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Web site helps patients' families, medical providers communicateJanuary 19, 2009 Jan. 19--Hundreds of miles from their northern Kentucky home, Joe and Nancy Legner wondered how to quickly tell friends that their youngest daughter was in a coma and that they'd rushed to Detroit to be at her bedside.Source: PsycPORT.com | 19 Jan 2009 | 3:06 pm Proposal puts mental health safety net for children on chopping blockJanuary 19, 2009 First in a series of reports that explores the impact of budget cuts being contemplated by elected officials in Maryland and Virginia this session.Source: PsycPORT.com | 19 Jan 2009 | 3:06 pm More mainstream physicians suggesting alternative therapiesJanuary 19, 2009 CHICAGO - For years, Dr. Ali Keshavarzian ignored "alternative" therapies because his Western-trained brain wanted more evidence that they actually worked.Source: PsycPORT.com | 19 Jan 2009 | 3:06 pm Got the Monday blues? Feeling a bit 'SAD'?January 19, 2009 TORONTO, Jan. 19, 2009 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- - Today the most depressing day of the year -Source: PsycPORT.com | 19 Jan 2009 | 3:06 pm Morning Rounds: Aging Presidents, Mistaken Fathers and Silent Bird FluHealth news from around the Web. .Source: NYT > Health | 19 Jan 2009 | 2:53 pm Kids with arthritis benefit from early treatment (Reuters)Reuters - In children with arthritis, the time from diagnosis to the start of treatment with methotrexate appears to be an important predictor of their response to the drug at 6 months, Dutch investigators report.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Jan 2009 | 2:42 pm UPDATE 2-Qatargas LNG plant restarts operations(Adds quotes from Qatargas statement, changes attribution)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jan 2009 | 2:08 pm UPDATE 2-U.S. client cancels contract with fraud-hit Satyam* Satyam says receives support from over 90 pct of clientsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jan 2009 | 1:34 pm Abu Dhabi's Masdar says reviewing London wind farmABU DHABI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's green energy firm Masdar said on Monday it was reviewing the economic viability of its London Array offshore wind farm project.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jan 2009 | 1:27 pm Indian govt sees "nexus" between Satyam, Maytas cosNEW DELHI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - India's corporate affairs minister said on Monday there appeared to be a "nexus" between the fraud at outsourcer Satyam Computer Services and other firms linked to its promoters...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jan 2009 | 1:10 pm South Jersey Healthcare Offers Sage Intergy EHR Electronic Health Records System to Community Physicians Through EHR Grant ProgramSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jan 2009 | 1:00 pm Qforma Appoints Two New ExecutivesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jan 2009 | 1:00 pm Abbott Receives FDA CLIA Waiver for Use of Five Additional Cartridges on the i-STAT Handheld Blood AnalyzerSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jan 2009 | 1:00 pm Bridgepoint bids 162 mln euros for Finnish firmHELSINKI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Britain-based buyout firm Bridgepoint launched a 162 million euro ($215.5 million) approved takeover bid on Monday for Finland's Terveystalo Healthcare Oyj . Bridgepoint said...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:50 pm IVF hope after sperm test successScientists reveal details of a high-tech breakthrough which could help childless couples using IVF.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:33 pm UK Must Maintain its Momentum in Stem Cell ExpertiseSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:27 pm Pfizer Receives FDA Complete Response Letter For LasofoxifenePfizer Inc said it has received a complete response letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking for additional information on the company's application for lasofoxifene. The investigational compound is currently under review for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at increased risk of fracture.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:00 pm SHSC And Children's Hospital Launches Campaign To Combat Mental Health Stigma, EnglandSheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust (SHSC) and Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are joining forces with local people and national celebrities in a groundbreaking campaign aimed at reducing the stigma of mental illness.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:00 pm Comment From Breakthrough Breast Cancer Following Today's Publication Of The Health Bill, UKMaggie Alexander, Director of Policy and Campaigns at Breakthrough Breast Cancer says: "We hope today's Health Bill ensures the NHS achieves high quality care for all. Involving patients and public in shaping their local health services is particularly important so that the NHS accurately reflects the needs and wishes of those it is trying to help.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:00 pm New Measures For Better Quality, Personal Health Care, UKNew measures that will permit for the first time, direct payments for healthcare to patients, were published in the Health Bill today. The Bill sets out proposals that will give patients more choice, greater control over the care they receive, and improve the quality of health services.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:00 pm Malignant Conditions In Children Born After Assisted Reproductive TechnologyUroToday.com - This article reviews the risks of childhood malignancies and imprinting disorders in children born as a result of assisted reproductive technology (ART). Since the birth of Louise Brown, there have been 3 million babies born by IVF. Factors which have been implicated in potentially increasing the risk of malignancies in these offspring include: 1.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:00 pm A Stage IV Malignant Melanoma Drug That Increases Overall Survival Would Earn a Higher Patient Share in the U.S. Than in EuropeSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:00 pm Baffling The Body Into Accepting TransplantsImmune cells (dark purple) cluster around the fringes of transplanted cells - which they would normally invade An unexpected discovery made by a Sydney scientist has potential to alter the body's response to anything it perceives as not 'self', such as a tissue or organ transplant.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:00 pm House Adopts AHF Stimulus Funding Proposal For HIV Testing And PreventionAIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) lauded the United States House of Representatives for adopting AHF's proposal to appropriate $300 million in the pending economic stimulus legislation and dedicate it for HIV/AIDS prevention, testing and services.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:00 pm Busted Spine-Discs? Grow New Ones! Researchers Are Bioengineering Intervertebral Discs (IVD)Each year, 40 to 60 percent of American adults suffer from chronic back pain. For patients diagnosed with severe degenerative disc disease, neurosurgeons must perform surgery called discectomy -- removing the IVD -- followed by a fusion of the vertebrate bones to stabilize the spine. Even after all that effort, the patient's back will likely not feel the same as before their injury.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:00 pm Prenatal Diagnosis Of A Patent Urachus Cyst With The Use Of 2D, 3D, 4D Ultrasound And Fetal Magnetic Resonance ImagingUroToday.com - In a recent journal article, Dr. Fuchs et al. described a case where they followed a 27-year-old woman referred to their prenatal diagnosis center at 18 weeks of gestation after the diagnosis of a megabladder and 2 umbilical cord cysts found on a routine screening ultrasound. The patient underwent subsequent 2D, 3D, and 4D ultrasound examinations, as well as a fetal MRI.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:00 pm Coming To A Loo Near You! UK - The Prostate ProjectLord Kitchener is calling for Britain's men again, but this time it's to fight for themselves instead of their country. If all goes to plan this powerful poster will soon be seen in sport's locker rooms, public loos and community centres around the country. It is the brain child of four men from the Guildford Patient's Support Group, which is part of the Prostate Project.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:00 pm Mark EastonCould a vaccine solve the drug problem?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Jan 2009 | 11:09 am Moral mazeMedical ethicists join US ward roundsSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Jan 2009 | 10:32 am Armstrong pushes cancer campaign Down Under (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Jan 2009 | 7:16 am Exercise Tips for Seniors to Start a Healthy 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - SUNDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Most fitness advice is aimed at a general audience.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Jan 2009 | 4:47 am New death from bird flu in ChinaThe deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu claims its second victim this year in China, as a toddler with the disease struggles to survive.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Jan 2009 | 4:14 am China confirms girl infected with bird fluA 2-year-old girl in northern China is in critical condition after testing positive for bird flu, state media said Sunday. It is China's second confirmed case of the virus this month.Source: CNN.com - Health | 19 Jan 2009 | 4:08 am FDA: Hold off eating peanut butter productsFederal officials are urging consumers to put off eating foods that contain peanut butter until they can be they are sure they do not contain products manufactured by the Peanut Corp. of America, some of which were found to contain salmonella.Source: CNN.com - Health | 19 Jan 2009 | 3:47 am Future of abstinence-only funding is in limbo (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Jan 2009 | 2:20 am Molecule 'creates complex humans'An Edinburgh University study sheds light on why the human body is more complicated than our genes suggest.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:50 am Stem cell eye surgery to be triedA new stem cell treatment offering hope to patients with corneal blindness is to be trialled in Scotland.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:16 am Asian heart disease gene foundA gene mutation that almost guarantees the development of heart disease is carried by one in 25 South Asian people.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Jan 2009 | 12:14 am Some Little Debbie products join snack food recall (AP)AP - The company that sells Little Debbie snacks announced a recall Sunday of peanut butter crackers because of a potential link to a deadly salmonella outbreak.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Jan 2009 | 11:13 pm Stem cell stroke therapy assessedA Glasgow team is to launch a major trial to assess whether stem cells can be used to treat stroke patients, the BBC learns.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Jan 2009 | 5:00 pm
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