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Undoing the 'Big Baby' Trend (HealthDay)HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Overweight children, teenagers and adults aren't the only Americans with a weight problem these days. The trend toward bigger and bigger babies is drawing concern from health experts as well.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Mar 2009 | 2:02 pm UK watchdog urges caution on child medicinesLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's healthcare watchdog this weekend urged parents not to give many over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to children on the grounds that the risks outweigh theSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Mar 2009 | 12:56 pm UK watchdog urges caution on child medicinesLONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Britain's healthcare watchdog this weekend urged parents not to give many over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to children on the grounds that the risks outweigh the benefits...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Mar 2009 | 12:28 pm Health Insurers, Poised for Round 2As the conversation intensifies about health care reform, no one knows what role the insurance industry will play in a revamped system.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Mar 2009 | 12:16 pm SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 1205 GMT- EU to commit to growth within EU single market rules.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Mar 2009 | 12:05 pm Circle Oil says initial 1,450 bopd at Egypt opsLONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Oil and gas exploration company, Circle Oil Plc announced its first oil production in Egypt at the Al Amir Development Lease area in the North West Gemsa Permit.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Mar 2009 | 12:00 pm TEXT-Retalix says received further offers at $8-$10/shr(The following was issued by Israel's Retalix Ltd ):Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Mar 2009 | 9:57 am Ratings agencies back AIG bailout revision- WSJWASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - Credit rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Services have endorsed terms of a deal revising American International Group Inc's bailout, The Wall...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Mar 2009 | 9:13 am AVEO Pharmaceuticals' Oral, Triple VEGF Receptor Inhibitor AV-951 Shows Robust Activity In Patients With Advanced Kidney CancerAVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced positive interim results from a 272-patient Phase 2 clinical trial of AV-951, a novel, oral, triple VEGF receptor inhibitor, in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Analysis Of Three Different Vesicourethral Anastomotic Techniques In Laparoscopic Radical ProstatectomyUroToday.com - Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) and robotic assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) comprise the majority of radical prostatectomies performed in the US. The vesicourethral anastomosis is paramount to postoperative continence and potential complications such as urinary extravasation or bladder neck contracture.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Synchronous Bilateral Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy: Analysis Of Clinical Outcomes, Cost And Surgeon ReimbursementUroToday.com - For those patients presenting with bilateral bulky renal stone disease (i.e. 1.5 cm staghorn calculi) planned bilateral simultaneous percutaneous nephrolithotomy (SB-PCNL) is safe and efficacious.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Encouraging Results Support Further Development Of Almirall's Long-acting Beta-agonist (LABA) In Asthma And COPDFurther to the results of prior studies published last year, Almirall, the international pharmaceutical company based in Spain, announced new Phase II multi-dose study results demonstrating that its novel once-daily, inhaled, long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) -LAS100977-, for the treatment of bronchocSource: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Improvement Of Metabolic Syndrome And Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Upon Normalisation Of Plasma Testosterone Levels In Hypogonadal Elderly MenUroToday.com - It is becoming clear that many age-related health problems of men, hitherto regarded as distinct clinical diagnostic categories and treated by different medical disciplines, are actually inter-related and require a more integrative approach to advance health care of the aging male.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am UK Government's Vascular Screening Programme's FlawsThe UK Government's vascular screening programme will most likely misclassify risk in hundreds of thousands of patients and worsen health inequalities, according to research published in the journal Pulse.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am SEA Route Opened For WFP Relief Food Deliveries To Sri LankaA sea route to deliver United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) relief food to thousands of people in Sri Lanka was recently opened - a major boost to efforts underway to reach hungry people displaced by the recent escalation of hostilities in the region.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Aberrant Activation Of Androgen Receptor In A New Neuropeptide-Autocrine Model Of Androgen-Insensitive Prostate CancerUroToday.com - In the January 2009 issue of Cancer Research, Dr. Joy Yang and colleagues reported a new animal model of neuropeptide mediated prostate cancer (CaP). Neuropeptides are released by CaP cells at the time of androgen deprivation. They are one of 5 mechanisms that can facilitate castration-resistant CaP growth.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Researchers Develop GPC-LC-MS/MS Method To Screen For 31 Mycotoxins In Edible OilPickering Laboratories announced that researchers at the Munich Technical University and Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority have developed an innovative, comprehensive mycotoxin screening method based on the use of LCTech's GPC ULTRA gel permeation chromatography instrument.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Adipose-Derived Stem And Regenerative Cells Prevent Mortality And Reduce Kidney Damage In Preclinical StudyCytori Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYTX) finds adipose tissue-derived stem and regenerative cells (ADRCs) significantly reduce mortality and improve renal function in an acute kidney injury model. The preclinical results were reported today at the 14th Annual International Conference on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Rhena Schweitzer Miller, 90, Dies; Aided Father’s WorkMrs. Miller was the child of the Nobel laureate Dr. Albert Schweitzer and the director of the hospital that her father and mother opened in a rain forest in west central Africa.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Mar 2009 | 6:53 am Recipes for Health: Couscous With Black-Eyed Peas and GreensA North African version of a dish that reminds most of us of the American South.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Mar 2009 | 3:50 am Unboxed: How to Make Electronic Medical Records a RealityThe Obama administration hopes to move computerized medical records toward widespread adoption and commercial success.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Mar 2009 | 3:04 am 'Intense pain'Cluster headache patient talks of his lifelong battleSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Mar 2009 | 12:38 am SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 2330 GMT- Leaders of Southeast Asian nations agree to ease monetary policy, resist protectionism as they fight financial crisis.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Feb 2009 | 11:30 pm UPDATE 1-AIG near deal on new terms of U.S. bailout-source* Preferred terms to be eased, credit line rate loweredSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Feb 2009 | 11:24 pm AIG near deal on new terms of U.S. bailout -sourceNEW YORK, Feb 28 (Reuters) - American International Group Inc is close to a deal with the U.S. government that would ease the terms of its bailout, give a further equity commitment and help it pay down...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Feb 2009 | 10:59 pm Milan fashion has jungle beatTop designers appealed to animal instincts at Milan Fashion Week on Saturday, using motifs from the wild wrapped in leather and fur for their autumn-winter collections. Gucci's skintightSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Feb 2009 | 9:40 pm New Approach Associates Multiple Pathway Genes With Crohn's DiseaseA pathway-based approach suggests that future Crohn's disease therapies might target susceptibility genes with modest individual significance.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Feb 2009 | 5:55 pm Ethnic Differences Found for Fatty Liver Disease and Insulin ResistanceA large, population-based study showed ethnic differences in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease that may be partially related to differences in insulin resistance.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Feb 2009 | 5:47 pm Face of moral disgust has primitive rootsFebruary 28, 2009 TORONTO, Feb 28, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- University of Toronto researchers say they've found a link between moral disgust and disgust related to unpleasant tastes.Source: PsycPORT.com | 28 Feb 2009 | 2:06 pm Cost of AIDS colossal on mental healthFebruary 28, 2009 The impact of HIV and AIDS on economic growth is small in South Asia, where less than 0.5 per cent of the population is infected, reports the World Bank's HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk released on Saturday.Source: PsycPORT.com | 28 Feb 2009 | 2:06 pm
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