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Tainted China water sickens 450About 450 people fall ill in southern China after drinking water contaminated by a metal factory, state media report.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:26 pm US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears (AP)
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News: Health News | 11 Oct 2008 | 11:14 am Controversial Injections Examined At ASPS Annual MeetingInjecting fat after breast reconstruction to correct implant wrinkling or dimpling may be safe and effective to improve breast shape, according to a study to be presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2008 conference, Oct. 31 - Nov. 5, in Chicago.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am Risk Factors Outside Of AAP Guidelines Identify More Preemies Needing RSV ProphylaxisNew data have emerged regarding three risk factors which may help pediatricians better identify which preterm infants are at high risk of severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease and may thus benefit from palivizumab (Synagis®) prophylaxis, investigators reported at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2008 National Conference and Exhibition.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am High Risk Offender Charged With Assaulting A Women In Her Home, Calgary, CanadaThe Calgary Police Service has charged a local man in connection with a daytime aggravated assault in the downtown in September. On Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, at approximately 12:30 p.m., a man burst into a home in the 500 block of 15 Avenue S.W., and confronted a woman who was home alone.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Maple Leaf Foods Update On Its Bartor Road Facility And Positive Test Results For ListeriaMaple Leaf Foods (TSX/MFI) has posted the background materials distributed at a news conference. Documents provided with this advisory are: -- Listeria Fact Sheet -- Media Backgrounder on Positive Test Results at Bartor Road Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is a leading food processing company, headquartered in Toronto, Canada.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Heart Transplantation Programme At Harefield Hospital To Undergo ReviewRoyal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust will be working with the National Specialised Commissioning Team (NSC Team) and the Healthcare Commission over the next month on a review of Harefield Hospital's heart transplantation programme. As part of the Trust's routine monitoring and audit of its transplant operations, data is collected on post-operative survival including 30-day survival rates.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Scientists To Explore Chemical Reactions In Extreme ConditionsA new research center combining the tools of chemistry and astronomy will use the unique laboratory of interstellar space to free the study of basic chemistry from the restrictive bonds of Earth. The Center for Chemistry of the Universe will allow scientists to explore new types of chemical reactions that occur under the extreme conditions of space.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Pregnancy Does Not Affect Mother's Cognitive Function, New StudyPregnancy and motherhood may make us all go a little gooey, but it's not turning mums' brains into mush according to mental health researchers at The Australian National University.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Nobel Prize For Discovery Of Green Fluorescent Protein Won By MBL Scientist Osamu ShimomuraOsamu Shimomura, a senior scientist emeritus and Corporation member at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP), one of the most important tools in contemporary science and medicine for illuminating life at the microscopic level. Dr.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am Early Data Show Potential For Imatinib To Treat Life-threatening Form Of Pulmonary Artery DiseaseAn early proof-of-concept study presented shows promising results for imatinib in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a severe, incurable blood vessel disorder.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Oct 2008 | 8:00 am A New Improved Gene Therapy Can Be The First Treatment For Machado-Joseph DiseasePortuguese, Swiss and French researchers show, for the first time, that is possible to inhibit, in a living organism, the mutated copies of a gene without affecting any existing normal copies of the same gene.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Oct 2008 | 8:00 am Personal Health: An Autoimmune Disorder, in CamouflageSjögren’s disease, in which the body attacks its own secretory glands and tissues, is common but hard to detect.Source: NYT > Health | 11 Oct 2008 | 7:09 am Oklahoma Is Sued Over Required Ultrasounds for AbortionsAn advocacy group is suing over an Oklahoma law that prohibits a woman from having an abortion unless she first has an ultrasound and the doctor describes to her what the fetus looks like.Source: NYT > Health | 11 Oct 2008 | 5:48 am Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 10, 2008 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Oct 2008 | 3:48 am Racial Disparities Exist in Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks and the poor have worse outcomes when it comes to head and neck cancer, researchers say.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Oct 2008 | 3:48 am Older Diabetics With Depression Face Higher Death Rate (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- In a group of Medicare beneficiaries who have diabetes, being depressed was associated with a higher death rate, according to a new study.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Oct 2008 | 3:48 am Chemo Alone Effective in Treating Kids' Brain Tumors (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Using chemotherapy alone, and delaying or avoiding radiation altogether, may be effective in treating children with inoperable or progressive low-grade glioma brain tumors, according to a multi-institutional study.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Oct 2008 | 3:48 am Secrets to Building a Healthy BusinessSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Oct 2008 | 3:04 am B.C. boy believed to be youngest patient to receive tiny heart pumpVANCOUVER - A 13-year-old boy from the Vancouver-area has survived a potentially fatal heart condition by becoming the youngest patient in the world to receive the world's smallest heart...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:12 am Genomma Comments on Stock PriceSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:25 am Cancer common after liver transplantationNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who undergo liver transplantation, particularly children, are at increased risk for developing cancer, Finnish researchers report in the journal Liver...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:07 am XTENT Announces Clinical Trial Data to be Presented at Annual Meeting of Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Next WeekSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:25 am Jolie may be role model for new mothersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A magazine cover photo of Angelina Jolie breast-feeding one of her newborn twins may have turned the superstar actress into a role model for new mothers.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:03 am Virtual healingHow students use 3D technology to beat cancer.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Oct 2008 | 11:45 pm Obesity increases risk of miscarriage (Reuters)Reuters - Obesity appears to increase the risk of miscarriage, according to a review study appearing in the journal Fertility and Sterility.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Oct 2008 | 11:25 pm Obesity increases risk of miscarriageNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obesity appears to increase the risk of miscarriage, according to a review study appearing in the journal Fertility and Sterility.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Oct 2008 | 11:25 pm CorMatrix Cardiovascular to Present Data on Its Next Generation ECM Technology(TM) at Annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Conference in Washington, D.C.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:53 pm Anti-Processed Meat Campaign Is As Extreme As the Pro-Vegan, Animal Rights Group Behind ItSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:29 pm Limit on cold remedies for kids was FDA's ideaWhen drug makers made a surprise announcement this week that they no longer recommend cough and cold remedies for youngsters under 4, they didn't let on that it was the government's idea.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Oct 2008 | 9:59 pm Limit on cold remedies for kids was FDA's idea (AP)AP - When drug makers made a surprise announcement this week that they no longer recommend cough and cold remedies for youngsters under 4, they didn't let on that it was the government's idea.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Oct 2008 | 9:59 pm HPV infection rates similar in men and women (Reuters)Reuters - Although men are at high risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, most last no more than a year, about the same time this sexually transmitted disease persists in women, researchers report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Oct 2008 | 9:43 pm Warfarin Warning: Shortfalls in Anticoagulation for AF Up Risks of ICH and Embolic StrokeDocumentation of the care of patients in a nationwide health plan suggests that less than half of patients with atrial fibrillation are prescribed an anticoagulant.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Sleep Position May Affect Infant Blood PressureA longitudinal study shows that an infant's blood pressure may be modified by sleep position, with a decrease in blood pressure in the prone position in those aged 2 to 3 months.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Talc Use in Genital Area Linked to Increased Risk for Ovarian CancerWomen should avoid using talc in the genital area, say researchers reporting further evidence supporting an association between such use and an increase in the risk for ovarian cancer.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Overweight, High C-Peptide May Predict Future Mortality From Prostate CancerBoth excess body weight and a high plasma concentration of C-peptide predispose men with a subsequent diagnosis of prostate cancer to an increased likelihood of dying of this disease.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm New DES on the Block: TAXUS Liberté Receives FDA ApprovalFDA approves an easier-to-deliver descendant of the TAXUS Express stent.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 8:57 pm Triple RAAS Blockade May Slow Progression of Kidney DiseaseBlockade of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) with three distinct treatment approaches appears to slow progression of chronic kidney disease, according to a report from Poland. It is published in the September issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 8:41 pm Occupational Injuries Very Common in SurgeonsA survey of more than 350 plastic surgeons indicates that occupational injuries, especially muscle strains, are the norm, not the exception with this profession, according to study findings to be presented next month at the American Society of Plastic Surgery meeting in Chicago.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 8:40 pm Risk of MI Doubled in Patients With Rheumatoid ArthritisPatients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are twice as likely to experience a myocardial infarction (MI) over a 3-year period compared with patients with noninflammatory rheumatic disorders, according to data from the Wichita, Kansas-based National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 8:31 pm Guideline Tackles Higher Mortality Among Hypertensive Patients With DiabetesPhysicians need to aggressively treat high blood pressure as soon as it develops in patients with diabetes if they are to effectively lower the 7-fold higher mortality rate observed in patients with both conditions, according to a presentation today at a press conference sponsored by the American Society of Hypertension.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 8:28 pm Rate of Chronic Lung Disease Rising in VLBW Infants as Surfactant Use DeclinesThe incidence of chronic lung disease among infants weighing less than 1000 g at birth increased between 2001 and 2006, while at the same time, the use of surfactant in this population has fallen off, according to data from a nationwide US registry.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 7:31 pm Recipes for Health: Red Chard, Potato and White Bean RagoutThis comforting stew makes a hearty meal when served with a salad and crusty bread.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Oct 2008 | 7:15 pm A Debilitating Disease That Is Often UnknownMimi Winsberg, a triathlete who once sustained herself with energy bars and pasta, found she had celiac disease, which can only be treated with a gluten-free diet.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Oct 2008 | 7:06 pm Dalai Lama taken to hospital in IndiaThe Dalai Lama was hospitalized Thursday night in New Delhi, one of his secretaries told CNN Friday.Source: CNN.com - Health | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:22 pm Stress and Suicide in Hard Times: How People Really ReactSuicide does not go up in hard times. But people stress out and eat badly.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:05 pm Even presidents need time to chill outLike the rest of us, Presidents work best when they take regular respites from the burdens of their position, according to White House insiders. From golfing to horeseback riding to bowling, each Chief Executive had his own way of unwinding.Source: CNN.com - Health | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:35 pm
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