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Combo Screening Doesn't Spot Early Ovarian Cancer (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- A screening regimen that combines ultrasound and a blood test to detect CA125, a marker for ovarian cancer, fails to discover the cancer in its early stages and often results in unnecessary surgery, a new study shows.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Mar 2009 | 1:03 pm Latest on the Reuters Hedge Hub blog-- Subprime master Paulson's Midas touch. John Paulson buys into AngloGold Ashanti.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Mar 2009 | 1:00 pm UPDATE 2-Xerox warns Q1 profit to be far short of forecast* Seeks $300 mln cost cuts, on top of previous $250 mlnSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Mar 2009 | 12:52 pm UPDATE 3-TomTom sues Microsoft on patent infringement* TomTom files countersuit against Microsoft over patentsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Mar 2009 | 12:51 pm UPDATE 1-Shire extends Fosrenol lawsuit to Mylan* Lawsuit filed after Mylan requests marketing authorisationSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Mar 2009 | 12:39 pm Former House Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt to Join MMR Initiative to Promote Immediate Use of Personal Health RecordsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Mar 2009 | 12:35 pm CANADA STOCKS-Oil, gold may weigh on TSX; equities mixedTORONTO, March 20 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index could open lower on Friday, pressured by weakness in the price of oil and gold and as investors book profits after eight sessions of gains.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Mar 2009 | 12:32 pm Solos Endoscopy, Inc. Sells Ovascope and Mastascope Product Line to Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Mar 2009 | 12:31 pm Nuvilex Provides Conference Call Replay InformationSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Mar 2009 | 12:30 pm Biogel Introduces Polyisoprene (PI) Indicator UndergloveSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Mar 2009 | 12:30 pm TrinityCare Appoints Decorated Christian Artist Al Denson to Board of DirectorsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Mar 2009 | 12:30 pm Private inspections of food companies seen as weak (AP)
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News: Health News | 20 Mar 2009 | 12:01 pm NCCN 2009: Guidelines for Ovarian Cancer UpdatedA host of changes in the treatment of ovarian cancer are described in these new guidelines, including the option to deliver chemotherapy intraperitoneally, which significantly improves survival.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Mar 2009 | 11:52 am Drug Maker Told Studies Would Aid It, Papers SayA prominent child psychiatrist, already embroiled in two other controversies, told Johnson & Johnson that planned studies of its medicines in children would yield results benefiting the company.Source: NYT > Health | 20 Mar 2009 | 10:50 am Hayfever puzzleIs it a cold or have summer allergies come early?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Majority Of Fire And Ambulance Recruits OverweightResearchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), Boston Medical Center, Harvard University and the Cambridge Health Alliance found that more than 75 percent of emergency responder candidates for fire and ambulance services in Massachusetts are either overweight or obese.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Lifestyle Changes Could Prevent One In Four Cases Of Bowel Cancer By 2024Improving lifestyles now could prevent 12,000 cases (26 per cent) of bowel cancer by the year 2024 - a new report by Cancer Research UK predicts today. Men stand to reap the greatest benefit with almost a third (31 per cent) of male bowel cancer cases being prevented while the number of female cases could be cut by almost a fifth (18 per cent) if they adopt healthier lifestyles.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Stay Active And Eat Like A Champion, At School Too! Twelve Schools Continue Their Work Thanks To The Coeur Et Berlingot AwardsRegistered Dietitians at Dairy Farmers of Canada and The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Québec, in collaboration with Dietitians of Canada and the Fédération québécoise du sport étudiant, have granted Coeur et berlingot Awards to twelve schools across Quebec.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Colorectal Cancer Rates Dramatically Higher In The Elderly, USATwo-thirds of hospital stays for colorectal cancer involve Americans age 65 and older, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ's analysis also shows when older patients with colorectal cancer are hospitalized not specifically for treating their cancer; admission is often for complications, such as intestinal blockage or pneumonia.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Mother's Day Celebrations Mask The Realities Of Parenting, UKOn the one day of the year dedicated to celebrating motherhood, a leading social scientist claims the idea that parenting makes us happy is all an illusion.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Dietitians Of Canada: Poverty Puts Health At RiskRecent media reports have highlighted the difficulty that recipients of social assistance face in purchasing a healthy diet. Dietitians of Canada (DC), the national association of dietitians, contends that the most appropriate approach to ensure Ontarians can purchase a healthy diet is through poverty reduction.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Heightened Sweet Preference Linked To Physical Growth In ChildrenAs any parent knows, children love sweet-tasting foods. Now, new research from the University of Washington and the Monell Center indicates that this heightened liking for sweetness has a biological basis and is related to children's high growth rate. "The relationship between sweet preference and growth makes intuitive sense because when growth is rapid, caloric demands increase.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am HDMA Supports The Counterfeit Drug Prevention Act Of 2009 As A Vital Measure To Further Ensure Patient Safety,Deter Criminal CounterfeitingThe Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) supports the Counterfeit Drug Prevention Act of 2009 (H.R. 1450), which significantly increases criminal penalties for counterfeiting patient medications from one to three years' imprisonment, to 20 years or more.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am £1million Given To A 'Load Of Old Rubbish'… And Other Eco Projects, UKOver £1million has been awarded today to 9 eco-projects throughout England from new grants scheme Ecominds [1]. They are the first of 125 projects set to benefit from £7.5million funding over the next 5 years, as leading mental health charity Mind continues to set the green agenda for mental health [2].Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Unique Nerve-Stimulation Device Proves Effective Against EpilepsyEpilepsy is a common medical condition characterized by convulsions and short periods of confusion. It affects more than 50 million people worldwide. But intractable epilepsy, which affects more than 1 million Americans and is often resistant to drug treatment and surgery, is arguably worse.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Hewitt seeking suicide law changeEx-health secretary Patricia Hewitt tries to change the law to protect those who help terminally ill patients go abroad to die.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Mar 2009 | 9:29 am Fat Firefighters and Rescue Workers Alarm ResearchersEmergency responders are getting heavier, a study finds, and it may undermine their rescue abilities.Source: NYT > Health | 20 Mar 2009 | 9:25 am Lack of sleepYoung may damage their healthSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Mar 2009 | 9:15 am Doctor and Patient: A Medical Student’s Rite of PassageEvery third Thursday of March is Match Day, when medical students learn their fates.Source: NYT > Health | 20 Mar 2009 | 9:01 am Memories of mumActor Jim Broadbent on how Alzheimer's hit his familySource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Mar 2009 | 7:25 am Researchers find gene that turns carbs into fat (Reuters)Reuters - U.S. researchers have found a gene responsible for turning a plate of pasta into fat, offering new clues about how the body metabolizes carbohydrates and how they contribute to obesity.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Mar 2009 | 7:09 am City’s Public Hospital System to Cut Jobs and ProgramsNew York City’s public hospital system announced that it was cutting 400 jobs and closing some children’s mental-health programs, pharmacies and community clinics.Source: NYT > Health | 20 Mar 2009 | 7:08 am House Panel Questions Industry on Food SafetyAfter more than 20 hearings over two years, powerful members of the Energy and Commerce Committee said food safety oversight reforms would pass soon.Source: NYT > Health | 20 Mar 2009 | 6:13 am Spinal Shocks Ease Parkinson’s in MiceScientists have been able to reverse some of the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in rodents by electrically stimulating their spinal cords.Source: NYT > Health | 20 Mar 2009 | 6:06 am Richardson Died of ‘Blunt Impact,’ Medical Examiner SaysAn autopsy of Natasha Richardson indicated that she died of a brain hemorrhage caused by “blunt impact” to her head.Source: NYT > Health | 20 Mar 2009 | 5:59 am Recipes for Health: Potato and Parsley SoupThis simple soup draws its flavor from a commonplace garnish: parsley.Source: NYT > Health | 20 Mar 2009 | 5:53 am F.D.A. Panel Gives Nod to Alternative to WarfarinThe advent of a challenger has the potential to expand sales of drugs to treat blood clots in veins.Source: NYT > Health | 20 Mar 2009 | 4:58 am False Start on a Laser Remedy for FungusA company has begun marketing its laser for use on toenail infections, even though it has not received clearance from the F.D.A.Source: NYT > Health | 20 Mar 2009 | 4:54 am Clinical Trials Update: March 19, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Mar 2009 | 3:48 am Vaccination Timing Varies Widely in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesA new survey of 45 countries shows that vaccinations for children are often significantly delayed well after the recommended ages in low- and middle-income countries.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Mar 2009 | 2:09 am Brain injury victims can seem OK, symptoms delayed (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Mar 2009 | 1:20 am Maggot therapy hope 'premature'Using maggots to treat leg ulcers is no better than standard treatment with a gel, a UK trial has found.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am 'Make hospitals admit error' callThe system for hospitals to report errors in patient care should be made mandatory, a patients' group says.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:59 pm All Types of Exercise May Be Safe, Effective After Recent Myocardial InfarctionAll types of exercise (aerobic, resistance, and their combination) appear to be safe and effective for correcting endothelial dysfunction in patients after a recent myocardial infarction.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:03 pm QDScore Helps Estimate 10-Year Risk for DiabetesThe QDScore is the first risk prediction algorithm estimating the 10-year risk for diabetes; it includes both social deprivation and ethnicity.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:56 pm Factors Predicting Proteinuria Identified in Children With Chronic Kidney DiseaseIn the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children cohort study, proteinuria was associated with level of kidney impairment, cause of chronic kidney disease, and race.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:51 pm NFL players promoting improved physical education (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:21 pm Factors Predicting Proteinuria Identified in Children With Chronic Kidney DiseaseIn the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children cohort study, proteinuria was associated with level of kidney impairment, cause of chronic kidney disease, and race.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:00 pm FDA Approves Expanded Indication for Peginterferon-Based Combination Therapy for Chronic HCVPeginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin therapy is no longer restricted to treatment-naive patients and may be used to treat chronic hepatitis C virus infection in patients with compensated liver disease.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:00 pm QDScore Helps Estimate 10-Year Risk for DiabetesThe QDScore is the first risk prediction algorithm estimating the 10-year risk for diabetes; it includes both social deprivation and ethnicity.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:00 pm All Types of Exercise May Be Safe, Effective After Recent Myocardial InfarctionAll types of exercise (aerobic, resistance, and their combination) appear to be safe and effective for correcting endothelial dysfunction in patients after a recent myocardial infarction.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:00 pm Newer Antiepileptic Drugs Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Epileptic PatientsSwitching from phenytoin or carbamazepine to 1 of the newer drugs can reduce some cardiovascular risk by 26%.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 8:58 pm Meniscus tears increase knee osteoarthritis risk (Reuters)Reuters - Damage to the meniscus in the knee joint may lead to osteoarthritis in middle-age and elderly patients.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Mar 2009 | 8:36 pm Attempting to zap Parkinson's through spinal cord (AP)AP - Implanting a pacemaker-like device deep in the brain helps some Parkinson's disease patients move better, but could less risky zapping of the spinal cord work instead? It did in mice and rats nearly immobilized with Parkinson's-like symptoms: Scientists at Duke University Medical Center turned on the electricity and videotaped the rodents immediately scurrying around almost like normal.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Mar 2009 | 7:47 pm Cancer news via lawyer's letterAn elderly man learns of his terminal cancer from a solicitor's letter.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 6:14 pm Experts: Skiers can cut risks by wearing helmetsSkiers and snowboarders can cut the risk of brain injury dramatically by wearing helmets on the slopes, some experts say.Source: CNN.com - Health | 19 Mar 2009 | 5:47 pm How Overweight Are Firefighters and Paramedics?Fire fighters are still our heroes, but a new study raises concerns about their health and mobility.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 19 Mar 2009 | 5:13 pm US drug sales growth continues slowdown in 2008 (AP)AP - Sales growth of prescription drugs in the U.S. slowed for the second straight year, with the economic downturn playing a key role, according to IMS Health Inc.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Mar 2009 | 3:43 pm Woman's cryopreserved egg results in healthy baby (Reuters)Reuters - A way of preserving the chances of having a child for women and girls facing cancer treatment that will leave them infertile has been demonstrated to work, for the first time.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Mar 2009 | 3:20 pm Obesity can shorten lifespan up to a decadeObesity shaves two to four years off the average lifespan, while being very obese can shorten your lifespan by 8 to 10 years, according to a new analysis of 57 studies including nearly 900,000 people.Source: CNN.com - Health | 19 Mar 2009 | 2:01 pm Why Some Women Find Sex PainfulResearch suggests women's pain during sex should be reclassified as a pain disorder rather than a sexual dysfunction.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 19 Mar 2009 | 1:27 pm Hoe-ld it! Gung-ho gardeners warned to be carefulGardening after a winter break needs a similar kind of preparation to that of an elite athlete going into a final, experts have warned.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 12:15 pm Risk-free virtual anaestheticsA 'virtual needle' allows spinal anaesthesia to be taught without using live patients.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:59 am Head injuriesWhy seemingly minor incidents can cause damageSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:27 am
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