Experts warn the risk of a deadly heatwave in the UK is high - but global warming may actually save lives. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:55 am
Two US studies have suggested that it's never too late to make a difference to one's odds of living longer. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Living Cell Technologies Limited (ASX: LCT) (PINKSHEETS: LVCLY) announced that the US-based Children with Diabetes Foundation (CWDF), has offered its support in raising funds for LCT's DiabeCell® clinical trials for people with type 1 diabetes. The foundation has established a fund which allows supporters of diabetes research to contribute tax deductible donations towards the trials. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Research tends to focus on the positives of self-monitoring -- a personality characteristic that accounts for how attuned individuals are to societal conventions as well as the degree to which "appropriateness" controls their behavior and moderates how they present themselves to others."High self-monitors are social chameleons," says Northwestern University researcher Michael E. Roloff. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCLN) and Sigma-Tau S.p.A reported promising blinded interim data from a large, randomized phase 3 clinical trial evaluating ZADAXIN® (thymalfasin) in combination with pegylated interferon alpha and ribavirin as a treatment for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who have not responded to prior therapy with pegylated interferon alpha and ribavirin. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
The American Dental Association Foundation (ADAF) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) are pleased to announce a collaborative effort as a result of an ADAF grant that will help improve the oral health of children in a critical age group. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Dean for Health Promotion and Health Prevention, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Virginia A. Stallings, MD, PhD, the Jean A. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Figures in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2008 yearbook show that Australians are living longer, but are more likely to be overweight, or suffer diabetes or another chronic disease.About 77 per cent of the population reported one or more long-term health conditions, with heart disease ahead of lung disease and stroke. 3. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
A Mayo Clinic analysis of two decades of autopsy results shows a long-term decline in the prevalence of coronary disease has ended and the disease may be on the upswing. The findings appear in Archives of Internal Medicine. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
WHO eleased new data showing that while progress has been made, not a single country fully implements all key tobacco control measures, and outlined an approach that governments can adopt to prevent tens of millions of premature deaths by the middle of this century. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
New York hospitals are spending hundreds of millions of dollars rebuilding and expanding their emergency rooms. Source: NYT > Health | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:12 am
Australian pastry chef Tracy Nickl never imagined he would have to tighten security at his country bakery to ensure nobody stole his butter. But when he realised the value of Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Feb 2008 | 7:56 am
A major maker of heparin, a blood thinner used widely in surgery and dialysis, has stopped making it after hundreds of patients reported severe allergic reactions to the drug. Source: NYT > Health | 12 Feb 2008 | 7:08 am
A new investigation offers a model for attacking what has become a flood of fake drugs, which threaten to undermine the global fight against malaria. Source: NYT > Health | 12 Feb 2008 | 6:48 am
Trying to decode the subtle cues that lead to human rapport, scientists have trained their focus on mimicry. Source: NYT > Health | 12 Feb 2008 | 6:25 am
You would never know a recession might be under way from looking at Intuitive Surgical, the leader in medical robot technology. Source: NYT > Health | 12 Feb 2008 | 6:25 am
Trading standards officers are to check weighing equipment at hospitals across the UK because of concerns over accuracy, the BBC has learned. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Feb 2008 | 4:59 am
Dr. Carla Pugh builds anatomical models to help medical students learn to perform exams that might make them uncomfortable. Source: NYT > Health | 12 Feb 2008 | 4:51 am
Swallowing a magnet the size of a watch battery is unlikely to cause health problems, but swallowing two can be fatal. Source: NYT > Health | 12 Feb 2008 | 4:48 am
The antioxidants vitamin E and lutein, from both food and supplements, may reduce women’s risk for cataracts, researchers report. Source: NYT > Health | 12 Feb 2008 | 4:46 am
An experimental drug developed to relieve fatigue after exercise may also help heart failure patients. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Feb 2008 | 3:36 am
Millions of cricket-mad Asians are following the game over the Internet through computers and mobile phones and big business loves it. India's cricketing wealth, which is... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Feb 2008 | 2:11 am
TORONTO (Reuters) - Twice, Canada has hosted an Olympic Games and failed to win a single gold medal on home territory. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Feb 2008 | 1:14 am
Most of the biologically inert nitrate consumed in beets and green vegetables is excreted in the urine, but researchers believe nitrates in saliva are converted into nitrite by bacteria on the tongue, which in turn helps lower blood pressure and improve endothelial function. Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:02 pm
New research by Korean investigators suggests that folate deficiency in elderly people can triple the risk for dementia. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
Hypothyroidism in women with rheumatoid arthritis was linked with a higher risk for cardiovascular disease vs women with a healthy thyroid and an already established increased cardiovascular risk. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
Should men with prostate cancer have surgery, radiation, hormone therapy, or rely on watchful waiting? These patients have many options, and a new review weighs the evidence. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
Vaccination is still beneficial, although protection may not be optimal, flu expert said. WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 9:53 pm
Senicapoc, a special channel blocker that limits solute and water loss, appears to be a safe and effective treatment for sickle cell anemia, according to the results of a phase II trial. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 9:38 pm
Pruritic papules that develop on the lower abdomen during late pregnancy are significantly associated with an increased risk of cesarean section and with a male fetus, French researchers report in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 9:36 pm
The infrared coagulator proves to be safe and effective for the treatment of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs) in HIV-infected patients, investigators with the AIDS Malignancy Consortium report. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 9:32 pm
Recipients of corneal grafts obtained from donors with cancer or those who have died in a hospital are at increased risk for endophthalmitis following transplantation, new research shows. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 9:27 pm
Integrin alpha4-beta7, which functions as a gut mucosal homing receptor for peripheral T cells, also happens to be a receptor for HIV-1, new research indicates. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 9:24 pm
It's the middle of the night, and the sound of a wailing young child pierces the air. Her body feels as if it's on fire when you touch her forehead. What do you do next? The reality of dealing with a feverish child can send some parents into a panic.
For years, political scientists assumed our political leanings came from the way we were raised and the company we keep. You're a screaming liberal? Must be because you were raised in a household full of screaming liberals. You're an arch conservative? Must be because of that college you went to.
Researchers aim to create reliable breath-tests for diagnosing cancer, diabetes and other diseases. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Feb 2008 | 3:00 pm
Downing St seeks to distance Gordon Brown from a minister's comments about first cousins marrying. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Feb 2008 | 2:22 pm
