Health and Medical News Headlines for February 14, 2009

Men Must Contend With a Biological Clock, Too (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- It wasn't all that long ago that any suggestion that a man had a "biological clock" like a woman, and should father children sooner rather than later, would have been given short scientific shrift.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Feb 2009 | 5:02 pm

Asthma May Start in the Womb

Children born in areas with increased traffic-related pollution could be at greater risk of developing asthma.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 14 Feb 2009 | 3:52 pm

Nigeria's Oando takes delivery of third oil rig

ABUJA, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Oando Plc said on Saturday it has taken delivery of a $53.5 million oil rig, enabling Nigeria's top fuel retailer and gas distributor to drill in depths in excess of 30,000 feet...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Feb 2009 | 3:09 pm

Love comes cheap this Valentine's Day

Love was in the air on Saint Valentine's Day, but with a much lower price tag this year as the global economic crisis hit Cupid in the pocket. Lovers around the world marked Saturday's...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Feb 2009 | 2:59 pm

Kuwait Petroleum Rotterdam plant operating after blaze

AMSTERDAM, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Production operations at Kuwait Petroleum's refinery in Rotterdam continued on Saturday amid clean-up work after a blaze forced the shutdown of a sulphur extraction plant...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Feb 2009 | 2:44 pm

Sensors Help Keep the Elderly Safe, and at Home

New technologies help older people to live alone and avoid trips to hospitals or nursing homes.

Source: NYT > Health | 14 Feb 2009 | 1:04 pm

Mass Valentine's wedding on Mandela prison island

The former South African penal colony where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 17 years Saturday held an annual mass Valentines's Day wedding ceremony. Organisers of the event said 16...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Feb 2009 | 12:44 pm

Diabetes Research Expert Available

The director of the Center for Diabetes Research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is available to talk about the leading edge of multidisciplinary research to overcome diabetes mellitus -- the pandemic of this millennium.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am

Scientists Discover Leptin Can Also Aid Type 1 Diabetics

Terminally ill rodents with type 1 diabetes have been restored to full health with a single injection of a substance other than insulin by UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists. Since the discovery of insulin in 1922, type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent diabetes) in humans has been treated by injecting insulin to lower high blood sugar levels and prevent diabetic coma.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am

Vibrating Insoles Found To Improve Standing Balance In Persons With Diabetic Neuropathy

Peripheral neuropathy, which causes pain and numbness in the hands and feet, affects about one-third of persons with diabetes mellitus. It may also cause balance problems and unsteadiness when walking.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am

Diabetics Should Take Extra Precautions Against Kidney Damage

Diabetes can cause chronic kidney disease and, ultimately, kidney failure. March is Kidney Health Month, and the AUA and AUA Foundation are encouraging patients with diabetes to be well informed about the impact this disease can have if not treated or managed properly. Diabetes is associated with high blood glucose and secondarily elevated blood pressure levels.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am

Required Online Course Provides Diabetes Education, Tools To Fight Obesity

There is another tool to manage diabetes and fight obesity the Internet, specifically, an online, university-based program on obesity and physical activity that can apply to diabetes education.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am

Is It Safe For The Blind To Use Insulin Pens?

Ann Williams, a National Institute of Health-supported postdoctoral fellow at Case Western Reserve University, understands what it means to live with diabetes. So does her companion Yoda, a miniature service dog who scampers alongside her through the halls of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am

Fighting Diabetes: It All Starts With You

Diabetes is a growing epidemic in the United States. An estimated 14.6 million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, and another 6.2 million people are unaware that they even have the disease, according to the American Diabetes Association.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am

Fresh Vegetables, Fruits Reduce Diabetes Risk

Eating just one serving of green leafy vegetables or three servings of fruit a day reduces the risk of developing Type II diabetes, say researchers at Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and the Harvard School of Public Health. The research team also found that one serving of fruit juice a day increased the risk of Type II diabetes in women. Tulane epidemiologist Dr.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am

Diabetes, Other Childhood Diseases Probed By National Children's Study

Researchers at Tulane University are participating in the National Children's Study to investigate factors influencing the development of such conditions as diabetes, obesity, autism, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, birth defects and asthma.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am

MEDIHONEY(TM) Dressings Shown To Help Improve Outcomes Of Non-Healing Venous Leg Ulcers In Recent Case Series

Derma Sciences, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DSCI), a provider of advanced wound care products, announced that its MEDIHONEY Dressings were the focus of a case series on eleven non-healing venous leg ulcers.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am

Patient Money: How Not to Get Blindsided by Out-of-Network Fees

What patients and insurers consider "reasonable and customary" are often not aligned.

Source: NYT > Health | 14 Feb 2009 | 7:34 am

Many Americans Unaware of Food Recalls, Survey Finds

A majority of adults in the survey also expressed doubt that industry and federal agencies are able to keep food safe.

Source: NYT > Health | 14 Feb 2009 | 7:03 am

Recipes for Health: Sicilian Pistachio Sauce

A beguiling, orange-scented sauce that can be served with fish or vegetables, or as a topping for crostini.

Source: NYT > Health | 14 Feb 2009 | 7:01 am

Specter, a Fulcrum of the Stimulus Bill, Pulls Off a Coup for Health Money

In return for providing one of only three Republican votes for the stimulus bill, Senator Arlen Specter was able to secure a 34 percent increase in the National Institutes of Health’s budget.

Source: NYT > Health | 14 Feb 2009 | 6:57 am

Paterson Lowers Expectations on Soda Tax, Calling Approval Unlikely

The proposal, which was projected to raise $400 million a year and help reduce obesity, was a highlight of Gov. David A. Paterson’s State of the State speech last month.

Source: NYT > Health | 14 Feb 2009 | 5:31 am

Rio Tinto stakeholder wary about Chinalco deal-WSJ

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto's largest institutional shareholder has expressed concern about the base metal giant's $19.5 billion deal with Chinese state-owned aluminum group Chinalco, the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Feb 2009 | 5:27 am

New Anti-Clotting Treatment Urged for Cancer Patients (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The blood thinner warfarin does not reduce catheter-related blood clots in cancer patients, so new treatments are needed to prevent this complication, says a U.K. study.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Feb 2009 | 4:47 am

Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 13, 2009 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Feb 2009 | 4:47 am

Peanut Corporation of America to Liquidate

The peanut processing company at the heart of a national salmonella outbreak is going out of business.

Source: NYT > Health | 14 Feb 2009 | 4:44 am

Slim-Fast recalls meal replacement bar over peanut concerns

TORONTO - Slim-Fast is recalling one of its Slim-Fast Meal Replacement bar products because it may contain peanuts that are being recalled by Peanut Corp., of America. The peanut...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Feb 2009 | 4:09 am

Morning Rounds: Legionnaire’s Discovery, Rising Condom Sales and Another Multiple Pregnancy

Health news from around the Web.

Source: NYT > Health | 14 Feb 2009 | 3:51 am

APHA Applauds Congress for Stimulus Bill Compromise; Health Provisions Are Step in Right Direction

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Feb 2009 | 3:32 am

VA clinic warns of possible contaminant exposure (AP)

AP - Thousands of patients at a Veterans Administration clinic in Tennessee may have been exposed to the infectious body fluids of other patients when they had colonoscopies in recent years, and now VA medical facilities all over the U.S. are reviewing their own procedures.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Feb 2009 | 2:20 am

Creditors balk at Polaroid's plan to sell itself

NEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Creditors of bankrupt Polaroid Corp filed a series of objections on Friday claiming a proposed deal to sell assets of the camera maker greatly undervalue the company and its...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Feb 2009 | 2:11 am

Creditors balk at Polaroid's plan to sell itself

Lemon Grove Care & Rehabilitation Center Responds to Health Department Announcement

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Feb 2009 | 1:59 am

No scents

The allergic woman who must avoid all perfumed products
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Feb 2009 | 12:29 am

Seeing crash reports can worsen flying phobia

When she heard news of the Continental Airlines plane that plunged into a house in suburban Buffalo, New York, on Thursday night, killing 50 people, Jenny Gomez experienced a familiar feeling creep deep within her psyche. "It definitely sparked those old feelings of anxiety," she said.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Feb 2009 | 12:23 am

Peanut processor files for bankruptcy

The peanut processing company at the heart of a national salmonella outbreak, Peanut Corp. of America, filed Friday for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in court in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 13 Feb 2009 | 11:40 pm

HDL-Cholesterol Levels on the Rise and Triglycerides Declining in Framingham Analysis

During the most recent examination periods, HDL-cholesterol levels rose and triglycerides decreased, despite an overall increase in body-mass index, report investigators.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2009 | 11:21 pm

Higher-Dose Candesartan May Help Reduce Persistent Proteinuria

A study shows that higher-dose candesartan may help reduce proteinuria that persists despite treatment with the maximal recommended dosage, but serum potassium levels should be monitored.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2009 | 11:04 pm

Education May Help End-Stage Renal Disease Patients to Avoid Hyperphosphatemia

A cluster randomized controlled trial shows that educating patients with ESRD to avoid food additives containing phosphorus results in modest improvements in hyperphosphatemia.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2009 | 10:54 pm

Depression, Anxiety Major Factors in Neck Pain

Psychosocial distress, specifically depression and anxiety, are closely linked to recurrent or persistent neck pain, clinicians from Germany report in the journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders posted online January 26.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2009 | 10:45 pm

Red Flags Raised Over FDA Advisory-Panel Hearing on Prasugrel

Although recommended for approval last week, questions arose when one expert was asked not to participate in the FDA advisory panel, while another committee member publicly questioned why the safety subcommittee wasn't involved. One antiplatelet expert also criticized the TRITON findings and what he saw as a cozy atmosphere at the FDA hearing.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2009 | 10:41 pm

Education May Help End-Stage Renal Disease Patients to Avoid Hyperphosphatemia

Depression, Anxiety Major Factors in Neck Pain

Psychosocial distress, specifically depression and anxiety, are closely linked to recurrent or persistent neck pain; results emphasize expanding assessment of psychosocial factors.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2009 | 10:00 pm

Higher-Dose Candesartan May Help Reduce Persistent Proteinuria

ACE Inhibitors or ARBs in Hypertension? In Chronic Kidney Disease?

Two reviews have concluded that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin-receptor blockers are similarly effective in the treatment of hypertension and proteinuria, respectively.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2009 | 10:00 pm

ATHENA Published, FDA Readies to Hear Advisory Panel on Dronedarone for AF

According to a randomized controlled trial, dronedarone is envisioned as a safer alternative to amiodarone in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Feb 2009 | 10:00 pm

Infectious Superbug Invades Beaches

Add the MRSA "superbug" to the list of concerns you bring to the beach nowadays.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 13 Feb 2009 | 9:36 pm

Moms offer sober reality check on multiple births (AP)

AP - Nadya Suleman's daunting future of raising octuplets into adulthood may best be understood by the exhausted but proud parents of other multiples and the researchers who study them.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Feb 2009 | 8:09 pm

Saliva: Secret Ingredient in the Best Kisses

Kissing unleashes chemicals related to sexual stimulation.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 13 Feb 2009 | 7:48 pm

Loss of height linked to breathlessness in elderly (Reuters)

Reuters - Among seniors, an increase in the ratio of their arm span to their height -- indicating a probable loss of height -- is strongly associated with shortness of breath and reduced lung capacity, according to a new study.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Feb 2009 | 7:24 pm

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