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UPDATE 1-Libya to raise UniCredit stake to 5 pct-cbank chiefMILAN, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Libya will continue buying UniCredit shares until its stake in the Italian bank reaches 5 percent, its central bank governor told a newspaper, adding it had also bought stock...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Oct 2008 | 11:36 am Studies Of How SARS And Bird Flu Evade Antiviral Responses Funded By NIAIDThe National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NAID), one of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a contract to the University of Washington (UW) to use systems biology approaches to comprehensively analyze and model the virus-host interactions and cellular response networks that are induced or altered during the course of acute respiratory virus infection.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am Libya to raise UniCredit stake to 5 pct-Libya cbank chiefMILAN, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Libya will continue buying UniCredit shares until its stake in the Italian bank reaches 5 percent, Libyan Central Bank Governor Farhat Omar Bin Guidara said in a newspaper interview...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Oct 2008 | 10:31 am Airborne Lead Level Regulations Significantly Tightened Up In The USAThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it has significantly strengthened air quality standards for lead. The agency says it is crucial to protect the health of humans, especially children. The new levels of airborne lead are now 0.15 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/m3). EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson said "America's air is cleaner than a generation ago.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am University Secures Record Funding For Health And Medical ResearchThe University of Newcastle has received a record $14.8 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Funding for four research projects into asthma, breast cancer, stroke and mental illness accounts for almost half of the total amount awarded to the University.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2008 | 10:00 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 | 18 Oct 2008 | 9:52 am Checking For Radiation In Your BackyardModern nuclear techniques are giving the world's scientists and regulators better tools to fight pollution and other environmental threats - even those that may be lurking naturally at the beach or near your backyard. Many of the world's top "radioecologists" are in Morocco this week to assess a dynamic picture.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am Polycarbonate Baby Bottles Containing Bisphenol A To Be Banned In CanadaCanada has announced it will proceed with drafting regulations to ban the importation, advertising and sale of polycarbonate baby bottles containing bisphenol A (BPA). Measures will also be taken to reduce the amount of BPA that is released into the environment.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am MU Brain Imaging Center Provides Research For Autism, Schizophrenia And Parkinson's DiseaseRecently, the University of Missouri Department of Psychological Sciences introduced an addition to their field of research with the opening of the Brain Imaging Center (BIC).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2008 | 8:00 am Scientists From Granada Find A Potential Treatment To Prevent Diabetes And ObesityA molecule called interleukin-6 has opened new doors for the creation of new drugs against obesity and diabetes. These are the conclusions of an international project which has had the participation of researchers from Vitagenes, a company which forms part of the Campus program promoted by the University of Granada (UGR) and situated in the Technological Park of Health Sciences (PTS).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2008 | 8:00 am Unique Collaborative Research Program Between Novartis And Leukaemia Physicians Across Europe Moves CML Management ForwardData on 2,500 patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) and results from state-of-the art monitoring are providing new insights into the management of the condition, according to one-year data from a unique collaborative research programme designed to optimise the treatment and monitoring of patients throughout Europe.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2008 | 8:00 am Mechanical Pressure Accelerates The Early Stages Of Colon CancerGenes are not the be all and end all of carcinogenesis.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2008 | 8:00 am Saturday Interview: A Plan to Improve Health Care and Limit CostsScott Serota, president and chief executive of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, recently discussed its new goals.Source: NYT > Health | 18 Oct 2008 | 7:11 am Research Suggests Link Between Thyroid Disorder And GlaucomaNew research from UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) says that thyroid disorder may be a risk factor for developing glaucoma. In a study posted online n the British Journal of Ophthalmology, the researchers say people diagnosed with glaucoma are 38 percent more likely to have had a thyroid condition during their lifetime.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2008 | 7:00 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 | 18 Oct 2008 | 6:50 am Officials at Regina hospital say outbreak of C. difficile over in neonatal ICUREGINA - Health officials say a neonatal intensive care unit in the Regina General Hospital has been given the all-clear and a C. difficile outbreak is over. Earlier this week, the...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Oct 2008 | 4:31 am PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - Oct 18Alistair Darling is drawing up plans to push through billions of pounds of public spending on building projects such as schools and hospitals in an emergency measure designed to boost the UK economy as...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Oct 2008 | 4:25 am 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 | 18 Oct 2008 | 3:48 am Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 17, 2008 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Oct 2008 | 3:48 am High-Risk Kids, Diabetics Need Regular Blood Pressure Checks (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- To protect long-term heart health, children as young as 3 and diabetics should have their blood pressure checked regularly, experts say.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Oct 2008 | 3:48 am CFIA issues warning about peppers that contain sulphites not declared on the labelOTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people with sensitivities to sulphites not to consume Cedar Phoenicia brand Greek Golden Peppers. The affected product contains...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Oct 2008 | 3:05 am Ontario to spend $11.6 million to fund more surgeries, set wait-time targetsOTTAWA - The Ontario government is expanding its plan to shorten wait times to include general, ophthalmic and orthopedic surgeries, Health Minister David Caplan said Friday. Wait...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Oct 2008 | 12:44 am Consumer groups scrambling for details on BPA restrictions to be announcedOTTAWA - A federal government announcement is expected Saturday outlining new restrictions for the use of bisphenol A in baby bottles. But consumer groups are scrambling to understand...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Oct 2008 | 12:07 am Resverlogix Announces Closing of Debt RedemptionSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Oct 2008 | 12:05 am Company recalls Koala's March cookies over melamine concernsBATTLE CREEK, Mich. - A company is recalling Koala's March creme- filled cookies from North American shelves because they were made in China and may be contaminated with melamine. The...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2008 | 11:44 pm Strong growth in Medicaid anticipated (AP)AP - Medicaid's growing strain on federal and state budgets is unlikely to abate over the coming decade as the cost of providing health care to the poor is expected to increase 7.9 percent annually, government actuaries reported Friday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Oct 2008 | 11:37 pm 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 | 11:37 pm Brazil's Petrobras delays business plan disclosureRIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Brazil's oil giant Petrobras on Friday postponed the disclosure of its new business plan for the end of the year so that it could evaluate the impact of the global financial...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2008 | 11:20 pm Obesity 'lifts inflammation risk'Obesity and lack of fitness raise the risk of illness by impacting negatively on the body's internal chemistry, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Oct 2008 | 11:06 pm Out of AfricaHas contribution to medicine been overlooked?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Oct 2008 | 11:06 pm Ethnic differences in arthritis due to obesity (Reuters)
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News: Health News | 17 Oct 2008 | 10:19 pm 'Stayin' Alive' has near-perfect CPR rhythmRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Health | 17 Oct 2008 | 9:29 pm Presidential Debate: Joe the Plumber and Health CareMcCain and Obama argue about the impact of their health care plans on small businesses and families.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Oct 2008 | 9:28 pm Study Sheds Light on Wrinkle TreatmentResearchers have a better understanding of how light-emitting diodes (LEDs) rejuvenate skin and reduce wrinkles.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Oct 2008 | 9:15 pm Vitamin B Supplementation Does Not Slow Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's DiseaseHigh-dose B vitamin supplements did not slow cognitive decline in individuals with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Bipolar I Disorder Can Begin in Childhood, Extend Into AdulthoodThe first study to demonstrate bipolar I disorder can be a continuous disease that begins in childhood shows that 44% of children who experience manic episodes continue to experience them as adults.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Pain Numeric Rating Scale May Be Only Moderately Accurate for Pain ScreeningA study shows that in the primary care setting, the pain numeric rating scale to screen for pain is only moderately accurate in identifying pain in patients, suggesting that more research is needed.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Endometriosis Often Comorbid With Irritable Bowel and Pelvic InflammationWomen with endometriosis are more likely to be diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome and pelvic inflammation than women without endometriosis, even after a definitive diagnosis of endometriosis.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Reducing Individual Meat Consumption by 10% May Reduce Greenhouse Gas EmissionsIn this study, the impact of livestock production on greenhouse gas emissions is discussed and practical recommendations for changes that will improve individual and public health are included.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events Often Require Emergency CareA study shows that antibiotic-associated adverse events, particularly allergic reactions, lead to many visits to the emergency department.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm EULAR Issues Guidelines for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia SyndromeThe European League Against Rheumatism has developed the first evidence-based guidelines of 9 recommendations for the treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Men's Reactions Peak at Age 39This explains everything.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 17 Oct 2008 | 8:33 pm The Devil in the Details: Sponsors Still Mulling Nuts and Bolts of DAPTDevice companies contacted by heartwire about their role in the Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Trial say nothing has yet been finalized about trial funding or "in-kind" sponsorship. Hammering out these details may yet jeopardize the $100M DES trial.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Oct 2008 | 8:06 pm Blood protein tied to Alzheimer's disease risk (Reuters)Reuters - Low levels of cystatin C -- a blood protein commonly used as a measure of kidney function -- may be a risk factor for the development of Alzheimer's disease in elderly men, researchers report.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Oct 2008 | 7:54 pm Breast-feeding Fights DiseaseA new study of 7,000 children age 6-15 finds those breast fed for six months had much lower rates of asthma.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 17 Oct 2008 | 5:49 pm Reaching an Autistic TeenagerA school in Georgia believes that it’s not too late for boys like Sam Gross to make emotional connections. All you need is a lot of energy and, sometimes, a magic box.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Oct 2008 | 5:10 pm Recipes for Health: Spaghetti with Tomatoes, Olives, Capers, Hot Peppers and AnchoviesA robust Italian sauce that is known as spaghetti alla puttanesca.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Oct 2008 | 4:49 pm Experts question benefit of school time-out roomsOctober 17, 2008 DES MOINES, Iowa - After failing to finish a reading assignment, 8-year-old Isabel Loeffler was sent to the school's time-out room - a converted storage area under a staircase - where she was left alone for three hours.Source: PsycPORT.com | 17 Oct 2008 | 3:36 pm Economics Concept Explains Brain MysteryEconomic theory is revealing how information flows through the brainSource: Livescience.com - Health | 17 Oct 2008 | 1:37 pm Why moms get jealous of dadsMoms say they want their spouses to be do-it-all dads. After all they ARE forward-thinking women of the 21st century. Besides, if they did less, we couldn't possibly juggle our busy lives without going nuts. "But we don't want them to take over," says Pyper Davis, a mother of two in Washington, D.C. "We don't ever want to be pushed off that throne of being Mommy." Read on for more on the struggle.Source: CNN.com - Health | 17 Oct 2008 | 1:35 pm
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