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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Adding the popular cholesterol drug Lipitor to a commonly used Alzheimer's disease treatment had no overall significant impact on patients with the progressive... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Two new international studies by researchers at the Mayo Clinic site in Florida are rounding out the notion that Parkinson's disease is largely caused by inherited genetic mutations that pass through scores of related generations over hundreds, if not thousands of years. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: AOLS) reported data published in the peer-reviewed journal, Free Radical Research, show the Company's lead compound, AEOL 10150, provided statistically significant protection of the lungs of Fisher 344 rats exposed to fractionated radiation in a study led by Zeljko Vujaskovic, M.D. Ph.D. of Duke University. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
According to statistics released by the Minnesota Department of Health, 325 new cases of HIV were reported in Minnesota during 2007. The Minnesota AIDS Project, the leading source for HIV information and services in Minnesota, noted specific areas of concern including: - A total of 325 new cases of HIV were reported in Minnesota. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing said the Bush administration's proposed fiscal 2009 budget increase for FDA is insufficient for the agency to adequately function amid rising costs and a growing need for more staff, the New York Times reports.President Bush in his budget proposed increasing FDA's allocated budget by 3% to about $1. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Biotech and pharma companies are increasingly relying on cell-based assays in early drug discovery work, reports Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). The technique can provide a quick and lower cost means of testing drug candidates for toxic effects, according to an article in GEN (http://www.genengnews.com/articles/chitem.aspx?aid=2437). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) announced a newly enhanced prenatal, postpartum and newborn healthcare management program called Start Smart for Your Baby® (Start Smart). The program - which covers all aspects of managing the pregnancy and newborn period - aims to reduce pregnancy complications, premature deliveries, and infant disease. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Antares Pharma, Inc. (AMEX:AIS) announced that its partner, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAZZ) plans to initiate a Phase III clinical trial for a Central Nervous System (CNS) product candidate they call JZP-7 which utilizes Antares' ATD™ (Advanced Transdermal Delivery) system to deliver ropinirole. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Salmonella are wily and obnoxious bacterial invaders--escape artists capable of evading multiple immune responses and causing a harsh and debilitating intestinal infection.Researchers have come closer to understanding how these bacteria manage to thwart two major categories of immune defenses at once and set up shop in a host organism. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
The Technical insights Group at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2008 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the Noninvasive Glucose Monitoring market to be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. CDT / 11:00 a.m. EDT. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
A new study in mice indicates that overeating, rather than the obesity it causes, is the trigger for developing metabolic syndrome, a collection of heath risk factors that increases an individual's chances of developing insulin resistance, fatty liver, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Stressed-out Singapore named its happiest person on Thursday at a conference that aimed to make people in the city-state feel better. Andy Goh, 35, the manager of a local... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Apr 2008 | 11:27 am
Police in China's capital will secretly search bars for drug traffickers and addicts in an attempt to eradicate party drug use ahead of the Olympic Games, state media said on Thursday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Apr 2008 | 7:23 am
Towering like sentries above the necropolis of Ancient Thebes in southern Egypt, the world-famous Colossi of Memnon will see their number double from two to four from next year. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Apr 2008 | 7:21 am
Two researchers warn that the entry of big companies like Microsoft and Google into the field of electronic health records could alter the practice of clinical research and raise new challenges to privacy. Source: NYT > Health | 17 Apr 2008 | 5:09 am
New York City health officials won a victory Wednesday when a federal judge upheld a regulation requiring some chain restaurants to post calories on menus. Source: NYT > Health | 17 Apr 2008 | 4:16 am
A laparoscopic ileal interposition associated to a diverted sleeve gastrectomy may be effective in treating type 2 diabetes in nonobese patients. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:17 am
US death rates from prostate cancer have fallen, but that does not prove screening is effective, a study argues. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:41 pm
Genentech and Biogen Idec announced top-line results from a phase 2/3 trial in primary progressive multiple sclerosis, showing that treatment with rituximab did not meet the primary end point of time to confirmed disease progression over 96 weeks. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 9:35 pm
Swiss drug maker Roche said on Wednesday its Actemra drug was approved in Japan for treating rheumatoid arthritis, the drug's first approval for a major disease. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 9:01 pm
The U.S. government could do far more to force hospitals to prevent infections that kill up to 99,000 people every year, according to a nonpartisan congressional report released on Wednesday. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
Four factors predicting outcomes, in addition to gestational age, were sex, exposure or nonexposure to antenatal corticosteroids, single or multiple birth, and birth weight. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
The statement tries to address how to work up and treat the many patients who do not reach blood pressure goals despite receiving 3 antihypertensive drugs. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
In a pooled study, roughly 100 g of flavonol-rich chocolate reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure by amounts comparable to beta-blocker or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor monotherapy. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
A study showed that healthy, overweight, premenopausal women had no bone loss with moderate weight reduction if they consumed 1 or 1.8 g/day of calcium. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
The FDA has approved revisions to the safety labeling for pamidronate disodium, irbesartan plus hydrochlorothiazide, clarithromycin, doxycycline hyclate, and doxycycline monohydrate. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
Emotional and behavioral problems were more likely to be reported by young adults who slept less than others in childhood, according to a recent study. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
Documents unearthed in lawsuits over the pain drug Vioxx provide a rare, detailed look at the industry practice of ghostwriting medical research studies. Source: NYT > Health | 16 Apr 2008 | 5:07 pm
We know a lot about the course of untreated depression, probably more than we do about very long-term antidepressant use in this population. Source: NYT > Health | 16 Apr 2008 | 4:05 pm
French legislators adopted a pioneering law Tuesday aimed at stifling a proliferation of Web sites that promote eating disorders with “thinspiration” and starvation tips. Source: NYT > Health | 16 Apr 2008 | 3:59 pm
A major review suggests certain vitamin supplements do not prolong life and could lead to a premature death. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Apr 2008 | 2:27 pm
Associated Press April 16, 2008 BLACKSBURG, Va. - The darkness was broken by the flickering of a white candle, lit at the stroke of midnight. Soft weeping and the solemn strains of "Taps" were all that broke the silence of more than a thousand people gathered around the 32 memorial stones honoring the dead. Source: PsycPORT.com | 16 Apr 2008 | 2:06 pm
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News Online April 16, 2008 A new study says allowing school children to wear clothes that reflect their ethnic identity can be good for their mental health. Source: PsycPORT.com | 16 Apr 2008 | 2:06 pm
Hardly a week goes by without news of antioxidants' health-promoting benefits. Experts believe these nutritional substances may help prevent heart disease, fight certain cancers, ward off dementia, and even slow certain aging processes.
