Many women are left unhappy in the aftermath of casual sexual encounters, a survey has revealed. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:43 pm
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- A new vaccine for
rotavirus -- a leading cause of vomiting and diarrhea in infants and
children -- may account for this year's less severe season, the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:01 pm
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Women with metastatic
breast cancer who developed an immune response to an investigational
vaccine lived twice as long as those who didn't have an immune response,
new research shows. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:01 pm
India's National AIDS Control Board earlier this month gave the National AIDS Control Organisation approval to build care centers for children living with and affected by HIV/AIDS in the country, the Times of India reports. According to the Times, NACO plans to initially build 10 centers in the high HIV prevalence states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur and Tamil Nadu. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
$90 million for a top-notch nanotech labThe two partners have a long-standing tradition of scientific cooperation, and now make an important step to deepen this collaboration further by forming a strategic partnership in the field of nanotechnology. The collaborative project was revealed at a joint media conference in Zurich by Prof. Ralph Eichler, President of ETH Zurich, and John E. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
Nursing and Midwifery Council President Nancy Kirkland has formally tendered her resignation from the role. In an announcement to Council members today, Ms Kirkland said, "With much regret I have tendered my resignation as President of the NMC with effect from Tuesday 12 August 2008."Sarah Thewlis has made arrangements for the election to appoint my successor as President. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
Mild environmental conditions are a prerequisite for life. Strong acids or dissolved metallic salts in high concentrations are detrimental to both humans and to simpler life forms, such as bacteria. Such conditions destroy proteins, ensuring that all biological functions in the cells come to a standstill. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
To accelerate the translation of basic discoveries about HIV into advances in vaccine design and evaluation, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has formed a new Vaccine Discovery Branch within the Vaccine Research Program in the Division of AIDS (DAIDS). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
Many states are opting out of funding from the federal Title V abstinence education program amidst "doubts that the program works" and "frustrat[ion] by chronic uncertainty that Congress will continue to fund the program," the AP/Google.com reports. According to the AP/Google. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
A Northwestern University biomedical engineer who has developed optical technology shown to be effective for the early detection of colon cancer has received a $7.5 million grant over five years from the National Cancer Institute to further study an instrument that potentially could become a routine colon cancer screening test and to launch large-scale clinical trials. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
For the first time in Florida, patients with glaucoma have a new treatment option known as the Trabectome. The minimally invasive procedure, which is available at Mayo Clinic and takes about 20 minutes, is designed to decrease pressure within the eye and stabilize the vision."The goal of this procedure is to prevent further damage within the eye," says ophthalmologist Rajesh Shetty, M.D. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
Oregano doesn´t only give a Pizza its typical taste. Researchers at Bonn University and the ETH Zurich have discovered that this spice also contains a substance which, amongst other qualities, appears to help cure inflammations. The researchers administered its active ingredient - known as beta-caryophyllin (E-BCP) - to mice with inflamed paws. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
Two of the UK's biggest charities are teaming up to help address health issues for older people across the country.The Football Foundation and Sport Relief are launching a £500,000 initiative aimed at helping the over-60s stay active and healthy. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
They want your body -- and they're willing to pay for it. Whether it's for cancer or excessive sweating, scientists are going all-out to recruit study subjects. Do you want to be a guinea pig? In this week's Empowered Patient, CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen has some advice.
A simple test for gene faults which increase the risk of breast cancer is getting nearer, UK scientists suggest. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:23 pm
The Bush administration promised to provide new protections for low-income Medicare beneficiaries to ensure they can get prescription drugs promptly, at minimal cost.
Central Park was designed for refuge, discovery and communing with society. Not for running. Yet 150 years later, its 843 acres are a paradise for runners.
Australian ex-patients of an Indian surgeon facing multiple charges welcome his decision not to fight extradition from the US. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Jun 2008 | 5:19 am
Regulators are cracking down on companies that sell genetic tests directly to consumers, threatening to crimp the growth of one of the hottest sectors of the biotechnology industry.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've
discovered a gene that may make it easier for people to develop
Alzheimer's disease, and it could become a target for drug treatments. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Jun 2008 | 3:46 am
AP - Senate negotiators said Wednesday they had reached a tentative agreement on a key obstacle to one of the most ambitious federal health initiatives ever, a $50 billion act to combat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and other countries hard-hit by those diseases.
Merck and Co's new rotavirus vaccine may have affected the 2007-2008 rotavirus season among young children in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jun 2008 | 2:50 am
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co said on Wednesday its antiviral drug Baraclude (entecavir) for treating hepatitis B had been recommended by Britain's cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jun 2008 | 2:46 am
Sanofi-Aventis won a final green light for its obesity drug Acomplia (rimonabant) from Britain's cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE on Wednesday, clearing the way for doctors to prescribe it on the state health service. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jun 2008 | 2:40 am
The probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 is effective in treating diarrhea greater than 4 days' duration in infants and toddlers, according to a report in the June issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jun 2008 | 2:38 am
Plasmodium vivax, though known as the causative organism for 'benign tertian' malaria, can result in severe disease especially in young children, according to results of two studies from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea published in PLoS Medicine. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jun 2008 | 2:37 am
Long-term follow-up of chronic pancreatitis patients who underwent the pylorus-preserving variant of the Whipple resection procedure shows that results are ultimately comparable to those achieved using the more recent Frey organ-sparing extended drainage approach, according to German researchers. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jun 2008 | 2:35 am
U.S. regulators have told Merck & Co they cannot yet approve Merck's application to expand marketing of its HPV vaccine Gardasil to an older group of women, the drugmaker said Wednesday. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jun 2008 | 2:25 am
Insulin resistance is a major determinant of advanced hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C resulting from genotype 1 (G1-HCV), especially in the presence of severe necroinflammation, according to study findings published in the May issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jun 2008 | 2:20 am
The Aids epidemic is so severe that it should be classified as a disaster, the Red Cross and Red Crescent warns. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Jun 2008 | 2:05 am
A novel microsphere-based vaccine targeting dendritic cells prevents and reverses new-onset autoimmune diabetes in a mouse model, according to a report in the June issue of Diabetes. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jun 2008 | 2:04 am
Denosumab -- a monoclonal antibody that binds RANKL, which is necessary for osteoclast development -- inhibits structural damage in rheumatoid arthritis patients, according to a report in the May issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jun 2008 | 2:02 am
Scientists say thay have located a region of the brain that encourages adventurous behaviour. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 25 Jun 2008 | 11:58 pm
Campaigners call for better labels on takeaway food after revealing huge levels of fat, salt and sugar in some dishes. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 25 Jun 2008 | 11:05 pm
AP - A federal advisory panel has endorsed a second vaccine to combat a common and potentially fatal virus that causes diarrhea and vomiting in children. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 Jun 2008 | 10:10 pm
AP - Scientists have identified a gene that may raise the risk of getting the most common kind of Alzheimer's disease by about 45 percent in people who inherit a certain form of it. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 Jun 2008 | 10:08 pm
AP - Many of the thousands of people who have gone to court claiming ground zero-related illnesses don't have serious health problems, lawyers for the city claim in court papers.
Reuters - Too many people may consider
themselves at low risk of sexually transmitted diseases simply
because they trust their partner, a new study suggests. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 Jun 2008 | 6:35 pm
Double latte in the morning, soda with lunch, energy drink at midday. Sound familiar? Americans are consuming caffeinated beverages as never before. In fact, energy drink sales skyrocketed in 2007. All this caffeine consumption has given rise to growing numbers of "caffeinated moms."
AP - Senate negotiators said Wednesday they had reached a tentative agreement on a key obstacle to one of the most ambitious federal health initiatives ever, a $50 billion act to combat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and other countries hard-hit by those diseases.
AP - Many of the thousands of people who have gone to court claiming ground zero-related illnesses don't have serious health problems, lawyers for the city claim in court papers.
AFP - The German government on Wednesday unveiled a bundle of measures and incentives to whip millions of overweight adults and children into shape.