Health Headlines-Thursday

SINEX SPRAY:

PROCTER AND GAMBLE IS VOLUNTARILY RECALLING 126 THOUSAND BOTTLES OF ITS VICKS SINEX SPRAY.

THE RECALL AFFECTS THE FIFTEEN MILLILITERS NASAL SPRAY, TWELVE HOUR DECONGESTANT ULTRA FINE MISTS WITH THE LOT NUMBER "9239028831"

THAT LOT NUMBER CAN BE FOUND ON THE OUTER CARTON AND ON THE BOTTLE.

THE COMPANY SAYS IT FOUND BACTERIA IN SAMPLES DURING ROUTINE TESTING AT A GERMAN PLANT.

NO ONE HAS REPORTED GETTING SICK.

THE RECALL IS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.

PROCTOR AND GAMBLE SAYS SAYS THE BACTERIA COULD HARM PEOPLE WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS OR CHRONIC LUNG PROBLEMS.

PROCTER AND GAMBLE SAYS THE RECALLED PRODUCTS ARE BEING REMOVED FROM STORE SHELVES.

THE RECALL INCLUDES THE U-K AND GERMAN VERSIONS AS WELL.

ANYONE WHO HAS THE PRODUCT CAN CALL P&G FOR A REPLACEMENT COUPON OR REFUND.

DOWN SYNDROME:

A STUDY IN MICE SHOWS THERE MAY BE A WAY TO REVERSE DOWN SYNDROME.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS SAY INCREASING LEVELS OF "A SPECIFIC MESSAGE CARRYING CHEMICAL" IN THE BRAIN CAN HELP COMBAT THE GENETIC DISORDER.

THEY SAY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF NOREPINEPHRINE IN THE BRAIN PREVENTED MEMORY DEFECTS IN MICE WITH THE RODENT VERSION OF DOWN SYNDROME.

A LACK OF THE CHEMICAL CAN HINDER LEARNING AND MAKE IT HARD FOR THE BRAIN TO DEVELOP.

THE NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY SAYS THE GENETIC CONDITION AFFECTS 5,000 NEWBORNS IN THE U.S. EVERY YEAR.

MS PREGNANCY:

NEW RESEARCH SHOWS MANY WOMEN WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT GETTING PREGNANT.

SCIENTISTS SAY WHILE WOMEN WITH MS HAVE A SOMEWHAT HIGHER RISK FOR COMPLICATIONS, MOST OF THE TIME, THEIR PREGNANCIES ARE JUST AS HEALTHY AS OTHER WOMEN'S.

RESEARCHERS FOUND 42% OF WOMEN WITH MS WHO GAVE BIRTH BETWEEN 2003 AND 2006 HAD A C-SECTION.

THAT'S COMPARED TO ABOUT 33% OF WOMEN OVERALL.

THE AUTHORS SAY THE FINDINGS SHOULD REASSURE WOMEN WITH MS-A DISORDER THAT IS MOST COMMON AMONG WOMEN IN THEIR CHILD BEARING YEARS.

OBESE KIDS AND SMOKE:

OBESE TODDLERS SUFFER MORE FROM SECONDHAND SMOKE THAN OTHER CHILDREN.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS SAY OBESE TODDLERS AGES TWO TO FIVE ARE AT FOUR TIMES THE RISK OF BEING EXPOSED TO SECONDHAND SMOKE.

AND SCIENTISTS SAY COMBINATION OF OBESITY AND SECONDHAND SMOKE PUTS THEM AT A GREATER CHANCE OF HEART DISEASE.

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