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Ideas about sex don't bar HPV vaccine useAugust 24, 2008 HOUSTON -- Researchers have found that mothers' views about premarital sex don't affect their decisions on whether their pre-teen or teenage daughters should get the vaccine against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.Source: PsycPORT.com | 24 Aug 2008 | 6:21 pm Reacting to an impulse buy with shame, guiltAugust 24, 2008 By Patricia KitchenSource: PsycPORT.com | 24 Aug 2008 | 6:21 pm Recipes for Health: Mediterranean Chickpea SaladAn easy summer salad makes the most of seasonal chickpeas, another in a series of healthy dishes featuring beans.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Aug 2008 | 5:11 pm Gene found for rare and deadly childhood cancer (Reuters)Reuters - Researchers have found a gene that causes most inherited forms of neuroblastoma, a rare and deadly form of childhood cancer, and say the discovery points to new treatments.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Aug 2008 | 5:07 pm Toronto plant linked to listeriosis outbreakCanadian health officials have linked a deadly listeriosis outbreak to a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto, prompting the company to expand of its recall of meat products.Source: CNN.com - Health | 24 Aug 2008 | 4:52 pm Researchers Question Wide Use of HPV VaccinesStudies suggest that two vaccines against cervical cancer are being used without sufficient evidence that they are effective and worth their high cost.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Aug 2008 | 4:12 pm Government Must Vaccinate All British Children Against Hepatitis, Association Of The British Pharmaceutical IndustryPatient groups are today calling on the Government to vaccinate all British children against Hepatitis B - a life threatening disease, 50 times more infectious than HIV. Chronic Hepatitis B can develop into potentially fatal conditions such as liver cancer and cirrhosis. It affects more than 325,000 patients in the UK alone, and once contracted cannot be cured.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2008 | 2:00 pm Science Of Anthrax Investigation Unveilled By FBIThey have worked for almost seven years in secret. Most people did not know that the work in Ray Goehner's materials characterization department at Sandia National Laboratories was contributing important information to the FBI's investigation of letters containing bacillus anthracis, the spores that cause the disease anthrax.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm New Dual Wavelength X-ray Diffractometer From Oxford Diffraction, Now a Part of Varian, Inc., Allows Increased Throughput for Challenging Single Crystal AnalysesSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm Study On Salmonella Self-Destruction By ETH ZurichSelf-destruction for a common cause ETH Zurich biologists, led by Professors Martin Ackermann and Wolf-Dietrich Hardt, in collaboration with Michael Doebeli of the University of British Colombia in Vancouver (CN), have been able to describe how random molecular processes during cell division allowSource: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm Hugh R. Butt, 98, Doctor Whose Studies Helped With Blood Problems, DiesDr. Butt showed that Vitamin K could be highly effective in halting internal bleeding and that it could be used to reduce deaths markedly among patients with jaundice.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Aug 2008 | 11:44 am In New Book FSU Researcher Shines Light On Forgotten GenerationJohn McCain, Elvis Presley, Gloria Steinem and Martin Luther King Jr. took different paths in life, but they were all lucky. That's because they were born between 1929 and 1945, a generation sandwiched between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom that Florida State University Professor Elwood Carlson has dubbed "The Lucky Few.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Understanding Air Circulation In The Atmosphere Will Help Predict Weather EventsAir circulates above the Earth in four distinct cells, with two either side of the equator, says new research in Science. The new observational study describes how air rises and falls in the atmosphere above the Earth's surface, creating the world's weather. This process of atmospheric circulation creates weather patterns and influences the climate of the planet.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2008 | 10:00 am How Cocaine Addiction DevelopsPermanent drug seeking and relapse after renewed drug administration are typical behavioral patterns of addiction. Molecular changes at the connection points in the brain's reward center are directly responsible for this.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2008 | 10:00 am Changing Bedtime Habits Could Benefit Insomnia SufferersMany people sleep better when they are on holiday and wish that they could sleep as well all the time. But according to the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), it is not only being free of daily worries that can make a difference to sleep. Good bedtime habits can help people to sleep well all year round. Medication provides short-term relief at best.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Inhibiting 2 Pathways Rather Than 1 Enhances Anti-Tumor EffectsTwo independent research groups have found that simultaneous inhibition of two signaling pathways resulted in substantially enhanced antitumor effects in mouse models of prostate and breast cancer.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am FDA Approves ALOXI(R) (Palonosetron HCl) Capsules For Prevention Of Acute Chemotherapy Induced Nausea And VomitingEisai Corporation of North America and its partner Helsinn Healthcare SA announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new oral formulation of ALOXI(R) (palonosetron hydrochloride) for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). ALOXI Capsules 0.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am EU Approval For Cymbalta In Generalised Anxiety DisorderThe European Commission has approved the use of Cymbalta (duloxetine) in treating generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), paving the way for the drug to be launched in all 27 member-states of the European Union. The verdict will also allow Cymbalta to be marketed in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Jointly produced by Eli Lilly (U.S.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am High living costs shock foreigners arriving in SKoreaSouth Korea is striving to become more foreigner-friendly, offering expatriates a range of services aimed at making life easier and more pleasant. But that first trip to the...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2008 | 4:12 am Seven years on, mobile telecom boom works changes in NigeriaSeven years after their launch, mobile phone services have transformed Nigeria's society and economy, bringing unprecedented changes in just a short time, officials say. ...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2008 | 3:17 am Polish-born German uses own history to heal wounds of WWIISix decades after World War II, the wounds of the conflict are still raw in much of Europe. One of those trying to heal them is Gustav Bekker, 71, a Polish-born German whose...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2008 | 2:59 am Swimming with giant humpback whalesThe southern humpback whale lies suspended vertically near the surface just metres away from me, its ghostly white underside silhouetted against the deep blue of the Pacific Ocean.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2008 | 2:15 am After 5 years of war, Iraqis desperate for waterBAGHDAD (Reuters) - At a communal water station in a Baghdad slum, a young boy's skinny arms fly up and down as he uses a bicycle pump to coax water from the dry ground.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2008 | 12:24 am "Malling" consumes shoppers in the PhilippinesMANILA (Reuters) - In the Philippines, "malling" has become a verb, the act of going to a shopping mall and whiling away the hours.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2008 | 12:21 am Methadone Rises as a Painkiller With Big RisksOnce used mainly in addiction treatment, the drug is now more widely prescribed and is a growing cause of deaths.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Aug 2008 | 12:03 am Pensioner powerExercises classes keeping Flo fit at age of 100Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:37 pm Daily aspirin in middle-age callMost men over 48 and women over 57 should take a daily aspirin pill to reduce the risk of heart attacks, UK researchers say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:33 pm Public Health officials link Listeria outbreak to Maple Leaf products;PMOOTTAWA - Public health officials have apparently linked a deadly nationwide bacterial outbreak to recalled meat products from Maple Leaf Foods. The Prime Minister's Office has...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:24 pm High price takes shine off Apple's iPhone India launchSticker price shock has spoiled the launch party of Apple's iPhone in India, home to the world's fastest-growing mobile market, local media said Saturday. The 3G or third...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Aug 2008 | 7:57 pm
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