BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's new government could pay for four cancer drugs instead of overriding their international patents, Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsap said on Wednesday, fearing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:15 am
IPC The Hospitalist Company (Nasdaq: IPCM) announced that it has added Innovative Physician Services, LLC (IPS) to its group of national affiliated practices. IPS is a regional medical group specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation combined with internal medicine hospitalist services. The affiliation marks IPC's entry into the New England region. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Trials of the latest non-invasive slimming and body contouring treatment have just been successfully completed at 'The Heath House Clinic', a leading health and cosmetic clinic based in Kent. The new treatment is potentially market-changing, and is now available to the public for the very first time in the UK. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
The week-48 results of the CASTLE study were announced at the 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) and showed boosted atazanavir to be as efficacious in antiretroviral-naive HIV-1 patients as lopinavir/ritonavir. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Recently Jonathan S. Steinberg, MD, Chief, Division of Cardiology at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York, used an investigational, endoscopically guided laser catheter to treat "short-circuiting" heart tissue that was causing a potentially dangerous arrhythmia. It was the first time this minimally invasive procedure has been performed in the Northeast. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
A new study indicates that many U.S. medical schools do not have policies that govern conflicts of interest related to financial interests the institutions have with public or private companies. In the Feb. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
New research, by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), is unravelling some of the mysteries of how prion diseases like CJD damage brain cells (neurons). The research, published in the online journal BMC Biology, indicates that the presence of prions critically increases the amounts of cholesterol in neurons which triggers the development of neurodegenerative diseases. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
1. Zinc Inhibition of Kainate ReceptorsDavid D. Mott, Morris Benveniste, and Raymond J. DingledineThis week, Mott et al. present evidence that zinc inhibits glutamatergic kainate receptors in a pH-dependent manner. Zinc is packaged with glutamate in mossy fiber terminals, which synapse onto CA3 pyramidal cells. Mott et al. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, announced that Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital in Boston, Mass., has migrated to Red Hat solutions, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Global File System, Red Hat Cluster Suite and Red Hat Network. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Ophthotech Corp ("Ophthotech"), a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing ophthalmic therapies for back-of-the-eye diseases, announced that the first patient has been enrolled in its Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
WHO: Dr. Martha J. Farah, Professor of PsychologyAnnenberg Professor of Natural SciencesDirector of the Center for Cognitive NeuroscienceUniversity of PennsylvaniaWHAT: Dr. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
A jury in Texas has ruled that Boston Scientific’s drug-coated stents infringed a 1997 patent issued to a radiologist and has awarded the inventor $431 million. Source: NYT > Health | 13 Feb 2008 | 8:06 am
Night-time noise from aircraft or traffic raises blood pressure even while people sleep, research suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 7:50 am
Many major hospitals in Israel regularly treat both Palestinians and Israelis and thus are no strangers to mixed feelings or incongruous scenes. Source: NYT > Health | 13 Feb 2008 | 7:17 am
The results from the new clinical trial could increase the chances that the Food and Drug Administration will approve the drug for that use. Source: NYT > Health | 13 Feb 2008 | 7:15 am
The results of a new study indicate that when Parkinson’s patients took tango classes, their balance improved. Source: NYT > Health | 13 Feb 2008 | 7:06 am
The antioxidants vitamin E and lutein, from both food and supplements, may reduce women’s risk for cataracts, researchers report. Source: NYT > Health | 13 Feb 2008 | 7:05 am
Dr. Dixon’s penetrating studies of how misdirected responses by the immune system can cause diseases that damage the kidneys and other organs won him an Albert Lasker Award in 1975. Source: NYT > Health | 13 Feb 2008 | 6:27 am
More than half of nurses on mental health wards have been physically attacked, a survey shows. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 6:00 am
Although Americans are spending more money than ever to treat spine problems, their backs are not getting any better. Source: NYT > Health | 13 Feb 2008 | 5:48 am
In an age when many people define themselves by what they will eat and what they won’t, dietary differences can put a strain on a romantic relationship. Source: NYT > Health | 13 Feb 2008 | 5:21 am
Trying to decode the subtle cues that lead to human rapport, scientists have trained their focus on mimicry. Source: NYT > Health | 13 Feb 2008 | 1:30 am
Scientists are reporting that they have determined why muscles get tired and devised, for mice, an experimental drug that can eliminate fatigue. Source: NYT > Health | 13 Feb 2008 | 1:29 am
Contracts given to private clinics for NHS work mean they are paid even if they are little used, critics say. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:25 am
A variant of the catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene is associated with early-onset antisocial behavior in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a meta-analysis published in the February issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:20 pm
A review covers diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficileassociated disease, including use of existing and new antibiotic and nonantibiotic agents. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
The intensive glycemic-lowering group of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes trial in patients with type 2 diabetes has been stopped due to higher death rates. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
During the early elderly years, smoking abstinence, weight management, blood pressure control, and regular exercise are linked to a longer life span and good health and function. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
A prospective 6-year study of community-dwelling older persons (average baseline age, 78 years) found that women were more likely than men to become and remain depressed. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
Primary care provider training reduced mental health symptoms among parents of children with emotional and behavioral disturbances and also reduced impairment among minority children. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
High proximal extent of the refluxate and other factors contribute to patients' perception of gastroesophageal reflux (GER), despite treatment with proton pump inhibitors, researchers in France report in the February issue of Gut. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:48 pm
Scientists and police have exposed a major Asian trade in life-threatening fake malaria drugs, resulting in the seizure of hundreds of thousands of tablets and the arrest of a dealer in southern China. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:45 pm
Because of continuing severe adverse reactions, Baxter has stopped manufacturing multiple-dose vials of heparin. The FDA is recommending that heparin manufactured by other companies or alternative anticoagulants be used if possible. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:39 pm
A nurse died more than seven years after contracting HIV while taking blood from a patient, it has emerged. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:02 pm
New research shows that healthcare expenditures for back and neck problems have increased substantially over time, but with little bang for the healthcare buck. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:01 pm
A deadly UK heatwave may be imminent, but climate change may mean fewer temperature-related deaths, a report says. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Feb 2008 | 4:32 pm
Not getting any? You can chalk it up to a sheer lack of time, but there are a slew of other reasons, too -- from weight gain and perimenopause to technology overload (stop texting now) in the bedroom. Here's how to beat the sex busters.
Uganda's health ministry says it will investigate the death of at least seven patients in a hospital strike. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Feb 2008 | 2:14 pm
The Miami Herald February 12, 2008 Feb. 12--1Crisis or cliche? In his 1965 article "Death and the Midlife Crisis" for the International Journal of Psychoanalysis, psychologist Elliot Jaques coined the term "midlife crisis," referring to a time when adults realize their own mortality. A midlife "transition" is a natural stage that happens to many usually at... Source: PsycPORT.com | 12 Feb 2008 | 12:46 pm
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 12, 2008 Feb. 12--For this Valentine's Day, why not give your loved one a little dopamine or norepinephrine? Source: PsycPORT.com | 12 Feb 2008 | 12:46 pm
