Associated Press April 05, 2008 WASHINGTON - A new brain-scan study may help explain what's going on in the minds of financial titans when they take risky monetary gambles - sex. When young men were shown erotic pictures, they were more likely to make a larger financial gamble than if they were shown a picture... Source: PsycPORT.com | 5 Apr 2008 | 3:47 pm
More people suffer from being overweight and have high blood pressure and metabolic disturbances in East Germany than in West Germany. This is the result of a study with almost 36 000 patients, published in the current edition of the Deutsches Ãrzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2008; 105[12]: 207-13). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2008 | 2:00 pm
An influx of newly insured patients is widening a gap between the supply of primary care doctors and the demand for services. Source: NYT > Health | 5 Apr 2008 | 1:37 pm
A patient's willingness to participate in a clinical trial may be unaffected by the disclosure of a researcher's financial interests in the study, unless the amount of money a researcher stands to earn depends on the results of the trial, according to a new study by researchers at the Duke Clinical R Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2008 | 1:00 pm
Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism advocacy organization along with the Allen Institute for Brain Science and one of the country's leading autism researchers will join forces on a new research grant that will examine the architecture of the autistic brain. Led by Eric Courchesne, Ph.D. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
The World Health Care Congress is the premier forum for health care executives to explore a myriad of emerging issues and to network with key leaders. The 2008 Congress will include senior executives and government officials from the nation's largest employers, hospitals, health systems, health plans, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and government. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
In the first experiment of its kind conducted in nature, a University of British Columbia evolutionary biologist has come up with strong evidence for one of Charles Darwin's cornerstone ideas - adaptation to the environment accelerates the creation of new species. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2008 | 9:00 am
Cardiff University is contributing to the first genome project to assist conservation efforts for an endangered species.Researchers in the Cardiff School of Biosciences will work with international colleagues on the 'Giant Panda Genome Project'.The panda is often referred to as a 'living fossil', given evidence that its ancestors existed in China more than 8 million years ago. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2008 | 8:00 am
CERRO PARANAL, Chile (Reuters) - Wincing on a windswept mountainside in arid, northern Chile, James Bond's new incarnation Daniel Craig is on a quest for realism -- and he has the bruises... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Apr 2008 | 7:15 am
Popline, the world’s largest database on reproductive health, will once again accept the term “abortion” after being programmed to ignore it since February. Source: NYT > Health | 5 Apr 2008 | 7:06 am
Facial trauma is a too frequent occurrence in sports activities from cycling to volleyball, and Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) hopes to raise awareness of this issue by introducing on March 31, a congressional resolution (H. Res. 1062) to designate April 2008 as National Facial Protection Month. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
Canadians living with HIV/AIDS now have a new prescription treatment option, with the recent approval of INTELENCE (etravirine, also known as TMC125) from Tibotec, a division of Janssen-Ortho Inc. INTELENCE is the newest member of the family of AIDS-fighting drugs known as non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI), and is the first new NNRTI to be introduced in nearly 10 years. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
The results of the landmark ONTARGET® trial, which were presented at the 57th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in Chicago, prove that telmisartan, the modern angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB), is as protective as ramipril, the current gold standard, in re Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's Constitutional Court halted a government program Friday that provided the contraceptive known as the "morning- after" pill free to women and girls as young as... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Apr 2008 | 6:13 am
VANCOUVER - A new report says the overall health of B.C. students is improving, but too many young people are getting fat and many are passing around infections through sex. The report Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Apr 2008 | 5:03 am
LARGO, Md. - More than 60 people fell ill with the stomach flu after attending a medical convention, with several reporting symptoms as they prepared to leave on flights from Washington,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Apr 2008 | 3:47 am
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Persistent insomnia may perpetuate depression in elderly patients receiving standard care by primary care providers, according to study findings reported in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:18 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overeating is likely the greatest contributor to the weight gain that can occur when a diabetic begins using insulin, new research suggests. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:16 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As levels of lipoprotein(a), a compound that carries fats in the blood, increase, so does the risk of heart disease, researchers report in the Archives of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:15 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Individualized, long-term counseling appears to reduce the burden and depressive symptoms felt by caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease, researchers... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:14 pm
Results of a study show that elderly individuals who engage in strenuous physical exercise are at heightened risk for venous thrombosis vs their sedentary peers. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
Eight weeks of stress management training or lifestyle modification resulted in systolic blood pressure reduction by more than 9 mm Hg in elderly patients with systolic hypertension. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
An analysis of KEEP and NHANES showed that CKD independently predicted myocardial infarction, stroke, and death among participants. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has issued updated information on the use of this vaccine in children aged 24 to 59 months who are not completely vaccinated. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
A systematic review suggests that the available drug treatments of localized prostate cancer are not that effective and may have some adverse effects. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
An increase in energy intake is likely the greatest contributor to weight gain when starting insulin therapy, researchers suggest based on a study they conducted in a group of diabetic adults. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 8:27 pm
Levels of lipoprotein(a) are independently and continuously associated with risk of future coronary heart disease, researchers report in the March 24th issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 8:24 pm
A second oral rotavirus vaccine, GlaxoSmithKline's Rotarix, for preventing severe diarrhea in infants won approval from U.S. health officials on Thursday. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 8:23 pm
The beneficial effects of beta-adrenoceptor blockade on the failing heart may derive from their effects in the central nervous system (CNS), according to a report in the March 28th issue of Circulation Research. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 8:19 pm
Pretreatment with high doses of folic acid can reduce ischemic myocardial dysfunction and post-reperfusion injury, the results of an animal study suggest. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 8:17 pm
Chicago Tribune April 04, 2008 Here we go again. It's 2 a.m. and I'm still awake, fighting a panicky feeling and a revved-up brain. Source: PsycPORT.com | 4 Apr 2008 | 3:47 pm
A technique for quickly detecting a deadly superbug has been developed by UK scientists. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Apr 2008 | 3:40 pm
This week, the world has come together to focus on a major public health issue that affects thousands of children and their families around the world -- autism.
The truth: By age 35 your bone strength has usually peaked, and by age 50 your risk of breaking a bone because of osteoporosis may be as high as one in two. But here's an important secret: Experts say smart lifestyle greatly improve your odds of avoiding bone problems.
