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When the economy is badOctober 21, 2008 More suicides? Fewer male births? Less back pain? More laxative sales?Source: PsycPORT.com | 21 Oct 2008 | 3:06 pm Anesthesia may up kids' behavior problems (Reuters)Reuters - A new study hints that young children who are exposed to general anesthesia may be put at significantly increased risk of having behavior problems or language or other "developmental" problems.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Oct 2008 | 2:06 pm Safety a problem for new generation drugs, too (AP)AP - Nearly a fourth of widely used new-generation biological drugs that treat several common diseases produce serious side effects that lead to safety warnings soon after they go on the market, the first major study of its kind found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Oct 2008 | 2:06 pm Got unhappy STD news? Break it with an e-cardBreaking up over e-mail is a social no-no. But sending an e-card telling someone to get tested for STDs may be a public health courtesy. Since 2004, a free Web site, inSpot.org has allowed users to anonymously notify their partners to get tested for STDs such as HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis.Source: CNN.com - Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 1:31 pm Job, Education May Buffer Against Dementia (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Having a higher level of education and a mentally demanding job may help protect against the memory loss that precedes Alzheimer's disease, according to an Italian study.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Oct 2008 | 1:03 pm More Alzheimer’s Risk for Hispanics, Studies SuggestA significant number of Hispanics appear to be getting Alzheimer’s earlier, according to recent studies.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 12:43 pm Cancer images may save fertilityA new, more accurate imaging technique may raise the chances of cervical cancer patients retaining their fertility.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 Oct 2008 | 12:36 pm Trick or Treat? Corn Syrup's New DisguiseIf only half-truths could add up to the whole truth.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 12:31 pm Menicon Acquires Rose K, the World's Largest Brand for KeratoconusSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:14 am RPT-Pertamina eyes end-yr Donggi LNG investment decisionSINGAPORE, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Indonesia's Pertamina aims to get a final investment decision on its Donggi liquefied natural gas (LNG) project by the end of the year, a senior official at the state oil...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:02 am Skybridge Foundation Psychiatrist Calls For American Policymakers To Consider Implementing Recommendations From A British ReportYale and NIH trained psychiatrist S.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am Individual Budgets Can Provide Better Care, Says New Report, UKIndividual budgets can give people more choice, flexibility and control over their personal care, as well as a better quality of life, according to a pilot scheme evaluation report launched today by Care Services Minister Phil Hope. The independent evaluation was conducted by a combined team of five university research units.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am How Social Ranking Affects Choice BehaviourIn the famous Dutch Post Code Lottery, the winning ticket is drawn on the basis of the post code. When the post code of somebody who didn't buy the ticket is drawn, this person is surrounded by winning neighbours who are suddenly very rich. As well as the regret for not buying the ticket, this unlucky person feels a strong sense of envy.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am Recommending Cost-Effective Hepatitis C Treatment, Educational And Substance Abuse Programs For The US Prison PopulationTreating all U.S. prisoners who have hepatitis C with the standard therapy of pegylated-interferon and ribavirin would be cost-effective, says a new study in the November issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). The article is also available online at Wiley Interscience (http://www.interscience.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am South Africa In Grip Of Strangulation SpateMurder of women by strangulation is a serious problem in South Africa. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health compared four South African cities for the period 2001 to 2005, and report information about the prevalence and timing of attacks, and give details about the victims.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am Laureate Announces Manufacturing Agreement with TolerxSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am Hormone Normalization Shows Encouraging Effects In Documented Clinically Deficient Men/WomenCenegenics® Medical Institute, global age management medicine leader, released encouraging findings from their study on testosterone and growth hormone normalization for documented clinically deficient adults, published in the Volume 2008 Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, a peer-reviewed, online scientific journal of Dove Open Access.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am Study Shows Group Bragging Betrays InsecurityFrom partisans at a political rally to fans at a football game, groups that engage in pompous displays of collective pride may be trying to mask insecurity and a low social status, suggests new research led by University of California, Davis, psychologists. The research will be presented Thursday at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology in Sacramento.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am Stress Tests To Confirm Need For Cardiac Stent Not Occurring In Most Patients, New Study FindsUCSF researchers investigating the appropriate use of procedures to open narrowed coronary arteries -- such as angioplasty and stenting -- found that less than half of Medicare patients had documented noninvasive stress testing prior to elective percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI, the clinical name for such procedures.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am Glucose Formation By The Liver Altered By Low-Carb DietsA new study shows that a low-carbohydrate diet changes hepatic energy metabolism. When carbohydrates are restricted, the liver relies more on substances like lactate and amino acids to form glucose, instead of glycerol. These findings are in the November issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am Workshop To Raise Awareness Of Dyslexia, East Kent, EnglandDyslexia Awareness Week is to be marked in East Kent with a workshop where experts will present basic strategies and tools to help untap the potential of people who feel dyslexia is holding them back in life.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am Quest Diagnostics Reports Growth in Revenue and Earnings for Third Quarter 2008Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am Middle-Age Suicide Rate RisingResearchers don't know why.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 10:52 am CORRECTED - CORRECTED-China seeking breakthrough in Russia energy talks(Corrects capital of Kazakhstan to Astana in paragraph 13)Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Oct 2008 | 10:48 am Schering-Plough Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter of 2008Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Oct 2008 | 10:47 am INTERVIEW-UPDATE 1-Intel upbeat on consumer laptop mkt in 2009* Commercial market less clear, but emerging market seen goodSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Oct 2008 | 10:36 am SectorWatch.biz Issues MarketStats on NWCI, ERES, STJ, MDT, BSX, and CSCXSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Oct 2008 | 10:30 am TABLE-India's Reliance Natural Q2 net up 5 pct(Versus the same period a year earlier, in million rupees unless stated)Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Oct 2008 | 10:14 am Tom FeildenIs the way you dance written in your DNA?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 Oct 2008 | 10:13 am Althea Technologies Appoints Dr. Shabbir Anik as Chief Executive OfficerSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Scientist at Work | Nathan Wolfe: Deep in the Rain Forest, Stalking the Next PandemicNathan Wolfe hopes his research will result in staving off global pandemics before they happen.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 9:31 am Job choice 'affects Alzheimer's'A good education and a mentally demanding job may help protect the brain against Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 Oct 2008 | 9:24 am Weight-Loss Surgery, No Cutting RequiredAn experimental stomach-stapling operation called Toga is part of a trend toward making surgery less invasive.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 5:46 am The Doctor’s World: Many Holes in Disclosure of Nominees’ HealthThe limited information provided by the candidates is a departure from recent, more forthcoming, campaigns.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 5:09 am Mind: When All Else Fails, Blaming the Patient Often Comes NextLots of patients elude doctors’ clinical skill and therapeutic cleverness. That’s often when the trouble starts.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 4:44 am Personal Health: For Breast Health, Take the InitiativeMost breast lumps are benign, but they shouldn’t be ignored.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 3:59 am Vital Signs: Patterns: Race and Health Coverage Affect SurvivalWhether you survive after a serious accident may depend on your race and your health insurance, a new study concludes.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 3:57 am Vital Signs: Having a Baby: Cortisol Booster in Preemies of Little HelpA new study suggests that hydrocortisone offers little benefit to premature babies, though the treatment isn’t harmful.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 3:57 am Vital Signs: Nostrums: Supplements Seem to Be No Help to KneesA new study suggests that the widely used diet supplements glucosamine and chondroitin may be ineffective in patients with arthritis of the knee.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 3:57 am Well: Dentists Back Sealants, Despite ConcernsDo popular dental sealants harbor a dangerous compound?Source: NYT > Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 3:56 am Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- A large Dutch study finds no link between acrylamide and the risk of developing gastrointestinal cancer.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Oct 2008 | 3:48 am Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 20, 2008 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Oct 2008 | 3:48 am Biden releases medical recordsDemocratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, 65, released his medical records Monday, detailing the treatment of two brain aneurysms in 1988 and other, mostly minor medical problems.Source: CNN.com - Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 2:02 am Bacterium 'to blame for Crohn's'Researchers believe the lack of a specific bacterium in the gut may be a cause of Crohn's disease.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 Oct 2008 | 12:25 am Western diet 'raises heart risk'Swapping fried and salty foods for fruit and veg could cut a third of the heart attack risk around the world, work suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 Oct 2008 | 12:16 am Magnet device aims to treat depression patients (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Oct 2008 | 10:13 pm PREPARE: Proximal Embolic Protection With Aspiration Improves Immediate ST-Segment ResolutionAn embolic-protection and aspiration device delivered proximally to the lesion in primary PCI results in better immediate microvascular flow in STEMI patients compared with primary PCI alone. Although the immediate benefits did not hold up over time, investigators believe the early reperfusion will translate into better outcomes.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Oct 2008 | 9:27 pm Prasugrel Faces Further Delay in USA decision on whether or not to approve the investigational antiplatelet agent prasugrel in the US will not be made until the early part of next year, reports suggest.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Oct 2008 | 9:12 pm COGENT: Hormone Therapy Does Not Improve Cognition in Early Postmenopausal WomenIn the largest study to date to examine the impact of hormone therapy on cognition, new research suggests that it does not improve memory in recently postmenopausal women with cognitive complaints.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Office-Based Treatment May Improve Convergence Insufficiency in ChildrenA randomized controlled trial shows that office-based vergence accommodative therapy is an effective treatment for children with symptomatic convergence insufficiency.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Caffeine and Nicotine May Influence Breast Cancer RiskThe consumption of caffeine is not linked to an overall increase in breast cancer.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Apples and Fish During Pregnancy Protect Against Childhood Asthma and AllergiesIn a longitudinal study, intake of apples and fish by women during pregnancy had a protective effect against asthma and allergies in their children at 5 years of age.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm US Children, Adults Referred for Patch Test Equally Likely to Have Contact DermatitisA retrospective cross-sectional analysis shows that adults and children in this group are equally likely to have allergic contact dermatitis, but the frequency of relevant allergen reactions differs.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm ADHD Stimulants Reduce Risk for Cigarette, Drug, Alcohol Use in AdolescentsNew research suggests that stimulant medications reduce the risk for cigarette smoking as well as alcohol and drug use disorders in adolescent girls with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Strength Training Helps Prevent Fat Gain in Overweight, Obese Premenopausal WomenIn a study, strength training was effective in preventing percentage body fat increases and attenuating intra-abdominal fat increases in overweight and obese premenopausal women.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Laser Therapy May Be Safe, Effective for Hair RemovalA study showed that at 18-month follow-up, alexandrite or Nd:YAG lasers were effective for leg hair removal; combination therapy offered no additional benefit but caused more adverse effects.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Oct 2008 | 8:35 pm Sofa is blamed for heart failureA man who developed heart failure after buying a new leather sofa is suing its supplier and manufacturerSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Oct 2008 | 6:43 pm Sextuplets born in Berlin clinicThe first German sextuplets for 20 years are born in Berlin and are said to be in a stable condition.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Oct 2008 | 5:16 pm Children who have ADHD can strain marriagesOctober 20, 2008 Parents of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are almost twice as likely as other parents to divorce by the time their child is 8 years old, a new study suggests.Source: PsycPORT.com | 20 Oct 2008 | 3:06 pm Gastric bypass cuts heart risks (Reuters)Reuters - The risk faced by obese people of having a heart attack or other cardiovascular "events" is reduced substantially after they undergo gastric bypass surgery to lose weight, according to a recent study.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Oct 2008 | 2:16 pm Blood test for vCJD 'unrealistic'Screening donor blood for the human form of mad cow disease is unrealistic and would scare away donors, government advisors say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Oct 2008 | 2:16 pm
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