Newsday, Melville, N.Y. March 20, 2008 Mar. 20--A key gene involved with how brain cells "talk to each other" may be disrupted in some people with autism spectrum disorders, according to medical investigators who discovered the DNA flaw in a group of Long Island children. Source: PsycPORT.com | 20 Mar 2008 | 3:14 pm
South Florida Sun-Sentinel March 20, 2008 Mar. 20--Dr. Lan Phan left her medical practice two years ago to open a yoga studio. Source: PsycPORT.com | 20 Mar 2008 | 3:14 pm
Associated Press March 20, 2008 NEW YORK - A happy marriage is good for your blood pressure, but a stressed one can be worse than being single, a preliminary study suggests. Source: PsycPORT.com | 20 Mar 2008 | 3:14 pm
The Kansas House on Tuesday voted 84-40 to approve a bill (HB 2736) that includes a number of abortion-related provisions, the AP/Kansas City Star reports. The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration (AP/Kansas City Star, 3/18).Under the bill, women seeking abortions after the 21st week of pregnancy would have to be given information about no-cost counseling and no-cost prenatal services. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
The pace of progress in detecting new tuberculosis cases worldwide is slowing, according to the 12th annual report on TB control released Monday by the World Health Organization, the New York Times reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) on Tuesday said he supports legislation (SB 1137) by House Democrats that would expand a subsidized health coverage program for uninsured adults, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports (Levy, AP/Houston Chronicle, 3/18). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
Nearly one in five school children in India use some form of tobacco, the UN's health agency says. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:41 pm
The British government on Tuesday announced that it will provide 225 million rand, or about $28 million, over the next four years to fight HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, SAPA/iAfrica.com reports. According to Russ Dixon, a spokesperson for the British High Commission, the funding is a continuation of the government's support for Soul City initiatives. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White on Tuesday in San Francisco dismissed a California challenge to a federal abortion law that denies all federal funding through the annual health spending bill to states that "discriminate" against physicians, hospitals or insurers that do not offer abortion services or abortion referrals, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Summaries of several recent developments related to health care information technology appear below.Hospitals: The New York Times on Monday examined how some U.S. hospitals have begun to install "Internet systems, complete with dedicated shopping channels, to help patients pick up goods they will need for their recuperation. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
A happy marriage is good for your blood pressure, but a stressed one can be worse than being single, a preliminary study suggests. That second finding is a surprise because prior... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Mar 2008 | 11:55 am
Transport processes in the cells of our body resemble the transport of goods on the roads. Molecular motors, which are special protein molecules, act as trucks. They carry the cellular cargo on piggy-back and transport it along microtubules, which are the roads of the cell. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) are two serious and debilitating diseases with no confirmed cause and limited treatment options. However, results of a new comprehensive literature study propose a simplified treatment process that could help alleviate symptoms for patients suffering from these diseases.Kent Holtorf, M.D. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
Anatomy of tomorrow's InternetETH Zurich, with the Auto-ID Labs at the University of St. Gallen, and MIT (US), will bring together for the first time leading researchers, visionaries, practitioners and early adaptors from academia and industry to facilitate sharing of applications, research results and knowledge, and to discuss the reach of the Internet to the real world. Dr. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
The battle against obesity in this country could be tackled one community at a time, according to a newly published study in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
A blood thinner linked to deaths may have been tainted with a chemically altered form of chondroitin sulfate, a dietary supplement made from animal cartilage. Source: NYT > Health | 20 Mar 2008 | 5:41 am
A diet rich in the vitamin folate may protect men against producing abnormal sperm, a study suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Mar 2008 | 4:39 am
Combining a foreign holiday with an operation may result in health complications, a survey suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Mar 2008 | 3:26 am
A Ghanaian woman who was removed from a UK hospital and flown home after her visa expired has died. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:52 am
A French woman with a face tumour who lost a legal challenge seeking euthanasia dies at her home. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:04 pm
In a new survey, only 11% of at-risk travelers reported receiving a Japanese encephalitis virus vaccine. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:04 pm
The risk of adult posttraumatic stress disorder is significantly increased in individuals with genetic risk variants and a history of childhood abuse. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:55 pm
Merck & Co on Wednesday said U.S. regulators have granted a priority review for the company's application to expand marketing of its Gardasil HPV vaccine to women aged 27 through 45. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:48 pm
The annual cost of medical care for a patient with undiagnosed primary immunodeficiency syndrome is more than $40,000, investigators reported here at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:40 pm
Although India has made considerable progress in tuberculosis (TB) control, more than a third of TB cases there still go undetected, resulting in delays in disease control, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Report on Global Tuberculosis Control 2008 released on March 19. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:36 pm
Experts acknowledge there are hurdles to overcome--particularly in striking the right balance between radial strength and rate of bioabsorption--but they are also increasingly convinced that dissolving stents will be the way of the future. Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:19 pm
A large case series shows that patients with chronic otitis media in 1 ear are highly likely to have structural or other abnormalities in the contralateral ear. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
In a cohort study, there was a strong relationship between fasting blood glucose levels among patients with diabetes and an increased adjusted risk for incident ischemic stroke and vascular events. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
The human papillomavirus vaccine appears to be safe in a review of more than 30,000 prelicensure and 12.4 million postlicensure doses of the vaccine; vasovagal syncope is a possible adverse event. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
The FDA has approved revisions to the safety labeling for oral and injectable aripiprazole, fluoxetine HCl, daptomycin injection, ertapenem sodium injection, and leflunomide tablets. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
Army Sgt. Nick Paupore nearly bled to death after an attack on his Humvee in Kirkuk City. Doctors saved his life, but not his leg. He thought he had survived the worst of it, but then, a new nightmare began: "Phantom pain," in the limb that's no longer there. A Navy neurologist came up with an unlikely remedy that's working: mirrors.
United Press International March 19, 2008 WASHINGTON, Mar 18, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) -- An estimated ten million baby boomers in the United States will develop Alzheimer's disease, the Alzheimer's Association said Tuesday. Source: PsycPORT.com | 19 Mar 2008 | 3:14 pm
