Give Brad Williams a date, and he can usually tell you not only what he was doing but what world events happened that day. He can do this for almost every day of his life.
A British court ruling that it is legal to ogle a man's chest but not a woman's breasts triggered a lively online debate about censorship on Friday. The case emerged after a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 May 2008 | 12:22 pm
UroToday.com - Active monitoring with delayed intervention for prostate cancer (CaP) is an increasingly utilized strategy. However, due to a stage shift migration, men are now diagnosed with much earlier and perhaps more indolent CaP. In the online version of Urology, Dr. Stacy Loeb and associates of Dr. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
In an effort to better define and ultimately address fatigue more effectively, a qualitative study from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has identified three primary themes loss of strength or energy, major effects of fatigue and associated sensations - among patients being treated with standard radiation therapy. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
UroToday.com - This study has designed to assess the risk of testicular malignancy is patients with known microlithiasis. It is a follow-up study to the 2001 prospective screening study previously published by the authors which established the prevalence of testicular microlithiasis to be 5.6% in a healthy asymptomatic population of Army volunteers (18 to 35 years old). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver (D) on Tuesday signed into law a bill (HF 2539) that provides an additional $25 million over the next three years to extend coverage to more than 50,000 uninsured Iowa children, the AP/Chicago Tribune reports. The law also sets the goal of establishing universal health coverage for all state residents within five years. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
University of Saskatchewan microbiologist Wei Xiao has found a way to trigger a protein combination called 9-1-1 that sends an SOS signal for cells to fight cancer-causing agents such as industrial toxins, ultraviolet radiation, and X-rays. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found a possible approach to therapy that may make cancer cells more sensitive to attack by immune system cells while making the immune system cells more powerful. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Actor Dennis Quaid on Wednesday testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, asking lawmakers to support legislation that would allow consumers to file product liability lawsuits in state courts if the Supreme Court rules in favor of so-called pre-emption, CongressDaily reports (Edney, CongressDaily, 5/15). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
The Zimbabwe Business Council plans to create provincial steering committees with members from the business community to strengthen the response of the private sector to HIV/AIDS, ZBC Executive Director David Mutambara said Monday, the Herald/AllAfrica.com reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
UroToday.com - Symptoms of chronic pelvic pain are evident in both sexes, though the underlying causes are poorly understood. Former chronic abacterial prostatitis (NIH IIIa/b), now named chronic pelvic pain syndrome and interstitial cystitis, now bladder pain syndrome may share etiologic factors leading to similar symptoms in different sexes. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
An often asymptomatic condition systolic dysfunction, or decreased pumping of the heart poses an increased risk of death for patients on kidney transplant waiting lists, according to a study appearing in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Serum phosphate levels within the high-normal range could be an independent predictor of mortality among people with chronic kidney disease, even those not on dialysis. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 May 2008 | 11:04 am
The company said it would resubmit its application for Multaq based on results from a study showing that the drug reduced both hospitalization and death in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Johnson & Johnson lost the second round in its trademark dispute against the disaster relief agency when a federal judge in Manhattan threw out most of the case.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending that all adults age 60 and older receive a dose of the zoster vaccine (Zostavax), even if they have had shingles previously. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 May 2008 | 3:52 am
Contaminated dry dog food was the source of an outbreak of Salmonella infections affecting individuals in 19 states, public health officials report in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for May 16. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 May 2008 | 3:47 am
Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday it was voluntarily recalling specific lots of three of its medications to protect patients from receiving potentially mishandled or damaged products after a truck carrying the drugs was stolen. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 May 2008 | 3:43 am
A systematic series of measures produced a significant reduction in rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit, according to researchers. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 May 2008 | 3:40 am
Ustekinumab, a human monoclonal antibody directed against interleukin 12 and 23, is an effective treatment for moderate-to-severe psoriasis, according to the results of the PHOENIX 1 and 2 trials appearing in the May 17th issue of The Lancet. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 May 2008 | 3:38 am
In general, dengue infection in late pregnancy does not affect pregnancy outcome, according to results of a study appearing in the May issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 May 2008 | 3:33 am
Stem cells obtained from human umbilical cord blood may make an effective alternative to adult bone marrow and embryonic stem cells for regeneration and repair of injured airway epithelium, according to findings by US and Italian researchers. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 May 2008 | 3:31 am
A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of cathepsin D is associated with an increased risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), according to a report in the April 21st issue of BMC Medical Genetics. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 May 2008 | 3:28 am
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Thursday he plans to vote against a reduction in the country's 24-week time limit on abortion when parliament considers the hotly-contested issue next week. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 May 2008 | 3:26 am
It will be at least 2014 before the NHS in England has a single electronic records system, say auditors. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 May 2008 | 11:05 pm
Chemotherapy does not help people with asbestos-related cancer, according to UK researchers. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 May 2008 | 11:01 pm
A small molecule may have a big role in making the body clock tick, say UK researchers. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 May 2008 | 6:10 pm
The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. May 15, 2008 May 15--A group of mental health care providers in Washington is offering free help to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families who either can't or don't want to go through traditional channels for care. Source: PsycPORT.com | 15 May 2008 | 3:02 pm
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted May 15, 2008 Gov. Timothy M. Kaine told a conference here Wednesday that better access to community mental health services is the key to keeping people with mental illness from being jailed unnecessarily. Source: PsycPORT.com | 15 May 2008 | 3:02 pm
A survey claims that nearly half of all under 25-year-olds do not use condoms when they meet a new partner. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 May 2008 | 2:26 pm
