Psychologist helps Chinese squads release pressure

Xinhua News Agency July 29, 2008 BEIJING, Jul 29, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- With only 10 days to go before the Beijing Olympic Games, both Chinese men's and women's handball teams walked out of their gym and received a pressure-releasing psychologic aid in their training camp here on Tuesday.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:08 pm

Statins cut dementia risk in half

The Independent - London July 29, 2008 Statins, which have saved millions of people from heart disease, may have an additional role in protecting the brain from dementia, researchers say.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:08 pm

John McCain Stumps for Sunscreen

Republican Sen. John McCain said Monday he had had a small patch of skin removed from his face and biopsied as part of a regular checkup with his dermatologist.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 29 Jul 2008 | 2:18 pm

Stumped

Why can't people with dyslexia do multiple choice?
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Jul 2008 | 2:07 pm

Veterans' Hotline Averted More Than 1,200 Suicides In First Year

More than 22,000 veterans have called a veterans suicide hotline since its launch in July 2007, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, according to government data to be released on Monday, the AP/Baltimore Sun reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

Bush Says He Will Be 'Honored' To Sign Global AIDS Bill

President Bush on Saturday during his weekly radio address said that he will be "honored" to sign a bill (HR 5501) to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief at $48 billion through 2013 into law this week, the AP/Google.com reports (Riechmann, AP/Google.com, 7/27).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

New HIV Cases Could Quadruple Over 10 Years If Discordant Couples Discontinue Condom Use, Study Says

New HIV cases could quadruple over the next 10 years if couples in which one person is HIV-negative and the other is HIV-positive discontinue condom use based on factors such as suppressed viral loads, according to a study published Friday in the journal Lancet, Reuters reports (Tan, Reuters, 7/25).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

The Truth About Cell Phones and Cancer

There is no plausible biological or physical reasoning for why it cell phones would cause cancer.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm

Hospice Community Encourages All Americans Who Value Compassionate Care for the Dying to Speak Out Against Hospice Rate Cuts


Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm

Society of Certified Senior Advisors Introduces Comprehensive Online Resource to Clients in Need of Senior Housing


Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:47 pm

Early Study Finds Increased Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Long-Term Users of Tricyclic Antidepressants

A population-based observational study from Denmark found an increased risk for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among users of tricyclic antidepressants.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:42 pm

InfoLogix Selected by University Medical Center to Deploy Mobile Wireless Asset Tracking Solution


Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:30 pm

IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. to Report Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results


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Nuvelo Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial of NU206 in Healthy Volunteers


Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:30 pm

ALS Therapy Development Institute and California Stem Cell, Inc. Announce Long-Term Scientific Collaboration


Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:30 pm

Providence Service Corporation Sees Budget Clarity Improving Toward Year End With Budget Issues Impacting Second Quarter and Balance of 2008


Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:30 pm

SENOMYX ANNOUNCES INITIATION OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FOR NEW SUCROSE ENHANCER


Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:30 pm

VioQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc Valuation Upgrade Review Issued By Scimitar Equity, LLC


Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:30 pm

Genomic Health to Announce Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results and Host Conference Call on Tuesday, August 5, 2008


Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:30 pm

US lawmakers to ban toxins from toys: reports (AFP)

A sign at Kinder Haus Toys in Arlington, Virginia, indicates which products are made in the United States. US lawmakers have agreed to ban the use of a group of chemicals in toys and other children's products that consumer groups say cause serious health effects, newspapers have reported.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - US lawmakers agreed to ban the use of a group of chemicals in toys and other children's products that consumer groups say cause serious health effects, newspapers reported Tuesday.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:17 pm

New York Times Examines 'Dual-Class' Treatment To Cosmetic, Medical Patients By Dermatologists

The New York Times on Monday examined how "dermatology is fast becoming a two-tier business in which higher-paying customers" seeking cosmetic procedures "often receive greater pampering" than "medical patients for whom health insurance pays fixed reimbursement rates.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

Catholic Advocates Call On Pope To Lift Church's Ban On Contraceptive Use

More than 50 Catholic groups in an open letter published Friday in Italy's largest newspaper Corriere della Sera called on Pope Benedict XVI to lift the Roman Catholic Church's ban on contraceptive use, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, the letter was published on the 40th anniversary of the late Pope Paul VI's encyclical "Humanae Vitae," which states the church's opposition to contraception.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

NICE To Take Part In Department Of Health's Pilot Information Accreditation Scheme

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has been chosen by the Department of Health from over 120 applications to participate in the testing phase of a new scheme to ensure good quality information across the health and social care sector.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

Unique Voluntary Program To Monitor Nanotechnologies

State and local officials have taken steps to begin monitoring the manufacture and storage of nanomaterials, a major step for a cutting-edge technology that has yet to be regulated by the federal government. On July 28, the Cambridge (Mass.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

Study Finds Improved Life Expectancy For HIV-Positive People Receiving Treatment

HIV-positive people in wealthy countries using highly active antiretroviral therapy increased between 1996 and 2005, but a large disparity in life expectancy remains between HIV-positive people on HAART and the general population, according to a study published Friday in the journal Lancet, Reuters reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

Sharp National Rise In Skin Infections, MRSA Suspected

A national analysis of physician office and emergency department records shows that the types of skin infections caused by community-acquired MRSA doubled in the eight-year study period, with the highest rates seen among children and in urban emergency rooms.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

NICE Issues Updated Guidance On The Use Of Insulin Pump Therapy

NICE has published its final guidance on the use of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII or 'insulin pump') therapy. This is a review of guidance on the use this technology published in February 2003.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm

Los Angeles wants to take bite out of fast food (AP)

Signs for fast foot restaurants are seen on a street in Los Angeles on Monday, July 28, 2008. In South Los Angeles, fast food is also the easiest cuisine to find, and that's a problem for elected officials who see it as an unhealthy source of calories and cholesterol. The City Council is poised to vote Tuesday on a moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a swath of the city where a proliferation of such eateries goes hand in hand with more fat adults and chunky children than other areas of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - In the impoverished neighborhood of South Los Angeles, fast food is the easiest cuisine to find — and that's a problem for elected officials who see it as an unhealthy source of calories and cholesterol.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 29 Jul 2008 | 11:50 am

Shock and guilt

Brazil sees HIV cases rise among the over-60s
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Jul 2008 | 11:12 am

SA Muslim HIV test call condemned

South African Aids activists dismiss a call for Muslim couples to have HIV tests before marriage.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Jul 2008 | 10:06 am

Children target of $1.6 billion in food ads, FTC finds (AP)

Max Robinson, 5, prepares to eat an Oreo cookie, which is made by Kraft Foods, in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, July 28, 2008. Kraft Foods Inc. reported growth in the second quarter Monday, as consumers, undeterred by price increases, abandon restaurants for less costly meals at home and the company benefits from its restructuring plan. The nation's largest food and beverage maker is also benefiting from price increases, saying it has raised its prices, on average, 7 percent in the most recent quarter. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Imagine Superman promoting fresh fruits and vegetables instead of a cereal.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 29 Jul 2008 | 9:33 am

55 minutes exercise a day - the only way to lose weight

Women who want to lose weight - and keep it off - need to be exercising for almost an hour, five days a week, research suggests.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Jul 2008 | 9:03 am

The Evidence Gap: A Call for a Warning System on Artificial Joints

If American patients who ended up with agonizing hip replacements lived in certain other industrialized countries, many might have been spared the risk.


Source: NYT > Health | 29 Jul 2008 | 6:26 am

Statins 'may cut dementia risk'

Scientists have found further evidence that cholesterol-lowering statins may protect against dementia and memory loss.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Jul 2008 | 5:58 am

Recipes for Health: Omelets

A vegetable omelet is one of the most satisfying meals I can think of, but many of us hardly ever think of having omelets for dinner.


Source: NYT > Health | 29 Jul 2008 | 5:29 am

Fitness: Recent Triathlon Deaths Have Experts Searching for Answers

While triathlon deaths remain rare, a puzzling resemblance is beginning to present itself: all recorded deaths in the last two years have happened during the swim portion of the event.


Source: NYT > Health | 29 Jul 2008 | 5:20 am

McCain Has a Spot Removed From His Face

The procedure was described as routine, and the senator said that his dermatologist would perform a biopsy “just to make sure everything is fine.”


Source: NYT > Health | 29 Jul 2008 | 5:17 am

The Doctor’s World: The Story Behind Kennedy’s Surgery

The nation’s top neurosurgeons were divided on whether or not to operate on Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s brain tumor.


Source: NYT > Health | 29 Jul 2008 | 5:05 am

Well: Doctor and Patient, Now at Odds

A growing chorus suggests that the once-revered doctor-patient relationship is on the rocks.


Source: NYT > Health | 29 Jul 2008 | 4:52 am

Amgen Raises Forecast on Improved Sales and Successful Trial

Amgen reported a far better than expected quarterly profit as sales of its anemia drug Aranesp rebounded from the preceding quarter.


Source: NYT > Health | 29 Jul 2008 | 4:36 am

Rapid rise seen in fatal medication errors at home (AP)

HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL 4 p.m.; graphic shows the rise of deaths from medication mistakes since 1983; 1c x 3 5/8 inches; 47 mm x 92 mm; 1c x 3 3/4 inches; 46.5 mm x 95.3 mmAP - Deaths from medication mistakes at home, like actor Heath Ledger's accidental overdose, rose dramatically during the past two decades, an analysis of U.S. death certificates finds.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 29 Jul 2008 | 4:14 am

Worse Viral Control After Therapeutic Vaccination With the ALVAC-HIV Vaccine

HIV-infected patients have greater viral rebound and reduced time to resumption of antiretroviral therapy after therapeutic immunization with the ALVAC-HIV vaccine, according to a report in the July 11th AIDS.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:47 am

Most Fit Have Less Brain Atrophy From Alzheimer's (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- Physical fitness can help the mind, body and quality of life of people with early Alzheimer's disease and dementia, according to new research.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:47 am

Clinical Trials Update: July 28, 2008 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:47 am

Bone Density Predicts Chances of Breast Cancer (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- Calculating a woman's bone mineral density appears to shed light on her risk for breast cancer.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:47 am

Tanzania Says to Triple HIV Therapy Patients

Tanzania plans to triple the number of HIV/AIDS patients receiving free life-extending drugs to 440,000 by 2010, the country's health minister said on Monday.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:43 am

Routine Pneumococcal Vaccination Cuts Carriage of Resistant S. Pneumoniae

In a study of children attending day-care centers in Greece, routine immunization with the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) significantly reduced nasopharyngeal carriage of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:40 am

Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation Benefits Some Patients With Interstitial Cystitis

Posterior tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) for 30 minutes twice weekly benefits some patients with interstitial cystitis, according to a report in the June Urology.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:37 am

Estrogen Treatment May Cause Small Increase in Risk of Gastroesophageal Reflux

Postmenopausal estrogen use appears to modestly increase the incidence of symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux over a 1-year period, according to findings from the Women's Health Initiative Hormone Trials.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:32 am

Canada Regulator, Nuke Firm Blasted Over Isotopes

Widespread sloppiness at both Canada's nuclear regulator and government-owned Atomic Energy Canada Ltd prompted the damaging closure of a reactor which made medical radioisotopes, a report said on Monday.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:28 am

After Very Preterm Birth, Disabilities Do Not Worsen With Long-Term Survival

Long-term survival of very preterm infants is not associated with an increased risk of severe disability compared to short- or medium-term survival, German researchers report.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:26 am

Books: Crusaders for Quality, a Health-Care Intangible

From what has been called a perfect storm of disgruntled patients, legislators and medical professionals, the quality movement in health care has been born.


Source: NYT > Health | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:25 am

Abbott Gets U.S. Subpoena on Bile-Duct Stents

Abbott Laboratories said on Friday that it received a subpoena last month from the U.S. Department of Justice related to the sales and marketing of its bile-duct stents.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:21 am

Essay: Apology Shines Light on Racial Schism in Medicine

The American Medical Association’s apology to the nation’s black physicians remains pertinent, if long overdue.


Source: NYT > Health | 29 Jul 2008 | 3:19 am

Cases: For Elderly, a Little Fall, a Big Worry

Falls are the leading cause of death from injury among people over 65.


Source: NYT > Health | 29 Jul 2008 | 2:42 am

Study: 'Pre-dementia' is rising, especially in men (AP)

An old person suffering from Alzheimer's disease is seen at a hospital. A nearly forgotten Russian-made drug, formulated to combat hay fever, helps improve cognitive abilities in patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to the results of a year-long trial published on Thursday.(AFP/File/Fred Tanneau)AP - A milder type of mental decline that often precedes Alzheimer's disease is alarmingly more common than has been believed, and in men more than women, doctors reported Monday.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 29 Jul 2008 | 2:29 am

Rising Prevalence of Diabetes Threatens TB Control Efforts

As an independent risk factor for active tuberculosis (TB), the increasing prevalence of diabetes may threaten TB control efforts worldwide, according to researchers at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 29 Jul 2008 | 2:08 am

Stroke risk from smoking partner

Being married to a smoker will significantly raise your risk of stroke, even if you don't smoke yourself, say researchers.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Jul 2008 | 11:30 pm

Studies show exercise boon for obesity, diabetes (Reuters)

A jogger runs along the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey in this file photo from August 3, 2006. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)Reuters - Walking a bit more each day can help people control their Type 2 diabetes but obese people trying to keep weight off may need to exercise harder than they had thought, according to a studies published on Monday.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Jul 2008 | 9:03 pm

Home deaths from drug errors soar

Read full story for latest details.


Source: CNN.com - Health | 28 Jul 2008 | 8:38 pm

Alzheimer's Patients React Poorly to 'Elderspeak'

Talking to them like children brings out more resistance, study found
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 28 Jul 2008 | 8:37 pm

Rates of Mild Cognitive Impairment Higher Than Expected

More men, women may develop Alzheimer's than previously thought, researchers say
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 28 Jul 2008 | 8:35 pm

Putting the squeeze on produce to kill germs (AP)

AP - Could food producers literally squeeze the salmonella out of a jalapeno? Or zap the E. coli from lettuce without it going limp?
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Jul 2008 | 7:04 pm

Car rides make you sick? Get some relief

You get in the car and the symptoms start: nausea, sweating, racing heart and difficulty breathing. But it's not a reaction to gas prices. It's genuine carsickness, a disconnect in your brain. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks about his own history of acute carsickness and how sufferers can treat it.


Source: CNN.com - Health | 28 Jul 2008 | 7:01 pm

Fitter Alzheimer's patients had healthier brains

Read full story for latest details.


Source: CNN.com - Health | 28 Jul 2008 | 6:52 pm

Wellness investment pays off

Lincoln 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 | 28 Jul 2008 | 3:15 pm

Flamingos take a stand for science

The Philadelphia Inquirer July 28, 2008 Jul. 28--The other day, Matthew Anderson held a small notebook in his right hand. Standing, he tended to put more weight on his left leg. He's right-handed.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 28 Jul 2008 | 3:08 pm

Alzheimer's patients dislike 'elderspeak'

Chicago Tribune July 28, 2008 CHICAGO - Researchers from Kansas are offering a rare glimpse into the interior world of Alzheimer's patients with a new study set to be presented at a major international conference in Chicago this week.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 28 Jul 2008 | 3:08 pm

'Pre-dementia' is rising, especially in men

Associated Press July 28, 2008 CHICAGO - A milder type of mental decline that often precedes Alzheimer's disease is alarmingly more common than has been believed, and in men more than women, doctors reported Monday.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 28 Jul 2008 | 3:08 pm