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Health Tip: Calming Chickenpox (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Chickenpox, and its trademark itchy, red spots, is a common disease in children.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Apr 2009 | 1:03 pm Gene Mutation Doubles Risk of Aggressive Colon Cancer in Blacks (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- A genetic mutation may explain why blacks are more likely than whites to have a more aggressive form of colorectal cancer, U.S. researchers report.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Apr 2009 | 1:03 pm Atkins Diet Tougher on Heart After Weight Loss (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- In the "maintenance" phase that occurs after initial weight loss, the popular Ornish and South Beach diets seem to be easier on the heart than the high-fat, low-carbohydrate Atkins regimen, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Apr 2009 | 1:03 pm Harvest Technologies Announces Interim Study Results From Critical Limb Ischemia Trial in Chennai IndiaSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Apr 2009 | 12:30 pm Independent Study Corroborates Prana's Strategy to Treat Alzheimer's Disease Patients.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Apr 2009 | 12:30 pm Medical Device Industry Expert Matthew Jenusaitis Joins Avantis Medical Board of DirectorsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Apr 2009 | 12:30 pm Abbott Initiates U.S. Study of Absolute Pro(TM) Peripheral Stent System for Iliac Artery DiseaseSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Apr 2009 | 12:30 pm METALS INSIDER: After mixed Q1, what will Q2 bring?-- Andy Home is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own --Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Apr 2009 | 12:18 pm UPDATE 1-Solvay says mulling options for drugs unitAMSTERDAM, April 1 (Reuters) - Belgian drugs, chemicals and plastics maker Solvay said on Wednesday it is analysing various options for its pharmaceutical activities and may enter talks with various third...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Apr 2009 | 12:17 pm ArunA Biomedical Submits Contract Proposal to Further Develop Environmental Biosensor for National SecuritySource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Apr 2009 | 12:12 pm UPDATE 1-Gazprom signs north Nigeria oil search dealABUJA, April 1 (Reuters) - Russian energy giant Gazprom has signed an agreement with a Nigerian firm to analyse three oil blocks in northern Nigeria for possible exploration, a senior company official...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Apr 2009 | 12:09 pm Chairman buys 25 pct stake in Irish ThirdforceDUBLIN, April 1 (Reuters) - Pat McDonagh, chairman of Irish e-learning group Thirdforce , said on Wednesday he had bought a 25 percent stake in the group, which he wants to take over.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Apr 2009 | 12:06 pm Morning Rounds: Economic Stress, Hospital Ratings and "Zen Center"Health news from around the Web.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Apr 2009 | 12:02 pm Nigeria fuel retailer Total 2008 profit up 33 pctLAGOS, April 1 (Reuters) - Nigerian fuel retailer Total Plc's 2008 profit after tax rose 33 percent to 4.4 billion naira ($30.1 million), the firm's full-year results released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Apr 2009 | 12:00 pm Viennese asylumsHow enlightenment changed 19th century designsSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Apr 2009 | 11:57 am A World of Hurt: Exams of Injured Workers Fuel Mutual MistrustDoctors hired by insurers to examine injured workers are called independent examiners, but there are questions about how truly independent they are.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Apr 2009 | 11:19 am Ability To Perceive Changes In Shades Of Gray Improves Up To 58 Percent As A Result Of Playing Action Video GamesVideo games that involve high levels of action, such as first-person-shooter games, increase a player's real-world vision, according to research in Nature Neuroscience. The ability to discern slight differences in shades of gray has long been thought to be an attribute of the human visual system that cannot be improved.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Pennsylvania Health System Decreasing Complications, Costs With 'Warranty' System Emphasizing Best PracticesThe Washington Post on Tuesday examined how Pennsylvania's Geisinger Health System has successfully improved outcomes for elective heart surgery patients through its 90-day warranty program, which charges a flat fee covering the cost of the procedure and any needed follow-up care. Geisinger operates its own insurance plan and has 41 clinics, three hospitals and 650 staff physicians.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am President Obama Meets With House Democrats, Links Passage Of Budget With Ability To Move On Health ReformPresident Obama on Monday met with House Democrats in closed-door sessions to discuss his fiscal year 2010 budget proposal, during which he linked the passage of his budget to the ability to act on major issues including health care reform, Politico reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am What Sets The Stone Rolling - New Insights Into Cancer PathogenesisDr. Stephan Mathas and Professor Bernd Dörken of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and Charité - Medical University Berlin, in close cooperation with Professor Tom Misteli of the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA, have identified three cancer genes involved in the pathogenesis of a cancer of the lymphatic system.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Research Will Allow Identification Of Numerous Potential Cancer And Other TreatmentsUnderstanding the tens of thousands of proteins that compose the human proteome has emerged as a key challenge of this century, and research efforts to date have already enabled major advances in drug discovery and understanding basic biology. But many potential avenues have been blocked by lack of information about how the majority of these proteins function.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Slow-Growing TB Bacteria Point The Way To New Drug DevelopmentThe discovery of a large number of slow-growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause tuberculosis (TB), in the lungs of TB patients could be an important step forward in the design of new anti-TB drugs. Until now it was thought that M. tuberculosis bacteria in the lungs of TB patients were rapidly multiplying.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Gas Gangrene Bug Puts Poultry And Diabetics At RiskGas gangrene, the notorious infectious disease of two world wars can still be a problem today. Professor Richard Titball of the University of Exeter, told the Society of General Microbiology Meeting at the International Centre, Harrogate that Clostridium perfringens, the bacterium responsible for gas gangrene in people, can also cause necrotic enteritis in intensively raised chickens.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Teacher-Student Relationships In Kenyan Province Places Girls At Increased Risk For HIV, Education Official SaysAn increasing number of sexual relationships between teachers and students in Kenya's Nyanza province is placing girls at increased risk of HIV/AIDS, Geoffrey Cherongis, Nyanza's provincial director of education, said recently, IRIN/Plus News reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover And Manipulate Molecular Interplay That Moves Cancer CellsBased on research that reveals new insight into mechanisms that allow invasive tumor cells to move, researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have a new understanding about how to stop cancer from spreading. A cancer that spreads elsewhere in the body, known as metastasis, is the process that most often leads to death from the disease.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Sutent Is Official Standard For First-line Treatment Of Advanced Kidney Cancer: Research Now Probes Use In Earlier-stage DiseaseBoth the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued guidelines this month (March 2009) recommending that the multi-targeting tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy, sunitinib malate (Sutent) should now be used as the first-lSource: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Tobacco tax hike for US smokersThe largest federal tobacco tax increase in US history goes into effect today.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Apr 2009 | 9:29 am Food or medicineCrisis forces some Russians into a desperate choiceSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Apr 2009 | 8:52 am Flu epidemic hits Pacific islandThe tiny South Pacific paradise of Tokelau is hit by a flu outbreak, New Zealand health authorities say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Apr 2009 | 8:04 am Why women might be on to something by using blusherWomen may be onto something when they reach for the blusher - people really do think healthy females should display a rosy glow, a study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Apr 2009 | 7:43 am How infection may spark leukaemiaScientists have shown how common infections might trigger childhood leukaemia.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Apr 2009 | 7:03 am Hot climate produces baby girlsPeople who live in the tropics have more baby girls compared to those in other parts of the world, work reveals.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Apr 2009 | 6:39 am Kidney offers pour in for Natalie ColeSinger Natalie Cole says she is searching for a kidney after an illness caused both of her kidneys to fail.Source: CNN.com - Health | 1 Apr 2009 | 6:38 am Anti-smoking ad 'scares children'A government advert aimed at scaring parents into giving up smoking upset children, the advertising watchdog says.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Apr 2009 | 6:13 am Democrats Agree on a Health Plan; Now Comes the Hard PartThe insurance industry has made several major concessions, while the chairmen of five Congressional committees reached a consensus on the main legislative points.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Apr 2009 | 6:09 am Researchers Square Off on DisclosureAn oversight committee will investigate a case involving financial ties between a drug manufacturer and a researcher who published a study in The Journal of the American Medical Association.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Apr 2009 | 6:06 am Philip Morris’s Support Casts Shadow Over a Bill to Limit TobaccoThe legislation, which authorizes the F.D.A. to approve or reject tobacco products and ingredients, is expected to be approved by the House, but could meet resistance in the Senate.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Apr 2009 | 5:58 am Autism Rates Are Higher for U.S.-Born Somali Children in MinneapolisConfirming the fears of Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, the Minnesota Health Department says that young Somali children there appeared to have higher than usual rates of autism.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Apr 2009 | 5:57 am Pistachio warning could signal food safety shift (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Apr 2009 | 5:24 am F.D.A. Panel Supports Avastin to Treat Brain TumorPreliminary studies of a blockbuster drug from Roche’s Genentech unit are strong enough to speed its approval for brain cancer, federal cancer experts said.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Apr 2009 | 5:12 am Cases: Comforter and Comforted in an Unfolding MysteryIn a bedside companion, a human story beyond illness and treatment.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Apr 2009 | 5:10 am Stem cellsFirms need to act now so patients will benefit in futureSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Apr 2009 | 5:01 am Clinical Trials Update: March 31, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Apr 2009 | 3:49 am Rosy Complexion Is Sign of HealthA rosy complexion is judged to be healthier, and therefore maybe more attractive.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 1 Apr 2009 | 12:15 am Sleep problems linked to suicideAdults who suffer chronic sleep problems may be more likely to try to commit suicide, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Mar 2009 | 11:00 pm Nonvertebral Fracture Prevention With Vitamin D May Be Dose-DependentA meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials shows that a higher dose of vitamin D should reduce fractures by at least 20% for individuals aged 65 years or older.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Mar 2009 | 10:06 pm Stop-smoking lines flooded as tobacco tax rises (AP)AP - Calling your state stop-smoking hot line for help kicking the habit? Expect a wait: Smokers are flooding the lines in a panic over an increase in the tobacco tax.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Mar 2009 | 9:57 pm ACC 2009: REVERSE at 24 Months: CRT Modifies Disease Progression And Improves Clinical OutcomesIn the European cohort, patients with mild heart failure, impaired left ventricular function, and a wide QRS duration randomized to cardiac resynchronization therapy had significantly less clinical worsening than patients who did not receive the resynchronization therapy.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Mar 2009 | 9:48 pm Heart-Failure Guidelines Update Newly Incorporates Acute HF, the A-HeFT RegimenThe ACC/AHA document for the first time includes recommendations for patients hospitalized with heart failure and on the use of fixed-dose hydralazine/isosorbide dinitrate in African Americans.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Mar 2009 | 9:00 pm ACC 2009: ACTIVE-A: Clopidogrel and Aspirin Reduce CV Events in Atrial FibrillationIn patients who cannot take warfarin, the combination of clopidogrel and aspirin reduced major vascular events, particularly stroke, although at the expense of an increase in major bleeding.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Mar 2009 | 9:00 pm Less Is More: Simplified 4-Step Algorithm Improves BP ControlBlood pressure is better controlled when family practitioners are given a simplified, 4-step antihypertensive algorithm to follow.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Mar 2009 | 9:00 pm Nonvertebral Fracture Prevention With Vitamin D May Be Dose-DependentA meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials shows that a higher dose of vitamin D should reduce fractures by at least 20% for individuals aged 65 years or older.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Mar 2009 | 9:00 pm ACC 2009: CAC Scoring Helps Reclassify Intermediate Risk PatientsCoronary artery calcium scoring can help reclassify patients at intermediate risk for coronary events, a new 5-year study has shown.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Mar 2009 | 9:00 pm ACC 2009: Cypher and Endeavor Trump Taxus Liberté in ZEST TrialThe largest study to date comparing first- and newer-generation drug-eluting stents in a real-world environment has shown encouraging results for the new zotarolimus-eluting Endeavor, launched a year ago in the US, as well as the older Cypher stent. But the results for the paclitaxel-eluting Taxus Liberté were disappointing.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Mar 2009 | 8:58 pm St. Louis hospital to study birth defect (AP)AP - A top children's hospital wants to improve the survival rate of infants born with a birth defect that many families have never heard of until their child is diagnosed.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Mar 2009 | 8:57 pm Pope's Condom Condemnation Distorts TruthThe pontiff distorted scientific evidence to promote Catholic doctrine.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 31 Mar 2009 | 8:03 pm Salmonella in Pistachios Spurs RecallFederal officials said that a California processor would recall about one million pounds of pistachio products because of concerns about salmonella contamination.Source: NYT > Health | 31 Mar 2009 | 7:56 pm Books: Afflictions of the Brain, Cured or NotTwo books that delve into the realm of awful headaches, sometimes with no escape.Source: NYT > Health | 31 Mar 2009 | 7:52 pm FDA cracks down on unapproved narcotic painkillers (AP)AP - The government ordered 14 unapproved narcotic painkillers off the market Tuesday, prescription versions of potent morphine, hydromorphone and oxycodone. The Food and Drug Administration told nine manufacturers to quit distributing the drugs within 90 days but insisted there are plenty of legal versions of the painkillers being sold for patients who need relief.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Mar 2009 | 7:06 pm Surviving Salmonella: What You Can DoLettuce, chicken, tomatoes, peanut butter and now pistachios. Pistachios?Source: Livescience.com - Health | 31 Mar 2009 | 5:32 pm Poor balance a bad sign in Alzheimer's patients (Reuters)Reuters - A simple balance test may help doctors predict a decline in memory and brain function in people with Alzheimer's disease, research shows.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Mar 2009 | 5:04 pm Coffee Lessens the Pain of ExerciseCoffee before a workout helps kill the pain of pushing ourselves athletically, a new study suggests.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 31 Mar 2009 | 4:03 pm U.S. Health Insurance Mandate Gains SupportSupport grew on Friday for insurance industry demands that all Americans be required to obtain coverage as part of a planned healthcare system overhaul, with a senior Senate Democrat and a coalition of business and consumer groups promoting the idea.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Mar 2009 | 4:01 pm Taser Shot to the Head May Cause SeizuresUnder certain circumstances, a taser shot to the head may result in a brain-specific complication such as generalized tonic-clonic seizure, a case report in the March 17th issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Mar 2009 | 4:00 pm Thick-Brained People Are SmarterAlthough being called "thick-headed" means one is dumb, it turns out being thick-brained suggests one is smart, new findings reveal.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 31 Mar 2009 | 2:07 pm Study: Plavix plus aspirin helps prevent strokes (AP)AP - Taking the blood thinner Plavix along with aspirin helped prevent strokes and heart attacks in people with a common heartbeat abnormality that puts them at high risk of these problems, doctors reported Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! 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