Former Virginia Gov. James Gilmore (R) on Saturday secured the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat over Virginia Del. Robert Marshall (R) by 70 votes out of 10,378 votes cast at the party's state convention, the Washington Post reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
BioInvent International AB (OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm: BINV) and co-development partner ThromboGenics NV (Euronext Brussels: THR) reported that the results from the first Phase l study of novel anti-cancer agent TB-403 showed that it is safe and well tolerated, with pharmacokinetic properties enabling it to be developed for the treatment of cancer. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
Children in Wales welcomes the UK Government White Paper which outlines proposals to make it a legal requirement for both parents to register a child's birth jointly unless it can be shown that this might harm the child in some way. In England and Wales around 7% of births are currently solely registered by the mother, this affects around 45,000 children every year. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
Three basic principles is all it could take to reduce the incidence of MRSA in hospitals according to a new research by Cardiff University.Disinfectants are routinely used on hard surfaces in hospitals to kill bacteria, with antimicrobial containing wipes increasingly being employed for this purpose. Antimicrobial wipes were first introduced in 2005 in hospitals in Wales. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
Some insurers recently have denied individual health coverage to women who have had caesarean sections because such women are likely to undergo the procedure if they become pregnant again, the New York Times reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
The International HIV/AIDS Alliance has welcomed the British government's long-term commitment to HIV and to strengthening health systems in developing countries but is questioning whether sufficient funding has been allocated and if the money will actually be spent on HIV services. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
The conventional wisdom among scientists has long been that birds acquire the intestinal bacteria that are necessary for good health from their environment, but a new University of Georgia study finds that chickens are actually born with those bacteria. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
Yesterday, nearly one-third of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives urged a one-year delay in the controversial and flawed "competitive bidding" program for home medical equipment in Medicare. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
"Medicare Part D: Simplifying the Program and Improving the Value of Information for Beneficiaries," Commonwealth Fund: The issue brief details specific options for improving beneficiaries' choices under the Medicare prescription drug benefit through increased standardization. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
AP - An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has now been reported in nine states, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
Plans to allow private firms to run struggling NHS hospitals and trusts in England are announced by ministers. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Jun 2008 | 7:39 am
A chemical derived from red wine could one day help keep the heart "genetically young", claim researchers. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Jun 2008 | 6:58 am
The care given to many patients having heart bypass surgery may be flawed, according to an expert report. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Jun 2008 | 6:57 am
Oral calcitriol appears to be useful for the treatment of persistent proteinuria in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy unresponsive to other measures, according to results of a small open-label study, Chinese researchers report in the May issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jun 2008 | 6:47 am
Valacyclovir, the oral prodrug of acyclovir, is effective for treating uncomplicated herpes zoster in immunocompromised adults, according to a report in the May 1st issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jun 2008 | 6:45 am
An inadequate antibody response to hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination may be a sign of undiagnosed celiac disease, according to a Hungarian study. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jun 2008 | 6:42 am
UnitedHealth Group Inc's AmeriChoice unit, which just closed a deal to help propel it to become the largest provider of Medicaid health plans, will focus on its existing business for growth over acquisitions, the unit's chief executive said on Tuesday. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jun 2008 | 6:38 am
For kidney transplant recipients, use of the anti-rejection drug sirolimus may increase the risk of diabetes, according to findings from a large registry study reported in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology for July. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jun 2008 | 6:36 am
The anti-IgE antibody omalizumab is cost-effective for treating patients with severe persistent allergic asthma despite high-dose inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) plus a long-acting beta-2-agonist (LABA), according to a report in the June issue of Allergy. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jun 2008 | 6:32 am
On its website, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now offering a downloadable software tool that should help pediatricians adjust immunization schedules when one or more vaccines doses are not given at the recommended time. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jun 2008 | 6:29 am
In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in remission, high levels of an atypical CD4+ T cell subset related to inflammation exposure -- dubbed inflammation-related cells or IRC -- predict relapse, UK researchers report in the June issue of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jun 2008 | 6:25 am
Pharmacological inhibition of the IKK2 activator of nuclear factor (NF)-kappa-B, using the agent AS602868, blocks steatosis and initiation of non-alcoholic liver steatohepatitis (NASH) in mice, according to European researchers. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jun 2008 | 6:23 am
The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score may help identify high-risk patients who are most likely to benefit from intensive lifestyle intervention to prevent type 2 diabetes, results of a study published in the May issue of Diabetes Care suggest. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jun 2008 | 5:58 am
Someone who has a parent or a sibling with colorectal cancer faces about a 1-in-10 chance of developing colon cancer, compared with 1 in 20 for those with no family history, the new study says.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- A person's risk of cancer
increases if he or she suffers from DNA-damaging chronic inflammation of
the intestine or stomach, such as ulcerative colitis, according to
scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Jun 2008 | 3:48 am
The deaths of six hospital patients who received a blood-based drug at a hospital in Jiangxi Province has prompted an unusually swift response from authorities.
AP - A consumer advocacy group called on the Food and Drug Administration Tuesday to ban the use of eight artificial colorings in food because the additives may cause hyperactivity and behavior problems in some children. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:52 pm
Reuters - A brain chemical strongly linked to
mood and appetite may also directly affect fat gain, U.S.
researchers reported on Tuesday. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:18 pm
As biopsies grow more sophisticated and sensitive, doctors worry that some women may be given test results that lead to more medical attention than necessary.
AP - A Veterans Affairs psychologist denies that she was trying to save money when she suggested that counselors make fewer diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder in injured soldiers. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 3 Jun 2008 | 7:47 pm
Some types of anti-bacterial wipes used by hospital staff to clean surfaces could be helping to spread bacteria, researchers say. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 3 Jun 2008 | 5:02 pm
A study found that half of American women who don't want to be pregnant aren't reliably using birth control. Source: LiveScience.com | 3 Jun 2008 | 4:03 pm
World food production must rise by 50 percent by 2030 to meet increasing demand, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon told world leaders Tuesday at a summit grappling with hunger and civil unrest caused by food price hikes. Source: LiveScience.com | 3 Jun 2008 | 4:03 pm
We're all exposed to radiation sources -- the sun, X-rays, mammograms, CT scans, dental exams, even soil -- and we're just now finding out whether those rays, combined, are dangerous. So how much radiation is too much? Scientists are still figuring that out-- and they tend to disagree about the risks. Here's what you need to know, from Health magazine.
AP - An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has now been reported in nine states, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.