News

• More than 230 Noblesville Students not Immunized against Measles The Noblesville School district is telling parents of all non-immunized students to keep their children at home until after the measles outbreak passes. More than 230 Noblesville students have never been immunized against the measles virus. That includes 91 early childhood students and approximately 133 students who have never been vaccinated for medical or religious reason.
  (posted: 02/15/2012)
• Measles Outbreak Spreading Rapidly The total number of confirmed cases of measles in Central Indiana has risen to 13, state health officials announced Tuesday. All the confirmed cases involve both children and adults in Boone and Hamilton counties. The State Health Department says individuals may have been exposed to measles at the following places and dates.
  (posted: 02/14/2012)
• Measles Exposure at the Super Bowl Village Confirmed The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) has confirmed two cases of measles in an unvaccinated 11-year-old child. Symptom onset was January 23, 2012, with rash onset on January 28. On February 4, an unvaccinated sibling developed rash onset consistent with measles. The sibling attended Super Bowl Village activities in Indianapolis on February 3 while infectious.
  (posted: 02/11/2012)
• Best Weight-Loss Diets The best diet for losing weight is Weight Watchers, according to the experts who rated the diets below for U.S. News. Biggest Loser, Jenny Craig, and the raw food diet came in close behind. Other diets performed as well or better in enabling fast weight loss, but long-term weight loss is more important for your health.
  (posted: 01/09/2012)
• Westview Hospital and Community Health Network Merger Addresses Family Physician Shortage Inside Indiana Business interview with CEO of Westview Hospital Jon Anderson, and CMO of Community Health Network, Dr. Cliff Knight.
  (posted: 07/14/2011)
• High Number of Reported Measles Cases in the U.S. in 2011—Linked to Outbreaks Abroad The United States is experiencing a high number of reported measles cases in 2011, many of which were acquired during international travel. From January 1 through June 17 this year, 156 confirmed cases of measles were reported to CDC. This is the highest reported number since 1996.
  (posted: 06/29/2011)
• Westview Hospital and Community Health Network Merge Indianapolis-based Community on Friday closed its merger with Westview, a 67-bed hospital at West 38th Street and North Guion Road, along with its HealthPlex sports club and 180-member physician network.
  (posted: 06/28/2011)
• Dinner Plate Replaces Food Pyramid A dinner plate, called MyPlate, has replaced the food pyramid as a reminder to help Americans make healthful food choices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday. The new icon reflects the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, emphasizing that half of one’s meal should come from fruits and vegetables, one quarter from grains, and another quarter from protein (the protein should be lean, and at least half the grains should be whole grains). Next to the plate is a glass representing low-fat dairy products.
  (posted: 06/03/2011)
• Marian University Gets Pre-Accreditation For New Medical School Marian University has received pre-accreditation status from the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. The university is creating the state’s second medical school that it says will have an economic impact of more than $100 million.
  (posted: 05/06/2011)
• False Claims About Acai Berry The Federal Trade Commission is requesting federal courts to temporarily halt the allegedly deceptive tactics of 10 operations using fake news websites to market acai berry weight-loss products. The FTC seeks to permanently stop this misleading practice and has asked courts to freeze the operations’ assets pending trial.
  (posted: 04/26/2011)
• Low Dose Aspirin Cut Cancer Death Rate 30-40% The daily, long-term use of low-dose aspirin cuts the risk of death from several types of cancer, in addition to colorectal cancer, according to a large study review.
  (posted: 01/26/2011)
• Study Linking Autism to Vaccines Labeled ‘An Elaborate Fraud’ The British Medical Journal is publishing a series of 3 articles and editorials charging that the study published in The Lancet in 1998 by Andrew Wakefield and colleagues linking the childhood measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a “new syndrome” of regressive autism and bowel disease was not just bad science but “an elaborate fraud.”
  (posted: 01/06/2011)
• Echinacea Shows Little Benefit As A Common Cold Remedy Unfortunately, new research suggests the herbal remedy does not alleviate the common cold, contrary to previous findings.
  (posted: 12/21/2010)
• Tainted Products Marketed as Dietary Supplements On December 15, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took new steps aimed at keeping consumers safe from harmful products that are marketed as dietary supplements and that contain undeclared or deceptively labeled ingredients.
  (posted: 12/22/2010)
• Study: Alcohol more dangerous than heroin, cocaine, and meth According to a new study, alcohol is more dangerous than what is naturally thought.
  (posted: 11/01/2010)
• FDA Warns of Unproven Chelation Product Claims On October 14, 2010, FDA warned eight companies that market over-the-counter chelation products.
  (posted: 10/27/2010)