Heavy mobile phone use may be linked to an increased risk of cancer of the salivary gland, a study suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:52 am
George W Bush draws attention to anti-malaria efforts by promising free bed nets in Tanzania. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:04 am
There's more to biofuels than the food vs. fuel debate and talk of the various technologies associated with biofuels production.And so Steven Fales, a professor of agronomy and a member of the Science and Engineering Board of Iowa State's Bioeconomy Institute, organized and moderated a three-hour symposium on Friday, Feb. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
During Australian Organ Donor Awareness Week, the AMA is urging Australians who want to be organ donors to make their intent clear by registering as a donor and talking to their family about their wishes. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
UQ pharmacy graduate Dr Selena Bartlett is starting clinical trials of a new drug that could potentially curb addictions such as smoking, drinking, gambling even depression. The drug, marketed as Chantix by Pfizer, has reduced alcohol consumption in laboratory rats by 50 percent and will be trialled in humans next month by Dr Bartlett and Dr Markus Heilig's team in the United States. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Biology is crucial to understanding psychosis, "but there is more to psychosis than mere biology," says Jason Robert, an Arizona State University bioethicist and philosopher of science."Psychiatrists in particular appear to be grappling with the complexity of classification and diagnosis," Robert explains. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Well, according to data analysis by Michael Friendly, a professor with the Psychology Department at York University, the boats launched from each side of the doomed ship show a different pattern when it comes to percentage of men on board: on the port (left) side, the first few boats were only lightly loaded, and contained a large number of male passengers and crewmen. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Researchers in a multi-institutional study led by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center slowed the growth of two particularly stubborn solid tumor cancers - neuroblastoma and peripheral nerve sheath tumors - without harming healthy tissues by inserting instructions to inhibit tissue growth into an engineered virus, according to study results published in the February 15 Cancer Research. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
The Queensland and Northern New South Wales Lions Medical Research Foundation, long time supporters of the Brisbane research community, have confirmed funding of $1.2 million for scientists at UQ's Diamantina Institute. Dr Gethin Thomas will be the inaugural recipient of the $300,000 three-year fellowship, which will fund his research investigating the causes of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
In his research, scientist Nat Scholz examines how pesticides that run off the land and mix in rivers and streams combine to have a greater than expected toxic effect on the salmon nervous system. These pesticides are widely used in the United States and their occurrence as mixtures in the food supply for humans may also pose an unexpected risk for people. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
The AMA has restated its opposition to direct to consumer advertising (DTCA) of prescription medicines in a new Position Statement. In its Position Statement on Direct to Consumer Advertising (DTCA), the AMA says that patients must be safeguarded against forceful advertising or marketing if they are to make informed choices regarding their health care services and products. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
A seven-year, international study just published finds that some alternative therapies such as acupuncture, neck manipulation and massage are better choices for managing most common neck pain than many current practices. Also included in the short-list of best options for relief are exercises, education, neck mobilization, low level laser therapy and pain relievers. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
take the whole breast. Chemo? Radiation? Everyone seemed to have an opinion. "I just shut everyone down around me," said Bernie Brann, a newly diagnosed cancer patient from upstate New Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:51 am
The US government orders its largest recall of beef, saying a meat plant broke rules on cattle inspection. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 9:28 am
Indian detective arrest the brother of a doctor accused of organising illegal organ transplants. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 8:54 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California meatpacker accused of animal cruelty is making the largest U.S. meat recall on record -- 143 million lbs, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Sunday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Feb 2008 | 7:58 am
More than two million people have registered as descendants of Confucius, tripling the size of the celebrated Chinese philosopher's family tree, state media reported Monday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Feb 2008 | 7:35 am
In the eight and a half months before his arrest, a Queens man became so obsessed with his institutionalized mother that his father moved her from nursing home to nursing home. Source: NYT > Health | 18 Feb 2008 | 7:20 am
This soulless eastern industrial town not far from the Czech border with Slovakia is the source of life for many women, who travel here to have test tube babies at private fertility... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Feb 2008 | 6:57 am
The men working in Marrakesh's Djemma el Fna square may be able to charm the snakes and tourists, but their magic fails to work with the animal rights activists pushing to have the practice Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Feb 2008 | 6:27 am
A nationwide study has found that the uninsured and those covered by Medicaid are more likely than those with private insurance to receive a diagnosis of cancer in the late stages of the disease. Source: NYT > Health | 18 Feb 2008 | 6:21 am
An ingredient in a blood thinner linked to four deaths was made at an uncertified plant in China that was not inspected. Source: NYT > Health | 18 Feb 2008 | 2:28 am
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered a recall of 143 million pounds of beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse where employees are accused of mistreating cattle.
Economic growth does not always lead to better health or lower child mortality, new research suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:16 am
UK scientists hope to mend shattered bones and damaged cartilage using a patient's own stem cells. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:03 am
US researchers find two potential targets for treating multiple sclerosis after studying proteins in the brain. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Feb 2008 | 10:20 pm
Film producer Trudie Styler pledges her support for a campaign to allow a terminally ill woman back to the UK. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Feb 2008 | 6:37 pm
Chicago Tribune February 17, 2008 Feb. 17--Since the shooting rampage at Virginia Tech last spring, colleges nationwide have tried to do a better job of detecting and treating students who exhibit volatile or potentially violent behavior, mental health experts said. Source: PsycPORT.com | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:47 pm
The Hartford Courant, Connecticut February 17, 2008 Feb. 17--When you ask someone who has recovered from mental illness how they did it, medication may have been important, but often they'll talk most about a connection with other people and the discovery of a reason to get well, says Charles Barber. Source: PsycPORT.com | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:47 pm
A woman undergoes an operation to remove a swab left inside her during a Caesarean delivery. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Feb 2008 | 11:40 am
Mr. Amte, a follower of Gandhi, gave up an early life of privilege to work for the poor, his direction irrevocably determined by an encounter with a destitute leper. Source: NYT > Health | 17 Feb 2008 | 11:02 am
