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Longevity in Parents May Protect vs. Heart DiseaseSeniors with long-lived parents are much healthier than their peers, a new study concludes, perhaps because they are protected from cardiovascular risks.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Nov 2008 | 4:01 pm First 3-D Images Inside Human ArteriesThe walls that line human coronary arteries have been imaged for the first time in 3-D. Such images will allow cardiologists to visualize areas of inflammation and plaque deposits more clearly.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 24 Nov 2008 | 3:50 pm Ladyhawke reveals 'disability'The Kiwi singer suffers from Asperger syndrome - it's a mild form of autism that can show up as shyness or depression.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Nov 2008 | 3:01 pm New tobacco product alarms some health officials (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Nov 2008 | 2:49 pm Morning Rounds: Psychiatric Deaths, Drug Funding and Malnutrition in HaitiHealth news from around the Web.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Nov 2008 | 2:35 pm Job loss leads to holiday spending guiltThere won't be any brightly wrapped packages under Annette Peterson's Christmas tree this year. She'll be out of a job by the end of the week, and there's no extra money to buy presents. Peterson is not alone: more than a million Americans lost their jobs this year. Many will be faced with tough choices about tightening their budgets during the holiday season.Source: CNN.com - Health | 24 Nov 2008 | 2:33 pm Antigenics vaccine promising in small cancer studyBOSTON (Reuters) - Biotechnology company Antigenics Inc said on Monday that its Oncophage vaccine extended survival in a small study of patients with brain cancer.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Nov 2008 | 2:33 pm Antigenics vaccine promising in small cancer study (Reuters)Reuters - Biotechnology company Antigenics Inc said on Monday that its Oncophage vaccine extended survival in a small study of patients with brain cancer.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Nov 2008 | 2:33 pm Study boosts Roche's Avastin in breast cancer* Study shows Avastin can be added to common chemotherapiesSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Nov 2008 | 2:32 pm Inside-out cells offer target for antiviral drugsCHICAGO (Reuters) - An experimental drug cured guinea pigs infected with a fatal hemorrhagic fever virus, raising hope for its use in a broad range of viral diseases including influenza,...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Nov 2008 | 2:31 pm Indonesia's Papua plans to tag AIDS sufferersJAYAPURA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia's Papua province is set to pass a bylaw that requires some HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with microchips in a bid to prevent them infecting...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Nov 2008 | 2:29 pm Health Tip: Keep Bathroom Chemicals Locked Up (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The bathroom may be full of potential dangers and temptations for young children.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Nov 2008 | 2:02 pm Collexis Launches Innovative Reviewer Finder to Enhance the $30 Billion Health Research Grant IndustrySource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:42 pm B. Braun's DoseTrac(TM) Software: Making Connections to Better Manage IV TherapySource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:36 pm UPDATE 1-Henry Schein exits wholesale ultrasound businessNov 24 (Reuters) - Medical products supplier Henry Schein Inc said it exited the wholesale ultrasound business and would record a loss of 7 cents a share from discontinued operations in the fourth quarter...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:33 pm Lilly Completes Acquisition of ImClone SystemsSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:28 pm Indonesian province plans microchips for AIDS patients, drawing criticismJAKARTA, Indonesia - Legislators in Indonesia's remote province of Papua have thrown their support behind a controversial bill requiring some HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:27 pm Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Anthem Life in Connecticut Partner with the Chamber Insurance Trust to Offer Life and Disability Products to Chamber of Commerce MembersSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:27 pm New technique reduces trauma of lung surgeryMore than a decade since it was first pioneered, a technique that greatly reduces the trauma of lung surgery still isn't widely used. But that finally may be starting to change, doctors say.Source: CNN.com - Health | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:14 pm Twins will get 'fighting chance'A woman due to give birth to conjoined twins says she is giving them a "fighting chance" to "prove everybody wrong".Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:02 pm 12-Month Results With The Lifestent (Bard) For Popliteal Lesions Show It Is A Safe And Effective Option For Popliteal LesionsMarc Bossiers, M.D., Head of the Department of Vascular Surgery at A.Z. St. Blasius Hospital in Dendermonde, Belgium, presented the 12-months results on a test o the Lifestent (Bard) for popliteal lesions. The objective was to determine the safety of treating femoral-popliteal occlusive disease with the LifeStent NT (Bard) in everyday clinical practice.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:00 pm Allergen Labelling On Packaged Foods - Dietitians Of Canada Advocates For Stronger RegulationsConsumers say that the list of ingredients is one of the most helpful elements on food packages to guide their food selection. For individuals with food allergies or food intolerances, that information is not only helpful, but is critical to their health. In fact, if the information on the ingredient list is not accurate, or is incomplete, eating certain foods may be life-threatening.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:00 pm Woodlands Respite Care Centre Wins Awards - MS Society, UKWoodlands, the MS Society's respite care centre in York, has been recognised by two significant awards. The centre, which provides vital respite to people with and affected by multiple sclerosis (MS), is one of four sites across the country managed by the MS Society.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:00 pm Following Death Of A Man In Smethwick HSE Warns Of The Dangers Of Working At Height, UKThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning of the importance of carrying out risk assessments and implementing safe systems for working at height following the prosecution of a company and one of its employees after an incident in which an elderly man died.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:00 pm In Time For Holiday Season, American Geriatrics Society's Foundation For Health In Aging Offers Older Adults Advice On Beating The Holiday BluesAlthough the holiday season is filled with celebrations, parties, and get-togethers, it can be a difficult time for those who suffer the "holiday blues," feelings of sadness and unease to which older adults may be particularly vulnerable, according to the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and its Foundation for Health in Aging.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:00 pm Democrats Postpone Work On Economic Stimulus Package Until January 2009Congressional Democratic leaders on Thursday said they will postpone work on an as much as $150 billion economic stimulus package until January 2009, the Wall Street Journal reports (Reddy, Wall Street Journal, 11/21).Senate Democrats on Monday introduced a $100.3 billion stimulus package (S 3689) that included $37.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:00 pm Update On Results With The Drug Coated Nitinol PTX Stent (Paclitaxol Without Polymer) From Cook: Results To 1 Year And Beyond Are PositiveDrug eluting stents (DES) are an efficient method for preventing restenosis. They have broad utility in de novo and restenotic lesions, coronary and peripheral applications. Drug-eluting stents have the ability to release a variety of pharmacologic agents. Many of these agents have multiple mechanisms of action that can positively influence the response of the arterial wall to injury.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:00 pm MSF Launches International Initiative Highlighting Plight Of Civilians Caught In Eastern Congo's WarThe international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today launched "Condition:Critical," a multimedia initiative aiming to bring global attention to the humanitarian consequences of the intensifying war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:00 pm Update And New Findings From The Resilient Trial Comparing The Life Stent With Poba: Improvement With Stenting Is Durable Beyond One YearThe RESILIENT TRIAL is a landmark prospective randomized trial comparing two strategies of revascularization for superficial femoral artery stenosis and occlusions. The trial compared percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) versus angioplasty and stenting from both an acute and 12 month outcome point of view.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:00 pm Subintimal Angioplasty Proven To Be Effective Critical Limb Ischemia Treatment - Appears To Produce Consistently High Limb Salvage RatesCritical limb ischemia is becoming an increasingly common condition in our aging population. The greatest advantage of endovascular management of critical limb ischemia is that all the significant lesions in the aortoiliac, femoropopliteal or the tibial segments can be managed at one sitting, thus providing the best possibility of producing a good straight line flow down to the foot.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:00 pm 'Bright future'School return for girl who had life-threatening tumourSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Nov 2008 | 6:55 am Studies Say Private Medicare Plans Have Added Costs, for Little GainThe studies were issued as President-elect Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats take aim at the plans and consider cutting the payments they receive.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Nov 2008 | 5:44 am Enjoying ErinMother tells of life with her Down's syndrome daughterSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:22 am Acute hospitals fail hygiene testSpot checks suggest 90% of acute hospital trusts in England do not meet hygiene standards aimed at reducing infections.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Nov 2008 | 1:04 am Many keeping babies with Down'sMore Down's syndrome babies are born in the UK than before the widespread introduction of pre-natal screening, figures show.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Nov 2008 | 12:51 am Centenarians 'depression prone'It may bring a telegram from the Queen but reaching 100 is no guarantee of happy old age, US research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Nov 2008 | 12:06 am 'Sticky cell' clues to epilepsyA faulty immune reaction may be responsible for the development of epilepsy, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Nov 2008 | 6:05 pm 175 pounds lighter, woman takes flightTwo years ago, Karen Daniel was wider around than she was tall. Weighing 375 pounds, the 45-year-old wife and mother had high blood pressure, her knees hurt and she was always hot. But with a lot of detremination, hard work and help Daniel has managed to shed almost half her weight and move down 16 dress sizes.Source: CNN.com - Health | 23 Nov 2008 | 5:31 pm New mental disorders?November 23, 2008 Sex addiction. Internet addiction. Compulsive buying disorder. All of these and more could become officially recognized mental disorders in the next few years. The American Psychiatric Association is creating the fifth edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, or DSM-V, which defines mental disorders and adds new ones with each...Source: PsycPORT.com | 23 Nov 2008 | 4:21 pm Psychology needed this time of yearNovember 23, 2008 Nov. 23--A scaled-back Christmas doesn't have to be a blue one.Source: PsycPORT.com | 23 Nov 2008 | 4:21 pm Radio Host Has Drug Company TiesDr. Frederick K. Goodwin, a psychiatrist, earned income from drug makers that he didn’t report on his show.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Nov 2008 | 4:09 pm Foes of stem cell research now face tough battle (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Nov 2008 | 3:34 pm Unable to Sell Homes, Elderly Forgo Move to Assisted LivingThe housing crisis has kept thousands of older Americans from moving into retirement communities.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Nov 2008 | 2:50 pm
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