578 Health News Update

An expert panel for the FDA has recommended stronger warnings for the stimulant drugs used to treat attention deficit disorder (ADHD). Will cautions about heart attacks and strokes scare parents away from Adderall, Concerta and Ritalin for hyperactive kids? Ancient healing traditions like acupuncture, meditation and massage are beginning to show up in modern hospitals. Find out how the new medicine is incorporating these old modalities. For more information on the PBS documentary hosted by Dana Reeve, link to: http://www.thenewmedicine.org/ Everyone seems to have an iPod or other mp3 player. How can you listen without endangering your hearing? Melatonin may offer relief for some people with tinnitus. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16455366&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum Cytotec is another experimental treatment for tinnitus. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15138428&query_hl=5&itool=pubmed_docsum A new study suggests that men who eat chocolate are only half as likely to die of a heart attack. Here is the abstract from the Zutphen study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16505260&query_hl=3&itool=pubmed_docsum In addition to these stories we take your questions about prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, herbs and dietary supplements. Join the conversation at (888) 472-3366. Guests: Rose Bongiovanni, Au.D., President Elect of the California Academy of Audiology. Steven Nissen, MD, Vice-Chairman of Cardiology at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Douglas Mann, MD, Clinical Services Director of the Program on Integrative Medicine and Professor of Neurology at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tracy Gaudet, MD, Director of the Duke Center for Integrative Medicine and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University Medical Center. Commentator: Liz Dreesen, MD, Surgeon. Dr. Dreesen can be reached by email: dreelnc@bellsouth.net