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Psychiatric manual's update needs opennessDecember 28, 2008 Chicago TribuneSource: PsycPORT.com | 28 Dec 2008 | 2:05 pm Hayashi Legislation Prompts Court Ruling To Expand Access To Prenatal Care - CaliforniaThe San Francisco Superior Court has struck down a state law requiring that low-income working women must have resided in California for at least six months before they can be eligible to receive prenatal and other medical care services through California's Access for Infants and Mothers (AIM) insurance program.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Dec 2008 | 12:00 pm Study Of New Drug To Stimulate Immune System Of Cancer Victims: TGen, Scottsdale Healthcare, Mayo ClinicThe Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Scottsdale Healthcare and Mayo Clinic are testing a new drug that could help cancer patients by stimulating the immune system. Clinical trials of the drug VTX-2337 are being conducted at TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale Healthcare, a partnership of Phoenix-based TGen and Scottsdale-based Scottsdale Healthcare Corp.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am Humans Make Their Own Salicylic Acid, Aspirin's Active Principle, Say UK ScientistsScientists in the United Kingdom are reporting new evidence that humans can make their own salicylic acid (SA) - the material formed when aspirin breaks down in the body. SA, which is responsible for aspirin's renowned effects in relieving pain and inflammation, may be the first in a new class of bioregulators, according to a study scheduled for the Dec.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am ECRI Institute Hosts Free Seminar On Managing Healthcare Product Safety AlertsECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, is offering a free educational breakfast seminar, "Hazard and Recall Management: Best Practices," which will be held at ECRI Institute's Headquarters in Plymouth Meeting, PA, on Wednesday, January 21, 2009.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am MRI Scans Funded For Younger Women At High Risk Of Breast Cancer, AustraliaNational Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre welcomes the addition of two new items to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) for the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the surveillance and diagnosis of women under 50 years of age at high risk of developing breast cancer.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am Oncology Specialists Get More Connected With Patients - National Cancer Action Team ProgrammeAn innovative experiental programme to help cancer clinicians improve communication with patients and their families has just been launched by the National Cancer Action Team (NCAT). The NCAT communication skills programme, 'Connected', is designed to equip senior healthcare professionals in oncology with the communication skills necessary for the delivery of high-quality care.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am Cholera In Zimbabwe - Update By World Health OrganizationAs of 25 December 2008, a total of 26 497 cases, including 1 518 deaths, have been reported by the Ministry of Health in Zimbabwe. Cases are now being reported from all 10 of the country's provinces. Harare, particularly Budiriro suburb in the south west, accounts for the majority of cases, followed by Beitbridge in Matabeleland South and Mudzi in Mashonaland East.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Dec 2008 | 10:00 am Latest Advances In Scarless Surgery Presented At International Course On NOTES SurgeryThe second annual international medical education course on the advanced minimally invasive technique called NOTES -- natural-orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery -- was presented by the gastroenterologists and surgeons who helped pioneer the revolutionary technique, which allows for minimally invasive surgical access to internal organs through existing body openings.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Anti-clotting Drugs Still Important Treatments, Says British Heart FoundationIn response to research published by The Lancet online (1) which suggests that Clopidogrel - an anti-clotting drug given used in the treatment of heart attacks - is less effective on people under 45 years of age with a particular genetic variation, Professor Peter Weissberg, Medical Director at tSource: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Paediatric Patient Treated Using RapidArc™ Radiotherapy Technology In SwitzerlandA Swiss cancer clinic is among the first in the world to use a new, faster radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) to treat a child patient. A 12-year-old girl with Hodgkin's lymphoma was treated using Varian's RapidArc™ technique at the Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI) in Bellinzona.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Dec 2008 | 9:00 am Quintuplets born at New York hospitalNEW YORK - They're first-time parents - five times over. A set of quintuplets was born Saturday at Staten Island University Hospital, spokesman Christian Preston said. He said the four...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Dec 2008 | 5:54 am Lung Cancer: Still the Biggest Cancer Killer, by Far (HealthDay)HealthDay - SATURDAY, Dec. 27 (HealthDay News) -- It's the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, killing more people each year than breast, prostate, colon, liver, kidney and melanoma cancers combined.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Dec 2008 | 4:47 am Tokyo's seniors get their own hip districtBoisterous weekend crowds flock to Tokyo's Sugamo district where, unlike areas popular with hip young things, shoppers are grey-haired, short-sighted and often hard of hearing.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Dec 2008 | 3:18 am Hospitals ill from more bad debt, credit troubles (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Dec 2008 | 2:31 am Radiation 'threat' to air crewsPilots and others who work at high altitude may suffer genetic damage from exposure to "cosmic radiation" a study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am Immune cells link to Parkinson'sRogue immune cells entering the brain may contribute to the development of Parkinson's disease, say scientists.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am Hospitals ill from more bad debt, credit troublesGainesville's first community hospital has been on life support since the Shands Healthcare system in northern Florida bought it a dozen years ago. Now, because of the recession, the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Dec 2008 | 10:10 pm Ecuador to cut private output to comply with OPECQUITO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Ecuador will lower oil output from some private companies to comply with OPEC's biggest supply cut agreed earlier this month, President Rafael Correa said on Saturday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Dec 2008 | 6:45 pm UPDATE 2-Gazprom says Ukraine has non-cash options to pay debtMOSCOW, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Crisis-stricken Ukraine may count its $2 billion debt for Russian gas deliveries against future fees for Russian gas transit to European customers, a Gazprom spokesman said on...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Dec 2008 | 5:24 pm Longevity Seekers Advised to Consume Modest Doses of Red Wine Molecules in Dietary Supplements (Longevinex(R)) Rather than Mega-Dose Resveratrol AloneSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Dec 2008 | 5:06 pm UN health agency says Zimbabwe cholera death toll has topped 1,500GENEVA - The World Health Organization says the cholera death toll in Zimbabwe has risen to more than 1,500 and case fatality rates are increasing. The UN agency says 1,518 people haveSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Dec 2008 | 2:40 pm Johnson & Johnson Completes Tender Offer for Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Dec 2008 | 2:08 pm Sleep makes room for memories by keeping connections flexibleDecember 27, 2008 Originally Published:20081220.Source: PsycPORT.com | 27 Dec 2008 | 2:05 pm
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