A drug therapy currently used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis had a significant effect in treating the most common form of multiple sclerosis in a small, short-term clinical trial. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is targeted to receive a funding increase in President Bush's proposed budget for fiscal year 2009, the funds may not be enough to ensure that the agency has the resources it needs to effectively monitor drug safety. Overall, the President's budget freezes spending increases for a majority of federal programs. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
The Elsevier Foundation has announced that it has committed a total of $594,000 in grants to thirteen institutions from around the world in support of initiatives that promote the work of libraries and scholars in science, technology and medicine. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
ASHP has completed a policy analysis on the licensing for optometrists to gather lessons health-system pharmacy can use if it creates its own advanced-practice licensure. The analysis found that optometry licensing isn't consistent nationally and can confuse patients, healthcare professionals and third-party payers. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
Adequate reimbursement for both inpatient and outpatient pharmacy services, patients' timely access to medications, and smooth transitions in care are among the issues that ASHP will be pushing for with officials at the federal regulatory agencies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this year. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
A new company has joined the fight against MRSA and cancer. Researchers at the John Innes Centre (Norwich) have launched a new company, Inspiralis Ltd, based around their expertise in DNA topoisomerases - a group of enzymes that help DNA molecules to unravel and wind up properly and not to become tangled during replication. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
Asthma UK Northern Ireland is calling on the Government to review the prescription charging system in Northern Ireland as a matter of urgency, with a view to abolishing the charges completely. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
Bad breath and yellowing teeth are two of the earliest signs. But if left untreated, these easily overlooked symptoms of poor dental health can develop into periodontal disease or gingivitis. Even worse, it sometimes leads to kidney, liver, or heart disease. Most people don't understand the serious consequences of poor pet dental. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
A new therapeutic position statement released by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) highlights the large role pharmacists can have in improving public health through screening for osteoporosis and managing the drug therapy for patients with the disease. The ASHP Therapeutic Position Statement on the Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis in Adults appears in the Feb. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
Women are better than men in describing their feelings and those of their romantic partners than are men, while the latter tend to project their own feelings upon their partners more than women. This, according to a study undertaken by graduate student Dana Atzil Slonim and Dr. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
Black pepper could provide a new treatment for the skin disease vitiligo, research suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Feb 2008 | 11:26 am
New York’s attorney general is looking into whether insurers overcharged patients for out-of-network doctors. Source: NYT > Health | 14 Feb 2008 | 8:26 am
The grandchildren of ground-breaking French fashion designer Paul Poiret on Thursday auction off dozens of items from the 1910s and 1920s that they once used to play with in the family... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Feb 2008 | 7:24 am
It's one of the very few places where "what a bitch!" is an expression of admiration: a world of squeaky balls, energetically-blown kisses and the occasional puddle of urine. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Feb 2008 | 7:18 am
Medical textbooks skirt the topic, often avoiding any explanation. But as anyone who has ever complained of cramps will attest, lots of advice is circulating on how to avoid them. Source: NYT > Health | 14 Feb 2008 | 6:52 am
Since his last combat deployment in Iraq, Jeremy Hall has had a rough time, getting shoved and threatened by his fellow soldiers. The trouble started there when he would not pray in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Feb 2008 | 6:35 am
Production of the blood-thinning drug heparin was suspended this week after 350 patients reported ill effects from it. Source: NYT > Health | 14 Feb 2008 | 6:31 am
Panamanian investigators have concluded that at least 174 people were poisoned, 115 of them fatally, by counterfeit cold medicine linked to an unlicensed Chinese chemical plant. Source: NYT > Health | 14 Feb 2008 | 6:30 am
More than 200 couples lined up on Thursday to tie the knot on Valentine's Day in Bangkok's Bang Rak district, whose name translates as "the village of love." Groom Preecha... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Feb 2008 | 6:24 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 | 14 Feb 2008 | 3:52 am
Probiotic supplements reduce the infections suffered by long-distance runners, research finds. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Feb 2008 | 12:24 am
Subcutaneous methotrexate produces a significantly greater response in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis than does oral administration of the drug, German researchers report in the January issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism. As such, it appears to be the best choice for monotherapy for the disease. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:42 pm
Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma (NLPHL), which expresses CD20, appears to be highly responsive treatment with rituximab, an approach that helps avoid late toxicities, according to German researchers. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:40 pm
Children with ependymoma who undergo posterior fossa irradiation following surgery may have only moderate intellectual impairment. However, age and other factors play a part, French and German researchers report. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:37 pm
Initiation of antiretroviral therapy at CD4+ counts greater than 200 cells/microliter may reduce the incidence of peripheral neuropathy, anemia, and renal insufficiency, according to a report in the January 1st Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:35 pm
India is facing a devastating death toll from smoking-related diseases if its people and its government do not take the risks seriously, the authors of a new study warn. With mortality from smoking set to exceed one million people a year soon, the researchers hope that their findings will galvanize both individuals and the government into action. Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:28 pm
One million people a year will die from tobacco smoking in India in the 2010s, research predicts. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:12 pm
Positive end-expiratory pressure designed to increase alveolar recruitment did not significantly lower mortality but did improve lung function and reduce the duration of organ failure. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
The FDA has approved revisions to the safety labeling for tipranavir capsules (Aptivus). Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
The aprotinin saga continues, with a new study showing the drug to be safe in patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery but a risk for renal dysfunction during off-pump surgery. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
In a randomized controlled trial, the "open-lung" strategy did not reduce mortality or barotraumas but improved oxygenation and reduced hypoxemia-related deaths and use of rescue therapies. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
For infants born at 25 to 28 weeks' gestation, early nasal continuous positive airway pressure vs intubation did not significantly reduce the rate of death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
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 | 8:09 pm
Giving birth to a boy can increase the likelihood of severe postnatal depression, a study suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 6:09 pm
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 | 13 Feb 2008 | 4:22 pm
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 | 4:21 pm
He's a cute, sweet, happy toddler -- with Down syndrome. A generation ago, Anthony probably would be growing up in an institution -- but today his world is open. Meet his family.
Scientists move closer to a predictive test for the dangerous pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 1:02 pm
