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Summary of Book on Astaxanthin Now Available as Free Download from HealthBookSummaries.comSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2008 | 11:45 am Flu shots a tough sell to health care workers (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Oct 2008 | 11:32 am Phyhealth Provides Update to ShareholdersSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2008 | 11:30 am Annan: Bank crisis undercuts food aid (AP)AP - Wealthy nations are reneging on commitments to help feed the world's hungry and may cite the banking crisis as a reason why they cannot do more, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told an international conference on combating starvation Thursday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Oct 2008 | 11:27 am Doctors warn of rash from mobile phone useLONDON (Reuters) - Doctors baffled by an unexplained rash on people's ears or cheeks should be on alert for a skin allergy caused by too much mobile phone use, the British Association of...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2008 | 11:22 am ZyGEM and Advalytix Partner to Produce Innovative DNA Extraction ProductsSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am HealthCare.com Acquires BrokersWeb.com, the Leading Health Insurance Pay-Per-Click Marketing PlatformSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am [video] Wall St. Network's 3-Minute Press Show Features Executive Interviews and Highlights Recent Press for the Following: IMMU, KYUSSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am Australia Montara oil output hinges on Coogee saleSINGAPORE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The startup of the already delayed Montara oil project would hinge on the completion of the sale of the owner of the field, Australian independent oil and gas firm Coogee...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2008 | 10:51 am Health workers in western N.L. vote to go exclusively with CUPECORNER BROOK, N.L. - The latest round in a union battle over health- care workers in Newfoundland and Labrador goes to CUPE. About 1,500 health care workers on the west coast of the...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2008 | 10:24 am Recipes for Health: Pasta With Spicy Tomato SauceThe sauce for this pantry pasta is a vegetarian take on arrabbiata and amatriciana sauces.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am PAREXEL Consulting Quantifies Speed to Market: First-Cycle Approval for NME Produces $640 Million in Incremental Revenue on AverageSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am UPDATE 1-Credit Suisse cuts WTI oil price forecastOct 16 (Reuters) - Credit Suisse cut its fourth-quarter and 2009 West Texas Intermediate oil price forecast in the face of a sagging oil demand curve, and cut its 2008 earnings per share estimates on integrated...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:55 am Manchester Fertility Services Calls For Egg Donors To 'Give Hope, Give Life', UKManchester Fertility Services is urging women to donate their eggs and give the gift of life to childless couples.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am Providing In-State Tuition To Undocumented Immigrants Increases College EnrollmentUndocumented youth are not likely to go to college. Usually they do not qualify for financial aid and often come from low-income families with little ability to pay college tuition.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am Financial Crisis May Hasten Move To Shift Responsibilities Away From Doctors, Warns Outgoing World Medical Association PresidentA warning that the global economic crisis could lead to health authorities saving costs by shifting tasks away from doctors to other health professionals is to be delivered by the outgoing President of the World Medical Association. Dr.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am Consultation On New Ways To Deliver Mental Health Services, British Psychological SocietyThe British Psychological Society launches an online public consultation on its proposals for access to mental health services on Thursday 16 October. The proposals have been drawn up as part of the Society's response to discussions with the Department of Health (DoH) on future plans for mental health care.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am Nurses To Lead The Campaign To Drive Up Quality In The NHS, UKCommenting on the release of the King's College London reports, Nurses in Society: Starting the Debate and State of the Art Metrics for Nursing: A Rapid Appraisal, Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), today said: "These reports present a unique opportunity for nurses to drive up the quality of care across the NHS.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am Australian GPs Concerned Patients Will Suffer Without Urgent Action On Key Policy AreasGeneral Practitioners from across Australia are concerned that the health of their patients will suffer without urgent action in a number of key health policy areas. In the first meeting of a newly formed national group, the GPs identified a number of critical steps that are needed to maintain Australia's world-leading primary healthcare system.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am Kidney Donation Web Sites Raise Ethical ConcernsLiving donor kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment option for patients with end stage renal disease. The outcomes of this type of transplant are superior to waiting for several years on the deceased donor transplant list while on dialysis. 38 percent of all kidney transplants in the U.S. are now performed using living donors.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am Warwick First UK University To Acquire Von Hagens Plastinations For Anatomy TeachingMore than 200 body parts from Gunther von Hagens' laboratory in Germany will be used to teach anatomy to medical students at the University of Warwick. This is the first time Von Hagens' plastinated specimens have been used for teaching by a UK medical school.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am US Falling Behind In Infant MortalityCompared to other developed nations the United States appears to be falling behind in infant mortality, that is the percentage of babies that die before reaching their first birthday.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am High-altitude Climbing Causes Subtle Loss Of Brain Cells And Motor Function Says Everest And K2 StudyA study of professional mountain climbers has shown that high-altitude exposure can cause subtle white and grey matter changes to the area of the brain involved in motor activity, according to the October issue of the European Journal of Neurology.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am China's milk heartland fights to reclaim trust (Reuters)
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News: Health News | 16 Oct 2008 | 7:52 am Infant Deaths Drop in U.S., but Rate Is Still HighThe rate of infant deaths in the United States remains well above that of most industrialized countries.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Oct 2008 | 6:29 am Dr. Allan Rosenfield, Women’s Health Advocate, Dies at 75Mr. Rosenfield, a dean of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, became a leading advocate for women’s health during the global H.I.V./AIDS epidemic.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Oct 2008 | 6:27 am Fitness: Staying Healthy in a Sick EconomyBusinesspeople wonder how a perilous financial climate will affect their physical fitness — and if exercise could help them weather hard times.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Oct 2008 | 5:58 am Brain signals revive paralyzed muscles in monkeys (AP)AP - Monkeys taught to play a computer game were able to overcome wrist paralysis with an experimental device that might lead to new treatments for patients with stroke and spinal cord injury.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Oct 2008 | 4:42 am High food costs 'a global burden'Almost two-thirds of people in 26 countries say higher food and energy prices have affected them "a great deal", a BBC report finds.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Oct 2008 | 3:52 am Younger Breast Cancer Survivors Risk Disease in Other Breast (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Young women receiving radiation after having surgery for breast cancer are at increased risk of developing a new tumor in the opposite -- or contralateral -- breast, a new Dutch study suggests.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Oct 2008 | 3:47 am Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 15, 2008 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Oct 2008 | 3:47 am Vaccine 'could end Nigeria polio'Polio could be wiped out in Nigeria - one of the last blackspots of the disease - thanks to improved vaccine, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Oct 2008 | 12:57 am The Scan That Didn’t ScanJust as big a problem as the erratic quality of M.R.I. scans is the tendency of doctors and patients to rely on them too much.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Oct 2008 | 10:27 pm Why Dick Cheney's Heart Skipped a BeatAtrial fibrillation (AF), the most common affliction of the heart, affects more than 2 million Americans.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 15 Oct 2008 | 9:01 pm New Guidelines Issued on Optimal Hemoglobin A1C Targets for Type 2 DiabetesThe American College of Physicians has issued a guidance statement derived from other organizations guidelines on the optimal hemoglobin A1C targets for patients with type 2 diabetes.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Very-Low-Calorie Diet Before Bariatric Surgery Reduces Risk in Superobese PatientsIn superobese patients undergoing bariatric surgery, the outcomes of comorbidities and surgical technique improve with a preoperative very-low-calorie diet weight loss regimen.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Daily Vitamin K May Not Reduce Age-Related Decline in Bone Mineral DensityIn postmenopausal women with osteopenia, daily vitamin K supplementation was not effective in reducing age-related decline in bone mineral density but seemed to protect against fractures and cancers.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm FDA Safety Changes: Diovan HCT, Primaquine, Lopressor/Lopressor HCTThe FDA has approved revisions to the safety labeling for valsartan plus hydrochlorothiazide tablets (Diovan HCT), primaquine phosphate tablets, and metoprolol tartrate (Lopressor and Lopressor HCT).Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Breast-Feeding May Not Reduce Risk for Asthma or AllergyIn a large cluster randomized study, prolonged or exclusive breast-feeding did not reduce the risk for asthma, hay fever, or eczema at the age of 6.5 years.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Smoking Cessation Must Not Be an Afterthought, New Studies SayTwo new studies suggest that smoking cessation advice within hospitals needs more structure. A related article finds that smoking in midlife shortens life expectancy and quality of that life.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Antimuscarinic Drug Found Effective for Nonneurogenic Overactive Bladder in ChildrenIn a new study, propiverine, an antimuscarinic drug used in Europe, has been shown to be efficacious and well tolerated in children with nonneurogenic overactive bladder and urinary incontinence.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Patients Welcome Telepsychiatry Approach to Depression TreatmentA new telemedicine group therapy protocol, currently in the developmental phase, was evaluated favorably by patients with epilepsy and depression. If it is successful, researchers believe this type of remote treatment could be used to reach much larger numbers of psychiatric patients.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2008 | 8:13 pm Cancer Patients May Fare Better Under Obama Plan, Many Experts BelieveContinuing its coverage of how the impending US election might affect cancer care, Medscape Oncology reports that many experts believe that the proposals for healthcare reform laid out by the Democrats will be kinder to cancer patients.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2008 | 7:53 pm Left Main and Three-Vessel Disease Subsets From SYNTAX: New Answers, More QuestionsThe analyses can be viewed only as "hypothesis generating," since SYNTAX was negative. But the data suggest that in low- or intermediate-risk patients with left main disease, DES and CABG are both "reasonable" options, but in three-vessel disease, only the lowest-risk patients should be considered as candidates for DES instead of surgery.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2008 | 7:38 pm Chinese youth conflicted about sex, survey finds (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Oct 2008 | 6:24 pm Single brain cell helps paralyzed monkeys moveRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Oct 2008 | 5:10 pm Mind power moves paralysed limbsScientists show it is possible to harness brain signals and redirect them to make paralysed limbs move.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Oct 2008 | 5:02 pm Amazing Power of Music RevealedMusic has amazing power over our minds and bodies, including during sports.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 15 Oct 2008 | 5:02 pm Ugandans ban female circumcisionThe only community to practise female circumcision in Uganda has banned it, an official says.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Oct 2008 | 4:23 pm Personal Health: A Push for Adding B12, Though the Jury Is OutRecent studies suggest considerable benefits from increased levels of B12, especially in adults over 50, but they cannot prove cause and effect.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Oct 2008 | 3:46 pm A Good Appetite: Fit to Be StuffedLacking the cult status of ripe summer tomatoes or the esoteric cachet of watermelon radishes and purslane, peppers may be one of the season’s least celebrated vegetables.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Oct 2008 | 3:20 pm Cheney's abnormal heart rhythm returnsVice President Dick Cheney will visit George Washington University Hospital on Wednesday after doctors discovered a recurrence of an abnormal heart rhythm, his spokeswoman said in a written statement.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Oct 2008 | 3:16 pm Church Pastors Dismiss Mental IllnessThe problem was solely spiritual in nature, people were told.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 15 Oct 2008 | 2:08 pm Life with breast cancer: Head-to-toe truthsWhat is it like to have breast cancer? To give you a realistic head-to-toe picture, we consulted the nation's best experts and talked to a dozen breast cancer survivors, including some who are still in treatment. Read this for the big picture -- and the small details -- of life with breast cancer.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Oct 2008 | 1:07 pm Tainted Chinese beans pulled in JapanJapanese health officials warned residents on Wednesday not to eat a variety of frozen green beans imported from China that are contaminated with an extremely high concentration of pesticides.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Oct 2008 | 12:49 pm Why Women Have Bad TeethHormonal and dietary changes related to pregnancy increased cavity risks for women throughout history.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 15 Oct 2008 | 10:59 am
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