Cleveland Clinic taking kidneys through navel (AP)

AP - Brad Kaster donated a kidney to his father this week, and he barely has a scar to show for it. The kidney was removed through a single incision in his bellybutton, a surgical procedure Cleveland Clinic doctors say will reduce recovery time and leave almost no scarring.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:53 pm

Cancer Survival Depends on Where You Live (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Your odds of surviving cancer depend on which country you live in. And, in the United States, it also depends on whether you're black or white, a new study finds.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:01 pm

Gene Mutation Puts Some Kids at Risk for Tobacco Addiction (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- People with certain common genetic variations that affect their nicotine receptors seem to be at higher risk for becoming life-long nicotine addicts if they begin smoking before they turn 17, a new study says.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:01 pm

Senate Rejects DeMint Amendment To Global AIDS Bill

The Senate on Tuesday voted to table several amendments to a bill (S 2731) that would reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, including one offered by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) to prohibit funding to groups that "support or participate in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

Senate Defeats Two Republican Amendments To PEPFAR Reauthorization Measure

The Senate on Tuesday defeated two Republican amendments to legislation (S 2731) that would reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief by "overwhelming margins," suggesting that a broad majority could pass the measure through the chamber "unscathed," CQ Today reports.According to CQ Today, the Senate voted 70-24 to table an amendment by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

Advisers To Major Presidential Candidates Discuss Health Care Proposals At Forum In New Jersey

The top health care advisers to the two major presidential candidates on Tuesday at an event in Newark, N.J., "outlined vastly different ways to treat a national health system hit with spiraling costs, waste and 47 million uninsured" U.S. residents, the Newark Star-Ledger reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

Temptation: How Men and Women Differ

Temptation shows that, once again, men are from Mars and women are from Venus.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:57 pm

Don't become the victim of a surgical error

A surgeon in New Jersey removes the wrong lung. Minnesota doctors remove a healthy kidney from a cancer patient and leave the diseased one behind. A California surgeon removes an appendix from the wrong patient. From coast to coast, surgical errors are making headlines. In this week's Empowered Patient, CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen gives you five ways to make sure you're not the next victim

Source: CNN.com - Health | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:26 pm

Problems Persist With Red Cross Blood Services

Despite $21 million in fines and repeated vows to improve its methods, the American Red Cross is still falling short.


Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:03 pm

Kansas State Agencies Collaborate To Launch Statewide Diabetes Management And Prevention Initiative; Minorities Targeted

Officials from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Diabetes Advisory Council on Friday launched the Kansas Diabetes Plan, a statewide effort to increase awareness of how to control and prevent the disease, the Wichita Eagle reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

Locating First Responders Inside Buildings: Competing Technologies To Be Tested Side By Side

At the 2008 Workshop on Precision Indoor Personnel Location and Tracking for Emergency Responders, to be held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) August 4-6, four solutions to the enormous technical challenge of precisely locating first responders inside buildings will be demonstrated in carefully controlled trials.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

Tobacco Industry Manipulated Cigarette Menthol Content To Recruit New Smokers Among Young People

Menthol cigarette brands have been rising in popularity with adolescents, and the highest use has been among younger, newer smokers.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

Legislators, Advocates Respond To Potential Federal Rule That Could Limit Birth Control Access

Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) and several family planning advocates on Tuesday responded to a regulation being developed by the Bush administration that would effectively allow abortion to be defined to include commonly used contraceptive methods and would protect the rights of medical providers who refused to offer them, Reuters reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

Possible Genetic Influence In Active And Sedentary Behavior

The key to good health is to be physically active. The key to being active is… to be born that way? The well-documented importance of exercise in maintaining fitness has created the idea that individuals can manage their health by increasing their activity.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

New AmfAR Grants Look To Optimize Current HIV Treatment And Strive For A Cure

amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, will award more than $1.4 million in grants to fund 12 new research projects whose findings may fundamentally change the way HIV/AIDS is treated, Dr. Rowena Johnston, amfAR's vice president of research announced.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

Getting To The Root Of Cancer

In two complementary studies, Weizmann Institute scientists have developed a new method for reconstructing a cell's 'family tree,' and have applied this technique to trace the history of the development of cancer.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

One Third of CML Patients Need Alternative to Imatinib

Imatinib is an extremely effective first-line treatment for patients with CML in the chronic phase, but for roughly one third of patients, additional or alternative treatment is needed for a complete cytogenetic response.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:39 am

HistoRx Names Bill Sullivan Senior Vice President, Diagnostic Operations

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:30 am

Study: Low-carb diet best for weight, cholesterol (AP)

AP - The Atkins diet may have proved itself after all: A low-carb diet and a Mediterranean-style regimen helped people lose more weight than a traditional low-fat diet in one of the longest and largest studies to compare the dueling weight-loss techniques.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:23 am

Arno Therapeutics Announces New Ticker Symbol

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am

Anesiva Commences Phase 2 Trial of Adlea(TM) in Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am

Bradmer reports progression free survival data from previous Phase II glioblastoma multiforme trials

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am

MacroGenics Acquires Raven Biotechnologies

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am

FDA accepts Labopharm's response for once-daily tramadol as complete Class 2 response

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am

Baxter Raises Full-Year 2008 Outlook Following Strong Second-Quarter Financial Results

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am

Advanced Life Sciences Announces Collaboration With UK Ministry of Defence on ALS-886

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2008 | 10:59 am

Bill Clinton aims to stabilize malaria drug prices (AP)

AP - Former President Clinton's foundation has signed pricing agreements with several suppliers involved in making a malaria-fighting drug in an effort to stabilize the medication's fluctuating costs and ensure more dependable availability.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2008 | 10:18 am

Uroplasty to Host First Quarter Conference Call on July 31

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2008 | 10:00 am

Menthol cigarettes 'target young'

Menthol has been used to make some US cigarette brands more appealing to the young, say researchers.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Jul 2008 | 9:48 am

New, Informative EAU Website Launched: http://www.urologyweek.org

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2008 | 7:00 am

Healthy Diets Shown to Have Benefit Despite Modest Weight Losses

The results of a tightly controlled dieting experiment highlight the difficulty of weight loss and that most diets just don’t work very well.


Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2008 | 6:38 am

Menthol Dose Manipulated, Study Says

A Harvard study claims the tobacco industry in recent years has manipulated menthol levels to appeal to younger smokers.


Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2008 | 6:31 am

Gene Variation May Raise Risk of H.I.V., Study Finds

A genetic variation could account for 11 percent of the caseload of H.I.V. in Africa, explaining why the disease is more common there than expected, researchers say.


Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2008 | 6:30 am

Vital Signs: Hazards: ID Tags Interfering With Medical Care

A new study suggests that radio frequency identification tags may pose a danger when they are kept in places like intensive care units.


Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2008 | 5:50 am

Senate triples funding in global fight against AIDS (AP)

AP - The Senate voted Wednesday to triple spending for a much-acclaimed program that has treated and protected millions in Africa and elsewhere from the scourges of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2008 | 5:25 am

While the U.S. Spends Heavily on Health Care, a Study Faults the Quality

A study to be released Thursday highlights the stark contrast between what the United States spends on its health system and the quality of care it delivers.


Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2008 | 4:04 am

Advocating a Treatment, but Denied Access to It

It is a case that pits a mother desperately seeking a medical treatment for her son against a biotechnology company for whom she claims to have worked tirelessly as an advocate.


Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2008 | 3:55 am

Clinical Trials Update: July 16, 2008 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2008 | 3:46 am

Diet Plans Produce Similar Results (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that Mediterranean and low-carb diets are just as good and just as safe as the low-fat diet often prescribed by doctors, a revelation that should give people more choices in eating well.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2008 | 3:46 am

Low-carb diet beats other diets in study

Read full story for latest details.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:16 am

Huge gap in world cancer survival

There is a huge variation in cancer survival rates across the world, an in-depth global study shows.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Jul 2008 | 11:13 pm

Diabetes limb loss 'could be cut'

A discovery by scientists may help reduce the risk of people with diabetes losing a limb.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Jul 2008 | 11:13 pm

Researchers: Menthol used to attract young smokers (AP)

AP - Tobacco companies deliberately changed the menthol levels in cigarettes depending upon whom they were marketing them to — lower levels for young smokers who preferred the milder brands and higher levels to "lock in lifelong adult smokers," researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health concluded.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Jul 2008 | 10:25 pm

Common-sense actions cut falls in elderly: study (Reuters)

Reuters - Falls by elderly people are cut significantly when health care providers take basic steps such as prescribing physical therapy, monitoring medications and checking standing blood pressure, researchers said on Wednesday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Jul 2008 | 9:02 pm

Maternal Diabetes and Obesity Linked to Type 2 Diabetes in Youth

A case-control study shows that intrauterine exposures to maternal diabetes and obesity are strongly associated with type 2 diabetes in youth, suggesting a direction for prevention efforts.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm

FDA Safety Changes: Serevent Diskus, Letairis, Antibiotics

The FDA has approved revisions to the safety labeling for salmeterol xinafoate; ambrisentan; and the antibiotics clindamycin, lincomycin, cefotaxime, erythromycin, and doxycycline hyclate.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm

Low-Carb and Mediterranean Diets Beat Low-Fat for Weight Loss, Lipid Changes at 2 Years

A 2-year dietary study entailing the low-carbohydrate and Mediterranean diets offers the hope that weight-loss diets can be tailored to personal preferences, without sacrificing efficacy.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm

Newer vs Older Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes Have Similar Effects on Glycemic Control

A systematic review comparing newer vs older drug treatments of type 2 diabetes mellitus showed that older agents have similar effects on glycemic control.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm

Population-Derived Algorithm Helps Predict Future Emergency Admissions

This easy-to-use algorithm helped predict future emergency admissions in all individuals 40 years or older and can be used for individual patients as well as in family practice for case management.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm

Transdermal Rather Than Oral Hormone Therapy May Help Avoid Cholecystectomy

A prospective cohort study suggests that use of transdermal hormone therapy rather than oral therapy in a 5-year period could avoid 1 cholecystectomy in every 140 postmenopausal women.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm

Empathy Is 'Hard-Wired' in Children's Brains

Scans show young naturally prone to relate to pain in others, study says
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 16 Jul 2008 | 8:13 pm

Big Tobacco Lures Young Smokers With Menthol Cigarettes: Study

Researchers say industry manipulates the ingredient to recruit new generation of users
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 16 Jul 2008 | 8:12 pm

Congress, Overriding Bush, Blocks Pay Cut for Doctors

President Bush vetoed a bill protecting doctors from a Medicare pay cut, but both houses of Congress overrode the veto with large bipartisan majorities and made the bill a law.


Source: NYT > Health | 16 Jul 2008 | 7:12 pm

Treatment of Hypertension Has Improved Over Time, With Impact on Events

New data from the Framingham Heart Study looking at two periods before and after the widespread introduction of antihypertensive therapy to the US suggest that BP levels have improved over time, likely resulting in a reduction in cardiovascular clinical events.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2008 | 5:31 pm

The Future of Babies: Artificial Wombs and Pregnant Grandmas

Artificial wombs and experiments on human embryos will be no big deal in 30 years.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 16 Jul 2008 | 5:12 pm

Malaria gene 'increases HIV risk'

A gene which protects against malaria increases vulnerability to HIV infection by 40%, say scientists.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Jul 2008 | 4:10 pm

Make relaxation part of your day

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution July 16, 2008 Every morning before work, Marlena Reed closes her eyes and meditates as wafting lemon grass embraces her.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:31 pm

'Public life' job holders suffer stress-related mental illness

The Independent - London July 16, 2008 confidential survey of MPs and peers suggests that one in five parliamentarians suffers from a mental illness caused by the stress of their public lives but fear disclosing their struggles because of stigma and discrimination.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:31 pm

Medicare Bill Passes Into Law After Congress Overrides Presidential Veto

The Medicare bill that delays cuts in payments to physicians treating Medicare patients and phases out higher copayments for mental illness is now law.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:04 pm