One day you're out walking your dog, and the next day you find out you have cancer. That's pretty much what happened to Sen. Ted Kennedy, who was recently diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. In this week's Empowered Patient, CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen tells you the best places to go on the Internet when you or your loved one gets a cancer diagnosis.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) in a recent letter warned four pharmaceutical companies to end the use of "misleading and deceptive" direct-to-consumer advertisements for medications, CQ HealthBeat reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2008 | 2:00 pm
The Bush administration "is to be commended for taking aggressive steps over the past year" and proposing new regulations to "curb the deceptive, hard-sell tactics" used by insurers to market private Medicare Advantage plans, a New York Times editorial states. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2008 | 2:00 pm
Although it is a "bit risky to herald progress during a global pandemic when infections of a disease such as AIDS still seem to multiply by the millions," the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief gives the U.S. a "record that is worth celebrating, if only to show others around the world what's possible," a Wilmington News Journal editorial says. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2008 | 2:00 pm
Some social conservative leaders are "letting it be known" to Republican Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) that they are not "happy with the way their desires are being met" by President Bush and Republicans in Congress, the Wall Street Journal reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2008 | 2:00 pm
A new adenovirus/PSA prostate cancer vaccine prolongs survival in patients with metastatic prostate cancer. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 May 2008 | 1:36 pm
Bangladesh's Health Ministry says the nation's first human case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected. The Directorate General of Health Services statement says a child was ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 May 2008 | 1:18 pm
Research from the University of Southern California (USC) has discovered a new mechanism to allow embryonic stem cells to divide indefinitely and remain undifferentiated. The study, which is published in the May 22 issue of the journal Nature, also reveals how embryonic stem cell multiplication is regulated, which may be important in understanding how to control tumor cell growth. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
Putting down cigarettes for good can have unexpected social benefits, according to new research from Harvard and the University of California, San Diego. Smoking is bad, it turns out, not only for your physical wellbeing but for your social health, too - with smokers increasingly edged out to the margins of social circles. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
Senate Democrats on Tuesday "scaled down" their version of the war supplemental appropriations bill but retained a provision that would block for one year seven new Medicaid regulations proposed by the Bush administration, CQ Today reports. During floor debate, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
Health Minister Edwina Hart will today appoint David Francis, the chair of Cwm Taff NHS Trust and former senior police officer to drive forward measures to protect NHS staff from violence and aggression. The Assembly Government commissioned a report to identify effective measures to tackle violence and aggressions against health professionals. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
The "returns" of Massachusetts' health insurance law "are rolling in, and the critics look prescient," a Wall Street Journal editorial states. The Journal writes, "First, the plan isn't 'universal' at all." There was "a reduction" in the number of uninsured state residents, but "it was not secured through the market reforms that [former Gov. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
The Department of Justice is investigating Wales West RV Resort in Silverhill, Ala., in preparation for a possible discrimination lawsuit after a manager at the facility prohibited an HIV-positive child from using the facility's swimming pool and restrooms in July 2007, the Birmingham Press-Register reports (Bean, Birmingham Press-Register, 5/19). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
Urologists share their experiences in the management of bladder injury in civilians with major abdominal trauma in Baghdad. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 May 2008 | 12:52 pm
A greater proportion of newly diagnosed patients with RCC is being diagnosed with stage 1 disease than a decade ago, and relative survival rates are improving. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 May 2008 | 12:22 pm
People quit smoking in groups, not on their own, according to a study by U.S health researchers. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 May 2008 | 7:46 am
Dr. Brenner reigned for nearly a half-century as the dean of American psychoanalysis, working to clarify, refine and fiercely defend its core principles.
The F.A.A. said it would no longer permit pilots or air traffic controllers to use the smoking cessation drug Chantix, citing potential side effects that could pose a threat to the safe operation of aircraft.
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Thomas Sedowski saw the big white dot on his brain scan, but thought he'd gotten a lucky break when the doctor called it a "lesion." Soon he found himself immersed in the complicated, jargon-filled world of cancer. He and other iReporters share insights and advice about life with a brain tumor.
Schools may need to test students sitting exams for brain improving drugs in the future, experts say. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 May 2008 | 11:00 pm
Long-term results from 2 large European trials suggest carotid artery stenting is as effective as carotid endarterectomy in preventing recurrent ischemic stroke in patients with severe, symptomatic carotid stenosis. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2008 | 9:12 pm
Men with moderate or severe lower-urinary-tract symptoms are at a significantly greater risk for falls than men without such symptoms. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2008 | 9:02 pm
A study shows that certain adverse childhood experiences increase the risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes in midadulthood. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2008 | 9:00 pm
A systematic review provides recommendations to help clinicians rapidly initiate appropriate therapy and minimize the major mortality and morbidity burdens caused by this disease. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2008 | 9:00 pm
In a longitudinal study, health-related quality of life did not increase women's initiation of hormone therapy, nor did hormone therapy improve health-related quality of life. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2008 | 9:00 pm
In a short-term study, fluticasone furoate nasal spray was effective and did not suppress the function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in teens and adults with allergic rhinitis. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2008 | 9:00 pm
The strong association of oxidized LDL with the incidence of metabolic syndrome shown in a new study is consistent with a causal role, the authors say. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2008 | 9:00 pm
