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National Briefing | Health: Nationwide Recall for Peanut ButterA peanut butter maker issued a nationwide recall as two more deaths associated with a salmonella outbreak were reported.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:14 pm Study Finds Drug Risks With Newer AntipsychoticsPopular drugs known as atypical antipsychotics double patients’ risk of dying from sudden heart failure, a study found.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:09 pm The Stuffing Dreams Are Made Of?As mattresses labeled “organic” and “natural” have become increasingly common, it has become harder for consumers to sort through manufacturers’ claims.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:08 pm Health Tip: What Seniors Eat (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Nutrition is an important part of a healthy lifestyle at any age, a requirement that doesn't change as you get older.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:02 pm BP plans Carson equipment shutdown for work - filingNEW YORK, Jan 15 (Reuters) - BP Plc reported flaring at its 265,000 barrel-per-day Los Angeles-area refinery in Carson, California due to unspecified planned turnaround activity, according to a filing...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:35 pm UPDATE 2-Eli Lilly to pay $1.42 bln to resolve Zyprexa probesBOSTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co said on Thursday it will pay about $1.42 billion to settle criminal and civil investigations into the marketing of its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa and has agreed...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:30 pm House widens US child health careThe US House of Representatives votes to extend government health insurance to an extra four million children.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:23 pm Privatisation 'raised death rate'The rapid mass privatisation after the break up of the Soviet Union raised death rates among men, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:23 pm CANADA STOCKS-TSX could get early boost from energy sharesTORONTO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Toronto's key stock index could rebound to open higher on Thursday as a rise in the price of oil, a key Canadian export, may lend support to the resource-heavy TSX following...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:15 pm UPDATE 2-Elcoteq to cut 5,000 jobs, shares soarHELSINKI, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Electronics manufacturing services firm Elcoteq said on Thursday it plans to cut around one quarter of its workforce and shut plants globally to cope with weaker demand, sending...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:14 pm Study finds a heart risk in taking anti-psychotic drugsthe risk of suddenly dying from a heart problem, says a study that finds they roughly double that hazard. The older drugs had already been linked to an increased chance of sudden...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:04 pm Urgent action needed to cut maternal deaths: UNICEFJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A global effort to reduce deaths during pregnancy and childbirth is likely to fail unless action is taken to improve health care in the developing world, the UnitedSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:59 pm Urgent action needed to cut maternal deaths: UNICEF (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:59 pm New Immunotherapy Approach to Be Tested in GlioblastomaA new 2-pronged immunotherapy approach has shown promise in animal models of glioma, and is due to be tested in humans later this year.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:53 pm Cancer as a Crucible: The Story of a Teenage Immigrant Who Survived Cancer and Built a New Life for HerselfSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:40 pm Dr. Steven L. Zelenkofske Joins Regado Biosciences as Senior Vice President, Clinical and Medical Affairs and Chief Medical OfficerSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:30 pm BioMed Realty Trust Extends Leases With Vertex Pharmaceuticals Through 2015Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:30 pm Alpine Biomed Acquires Stellate to Create New Leader in Neurology Diagnostics MarketSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:29 pm UNICEF: Teen pregnancies put moms' health at risk (AP)
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News: Health News | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:26 pm ASCO Supports KRAS Testing Before Anti-EGFR TherapyThe American Society of Clinical Oncology issued its first Provisional Clinical Opinion supporting the use of KRAS testing before anti-EGFR treatment in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:13 pm CMS Orders WellPoint To Suspend Enrollment, Marketing For Medicare PlansCMS on Monday ordered WellPoint to temporarily suspend enrollment and marketing efforts for Medicare plans because the company denied necessary medications to beneficiaries and overcharged them because of computer errors, Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times reports (Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times, 1/13).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am One-Stage Repair Of Severe Hypospadias Using Modified Tubularized Transverse Preputial Island Flap With V-Incision SutureUroToday.com - In a recent article from the Journal of Pediatric Urology, Dr. Katsuya Aoki and his group reported the outcome of applying additional modifications to the modified tubularized transverse preputial island flap (TPIF) procedure for repairing severe hypospadias, a procedure previously reported by Patel et al1 . They retrospectively evaluated 22 patients (mean age 17.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am UQ Research Discovers How Dangerous DNA Can Cause Cell SuicideDNA can spell danger, and may even drive a cell to suicide, according to new research from Queensland scientists. A team led by Dr Kate Stacey from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at The University of Queensland has discovered how cells sacrifice themselves for the greater good if they are infected with a virus, with viral DNA being the key to responding to infection.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am West Virginia Seeks To Increase Medicaid Reimbursement Rates For DentistsThe West Virginia Medicaid Fund Advisory Council last week unanimously approved a plan to ask CMS for permission to raise Medicaid reimbursement rates for dentists for the first time in eight years, the Charleston Gazette reports. According to the Gazette, the amount of the increases and which services will be covered is still being negotiated.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am Exploring Causes For Declining Prostate Cancer Mortality Rates In The United StatesUroToday.com - A question that has never been clearly answered is, following the introduction of PSA screening in the US in 1989, why prostate cancer (CaP) deaths increased between 1989 and 1993, then decreased from 1993 to 2003.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked To Brain Shrinkage In Older Women, Study FindsHormone replacement therapy may accelerate brain tissue loss in women older than age 64, increasing the risk for dementia and mental decline, according to a study published Tuesday in Neurology, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am Bladder Pain Syndrome / Interstitial Cystitis (BPS/IC) - Exclusive Report From 2008 Asian IC Guideline MeetingHUALIAN, TAIWAN (UroToday.com) - The annual Asian Interstitial Cystitis Meeting was devoted to the subject of developing an Asian IC Guideline for publication next year. Participants came from Korea (Young Ho Kim, Jeong Gu Lee, JY Hong, Kim Duk Yoon), Japan (Yukio Homma, Tomohiro Ueda, Takaaki Ito, Hikaru Tomoe, Mineo Takei) Taiwan (Shing-Hwa Lu, Ming Hui Lee, YC Chuang and Dr.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am Massachusetts Gov. Patrick Considers Rising Costs, Insurance HearingsMassachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) on Monday met with health care industry executives to request that they address rising health care costs or potentially face new government regulations, the Boston Globe reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am Some Colombian Health Insurance Companies Have Refused To Provide HIV/AIDS Related-Services, IRIN/PlusNews ReportsAlthough the Colombian government mandates that private health companies provide essential services, including those related to HIV/AIDS treatment, care and prevention, many have refused to do so, and critics of the country's national health insurance system argue there is no incentive for the companies to promote HIV testing, IRIN/PlusNews reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am Response To DTB Survey On Government Moves To Make More Prescription Drugs Available Over The Counter, UKDavid Pruce, Director of Policy and Communications at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of GB commented: "The Society welcomes initiatives relating to greater self care support and believes that the reclassification of certain therapeutic categories of medicines from POM to P can enhance customer choice, convenience and access to medicines.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am French CJD acquittals contestedAn appeal is lodged against the acquittal of three French medical workers over the deaths of 117 children from the disease CJD.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Jan 2009 | 10:12 am A powerful forceCan the human scent really snare a partner?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Jan 2009 | 8:56 am In Hawaii, the doctor is always in online (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Jan 2009 | 8:35 am Simple Checklist Makes Surgery SaferA quick and inexpensive safety checklist reduced surgical complications and deaths.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jan 2009 | 8:31 am Skin Deep: Seeking Self-Esteem Through SurgeryAcne is no longer the star of teenage and adolescence horrors.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jan 2009 | 6:48 am Lilly Said to Be Near $1.4 Billion U.S. SettlementThe sum would settle criminal and civil charges that Lilly illegally marketed Zyprexa for unauthorized uses.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jan 2009 | 5:07 am Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they may have identified a subtype of T-lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) in children that does not respond to standard intensive chemotherapy.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Jan 2009 | 4:49 am Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 14, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Jan 2009 | 4:48 am Recipes for Health: Rice Noodle SaladThis Thai salad makes a satisfying lunch, or can be served as a starter or side dish.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jan 2009 | 4:30 am A Surgeon Finds Clients at HomeA plastic surgeon who specializes in adolescent plastic surgery is well aware — and respectful — of the need for teenagers seeking cosmetic surgery to fit in, even when it comes to his own family.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jan 2009 | 4:11 am Her Bulge, His Book and Their Plan BOprah made her announcement about her weight gain just as Bob Greene, who has overseen her diet and exercise regimen since 1992, began promoting his diet books. Is that good or bad public relations?Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jan 2009 | 4:00 am Kellogg warns against some peanut butter crackersThe Kellogg Co. announced Wednesday it is recommending that consumers not eat its peanut butter crackers because they may be tainted with salmonella.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Jan 2009 | 3:44 am Jobs Announces Medical Leave From AppleOn January 14, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced in an email to employees that he is taking a medical leave of absence from the company until the end of June.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:43 am House Votes to Expand Children’s Health CareSimilar versions of the bill, extending coverage to four million uninsured children, had previously been vetoed.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:37 am Surgical checklist 'saves lives'Using a checklist during major operations can cut deaths and complications by more than a third, research shows.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Jan 2009 | 11:06 pm Study: Basic checklist cut surgical deaths in half (AP)AP - Scrawl on the patient with a permanent marker to show where the surgeon should cut. Ask the person's name to make sure you have the right patient. Count sponges to make sure you didn't leave any inside the body. Doctors worldwide who followed a checklist of steps like these cut the death rate from surgery almost in half and complications by more than a third in a large international study of how to avoid blatant operating room mistakes.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Jan 2009 | 10:57 pm Newer Antipsychotics Have Same Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death as Older OnesThe risk of sudden cardiac death is as high with newer atypical antipsychotics as it is with older, typical antipsychotics, a new study shows. An accompanying editorial suggests that ECGs should be performed prior to and just after prescribing such agents and that their use should be curtailed in populations in whom there is less evidence of their efficacy.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jan 2009 | 10:53 pm WSJ Report Highlights GlaxoSmithKline Concerns With RosiglitazoneA report by the Wall Street Journal reveals that GlaxoSmithKline had similar concerns about rosiglitazone as the researchers who first raised alarms about the diabetes drug.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jan 2009 | 10:42 pm A Bridge Too Far? Posttransplant Mortality Seen Higher With Pretransplant VAD SupportThe finding comes from UNOS data going back more than a decade. While the data don't necessarily support VAD bridge therapy, there are some caveats, so they shouldn't discourage it either, according to expert observers.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jan 2009 | 10:33 pm Lower Childhood IQ Increases Risk for Subsequent Psychiatric DisordersNew findings further validate the cognitive-reserve hypothesis.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jan 2009 | 10:29 pm First Simple Febrile Seizure in Some Young Children Not Likely Bacterial MeningitisA retrospective cohort review suggests that lumbar puncture may not be necessary for a first simple febrile seizure at ages 6 to 18 months because the risk for bacterial meningitis is very low.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jan 2009 | 10:25 pm Pneumoccocal Meningitis Rates Have Decreased in USA population-based study shows that pneumoccocal meningitis rates have decreased among US children and adults since the introduction of the pneumoccocal conjugate vaccine.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jan 2009 | 10:22 pm IVF More Successful in Younger Women Than Older WomenIn vitro fertilization achieves higher rates of live birth in women aged 35 years or younger compared with those aged 40 years or older.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jan 2009 | 10:15 pm Report: Older Drivers in Fewer Deadly CrashesReports shows that while number of older drivers is up, they are involved in fewer crashes.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 14 Jan 2009 | 10:14 pm Study finds heart risk in anti-psychotic drugs (AP)AP - Newer anti-psychotic drugs are no safer than older ones for the risk of suddenly dying from a heart problem, says a study that finds they roughly double that hazard. The older drugs had already been linked to an increased chance of sudden cardiac death, in which the heart loses its normal rhythm and can't pump blood normally.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Jan 2009 | 10:13 pm Fewer clogged arteries may need stent treatment (AP)AP - A new study gives fresh evidence that many people with clogged heart arteries are being overtreated with stents, and that a simple blood-flow test might help prevent unnecessary care. Fewer deaths, heart attacks and repeat procedures occurred when doctors implanted fewer of these tiny artery props, using the blood-flow test to decide when they were truly needed, the study found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Jan 2009 | 10:12 pm House OKs expansion of children's health programCongressional Democrats flexed their new political muscle Wednesday as the House of Representatives passed legislation expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program by more than $32 billion over five years.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Jan 2009 | 9:08 pm Changing timesWhat would the US make of a stem cell U-turnSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Jan 2009 | 6:22 pm Sexual Pheromones: Myth or Reality?The jury is still out on whether humans can communicate via chemical signals.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 14 Jan 2009 | 6:01 pm Fighting the growing menace of fake drugsA slim, easy-to-use device that checks the authenticity of medicines would be available in every pharmacy if Facundo Fernandez had his way.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Jan 2009 | 5:59 pm iReport: 'Billy's Disease' baffles doctorsThe day was supposed to be remembered as one filled with happiness. Their daughter, after all, had just turned 2 years old. Instead, Nikki Peterson remembers December 30, 2007 as the day her husband Billy got sick.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Jan 2009 | 4:20 pm Healing handsWord of mouth sees Lesotho Aids clinic inundatedSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Jan 2009 | 1:34 pm
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