Reuters - Beijing will send a medical team to
China's earthquake zone to reverse sterilization operations on
parents who have lost children in the disaster to allow them to
have another child, Xinhua said on Friday. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Jun 2008 | 1:47 pm
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Gastroesophogeal reflux disease (GERD)
occurs when a valve in the esophagus opens spontaneously, and stomach
contents rise up into the esophagus. It can be controlled with a doctor's
treatment plan, which is likely to include medication. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Jun 2008 | 1:02 pm
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Mental status tests are given to determine
the state of a person's mental health. The test, for example, can help
gauge the mental progression of a physical illness such as Alzheimer's
disease. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Jun 2008 | 1:02 pm
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - A group from Strasbourg reported on focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a non-receptor tyrosine kinase in renal clear cell cancer (CRCC). FAK plays critical roles in signal transduction pathways initiated at sites of cell adhesion and at growth factor receptors that are involved in cell adhesion, proliferation, survival and migration. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
While rates of sexual activity and alcohol and drug use have dropped overall among U.S. high school students, rates of such activities and other risky behaviors did not improve in some racial groups, particularly among Hispanics, according to a new CDC survey, Reuters reports. The survey, conducted in spring 2007, includes responses from 14,041 students in grades nine through 12 in 39 states. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
To help veterinarians and the general public understand the complexity and passion behind animal welfare issues, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has launched its first Web section devoted entirely to animal welfare information. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced changes to ensure that the most up-to-date information is used to determine which drugs may be covered under Medicare Part B to treat patients undergoing chemotherapy. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
"Health and Wellness Initiatives: The Shift From Managing Illness to Promoting Health," Center for Studying Health System Change: The issue brief found that health plan initiatives designed to promote health and wellness among workers have become commonplace, even though there is a lack of evidence that the programs save businesses money. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - This group from Japan has previously reported the observation that endothelial tumor cells exhibit genetic instability in the mouse model. In this study they confirmed their findings in human tissue. Endothelial cells of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) were examined for degree of aneuploidy using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
As part of its continuing effort to maintain the high quality of service provided by its State Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Department, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has hired Ilana M. Forbes as a state policy analyst. Forbes will be working to help state and allied veterinary medical associations affect and shape legislation on the state level. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
The Louisiana Senate on Tuesday voted 36-0 to approve a measure (HB 370) that would prohibit the use of state or federal funds for research involving human somatic cell nuclear transfer, the AP/KATC.com reports (AP/KATC.com, 6/3). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
Royal College of Nursing overwhelmingly accepts Government's three-year pay dealThe Royal College of Nursing's (RCN) members have shown they overwhelmingly support the Government's pay deal worth 7.99 per cent over three years. Members were consulted on the proposed deal through the RCN's extensive regional branch network and the RCN's website between 21 April and 28 May 2008. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
A shortage of primary care physicians and low Medi-Cal reimbursement rates have made South Los Angeles "one of the most difficult places in the nation to both receive and give medical care," the New York Times reports. Medi-Cal is California's Medicaid program. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
Measuring nicotine content in toenail clippings can help predict a woman's heart disease risk, say researchers. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Jun 2008 | 11:45 am
Dr. Ratnoff’s insightful research into how the blood coagulates helped reveal the “waterfall” biochemical response involved in the body’s reaction to wounds and trauma.
A new technique using mouth swabs is developed by researchers to identify a person's sleep pattern. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Jun 2008 | 6:45 am
In this collection, the writer-physician Sherwin B. Nuland explores phenomena that can’t be explained by modern science — and challenge his profession’s often unreflective reliance on technology.
The number of New York City residents 50 and older who have undergone a colonoscopy has risen by about 50 percent in five years, city officials announced on Thursday.
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes doubles the risk of
liver cancer in patients with chronic hepatitis C with advanced fibrosis,
or cirrhosis, a Dutch study reports. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Jun 2008 | 3:46 am
How much truth is there to the myth that athletes should have a protein and carbohydrates mix within a certain time frame after workouts or else they risk slowing their recovery?
Clinical events such as leukopenia, hypoglycemia and hyperkalemia are among those that may indicate an adverse drug reaction in people being cared for in nursing homes, researchers report in the May issue of the Journal of the American Geriatric Society. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Jun 2008 | 2:48 am
Teenagers may need a booster dose of meningitis C vaccine, say researchers who found immunity can fall. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:20 am
The first trial of the new direct renin inhibitor, aliskiren, in patients with diabetic nephropathy shows that it reduces proteinuria when added to conventional treatment. But observers say this is merely a surrogate-end-point trial and definitive guidance on how to use this drug in such patients will come only from an ongoing large outcomes study, ALTITUDE. Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 9:15 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 | 5 Jun 2008 | 9:05 pm
In a randomized controlled trial of patients with acute stress disorder, fewer patients who received exposure-based vs an alternate therapy had posttraumatic stress disorder. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
The US Preventive Services Task Force states that evidence is limited to recommend screening asymptomatic adults for type 2 diabetes but that screening may be helpful in those with hypertension. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
An update of the 2002 recommendations on the use of nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis now includes data on use of biologic agents as well. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a clinical practice guideline for the long-term treatment of children who have simple febrile seizures. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
But only one of these deaths was due to psychiatric disorders (suicide), which is the major concern with this drug. Sanofi-Aventis has stressed that no causal link between any of the deaths and rimonabant has been established. Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 8:58 pm
Associated Press June 05, 2008 JERUSALEM - An American specialist who has treated trauma victims in Kosovo is bringing his expertise to Palestinians and Israelis. Source: PsycPORT.com | 5 Jun 2008 | 8:33 pm
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution June 05, 2008 An "unabated" failure to correct dangerous conditions at the state mental hospital in Atlanta has caused preventable deaths, injuries and illnesses for patients, federal investigators have found. Source: PsycPORT.com | 5 Jun 2008 | 8:33 pm
Imagine my surprise when, doing research for this story, I stumbled upon my own personal health information online: my annual mammograms; the visits to the podiatrist for the splinter in my foot; the kind of birth control I use, all on my health insurance company's Web site. Would you want your files online? Here are five questions to help you decide
High-dose celecoxib reduced levels of Ki-67, a key biomarker in lung cancer, among patients at high risk for the disease. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 8:20 pm
New research suggests istradefylline, a novel and selective adenosine A2a receptor, reduces "off" time in patients with Parkinson's disease. However, following an FDA "not-approvable" letter in February, the manufacturer has suspended further development in the United States. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 7:43 pm
AP - Saving the living has always been the No. 1 priority for a New York City ambulance crew. But a select group of paramedics may soon have a different task altogether: saving the dead. The city is considering creating a special ambulance whose crew would rush to collect the newly deceased and preserve the body so that the organs might be taken for transplant. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Jun 2008 | 7:14 pm
AP - South Africa's health minister said Thursday that HIV infection rates among pregnant women declined for the second straight year and claimed it was proof of the success of government policies.
Bringing down the temperature of brain-injured children below normal may cause harm, say scientists. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 3:23 pm
Race and place of residence can have a staggering impact on the course and quality of the medical treatment a patient receives, according to new research.
AP - South Africa's health minister said Thursday that HIV infection rates among pregnant women declined for the second straight year and claimed it was proof of the success of government policies.