When millions of HIV-infected people in poor countries began receiving advanced drug therapies, critics worried that patient care would suffer because few high-tech laboratories were available to guide treatments. But according to a study being published in The Lancet, these concerns are as yet unfounded. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Physio-Control, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medtronic, Inc., (NYSE: MDT) announced that it has reached an agreement on a consent decree with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding its quality system improvements for its external defibrillator products. The agreement was filed on Friday, April 25, in the U.S. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced that the FDA has cleared the OneTouch® UltraLink™ Meter as the new wireless meter exclusively certified by Medtronic to wirelessly communicate with Medtronic diabetes management products in the United States. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
A highly detailed mathematical simulation model can help people with undiagnosed diabetes identify whether they likely have the disease and can predict ways for dramatically reducing the costs and complications associated with this now epidemic illness, according to studies being published April 28 in the May issue of Diabetes Care. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Scientists from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland School of Medicine have unveiled some of the evolutionary intricacies of rickettsial pathogens by analyzing over a decade's worth of genomic data. Some species of Rickettsia are known to cause harmful diseases in humans, such as epidemic typhus (R. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Most people agree that emotions can be caused by a specific event and that the person experiencing it is aware of the cause, such as a child's excitement at the sound of an ice cream truck. But recent research suggests emotions also can be unconsciously evoked and manipulated. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
With the prevalence of diabetes rapidly increasing, an alarming number of pregnancies are also becoming affected, leading to increased health risks for both the mothers and their unborn children. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
The government will launch a public consultation next month on its plans to tighten legislation on the sale of tobacco - but new research reveals that people, including smokers, are already demanding more action. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
According to the World Health Organization, nearly three-quarters of the world's 40 million human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected people are living in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sixty-five per cent of the 4.3 million infected in 2006 caught the virus in this part of the world where women are particularly at risk. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced that data on the use of its deep brain stimulation (DBS) system for severe, treatment resistant depression and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) will be presented by Ali Rezai, M.D., neurosurgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and investigator in the research, at the annual scientific meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Scientists believe they may have discovered how to help people lose weight without cutting back on food. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Apr 2008 | 6:38 am
Foreigners will be permanently banned from receiving kidneys for transplant in the Philippines to prevent the country from becoming a major Asian center in a thriving black market, health Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Apr 2008 | 6:13 am
America's betrothed are increasingly wooed by made-to-measure weddings, in which arrangements are handled by professionals and couples often tie the knot in exotic destinations. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Apr 2008 | 5:43 am
Health researchers projected that each percentage-point rise in unemployment would swell the uninsured by 1.1 million, stoking demand for government health coverage. Source: NYT > Health | 29 Apr 2008 | 4:51 am
Dr. Stewart put the first health warnings on cigarette packs and integrated the United States Public Health Service and many Southern hospitals. Source: NYT > Health | 29 Apr 2008 | 4:19 am
High-tech gyms, free breakfasts, and programmes to help people lose weight or stop smoking: modern Swedish companies pamper their employees in a bid to combat one of Europe's highest... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Apr 2008 | 4:04 am
Federal regulators have approved the sale of a new laser scanning system intended to locate fatty deposits in blood vessel walls that are thought to cause heart attacks. Source: NYT > Health | 29 Apr 2008 | 3:17 am
Drinking a lot of water is supposed to be healthy, but there is apparently little scientific support for the belief. Source: NYT > Health | 29 Apr 2008 | 3:03 am
Rates of new hepatitis A and B infections have declined to the lowest levels ever recorded, but rates of hepatitis C infections increased slightly. Source: NYT > Health | 29 Apr 2008 | 2:59 am
People with chronic health problems can improve their health and quality of life by learning how to exercise safely. Source: NYT > Health | 29 Apr 2008 | 2:54 am
Women who take osteoporosis drug Fosomax may have more risk of developing an irregular heartbeat, study suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Apr 2008 | 11:34 pm
A government researcher said Monday that experimental blood substitutes are linked to an increased risk of heart attack and death, and suggested that studies on people should be halted.
Attending a playgroup cuts a child's risk of developing one common type of leukaemia by around 30%, researchers say. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Apr 2008 | 11:24 pm
Health insurer Humana Inc said on Monday that first-quarter profit rose nearly 13 percent, beating dramatically reduced expectations, helped by its commercial plans for employers and a lower-than-expected tax rate. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Apr 2008 | 11:19 pm
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corp must negotiate with health insurers separately from its subsidiary Highland Park Hospital as part of an order aimed at ensuring that a merger does not hurt area consumers, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Apr 2008 | 11:15 pm
Americans may be much more willing to get genetic tests showing predisposition to diseases with this week's expected final passage by Congress of a bill barring discrimination based on individual genetic findings, experts say. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Apr 2008 | 11:13 pm
Doxycycline alone is more effective than the standard treatment against the most common type of filarial infection in Southeast Asia, according to a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study by Indonesian and other researchers reported in the May 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Apr 2008 | 11:10 pm
Chronic pain is often seen in patients who receive a Pfannenstiel incision as part of an obstetrical/gynecologic procedure and, in moderate-to-severe cases, it is typically related to nerve entrapment, Dutch researchers report in the April issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Apr 2008 | 11:07 pm
A nationwide, population-based study in Taiwan suggests that cesarean delivery is an independent risk factor for stroke. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has issued clinical guidelines for all healthcare clinicians for the treatment of atopic eczema in children. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
A review suggests effective practice strategies for the primary care clinician when treating patients who have been diagnosed with cancer. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
Driving a taxi for a living can be exhausting. Just ask 62-year-old Stephen Belcher of Atlanta, Georgia. Like millions of Americans, Belcher was really more than just tired; he was suffering from fatigue. It's a common complaint among an estimated 20 to 30 percent of patients who see their primary care physician.
Eating meals rich in tomatoes could protect your skin against sun damage, a study suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Apr 2008 | 1:39 pm
PR Newswire April 28, 2008 ARLINGTON, Va., April 29, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released a new brochure, Women and Depression, about major depression in women, addressing causes, symptoms, life stages and treatment. It can be downloaded at www.nami.org/womendepression. Source: PsycPORT.com | 28 Apr 2008 | 1:06 pm
