Chinese dairy knew milk fault weeks before recall (AP)

AP - A Chinese dairy that sold milk powder linked to kidney stones in infants knew it contained a banned chemical weeks before ordering a recall, the health minister said Saturday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Sep 2008 | 1:33 pm

Changes in Seniors' Sleep Patterns Need Attention (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- While it's normal for older people to have occasional sleep problems, seniors who experience sleep pattern changes that last for longer than two weeks should see a doctor, says Dr. Charles Cefalu, a member of the American Geriatrics Society.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Sep 2008 | 1:01 pm

Recipes for Health: Italian Bread Salad

A simple bread salad with red onions and tomatoes.


Source: NYT > Health | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:44 am

The Bipolar Puzzle

What does it mean to be a manic-depressive child?


Source: NYT > Health | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:44 am

Exploring The Search Processes Used In Both Spatial And Abstract Settings

New research from Indiana University has found evidence that how we look for things, such as our car keys or umbrella, could be related to how we search for more abstract needs, such as words in memory or solutions to problems. "Common underlying search mechanisms may exist that drive our behavior in many different domains," said IU cognitive scientist Peter Todd.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:00 am

Psychological Therapies Ease Arthritis Pain

Arthritis sufferers can alleviate their pain by using mental imagery and hypnotherapy. This is the finding of Bryan Bennett and colleagues from Bangor University who presented their findings on the11 September 2008, at The British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference held at the University of Bath.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:00 am

RAD001 Combined with Sandostatin LAR(R) Depot and as Monotherapy Controls Growth of Rare Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Sep 2008 | 10:51 am

Lavender Scent Calms Dental Patients

Lavender scent could be an effective means of reducing dental anxiety in patients. This is the finding of Metaxia Kritsidima and her colleagues from King's College London who will present their results at The British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology and European Health Psychology Society Conference at the University of Bath on the 12 September 2008.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Sep 2008 | 10:00 am

Another Significant Rupture Possible Following May 2008 Earthquake In China: Nearby Faults Now Twice As Likely To Produce Strong Quakes

Researchers analyzing the May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China's Sichuan province have found that geological stress has significantly increased on three major fault systems in the region. The magnitude 7.9 quake on May 12 has brought several nearby faults closer to failure and could trigger another major earthquake in the region.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Sep 2008 | 10:00 am

It's Good To Talk - British Psychological Society

Telling your partner everything is good for your psychological health. This is the finding of a study presented on the 12 September 2008, at the European Health Psychology Society and British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology Conference 2008.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am

Immune Response Varied According To Age, Sex And The Costs

Is it always good to respond maximally when pathogens or disease strike, or should individuals vary their immune response to balance immediate and future costs? This is the question evolutionary physiologists Oliver Love, Katrina Salvante, James Dale, and Tony Williams asked when they examined how a
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Sep 2008 | 9:00 am

First Wellstone Center In New England And First Center In World To Focus Exclusively On Facioscapulohumeral MD

The NIH has awarded $9 million to launch a unique collaboration of researchers, clinicians, patients, government research agencies and pharmaceutical/biomedical companies to study the causes and potential treatments for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a muscle weakening and disabling disease that affects, at the least, one in 20,000 individuals worldwide.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Sep 2008 | 8:00 am

Subclinical Haemostatic Activation And Current Surgeon Volume Predict Bleeding With Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy

UroToday.com - Men with prostate cancer (CaP) are at greater risk of thromboembolic processes, but also can have a greater risk of bleeding. In the online version of the British Journal of Urology, Dr.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Sep 2008 | 8:00 am

Hemorrhage Following Percutaneous Renal Surgery: Characterization Of Angiographic Findings

UroToday.com - In this award winning manuscript, the authors review the incidence, cause, and diagnosis of vascular complications in more than a score of experience with percutaneous renal surgery in 4,695 patients. The incidence of hemorrhagic complications was highest among patients undergoing percutaenous resection of an upper tract transitional cell cancer (3.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Sep 2008 | 8:00 am

Sildenafil Treatment Of Women With Antidepressant-Associated Sexual Dysfunction: A Randomized Controlled Trial

UroToday.com - Treatment emergent sexual dysfunction is a frequent adverse effect occurring with medication use and is a major influence for premature treatment discontinuation, which leads to treatment failure and costly disease management outcomes.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Sep 2008 | 8:00 am

China Begins Inquiry Into Tainted Baby Formula

The Health Ministry announced an inquiry into the safety of all formulas after a death and kidney problems.


Source: NYT > Health | 13 Sep 2008 | 6:23 am

Defibrillators Are Lifesaver, but Risks Give Pause

The number of patients receiving defibrillators has declined, as more doctors and patients decide the risks and uncertainties the devices pose may outweigh their potential benefits.


Source: NYT > Health | 13 Sep 2008 | 5:41 am

Health Tip: Preparing for Pregnancy (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- At least three months before you try to get pregnant, you should start making sure that your body has the nutrients it needs to conceive a healthy baby.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Sep 2008 | 3:46 am

Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 12, 2008 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Sep 2008 | 3:46 am

Sleep Apnea May Cause Erectile Dysfunction (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Men with sleep apnea may suffer from a treatable form of erectile dysfunction caused by regular deprivation of oxygen experienced during these episodes of obstructed breathing, a new report says.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Sep 2008 | 3:46 am

Broad Screening of Blood Clots May Find Cancers Earlier (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Doing more thorough screening of people with unexplained blood clots -- particularly in the legs, arms and lungs -- could increase the rate of cancer detection among these people by 21 percent, according to a new research analysis.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Sep 2008 | 3:46 am

South Cameron Memorial Hospital, Rural Health Clinic and Calcasieu Oaks Psychiatric Hospital Discontinue Operations as a Result of Impending Hurricane Ike

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Sep 2008 | 2:53 am

Investors await bone drug data from Amgen

BOSTON (Reuters) - Results due next week from a trial of Amgen Inc's experimental osteoporosis drug denosumab will represent a pivotal moment for the world's biggest biotechnology company...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Sep 2008 | 1:29 am

CHF International: Haiti Needs Your Help

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:38 pm

How to Help Down Syndrome and Other Special Needs Children - Free Booklet and Parenting Course Available This Month From The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:33 pm

UNICEF: child mortality down 27 percent since 1990 (AP)

AP - The U.N. Children's Fund said Friday the number of children who die before the age of five has declined by 27 percent over the last two decades, and the rate is expected to continue falling.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:26 pm

American Red Cross Sends Relief To Cuba

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:26 pm

Broccoli 'may help protect lungs'

A substance found in broccoli may limit the damage which leads to serious lung disease, US research suggests.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:05 pm

Lawmakers investigate Wyeth vitamin claims

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers are investigating advertising claims by Wyeth that promote its Centrum Cardio vitamin as a cholesterol-lowering product, according to a letter to...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Sep 2008 | 10:43 pm

FDA expands use of cervical cancer vaccine

The cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil also works to prevent cancers of the vagina and vulva, federal health officials said Friday, as they approved expanding its use to protect against those
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Sep 2008 | 10:27 pm

FDA expands use of cervical cancer vaccine (AP)

AP - The cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil also works to prevent cancers of the vagina and vulva, federal health officials said Friday, as they approved expanding its use to protect against those diseases as well.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Sep 2008 | 10:27 pm

Giant Food Alerts Customers to Recall of PEDIGREE(R) Dry Pet Food Products

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Sep 2008 | 10:21 pm

Raw milk won't be stopped, says farmer as his trial concludes

milk to his loyal consumers, a rural Ontario dairy farmer accused of distributing it against a court order vowed on Friday. Neither the threat of a fine nor jail time deterred Michael...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Sep 2008 | 10:04 pm

Two Genetic Variants on Chromosome 15 Linked to Familial Lung Cancer

Two copies of a common allele, in addition to family history, may increase the risk for lung cancer by 5 to 7 times.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 10:02 pm

Doctor and Patient: Healing the Doctor-Patient Divide

Transplant surgeon Dr. Pauline W. Chen on the widening gulf between doctors and patients.


Source: NYT > Health | 12 Sep 2008 | 9:47 pm

Avoid Chinese-Made Baby Formula, U.S. FDA Says

Baby formula from China is illegal in the United States and should not be used, U.S. regulators warned on Thursday after Chinese officials blamed tainted formula for the death of an infant.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 9:26 pm

CBT Intervention by Local Health Workers Reduces Perinatal Depression in Pakistan

A cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)-based intervention provided by trained community health workers can effectively treat perinatal depression and improve infant outcomes, according to a cluster-randomized trial conducted in rural Pakistan.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 9:14 pm

Mortality Closely Tied to Major Bleeds at Primary PCI, HORIZONS-AMI Trial Finds

Fewer major bleeding complications with bivalirudin accounted for the drug's observed significant clinical advantage over conventional heparin plus a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor, according to its investigators.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 9:11 pm

Discovery of New Pathway Reveals Small Molecule That May Prevent Ischemic Damage

California researchers have discovered a new scientific pathway that has led them to a new protein that may help protect the heart against ischemic damage. In rat models of MI, the compound reduced infarct size by 60%.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 9:10 pm

Women With Depression Respond Better Than Men to SSRI

Women with unipolar major depression are more likely than men to achieve remission during treatment with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) citalopram, according to findings from the STAR*D (Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression) study.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 9:09 pm

Supine Sleep Position May Promote Apnea in Stroke Patients

Acute ischemic stroke patients spend most of their time asleep in the supine position, possibly contributing to the severity of sleep apnea, according to findings reported in the September issue of the journal Stroke.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 9:04 pm

Spinal Manipulation May Not Be Helpful for Low Back Pain

A randomized controlled trial shows that spinal manipulative therapy in addition to standard care is not effective for alleviating acute low back pain.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 9:00 pm

BMI, Fitness, Activity Level Linked to Gallbladder Disease Risk in Runners

In a study of more than 40,000 runners, body mass index was positively related to the risk for gallbladder disease, whereas usual running distance and cardiorespiratory fitness were inversely related.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 9:00 pm

Patients With Stroke Requiring BP Lowering May Still Benefit From tPA

A new study suggests that even patients requiring aggressive blood pressure lowering after acute ischemic stroke should not be excluded from receiving tissue plasminogen activator therapy.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 9:00 pm

FDA warns against infant formula from China

Read full story for latest details.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 Sep 2008 | 8:18 pm

CDC: Blacks, gays at high risk for HIV infections

Young black gay men, black women and white gay men in their 30s and 40s are much more likely to be newly infected with HIV than other groups in the United States, according to a new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 Sep 2008 | 7:55 pm

Diagnosis: The Strep Throat That Wasn’t

When the proper diagnosis comes too late.


Source: NYT > Health | 12 Sep 2008 | 7:15 pm

Phys Ed: Unhappy Feet

Planter fasciitis, stress fractures, bunions — unglamorous ailments that we all too often ignore. The care and feeding of your lowliest appendages.


Source: NYT > Health | 12 Sep 2008 | 7:09 pm

Sleep Apnea May Cause Erectile Dysfunction

Condition may persist, but mouse research shows drug restores oxygen, sexual functioning
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 12 Sep 2008 | 4:13 pm

Nigerian anti-polio chief removed

A Nigerian village chief is suspended for divorcing his wife because she had her children immunised against polio.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Sep 2008 | 4:11 pm

Disruptive behavior and workplace bullying in hospitals

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Source: PsycPORT.com | 12 Sep 2008 | 3:36 pm

Florida brain bank studies Alzheimer's

September 12, 2008 Sep. 12--Joe Daniell of Orlando made his final gift to his family and fellow man when he died eight years ago at age 86.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 12 Sep 2008 | 3:36 pm

Tiny 'Ships' Sail Bloodstream to Destroy Cancer

Nano-ships sail the bloodstream, avoid detection by the immune system, and then find and destroy cancer cells.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 12 Sep 2008 | 3:05 pm

Why infants still die from SIDS

The death of a healthy baby is always a terrible shock, but it may be even more shocking today. That's partly because sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), which is classified as a natural cause of death, is considered so rare. Also, many parents believe that the only babies still dying of SIDS are the ones whose caregivers just aren't following the safe-sleep rules. But SIDS is still very much a threat, and may be underdiagnosed.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 Sep 2008 | 2:42 pm

Natural Childbirth Moms More Attuned to Babies' Cry

Finding may help shed light on postpartum depression in those choosing Caesareans
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:15 pm