A Chinese company is at the center of a scandal after nearly 200 Chinese cancer patients were paralyzed or otherwise harmed by contaminated drugs. Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:57 am
Boosted by physical and mental exercise, neural stem cells continue to sprout new neurons throughout life, but the exact function of these newcomers has been the topic of much debate. Removing a genetic master switch that maintains neural stem cells in their proliferative state finally gave researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies some definitive answers. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
dermaCM, announces successful findings of a double blind human taste test using proprietary nanolipidic particles (NLP) to mask the taste of sodium chloride in distilled water preparations. Taste-masking nanotechnology can be used to mask unpleasant tastes in beverage, pharmaceuticals and nutricuetical preparations, vastly improving consumer acceptance, patient compliance and user satisfaction. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
Tranzyme Pharma announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) completed its review of the Company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application for TZP-102, Tranzyme's second drug candidate to reach clinical development. Tranzyme is a clinical stage company developing small molecule drugs for the treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) and metabolic diseases. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
Cadmium exposure is a known risk factor for prostate cancer, and a new University of Rochester study suggests that zinc may offer protection against cadmium.In an article published in the February 2008 journal, The Prostate, epidemiologist Edwin van Wijngaarden, Ph.D., reports that PSA levels were 22 percent higher among American men who had zinc levels below the median (less than 12. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) announced that it successfully has completed and reached agreement with the U.S. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced the FDA approval of a new physician-use continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, the CGMS® iPro™ Recorder. Physicians send patients home with the CGMS iPro Recorder to uncover patterns and potential problems that often go undetected with today's standard glucose measurements like finger stick meters and HbA1c tests. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
A protein has been found that influences the response of the heart to a lack of oxygen and blood flow, such as occurs during a heart attack, a team of Yale School of Medicine researchers report in Nature.This finding may present a new therapeutic approach to treating loss of blood flow and oxygen to the heart. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
LivHOME, the nation's largest provider of professionally led at-home care for seniors, has released a new episode of The Senior Care Podcast by LivHOME that discusses caring for seniors with dementia. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
What: Beta-thalassemia is a serious, potentially life-threatening disease that affects red blood cells, cells that carry oxygen via hemoglobin throughout the body. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye colour of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
More than 1m prescriptions are made for obesity drugs a year - eight times the number dispensed seven years ago. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Jan 2008 | 10:27 am
Thousands of Iraq war veterans who could have suffered traumatic brain injury may be getting unnecessary or inadequate health care because Veterans Affairs officials have yet to determine Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Jan 2008 | 8:39 am
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong theme park is to shut its aviaries for three weeks following the discovery of a wild heron suspected of dying from bird flu. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Jan 2008 | 8:18 am
Mothers who fear their babies suffer from food allergies are largely wrong, research has found. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Jan 2008 | 8:07 am
The study is the military’s first large-scale effort to gauge the effect of mild head injuries that some experts worry may be causing a host of undiagnosed neurological deficiencies. Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jan 2008 | 6:53 am
Some restaurants and retailers around the country have started testing the fish they sell in response to concerns about the amount of mercury in seafood. Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jan 2008 | 6:35 am
The fine would settle a civil and criminal investigation into the company’s marketing of an antipsychotic drug. Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jan 2008 | 6:17 am
Researchers find that while you will slow down as you age, you may be able to stave off more of the deterioration than you thought. Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jan 2008 | 5:52 am
A member of the Senate said that a diabetes expert tipped GlaxoSmithKline to the publication of safety questions about Avandia. Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jan 2008 | 5:51 am
The World Health Organization said that a small but significant percentage of the main influenza virus causing illness this winter is resistant to the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu. Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jan 2008 | 4:48 am
Heavy cannabis use may raise the risk of chronic lung disease more than smoking, two studies suggest. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Jan 2008 | 1:34 am
The government is looking into calls to lift a ban on creating embryos from dying children to aid key research. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Jan 2008 | 1:19 am
A scientific report, inspired by an episode of “Seinfeld,” may cause football fans to take a second look at that communal bowl of dip. Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jan 2008 | 12:13 am
More older people are risking sexually transmitted infections because they are not using condoms, research suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Jan 2008 | 12:03 am
An article in the January 29 issue of the Wall Street Journal reports treatment of long-forgotten brain injuries may effectively help people with a variety of social problems, including alcoholism, homelessness, and learning disabilities. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:53 pm
New research suggests mild traumatic brain injury may not be the primary driver of posttraumatic stress disorder and physical health problems among US troops returning from the current war in Iraq. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:38 pm
Measures of exercise performance seem to improve when hawthorn extract is given along with standard therapy, a Cochrane review concludes. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:00 pm
Meta-analyses do not show a significant increased risk for infections during rituximab or abatacept therapies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, but high doses of anakinra may increase this risk. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:00 pm
Combination therapy with azelastine and fluticasone nasal sprays was more effective for sneezing, itchy nose, runny nose, and nasal congestion vs therapy with either agent alone. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:00 pm
Results of a prospective study suggest that lung ultrasonography performed in the emergency department may be nearly as accurate as computed tomography (CT) in detecting occult traumatic pneumothorax (PTX) and its size. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Jan 2008 | 9:57 pm
There is a quantitative relationship between resting heart rate reduction and the magnitude of clinical benefits following therapy after myocardial infarction (MI), according to a meta-regression of randomized clinical trials involving more than 25,000 patients. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Jan 2008 | 9:39 pm
Long before she took on America's embattled health-care system, Nancy Davenport-Ennis was riding high. She was a national speaker for the homebuilding and real estate industry, teaching classes at the University of North Carolina and writing a textbook about selling new homes. Then, Davenport-Ennis got breast cancer.
Periodontal disease and edentulism are independently associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study in the January issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Jan 2008 | 6:38 pm
A Cochrane systematic review suggests that many abstinence-plus programs seem to reduce short-term and long-term HIV risk behavior among youth in high-income countries. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Jan 2008 | 5:00 pm
Some experts say consumers should think twice before spending money on storing stem cells, because it is not clear how useful they will be. Source: NYT > Health | 30 Jan 2008 | 4:49 pm
Study identifies gene-environment interactions that amplify the harmful effects of secondhand smoke on lung function. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Jan 2008 | 4:42 pm
Sgt. Ryan Kahlor has the same nightmare every time, a vision of walls painted in blood and fat, and men on top of houses, throwing pieces of Marine's bodies off rooftops. It's a vision he can't shake, because he lived through it while deployed to Iraq last year.
Associated Press January 30, 2008 NEW YORK - For rabid fans of the New York Giants and New England Patriots, this Sunday's Super Bowl won't be just a game. It may be a health hazard. Heart attacks and other cardiac emergencies doubled in Munich, Germany, when that nation's soccer team played in World Cup matches,... Source: PsycPORT.com | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:06 am
Associated Press January 30, 2008 CHICAGO - Mercury from vaccines seems to disappear rapidly from the blood, returning to pre-vaccination levels in one month, according to a small study of children in Argentina. Source: PsycPORT.com | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:06 am
Associated Press January 30, 2008 Traumatic brain injury, described as the signature wound of the Iraq war, may be less to blame for soldiers' symptoms than doctors once thought, contends a provocative military study that suggests post-traumatic stress and depression often play a role. Source: PsycPORT.com | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:06 am
The Independent - London January 30, 2008 Patient recalls forgotten events after accidental breakthrough in surgery EXCLUSIVE Source: PsycPORT.com | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:06 am
Pubs and bars should be forced to start selling smaller glasses of wine again, an MP says. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:03 am
Paraguay declares a health alert to try to prevent a dengue fever epidemic as 100 possible cases are detected. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:51 am
