Health Headlines - Monday

AUSTRALIAN ARTHRITIS DRUG STUDY:

A NEW AUSTRALIAN DRUG IS ALREADY SO SUCCESSFUL IN TREATING ARTHRITIS IN MICE... DOCTORS BELIEVE IT MAY ONE DAY BE USED TO TREAT RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN HUMANS.

RESEARCHERS SAY THE DRUG...WHICH HASN'T BEEN NAMED YET...TARGETS THE HUMAN CELL RECEPTOR WHICH DEVELOPS AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASES...LIKE LUPUS AND ARTHRITIS.

THE DRUG SLOWS DOWN THE PROGRESSION OF INFLAMMATION AND TISSUE DAMAGE IN JOINT AND TENDONS...WHICH IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE BOTH DISEASE.

DOCTORS ARE CONDUCTION MORE TESTS ON MICE WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND LUPUS.



AVASTIN FOR BREAST CANCER:

A DRUG USED TO FIGHT BOWEL CANCER MAY SOON BE USED TO TREAT THE SECOND LEADING TYPE OF CANCER AMONG WOMEN.

TESTS ON AVASTIN SHOW THE DRUG "IS" SUCCESSFUL IN THE TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER.

IN CLINICAL TRIALS...PATIENTS WHO TOOK IT DURING CHEMOTHERAPY ALSO TENDED TO LIVE LONGER..

BUT A REPORT FROM ROCHE PHARMACEUTICALS DID "NOT" SAY BY HOW MUCH AVASTIN EXTENDED PATIENT LIVES.

AVASTIN HAS BEEN USED IN THE U-S SINCE 2004...AS A TREATMENT FOR BOWEL CANCER THAT HAS SPREAD TO OTHER AREAS OF THE BODY.

ABOUT 35-THOUSAND AMERICANS ARE DIAGNOSED WITH BOWEL CANCER EACH YEAR.. 16-THOUSAND DIE FROM IT EACH YEAR.



HIGH PROTEIN BURNS FAT:

A NEW STUDY SHOWS HIGH PROTEIN MEALS MAY BE THE BEST WAY FOR OVERWEIGHT AMERICANS TO BURN FAT.

DOCTORS IN WALES SAY PEOPLE WITH HIGH BODY FAT BURN MORE FAT...WHEN THEY EAT A HIGH PROTEIN BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.

RESEARCHERS SAY IT WORKS BECAUSE HIGH PROTEIN MEALS NATURALLY BOOST YOUR METABOLISM...AND STOP YOU FROM FEELING HUNGRY.

DOCTORS SAY YOUR BEST CHOICES FOR A HIGH PROTEIN DIET ARE FISH, POULTRY, LOW-FAT DAIRY, BEANS AND NUTS...BUT "NOT" BACON AND BUTTER.

HEALTH EXPERTS SAY MOST PEOPLE FIND A HIGH-PROTEIN DIET IS HARD TO STICK TO BECAUSE HIGH-FAT CARBS...ARE CHEAPER...AND EASIER TO FIND.



NEW NASHVILLE RED CROSS CHIEF:

THE NASHVILLE RED CROSS HAS A NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

TIM RYERSON OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, WILL BECOME HEAD OF THE NASHVILLE CHAPTER, JANUARY EIGHTH.

HE'LL OVERSEE THE STAFF...AND MANAGE THE CHAPTER'S THREE-MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.

HIS FOURTEEN YEAR CAREER WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS INCLUDES POSITIONS AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DAYTON, OHIO CHAPTER...AND C-E-O OF THE SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS CHAPTER. Health Headlines - Monday