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UPDATE 1-UK government secures 3.9 pct cut in drug prices* Finalises pricing scheme to cut costs by initial 3.9 pctSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Nov 2008 | 2:36 pm Morning Rounds: Frozen Dinners Recalled, Rising Blood Donations and Bullied ChildrenBreaking news from around the Web.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Nov 2008 | 2:30 pm Morning Rounds: Questions on Steroids, Health Care Reform, and the ‘Nocebo’ EffectBreaking news from around the Web.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Nov 2008 | 2:20 pm UPDATE 2-US asks for more data on Novartis cancer drugNEW YORK/ZURICH, Nov 19 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have requested more data on Novartis AG's promising cancer drug Afinitor and a decision on approval is expected to be delayed by three months, the Swiss...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Nov 2008 | 2:17 pm UPDATE 1-Elixir Pharma's oral diabetes drug meets trial goalNov 19 (Reuters) - Elixir Pharmaceuticals Inc said a late-stage trial of its oral formulation for diabetes met the main goal of the study.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Nov 2008 | 2:13 pm Total cuts Gonfreville refinery run 10 pct-sourcesPARIS/LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - French oil major Total has reduced runs at its Gonfreville refinery by 10 percent, industry and trade sources said on Wednesday. The French refinery has the capacity to...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Nov 2008 | 2:07 pm Marathon says Texas City crude unit restartedNEW YORK, Nov. 19 (Reuters) - Marathon Oil Corp said Wednesday it has restarted a 52,000 barrel-per-day crude unit at its refinery in Texas City, Texas, after the unit was shut due to a small Nov. 3 pump...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Nov 2008 | 2:06 pm Health Tip: Is Your Child More Prone to Ear Infections? (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Ear infections are common in children, and may occur for a variety of reasons.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Nov 2008 | 2:02 pm UPDATE 2-Arpida falls as iclaprim fears spark cash concerns* Arpida says has sufficient funds to last into H2 2009Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Nov 2008 | 1:56 pm Conoco maintenance on another Borger FCC ESPsNEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips plans maintenance starting Wednesday on pollution devices linked to a fluid catalytic cracker at its 146,000 barrel-per-day Borger, Texas refinery, according...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Nov 2008 | 1:42 pm Downturn hits News International's Wapping plansLONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News International has delayed the redevelopment of its Wapping site in London due to the economic downturn, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Nov 2008 | 1:24 pm Not so easyHow airline almost stopped windpipe transplantSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Nov 2008 | 1:10 pm Deal reached on NHS drug pricesThe government has struck a deal on the cost of drugs which should save the NHS in the UK £400m a year.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Nov 2008 | 1:00 pm UPDATE 3-Double Zactima, Pulmicort blow hits AstraZeneca* Rival Teva gets approval for generic form of PulmicortSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Nov 2008 | 12:46 pm Pearson sees tough 2009 for U.S. schools business* Pearson says U.S. schools business facing tough 2009 * Better placed for downturn than in 2000 * Scope for margin improvements across businessesSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Nov 2008 | 12:37 pm Pioneering Stem Cell Surgery AnnouncedPhysicians completed what they say is the first successful transplant of a human windpipe using a patient’s own stem cells to fashion an organ, according to a medical article.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Nov 2008 | 12:22 pm Exercise Helps Increase Production Of Neural Stem Cells In Mice BrainsA new study confirms that exercise can reverse the age-related decline in the production of neural stem cells in the hippocampus of the mouse brain, and suggests that this happens because exercise restores a brain chemical which promotes the production and maturation of new stem cells.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Nov 2008 | 12:00 pm The Psychology Of Deja VuAll of us have experienced being in a new place and feeling certain that we have been there before. This mysterious feeling, commonly known as déjà vu, occurs when we feel that a new situation is familiar, even if there is evidence that the situation could not have occurred previously.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Nov 2008 | 12:00 pm Schizophrenia: Brain Compound 'Throws Gasoline Onto The Fire'New research has traced elevated levels of a specific compound in the brain to problem-solving deficits in patients with schizophrenia. The finding suggests that drugs used to suppress the compound, called kynurenic acid, might be an important supplement to antipsychotic medicines, as these adjuncts could be used to treat the disorder's most resistant symptoms - cognitive impairments.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Nov 2008 | 12:00 pm Innovative Birth Control Method: A Low-Dose, Once-Weekly Contraceptive Patch, Phase 3 TrialsAgile Therapeutics, Inc., a late-stage pharmaceutical company specializing in women's health products, announced today that after a successful end-of-Phase 2 meeting with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the company is moving forward with its pivotal Phase 3 program to support a NDA filing and marketing approval of AG200-15 with SKINFUSION™ technology.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Nov 2008 | 12:00 pm Cancer-Killing Cells Tracked Over Prolonged Period Using New Imaging TechniqueCoaxing a patient's own cells to hunt down and tackle infected or diseased cells is a promising therapeutic approach for many disorders. But until now, efforts to follow these specially modified cells after their reintroduction to the body have relied on short-term monitoring techniques that don't give a complete picture of the cells' status.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Nov 2008 | 12:00 pm Government And Industry In Drug Price Deal, Informs Department Of Health, UKA new deal reached today between the Government and the pharmaceutical industry means that more patients will benefit from a wider range of innovative drug treatments at a fair price to the NHS.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Nov 2008 | 12:00 pm Bringing Rats And Humans Together In The Study Of Distraction And InattentionWhen picking through a basket of fruit, it doesn't seem very difficult to recognize a green pear from a green apple. This is easy, thanks to "feature binding" - a process by which our brain combines all of the specific features of an object and gives us a complete and unified picture of it.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Nov 2008 | 12:00 pm New Research Finds Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Amendments Spark Distress Among GLBT Adults And FamiliesAmendments that restrict civil marriage rights of same-sex couples - such as Proposition 8 that recently passed in California - have led to higher levels of stress and anxiety among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults, as well as among their families of origin, according to several new studies to be published by the American Psychological Association.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Nov 2008 | 12:00 pm An Impending Crisis In The Provision Of Histopathology Expertise For Mouse Functional Genomics - Journal Of PathologyResearch paper publishing today in the Journal of Pathology. The generation of new mouse models of human disease is accelerating rapidly due to the completion of whole-genome sequencing efforts and technological advances in the manipulation of the mouse genome. The speed of progress in this endeavour has highlighted the shortage of experts to fully characterise the new mouse lines produced.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Nov 2008 | 12:00 pm Elderly Cancer Survivors' Ability To Function Improved By Home-Based InterventionsClimbing stairs, carrying groceries, taking a shower - these are activities that we take for granted; however, after a cancer diagnosis, many survivors are unable to function as they used to.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Nov 2008 | 12:00 pm Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells (AP)
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News: Health News | 19 Nov 2008 | 11:26 am Ginkgo Biloba Ineffective Against Dementia, Researchers FindIn the largest randomized trial of ginkgo biloba to date, researchers found that the extract did not prevent or delay memory loss or Alzheimer’s disease.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Nov 2008 | 9:14 am Study: Vitamins E and C Fail to Prevent Cancer in MenA large clinical trial of almost 15,000 men taking vitamins E and C for up to 10 years has found that neither supplement had any effect on cancer rates.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Nov 2008 | 9:12 am Technology to eradicate malariaEmerging technologies could boost supplies of essential plant-based drugs to combat malaria, says a report.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Nov 2008 | 8:40 am Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, Cardiac Pioneer, Dies at 90Dr. Kantrowitz performed the first human heart transplant in the United States and pioneered the development of devices to prolong the life of patients with heart failure.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Nov 2008 | 8:13 am National Briefing | Science and Health: Study Into Cancer Drug and Clot RiskThe cancer drug Avastin raises the risk of blood clots in the veins by a third when added to chemotherapy, researchers said.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Nov 2008 | 7:29 am National Briefing | New England: New Hampshire: Ruling on PrescriptionsA federal appeals court upheld the constitutionality of the state’s first-in-the-nation law that restricts drug company access to some information about doctors’ prescription-writing habits.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Nov 2008 | 7:29 am Use of Antipsychotics in Children Is CriticizedPowerful antipsychotic medicines are being used far too cavalierly in children, and regulators must do more to warn doctors of their risks, a panel of experts said.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Nov 2008 | 7:22 am AARP Orders Investigation Concerning Its MarketingAfter a Senate inquiry found evidence of deceptive marketing, AARP has hired an outside investigator to look into sales of some of its popular health insurance products.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Nov 2008 | 7:22 am United in griefThe families of Clostridium difficile victims speak outSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Nov 2008 | 6:58 am Hidden dangersHow seagulls may contaminate your kitchenSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Nov 2008 | 6:02 am Robots may come to aging boomers' rescue (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- In the not-so-distant future, American seniors may turn to helpful, uncomplaining robots to fill the worrisome "care gap" that many face today.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Nov 2008 | 4:48 am Vitamin C, E Supplements Won't Help Prevent Cancer (HealthDay)HealthDay - SUNDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Coming on the heels of two studies discounting the usefulness of vitamin B, folic acid, vitamin D and calcium supplements for cancer prevention, U.S. researchers report that vitamins C and E supplements won't help prevent cancer, either.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Nov 2008 | 4:48 am Lung disease diagnosis confusionMost GPs have difficulty differentiating chronic severe lung disease from asthma, a UK survey finds.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Nov 2008 | 1:46 am Nurses warn over needle injuriesNurses are calling for safer needles to be used after a poll suggested nearly half have been accidentally jabbed.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Nov 2008 | 1:40 am What a way to go. British toilet habits revealedReading, chatting and texting are among the favourite activities of Britons on the toilet, a survey suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Nov 2008 | 1:32 am Windpipe transplant breakthroughSurgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Nov 2008 | 1:28 am Migraine's Silver Lining: Lower Risk of Breast CancerThe first time I experienced migraine with aura, I was shopping. ISource: Livescience.com - Health | 18 Nov 2008 | 11:16 pm Panel urges revised warning on facial filler risks (AP)AP - Cosmetic surgery patients who think facial fillers are a magical antidote to aging must be better informed of possible risks, government health advisers said Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Nov 2008 | 10:10 pm Ginkgo fails to prevent Alzheimer's in large study (AP)AP - The dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the longest and largest test of the extract in older Americans. "We don't think it has a future as a powerful anti-dementia drug," said Dr. Steven DeKosky of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, who led the federally funded study.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Nov 2008 | 10:03 pm Depression, Not SSRIs, Linked to Increased Mortality in Heart-Failure PatientsContrary to recent research suggesting antidepressant use increases mortality in heart-disease patients, a new study suggests that with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, this is not the case.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Nov 2008 | 10:00 pm Bariatric Surgery Before Pregnancy May Improve Pregnancy Outcomes in Obese WomenA clinical review shows that women who have had bariatric surgery and then become pregnant have a lower risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes vs obese pregnant women.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Nov 2008 | 10:00 pm Doxycycline, Tetracycline May Be Effective for Syphilis TreatmentA Canadian study shows that doxycycline or tetracycline has a similarly high serologic treatment success rate vs benzathine penicillin in the treatment of primary syphilis.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Nov 2008 | 10:00 pm Unrecognized Eye Disorders Linked to Sleep DisordersA review discusses unrecognized eye disorders associated with sleep disorders to help primary care clinicians and other health professionals provide early detection and treatment of eye disorders.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Nov 2008 | 10:00 pm ACC/AHA Publishes New Performance Measures for STEMI PatientsDiffering from guidelines, the new performance measures identify aspects of care with evidence so strong, such as prescribing a statin upon discharge or delivering reperfusion in a timely manner, that every patient should be receiving the same treatment. In other words, "If you're not doing things a certain way, then you're not providing the best care," says one expert.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Nov 2008 | 9:57 pm Cryptorchidism Linked to Specific Genetic MutationsA case-control study showed that bilateral and persistent cryptorchidism was associated with genetic mutations, including Klinefelter syndrome and INSL3 receptor gene mutations.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Nov 2008 | 9:24 pm Imaging Study Provides Strong Support for Cognitive-Reserve HypothesisA new imaging study looking at plaque burden in the brains of individuals with and without dementia strongly supports the long-held cognitive-reserve hypothesis, that those with more education are better able to withstand Alzheimer's disease pathology.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Nov 2008 | 9:23 pm AHA 2008: OCT Imaging Suggests Low Rates of Uncovered/Malapposed Struts Following DES for AMIAn OCT study conducted in a subset of HORIZONS-AMI patients suggests that exposed and malapposed stent struts in the setting of AMI are more common with drug-eluting stents than with bare-metal stents but still relatively rare.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Nov 2008 | 9:16 pm Bevacizumab Significantly Increases Venous ThromboembolismThe risk of venous thromboembolism was increased by 33%, compared with controls, concludes a new meta-analysis of 15 cancer trials.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Nov 2008 | 8:59 pm Growth Hormone Secretagogue MK-677 Ineffective in Alzheimer's DiseaseA randomized trial of MK-677, a growth hormone secretagogue, shows no benefit for patients with Alzheimer's disease, despite successfully increasing serum insulinlike growth factor-1, the treatment target in this trial.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Nov 2008 | 7:02 pm Smoking's Many Myths ExaminedA public health message has been spun to imply that not only will smoking surely kill you.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 18 Nov 2008 | 6:12 pm Human Gut Loaded with More Bacteria Than ThoughtTechnique applied to human gut reveals 10 times more bacteria than thought.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 18 Nov 2008 | 5:29 pm Experts bemoan loss of kids' play timeNovember 18, 2008 NEW YORK - In one classroom, a group of preschool teachers squatted on the floor, pretending to be cave-dwelling hunter-gatherers. Next door, another group ended a raucous musical game by placing their tambourines and drums atop their heads.Source: PsycPORT.com | 18 Nov 2008 | 3:21 pm Coloring on the other side of the brainNovember 18, 2008 WASHINGTON - Learning the name of a color changes the part of the brain that handles color perception.Source: PsycPORT.com | 18 Nov 2008 | 3:21 pm Zimbabwe police bar health marchPolice in Zimbabwe bar medical staff from marching to protest about the country's deteriorating health system.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Nov 2008 | 2:08 pm
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