A Greek doctor is found guilty of killing a British holidaymaker through neglect after he was left on a hospital trolley. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Feb 2008 | 11:40 am
Young people are to be offered a much broader range of contraception in a bid to cut the high teenage pregnancy rate. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Feb 2008 | 11:06 am
Office of AIDS Programs and Policy: What: A Rally/Human Billboard will take place for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on February 7. The goal of the Rally/Human Billboard along with FREE HIV testing is to help bring attention to the devastating affects of HIV/AIDS on the African-American community. Speakers at the rally will include Judge Maybelline Ephraim and Dr. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
The Massachusetts Academy of Dermatology has chosen to use Web widgets from VisualDxHealth to provide more value to its Web site visitors. VisualDxHealth is a unique online consumer health resource developed by the doctors and health care professionals at Logical Images. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SVNT), announced additional positive results for secondary efficacy endpoints in the two replicate Phase 3 studies for Puricase(R)(pegloticase) for treatment-failure gout. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
Mary Hannaman MD, president of NeuroDigm Co. in Fort Worth, Texas has confirmed that a recombinant human erythropoietin, epoetin alfa, can reverse neural changes that cause chronic pain behavior. Using their Biogenic Model of Chronic Pain™, epoetin alpha was applied once locally in micro doses to the affected nerves resulting in the reversal of pain behaviors permanently. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
On 4 February, United Nations University launched the UNU OpenCourseWare Portal, accessible at http://ocw.unu.edu/. Initially, the UNU OpenCourseWare Portal offers open access to about a dozen courses developed by three of UNU's Research and Training Centres and Programmes (RTC/Ps) and the Tokyo-based UNU Media Studio. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
Could a simple vitamin A and zinc supplement help protect young children from malaria? A randomized double blind trial reported in the open access publication, Nutrition Journal, would suggest the answer is yes. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
OneOncology Inc., a company that is uniting the oncology community, announced that Therapeutics and Research in Oncology (TRIO) and its 50 plus member-practices in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. have registered with OneOncology to use its electronic negotiation platform to simplify oncology drug purchasing. TRIO joins more than 175 practices representing more than 650 physicians and $1. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
People with unrelenting pain don't only suffer from the non-stop sensation of throbbing pain. They also have trouble sleeping, are often depressed, anxious and even have difficulty making simple decisions. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
On Thursday February 7 the US Congress will take the first step in determining US policy on global HIV/AIDS for the next five years. The US has committed to the international goal of universal access to all HIV/AIDS services by 2010 and to halting and reversing the AIDS epidemic by 2015. Congress will have a major impact on whether these promises will be kept. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
Heavy marijuana use has been found to contribute to gum disease, apart from the known effects that tobacco smoke was already known to have.In a group of more than 900 New Zealanders, smoking cannabis more than 40 times a year since age 18 was found to be responsible for more than one-third of the new cases of periodontal disease between ages 26 and 32, according to a study published Feb. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
Mobile phone use does not raise the risk of any of the most common brain tumours, a Japanese study suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Feb 2008 | 8:08 am
Separating the salt and pepper shakers or worrying whether the cutlery is clean enough are just some of the woes that can befall obsessive-compulsive diners. Source: NYT > Health | 6 Feb 2008 | 4:47 am
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Forget about graphs, charts and economic forecasts. Wary investors in Asia are turning to feng shui masters to tell them which way the markets will head in the Chinese Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Feb 2008 | 4:36 am
OTTAWA - Consumers are being warned not to consume a dip because of a risk of botulism. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says people should not eat Olivier brand Parmesan & Asiago... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Feb 2008 | 3:41 am
Preclinical interstitial lung disease detected by high-resolution computed tomography is prevalent and progressive in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to research in the Archives of Internal Medicine for January 28. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Feb 2008 | 2:38 am
Weight training could be as effective as running to burn body fat and ward off diabetes, a study says. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Feb 2008 | 2:35 am
Heavy cannabis smoking is a major cause of gum disease, research carried out in New Zealand suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Feb 2008 | 1:21 am
LONDON (Reuters) - To count the dead they ride motorbikes, charter planes and wade through snake-infested rivers. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Feb 2008 | 1:15 am
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The first warning sign came when a sharp-eyed worker sorting pills noticed that the odd blue flecks dotting the finished drug capsules matched the paint on the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Feb 2008 | 1:02 am
Drinking 500ml of beetroot juice a day can significantly reduce blood pressure, research suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Feb 2008 | 1:00 am
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Lack of education, sexist male officials and traditional views on marriage remain major stumbling blocks for Kenyan girls aspiring to be athletes, says one of the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Feb 2008 | 12:57 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - Liu Jielian isn't exactly impressed with the facelift the government recently gave her home in central Beijing as it seeks to spruce up the city for the Olympic Games in Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Feb 2008 | 12:51 am
Based on 2 large, randomized controlled trials, intensive insulin therapy with tight blood glucose control was protective of renal function in patients who were critically ill. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Feb 2008 | 11:00 pm
The American College of Preventive Medicine states that there is not adequate information to recommend screening with digital rectal examination or prostate-specific antigen measurement. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Feb 2008 | 11:00 pm
Patients who have premature ventricular complexes during the recovery phase of exercise testing are at more risk for events vs those who have arrhythmias during the exercise phase, a study shows. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
The investigators in this prospective cohort study suggest strategies to prevent iatrogenic events in neonates, especially in infants of low birthweight, such as continuous monitoring. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
A retrospective analysis shows that nurse-administered anticipatory guidance reduces emergency department visits for ear pain in toddlers and is well appreciated by parents. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
Kraft Foods is working on a new and unusual product line — food that is not only tasty, but kills intestinal worms. Source: NYT > Health | 5 Feb 2008 | 9:44 pm
Botox injections can be repeated as needed with no waning of efficacy. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Feb 2008 | 8:51 pm
Researchers have found a correlation between drinking diet soda and metabolic syndrome and elevated blood pressure. Source: NYT > Health | 5 Feb 2008 | 7:36 pm
The findings, from the IDEAL and EPIC-Norfolk studies, showed that when adjusted for apoA-1 and apoB values in regression analyses, increased HDL-cholesterol levels and HDL particle size conferred a risk of major coronary events. ApoA-1, on the other hand, did not turn into a significant risk factor at high plasma concentrations. Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Feb 2008 | 6:53 pm
A woman who died after being wrongly administered with an epidural drug was unlawfully killed, an inquest jury rules. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Feb 2008 | 6:29 pm
Skunk, which is three times stronger than other cannabis, now dominates the UK market. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Feb 2008 | 6:09 pm
Exercise is an effective antidote to long days of travel and emotionally overwhelming work for an infectious diseases specialist. Source: NYT > Health | 5 Feb 2008 | 5:22 pm
In one of the few studies to look at the diets of CHD patients after diagnosis, researchers have found that although patients reduce the caloric content of their diet, they eat the wrong kinds of foods. Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Feb 2008 | 5:17 pm
A survey confirms other studies showing that cardiac rehabilitation is underused by MI survivors in the US. Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Feb 2008 | 5:06 pm
Europe-wide coordination is needed to tackle cancer more effectively, a group of leading experts say. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Feb 2008 | 4:05 pm
Children as young as two should have diets low in saturated fat, provided they are not underweight, the FSA says. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Feb 2008 | 3:40 pm
Lidocaine, methyl salicylate, hydrocortisone. You probably don't think twice about using over-the-counter creams with these ingredients. If the product's available without a prescription, it can't hurt you, right? Wrong.
