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Health Tip: Risk Factors for Endometriosis (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Endometriosis is a condition in which tissue that resembles uterine lining grows outside the uterus. Symptoms may include pain, infertility and very heavy periods.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 Dec 2008 | 2:02 pm UPDATE 1-India Reliance startup makes biggest fuel complexMUMBAI, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Reliance Industries Ltd on Thursday began processing crude oil at a new refinery in western India, almost doubling company output and creating the world's biggest refining complex...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:59 pm UPDATE 1-Nippon Oil plans Jan crude refining down 25 pct y/yTOKYO, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Nippon Oil Corp plans to refine 3.95 million kilolitres (801,000 barrels per day) of crude oil in January to meet domestic demand, down 25 percent from a year earlier, reflecting...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Dec 2008 | 11:46 am CNOOC may slow or delay projects on oil slump-sourceBEIJING, Dec 25 (Reuters) - China offshore oil specialist CNOOC Ltd is reevaluating its operational activities and is likely to scale down or delay some projects as slumping oil prices threaten to invalidate...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am UPDATE 1-Thai PTT sees steady net profit in 2009BANGKOK, Dec 25 (Reuters) - PTT PCL , Thailand's top oil and gas firm, expects revenues to rise in 2008 but sees net profit dropping from last year's 97.8 billion baht ($2.82 billion) due to losses from...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Dec 2008 | 9:53 am PRESS DIGEST - Russia - Dec 25MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Dec 2008 | 9:32 am Botulinum Toxin Provides New Treatment OptionFor patients with an uncommon condition causing a swollen appearance of the lower face, treatment with botulinum toxin type A (Botox) provides an effective alternative to plastic surgery, according to a study in the November Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Does Persistent Perineal Impact Increase Likelihood Of LUTS And Sexual Dysfunction In Equestrians?Bicycle riding has been reported to be related to male sexual dysfunction. Dr. Shaheen Alanee and colleagues from Minneapolis hypothesized that similar force impacts might be seen in equestrian sports. They sought to evaluate the effect of horseback riding on urinary symptoms and sexual dysfunction in men and women. Swimmers were used as a control group.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Symptom Score Helps Monitor Recovery From Ear InfectionsA simple 13-point symptom score can help in tracking improvement in infants and toddlers with middle ear infection, or acute otitis media (AOM), reports a study in the January issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Groundbreaking, Inexpensive, Pocket-sized Ultrasound Device Can Help Treat Cancer, Relieve ArthritisA prototype of a therapeutic ultrasound device, developed by a Cornell graduate student, fits in the palm of a hand, is battery-powered and packs enough punch to stabilize a gunshot wound or deliver drugs to brain cancer patients. It is wired to a ceramic probe, called a transducer, and it creates sound waves so strong they instantly cause water to bubble, spray and turn into steam.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am New SIGN Guidelines On Stroke Upgrade Plavix® (clopidogrel) Recommendation For Secondary Stroke PreventionThe Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) have issued new guidelines for the treatment of stroke, giving clopidogrel (Plavix®) a Grade A recommendation as a monotherapy alternative to the combination of aspirin and dipyridamole in the secondary prevention of vascular events.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Surgeons Attempt To Restore Hearing To Patient With Rare TumorPhysicians at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago performed a rare surgery this week to restore hearing to a deaf patient. Marisela Leon, 44, has neurofibromatosis type 2 -- a rare genetic condition that causes tumors to grow on nerves in the brain or spinal cord, but most commonly on the auditory nerve.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am New Study Reports Lower Workplace Injury Rates For Foreign Born WorkersA new study funded by U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports that foreign-born workers reported a lower rate of non-fatal work-related injuries than U.S.-born workers, based on data collected from the National Health Interview Survey from 1997 to 2005.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am NeurogesX Announces FDA Acceptance To Review New Drug Application For NGX-4010 To Treat Post Herpetic NeuralgiaNeurogesX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGSX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel pain management therapies, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its New Drug Application (NDA) to review its investigational product candidate, NGX-4010, for the management of pain due to post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Cadaver Study May Help Make Optic Nerve Decompression Surgery SaferKnowing about variations in the location of the optic nerve and ophthalmic artery can aid surgeons in performing optic nerve decompression a delicate operation performed in patients with vision loss resulting from head injury, reports a study in the November Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Arpida Publishes Top-Line Data Of Phase II "Intravenous-To-Oral" Switch Trial With Oral IclaprimArpida Ltd. (SWX: ARPN) announces positive top-line data of the Phase II 'intravenous-to-oral' switch trial with oral iclaprim in patients with complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections (cSSSI).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Thai PTT sees steady profit in 2009-CEOBANGKOK, Dec 25 (Reuters) - PTT PCL , Thailand's top oil and gas firm, expects revenue to rise in 2008, but net profit would drop from last year's 97.8 billion baht ($2.82 billion) due to losses from its...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Dec 2008 | 8:26 am New hopeA fresh lease of life for Hunter Syndrome boysSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 25 Dec 2008 | 8:12 am Personal Best: Don’t Starve a Cold of ExerciseStudies show that continuing to work out while you have a cold works in your favor.Source: NYT > Health | 25 Dec 2008 | 8:10 am Nippon Oil plans Jan crude refining down 25 pct y/yTOKYO, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Nippon Oil Corp plans to refine 3.95 million kilolitres (801,000 barrels per day) of crude oil in January to meet domestic demand, down 25 percent from a year earlier, a company...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Dec 2008 | 7:38 am Really?: The Claim: Holly and Its Decorative Berries Can be DeadlyAre some seasonal plants toxic?Source: NYT > Health | 25 Dec 2008 | 7:30 am Jobless Philippine workers return home to an uncertain futureAmericans were already defaulting on home payments when Gertrudes Capili mortgaged her modest farm near Manila to help send her two granddaughters to Taiwan. There they...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Dec 2008 | 7:17 am Takeda to cancel 3.1 pct of own shares outstandingTOKYO, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said on Thursday it would cancel 3.1 percent of its shares outstanding on Jan 16. (Reporting by Taiga Uranaka)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Dec 2008 | 7:05 am Hope and disappointment four years on from Asian tsunamiWhen the deadly waters of the Asian tsunami smashed into this fishing village in Indonesia's Aceh province four years ago, not one house was left standing. Now there are too many of them.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Dec 2008 | 6:53 am Sleep Disorder Could Signal Neurological Disease (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24 (HealthDay News) -- People with a disorder that causes them to kick or cry out during deep sleep are more likely to develop dementia or Parkinson's disease, a new Canadian study suggests.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 Dec 2008 | 4:47 am Surprise giftEarly arrival Baby Indigo spends first Christmas at homeSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 25 Dec 2008 | 1:08 am Sleep gives brain disease warningPhysically "acting out" your dreams when asleep could mean a higher risk of dementia or Parkinson's disease.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 25 Dec 2008 | 1:03 am The Price of Beauty: Some Hidden Choices in Breast ReconstructionMany patients do not consider all the options because their doctors are not proficient in the latest procedures.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Dec 2008 | 10:20 pm Atrial Fib Risk Went Up With Rising Heart Rate in LIFE Hypertension TrialThe link between heart rate and risk of AF was independent of treatment group in a subanalysis of the trial, which compared antihypertensive regimens based on losartan or atenolol.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Dec 2008 | 10:12 pm Genetic Variant Linked With Worse Clinical Outcomes in MI Patients Treated With ClopidogrelA number of studies published this week show that acute-MI patients who possess the genetic variant linked previously with variability in the antiplatelet response to clopidogrel are at an increased risk of cardiovascular events when placed on the antiplatelet regimen.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Dec 2008 | 10:01 pm Prophylactic Antibiotics Reduce Mortality in Highly Immunocompromised Cancer PatientsA combination of prophylactic antibiotics and a protective environment substantially reduces mortality rates in high-risk immunocompromised patients with cancer.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm Another Reason to Get 40 Winks? Reduced CACOne extra hour of sleep per night is linked with a 33% reduction in the development of coronary artery calcification, according to data from a study on coronary artery disease risk in young adults.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm Chemoembolization May Be Useful for Palliative Treatment of Liver Metastases From Colorectal CancerA study shows that chemoembolization, a minimally invasive palliative therapy for liver metastases in patients with colorectal cancer, yields similar results among 3 chemoembolization protocols.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Dec 2008 | 10:00 pm Recall Issued for Stryker Custom Cranial Implant KitsThe FDA has issued a class 1 recall for the custom cranial implant kits because of lack of assurance of sterility and risk for infection.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Dec 2008 | 9:45 pm Sleep Disorder May Lead to Parkinson's Disease or DementiaPatients with REM-sleep behavior disorder face close to a 20% 5-year risk of developing Parkinson's disease or dementia -- a risk that rises to more than 40% after 10 years and exceeds 50% after 12 years, new research shows.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Dec 2008 | 9:34 pm Bovine TB Poses Low but Ongoing Public Health RiskA case report of Mycobacterium bovis infection in the UK highlights the fact that bovine TB is not a disease of the past, despite universal milk pasteurization, investigators report in the January 2009 issue of Thorax.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Dec 2008 | 8:28 pm Tension-Free Vaginal Tape May Be Better Than Transobturator Tape for IncontinenceA tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure appears to provide superior results to those achieved with transobturator tape in women with urodynamic stress incontinence and intrinsic sphincter deficiency, Australian researchers report in the December issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Dec 2008 | 8:17 pm Prosthetic Joint Infection Increased in RA PatientsThe risk of prosthetic joint infection after total hip and knee replacement procedures seems to be four times higher in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than in those with osteoarthritis, researchers report in the December 15 issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Dec 2008 | 8:13 pm Older people mixing drugs: study (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Dec 2008 | 7:27 pm Slow Starvation of Brain Triggers Alzheimer'sA slow starvation of the brain may be a major trigger of the biochemistry of some forms of Alzheimer's.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 24 Dec 2008 | 6:12 pm A Mysterious Link Between Sleeplessness and Heart DiseasePeople who sleep less are at higher risk of developing a significant sign of heart trouble, researchers report.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Dec 2008 | 2:54 pm Spirituality Spot Found in BrainExperiences of selflessness, a core aspect of spirituality, may be the product of reduced activity in a specific brain region.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 24 Dec 2008 | 2:11 pm
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