University opening new integrative medicine center (AP)

AP - Many academic health centers offer programs that include traditional Chinese treatments or Ayurvedic medicine from India. The University of New Mexico goes beyond that, says management of its new Center for Life.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Aug 2008 | 11:19 am

Rheb's Role In Cancer

Two independent papers in the August 15th issue of G&D identify the Rheb GTPase as a novel oncogene and a promising new chemotherapeutic target. The first paper, from Dr. Pier Paolo Pandolfi (BIDMC and Harvard Medical School) and colleagues, demonstrates that the Ras-like small GTPase, Rheb, is directly involved in prostate tumorigenesis.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am

Psychologists Clash on Aiding Interrogations

A professional organization for psychologists is debating whether to make any involvement in military interrogations a violation of its code of ethics.


Source: NYT > Health | 16 Aug 2008 | 10:56 am

Lessons From Yeast: A Possible Cure For Parkinson's Disease?

Parkinson disease (PD) is a debilitating and lethal neurodegenerative disease, for which there is currently no cure. It is caused by the progressive loss of nerve cells that produce the chemical dopamine and is characterized by the accumulation of abnormal aggregates of a protein called alpha-syn in these dopaminergic nerve cells.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Aug 2008 | 10:00 am

University opening new integrative medicine center

Many academic health centers offer programs that include traditional Chinese treatments or Ayurvedic medicine from India. The University of New Mexico goes beyond that, says management of...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Aug 2008 | 9:44 am

Bycatch Reduction, Marine Debris Addressed By MCA At American Fisheries Society Meeting In Ottawa

Progress toward addressing the issues of bycatch and marine debris reduction will be featured at the MCA's booth at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The 138th Annual Meeting of the AFS takes place at the Ottawa Congress Centre and Westin Hotel August 17-21, 2008.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

Measures To Assess Potential Lung Injury During Ventilation Inadequate

Ventilator-induced injury to the lungs can contribute to prolonged respiratory failure and even death among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Even post-operative patients with previously healthy lungs, who require temporary mechanical ventilation, are at risk of ventilator-induced lung injury.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am

Call For Better Protection Of Older People From Climate Change Impact

A new report published by the Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York, in collaboration with Help the Aged, calls on Government and public authorities to take action to better protect older people from the future effects of climate change. The report Growing Old in a Changing Climate is the first national report to examine the impact of climate change on an ageing population.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am

Study Finds Way To Prevent Protein Clumping Characteristic Of Parkinson's Disease

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a protein from a most unlikely source -- baker's yeast -- that might protect against Parkinson's disease. More than a million Americans suffer from Parkinson's disease, and no treatments are available that fundamentally alter the course of the condition.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am

'Flu Vaccination' Protects Bacteria Against Virus

Bacteria like people animals and plants can become infected by a virus. Researchers at Wageningen University, together with colleagues from England and the United States, have unravelled a mechanism with which bacteria can defend themselves for a longer period against threatening viruses.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am

Long Term Safety Profile Of Symbicort Analyzed In Asthma Patients

A 52-week study examined the long-term safety of the maintenance combination asthma therapy, SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dehydrate) Inhalation Aerosol, at up to double the approved dosage.1 More than 700 patients ages 12 years and older with moderate to severe persistent asthma, and who had been previously treated with inhaled corticosteroids, participated in the study.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am

Cancer Signatures Uncovered

A new systematic analysis of the relationship between the neoplastic and developmental transcriptome provides an outline of trends in cancer gene expression. The research, published recently in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology, describes how cancers can be divided into three groups distinguished by disparate developmental signatures.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am

Lung Association: Going Back To School With Asthma Shouldn't Cause Anxiety

As the school bells get ready to ring, parents and other caregivers of children who have asthma should prepare for a possible peak in asthma episodes (also known as attacks or exacerbations). According to the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest, the greatest number of asthma hospitalizations occurs in the fall, usually September.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am

French, British, Dutch police on duty at Budapest's Sziget festival

Yes, yes, we're French police, we're here to help," two officers in navy blue uniforms with "Police National" badges tell a group of puzzled French revellers at Budapest's Sziget music...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Aug 2008 | 6:06 am

Priced Out of Weight Loss Camp

Although the prevalence of childhood obesity has tripled since 1980, there are few comprehensive or affordable programs to treat them.


Source: NYT > Health | 16 Aug 2008 | 5:15 am

Women lifters raise bar in beauty stakes

In women's weightlifting, it's possible to have beauty as well as brawn. That's the defiant message coming from the bar belles of the Beijing Olympics.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Aug 2008 | 4:59 am

Tibet tourism suffers from March unrest: state media

The number of tourists visiting Tibet in the first half of the year fell 70 percent from the previous year, state media reported Saturday, following unrest in the Himalayan region in March.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Aug 2008 | 4:53 am

Chemical Used in Plastic Bottles Is Safe, F.D.A. Says

Despite safety concerns from parents, consumer groups and politicians, a chemical used in baby bottles and canned food is not dangerous, according to the F.D.A.


Source: NYT > Health | 16 Aug 2008 | 4:10 am

Medicare Prescription Drug Premiums to Rise in '09 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- The average monthly premium for Medicare's prescription drug plan will increase to an estimated $28 in 2009, three dollars more than this year's monthly premium, Medicare officials announced Thursday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Aug 2008 | 3:47 am

Health Tip: Sleep Positions While You're Pregnant (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- As your pregnancy progresses, sleeping may become a little more uncomfortable each month.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Aug 2008 | 3:47 am

Statins Might Reverse ED in Some Men (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Statins might quickly help reverse erectile dysfunction among men who have metabolic syndrome, new animal research suggests.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Aug 2008 | 3:47 am

Older Adults Reluctant to Question Surgical Treatment (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Older patients and surgeons don't communicate effectively when discussing surgical treatment options, even though the decision to have surgery can be particularly difficult and confusing for seniors, says an Indiana University School of Medicine study.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Aug 2008 | 3:46 am

Statins Help Obese People After Bypass Surgery (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Statins reduce the perils facing obese people after they have the bypass surgery that restores blood flow to an endangered heart, a study finds.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Aug 2008 | 3:46 am

Two-Tier Serologic Testing Provides Good Specificity for Diagnosing Lyme Disease

The 2-tier serologic test for Lyme disease provides better specificity than the C6 peptide ELISA method, according to a report in the July 15th issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Aug 2008 | 3:35 am

Maternal Asthma Medication Use Linked to Gastroschisis

The use of asthma medications by pregnant women appears to double the risk of gastroschisis in the offspring, according to findings published in the July 1st issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Aug 2008 | 3:23 am

Hib Disease Declines After Booster Campaign

Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) cases declined significantly following a Hib vaccination booster campaign in England and Wales targeting young children, according to a report in the August issue of the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Aug 2008 | 3:20 am

Fibrotic Damage by HIV Limits Immune Reconstitution in Lymphatic Tissues in Gut

Early in the course of HIV infection, collagen deposition in gut-associated lymphatic tissues (GALT) causes greater CD4+ T cell depletion than in other lymph tissues and limits the extent of immune reconstitution that can be achieved with antiretroviral medications, according to research by scientists at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Aug 2008 | 3:18 am

Exercise Capacity Reduced in Children Born Very Preterm

School-aged children who were born very preterm may exhibit reduced exercise capacity despite having near-normal lung function, researchers from Australia report in the August issue of Pediatrics.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Aug 2008 | 3:16 am

Birth Control Pill Alters Women's Perception of Male Body Odor

If body odor plays a role in women's choice of a mate, then oral contraception use may affect the selection process, according to researchers in the UK. They have shown that genotype-correlated odor preferences are shifted in women taking the pill, leading to selection of genetically similar rather than dissimilar men.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Aug 2008 | 3:13 am

First US drug for Huntington's disease wins approval by American regulators

WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators on Friday cleared the first treatment approved in the United States for Huntington's, a rare inherited disease that causes uncontrolled movements,...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Aug 2008 | 1:15 am

AHIMA Supports CMS Steps to Adopt ICD-10 Upgrades

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Aug 2008 | 12:28 am

Blood transfusions give Argentine patients HIV

Two intensive-care patients contracted HIV after receiving blood transfusions at public hospitals in the Argentine province of Cordoba, a newspaper reported Friday. An unidentified donor
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Aug 2008 | 12:20 am

FDA says chemical found in plastic bottles is safe

groups and politicians, a chemical used in baby bottles, canned food and other items is not dangerous, U.S. federal regulators said Friday. Food and Drug Administration scientists said...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Aug 2008 | 11:14 pm

Brighter future

How film producers helped a Ugandan boy get a new face
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Aug 2008 | 11:01 pm

Boys 'grow out of child asthma'

Boys are more likely than girls to grow out of childhood asthma when they hit their teenage years, research shows.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Aug 2008 | 11:00 pm

1st US drug for Huntington's disease wins approval (AP)

AP - Federal regulators on Friday cleared the first treatment approved in the United States for Huntington's, a rare inherited disease that causes uncontrolled movements, deterioration of mental abilities and, ultimately, death.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Aug 2008 | 10:32 pm

1st US drug for Huntington's disease wins approval

Federal regulators on Friday cleared the first treatment approved in the United States for Huntington's, a rare inherited disease that causes uncontrolled movements, deterioration of mental
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Aug 2008 | 10:27 pm

FDA says chemical found in plastic bottles is safe (AP)

AP - Despite ongoing safety concerns from parents, consumer groups and politicians, a chemical used in baby bottles, canned food and other items is not dangerous, federal regulators said Friday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:42 pm

NUCRYST Receives Deficiency Notice from NASDAQ

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:08 pm

Lawsuits help guarantee drug safety, doctors say (AP)

AP - Top doctors at the helm of one of the nation's most influential medical journals are giving the Supreme Court some unsolicited legal advice about a major case.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:02 pm

Excessive Alcohol Intake May Increase Risk for Active Tuberculosis

A systematic review shows that people who drink more than 40 g of alcohol per day and/or have an alcohol disorder are at greater risk for active tuberculosis.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm

Overall Healthy Lifestyle Significantly Reduces Stroke Risk

A new analysis confirms that in addition to preventing chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, an overall healthy lifestyle is associated with a significantly decreased stroke risk.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm

Vitamin K Supplementation May Reduce Progression of Insulin Resistance in Older Men

A study shows that vitamin K supplementation for 36 months at doses attainable in the diet may reduce progression of insulin resistance in older men.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm

Eczema in Childhood Tied to Increased Risk of Asthma Later in Life

Childhood eczema is a risk factor for incident asthma in later life, according to results of a 37-year longitudinal Australian study that deals with respiratory health outcomes.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm

FDA: Controversial chemical in plastics is safe

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Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Aug 2008 | 8:42 pm

New Year's baby's death shatters family

Camryn 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 | 8:39 pm

Salmonella outbreak winds down; questions remain (AP)

AP - The nationwide salmonella outbreak is finally winding down but federal health officials can't yet say how the few tainted Mexican peppers they've found could explain such widespread illness.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Aug 2008 | 7:14 pm

How Olympic athletes get their fuel

If carb-loading were an Olympic competition, U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps would probably medal there too. His day starts with three cheese-tomato-onion-fried egg sandwiches, an omelet, three powdered-sugar-covered slices of French toast, a bowl of grits and three chocolate chip pancakes to top it off, according to news reports.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Aug 2008 | 6:26 pm

Father's tears help student understand poverty

While survey questions can become monotonous, each interviewee has a different story to tell. And we learn new lessons with each story.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Aug 2008 | 5:50 pm

Multiple tours up mental health risks

USA TODAY August 15, 2008 Multiple combat deployments to Iraq are increasing serious mental health problems among soldiers, triggering drug and alcohol abuse and appear to contribute to record suicide levels, say reports out Thursday at the American Psychological Association meeting in Boston.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:21 pm

Stress boosts allergies

The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio August 15, 2008 Aug. 15--STRESS -- already a proven instigator of multiple medical problems -- can worsen allergies, according to new research from Ohio State University.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:21 pm

Kids' obesity linked to ear infections

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. August 15, 2008 Aug. 15--Children who suffer frequent ear infections are more prone to excess weight gain, according to surprising studies presented Thursday by a University of Minnesota researcher and others.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:21 pm

Guilt can prevent impulse shopping

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted August 15, 2008 Aug. 15--Most shoppers are guilty of at least one impulse purchase, but a study released yesterday said those who feel guilty about it are likely to fare better than those who experience the more intense feeling of shame.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 15 Aug 2008 | 3:21 pm

5 Ways to Beef Up Your Brain

Memory is partly a matter of genetics, but there are things you can do to keep your mind in shape.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 15 Aug 2008 | 2:28 pm

His tragic loss helps others gain sight

In a single, tragic day, Chandrasekhar Sankurathri lost everything he loved.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Aug 2008 | 1:01 pm