University of Florida department of urology officials have signed an agreement to collaborate with the German biopharmaceutical company CureVac to test an experimental therapy for advanced prostate cancer patients who no longer respond to traditional treatment. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Lim presented a study attempting to identify factors that predict post-operative deterioration to stage 4 chronic renal disease (GFR 80 remained off dialysis, whereas 7.9% with pre-operative GFR UroToday - the only urology website with original content written by global urology key opinion leaders actively engaged in clinical practice. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
Aradigm Corporation (OTCBB: ARDM) announced it has initiated a multicenter Phase 2 clinical trial of its inhaled liposomal ciprofloxacin in adult patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. Following an antibiotic washout period, 36 patients will be enrolled to receive daily inhaled liposomal ciprofloxacin for a period of 28 consecutive days. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
Nearly a quarter of the population suffers nocturnal awakenings or "middle of the night insomnia", on a daily basis, according to major study. The survey of nearly 9,000 people also suggests that one person in three wakes in the middle of the night at least three times a week. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
AP - The government acknowledged that an outbreak of one of the most contagious animal diseases from any of five locations being considered for a new high-security laboratory an event it considered highly unlikely would be more devastating to the U.S. economy than an outbreak from the isolated island lab where such research is now conducted.
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Stone disease in the United States has been shown to be more prevalent in the southern states due to the warmer climate. Pearle and colleagues from Dallas, Texas report that an unanticipated consequence of global warming may be an increase in stone disease resulting in a rise in health care expenditures. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Pathology results after partial nephrectomy reveal a positive margin. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
A critical shortage of funds for a helicopter operation providing essential logistical support to nearly 50 aid agencies is threatening the relief effort for 2.4 million survivors of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, the United Nations World Food Programme warned today. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
Emergency room workers will be the first line of defense in the event of a disease pandemic and will be forced to deal with the chaos that inevitably comes with treating thousands of sick and dying. In order to protect themselves and allow them to care for the public, these first responders need to be fully prepared by getting available vaccines now. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
Sepracor Inc. (Nasdaq: SEPR) announced the presentation of Phase III combined clinical results for eslicarbazepine acetate (SEP-0002093 / BIA 2-093) in the treatment of epilepsy at the Ninth Eilat Conference on New Anti-Epileptic Drugs in Spain. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Low tumor oxygenation (hypoxia) correlates with resistance to chemotherapeutic agents. A group of Canadian investigators have recently demonstrated that in vitro and in vivo hypoxia-inducedresistance to various anti-cancer drugs can be attenuated by manipulating nitric oxide (NO) signaling through cGMP mediated pathways. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Despite increasing local demand for zero-emissions cars and trucks and robust exports of electric vehicles, Canada will not allow them on its roads, lament manufacturers. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jun 2008 | 9:10 am
The government acknowledged that an outbreak of one of the most contagious animal diseases from any of five locations being considered for a new high-security laboratory _ an event it... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jun 2008 | 9:01 am
A top U.S. health official says the threat of a flu pandemic remains high. And while the world has made great strides to prepare, it's not enough. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jun 2008 | 8:52 am
AP - A top U.S. health official says the threat of a flu pandemic remains high. And while the world has made great strides to prepare, it's not enough. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Jun 2008 | 8:52 am
Australian Aborigines threatened Saturday to close one of the country's top tourist destinations, Uluru, in protest at what they described as "racist" government policies in remote... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jun 2008 | 6:07 am
Food and Drug Administration inspectors headed for farms in Florida and Mexico as new clues emerged to the possible source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have now sickened 552 people.
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Newborn boys who have just been circumcised
need care to prevent infection and keep them comfortable. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Jun 2008 | 3:47 am
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- While CT screening may help
reduce lung cancer deaths among current and former smokers, it won't
reduce the risk of death from other smoking-related causes, a new study
reports. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Jun 2008 | 3:47 am
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration hopes to establish operations in India by year's end to better police the growing volume of food, medicines, medical devices and animal feed exported to the United States, a top official told Reuters on Thursday. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Jun 2008 | 3:43 am
Spondyloarthropathy patients who receive anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy experience significant changes in body composition, according to a report in the May issue of The Journal of Rheumatology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Jun 2008 | 3:41 am
Since the emergence of the hypervirulent strain of Clostridium difficile in 2000, C. difficile infection has been a significant complication of perioperative antibacterial prophylaxis (PAP), research shows. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Jun 2008 | 3:39 am
CHULA VISTA, Calif. - The owner of a clinic has been charged with posing as a doctor to perform abortions, some of them unsuccessful or resulting in severe complications and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jun 2008 | 3:36 am
Once-daily therapy with amoxicillin is as effective as twice daily penicillin V in the treatment of children with group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) pharyngitis, New Zealand researchers report in the June issue of the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Jun 2008 | 2:58 am
Combination therapy with irbesartan and propranolol can produce greater sodium excretion than use of propranolol alone in certain patients with cirrhosis, according to German researchers. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Jun 2008 | 2:56 am
Health experts at a conference on infectious diseases in the Malaysian capital urged drugmakers on Friday to cut prices of anti-diarrhoea vaccines sold to poorer nations so that more children could benefit from them. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Jun 2008 | 2:25 am
In a report published in the June issue of Pediatrics, researchers present four cases of permanent diabetes mellitus caused by failure of pancreatic development. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Jun 2008 | 2:24 am
Improving the linkage between HIV testing sites and treatment sites can speed the initiation of medical care after a diagnosis of HIV infection is confirmed, according to a report in the June 9th issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Jun 2008 | 2:21 am
Reuters - Falling levels of a hormone called
leptin that helps the brain resist tempting foods may explain
why people who lose weight often have a hard time keeping it
off, U.S. researchers said on Friday.
CALGARY - Alberta is poised to get rid of some of its senior - and costly - health-care administrators with a major 'streamlining' of the system just weeks away, Health Minister Ron... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Jun 2008 | 10:26 pm
Investigators have traced tomatoes suspected in an outbreak of salmonella poisoning to farms in Mexico or Florida, federal health authorities said Friday.
AP Video An outbreak of one of the most contagious animal diseases from any of five locations the White House is considering for a new high-security research laboratory would be more... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Jun 2008 | 9:52 pm
AP - There may be a break in the salmonella case: Food and Drug Administration inspectors headed for farms in Florida and Mexico on Friday, as new clues emerge to the possible source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have now sickened 552 people.
Twirling in a wheeled plastic disc is unremarkable for most 2-year-olds, but a big achievement for Lakshmi Tatma, a child born with eight limbs who her rural villagers believed was a goddess, not a girl, and who underwent a surgery last fall unlike any her doctors had ever performed.
Severe insulin resistance is associated with an increase in births by cesarean delivery and a 75% increase in complications for newborns. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
A survey showed that people who received information about treatment outcomes expressed by physicians in terms of number needed to treat consented to various recommended interventions. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
A mentally ill defendant who is nonetheless competent to stand trial is not necessarily competent to dispense with a lawyer and represent himself, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
AP - A Virginia man lost about 80 pounds in six months by eating nearly every meal at McDonald's. Not Big Macs, french fries and chocolate shakes. Mostly salads, wraps and apple dippers without the caramel sauce. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Jun 2008 | 6:25 pm
Celebrity psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud's has been suspended from practising for three months over plagiarism. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Jun 2008 | 5:14 pm
AP - The government acknowledged that an outbreak of one of the most contagious animal diseases from any of five locations being considered for a new high-security laboratory an event it considered highly unlikely would be more devastating to the U.S. economy than an outbreak from the isolated island lab where such research is now conducted.
Reuters - Falling levels of a hormone called
leptin that helps the brain resist tempting foods may explain
why people who lose weight often have a hard time keeping it
off, U.S. researchers said on Friday.
AP - There may be a break in the salmonella case: Food and Drug Administration inspectors headed for farms in Florida and Mexico on Friday, as new clues emerge to the possible source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have now sickened 552 people.