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State's High School Youth Are Smoking LessAlabama high school students are getting the message that smoking isn't cool, according to the results of the 2008 Youth Tobacco Survey conducted by the Alabama Department of Public Health's Tobacco Prevention Branch. There was a 17.5 percent decrease in high school students who smoke in 2008 compared to those who said they smoked in 2006, according to the survey. About 22.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Dietitians Back Unit-Pricing Plan, AustraliaA decision by the Federal Government to introduce a grocery unit-pricing scheme has been applauded by the nation's leading nutrition organisation. The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) said uniform pricing information, such as cost per kilogram, would make it easier for shoppers to compare products at competing supermarkets, and to compare similar food items on the shelf.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am For Breastfeeding To Succeed, Mothers Need Support"Mother Support: Going for the Gold!" is the theme the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action selected for Breastfeeding Awareness Month, August 2008, to tie breastfeeding in with the Summer Olympic Games. As every country sends its best athletes to compete, the importance of offering each child a healthy start in life is emphasized.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am The Schiavo Case - Are Mass Media To Be Blamed?In 1990, Theresa Schiavo, an American citizen, had a cardiac arrest that caused irreversible brain damage which led to a persistent vegetative state diagnosis. A few years later, this diagnosis became a source of conflict over the interruption of artificial nutrition. The "Schiavo Case" was widely discussed from a medical, ethical and social standpoint in the United States and elsewhere.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Interstitial Cystitis And Pelvic Pain SyndromesUroToday.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Humans' Evolutionary Response To Risk Can Be Unnecessarily Dangerous, Finds TAU StudyOur ancient instincts don't meet the decision-making needs of a modern world. The traffic light ahead of you is turning yellow. Do you gun the engine and speed through the intersection, trusting that others will wait for their green, or do you slow down and wait your turn? That depends more on experience than personality, according to new research from Tel Aviv University.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Scripps Research Team Unravels New Cellular Repair MechanismThe research has been published in an advanced, online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The cell cycle, which allows cells to replicate their DNA and produce new cells, is controlled by a complex concert of enzymes and other components. In addition there are "checkpoint" mechanisms that can block continuation of the process if something goes amiss.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Back-To-School Preparations Must Include Up-To-Date Immunizations, USAThe Alabama Department of Public Health reminds parents that Alabama law requires children to be up to date on their vaccinations prior to attending school. Vaccinations currently required for school entry are polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox. Hib (Haemophilus Influenzae Type b) vaccine is required for daycare as well.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am AICR Reminds Mothers Of Additional Breastfeeding Benefit: Cancer ProtectionAs World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7) draws to a close, the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) urges new mothers to consider one more benefit to breastfeeding their babies: added cancer protection for mother and child.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Teens Do Not See Abstinence In The Same Way Adults DoAbstinence can mean different things to adolescents than to adults. That's one reason why abstinence-only programs do not have strong effects in preventing teenage sexual activity, according to new University of Washington research. "Interventions that have been created to encourage abstinence have treated abstinence and sexual activity as opposites.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Scientists discover people who can 'hear' what they seeUS scientists have discovered people who can "hear" what they see.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:30 am Japan says dumplings "cover-up" was China's requestTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan avoided disclosing information about pesticide-laced dumplings imported from China for a month at Beijing's request, Tokyo's foreign minister said on Thursday,...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:10 am Medifast Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial ResultsSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Velos Set to Clear 50 Percent Market Penetration of Large U.S. Clinical Research Sites by Year EndSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Vulnerable to H.I.V., Resistant to LabelsIn Mexico and other parts of Latin America, stigma surrounding homosexuality increases the challenges that AIDS experts say they face in combating the disease.Source: NYT > Health | 7 Aug 2008 | 8:34 am Iran invites Egypt Sunni university into Shiite heartlandDespite Egypt-Iran tensions, the Shiite-dominated Islamic republic has made an unprecedented request for Cairo's Al-Azhar University, Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning, to open a...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Aug 2008 | 8:03 am Nintendo DS to become personal beauty consultantWomen in Japan will soon be able to have their own hand-held beauty consultant after games company Sega teamed up with cosmetics giant Shiseido to offer make-up tips on the Nintendo DS.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Aug 2008 | 7:52 am Crystal clue in army brain injuryA colour-changing crystal attached to a soldier's uniform could help doctors decide if they might need treatment for a brain injury, researchers say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 7 Aug 2008 | 7:19 am Beijing belatedly working on plans to halt heatstrokeBEIJING (Reuters) - Better late than never, Beijing organizers are working on a plan to prevent heatstroke at the Olympics among spectators, athletes and staff.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Aug 2008 | 6:59 am Amid the slugs, athletes are warned on Chinese medicineBEIJING (Reuters) - The oldest and biggest Chinese medicine store in Beijing is stocked with traditional ingredients like deer's penis, dried seahorses, fungi, and ginseng.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Aug 2008 | 6:21 am Mystery Disease Kills Dozens in VenezuelaAt least 38 Warao Indians have died from an outbreak that preliminary studies indicate might be a type of infectious rabies transmitted by bites from bats.Source: NYT > Health | 7 Aug 2008 | 6:11 am Monsanto Looks to Sell Dairy Hormone BusinessThe move comes as more retailers, saying they are responding to consumer demand, are selling dairy products from cows not treated with the artificial hormone.Source: NYT > Health | 7 Aug 2008 | 5:14 am Personal Best: Is Stretching All It’s Cracked Up to Be?Investigators explore the effectiveness of stretching by trying to separate real benefits from imagined ones.Source: NYT > Health | 7 Aug 2008 | 4:11 am Chiltern's Resourcing Solutions Division Appoints New Managers to Spain and the United KingdomSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Aug 2008 | 4:01 am Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 6, 2008 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Aug 2008 | 3:46 am Light Exercise Prevents Atrial Fibrillation in Elderly (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Light to moderate exercise -- just walking a few blocks or even dancing -- can help prevent the abnormal heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation in those most vulnerable to it -- older people, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Aug 2008 | 3:46 am Exercise Lowers Risk of Colon Cancer (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Physical activity can reduce the risk of colon cancer, but few American adults are aware of this, a new study shows.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Aug 2008 | 3:46 am Autistic Children Make Limited Eye Contact (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- While poor eye contact has long been a suspected sign of possible autism, researchers at Yale University have used "eye-mapping technology" to prove that children with autism don't make eye contact like normally developing children do.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Aug 2008 | 3:46 am UK Hospitals "Plagued by Vermin and Pests"Hospitals are frequently plagued by pests including rats, fleas and cockroaches on wards and even in operating theatres, a report said on Wednesday.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 2:49 am Respiratory Symptoms Common Among Bakers Not Due to AllergyIn a study of apprentice bakers, the incidence of work-related rhinitis and asthma-like symptoms was high during the first year and a half of their vocational training, according to research in the August issue of the European Respiratory Journal. However, the etiology of such symptoms appears to be inflammatory rather than immunologic, the Danish investigators report.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 2:47 am Home Parenteral Nutrition, Transplant Both Appropriate for Intestinal FailureAlthough home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is still the primary option for treating intestinal failure, intestinal transplantation can be a life-saving alternative, according to a 3-year prospective study by European researchers, published in the July issue of Gastroenterology.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 2:41 am Extensively Drug-Resistant TB Curable With Aggressive Outpatient TreatmentEven in poor countries, aggressive treatment of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in HIV-negative patients can achieve high cure rates, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine for August 7.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 2:37 am Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension Common in Systemic SclerosisPulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can often become apparent during exercise testing in patients with systemic sclerosis, according to a report in the July issue of Chest.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 2:34 am Crack Cocaine Use Negatively Impacts HIV Course in WomenHIV-infected women who use crack cocaine risk deterioration in immune status, development of AIDS-defining illnesses, and death from AIDS-related causes, even if they adhere to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens, study findings indicate.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 2:31 am Average ER waiting time nears 1 hour, CDC says (AP)AP - The average time that hospital emergency rooms patients wait to see a doctor has grown from about 38 minutes to almost an hour over the past decade, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Aug 2008 | 1:20 am Italian firm brings rice back to RomaniaVLADENI, Romania (Reuters) - Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu loved Italian risotto, but he probably would have hated to see Romania's rice farms being taken over by Italian and...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:12 am Aging Japan gets serious about immigrationTOKYO (Reuters) - Jakarta nurse Yanti Kartina left her family in Indonesia and joined 200 other nurses moving to Japan where a rapidly growing elderly population has created a desperate...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:05 am Hope for end to rejection drugsScientists develop procedure which may help transplant patients avoid the need to take anti-rejection drugs.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Aug 2008 | 11:13 pm Recipes for Health: Clear Summer BorschtA glistening, lemony summer borscht that is infused with garlic and is utterly refreshing, even thirst-quenching.Source: NYT > Health | 6 Aug 2008 | 11:10 pm Post-aneurysm, comedy keeps Teri Garr goingActress-comedian Teri Garr may be best known for her roles in iconic 1980s films "Mr. Mom" and "Tootsie," but in the past few years, she's probably done as many interviews focusing on her health as on her acting career.Source: CNN.com - Health | 6 Aug 2008 | 10:09 pm FDA Safety Changes: Depakote, Depakote ER, AntibioticsThe FDA has approved revisions to the safety labeling for divalproex, amoxicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanate products, meropenem, fosfomycin tromethamine sachets, penicillin G, and imipenem-cilastin.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm Routine HIV Screening Recommended for Women Aged 19 to 64 YearsThe American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends targeted HIV screening for women aged 19 to 64 years and for women with risk factors outside of that age range.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm Guidelines Updated on Care for Sexually Assaulted TeensThe American Academy of Pediatrics has issued updated 2001 guidelines on care for teens who have been sexually assaulted.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm Behavioral Training May Help Reduce Incontinence Frequency During TreatmentAdding behavioral training to drug therapy may reduce urinary incontinence frequency during active treatment and improve patient satisfaction but not the ability to discontinue drug therapy.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm Panel Urges End to Prostate Screening at Age 75A national task force said that the search for the disease in this group was causing more harm than good.Source: NYT > Health | 6 Aug 2008 | 8:32 pm Americans Drinking Less AlcoholBeer consumption is down, while wine consumption is up, study findsSource: Livescience.com - Health | 6 Aug 2008 | 8:11 pm All U.S. adults could be overweight in 40 years (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Aug 2008 | 7:12 pm Economy boosting egg donationsWith a full load of classes, two young children, and her bills piling up, Michelle decided to face her economic straits in a pretty unorthodox way.She is donating -- for a fee -- her eggs to an infertile couple. "I just really need the money to finish school," she said. Michelle is not alone. As the nation's economy is slumping, some fertility clinics say interest in donating is up.Source: CNN.com - Health | 6 Aug 2008 | 6:35 pm ER, Doctor Visits Topped 1 Billion in 2006As America grows older, that's an average of 4 a year per person, CDC report saysSource: Livescience.com - Health | 6 Aug 2008 | 6:20 pm CDC: Average ER wait time approaches one hourRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Health | 6 Aug 2008 | 5:37 pm Mind: You’re Bored, but Your Brain Is Tuned InResearch suggests that boredom allows the brain to recast the outside world in ways that can be productive and creative.Source: NYT > Health | 6 Aug 2008 | 4:18 pm Grassroots networking at heart of AIDS meeting (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Aug 2008 | 4:13 pm Supermarket Chains Narrow Their SightsSupermarkets are beginning to compete with farm stands and farmers’ markets for a wider variety of fresh fruits and vegetables.Source: NYT > Health | 6 Aug 2008 | 3:40 pm How Your Inner Athlete Makes You SmarterBy sapping energy reserves (i.e. burning calories), exercise spurs the body to protect its most precious, and energy-demanding, organ: the brain. Scientists have found this is an example of "good stress;" it starts a chain of events that make us smarter,Source: Livescience.com - Health | 6 Aug 2008 | 1:21 pm Dogs' yawns could be sign of empathyMilwaukee Journal Sentinel August 06, 2008 Aug. 6--Should this article bore you into a fit of yawning, don't hold back. Let them rip, and then glance down at your dog.Source: PsycPORT.com | 6 Aug 2008 | 1:06 pm Economic downturn boosts stress at workOmaha World-Herald, Neb. August 06, 2008 Aug. 6--Longer hours, outsourcing, the threat of layoffs and a shrinking economy can pile up stress in the workplace.Source: PsycPORT.com | 6 Aug 2008 | 1:06 pm Suspected cholera outbreak in Philippines kills 21 (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Aug 2008 | 10:40 am Hospitals 'infested with vermin'The cleanliness of most NHS hospitals in England is threatened by invasions of rats, fleas and cockroaches, claims a report.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Aug 2008 | 10:21 am
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