Safety of Cold Medicine for Kids (continued, 1 expert)
Food-Borne Illnesses from Produce (continued, 1 expert)
LEADS 1. Dermatology: Signs of Aging
2. Health: Addicts Using Safe-Injection Rooms Tend to Undergo Treatment
3. Health: Safe-Injection Rooms Should Lead Addicts to Rehab
4. Health: Quality of Women's Health Care in the U.S.
5. Health: Erectile Dysfunction: One More Cause of Hearing Loss in Men
6. Health: Men's Health: Strides in Erectile Dysfunction Treatment
7. Nutrition: Ensuring the Sun Shines Year-Round with Vitamin D
8. Nutrition: Halloween Candy and Overweight Children
9. Nutrition: Preventing Holiday Weight Gain
10. Pets: Should You Dress Up Your Pets for Halloween?
11. Relationships: Suddenly Single By Death or Divorce
12. Sports: NFL Tapping Global Market
ROUNDUP: SAFETY OF COLD MEDICINE FOR KIDS (continued)
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**1. JEFF RASANSKY is a Dallas attorney who is a veteran of numerous cases involving dangerous drugs: "The recently announced recall of cough and cold medicines for children follows reports of more than 120 related child deaths and evidence that the drugs are not effective in small children. It's good to see these dangerous drugs will be off store shelves. But manufacturers must work with regulators to make sure no more children get hurt." News Contact: Alan Bentrup, alan@androvett.com Phone: +1-800-559-4534 (10/26/07)
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**1. DR. KATHLEEN D'OVIDIO, assistant professor of food science at DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE in Doylestown, Pa., can discuss whether food recall is reality or misperception: "It is simply the people's perceptions. Information is being disseminated much more efficiently than ever before. Local news becomes global news instantly. Contamination could be due to the consolidation of small family farms into mega ranches, which means that disease can originate from one source and contaminate more pounds of food as it's all processed together. Finally, many more individuals are immunocompromised, making them more susceptible to food-borne illness. However, anyone can prevent food-borne illness. People need to become aware of the risks of not washing produce, not cooking foods to the proper internal temperatures and eating raw seafood. Once the risks are known, then it is a conscious choice." News Contact: Laura Snyder, laura@dickjonescomm.com Phone: +1-814-867-1963 (10/26/07) _____
LEADS **1. DERMATOLOGY: SIGNS OF AGING.
JOSHUA FOX, M.D., founder of ADVANCED DERMATOLOGY and a spokesman for the American Academy of Dermatology: "Getting older -- none of us can avoid it, but most of us would love to keep our aging a little bit more secret. If you are over 30 years old and enjoy an active lifestyle, your skin is probably showing signs of damage. Luckily, dermatologists can counter many of the more common signs of aging. In fact, many conditions can be improved substantially in only one visit." News Contact: Melissa Chefec, mchefec@optonline.net Phone: +1-203-968-6625 (10/26/07)
**2. HEALTH: ADDICTS USING SAFE-INJECTION ROOMS TEND TO UNDERGO TREATMENT.
DESSA BERGEN-CICO, Ph.D., CHES, is assistant professor in the Department of Health & Wellness in the College of Human Services & Health Professions at SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY. She has studied the use of safe-injection rooms, or shooting galleries as they are called in Europe, while attending the International Institute on Addictions in Amsterdam this past summer: "These facilities are established for the purposes of providing a safe space for addicts to use IV drugs in a medically supervised setting. The addicts who inject in these settings are using their drugs in a way to medically manage and moderate their use to alleviate the pain of withdrawal, and they are most often in the contemplation process of planning to stop their drug use and undergo treatment to the extent it is available to persons of their limited financial and personal resources. Safe-injection rooms are a ground-floor front line opportunity to reconnect addicts to a world outside of the covert world of illicit drug use on the streets. The contact with social workers, nurses, volunteers, etc., who work in these centers provides the addicts with information and connection to resources to help them get their lives back on track and facilitate the complicated long process of behavior change. These facilities also require the addicts to follow a set of rules and contribute to the maintenance of the room, the facility, and often the surrounding grounds in an effort to reintegrate them to the community and reconnect them with something other than the life of users." (10/26/07)
**3. HEALTH: SAFE-INJECTION ROOMS SHOULD LEAD ADDICTS TO REHAB.
DOUG THORBURN, author of "Alcoholism Myths and Realities": "Safe-injection rooms may reduce harm, but they do nothing to lead the addict into a program of sobriety. Any addict who says he or she is ready to 'try sobriety' should be given the opportunity. However, let him know up front that he must be committed and won't get another chance. While few addicts will likely take the offer, we'll know who's serious. And any families or friends of such addicts might be persuaded to provide a home, job, and chance for a normal life after the addict completes the voluntary-made-mandatory six months or one year of rehab." News Contact: Shannon Grace, Shannon@GaltPublishing.com Phone: +1-800- 482-9424 (10/26/07)
**4. HEALTH: QUALITY OF WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE IN THE U.S.
TANYA ABREU, president and national program director of SPIRIT OF WOMEN HEALTH NETWORK, is available to comment on the new report concluding the quality of women's health care in the United States is unsatisfactory: "We need to challenge ourselves to educate women about their health in a more vibrant and effective way. We often seem to reprimand them using a one-size-fits-all approach. National statistics and this-could-be-you scare tactics just don't work anymore. Awareness does not necessarily translate into personal action. We need fresh approaches that educate, entertain and energize women to take action for health for a lifetime. That's the wave of a healthier future. Evaluating women's health in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., researchers from the National Women's Law Center and the Oregon Health and Science University found that, overall, the U.S. fails to meet 12 of the 27 HHS benchmarks designated by HHS' Healthy People 2010 (up from nine in 2004), and meets only three." News Contact: Tara DiMilia, tara.d@patmedia.net Phone: +1- 908-369-7168 (10/26/07)
**5. HEALTH: ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION: JUST ONE MORE CONTRIBUTION TO HEARING LOSS IN MEN.
JOY GLEN is an audiologist and hearing-loss expert at RESOUND, the leading technology manufacturer of hearing aids: "Men are more susceptible to hearing loss -- given genetics and a tendency toward louder work. Now they must juggle the implications of taking erectile dysfunction drugs. Everyone knows that MP3 players can hurt hearing, but lawn mowers, NASCAR attendance and now erectile dysfunction drugs are also contributors to the condition. With the new FDA requirement of warnings on drugs, such as Viagra and Cialis, it is important that men understand hearing-loss risk factors and solutions. Hearing-loss treatments have come a long way. No one has to suffer the social, financial and now sexual losses associated with hearing loss." News Contact: Laura McAliley, lmcaliley@merrellgroup.com Phone: +1-919-844-2767 (10/26/07)
**6. HEALTH: MEN'S HEALTH: STRIDES IN ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION TREATMENT.
ROBERT J. VALENZUELA, M.D., a leading urologist and erectile dysfunction (ED) expert with GRAMERCY UROLOGY SOLUTIONS in New York City: "Roughly half of all men over 50 have some degree of erectile dysfunction. ED, which is sometimes called 'impotence,' is the repeated inability to get or keep an erection firm enough for sexual intercourse. ED is different from other sexual problems that men might experience, such as low libido and ejaculatory difficulties. ED is all about achieving and maintaining erections. But while ED has been a problem for men for generations, the last 10 years have seen enormous strides in the way doctors are treating the condition. Today, there are many more options. No man with ED should feel that there's no solution to his problem." News Contact: Melissa Chefec, mchefec@optonline.net Phone: +1-203-968-6625 (10/26/07)
**7. NUTRITION: ENSURING THE SUN SHINES YEAR-ROUND WITH VITAMIN D.
JOHN CANNELL, M.D., is executive director of THE VITAMIN D COUNCIL, a non-profit organization that raises awareness for vitamin D deficiency. Cannell can help shed light on recent study findings, revealing why vitamin D has been out of the spotlight until now, and discuss optimal ways to get plenty of this essential vitamin: "As the days become shorter, it's even more important to consider supplementing the diet with vitamin D, since you are getting less of the required daily amount from sunlight. Proactive efforts now can ward off certain cancers in the future." News Contact: Shelley Rudd, ShelleyR@carryonpr.com Phone: +1-323-988-4701 (10/26/07)
**8. NUTRITION: HALLOWEEN CANDY AND OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN.
DEBORAH ENOS, certified nutritionist: "The latest studies show that if kids could cut back by one candy bar and increase their activity by walking an additional 2,000 steps each day, they could avoid weight gain and even begin to lose weight. Concerned parents want their overweight kids to enjoy being a kid and have fun without the additional weight gain. Just have your kids increase their exercise during this period from Halloween until the end of the year. If they could just cut back on 100 calories and be more active (cut back on TV- watching or playing video games and, instead, go outside to play), these kids could lose weight, even during the holiday season." News Contact: Patricia Vaccarino, patricia@xanthuscom.com Phone: +1-206-979-3380 (10/26/07)
**9. NUTRITION: PREVENTING HOLIDAY WEIGHT GAIN.
DEE WOLK, president and founder of DEE'S WEIGHT SOLUTION, a non-diet weight-loss program: "Studies show that the one-pound average weight gain Americans experience during each holiday season can lead to long-term health problems and destructive yo-yo dieting. It's possible to enjoy holiday foods without gaining weight by recognizing actual physical body hunger and employing techniques to feed emotional and psychological hunger. The end result is weight loss and long- term maintenance throughout every season." Wolk has taught her program to more than 30,000 people since 1983, including a partnership with the Cleveland Clinic. News Contact: Laurel Miltner, laurel@pr2020.com Phone: +1-216-925-5479 (10/26/07)
**10. PETS: SHOULD YOU DRESS UP YOUR PETS FOR HALLOWEEN?
STEVE DALE is a pet expert, radio show host and lead columnist for GADZOO.COM, a Web portal devoted to all things pets. He can discuss the growing popularity of dressing up Spot and Puff in Halloween costumes: "Some pets look totally humiliated being dressed up. Others, though, seem to enjoy the extra attention. Dogs do better than cats -- who clearly often seem to say, 'This is not what I signed up for. After all, I'm a cat.' But people in increasing numbers dress up their pets -- there's even a bat-wing costume now for turtles. It's important that any costume doesn't restrict a pet's breathing or movement. The best ones are manufactured specifically for pets." Dale can also address Halloween pet safety. News Contact: Rebecca Theim, rebecca@tipitina-comm.biz Phone: +1-312- 235-2657 Web site: http://www.gadzoo.com (10/26/07)
**11. RELATIONSHIPS: SUDDENLY SINGLE BY DEATH OR DIVORCE.
PAT NOWAK, renowned author, speaker and life coach for the person who becomes suddenly single through death or divorce: "Becoming suddenly single, for whatever reason, is a very traumatic event few people are equipped to face. More than 30 percent of women over age 65 live in poverty. The day the husband dies, a woman's pension decreases 35 percent." The same financial and life-coping advice Nowak provided widows in "The ABCs of Widowhood," she now offers in talks across the nation to divorced persons. Nowak has appeared on NBC's "Market Watch" and FOX News as a financial expert, and on Match.com giving dating advice to those suddenly single. News Contact: Scott Lorenz, scottlorenz@westwindcos.com Phone: +1-734-667-2090 Web site: http://www.abcsofwidowhood.com (10/26/07)
**12. SPORTS: NFL TAPPING GLOBAL MARKET.
CURT HAMAKAWA, director of the Center for International Sport Business at WESTERN NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE in Springfield, Mass.: "Sunday's match-up between the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants in London's Wembley Stadium -- the NFL's second regular season game outside the U.S. in two years, and the first ever outside of North America -- is a powerful example of the seriousness with which the NFL is seeking to globalize its sport. I think the big-league commissioners are cautiously optimistic that, carefully managed, they can grow their sports on other continents that may someday rival the fan base and spectator following that has taken 100 years or more to build in the U.S. This really is a natural evolution of sport or, for that matter, anything that has utility and appeal to a consumer nation." News Contact: Laura Snyder, laura@dickjonescomm.com Phone: +1-814-867-1963 (10/26/07) SOURCE ProfNet
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