The Hartford Courant, Connecticut March 15, 2008 Mar. 15--Clinical psychologists could collect six-figure bonuses for enlisting -- or staying -- in the Armed Forces under legislation proposed to address high rates of suicide and a critical shortage of mental health workers in the military. Source: PsycPORT.com | 15 Mar 2008 | 3:46 pm
For almost 30 years - since the world's first "test-tube" baby was born in July 1978 - the benefits of modern infertility treatments have been largely confined to couples in developed countries. There, we have seen more than 3 million babies born as a result of IVF and, in some countries, as many as 4 per cent of all babies born conceived by modern fertility techniques. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Mar 2008 | 2:00 pm
Viral illnesses that produce wheezing are very common in early childhood, but not all children who wheeze in the first several years of life go on to develop asthma. D.J. Jackson, MD and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin, Madison presented their study at the 2008 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
Since a patients' understanding of asthma symptoms and their management plan is vital to preventing asthma complications, Amanda Hudgins, MD and colleagues at Texas Tech University presented their study at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI). They studied the effectiveness of a one day asthma camp on childrens' understanding of their disease. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
Philip LoGrasso, associate professor and senior director for drug discovery at Scripps Florida, will lead the project as principal investigator. LoGrasso, who joined Scripps Florida in 2005, previously held positions at Merck and the NIH.The new five-year grant will fund research to develop a compound to treat neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
To foster interest in cancer research careers among the next generation of young scientists, the AACR will provide an opportunity for 10 undergraduate students to experience the field first hand at its Annual Meeting 2008 through the AACR-Thomas J. Bardos Science Education Awards for Undergraduate Students. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
While every mode of transportation in the U.S. will be affected as the climate changes, potentially the greatest impact on transportation systems will be flooding of roads, railways, transit systems, and airport runways in coastal areas because of rising sea levels and surges brought on by more intense storms, says a new report from the National Research Council. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
John C. Lechleiter’s 2003 e-mail message appears to have encouraged Eli Lilly to promote its schizophrenia medicine Zyprexa for a use not approved by federal drug regulators. Source: NYT > Health | 15 Mar 2008 | 10:38 am
A student at a state college on Lake Ontario died on Friday from a suspected case of bacterial meningitis. Separately, two students at Cornell University have been hospitalized with the condition. Source: NYT > Health | 15 Mar 2008 | 10:05 am
Anatasha Crawford, a doctoral candidate at Georgetown University, has been named a member of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (Bouchet Society). Crawford is in the Tumor Biology Program at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the Georgetown University Medical Center. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
Steven Small, professor of neurology and psychology at the University of Chicago, and colleagues Ana Solodkin and John Milton, are among a group science writers and neuroscientists featured in Your Brain On Cubs: Inside the Heads of Players and Fans, a new book that explores how the brain functions when people participate in sports as athletes, coaches and fans. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
South Koreans, already notorious for their binge drinking, are consuming more alcohol and swigging more often than ever, costing the economy billions of dollars, a survey showed Saturday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Mar 2008 | 9:01 am
There's new evidence supporting the idea that bigger brains are better. A study of a tropical wasp suggests that the brainpower required to be dominant drives brain capacity.University of Washington researchers have found that key processing regions in the brains of both males and females of one wasp species not only increased in size with age but were also associated with being dominant. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
Kidney damage often sets off a slew of complications in patients, spreading organ failure like wildfire throughout their bodies. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have evidence in mice that this deadly progression-at least to the lungs-may be due to genetic alterations in kidney-based genes that sabotage inflammation control and send toxic signals to healthy organs. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
The FDA said last week it found evidence of a contaminant in an ingredient of a blood-thinning drug, heparin, at a Chinese plant that supplied it to much of the U.S. market. Source: NYT > Health | 15 Mar 2008 | 5:57 am
Dr. Colvin promoted the now widespread use of a pioneering procedure for repairing a leaky heart valve, and also performed heart surgery on children all over the world. Source: NYT > Health | 15 Mar 2008 | 5:49 am
TORONTO - Confusion over a government promise to fund a new drug that fights the leading cause of blindness in Canada has Ontario patients upset and worried that they may not qualify for... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Mar 2008 | 5:17 am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co on Friday denied a report in The New York Times that said a senior executive had encouraged the promotion of its schizophrenia drug Zyprexa for a use... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Mar 2008 | 3:11 am
A global campaign aimed at reducing the marketing of unhealthy food to children on TV and the web is launched. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:18 am
The Food and Drug Administration announced plans Friday to place regulators in China, pending approval from the Chinese government. The agency said the State Department had approved a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Mar 2008 | 11:58 pm
In a large, prospective study of asymptomatic women with ultrasonographic evidence of fetal viability at a first antenatal visit, the risk for subsequent miscarriage is less than 2%. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
In patients with diabetes, treatment of noncomplex coronary lesions with paclitaxel-eluting stents is safe and effective, and results in lower rates of target lesion revascularization compared with treatment with bare-metal stents, according to an analysis reported in the February 19th issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Mar 2008 | 8:57 pm
Close to 10% of US military personnel sent to Afghanistan appear not to be suitable candidates for malaria chemoprophylaxis with mefloquine, according to a February 11 issue of the BMC publication Malaria Journal. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Mar 2008 | 8:54 pm
Almost 40% of survivors of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma report some degree of emotional distress in the years after diagnosis, according to North Carolina-based researchers. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Mar 2008 | 8:53 pm
Although the recombinant humanized anti-IgE antibody omalizumab reduces serum free IgE concentrations and alleviates allergic airway disease, the effect is rapidly lost after reduction and cessation of treatment. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Mar 2008 | 8:49 pm
Aetna Inc on Friday affirmed its 2008 profit outlook following a rocky week for health insurers, including profit warnings from two rivals. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Mar 2008 | 8:42 pm
A small feasibility study suggests that the HER-2 antibody combined with "dose-dense" chemotherapy is associated with acceptable rates of heart failure. Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Mar 2008 | 8:40 pm
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices no longer prefers administering combination measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine over separate injections of equivalent component vaccines. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Mar 2008 | 6:02 pm
Contrary to expectations, the decreases in length of hospital stay for acute myocardial infarction seen over the last two decades have not affected mortality rates after discharge, according to a report in the February 15th issue of the American Journal of Cardiology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Mar 2008 | 5:45 pm
From a public health point of view, it is hard to find another intervention for mental health disorders that has the potential of having as great an impact as treating anxiety disorders in children, 1 expert asserted in a keynote address. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Mar 2008 | 5:18 pm
Associated Press March 14, 2008 WASHINGTON - Chris Scheuerman believes the military he served for 20 years failed his son Jason by discounting the 20-year-old's mental health problems before Jason shot himself to death in his Iraq barracks almost three years ago. Source: PsycPORT.com | 14 Mar 2008 | 3:46 pm
AScribe Newswire March 14, 2008 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder stand a substantially greater risk of developing eating disorders in adolescence than girls without ADHD, a new study has found. Source: PsycPORT.com | 14 Mar 2008 | 3:46 pm
There are few issues that preoccupy new parents more than this: Is my baby growing normally? When the percentiles seem off-kilter, we worry -- but experts say there's rarely reason for concern. Parenting.com explains.
