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UPDATE 1-China overall crude stocks fall 1.6 pct in FebBEIJING, April 3 (Reuters) - China's overall crude inventories at the end of February dropped 1.6 percent from a month before to 36.6 million tonnes, a Xinhua newsletter said on Friday, as refineries stepped...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Apr 2009 | 12:38 pm Total CEO says its tax haven accounts are knownPARIS, April 3 (Reuters) - The head of Total on Friday said the French oil giant had accounts in tax havens but stressed the fact was well-known and the group had been transparent about them.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Apr 2009 | 12:36 pm Poland has no plans to sell Lotos shares in 2009WARSAW, April 3 (Reuters) - Polish treasury does not expect to sell any shares in the country's No. 2 oil refinery Lotos this year, Deputy Treasury Minister Krzysztof Zuk said on Friday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Apr 2009 | 12:34 pm UPDATE 1-Centrica at odds with EDF over British Energy -FT* Centrica, EDF say stake talks continue, no other commentSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Apr 2009 | 12:17 pm SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 1200 GMT- Business activity in European countries fall in March, but the pace slows as efforts to revive economies take holdSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Apr 2009 | 12:11 pm Suppressor of Melanoma Tumor Growth IdentifiedResearch findings from the National Institutes of Health could lead to individualized therapy for melanoma patients and might also explain why a class of oncology drugs failed clinically.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 3 Apr 2009 | 12:03 pm Total Kenya 2008 profit rises 32 pct, sales growNAIROBI, April 3 (Reuters) - Total Kenya said on Friday pretax profit for 2008 jumped 32 percent compared with 2007, thanks to increased sales.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Apr 2009 | 11:59 am UPDATE 1-Natus Medical slashes Q1 outlookApril 3 (Reuters) - Natus Medical Inc slashed its earnings expectations for the first quarter and said its revenue for the period fell short of expectations, hurt by a drop in spending by its hospital...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Apr 2009 | 11:38 am CDC: Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula (AP)AP - Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government study has found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 3 Apr 2009 | 11:37 am IDM Pharma Complies With NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4350(b)(1)(B) and Announces Filing of Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2008 Fiscal Year Containing Audit Opinion With Going Concern QualificationSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Apr 2009 | 11:30 am UPDATE 1-Global chip sales fall 30.4 pct in Feb: SIA* Demand to continue below '08 levels for next few quartersSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Apr 2009 | 11:28 am METALS INSIDER: Copper lurching from one crisis to the next?-- Andy Home is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. For more Metals Insider columns, top Reuters metals stories and third party content, please visit the free Base Metals Community...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Apr 2009 | 11:24 am Senate Finance Committee Expected To Confirm Gov. Sebelius As HHS SecretaryThe Senate Finance Committee on Thursday will hold the final confirmation hearing for President Obama's HHS secretary nominee Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D), and the panel is expected to vote in favor of confirmation, Reuters reports (Smith, Reuters, 4/2).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 3 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Introduction Of New NHS Complaints System Heralds Major Changes For GP Practices, Says MPSThe Medical Protection Society (MPS) welcomes the introduction of the new NHS Complaints System on 1 April that brings significant changes for GP practices. MPS has long recognised and supported the importance of effective resolution of complaints, and believe that this is most effective at local level.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 3 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Psychology And The Recession, UKThe past 18 months have seen a spectacular reversal of economic fortunes in much of the developed world, particularly in the UK. Current research into the psychological impact of the recession and how psychology could help revive the economy presented yesterday at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference in Brighton.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 3 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Florida Ultrasound Bill 'Overt Attempt' To Restrict Abortion Rights, Editorial SaysThe "ideologues are back" in the Florida Legislature with a bill (H.B. 983) that would require a woman seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound, except in cases of rape, incest or domestic violence if the woman shows a restraining order, an Orlando Sentinel editorial says.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 3 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am A Mother's Criticism Causes Distinctive Neural Activity Among Formerly DepressedFormerly depressed women show patterns of brain activity when they are criticized by their mothers that are distinctly different from the patterns shown by never depressed controls, according to a new study from Harvard University.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 3 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Team Identifies A Molecular Switch Linking Infectious Disease And DepressionResearchers at the University of Illinois report that IDO, an enzyme found throughout the body and long suspected of playing a role in depression, is in fact essential to the onset of depressive symptoms sparked by chronic inflammation.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 3 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am House, Senate Poised To Approve Budget Resolutions; House Republicans Unveil Budget Prop.That Would Gradually Eliminate Medicare Fee-for-Service PlansThe House and Senate on Thursday are expected to pass their respective fiscal year 2010 budget resolutions (HConRes85, SConRes13), though both resolutions provide "little guidance on how to pay for a health care overhaul," the AP/Philadelphia Inquirer reports (Taylor, AP/Philadelphia Inquirer, 4/2).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 3 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Truth To Received Wisdom That A Rosy Complexion Denotes Healthiness, While Green Or Pale Indicates IllnessPeople use the color of your skin to judge how healthy you are, according to researchers at the University of St Andrews. The findings are published April 1 in the online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 3 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Benefits Of Opening Up The Primary Care Market May Not Be Realised, Warn Experts, UKGovernment reforms to increase the choices available to patients and to stimulate competition between healthcare providers may result in underused capacity in some areas and difficulties in attracting new providers into other areas, warn experts in an article published on bmj.com today.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 3 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Smoking On Hospital Grounds - Stub It Out Now, Says BMA Cymru WalesOn the second anniversary of the ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces in Wales, BMA Cymru Wales is calling for it to now be extended to all hospital grounds. Currently, some Welsh NHS Trusts operate voluntary codes, which are not enforceable by any laws or fines.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 3 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Gene defect clue to male pillA gene flaw that makes some men infertile could aid the development of a male pill, researchers say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 3 Apr 2009 | 9:25 am Horror movies too scary? Try lavender, ladiesTaking a deep sniff of lavender before you settle down for a horror film might stop you getting so scared - but only if you are a woman, a study finds.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 3 Apr 2009 | 9:13 am Singapore urges caution on cervical cancer shots (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 3 Apr 2009 | 7:29 am Nurse Is Charged in the Death of 5 PatientsAuthorities accused a nurse in Lufkin, Tex., of injecting bleach into the veins of patients undergoing kidney dialysis.Source: NYT > Health | 3 Apr 2009 | 6:11 am Fast Vote Is Unlikely on Health Dept. PickGov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas skirted what could have been difficult questions about her income taxes and her views on abortion.Source: NYT > Health | 3 Apr 2009 | 5:32 am Heart Muscle Renewed Over Lifetime, Study FindsThe finding upends a medical myth and suggests new therapies for heart attack patients may be possible.Source: NYT > Health | 3 Apr 2009 | 5:21 am House Passes Tobacco Bill, but Senate Battle LoomsThe House passed a bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration sweeping powers over tobacco products.Source: NYT > Health | 3 Apr 2009 | 5:06 am G.E. and Intel Working on Remote Monitors to Provide Home Health CareThe companies plan to spend $250 million to find ways for doctors to remotely monitor, diagnose and consult with patients.Source: NYT > Health | 3 Apr 2009 | 4:56 am Doctor and Patient: Do You Know What Your Doctor Is Talking About?Health literacy means some patients may get more from their medical care.Source: NYT > Health | 3 Apr 2009 | 3:50 am Clinical Trials Update: April 2, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 3 Apr 2009 | 3:49 am Asperger syndrome may be tied to low hormone levels (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- Low levels of a stress hormone may be responsible for the obsession with routine and dislike for new experiences common in children with a certain type of autism.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 3 Apr 2009 | 3:49 am Brain Cells Give New Clues to Alzheimer's (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- By uncovering a mechanism that causes damage to brain synapses during Alzheimer's disease, researchers might have found a key to reducing or preventing nerve degeneration for these patients.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 3 Apr 2009 | 3:49 am FDA eyes NY nut plant in pistachio recall probe (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 3 Apr 2009 | 1:23 am Grapefruit diet 'put leg at risk'Grapefruit affected absorption of medication in a US woman - leading to a potentially fatal blood clot, doctors say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Apr 2009 | 11:05 pm Brain scan 'could diagnose PTSD'Scientists say they are moving ever closer to being able to diagnose Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with a brain scanner.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Apr 2009 | 11:05 pm NY county ban on baby bottle chemical is official (AP)AP - A suburban New York county has adopted the nation's first ban on the chemical found in plastic baby bottles and sippy cups.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Apr 2009 | 10:41 pm ACC 2009: Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death Greater in Triathlons Than MarathonsThe risk of sudden cardiac death even exists in the shorter-distance triathlons, those events filled with typical weekend warriors.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Apr 2009 | 10:01 pm Award for twins switched at birthA Polish court awards damages to the families of three women - two of them twins - mistakenly switched at birth.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Apr 2009 | 9:50 pm ACC 2009: Exercise and Weight Loss Boosts BP-Lowering Effect of the DASH DietSubjects with mildly elevated blood pressure who hit the treadmill for 30 minutes three times a week, lost weight, and adhered to the DASH diet saw their blood pressure drop by 13 mm Hg over a 16-week period, in addition to other improvements.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Apr 2009 | 9:40 pm NJ warns nearly 3,000 to get tested for hep B (AP)AP - New Jersey officials have advised nearly 3,000 people who share a doctor to get tested after five cancer patients who visited the physician were found to have hepatitis B.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Apr 2009 | 9:20 pm Expert Collaboration Helps Primary-Care Docs Improve Chronic Pain OutcomesA collaborative intervention with primary-care physicians had a modest but statistically significant improvement in chronic pain treatment outcomes.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Apr 2009 | 9:00 pm FDA Approvals: Afinitor and TygacilThe FDA has approved a new indication for everolimus tablets (Afinitor) and tigecycline intravenous infusion (Tygacil).Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Apr 2009 | 9:00 pm Dietary Soluble Fiber May Be Beneficial for Adults With and Without HypercholesterolemiaA systematic review shows that barley-derived beta-glucan benefits levels of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides, but not high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Apr 2009 | 9:00 pm House approves FDA regulation of tobacco products (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Apr 2009 | 8:54 pm Long-Term Opioid Use May Increase Sensitivity to PainLong-term use of opioids to manage chronic pain increases patients' sensitivity to certain types of pain, and similar hyperalgesia develops with methadone-maintained drug abusers, new research suggests.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Apr 2009 | 8:20 pm Bevacizumab in Glioblastoma Approval RecommendedAn FDA advisory committee has voted unanimously to recommend approval for bevacizumab in previously treated glioblastoma patients.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Apr 2009 | 7:43 pm Doctors Are Opting Out of MedicareMany people, just as they become eligible for Medicare, discover that the insurance rug has been pulled out from under them.Source: NYT > Health | 2 Apr 2009 | 7:22 pm House passes bill giving FDA power over tobaccoThe House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate the advertising and sale of tobacco products in the United States.Source: CNN.com - Health | 2 Apr 2009 | 7:07 pm Learning Curve Accrues More Slowly for Laparoscopic ProstatectomyIncreasing surgical experience is associated with substantial reductions in cancer recurrence after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, but the learning curve for laparoscopic prostatectomy is slower than for open surgery.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Apr 2009 | 6:47 pm Recipes for Health: Bruschetta With Mushroom ToppingThis savory mushroom stew can be made with a combination of mushrooms, including wild ones.Source: NYT > Health | 2 Apr 2009 | 6:26 pm Hyperbaric Therapy May Improve Autism SymptomsA new study suggests hyperbaric-oxygen therapy improves the overall functioning of children with autism spectrum disorder as well as their ability to interact socially and make eye contact.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Apr 2009 | 6:24 pm Fear Erased in Rat BrainsResearchers develop technique that overwrites fearful memories, at least in rats.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 2 Apr 2009 | 6:04 pm Surprise! Adult Hearts Grow New CellsScientists have found the first evidence that new heart cells are made throughout a person's life.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 2 Apr 2009 | 6:00 pm Advertising: Once a Seldom-Heard Word, Pregnancy Is Now in the SpotlightThe word “pregnant,” once verboten on prime-time television, is now so common that an at-home fertility test will soon be advertised on TV.Source: NYT > Health | 2 Apr 2009 | 3:48 pm A World of Hurt: In Workplace Injury System, Ill Will on All SidesNearly a century after the workers’ compensation system was introduced, employers and employees remain at odds.Source: NYT > Health | 2 Apr 2009 | 3:41 pm Commentary: I was the 'queen of denial' on autismWhen anything is wrong with your child, your first instinct is to make it better. Diagnose the situation, find the answer to the problem and take your child's pain away. But with autism, that takes quite a lot of doing.Source: CNN.com - Health | 2 Apr 2009 | 3:32 pm China arrest over tainted bloodPolice in China arrest the head of a hospital where 64 people were infected with hepatitis C after blood transfusions.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Apr 2009 | 2:14 pm Punjab disability 'uranium link'Tests on children with cerebral palsy or mental disabilities in the Indian state of Punjab reveal high levels of uranium.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Apr 2009 | 2:10 pm Tough times add to panic, anxiety disordersApril 02, 2009 Apr. 2--Simply picking up the paper or turning on the TV these days can make a person anxious.Source: PsycPORT.com | 2 Apr 2009 | 2:06 pm Dignitas defends assisted suicideThe founder of Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas tells the BBC that suicide is a "marvellous possibility".Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Apr 2009 | 11:37 am
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