MPs are debating whether to allow scientists to carry out stem cell research using hybrid human-animal embryos. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 May 2008 | 2:34 pm
High-functioning teens with autism exhibited significant improvement in social functioning following a 14-week treatment intervention, in a recent study. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 May 2008 | 2:01 pm
Japan may be at the cutting edge of green technologies, but its capital has the least environmentally conscious residents of eight of the world's richest cities, a poll showed. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 May 2008 | 1:57 pm
Dialysis patients who respond poorly to erythropoietin (EPO) have a mortality risk more than 50% greater than those who do not require EPO. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 May 2008 | 1:13 pm
Washington Post columnist Stephen Barr on Friday examined the case of a second Peace Corps volunteer who said she was discharged from service after testing HIV-positive. Rebecca Coulborn, a former volunteer in Burkina Faso, said she was required to leave her post immediately in 2001 after she tested positive for the virus. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
The House on Thursday did not approve all portions of a supplemental war funding package but did pass the domestic portion of the package -- which includes a provision that would prevent seven new Medicaid regulations from taking effect until April 1, 2009 -- the Washington Post reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
House Judiciary Committee leaders on Thursday in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff requested thousands of documents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement related to health care provided to immigrants in detention centers, CongressDaily reports. In the letter, committee Chair John Conyers (D-Mich. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
Blood cholesterol is a risk factor for coronary artery disease and heart attack, so reducing your risk of high cholesterol is a worthy goal. The new Health.com brings you details and action steps.
The drug, designed to achieve blockade of the endothelin and angiotensin receptors, reduced ambulatory systolic blood pressure almost 15 mm Hg at the highest dose and was safe and well tolerated in a small study of hypertensive patients, report investigators. Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 May 2008 | 12:32 pm
Histogen Inc., a regenerative medicine company developing solutions based on the products of newborn fibroblasts, today presented findings from preliminary evaluations of the Company's HGEN-001 formulation, during International Investigative Dermatology 2008, taking place May 14-17, 2008 in Kyoto, Japan. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Declaring that Primary care medicine is in a precipitous decline, David C. Dale, MD, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians (ACP), joined with leading representatives of employers and consumers to issue a call for comprehensive reforms to attract, recruit and retain general internists and other primary care physicians. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
The ACUSON X300 Premium Edition (PE) has been launched by Siemens to join the expanding range of digital ultrasound solutions. The new device offers superior image quality, advanced features for a wide range of clinical applications and is a future proof platform for feature upgrades. The ACUSON X300 PE system delivers excellent image quality for a confident diagnosis. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Renuka Iyer, MD, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, will present the results of a multicenter study led by Roswell Park that evaluated the combination of gemcitabine, capecitabine and bevacizumab in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, Monday June 2, at 8 am, at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), in Chicago, IL. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
A research team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found an explanation for the extreme sensitivity to mechanical pressure or voltage of a special class of solid materials called relaxors. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
An announcement from NARAL Pro-Choice America's political action committee Wednesday that it has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president has created an "uproar" among some of its state affiliates and other abortion-rights advocates, who say that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
A new study has identified the cause of late-onset Alzheimer's disease in several large families in which many siblings suffer from the disease. The gene, known as TRPC4AP on chromosome 20, is involved with calcium regulation. It is known that when calcium levels are not carefully controlled, cells can die, leading to the onset of disease. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
GlaxoSmithKline's vaccine for the deadly H5N1 bird flu wins approval from the European Medicines Agency. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 May 2008 | 9:03 am
Pesticides could have damaged the DNA of people in agricultural communities, new research in India suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 May 2008 | 5:44 am
A genome-wide association study in Japanese populations finds that PSCA is a susceptibility gene for diffuse-type gastric adenocarcinomas. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 May 2008 | 3:31 am
New studies provide evidence for the involvement of calcium transporter proteins in pigmentation and the association of pigmentation gene variants with skin cancer susceptibility. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 May 2008 | 3:25 am
Women who are stressed in pregnancy may raise the risk of their child developing asthma or other allergies, research suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 May 2008 | 1:53 am
A survey suggests 77% of drinkers do not know how many units of alcohol are in a typical glass of wine. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 May 2008 | 1:31 am
Daily Press, Newport News, Va. May 18, 2008 May 18--On the field, Kari Morrison played a position that demanded as much mental toughness as physical. Off the field, she had a history of depression that caused her to miss nearly a year of college. Source: PsycPORT.com | 18 May 2008 | 2:15 pm
BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific May 18, 2008 Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Source: PsycPORT.com | 18 May 2008 | 2:15 pm
Sunday Mail, Glasgow (UK) May 18, 2008 SOARING numbers of drug users are being treated in hospital for mental illness, according to figures published by the Scottish Government. Source: PsycPORT.com | 18 May 2008 | 2:15 pm
