Magnets in Kids' Toys Pose Broad Dangers (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Parents need to be better warned about potential health risks and symptoms of children swallowing toys with magnets before shopping for presents this holiday season, a new study says.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Dec 2008 | 2:02 pm

European banks hit by BNP Paribas CIB loss

* Deutsche Bank, HSBC and other banks hit by BNP's warning
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Dec 2008 | 1:01 pm

Former Fortis unit agrees to 780 mln euro settlement

* 780 mln euro ($1.1 bln) pre-tax compensation settlement
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Dec 2008 | 1:01 pm

Deutsche Bank non-call on sub bond hits debt mkt

LONDON (Reuters) - A surprise decision by Deutsche Bank not to redeem a subordinated bond at the first scheduled call date to save money hurt the subordinated bank bond market on Wednesday.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Dec 2008 | 1:01 pm

CBA relaunches $1.4 bln share issue, dumps Merrill

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd , the country's No.3 lender by assets, scrapped a A$2 billion ($1.4 billion) share sale on Wednesday and relaunched it at a lower price after disagreements...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Dec 2008 | 1:01 pm

Citigroup to delay Japan units merger until 2010

TOKYO (Reuters) - Citigroup said it will push back the merger of two Japanese units until 2010 to delay integration costs, as the U.S. bank cuts costs worldwide after suffering heavy losses from the global...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Dec 2008 | 1:01 pm

BNP warns it may abandon Fortis bid - report

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France's BNP Paribas may abandon its takeover bid for Belgian-based financial group Fortis after a Belgian court last week froze the latter's state-led break-up, Belgian daily Le...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Dec 2008 | 1:01 pm

UBS targets 20-plus pct growth in Taiwan in '09

TAIPEI (Reuters) - UBS, the world's largest wealth manager, said on Wednesday its Taiwan assets under management should grow faster in 2009 than this year's expected 20 percent, as recently opened branches...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Dec 2008 | 1:00 pm

Grieving nation

Zimbabwe: Where no-one dares shake hands
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Dec 2008 | 1:00 pm

UPDATE 1-LHC Group to buy Northwest Healthcare

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Home nursing services provider LHC Group Inc said it agreed to buy all of the outstanding capital stock of Northwest Healthcare Alliance Inc.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Dec 2008 | 12:58 pm

Central Azeri field may restart end-Dec - trade

LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - One of BP's Azeri oilfields in the Caspian Sea that was shut in September due to a gas leak could restart soon, a trade source said on Wednesday.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Dec 2008 | 12:53 pm

Gemalto to buy NamITech South Africa from Altech

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 17 (Reuters) - France's Gemalto , the world's largest provider of smart cards, has agreed to buy Allied Technologies' NamITech South Africa business to help it expand in southern Africa...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Dec 2008 | 12:49 pm

Newborn babies cry if they are unable to communicate

Babies come into the world with a strong wish to communicate, according to new research.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Dec 2008 | 11:50 am

The Evidence Gap: Geography Has Role in Medicare Cancer Coverage

A treatment for prostate cancer highlights the disparities in Medicare reimbursements in different states.


Source: NYT > Health | 17 Dec 2008 | 11:34 am

Myriad Genetics, Inc. Receives Approval From New York Stock Exchange To Proceed With New Listing

Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) today announced that the NYSE's Listing and Compliance Committee has received Myriad's eligibility materials and cleared it to file an application to transfer trading of Myriad's shares to the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") from NASDAQ. Myriad Genetics anticipates trading on the NYSE Big Board in the second calendar quarter of 2009.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am

Under-Representation And Discrimination Remain Despite A Large Increase In The Number Of Female Cardiologists

The number of female doctors in cardiology nearly doubled in the last decade, and male and female cardiologists both report a high level of job satisfaction, according to findings from a 10-year follow-up survey published in the December 16/23, 2008, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am

Darwin 200: Special Feature On Brain Evolution

The Darwin 200 celebrations are currently underway. Biology letters is publishing an initial series of special features on evolution. In this special feature on brain evolution, we showcase a number of different aspects of the study of brain evolution.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am

Report: New Federal Medicaid Funds Will Aid Families, Improve Ohio's Economy

An economic stimulus package scheduled for approval in January could give Ohio an additional $1.4 billion in federal Medicaid matching funds, according to a new report released today. The report focuses on a proposal likely to be contained in an economic stimulus initiative that is expected to be the first order of business for the incoming Obama Administration and the new Congress.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am

Young People In Waltham Forest To Receive Chlamydia Tests Through The Post, UK

Over the next fortnight more than 29,000 young people in Waltham Forest will be receiving chlamydia information though the post and a chance to order a postal test kit. The scheme, run by Terrence Higgins Trust and Waltham Forest Primary Care Trust, aims to reduce undiagnosed chlamydia in local 16-24 year olds.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am

AOA, School Nurses Partner To Link Healthy Vision And Improved Classroom Learning

The American Optometric Association (AOA), the voice for more than 36,000 frontline providers of eye and vision care nationwide, formed a new partnership today with the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) aimed at developing and implementing strategies to ensure that school-aged children have increased access to comprehensive vision care.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am

Racial Gap Growing In Colorectal Cancer According To New Report

A new report from the American Cancer Society says despite unprecedented progress in reducing incidence and death rates from colorectal cancer, the gap between blacks and whites continues to grow. The latest data show death rates are about 45 percent higher in African American men and women than in whites.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am

UNICEF Urges Uganda To Put Children First In Poverty Eradication

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), today providing a set of policy recommendations to be prioritised in Uganda's National Development Plan (NDP), has appealed to the Government to fulfil its legal and moral obligations toward the country's youngest citizens.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am

FDA Requires New Safety Measures For Oral Sodium Phosphate Products To Reduce Risk Of Acute Kidney Injury

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it will add a Boxed Warning to the prescription oral sodium phosphate products Visicol and OsmoPrep to warn consumers about the risk of acute phosphate nephropathy (a type of acute kidney injury). Patients routinely take OSP products to cleanse the bowel before a colonoscopy (colon examination) and other medical procedures.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am

News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation, Dec. 15, 2008

EDITOR'S PICK: New genetic cause of Boy in the bubble syndrome Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is an inherited disease sometimes known as 'Boy in the bubble syndrome', baecause the patient lacks one or more type of immune cell, making them very susceptible to infections.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am

China cull amid bird flu outbreak

Authorities have culled more than 370,000 birds in eastern China, as the virus resurfaces in Asia and the Middle East.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Dec 2008 | 10:29 am

Cleveland clinic says it has completed first U.S. face transplant (AP)

AP - A woman so horribly disfigured she was willing to risk her life to do something about it has undergone the nation's first near-total face transplant, the Cleveland Clinic announced Tuesday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Dec 2008 | 9:21 am

Recipes for Health: Risotto With Roasted Winter Squash

Roasted winter squash adds sweetness and color to this risotto.


Source: NYT > Health | 17 Dec 2008 | 8:39 am

Columbo actor 'has Alzheimer's'

Actor Peter Falk is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, according to court papers filed by his daughter, Catherine.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Dec 2008 | 8:30 am

Obesity 'set before age of five'

Childhood obesity is set before the age of five so pre-school initiatives should be launched, ministers will be told.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Dec 2008 | 8:22 am

After Losing Medicaid Coverage, Many Patients Land in Hospitals

Cutting off low-income patients may cost more in the long run, a new study suggests.


Source: NYT > Health | 17 Dec 2008 | 7:58 am

Insurers Seek Presence at Health Care Sessions

Insurance lobbies, health care trade groups and medical societies are encouraging their members to attend Obama house parties.


Source: NYT > Health | 17 Dec 2008 | 7:32 am

F.D.A. Commissioner and Other Top Health Officials Plan to Step Down

Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach said he would resign on Inauguration Day.


Source: NYT > Health | 17 Dec 2008 | 6:03 am

First Face Transplant Performed in the U.S.

Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic have performed a near-total face transplant on a woman, officials said.


Source: NYT > Health | 17 Dec 2008 | 6:02 am

The new taboo?

Is obesity now the word that we dare not speak?
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Dec 2008 | 5:57 am

Radiation Plus Hormone Therapy Cuts Prostate Cancer Deaths (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Men with locally advanced prostate cancer -- cancer that has spread beyond the wall of the prostate gland -- who undergo radiation plus long-term hormone treatment cut their risk of dying in half, a new study has found.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Dec 2008 | 4:48 am

Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 16, 2008 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Dec 2008 | 4:48 am

Bingeing in France

Officials review policy as teenage drinking grows
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Dec 2008 | 3:52 am

Taking care

Patching up London's drunken revellers
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Dec 2008 | 2:58 am

Work gyms 'lift mood and stress'

Employees who can exercise at work are more productive, happy, efficient and calm, a study shows.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Dec 2008 | 12:10 am

Women 'may face greater HIV risk'

Women having unsafe sex may be more at risk of HIV than thought as tests show it could breach healthy vaginal tissue.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Dec 2008 | 12:09 am

Living With In-Laws Linked to Heart Risks in Japanese Women

A new study hints at a connection between family stress and heart disease in women.


Source: NYT > Health | 16 Dec 2008 | 10:41 pm

MESA: LV Mass Predicts Heart Failure, Worth Including in Echo Risk Assessment

The longitudinal study of a multiethnic cohort initially without CV disease also found that concentric ventricular remodeling predicted CHD and stroke.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2008 | 10:30 pm

FDA Approves Abbott's Trilipix

The agency approved the fenofibrate for use along with diet to help lower triglycerides and LDL cholesterol and to raise HDL cholesterol. It is the first fibrate approved for use in combination with a statin.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2008 | 10:16 pm

SABCS 2008: Change in Breast Density Predicts Tamoxifen Benefit

Among women at high risk for breast cancer and who are treated with tamoxifen, a reduction in breast density of 10% or more is an early predictor of which women will benefit from the therapy.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm

Pelvic Lymphadenectomy, Radiotherapy Should Not Be Used Routinely for Early Endometrial Cancer

Two studies show no survival benefit for pelvic lymphadenectomy or external-beam radiotherapy in women with early endometrial cancer.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm

Preexisting Diabetes Boosts Risk for Mortality in Cancer Patients

Cancer patients with preexisting diabetes at the time of their cancer diagnosis have an increased risk for all-cause mortality vs patients without diabetes.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm

Fish Intake Linked to Lower Risk for CVD, but Not for Cancer or Overall Chronic Disease

A study shows that modest fish consumption is not linked to total cancer or overall major chronic disease risk and that omega-6 fatty acid consumption did not affect these associations.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm

FDA adds suicide warning to epilepsy drugs (AP)

AP - Drugs used by millions of patients to control epileptic seizures must carry warnings about heightened risks of suicide, federal regulators said Tuesday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Dec 2008 | 9:45 pm

Colon Cancer Rates Higher in Blacks Than Whites

The racial gap in colorectal cancer cases, and deaths, is widening.


Source: NYT > Health | 16 Dec 2008 | 9:15 pm

Evidence-Based Nutritional Support Guideline May Promote Better ICU Nutrition

An evidence-based nutritional support guideline facilitated earlier feeding and greater nutritional adequacy in intensive care unit patients but did not improve clinical outcomes.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2008 | 9:03 pm

Wyeth’s Use of Medical Ghostwriters Questioned

The pharmaceutical company paid ghostwriters to produce articles favorable to its drug Prempro, according to Congressional letters.


Source: NYT > Health | 16 Dec 2008 | 8:57 pm

Tonsillectomy results unaffected by kids' obesity (Reuters)

Reuters - Among children who undergo removal of their adenoids and tonsils to correct breathing problems when they're sleeping, obesity does not necessarily predict an unfavorable outcome, researchers from Greece report.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Dec 2008 | 8:24 pm

CT Angiography Excels as "Rule-Out" Test But Overestimates Disease Severity, Study Shows

CT advocates say being able to rule out disease is the true value of a screening test, but others see the high false-positive rate with CTA as a recipe for soaring healthcare costs and unnecessary add-on tests.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2008 | 7:46 pm

Radiation With ADT Halves Deaths in Older Men With Prostate Cancer

The results of a pivotal prostate cancer trial, now published, show that the addition of radiotherapy to androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) halves the risk of dying from the disease.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2008 | 7:43 pm

Number of Women Cardiologists Doubles, But Still Much Room for Improvement

Although the number of women doctors in cardiology has almost doubled in the past 10 years, a new survey reveals that more than two-thirds of female cardiologists continue to report discrimination.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2008 | 7:36 pm

Colonoscopies Miss Many Cancers, Study Finds

A popular screening test failed to detect far more colorectal cancers than expected.


Source: NYT > Health | 16 Dec 2008 | 6:50 pm

First U.S. face transplant to be made public

The Cleveland Clinic will announce Wednesday the successful completion of a near-total face transplant surgery, a clinic spokeswoman told CNN on Tuesday.
Source: CNN.com - Health | 16 Dec 2008 | 6:16 pm

Effectiveness of peer-led sex education questioned (Reuters)

Reuters - Among 13 to 14 year-old girls who received either peer-led or teacher-led sex education, abortion rates by the age of 20 were the same -- 5 percent -- regardless of the education method, a study shows.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Dec 2008 | 5:21 pm

The best exercise programs benefit the elderly (Reuters)

Reuters - Older adults who regularly take part in top-rated, low-cost physical activity programs offered by their local senior center or YMCA can see noticeable improvement in physical functioning and lower their risk of becoming disabled, research shows.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Dec 2008 | 4:11 pm

Old People Store Bad Memories Differently

Older adults (around 70 years) rely on “more abstract thinking” brain areas more so than younger adults to remember negatively emotional, past events.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 16 Dec 2008 | 3:29 pm

Hollywood Ending for Christina Applegate's Breast Cancer?

Actress Christina Applegate decided to have a double mastectomy after doctors found cancer in one of her breasts.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 16 Dec 2008 | 2:01 pm

Combo treatment for prostate cancer cuts deaths (AP)

AP - Treating advanced prostate cancer with radiation and hormone-blocking drugs cut the death rate in half in a study of Scandinavian men, researchers report. In the United States, the combination has been standard care since the 1990s. But in Europe, many doctors have avoided the combo treatment and used hormone drugs alone, thinking the pair would be too harsh for most patients.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Dec 2008 | 12:34 pm