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Scots rank high on drink levelsSales figures show Scotland is eighth in the world for the level of alcohol consumed, says the Scottish Government.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Feb 2009 | 12:06 pm Breast Cancer Patients May Have a New Treatment Option When Cancer SpreadsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Feb 2009 | 11:30 am Aching Back? Cholesterol Medication Might HelpSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Feb 2009 | 11:30 am Tullow appoints Bangladeshi firm to produce gasDHAKA, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Irish gas exploration and production firm Tullow has appointed state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company (BAPEX) to produce gas at Bangora field, about...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Feb 2009 | 10:10 am Pharmacists Well-Placed To Deliver Vascular Checks, UKPharmacists' clinical knowledge and accessibility makes them well-placed to delivery vascular checks in the community, states the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB). The RPSGB is responding to the Pulse article, Vascular screening vision blurred by primary care trusts (published 18 February), which claims GPs are better suited to provide vascular checks than pharmacists.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am SonoLysis Clot Busting Ultrasound Therapy Demonstrates Promising Results For Treatment Of Stroke PatientsCombining transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound with microspheres and the clot busting drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is more effective than tPA alone in treating patients suffering from ischemic stroke, according to results from a Phase I/II investigational clinical study presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2009.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am Biopartners To Appeal The CHMP's Negative Opinion On Its Novel Interferon Beta-1aBiopartners GmbH has announced that it will request a re-assessment from the EMEA in support of its novel interferon beta-1a, Biferonex®, after receiving a negative opinion from the European Medicines Agency's Committee on Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). According to EMEA procedures Biopartners will continue their work to accomplish the registration of Biferonex.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am National Osteoporosis Society Welcomes Court JudgementThe National Osteoporosis Society has welcomed today's ruling that the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has acted unlawfully by not allowing public scrutiny of their economic model.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am Further Investment Necessary In Prevention And Control To Protect Elderly Residents From InfectionsInfection prevention and control resources and programming in Canadian long-term care facilities fall short of recommended standards, a new Queen's University study shows. Led by professor of Community Health and Epidemiology Dick Zoutman, the national survey of 488 facilities is the first comprehensive examination of these resources and programs in almost 20 years.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am Revolutions Medical Receives 510K FDA Clearance To Market Rev Vac Safety SyringeRevolutions Medical Corporation (OTCBB: RMCP) has received notification from the FDA that the 510K application for the Rev Vac safety syringe is approved. This represents a major step forward for the company towards realizing its goal in becoming a major player in the safety syringe market.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am Genzyme Receives Positive Opinion On Myozyme From CHMPGenzyme Corporation (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion on the company's variation to produce Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa) at the 4000 liter (L) bioreactor scale at its manufacturing facility in Geel, Belgium.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am Marler Clark Fights Peanut Corp Bankruptcy On Behalf Of California Child Sickened In Salmonella OutbreakPeanut Corporation of America (PCA)-the peanut processor responsible for a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium-has filed for bankruptcy protection, but attorney Bill Marler is working to change that. His firm, Seattle foodborne illness powerhouse Marler Clark, is moving to lift the stay of bankruptcy so that litigation on behalf of victims can continue.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am Comment From Breakthrough Breast Cancer On Letter Criticising Breast Screening In Today's Times, UKPlease find below Breakthrough Breast Cancer's comment on the story in today's Times: "NHS is accused of leaving women in the dark about screening risks", following a letter criticising the NHS Breast Screening Programme. Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, says: "Breast screening is estimated to save over 1400 lives each year in England alone.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am Cardinal Health 303, Inc. Signs Amended Consent Decree With FDAThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that California device manufacturer Cardinal Health 303 Inc., formerly known as Alaris Medical Systems Inc., and three of its top executives have signed an amended consent decree to correct violations of current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) requirements in the company's infusion pumps.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am Moet & Chandon Releases Grand Vintage 1929 Magnum Commemorating First-Ever Academy Awards(R) To Benefit Motion Picture & Television FundSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Feb 2009 | 8:57 am French chef's dream: turn pork-gobbling Czechs into eco-gourmetsRenowned French chef Marc Veyrat is nurturing a new dream: to open a grand, eco-friendly restaurant in a forest near Prague to turn pork-gobbling Czechs into fans of organic and molecular...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Feb 2009 | 7:46 am Daiichi Sankyo to launch flu preventive drug-NikkeiTOKYO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Japan's Daiichi Sankyo Co plans to launch as early as 2011 a new influenza preventive drug that could be effective against a strain unresponsive to widely used Tamiflu of Roche...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Feb 2009 | 5:21 am India's gold rush with a differenceIndia's imports of gold have collapsed as people rush to sell their jewellery and coins to take advantage of soaring world prices for the precious metal. India, long famed as the world'sSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Feb 2009 | 4:22 am London Journal: Squirming, but Watching a Dying Reality StarThe crude-talking, hard-drinking Jade Goody, who struck a chord on “Big Brother,” wants to take reality TV to a new extreme.Source: NYT > Health | 22 Feb 2009 | 4:16 am Labour of love to save Nepal's royal statuesNepal's monarchy may have been toppled from power last year by the Maoist revolutionaries who now govern the country, but one man is determined to keep their memory alive. Laxman Khadka...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Feb 2009 | 3:48 am FDA OKs Medtronic brain device for OCDWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials have approved Medtronic Inc's implantable deep brain stimulator to help treat patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Feb 2009 | 2:11 am CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-US FDA OKs Medtronic brain device for OCD* Therapy to cost about $60,000 company says (Corrects to humanitarian in first bullet point above and in second and third paragraphs, not human, as originally sent)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Feb 2009 | 2:09 am Warning over child ear infectionsThe future health of thousands of children could be affected because ear infections are not treated properly, a charity says.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Feb 2009 | 12:29 am Cancer supportHow survivors are helping others in their battleSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Feb 2009 | 12:27 am What’s Wrong With Summer Stiers?A team of medical experts is trying a new way to diagnose patients who spend their lives suffering from mysterious diseases.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Feb 2009 | 8:00 pm Cleveland Clinic Gets Victim of Chimp AttackThe transfer of the woman, who was mauled by a chimpanzee, means a face transplant is being considered.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Feb 2009 | 7:40 pm Compendia Guiding Off-Label Use of Cancer Drugs InadequateThe compendia used to determine Medicare coverage for off-label use of cancer drugs are incomplete, outdated, and inconsistent, and improvements in the system are needed.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 Feb 2009 | 1:37 pm
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