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NEW ORLEANS -- A brightly colored, attractively packaged household cleaning product called Fabuloso has led to a rash of emergency department visits for accidental ingestion, toxicology researchers reported here.

NEW ORLEANS -- Today's cell phones don't disrupt emergency department telemetry, and patients and visitors should be allowed to use them, contended researchers here.

LONDON -- There's more evidence that vitamin D is protective against breast cancer progression, but the relationship remains less than definitive, researchers here said.

BOSTON -- Compared with the cardiovascular benefits of finfish and shellfish, fears of mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) should be considered dead in the water, according to a review of the evidence.

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- The antioxidant enzyme heme oxygenase-1 may be a potential biomarker or even treatment for silicosis, according to researchers here.

UTRECHT, The Netherlands -- Pre-op breathing exercises and respiratory muscle training help avoid pulmonary complications after a coronary artery bypass graft, researchers here reported.

LANSING, Mich. -- Women older than 70, who represent one in three breast cancer patients, are "underdiagnosed, understaged, and undertreated" compared with younger women, researchers here asserted.

NEW ORLEANS -- CT scans for patients with suspected acute appendicitis add no diagnostic value and may be associated with worse outcomes, researchers reported here.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Aricept (donepezil), a cholinesterase inhibitor on the market for mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, today became the first of its class to win FDA approval for severe disease.

DALLAS -- CT imaging of coronary calcification by electron beam or multidetector devices is appropriate for patients at an intermediate risk, according to an American Heart Association statement. It represents an about face for the organization.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Decaffeinated java at specialty coffee shops, such as Starbucks, and other food outlets may not be free of caffeine, reported researchers here.

LOS ANGELES -- Two of three atypical antipsychotic drugs were no better than placebo at quieting aggression, psychosis, and agitation in patients with Alzheimer's disease, found a multicenter trial. Overall, adverse effects of all three outweighed the benefits.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Plastic surgeons believe the perfect pouty lip is attainable, but not quite yet.

BOSTON -- National standards for hospital room decontamination do not completely prevent transmission of antibiotic-resistant infections, according to a federally sponsored study.

TOKYO -- A history of lung cancer in a first-degree relative bestows nearly twice the risk of developing the disease, researchers here reported.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- With the echoes of the Institute of Medicine's unrestrained critique of the FDA last month still resounding, two more broadsides calling for major reform were fired today at the beleaguered agency.

SYDNEY, Australia -- Older adults with impaired vision may also have hearing loss, and vice versa, Australian researchers reported.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Weight, height, and race independently influence prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, and each may distort the risk of prostate cancer, researchers here reported.