Health and Medical News Headlines for August 28, 2008

Amgen to Stop Offering Discounts on Anemia Drug

The company is halting some pricing practices that critics say were contributing to overuse of its flagship anemia drug Aranesp at a time of mounting concerns about the product’s safety.

Source: NYT > Health | 28 Aug 2008 | 11:34 am

Look Closely, Doctor: See the Camera?

Have reality television and the Internet pushed people over the line?

Source: NYT > Health | 28 Aug 2008 | 11:06 am

Man who lost 20 stone refused op

A 28-year-old man who lost 20 stone is told he is too overweight to have surgery to remove excess skin.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am

Cells change identity in promising breakthrough (AP)

AP - Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Aug 2008 | 10:20 am

Social factors key to ill health

Social factors - rather than genetics - are to blame for huge variations in ill health and life expectancy around the world, a report concludes.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:25 am

Long-term incense use 'increases cancer risk' (AFP)

AFP - Long-term daily use of incense, an important feature of Asian religious practices, increases the risk of some cancers, an international study has found.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:24 am

Cervical cancer advances give hope to poor

LONDON (Reuters) - New screening tests and effective vaccines from Merck & Co and GlaxoSmithKline make tackling cervical cancer in poor countries a real possibility for the first time,...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:15 am

Simple Antibiotics For Pneumonia Are Best To Avoid Super Bugs, Says Researcher

Australian hospitals should avoid prescribing expensive broad-spectrum antibiotics for pneumonia to avoid the development of more drug-resistant super bugs, according to a University of Melbourne study.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

US Pharmacies Now Supply ADHD Medication VYVANSE In 6 Dosage Strengths

Shire Limited (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, has announced that VYVANSE is now available in U.S. pharmacies nationwide in three additional dosage strengths, bringing the total number to six: 20 mg, 30 mg, 40 mg, 50 mg, 60 mg, and 70 mg. The expanded VYVANSE dosing options will allow physicians to individualize treatment for each patient.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

New NICE Guidelines Are Set To Reduce Premature Deaths In People Who Have Inherited High Cholesterol

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care have today (27 August 2008) published a guideline on the care and treatment of adults and children/young people with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), a type of high cholesterol that is caused by an inherited genetic mutation.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

Mouse Study Uncovers Early Trigger For Type-1 Diabetes

Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine are shedding light on how type-1 diabetes begins. Doctors have known the disease is caused by an autoimmune attack on the pancreas, but the exact trigger of the attack has been unclear.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

Health Canada Reminds Parents Of School Lunch Allergen Safety

As children head back to the classroom, Health Canada is reminding parents of the importance of allergy awareness when packing lunches for their children. Severe allergic reactions can occur quickly and without warning, and some foods can be life-threatening to allergic children. As many as 1.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

Consultation On The Application Of ICRP's 2007 Recommendations To The UK

The Board of the Health Protection Agency is consulting stakeholders on its response to the latest recommendations* of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). The Agency has an important role in advising on protection standards against ionising radiation.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

Uninsured Patients Receive Unpredictable, Rationed Access To Health Care

A case study of three health care institutions -- public, for-profit and not-for-profit -- within one metropolitan area found that self-pay patients must navigate a system that provides no guarantees medical centers will follow their own policies for providing uncompensated care. The study is published in the August issue of the journal Medical Care.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

2008 Breast Cancer Symposium Awards $14,000 To Oncology Fellows

Organizers of the 2008 Breast Cancer Symposium announced the winners of the Symposium Merit Awards. Fourteen physicians-in-training will receive funding to assist with their travel to attend the Symposium, to be held September 5-7 in Washington, DC.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

Face To Face Communication In Babies

Babies are born with brains which are already predisposed to interact with other humans according to research published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

NICE Issues Updated Guidance For Rhesus Negative Women During Pregnancy

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published guidance on the use of routine antenatal anti-D prophylaxis for rhesus D negative women in the NHS in England and Wales.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

H.I.V. Is Spreading in New York City at Three Times the National Rate, a Study Finds

The virus that causes AIDS is spreading in New York City at three times the national rate — an incidence of 72 new infections for every 100,000 people, compared with 23 per 100,000 nationally.

Source: NYT > Health | 28 Aug 2008 | 7:02 am

Purdue, Citing Research Misconduct, Punishes Scientist

An appeals committee at Purdue University has upheld findings of misconduct by Rusi P. Taleyarkhan.

Source: NYT > Health | 28 Aug 2008 | 6:17 am

Researchers Report Advances in Cell Conversion Technique

Biologists at Harvard have converted cells from a mouse’s pancreas into the insulin-producing cells that are destroyed in diabetes.

Source: NYT > Health | 28 Aug 2008 | 6:15 am

Essilor : Nomination of Hubert Sagnieres

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2008 | 5:42 am

Essilor's First-Half 2008 Results

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2008 | 5:38 am

Avoiding Dental Perfection With a Slight Twist

Patients and dentist work together to create that perfectly flawed smile.

Source: NYT > Health | 28 Aug 2008 | 4:19 am

4 More Deaths Reported Among Byetta Patients (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) -- The makers of the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta reported Tuesday the deaths of four more people who'd been taking the medication.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Aug 2008 | 3:47 am

Health Tip: Leaving Your Children Alone (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- It's important for a child to learn to be independent and care for himself. But how do you know when a child is old and mature enough to stay alone?
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Aug 2008 | 3:47 am

Fat Cells in Obese People Are 'Sick' (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Fat cells in obese people are "sick" compared to those in lean people, a new study shows.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Aug 2008 | 3:47 am

Violence Forces MSF to Close Clinic in Mogadishu

Rising insecurity has forced Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to close a clinic in Mogadishu providing essential health care to hundreds of children and pregnant women every day, the charity said on Wednesday.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Aug 2008 | 2:47 am

UK's NICE Recommends Novartis Eye Drug Lucentis

Britain's healthcare cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE has recommended Novartis AG's pricey eye drug Lucentis, under a special scheme that will cap the cost of treatment to the state health service.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Aug 2008 | 2:46 am

HSV Should Be Considered in Hospitalized Neonates With Fever

A study in the August issue of the Journal of Pediatrics suggests that herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a rare but important cause of fever in neonates, and may be as common as bacterial meningitis in neonates who have fever.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Aug 2008 | 2:38 am

Dating, demos faze young NKorean refugees

Dating customs and street demonstrations are part of a major culture shock for young North Korean refugees struggling to adapt to a new life in South Korea, a recent survey shows.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2008 | 2:36 am

Fertility Treatments May Raise Risk of Gene Mutations in Male Infants

The use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) to conceive appears to increase the odds of de novo Y-chromosome microdeletions in male offspring, Chinese researchers report.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Aug 2008 | 2:34 am

Daily Consumption of Nuts in Pregnancy May Increase the Risk of Childhood Asthma

Daily consumption of nut products during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood symptoms of asthma, according to findings published July 15th in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Aug 2008 | 2:30 am

Cough Reflex Returns After Lung Transplantation

Cough reflex can return up to a year after lung transplantation, according to a report in the August issue of Chest.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Aug 2008 | 2:28 am

Acupuncture Associated With Neuronal Activation and Physiological Responses

Acupuncture at the point LI-2 is associated with neuronal activation and an increase in saliva production, according to a report in the July 7th BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Aug 2008 | 2:23 am

Thomas H. Weller, Whose Work on Tissue Led to Nobel Prize, Is Dead at 93

Dr. 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 | 28 Aug 2008 | 2:10 am

Britain's happiest places mapped

The most sparsely populated county in Wales is Britain's happiest place - but Edinburgh the least happy, say researchers.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Aug 2008 | 1:06 am

Prevention of Heart Disease Takes Precedence At American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Meeting

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

Cadence Pharmaceuticals' CEO Theodore Schroeder to Present at the 2008 NewsMakers In the Biotech Industry Conference

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am

Gen-Probe to Webcast Presentation at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference 2008

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am

Cancer Test for Women Raises Hope, and Concern

An ovarian cancer test prompts questions on regulation and risk, and experts worry it may mean unneeded surgery.

Source: NYT > Health | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:33 pm

Gene therapy 'may repair hearing'

Scientists claim gene therapy has the potential to restore hearing in mice, offering hope for humans as well.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:20 pm

Map highlights 'obesity hotspots'

Shetland and parts of Wales and north England are Britain's obesity hotspots, according to a map compiled from GP records.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:06 pm

thinkbaby(TM) Announces Partnership With Healthy Child Healthy World

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2008 | 10:44 pm

Notification of Extraordinary General Meetings and Further Changes to Board Composition

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2008 | 10:23 pm

Maple Leaf takes blame for food poison outbreak

TORONTO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The head of Canada's biggest meat processor said on Wednesday his company was fully accountable for a nationwide outbreak of listeriosis food...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2008 | 10:09 pm

Police: Disabled Palestinian siblings hidden away (AP)

AP - A Palestinian couple locked their disabled son and daughter away for decades out of fear they would ruin the marriage prospects of a healthy child if discovered, police said Wednesday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2008 | 10:06 pm

In NYC, new HIV infections 3 times national rate (AP)

AP - New data show New York City residents are contracting the virus that causes AIDS at three times the national rate.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2008 | 10:04 pm

Cells transformed in promising research

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Source: CNN.com - Health | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:07 pm

Rapid Injection Technique Recommended for Routine Intramuscular Immunizations

In a randomized controlled trial, immunization with use of a pragmatic rapid injection technique was less painful than a slow standard-of-care technique.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm

Aerobic Plus Resistance Training May Improve Coronary Artery Disease Outcomes

A randomized study shows that in patients with coronary artery disease, aerobic training combined with resistance training improves many outcomes.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm

Adverse Scrotal Skin Effects Seen With Sunitinib in Renal Cell Cancer Patients

Researchers describe adverse dermatologic effects in the scrotal and inguinal areas in 5 of 40 patients taking sunitinib for renal cell carcinoma.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm

Doctor dives in to repair Torres' shoulder

A nagging injury almost kept 41-year-old Dara Torres from competing in her fifth Olympics in Beijing, China. Instead she swam through the pain to capture three silver medals.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 27 Aug 2008 | 8:58 pm

Is your kid really gifted? Probably not

Did your child walk and talk early? Does she have a brain like a sponge? Scribble magnificently? Love learning? Ask questions that leave you marveling (and scrambling to Google an answer)? Wow, clearly she's a genius! Or, um, maybe not.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 27 Aug 2008 | 8:58 pm

Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug (AP)

AP - What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000?
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2008 | 8:49 pm

FDA OKs blood test for heart transplant rejection (AP)

AP - Government regulators on Wednesday cleared the way for broader use of a blood test that can spare heart transplant patients the ordeal of repeated biopsies to check if their bodies are rejecting the new organ.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2008 | 7:49 pm

Health care company offers bike-sharing

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Source: CNN.com - Health | 27 Aug 2008 | 5:46 pm

Study Links Spanking to Physical Abuse

Those who paddled were 3 times likelier to use harsher punishments
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 27 Aug 2008 | 4:18 pm

Stars band together to fight cancer

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Source: CNN.com - Health | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:32 pm

Families lose weight together at camp

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Source: CNN.com - Health | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:27 pm

Census: Fewer Americans lack health insurance

Participation 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 | 27 Aug 2008 | 2:55 pm

Soldiers, back home, haunted by unseen injury

August 27, 2008 Kevin Owsley, a former staff sergeant, is not quite sure what rattled his brain in 2004: the roadside bomb that exploded about a meter from his Humvee or the rocket-propelled grenade that flung him across a road as he walked to a portable toilet on base six weeks later.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 27 Aug 2008 | 12:51 pm

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