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DIY drugsHome-grown cannabis on riseSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:52 am Indian herbal medicines queriedA fifth of Indian herbal medicines sold on the internet contain potentially lethal substances, says a new study in the US.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:33 am Rigel to Present at Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare ConferenceSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:30 am Derma Sciences Announces Latest Exclusive Technology Distribution AgreementSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:30 am Fake sick notes sold on internetA website selling false sick notes written on official NHS notepaper says they are "guaranteed to get you out of work or school".Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:01 am CareHere Named 2008 'Future 50' Company by the Nashville Area Chamber of CommerceSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Gleevec Receives FDA Priority Review as First Therapy to Reduce Recurrence of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors After SurgerySource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Genoptix Announces Participation at the 2008 Southern California Investor ConferenceSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Announces Share Buyback ProgramSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Human Genome Sciences Completes Enrollment in Second Phase 3 LymphoStat-B(R) TrialSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am 'Super Fruits' Like Tart Cherries may Provide Anti-Aging BenefitsSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am [video] Paul Lisenby, CEO of XTend Medical Corporation Discusses Global Distribution Agreement With DDI on WallSt.net's 3-Minute Press ShowSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am [video] Anthony Welch, Chairman of Boveran Diagnostics, Inc. Discusses Recent Advisory Board Appointment and Corporate Strategy on WallSt.net's 3-Minute Press ShowSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am An apple a day keeps cancer away? Study shows public confusion (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2008 | 10:56 am Drug 'may slow down Parkinson's'Early use of medication may be able to slow down progression of Parkinson's disease, preliminary research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:05 am War And The Evolution Of Belligerence And BraveryWe have provided a mathematical analysis of the selective pressure on costly male belligerence and bravery when these two traits are involved in tribal war occurring between small-scale, pre-state societies. Belligerence increases an actor's group probability of trying to conquer another group, and bravery increases the actor's group ability to conquer the attacked group.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Disease Management Journal Changes Name And Expands Focus To Population Health ManagementReflecting the expanding scope of chronic disease care and the impact of economic, social, cultural, and environmental factors on health care systems and practices, DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance and publisher Mary Ann Liebert Inc. have renamed the peer-reviewed journal of DMAA Population Health Management.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Trends In Prescription Medication Sharing Among Reproductive-Aged WomenBorrowing and sharing of prescription medications is a serious medical and public health concern. A survey of nearly 7,500 women of reproductive age found that this is common practice among more than one-third of this population, according to a report published online ahead of print in Journal of Women's Health, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am RegeneRx Completes Patient Enrollment Of First Phase II Clinical TrialRegenerx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX:RGN) announced that it completed enrollment of its first of four ongoing Phase II clinical trials.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Discovery Offers Potential For Drugs To Fight Bird Flu, Other Influenza EpidemicsResearchers at Rutgers University and The University of Texas at Austin have reported a discovery that could help scientists develop drugs to fight the much-feared bird flu and other virulent strains of influenza.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Manhattan Research Announces Top 10 Product Sites Visited By PhysiciansDiabetes treatment brand sites from Januvia, Actos, Byetta, and Avandia are among the top pharmaceutical product websites in terms of primary care physician visitation, according to a new from pharmaceutical and healthcare market research company Manhattan Research (www.manhattanresearch.com).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am New Tool To Help Prevent Medication Mix-Ups Due To Look Alike/Sound Alike Drug Names, Announced By USPThe U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention has announced a new drug safety tool designed to help patients, caregivers, pharmacists, physicians and others in avoiding medication errors that may occur because of drug names that look alike and/or sound alike. This "Drug Error Finder" is a searchable database of almost 1,500 commonly used drugs reported to be involved in medication mix-ups in the U.S.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Finalists Nominated For The 2008 European Biotechnica AwardThe three finalists of the 2008 EUROPEAN BIOTECHNICA AWARD have been determined. The biotechnology companies nominated are Cambridge-based Astex Therapeutics Limited (UK), GENEART AG from Regensburg (Germany) and immatics biotechnologies GmbH based in Tübingen (Germany). The prize, worth EUR 100,000, is awarded to innovative European biotechnology and life sciences companies.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am More MRI And CT Machines, More Exams Performed, CanadaThe supply of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scanners in Canada increased significantly over four years, according to a new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Flower Power: Tel Aviv University Researchers Are Combatting Cancer With A Jasmine-Based DrugCould a substance from the jasmine flower hold the key to an effective new therapy to treat cancer? Prof. Eliezer Flescher of The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University thinks so. He and his colleagues have developed an anti-cancer drug based on a decade of research into the commercial applications of the compound Jasmonate, a synthetic compound derived from the flower itself. Prof.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am Recipes for Health: Mediterranean Cucumber and Yogurt SaladA salad with many variations on a theme of yogurt, cucumbers, garlic and fresh herbs.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Aug 2008 | 7:06 am Thomas H. Weller, Whose Work on Tissue Led to Nobel Prize, Is Dead at 93Dr. Weller was a tropical-medicine specialist whose tissue-culture research in 1949 made development of the Salk and Sabin polio vaccines possible.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:37 am Diabetes Drug Tied to New DeathsThe diabetes drug Byetta was linked to four more deaths in patients with pancreatitis, adding to two deaths announced by federal regulators last week.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Aug 2008 | 4:00 am Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 26, 2008 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:46 am Study Supports Prompt HCV Therapy in HIV/HCV-Coinfected PatientsPatients coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV often exhibit low levels of HCV neutralizing antibodies, which could contribute to a poorer outcome of HCV infection, a French study indicates.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:39 am Medicare Underestimated Improper Payments: ReportMedicare officials had undervalued the amount of improper payments made for medical equipment in 2006 because it failed to review sufficient medical documents, according to a government report.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:35 am Elispot Assay: a Promising Substitute for Tuberculin Skin Test for Latent TBElispot, an enzyme-linked immunospot assay that detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens, is a useful screening test to rule out latent tuberculosis infection in rheumatic disease patients starting treatment with a tumor necrosis factor antagonist, according to physicians in Greece.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:27 am Effective Treatment of HIV in Children May Provoke AsthmaImmune reconstitution in HIV-infected children treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) appears to increase their risk of developing asthma, according to data from the prospective Women and Infants Transmission Study.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:23 am Calif. Stop-Smoking Campaign Saved $86 Bln: ReportCalifornia's large-scale tobacco control campaign has saved $86 billion in health care costs in its first 15 years, U.S. researchers said on Monday.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:17 am Blood Types, IL-6 Variants Linked to ChorioamnionitisThe A and O blood types and polymorphisms in the gene for interleukin-6 (IL-6) are associated with an increased risk of chorioamnionitis, according to the findings of two studies reported in The Journal of Pediatrics for July.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:15 am Attorney: Obese Texas woman didn't strike nephew (AP)AP - A nearly half-ton Texas woman charged in the death of her toddler nephew couldn't have beaten the boy to death because of her limited movement from weight problems, her attorney said Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2008 | 1:04 am Robo-skeleton lets paralysed walkA human exoskeleton robotic suit is helping people paralysed from the waist down to stand, walk and climb stairs.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Aug 2008 | 11:02 pm Number of uninsured drops; poverty holds steady (AP)AP - The number of people without health insurance fell by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Incomes edged up for the middle class while poverty held steady.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Aug 2008 | 9:19 pm HIV treatment may provoke asthma in kids (Reuters)Reuters - Treatment with a combination of anti-HIV drugs, known as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), can improve the immune systems of infected patients, but new research indicates that in young children this effect may increase the risk of asthma.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Aug 2008 | 9:18 pm New attack ad on TV, but this one targets hot dogs (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Aug 2008 | 9:11 pm Hormone Therapy May Improve Symptoms Even if Started Many Years After MenopauseA study shows that combined hormone replacement therapy started many years after menopause can improve some aspects of health-related quality of life.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm Tight Glucose Control in Critically Ill Adults May Not Improve All OutcomesIn a meta-analysis in critically ill adults, tight glucose control was not associated with significantly reduced hospital mortality rates but was associated with an increased risk for hypoglycemia.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm Nasal-Throat Swab With PCR May Detect Respiratory Tract Viruses in ChildrenA study shows that a nasal-throat swab combined with polymerase chain reaction has adequate sensitivity to detect influenza and respiratory tract viruses in children.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm Nut, Corn, Popcorn Intake May Not Increase Risk for Diverticulosis in MenIn a large, prospective study of men without known diverticular disease, nut, corn, seed, and popcorn consumption did not increase the risk for diverticulosis or diverticular complications.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm 'Ayurvedic' Medicines May Contain Lead, Mercury or ArsenicOver a fifth of products purchased on Internet tainted with toxic metals, study findsSource: Livescience.com - Health | 26 Aug 2008 | 8:15 pm Toddler cancer spotted via e-mailA toddler in Florida is diagnosed with cancer after a Manchester woman spotted the early warning signs in a picture.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Aug 2008 | 7:50 pm Books: A Doctor Transformed, Into a PatientDr. Thomas Graboys’ memoir of dealing with Parkinson’s disease stands out as a small wonder.Source: NYT > Health | 26 Aug 2008 | 6:28 pm FDA Allows Irradiation of Your VegetablesThe FDA has approved irradiation of spinach and iceberg lettuce to kill food-borne pathogens, a Band-Aid approach to food safety that may ultimately hurt small, local farmers.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 26 Aug 2008 | 5:30 pm Census: Fewer Americans lack health insuranceParticipation in government health insurance programs -- particularly those aimed at children -- increased from 2006 to 2007, leading to a decrease in the number of Americans lacking insurance, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday.Source: CNN.com - Health | 26 Aug 2008 | 4:52 pm Listeria fear after Canada deathsCanadian health officials are investigating 12 deaths thought to be linked to contaminated meat products.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Aug 2008 | 3:49 pm Manchester 'worst for self-harm'More people in Manchester self-harm than anywhere else in Europe, a new study claims.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Aug 2008 | 2:33 pm Eat your fluids to stay hydratedIf your water bottle travels with you everywhere, sip on this thought: Drinking water isn't the only way to stay hydrated. Food can significantly affect your daily fluid needs.Source: CNN.com - Health | 26 Aug 2008 | 1:25 pm Study finds roommates can help each otherAugust 26, 2008 ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug 26, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A University of Michigan study finds you really can work things out with your college dorm roommates if you try.Source: PsycPORT.com | 26 Aug 2008 | 1:21 pm Therapists find business boomingAugust 26, 2008 MINNEAPOLIS - Back in the early 1980s, Minneapolis psychologist Gary Schoener and colleagues wondered if the recession was affecting the mental health of people living in Hennepin County, Minn. "We were convinced there was a problem," said Schoener, then chairman of the Council on Mental Health Programs.Source: PsycPORT.com | 26 Aug 2008 | 1:21 pm Study links preterm births, simmering infections (AP)AP - Infections may play a bigger role in premature birth than doctors have thought, says a new study that found almost one in seven women in preterm labor harbored bacteria or fungi in their amniotic fluid.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Aug 2008 | 10:55 am Treatment 'tricks' stroke victimsStroke victims could be "tricked" into getting better with a new virtual reality physiotherapy treatment.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Aug 2008 | 10:40 am
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