Youthfulness an American obsession - at what cost? (AP)

AP - It's one of those photos that make you do a double-take. Dr. Jeffry Life stands in jeans, his shirt off. His face is that of a distinguished-looking grandpa; his head is balding, and what hair there is is white. But his 69-year-old body looks like it belongs to a muscle-bound 30-year-old.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Dec 2008 | 11:34 am

Producing Functional, Oxygen-carrying Red Blood Cells From Mature Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. ("ACT") (OTC: ACTC), announced today that their study investigating the feasibility of producing functional, oxygen-carrying red blood cells (RBCs) from mature human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) has been formally published in the print version of the prestigious medical journal Blood - the leading publication in the field of hematology.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am

Walgreens Recalls 173 Teddy Bears With Chocolate Bars Sold Since Late September 2008, USA

Walgreens is recalling 173 teddy bears with chocolate bars sold in stores since late September 2008. Analysis by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that certain samples of the chocolate provided with the teddy bears were contaminated with melamine.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am

FlowMedica Inc. Receives FDA Clearance For New Indication For The Benephit® Infusion Systems

FlowMedica Inc., a medical device company pioneering targeted renal therapy (TRT®), announced today that it has received FDA clearance for a new labeling indication for the Benephit® Infusion Systems. The system can now facilitate TRT in patients who have demonstrated symptoms of or are at risk of developing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am

Senator Edward Kennedy Honored With American Diabetes Association's Distinguished Service Achievement Award

The American Diabetes Association, the nation's largest and leading voluntary health organization in the fight against diabetes, announced today that Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA), received the Association's prestigious Public Policy Leadership Award at the organization's Community Volunteer Leadership Conference & Annual Meeting on November 23, 2008, in Tampa, FL.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am

Toshiba Education Center Offers New Dynamic Volume CT And Breast MR Courses

Continuing to expand its educational offerings, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has created two new courses that will be taught at the Toshiba Education Center in Irvine, Calif. One course will provide an overview of dynamic volume CT using Toshiba's Aquilion® ONE while the other will focus on breast imaging using Toshiba's VantageTM MR technology.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am

Lawrence T. Smith Honored With American Diabetes Association's Distinguished Service Achievement Award

The American Diabetes Association, the nation's largest and leading voluntary health organization in the fight against diabetes, announced that Lawrence T. Smith of Lexington, Kentucky received the Association's prestigious Wendell Mayes, Jr.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am

The Role Of Urethral Dilation In Managing Pediatric Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction

UroToday.com - Dr. Julian Wan from the University of Michigan evaluated the role of urethral dilation in managing pediatric neuropathic bladders.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am

Management Of The Side Effects Of Androgen Deprivation Therapy In Men With Prostate Cancer

UroToday.com - This featured abstract and related review article describe the current management and prevention of the sequela of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). While some side effects of ADT such as hot flashes have been appreciated for many years, other consequences such as the metabolic changes associated with ADT have only recently been highlighted in the medical literature.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am

Tesetaxel, Leading Oral Taxane In Clinical Development, Receives FDA Designation As An Orphan Drug For Treatment Of Patients With Advanced Melanoma

Genta Incorporated (OTCBB: GNTA) announced today that the Company has received notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that tesetaxel, the Company's oral taxane in clinical development, has been granted designation as an "Orphan Drug" for treatment of patients with advanced melanoma.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am

Surgeons Explore Info-Surge Online Patient Education At American Society Of Plastic Surgeons Meeting

Attendees at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) 2008 annual meeting in Chicago explored the latest technological innovations in patient education at the Info-Surge exhibition booth.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am

Robert Zajonc, Who Looked at Mind’s Ties to Actions, Is Dead at 85

Professor Zajonc was a psychologist who illuminated the mental processes that underpin social behavior and in so doing helped create the modern field of social psychology.


Source: NYT > Health | 7 Dec 2008 | 6:09 am

Montana Judge Endorses Right to Assisted Suicide

The ruling, issued by Judge Dorothy McCarter of District Court, makes Montana the third state where doctor-assisted suicide is legal.


Source: NYT > Health | 7 Dec 2008 | 5:55 am

When a Job Disappears, So Does the Health Care

As jobless numbers peak, another crisis is unfolding for millions of people who lost their health insurance.


Source: NYT > Health | 7 Dec 2008 | 5:52 am

Canadian Food Inspection Agency issues chocolate bar warning

OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Shoppers Drug Mart are warning people with allergies to milk not to consume two varieties of chocolate bars. Life brand Premium Swiss...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2008 | 5:47 am

America's latest 'must-have' -- an Obama trinket

Americans who can't get quite enough of Barack Obama can share a quiet moment with the popular president-elect each day as they sip their morning brew in a Barack Obama coffee mug.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2008 | 5:17 am

New York Observed: Finally, the Scent of the City

An accident stole her sense of smell. Then, one Sunday, a signature New York aroma rising from an oven told her she was healed.


Source: NYT > Health | 7 Dec 2008 | 4:28 am

Solar panels to 'intelligent' barrels, winemakers on new course

From solar panels to "intelligent" barrels, climate change and economic slowdown are pushing winemakers to seek new ways of getting grapes into the glass. This week's...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2008 | 4:09 am

Zimbabwe 'set for cholera jump'

The UN Children's Fund prepares to handle 60,000 cholera cases in Zimbabwe in coming weeks, four times official estimates.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 7 Dec 2008 | 4:04 am

Hand-crafted Italian shoes kick financial crisis

If you have to ask, you can't afford it, and the well-heeled still go for hand-crafted Italian shoes, whatever the price, even in dire economic times. Dal Co', with a list of
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2008 | 3:26 am

'Cheeky' Spanish tradition brings toilet humour at Christmas

Winning the US presidency has also made Barack Obama the star of a centuries-old Christmas tradition in the Catalonia region of northeastern Spain -- but it's a dubious honour he might...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2008 | 3:05 am

Health | West Hartford: Finding a Voice to Match the Pressing Medical Needs of Hispanics

Leaders from around the state gathered in November to find ways to improve health care for Connecticut’s Hispanics.


Source: NYT > Health | 7 Dec 2008 | 2:12 am

Mumbai attacks prompt elite to action -- for now

When Rishabh Srivastava was accepted into the Indian army earlier this year, he turned down the offer and became a software engineer instead. But after watching gunmen...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2008 | 2:00 am

'Injectable bone' helps fractures

A substance that can be squirted into bone fractures where it hardens within minutes is developed by scientists.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 7 Dec 2008 | 12:31 am

Allos says drug curbs aggressive lymphoma

LOS ANGELES, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Allos Therapeutics Inc said on Saturday a small, but potentially pivotal, trial of its experimental drug pralatrexate found it helped curb cancer in 27 percent of patients...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Dec 2008 | 11:37 pm

Phase III Data Demonstrate Efficacy and Tolerability of Carisbamate as an Adjunctive Therapy for Partial Onset Seizures

Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Dec 2008 | 11:30 pm

Nobel winner predicts HIV vaccine in 5 years

medicine for discovering the HIV virus said Saturday he believes there will be a therapeutic vaccine to treat it within five years. Luc Montagnier said in Sweden he believes it is "a...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Dec 2008 | 10:53 pm

Irish pork products contaminated with dioxins; international warning issued

DUBLIN, Ireland - Ireland has issued an international warning for people not to consume Irish-produced pork products because they could contain dangerous levels of contaminants. The...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Dec 2008 | 10:12 pm

Genentech drug boosts leukemia patient survival (Reuters)

Reuters - A combination of Genentech Inc's cancer drug Rituxan and chemotherapy reduces by 41 percent the risk of death or cancer progression, compared with chemotherapy alone, for patients with a common form of leukemia, the company said on Saturday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Dec 2008 | 10:08 pm

Obama hopes to avoid Clinton health care missteps (AP)

AP - President-elect Barack Obama and his aides are determined not to repeat the mistakes the Clinton administration made 15 years ago in trying to revamp the nation's health care system. That means applying some of the lessons learned — moving fast, seizing momentum and not letting it go.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Dec 2008 | 3:36 pm

WHO limits melamine in food, says traces seem safe (AP)

AP - The World Health Organization said Friday that tiny traces of the chemical melamine are not harmful in most foods, but it joined the U.S. and EU in setting a strict limit that regulators should impose before pulling products off the shelf.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Dec 2008 | 3:15 pm

Study: Most Child Abuse Goes Unreported (Time.com)

Time.com - A series of reports on child abuse suggest that as many as nine in 10 cases of child maltreatment and neglect go unreported
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Dec 2008 | 2:10 pm