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Mammograms Remain Best Way to Spot Breast Cancer (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Mammograms detect 80 percent to 90 percent of breast cancers in women without symptoms, and all women 40 and older should get a yearly mammogram, says the American Cancer Society (ACS) as it marks National Mammography Day on Friday, Oct. 17.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Oct 2008 | 1:02 pm 'High School Musical 3' set to keep franchise hotLOS ANGELES, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's hotly anticipated "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" arrives in movie theaters around the world next week, with bumper advance ticket sales and plans...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2008 | 12:39 pm Early teen drug, alcohol use ups sex and behaviour risks (AFP)
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News: Health News | 17 Oct 2008 | 12:35 pm Bangladesh warning on milk powderThe Bangladesh government advises people not to buy eight foreign brands of powdered milk after tests revealed traces of the chemical melamine.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Oct 2008 | 12:30 pm UPDATE 1-Energy market eyes Atlantic tropical wave - NHCNEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A tropical wave about 500 miles east-southeast of the southern Windward Islands had less than a 20 percent chance of developing over the next couple of days, the U.S. National...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2008 | 12:18 pm Pfizer reaches tentative Bextra, Celebrex dealsNEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Friday it plans to pay $894 million to settle lawsuits alleging that its withdrawn Bextra painkiller and widely used Celebrex arthritis drug harmed U.S...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2008 | 12:01 pm World-Renowned Physicians Converge on Methodist Dallas Medical Center for Largest Live Demonstration of Its Kind in TexasSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm Mars First Confectionery Company to Launch Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labeling GloballySource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm New Data From Head-to-Head Phase 3 Trial Demonstrate That Liraglutide is More Effective Than Exenatide in Treatment of Type 2 DiabetesSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm NewCardio Announces New Client Services TeamSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm Gene Signature Predicts Late Recurrences in Liver CancerIn patients with resected early-stage liver cancer, a gene-expression signature found in the tissue surrounding the primary tumor predicts late recurrence.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Oct 2008 | 11:50 am Bulgaria eyes LNG imports from YemenSOFIA, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Bulgaria will hold talks over the potential import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Yemen to diversify its gas supplies, the Bulgarian economy and energy ministry said on Friday...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2008 | 11:47 am InteGreat Expands Partnership with Nuance, to Offer Customers Dragon Medical 10Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2008 | 11:45 am UPDATE 1-Pozen says FDA reviewing main goal of trialsOct 17 (Reuters) - Pozen Inc said U.S. health regulators are conducting an internal review on the acceptability of using endoscopic gastric ulcers as a main goal in clinical studies and it was unsure...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2008 | 11:41 am From BBC HealthFinding the right fitness activity for youSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Oct 2008 | 10:51 am Women 'unaware of alcohol threat'Women do not know about one of the biggest health risks linked to drinking too much - a raised chance of breast cancer, says a survey.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Oct 2008 | 10:41 am Rutgers Researchers Identify New Antibiotic Target And New Antibiotic Mechanism - May Lead To New Tuberculosis TreatmentsA team of Rutgers University scientists led by Richard H. Ebright and Eddy Arnold has identified a new antibiotic target and a new antibiotic mechanism that may enable the development of broad-spectrum antibacterial agents effective against bacterial pathogens resistant to current antibiotics.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am County Health Departments Set To Launch Flu Clinics, OklahomaThe Oklahoma State Department of Health announced today that most local county health departments will begin offering flu vaccination clinics starting next week. "Getting a flu vaccine each year is the best and most important step in protecting against this serious disease," said Secretary of Health and Commissioner of Health Dr. Michael Crutcher.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Endoscopic Treatment Of Vesicoureteral Reflux With Dextranomer/Hyaluronic Acid In ChildrenUroToday.com - A study by Dr. Wolfgang H. Cerwinka and his colleagues out of Emory University in Atlanta evaluated the different types of injectable agents, techniques, success rates, complications and future applications of endoscopic treatment of vesicoureteral reflux in children including the present current indications to perform the procedure.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Anxiety In Children Undergoing VCUG: Sedation Or No Sedation?UroToday.com - A manuscript by David W. Herd examined studies of voiding cystourethrograms (VCUGs) and anxiety in children as evaluated in previously published articles about VCUGs. Pub Med, EMBase, and Cochrane databases were utilized.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Survey Of Oklahoma Schools Shows One In Three Students Involved In BullyingA report released by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) suggests that as many as a third of elementary and middle school students in Oklahoma are involved in bullying. The report presents findings from a 2005 survey, the Oklahoma Anti-Bullying Survey, of 7,848 third, fifth, and seventh grade students from 85 school districts.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Fructose Hampers Hormone That Controls Appetite, UF Study FindsCould all those years chewing candy and slurping sugary sodas come back to haunt you? Perhaps. A new University of Florida study in rats shows that a fructose-filled diet blocks the appetite-controlling hormone leptin from doing its job, setting the body up for future obesity.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Pharmaceutical Companies Reduced Spending On Advertisements In First Six Months Of 2008, Reports FindPharmaceutical companies reduced spending on advertisements in the first six months of the year, according to reports released recently by TNS Media Intelligence and Nielsen Monitor-Plus, USA Today reports. According to the report, pharmaceutical companies reduced spending on ads by 3.9% to $2.4 billion in the first six months of the year.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Identification Of Genetic Variants Predisposing To Early-Onset Asthma And Interacting With Environmental Exposure To Tobacco-Smoke In Early LifeA research consortium of French scientists has identified the effect of genetic variants that confer increased risk of early-onset asthma. This risk is further enhanced by exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in early life.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am New Research Field Promises Radical Advances In Optical TechnologiesA new research field called transformation optics may usher in a host of radical advances including a cloak of invisibility and ultra-powerful microscopes and computers by harnessing nanotechnology and "metamaterials." The field, which applies mathematical principles similar to those in Einstein's theory of general relativity, will be described in an article to be published Friday (Oct.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Racial Disparities In Cardiovascular Health Linked To Birth Weight, SlaveryTwo new articles examine the theory of "fetal programming" and their effect on racial health disparities.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Diabetes aspirin use questionedAspirin should not routinely be used to prevent heart attacks in people with diabetes, Scottish researchers say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Oct 2008 | 9:37 am Credibility gapHas India got will to eradicate malnutrition?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Oct 2008 | 9:34 am Herbal highCould cocaine be the next step?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Oct 2008 | 9:32 am Ailing Democratic donor obtains experimental drug (AP)AP - An ailing Democratic fundraiser has obtained an experimental cancer-fighting drug through the Mayo Clinic, according to his son, despite the drug maker's refusal to sanction the treatment.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Oct 2008 | 8:58 am Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly: New drug still on track (AP)AP - Japanese drug maker Daiichi Sankyo Co. and U.S. partner Eli Lilly & Co. sought to reassure investors Friday that a highly anticipated blood thinner remains on track for approval, despite escalating concerns of further delays by federal health regulators.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Oct 2008 | 8:12 am Hawaii ending universal child health care (AP)AP - Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Oct 2008 | 7:55 am Medtronic Shares Fall on Questions About StentShares of the medical device maker fell after a study showed that its new drug-coated stent was associated with more heart attacks and blood clots than a stent made by Johnson & Johnson.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Oct 2008 | 7:04 am Magnetic field 'aids coma victim'A US patient in a coma-like state recovered the ability to speak after repeated exposure to a magnetic field.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Oct 2008 | 6:59 am Recipes for Health: Pasta With Dried Mushrooms and Tomato SauceThis meaty, savory pasta sauce is just one reason to keep dried porcini mushrooms on hand.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Oct 2008 | 6:45 am Doctor and Patient: What Does Grace Mean to You?Actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith explores the meaning of grace in the health care setting.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Oct 2008 | 6:44 am Horse therapy aids boy's mobilityA boy thought to have the only genetic condition of its kind in Britain is being helped by a therapy using horses.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Oct 2008 | 5:55 am Ties Between Doctors and Stent Makers QueriedTwo senators looking into potential conflict of interests have sent inquiries to the Cardiovascular Research Foundation concerning its ties to device makers and drug producers.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Oct 2008 | 4:59 am Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 16, 2008 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Oct 2008 | 3:48 am Student scientistsHow 'interesting molecules' saved thousands of livesSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Oct 2008 | 3:25 am CPR study suggests 'Stayin Alive' lives up to name (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Oct 2008 | 3:08 am Call to end doctor abortion powerWomen should not need the permission of two doctors to have an abortion, top medical law and ethics specialists say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Oct 2008 | 3:01 am NJ flu-shot mandate for preschoolers draws outcry (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Oct 2008 | 12:50 am Brain's reaction to yummy food may predict weight (AP)AP - Drink a milkshake and the pleasure center in your brain gets a hit of happy unless you're overweight. It sounds counterintuitive. But scientists who watched young women savor milkshakes inside a brain scanner concluded that when the brain doesn't sense enough gratification from food, people may overeat to compensate.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Oct 2008 | 12:50 am Resveratrol May Help Treat Fatty LiverA study shows red wine ingredient protects livers.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:43 pm Safety Risks With Endeavor Stent, New European Data ShowIn a comparison with the Cypher stent, SORT-OUT III showed an increased risk of MI and stent thrombosis with the Endeavor zotarolimus-eluting stent at nine months, while two-year registry data suggest an increase risk in all-cause mortality. While everybody urged caution in interpreting the findings, experts say the results are a warning signal.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:19 pm Framingham: Alcohol May Protect the Heart, But Not the BrainA steady decline was found in brain volume with increasing alcohol consumption.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:11 pm Thyroid Disorders May Increase Risk for GlaucomaIn a large, population-based, cross-sectional study, the risk for glaucoma was associated with thyroid problems.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm FDA Approvals: Rapaflo and AktenThe FDA has approved silodosin capsules (Rapaflo) and lidocaine HCl 3.5% ophthalmic gel (Akten).Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm More Than Half of Stable CAD Patients Go Straight to PCI Without Stress TestA study of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for coronary artery disease indicates that more than half do not undergo a stress test to confirm that the intervention was necessary.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Fewer Criteria Needed to Detect PTSD in ChildrenNew research suggests an alternative approach to diagnosing posttraumatic stress disorder in children but that these youngsters may not rapidly recover from a traumatic event.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Milkshake study reveals brain's role in obesity (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Oct 2008 | 8:52 pm $100M DAPT Trial Supplants CODA: Massive DES/Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Trial Announced at TCTEight companies have agreed to sponsor the study, selecting the Harvard Clinical Research Institute to command the 33-month, $100-million dollar study. The announcement effectively shelves CODA, the dual antiplatelet study first proposed by Duke but rejected by the necessary industry funders.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Oct 2008 | 8:17 pm HORIZONS AMI: Drug-Eluting Stent Safe and Effective in the Setting of STEMIIn addition to reducing TLR rates at 12 months, the Taxus stent was equivalent to its bare-metal counterpart in terms of major cardiovascular adverse events, including death, MI, stroke, and stent thrombosis, report investigators.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Oct 2008 | 8:00 pm Brain's Reaction to Yummy Food May Predict WeightSome overweight individuals are genetically wired to overeat.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 16 Oct 2008 | 7:08 pm 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 | 6:43 pm EPA slashes lead limit in air by 90 percentRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Health | 16 Oct 2008 | 5:33 pm Stressed about money? Free help is a call awayA recent survey by the American Psychological Association found nearly half of all Americans are worried about providing for their families. But how do you get help when you don't have enough money? CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen tells you about four places that offer free financial counseling to help both your pocketbook and your stress level.Source: CNN.com - Health | 16 Oct 2008 | 5:14 pm 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 | 3:20 pm
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