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New Research: HIV vaccine progress
In April, a detailed analysis of specimens from the first HIV vaccine clinical trial to show a modest protective effect yielded important clues about how the vaccine might have worked. These clues suggest directions for improving upon the original vaccine regimen to confer a broader, more potent and longer-lasting effect. The original vaccine regimen was tested among 16,000 adult volunteers in Thailand in a trial co-funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
-- National Institutes of Health
Did You Know?
Essential for lifelong bone health, most women don't get enough calcium. Get more by eating three daily servings of low-fat dairy. – EatRight.org
Health Tip: Get into yoga
The combination of deep breathing, thoughtful movements and melodic music in yoga can change your mood in seconds and help relieve pent up stress. If you are new to yoga, try out a beginner class and ease into the poses. There is no perfection in yoga, only progress. Yoga is the perfect complement to any other form of exercise or as your mind/body therapy for the week.
-- Life Fitness
Number to Know
1.7 million: According to the World Health Organization, 1.7 million children under the age of 5 died from vaccine-preventable diseases in 2008.
Children’s Health: Dangerous binkies?
Almost all infants and toddlers use bottles, pacifiers and sippy cups for supplying nutrition, comfort and convenience, but are these products always as safe as parents think? A recent study revealed that, in the U.S., 45,398 children under age 3 were treated in the hospital emergency department between 1991 and 2010 –– or approximately one child every 4 hours –– for an injury caused by a bottle, pacifier or sippy cup. Most injuries (86 percent) occurred from falls while using the products, and 83 percent of falls resulted in lacerations or contusions to the mouth and face.
-- American Academy of Pediatrics
Boomer Health: Dog food recall
Walking your dog may keep you healthy, but dog food contaminated with a rare strain of salmonella has made 16 people sick in nine states, five of which were hospitalized. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed the culprit: Diamond Pet Foods and its various brands, made in a South Carolina plant. The CDC says handling the dog food is what caused illnesses, and owners should check their brand of dog food to see if it matches, and return it if it was manufactured between Dec. 9, 2011 and April 7.
-- AARP
