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AARP Solutions Forum Convenes Panel To Examine Medicaid Funding Of Long-Term CareAARP will release a new report and convene a panel of experts to discuss Medicaid funding for long-term care (LTC) for older adults and adults with physical disabilities. The report analyzes the progress states are making shifting public funds and the people who rely on them from nursing homes to home and community based services.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Darzi's Final Vision For Primary Care Is Positive Though Undermined By Previous AnnouncementsWhile many of the ambitions within the government's Vision for Primary and Community Care are welcome, previously announced government proposals will undermine the positive in this report, the BMA said on Thursday 3 July 2008. Commenting on Lord Darzi's report, Dr Laurence Buckman, Chairman of the BMA's GP Committee said: "There is much within this vision for primary care that is positive.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund To Host Informational Sessions On July 11 And 14The Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF) will hold two informational sessions to provide insight on ways for applicants to increase their chances of receiving state-supported stem cell research funding. The event will include an overview of the application process, various speakers, a question and answer session and networking. Speakers will include: -- Dan Gincel, Ph.D.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am 'Smart' Materials Get Smarter With Ability To Better Control Shape And SizeA dynamic way to alter the shape and size of microscopic three-dimensional structures built out of proteins has been developed by biological chemist Jason Shear and his former graduate student Bryan Kaehr at The University of Texas at Austin.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am French EU Presidency Makes Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease A PriorityAt a joint press conference with Commission President Barroso on 2 July 2008 highlighting the priorities of the French Presidency, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the commitment of the French Presidency to the development of a European Alzheimer's Plan.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am 'Mind's Eye' Influences Visual PerceptionLetting your imagination run away with you may actually influence how you see the world. New research from Vanderbilt University has found that mental imagery--what we see with the "mind's eye"--directly impacts our visual perception. The research was published online June 26 by the journal Current Biology.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2008 | 10:00 am Pioneering Stroke Researcher Awarded Canada's Highest HonorRenowned stroke researcher Dr. Vladimir Hachinski has been named to the Order of Canada, the country's highest honor, for his lifetime contributions in the field of neurology. Hachinski is a "Distinguished University Professor" at The University of Western Ontario in the Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2008 | 10:00 am New Antibiotic Beats Superbugs At Their Own GameThe problem with antibiotics is that, eventually, bacteria outsmart them and become resistant. But by targeting the gene that confers such resistance, a new drug may be able to finally outwit them.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2008 | 9:00 am Negative Decision On Badger Culling Would Be Devastating To Farming Says NFUNFU President Peter Kendall has warned a negative decision from the Secretary of State on culling badgers as part of a TB control strategy would be completely devastating to farming families and their businesses. "Current speculation on a negative decision on badger culling remains just that, speculation, based on a leaked report", said Mr Kendall.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2008 | 9:00 am As Gas Prices Soar, Elderly Face Cuts in AidFuel costs have stifled agencies that deliver meals to or provide transportation for senior citizens.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Jul 2008 | 8:09 am Gender Change Man Has Baby The Natural WayThomas Beatie, a 34-year-old American man who used to be a woman, gave birth to a healthy baby girl in a hospital in Oregon last Sunday. Beatie made headline news in March when he revealed in Advocate, the gay rights magazine, that he was five months pregnant.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2008 | 8:00 am Health Tip: Trying Pregnancy Again (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Trying to get pregnant again after a miscarriage can be fraught with a host of emotional and physical concerns.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Jul 2008 | 3:46 am Age is no barrier for Japanese horsemanDubbing himself the "hope of old men," Japanese equestrian ace Hiroshi Hoketsu is ready to show he has improved with age when he trots out to his second Olympics in 44 years.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jul 2008 | 1:47 am Help for depressed cancer patientsEvening News - Scotland July 04, 2008 RESEARCHERS have developed a treatment to help cancer patients who suffer from depression.Source: PsycPORT.com | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:36 pm Freed U.S. hostages resilient, reunited with familiesAssociated Press July 04, 2008 FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Back on U.S. soil, three American hostages rescued from Colombia rebels are now in the process of reintegrating into a society they've been absent from for more than five years.Source: PsycPORT.com | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:36 pm Gender 'impacts on transplants'Women who get a replacement kidney from a male donor are more likely to reject the new organ, scientists suggest.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:31 pm Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:13 pm Practical Intervention Addresses Depression in Cancer PatientsNurses with no previous psychiatric experience can deliver a cost-effective collaborative intervention for cancer patients, researchers show.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jul 2008 | 9:45 pm London gallery previews major Byzantine exhibitionA major exhibition on the Byzantine Empire featuring icons, wall paintings and mosaics dating back to the fourth century AD was unveiled by a London gallery Friday. ...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Jul 2008 | 8:47 pm N.L. agency did poor job informing St-Pierre women of cancer tests: groupHALIFAX - A patients advocacy group on the French islands of St- Pierre-Miquelon says a Newfoundland health agency did a poor job informing eight women on the islands about breast cancer...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Jul 2008 | 8:23 pm Man loses appeal to have govt pay for transplant overseas that was denied at homeTORONTO - An Ontario man has lost another appeal to have the government pay for a life-saving liver transplant in England that doctors refused to perform at home. Adolfo Flora...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Jul 2008 | 7:55 pm IL-7 Therapy Boosts Immune Response in Cancer PatientsTreatment with recombinant human interleukin-7 was shown to safely induce polyclonal T cell expansion, resulting in dramatic increases in T cell numbers, in patients with refractory cancerMedscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jul 2008 | 7:47 pm German upper house wants changes to assisted suicide laws (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Jul 2008 | 6:37 pm Motesanib Effective in Progressive Differentiated Thyroid DiseaseThe experimental drug motesanib might be "clinically useful" in progressive differentiated thyroid disease, say researchers reporting a phase 2 trial.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jul 2008 | 5:30 pm Mostly Muslim Syria marks 'year of St Paul'Predominantly Muslim Syria has launched a celebration to mark 2,000 years since the birth of Saint Paul, who converted to Christianity on the road to Damascus and helped spread the new...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Jul 2008 | 5:10 pm Taiwan rolls out red carpet for Chinese touristsTaiwanese lion dancers and singers in traditional costumes on Friday gave a warm welcome to the first Chinese tourists to arrive here on a direct regular flight in nearly six decades.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Jul 2008 | 5:06 pm Dresden won't be dropped from world heritage listUNESCO's World Heritage Committee meeting in this oldest of Canadian cities decided Thursday not to de-list the eastern German city of Dresden from its prestigious list of protected world...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Jul 2008 | 5:01 pm Health finesCan Ghana turn its back on the "brain drain"?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Jul 2008 | 4:22 pm Ontario nursing homes poorly staffed, more likely to restrain residents: expertsTORONTO - Ontario should look to the example set by Nordic countries and turn its understaffed, institutional long-term care homes, where residents are more likely to restrained and...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Jul 2008 | 4:17 pm Sulston argues for open medicineGenome pioneer and Nobel Laureate Sir John Sulston says profits are taking precedence over the needs of patients, particularly in the developing world.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Jul 2008 | 4:06 pm Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia'Eating high levels of some soy products - including tofu - may raise the risk of memory loss, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Jul 2008 | 3:36 pm Abnormalities in the brain chemical serotonin linked to sudden infant deathWASHINGTON - Scientists have new evidence that the brain chemical best known for regulating mood also plays a role in the mystifying killer of seemingly healthy babies - sudden infant...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Jul 2008 | 3:34 pm Snail prices expected to go up amid poor harvestGourmets will have to dig deeper into their pockets if they want to be served snails after an insufficient 2008 harvest, the French canning and preservation industry federation said Friday.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Jul 2008 | 3:23 pm Most study participants understand research goals (Reuters)Reuters - People who take part in clinical trials often do so out of a desire to advance scientific knowledge and to help others, a new international study demonstrates.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Jul 2008 | 2:29 pm Waterlogged Midwest a hotbed for mosquitoesRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Health | 4 Jul 2008 | 1:56 pm Controversial End-of-Life Care Bill Amended in CaliforniaThe bill is designed to improve information and counseling for patients, but it also encourages the use of palliative sedation and voluntary starvation and dehydration, and has been met with strong opposition.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jul 2008 | 1:16 pm Male motherGender reassignment is a long processSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Jul 2008 | 12:04 pm
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