AP - Cindy McCain ranged far afield from the U.S. presidential campaign trail Thursday to showcase her charity work helping Vietnamese kids born with facial deformities.
A promising new technique has been developed that will enable more accurate non-invasive positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of new cells injected into the body, according to researchers at SNM's 55th Annual Meeting. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
UroToday.com - It is generally accepted that vaginal childbirth is an important factor in the pathogenesis of female pelvic organ prolapse. Large epidemiological studies leave little doubt that childbirth can impair pelvic organ support (1). This study was designed to quantify the role of a recently identified aetiological factor, i. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
Could injecting a gene into a patient with severe heart failure reverse their disabling and life-threatening condition? Physician-scientists are setting out to answer that question in a first-ever clinical trial of gene therapy to treat severe heart failure. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
UroToday.com - Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia have shown that by blocking a signaling protein, they can prevent prostate cancer cells from metastatic dissemination. The work opens the door to future studies examining the protein as a target for therapies aimed at keeping prostate cancer at bay. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
This month's Internal Medicine Report looks at two key studies: Coffee drinking and mortality, and a connection between diabetes and hearing loss. There is good news for coffee drinkers. A new study published in Annals of Internal Medicine found that regular coffee drinking (up to 6 cups per day) is not associated with increased deaths in either men or women. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
Loss of memory with advanced age is a significant problem within most societies, and appears particularly severe in advanced industrialized nations. A less visible and often ignored problem comes from a food supply high in cholesterol and saturated fat, which has led to high obesity rates particularly in the United States. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
Twenty-nine patient families from across the U.S. will travel to Washington, D.C., to speak with federal lawmakers about an issue of vital importance to them -- the fate of children's health care and the essential role that children's hospitals play in the community. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
People with epilepsy who fail to take their seizure medication regularly could be as much as three times more likely to die, according to a study published in the June 18, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.For the study, researchers looked at insurance records from three U.S. state Medicaid programs over eight and a half years. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
AARP issued a statement in response to today's announcement of improvements to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) "Nursing Home Compare" web site. The statement, from AARP Executive Vice President John Rother, follows: "Choosing a nursing home is a daunting decision for any family, often made even harder by a rush to move a loved one into a new home. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
The majority of newly diagnosed patients who are prescribed medications for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) receive inadequate dose and/or duration of drug treatment, according to a study conducted by BioMedEcon, a leading provider of health economics and outcomes research. The study, which was supported by Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- A minimally invasive procedure
normally used to treat liver cancer also holds promise for lung cancer
patients, according to a new study. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Jun 2008 | 3:47 am
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- While older adults may
seem the least likely group of Americans to become infected with HIV, a
new study suggests it would be cost-effective for doctors to routinely
give AIDS tests to some sexually active people in their 60s and 70s. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Jun 2008 | 3:47 am
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss plays a major
role in improving diabetes after obese patients have stomach-reduction
surgery, say Duke University Medical Center researchers. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Jun 2008 | 3:47 am
U.S. health leaders this week are crafting a blueprint on how to reverse the worrisome steady increase in babies being delivered prematurely, with one in every eight U.S. infants now born pre-term. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Jun 2008 | 3:37 am
China has granted diplomatic approval for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to open three inspections offices in China that also will help increase China's capacity for safe foods, drugs and medical devices, a top Bush cabinet official said on Tuesday. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Jun 2008 | 3:35 am
Research misconduct at U.S. institutions may be more common than previously suspected, with 9 percent of scientists saying in a new survey that they personally had seen fabrication, falsification or plagiarism. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Jun 2008 | 3:34 am
Supplementation with fish oil improves disease activity and endothelial function in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), according to a report in the June issue of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Jun 2008 | 3:28 am
In almost half of the neonates with confirmed hearing loss, an underlying factor can be identified, Belgian researchers report in the July issue of Pediatrics. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Jun 2008 | 3:23 am
A community-based lifestyle modification program improved the glycemic and physical profile of patients with type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes residing in a resource-poor village, researchers from Indian report. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Jun 2008 | 3:20 am
African Americans with HIV infection are significantly more likely to encounter end-stage renal disease than are their white counterparts, researchers report in the June 1st issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Jun 2008 | 3:18 am
A new approach to scheduling office visits, called "open-access," "advanced-access" or "same-day access" scheduling, improves patients' appointment access to their primary care physicians, increases patient satisfaction and is more cost-effective than scheduling patients in advance and squeezing in patients requiring urgent care, researchers report. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Jun 2008 | 3:14 am
AP - An Oregon man, given less than a year to live, had a complete remission of advanced deadly skin cancer after an experimental treatment that revved up his immune system to fight the tumors. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Jun 2008 | 1:14 am
The number of cases of sickness caused by tomatoes has risen in recent days; 383 people have been infected with a rare form of salmonella since April in 30 states and the District of Columbia, federal health officials said Wednesday.
AP - Federal health officials have learned of 106 more cases of salmonella linked to tainted tomatoes, putting the outbreak's toll at 383 on Wednesday and counting.
AP - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a medical device tested about five years ago on actor Christopher Reeve to help him breathe without a ventilator.
Results of a disability and impairment evaluation should be communicated clearly to nonmedical professionals who determine eligibility and compensation for specific benefits. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
A meta-analysis shows that salmeterol plus inhaled corticosteroids decreases the risk for severe asthma exacerbations but does not affect the risk for asthma-related hospitalizations. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
Reuters - Men with type 2 diabetes or the
metabolic syndrome, or both, are prone to have low testosterone
levels. If so, testosterone replacement therapy with a gel
applied to the skin may improve their response to insulin and
their sexual function, according to the results of a new
clinical trial. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Jun 2008 | 7:38 pm
There's no lab test or imaging study like a CT scan or an MRI to measure how much progress you've made in therapy. But there is a strong movement away from endless navel-gazing -- the Woody Allen stereotype of therapy going on for years, even decades, without resolution. Health.com reports.
AP - Cindy McCain ranged far afield from the U.S. presidential campaign trail Thursday to showcase her charity work helping Vietnamese kids born with facial deformities.
AP - Federal health officials have learned of 106 more cases of salmonella linked to tainted tomatoes, putting the outbreak's toll at 383 on Wednesday and counting.
AP - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a medical device tested about five years ago on actor Christopher Reeve to help him breathe without a ventilator.