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UPDATE 2-Sanofi CFO quits as new CEO makes mark* Karen Linehan head of legal affairs and general counselSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Dec 2008 | 12:33 pm UPDATE 1-Ocean Power Tech orders hit record, H1 loss up(Adds detail from statement, share price, analyst comment)Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Dec 2008 | 12:19 pm UPDATE 1-Egypt's OT to start in N. Korea, shares jumpCAIRO, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Orascom Telecom , the largest Arab mobile operator by subscribers, said it would start mobile services in North Korea next week, helping its stock jump on hopes of more revenue...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Dec 2008 | 12:00 pm UPDATE 2-EU exec adopts pharmaceutical sector reformBRUSSELS, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The European Commission adopted a package of reforms for the pharmaceutical sector on Wednesday that includes concessions to companies that resell prescription drugs but opens...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Dec 2008 | 11:53 am Indonesia's Energi gets six bids for Kangean blockJAKARTA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Indonesia's PT Energi Mega Persada Tbk has received six bids for its 50 percent stake in the Kangean block offshore East Java as it seeks funds to repay debt, the energy explorer's...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Dec 2008 | 11:51 am FDA advisers weigh risks of asthma drugs (AP)AP - In recent years, millions of asthma patients have started using long-acting drugs to help them breathe more normally, allowing for nights of uninterrupted sleep or workouts at the gym.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Dec 2008 | 11:42 am India's Reliance Inds gets $400 mln from JPMorganMUMBAI, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Indian energy group Reliance Industries Ltd has signed an agreement for a $400 million financing facility from JPMorgan, the U.S. financial firm said on Wednesday.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Dec 2008 | 11:41 am Gender-confused teens drug callYoung teenagers with serious gender identity disorders should be given drugs which will block puberty, experts have suggested.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Dec 2008 | 11:28 am UPDATE 1-Iraq to restart oil exports to S.Korea Jan 1-sourceDUBAI, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Iraq will restart oil exports to South Korea's SK Energy on Jan. 1 following a year's hiatus after SK withdrew from a contract with Iraq's Kurdish region, an Iraqi oil ministry...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Dec 2008 | 11:27 am LUKOIL Bulgaria refinery says all units operationalSOFIA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - LUKOIL's Bulgarian 142,000 barrels per day refinery Neftochim Burgas said on Wednesday all its units were operational and a technical fault shut only its petrochemical production...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Dec 2008 | 11:23 am EU exec adopts pharmaceutical sector reform-sourceBRUSSELS, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The European Commission adopted a reform of the pharmaceutical sector on Wednesday that included concessions to companies that resell prescription drugs, a Commission source...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Dec 2008 | 11:15 am Wife defends suicide documentaryThe wife of a former university professor who killed himself has defended the broadcasting of his death on a television programme.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Dec 2008 | 11:14 am MDS Provides Update on Fiscal 2008 PerformanceSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am Dacogen(R) (decitabine For Injection) Data On Phase II Clinical Trial In Elderly Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)Eisai Corporation of North America today announced data from a Phase II trial evaluating a five-day dosing regimen of Dacogen® (decitabine for injection) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common form of leukemia.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am The Economic Cost Of Cancer Mortality Is High In The US, Regardless Of How Cost Is MeasuredThe economic cost of death due to cancer is high in the United States, regardless of whether researchers estimate the economic impact in lost work productivity or in a more global measure using the value of one year of life, according to two studies published online December 9 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am News From The Journal Of The National Cancer Institute, Dec. 9Age-Related Crossover in Breast Cancer Incidence Between Black and White Ethnic Groups Appears Robust Among women younger than 40 years, black women have a higher incidence of breast cancer than white women. However, among women older than 40 years, white women have a higher incidence than black women. This incidence rate "crossover" appears reproducible and reliable.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am Incentive Pay For GPs To Be Explored By Researchers, Australian National UniversityThe possibility that health care quality could improve if doctors were paid incentive payments will be examined as part of the new round of funding from the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI), based at ANU.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am Genetic Change Extends Mouse Life, Points To Possible Treatment For ALSThere are many ways to die, but amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, must be one of the worst. By the time a patient notices muscle weakness, the neurons that control the muscles have already begun dying, in an untreatable process that brings death within two to five years. In a series of experiments reported today (Dec.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am Unemployed, Uninsured Patients Could Overwhelm U.S. Hospitals, Physicians WarnEmergency departments, many "already overburdened," could face more difficulty handling increased caseloads because of the rising number of unemployed and uninsured people using EDs for basic medical care, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, many EDs already were overcrowded before the recession, which has lead to increasing job and insurance coverage loss.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am England's Department Of Health Resists Disclosing Abortion DataEngland's Department of Health is resisting orders from U.K. Information Commissioner Richard Thomas to release data regarding the number of abortions involving fetuses with physical or mental abnormalities, arguing that disclosure of the information could lead to identification of women who have abortions later in pregnancy, Canada's National Post reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am Efforts To Criminalize HIV Transmission 'Misguided,' Opinion Piece SaysIn a "misguided attempt to thwart the spread of HIV and AIDS, lawmakers in many parts of the world have passed criminal statutes that promote ignorance about the disease, punish its victims and enhance the chances that the virus will infect new victims," South Africa Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Edwin Cameron writes in a Korea Herald opinion piece.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am News From The Journal Of Neuroscience1. Two RIM1 Isoforms Are Present in Active Zones Pascal S. Kaeser, Hyung-Bae Kwon, Chiayu Q. Chiu, Lunbin Deng, Pablo E. Castillo, and Thomas C. Südhof Presynaptic active zones comprise many proteins that help to ensure rapid neurotransmitter release near postsynaptic receptors, and modification of some of these proteins produces long-term potentiation or depression.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am Olympus Bloodtrack Suite Recognised In The Guardian: Public Services Awards 2008In the recent Guardian Public Services Awards 2008, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust has won the Innovation and Progress Transformation Award. This is for developing an electronic identification procedure to ensure transfusion patients always get the correct blood, using the BloodTrack™1 suite of products supplied by Olympus UK.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am Despite US Drop, Cancer Rates Grow Worldwide (Time.com)Time.com - Good news often comes with bad news, so when the U.S. announced a key victory in the fight against cancer in November, experts waited for the other shoe to drop. It didSource: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Dec 2008 | 9:35 am Merck Restructuring Puts a Focus on Generic DrugsA drug maker tries to reassure investors that new strategies like diversifying research through partnerships will help the company rebound.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Dec 2008 | 9:31 am Morning Rounds: Expired Drugs, a Doc Shortage and Drug Information OverloadHealth news from around the Web.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Dec 2008 | 9:12 am Sex therapyUS clinic treats addicted womenSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Dec 2008 | 8:00 am Report Sounds Alarm on Child AccidentsAround the globe, 830,000 children — the equivalent of all the children in Chicago — die each year in accidents, a new report by the World Health Organization and Unicef said.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Dec 2008 | 7:57 am Diabetes drugs 'double bone risk'Long-term use of a class of drugs for type 2 diabetes doubles a woman's risk of breaking a bone, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Dec 2008 | 7:27 am Recipes for Health: Creamy Cabbage Soup With GruyèreThis creamy soup, which has no cream in it, makes for a comforting meal to eat on a cold winter nightSource: NYT > Health | 10 Dec 2008 | 7:25 am Festive traumaThe psychological fall out of Christmas spendingSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Dec 2008 | 7:09 am Toddler becomes Indonesia's 113th bird flu victim: WHO (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Dec 2008 | 6:56 am The Evidence Gap: The Pain May Be Real, but the Scan Is DeceivingScans are increasingly finding abnormalities that may not be the cause of the problem for which they are blamed.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Dec 2008 | 5:30 am Statin Use Doesn't Inhibit Lymphoma Drug Therapy (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs don't interfere with rituximab, a medication used to treat lymphomas, say Mayo Clinic researchers, who also found that statins may actually slow progression of some kinds of lymphomas.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Dec 2008 | 4:47 am Basics: Primal, Acute and Easily Duped: Our Sense of TouchThe sense of touch is always hovering somewhere in the perceptual background, often ignored, but indispensable to our sense of safety and sanity.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Dec 2008 | 3:38 am Christmas partygoers 'rely' on alcohol to get into festive spiritMore than a quarter of drinkers rely on alcohol to enjoy the annual office Christmas party, a survey suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Dec 2008 | 1:41 am Food Allergy Hysteria Is NutsBans on nuts in schools may worsen the very problem they aim to address.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 10 Dec 2008 | 1:12 am Cancer to be world's top killer by 2010, WHO says (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Dec 2008 | 12:55 am Warning of nut allergy 'hysteria'Measures to protect children with nut allergies are becoming increasingly absurd and hysterical, say experts.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Dec 2008 | 12:02 am Vitamins 'do not cut cancer risk'Taking vitamin C, E or selenium does not reduce the risk of prostate cancers - or other forms of the disease, studies suggest.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Dec 2008 | 12:01 am LABAs May Not Increase Risk for Asthma-Related HospitalizationsA systematic review shows that in patients with asthma receiving corticosteroids, adding long-acting beta-agonists does not increase the risk for asthma-related hospitalizations.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm Simple Algorithm May Help Identify Risk for Chronic Kidney DiseaseA simple scoring algorithm may help identify people at risk for the development of clinically significant chronic kidney disease.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm Vitamin E, Selenium May Not Reduce Risk for Prostate Cancer or Other CancersA study shows that selenium or vitamin E, alone or in combination at the doses and formulations used, does not prevent prostate cancer in a population of relatively healthy men.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm Vitamins E, C May Not Reduce the Risk for Prostate or Total CancerIn a large, long-term, randomized trial of male physicians, neither vitamin E nor vitamin C reduced the risk for prostate cancer or total cancer.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm Weight loss easier when you get paid for it (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Dec 2008 | 9:37 pm Half-Dose Flu Shots Work In Adults, Study FindsHalf-dose flu shots are effective in adults, a government study found.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 9 Dec 2008 | 9:01 pm ASH 2008: Eltrombopag Offers "Important New Option" in ITPThe just-approved drug produces responses in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) who are refractory to other treatments.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Dec 2008 | 8:27 pm FDA panel set to weigh new female condom (Reuters)Reuters - A new, potentially less expensive version of the female condom faces U.S. regulatory review this week when a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel weighs whether they adequately prevent pregnancy, HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Dec 2008 | 8:14 pm Video Highlights From the American Heart Association 2008 Scientific SessionsImportant studies presented at the meeting include reports on the effects of statins on inflammation, studies showing no apparent benefit of exercise or RAS inhibition in heart failure, a randomized trial suggesting that getting LDL as low as possible with high-dose statins does not provide additional benefits over standard dose statins, and many more.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Dec 2008 | 7:59 pm Severe Heart Attacks Deadlier for WomenWomen arriving at hospitals with ST-elevation heart attacks die more often than male patients, according to a new study, yet care overall seems to be improving.Source: NYT > Health | 9 Dec 2008 | 7:57 pm Beef herd testing continuesFifty-three cattle herds in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic have been fed contaminated feed which sparked a scare over pork products.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Dec 2008 | 6:30 pm 18 and Under: What to Do When the Patient Says, ‘Please Don’t Tell Mom’For doctors with patients who are middle-schoolers, it can sometimes be unclear what information should stay confidential.Source: NYT > Health | 9 Dec 2008 | 5:38 pm Arthur R. Kantrowitz, Whose Wide-Ranging Research Had Many Applications, Is Dead at 95Dr. Kantrowitz’s research on the behavior of superhot gases and fluid dynamics led to nose cones for rockets, heart-assist pumps and the idea of nuclear fusion in magnetic bottles.Source: NYT > Health | 9 Dec 2008 | 5:06 pm Neurosurgery Associations Push Back on IOM Resident Work-Hour ReportThe report's "shockingly simplistic" approach to limiting resident hours does not take into account issues of patient safety and continuity of care in complex neurological disease and injury cases, the associations charge.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Dec 2008 | 4:39 pm Safety Improvements Mandated for Emergency Dept Design, ManagementA survey of emergency department clinicians concluded that safety improvements in emergency department design and management are needed.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Dec 2008 | 4:38 pm CDC Describes Cases of Neurotoxicity Linked to 1-Bromopropane Exposure1-bromopropane, a chemical increasingly used as an alternative to ozone-depleting solvents and degreasers, particularly in the dry-cleaning industry, has been linked with 2 cases of neurotoxicity, the CDC reports.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Dec 2008 | 4:09 pm Scorpios Get More Asthma, but Astrology Isn’t to BlameHow, when and where a child is born may all play a role in lifetime asthma risk, new studies suggest.Source: NYT > Health | 9 Dec 2008 | 4:07 pm Meaning and Depression in Women With Breast Cancer: An Expert Interview With Joyce Fjelland, PhD, RN, CNSA study showed that higher levels of symptom distress in women with breast cancer predicted higher levels of anxiety and depression, which often coexist in these patients.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Dec 2008 | 3:25 pm Baby protein 'could help bowels'A protein which helps a baby's gut develop in the womb could hold the key to treating bowel disorders.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Dec 2008 | 1:49 pm Smart Pills: The Truth About Cognitive-Enhancing DrugsDrugs used to make people smarter are riddled with side effects.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 9 Dec 2008 | 1:25 pm
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