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Mosquito blood 'identifies thief'Police in Finland use human blood from a mosquito caught inside a stolen car to identify a suspect in the theft.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Dec 2008 | 3:19 pm UPDATE 1-St. Jude Medical buys Israeli firm for $283 mlnCHICAGO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - St. Jude Medical Inc said on Monday it acquired Israel's MediGuide Inc, a maker of technology used to guide catheters in minimally invasive medical procedures, for $283 million...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2008 | 2:54 pm 'Serious' clowns distract patients from their painOooooooshie the clown knows the instant effect he has on patients.Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 Dec 2008 | 2:37 pm UPDATE 1-SINA to buy certain assets of Focus MediaDec 22 (Reuters) - Chinese digital advertising company Focus Media Holding Ltd said SINA Corp would buy its digital out-of-home advertising networks business.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2008 | 2:24 pm UPDATE 1-Avigen stops development of lead drugDec 22 (Reuters) - Biopharmaceutical company Avigen Inc said it would stop all clinical trials of its experimental treatment for spasticity related to multiple sclerosis, which failed a mid-stage trial...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2008 | 2:12 pm Health Tip: Managing Headaches During Pregnancy (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If you're pregnant and you've got a headache, it may not be wise to turn to medication to control your pain.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Dec 2008 | 2:02 pm Rules Change Could Increase Hospice Use (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- More people with life-threatening illnesses would seek hospice care if Medicare and other health insurers dropped the requirement that they give up aggressive treatment of their ailments, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Dec 2008 | 2:02 pm Focus on Eyecare for the New YearSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2008 | 2:02 pm Economy Spurs 240% Spike at Texas Domestic Violence SheltersSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2008 | 2:00 pm UPDATE 1-Petrobras sees 2009 investments above 50 bln reaisRIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras will invest more than 50 billion reais ($21 billion) in 2009, Chief Executive Jose Sergio Gabrielli said on Monday.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2008 | 1:56 pm UPDATE 1-Glaxo's "son of Advair" positive for COPD* Adds important new indications to the asthma treatmentSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2008 | 1:48 pm UPDATE 1-Forest gains rights to Pierre Fabre anti-depressantNEW YORK, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Forest Laboratories Inc will pay $75 million to Pierre Fabre Medicament for North American rights to the French company's experimental anti-depressant, the companies said...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2008 | 1:44 pm Check Point to buy Nokia security appliance businessTEL AVIV, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Check Point Software Technologies , one of the world's largest Internet and network security companies, said on Monday it will buy Nokia's security appliance business for...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2008 | 1:42 pm UPDATE 1-King Pharma extends cash tender offer for AlpharmaBOSTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - King Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Monday that it had extended its $1.6 billion tender offer for the outstanding shares of Alpharma Inc .Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2008 | 1:40 pm Study Shows Regular Exercise Might Prevent Onset Of Diabetes In Black WomenTaking a brisk walk several times a week for exercise appears to reduce black women's risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study published this month in the American Journal of Epidemiology, Reuters Health reports. Few studies have been conducted on the benefits of exercise among black women, according to Reuters.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2008 | 12:00 pm Fresno County, Calif., Officials Approve Needle-Exchange ProgramThe Fresno County Board of Supervisors in California on Tuesday approved a one-year needle-exchange pilot program, the Fresno Bee reports. Supervisors voted 3-2 in support of the program, which was proposed by County Health Officer Edward Moreno and will provide injection drug users with clean needles in an effort to curb the spread of HIV and other bloodborne diseases.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2008 | 12:00 pm Southern U.S. Needs To Do More To Address HIV/AIDS Among Hispanics, Opinion Piece Says"Demographers have noted that the South is one of the regions that have seen the most rapid influx of Latino workers," Marisa Trevio, who writes the blog "Latina Lista," writes in a USA Today opinion piece.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2008 | 12:00 pm Efforts Seek To Encourage Hispanics To Become Bone/Stem Cell Donors, Increase Number Of Hispanic Children In Clinical Trials, Address Other IssuesThe following highlights initiatives and a grant that seek to address racial and ethnic health disparities. Access: As part of an initiative created by religious leaders and advocacy group Voices of Tonga, trained church members in Euless, Texas, serve as health promoters and interpreters at mobile health clinics set up at local churches to help treat people from Tonga who live in the area.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2008 | 12:00 pm Rumors spark polio vaccine panic in south India (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Dec 2008 | 11:24 am South Carolina Medicaid Cuts $61 Million In Services, Ends Enrollment In HIV/AIDS ProgramSouth Carolina's Medicaid agency will stop enrolling people living with HIV as part of a $61 million round of budget cuts, officials announced on Wednesday, the AP/Charlotte Observer reports. According to the AP/Observer, no longer enrolling HIV-positive people will save the agency $40,000.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am Obama Transition Team Hopes To Complete Stimulus Bill Draft By Dec. 25; Democrats Say Health Care Funding Could Account For One-Fifth Of PackageThe transition team for President-elect Barack Obama seeks to complete a two-year economic stimulus "blueprint" by Dec. 25 to allow Democratic congressional staff members to draft legislation by the new year, the New York Times reports (Calmes, New York Times, 12/19).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am Eggs Contribute Insignificant Risk To Heart DiseaseA study recently published online in the journal Risk Analysis(1) estimates that eating one egg per day is responsible for less than 1 percent of the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in healthy adults. Alternatively, lifestyle factors including poor diet, smoking, obesity and physical inactivity contribute 30 to 40 percent of heart disease risk, depending on gender.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am USA Today Examines Factors That Could Promote, Prevent Health Care ReformMany health policy analysts "disagree over whether health reform will succeed, and whether it should be" President-elect Barack Obama's "first priority," particularly "amid a sinking economy," USA Today reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am Nursing Home Industry Questions New CMS Rating SystemSome nursing home industry experts are questioning CMS' new rating system that ranks U.S. nursing homes on a five-star scale, the AP/Denver Post reports. Ratings, which are updated quarterly and posted online, mostly were based on state inspections, staffing levels and quality measures, such as how homes respond to a patient's declining mobility, high-risk bed sores and pain.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am Blogs Comment On Provider 'Conscience' Rule, HHS Secretary Nomination, Reducing AbortionsThe following summarizes select women's health-related blog entries. ~ "New Government Rule Could Limit Your Access to Birth Control," Deborah Kotz, U.S. News and World Report blog: HHS passed its "conscience" rule "just under the wire," Kotz writes, adding that "if it had been filed after Dec.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am Cruz joins bone marrow campaignA Kent boy who has leukaemia meets film star Penelope Cruz for a campaign to urge people to join the bone marrow donor register.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Dec 2008 | 9:36 am In picturesTreating TB patients at home in South AfricaSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Dec 2008 | 8:50 am New guidelines boost web accessWebsites look set to get more accessible as standards are drawn up to help sites cater for the needs of disabled people.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Dec 2008 | 8:37 am Experts identify gene variants linked to lung cancer (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Dec 2008 | 5:09 am Personal Health: Query for Aging Patients: How Much Do You Drink?For older people alcohol has the potential to be a health benefit or a life-shortening hazard.Source: NYT > Health | 22 Dec 2008 | 4:59 am Scientists sniff out prion secretThe brain protein whose defects have a role in the lethal disease CJD may also be involved in aiding our sense of smell.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Dec 2008 | 12:24 am Gene disease 'recreated in lab'Scientists say they can watch genetic diseases unfolding in the laboratory after finding a way to reproduce affected cells.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Dec 2008 | 12:01 am IVF weight limit 'not justified'Overweight and obese women have as much chance of having a baby through fertility treatment as other women, study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 Dec 2008 | 11:59 pm
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