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Anxiety is in the genesThe Independent - London August 11, 2008 Some people are more prone to extreme anxiety because of a genetic mutation that they have inherited, according to one of the first studies to investigate the genetic basis of personality differences that can lead to stress disorders.Source: PsycPORT.com | 11 Aug 2008 | 3:51 pm One in five young men checked for prostate cancer (Reuters)Reuters - New research suggests that roughly one in five American men in their 40s has had a blood test to screen for prostate cancer within the last year. However, screening rates in black men are still considered suboptimal, the investigators say.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Aug 2008 | 2:26 pm Sun and Skin: A Complex RelationshipYour sunscreen blocks UV rays. But those same light wavelengths make vitamin D, triggering beneficial immune system responses.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 11 Aug 2008 | 1:47 pm Diabetic teens benefit from discussing problemsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenagers with type 1 diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent diabetes, may get an emotional lift from discussing the problems and worries they have in...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Aug 2008 | 1:16 pm Bad childhood experiences tied to early drinking (Reuters)Reuters - Children who deal with divorce, abuse or certain other hardships may be more likely than their peers to start drinking at a young age, a U.S. study suggests.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Aug 2008 | 1:14 pm Bad childhood experiences tied to early drinkingNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who deal with divorce, abuse or certain other hardships may be more likely than their peers to start drinking at a young age, a U.S. study suggests.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Aug 2008 | 1:14 pm Scientists Create Mice Resistant to Obesity (HealthDay)HealthDay - SUNDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have developed a strain of mice resistant to diet-induced obesity.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Aug 2008 | 1:02 pm New Republic Examines Efforts Of Democrats Who Oppose Abortion RightsThe New Republic on Friday examined how the advocacy work of groups such as Democrats for Life of America to change the Democratic Party platform on abortion is "welcomed by some Democrats as a way to broaden the party's support," while "others see them threatening the party's principles.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm Isentress Reduced HIV Viral Load And Increased CD4 Cell Counts When Taken With Other Anti-HIV MedicinesIsentress® (raltegravir), Merck & Co., Inc.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm Report Released At Conference Calls For More Resources For Home-Based Care Activities In ZimbabweA report released on Wednesday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City called for more attention to and funding for the role of those participating in home-based care for people with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe's Herald/AllAfrica.com reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm Antibodies Could Prevent HIV Transmission, Research IndicatesAntibodies that prevent some HIV-positive people from progressing to AIDS could be used to develop microbicides or a vaccine to prevent HIV-negative people from contracting the virus, according to research presented Thursday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, the Washington Post reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm Veterans Groups Lobby Congress To Approve VA Budget One Year In Advance To Improve Veterans' Health CareA coalition of veterans' groups called Stand Up For Veterans is lobbying for Congress to prepare the Department of Veterans Affairs budget one year in advance to give the agency a "more predictable funding stream" and improve health care for veterans, the Christian Science Monitor reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm Emisphere Technologies, Inc. Announces 2008 Second Quarter Financial ResultsSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:50 pm Optigenex Inc. Enters Into Exclusive Supply and Trademark Agreements andSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:30 pm S.C. Company PGBA Announces Contract Award with Federal Bureau of PrisonsSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:30 pm Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Initiates Enrollment in a Phase 1 Study of MM-121, an ErbB3 AntagonistSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:30 pm M. D. Anderson to Initiate Clinical Validation Study on Rosetta Genomics' MicroRNA-based Diagnostic Assay Identifying the Origin of Cancer MetastasesSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:30 pm Duff & Phelps Acquires Lumin Expert Group To Build Global Intellectual Property PracticeSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:30 pm Huifeng Bio-Pharmaceutical (HFGB) Announces USD $1.1 Million Supply Agreement with DNP International Co. Inc.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:30 pm Avista Capital Partners Enhances Healthcare Team With Addition of Dr. Patrick J. O'Neill as Industry AdvisorSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:30 pm Does your kid need a cell phone?He was gone. Kristi and Claudio Lai turned around for just one minute and their son had disappeared at Sea World.Source: CNN.com - Health | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:29 pm Survey Finds Number Of HIV-Positive People In China Have Become Resistant To At Least One HIV DrugMore than 17% of HIV-positive patients in 28 China provinces developed resistance to at least one available HIV/AIDS drug by 2006 and 2007, Chinese government researchers announced at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, Reuters reports. Those who developed drug resistance tended to have low or unstable incomes, government researchers said.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm HHS Secretary Leavitt Posts Blog Entry Saying He Wants Draft Regulation To Be RewrittenHHS Secretary Mike Leavitt in a Thursday entry in his professional blog said that he wants draft HHS regulations rewritten with a narrow focus on allowing health care workers to refuse to participate in procedures they find objectionable, the Wall Street Journal reports (Simon, Wall Street Journal, 8/8).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm Medicare Pilot Program Will Offer Beneficiaries Choices For Maintaining Their Own Personal Health RecordsThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a pilot program to test options for beneficiaries with Original Medicare to maintain their health records electronically.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm EcoNugenics Develops Safe Antidote For Lead Toxicity In ChildrenEcoNugenics announced that PectaSol, a natural supplement containing modified citrus pectin (MCP) made from citrus peel, provides a safe, natural antidote for lead toxicity in children. The study reported that MCP (PectaSol, EcoNugenics, www.econugenics.com) significantly decreased lead levels in children (ages 5 to 12) who suffered from severe lead poisoning.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm New Report Provides Demographic Profile Of Adoptive ParentsMen aged 18-44 years are more than twice as likely as women of the same age group to have adopted a child, according to a new report released by CDC′s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). As of 2002, more than 1.2 million men and 613,000 women had adopted children. The data come from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm Wandering Minds Lead to MistakesThe brain begins to wander as long as thirty seconds before the body makes an error.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 11 Aug 2008 | 11:55 am Cancer patients 'left suicidal'Cancer patients are more likely to think they would be "better off dead" than the rest of the population, a study shows.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Aug 2008 | 11:30 am 'Scaredy-cat' gene makes some more prone to anxietyVariations in a gene may help explain why horror movies shock some people and entertain others, say scientists.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Aug 2008 | 10:22 am New mouth bacteria species foundA new species of bacteria has been found by UK scientists among the hundreds which thrive in our mouths.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Aug 2008 | 9:27 am Should Clinical Trials Be Outsourced? (Time.com)Time.com - Western drug makers are increasingly outsourcing human clinical drug trials - and India is getting the lion's share of the market. Is it putting millions at risk?Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Aug 2008 | 7:40 am More Than Temperature Puts Elderly at Risk in Heat (HealthDay)HealthDay - SUNDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Because aging affects the body's ability to respond to summer heat, older adults are particularly at risk for heat-related illnesses such as heat stroke, heat fatigue, heat cramps and heat exhaustion, according to the U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA).Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Aug 2008 | 3:46 am Weather warningHow the Met Office plays a stormer in keeping people wellSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:09 am Weather alerts boost lung healthA scheme warning people with lung problems about weather which could worsen symptoms has cut hospital admissions.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Aug 2008 | 11:57 pm Calif. lawmakers weigh chemical ban in baby items (AP)AP - Responding to growing consumer anxiety, California lawmakers are considering enacting what could be the first statewide restrictions on a chemical found in plastic baby bottles and infant formula cans.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Aug 2008 | 10:02 pm Cell change 'keeps organs young'Researchers may have found a way to halt the biological clock which slows down our bodies over the decades.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Aug 2008 | 5:05 pm Test developed for borderline personality disorderHouston Chronicle August 10, 2008 Aug. 10--Using brain imaging devices and a computer game, Houston researchers have developed an objective test for borderline personality disorder, a serious mental illness whose sufferers are unable to form and maintain stable relationships.Source: PsycPORT.com | 10 Aug 2008 | 3:51 pm Whales mourn if a family member is takenAustralian Broadcasting Corporation: News Online August 10, 2008 Tasmanian scientists are examining the teeth of 100 whales and believe their research shows whaling impacts the mental health of other whales in the pod.Source: PsycPORT.com | 10 Aug 2008 | 3:51 pm
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