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In Tough Times, Kids May Find Solace With Grandparents (HealthDay)HealthDay - SATURDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Grandparents might be known for spoiling grandchildren, but a new study says they might also be helping the kids improve their social skills and behavior.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Mar 2009 | 2:02 pm UPDATE 3-BNP, Belgium revise Fortis carve-up deal again(Adds Fortis comment on vote, shareholder, lawyer reaction)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Mar 2009 | 11:51 am Health overhaul could stall over government role (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Mar 2009 | 11:16 am Diabetes drugs given 'too soon'One in three people with type 2 diabetes are given pills too soon, rather than adopting lifestyle changes, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 7 Mar 2009 | 10:30 am Emerging Therapies Could Help Ease The Chronic Symptoms Of Atopic Dermatitis For Adults And ChildrenAtopic dermatitis, the common, chronic, inflammatory skin disease marked by red, itchy rashes, has been increasing in prevalence over the past two decades and affects a disproportionate number of children.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Saving Heart Attack Patients In The Middle Of The NightWhen Joyce Moss recently arrived at Loyola University Hospital with a life-threatening heart attack, it took just 42 minutes to perform an emergency balloon angioplasty. The procedure opened up an artery that was 100 percent blocked. "There was no damage to the heart because of how quick they were," said Moss, 56, of Berwyn. "I feel good.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Heavy Lifting: Spinal Fractures No Reason To Sacrifice Height, Says Orthopaedic Medical Device ExpertOver 700,000 patients annually are diagnosed with Vertebral Compression Fractures (VCF), or collapse of a vertebra due to trauma, osteoporosis, or benign and/or malignant lesions. According to an article that appeared in the peer-reviewed journal American Family Physician, VCF affects approximately 25% of all postmenopausal women in the U.S.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am New Research Finds Six Factors Predictive Of Melanoma RiskMelanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, is a health risk that accounts for more than 75 percent of all skin cancer deaths, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). Looking at this sobering statistic another way, it is estimated that one American dies from melanoma almost every hour (every 62 minutes).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Galderma Announces Interim Data Relating To Sequential Treatment Regimen Of Clobex(R) Spray Followed By Vectical(TM) Ointment In Managing PsoriasisGalderma Laboratories, L.P. announced interim findings from a study of sequential treatment of plaque psoriasis using Clobex(R) (clobetasol propionate) Spray 0.05% followed by treatment with Vectical(TM) (calcitriol) Ointment 3mcg/g.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Powder Free Gloves In Hospitals Decreases Allergy RiskUsing powder-free latex gloves rather than those with cornstarch powder greatly reduced the number of workers' compensation claims related to latex-related illness, a recent Geisinger study found. Healthcare workers use latex gloves to reduce the spread of infection and disease when caring for patients.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Fact Sheet: The Thyroid And PregnancyThe thyroid gland is located in the middle of the lower neck. Although the thyroid gland is relatively small, it produces a hormone that influences every cell, tissue and organ in the body.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Family History, Higher Incidence Of Sunburns Associated With RosaceaRosacea is a chronic skin condition that causes redness, swelling and vascular abnormalities, most commonly on the face, with varying degrees of severity. While the exact cause of rosacea is unknown, dermatologists are examining several characteristics shared by rosacea patients.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Severe Cases Of Psoriasis Can Be Associated With Other Serious Medical ConditionsOn the surface, the thick, red, scaly, itchy plaques of psoriasis which have been shown to have a significant negative impact on a person's overall quality of life may not appear to pose a serious health risk for patients.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am March Is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: Do You Know What Your Screening Options Are?Colorectal cancer, also referred to as colon cancer, is one of the most preventable cancers. Recent statistics show that the incidence (the rate at which new cancers are diagnosed) and death rates from colorectal cancer are declining, in part due to prevention through screening and removal of precancerous polyps (growths in the colon that can turn into cancer).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Morning Rounds: Brain Injuries, Shared Medical Records and Better Baby BottlesHealth news from around the Web.Source: NYT > Health | 7 Mar 2009 | 8:16 am Obama Set to Reverse Bush’s Stem-Cell RestrictionsThe president’s action, which will carry out a campaign pledge, involves a long-controversial intersection of science and personal moral beliefs.Source: NYT > Health | 7 Mar 2009 | 8:07 am In Divide Over Health Care Overhaul, 2 Major Unions Withdraw From a CoalitionThe action shows the seeds of discord behind the optimistic talk at a White House conference on health care.Source: NYT > Health | 7 Mar 2009 | 7:23 am Patient Money: Hanging On to Health Coverage, if the Job Goes AwaySome strategies, both before and after losing a job, to safeguard medical benefits.Source: NYT > Health | 7 Mar 2009 | 6:48 am Recipes for Health: Provençal Kale and Cabbage GratinThis hearty gratin is delicious served hot or at room temperature.Source: NYT > Health | 7 Mar 2009 | 6:18 am Rectal Cancer Outcomes Best With Short-Course Radiation (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- For people with operable rectal cancer, the most effective treatment is a short course of radiation therapy followed by "high-quality surgery," according to a new study.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Mar 2009 | 4:48 am Clinical Trials Update: March 6, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Mar 2009 | 4:48 am Blacks, Hispanics Less Apt to Get Best Heart Failure Care (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- When black and Hispanic Medicare recipients suffer severe heart failure, they are less likely than their white counterparts to be treated with the most cutting-edge treatment available, a new analysis suggests.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Mar 2009 | 4:48 am Health, environment departments take action on four substancesTORONTO - The federal government is proposing to add a number of substances to a hotlist that will prevent them from being used in cosmetics. Some of the substances also have...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Mar 2009 | 4:46 am India's Sterlite in $1.1 bln deal for AsarcoNEW DELHI, March 7 (Reuters) - India's Sterlite Industries Ltd will buy bankrupt U.S. copper miner Asarco LLC for $1.1 billion in cash and $600 million in notes, the latter paid over a period of nine...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Mar 2009 | 4:12 am Food Problems Elude Private InspectorsFood manufacturers are increasingly hiring private auditors, but problems with contamination remain.Source: NYT > Health | 7 Mar 2009 | 3:40 am Chelsea football boss warns against perils of booze cultureGuus Hiddink has warned Chelsea's stars to ensure they don't become victims of England's booze culture. Blues boss Hiddink got his first taste of the controversy that can blow up when a...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Mar 2009 | 2:54 am UPDATE 2-Stanford receiver cuts 1,000 U.S. jobs*Most operations will be discontinued (Adds background, quote)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Mar 2009 | 12:56 am Finesse Demonstrates TruFluor(TM) pH, a Single-Use Optical pH Sensor and TransmitterSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Mar 2009 | 12:53 am Bringing hopeThe vital role of a bone marrow courierSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 7 Mar 2009 | 12:27 am U.S. autos task force meets at White HouseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior members of the Obama administration autos task force met at the White House on Friday to review restructuring plans for General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC , while dealerships...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Mar 2009 | 12:17 am Cell Therapeutics Announces Receipt of NASDAQ Listing UpdateSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am UPDATE 2-Brazil Petrobras 4th-qrt profit up on fuel prices* Shares closed down 1.3 pct before results came out (Adds CEO quote, background)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Mar 2009 | 11:57 pm UPDATE 2-PetroChina, Petrobras pursue Aruba refinery-sources(Adds Ecopetrol interest, paragraph 2; Valero comment, paragraph 5; background, paragraphs 10-18; byline)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Mar 2009 | 11:32 pm Obama 'to reverse stem cell ban'President Barack Obama is to lift restrictions on US funding for research on human embryonic stem cells, reports say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Mar 2009 | 11:08 pm Harvard Medical School in Ethics QuandaryMore than 200 Harvard Medical School students and sympathetic faculty are intent on exposing and curtailing the industry influence in their classrooms and laboratories.Source: NYT > Health | 6 Mar 2009 | 10:48 pm Early Oxytocin Use Shortens Labor for Women With Arrested Cervical DilatationEarly oxytocin augmentation can hasten delivery in nulliparous women with prolonged labor, although it does not affect the rate of cesarean section or instrumental delivery, findings from a randomized trial suggest.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Mar 2009 | 10:13 pm AHA Updates Advice on Strep Throat, Preventing Rheumatic FeverNew advice on preventing rheumatic fever by the appropriate diagnosis and treatment of acute streptococcal pharyngitis has been published in a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Mar 2009 | 10:10 pm Obama to reverse embryonic stem cell banPresident Obama is planning to sign an executive order Monday to overturn Bush-era policy that limited federal tax dollars for embryonic stem cell research, according to administration officials familiar with the deliberations.Source: CNN.com - Health | 6 Mar 2009 | 10:00 pm More Support for Clopidogrel Platelet Response TestingMore evidence that patients who show a low platelet response to clopidogrel have an increased risk of stent thrombosis has been reported, with the suggestion that antiplatelet therapy should be intensified in this group.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Mar 2009 | 10:00 pm Early Oxytocin Use Shortens Labor for Women With Arrested Cervical DilatationEarly oxytocin augmentation can hasten delivery in nulliparous women with prolonged labor but does not affect the rate of cesarean or instrumental delivery, according to a randomized trial.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Mar 2009 | 10:00 pm AHA Updates Advice on Strep Throat, Preventing Rheumatic FeverNew advice on preventing rheumatic fever by the appropriate diagnosis and treatment of acute streptococcal pharyngitis has been published in a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Mar 2009 | 10:00 pm Correcting CV Risk Factors, Comorbidities in Blacks Seen as Key to Ending Racial MI-Outcomes DisparitiesIn a study, if blacks vs whites do not fare as well after an acute myocardial infarction, it is not so much because of any differences in how they are treated in the hospital or after discharge.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Mar 2009 | 10:00 pm Racial Disparities Seen in Adding CRT Pacing Therapy to ICDs in Heart FailureIn a national registry of patients receiving ICDs for primary prevention, among those also qualifying for cardiac resynchronization therapy, blacks and Hispanics were less likely than whites to get a device that would provide it.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Mar 2009 | 8:51 pm Government-run plan could trip up health overhaul (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Mar 2009 | 8:37 pm Philip Poole-Wilson Dies UnexpectedlyDr Philip Poole-Wilson, an expert on heart failure and coronary heart disease prevention across the globe, collapsed and died on his way to work in London on March 4, from a suspected MI.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Mar 2009 | 8:32 pm Real-Time in Vivo Images of Animal Heart With Magnetic Particle ImagingMPI is a novel modality where researchers inject iron-oxide-based nanoparticles into the bloodstream, and this allows them to directly visualize the particles in imaging scans. This early study showed MPI scans could provide structural details of a beating mouse heart.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Mar 2009 | 8:16 pm In tough times, medical care considered a luxuryFor Doug Pegram, it is on the one hand simple math: His medical bills cost roughly $300 a month and a health insurance policy would cost $550.Source: CNN.com - Health | 6 Mar 2009 | 7:20 pm Hepatitis C Infections Found in Clinic PatientsThe Manhattan clinic was dirty and some patients were not told they were infected, said a federal report. The operation was shut down last year.Source: NYT > Health | 6 Mar 2009 | 6:32 pm Obama Pushes for Health Reform at SummitPresident Obama says his health care changes could help repair the economy.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Mar 2009 | 6:25 pm Well: A Hurdle for Health Reform: Patients and Their DoctorsSometimes the newest treatments aren't best when cost is factored in.Source: NYT > Health | 6 Mar 2009 | 5:29 pm Obama Says He Is Open to Altering Health PlanFor the first time, President Obama indicated that he was open to compromise on details of the health care overhaul he proposed in the 2008 campaign.Source: NYT > Health | 6 Mar 2009 | 4:13 pm British couple die at assisted suicide clinicAn elderly British couple who died together at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland died "peacefully" after receiving "wonderful and humbling care" from their doctors, the couple's family said.Source: CNN.com - Health | 6 Mar 2009 | 12:38 pm
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