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Stopping Moderate Drinking May Lead to DepressionAlthough moderate drinking can offer health benefits, new research in mice suggests that abstinence following moderate drinking can lead to depression and reduced hippocampal neurogenesis.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:46 pm Alzheimer's Vaccine Clears Plaques but Does Not Stop Disease ProgressionImmunization against the amyloid-beta peptide clears amyloid plaques but does not prevent progressive neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:26 pm Hospital Type Affects Nodal Evaluation in Pancreatic and Gastric CancerGastric and pancreatic cancer patients who undergo surgery at NCCN-NCI facilities and high-volume hospitals are more likely to have at least 15 lymph nodes evaluated than those who undergo surgery at community hospitals and low-volume centers, and this might affect long term outcomes.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:05 pm Federal Appeals Court Rules Inability To Have Sex Is Protected Under Americans With Disabilities ActThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a 2-1 decision on Friday ruled for the first time that laws that protect people with disabilities from discrimination should include "sexual relations," McClatchy/Houston Chronicle reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm Ohio, Florida Residents Trimming Health Care Spending, Unable To Pay Medical Bills, Survey FindsBoth insured and uninsured residents of Ohio and Florida are reducing their health care spending and are having difficulty paying medical bills, according to a recent survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, NPR and Harvard School of Public Health, NPR's "All Things Considered" reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm TB Prevention, Treatment Should Be Integrated Into HIV Treatment Programs, JAMA Study SaysTuberculosis prevention and treatment activities should be integrated into HIV treatment programs in resource-limited settings where TB mortality is widespread and where multi-drug resistant TB is emerging to reduce deaths among people living with HIV/TB coinfection, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Xinhuanet reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm Political calm lures tourists back to BeirutNew Yorker Dareen Hakim had dreamed of waking up in her grandmother's house in the mountains overlooking Beirut to a breakfast of fresh fruit jams and a manousheh -- a Lebanese...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:59 pm Scrabble -- a national passion for SenegaleseSenegal is Scrabble-mad. Street vendors all over Dakar hawk the board game and now the West African nation is the proud host of the French language Scrabble world championships.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:40 pm Wellness investment pays offLincoln Industries looks like a typical blue-collar plant -- workers cutting, bending, plating and polishing steel for products such as motorcycle tailpipes and truck exhausts amid the din of machinery. But the 565-employee Nebraska company is different. Lincoln Industries has three full-time employees devoted to "wellness," and offers on-site massages and pre-shift stretching.Source: CNN.com - Health | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:25 pm Insmed to Host Second Quarter 2008 Conference CallSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:15 pm REvolution Computing Offers Hands-On Tutorial of NWS Parallel Computing Environment at BioC 2008Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm Aethon, Inc. Names New Chief Financial OfficerSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation, July 24, 2008TRANSPLANTATION: How to identify liver transplant recipients who no longer need drugs A very small number of individuals who have had a liver transplant are able to stop taking drugs that prevent the immune system from attacking their transplanted liver (immunosuppressants).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm Shared DNA Sequencing Instrumentation Established At UI And ISUThe University of Iowa and Iowa State University are pooling their resources to significantly enhance both institutions' genetic research capabilities. The two institutions have each purchased a massively parallel DNA sequencer - an instrument capable of deciphering DNA sequences at the rate of millions to billions of bases in a single run.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm Watson Launches Omeprazole Delayed-Release Capsules, 40MGSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm Genaera Releases Phase 1 Data and New Preclinical Data on the CNS Function of Trodusquemine (MSI-1436) at CBI Obesity SummitSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm CMS Allocating $49M To High-Risk Health Insurance Pools In 31 StatesHHS Secretary Mike Leavitt on Monday said CMS will divide $49 million in grants among 31 states with high-risk health insurance pools as part of the Bush administration's plan for expanding access to care, the Salt Lake Tribune reports (Rosetta, Salt Lake Tribune, 7/23).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm Many U.K. Physicians Missing Early Signs Of HIV, Group SaysAs many as 50% of early-stage HIV cases are being missed by physicians in the United Kingdom, largely because they overlook symptoms that are flu-like in nature, the National AIDS Trust said recently, BBC News reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm CDC, FDA Release Statement Saying HPV Vaccine Gardasil Remains Safe, EffectiveOfficials from CDC and FDA on Tuesday released a statement that says a review of available information by the two agencies has found that Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil "continues to be safe and effective" for protecting women and girls from a virus that causes cervical cancer, and that its "benefits continue to outweigh its risks," Reuters reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm MDdatacor Extends Contract with Wellmark, Inc.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm Cochlear Announces Milestone in Hearing Restoration With 120,000 Nucleus(R) Cochlear ImplantsSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm Insmed CEO to Present at Drug Discovery & Development ConferenceSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm AP: Food industry bitten by its lobbying success (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:14 am UC Santa Barbara Chemist Goes Nano With CoQ10If Bruce Lipshutz has his way, you may soon be buying bottles of water brimming with the life-sustaining coenzyme CoQ10 at your local Costco. Lipshutz, a professor of chemistry at UC Santa Barbara, is the principal author of an upcoming review, "Transition Metal Catalyzed Cross-Couplings Going Green: in Water at Room Temperature," which will be published in Aldrichimica Acta in September.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Stanford Worm Study Challenges Prevailing Theory Of AgingAge may not be rust after all. Specific genetic instructions drive aging in worms, report researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Their discovery contradicts the prevailing theory that aging is a buildup of tissue damage akin to rust, and implies science might eventually halt or even reverse the ravages of age.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Fat friends 'can boost your size'People are subconsciously influenced by the weight of those around them, researchers suggest.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 25 Jul 2008 | 9:53 am Howard L. Bachrach, 88, Early Polio Researcher, Is DeadMr. Bachrach was a biochemist who helped produce an early vaccine to prevent foot and mouth disease in livestock and did important early research on the polio virus.Source: NYT > Health | 25 Jul 2008 | 9:43 am H2O powerThe study that claimed water has a memorySource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 25 Jul 2008 | 9:23 am Sidney Craig, 76, a Founder of Jenny Craig, DiesWith his wife, Genevieve, Mr. Craig founded Jenny Craig Inc., the chain of weight-loss centers, which would eventually open more than 600 centers in four countries.Source: NYT > Health | 25 Jul 2008 | 7:53 am Eugene A. Foster, 81, Dies; Linked Jefferson to SlaveDr. Foster, a pathologist, helped establish genetically the long-alleged liaison between Thomas Jefferson and his slave mistress Sally Hemings.Source: NYT > Health | 25 Jul 2008 | 7:36 am National Briefing | West: California: Girl’s Death Prompts FineA company that hired a pregnant teenager who died of heat stroke this spring after laboring in a Central Valley vineyard received the highest fine ever issued to a California farming operation.Source: NYT > Health | 25 Jul 2008 | 5:50 am World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: New Case of Fast-Moving Polio Is FoundThe confirmation that the strain of polio was found in an 8-month-old boy in the southern port city of Karachi brings the total cases in the country this year to 18.Source: NYT > Health | 25 Jul 2008 | 5:36 am Profits Up, Drug Makers Pledge to Cut More JobsOn a day when the major stock indexes were down significantly, the drug makers’ shares got little traction despite their fairly strong reports.Source: NYT > Health | 25 Jul 2008 | 5:17 am Europe Fails to Endorse Milk and Meat From ClonesEurope’s Food Safety Authority pulled back from giving milk and meat from cloned animals a clean bill of health, reducing the chances such products will reach stores soon.Source: NYT > Health | 25 Jul 2008 | 5:13 am Blacks in Congress Split Over Menthol CigarettesA bill that would outlaw flavored cigarettes — except for a type many black smokers choose — has opened a rift.Source: NYT > Health | 25 Jul 2008 | 5:03 am Soy Linked to Low Sperm Count (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- Eating half a serving of soy food a day lowers sperm concentrations and may play a role in male infertility, particularly in obese men, Harvard University researchers report.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 Jul 2008 | 3:48 am Pet Doors Opening at Assisted Living Centers (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- When the elderly woman first arrived at Brooke Grove Retirement Village in Sandy Spring, Md., some of the staffers were skeptical when they saw she had brought her cat along.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 Jul 2008 | 3:48 am Clinical Trials Update: July 24, 2008 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 Jul 2008 | 3:48 am Cinacalcet Inhibits Parathyroid Hormone Secretion in Hemodialysis PatientsSpanish researchers report that in hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism, treatment with the calcimimetic cinacalcet changes the dynamics of parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion by increasing sensitivity of the parathyroid calcium-sensing receptor to calcium.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:28 am CRP Levels Not Associated With Survival in Moderate/severe COPDCompared with other prognostic indicators, C-reactive protein levels do not predict survival in patients with moderate to severe COPD, according to findings published in the June issue of Chest.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:25 am Vets need more mental health helpMcClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted July 24, 2008 War veterans, especially those living in rural areas, need more accessible mental health services after a statewide study showed many are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, a West Virginia University psychology professor told a U.S. Senate committee.Source: PsycPORT.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 am Math study finds girls are just as good as boysAssociated Press July 24, 2008 WASHINGTON - Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was...Source: PsycPORT.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 am Supreme Court weighs in on self-representation for mentally illMcClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted July 24, 2008 A June U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting the right of mentally ill defendants to represent themselves in court could affect the case of Joseph Duncan, who admitted killing four members of a North Idaho family.Source: PsycPORT.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 am 'Wrong bras' can damage breastsWomen who wear the wrong kind of bra could be damaging their breasts, researchers warn.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Jul 2008 | 11:15 pm HIV drugs 'add 13 years of life'Life expectancy for people with HIV increases by 13 years on average since the late 1990s, survey finds.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Jul 2008 | 11:11 pm Lifestyle 'should hit' IVF accessAlmost half of fertility experts say access to IVF should be conditional, a survey finds.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Jul 2008 | 11:06 pm Congress OKs $48B for global AIDS fight (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Jul 2008 | 10:45 pm The New Old Age: Love in Unexpected PlacesFive years after her mother’s death, Jane Gross returned to the nursing home that cared for her.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Jul 2008 | 10:08 pm Worm Study Challenges Prevailing Theory of AgingMay not happen in humans, but genes may determine course of the processSource: Livescience.com - Health | 24 Jul 2008 | 9:22 pm FDA Safety Changes: Asmanex Twisthaler, Advair HFA, AveloxThe FDA has approved revisions to the safety labeling for mometasone furoate powder, fluticasone propionate plus salmeterol xinafoate aerosol, and moxifloxacin HCl tablets and moxifloxacin injection.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Multidimensional Approach Recommended for Fibromyalgia TreatmentA review suggests that combining patient education, cognitive behavioral therapy, exercise, and other treatment may be effective for management of fibromyalgia.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Sorafenib Increases Survival in Advanced Liver CancerThe multikinase inhibitor sorafenib significantly extended overall survival in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and also increased the median time to radiologic progression.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Predictors of Severe Infantile Hyperbilirubinemia IdentifiedThe strongest predictors in infants with borderline bilirubin levels were gestational age, bruising, family history, and rapid rise in total serum bilirubin; phototherapy was effective in this study.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm New Analysis Uncovers Relationship Between Low LDL Cholesterol Levels and CancerProvocative findings suggest the cardiovascular benefits of achieved levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol might be offset by an increased risk for cancer.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Adults rush to join playground gamesRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Health | 24 Jul 2008 | 8:54 pm Booming business helps patients navigate medicine (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Jul 2008 | 8:45 pm Hoping Two Drugs Carry a Side Effect: Longer LifeSirtris, a drug company, has two drugs in clinical trials that it hopes will avert degenerative diseases of aging.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Jul 2008 | 8:34 pm US fentanyl deaths topped 1,000 over 2 years (AP)AP - More than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl, the government reported Thursday in its first national tally of those deaths.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Jul 2008 | 7:47 pm Alarming Study on Teen Dating Violence Is FlawedParents, don't hit the panic button just yet.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 24 Jul 2008 | 6:36 pm Officials: Search for HIV vaccine needs overhaul (AP)AP - Scientists will have to take "enormous intellectual leaps" to develop an AIDS vaccine in the coming years, say researchers clearly frustrated by the failure of a once-promising shot.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Jul 2008 | 6:01 pm Toxic Chemicals Found in Laundry Soaps and Air FreshenersSix products gave off at least one chemical regulated by feds as toxic or hazardous.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 24 Jul 2008 | 5:43 pm US cancer boss in mobiles warningThe director of a top US cancer research institute warns thousands of staff of possible risks from mobile phone use.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Jul 2008 | 4:56 pm Antidepressant Scripts Up 16 Million Over 3-Year PeriodPsychiatrists wrote 29% of new orders, followed by GPs and primary care docs, survey findsSource: Livescience.com - Health | 24 Jul 2008 | 4:13 pm Elderly Don’t Need As Much Sleep, Study Findsomnia in old people could be all in their heads.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 24 Jul 2008 | 4:02 pm 'Teen toddler'The daily struggle of living with a child who has ADHDSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Jul 2008 | 3:13 pm Cancer expert warns employees on cell phonesRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Health | 24 Jul 2008 | 2:57 pm Homeopathy prescriptions fallingGP prescriptions for homeopathy have nearly halved in two years, figures show.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Jul 2008 | 2:11 pm Soy Linked to Low Sperm CountCould affect fertility, especially in overweight and obese men, researchers reportSource: Livescience.com - Health | 24 Jul 2008 | 1:47 pm
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