Daniel DeNoon
Atlanta
I've retired from my career as a journalist and communications consultant at CDC, WebMD, and AIDSWeekly. Now MFA Creative Writing student at Drexel.
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Food Allergies: Suspect, Test, Avoid
The nation's major allergy organizations agree on how best to diagnose and manage food allergies. The "practice parameters," from a panel of allergy experts, are a state-of-the-art guide on how to detect and treat food allergies. Food allergies are common -- and commonly misunderstood by doctors as well as patients, says panel co-chairman Jay M.
How to Use Pills to Prevent HIV
CDC: HIV Prevention Pills Only for Men Having Sex With Men By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Jan. 27, 2011 -- The CDC has issued early recommendations for the use of AIDS drugs to prevent HIV infection of men who have high-risk sex with men. The preliminary guidelines follow last November's groundbreaking report that daily use of the AIDS drug Truvada lowers men's risk of HIV infection.
1 Million Birth Control Pill Packs Recalled
Pregnancy Risk With Lo/Ovral-28, Generic Norgestrel/Ethinyl Estradiol By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Feb. 1, 2012 -- Pfizer has recalled 1 million packs of Lo/Ovral-28 and generic norgestrel/ethinyl estradiol birth control pills. The pills, which must be taken in the correct sequence, may be mixed up. Women using the products risk pregnancy and should consult their doctors.
In Dollars Alone, Cost of U.S. Child Abuse High Original
CDC: Cost of Child Abuse Higher Than Cost of Diabetes or Stroke By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Feb. 1, 2012 -- Child abuse and neglect are rampant in the U.S., and the annual cost is as high or higher than the cost of other major health problems, the CDC reports. In 2008, based on data from child protective services, there were about 579,000 new cases of child abuse. But based on earlier U.S. survey data, there are as many as 2.8 million new cases a year.
Masturbation and Prostate Cancer Risk
Masturbation Frequency Linked to Prostate Risk in 20s, Protection in 50s By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Jan. 27, 2009 -- Frequent masturbation in young men is linked to higher risk of early prostate cancer, but it lowers prostate cancer risk for men in their 50s, a study shows. High levels of male sex hormones, or androgens, may increase a man's risk of prostate cancer.
Do Midnight Snacks Pack On Fat?
Activity, Not Meal Timing, Key to Weight Control By Daniel DeNoon WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD on Thursday, February 02, 2006 Feb. 2, 2006 - A midnight snack won't make you fatter than a midmorning munch, monkey studies show. It's a widely accepted truism that food eaten after dark is more fattening than the same food eaten in the light of day. And there's a reason to believe this: The body does slow down at night.
Contraceptive Pill: Cancer Protection
Strong Protection From Ovarian Cancer Gives the Pill Overall Anticancer Effect By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Jan 24, 2008 -- Oral contraceptives cut women's risk of ovarian cancer for more than 30 years after they stop taking them -- giving the pill a net anticancer effect. Each five-year interval of oral contraceptive use cuts a woman's ovarian cancer risk by up to 29%.
Baby Chicks Crawling With Salmonella
Not Just Peanut Butter: Two 2007-2008 Salmonella Outbreaks Traced to Chicks By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Jan. 22, 2009 -- If you buy baby chicks as pets or for backyard flocks, you may very well get more than you bargained for: salmonella. The CDC today reports two ongoing chains of salmonella infections, beginning in 2007, traced to baby chicks from 10 hatcheries in seven states.
When Bypass Beats Angioplasty
For Complex Heart Disease, Surgery Often Best Treatment Choice By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Jan 23, 2008 -- Patients with complex heart disease are less likely to die or have a heart attack if treated with bypass surgery rather than angioplasty and stenting. The finding comes from a comparison of patient outcomes after the two major types of treatment for blocked heart arteries.
Flu Is Widespread in 11 States
CDC Says 4 States Have a High Level of Flu Activity By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Laura J. Martin, MD Jan. 14, 2011 -- Don't put off your flu shot any longer: The winter flu season has arrived. While only four states have high levels of flu activity, the seasonal illness is widespread across 11 states. And there's evidence of outbreaks in several U.S. cities. Sadly, four children died of flu in the first week of January, the latest week for which CDC data is available.
Pets in Bed: More Dangerous Than Bedbugs?
Sleeping With Dogs, Cats Linked to Disease, Infections, Parasites By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Laura J. Martin, MD Jan. 14, 2011 -- We're all having nightmares about bedbugs, but your bed pets may be the real danger. In the U.S, surveys indicate that up to 56% of dog owners and 62% of cat fanciers regularly fall asleep with their pets in their bed. Reports from the U.K., Netherlands, France, and Japan suggest that this isn't a peculiarly American quirk.
Stem Cells: New Hope for Macular Degeneration
Embryonic Stem Cells Safe; Some Vision Gained in First 2 Patients Treated By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Jan. 23, 2012 -- Two legally blind women with macular degeneration are the first people ever to get new retina cells grown from human embryonic stem cells. One patient has dry macular degeneration, the top cause of blindness in developed nations. The other has Stargardt's disease, the leading cause of macular degeneration in young people.
Hunger Control: Women the Weaker Sex?
Women Less Able to Suppress Food Desire, Study Suggests By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Jan. 20, 2009 -- Hungry women can't control their desire for food as well as hungry men can, a brain imaging study suggests. The finding may explain why women are more prone to emotional eating and why women are less likely than men to lose weight while dieting.
Moms Help Moms Duck Postpartum Depression
Peer Phone Calls Prevent Postpartum Depression in at-Risk Mothers By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Jan. 15, 2009 -- Phone calls from volunteer mothers who overcame postpartum depression prevent depressive symptoms in at-risk mothers, a Canadian study shows.
Stomach Full? Brain May Not Know
Overweight People's Brains Seem Slow to Sense Satiety By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Jan. 11, 2008 -- Overweight people's brains may not know when their stomachs are full, a brain scan study suggests. The findings come from Gene-Jack Wang, MD, of Brookhaven National Laboratory, Nora D. Volkow, MD, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and colleagues. These researchers have used real-time brain scans to explore addictive behaviors.
Local Environment Not Cause of Autism 'Clusters'
California Autism Clusters Linked to Parent Education, Not Local Toxins By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Jan. 5, 2010 -- If some pollutant triggers autism, it's widespread and not confined to specific geographic areas, finds a study of California autism clusters. "People seeking the cause of autism have been looking for a smoking gun, but it will be more like dispersed land mines," Irva Hertz-Picciotto, PhD, MPH, tells WebMD.
Fibroid Embolization: Good Outcomes
85% of Women Still Better 3 Years After Uterine Fibroid Embolization By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Jan. 3, 2008 -- Can women with painful fibroids get long-term relief without surgery? Yes, suggests a study of 1,278 women who underwent uterine fibroid embolization (UFE, also known as uterine artery embolization or UAE). Three years after the minimally invasive procedure, fewer than 15% of women needed surgery or a repeat UFE.
Radiologists: Get Mammograms Early, Often
2 Groups Call for Annual Breast Cancer Screening at Age 40 for Average-Risk Women By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Jan. 6, 2010 -- Blasting new breast cancer screening advice from a Health and Human Services Department panel, radiologists say women need annual mammograms starting no later than age 40.
Women Warned: Eat Less or Weigh More
Calorie Cutback Cuts Women's Odds of Middle-Age Weight Gain By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD Jan. 2, 2009 -- Women who don't try to eat less more than double their risk of substantial weight gain in middle age, a three-year study shows. If you're a 40-something woman, it doesn't matter whether you're thin or overweight -- odds are, you'll gain weight over time if you don't make an effort to cut back on what you eat.
Stem Cells Found in Amniotic Fluid
Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells Can Become Brain, Bone, Liver Cells, and More By Daniel DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 Jan. 9, 2007 -- Stem cells found in discarded amniotic fluid may hold the key to new treatments for disease and injury. The newly discovered amniotic fluid stem cells may not be "pluripotent," or capable of forming every type of adult tissue. But they come very close.
How Medicines Affect Pregnancy: At Last, a Study
FDA, HMOs to Analyze Medication Effects on 1 Million U.S. Births By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Dec. 31, 2009 -- How do common medications affect pregnancy? To the chagrin of women trying to decide whether they must forego helpful medicines during pregnancy, nobody really knows. Now -- at long last -- the FDA and a consortium of HMOs have launched a huge set of studies to find out.
Kawasaki Disease: No Link to Travolta Death
Childhood Kawasaki Disease Unlikely Cause of Seizures in Travolta's Teenage Son Jett Travolta By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Jan. 5, 2009 -- Jett Travolta's childhood brush with Kawasaki disease is highly unlikely to have caused the seizures that may have led to his death, a Kawasaki expert tells WebMD. Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston, died on Jan. 2.
Holiday Uptick in Severe H1N1 Swine Flu
Over 60 Million Got H1N1 Vaccine, Over 75 Million More Doses Now Available By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Jan. 7, 2010 -- H1N1 swine flu is still here -- and now is the time for everyone to get their H1N1 vaccinations, the CDC urges. The fall/winter wave of H1N1 swine flu ebbed in December. But there was a disturbing and unusual holiday uptick in flu hospitalizations and deaths.
Bufferin, Excedrin, NoDoz, Gas-X Recalled
Pill Mixup: Bottles May Contain Stray Pills, Prescription Painkillers By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Jan. 9, 2012 -- Bufferin, Excedrin, Gas-X, and NoDoz products have been recalled because they may be mixed with one another, contain broken tablets, or contain prescription painkillers. Drugmaker Novartis is voluntarily recalling 1,645 lots of the four products.
Pet Frog Salmonella Spans 31 States
CDC: Outbreak Sprang From California-Bred African Dwarf Frogs By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Jan. 7, 2010 -- Pet African dwarf frogs from a single California breeder caused an 8-month salmonella outbreak in 31 states. The outbreak extended from California to Massachusetts. Of the 85 cases, mostly in children, 16 were hospitalized, the CDC reports in its weekly MMWR publication. No deaths were reported.
Get First Cat as Adult, Double Allergy Risk
Cat Allergy Risk Lower in Adults Who Had Cats as Kids By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Dec. 29, 2011 -- Adults who get their first cat double their risk of cat allergy -- especially if the cat is allowed in the bedroom. But adults who had cats as kids are less likely to become allergic to their new feline pets, a large European study finds.
Tylenol Recall Expands
Nauseating 'Moldy' Odor From Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplets By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Dec. 29, 2009 -- A nauseating "moldy" odor has sickened some people using Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplet 100-count bottles with red EZ-Open caps. Tylenol maker McNeil PPC Inc. has recalled all of this product, which is easily recognized by its distinctive red cap. The new recall expands a five-lot recall of the product announced last November.
H1N1 Swine Flu Not So Catchy
Study Shows H1N1 Flu Less Transmissible Than Previous Pandemics By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Dec. 30, 2009 -- H1N1 swine flu is less catchy than previous pandemic flu bugs, a household study finds. The study looked at 216 two- to six-person households in which one family member came down with a confirmed case of 2009 H1N1 swine flu. Only 13% of family members caught the flu from the infected person.
Teen Hearing Loss: Girls Catch Up With Boys
Study Shows Girls Now Have as Much Noise-Induced Hearing Loss as Boys By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Dec. 27, 2010 -- Teenage girls now have as much noise-induced hearing loss as teenage boys, an analysis of U.S. data shows. From 1988 to 1994, hearing tests showed that 18.5% of teens had significant hearing loss by age 19.
Year-End Flurry of Food Recalls, Illness
Sprouts, Parsley, Cilantro, Pastry, Cheese in Separate Recalls By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Dec. 28, 2010 -- A nationwide recall of curly parsley and cilantro is the latest in a year-end flurry of food warnings and outbreaks of food-borne illness.
Teen Births at Record Low, C-Sections at Record High
New CDC Data: 1 in 3 Births via C-Section; Lowest Teen Birth Rate Ever By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Dec. 21, 2010 -- New data on U.S. births have broken three records, the CDC reported today. Record No. 1: The U.S. teen birth rate is the lowest since record-keeping began in 1940. Record No. 2: One in three U.S. babies (32.9%) are delivered by C-section. Record No. 3: The U.S. birth rate is the lowest ever, at 13.54 births per 1,000 total population.
Child Anxiety: Therapy Plus Zoloft Best
Study Shows Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Zoloft Work for Child Anxiety -- But Combo Is Best By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Dec. 24, 2008 - Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Zoloft are effective treatments for childhood anxiety disorders -- but the combination works best, a government-funded study shows. Anxiety disorders and social phobias limit the lives of at least one in 10 children.
Fosamax Break Won't Up Fracture Risk
Study Shows After 5 Years of Fosamax for Osteoporosis, Some Women Can Take a Break By Daniel DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD Dec. 26, 2006 -- After five years of taking the osteoporosis drug Fosamax, some women will be getting a break. That's "break" as in "drug holiday," not as in "fracture." A U.S. clinical trial shows that women who stop taking Fosamax after five years have no more fracture risk than women who keep on taking the drug.
The Deadliest Diets
Study ID's 2 Eating Patterns That Make Older Adults Die Sooner By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Dec. 22, 2010 -- Two specific eating patterns increase the risk of death for older adults, a 10-year study finds. Compared to people who ate healthy foods, men and women in their 70s had a 40% higher risk of death if they got most of their calories from high-fat dairy foods or from sweets and desserts. University of Maryland researcher Amy L.
Pot Slows Cancer in Test Tube
Marijuana Ingredients Slow Invasion by Cervical and Lung Cancer Cells By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Dec. 26, 2007 -- THC and another marijuana-derived compound slow the spread of cervical and lung cancers, test-tube studies suggest. The new findings add to the fast-growing number of animal and cell-culture studies showing different anticancer effects for cannabinoids, chemical compounds derived from marijuana.
DHEA May Help Sex, Symptoms after Menopause
Low-Dose DHEA Cuts Menopause Symptoms, Improves Sex Life in Small Study By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Dec. 20, 2011 -- Low-dose DHEA works as well as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to ease menopausal symptoms and to improve women's sex lives, a small pilot study suggests. DHEA is a hormone widely available in the U.S. as a dietary supplement. DHEA is produced by the adrenal glands, the liver, and the testes.
Acid Reflux Drugs May Up Fractures
Medications Called Proton-Pump Inhibitors May Weaken Bones, Study Shows By Daniel DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 Dec. 26, 2006 - Proton-pump inhibitors -- the popular drugs that fight stomach acid -- increase the risk of hip fractures, a U.S. study shows. The drugs are Aciphex, Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec (called Losec in Europe), and Protonix. The drugs shut down the chemical "pump" needed by stomach cells to make acid.
Gardasil Approved for Anal Cancer Prevention
HPV Vaccine Prevents Anal Cancer in Women and Men By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Dec. 22, 2010 -- The FDA today approved Merck's Gardasil HPV vaccine for prevention of anal cancer in both males and females ages 9 through 26 years. HPV -- human papillomavirus -- is a sexually transmitted infection. It most commonly causes genital warts, but it also causes several cancers and precancerous lesions.
Lipitor Recall Grows by 19,000 Bottles
Smelly Bottles Plague Popular Cholesterol Drug By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Dec. 21, 2010 -- The Lipitor recall continues with Pfizer's recall of 19,000 more bottles of the popular cholesterol drug. A musty smell has led to four recalls, totaling 345,000 bottles since August 2010. The latest recall is dated Dec. 17 on Pfizer's web site. The 19,000 bottles represent a single lot of Lipitor. Pfizer says one customer complaint spurred recall of the entire lot.
Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy Advance
Drug May Partially Correct Deadly Form of Muscular Dystrophy By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Dec. 27, 2007 -- An "antisense" compound may partially correct the genetic defect that causes deadly Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. Researchers are not calling the finding a breakthrough, but they are cautiously optimistic that the approach may one day lead to a treatment that extends the lives of people afflicted with the always-fatal disease.
Fast Lane to Autism: Living Near Freeways
Autism More Likely in Kids Whose Moms Live Near Freeways By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Dec. 17, 2010 -- Having a mother who lived within 1,000 feet of a freeway while pregnant doubles a child's odds of having autism. The finding comes from a study looking at environmental factors that might play a role in autism. University of Southern California researcher Heather E.
FDA Rejects New Blood Thinner -- for Now
Brilinta Beat Plavix in International Trial, but Not in U.S./Canada Patients By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Dec. 17, 2010 -- The FDA has rejected Brilinta, AstraZeneca's new blood thinner, because U.S. and Canadian patients did not benefit from the drug in a pivotal clinical trial.
Glucose Test Strips Recalled
Too-High Readings With Some Contour TS Blood Glucose Meter Test Strips By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Dec. 26, 2007 -- Test strips for a Bayer blood-glucose meter give too-high readings and are being recalled, the FDA announced today. The voluntary recall affects test strips made specifically for Bayer's Contour TS Blood Glucose Meter. It does not involve test strips for other Bayer meters, including the Ascensia Contour and the Ascensia Breeze2 systems.
Controversy Over New 'Conscience' Rule
Bush Broadens Rule on Refusal of Health Services for Moral Reasons By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Dec. 19, 2008 -- An 11th-hour ruling from the Bush administration gives health care workers, hospitals, and insurers more leeway to refuse health services for moral or religious reasons. The rule, issued today, becomes effective in 30 days.
Infant Formula Investigated in Baby Death
Single Lot of Enfamil Being Tested for Bacteria Linked to Rare, Deadly Infection By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Dec. 22, 2011 -- A Lebanon, Mo., infant has died of cronobacter infection. Previous infant deaths from cronobacter have been linked to powdered baby formula. The Missouri child had been fed Enfamil Newborn purchased at a local Walmart store.
USDA Issues New Safety Rules for Beef
Zero Tolerance for Toxic E. coli; Beef Held Until Tests Done By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Dec. 21, 2011 -- The USDA today announced two new rules to make U.S. beef safer. The announcement accompanied the first report of the two-year-old Food Safety Working Group, led by the White House and staffed by agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Over-70 Adults Get New Food Pyramid
Stress on Nutrient-Rich, High-Fiber Foods, Not Supplements By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Dec. 20, 2007 -- A prominent nutrition group has updated its food pyramid for over-70 adults, stressing nutrient- and fiber-rich foods over supplements. People tend to become less active and to eat less as they age. This makes them vulnerable to getting too few nutrients, note Tufts University nutrition expert Alice H. Lichtenstein, ScD, and colleagues.
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