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Gates Foundation gives 104 challenge grants (AP)AP - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation heard so many creative new ideas when it asked scientists around the world to share their "blue sky" global health projects that the foundation decided to hand out almost twice as much money as initially planned.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2008 | 11:01 am Anger at abortion debate timingMPs will debate changes to embryology laws amid a row over ministers' handling of proposed changes to abortion laws.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Oct 2008 | 10:23 am Cancer drug Avastin may work as imaging tool too (Reuters)Reuters - Genentech and Roche's cancer drug Avastin can help find tumors as well as treat them, scientists said on Wednesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2008 | 10:19 am Cancer drug Avastin may work as imaging tool tooLONDON (Reuters) - Genentech and Roche's cancer drug Avastin can help find tumors as well as treat them, scientists said on Wednesday.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Oct 2008 | 10:19 am New cyber heart model recalls da Vinci's sketchesLONDON (Reuters) - Five centuries after Leonardo da Vinci's intricate drawings transformed understanding of the human heart, a new computer model promises to do the same for modern-day...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Oct 2008 | 10:18 am Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. Reports Second-Quarter Net Income Increased 29% to a Record $8.2 Million, or $0.86 Earnings Per Share, and Net Sales Increased 18% to $33.6 MillionSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Oct 2008 | 10:15 am Persistent Vaccination Effect of GRAZAX(R) After Completion of TreatmentSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Oct 2008 | 10:05 am Preliminary Clinical Data Presented at the 20th EORTC-NCI-ACR Symposium on 'Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics' Demonstrate Superior Profile of S*BIO's Novel Anti-Cancer Drug SB939Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Oct 2008 | 10:01 am Poniard Announces Positive Incremental Efficacy and Safety Data From Ongoing Phase 2 Picoplatin Trial in Hormone-Refractory Prostate CancerSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Oct 2008 | 10:01 am WellPoint Reports Third Quarter 2008 ResultsSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Ballyhoo to Lead and Launch Affiliate Marketing Program for iNutrition.comSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Poniard Announces Positive Incremental Efficacy and Safety Data from Phase 2 Picoplatin Trial in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal CancerSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Endocare to Present at Oppenheimer 19th Annual Healthcare ConferenceSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am Charity denies hunger 'forgery'Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres denies claims that it exaggerated the number of malnourished children in Niger.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Oct 2008 | 9:50 am Rapid declineWorking with asbestos left a deadly legacySource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Oct 2008 | 9:33 am Some Cut Back on Prescription Drugs in Sour EconomyAs people respond to hard times by juggling the cost of necessities like groceries and housing, drugs sometimes have to wait.Source: NYT > Health | 22 Oct 2008 | 8:36 am EU to trace pharmaceuticals in crackdown on fakes (Reuters)Reuters - Pharmaceuticals in the European Union will be traceable from factory to pharmacy in a bid to crack down on the rise in counterfeit drugs, which are potentially lethal, the bloc's executive said on Wednesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2008 | 8:32 am Freeze therapyKidney cancer patients offered new hope of a cureSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Oct 2008 | 7:43 am National Briefing | Science and Health: Children and Health Coverage StudiedMore than two million children in the U.S. who have no health insurance of any kind have at least one parent who gets employer-provided medical coverage, researchers said.Source: NYT > Health | 22 Oct 2008 | 6:26 am Va. pharmacy follows faith, no birth control sales (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2008 | 4:28 am Health Tip: Protecting Your Child at Day Care (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) - Bacteria, viruses and other germs are easily passed between children at day-care centers.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2008 | 3:48 am 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 | 22 Oct 2008 | 3:48 am Sex Partners Get STD Alerts by E-mail (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Letting someone you've slept with know that you have inadvertently exposed them to a sexually transmitted disease can now be done with the click of a computer mouse.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2008 | 3:48 am A Good Appetite: Southern ComfortCooking collard greens in one pot with cranberry beans and andouille may vex a traditional Southern cook, but it saves time and effort.Source: NYT > Health | 22 Oct 2008 | 3:42 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 | 22 Oct 2008 | 3:00 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 | 22 Oct 2008 | 2:42 am Workmen 'ignoring asbestos risk'The Health and Safety Executive says 4,000 people die each year from the effects of asbestos, but some still underestimate the risk.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Oct 2008 | 1:30 am Speed of eating 'key to obesity'Wolfing down meals may be enough to nearly double the risk of being overweight, Japanese research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Oct 2008 | 1:19 am Warning on workers' mental healthThe UK needs a major rethink of the workplace to avoid mental ill health worsening, say government advisers.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Oct 2008 | 1:15 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 | 11:41 pm Cases: A Planet of Pain, Where No Words Are Quite RightUntil you belong to the imaginary club of Mothers Without Children, it is a secret planet of pain, all but invisible to the outside world.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:40 pm The New Old Age: Rights for the Terminally IllCalifornia is the first state to guarantee a terminally ill patient’s right to information about all options at the end of life.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:40 pm Malt drink in hot water after horlicks made of broadcastBangladeshi adverts claiming that products made children healthier have been banned after mistakenly appearing on UK television.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:26 pm Speedy eaters seen likelier to get fat (Reuters)
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News: Health News | 21 Oct 2008 | 11:23 pm Study: U.S. suicides up; higher risk in middle ageAfter a decade-long decrease, U.S. suicide rates have started to rise, largely because of an increase in suicides among middle-aged white men and women.Source: CNN.com - Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 10:12 pm Vitamin D Deficiency May Be More Common in Parkinson's DiseaseLow vitamin D levels appear to be more common in patients with Parkinson's disease vs healthy control subjects or even in patients with Alzheimer's disease.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Asymptomatic C difficile Carriers May Transmit Disease in Long-Term Care FacilitiesA study also suggests that simple modifications of current infection control practices could reduce the risk for transmission from asymptomatic carriers of Clostridium difficile.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Heart Failure Preliminarily Linked to Bone FracturesPatients diagnosed with heart failure in the emergency department are 4 times as likely to sustain serious bone fractures during the next year vs patients with other cardiovascular disorders.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm FDA Safety Changes: Fluoroquinolones and Other Antimicrobial DrugsThe FDA has approved revisions to the safety labeling for ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, levofloxacin, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, cefadroxil, nitrofurantoin, and cefpodoxime proxetil.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Use of Corticosteroid Injections for Musculoskeletal Disease ReviewedA review provides information about techniques for and use of corticosteroid injections for various common musculoskeletal conditions in the primary care setting.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Aspirin: Should It Be Used for Primary Prevention in Diabetics?A new study shows no evidence that aspirin or antioxidants are of any benefit in the primary prevention of cardiovascular events in diabetic patients with asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Verum or Sham Acupuncture Nearly Twice as Effective as Usual Therapy for Back PainIn a large randomized trial, low back pain improved after acupuncture treatment for at least 6 months, with effectiveness of either verum or sham acupuncture nearly twice that of conventional therapy.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Oct 2008 | 9:00 pm Canada Banning Bisphenol A Baby BottlesCanada is the first country to ban baby bottles with the plastic chemical BPA.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Oct 2008 | 8:53 pm Frailty in Elderly Can Be Proactively Managed: An Expert Interview with Renee Roberts, MSN, RN, NP-CA presentation at the National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners suggests that nurse practitioners can help reduce complications and healthcare costs of frailty in the elderly.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Oct 2008 | 8:53 pm Transvaginal MeshRelated Adverse Events May Have Serious Consequences, FDA WarnsClinicians should receive specialized training for each mesh placement technique and be vigilant for mesh- and placement-related adverse events.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Oct 2008 | 8:49 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 | 7:57 pm Safety a problem for new generation drugs, too (AP)AP - Nearly a fourth of widely used new-generation biological drugs for 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 | 7:23 pm The Food Issue: Farmer in ChiefWhat the next president can and should do to remake the way we grow and eat our food.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 4:58 pm More Alzheimer’s Risk for Hispanics, Studies FindA significant number of Hispanics appear to be getting Alzheimer’s earlier, according to recent studies.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 4:46 pm Science of sneezeCommon Cold Centre celebrates 20 years' researchSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 Oct 2008 | 1:25 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 When the economy is badOctober 21, 2008 More suicides? Fewer male births? Less back pain? More laxative sales?Source: PsycPORT.com | 21 Oct 2008 | 12:36 pm Magnet device aims to treat depression patientsOctober 21, 2008 WASHINGTON - The government has approved the first noninvasive brain stimulator to treat depression - a device that beams magnetic pulses through the skull.Source: PsycPORT.com | 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Middle-Age Suicide Rate RisingResearchers don't know why.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 21 Oct 2008 | 10:52 am
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