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Google Uses Searches to Track Flu’s SpreadGoogle is tracking the ebb and flow of Web queries like “flu symptoms” in an effort to identify outbreaks.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Nov 2008 | 1:30 pm UPDATE 2-Maersk 9-mth net profit beats market expectationsCOPENHAGEN, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Danish shipping and oil groupSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2008 | 12:42 pm Report urges states to tackle preterm birth crisis (AP)AP - The odds of having a premature baby are lowest in Vermont and highest in Mississippi. The March of Dimes mapped the stark state-by-state disparities in what it called a "report card" on prematurity Wednesday to track progress toward meeting a federal goal of lowering preterm births.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Nov 2008 | 12:39 pm UPDATE 1-DONG says to be careful with projects as Q3 surges* Says global turmoil may also create M&A opportunitiesSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2008 | 12:35 pm UPDATE 2-BTG H1 net recurring royalties up 25 pct* H1 net recurring royalty revenue up 25 pct to 15.1 mlnSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2008 | 12:03 pm UPDATE 1-Big Brother creator joins bid for Wife Swap's RDFLONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - RDF Media Group Plc , theSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2008 | 11:58 am Confronting fears, challenging thinking helps people address social anxietyTORONTO - For some, it's jitters before a job interview or breaking out into a sweat prior to a big presentation. But for Earla Dunbar, the social anxiety that gripped and consumed ...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2008 | 11:57 am English city of Manchester to reward people for keeping fitformula it hopes will help keep its citizens trim: eat right, get stuff. Exercise, get more stuff. Manchester is hoping to fight fat with a reward system that works like a retail...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2008 | 11:56 am Cancer scan uses radar technologyA new scan to test for breast cancer using radio waves is being trialled at a Bristol hospital.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Nov 2008 | 11:55 am Exercise offers little help for patients with heart failure, study showsNEW ORLEANS - Exercise can do a lot of good for most people, but it apparently isn't much help to those with heart failure, the fastest- growing heart problem in the United States. TheSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2008 | 11:54 am Fat kids have arteries of 45-year-olds, American Heart Association meeting toldNEW ORLEANS - Obese children as young as 10 had the arteries of 45- year-olds and other heart abnormalities that greatly raise their risk of heart disease, say doctors who used ultrasoundSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2008 | 11:48 am C. difficile bug more common than thought in U.S. hospitals: studymore common than was thought, researchers said Tuesday, based on a survey of hundreds of U.S. hospitals. The germ, Clostridium difficile, is resistant to some antibiotics and has...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2008 | 11:47 am Evidence lacking for mass screening of heart patients for depression: studyTORONTO - Not enough medical evidence exists to recommend that cardiologists screen all their heart patients for depression, says a new study. That runs counter to the advice of the...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2008 | 11:45 am Baby born after ovary transplantA healthy baby girl has been born in London following the world's first transplant of an entire ovary, it has been reported.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Nov 2008 | 10:51 am Action urged over nanomaterialsAn independent commission finds no evidence nanomaterials cause harm, but warns of serious gaps in knowledge about their risks.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Nov 2008 | 10:27 am Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week Focuses On 'Forgotten' Victims, CO-Awareness, UKIncreased recognition of the symptoms and improved medical care for the victims are two of the main themes of this year's Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week which is being launched by CO-Awareness at the House of Lords on Monday 17th November 2008.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Nov 2008 | 10:00 am Record-level US Support For Bird Flu Program - Indonesia, Viet Nam And Egypt Among Major Beneficiary CountriesThe United States will provide an additional $44.4 million in support of FAO's avian influenza control and prevention campaign, FAO announced today. With the new funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), US support to the FAO avian influenza program has reached a total of $112.8 million.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Nov 2008 | 10:00 am Healthy Energy Levels For Kids, Heart Research UKType 2 diabetes is on the rise both in our country and worldwide and it no longer just affects older overweight people: children and adolescents are now being diagnosed with it. The key risk factors over which we have control are being overweight and leading an unhealthy lifestyle. Getting our little ones into good habits early on is the best way to prevent Type 2 diabetes and also heart disease.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Nov 2008 | 10:00 am Dangers Of Cod Liver OilToday, sixteen well-known experts, including professors Walter Willett and Ed Giovannucci of Harvard, Dr. John Hathcock of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, and Professor Reinhold Vieth of the University of Toronto, published an unprecedented warning about the ingestion of cod liver oil and resultant vitamin A toxicity.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Nov 2008 | 10:00 am Researchers Test Innovative 'IT' Interventions To Improve Patient Safety By Reducing Medication Problems At HomeThe Center for Home Care Policy & Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) is launching a new study to test state-of-the art, information technology (IT) strategies that will alert home care nurses to patients at high risk for medication management problems so that they can take immediate action to prevent potentially serious harm from happening.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Nov 2008 | 10:00 am Australian Medical Association: Public Hospitals Flat LiningAMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said the public hospital system was 'flat lining' and the COAG meeting next week may be its last hope for resuscitation. "Our hospital report card confirms an urgent need for the federal government to properly fund our hospitals into the future so that lives are not at risk.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Nov 2008 | 10:00 am RPSGB Says Patients Need Better Access To Medicines Under NHSThe Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) today called for a reduction in the need for NHS top-ups by giving patients better access to medicines.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Nov 2008 | 10:00 am Prevention Of Coronary Heart Disease: New Findings On The Role Of InflammationThis year, about 450,000 Americans will die of coronary heart disease - the leading cause of death for both men and women.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Nov 2008 | 10:00 am Novo Nordisk Launches Levemir(R) Satisfaction Guarantee ProgramPatients with type 2 diabetes face many challenges, including blood sugar monitoring, maintaining a healthy diet and transitioning to new therapies. Novo Nordisk , the world's largest maker of insulin, is committed to helping new patients make the move to insulin. As part of that commitment, the company is announcing its Levemir® Satisfaction Guarantee for U.S.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Nov 2008 | 10:00 am British Complementary Medicine Association Launches Its Independent Regulatory CouncilAfter watching other attempts to create a Voluntary Self Regulation Council for complementary medicine the British Complementary Medicine Association decided that the wrong priorities were being given in meeting the recommendations of the House of Lords Report created in 2000.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Nov 2008 | 10:00 am China recalls capsules suspected of liver damage (Reuters)Reuters - China has ordered a hemorrhoid medicine off pharmacy shelves over fears the capsules were to blame for liver problems, state media reported on Wednesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Nov 2008 | 9:59 am Can Vitamin D Protect Against Breast Cancer? (Time.com)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Nov 2008 | 9:25 am Men warned over counterfeit drugsMen are being warned they could be "gambling with their lives" if they buy fake medicines online.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Nov 2008 | 8:46 am Child Obesity Seen as Warning of Heart DiseaseA new study finds evidence that children who are obese or have high cholesterol show warning signs of heart disease.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Nov 2008 | 8:13 am Painkiller Risk Found for Heart PatientsHeart attack and heart failure patients have a higher risk of a second heart attack or death if they take painkillers, a Danish study has found.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Nov 2008 | 8:04 am Senator Takes Initiative on Health CareWithout waiting for Barack Obama, Senator Max Baucus will unveil a blueprint to guarantee health insurance for all Americans.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Nov 2008 | 7:45 am Fitness: Learning How to Walk (Chewing Gum Not Included)A yoga instructor has incorporated walking lessons into his yoga classes, insisting that proper alignment helps keep you moving toward better health.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Nov 2008 | 7:10 am Shortage of Sperm Donors in Britain Prompts Calls for ChangeThe donor shortage may be due in part to a change in the law in 2005, which took away donors’ anonymity.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Nov 2008 | 7:00 am Veterans’ Families Seek Aid for Caregiver RoleVeterans groups are pursuing legislation to allow families of soldiers with traumatic injuries to be paid for caregiving.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Nov 2008 | 6:54 am A Good Appetite: Bringing the Breadbasket Back to ThanksgivingAlthough one could argue that more carbohydrates is the last thing a Thanksgiving meal needs, they’re also in keeping with the holiday’s spirit of excess.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Nov 2008 | 6:12 am Australian jailed for euthanasiaA 60-year-old Australian woman is sentenced to two years of periodic detention for killing her partner in a euthanasia case.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Nov 2008 | 5:42 am 'Cognitive Reserve' May Help Fight Alzheimer's (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A study using an advanced brain scanning technology supports the growing body of evidence that education levels and some form of intellectual activity decrease the impact of Alzheimer's disease.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Nov 2008 | 4:47 am Obese Kids Have Old Arteries (HealthDay)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Nov 2008 | 4:47 am Fat kids found to have arteries of 45-year-olds (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Nov 2008 | 2:10 am Education improves life for diabetic kids (Reuters)Reuters - A novel educational program called the Kids in Control of Food (KICk OFF) can improve the quality of life for children and teens with type 1 diabetes mellitus, according to findings in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Nov 2008 | 12:34 am Doctors 'rely on chemo too much'Doctors are being urged to re-think their approach to giving chemotherapy at the end of life, by an independent group.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Nov 2008 | 12:19 am Older couples 'use condoms less'Couples who meet in their 30s or 40s are less likely to use condoms than younger counterparts, a UK study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Nov 2008 | 12:19 am Test Drug Does Well Against Hospital InfectionThe clinical trial results could represent a significant step in the fight against the bacterium, which is commonly spread in hospitals and is becoming more deadly.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Nov 2008 | 12:18 am When You Just Have to Get a Flu Shot... at 3 A.M.New York’s first round-the-clock health clinic aims to capitalize on its many night owls, workaholics and insomniacs.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Nov 2008 | 12:09 am Study: Exercise offers little to heart patients (AP)AP - Exercise can do a lot of good for most people, but it apparently isn't much help to those with heart failure, the fastest-growing heart problem in the United States.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Nov 2008 | 10:55 pm British girl allowed to refuse heart transplant (AP)AP - Hannah Jones, 13, is not afraid of dying she is afraid of spending her remaining days in a hospital bed.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Nov 2008 | 10:53 pm AHA 2008: MR-Proadm Better Prognostic Tool Than BNP, But Not Everybody Convinced of Biomarker's MeritA novel biomarker of vascular status is a better predictor of mortality at three months than brain natriuretic peptide among acute heart-failure patients presenting at the emergency department with shortness of breath. One expert, however, said it doesn't matter if the high-risk patients are separated from very high-risk patients--they should all be receiving optimal medical therapy.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2008 | 10:47 pm Study: Deadly stomach bug more common than thought (AP)AP - A nasty, sometimes deadly stomach bug is at least six times more common than was thought, researchers said Tuesday, based on a survey of hundreds of U.S. hospitals. The germ, Clostridium difficile, is resistant to some antibiotics and has become a regular menace in hospitals and nursing homes.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Nov 2008 | 10:08 pm Assessment Tool May Help Screen Patients for PrediabetesA prediabetes assessment tool efficiently identified those most likely to have abnormal fasting glucose levels and could be used for screening in clinical and population settings.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2008 | 10:00 pm AHA 2008: JPAD: No Effect of Aspirin Primary-CV-Event Prevention in DiabeticsLow-dose aspirin did not reduce risk for cardiovascular events but may have reduced cardiovascular mortality, a secondary end point, in the randomized but open-label trial conducted in Japan.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2008 | 10:00 pm Testosterone Patch May Increase Low Libido in Postmenopausal WomenIn a phase 3 trial, postmenopausal women who were not receiving estrogen therapy had modest success using a testosterone patch to increase low libido.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2008 | 10:00 pm AAO/SOE 2008: Ranibizumab Appears Safe for Wet Age-Related Macular DegenerationRanibizumab appears safe in the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration, according to an analysis of 4 large phase 3 trials.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2008 | 10:00 pm Preeclampsia Linked to Epilepsy Risk in InfantsIn a population-based cohort study, prenatal exposure to either preeclampsia or eclampsia was associated with an increased risk for epilepsy in children born after 37 weeks of gestation.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2008 | 10:00 pm Calcium May Improve Bone Mineral Density in MenIn a double-blind, randomized controlled trial, calcium at 1200 mg/day was as effective for bone mineral density in men as in postmenopausal women, but a dosage of 600 mg/day was ineffective.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2008 | 10:00 pm Psychosis Risk Elevated in First- and Second-Generation Immigrants to BritainBoth first- and second-generation immigrants to the United Kingdom appear to have a higher risk for psychosis than white British-born individuals, but risk varies by ethnicity, new research suggests.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2008 | 9:51 pm AHA 2008: Interferon Hope for Chronic Viral CardiomyopathyA phase 2 trial has shown that interferon beta-1b–-a drug currently used to treat multiple sclerosis–-may be effective in chronic viral cardiomyopathy. But a phase 3 trial is needed for definitive proof of concept, say the study investigators and discussant.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2008 | 9:30 pm AHA 2008: HF-ACTION Misses, But Experts Say Results Support Intensive Exercise in HF PatientsInvestigators failed to show a difference in the primary end point of all-cause mortality and all-cause hospitalizations, but a secondary analysis that took into account prognostic factors did show significant reductions in hard clinical events. One expert believes it should strengthen exercise guidelines.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2008 | 9:17 pm Deadly Stomach Bug More CommonA nasty, sometimes deadly stomach bug is at least six times more common than was thought.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 11 Nov 2008 | 9:14 pm Overworking From Home: Risks OverlookedSafety hazards, stress, loneliness. And nobody wants to talk about it.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 11 Nov 2008 | 8:09 pm Less sleep for seniors linked to heart troublesPeople in their 60s and 70s who have high blood pressure may want to make sure they get enough sleep. A new study suggests that if they log fewer than 7.5 hours under the covers every night, they're at greater risk of heart attack, stroke, and sudden cardiac death than their peers who get more shut-eye.Source: CNN.com - Health | 11 Nov 2008 | 6:48 pm Fast Food Loaded with CornFeed for beef and chicken comes from corn, as does corn oil used in fast food.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 11 Nov 2008 | 5:55 pm Animal researchInside the controversial new Oxford labSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Nov 2008 | 5:11 pm Uzbek children in 'HIV outbreak'More than 40 young children have been infected with HIV at a hospital in Uzbekistan, health officials tell the BBC.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Nov 2008 | 4:42 pm America's healthiest grocery storesFrom super fresh local produce to on-site dietitians, these 10 standout supermarket chains are leading the way to healthier food shopping. And surprise: Many are the traditional, affordable grocers close to your home!Source: CNN.com - Health | 11 Nov 2008 | 3:04 pm Girl wins right to refuse heartA terminally ill teenager can die at home after a hospital dropped its court bid to force her to have a heart transplant.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Nov 2008 | 2:32 pm You must remember: Forgetting has its benefitsNovember 11, 2008 There's an old saying that inside every 70-year-old is a 35-year-old wondering, "What happened?"Source: PsycPORT.com | 11 Nov 2008 | 1:51 pm
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