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Study hints at new addiction therapyApril 05, 2009 Apr. 5--A new nanotechnology treatment for drug addiction may be on the horizon, according to a study by University at Buffalo researchers.Source: PsycPORT.com | 5 Apr 2009 | 4:06 pm Students share data on brains, tattoosApril 05, 2009 Apr. 5--TAMPA -- Tattoos, risky sexual behavior, drinking at prom.Source: PsycPORT.com | 5 Apr 2009 | 4:06 pm Allscripts Introduces Electronic Health Record Capability for iPhone(TM)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Apr 2009 | 1:00 pm Siemens Announces Latest Contracts, Recent 'Go Lives,' and Strong Customer Support for its Workflow-Enhancing Healthcare IT Solution Soarian Clinicals, at HIMSS 2009Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Apr 2009 | 1:00 pm Schiff Announces New 'Trip of a Lifetime' SweepstakesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Apr 2009 | 12:00 pm Justice For Binayak Sen, Paediatrician Imprisoned In India And Convicted Of No CrimeAn Editorial in this week's Lancet calls for justice for Indian doctor Binayak Sen, a distinguished Indian paediatrician and a tireless human rights activist.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am Taiwan Should Participate In World Health AssemblyThe participation of both China and Taiwan in the World Health Organization is key to helping anticipate and manage infectious disease outbreaks such as a bird flu pandemic or SARS, writes Dr. Amir Attaran and the editorial team in a CMAJ editorial http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.090613.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am Adolescent Varicocelectomy - Is The Potential For Catch-Up Growth Related To Age And/or Tanner Stage?UroToday.com - Typically, catch-up growth following varicocelectomy is one of the parameters used to assess the efficacy of surgery. There has always been debate whether this represents true testicular growth or increased interstitial fluid secondary to lymphatic obstruction. Dr. Stephen Poon, et al retrospectively reviewed the outcomes of 136 boys (mean age 15.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am College Of Optometrists Launch Campaign To Raise The Public's Awareness Around Sight CareThe College of Optometrists has announced the launch of a new eye health awareness campaign, Eyes for a Lifetime. Its communications team will undertake a series of initiatives with the national and consumer media, highlighting how eye examinations are a vital health check that should be part of everyone's normal health regime.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am ATS Supports FDA Tobacco Legislation: Crucial Bill Reaches Floor Of HouseMore than a decade after being first proposed, and millions of tobacco-related deaths later, FDA regulation of tobacco is close to becoming a reality. Bi-partisan legislation co-sponsored by Representatives Henry Waxman and Todd Platts is currently on the floor of the House that, if passed, would give the FDA the authority to oversee and regulate tobacco marketing and sales in the U.S.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am Study Reveals Worrying Survival Gap Between Rich And Poor After Heart Surgery, EnglandPeople from the most deprived areas of England have a far higher risk of death after cardiac surgery than people from the least deprived areas, finds a large study published on bmj.com today. Cardiovascular disease is the commonest cause of early death in the Western world and is closely related to social and economic deprivation.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am Health Ministers Agree To Accelerate Efforts To Counter The Global Threat Of Drug-Resistant TuberculosisHealth ministers from countries with the greatest burdens of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have agreed to a series of actions to accelerate efforts to halt and reverse the global epidemic of the disease.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am Editorial - Robotic Pediatric UrologyUroToday.com - I wrote this manuscript on pediatric robotic urology to delineate the procedures done today in pediatric urology with robotic assistance. The take home message from this manuscript is to choose your patients carefully as the robotic platform needs room to operate effectively.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am Inequalities Study Highlights Need For Renewed UK Government EffortsIn response to a study published online by the British Medical Journal online which found that people from areas of social deprivation have significantly worse outcomes following cardiac surgery and concluded that social deprivation independently predicted the risk of dying following cardiac surgerySource: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am Study Says Simple Yes/No Questions Can Help Diagnose Women With Low Sexual DesireFive simple and quick questions may help determine if a woman has low sexual desire, or hypoactive sexual desire disorder, says a study released this month in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. The study enrolled 263 women at 27 centers throughout the U.S.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am Edifecs, CAQH and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Will Examine CORE Phase II Testing Outcomes and Lessons Learned at HIMSS09 Interoperability ShowcaseSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Apr 2009 | 6:01 am Chateau Latour sells for US$62,000 in Hong KongA six-litre bottle of 1961 Chateau Latour fetched 62,000 US dollars at Sotheby's first wine auction in Hong Kong, a spokesman said. The imperial bottle, the equivalent to eight regular...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Apr 2009 | 5:46 am As Economy Is Down, Vitamin Sales Are UpAs people cut back, they are stocking up on pills that they think can spare them expensive doctor visits.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Apr 2009 | 5:30 am Getting tourists to walk the Obama walkWashington, which on Friday was voted the most walkable city in the United States, has come up with yet another new walking tour to attract visitors, by allowing them to follow in the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Apr 2009 | 4:52 am Poland's forgotten El GrecoIt was discovered more than 40 years ago in a rural Polish parish. But today the El Greco masterpiece, the Ecstasy of St Francis, still awaits the recognition worthy of a Spanish...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Apr 2009 | 4:43 am The Way We Live Now: Your Old ManMen might have biological clocks, too. What happens when they hear them tick?Source: NYT > Health | 5 Apr 2009 | 4:01 am Obesity Boosts Gum Disease Risk (HealthDay)HealthDay - SATURDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- Obese adults are at higher risk of gum disease than are normal-weight people, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Apr 2009 | 3:47 am Shell's Sarnia refinery maintenance to start Apr 15TORONTO, April 4 (Reuters) - Scheduled maintenance at Royal Dutch Shell Sarnia refinery will start on April 15, the Sarnia Observer said on Saturday, citing a letter sent to local residents.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Apr 2009 | 3:02 am Arabic inscriptions of Spain's Alhambra decodedFor centuries visitors to the Alhambra fortress-palace in Granada, built by Spain's medieval Moorish rulers, have wondered what the thousands of Arabic inscriptions that are carved into itsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Apr 2009 | 2:49 am Keep on runningHow one man is fighting asbestos cancerSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Apr 2009 | 11:25 pm Hope in sightBlinded girl's plight highlights Iraq hospital problemsSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Apr 2009 | 11:01 pm PhRMA Honors Gardasil(r) Researchers With Discoverers AwardSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Apr 2009 | 9:00 pm Hot Tea Consumption Linked to Higher Risk for Esophageal CancerIn a northern Iranian population-based case-control study, drinking hot tea was strongly associated with a higher risk for esophageal cancer.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2009 | 8:40 pm Severe Adverse Effects of Smoking May Be Reversible if Mothers Quit Early in PregnancyIn a cohort study, women who stopped smoking at less than 15 weeks' gestation had rates of spontaneous preterm birth and small-for-gestational-age infants similar to those for nonsmokers.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2009 | 8:22 pm Postnatal Weight Gain May Predict Retinopathy in Preterm InfantsA screening algorithm including weight detected 100% of infants who developed retinopathy of prematurity requiring treatment and correctly predicted most of the children who did not need treatment.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2009 | 8:01 pm Zoll Issues Safety Advisory, Software Fix for AEDZoll Medical Corp has launched a "field corrective action" on its AED Plus automated external defibrillators manufactured prior to February 12, 2009.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2009 | 7:49 pm ACC 2009: Short Course of Steroids, Antihistamines, Can Keep Allergic Patients From Stopping ClopidogrelResearchers propose a six-day steroid and antihistamine strategy they say can obviate the need for washout and desensitization approaches that put patients at risk of stent thrombosis when they pause clopidogrel therapy.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2009 | 7:37 pm ACC 2009: Optimal MI Care Eliminates OMEGA-3 BenefitsIn patients who have suffered an acute MI and are receiving optimal medical care, omega-3 fatty acids--the kind found in oily fish--offer no additional benefits, according to the results of the OMEGA study.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Apr 2009 | 7:26 pm Iowa same-sex marriage ruling spurs activistsApril 04, 2009 DES MOINES, Iowa - Gay couples will likely be getting married soon in Iowa, and activists on both sides of the issue claim the sight of same-sex unions in the nation's heartland will spur other states to take action.Source: PsycPORT.com | 4 Apr 2009 | 4:06 pm Neuropsychologist: Starting over after brain injuryApril 04, 2009 Apr. 4--CHICO -- When a person suffers a mild traumatic brain injury, it usually leaves him or her with new challenges. When that person already has emotional problems, the challenges are greater.Source: PsycPORT.com | 4 Apr 2009 | 4:06 pm
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