Wal-Mart Stores on Monday announced that it is adding several women's health-related medications to its discounted prescription drug program, the Wall Street Journal reports. Wal-Mart pharmacies will provide $9 generic prescriptions for up to 30-day supplies of several drugs that treat breast cancer, hormone deficiency, menopause and osteoporosis (Zimmerman, Wall Street Journal, 5/6). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 May 2008 | 2:00 pm
UK consumer watchdog and publication group Which? recently conducted a survey at their own offices that revealed some computer keyboards had dangerously high levels of bacteria normally associated with a toilet. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 May 2008 | 2:00 pm
The pharmaceutical industry's distribution of journal articles on off-label uses to healthcare providers is ineffective and inappropriate; ASHP recently told the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in comments on its draft guidance outlining good reprint practices for drug manufacturers to follow when providing health providers with information on off-label uses. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 May 2008 | 2:00 pm
The "boom" of walk-in health clinics at pharmacies, supermarkets and retailers "is showing signs of slowing," the Wall Street Journal reports. As of May 1, there were 963 retail clinics in the U.S., compared with 125 three years ago. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 May 2008 | 2:00 pm
Changes in behavior and brain circumference appear around 12 months of age in infants later diagnosed with autism, converging research suggests. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 May 2008 | 1:11 pm
A new study suggests that American adults who usually sleep fewer than 6 hours a night are more likely to have poor health habits than those who sleep 7 to 8 hours. The findings also suggest a similar poor pattern of health behaviours for those who usually sleep 9 hours or more. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
AARP CEO William Novelli has extended his contract for one year but will resign from his position in January 2010, the Washington Post reports. The additional year will allow Novelli to "tee up AARP's positions on health care" and other issues for the next president and "will permit a smooth transition at the helm of the nation's largest lobby," according to the Post. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
Fruits and vegetables that are rich in nitrates protect the stomach from damage. This takes place through conversion of nitrates into nitrites by the bacteria in the oral cavity and subsequent transformation into biologically active nitric oxide in the stomach. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
A new approach to estimating tumour growth based on breast screening results from almost 400,000 women is published today BioMed Central's open access journal, Breast Cancer Research. This new model can also estimate the proportion of breast cancers which are detected at screening (screen test sensitivity). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
The National Geographic Society and the international polling firm GlobeScan has unveiled a new mechanism for measuring and comparing individual consumer behavior as it relates to the environment. "Greendex™ 2008: Consumer Choice and the Environment - A Worldwide Tracking Survey" looks at environmentally sustainable consumption and behavior among consumers in 14 countries. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
A study of patients with psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia suggests an alternative explanation for why many sufferers lack motivation. The research is described in BioMed Central's journal BMC Psychiatry.In addition to the hallucinations that often characterize schizophrenia, patients also have major problems with apathy and lack of motivation. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
More than half of Indian children under five do not get the health care they need, a report says. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 May 2008 | 6:03 am
The awards represent the largest chunk of money given at one time by California’s taxpayer-backed stem cell program, which plans to spend about $3 billion over a decade.
A study showed that both vaccine components and the proportionate mix of circulating influenza subtypes, strains, and drift variants affect vaccine effectiveness. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 May 2008 | 3:48 am
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration told ZymoGenetics Inc that promotional material for its Recothrom product, used to help control bleeding, was false or misleading, according to a letter released on Wednesday. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 May 2008 | 3:38 am
The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection is high among immigrants from the former Soviet Union residing in the New York City metropolitan area, a research shows. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 May 2008 | 3:33 am
Periodontal disease and increased levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) in pregnant women heighten the risk of developing preeclampsia, researchers report in the April issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 May 2008 | 1:28 am
Patients who experience daily gastric acid reflux have lower blood pressure than those who experience fewer GERD episodes or none, according to study findings published April 15th by BMC Gastroenterology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 May 2008 | 1:25 am
Researchers have identified common variants near the gene for melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) that influence the risk of obesity and insulin resistance, according to findings from two studies appearing in the May 4th online issue of Nature Genetics. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 May 2008 | 1:21 am
Contrary to recent findings, there appears to be no increased risk of unexplained antepartum stillbirth in second pregnancies following caesarean section in the first pregnancy, Canadian researchers report in the May issue of BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 May 2008 | 1:18 am
Added to existing therapy, the anti-IgE antibody omalizumab improves symptoms in patients with inadequately controlled severe persistent allergic asthma, according to a report in the May issue of Allergy. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 May 2008 | 1:13 am
Children with this genetic variant, identified for the first time in a genome-wide association study, develop a particularly aggressive form of neuroblastoma. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 7 May 2008 | 9:00 pm
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says cannabis is to be reclassified as a class B drug - against experts' advice. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 7 May 2008 | 7:55 pm
A study showed major health benefits within five years for women who stop smoking, but also that it takes decades to correct respiratory damage and shed the added risk of lung cancer.
International Herald Tribune May 07, 2008 Increased volatility is gripping the stock markets, big investment banks are adding up their losses and jobs are being cut across the financial industry. Being a trader has seldom been more stressful. Source: PsycPORT.com | 7 May 2008 | 2:41 pm
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 07, 2008 May 7--Areas of the brain that handle emotions and memories are intricately tied to aromas and smells, a reason why one person will be brought to tears when served a plate of food like Mom used to make -- and another will turn away. Source: PsycPORT.com | 7 May 2008 | 2:41 pm
While the quintessential pairing of ripe tomatoes and lettuce is certainly enjoyable, a good salad can be so much more. Adding fruits, nuts, and other well-chosen ingredients offers a welcome change. More importantly, incorporating a few more nutritious ingredients is an easy way to serve a more healthful dish. Cooking Light tells you how.
