16, was only 7 when she had a severe reaction to the ibuprofen medication, report the Boston Globe and the Associated Press. Boston lawyer Bradley Henry told the Globe that Reckis developed Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, . . . "

"Weight-loss drug Qsymia improves cardiovascular risk profile"
Heart Feb 8
http://www.theheart.org/article/1504435.do

"High Calcium Intake Linked to Increased Mortality in Women 
Intake of >1,400 mg/day linked to increased all-cause, cardiovascular, but not stroke, mortality"
Phys Brief Feb 13
http://www.physiciansbriefing.com/Article.asp?AID=673403

"Michigan Supreme Court rules private sale of medical marijuana is illegal"
Jurist Feb 11
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/02/michigan-supreme-court-rules-that-private-sale-of-medical-marijuana-is-illegal.php

"U.K. sees 10th case of SARS-linked virus"  USAT Feb 11
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/11/sars-linked-virus/1909415/

"Statins May Differ in Diabetogenic Potential"
Medscape Feb 10
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/778881
"Compared with placebo, pravastatin 40 mg per day presented the lowest diabetes risk (odds ratio, 1.07). The highest risk was with rosuvastatin 40 mg per day (OR, 1.25). In the middle was the risk with atorvastatin 80 mg per day (OR, 1.15)."

"British Outrage Grows As Horsemeat Pops Up In More Foods"  NPR Feb 9 
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/09/171520528/british-outrage-grows-as-horsemeat-pops-up-in-more-foods

"Lowering BP May Cut Risk of Recurrent Stroke"
Medpage Feb 9
http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ISC/37288

"Coronary calcium identifies prehypertensives at high risk of CV events"  Heart Feb 4
http://www.theheart.org/article/1502583.do

"Long-Acting Daily Opioids Increase Risk of Hypogonadism"  
Phys Brief Feb 8
http://www.physiciansbriefing.com/Article.asp?AID=673254

"FDA’s Efforts to Address the Misuse and Abuse of Opioids"  FDA Feb 6
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/ucm337852.htm
"More than 15,500 people died in the United States in 2009 after overdosing on narcotic pain relievers. That’s a 300 percent increase over the last 20 years."

"Smoking, Once Used to Reward, Faces a Ban in Mental Hospitals"
NY Times Feb 6
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/health/psychiatric-hospitals-alter-rules-on-patient-smoking.html?ref=health&_r=0

"Anti-Abortion Michigan Republicans push for transvaginal ultrasound bill'
NYDN Feb 7
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mich-gopers-push-transvaginal-ultrasound-bill-article-1.1257778

"Calcium supplements may be bad for a man's heart"  USAT Feb 4
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/04/calcium-supplements-heart-attacks/1890897/

"Vitamin C Supplements May Increase Kidney Stone Risk"
Medscape Feb 5
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/778769

"Whole Foods Market Voluntarily Recalls Prepared Food Items Made with Circle Sea Salmon Lox Trim in Two States Due to Possible Health Risk"FDA Jan 30   http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm337723.htm

"Aggressive Care Still Common For Dying Seniors, Despite Hospice Uptick" NPR Feb 5
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/02/05/171189407/aggressive-care-still-common-for-dying-seniors-despite-hospice-uptick

"House Bill Will Repeal SGR, Raise Doc Pay Yearly"
Medpage Feb 6 

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/Medicare/37232

"Arkansas House approves ban on abortions after 20 weeks"
Jurist Feb 5
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/02/arkansas-house-approves-ban-on-abortions-after-20-weeks.php

"Calcium supplements linked to mortality risk in men, but not women"
Heart Feb 4
http://www.theheart.org/article/1502993.do

"Exenatide Lowers BMI, Weight in Severely Obese Teens"
Phys Brief Feb 5
http://www.physiciansbriefing.com/Article.asp?AID=673144

"Cities, schools target energy drinks"
USAT Feb 3
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/01/energy-drinks-ban/1865053/

"Marriage, Living With Others Found Cardioprotective"
Medscape Feb 1
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/778635

"Got A Superbug? Bring In The Robots" 
NPR Feb 3
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/03/170997646/got-a-superbug-bring-in-the-robots

"Ravicti OK'd for Lethal Urea Cycle Defects"
Medpage Feb 2
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Genetics/GeneralGenetics/37160

"Runner who died during London Marathon took stimulant DMAA during race"
Heart Feb 1
http://www.theheart.org/article/1502293.do

"Serum Calcium Is a Possible Biomarker of Ovarian Cancer"

Phys Brief Feb 1
http://www.physiciansbriefing.com/Article.asp?AID=672899

"Goodbye, high-fat chips: New rules for school snacks"
USAT Feb 1
"Today, the government released its proposed standards for "competitive foods," the name given to foods that are not part of the regular school meals. The standards set limits for calories, fat, sugar and sodium."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/01/junk-food-schools/1881581/


"New AHA/ASA Guidelines for Acute Stroke Treatment"
Medsape Jan 31
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/778576

"Contraception Opt-Out Offer"

"Employers Who Object to Coverage Could Shift Responsibility,
Cost to Insurers"

WSJ Feb 1
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324156204578277891958846414.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5

"Novartis Recalls Triaminic And Theraflu Cough Syrups"NPR Feb 1
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/02/01/170845069/novartis-recalls-triaminic-and-theraflu-cough-syrups

"Veggies Are Good for the Heart" 
Medpage Feb 1
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/DietNutrition/37152
"Vegetarians are less likely to develop ischemic heart disease than those who eat meat, British researchers found."

"No benefit to dual RAS blockade in meta-analysis"
Heart Jan 29
http://www.theheart.org/article/1500459.do
"A large meta-analysis of randomized trials comparing dual blockade of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) failed to show any benefit in terms of reducing mortality compared with monotherapy "

"Multiple Sclerosis Risk Up for Overweight, Obese Girls"
Phys Brief Jan 31
http://www.physiciansbriefing.com/Article.asp?AID=672839

"Pfizer disputes claim against antidepressant"
USAT Jan 31
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/31/pfizer-zoloft-lawsuit/1881441/