Associated Press April 19, 2008 CHICAGO - It turns out the golden years really are golden. Eye-opening new research finds the happiest Americans are the oldest, and older adults are more socially active than the stereotype of the lonely senior suggests. The two go hand-in-hand: Being social can help keep away the blues. Source: PsycPORT.com | 19 Apr 2008 | 2:07 pm
Who owns your medical tests results and your personal health data? Such a vexing question cuts to the core of personal liberty and freedom of information. Now, researchers writing in the International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management have introduced the notion of ownership of medical information and present a basic research model for the adoption of personal health records. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
An investigation of the genes that govern spore formation in the bacteria B. subtilis shows that chance plays a significant role in determining which of the microbes sacrifice themselves for the colony and which go on to form spores.B. subtilis, a common soil bacteria, is a well-known survivor. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new device that creates nanodroplet "test tubes" for studying individual proteins under conditions that mimic the crowded confines of a living cell. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Farm Ministry reported on Saturday a new outbreak of bird flu at a chicken farm in the southwest, taking the total confirmed cases to 16 in poultry just over Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:03 am
Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Army Dugway (Utah) Proving Ground have developed reliable methods based on DNA analysis to assess the concentration and viability of anthrax spores after prolonged storage. The techniques and data are essential steps in developing a reliable reference standard for anthrax detection and decontamination. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:00 am
Together with Dr Lubica Prochazkova - chief doctor of Neurological section for Multiple Sclerosis in Slovakia and involded in the Association - they succeeded in cancelling the age restriction of 45 which prevented MS patients to access DMDs in Slovakia. There is no age restriction any more in Slovakia for having Interferons being prescribed. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:00 am
The Noordwijk Workshop was organised to focus on the development of lobby strategies and tools to implement the "Code" on national level. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Apr 2008 | 8:00 am
A survey gauging Ohioans' attitudes about free-roaming cats suggests that no single statewide measure would be sufficient in managing cat overpopulation because public opinion about outdoor cats varies widely across the state. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Apr 2008 | 8:00 am
UroToday.com - A case discussion took place at the plenary session at the EAU meeting. It addressed the role of lymphadenectomy (LA) in prostate cancer (CaP). Professor Tombal (Brussels) chaired the session that included Drs. Studer (Berne), Touijer (NY), Wechermann (Augsburg), and Wiegel (Ulm). The discussion and cases addressed a multi-disciplinary approach to diagnosis and management. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISIS) presented the results of two studies designed to assess the impact of lowering apoB-100 on atherosclerosis at the 2008 Annual Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB) Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the world leader in the science of heart valves, announced that yesterday the first patients were treated in a United States feasibility study using the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve in addressing a congenital condition in which the valve between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery is nonfunctional. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
Movements in financial markets are correlated to the levels of hormones in the bodies of male traders, according to a study by two researchers from the University of Cambridge. Source: NYT > Health | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:47 am
Driven in part by specialty drugs, the prices of medicines heavily used by the elderly have risen more than 24 percent since June 2006, two senior health economists at Harvard reported. Source: NYT > Health | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:46 am
A report indicating that Merck used ghostwriters to produce articles in support of its drug Vioxx has galvanized opponents to a proposal that would relax some restrictions on drug promotion. Source: NYT > Health | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:42 am
The move to ban polycarbonate infant bottles is the first action taken by any government against bisphenol-a, a chemical that has induced long-term changes in animals exposed to it. Source: NYT > Health | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:41 am
A growing portion of some drug benefit managers’ revenue comes from being exclusive or semi-exclusive distributors of expensive specialty drugs. Source: NYT > Health | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:30 am
The Government Accountability Office ruled that the Bush administration violated federal law last year by restricting states’ ability to provide health insurance to children of middle-income families. Source: NYT > Health | 19 Apr 2008 | 4:30 am
Women should be screened for breast cancer up to the age of 75, a study of over 860,000 women suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:04 pm
Health officials are investigating more than 180 reports of illness in people who took dietary supplements containing toxic levels of the mineral selenium. Last month, federal... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Apr 2008 | 10:19 pm
Patients with elevated blood glucose levels at the time of cerebral aneurysm clipping are at increased risk for impaired cognition and possibly deficits in gross neurologic function at 3-month follow-up, new research shows. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:21 pm
Rising prices for organic groceries are prompting some consumers to question their devotion to food produced without pesticides, chemical fertilizers or antibiotics. Source: NYT > Health | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:03 pm
A new schedule of paclitaxel given once a week for 12 treatments should be considered a standard option of adjuvant treatment of breast cancer, report researchers. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
A review provides some guidelines for the evaluation of acute abdominal pain in adult patients who present to primary care. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
While prostate-specific antigen measurement remains an important monitoring tool, it poorly distinguishes those who will develop lethal prostate cancer from those at low or no risk for progression. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
A Cochrane review shows a small treatment effect in primary care patients with uncomplicated acute sinusitis who have symptoms for more than 7 days, but 80% of those untreated improve within 2 weeks. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
Uncircumcised men are at an increased risk for infection with human papillomavirus, including oncogenic types, in the glans/corona of the penis, researchers from Hawaii report. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
A review suggests the best approach to evaluating and treating abnormal uterine bleeding is to stratify women by premenopausal, perimenopausal, or postmenopausal status. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
A new study suggests that being maltreated in childhood contributes to the co-occurrence of depression and inflammation later in life. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
The guidelines revise those from 2000 and include recommendations about the dietary intake of sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, and fat in children with chronic kidney disease. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
Vaginal hysterectomy is preferable for benign uterine pathology even in women without previous vaginal delivery, according to a report in the April Obstetrics & Gynecology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 8:59 pm
Commonly used incontinence drugs may be linked to problems with recall in older people, researchers reported. Source: NYT > Health | 18 Apr 2008 | 6:20 pm
A middle-aged woman arrives at yoga class, a guide dog beside her wheelchair. She slides onto a mat on the floor and begins warming up with help from the instructor, stretching her knee and leg muscles to the side.
Associated Press April 18, 2008 WASHINGTON - Roughly one in every five U.S. troops who have survived the bombs and other dangers of Iraq and Afghanistan now suffers from major depression or post-traumatic stress, an independent study said Thursday. It estimated the toll at 300,000 or more. Source: PsycPORT.com | 18 Apr 2008 | 2:07 pm
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News April 18, 2008 Apr. 18--NEW HAVEN -- An expert in false confessions to criminal charges testified Thursday in Superior Court that juveniles are more susceptible than adults to police pressure. Source: PsycPORT.com | 18 Apr 2008 | 2:07 pm
