Ms. Seaman was one of the first people to bring the issue of women’s reproductive health to wide attention. Source: NYT > Health | 1 Mar 2008 | 11:48 am
Since the 1980s, animal cell culture technology has become essential for the production of an ever-increasing number of human and veterinary biopharmaceuticals. These bi-annual Cell Culture Engineering conferences are a leading venue for the academic, industrial and regulatory communities to learn and debate new concepts and issues related to animal cell culture research and development. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
Two LSU researchers are taking what might be the most comprehensive approach ever to determine how some coastal communities bounce back from disaster. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
Considerable attention has been paid to the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals in aquatic environments, but rather less attention has been given to routes of contamination on land. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's "Preparing Our Communities for Emergencies" workshop for community-based organizations took place at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Using a blood test and a decision algorithm, rather than standard hospital protocols, to determine the appropriate length of antibiotic therapy in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock can reduce duration of treatments, shorten ICU stays, and lower hospital costs all without adverse effects on patients, according to new research. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Neil Forbes of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a four year grant of more than $1 million from the National Institutes of Health to research killing cancer tumors with Salmonella bacteria. Forbes turns the bacteria into tiny terminator robots that use their own flagella to venture deep into tumors where conventional chemotherapy can't reach. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
The incidence of type 2 diabetes is rising, especially in urbanized parts of the world where sedentary lifestyles and obesity abound. In addition to weight and inactivity, race puts some people at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The incidence of diabetes is rapidly increasing globally, and Asian Indians have the highest prevalence. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Smoking is a known risk factor for respiratory diseases like chronic bronchitis, but genes also play a significant role in its development, according to researchers in Sweden, who studied more than 40,000 Swedish twins to determine the extent to which behavior, environment and genes each play a role ion the development of chronic bronchitis. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Home to one of the largest intensive intervention and diagnostic centers for autism, Nationwide Children's Hospital has long been recognized as a leader in autism intervention efforts. Now the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Nationwide Children's Hospital is also setting the standard for the care of brothers and sisters of children with autism. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
A team from UCL has developed a new medical device which will make the early detection of breast cancer more cost effective and easier to administer. The team which won a prestigious Brian Mercer Feasibility Award from the Royal Society yesterday plans to use magnetic nanoparticles and an extremely sensitive magnetometer called the 'HistoMag' to detect cancerous cells in samples of breast tissue. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Faced with the looming loss of patent protection for its top-selling drug, the antidepressant Effexor XR, Wyeth received federal approval on Friday for a successor drug, Pristiq. Source: NYT > Health | 1 Mar 2008 | 6:46 am
Widespread calls by political leaders to overhaul the health care system have hit the stocks, as has consternation over the feeble state of the industry leaders’ pipelines. Source: NYT > Health | 1 Mar 2008 | 4:54 am
The government announced Friday that it has said goodbye to one of the world's greatest lifesavers _ the oldest smallpox vaccine. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Mar 2008 | 2:05 am
The government announced Friday that it has said goodbye to one of the world's greatest lifesavers _ the oldest smallpox vaccine. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Mar 2008 | 1:50 am
VANCOUVER - Medical opinion, the government's duty to protect children, parental rights and freedom of religion are clashing in a B.C. courtroom over the seizure of four premature babies... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Mar 2008 | 1:33 am
New research by a University of New Hampshire domestic abuse expert says spanking children affects their sex lives as adults. Professor Murray Straus concludes that children who are... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Mar 2008 | 1:15 am
New research by a University of New Hampshire domestic abuse expert says spanking children affects their sex lives as adults. Professor Murray Straus concludes that children who are... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Mar 2008 | 1:15 am
New research by a University of New Hampshire domestic abuse expert says spanking children affects their sex lives as adults. Professor Murray Straus concludes that children who are... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Mar 2008 | 1:15 am
Scientists have found that the presence of certain chemicals in the blood may be a sign of mood disorders. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:04 am
A limited ablation approach does as well as empiric isolation of all pulmonary veins in achieving sustained control of atrial fibrillation (AF), researchers report in the February issue of Heart Rhythm. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:58 pm
A paper in the February issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases suggests that in hemodialysis patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, interferon (IFN) therapy achieves good rates of sustained virological response. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:56 pm
High-dose isoniazid (INH) as an adjuvant to second-line agents for multidrug-resistant TB reduces the time to sputum negativity and improves short-term outcomes, researchers from India report. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:53 pm
Resection of hepatic carcinoid metastases reduces cardiac progression and improves prognosis, according to a report in the February Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:51 pm
Patients with severe asthma exhibit increases in neutrophils and eosinophils in sputum compared to those with moderate asthma, according to a study published in the February issue of Chest. In addition, severe asthmatics differ in airway cytokine/chemokine expression. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:48 pm
Patients with end-stage COPD, primarily those younger than 60 years, can expect to live longer if they undergo bilateral rather than single lung transplantation, the results of a retrospective analysis indicate. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:46 pm
Black women who attempt vaginal birth after cesarean delivery (VBAC) are significantly less likely to experience a uterine rupture than women of other races, findings from a large cohort study indicate. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:45 pm
Obesity increases the odds of developing atrial fibrillation by 49% and the risk rises as BMI climbs, the results of a meta-analysis indicate. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:16 pm
Unlike in rodents, partial pancreatectomy in humans does not stimulate beta-cell regeneration, a finding that explains the high incidence of diabetes after pancreas resection, German researchers report. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 7:56 pm
In women with refractory vulvar vestibulitis, a physical cause of painful intercourse, local anesthetic neural blockade targeting three areas active in the maintenance of vestibular pain may provide relief, according to a pilot study reported in the January issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 7:52 pm
Duke Crews seemed healthy until a health screenings administered to all Tennessee athletes found he had a condition blamed for the sudden death of more than a hundred athletes each year. Source: NYT > Health | 29 Feb 2008 | 6:31 pm
For Jennifer Marnell, the final straw was being kicked off an amusement park ride because the safety belt wouldn't fit around her. That sparked a heart-to-heart talk with herself. She was tired of being a "fat mom" and wanted to set a good example for her daughter. Today she's a fit 120 pounds and helping others get on the right track.
A 14-year-old Ghanaian boy is to receive a life-saving kidney transplant after being sponsored by a charity. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Feb 2008 | 4:12 pm
Taking high doses of vitamin E supplements can increase the risk of lung cancer, research suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Feb 2008 | 4:11 pm
The F.D.A. said the number of deaths possibly associated to tainted Chinese supplies of heparin, a blood-thinning drug, had risen to 21. Source: NYT > Health | 29 Feb 2008 | 3:16 pm
Scientists find the way genes controlling the response of the immune system work varies from race to race. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Feb 2008 | 1:23 pm
