Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News Online March 18, 2008 New research into marketing by pharmaceutical companies has found that doctors and psychiatrists are being influenced by the branding of antidepressant drugs. Source: PsycPORT.com | 18 Mar 2008 | 2:46 pm
Researchers discover patterns of HIV infections which may influence education campaigns. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Mar 2008 | 1:08 pm
While Eliot Spitzer’s use of a prostitute displayed his hypocrisy, impulsiveness and self-indulgence, he was decidedly unoriginal. Source: NYT > Health | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:59 pm
Dr. Terri Brentnall has identified a gene that may be one cause of an inherited form of pancreatic cancer. Source: NYT > Health | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:54 pm
Curators at one of the world's most widely used biological databases, The Arabidopsis Information Resource, or TAIR, have joined forces with the journal Plant Physiology, to solve the "flood of information" dilemma. It is a first-of-its-kind partnership, which cuts out the middle person for entering important genetics and other biological data about plants into the database. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Holiday memories from childhood are often some of the strongest to remain with us into adult life. But many children and families from disadvantaged backgrounds have little chance of forming those memories when the money is not available to allow them to take a break. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
New York University Chemistry Professor Nadrian Seeman has received the American Chemical Society's Nicholas Medal for his founding and establishing the field of structural DNA nanotechnology. Created in 1902, the Nichols Medal annually recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of chemistry and is given by the society's New York section. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Dr. Colin Carrie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, on behalf of the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and Dr. Suzanne Fortier, president of NSERC, has announced that Nobel Laureate John C. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Scientists at the University of Bonn have discovered a new rare type of haemoglobin. Haemoglobin transports oxygen in the red blood corpuscles. When bound to oxygen it changes colour. The new haemoglobin type appears optically to be transporting little oxygen. Measurements of the blood oxygen level therefore present a similar picture to patients suffering from an inherited cardiac defect. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
The U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention has announced a revised Glycerin monograph in the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), an official compendium of the United States. The revision strengthens safety nets to prevent serious and potentially fatal health hazards associated with diethylene glycol-contaminated glycerin. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
New research accepted for publication in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, demonstrates Pycnogenol, (pic-noj-en-all), an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree, improves the memory of senior citizens.The study results revealed Pycnogenol improved both numerical working memory as well as spatial working memory using a computerized testing system. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Patients and medical staff can now be on the same page with "A Patient's Guide to Nuclear Medicine Procedures: English-Spanish" ("Una Guia Para el Paciente Sobre Procedimientos de la Medicina Nuclear: Ingles - Espanol") - a new publication from SNM. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
You know it is chemistry when it stinks and goes boom - and entrances us. "No other application in the field of chemistry has such a positive association for the general population as fireworks," says Thomas Klapotke (University of Munich, Germany). "However, pyrotechnical applications are significant polluters of the environment. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
A standard part of testicular cancer care isn't used in more than half of all patients who have the condition, researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
A belief in God may boost our chances of leading a satisfying and contented life, research suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Mar 2008 | 11:56 am
A more efficient way to shut down rogue genes raises hopes of a new generation of treatments for disease. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Mar 2008 | 9:21 am
The World Health Organization said the findings were worrisome, threatening to increase the risks of transmitting drug-resistant strains. Source: NYT > Health | 18 Mar 2008 | 3:45 am
The desire to hasten death is not uncommon among the terminally ill, but death doesn’t always come easily. Source: NYT > Health | 18 Mar 2008 | 3:33 am
Women are less likely than men to get a recommendation for knee replacement, a Canadian study reports, even when they have the same symptoms. Source: NYT > Health | 18 Mar 2008 | 3:32 am
Adding a moderate amount of alcohol to one’s diet may lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, especially for those in middle age. Source: NYT > Health | 18 Mar 2008 | 3:32 am
A common intestinal bacterium is associated with a significant reduction in the risk for kidney stones, a new study has found. Source: NYT > Health | 18 Mar 2008 | 3:31 am
Researchers believe they have figured out why a genetic blood disorder found in the tropics protects against death from malaria. Source: NYT > Health | 18 Mar 2008 | 3:30 am
Most patients recovering from severe injuries are still in pain a year later, US researchers have found. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Mar 2008 | 2:23 am
Rheumatoid arthritis patients could reduce a high risk of heart attacks with a gluten-free, vegan diet, a study suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:05 am
The results of a study conducted in a Romanian community suggest that a recessive gene plays a key role in determining susceptibility to vitiligo, but that non-genetic factors determine disease onset. Although the community is unique in having a very high rate of this skin disorder, the researchers believe that the findings could extend beyond this population. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 9:06 pm
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists bulletin addresses management of uncomplicated acute bacterial cystitis and acute bacterial pyelonephritis in nonpregnant women. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
Long periods of use of a corticosteroid spray do not slow growth in children as young as 2 years with perennial rhinitis. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
In a randomized controlled trial of patients at risk for cardiovascular disease, a behavioral weight loss intervention was successful, and patients maintained the weight loss. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
The updated guidelines include an alternative to imatinib and recommend new dosing for dasatinib. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
Among older adults, low and high values predict higher risk for cardiovascular events, with noncompressible leg arteries predicting the risk for stroke and congestive heart failure specifically. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
It all started with the flush of an automatic toilet. The terrifying sound marked the beginning of a two-year nightmare for Sarah Teres as she desperately tried to potty train her daughter Molly. Two years later, the girl was still in diapers. At wits end, Teres enrolled Molly in the Toilet Training School at Children's Hospital Boston
Coventry Health Care Inc cut its 2008 profit forecast on Monday, citing the impact of the flu on medical costs and pressure on net investment income, but expressed confidence in all its business lines amid fears of a broad downturn among health insurers. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 7:50 pm
A CDC survey shows that overall screening rates for colorectal cancer increased between 2002 and 2006, but the rates vary considerably among states and are still lower among certain minority groups and those without health insurance. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 7:49 pm
Infection with West Nile virus (WNV) can result in significant long-term sequelae, such as cognitive and functional impairment, as well as new-onset depression, according to data from an ongoing study funded by the National Institutes of Health presented Monday at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Atlanta. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 7:00 pm
A French woman with a severely disfiguring and incurable facial tumour has been refused the right to die. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Mar 2008 | 5:46 pm
Scientists recruit cannabis users for a study to investigate if the drug has a harmful effect on bones. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Mar 2008 | 5:10 pm
The CMS announced that it has expanded coverage for continuous positive airway pressure devices to include those who have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea using home sleep testing. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 4:45 pm
U-WIRE March 17, 2008 (UWIRE) BOSTON -- Ashley Steele, a freshman at Iowa State University, said her drinking habits can disguise her eating disorder. Source: PsycPORT.com | 17 Mar 2008 | 2:46 pm
Study finds no evidence to back a theory linking autism to the leaking of damaging proteins from the gut. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Mar 2008 | 2:33 pm
A fundamental overhaul of the support given to workers who are off work through illness is needed, a government adviser says. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Mar 2008 | 1:26 pm
