Health and Medical News Headlines for September 10, 2008

Ever wonder if your doctor is laughing at you?

You're sick, in the hospital, or maybe even undergoing surgery. The last thing you want to contemplate is the thought that your doctor might be making fun of your toe rings while you're anesthetized. But does it happen? Yes.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 10 Sep 2008 | 1:02 pm

Health Tip: Help Your Child Develop Healthy Habits (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Healthy habits for regular exercise and a good diet start at home, and they should start at a young age.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Sep 2008 | 1:01 pm

Don't stare at me

Would you, if you passed this woman on the street?
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Sep 2008 | 12:19 pm

Antibiotic resistance rise fears

Experts issue a warning that levels of resistance to antibiotic drugs is reaching worrying levels in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Sep 2008 | 11:55 am

Army suicide rate could top nation's this year

The rate of suicides among-active duty soldiers is on pace to surpass both last year's numbers and the rate of suicide in the general U.S. population for the first time since the Vietnam war, according to U.S. Army officials.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 10 Sep 2008 | 11:43 am

Watching medical dramas 'feed health fears'

A taste for television hospital drama might make you more fearful about your own health, say psychologists.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Sep 2008 | 11:33 am

Masimo Announces Desaturation Index 3D Alarm as Standard Feature in All Radical-7 Pulse CO-Oximetry Devices

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2008 | 11:00 am

New Survey Reveals Americans Trust Their Faces to Facial Plastic Surgeons

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:30 am

Baby milk powder suspected in new China health scare

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese hospital has received 14 kidney stone patients, all infants under 11 months who drank the same brand of milk formula, reviving memories of a milk-powder...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:29 am

Study sees longterm benefit of blood-sugar control (AP)

AP - Diabetics who tightly control their blood sugar even if only for the first decade after they are diagnosed have lower risks of heart attack, death and other complications 10 or more years later, a large follow-up study has found.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:13 am

First Of 100 Arab Human Genomes Sequenced By Saudi Biosciences, Beijing Genomics Institute Shenzhen, And CLC Bio

An international consortium consisting of Saudi Biosciences, Beijing Genomics Institute Shenzhen, and CLC bio have in a joint effort performed an initial sequencing and analysis of the first Arab human genome, as part of a large project to sequence 100 Arab human genomes to map the unique genetic variations of the Arab population.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:00 am

Akorn, Inc. Announces First Lyophilized Product Approval For Decatur, IL: IC-Green™ For Injection, USP

Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKRX) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted supplemental NDA approval for IC-Green™ for Injection, USP. This approval is Akorn's first lyophilized product approval for manufacture in its Decatur, IL production facility.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:00 am

Nanotoxicology Protocols Developed By Alliance Of Scientists

A team of materials scientists and toxicologists announced the formation of a new international research alliance to establish protocols for reproducible toxicological testing of nanomaterials in both cultured cells and animals. The International Alliance for NanoEHS Harmonization (IANH) was unveiled at Nanotox 2008, one of the world's largest biennial nanotoxicological research meetings.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:00 am

A Reputation For Innovation

A good university uses its intellectual and innovative strengths for the betterment of the institution. A great university uses these assets for the betterment of us all.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:00 am

Early Stage Colon Cancer Characterized By Inactivation Of Gatekeeper Gene, Singapore Scientists Report In Journal Cancer Cell

The absence or inactivation of the RUNX3 gatekeeper gene paves the way for the growth and development of colon cancer, Singapore scientists report in the Sept. issue of the journal Cancer Cell. Previous studies have shown that RUNX3 plays a role in gastric, breast, lung and bladder cancers.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:00 am

ONGLYZA™ Significant Improvements Across Key Measures Of Glucose Control When Added To A Sulfonylurea Or Thiazolidinedione

Results from two 24-week Phase III studies presented at the 44th European Association for the Study of Diabetes Annual Meeting demonstrated that ONGLYZA™ (saxagliptin), an investigational selective inhibitor with extended binding to the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) enzyme in development by Br
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:00 am

Human Embryonic Stem Cell Secretions Minimized Tissue Injury After Heart Attack In Lab Studies With Pigs

A novel way to improve survival and recovery rate after a heart attack was reported in the journal Stem Cell Research by scientists at Singapore's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) and Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) and The Netherlands' University Medical Center Utrecht.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:00 am

Tour DaVita Rides to Improve Kidney Disease Education

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:00 am

Five New Studies And Analyses At Major Medical Meeting Further Demonstrate Substantial Efficacy And Robust Clinical Experience For 'JANUVIA'(R)

New data analyses presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) showed initial combination therapy with the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, sitagliptin, and metformin provided substantial improvements in blood sugar levels (as measured by HbA1c [2]) over two years of treatment and was generally well tolerated.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:00 am

The First Direct Structural Evidence Of SV2A Has Been Revealed Thanks To Protein Tomography(TM), And Published In BBRC

Sidec AB has together with UCB published the first direct structural evidence of the molecular mechanism of the Synaptic Vesicle protein 2A (SV2A) in mouse brain tissue. SV2A is the unique brain-binding site of the second generation anti-epileptic drug levetiracetam (LEV; Keppra(R) is a trademark of UCB).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:00 am

CVBT Announces First Site To Begin Patient Enrollment For Its Phase II Heart Trial

CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CVBT) announces that its first US site is open for patient enrollment for its Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of severe coronary heart disease. In the coming weeks, CVBT anticipates announcing additional sites as they open for enrollment.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:00 am

Stress-Related and Emotional Eating Can Be Curbed With the Vitamin Code(TM) Perfect Weight Formula

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2008 | 9:07 am

Recipes for Health: Middle Eastern Pita and Vegetable Salad (Fattoush)

This salad is a great destination for flat breads that have become stale.

Source: NYT > Health | 10 Sep 2008 | 8:22 am

Asthma and hay fever drug tested

A new once-a-day drug to treat asthma and hay fever is to be tested in human trials for the first time.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Sep 2008 | 7:59 am

Maimed on 9/11, Trying to Be Whole Again

For those who were injured on Sept. 11, 2001, but survived, the struggle to rebuild their lives goes on.

Source: NYT > Health | 10 Sep 2008 | 7:47 am

Back and Forth on Stem-Cell Research Energizes Race

Joseph R. Biden Jr. attacked Republicans for rejecting President Bush’s limited support for using human embryonic cell lines to develop therapies, and the McCain campaign immediately cried foul.

Source: NYT > Health | 10 Sep 2008 | 7:26 am

Moscow Journal: Wary of Protests, Russia Puts Few Limits on Smoking

Even as it tries to forestall a sharp drop in the population with campaigns that promote family life and a higher birthrate, Russia has barely invested in anti-tobacco ads and education.

Source: NYT > Health | 10 Sep 2008 | 7:16 am

Mentally ill kept in police cells

Many mentally ill people are being held in police cells rather than being taken to hospital, a report says.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Sep 2008 | 7:13 am

Fewer U.S. medical students choosing to work in primary care (AP)

AP - Only 2 percent of graduating medical students say they plan to work in primary care internal medicine, raising worries about a looming shortage of the first-stop doctors who used to be the backbone of the American medical system.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Sep 2008 | 4:44 am

Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 9, 2008 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Sep 2008 | 3:47 am

Lung Cancer Rates Among Nonsmokers Not on the Rise (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- The most comprehensive global snapshot ever taken of lung cancer diagnoses and related death rates among patients who have never smoked has found that, contrary to prior indications, lung cancer risk is not on the rise.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Sep 2008 | 3:47 am

Malaria Campaigners Hopeful on Drugs Pricing Deal

Anti-malaria campaigners are confident that a deal can be reached with pharmaceuticals groups to cut the cost of new drugs needed to fight a disease estimated to kill more than 1 million people a year.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Sep 2008 | 1:05 am

Radiation Exposure Increased in Some Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients

On average, patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) receive an annual dose of diagnostic radiation that is comparable to the dose of naturally occurring radiation to which most Americans and Europeans are exposed, new research suggests.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Sep 2008 | 1:03 am

Childhood cancer genes pinpointed

Scientists pinpoint three genes considered key to the development of a form of childhood brain cancer.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Sep 2008 | 11:06 pm

Pollution 'hinders heart pacing'

Air pollution from traffic hinders the heart's ability to conduct electrical signals, a study concludes.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Sep 2008 | 11:02 pm

Study finds errors in Pa. VA hospital treatments (AP)

AP - Some 55 prostate cancer patients were given too-low doses of radiation treatment at the local Veterans Affairs hospital in the past 6 1/2 years, and federal investigators want to know why.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Sep 2008 | 10:19 pm

Hurricane Gustav Tested Disaster Preparedness Lessons Learned During Katrina

Better communications, smaller patient census, and plenty of backup power are keys to disaster preparedness, New Orleans hospital administrators say.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2008 | 10:09 pm

Few hospitals meet colon cancer care standard (AP)

AP - Nearly two-thirds of hospitals fail to check colon cancer patients well enough for signs that their tumor is spreading, says a study that advises patients to ask about this mark of quality care before surgery.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Sep 2008 | 9:32 pm

NI Abortion Act campaign begins

A campaign calling for the 1967 Abortion Act to be extended to Northern Ireland is launched.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Sep 2008 | 9:32 pm

Intensive BP and Glucose-Lowering Additive in Diabetic Patients: ADVANCE

The ADVANCE trial suggests that aggressively targeting glucose and blood pressure levels reduces nephropathy and renal events, and also reduces the risk for cardiovascular death by almost 25%.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2008 | 9:00 pm

Less Sleep Linked to Greater Risk of Falling in Elderly Women

A study shows that women who are aged 70 years and older who sleep 5 hours or less per night may be more likely to experience falls than those who sleep more than 7 to 8 hours per night.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2008 | 9:00 pm

Graduated Compression Stockings Should Be Properly Sized and Used

A study shows that nurses should ensure that graduated compression stockings are properly sized and used and that knee-length stockings be the standard length used.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2008 | 9:00 pm

MRI May Help Predict Response to Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy for Ankylosing Spondylitis

A study shows that spinal inflammation on MRI may predict therapeutic response to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy for ankylosing spondylitis.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2008 | 9:00 pm

Postmenopausal Hormonal Therapy May Increase Risk for GERD

The risk for gastroesophageal reflux disease is increased for postmenopausal use of estrogens, selective estrogen receptor modulators, or over-the-counter hormone preparations.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2008 | 9:00 pm

Early Intervention Recommended for Young Children With Hearing Loss

A prospective longitudinal study suggests that children with hearing loss that is detected at an early age should receive very early intervention to achieve positive outcomes.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2008 | 9:00 pm

When sex becomes an addiction

"Californication" star David Duchovny made headlines for voluntarily entering rehab last week. But it wasn't for drugs or alcohol. It was for another dependency, one that affects millions of Americans but is seldom discussed: sex addiction.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 9 Sep 2008 | 8:33 pm

Air Pollution Harms Patients After Heart Attack

Particles can cripple heart's electrical functioning, researchers say
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 9 Sep 2008 | 8:28 pm

Music Therapy Improves Well-Being of Very Ill Patients

Study finds even family members appear to benefit
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 9 Sep 2008 | 8:24 pm

Got a fat gene? Get active for 3-4 hours a day (AP)

AP - CHICAGO (AP Maybe you CAN blame being fat on your genes. But there's a way to overcome that family history just get three to four hours of moderate activity a day. Sound pretty daunting? Not for the Amish of Lancaster County, Pa., who were the focus of a new study on a common genetic variation that makes people more likely to gain weight. It turns out the variant's effects can be blocked with physical activity lots of it.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Sep 2008 | 7:54 pm

Popularity of a Hallucinogen May Thwart Its Medical Uses

The use of Salvia divinorum, a potent hallucinogenic herb, was once limited to revelation seekers in Mexico. Now, the drug is available legally across the U.S.

Source: NYT > Health | 9 Sep 2008 | 7:14 pm

Change in HER2 Status May Explain Resistance to Trastuzumab

Some women with HER2-positive breast cancer treated with trastuzumab eventually stop responding to treatment, but why they do so is unclear.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2008 | 6:48 pm

Cases: Perhaps Death Is Proud; More Reason to Savor Life

A staff nurse tells her first experience with “Condition A,” the sudden death of a patient.

Source: NYT > Health | 9 Sep 2008 | 6:15 pm

For the Brain, Remembering Is Like Reliving

For the first time, scientists have recorded individual brain cells fetching a spontaneous memory.

Source: NYT > Health | 9 Sep 2008 | 5:38 pm

Vital Signs: Nutrition: Nuts May, in Fact, Help Avert Diverticulitis

Eating nuts and seeds may not increase the risk of complications associated with diverticulosis. In fact, they may lower the risk of developing the disease.

Source: NYT > Health | 9 Sep 2008 | 4:22 pm

People find it tough to face the death of a beloved pet

September 09, 2008 Sep. 9--The hole in an owner's heart can feel as big as the Grand Canyon when a pet dies.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 9 Sep 2008 | 2:36 pm

Drug hope for cystic fibrosis

An experimental drug is proving effective for treating cystic fibrosis, one of the most common life-shortening genetic diseases.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Sep 2008 | 2:31 pm

Hidden harm

What eating too much fat can do to your heart
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Sep 2008 | 2:00 pm

Cancer didn't dash Olympic swimmer's dream

24-year-old swimmer Eric Shanteau has been in a whirlwind the last two months. At nearly the moment he was about to attain his dream of making the Olympics, he learned he had testicular cancer. Today he talks about his decision to delay surgery until after his competition.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 9 Sep 2008 | 1:30 pm

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