Flurizan, a drug developed by Myriad Genetics to treat Alzheimer’s disease, failed in a closely watched late-stage clinical trial, dealing another blow to efforts to combat the illness.
AP - The Bush administration said Monday it is freezing a scheduled 10 percent fee cut for doctors who treat Medicare patients, giving Congress time to act to prevent the cuts when lawmakers return from a July 4 recess. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 Jun 2008 | 4:07 pm
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Hormones, anxiety, emotions and all the
changes that come along with pregnancy and expectant parenthood can make
any mother-to-be experience mood swings. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 Jun 2008 | 4:02 pm
Patients' rating of the quality of their care will directly affect funding of NHS services in England, the government says. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:38 pm
A 55-year-old woman who advertised for an egg donor on London buses gives birth to a healthy baby girl. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:14 pm
Communities nationwide on Friday will promote and offer no-cost HIV screenings to mark National HIV Testing Day, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports (Torbati, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 6/26). According to HHS, an estimated 250,000 people in the U.S. are HIV-positive and are not aware of their status. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:00 pm
"Personal Factors Affecting African-American Men's Prostate Cancer Screening Behavior" (.pdf), Journal of the National Medical Association: The study seeks to identify the personal factors that affect black men's decisions to undergo prostate cancer screenings. Black men have the highest prostate cancer rate of any other racial or ethnic group. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:00 pm
A bipartisan group of five senators has written a letter asking Senate leaders to oppose a House-approved bill (HR 6331) to delay implementation of the Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, CQ HealthBeat reports. The letter -- addressed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and signed by Sens. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:00 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc does not expect to win U.S. approval for its cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix until late 2009, marking a further delay for the key product, the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:07 pm
Inadequate funding to the annual budget for the Indian Health Service's Contract Health Service program is restricting access to essential health care services for American Indian patients, lawmakers and witnesses said on Thursday at a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing, CQ HealthBeat reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:00 pm
The following summarizes articles related to addressing racial and ethnic health disparities. Clinton County, Ohio: Premier Community Health has created the "My Sister's Keeper" program, which offers no-cost breast cancer education parties, the Wilmington News Journal reports. The program is funded by the Avon Foundation and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure's Greater Cincinnati affiliate. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:00 pm
President Bush's announcement on Thursday to withhold all U.S. funding for the seventh consecutive year for United Nations Population Fund is "appalling," New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof writes in the blog "On the Ground." He adds that Bush's decision is "American policy-making at its most inane" (Kristof, New York Times "On the Ground," 6/26). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:00 pm
Senators on Thursday attempted to pass measures (HR 5501, S 2731) that would reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, but Republican opponents of the legislation vowed to continue to block it because of its cost, Reuters reports. Wesley Denton, a spokesperson for Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:00 pm
Andre Rives no longer mows his own lawn and it's not because he's too busy. The thought of cutting his grass brings back some bad memories. Rives is one of 100,000 people in the United States in 2006 who suffered an injury in a lawn mower accident. He lost three toes. The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, which tracked the statistics, said the problem is more common than people think.
The Senate on Thursday voted 92-6 to approve a supplemental war funding package that includes a domestic spending amendment that would delay the implementation of six new Bush administration Medicaid regulations, CongressDaily reports. President Bush is expected to sign the measure, which passed the House last week. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on Thursday approved by voice vote legislation that would improve health care for female veterans, the Tacoma News Tribune reports. The bill (S 2799) would require new studies about the problems women face when seeking treatment at the Department of Veterans Affairs and expand staff and training for VA personnel attending to female patients. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
Communities across the nation on Friday will promote and offer no-cost HIV screenings to mark National HIV Testing Day, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports (Torbati, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 6/26). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
An international initiative aims to speed diagnosis and care of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in developing countries. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:41 am
AP - The Cleveland Clinic, highly regarded for its cardiac care, doesn't hire smokers or allow trans-fats on its menus, and now it's joining with a nationally known weight control program to help its employees shape up and slim down. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:32 am
The smoking ban in England has dramatically increased the number of people giving up the habit, a survey suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 30 Jun 2008 | 7:59 am
Reuters - Myriad Genetics Inc said it will stop
developing its drug for Alzheimer's disease after a late-stage
trial of the drug, Flurizan, failed to meet primary goals. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 Jun 2008 | 7:35 am
While food companies have reduced portion sizes to respond to concerns about overeating, a new study shows that small packages can also lead to over-consumption.
Picking up an infection is the concern about hospital care most often voiced by the public, a BBC poll shows. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 30 Jun 2008 | 5:01 am
AP - Fast food restaurants have been changing their recipes to adapt to New York City's trans fat ban. Here are some of the menu overhauls at major chains: Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:40 am
Using a child's body mass index (BMI) as a measure of the success of exercise targets may be misleading, say experts. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Jun 2008 | 11:03 pm
Sexually-transmitted infections double in under a decade in older people in the UK, research suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Jun 2008 | 11:01 pm
Reuters - A drug developed using
nanotechnology and a fungus that contaminated a lab experiment
may be broadly effective against a range of cancers, U.S.
researchers reported on Sunday.
AP - Making cannoli is serious business in New York. It's a dessert so tempting that even a hit man in the "Godfather" couldn't leave a box behind.
Reuters - A drug developed using
nanotechnology and a fungus that contaminated a lab experiment
may be broadly effective against a range of cancers, U.S.
researchers reported on Sunday.