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DIY Olympians told to 'ease off'A helpline says is getting calls from people trying to keep up with Olympians at home.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Aug 2008 | 11:38 am Mindray Medical to Attend Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged ConferenceSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Aug 2008 | 11:30 am Cleveland Clinic to Open the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Pavilion and Glickman Tower This FallSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am [video] Jacques Tizabi, CEO of Universal Detection Technology Discusses Latest Purchase Order on WallSt.net's 3-Minute Press ShowSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am IRIDEX Announces FDA Clearance for New Product Family of IRIDEX IQ Laser SystemsSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am [video] Tim Connolly, CEO of Natural Nutrition, Inc. Discusses 'Summer of Fit' Sweepstakes on WallSt.net's 3-Minute Press ShowSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am H9N2 bird flu threat understated in humansHONG KONG (Reuters) - The H9N2 bird flu strain, identified as a possible pandemic threat, could be infecting more humans than commonly thought but its mild symptoms mean it often goes...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Aug 2008 | 10:55 am Veil shed for bikini on Egypt's women-only beachesIslamic hymns fade out giving way to Arabic pop music as women remove their veils to reveal bikinis or one-piece swimsuits at a religiously correct beach for women only in Egypt.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Aug 2008 | 10:54 am New Year's baby's death shatters familyCamryn Jakeb Wilson, Summit County, Ohio's 2008 New Year's baby, died just 12 weeks later, a victim of shaken baby syndrome. "He had no reason to die," his mother said. "He died because he cried."Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Aug 2008 | 10:52 am Study suggests drugs may slow decline in lung function of COPD patientsTORONTO - Patients with COPD - a lung disease usually caused by smoking - can't be cured, but a study released Friday suggests that drug therapy may reduce the loss of lung function. ...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Aug 2008 | 10:15 am China Yingxia International, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2008 ResultsSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Aug 2008 | 10:00 am Biacore System Used In Study To Show Potential Drug Target For Sleeping Sickness Causing ParasitesA Biacore™ system played a key role in the discovery of a drug target for the sleeping sickness parasite T. brucei (subsp. rhodesiense and gambiense). The paper was published in Science, May 2008; 320: 677 - 681 and is the result of a collaboration between scientists at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, and the University of Aarhus, Denmark.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Towards Understanding Bluetongue OutbreaksA recent article published in Virology (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/yviro), reports the identification of a bluetongue virus strain that caused the northern European Bluetongue outbreak in 2006.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Therapeutic Target ID'd For Deadly Childhood Muscle CancerCurbing the activity of a substance called "platelet-derived growth factor receptor A" dramatically reduced aggressiveness of an often untreatable childhood muscle cancer in mice and cells, a new study from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and partner institutions shows.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Colon Cancer Linked To Unequal Gene ActivityResearchers here have discovered that a subtle difference in the activity of a pair of genes may be responsible for one of every 10 colon-cancer cases.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Robot With A Biological Brain: New Research Provides Insights Into How The Brain WorksA multidisciplinary team at the University of Reading has developed a robot which is controlled by a biological brain formed from cultured neurons. This cutting edge research is the first step to examine how memories manifest themselves in the brain, and how a brain stores specific pieces of data.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am School And Diabetes More Understanding NeededThe first ever UK study to seek the opinions of young people with type 1 diabetes, regarding managing their diabetes care at school, uncovered a number of significant misconceptions about the condition.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Chronic Ear Infections Linked To Taste Damage, Increased Obesity Risk In Children And AdultsEar infections are a painful rite of passage for many children. New research suggests the damage caused by chronic ear infections could be linked to people's preference for fatty foods, which increases their risk of being overweight as they age.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Myths And Facts About DEETWest Nile virus is present in almost every corner of our country and this is the peak season. A new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on U.S. West Nile virus cases in 2007 found that most (89%) of the 3,630 cases were reported during July, August and September. All but six states reported cases of WNV infections in humans last year.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am CMV Disease In Stem Cell Transplantation: Prevention And Drug ResistanceCytomegalovirus (CMV) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The clinical manifestations of CMV disease are serious and range from gastrointestinal disease to life-threatening pneumonia, myelosuppression, retinitis, and encephalitis.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Chemical Engineers Discover Silver-lined Solution To E. ColiChemical Engineers in Switzerland have created a plastic film that's up to 1000 times more effective at killing E. coli bacteria cells than conventional methods. The team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich have discovered that coating the film with a mix of silver and calcium phosphate nano-particles proves deadly to bacteria.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Remains of cemetery found in Sahara (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Aug 2008 | 7:41 am Recipes for Health: Summer Pasta With Tomatoes and ChickpeasA light, high-protein salad perfect for warm nights.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Aug 2008 | 6:59 am Late for class? The barcode will get youSYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - An Australian primary school has developed a modern solution to the old problem of tardiness by barcoding students' bags and making latecomers scan them.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Aug 2008 | 6:48 am Argentina investigates deaths of vaccinated kids (AP)AP - Argentine authorities are exploring a possible link between the deaths of 14 children and an experimental vaccine they were taking in a clinical trial run by GlaxoSmithKline.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Aug 2008 | 5:22 am U.S. Says Amerigroup in $225 Mln Medicaid SettlementAmerigroup Corp, a health insurance company, has agreed to pay $225 million to settle federal and state claims of fraud in a government health insurance program, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:50 am Older Donor Grafts Suitable for Liver Transplant Recipients With Hepatitis C VirusNew research suggests that use of older donor grafts does not compromise outcomes in liver transplant recipients with hepatitis C virus (HCV).Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:47 am Lack of Energy in Old Age May Foretell Illness (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- When elderly patients complain they have a lack of energy, doctors shouldn't dismiss it as a normal part of aging, say researchers who found that lack of energy (anergia) is associated with several health problems and higher rates of hospitalization and death.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:47 am Study: Common moisturizing creams help skin cancers spread (HealthDay)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:47 am Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 14, 2008 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:47 am Kids' Obesity Linked to Ear Infections (HealthDay)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:47 am Lopinavir/ritonavir May Curb Lipoatrophy in HIVLimb fat loss is less frequent in patients with HIV who receive lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra) therapy compared to efavirenz plus zidovudine/lamivudine, according to North American and Spanish researchers.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:45 am English Healthcare System Not Providing Routine CareThe results of a national survey of adults 50 years and older suggest that the healthcare system in England often fails to provide basic recommended care for common health conditions.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:43 am Canadian Researchers Warn That the Incidence of Osteoarthritis Is IncreasingBritish Columbia has seen an increase in the incidence of physician-reported osteoarthritis (OA) in men and women due to population aging, with an additional increase beyond the effect of aging in women.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:39 am Moisturizers Up Skin Cancer in MiceFour commonly used moisturizing creams promote tumors in UV-exposed mice.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:26 am In Some Henna Tattoos, a Harmful DyeHenna is a vegetable dye that can be brown, red or green, and it wears off in a matter of days. But to produce a darker color, some tattoo artists add a chemical called para-phenylenediamine, or PPD.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:13 am Call to end animal pain-researchThe use of animals in pain research has "limited value" and should be replaced by newer technologies, experts say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Aug 2008 | 11:39 pm Ear infections 'link' to obesityA history of severe ear infections or tonsil trouble may increase the chances of being obese later in life, scientists say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Aug 2008 | 11:35 pm Gene 'clue' to colorectal cancerA gene difference in up to a third of patients with colorectal cancer could help solve how it passes between generations, scientists say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Aug 2008 | 11:11 pm How to talk to your doctor about chronic painGood chronic pain treatment can be hard to find. A chronic pain patient has every right to believe that his or her doctor will listen sympathetically and prescribe the appropriate treatment, but that is not always the reality.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Aug 2008 | 10:44 pm Heart drugs may work as well as stentsRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Aug 2008 | 10:42 pm Students work to improve water quality in IndiaThe World Health Organization reports that 88 percent of the 1.8 million deaths resulting from diarrhea can be attributed to unsafe water or inadequate hygiene or sanitation.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Aug 2008 | 10:41 pm When is an organ donor really dead?Read full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Aug 2008 | 10:38 pm No Increase in Long-Term Death After Febrile Seizures but Some Short-Term RiskResults of a large study in Denmark provide some reassurance that long-term mortality rates are not increased in children with simple febrile seizures.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm Needle-Length Guidelines for Thigh and Shoulder Vaccinations May Need RevisionWhen current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for vaccination needle lengths are used, there is a substantial risk for overpenetration of the intramuscular layer.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm AHA Publishes Statement on Integrating Prehospital ECGs Into Care for ACS PatientsThe challenge will not be in acquiring a prehospital electrocardiogram but rather using and integrating the diagnostic information obtained by emergency medical services into existing systems of care.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm Caffeine Reduces Cognitive Decline in WomenWomen without dementia who drank more than 3 cups of coffee per day had less cognitive decline over time vs those who drank a cup or less; no such effect was seen in men.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm Doctors debate when to declare organ donors dead (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Aug 2008 | 7:56 pm Skin Deep: Want a Face-Lift? First, Better Stop SmokingSmoking can, among other things, increase the risk of infection after a cosmetic procedure.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Aug 2008 | 4:00 pm Los Angeles Stages a Fast Food InterventionThe yearlong moratorium on new fast food restaurants in Los Angeles raises questions about when eating stops being a personal choice and becomes a public health concern.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Aug 2008 | 2:54 pm When Action Figures Come Out to PlayThe bodies of athletes in the Beijing Olympics are proof of how the shape of human perfection continues to evolve.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Aug 2008 | 2:44 pm Psychologists determine what it means to think 'green'USA TODAY August 14, 2008 Those who make human behavior their business aim to make living "green" your business.Source: PsycPORT.com | 14 Aug 2008 | 1:51 pm Decision making myth debunkedAustralian Broadcasting Corporation: News Online August 14, 2008 Sleeping on a big decision like buying a house or a car does not help you make a better choice, say researchers, and you may be better off deliberately weighing up the pros and cons.Source: PsycPORT.com | 14 Aug 2008 | 1:51 pm National Briefing | Science and Health: Transplant Study Revives Questions Over When to Declare Donors DeadThree heart transplants involving babies have provoked an ethical debate over the circumstances under which organs should be removed.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Aug 2008 | 1:29 pm Hope for arthritis vaccine 'cure'A single injection of modified cells could halt the advance of rheumatoid arthritis, say UK scientists.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Aug 2008 | 11:12 am
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