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Drug Gives Couch Potato Mice Benefits of a WorkoutA new mouse study takes step toward 'exercise in a pill.'Source: Livescience.com - Health | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:22 pm Frankincense 'can ease arthritis'A herb known as "Indian Frankincense" can reduce the symptoms of arthritis, US research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:04 pm Haitian Women Living In Miami Less Likely Than Black, White Women To Have Had Pap Test, Research ShowsOnly 44% of Haitians over age 18 who live in the Little Haiti neighborhood in Miami have had a Pap test, compared with 84% of black women and 84% of white women, according to a study by researchers at the University of Miami, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. According to experts, the findings could signal a trend of how Haitian women in other areas of the U.S.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:00 pm Audit Finds Reported Cervical Cancer Cases In Maryland Deliberately Altered In State DatabaseThe number of reported cervical cancer cases in Maryland was deliberately overreported in a state database that records the number of cancer cases statewide, according to a recent audit conducted by the Department of Legislative Services, the AP/Washington Examiner reports (Dominguez, AP/Washington Examiner, 7/29).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:00 pm President Bush Signs PEPFAR Reauthorization BillPresident Bush on Wednesday signed into law legislation (HR 5501) that reauthorizes the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through 2013, the Washington Post reports (Eggen, Washington Post, 7/31).The House last week approved the measure 303-115. The legislation allocates a total of $50 billion -- $48 billion of which goes to PEPFAR and $2 billion of which goes to American Indian issues.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:00 pm Blogs Increasingly Have Power To Influence Health Policy, Improve Discourse On Health Care Issues, HHS Secretary SaysBlogging can be a "very powerful engine for public policy setting," HHS Secretary and blogger Mike Leavitt said on Tuesday, CQ HealthBeat reports. Speaking at a forum sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Leavitt said that blogging has the power to advance the debate on health care policy by allowing more interaction between members of the public and policymakers.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:00 pm Dr. George Poste Named Non-Executive Vice Chairman of CDX Holdings, Parent of Caris Diagnostics and Caris Molecular DiagnosticsSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:00 pm Eradicating H. pylori Reduces Risk for Gastric Cancer RecurrenceA Japanese study adds to accumulating evidence that eradicating H. pylori reduces the risk for gastric cancer, and leads to a call for action in high-risk populations.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:58 pm Leapfrog Group Launches Improved Web Site With New Safety and Quality Information on Hospitals NationwideSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:56 pm How one busy mom found her inner peaceThanks to the flu, a broken ankle, a staph infection, and bronchitis, plus several school cancellations, my three children were at home -- hurting, vomiting, coughing, or tracking muddy water into our house -- all but seven days last February. Obviously, I was in need of some inner peace. But if I sit still and close my eyes, I fall asleep or think about my to-do list. I neededd to calm my mind without giving my weary body a chance to nod off. Does such a thing exist?Source: CNN.com - Health | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:54 pm Iomai Stockholders Approve Merger With Intercell SubsidiarySource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:18 pm Flu Vaccine Doesn't Protect Seniors From Pneumonia (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- Flu vaccine may not protect older people from pneumonia once they get the disease, researchers report.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:01 pm Cannabis-Linked Cell Receptor Might Help Prevent Colon Cancer (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A cannabinoid receptor lying on the surface of cells may help suppress colorectal cancer, say U.S. researchers. When the receptor is turned off, tumor growth is switched on.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:01 pm The Hill Editorial Addresses SCHIP ReauthorizationA "long-stalled" bill supported by Democrats that would expand SCHIP likely will return to the House floor this fall, and the legislation will become law this year or next year unless the "political winds shift," according to an editorial in The Hill.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm White House Threatens To Veto $118.7B Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations BillThe White House on Wednesday said that President Bush will veto a $118.7 billion fiscal year 2009 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs appropriations bill (HR 6599) unless Congress finds $2.9 billion in offsets in other appropriations bills to meet the overall spending level he requested, CQ Today reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm Sony Electronics Supports The Children of Operation SmileSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm XELR8 Announces Conference Call to Report Second Quarter Financial ResultsSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm House Approves Bill Allowing FDA To Regulate Tobacco; Bill Would Ban Additives But Not MentholThe House on Wednesday by a veto-proof 326-102 vote approved legislation (HR 1108) that would give FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products, the New York Times reports (Saul, New York Times, 7/31). The measure, introduced by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), would allow FDA to ban flavored additives, with an exemption for menthol flavoring (Yoest, Wall Street Journal, 7/31).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm Global Announces Contract ModificationSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm President Bush Signs Global AIDS Bill Into LawPresident Bush on Wednesday signed a bill (HR 5501) into law that reauthorizes the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief at $48 billion through 2013, the Washington Post reports. "We are a compassionate nation," Bush said at a signing ceremony, adding, "and that's what this bill says loud and clear" (Eggen, Washington Post, 7/31). According to the AP/Google.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm Global Med Technologies Announces Acquisition of eDonor(R): One of the Industry's Premier Technology Platforms for Donor Recruitment, Scheduling and RetentionSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm AMDL Updates Q2 and FY2008 GuidanceSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm Spanish Researchers Take Part In The Discovery Of A New Immune DiseaseFrom the moment we are born, we all come into continuous contact with microbes that can cause disease. To deal with them, we have a highly effective immune system that allows our bodies to identify and eliminate agents that cause infections. Part of this mechanism is innate (already present at the time of birth) and the remaining part improves as we come into contact with new pathogens.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm Unilens Vision Inc. Declares Special Cash Dividend of US $0.30 Per ShareSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm China Pharma Holdings, Inc. to Host Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call at 10 a.m. EDT Wednesday August 6, 2008Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:30 pm Reduced Hospitalizations for ACS Following Smoking Ban in ScotlandA ban that prohibits smoking in all enclosed places throughout Scotland has led to a decrease in the number of hospital admissions for acute coronary syndrome, and the benefit of the smoking ban has extended to smokers, former smokers, and those who never smoked, a new study has shown.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:15 pm Op-Eds Discuss Methods For Overhauling U.S. Health Care SystemSummaries appear below of opinion pieces by two lawmakers discussing ways of improving the national health care system. Gov. Phil Bredesen (D-Tenn.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm One in five take drugs 'wrongly'People often take their medicines wrongly - including one man who sprayed his asthma inhaler on his cat.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Aug 2008 | 10:00 am Dodgy hair extensions on the upPeople are being warned about salons offering poor hair extensions that end up damaging the scalp.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Aug 2008 | 8:41 am Study: Sleep apnea boosts death riskRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Health | 1 Aug 2008 | 8:30 am Flu jabs 'can't stop pneumonia'One of the main benefits of flu jabs for the elderly - protection against pneumonia - may not exist, US scientists claim.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Aug 2008 | 8:03 am Couch Mouse to Mr. Mighty by Pills AloneResearch on mice suggests that pills could trick the muscles into thinking they have been exercising.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Aug 2008 | 6:01 am House Votes to Let FDA Regulate TobaccoThe House overwhelmingly approved legislation that would give the F.D.A. new power to regulate tobacco products.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Aug 2008 | 5:22 am J. Murdoch Ritchie, Who Used Toxin to Trace Nerve Impulses, Is Dead at 83Dr. Ritchie, a biophysicist at Yale, famously asked the Central Intelligence Agency to share with scientists its supply of the neurotoxin he was using in his studies.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Aug 2008 | 5:04 am Assisted Fertilization Risks May Be Due to Infertility (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- The increased risk of poor health outcomes among single infants conceived through assisted fertilization (AF) may be due to causes of infertility rather than the procedure itself, say Norwegian researchers.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Aug 2008 | 3:47 am Clinical Trials Update: July 31, 2008 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Aug 2008 | 3:46 am McCain's Skin Growth Is Not MelanomaA biopsy of a lesion from the face of presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain showed that it is not cancerous, according to his press office. McCain previously had four melanomas removed.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 1 Aug 2008 | 3:36 am FDA: Don't Eat Mexican Serrano PeppersThe FDA issued that advice after finding Salmonella saintpaul, the salmonella outbreak strain that has sickened at least 1307 people since April, on a serrano pepper and in the irrigation water of a farm in Nuevo Leon, Mexico.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:35 am Drug gives couch potato mice benefits of a workout (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:48 am 'Exercise pill' burns fat -- if you're a mouseRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Health | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:42 am 'Fitness pill' being developedScientists developing an exercise pill to boost fitness without the sweatSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:37 am Mexico criticizes US salmonella findings (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Jul 2008 | 11:14 pm Stomach bug treatment for cancerEradicating a common bug in people with stomach cancer can prevent the disease from recurring, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Jul 2008 | 11:06 pm Astronaut technology could prevent elderly falls (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Jul 2008 | 9:09 pm Cell changes may help Lou Gehrig's research (AP)AP - Using a new technique to reprogram cells, scientists are growing neurons from people with Lou Gehrig's disease, a possible first step in understanding how the deadly illness develops.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Jul 2008 | 9:04 pm More cities move aggressively to stop heat deaths (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Jul 2008 | 9:03 pm Oral Glucose Tolerance Test May Predict Risk for Type 2 DiabetesA study shows that the plasma glucose concentration at 1 hour during the oral glucose tolerance test is a strong predictor of the risk for type 2 diabetes.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Cyclosporine Reduces Reperfusion InjuryThe administration of cyclosporine at the time of reperfusion in patients with an acute myocardial infarction was associated with a reduction in infarct size in a small pilot study.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm FDA Safety Changes: Prempro/Premphase, Premarin Intravenous, SandostatinThe FDA has approved revisions to safety labeling for conjugated estrogens plus medroxyprogesterone acetate tablets, conjugated estrogens injection, and octreotide acetate for injectable suspension.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm FDA Safety Changes: Ativan, Femara, InviraseThe FDA has approved revisions to the safety labeling for lorazepam tablets (Ativan), letrozole tablets (Femara), and saquinavir mesylate tablets (Invirase).Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Periconceptional Exposure to Asthma Medication Linked to Risk for GastroschisisA case-control study shows that women who use asthma medication during the periconceptional period have an increased risk for gastroschisis (a rare congenital defect) in their newborns.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Thyroid Function Linked to Alzheimer's Disease in Older WomenOlder women who have high or low levels of the thyroid hormone thyrotropin have more than twice the risk for the development of Alzheimer's disease vs those with more moderate thyroid hormone levels.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Scientists Turn Skin Cells Into Motor Neurons in ALS PatientsFeat could one day lead to tailor-made cells to treat fatal disease, researchers saySource: Livescience.com - Health | 31 Jul 2008 | 7:54 pm The Doctor’s World: The Story Behind Kennedy’s SurgeryThe nation’s top neurosurgeons were divided on whether or not to operate on Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s brain tumor.Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jul 2008 | 4:18 pm Disaster mental health intervention: Sri Lankans' experienceThe Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. July 31, 2008 McClatchy NewspapersSource: PsycPORT.com | 31 Jul 2008 | 3:21 pm Living with a spouse or partner protects against dementiaDeutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) July 31, 2008 Stockholm (dpa) - The risk of developing Alzheimer's or dementia is reduced if you live with a spouse or a partner, according to a Swedish study published Thursday.Source: PsycPORT.com | 31 Jul 2008 | 3:21 pm Skin Deep: Proposed Sunscreen Labels on Hold for NowThe F.D.A. has not set a date to announce updated regulations for sunscreens, so consumers should not expect to see new labels any time soon.Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jul 2008 | 3:18 pm Ageing societyWhy S Korea is struggling to treat Alzheimer's casesSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Jul 2008 | 3:08 pm
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