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For the Obese, Holiday Tables Serve Platefuls of Doubt (HealthDay)HealthDay - SATURDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The holiday season can be especially difficult for overweight or obese people as they struggle to control their eating habits and cope with widely held misconceptions, according to a Duke University expert.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Dec 2008 | 2:02 pm UAE to get French Healthcare ServicesSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Dec 2008 | 1:00 pm Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Has Anti-Cancer ComponentsGood quality extra-virgin olive oil contains health-relevant chemicals, 'phytochemicals', that can trigger cancer cell death. New research published in the open access journal BMC Cancer sheds more light on the suspected association between olive oil-rich Mediterranean diets and reductions in breast cancer risk.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am NHS Pay Review Body Remit Is 'Too Narrow', Says UniteThe independent Pay Review Body (PRB) has 'too narrow a remit' to tackle the current pay and employment conditions in the NHS, Unite the Union has said. Unite, the largest union in the country, was commenting after the PRB declined to recommend to Health Secretary, Alan Johnson that the're-opener' clause be triggered on the current three-year pay deal.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am Lannett Company Receives FDA Approval For Ursodiol 300 Mg CapsulesLannett Company, Inc. (AMEX: LCI), a manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals, today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Ursodiol 300 mg Capsules, the generic equivalent of Actigall® marketed by Watson Pharmaceuticals.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am Stakeholders And Public Should Use 20 Specific Health Indicators To Measure And Track Health And Well-Being Of AmericansPolicymakers, the media, and the public should focus on 20 specific health indicators as "yardsticks" to measure the overall health and well-being of Americans, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am Stem Cells And Leukemia Battle For Marrow MicroenvironmentLearning how leukemia takes over privileged "niches" within the bone marrow is helping researchers develop treatment strategies that could protect healthy blood-forming stem cells and improve the outcomes of bone marrow transplantation for leukemia and other types of cancer. In a paper in the journal Science, available early online Dec.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Medical Alliance Pays Off-Collaboration Leads To Expanded Research OpportunitiesA vast resource of information critical to cancer research is now leading to new opportunities for scientists - information that could lead to improved cancer treatments. The collaboration known as the Huntsman-Intermountain Cancer Care Program is now yielding data that can be used for studies relating to genetics, health services and public health.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Springer And The Physiological Society Of Japan Sign Publishing AgreementThe Physiological Society of Japan (PSJ) has chosen Springer to publish its official publication The Journal of Physiological Sciences, starting in January 2009 with Volume 59, Number 1. The bimonthly journal was previously published by Society and Medical Tribune Co. Ltd.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Fewer Hospitalizations For Bleeding In Digestive SystemImproved treatments for acid reflux disease, ulcers, arthritis and other conditions helped reduce hospital admission rates for internal bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract by 14 percent from 1998 to 2006, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The upper gastrointestinal, or "G.I.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Fragment-Based Drug Discovery: A Practical Approach Is A Guide To The Techniques And Practice Of Using Fragments In Drug ScreeningResearch and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/11d17a/fragmentbased_dru) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Fragment-Based Drug Discovery: A Practical Approach" to their offering.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Engenex Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System - KCI Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Convatec And BoehringerKinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI), announced today that, together with Wake Forest University Health Sciences, it has filed a patent infringement suit against Convatec Inc., Boehringer Wound Systems, LLC and Boehringer Technologies, L.P. in Federal District Court in the Middle District of North Carolina.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Morning Rounds: Obesity in China, Tainted Beef in Ireland and Health Care Reform in MassachusettsHealth news from around the Web.Source: NYT > Health | 20 Dec 2008 | 8:16 am Despite Worries Over Toxins, Breast-Feeding Still Best for InfantsThe advantages of breast-feeding infants far outweigh the negligible consequences of dioxin exposure, experts argue.Source: NYT > Health | 20 Dec 2008 | 8:16 am Medical Publisher to Review Claim About Article’s WriterElsevier said it will investigate an allegation that one of its journals published an article that was ghostwritten by a drug company.Source: NYT > Health | 20 Dec 2008 | 6:18 am Low Doses of Melamine Won't Harm Kids' Kidneys (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Low doses of melamine did not cause severe kidney problems in children exposed to the industrial chemical during the recent tainted milk scandal in China, Hong Kong researchers report.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Dec 2008 | 4:47 am Not All Dementia Is Called Alzheimer's (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A common form of dementia often mistaken for Alzheimer's can be prevented with good health habits, a new report says.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Dec 2008 | 4:47 am Health Tip: Your Diet After Cancer Treatment (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Once you've completed treatment for cancer, it's not the time to stop planning healthy meals.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Dec 2008 | 4:47 am Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 19, 2008 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Dec 2008 | 4:47 am Pilgrims bring Christmas joy to BethlehemPilgrims are bringing Christmas joy to Bethlehem, flocking in large numbers to the traditional birthplace of Jesus where tourism had collapsed during the years of the Palestinian uprising.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Dec 2008 | 4:03 am Cyclone forms in west Australian mine regionSYDNEY, Dec 20 (Reuters) - A cyclone generating winds up to 130 kilometres per hour was bearing down on the remote west Australian coast on Saturday but has so far had only minimal impact on gas exploration...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Dec 2008 | 3:36 am Law Offices of Jeffrey Leving: Father Awarded Possession of Abused DaughterSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Dec 2008 | 2:54 am CORRECTED - US OKs Novartis Gleevec to reduce recurring cancer(Corrects spelling of drug in headline and throughout story to Gleevec from Gleevac)Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Dec 2008 | 1:57 am Death, Repeat Revascularization Rates for DES and Bare-Metal Stents Similar at Three YearsEarly benefit of DES appears to disappear after the first year, new registry data suggest.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Dec 2008 | 1:30 am U.S. OKs Novartis Gleevac to reduce recurring cancerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have approved Novartis' drug Gleevac to reduce the risk of cancer recurring in patients with a rare type of stomach cancer, Novartis said on...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Dec 2008 | 1:28 am UPDATE 2-Amgen seeks US approval of osteoporosis drugLOS ANGELES, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Amgen Inc , the world's largest biotechnology company, said on Friday it filed for U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of experimental drug denosumab as a treatment...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Dec 2008 | 12:41 am Records of careWhat happened to this sick little Victorian girl?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Dec 2008 | 12:11 am Lungs 'repaired for transplant'Canadian doctors say they have reconditioned lungs to make them suitable for transplanting.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Dec 2008 | 11:59 pm With resistant viruses, doctors face dilemma treating flu this seasonvexing dilemma in treating the illness. Testing to date in Canada, the United States and Europe shows that nearly all H1N1 viruses are resistant to oseltamivir (sold as Tamiflu) and...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Dec 2008 | 11:41 pm Video: Gleevec Receives US Approval as First Treatment To Reduce Risk of Cancer Returning in Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal TumorsSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Dec 2008 | 11:41 pm Alta. health officials say mysterious infections of two infants not linkedLETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Health officials in southern Alberta say they've determined that infections that killed one infant and made another very sick weren't related. Dr. Vanessa McLean,...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Dec 2008 | 11:38 pm Got the flu? CDC says Tamiflu may not be much help (AP)AP - The medical arsenal against the flu just got weaker.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Dec 2008 | 10:56 pm No Benefit of TNK in Cardiac Arrest: TROICA PublishedTenecteplase used without adjunctive antithrombotic therapy during advanced life support for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest shows no improvement in outcomes, in the first large-scale trial.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm ACE Inhibitors May Protect Diabetics From Cancer, Peptic UlcerAngiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy appears to be associated with a lower than expected prevalence of cancer and peptic ulcer disease in adults with diabetes, researchers report.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm Mediterranean Diet Also Beneficial in US PopulationsThe latest in a line of studies showing the benefit of a Mediterranean diet is published, this time showing that it reduces deaths from all causes in a US population.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm VADT Published: Intensive Glucose Control Fails to Reduce Cardiovascular EventsIntensive glucose control in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes had no significant effect on the rates of major cardiovascular events, death, or microvascular complications.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm FDA Approvals: Lusedra and Pegintron/RebitolThe FDA has approved fospropofol disodium injection (Lusedra) and a new indication for combination therapy with peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin (Pegintron/Rebitol).Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm Recipes for Health: Pasta With Roasted Winter Squash and Ricotta SalataA pasta dish with a salty, distinctively flavored cheese from Southern Italy.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Dec 2008 | 8:34 pm AES 2008: Neuroinfections Growing Cause of Epilepsy WorldwideInfectious and parasitic disorders are becoming increasingly common and present unique challenges for neurologists.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Dec 2008 | 8:00 pm Simple Dental Work-Up Reverses Atherosclerotic LesionsFor the first time, researchers have shown that treating mild to moderate gum disease in otherwise healthy volunteers significantly reduces carotid IMT. But the study sample was small, and the investigators are now working to confirm and extend their findings.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Dec 2008 | 7:08 pm Recommended Diet for Diabetics May Need Changing, Study SuggestsHigh-fiber foods with low impact on blood sugar improved diabetes control more than the recommended diet, researchers reported.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Dec 2008 | 6:53 pm Hospitalizations Declining for Upper Gastrointestinal BleedingAn AHRQ study shows that hospitalizations for upper gastrointestinal bleeding decreased by 14% from 1998 to 2006.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Dec 2008 | 6:06 pm Surgeons give teenager a new chinA teenager from Ireland born without a chin or jaw has undergone pioneering surgery in the US.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Dec 2008 | 5:43 pm From military device to life-saving surgery toolA new tool that allows doctors to use laser surgery in complex operations has been hailed as a breakthrough in minimally invasive laser technology.Source: CNN.com - Health | 19 Dec 2008 | 5:11 pm Breast cancer gene-free baby dueA woman from London will give birth next week to the first British baby screened to be free of a hereditary mutated gene for breast cancer.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Dec 2008 | 4:35 pm Tricyclic Superior to SSRI in Treatment of Depression in Parkinson's DiseaseResults of a randomized trial show that nortriptyline, a dual reuptake inhibitor, was efficacious in treating depression in PD patients, while paroxetine CR, which blocks the reuptake of serotonin only, was not.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Dec 2008 | 2:54 pm Atishoo! It could be a sign of sexual attractionA simple sneeze may be a tell tale sign of sexual arousal for a select few, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Dec 2008 | 2:51 pm
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