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Biosensors' heart stent matches J&J rival in studyMUNICH (Reuters) - A new heart stent from Biosensors International made with a biodegradeable drug coating appears as safe and effective as an older industry standard from Johnson &...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Sep 2008 | 11:09 am Biosensors DES Demonstrates Equivalent Safety and Efficacy to Industry Leading DES in First 'Real World, All Comers' Clinical StudySource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Sep 2008 | 10:30 am Take the stairs for a healthy heartMUNICH (Reuters) - Using the stairs at work instead of taking elevators could be a life saver.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Sep 2008 | 10:20 am Never normal'My baby has a serious heart condition'Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:09 am Climbing stairs can prolong lifeTaking the stairs instead of the lift could reduce the risk of dying young by 15%, a study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:03 am Novartis's Lescol drug protects heart after surgeryMUNICH (Reuters) - Giving patients Novartis's anti-cholesterol drug Lescol after major vascular surgery reduces the risk of serious heart problems, researchers said on Monday.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:03 am Heart bypasses beat drug stents in studyMUNICH (Reuters) - Patients with difficult-to-treat clogged arteries are better off getting bypass surgery rather than drug stents, according to results of a major clinical study on Monday.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:01 am HSE To Award Contract For New Gas Installer Registration SchemeHSE notified bidders for the new gas installer registration scheme that it is awarding the contract to Capita Group Plc (CAPITA). The contract, which is valued at £14 million per annum, is awarded for a term of ten years and will be signed on 8th September 2008.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am ERBITUX(R) Phase 3 BMS-099 Lung Cancer Study Secondary Endpoint Update: Overall Survival Results AnnouncedImClone Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: IMCL) announced overall survival results from BMS CA225-099 (BMS-099), an open-label Phase 3 study of ERBITUX® (cetuximab) in combination with a taxane and carboplatin in the first-line treatment of all histological subtypes of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am Faster Rise In Sea Level Will Adverseley Affect World's Human PopulationIf the lessons being learned by scientists about the demise of the last great North American ice sheet are correct, estimates of global sea level rise from a melting Greenland ice sheet may be seriously underestimated.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am Keep Eyes Safely on the BallSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am Newer Blood Pressure Drug Shows Promise As Alternative To ACE Inhibitors For Some PatientsResearchers in Canada working on an international study, discovered that the angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB) telmisartan, a newer type of drug for lowering blood pressure, showed a modest reduction in cardiovascular deaths, strokes and heart attacks in patients with heart problems and diaSource: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am Stroke And Parkinson's Patients Aided By New Sensory DevicesPeople who have suffered a stroke or who have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, could benefit from new research at Queen's University Belfast. Dr Cathy Craig from Queen's School of Psychology is researching the development of new sensory devices for those who normally have difficulty controlling their movements.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am Keep Eyes Safely On The BallSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am Uganda's Health Ministry Orders $1.8M Worth Of Antiretrovirals To Address Drug ShortageUganda's Ministry of Health is expecting a batch of antiretroviral drugs to "arrive any time," Sam Zaramba, director-general of health services, announced on Tuesday following a drug shortage confirmed by health officials in the country last week, the New Vision/AllAfrica.com reports. The government order for $1.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am Water: Stressed-Out And OverheatedWater is the basis of all life on earth, yet freshwater animals and plants are being lost faster than in any other ecosystem. The dominant causes are the many stressors that affect lakes, rivers and wetlands globally: habitat loss, over-fishing, invasions by alien species, dams, over-abstraction, many forms of pollution and increasing salinity.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am Landmark SYNTAX Trial Reports Comparable Safety Outcomes for Complex Patients Treated With TAXUS(R) Express2(TM) Stents or Bypass SurgerySource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am Why Men Are More Prone To Heart Disease: New Research Led By University Of LeicesterMen are more prone to - and likely to die of - heart disease compared with women of a similar age - and sex hormones are to blame, according to a new University of Leicester led study The findings of a study by Dr Maciej Tomaszewski, New Blood Lecturer in Cardiovascular Medicine in the DepartmentSource: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am UnitedHealth Group Takes Immediate Action To Help Gulf State Residents In Anticipation Of GustavResponding to the prospect of Hurricane Gustav hitting Louisiana, OptumHealth, the health and wellness business of UnitedHealth Group, has made available a free help line to all people in the Gulf States. Staffed by experienced masters-level behavioral health specialists, the toll-free help line (800-689-5703) offers assistance to callers seeking help in dealing with stress and anxiety.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am HSE Safety Warning Following Alcon Prosecution, UKThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned all employers to ensure they protect their workers' lives after the jailing of a company director for manslaughter. Sharaz Butt, the director of Alcon Construction Ltd of Norwich, was sentenced to 12 months jail in Norwich Crown Court yesterday after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of Wu Zhu Weng.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am Women trafficked to Singapore lured into prostitutionThree weeks after having her appendix removed last year, Filipina bar girl Camille was forced by her pimp back to work as a prostitute in Singapore. Penniless and deeply in...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Sep 2008 | 7:23 am Libyan magic transforms banks of the Nile in KhartoumWith its panoramic views of the Nile but also of mud homes sinking into flooded swampland, Sudan's flashest hotel brings the flair of Moamer Kadhafi and Italian luxury to a capital...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Sep 2008 | 5:28 am Harry L. Kozol, Expert in Patty Hearst Trial, Is Dead at 102Dr. Kozol, one of the country’s premier experts in brain disorders, helped establish the emerging fields of forensic psychiatry and neuropsychiatry.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Sep 2008 | 5:22 am Coffee may lower risk of uterus cancer: Japan study (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Sep 2008 | 3:28 am Why this vaccine?'Cervical cancer robbed me of my daughter'Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Aug 2008 | 11:27 pm Schools start cancer vaccinationsScottish schoolgirls are to become the first in the UK to be vaccinated against cervical cancer.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Aug 2008 | 11:26 pm Supermarkets 'push fatty foods'Shops are offering more promotions to beat the credit crunch - but many are for unhealthy foods, campaigners say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Aug 2008 | 11:01 pm Hopes raised for block on cancerScientists say they have taken a big step towards blocking a chemical vital to the growth of many cancers.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Aug 2008 | 11:01 pm Gene 'links food and fertility'A genetic link controlling both appetite and fertility has been found by US researchers.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Aug 2008 | 11:00 pm TIME-CHF Questions Treatment of Heart Failure to Natriuretic-Peptide TargetsMedical therapy aimed at cutting natriuretic-peptide levels to prespecified targets didn't improve hospitalization-free survival compared with symptom-guided management, but there were secondary suggestions that the novel management strategy might be helpful in patients younger than 75 years.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Aug 2008 | 7:30 pm ARBs Unable to TRANSCEND Placebo in High-Risk PatientsThe angiotensin-receptor blocker telmisartan has fared no better than placebo in TRANSCEND in patients at high-risk of cardiovascular disease unable to tolerate ACE inhibitors, seemingly providing more questions than answers.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Aug 2008 | 5:49 pm New gene clues emerge for leukaemia, obesity, bowel disease (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Aug 2008 | 5:40 pm BEAUTIFUL For Some: No Overall Advantage of Ivabradine, But High-Heart-Rate Patients May BenefitIvabradine was no better than placebo in terms of reducing cardiac death and other coronary and heart-failure outcomes in the overall trial population; however, patients with heart rates higher than 70 bpm had reduced hospitalizations for heart failure and MI and reduced revascularizations with ivabradine.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Aug 2008 | 5:19 pm Omega-3 Fatty Acids, But Not Statin Therapy, Cuts Mortality and Hospitalizations in Heart FailureOmega-3 fatty-acid supplementation is an "effective, safe, simple, and cheap" option for patients with chronic heart failure, say investigators. Statin therapy, on the other hand, should not be prescribed in heart-failure patients.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Aug 2008 | 4:46 pm Suicide risks studied in drugs for physical ills (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Aug 2008 | 4:20 pm Suicide risks studied in drugs for physical illsAugust 31, 2008 WASHINGTON - Cody Miller was a high school football player who was allergic to ragweed. Douglas Briggs was a doctor coping with pain from an old back injury.Source: PsycPORT.com | 31 Aug 2008 | 3:15 pm Perfume 'risk to unborn babies'Pregnant women are told that using perfumes may increase the risk of unborn boys developing infertility in later life.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Aug 2008 | 12:48 pm
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