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How to spot a food allergy – new guidelines make it clearer for doctors
More and more people seem to be suffering from food allergies, but it's unclear why. Until now, there has been no standard for doctors to diagnose them.
This week, the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases issued the first-ever clinical guidelines for diagnosing and treating food allergies.
American Morning's Kiran Chetry speaks with Dr. Hugh Sampson, one of the authors of the new guidelines and the director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
Doctors advise early breast cancer detection in wake of Edwards' death
Following the passing of Elizabeth Edwards, who died Tuesday from breast cancer that spread to her liver, doctors are highlighting the importance of early detection of breast cancer.
Today on American Morning, Dr. Freya Schnabel, director of breast surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, says early detection "remains our greatest weapon against breast cancer." She explains the important steps women can take, what role mammograms and MRIs play, and how often women in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and beyond should have clinical breast exams.
Bumble Bee chicken salad recall
The Suter Company, Inc., a Sycamore, Ill., establishment, is recalling approximately 72,000 pounds of canned chicken salad products that may contain foreign materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The products subject to recall include:
– 8.2-ounce packages of "BUMBLE BEE LUNCH ON THE RUN CHICKEN SALAD COMPLETE LUNCH KIT." The package contains a 2.9-ounce can of Bumble Bee Chicken Salad along with crackers, mixed fruit, a cookie and a spoon. The package label indicates the product is "Mixed and Ready to Eat." The product package indicates a "Best-by" date of 07/11.
– 3.5-ounce packages of "BUMBLE BEE CHICKEN SALAD WITH CRACKERS." The package contains a 2.9-can of Bumble Bee Chicken Salad and crackers. The package label indicates the product is "Ready to Eat." The product package indicates a "Best-by" date of 01/12 or 02/12.
The cans of chicken salad bear the establishment number "P-169" inside the USDA mark of inspection and the lot code "0225XXQBC" printed on the package. The chicken salad products were assembled between Aug. 14 and Aug 28, 2010, and shipped to distributors and retail stores nationwide.
The problem was discovered after consumer complaints about finding hard plastic in the product. FSIS has not received any reports of injury at this time. Anyone concerned about an injury from consumption of this product should contact a physician.
Read the full release on the USDA website
Why even a small amount of weight gain could be deadly
If you think you may indulge yourself and pack on a few extra pounds this holiday season, you may want to think again. A new study finds that just being a little overweight can have deadly consequences.
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, is a compilation of 19 separate long-term studies - the data covering 1 1/2 million patients. It found that having a body-mass index (BMI) just above the recommended range increases your mortality rate from causes such as heart disease, cancer and stroke.
Dr. Louis Aronne, director of the comprehensive weight control program at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center joins American Morning's Kiran Chetry to explain why even a small amount of weigh gain can be deadly.
Extra vitamin D and calcium pills may do more harm than good
(CNN) - Vitamin D and calcium have long been touted as the best nutrients for strong bones, muscles and teeth. Recent studies have shown that vitamin D could be used to fight cancer, heart ailments, autoimmune diseases, even diabetes.
But too much vitamin D can damage the kidneys and the heart. So what's the right balance?
After reviewing nearly 1,000 published studies on vitamin D and calcium, the Institute of Medicine on Tuesday recommended that most Americans and Canadians up to age 70, who are not pregnant, need no more than 600 international units (IUs) of vitamin D per day to maintain good health. People over age 70 may need as much as 800 IUs.
Today on American Morning, John Roberts and Kiran Chetry talk to Elizabeth Cohen, senior medical correspondent, about the latest recommendations.
Read more here.
AM Series: Hard Hits – Slam leaves linebacker brain damaged for life
Seventeen-year-old Max Conradt is viciously slammed down by a 280-pound linebacker during a high school football game. He continues to play and by the end of the game, after many punishing tackles, Conradt collapses into his stepmother's arms. Underneath his helmet, Conradt's brain was swelling.
He was dying - fast.
He was in a coma for two months with a catastrophic traumatic brain injury and had three operations to relieve the pressure on his swelling brain. Max's father Ralph is coming unglued, because doctors say his son probably will not make it.
Did Max live?
In the end we find out he did, but it’s not much of a life. Max lives in a home for brain damaged adults. He will never hold down a job, he will never function independently.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta tells Max's story on American Morning.
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