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| Acid Reflux / GERD News |
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| Aid / Disasters News | |
| Safer Buildings Are Goal Of New Code Changes Based On Recommendations From NIST WTC Investigation Future buildings - especially tall structures - should be increasingly resistant to fire, more easily evacuated in emergencies, and safer overall thanks to 23 major and far-reaching building and fire code changes approved recently by the International Code Council (ICC) based on recommendations from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News | |
| A Little Alcohol Goes A Longer Way In Women Than In Men-in Good Ways And Bad, From The Harvard Heart Letter Alcohol can be a boon or a bane for health. The difference lies in the dose-a little is good, a lot is bad. But the dividing line between a little and a lot differs from person to person. It depends on many things, including sex. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| WHO To Hold Public Hearing On Ways Of Reducing The Harmful Use Of Alcohol Each year, more than two million people die from alcohol-related causes which is why World Health Organization (WHO) was asked by its Member States in May at the World Health Assembly to develop a global strategy to combat the harmful use of alcohol. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Allergy News | |
| Look Out For Latex In Unexpected Places Allergic reactions to latex happen commonly in medical settings, where rubber gloves are in abundant supply. But less-visible elements in other environments can also pose danger, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI). | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Welsh Pharmacies To Provide Allergy Screening Services Community pharmacies in Wales will, from February 2009, be able to offer an allergy screening service to members of the public. The initiative from Allergy UK in association with the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) will train pharmacists to provide advice and support for allergy sufferers in the principality. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Alzheimer's / Dementia News | |
| Grants To Expand Disease-Focused Stem Cell Research Received By Einstein And Montefiore The Empire State Stem Cell Board has awarded research planning grants to Albert Einstein College of Medicine and to Montefiore Medical Center. The grants, totaling $238,000, are part of $2 million in grants announced by State Health Commissioner Richard F. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Anxiety / Stress News | |
| Soothing Music Reduces Stress, Anxiety And Depression During Pregnancy Says Study Music therapy can reduce psychological stress among pregnant women, according to research just published in a special complementary and alternative therapy medicine issue of the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Arthritis / Rheumatology News | |
| PanGenetics To Initiate Clinical Study Of CD40 Antagonist Antibody In Psoriatic Arthritis PanGenetics B.V. announced today that the company has received formal regulatory approval to initiate clinical evaluation of the company's CD40 antagonist antibody, PG102. The multi-centre trial in Hungary and Serbia will recruit patients with active psoriatic arthritis, and is designed as a double blind, placebo controlled, single ascending dose study. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Autism News | |
| Angela Browning MP Urges Colleagues To Ensure Better Future For People With Autism, UK Angela Browning MP is urging fellow MPs to ensure a brighter future for people with autism by backing a draft Private Members' Bill, launched by The National Autistic Society (NAS) in the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday 7th October. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Bio-terrorism / Terrorism News |
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| Biology / Biochemistry News | |
| Shift In Bald Eagle Diet Linked To Sea Otter Decline A newly published study has found that the decline of sea otters along Alaska's Aleutian Islands has forced a change in the diet of a terrestrial predator - the bald eagle. The study demonstrates the extraordinary complexity of marine ecosystems and how far-ranging the impacts can be when there is a population shift in a keystone species like the sea otter. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| More Research Needed To Make Good On Biofuel Promise, Experts Say While cellulosic biofuels derived from grasses, crop residues and inedible plant parts have real potential to be more efficient and environmentally friendly than grain-based biofuels like corn ethanol, more research and science-based policies are needed to reap these benefits, says an international group of experts. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Regulating Energy Supply To The Brain During Fasting If the current financial climate has taught us anything, it's that a system where over-borrowing goes unchecked eventually ends in disaster. It turns out this rule applies as much to our bodies as it does to economics. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Newly Identified Cells Make Fat To understand where fat comes from, you have to start with a skinny mouse. By using such a creature, and observing the growth of fat after injections of different kinds of immature cells, scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Rockefeller University have discovered an important fat precursor cell that may in time explain how changes in the numbers of fat cells might increase and lead to obesity. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Bipolar News |
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| Bird Flu / Avian Flu News |
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| Blood / Hematology News | |
| Israeli Device Could Replace Anticoagulants In Surgery - Non-invasive Mobile Compression System That Helps Keep The Blood Circulating In The Limbs Surgeons are always concerned about the hazard of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in their patients. In the wake of surgery, blood clots can form deep in the body, leading to pain and swelling, or - if the clot starts to move - even death. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| CaridianBCT Initiates Clinical Trial For Whole Blood Process With Mirasol® Pathogen Reduction Technology CaridianBCT, a leading global provider of technology, products and services in automated blood collections, therapeutic systems, whole blood processes and pathogen reduction technologies, announced today that it has initiated a clinical trial for treating whole blood with Mirasol Pathogen Reduction Technology (PRT) after receiving clearance from the U. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Body Aches News |
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| Bones / Orthopaedics News | |
| New Partnership Integrates Vibration Therapy Into Stem Cell Procedures Two leading companies in their respective industries are joining forces to integrate vibration therapy into the stem cell harvesting process. SpineSmith Partners LP, an orthopedic biotech company based in Austin, Texas, has signed an exclusive national and global distribution agreement with WAVE(R) Manufacturing Inc. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Breast Cancer News | |
| Breast Cancer Remains Threat For Older Women Despite recent examples of young and middle-aged celebrities being diagnosed with breast cancer, more than half of breast cancers happen in women over age 65. That's why experts at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center recommend women continue to receive yearly breast screenings through their 70s. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Comment From Breakthrough Breast Cancer Suggesting Women Are Missing Out On Aromatase Inhibitors, UK Dr Alexis Willett, Policy Manager at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, says: "This research shows that the vast majority of breast cancer specialists surveyed were confident that patients in their breast units and who could benefit from Aromatase Inhibitors (AIs) were receiving them in line with NICE guidance. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| UK Women With Breast Cancer At Risk Of Missing Out On Optimal Care Postmenopausal women in the UK could be unknowingly missing out on optimal follow-up treatment for breast cancer, according to research presented today at the annual National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Study Finds Computer Software As Effective As Second Radiologist Computer-aided detection software for mammograms is nearly as effective as a second radiologist reading the test results to determine the presence of breast tumors, according to a 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| Two Studies Provide Important Insights Into The Risk Of Suicide In Cancer Patients Two separate studies published in the same issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (October 10th 2008) provide valuable insights into the risk of suicide among patients with cancer. One study reveals that cancer patients are almost twice as likely to commit suicide as the general US population; while the other UK study found that a substantial number of cancer patients report feeling they would be "better off dead," or thoughts of "hurting themselves". | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Premier International Meeting Highlights Breakthrough Research To Defeat Cancer Before It Starts, Washington, DC, November 16-19, 2008 WhatTo stop cancer before it has a chance to take root and spread, scientists are increasingly turning their attention to new discoveries in cancer prevention. Leading experts from around the globe are gathering to share the latest research in this expanding and promising new field, with the hope this work will significantly reduce cancer incidence and mortality. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| How The Altered Behavior Of Integrins Can Prompt Metastatic Movement In Tumor Cells Caswell et al. report in the Journal of Cell Biology how the altered behavior of integrins can prompt metastatic movement in tumor cells. On 2D surfaces, cells may migrate randomly, or be strongly unidirectional. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Disparities In Head And Neck Cancer Patients Survival Rates A new analysis finds considerable disparities in survival related to race and socio-economic status among patients with head and neck cancer. Published in the November 15, 2008 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that earlier diagnosis and greater access to treatment could improve outcomes for these cancers among African Americans and the poor. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Comment From Breakthrough Breast Cancer Suggesting Women Are Missing Out On Aromatase Inhibitors, UK Dr Alexis Willett, Policy Manager at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, says: "This research shows that the vast majority of breast cancer specialists surveyed were confident that patients in their breast units and who could benefit from Aromatase Inhibitors (AIs) were receiving them in line with NICE guidance. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| UK Women With Breast Cancer At Risk Of Missing Out On Optimal Care Postmenopausal women in the UK could be unknowingly missing out on optimal follow-up treatment for breast cancer, according to research presented today at the annual National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Leading US Phase I Cancer Center Opens Site In Madrid, Spain - START Center For Cancer Care Texas-based START Center for Cancer Care today announced the establishment of a new global cancer research network, headquartered in San Antonio, that will make possible a dedicated, round-the- clock network of START Centers dedicated to Phase I cancer clinical trials, with the single-minded objective to accelerate the implementation of new anticancer therapies from discovery. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Solarium Regulation In The Spotlight, Medical Journal Of Australia Australian media coverage of Clare Oliver's campaign against solarium tanning was full of mixed messages and missed opportunities, according to an article in the latest issue of the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| H. Pylori Bacteria May Help Prevent Some Esophageal Cancers Some bacteria may help protect against the development of a type of esophageal cancer, known as adenocarcinoma, according to a new review of the medical literature. These bacteria, which are called Helicobacter pylori, live in the stomachs of humans. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| ArQule Achieves Clinical Milestone In MiT Trial With ARQ 197 - Confirmed Tumor Response In Clear Cell Sarcoma Leads To Expanded Trial ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARQL) today announced the expansion of its Phase 2 trial with ARQ 197, a proprietary, orally administered small molecule inhibitor of the c-Met receptor tyrosine kinase, in MiT (Microphthalmia Transcription Factor)-associated tumors based on the achievement of a partial response, as defined by RECIST (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors), in a patient with clear cell sarcoma. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| International Myeloma Foundation Receives Health Impact Award For Exceptional Service To Myeloma Patients And Community The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF)-supporting research and providing education, advocacy and support for myeloma patients, families, researchers and physicians- announced that Susie Novis, president and co-founder of the IMF, has received the Wellsphere Health Impact Award for providing outstanding support and education to myeloma patients and caregivers, and driving innovation in the field of myeloma treatment. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| PV-10 Treatment For Metastatic Melanoma Well-Tolerated By Patients - Evidence Of "Bystander Effect" Observed In Phase 1 Trial Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC BB: PVCT), a development-stage oncology and dermatology biopharmaceutical company, announced that the lead investigator for its Phase 2 melanoma study, Professor John F Thompson, MD, today presented clinical data on PV-10 at the "Perspectives in Melanoma XII" meeting at The Hague, The Netherlands. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Natural Compounds That Could Slow Blood Vessel Growth Using computer models and live cell experiments, biomedical engineers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered more than 100 human protein fragments that can slow or stop the growth of cells that make up new blood vessels. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| ResMed Announces First Major Study To Investigate How Breathing Difficulties During Sleep Affect Heart Failure Patients ResMed today announced it has launched the SERVE-HF study at the 18th European Respiratory Society's (ERS) annual congress in Berlin, Germany. The study is to investigate the use of its AutoSet CS™2 device in the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing that affects patients with chronic heart failure. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| New Publication Shows Cleviprex™ Provides More Precise Blood Pressure Control In Cardiac Surgery Patients The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) announced that ECLIPSE, the largest safety program to date comparing intravenous antihypertensive therapies, has been published in the October issue of Anesthesia and Analgesia. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Physio-Control Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For LIFEPAK(R) 20e Defibrillator/Monitor Physio-Control, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Medtronic, Inc., (NYSE: MDT) announced today that it has received clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the LIFEPAK 20e defibrillator/monitor within the United States. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Efforts, Events Seek To Improve Health Of Pacific Islanders, Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Among Blacks, Offer Support For Hispanic Nurses, Other The following summarizes coverage of events and initiatives that seek to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. | |
| Caregivers / Homecare News |
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| Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine News | |
| Noble Prize Goes To Three Europeans For Discovering HPV And HIV This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Harald zur Hausen of Germany for establishing that human papilloma viruses (HPV) cause cervical cancer. He gets half of the prize, and the other half is shared by two French scientists, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier, for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Cholesterol News |
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| CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease News |
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| Cleft Palate News |
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| Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News | |
| CaridianBCT Initiates Clinical Trial For Whole Blood Process With Mirasol® Pathogen Reduction Technology CaridianBCT, a leading global provider of technology, products and services in automated blood collections, therapeutic systems, whole blood processes and pathogen reduction technologies, announced today that it has initiated a clinical trial for treating whole blood with Mirasol Pathogen Reduction Technology (PRT) after receiving clearance from the U. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| National Institutes Of Health Launches ClinicalTrials.gov Results Database The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced an expanded ClinicalTrials.gov database. The database will accept basic results information, in addition to trial registrations. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| First Comprehensive Results From The UPLIFT Trial Revealed At The ERS Annual Congress In Berlin - Authors Reaffirm Tiotropium's Safety The UPLIFT (Understanding Potential Long-term Impacts on Function with Tiotropium) study is a randomized double-blind, parallel-group, 4-year trial. One of the largest COPD trials ever undertaken, UPLIFT was aimed at comparing treatment with tiotropium once daily to placebo in COPD patients. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Leading US Phase I Cancer Center Opens Site In Madrid, Spain - START Center For Cancer Care Texas-based START Center for Cancer Care today announced the establishment of a new global cancer research network, headquartered in San Antonio, that will make possible a dedicated, round-the- clock network of START Centers dedicated to Phase I cancer clinical trials, with the single-minded objective to accelerate the implementation of new anticancer therapies from discovery. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Progenics Announces Progress And Presentations In HIV Therapy Program - Enrollment For PRO 140 Phase 2 Clinical Studies Completed Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGNX) today announced the completion of enrollment in two, phase 2 clinical studies of PRO 140, an investigational drug that is being developed for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Merck Discontinues Development Of Investigational Medicine Taranabant For Obesity Merck & Co., Inc. will not seek regulatory approval for taranabant, an investigational medicine, to treat obesity and is discontinuing its Phase III clinical development program for taranabant for obesity. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| The Effects Of Disclosing Financial Interests On Participation In Medical Research Knowing how an investigator is paid for running a research study surprisingly plays a small role in patients' willingness to take part in clinical trials. However, according to a new Johns Hopkins University study more participants are troubled when they are told that the investigator could profit or lose money depending on the results. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Colorectal Cancer News |
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| Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine News |
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| Compliance News |
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| Conferences News | |
| Premier International Meeting Highlights Breakthrough Research To Defeat Cancer Before It Starts, Washington, DC, November 16-19, 2008 WhatTo stop cancer before it has a chance to take root and spread, scientists are increasingly turning their attention to new discoveries in cancer prevention. Leading experts from around the globe are gathering to share the latest research in this expanding and promising new field, with the hope this work will significantly reduce cancer incidence and mortality. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News |
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| Crohn's News | |
| Form Of Crohn's Disease Traced To Disabled Gut Cells Scientists report online in Nature that they have linked the health of specialized gut immune cells to a gene associated with Crohn's disease, an often debilitating and increasingly prevalent inflammatory bowel disorder. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Cystic Fibrosis News |
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| Dentistry News |
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| Depression News |
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| Dermatology News | |
| Solarium Regulation In The Spotlight, Medical Journal Of Australia Australian media coverage of Clare Oliver's campaign against solarium tanning was full of mixed messages and missed opportunities, according to an article in the latest issue of the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| PV-10 Treatment For Metastatic Melanoma Well-Tolerated By Patients - Evidence Of "Bystander Effect" Observed In Phase 1 Trial Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC BB: PVCT), a development-stage oncology and dermatology biopharmaceutical company, announced that the lead investigator for its Phase 2 melanoma study, Professor John F Thompson, MD, today presented clinical data on PV-10 at the "Perspectives in Melanoma XII" meeting at The Hague, The Netherlands. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Diabetes News | |
| Diabetes Forecast Takes A Look Back And A Step Forward For 60 years, Diabetes Forecast, the consumer magazine of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), has been bringing crucial information to people with diabetes. The October issue celebrates the magazine's 60th anniversary with a major redesign that takes on a more contemporary look and includes new features on research, nutrition, and treatment. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Beware The Silent Assassin - Diabetes UK Launches Hard-Hitting Campaign Diabetes UK today launches Silent Assassin, a hard-hitting UK-wide campaign highlighting that diabetes is a serious condition that causes heart disease, stroke, amputations, kidney failure and blindness. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Dyslexia News |
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| Ear, Nose and Throat News | |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital Showcases Latest Advances And Techniques In Head And Neck Surgery Head and neck surgery is a diverse regional subspecialty, whose central focus is treatment of oncologic disorders of the neck. "Neck dissection is relevant to treatment of such disorders as squamous cell cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract, tongue cancer, laryngeal cancer, thyroid cancer, salivary gland cancer, and skin cancers of the head/neck region, including melanoma," explained William I. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Disparities In Head And Neck Cancer Patients Survival Rates A new analysis finds considerable disparities in survival related to race and socio-economic status among patients with head and neck cancer. Published in the November 15, 2008 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that earlier diagnosis and greater access to treatment could improve outcomes for these cancers among African Americans and the poor. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| The Online Cough Clinic's Spectacular Success: Check Out Your Chronic Cough On The Internet, With Expert Advice At Your Fingertips! Chronic cough is one of the conditions doctors hate, since it is poorly understood and hard to treat. A British team has set out to improve diagnosis and treatment by providing patients with expert consultation… on the Net! The results of this groundbreaking project, presented in Berlin to the Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), open the way to a new, interactive medical approach to one of the commonest health problems. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Eating Disorders News |
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| Endocrinology News | |
| Form Of Crohn's Disease Traced To Disabled Gut Cells Scientists report online in Nature that they have linked the health of specialized gut immune cells to a gene associated with Crohn's disease, an often debilitating and increasingly prevalent inflammatory bowel disorder. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Epilepsy News |
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| Erectile Dysfunction / Premature Ejaculation News |
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| Eye Health / Blindness News | |
| Discovery Of Receptor's Function Could Halt Blinding Diseases, Stop Tumour Growth, Preserve Neurons After Trauma Or Stroke An international team of researchers has discovered what promises to be the on-off switch behind several major diseases. In the advance online edition of today's Nature Medicine, scientists from Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, the Université de Montréal and the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) in France report how the GPR91 receptor contributes to activate unchecked vascular growth that causes vision loss in common blinding diseases. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| The Eyes Have It - Concerns About Ophthalmic Medications - Medical Journal Of Australia Topical ophthalmic medications have the potential to cause significant systemic side effects and to seriously interact with oral medications, according to an editorial in the 6 October issue of the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Fertility News |
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| Flu / Cold / SARS News |
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| GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News | |
| Study Shows PillCam(R) ESO Reduces Prison Health Care Costs By 90% For Cirrhotic Patients Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIVN) today announced data from a pilot study that demonstrate the Company's PillCam® capsule endoscopy of the esophagus can significantly reduce health care costs in a prison population through on-site evaluation of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Salix Presents New Phase II Data Evidence Demonstrating The Clinical Utility Of Rifaximin In Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) today announced findings from two analyses of a Phase II clinical trial that demonstrate the utility of rifaximin, a non-absorbed, gut-selective antibiotic, in the treatment of patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Cholera In Iraq - Update, World Health Organization On 20 August 2008, the Government of Iraq reported the first cholera cases of the year. As of 28 September 2008, a total of 341 laboratory-confirmed cholera cases, including five deaths, had been verified (case-fatality rate: 1. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| H. Pylori Bacteria May Help Prevent Some Esophageal Cancers Some bacteria may help protect against the development of a type of esophageal cancer, known as adenocarcinoma, according to a new review of the medical literature. These bacteria, which are called Helicobacter pylori, live in the stomachs of humans. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| 32 Cases Of Salmonella Linked To Microwaving Raw Chicken The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a public health alert on Friday after 32 people in 12 different states appeared to have contracted Salmonellosis from eating raw chicken products such as chicken cordon bleu and chicken breast kiev they had cooked in a microwave. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Genetics News | |
| UCF In First-of-Its-Kind $54 Million National Study To Examine Environmental And Genetic Factors Of Childhood Diseases The University of Central Florida is partnering with local and state organizations to participate in a first of its kind national study to examine the role environment and genetics play in the health of children. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Yale Receives Additional $10.7 Million For Largest Study Ever On How Genes And Environment Affect Children's Health The Yale School of Public Health has received a $10.7 million grant to expand its participation in a national study that will follow 100,000 children from before birth to age 21 to understand factors that contribute to their health and development. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Growing Role Of Molecular Diagnostics Reported In Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Novel platform technologies and key advances in genomics are rapidly driving the development of molecular diagnostics, reports Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News (GEN). The payoff for successful molecular diagnostic products can be significant as Kalorama Information predicts that this market currently exceeds $3. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| NIH Selects Case Western Reserve University To Participate In National Children's Study Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been awarded $26 million in funding to participate in The National Children's Study, the National Institutes of Health's comprehensive study on the interaction of genes and the environment on children's health. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| National Science Foundation Grants Clemson Professors Award To Develop Nanoprobes The National Science Foundation has granted two Clemson University professors $250,000 to research and develop nanofiber-based probes - needles that are 10 times smaller in diameter than a human hair - for medical diagnostics. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Gout News |
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| Headache / Migraine News |
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| Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News | |
| Privatizing Canada's Health Care Is Not The Answer: Lessons From The USA, Prominent US Physician Discusses Her Perspective In CMAJ Investing in Canada's public health system is the best way to improve it, rather than privatization, writes Dr. Marcia Angell, a senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School and former editor-in-chief of The New England Journal of Medicine. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Allsup Introduces Health Discount Program To Millions Of People With Disabilities, USA Allsup announced today it is offering a new Health Discount Program to help millions of people with disabilities gain access to discounted healthcare and medical services. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Election Brief Reviews Current, Future Medicare Issues; Snapshots Examine Relationship Between Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Employee Compensation "Medicare Now and In the Future," Kaiser Family Foundation: The second in a series of election briefs on health policy issues presents an overview of Medicare, detailing whom the program covers, what services are provided, how care is supplied to the elderly and disabled and what future challenges the program faces. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries While mainstream news coverage is still a primary source of information for the latest in policy debates and the health care marketplace, online blogs have become a significant part of the media landscape, often presenting new perspectives on policy issues and drawing attention to under-reported topics. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Pennsylvania Governor Revises Health Insurance Expansion Proposal In a letter to several state Senate Republicans on Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) described two alternative funding mechanisms for a scaled-down version of his proposal to expand health coverage to more uninsured state residents, the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Florida Regulators Try To Determine Specifics Of New Law That Allows Some Adults To Stay On Parents' Health Policies Up To Age 30 A Florida state law allowing certain workers to keep dependents on their health insurance policies until age 30 was scheduled to take effect on Wednesday, but some of the specifics of the law still are being discussed, the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| MedPAC Hearing Panelists Call For Residency Programs To Move Away From Hospital-Centered Care, Toward Treatment Of Chronic Illnesses Residency programs should place greater emphasis on the treatment of chronic diseases and on incorporating health information technology because current graduate medical education focuses too heavily on hospital-centered care, panelists told the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Health Plans' Quality Of Care Improved In Some Areas In 2007, NCQA Report Says Health plans' quality of care improved in 2007 -- the ninth consecutive year of continued improvements -- according to a study released Thursday by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Vice Presidential Debate Includes References To Health Care Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joseph Biden (Del.) and Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday during a debate at Washington University in St. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Mental Health Advocates, Lawmakers Push For House To Pass Bailout Bill That Includes Mental Parity Advocates for mental health parity legislation on Thursday launched efforts to lobby 51 co-sponsors of a House mental health parity bill (06 Oct 2008 | |
| Hearing / Deafness News |
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| HIV / AIDS News | |
| Noble Prize Goes To Three Europeans For Discovering HPV And HIV This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Harald zur Hausen of Germany for establishing that human papilloma viruses (HPV) cause cervical cancer. He gets half of the prize, and the other half is shared by two French scientists, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier, for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Progenics Announces Progress And Presentations In HIV Therapy Program - Enrollment For PRO 140 Phase 2 Clinical Studies Completed Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGNX) today announced the completion of enrollment in two, phase 2 clinical studies of PRO 140, an investigational drug that is being developed for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Health Workers Cannot Refuse To Provide Treatment To HIV-Positive People, India's Supreme Court Rules A panel of India's Supreme Court on Wednesday approved instructions from the country's Centre Party that health care workers in all government and private hospitals cannot refuse medical treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS, 06 Oct 2008 | |
| HIV-Positive Women In Nepal Call For Greater Assistance From Government Nepal's HIV/AIDS policies and programs have failed to address the problems of women living with HIV/AIDS in the country, HIV-positive women with Shakti Milan Samaj -- a social organization working on behalf of women living with HIV/AIDS -- said during a press conference on Wednesday, the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| HIV Cases Increasing Among Women, MSM In Rural China, Study Says The number of HIV/AIDS cases among men who have sex with men has increased eightfold during the past few years in areas of China, according to a study published recently in the journal Nature, 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Studies Examine Ability Of Antiretroviral Maraviroc To Control HIV Viral Loads oviral Maraviroc To Control HIV VirAccording to two studies sponsored by drugmaker Pfizer and published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, the antiretroviral drug maraviroc, which is sold as Selzentry by Pfizer, might help control viral loads among HIV-positive people who have shown resistance to other treatments, 06 Oct 2008 | |
| New York Times Examines California HIV Testing Bill The New York Times on Thursday examined a California bill (06 Oct 2008 | |
| CDC Releases Updated Estimates About HIV Prevalence In U.S.; Agency Says 1.1 Million People Living With Virus CDC on Friday in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released updated estimates of HIV prevalence in the U.S., saying that 1. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Huntingtons Disease News |
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| Hypertension News | |
| New Publication Shows Cleviprex™ Provides More Precise Blood Pressure Control In Cardiac Surgery Patients The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) announced that ECLIPSE, the largest safety program to date comparing intravenous antihypertensive therapies, has been published in the October issue of Anesthesia and Analgesia. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| Biothera Develops New Method For Analyzing Beta Glucan Structure Biothera has developed a new analytical method to characterize a key structural attribute of beta 1,3/1,6 glucans, which will aid researchers developing this immune-enhancing carbohydrate for pharmaceutical applications. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| Urgent Funding Needed To Reach The 2010 Measles Goal Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known to humans and the only way to prevent the disease is through vaccination. An estimated 242 000 people, the majority of them children, died from measles in 2006. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Cholera In Iraq - Update, World Health Organization On 20 August 2008, the Government of Iraq reported the first cholera cases of the year. As of 28 September 2008, a total of 341 laboratory-confirmed cholera cases, including five deaths, had been verified (case-fatality rate: 1. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| New Test Could Help Catch Serious Infections In Babies A simple blood test may help detect serious bacterial infections (SBIs) like urinary tract infections and blood stream infections in young infants who come to the emergency department (ED) with fevers that have no clear cause. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Healthcare Industry Leaders Call For Improved Prevention Of Catheter Infections On October 3rd representatives from the roundtable summit, "A Leadership Strategy for the Prevention of Line Sepsis," released a policy statement outlining strategies for patients and healthcare professionals to reduce the incidence of line sepsis, a potentially fatal hospital-acquired infection that affects approximately 250,000 patients each year in the U. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Irritable-Bowel Syndrome News | |
| Salix Presents New Phase II Data Evidence Demonstrating The Clinical Utility Of Rifaximin In Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) today announced findings from two analyses of a Phase II clinical trial that demonstrate the utility of rifaximin, a non-absorbed, gut-selective antibiotic, in the treatment of patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). | 06 Oct 2008 |
| IT / Internet / E-mail News | |
| $500,000 NSF Grant To Discover The Learning Algorithm Of The Brain Received By NYU's Courant Institute New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and its institutional partners - Stanford University, MIT, and the University of California, Berkeley - have each received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the "learning algorithm of the brain. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Natural Compounds That Could Slow Blood Vessel Growth Using computer models and live cell experiments, biomedical engineers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered more than 100 human protein fragments that can slow or stop the growth of cells that make up new blood vessels. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Revolution Health, Waterfront Media Merge To Compete With WebMD Revolution Health Network plans to announce on Friday that it has merged with Waterfront Media to create a network of health Web sites that will compete with the industry's leader, 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Study Finds Computer Software As Effective As Second Radiologist Computer-aided detection software for mammograms is nearly as effective as a second radiologist reading the test results to determine the presence of breast tumors, according to a 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Liver Disease / Hepatitis News | |
| StemCells, Inc. Receives NIH Grant To Pursue Cell-Based Therapeutic For Hepatitis C StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) announced that it has been awarded a $305,000 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to research and develop a potential cell-based therapeutic for liver disease arising from infection by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Lung Cancer News | |
| Topline Results From Phase III Study Evaluating The Combination Of Avastin And Tarceva As 2nd-Line Treatment For Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) and OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:OSIP) today announced that a randomized Phase III study (BeTa Lung) evaluating Avastin® (bevacizumab) in combination with Tarceva® (erlotinib) in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease had progressed following platinum-based chemotherapy did not meet its primary endpoint of improving overall survival compared to Tarceva in combination with placebo. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Millions Of Deaths Expected From The Burning Of Solid Fuel In Homes In China If current levels of smoking and biomass and coal fuel use in homes continues, between 2003 and 2033 there will be an estimated 65 million deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 18 million deaths from lung cancer in China, accounting for 19% and 5% of all deaths in that country during this period. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Lupus News | |
| Lupus Foundation Of America's Live Webchat To Discuss Reproductive Health And Lupus Because 90 percent of the estimated 1.5 million Americans living with the autoimmune disease lupus are female, fertility, pregnancy and reproductive health are important issues of concern. Women with lupus no longer are told not to have children. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Lymphoma / Leukemia News | |
| International Myeloma Foundation Receives Health Impact Award For Exceptional Service To Myeloma Patients And Community The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF)-supporting research and providing education, advocacy and support for myeloma patients, families, researchers and physicians- announced that Susie Novis, president and co-founder of the IMF, has received the Wellsphere Health Impact Award for providing outstanding support and education to myeloma patients and caregivers, and driving innovation in the field of myeloma treatment. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| Study Shows PillCam(R) ESO Reduces Prison Health Care Costs By 90% For Cirrhotic Patients Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIVN) today announced data from a pilot study that demonstrate the Company's PillCam® capsule endoscopy of the esophagus can significantly reduce health care costs in a prison population through on-site evaluation of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Israeli Device Could Replace Anticoagulants In Surgery - Non-invasive Mobile Compression System That Helps Keep The Blood Circulating In The Limbs Surgeons are always concerned about the hazard of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in their patients. In the wake of surgery, blood clots can form deep in the body, leading to pain and swelling, or - if the clot starts to move - even death. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| New Olympus DP72 Microscope Digital Camera For Unrivalled Speed And Clarit Offering unrivalled flexibility for microscopists, the new 12.8 megapixel Olympus DP72 digital microscopy camera combines high sensitivity, speed, resolution and quality, with no restrictions. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Physio-Control Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For LIFEPAK(R) 20e Defibrillator/Monitor Physio-Control, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Medtronic, Inc., (NYSE: MDT) announced today that it has received clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the LIFEPAK 20e defibrillator/monitor within the United States. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| New Hope For Treatment Of Severe Emphysema: Minimally Invasive Metal Implant Makes Its First Appearance At Berlin Congress A new type of implant for the treatment of severe emphysema, which can be placed using a simple, non-invasive procedure, has made its first appearance at the Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) in Berlin, to considerable acclaim. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Growing Role Of Molecular Diagnostics Reported In Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Novel platform technologies and key advances in genomics are rapidly driving the development of molecular diagnostics, reports Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News (GEN). The payoff for successful molecular diagnostic products can be significant as Kalorama Information predicts that this market currently exceeds $3. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| National Science Foundation Grants Clemson Professors Award To Develop Nanoprobes The National Science Foundation has granted two Clemson University professors $250,000 to research and develop nanofiber-based probes - needles that are 10 times smaller in diameter than a human hair - for medical diagnostics. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Medical Malpractice / Litigation News | |
| Guernsey District Nurse Struck Off For Wholly Inappropriate Behaviour A nurse has been struck off the nursing and midwifery register following a professional hearing at the London offices of the Nursing and Midway Council (NMC) from 1-3 October 2008. Daniel Aspinall, a 55 year old adult nurse from Derbyshire was employed by the States of Guernsey Health and Social Services Departments as a community district nurses between 10 January 2005 and 11 February 2007 during which time he was reported to have a made a series of remarks that were unprofessional, inappropriate and/or sexually motivated. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| PHR Salutes APA Policy Banning Psychologists From Illegal U.S. Interrogations "APA's (American Psychological Association's) announcement today is a historic victory for medical ethics and human rights," said Physicians for Human Rights CEO 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Health Workers Cannot Refuse To Provide Treatment To HIV-Positive People, India's Supreme Court Rules A panel of India's Supreme Court on Wednesday approved instructions from the country's Centre Party that health care workers in all government and private hospitals cannot refuse medical treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS, 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Supreme Court To Hear Case On Product Liability For Pharmaceutical Companies The Supreme Court during the 2008-2009 term, which begins on Monday, will hear cases "testing the boundary between federal and state authority," such as a case that could determine whether "injured people can bring claims against allegedly defective drugs and other products to state courts," 06 Oct 2008 | |
| U.S. Attorney Reports Increase In Number Of South Florida Medicare Fraud Prosecutions In the past 12 months, 245 South Florida defendants have been charged with filing nearly $793.5 million in false Medicare claims, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida R. Alexander Acosta said on Tuesday, the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Medical Students / Training News | |
| Goudge: Proper Training In Forensic Pathology Key To Avoiding Future Tragedy - Royal College Sets Standards To Address The Need, Canada The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada commends The Honourable Stephen Goudge and the Commission of the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario for a comprehensive and thoughtful report. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Medical Student Gender And Self-Confidence - Females Underestimate Their Abilities And Males Tend To Overestimate Theirs Despite performing equally to their male peers in the classroom and the clinic, female medical students consistently report decreased self-confidence and increased anxiety, particularly over issues related to their competency. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| First European Diploma In Respiratory Medicine - Inaugural Examination Held On Saturday At 18th ERS Congress, Berlin And the big day finally came! After several years of intense preparation under the HERMES (Harmonised Education in Respiratory Medicine for European Specialists) project, last Saturday the European Respiratory Society (ERS) held the inaugural examination for the European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| CLSI Publishes Guideline For Characterization And Qualification Of Commutable Reference Materials For Laboratory Medicine Reference materials are an important requisite for assuring reliable laboratory measurements and appropriate patient care. To ensure that a reference material is suitable for its intended purpose, its commutability characteristics need to be assessed in a defined manner considering all relevant aspects. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News | |
| Regional Pharmacy Chain Discovers Billing Overcharges And Voluntarily Repays Massachusetts Medicaid Program Today, regional pharmacy chain The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC (Stop & Shop) has voluntarily returned $269,000 to the Massachusetts Medicaid Program, MassHealth, after the company conducted a self-audit and determined it had been overpaid for pharmacy charges it submitted to MassHealth. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Election Brief Reviews Current, Future Medicare Issues; Snapshots Examine Relationship Between Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Employee Compensation "Medicare Now and In the Future," Kaiser Family Foundation: The second in a series of election briefs on health policy issues presents an overview of Medicare, detailing whom the program covers, what services are provided, how care is supplied to the elderly and disabled and what future challenges the program faces. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries While mainstream news coverage is still a primary source of information for the latest in policy debates and the health care marketplace, online blogs have become a significant part of the media landscape, often presenting new perspectives on policy issues and drawing attention to under-reported topics. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| U.S. Attorney Reports Increase In Number Of South Florida Medicare Fraud Prosecutions In the past 12 months, 245 South Florida defendants have been charged with filing nearly $793.5 million in false Medicare claims, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida R. Alexander Acosta said on Tuesday, the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| MedPAC Hearing Panelists Call For Residency Programs To Move Away From Hospital-Centered Care, Toward Treatment Of Chronic Illnesses Residency programs should place greater emphasis on the treatment of chronic diseases and on incorporating health information technology because current graduate medical education focuses too heavily on hospital-centered care, panelists told the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Federal Medicaid Funding For Calif. Family Planning Program Reduced Over Undocumented Count California and the federal government are in a dispute over funding for the state's Medicaid-funded family planning program -- called the Family Planning, Access Care and Treatment Program, or 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Men's health News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Mental Health News | |
| Mental Health America Hails Approval Of Federal Parity Legislation Mental Health America today hailed as "a great civil rights victory" the approval of mental health parity legislation that will broadly outlaw health insurance discrimination against Americans with mental health and substance-use conditions in employer-sponsored health plans. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Landmark Victory: Mental Health Parity Is Now Law, USA President Bush signed mental health parity into law today, taking a great step forward in the decade-plus fight to end insurance discrimination against those seeking treatment for mental health and substance use disorders. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| American Public Health Association Applauds Congress For Passing Long-Overdue Mental Health Legislation, USA Statement from Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E) Executive Director, American Public Health Association. "The American Public Health Association (APHA) praises Congress for passing historic legislation that will require health insurers to provide the same level of coverage for mental illness and substance abuse as they do for physical illness. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Mental Health Advocates, Lawmakers Push For House To Pass Bailout Bill That Includes Mental Parity Advocates for mental health parity legislation on Thursday launched efforts to lobby 51 co-sponsors of a House mental health parity bill (06 Oct 2008 | |
| MRI / PET / Ultrasound News |
| No news for this category today. |
| MRSA / Drug Resistance News | |
| Healthcare Industry Leaders Call For Improved Prevention Of Catheter Infections On October 3rd representatives from the roundtable summit, "A Leadership Strategy for the Prevention of Line Sepsis," released a policy statement outlining strategies for patients and healthcare professionals to reduce the incidence of line sepsis, a potentially fatal hospital-acquired infection that affects approximately 250,000 patients each year in the U. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Multiple Sclerosis News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Muscular Dystrophy / ALS News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital Showcases Latest Advances And Techniques In Head And Neck Surgery Head and neck surgery is a diverse regional subspecialty, whose central focus is treatment of oncologic disorders of the neck. "Neck dissection is relevant to treatment of such disorders as squamous cell cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract, tongue cancer, laryngeal cancer, thyroid cancer, salivary gland cancer, and skin cancers of the head/neck region, including melanoma," explained William I. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| NeuroMetrix Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For UNIVERSAL(TM) Electrodes Used In The Performance Of Nerve Conduction Studies NeuroMetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NURO) announced that it has received 510(k) clearance for its UNIVERSAL Electrodes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This regulatory determination by the FDA gives NeuroMetrix clearance to market the UNIVERSAL Electrodes in the U. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Regulating Energy Supply To The Brain During Fasting If the current financial climate has taught us anything, it's that a system where over-borrowing goes unchecked eventually ends in disaster. It turns out this rule applies as much to our bodies as it does to economics. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| $500,000 NSF Grant To Discover The Learning Algorithm Of The Brain Received By NYU's Courant Institute New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and its institutional partners - Stanford University, MIT, and the University of California, Berkeley - have each received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the "learning algorithm of the brain. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Nursing / Midwifery News | |
| Guernsey District Nurse Struck Off For Wholly Inappropriate Behaviour A nurse has been struck off the nursing and midwifery register following a professional hearing at the London offices of the Nursing and Midway Council (NMC) from 1-3 October 2008. Daniel Aspinall, a 55 year old adult nurse from Derbyshire was employed by the States of Guernsey Health and Social Services Departments as a community district nurses between 10 January 2005 and 11 February 2007 during which time he was reported to have a made a series of remarks that were unprofessional, inappropriate and/or sexually motivated. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Midwives Put Their Message In The Mail Stamps are a simple way of making a statement. Now, with the launch of midwifery-themed postage stamps, supporters of midwives can send their message across the country: "Choose a Midwife." The American College of Nurse-Midwives is unveiling the new stamps in conjunction with National Midwifery Week, October 5-11. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Efforts, Events Seek To Improve Health Of Pacific Islanders, Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Among Blacks, Offer Support For Hispanic Nurses, Other The following summarizes coverage of events and initiatives that seek to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. | |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| Concord Grape Juice Has No Significant Impact On Body Weight Regular consumption of 100% polyphenol-rich Concord grape juice did not cause significant weight gain, was not associated with changes in appetite and was shown to reduce waist circumference according to new data presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nutrition in Arlington, Virginia. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Obese Diners Choose Convenience And Overeating At Chinese Buffets When dining at Chinese Buffets, overweight individuals serve themselves and eat differently than normal weight individuals. This may lead them to overeat, according to a recent study by Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| School Vending Machines Dole Out Excess Calories, Fat - USA Despite efforts to include more healthy choices at schools, standard offerings from vending machines - including fruit juices - are giving students more calories than they need. Recent figures from the HEALTHY Study, a nationwide effort led by Temple University to curb obesity and type 2 diabetes in middle school students, found vending machines beverages had added sugars, high calorie 100 percent fruit juices, and snacks over 200 hundred calories. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Burger King(R) Goes Trans Fat Free, USA Burger King Corp. (NYSE:BKC) announced that all BURGER KING® restaurants nationwide are now cooking with trans fat free cooking oils. Furthermore, by Nov. 1, 2008, all BURGER KING® menu ingredients will contain zero grams artificial trans fat, including ingredients used in baked goods, par-fried and pre-portioned menu items. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| 32 Cases Of Salmonella Linked To Microwaving Raw Chicken The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a public health alert on Friday after 32 people in 12 different states appeared to have contracted Salmonellosis from eating raw chicken products such as chicken cordon bleu and chicken breast kiev they had cooked in a microwave. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| Concord Grape Juice Has No Significant Impact On Body Weight Regular consumption of 100% polyphenol-rich Concord grape juice did not cause significant weight gain, was not associated with changes in appetite and was shown to reduce waist circumference according to new data presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nutrition in Arlington, Virginia. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Obese Diners Choose Convenience And Overeating At Chinese Buffets When dining at Chinese Buffets, overweight individuals serve themselves and eat differently than normal weight individuals. This may lead them to overeat, according to a recent study by Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Severely Obese Benefit Greatly From A Little Bit Of Exercise A little exercise goes a long way toward helping severely obese individuals improve their quality of life and complete important daily tasks, according to researchers at the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Merck Discontinues Development Of Investigational Medicine Taranabant For Obesity Merck & Co., Inc. will not seek regulatory approval for taranabant, an investigational medicine, to treat obesity and is discontinuing its Phase III clinical development program for taranabant for obesity. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Reading Can Help Obese Kids Lose Weight It's no secret that reading is beneficial. But can it help kids lose weight? In the first study to look at the impact of literature on obese adolescents, researchers at Duke Children's Hospital discovered that reading the right type of novel may make a difference. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Kids Lured By Corner Stores On Morning Commute In most cities, the corner store, with its chips, soda and candy, is ubiquitous. Convenient for the neighborhood residents, but also researchers are discovering, a major snack source for school age children. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| How Much Are You Really Exercising? People struggling with obesity often underestimate how many calories they are actually consuming, which can hinder weight loss efforts. It should follow that the same person would overestimate the amount of exercise they're doing, right?Maybe not, say Temple University researchers. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Newly Identified Cells Make Fat To understand where fat comes from, you have to start with a skinny mouse. By using such a creature, and observing the growth of fat after injections of different kinds of immature cells, scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Rockefeller University have discovered an important fat precursor cell that may in time explain how changes in the numbers of fat cells might increase and lead to obesity. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Pain / Anesthetics News | |
| Major Study Of Opiate Use In Children's Hospitals Provides Simple Steps To Alleviate Harm Hospitalized kids with painful ailments from broken bones to cancer are often dosed with strong, painkilling drugs known as opiates. The medications block pain, but they can have nasty side effects. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Parkinson's Disease News | |
| Parkinson's Disease Information Added To NIHSeniorHealth Web Site More than half a million Americans suffer from Parkinson's disease, a brain disorder that leads to tremor and difficulty with walking, movement, and coordination. Although not a normal part of aging, Parkinson's occurs most often among people 60 and older, and the risk increases with age. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| School Vending Machines Dole Out Excess Calories, Fat - USA Despite efforts to include more healthy choices at schools, standard offerings from vending machines - including fruit juices - are giving students more calories than they need. Recent figures from the HEALTHY Study, a nationwide effort led by Temple University to curb obesity and type 2 diabetes in middle school students, found vending machines beverages had added sugars, high calorie 100 percent fruit juices, and snacks over 200 hundred calories. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Major Study Of Opiate Use In Children's Hospitals Provides Simple Steps To Alleviate Harm Hospitalized kids with painful ailments from broken bones to cancer are often dosed with strong, painkilling drugs known as opiates. The medications block pain, but they can have nasty side effects. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Free Prescription Drug Samples Given To Children Might Be Unsafe Free prescription drug samples distributed to children may be unsafe, according to a study by physicians from Cambridge Health Alliance and Hasbro Children's Hospital. The national study, the first to look at free drug sample use among children, appears in the October 2008 issue of Pediatrics. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Children's Asthma Affected By Parental Expectations Asthmatic children whose parents have high expectations for their ability to function normally are less likely to have symptoms than other children dealing with the condition, according to a new study. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| New Test Could Help Catch Serious Infections In Babies A simple blood test may help detect serious bacterial infections (SBIs) like urinary tract infections and blood stream infections in young infants who come to the emergency department (ED) with fevers that have no clear cause. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| UCF In First-of-Its-Kind $54 Million National Study To Examine Environmental And Genetic Factors Of Childhood Diseases The University of Central Florida is partnering with local and state organizations to participate in a first of its kind national study to examine the role environment and genetics play in the health of children. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Yale Receives Additional $10.7 Million For Largest Study Ever On How Genes And Environment Affect Children's Health The Yale School of Public Health has received a $10.7 million grant to expand its participation in a national study that will follow 100,000 children from before birth to age 21 to understand factors that contribute to their health and development. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Reading Can Help Obese Kids Lose Weight It's no secret that reading is beneficial. But can it help kids lose weight? In the first study to look at the impact of literature on obese adolescents, researchers at Duke Children's Hospital discovered that reading the right type of novel may make a difference. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Kids Lured By Corner Stores On Morning Commute In most cities, the corner store, with its chips, soda and candy, is ubiquitous. Convenient for the neighborhood residents, but also researchers are discovering, a major snack source for school age children. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| NIH Selects Case Western Reserve University To Participate In National Children's Study Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been awarded $26 million in funding to participate in The National Children's Study, the National Institutes of Health's comprehensive study on the interaction of genes and the environment on children's health. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News | |
| Galenea And Otsuka Pharmaceutical Extend & Expand Schizophrenia Research Collaboration Galenea Corp. and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced today the extension and expansion of their research and development collaboration. The two companies have been working together since January 2005 to discover and develop novel therapies for schizophrenia and other central nervous system (CNS) diseases. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Supreme Court To Hear Case On Product Liability For Pharmaceutical Companies The Supreme Court during the 2008-2009 term, which begins on Monday, will hear cases "testing the boundary between federal and state authority," such as a case that could determine whether "injured people can bring claims against allegedly defective drugs and other products to state courts," 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Pharmacy / Pharmacist News | |
| Regional Pharmacy Chain Discovers Billing Overcharges And Voluntarily Repays Massachusetts Medicaid Program Today, regional pharmacy chain The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC (Stop & Shop) has voluntarily returned $269,000 to the Massachusetts Medicaid Program, MassHealth, after the company conducted a self-audit and determined it had been overpaid for pharmacy charges it submitted to MassHealth. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| The Eyes Have It - Concerns About Ophthalmic Medications - Medical Journal Of Australia Topical ophthalmic medications have the potential to cause significant systemic side effects and to seriously interact with oral medications, according to an editorial in the 6 October issue of the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Walgreens September Sales Rise 10.0 Percent In Comparison To 2007 Walgreens (NYSE: WAG)(NASDAQ: WAG) had September sales of $4,854,000,000, an increase of 10.0 percent from $4,410,987,000 for the same month in 2007. Sales in comparable stores (those open at least a year) rose 4. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Biothera Develops New Method For Analyzing Beta Glucan Structure Biothera has developed a new analytical method to characterize a key structural attribute of beta 1,3/1,6 glucans, which will aid researchers developing this immune-enhancing carbohydrate for pharmaceutical applications. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Soothing Music Reduces Stress, Anxiety And Depression During Pregnancy Says Study Music therapy can reduce psychological stress among pregnant women, according to research just published in a special complementary and alternative therapy medicine issue of the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| National Primary Care Week Celebrates 10th Anniversary Thousands of health profession students and health care providers will celebrate the 10th Annual National Primary Care Week (NPCW), October 6-10, 2008. This year, the American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest, independent medical student organization, and the Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA) will be working in conjunction with National Health Service Corps Ambassadors, local National Health Centers, health organizations and various professionals to highlight the importance of primary care. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| RACGP Announces Winners Of 2008 Alan Chancellor Award And NHMRC's NICS Evidence Into Action Prize, Australia Dr Chris Mitchell, President of The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), presented the Alan Chancellor Award and the NHMRC's NICS Evidence Into Action Prize at yesterday's closing ceremony of the Wonca Asia Pacific Regional Conference/RACGP Annual Scientific Convention 2008 in Melbourne, recognising outstanding achievement in Australian general practice research. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Prostate / Prostate Cancer News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Two Studies Provide Important Insights Into The Risk Of Suicide In Cancer Patients Two separate studies published in the same issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (October 10th 2008) provide valuable insights into the risk of suicide among patients with cancer. One study reveals that cancer patients are almost twice as likely to commit suicide as the general US population; while the other UK study found that a substantial number of cancer patients report feeling they would be "better off dead," or thoughts of "hurting themselves". | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Landmark Victory: Mental Health Parity Is Now Law, USA President Bush signed mental health parity into law today, taking a great step forward in the decade-plus fight to end insurance discrimination against those seeking treatment for mental health and substance use disorders. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Efforts To Appear Unbiased Lead To Misunderstandings Between The Races, Studies Find White people-including children as young as 10-may avoid talking about race so as not to appear prejudiced, according to new research. But that approach often backfires as blacks tend to view this "colorblind" approach as evidence of prejudice, especially when race is clearly relevant. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| PHR Salutes APA Policy Banning Psychologists From Illegal U.S. Interrogations "APA's (American Psychological Association's) announcement today is a historic victory for medical ethics and human rights," said Physicians for Human Rights CEO 06 Oct 2008 | |
| American Public Health Association Applauds Congress For Passing Long-Overdue Mental Health Legislation, USA Statement from Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E) Executive Director, American Public Health Association. "The American Public Health Association (APHA) praises Congress for passing historic legislation that will require health insurers to provide the same level of coverage for mental illness and substance abuse as they do for physical illness. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Medical Student Gender And Self-Confidence - Females Underestimate Their Abilities And Males Tend To Overestimate Theirs Despite performing equally to their male peers in the classroom and the clinic, female medical students consistently report decreased self-confidence and increased anxiety, particularly over issues related to their competency. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Public Health News | |
| Privatizing Canada's Health Care Is Not The Answer: Lessons From The USA, Prominent US Physician Discusses Her Perspective In CMAJ Investing in Canada's public health system is the best way to improve it, rather than privatization, writes Dr. Marcia Angell, a senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School and former editor-in-chief of The New England Journal of Medicine. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Goudge: Proper Training In Forensic Pathology Key To Avoiding Future Tragedy - Royal College Sets Standards To Address The Need, Canada The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada commends The Honourable Stephen Goudge and the Commission of the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario for a comprehensive and thoughtful report. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Americans Still View Healthcare Reform As A Top Priority For The New President, Despite Current Dominance Of Economic Issues Although the economy currently dominates both the news media and the presidential campaign, Americans still view healthcare reform as a top priority for the new president, according to recent survey results. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Physician Joins The American Medical Association To Lead Initiatives In Health Care Disparities And Patient And Physician Health The American Medical Association (AMA) welcomes Sonja Boone, M.D. as Director of Physician Health and Health Care Disparities to lead AMA efforts to address the nation's minority health and physician health efforts. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| AARP And Consumers Union Convene Expert Panel On Role Of Research In Health Care Reform, USA Despite years of conversation between policymakers and health care professionals, comparative effectiveness remains an elusive concept for consumers. Now two of the nation's largest consumer groups are convening a panel of experts to discuss what this research can mean for individuals as the country addresses health care reform. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Top Researchers Appointed To Lead The Way In Health And Social Care Research, UK A directory listing 100 of the most prestigious health and social care researchers has been published by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) today. The Directory lists Senior Investigators who have been chosen to support the people making the most outstanding contribution to patient and people-focused health research. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Lung Diseases From Solid Fuels And Smoking Will Kill 83 Million In China Research from the US predicts that if smoking and solid fuel use in homes continues in China they will cause a total of 83 million deaths between 2003 and 2033 and that only large-scale interventions stand a chance of reducing this number. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Ozone Controls Failing To Protect Human Health And The Environment, Warns The Royal Society Existing controls are failing to reduce the air pollutant ground level ozone to a level that protects human health and the environment, and climate change will make the challenge harder, warns a major new report from the Royal Society(1) - the UK national academy of science - today (6 October 2008). | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Incomplete Medical Records After Major Surgery, Medical Journal Of Australia Documentation of clinical review and vital signs following major surgery is commonly incomplete, according to an article in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Australia. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| CLSI Publishes Guideline For Characterization And Qualification Of Commutable Reference Materials For Laboratory Medicine Reference materials are an important requisite for assuring reliable laboratory measurements and appropriate patient care. To ensure that a reference material is suitable for its intended purpose, its commutability characteristics need to be assessed in a defined manner considering all relevant aspects. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| The Effects Of Disclosing Financial Interests On Participation In Medical Research Knowing how an investigator is paid for running a research study surprisingly plays a small role in patients' willingness to take part in clinical trials. However, according to a new Johns Hopkins University study more participants are troubled when they are told that the investigator could profit or lose money depending on the results. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Safer Buildings Are Goal Of New Code Changes Based On Recommendations From NIST WTC Investigation Future buildings - especially tall structures - should be increasingly resistant to fire, more easily evacuated in emergencies, and safer overall thanks to 23 major and far-reaching building and fire code changes approved recently by the International Code Council (ICC) based on recommendations from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Report Looks At Racial, Ethnic Disparities In Self-Rated Health Status Among Those With Or Without Disabilities "Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Self-Rated Health Status Among Adults With and Without Disabilities," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: The report examines differences in self-rated health status by race/ethnicity and disability. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Erie County, Pa., Community Organizations Respond To Report On Racial Health Disparities By Improving Health Care Access, Editorial States In Erie County, Pa., "[P]rogress ... has been made in delivering health care to minorities and in educating people about health risks," an Erie Times-News editorial states. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| American Indians Have Higher Stroke Rate Than Others, Study Finds American Indians have a higher rate of stroke than other groups, which in large part can be attributed to a high prevalence of diabetes, according to a study to be published next week in the journal Circulation, 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Revolution Health, Waterfront Media Merge To Compete With WebMD Revolution Health Network plans to announce on Friday that it has merged with Waterfront Media to create a network of health Web sites that will compete with the industry's leader, 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News |
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| Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News | |
| NeuroMetrix Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For UNIVERSAL(TM) Electrodes Used In The Performance Of Nerve Conduction Studies NeuroMetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NURO) announced that it has received 510(k) clearance for its UNIVERSAL Electrodes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This regulatory determination by the FDA gives NeuroMetrix clearance to market the UNIVERSAL Electrodes in the U. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News |
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| Respiratory / Asthma News | |
| Look Out For Latex In Unexpected Places Allergic reactions to latex happen commonly in medical settings, where rubber gloves are in abundant supply. But less-visible elements in other environments can also pose danger, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI). | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Cortex's AMPAKINE Compound, CX717, Achieves Primary Endpoints In 2nd Phase IIa Respiratory Depression Study In Germany Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US (COR)) reported that top-line data from its second Phase IIa study in opioid-induced respiratory depression (RD) demonstrated that a single oral dose of 1500mg of the AMPAKINE® compound CX717 achieved statistical significance (p = 0. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Topline Results From Phase III Study Evaluating The Combination Of Avastin And Tarceva As 2nd-Line Treatment For Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) and OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:OSIP) today announced that a randomized Phase III study (BeTa Lung) evaluating Avastin® (bevacizumab) in combination with Tarceva® (erlotinib) in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease had progressed following platinum-based chemotherapy did not meet its primary endpoint of improving overall survival compared to Tarceva in combination with placebo. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Children's Asthma Affected By Parental Expectations Asthmatic children whose parents have high expectations for their ability to function normally are less likely to have symptoms than other children dealing with the condition, according to a new study. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Landmark UPLIFT Study Shows That Spiriva Improves Lung Function And Reduces Exacerbations And Mortality In COPD Treatment with the inhaled anticholinergic tiotropium (Spiriva; Boehringer Ingelheim) significantly improves lung function and quality of life and reduces exacerbations and mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to results from the landmark UPLIFT study reported at the European Respiratory Society annual congress ( 4-8 October 2008; Berlin, Germany). | 06 Oct 2008 |
| ResMed Announces First Major Study To Investigate How Breathing Difficulties During Sleep Affect Heart Failure Patients ResMed today announced it has launched the SERVE-HF study at the 18th European Respiratory Society's (ERS) annual congress in Berlin, Germany. The study is to investigate the use of its AutoSet CS™2 device in the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing that affects patients with chronic heart failure. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Welsh Pharmacies To Provide Allergy Screening Services Community pharmacies in Wales will, from February 2009, be able to offer an allergy screening service to members of the public. The initiative from Allergy UK in association with the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) will train pharmacists to provide advice and support for allergy sufferers in the principality. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| First Comprehensive Results From The UPLIFT Trial Revealed At The ERS Annual Congress In Berlin - Authors Reaffirm Tiotropium's Safety The UPLIFT (Understanding Potential Long-term Impacts on Function with Tiotropium) study is a randomized double-blind, parallel-group, 4-year trial. One of the largest COPD trials ever undertaken, UPLIFT was aimed at comparing treatment with tiotropium once daily to placebo in COPD patients. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Phasing Out Smoking And Solid Fuel Use In China Could Avert 32 Million Deaths In Next 25 Years Many millions of deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer, and tuberculosis could be averted in China if smoking and biomass and coal fuel use in homes were phased out over the next 25 years. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Lung Diseases From Solid Fuels And Smoking Will Kill 83 Million In China Research from the US predicts that if smoking and solid fuel use in homes continues in China they will cause a total of 83 million deaths between 2003 and 2033 and that only large-scale interventions stand a chance of reducing this number. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Ozone Controls Failing To Protect Human Health And The Environment, Warns The Royal Society Existing controls are failing to reduce the air pollutant ground level ozone to a level that protects human health and the environment, and climate change will make the challenge harder, warns a major new report from the Royal Society(1) - the UK national academy of science - today (6 October 2008). | 06 Oct 2008 |
| New Hope For Treatment Of Severe Emphysema: Minimally Invasive Metal Implant Makes Its First Appearance At Berlin Congress A new type of implant for the treatment of severe emphysema, which can be placed using a simple, non-invasive procedure, has made its first appearance at the Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) in Berlin, to considerable acclaim. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| The Online Cough Clinic's Spectacular Success: Check Out Your Chronic Cough On The Internet, With Expert Advice At Your Fingertips! Chronic cough is one of the conditions doctors hate, since it is poorly understood and hard to treat. A British team has set out to improve diagnosis and treatment by providing patients with expert consultation… on the Net! The results of this groundbreaking project, presented in Berlin to the Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), open the way to a new, interactive medical approach to one of the commonest health problems. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Extensively Resistant Tuberculosis: A Ray Of Hope Is Announced In Berlin - Breakthrough By German And Italian Researchers Although the dreaded extensively resistant tuberculosis is already advancing on us and doctors have been unable to save a number of sufferers, a new, promising treatment based on linezolid has been successfully trialled by German and Italian researchers. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| First European Diploma In Respiratory Medicine - Inaugural Examination Held On Saturday At 18th ERS Congress, Berlin And the big day finally came! After several years of intense preparation under the HERMES (Harmonised Education in Respiratory Medicine for European Specialists) project, last Saturday the European Respiratory Society (ERS) held the inaugural examination for the European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Schizophrenia News | |
| Galenea And Otsuka Pharmaceutical Extend & Expand Schizophrenia Research Collaboration Galenea Corp. and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced today the extension and expansion of their research and development collaboration. The two companies have been working together since January 2005 to discover and develop novel therapies for schizophrenia and other central nervous system (CNS) diseases. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Seniors / Aging News |
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| Sexual Health / STDs News | |
| Blogs Comment On Palin; USAID Cut Of Contraceptives To Marie Stopes; U.S. Abortion Rights; 'Born Alive' Bill Ad The following summarizes recent women's health-related blog entries. ~ "Women's Health: Yet Another Issue Sarah Palin Is Out of Touch On," Cecile Richards, Huffington Post: In the blog entry, Richards, president of the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Anchorage Daily News Examines Efforts Throughout Alaska To Mandate Comprehensive Sex Education The Anchorage Daily News on Wednesday examined efforts by college and high school students in Alaska to reform the way sex education is taught in the state. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| U.S. Bans Contraceptive Supplies To British Family Planning Group Working In Africa The State Department and USAID on Thursday said they have notified six African governments to stop providing U.S.-funded contraceptives donated to the British family planning organization 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News |
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| Smoking / Quit Smoking News | |
| National Institutes Of Health Went Tobacco-Free Wednesday, October 1, 2008 NIH has prohibited smoking inside or in close proximity to buildings on the NIH campus for many years. Effective Wednesday, October 1, 2008, NIH will extend this prohibition to the full extent of the campus and become a tobacco-free facility. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Phasing Out Smoking And Solid Fuel Use In China Could Avert 32 Million Deaths In Next 25 Years Many millions of deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer, and tuberculosis could be averted in China if smoking and biomass and coal fuel use in homes were phased out over the next 25 years. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Sports Medicine / Fitness News | |
| Severely Obese Benefit Greatly From A Little Bit Of Exercise A little exercise goes a long way toward helping severely obese individuals improve their quality of life and complete important daily tasks, according to researchers at the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Statins News |
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| Stem Cell Research News | |
| New Partnership Integrates Vibration Therapy Into Stem Cell Procedures Two leading companies in their respective industries are joining forces to integrate vibration therapy into the stem cell harvesting process. SpineSmith Partners LP, an orthopedic biotech company based in Austin, Texas, has signed an exclusive national and global distribution agreement with WAVE(R) Manufacturing Inc. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| StemCells, Inc. Receives NIH Grant To Pursue Cell-Based Therapeutic For Hepatitis C StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) announced that it has been awarded a $305,000 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to research and develop a potential cell-based therapeutic for liver disease arising from infection by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Grants To Expand Disease-Focused Stem Cell Research Received By Einstein And Montefiore The Empire State Stem Cell Board has awarded research planning grants to Albert Einstein College of Medicine and to Montefiore Medical Center. The grants, totaling $238,000, are part of $2 million in grants announced by State Health Commissioner Richard F. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Editorial Endorses Michigan Embryonic Stem Cell Research Initiative Michigan voters should vote yes on Proposition 2 on the November ballot because it would overturn "one of the most backward laws on human embryonic stem cell research in the nation" a 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Stroke News | |
| Discovery Of Receptor's Function Could Halt Blinding Diseases, Stop Tumour Growth, Preserve Neurons After Trauma Or Stroke An international team of researchers has discovered what promises to be the on-off switch behind several major diseases. In the advance online edition of today's Nature Medicine, scientists from Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, the Université de Montréal and the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) in France report how the GPR91 receptor contributes to activate unchecked vascular growth that causes vision loss in common blinding diseases. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| American Indians Have Higher Stroke Rate Than Others, Study Finds American Indians have a higher rate of stroke than other groups, which in large part can be attributed to a high prevalence of diabetes, according to a study to be published next week in the journal Circulation, 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Transplants / Organ Donations News |
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| Tropical Diseases News |
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| Urology / Nephrology News | |
| ArQule Achieves Clinical Milestone In MiT Trial With ARQ 197 - Confirmed Tumor Response In Clear Cell Sarcoma Leads To Expanded Trial ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARQL) today announced the expansion of its Phase 2 trial with ARQ 197, a proprietary, orally administered small molecule inhibitor of the c-Met receptor tyrosine kinase, in MiT (Microphthalmia Transcription Factor)-associated tumors based on the achievement of a partial response, as defined by RECIST (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors), in a patient with clear cell sarcoma. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Veterinary News | |
| Shift In Bald Eagle Diet Linked To Sea Otter Decline A newly published study has found that the decline of sea otters along Alaska's Aleutian Islands has forced a change in the diet of a terrestrial predator - the bald eagle. The study demonstrates the extraordinary complexity of marine ecosystems and how far-ranging the impacts can be when there is a population shift in a keystone species like the sea otter. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News | |
| More Research Needed To Make Good On Biofuel Promise, Experts Say While cellulosic biofuels derived from grasses, crop residues and inedible plant parts have real potential to be more efficient and environmentally friendly than grain-based biofuels like corn ethanol, more research and science-based policies are needed to reap these benefits, says an international group of experts. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Millions Of Deaths Expected From The Burning Of Solid Fuel In Homes In China If current levels of smoking and biomass and coal fuel use in homes continues, between 2003 and 2033 there will be an estimated 65 million deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 18 million deaths from lung cancer in China, accounting for 19% and 5% of all deaths in that country during this period. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| A Little Alcohol Goes A Longer Way In Women Than In Men-in Good Ways And Bad, From The Harvard Heart Letter Alcohol can be a boon or a bane for health. The difference lies in the dose-a little is good, a lot is bad. But the dividing line between a little and a lot differs from person to person. It depends on many things, including sex. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Minimally Invasive Robot-Assisted Hysterectomy - Live Dual Language Webcast: From South Miami Hospital: October 15 Watch gynecological oncologists Ricardo Estape, M.D., and Nicholas Lambrou, M.D., perform a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot, which is a less invasive procedure and requires less recovery time than traditional surgical techniques. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Breast Cancer Remains Threat For Older Women Despite recent examples of young and middle-aged celebrities being diagnosed with breast cancer, more than half of breast cancers happen in women over age 65. That's why experts at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center recommend women continue to receive yearly breast screenings through their 70s. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| HIV-Positive Women In Nepal Call For Greater Assistance From Government Nepal's HIV/AIDS policies and programs have failed to address the problems of women living with HIV/AIDS in the country, HIV-positive women with Shakti Milan Samaj -- a social organization working on behalf of women living with HIV/AIDS -- said during a press conference on Wednesday, the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| HIV Cases Increasing Among Women, MSM In Rural China, Study Says The number of HIV/AIDS cases among men who have sex with men has increased eightfold during the past few years in areas of China, according to a study published recently in the journal Nature, 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Blogs Comment On Palin; USAID Cut Of Contraceptives To Marie Stopes; U.S. Abortion Rights; 'Born Alive' Bill Ad The following summarizes recent women's health-related blog entries. ~ "Women's Health: Yet Another Issue Sarah Palin Is Out of Touch On," Cecile Richards, Huffington Post: In the blog entry, Richards, president of the 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Editorial Endorses Michigan Embryonic Stem Cell Research Initiative Michigan voters should vote yes on Proposition 2 on the November ballot because it would overturn "one of the most backward laws on human embryonic stem cell research in the nation" a 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Anchorage Daily News Examines Efforts Throughout Alaska To Mandate Comprehensive Sex Education The Anchorage Daily News on Wednesday examined efforts by college and high school students in Alaska to reform the way sex education is taught in the state. | 06 Oct 2008 |
| U.S. Bans Contraceptive Supplies To British Family Planning Group Working In Africa The State Department and USAID on Thursday said they have notified six African governments to stop providing U.S.-funded contraceptives donated to the British family planning organization 06 Oct 2008 | |
| Federal Medicaid Funding For Calif. Family Planning Program Reduced Over Undocumented Count California and the federal government are in a dispute over funding for the state's Medicaid-funded family planning program -- called the Family Planning, Access Care and Treatment Program, or 06 Oct 2008 | |
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