Official: Sebelius near top for health post (AP)

In this Aug. 19, 2008 file photo, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius speaks at a Michigan Women for Obama town hall meeting at Macomb Community College in Warren, Mich. Sebelius, is one of the two governors, along with Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, who appears to lead the pack to head the Health and Human Services Department for President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)AP - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was near the top of President Barack Obama's list of candidates to head the Health and Human Services Department, a senior administration official said Saturday.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Feb 2009 | 12:50 pm

TABLE-Israel foreign direct investment $584 mln in Dec

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Foreigners injected $584 million of direct investment into Israel through local banks in December, after pumping in $348 million in November and $444 million in October, the Bank of Israel...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Feb 2009 | 11:43 am

The Way We Live Now: The Toxic Paradox

Can we really protect our kids from everything?


Source: NYT > Health | 8 Feb 2009 | 10:08 am

70% Rise In Measles Cases In England And Wales

As the number of unvaccinated children rose so did the number of measles cases in England and Wales during 2008, a 70% increase on the previous year, says the Health Protection Agency. In 2008 1,348 children got measles - in 2007 the figure was 990.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am

Minocycline/Rifampin-Impregnated Catheters Proven Clinically Effective In Preventing And Combating Potentially Fatal Bloodstream Infections

Minocycline/rifampin-impregnated catheters are a critical component in modern health care practices designed to eliminate potentially fatal catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) that affect 250,000 Americans a year, according to recently released clinical data from the Society of Critical Care Medicine's 38th Critical Care Congress.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am

Alzheimer's Patients Needed For Stanford Study

A national team of scientists is trying to determine if an experimental drug, called a RAGE inhibitor, can help Alzheimer's disease patients with memory loss and other symptoms. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine are among those looking for people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease to participate in this phase-2 clinical trial.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am

R&B Artist Charlie Wilson Announces Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Charlie Wilson, the famed R&B artist widely known as the lead vocalist for the GAP Band in the 1980s and his gold-certified album, Charlie Last Name Wilson, announced that he is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. He also announced that he is teaming with the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) to raise awareness and research funds for prostate cancer.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am

IMPAX Receives Final FDA Approval For Generic SOLODYN Extended-Release Tablets, 45mg, 90mg And 135mg

IMPAX Laboratories, Inc. (OTC: IPXL) confirmed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted final approval of the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for generic versions of SOLODYN(R) (minocycline HCI) 45mg, 90mg and 135mg Extended-release Tablets. Medicis markets SOLODYN(R) for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acne.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am

Physicians From The Burzynski Clinic Present Initial Results Of Combination Gene-Targeting Therapies On Advanced Pancreatic And Liver Cancers

Medical doctors from the Burzynski Research Institute, Inc. (BRI) and the Burzynski Clinic (BC) in Houston, Texas will present case studies of patients with advanced liver and pancreatic cancers who were treated with combination gene-targeted therapies.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am

Dell And Susan G. Komen For The Cure(R) Make A Promise To Fight Breast Cancer Together

Dell announced a partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure to raise money through Dell's new Promise Pink laptops and Minis for breast cancer research and community-based programs for breast health education and screening. Starting today, with every purchase of a Promise Pink laptop or Mini, Dell will donate $5.00 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest breast cancer organization.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am

PLx Pharma Receives $730,000 In Funding From U.S. Army In SBIR Phase II Award

PLx Pharma announced the award of a U.S. Army contract totaling $730,000 as part of the Army's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The award funds continued development of PL 4500, a molecular complex of indomethacin and phosphatidylcholine that is being developed as a GI safer anti-inflammatory and analgesic in both oral and IV formulations.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am

Kellogg's Added To Marler Clark Peanut Butter Salmonella Lawsuit

Foodborne illness firm Marler Clark has added the Kellogg Company to its lawsuit against the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) on behalf of a Vermont child infected with Salmonella Typhimurium. The 7-year-old ate peanut butter cracker sandwiches made by Kellogg's which contained tainted peanut product from the PCA's now infamous plant in Blakely, GA.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am

BioAlliance Pharma Presents Results On A New Quinoline Family On HIV Integrase Inhibitors At The 16th CROI

BioAlliance Pharma SA (Euronext Paris-BIO), the specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of opportunistic infections in cancer and HIV, announces the presentation of its results on a new quinoline family acting as HIV integrase inhibitors at the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), in Montreal, Canada (February 8 to 11, 2009).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am

Baby business: Octuplets row boosts demands for controls (AFP)

The medical team that delivered octuplets in Bellflower, California. Controversy over the birth of octuplets to a 33-year-old woman in California who underwent in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) has amplified calls for tougher regulations on assisted reproduction(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)AFP - Controversy over the birth of octuplets to a 33-year-old woman in California who underwent in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) has amplified calls for tougher regulations on assisted reproduction.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Feb 2009 | 8:14 am

Obituaries: William T. Close, Who Helped Control Ebola Epidemic in Congo, Dies at 84

Dr. Close was an American surgeon who played an important role in controlling the first epidemic of the deadly Ebola fever in central Africa and preventing it from spreading.


Source: NYT > Health | 8 Feb 2009 | 6:58 am

Do you like green eggs and ham? Food designers push the limits

Letting children play with food may be a no-no for many parents, but now the designers of sofas, lamps and tableware are also toying with the stuff that keeps us alive and kicking. Take...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Feb 2009 | 6:53 am

Senegal's rice farmers given boost by food crisis

For Senegalese rice farmers like Pape Alioune Seck the food crisis is a blessing in disguise in a country that until recently imported three-quarters of this staple from Asia. "Two years
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Feb 2009 | 6:31 am

Piramal Health says Glaxo, Sanofi acquisition reports unfounded

MUMBAI, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Indian drug maker Piramal Healthcare Ltd said reports about a potential sale of the company to GlaxoSmithKline Plc or Sanofi Aventis SA were 'unfounded.'
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Feb 2009 | 6:12 am

Peanut Supplier Banned From Federal Business

An order bans the Peanut Corporation of America and a subsidiary from doing business with the federal government for one year.


Source: NYT > Health | 8 Feb 2009 | 3:07 am

Women to take to employment helm in the US

Women in the United States may soon, for the first time, hold more jobs than men, if the economic crisis continues to eliminate jobs in male-dominated industries, according to experts. ...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Feb 2009 | 2:22 am

Attitude change

Gay and lesbian doctors celebrate progress in the NHS
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Feb 2009 | 12:57 am

1st US case of Marburg fever confirmed in Colo. (AP)

AP - The first U.S. case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever has been confirmed in Colorado, and authorities say the patient — who contracted the rare illness while traveling in Uganda — has since recovered.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Feb 2009 | 11:13 pm

1st US case of Marburg fever confirmed in Colo.

The first U.S. case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever has been confirmed in Colorado, and authorities say the patient _ who contracted the rare illness while traveling in Uganda _ has since...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Feb 2009 | 11:13 pm

Study: How Money Can Buy Happiness

But you might want to spend more on doing things and less on stuff.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 7 Feb 2009 | 9:45 pm

VA Suicide Prevention Hotline Credited with 2,600 'Saves'


Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Feb 2009 | 8:19 pm

More than 200 peanut-related products now on Canada's recall list

of the deadly salmonella outbreak from tainted peanut products in the U.S. now tops 200. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has added another 30 products to its recall list including...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Feb 2009 | 7:22 pm

Octuplet fertility doctor under investigation (AP)

This image provided by NBC shows Nadya Suleman, left, speaking with Ann Curry in New York on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in Suleman's first interview since giving birth to octuplets last week. The interview is planned to be broadcast on the 'Today' show on Monday, Feb. 9 and 'Dateline' on Tuesday, Feb. 10. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)AP - The spotlight on the mother of octuplets is turning to the fertility doctor who helped her give birth not once but 14 times by implanting Nadya Suleman with fertilized embryos.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Feb 2009 | 5:56 pm

More than 200 peanut-related products now on Canadas recall list

TORONTO - The number of snack foods being recalled in Canada because of the deadly salmonella outbreak from tainted peanut products in the U.S. now tops 200. The Canadian Food...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Feb 2009 | 5:53 pm

Fallout Widens as Buyers Shun Peanut Butter

The drop in peanut butter sales is so striking, brands are buying ads saying that their items are not affected.


Source: NYT > Health | 7 Feb 2009 | 5:06 pm

FDA: Plant knew peanuts laced with salmonella (AP)

In this Jan. 29, 2009 file photo, an Early County, Ga. Sheriff's car sits parked in front of the the Peanut Corporation of America processing plant in Blakely, Ga., The Senate is scheduled to hold the first congressional hearing on the national salmonella outbreak Thursday as lawmakers are vowing to press for stronger food safety laws and more money for inspections. The Georgia peanut-processing plant that produces just 1 percent of U.S. peanut products is being blamed for the salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 550 people, eight of whom have died. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)AP - As far back as 2007, salmonella-laced products were shipped by a Georgia peanut company that knew the peanuts probably were tainted and sometimes after tests confirmed that contamination, inspection records show.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Feb 2009 | 4:48 pm

UPDATE 3-Nigerian militants attack Shell gas plant in delta

(Adds Shell comment, paragraph 3, background on strike threat)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Feb 2009 | 3:37 pm