Phendimetrazine Drug information Bontril Pdm 35mg

Generic Name: phendimetrazine (fen di MEH tra zeen)
Brand Names: Adipost, Anorex-SR, Appecon, Bontril PDM, Bontril Slow-Release, Melfiat, Obezine, Phendiet, Plegine, Prelu-2, Statobex

Jump in Kids' Sports Injuries Due to Overuse (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Orthopedic surgeons warn that sports injuries in children are rising dramatically, creating a "silent epidemic."

Increasing Soda Consumption Fuels Rise in Diabetes, Heart Disease (HealthDay)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100309/hl_hsn/increasingsodaconsumptionfuelsriseindiabetesheartdisease"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100211/capt.b7602b96db18458d95890a508e5d7894.earns_pepsico_caps301.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=oreCX9FgeOqfy5sstA2j5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="In this photo made Dec. 8, 2009, cans of Pepsi are shown at a Palo Alto, Calif., grocery store. PepsiCo's fourth-quarter profit almost doubled on strength in its snacks business and overseas beverage operations Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) --Increasing consumption of sugary soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in the last decade, a new U.S. study finds.</p><br clear="all"/>

Longtime Smokers May Find Protection From Parkinson's (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- In an effort to understand the relationship between tobacco smoke and Parkinson's disease, researchers have found that smoking for many years may reduce risk for the disease but smoking a large number of cigarettes a day does not seem to reduce risk.

Health Tip: What's Behind Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major problem in the United States, and children are no exception. Today's kids are spending more hours watching TV, sitting at the computer or playing video games, and less time being active.

Grocery card in your pocket can pinpoint salmonella (AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_sc/us_shopper_card_sleuths"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.1233c4c92a1d4787933707d21fa29472.shopper_card_sleuths_cx301.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=f3jDkC_Xh0YC4lwlZCGfPw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="In this photo taken March 9, 2010, Raymond Cirimele, 55, displays his Costco membership card outside his home in Chicago. Cirimele is one of at least 245 people in 44 states who have been sickened by a recent salmonella outbreak. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries and followed the trail of grocery purchases to a Rhode Island company that makes salami, then zeroed in on the pepper used to season the meat. He said no one asked for his shopper card data, but he would have provided it if someone had. 'I don't have any secrets, so I'm not worried about it,' he said. 'It's kind of like the whole airport security and all that. I'd rather fly on a safe plane.' (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0" /></a>AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time &mdash; the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.</p><br clear="all"/>

Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given (AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_he_me/us_med_heart_test"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.d562e35055704c52a687231fc5c312b3.angiogram_gfx414.jpg?x=62&y=130&q=85&sig=Wexq3QNFr7cyoJQ5QLMW4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="62" alt="Graphic shows how a cardiac angiogram is administered" border="0" /></a>AP - A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.</p><br clear="all"/>

NY seeks 'fat tax' on sodas to fight rising US obesity (AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100309/ts_alt_afp/ushealthobesitychildrendrinkschooltax"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100309/capt.photo_1268144641204-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=faCAOvxnrSz3YuHFy91RrA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A person chooses a beverage in New York City in 2009. New York leaders are pressing for a so-called fat tax on the soft drinks industry, saying that sweet beverages are responsible for an upsurge of obesity across the United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Donald Bowers)" border="0" /></a>AFP - New York leaders are pressing for a so-called fat tax on the soft drinks industry, saying that sweet beverages are responsible for an upsurge of obesity across the United States.</p><br clear="all"/>

U.S. herpes rates remain high: CDC (Reuters)
Reuters - About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.

New maps guide African truckers to AIDS clinics (AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/wl_africa_afp/healthafricatransportaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100310/capt.photo_1268236802824-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=eZHvH3v4a0Z6Xl_SZv.LeA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="People wait by the roadside as a lorry drives past in Longonot, Kenya, December 2005. African trucking routes, long known as pathways for spreading HIV across borders, have been drawn in new maps that also direct drivers to clinics that treat AIDS, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Tony Mwaniki)" border="0" /></a>AFP - African trucking routes, long known as pathways for spreading HIV across borders, have been drawn in new maps that also direct drivers to clinics that treat AIDS, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>

Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow (AP)
AP - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.

Asthma Rates Rising Across the U.S. (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma rates are increasing across the United States, a new government study shows, but certain states have significantly lower rates of the respiratory disease.

FDA: more changes coming on drug safety (Reuters)
Reuters - Recent new powers have helped the U.S. Food and Drug Administration combat contaminated medications, counterfeit pills and other safety woes, but more work is needed to address lingering concerns about drug risks, FDA officials said on Wednesday.

Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years (AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_he_me/lt_brazil_silva_smoking"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100309/capt.87e52845b5574edaa8fe96b8501482a0.brazil_silva_bsb101.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=XkCjkoBEy0tbzIqDJ1i3mg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, gestures during an interview with The Associated Press, in Brasilia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Lula da Silva warned that U.S.-proposed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program could lead to war in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)" border="0" /></a>AP - Brazil's president said Tuesday that he kicked the smoking habit he had for 50 years after a recent health scare sent his blood pressure soaring.</p><br clear="all"/>

Vaginal birth after cesarean underused: panel (Reuters)
Reuters - If you're pregnant and have had a cesarean section before, chances are you'll have one again. In at least one-third of US hospitals, a repeat cesarean is the only option, and nine in 10 women end up getting one -- a fact that had experts worried at a national conference this week on vaginal birth after cesarean, or VBAC.

Genetic Variant Raises Lung Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- People with a particular genetic trait are at much higher risk of developing lung cancer from exposure to secondhand smoke than others, even if they rarely come into contact with it, a new study finds.