Health and Medical News Headlines for July 20, 2008

Scientists In A Virtual World

Purdue University is operating a virtual environment that enables scientists and engineers to interpret raw data collected with powerful instruments called dynamic atomic force microscopes.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

Children treated abroad as U.S. doctors push for devices (Reuters)

Reuters - Every year, Chicago-based cardiologist Ziyad Hijazi accompanies two or three children and their families to his native Jordan for heart operations using medical devices that are not approved in the United States.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Jul 2008 | 12:19 pm

Government-Sanctioned Torture

A system of checks and balances in government is usually regarded as a good thing, except when it comes to the probability that a nation will stop its use of government-sanctioned torture, according to a Florida State University study. As repugnant as torture is, the fact is most countries -- even those with democratic governments -- do it.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

A New System For Better Handling Of Lab Samples

An innovative robotic sample management system developed by the SME-led PMS project carries out complex sample transport operations rapidly and with a high level of reliability. It includes a new transport system based on magnetic hover railway technologies, a new laboratory information system and a special selective analyser.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am

American Society For Microbiology Honors Rosenberg, Baselsk, De Lorenzo And Clapham

American Society for Microbiology honors Steven A. Rosenberg The 2008 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Abbott Laboratories Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology was presented to Steven A.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Jul 2008 | 10:00 am

Children's Early Cognitive Development Influenced By Family Resources, Parenting Quality

Even among low-income families, mothers with greater social and economic resources were more supportive in parenting their children than those with fewer resources, which in turn influenced the children's cognitive performance. That's the main finding of a new study that considers how economic factors and parenting quality jointly influence children's development.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Jul 2008 | 10:00 am

Amgen Announces Positive Top-Line Results For Denosumab Treatment Of Bone Loss In Men With Non-Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) announced findings from a three-year pivotal Phase 3 placebo-controlled trial evaluating denosumab in the treatment of bone loss in men undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for non-metastatic prostate cancer.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Jul 2008 | 9:00 am

European Approval For Roche's Pegasys Personalises Treatment For A Subgroup Of Hepatitis C Patients

Roche also announces start of NCORE study to determine best length of treatment in patients who do not experience a rapid response Roche announced that the European Commission has approved a shortened, 16-week course of treatment with Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a (40 KD)) plus Copegus (ribavirin) for certain hepatitis C patients.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Jul 2008 | 9:00 am

NASONEX(R) Now Approved In Japan For The Treatment Of Allergic Rhinitis In Adult Patients

Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) announced that Schering-Plough K.K., the company's country operation in Japan, has received marketing approval for NASONEX(R) (mometasone furoate monohydrate) Nasal Spray 50mcg for the treatment of allergic rhinitis in adult patients.(1) NASONEX is an intranasal steroid that significantly improves nasal allergy symptoms when taken once each day.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Jul 2008 | 9:00 am

Aggressive Preschoolers Found To Have Fewer Friends Than Others

Preschoolers who are aggressive, angry, and inattentive tend to have fewer playmates than their non-aggressive classmates, whether they are boys or girls. In comparison, non-aggressive children do better at interactions with many peers over time. Those are the findings of new research that used an important innovation for studying children's peer relationships.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Jul 2008 | 9:00 am

Merck Responds To Questions About Adverse Events Reported Following Vaccination With GARDASIL®

Merck issued the following statement to address questions about adverse events reported in people who had received GARDASIL [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) Vaccine, Recombinant].
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Jul 2008 | 9:00 am

Memories come back to haunt elderly Holocaust survivors

As the last generation of Germany's Holocaust survivors enters the twilight years, many are losing the strength to suppress horrific memories and caregivers find they are often ill-equipped
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Jul 2008 | 7:52 am

Malta's '60s-era buses keep chugging along

In Malta, some things never change. To take the bus in the former British colony is to travel some four decades back in time, to when a pull-cord running the length of the...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Jul 2008 | 7:39 am

Beijing to feel the strain from Olympic visitors

BEIJING (Reuters) - There is little doubt at ordinary Beijingers' enthusiasm for next month's Olympic Games.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Jul 2008 | 7:22 am

Food fears linger even as tomato scare ends (AP)

AP - The tomato scare may be over, but it has taken a toll it's cost the industry an estimated $100 million and left millions of people with a new wariness about the safety of everyday foods.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Jul 2008 | 6:11 am

A 540-calorie Big Mac? NY chains post calorie info (AP)

AP - Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Jul 2008 | 6:10 am

More Smokers Seek Help With Quitting Since Latest Cigarette Tax Took Effect

Reports that tax increases are the most effective measure known to reduce demand for tobacco are proving true in New York City.

Source: NYT > Health | 20 Jul 2008 | 6:05 am

Thai teens seeking sex changes grapple with new rules

Valee Pancharoen watched her son transform as he became a teenager, first painting his nails, then wearing a wig and, finally, the dresses he had been wearing for years but hiding from his...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Jul 2008 | 5:17 am

Falls Are Top Cause of Injury, Death Among Elderly (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SATURDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- Falls are a leading cause of serious injury and death among elderly people in the United States, and most of those falls occur in the home, says the American Geriatric Society (AGS).
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Jul 2008 | 3:45 am

Dining: Restaurants Offering Gluten-Free Options

A growing number of restaurants on Long Island have added gluten-free dishes to accommodate customers with celiac disease.

Source: NYT > Health | 20 Jul 2008 | 12:37 am

Economic View: Means Testing, for Medicare

No matter who sits in the Oval Office next year, there won’t be many degrees of freedom in the federal budget. The main problem: Medicare.

Source: NYT > Health | 20 Jul 2008 | 12:14 am

Grief really hurts

How strong emotions can cause physical pain
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Jul 2008 | 11:51 pm

A Scot with MS

Elizabeth Quigley on a disease which plagues Scotland
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Jul 2008 | 11:36 pm

Autism parents 'infection risk'

Caring for children with problems such as autism or Down's syndrome may weaken parents' immune systems.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Jul 2008 | 11:29 pm

Pilgrims create sea of candles for papal vigil in Australia

Conga lines of teenagers grooved to pop music and nuns in black habits skipped between ranks of pilgrims in sleeping bags Saturday as a candlelight vigil with Pope Benedict XVI began in...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jul 2008 | 6:55 pm

Russian Muslims protest radical literature ban

Russia's highest Muslim council on Saturday issued a protest against a ban on some Islamic publications considered by the authorities to be "extremist." The Council of Muftis
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jul 2008 | 6:48 pm

China opens new subway lines for Olympics

Beijing opened three new rail lines on Saturday in a bid to reduce traffic gridlock on the city's streets and improve air quality ahead of next month's Olympic Games. The new
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jul 2008 | 6:46 pm

New camera dispels darkness around pharaoh's 'solar' boat

Egypt on Saturday revealed a unique way of viewing a wooden boat entombed 4,500 years ago next to Giza's Great Pyramid where exposure to the atmosphere had threatened its destruction.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jul 2008 | 6:42 pm

Seville to change 40 street names in break with Franco era: reports

The southern Spanish city of Seville is to change 40 street names and withdraw a distinction awarded to a nationalist general in a break with the era of the Franco dictatorship, press...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jul 2008 | 6:39 pm

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