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| Abortion News | |
| Poll Of Younger Religious Voters Shows Culture War Over Issues Including Abortion May Be Fading Young Roman Catholics are more likely to support abortion rights in all or most circumstances than older Catholics, according to a 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Blogs Comment On Obama's Abortion Stance; Supreme Court; Access To Contraception ~ "Media, Obama Afraid of Abortion Issue," John Jakubczyk, ProLifeBlogs.com: Democratic presidential nominee Sen. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Chance For Supreme Court Nominations Is 'Sleeper Issue' Of Presidential Campaign, Opinion Piece Says The "sleeper issue" of the presidential campaign is the potential for Supreme Court nominations under the next president, who "could have a tremendous impact on the Court well into this century with even one nomination," Wendy Long, counsel to the Judicial Confirmation Network, writes in a 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Acid Reflux / GERD News | |
| What Is The Relationship Between Laryngopharyngeal Reflux And Reflux Esophagitis? The association between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and laryngeal disorders has been recognized since the late 1960s. Chronic laryngeal signs and symptoms associated GERD are often referred to as reflux laryngitis or laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR). | 13 Oct 2008 |
| ADHD News |
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| Aid / Disasters News | |
| International Community Failing Civilians In North Kivu, Congo - Doctors Without Borders In the most volatile parts of North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), violence has reached its highest levels in years while assistance is hardly reaching those most in need, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Doctors Without Borders Protests Comments By Bernard Kouchner In Jerusalem During an October 5, 2008 press conference at the French consulate in Jerusalem, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner made the following statement: "Officially, we have no contact with Hamas, but unofficially, international organizations working in the Gaza Strip - in particular, French NGOs - provide us information. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News |
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| Allergy News |
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| Alzheimer's / Dementia News |
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| Anxiety / Stress News | |
| New Survey Reveals How The Credit Crunch Is Affecting Our Mental Health, UK A new survey out today on World Mental Health Day has revealed that whilst the credit crunch has understandably made many people a little more depressed and anxious, just 8% had become a lot more depressed and anxious. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Arthritis / Rheumatology News | |
| Access To Psychological Support And Self-Management Courses Could Ease The Emotional Burden Of Arthritis/Rheumatism, Survey Says An online survey for World Arthritis Day (WAD), completed by over 3,600* respondents revealed that access to psychological support and self-management courses could help people with arthritis/rheumatism cope more effectively with their condition and achieve better quality of life. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Autism News | |
| Important Clue To Learning Deficit In Children With Autism Discovered By M.I.N.D. Institute Researchers A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has discovered an important clue to why children with autism spectrum disorders have trouble imitating others: They spend less time looking at the faces of people who are modeling new skills. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Bio-terrorism / Terrorism News |
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| Biology / Biochemistry News | |
| Wisconsin's Biotechnology & Medical Device Association Applauds Historic Genomic Research Initiative The following is a statement by Jim Leonhart, executive director of the Wisconsin Biotechnology & Medical Device Association, regarding this morning's announcement by Gov. Jim Doyle of the Wisconsin Genomics Initiative. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Smell Is 'noisy' And 'in Shades Of Grey' - Scientists Debunk Ancient Lock-and-key Theory University of Manchester scientists have overturned the 2,500-year-old theory that smell is detected by simple lock-and-key codes - using maggots with only one working olfactory sensory neuron (OSN), a nose with one nerve cell. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Discovery Of Fat-Regenerating 'Stem Cells' In Mice Researchers have identified stem cells with the capacity to build fat, according to a report in the October 17th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication. Although they have yet to show that the cells can renew themselves, transplants of the progenitor cells isolated from the fat tissue of normal mice can restore normal fat tissue in animals that are otherwise lacking it. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Can Genetic Information Be Controlled By Light? DNA, the molecule that acts as the carrier of genetic information in all forms of life, is highly resistant against alteration by ultraviolet light, but understanding the mechanism for its photostability presents some puzzling problems. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Mitochondria And Tumor Formation In Stem Cells Linked Researchers report on a previously unknown relationship between stem cell potency and the metabolic rate of their mitochondria - a cell's energy makers. Stem cells with more active mitochondria also have a greater capacity to differentiate and are more likely to form tumors. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Bipolar News |
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| Bird Flu / Avian Flu News | |
| Pandemic Flu Models Improve Food, Quarantine Strategies The 1918 flu pandemic killed more than 40 million people worldwide and affected persons of all age groups. While it is difficult to predict when the next influenza pandemic will occur or how severe it will be, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed models to help organizations like the American Red Cross and Georgia Department of Education prepare emergency response plans. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Blood / Hematology News | |
| FDA Licenses Drug To Prevent Joint Damage In Children With Hemophilia A The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new use for the blood product Kogenate FS to reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes and prevent joint damage in children with the most severe form of hemophilia. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Body Aches News |
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| Bones / Orthopaedics News | |
| Former Bond Girl Ursula Andress Urges Women To Say "Doctor: No" To Osteoporosis Results of a new international survey announced today highlighted a radical shift in women's attitudes towards osteoporosis, the bone-weakening disease. The traditional view of osteoporosis patients as frail and vulnerable women is shattered by an international survey of 500 doctors and 1,000 women in five countries. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| $5.8m Grant Received By Boston Medical Center To Improve Quality Of Life Of Older Americans Boston Medical Center (BMC) has received a $5,807,469 grant over five years from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to fund the Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Breast Cancer News |
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| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| Indiana Health Industry Forum To Hold Cancer/Oncology Summit Indiana institutions, companies and individuals with a common interest in cancer research, diagnosis and treatment will gather at a cancer/oncology summit Dec. 1-2 at the University Place Conference Center, IUPUI, in Indianapolis. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| CEO Roundtable On Cancer Offers "Common Language" To Jump Start Cancer Clinical Trials Potentially life-lengthening cancer therapies could enter clinical trials and ultimately reach cancer patients dramatically faster thanks to legal contract language created by the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, a nonprofit group of cancer-fighting CEOs. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Lifestyle And Testicular Dysfunction: A Brief Update UroToday.com - A variety of testicular pathologies to include testicular cancer, cryptorchidism and defective spermatogenesis have been increasing. While genetic factors play a role, growing evidence suggests that the testicle is damaged by environment and lifestyle-related factors either prenatally or at puberty. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Laser Photoablation Of Renal Pelvic Tumours BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - This is a case series describing the use of a dual wavelength (wavelength shifted) Neodymium:Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Nd:YAG) laser used for renal sparing surgery to treat transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| Medtronic's Third-Generation Endeavor® Resolute Drug-Eluting Stent Maintains Strong Efficacy And Safety Profile At Two Years Of those treated with the Endeavor® Resolute drug-eluting stent (DES) from Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), in the RESOLUTE IDE trial only two patients required repeat procedures - a remarkably low 1. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Mesoblast Limited First Patients Treated With Adult Stem Cells For Congestive Heart Failure Australia's regenerative medicine company, Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB)(PINK:MBLTY), today announced successful early safety results in the world's first clinical trial to use allogeneic, or "off-the-shelf", adult stem cells from an unrelated donor to treat patients with congestive heart failure. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Caregivers / Homecare News |
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| Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine News | |
| One In Four Teenage Girls Received HPV Vaccine In Its First Full Year Of Distribution, CDC Says A report released by CDC on Thursday said 25% of teenage girls in the U.S. between ages 13 and 17 received at least one dose of 13 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 | |
| CEO Roundtable On Cancer Offers "Common Language" To Jump Start Cancer Clinical Trials Potentially life-lengthening cancer therapies could enter clinical trials and ultimately reach cancer patients dramatically faster thanks to legal contract language created by the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, a nonprofit group of cancer-fighting CEOs. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Colorectal Cancer News | |
| Is CT-Colonoscopy A Valuable Tool To Detect Colorectal Cancer? CTC (virtual colonoscopy) is a thin slice CT scan of the abdomen after adequate bowel preparation and colon insufflation in which data are reconstructed providing axial, multiplanar, and endoluminal views, in order to visualize internal colonic wall. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine News |
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| Compliance News |
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| Conferences News | |
| Indiana Health Industry Forum To Hold Cancer/Oncology Summit Indiana institutions, companies and individuals with a common interest in cancer research, diagnosis and treatment will gather at a cancer/oncology summit Dec. 1-2 at the University Place Conference Center, IUPUI, in Indianapolis. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News | |
| Some Patients Binging On Botox - Asking For Treatment They Do Not Need The Harley Medical Group, the UK's largest cosmetic surgery provider, has announced that its surgeons are having to strongly recommend that patients opt for smaller doses of Botox and are even having to turn patients away who demand treatment they don't need. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Crohn's News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Cystic Fibrosis News | |
| Kamada Reports Positive Phase II Data With Inhaled AAT In Cystic Fibrosis Kamada (TASE:KMDA), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development, manufacturing and marketing of specialty life-saving therapeutics, announced today positive data from its Phase II study evaluating inhaled Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) delivered via an Investigational eFlow® Nebulizer System (PARI Pharma GmbH), in the treatment of cystic fibrosis. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Dentistry News |
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| Depression News |
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| Dermatology News | |
| Cinryze™ Receives FDA Approval For Prophylaxis Against Hereditary Angioedema Attacks Lev Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: LEVP.OB) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Cinryze™ (C1 inhibitor [human]) for routine prophylaxis against angioedema attacks in adolescent and adult patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE), also known as C1 inhibitor deficiency. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| New Properties Of Skin Stem Cells Recent research from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet reveals completely new properties of the skin's stem cells - discoveries that contradict previous findings. The studies, which are published in Nature Genetics, show amongst other things, that hair follicle stem cells can divide actively and transport themselves through the skin tissue. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Diabetes News | |
| 'All About Diabetes' Information Hub Launched In Medical News Today Medical News Today has launched a diabetes information hub called All About Diabetes - a comprehensive information centre covering a wide range of aspects of the condition. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Convincing Results Of Solianis' Multisensor System In Home-Use Trial Solianis' multisensor system for non-invasive Continuous GlucoseMonitoring is currently being tested by diabetic patients in the home andwork environment. 12 patients have completed a 10-day trial aimed atassessing system reliability. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| FDA To Continue Review Of Alogliptin NDA - New Treatment Option For Diabetes Type 2 Patients PPD, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPDI) today announced that Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited reported that Takeda Global Research and Development Center, Inc., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, received notification that the U. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Evidence Linking Bisphenol A To Diabetes And Heart Disease In Adults A research team from the Peninsula Medical School, the University of Exeter, the University of Plymouth and the University of Iowa, have found evidence linking Bisphenol A (BPA) to diabetes and heart disease in adults. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Dyslexia News |
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| Ear, Nose and Throat News |
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| Eating Disorders News |
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| Endocrinology News |
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| Epilepsy News |
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| Erectile Dysfunction / Premature Ejaculation News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Eye Health / Blindness News | |
| New Informa Journal Article Clarifies Understanding Of Post-Operative Visual Loss Reports of loss of vision after non-ocular surgery have been increasing over the last fifteen years and, though it is a relatively uncommon complication, experts are keen to understand why and how often it happens because of the devastating impact on a patient's quality of life and for the medicolegal implications for surgeons and patients alike. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Fertility News | |
| Credit Crunch May Make Couples Delay Trying To Start A Family, Which May Lead To More Fertility Problems Leading UK fertility expert Professor Brian Lieberman has warned of an increased risk of fertility problems as more couples delay starting a family due to the credit crunch. With the cost of food, petrol and household bills rising at an alarming rate, IVF specialist Professor Lieberman says the added financial burden of having a baby may prove too much for potential parents. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Oregon Appellate Court Rules Frozen Embryos Can Be Destroyed In Divorce Case On Wednesday, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that six frozen embryos can be destroyed after deciding that there is a contractual right to determine the fate of the embryos in a divorce, the 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Flu / Cold / SARS News | |
| Pandemic Flu Models Improve Food, Quarantine Strategies The 1918 flu pandemic killed more than 40 million people worldwide and affected persons of all age groups. While it is difficult to predict when the next influenza pandemic will occur or how severe it will be, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed models to help organizations like the American Red Cross and Georgia Department of Education prepare emergency response plans. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News | |
| ROTATEQ® Receives WHO Pre-Qualification - Significant Step In Merck's Efforts To Expand Global Access To Rotavirus Vaccine ROTATEQ® (rotavirus vaccine, live, oral, pentavalent), the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine from Merck & Co., Inc., that helps prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants and children, has been awarded pre-qualification status by the World Health Organization (WHO). | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Why Could Ethyl Pyruvate Attenuate Severe Acute Pancreatitis? Excessive activation of inflammatory mediator cascade during SAP is a major cause of distant organ injury and high mortality. Cytokines such as TNF- alpha and IL-1 beta are released early in the development of systemic inflammatory response. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Abdominal Venous Thrombosis Risk Factors Abdominal venous thrombosis may present as BCS or SVT. Hereditary and acquired risk factors have been implicated in the etiopathogenesis of abdominal venous thrombosis. Hereditary risk factors for thrombophilia include Factor V Leiden gene mutation, Prothrombin gene mutation, homozygous methyl tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene mutation and deficiencies of coagulation inhibitor Protein C, Protein S and Antithrombin III. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Treating Short Bowel Syndrome: A New Alternative SBS is a clinical condition characterized by diarrhea, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, malabsorption, and progressive malnutrition related to a wide resection of the small intestine. The most important therapeutic objectives in the management of SBS are maintenance the patient's calorie intake and nutritional status. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| What Is The Relationship Between Laryngopharyngeal Reflux And Reflux Esophagitis? The association between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and laryngeal disorders has been recognized since the late 1960s. Chronic laryngeal signs and symptoms associated GERD are often referred to as reflux laryngitis or laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR). | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Genetics News | |
| Wisconsin's Biotechnology & Medical Device Association Applauds Historic Genomic Research Initiative The following is a statement by Jim Leonhart, executive director of the Wisconsin Biotechnology & Medical Device Association, regarding this morning's announcement by Gov. Jim Doyle of the Wisconsin Genomics Initiative. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Landmark Study Unlocks Stem Cell, DNA Secrets To Speed Therapies In a groundbreaking study led by an eminent molecular biologist at Florida State University, researchers have discovered that as embryonic stem cells turn into different cell types, there are dramatic corresponding changes to the order in which DNA is replicated and reorganized. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Discovery Of Crucial Control In Long-Lasting Immunity National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have identified a protein that plays matchmaker between two key types of white blood cells, T and B cells, enabling them to interact in a way that is crucial to establishing long-lasting immunity after an infection. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Governor Doyle Announces Historic Genomic Research Collaboration Governor Jim Doyle has announced a historic collaboration between four Wisconsin research institutions to advance personalized health care - leading to health care that proactively addresses diseases. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Abdominal Venous Thrombosis Risk Factors Abdominal venous thrombosis may present as BCS or SVT. Hereditary and acquired risk factors have been implicated in the etiopathogenesis of abdominal venous thrombosis. Hereditary risk factors for thrombophilia include Factor V Leiden gene mutation, Prothrombin gene mutation, homozygous methyl tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene mutation and deficiencies of coagulation inhibitor Protein C, Protein S and Antithrombin III. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Can Genetic Information Be Controlled By Light? DNA, the molecule that acts as the carrier of genetic information in all forms of life, is highly resistant against alteration by ultraviolet light, but understanding the mechanism for its photostability presents some puzzling problems. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Viral Vector In Stem Cell Reprogramming Eliminated By Yamanaka Shinya Yamanaka MD, PhD, of Kyoto University and the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) has taken another step forward in improving the possibilities for the practical application of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technology. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Gout News |
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| Headache / Migraine News |
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| Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News | |
| More Arizona Hispanics Uninsured In 2005 Than Whites, New Census Analysis Finds In 2005, 34.6% of Hispanics in Arizona were uninsured, compared with 12.7% of whites, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday, 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Brief Examines State Efforts To Expand Coverage To Children "Covering All Kids: States Setting the Pace," National Health Policy Forum: The issue brief examines state efforts to expand health coverage, especially to children, in the absence of a national solution. | 13 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. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Pennsylvania Proposal To Extend Coverage For Uninsured Fails The Pennsylvania Legislature on Wednesday failed to reach a compromise on legislation that would have expanded health coverage to more than 118,000 adults on a waiting list for Pennsylvania's 13 Oct 2008 | |
| General Motors Retirees Lose Company Health Care Coverage, Will Receive $300 Monthly To Purchase Coverage General Motors on Jan. 1, 2009, will cease to provide health care coverage for more than 100,000 retirees and their dependents and instead will add $300 to their monthly pension checks to purchase insurance, the 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Washington Post Examines Mental Health Parity Law The Washington Post on Friday examined how mental health parity legislation, which was included in the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street firms that President Bush last week signed into law, is "a culmination of a decade of lobbying and negotiating among advocates for the mentally ill, the insurance industry, the business community . | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Philadelphia Inquirer Examines Health Care Issues In New Jersey Congressional Races The Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday examined the health care proposals of some congressional candidates in New Jersey. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| McClatchy Examines McCain's Health Care Proposal McClatchy/St. Paul Pioneer Press on Friday examined the health care proposal of Republican presidential nominee Sen. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Hearing / Deafness News |
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| HIV / AIDS News | |
| Partnership To Develop Next Generation Of HIV Vaccines Elevation Biotech, a start-up biotechnology company funded by LIFElab, an agency of the South African Department of Science and Technology, and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), the world's only global non-profit organization dedicated solely to AIDS vaccine development, have partnered to develop the next generation of AIDS vaccine candidates. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Women's Independence Necessary To Address HIV/AIDS In Uganda, Opinion Piece Says Although Uganda had many achievements to celebrate on the anniversary of its independence on Wednesday, the country must "focus on independence on the individual level," especially among women affected by HIV/AIDS in the country, Milly Nattimba of the 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Empowering People Living With HIV/AIDS Can Address Poverty In Nigeria, Advocate Says Alhaja Roli Daniju, executive director of the nongovernmental organization Ajegunle Community Project, recently called on Nigerian government officials and other stakeholders to help reduce poverty in the country by empowering people living with HIV/AIDS, 13 Oct 2008 | |
| 35% Of Annual New HIV Infections In Spain Occur Among Immigrants, Researcher Says At Conference Thirty-five percent of the 2,000 to 2,500 new HIV infections in Spain last year occurred among immigrants, Daniel Zulaika, president of the AIDS Interdisciplinary Society of Spain, said Wednesday at the XI National Congress on AIDS in Cordoba, Spain's El Pais reports. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Panel Discusses How Asian Migrant Women Are Vulnerable To HIV Although Asian migrant women working in Arab countries generate significant economic benefits for both their home and host countries, many of them are at risk of HIV because of the unsafe conditions under which they migrate and live, according to a panel of experts organized by the 13 Oct 2008 | |
| HIV Drug Resistance Spreading In China, Researcher Says As HIV spreads beyond high-risk groups into China's general population, drug-resistant strains of the virus also are appearing in parts of the country, Chen Zhiwei of the 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Drug Companies Plan To Invest In HIV/AIDS Drug Development, Improve Access, U.N. Secretary-General Says United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday said that many large pharmaceutical companies -- including Abbott Labs, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer -- plan to increase their efforts to develop HIV/AIDS drugs and diagnostics for impoverished regions, 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Huntingtons Disease News |
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| Hypertension News | |
| Blood Pressure Variability And Classification Of Prehypertension And Hypertension In Adolescence UroToday.com - A study by Dr. Bonita Falkner, et al., examined the presence and persistence of the prehypertension and hypertension classifications as well as the progression of prehypertension to hypertension in pediatrics. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| ROTATEQ® Receives WHO Pre-Qualification - Significant Step In Merck's Efforts To Expand Global Access To Rotavirus Vaccine ROTATEQ® (rotavirus vaccine, live, oral, pentavalent), the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine from Merck & Co., Inc., that helps prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants and children, has been awarded pre-qualification status by the World Health Organization (WHO). | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Cinryze™ Receives FDA Approval For Prophylaxis Against Hereditary Angioedema Attacks Lev Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: LEVP.OB) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Cinryze™ (C1 inhibitor [human]) for routine prophylaxis against angioedema attacks in adolescent and adult patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE), also known as C1 inhibitor deficiency. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| USA Teen Vaccination Coverage Increasing, But Below 2010 Goals - Survey Provides First Estimates For HPV Vaccination The nation′s immunization coverage rates for preteens and teens are increasing for routinely recommended vaccines, but most still do not have all of the recommended immunizations, according to 2007 estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Partnership To Develop Next Generation Of HIV Vaccines Elevation Biotech, a start-up biotechnology company funded by LIFElab, an agency of the South African Department of Science and Technology, and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), the world's only global non-profit organization dedicated solely to AIDS vaccine development, have partnered to develop the next generation of AIDS vaccine candidates. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Discovery Of Crucial Control In Long-Lasting Immunity National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have identified a protein that plays matchmaker between two key types of white blood cells, T and B cells, enabling them to interact in a way that is crucial to establishing long-lasting immunity after an infection. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Why Could Ethyl Pyruvate Attenuate Severe Acute Pancreatitis? Excessive activation of inflammatory mediator cascade during SAP is a major cause of distant organ injury and high mortality. Cytokines such as TNF- alpha and IL-1 beta are released early in the development of systemic inflammatory response. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| New Virus From Arenaviridae Family In South Africa And Zambia - World Health Organization The results of tests conducted at the Special Pathogens Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service in Johannesburg, and at the Special Pathogens and Infectious Disease Pathology branches of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, USA, provide preliminary evidence that the causative agent of the disease which has resulted in the recent deaths of 3 people from Zambia and South Africa, is a virus from the Arenaviridae family. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Nanotechnology Boosts War On Superbugs This week Nature Nanotechnology journal (October 12th) reveals how scientists from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at UCL are using a novel nanomechanical approach to investigate the workings of vancomycin, one of the few antibiotics that can be used to combat increasingly resistant infections such as MRSA. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Irritable-Bowel Syndrome News |
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| IT / Internet / E-mail News | |
| Making Sense Of Health Statistics Presidential candidates use them to persuade voters, drug companies use them to sell their products, and the media spin them in all kinds of ways, but nobody - candidates, reporters, let alone health consumers - understands them. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Professional Society Web Sites Free Of Commercial Sponsorship Provide Patients With Reliable Information Before Having An Operation New research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows unsponsored and professional society Web sites provide significantly higher quality information about common elective surgical procedures compared with commercially sponsored Web sites. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Leading Drug Database To Be Housed At U-M The University of Michigan received $5 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop the world's leading resource of high-quality experimental data sets of drug-making compounds that will ultimately take computer-aided drug design to a new level. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Liver Disease / Hepatitis News | |
| Differentiating Between Macro-Regenerative Nodules And Hepato-Carcinoma BA, the congenital absence or destruction of intra- or extra-hepatic biliary system, affects about 5 - 10/100 000 live births. End stage liver cirrhosis develops in some BA patients later in life. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Lung Cancer News |
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| Lupus News |
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| Lymphoma / Leukemia News |
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| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| Medtronic's Third-Generation Endeavor® Resolute Drug-Eluting Stent Maintains Strong Efficacy And Safety Profile At Two Years Of those treated with the Endeavor® Resolute drug-eluting stent (DES) from Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), in the RESOLUTE IDE trial only two patients required repeat procedures - a remarkably low 1. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Convincing Results Of Solianis' Multisensor System In Home-Use Trial Solianis' multisensor system for non-invasive Continuous GlucoseMonitoring is currently being tested by diabetic patients in the home andwork environment. 12 patients have completed a 10-day trial aimed atassessing system reliability. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Is CT-Colonoscopy A Valuable Tool To Detect Colorectal Cancer? CTC (virtual colonoscopy) is a thin slice CT scan of the abdomen after adequate bowel preparation and colon insufflation in which data are reconstructed providing axial, multiplanar, and endoluminal views, in order to visualize internal colonic wall. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Important Clue To Learning Deficit In Children With Autism Discovered By M.I.N.D. Institute Researchers A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has discovered an important clue to why children with autism spectrum disorders have trouble imitating others: They spend less time looking at the faces of people who are modeling new skills. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Medical Malpractice / Litigation News | |
| North Carolina County Officials Face Lawsuit After Denying Permit To Build Health Clinic Expected To Serve Low-Income Residents The North Carolina Tri-County Community Health Council has filed a lawsuit against Johnston County, N.C., alleging discrimination by county commissioners who denied a zoning permit to build a health clinic in a rural community that would serve low-income residents, the 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Chance For Supreme Court Nominations Is 'Sleeper Issue' Of Presidential Campaign, Opinion Piece Says The "sleeper issue" of the presidential campaign is the potential for Supreme Court nominations under the next president, who "could have a tremendous impact on the Court well into this century with even one nomination," Wendy Long, counsel to the Judicial Confirmation Network, writes in a 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Medical Students / Training News | |
| 'All About Diabetes' Information Hub Launched In Medical News Today Medical News Today has launched a diabetes information hub called All About Diabetes - a comprehensive information centre covering a wide range of aspects of the condition. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| University Of Brighton And National Pharmacy Association Team Up To Offer "University Interact", UK The NPA Interact Course for Medicines Counter Assistants (University Interact) has been adapted and is now included as a part of the undergraduate teaching for first year pharmacy students at Brighton University - a UK first. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| First Paramedic Course To Use Second Life You receive an emergency call. A female has collapsed in the street. You arrive outside the nightclub to find a young female slumped against a wall. There is no other bystander in the area and the caller has left the scene. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Our Kid Gets Under The Skin Of Manchester's Medical History Our Kid: Medical Manchester, 1948 - 200822 October - 29 November 2008The foyer at Manchester Central LibraryA larger than life size figure is set to reveal the dramatic changes in Manchester's medical history like never before. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News | |
| Medicare's Online Tools Will Help Beneficiaries With Prescription Drug And Health Plan Choices For 2009, USA The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that beneficiaries, their caregivers, and family members can begin to review 2009 Medicare prescription drug plan and health plan information online through the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder and Medicare Options Compare at 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Who Will Voters Choose To Tackle Nation's Health Care Problems? USA Health care - cost and coverage - has been a hot topic among presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 4 election. But which candidate has a plan that likely voters believe will make the biggest impact on the toughest health care problems facing the nation? The answer: Obama. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Men's health News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Mental Health News | |
| New Survey Reveals How The Credit Crunch Is Affecting Our Mental Health, UK A new survey out today on World Mental Health Day has revealed that whilst the credit crunch has understandably made many people a little more depressed and anxious, just 8% had become a lot more depressed and anxious. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| BBC Headroom Is Cracking Up For World Mental Health Day This week, as the world's attention turns to issues of good mental health for Friday's World Mental Health Day, BBC Learning's own mental health and wellbeing campaign - 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Washington Post Examines Mental Health Parity Law The Washington Post on Friday examined how mental health parity legislation, which was included in the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street firms that President Bush last week signed into law, is "a culmination of a decade of lobbying and negotiating among advocates for the mentally ill, the insurance industry, the business community . | 13 Oct 2008 |
| MRI / PET / Ultrasound News |
| No news for this category today. |
| MRSA / Drug Resistance News | |
| Nanotechnology Boosts War On Superbugs This week Nature Nanotechnology journal (October 12th) reveals how scientists from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at UCL are using a novel nanomechanical approach to investigate the workings of vancomycin, one of the few antibiotics that can be used to combat increasingly resistant infections such as MRSA. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| HIV Drug Resistance Spreading In China, Researcher Says As HIV spreads beyond high-risk groups into China's general population, drug-resistant strains of the virus also are appearing in parts of the country, Chen Zhiwei of the 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Multiple Sclerosis News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Muscular Dystrophy / ALS News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Almost 60% Of Europeans Never Heard Of Neuropathic Pain (NeP), Which Affects 22 Million People Alarmingly, nearly sixty per cent of Europeans have never heard of neuropathic pain (NeP), 1a a debilitating nerve condition that affects approximately 22 million people, 2,3 according to new surveys carried out amongst the general public and patients across Europe. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Smell Is 'noisy' And 'in Shades Of Grey' - Scientists Debunk Ancient Lock-and-key Theory University of Manchester scientists have overturned the 2,500-year-old theory that smell is detected by simple lock-and-key codes - using maggots with only one working olfactory sensory neuron (OSN), a nose with one nerve cell. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Nursing / Midwifery News | |
| First Paramedic Course To Use Second Life You receive an emergency call. A female has collapsed in the street. You arrive outside the nightclub to find a young female slumped against a wall. There is no other bystander in the area and the caller has left the scene. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Prestigious Magnet Designation Earned By Geisinger Medical Center The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has designated Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) as a Magnet hospital. The news came via a conference call to hospital administrators, nurses and staff who broke out with cheers and applause. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| FDA Launches Food Defense Awareness Training Kit For Employees In The Food Industry Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture launched its food defense awareness training kit for first line food industry employees. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Focusing On Food Security Around The Globe On World Food Day Food Security: From Local to Global, will be the focus of the Society for Nutrition Education's 2009 annual conference, but this single event is just one small step in fighting world hunger. Food security remains a top priority around the world and requires immediate attention in order to combat the issues of poverty, poor nutrition, hunger and deficiencies. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Treating Short Bowel Syndrome: A New Alternative SBS is a clinical condition characterized by diarrhea, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, malabsorption, and progressive malnutrition related to a wide resection of the small intestine. The most important therapeutic objectives in the management of SBS are maintenance the patient's calorie intake and nutritional status. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Using Electrons To Treat Organic Seeds Whereas a few years ago, organic products were sold exclusively by small health-food stores, they can now be found in the majority of supermarkets. A growing number of consumers prefer to buy organic food that has been grown without the use of chemical pesticides. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| Obese Teenagers Face Higher Metabolic Syndrome Risk In South America Than Europe Obese teenagers are much more likely to suffer from metabolic syndrome - whichcan lead to heart disease - if they live in Brazil than Italy, according to a study in theOctober issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Discovery Of Fat-Regenerating 'Stem Cells' In Mice Researchers have identified stem cells with the capacity to build fat, according to a report in the October 17th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication. Although they have yet to show that the cells can renew themselves, transplants of the progenitor cells isolated from the fat tissue of normal mice can restore normal fat tissue in animals that are otherwise lacking it. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Experts Say Insufficient Exercise Recommended For Children Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth, UK, have carried out research that suggests the one hour of moderate exercise a day recommended to children from health experts may not be enough to tackle the rising problem of childhood obesity. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Regular Exercise Can Help Prevent Chronic Illness, Reduce Health Care Costs, HHS Secretary Leavitt Writes "Chronic diseases afflict 100 million Americans, cause seven out of 10 deaths and consume $2 out of every $3 spent on health care," but "much of the burden ... can be prevented with simple lifestyle choices" because a "major contributing factor is physical inactivity," 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Pain / Anesthetics News | |
| Almost 60% Of Europeans Never Heard Of Neuropathic Pain (NeP), Which Affects 22 Million People Alarmingly, nearly sixty per cent of Europeans have never heard of neuropathic pain (NeP), 1a a debilitating nerve condition that affects approximately 22 million people, 2,3 according to new surveys carried out amongst the general public and patients across Europe. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Treatment Of Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis 2008: Can We Make Evidence-Based Decisions? UroToday.com - BPS may be a heterogeneous spectrum of diseases rather than a single, easily identifiable disorder. It is still poorly defined, and different experts have varying perceptions as to what it is about. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Intravesical Chondroitin Sulphate Shows Promise For Treatment Of Bladder Pain Syndrome UroToday.com - One of the best studied 'naturally occurring' glycosaminoglycans in bladder pain syndrome has been chondroitin sulphate. Studies have indicated a deficit of this proteoglycan in the bladder uroepthelium in BPS. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Parkinson's Disease News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| FDA Licenses Drug To Prevent Joint Damage In Children With Hemophilia A The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new use for the blood product Kogenate FS to reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes and prevent joint damage in children with the most severe form of hemophilia. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Seeds Of Optimism In Iraq's Mental Health Provision University of Leicester psychiatrist Dr Mohammed Al-Uzri flies to Iraq on 15th October for the third National Conference on Mental Health which aims to help to develop mental health strategy for the next five years. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Obese Teenagers Face Higher Metabolic Syndrome Risk In South America Than Europe Obese teenagers are much more likely to suffer from metabolic syndrome - whichcan lead to heart disease - if they live in Brazil than Italy, according to a study in theOctober issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| To Cohen And Forget? Evaluation Of Postoperative Imaging Studies After Transtrigonal Ureteric Reimplantation For Vesicoureteric Reflux In Children UroToday.com - A study out of Zurich, Switzerland evaluated the use of VCUG studies after crossed trigonal ureteral reimplantation. The study retrospectively reviewed 126 consecutive patients who underwent Cohen crossed trigonal ureteral reimplantations. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Laparoscopic Extravesical Ureteral Reimplantation: Technique UroToday.com - A study by Dr. John-Paul Capolicchio from Montreal evaluated laparoscopic extravesical ureteral reimplantation defining a technique for this type of procedure. His study included a total of 20 children between the ages of 4 to 15 years who underwent laparoscopic extravesical transperitoneal ureteral reimplantation. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| USA Teen Vaccination Coverage Increasing, But Below 2010 Goals - Survey Provides First Estimates For HPV Vaccination The nation′s immunization coverage rates for preteens and teens are increasing for routinely recommended vaccines, but most still do not have all of the recommended immunizations, according to 2007 estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Blood Pressure Variability And Classification Of Prehypertension And Hypertension In Adolescence UroToday.com - A study by Dr. Bonita Falkner, et al., examined the presence and persistence of the prehypertension and hypertension classifications as well as the progression of prehypertension to hypertension in pediatrics. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Data Presented By MedImmune At AAP National Conference & Exhibition Demonstrating Burden Of RSV Disease MedImmune has announced that it will present four abstracts at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2008 National Conference & Exhibition that add to the company's growing body of research into the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a leading cause of viral respiratory infection among preterm infants. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Experts Say Insufficient Exercise Recommended For Children Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth, UK, have carried out research that suggests the one hour of moderate exercise a day recommended to children from health experts may not be enough to tackle the rising problem of childhood obesity. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Brief Examines State Efforts To Expand Coverage To Children "Covering All Kids: States Setting the Pace," National Health Policy Forum: The issue brief examines state efforts to expand health coverage, especially to children, in the absence of a national solution. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Gloucester, Mass., School Committee Votes To Allow School To Distribute Contraception The seven members of the School Committee in Gloucester, Mass., on Wednesday voted unanimously to allow the distribution of contraceptives at the high school about four months after a reported "pregnancy pact" was made among several students, the 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News | |
| Medical Research Council Funds New Centre To Make Medicines Safer, UK The Medical Research Council (MRC) has awarded £3.7 million to develop a new centre aimed at reducing the risks of adverse drug effects. Scientists at the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester will work with leading pharmaceutical companies to improve understanding of adverse drug reactions and investigate how to improve the design, tailoring and selection of drugs. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Revenue Recognition Principles Negatively Impact The Biotechnology Industry, New Study Confirms Current revenue recognition accounting principles continue to place unnecessary challenges on small and medium-sized biotechnology companies who enter into collaborative arrangements, according to an independent study released today by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Amgen Issues Statement On Court Of Appeals Ruling That Affirms Preliminary Injunction Against Roche The United States (U.S.) Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued a ruling that affirms the preliminary injunction ordered by the U.S. District Court in Boston barring Roche from selling its pegylated-erythropoietin (peg-EPO) product MIRCERA in the U. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Leading Drug Database To Be Housed At U-M The University of Michigan received $5 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop the world's leading resource of high-quality experimental data sets of drug-making compounds that will ultimately take computer-aided drug design to a new level. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Drug Companies Plan To Invest In HIV/AIDS Drug Development, Improve Access, U.N. Secretary-General Says United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday said that many large pharmaceutical companies -- including Abbott Labs, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer -- plan to increase their efforts to develop HIV/AIDS drugs and diagnostics for impoverished regions, 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Pharmacy / Pharmacist News | |
| Medical Research Council Funds New Centre To Make Medicines Safer, UK The Medical Research Council (MRC) has awarded £3.7 million to develop a new centre aimed at reducing the risks of adverse drug effects. Scientists at the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester will work with leading pharmaceutical companies to improve understanding of adverse drug reactions and investigate how to improve the design, tailoring and selection of drugs. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Walgreen Co. Announces Retirement Of Jeffrey Rein As Chairman And CEO - Board Names Alan McNally Chairman And Acting CEO Walgreens (NYSE:WAG)(NASDAQ:WAG) today announced that Jeffrey A. Rein, 56, is retiring as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a director. Alan G. McNally, 62, lead director of the Walgreens Board, has been named Chairman and acting Chief Executive Officer. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| University Of Brighton And National Pharmacy Association Team Up To Offer "University Interact", UK The NPA Interact Course for Medicines Counter Assistants (University Interact) has been adapted and is now included as a part of the undergraduate teaching for first year pharmacy students at Brighton University - a UK first. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| California Pharmacists Association Urges Consumers To Talk To Their Pharmacist During American Pharmacists Month This year alone more than one in every 200 Americans will experience injury or death because of medications. Many of these problems occur in a place we least expect - our homes. The home is where the most medications are taken with the least amount of medical supervision. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Rwanda's Women Unite To Save Mothers' Lives Rwanda's history-making women MPs united today to launch a campaign to reduce the number of mothers who die in childbirth. The women became the first in the world last week to outnumber their male counterparts in parliament, with 56% of the seats. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Hospital For Special Surgery Finds Statins Could Help Some Women Have A Healthy Pregnancy Hospital for Special Surgery researchers have found that statins may be able to prevent miscarriages in women who are suffering from pregnancy complications caused by antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), according to a study in mice. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| Epping GP Surgery Named 'Practice Of The Year' For Its Patient Access System, UK The inaugural Management in Practice Awards recognised the achievements of UK general practice managers and practice teams in providing an excellent standard of service to their patients. The awards ceremony took place during the Management in Practice Event at the Birmingham NEC on 8 October - see 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Prostate / Prostate Cancer News | |
| FDA Approves Rapaflo For The Treatment Of Symptoms Due To An Enlarged Prostate Gland The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Rapaflo (silodosin) capsules for the treatment of symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a condition also known as an enlarged prostate. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Single NX-1207 Dose Significantly Improved BPH Symptom Scores And Significantly Reduced Prostate Size After 90 Days Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ: NYMX) is please to announce that the presentation of NX-1207 clinical study data at the AUA South Central Section annual meeting in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM was featured in the Urology Times, the widely distributed and most read publication of U. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| The Case For Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening Starting At Age 40 UroToday.com - Dr. Robert Nadler, of Northwestern University, wrote an excellent editorial in a recent issue of Cancer regarding the commencement of prostate cancer (CaP) screening at age 40. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Testosterone Therapy In Hypogonadal Men And Potential Prostate Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review UroToday.com - In the online edition of the International Journal of Impotence Research, Dr. R. Shabsigh and his associates presented a systematic review of testosterone therapy for hypogonadism and its relation to prostate cancer (CaP). | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Long-Term Assessment Of Prostate Cancer Progression Free Survival UroToday.com - In the online version of The Prostate, Dr. Robert W. Veltri and his colleagues from Johns Hopkins University reported on the correlation of molecular pathways and progression-free survival (PFS) in prostate cancer (CaP). | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Approval From The Swedish Medical Products Agency To Start A Clinical Trial Using A Xenogenic PSA DNA Vaccine Cyto Pulse Sciences, a leading producer of electric field based, intradermal DNA Vaccine delivery systems, today announced approval by Swedish regulatory authorities to begin a Phase I/II study of DNA vaccination in patients with recurring prostate cancer. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Transcorporal Artificial Urinary Sphincter Placement For Incontinence In High-risk Patients After Treatment Of Prostate Cancer UroToday.com - Our single center observational cohort study sought to examine the indications for the usage of transcorporal placement of artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) for incontinence after treatment for prostate adenocarcinoma. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Sexually Transmissible Infections And Prostate Cancer Risk UroToday.com - Circulating antibodies against infectious agents and self-reported history of syphilis and gonorrhea represent an individual's cumulative lifetime exposure or past infections, and thus are particularly suited for risk evaluation of cancer with a long latent disease process. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Some Patients Binging On Botox - Asking For Treatment They Do Not Need The Harley Medical Group, the UK's largest cosmetic surgery provider, has announced that its surgeons are having to strongly recommend that patients opt for smaller doses of Botox and are even having to turn patients away who demand treatment they don't need. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Seeds Of Optimism In Iraq's Mental Health Provision University of Leicester psychiatrist Dr Mohammed Al-Uzri flies to Iraq on 15th October for the third National Conference on Mental Health which aims to help to develop mental health strategy for the next five years. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| BBC Headroom Is Cracking Up For World Mental Health Day This week, as the world's attention turns to issues of good mental health for Friday's World Mental Health Day, BBC Learning's own mental health and wellbeing campaign - 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Access To Psychological Support And Self-Management Courses Could Ease The Emotional Burden Of Arthritis/Rheumatism, Survey Says An online survey for World Arthritis Day (WAD), completed by over 3,600* respondents revealed that access to psychological support and self-management courses could help people with arthritis/rheumatism cope more effectively with their condition and achieve better quality of life. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Making Sense Of Health Statistics Presidential candidates use them to persuade voters, drug companies use them to sell their products, and the media spin them in all kinds of ways, but nobody - candidates, reporters, let alone health consumers - understands them. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Public Health News | |
| Who Will Voters Choose To Tackle Nation's Health Care Problems? USA Health care - cost and coverage - has been a hot topic among presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 4 election. But which candidate has a plan that likely voters believe will make the biggest impact on the toughest health care problems facing the nation? The answer: Obama. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| National Patient Choice Survey Latest Results - Department Of Health, UK The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Report on the National Patient Choice Survey, May 2008, England, andprovisional headline results of the July 2008 surveyThe main findings of the May survey are:-- The percentage of patients recalling being offered a choice ofhospital for their first outpatient appointment was 45% in May 2008,compared with 47% in March and 30% in the first survey (May/June2006). | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Politics Of Health Care Explored In New Issue Of Stanford Medicine Magazine Illustrator Barry Blitt does it again… and again. Blitt, who drew so much attention in July for his satirical and controversial New Yorker cover illustration of Barack and Michelle Obama, created the cover for the new issue of Stanford Medicine magazine on politics and health care. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Our Kid Gets Under The Skin Of Manchester's Medical History Our Kid: Medical Manchester, 1948 - 200822 October - 29 November 2008The foyer at Manchester Central LibraryA larger than life size figure is set to reveal the dramatic changes in Manchester's medical history like never before. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| UCSB Center Helps Land $24M National Center To Study Environmental Impacts Of Nanotechnology The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at the University of California at Santa Barbara (CNS-UCSB) helped to win the new University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), a five-year, $24 million center co-funded by the National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency to study the environmental impacts of nanotechnology. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Focusing On Food Security Around The Globe On World Food Day Food Security: From Local to Global, will be the focus of the Society for Nutrition Education's 2009 annual conference, but this single event is just one small step in fighting world hunger. Food security remains a top priority around the world and requires immediate attention in order to combat the issues of poverty, poor nutrition, hunger and deficiencies. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Governor Doyle Announces Historic Genomic Research Collaboration Governor Jim Doyle has announced a historic collaboration between four Wisconsin research institutions to advance personalized health care - leading to health care that proactively addresses diseases. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Professional Society Web Sites Free Of Commercial Sponsorship Provide Patients With Reliable Information Before Having An Operation New research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows unsponsored and professional society Web sites provide significantly higher quality information about common elective surgical procedures compared with commercially sponsored Web sites. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Prestigious Magnet Designation Earned By Geisinger Medical Center The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has designated Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) as a Magnet hospital. The news came via a conference call to hospital administrators, nurses and staff who broke out with cheers and applause. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Efforts Address Health Care Inequities, Offer No-Cost Care To Hispanics, Create Media Health Awareness Projects Targeting Immigrants The following highlights initiatives and grants that seek to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. | |
| North Carolina County Officials Face Lawsuit After Denying Permit To Build Health Clinic Expected To Serve Low-Income Residents The North Carolina Tri-County Community Health Council has filed a lawsuit against Johnston County, N.C., alleging discrimination by county commissioners who denied a zoning permit to build a health clinic in a rural community that would serve low-income residents, the 13 Oct 2008 | |
| More Arizona Hispanics Uninsured In 2005 Than Whites, New Census Analysis Finds In 2005, 34.6% of Hispanics in Arizona were uninsured, compared with 12.7% of whites, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday, 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Empowering People Living With HIV/AIDS Can Address Poverty In Nigeria, Advocate Says Alhaja Roli Daniju, executive director of the nongovernmental organization Ajegunle Community Project, recently called on Nigerian government officials and other stakeholders to help reduce poverty in the country by empowering people living with HIV/AIDS, 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Tennessean Editorials, Opinions Discuss FDA Investigation Drug List The Tennessean on Thursday published an editorial and two opinion pieces about an FDA 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Regular Exercise Can Help Prevent Chronic Illness, Reduce Health Care Costs, HHS Secretary Leavitt Writes "Chronic diseases afflict 100 million Americans, cause seven out of 10 deaths and consume $2 out of every $3 spent on health care," but "much of the burden ... can be prevented with simple lifestyle choices" because a "major contributing factor is physical inactivity," 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News | |
| FDA Approves Rapaflo For The Treatment Of Symptoms Due To An Enlarged Prostate Gland The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Rapaflo (silodosin) capsules for the treatment of symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a condition also known as an enlarged prostate. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| FDA Licenses For Marketing New Therapy For Rare Genetic Disease The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today licensed for marketing the first product in the United States intended to protect people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), a rare and potentially life-threatening genetic disease. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| FDA To Continue Review Of Alogliptin NDA - New Treatment Option For Diabetes Type 2 Patients PPD, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPDI) today announced that Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited reported that Takeda Global Research and Development Center, Inc., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, received notification that the U. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Tennessean Editorials, Opinions Discuss FDA Investigation Drug List The Tennessean on Thursday published an editorial and two opinion pieces about an FDA 13 Oct 2008 | |
| LabCorp Illegally Marketing Ovarian Cancer Test Without FDA Approval, Agency Says FDA has sent a warning letter to Laboratory Corporation of America informing the company that it is illegally marketing a blood test to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages without agency approval, the 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Respiratory / Asthma News | |
| Kamada Reports Positive Phase II Data With Inhaled AAT In Cystic Fibrosis Kamada (TASE:KMDA), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development, manufacturing and marketing of specialty life-saving therapeutics, announced today positive data from its Phase II study evaluating inhaled Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) delivered via an Investigational eFlow® Nebulizer System (PARI Pharma GmbH), in the treatment of cystic fibrosis. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Data Presented By MedImmune At AAP National Conference & Exhibition Demonstrating Burden Of RSV Disease MedImmune has announced that it will present four abstracts at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2008 National Conference & Exhibition that add to the company's growing body of research into the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a leading cause of viral respiratory infection among preterm infants. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Schizophrenia News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Seniors / Aging News | |
| In Growing 80-Plus Population Study Finds Stroke-Prevention Surgery To Be Safe New research published in the October issue of Journal of the American College of Surgeons challenges the current opinion that patients in their eighties, who are often deemed "high-risk" due to their advanced age, should not undergo carotid endarterectomy - a stroke-preventing surgical procedure that clears blockages from the neck's carotid arteries. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| $5.8m Grant Received By Boston Medical Center To Improve Quality Of Life Of Older Americans Boston Medical Center (BMC) has received a $5,807,469 grant over five years from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to fund the Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| General Motors Retirees Lose Company Health Care Coverage, Will Receive $300 Monthly To Purchase Coverage General Motors on Jan. 1, 2009, will cease to provide health care coverage for more than 100,000 retirees and their dependents and instead will add $300 to their monthly pension checks to purchase insurance, the 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Sexual Health / STDs News | |
| Sexually Transmissible Infections And Prostate Cancer Risk UroToday.com - Circulating antibodies against infectious agents and self-reported history of syphilis and gonorrhea represent an individual's cumulative lifetime exposure or past infections, and thus are particularly suited for risk evaluation of cancer with a long latent disease process. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Blogs Comment On Obama's Abortion Stance; Supreme Court; Access To Contraception ~ "Media, Obama Afraid of Abortion Issue," John Jakubczyk, ProLifeBlogs.com: Democratic presidential nominee Sen. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Gloucester, Mass., School Committee Votes To Allow School To Distribute Contraception The seven members of the School Committee in Gloucester, Mass., on Wednesday voted unanimously to allow the distribution of contraceptives at the high school about four months after a reported "pregnancy pact" was made among several students, the 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Smoking / Quit Smoking News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Sports Medicine / Fitness News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Statins News | |
| Hospital For Special Surgery Finds Statins Could Help Some Women Have A Healthy Pregnancy Hospital for Special Surgery researchers have found that statins may be able to prevent miscarriages in women who are suffering from pregnancy complications caused by antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), according to a study in mice. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Stem Cell Research News | |
| New Properties Of Skin Stem Cells Recent research from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet reveals completely new properties of the skin's stem cells - discoveries that contradict previous findings. The studies, which are published in Nature Genetics, show amongst other things, that hair follicle stem cells can divide actively and transport themselves through the skin tissue. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Landmark Study Unlocks Stem Cell, DNA Secrets To Speed Therapies In a groundbreaking study led by an eminent molecular biologist at Florida State University, researchers have discovered that as embryonic stem cells turn into different cell types, there are dramatic corresponding changes to the order in which DNA is replicated and reorganized. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Mitochondria And Tumor Formation In Stem Cells Linked Researchers report on a previously unknown relationship between stem cell potency and the metabolic rate of their mitochondria - a cell's energy makers. Stem cells with more active mitochondria also have a greater capacity to differentiate and are more likely to form tumors. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Viral Vector In Stem Cell Reprogramming Eliminated By Yamanaka Shinya Yamanaka MD, PhD, of Kyoto University and the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) has taken another step forward in improving the possibilities for the practical application of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technology. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Stroke News | |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Stroke Program Awarded Joint Commission Certification As A Primary Stroke Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Stroke Program has been certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission, the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| In Growing 80-Plus Population Study Finds Stroke-Prevention Surgery To Be Safe New research published in the October issue of Journal of the American College of Surgeons challenges the current opinion that patients in their eighties, who are often deemed "high-risk" due to their advanced age, should not undergo carotid endarterectomy - a stroke-preventing surgical procedure that clears blockages from the neck's carotid arteries. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Transplants / Organ Donations News | |
| Differentiating Between Macro-Regenerative Nodules And Hepato-Carcinoma BA, the congenital absence or destruction of intra- or extra-hepatic biliary system, affects about 5 - 10/100 000 live births. End stage liver cirrhosis develops in some BA patients later in life. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Tropical Diseases News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Urology / Nephrology News | |
| Single NX-1207 Dose Significantly Improved BPH Symptom Scores And Significantly Reduced Prostate Size After 90 Days Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ: NYMX) is please to announce that the presentation of NX-1207 clinical study data at the AUA South Central Section annual meeting in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM was featured in the Urology Times, the widely distributed and most read publication of U. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Treatment Of Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis 2008: Can We Make Evidence-Based Decisions? UroToday.com - BPS may be a heterogeneous spectrum of diseases rather than a single, easily identifiable disorder. It is still poorly defined, and different experts have varying perceptions as to what it is about. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Intravesical Chondroitin Sulphate Shows Promise For Treatment Of Bladder Pain Syndrome UroToday.com - One of the best studied 'naturally occurring' glycosaminoglycans in bladder pain syndrome has been chondroitin sulphate. Studies have indicated a deficit of this proteoglycan in the bladder uroepthelium in BPS. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| The Case For Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening Starting At Age 40 UroToday.com - Dr. Robert Nadler, of Northwestern University, wrote an excellent editorial in a recent issue of Cancer regarding the commencement of prostate cancer (CaP) screening at age 40. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Testosterone Therapy In Hypogonadal Men And Potential Prostate Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review UroToday.com - In the online edition of the International Journal of Impotence Research, Dr. R. Shabsigh and his associates presented a systematic review of testosterone therapy for hypogonadism and its relation to prostate cancer (CaP). | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Long-Term Assessment Of Prostate Cancer Progression Free Survival UroToday.com - In the online version of The Prostate, Dr. Robert W. Veltri and his colleagues from Johns Hopkins University reported on the correlation of molecular pathways and progression-free survival (PFS) in prostate cancer (CaP). | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Approval From The Swedish Medical Products Agency To Start A Clinical Trial Using A Xenogenic PSA DNA Vaccine Cyto Pulse Sciences, a leading producer of electric field based, intradermal DNA Vaccine delivery systems, today announced approval by Swedish regulatory authorities to begin a Phase I/II study of DNA vaccination in patients with recurring prostate cancer. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| To Cohen And Forget? Evaluation Of Postoperative Imaging Studies After Transtrigonal Ureteric Reimplantation For Vesicoureteric Reflux In Children UroToday.com - A study out of Zurich, Switzerland evaluated the use of VCUG studies after crossed trigonal ureteral reimplantation. The study retrospectively reviewed 126 consecutive patients who underwent Cohen crossed trigonal ureteral reimplantations. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Laparoscopic Extravesical Ureteral Reimplantation: Technique UroToday.com - A study by Dr. John-Paul Capolicchio from Montreal evaluated laparoscopic extravesical ureteral reimplantation defining a technique for this type of procedure. His study included a total of 20 children between the ages of 4 to 15 years who underwent laparoscopic extravesical transperitoneal ureteral reimplantation. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Investigation Of Histopathologic Changes In The Ureter Walls In Experimental Congenital Obstructive Uropathy UroToday.com - This article, a basic science study out of Turkey, investigated the histopathologic changes in the ureter wall in an experimental urinary bladder hypoplasia and agenesis model. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Transcorporal Artificial Urinary Sphincter Placement For Incontinence In High-risk Patients After Treatment Of Prostate Cancer UroToday.com - Our single center observational cohort study sought to examine the indications for the usage of transcorporal placement of artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) for incontinence after treatment for prostate adenocarcinoma. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Lifestyle And Testicular Dysfunction: A Brief Update UroToday.com - A variety of testicular pathologies to include testicular cancer, cryptorchidism and defective spermatogenesis have been increasing. While genetic factors play a role, growing evidence suggests that the testicle is damaged by environment and lifestyle-related factors either prenatally or at puberty. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Laser Photoablation Of Renal Pelvic Tumours BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - This is a case series describing the use of a dual wavelength (wavelength shifted) Neodymium:Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Nd:YAG) laser used for renal sparing surgery to treat transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis. | 13 Oct 2008 |
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| UCSB Center Helps Land $24M National Center To Study Environmental Impacts Of Nanotechnology The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at the University of California at Santa Barbara (CNS-UCSB) helped to win the new University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), a five-year, $24 million center co-funded by the National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency to study the environmental impacts of nanotechnology. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Using Electrons To Treat Organic Seeds Whereas a few years ago, organic products were sold exclusively by small health-food stores, they can now be found in the majority of supermarkets. A growing number of consumers prefer to buy organic food that has been grown without the use of chemical pesticides. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| Rwanda's Women Unite To Save Mothers' Lives Rwanda's history-making women MPs united today to launch a campaign to reduce the number of mothers who die in childbirth. The women became the first in the world last week to outnumber their male counterparts in parliament, with 56% of the seats. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Former Bond Girl Ursula Andress Urges Women To Say "Doctor: No" To Osteoporosis Results of a new international survey announced today highlighted a radical shift in women's attitudes towards osteoporosis, the bone-weakening disease. The traditional view of osteoporosis patients as frail and vulnerable women is shattered by an international survey of 500 doctors and 1,000 women in five countries. | 13 Oct 2008 |
| Women's Independence Necessary To Address HIV/AIDS In Uganda, Opinion Piece Says Although Uganda had many achievements to celebrate on the anniversary of its independence on Wednesday, the country must "focus on independence on the individual level," especially among women affected by HIV/AIDS in the country, Milly Nattimba of the 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Panel Discusses How Asian Migrant Women Are Vulnerable To HIV Although Asian migrant women working in Arab countries generate significant economic benefits for both their home and host countries, many of them are at risk of HIV because of the unsafe conditions under which they migrate and live, according to a panel of experts organized by the 13 Oct 2008 | |
| Oregon Appellate Court Rules Frozen Embryos Can Be Destroyed In Divorce Case On Wednesday, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that six frozen embryos can be destroyed after deciding that there is a contractual right to determine the fate of the embryos in a divorce, the 13 Oct 2008 | |
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