Health and Medical News Headlines for April 9, 2009

Recession Anxiety Seeps Into Everyday Lives

Experts see signs that stress is becoming more common as a result of the economic downturn.

Source: NYT > Health | 9 Apr 2009 | 12:46 pm

Morning Rounds: Weight Reports, Medical Checkups and Peanuts

Health news from around the Web.

Source: NYT > Health | 9 Apr 2009 | 12:46 pm

UPDATE 1-Allis-Chalmers amends credit deal to relax covenants

April 9 (Reuters) - Oilfield services firm Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc said it has amended its $90 million revolving credit agreement to relax the leverage and interest coverage covenants to provide additional...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Apr 2009 | 12:33 pm

Nuvilex, Inc.'s Marketing Partner, CK41 to Launch purEffect(TM) in May

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Apr 2009 | 12:30 pm

Hillenbrand Expects to Report Second-Quarter Net Revenue of $170.8 Million and Revises 2009 Guidance

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Apr 2009 | 12:30 pm

Cryo-Cell International, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2009 Results

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Apr 2009 | 12:30 pm

HomeSwimmer, Ltd. Signs Olympic Medalist Josh Davis

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Apr 2009 | 12:20 pm

Jivan Focuses on Solutions for Transcriptome Sequencing

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Apr 2009 | 12:15 pm

MonoSol Rx and Strativa Pharmaceuticals Submit New Drug Application for Ondansetron Orally Dissolving Film Strip

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Apr 2009 | 12:11 pm

Cancer Disparities: Too Many Reports, Not Enough Action?

With American demographics changing rapidly, there is a growing awareness of disparities in cancer care. But what can be done to address those disparities in the clinic?
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Apr 2009 | 12:05 pm

Ask.com Supports Autism Speaks with Innovative Donation Program

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Apr 2009 | 12:00 pm

Xoft Receives Health Canada Regulatory Approval for the Axxent(R) Electronic Brachytherapy System

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Apr 2009 | 12:00 pm

'Topical Dermatological Product Development in the USA' Workshop to Be Held on June 4, 2009 in East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Apr 2009 | 12:00 pm

Shares tumble as Bioxell lead drug fails in trial (Reuters)

Reuters - Italian biotech Bioxell SpA said its Elocalcitol drug to treat overactive bladder (OAB) failed to reach its main target in a mid-stage clinical trial, and that it would cut costs, sending its stock to an all-time low.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Apr 2009 | 11:24 am

Bionanotechnology: Revolution At Single Molecule Level

Progress in bionanotechnology is essential for our understanding of cells and for the development of new therapeutics, which nowadays increasingly function at the molecular level. This was one of the statements made by Prof. Nynke Dekker on Wednesday 8 April during her inaugural address at TU Delft, the Netherlands.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am

Phase I Studies With Hepatitis C Compounds In Healthy Volunteers And Patients: Views From Inside

PRA International, a leading Clinical Research Organization, announces Dr. Andre van Vliet, Vice President of Medical Affairs - Early Development Services (EDS), will host an audio conference on the development of New Chemical Entities (NCEs) in the treatment of hepatitis C. This interactive session will take place on April 14, 2009 at 11:30 am (ET).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am

AstraZeneca Receives FDA Complete Response Letter On Symbicort For The Treatment Of Asthma In Children 6 To 11 Years Old

AstraZeneca announced the company has received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for SYMBICORT (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) pressurized metered dose inhaler (pMDI) for the long-term maintenance treatment of asthma in paediatric patients ages 6-11 years.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am

Inadequate Micronutrient Status Is More Common Than Expected

European adults and adolescents often do not get the essential vitamins and minerals needed from their diet, even if it is well-balanced. This is the overall consensus shared by outstanding scientists in the field of micronutrient research, who gathered at the Universidad PolitÃ©chnica de Madrid on the occasion of the first European Nutritionals Press Workshop organized by Bayer HealthCare.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am

Weak Social Ties At Workplace Increase Risk Of Burn-out

Long-term leaves of absence tied to stress-related diagnoses are often preceded by a long period without any secure and comforting social relations. This is shown in a recently published study in public health science at Karlstad University in Sweden.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am

Opinion Piece Says Tort Reform In Pennsylvania Could Improve State's Health, Economy

"States that have enacted [civil-justice] reform measures have significantly improved access to health care, reduced costs and strengthened economies," former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), founder of the Center for Health Transformation, and Wayne Oliver, project director at the center, write in a Philadelphia Inquirer opinion piece.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am

Coartem® Receives FDA Approval Becoming First Artemisinin-based Combination Treatment (ACT) For Malaria In The US

Coartem® (artemether 20 mg/lumefantrine 120 mg), the leading artemisinin-based combination treatment (ACT) for malaria worldwide, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Coartem is a fixed-dose combination of two novel antimalarials. It is a highly-effective three-day malaria treatment with cure rates of over 96% even in areas of multi-drug resistance[1],[2].
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am

Scientists Discovered A New Molecular Mechanism Linking Viral Infection To Cancer Susceptibility

Portuguese scientists discovered a new molecular mechanism that allows gamma herpes viruses to chronically infect patients and helps to explain why these patients present an abnormally high incidence of the lymphocyte (or white blood cell) cancer lymphoma, particularly when their immune system is compromised.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am

Update On FDA Advisory Committee Meeting On Liraglutide For The Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes

Novo Nordisk announced that the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalised its discussions of questions related to liraglutide, a once-daily human GLP-1 analogue. The Advisory Committee voted on questions related to the risk profile of liraglutide.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am

Telemonitoring Changes The Working Practice Of Cardiac Nurses

The 9th Annual Spring Meeting of the European Society of Cardiology Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (CCNAP), organised in cooperation with the Irish Nurses Cardiovascular Association (INCA), is being held at the Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Ireland, on 24-25 April.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am

Calorie-Burning Fat? Studies Say You Have It

Originally believed to be lost after infancy, calorie-burning brown fat has been discovered in adults.

Source: NYT > Health | 9 Apr 2009 | 9:22 am

'Good' baby fat keeps adults slim

Adults who retain their 'good' baby fat may be buffered against obesity and type 2 diabetes, scientists believe.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Apr 2009 | 9:08 am

Morning Rounds: Skin Cancer, Health Insurance and Generic Drugs

Health news from around the Web.

Source: NYT > Health | 9 Apr 2009 | 8:41 am

New Yorkers Often Exposed to Cigarette Smoke, Study Finds

More than half of all nonsmokers in New York City have elevated levels of a nicotine byproduct in their blood indicating recent exposure to cigarette smoke.

Source: NYT > Health | 9 Apr 2009 | 5:26 am

New York Health Official Calls for Tax on Drinks With Sugar

An idea proposed and abandoned by Gov. David A. Paterson was revived by the city’s top health official in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Source: NYT > Health | 9 Apr 2009 | 5:25 am

Kids curb marital satisfaction, study finds (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Parents all know that children make it harder to do some of the most enjoyable adult things. Bluntly put, kids can get between you.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Apr 2009 | 5:13 am

F.D.A. Panel Endorses New Use for Seroquel XR

The schizophrenia drug, made by AstraZeneca, appears to be safe in working with other depression treatments, a committee says.

Source: NYT > Health | 9 Apr 2009 | 4:54 am

Genentech Starts Pulling Back Psoriasis Drug

Raptiva, which had 2008 sales of $108 million in the United States, has been linked to a brain infection.

Source: NYT > Health | 9 Apr 2009 | 4:54 am

F.D.A. to Check Safety of Old Devices

Regulators said they would ask makers of some risky devices to prove their products are safe and effective.

Source: NYT > Health | 9 Apr 2009 | 4:54 am

Treatment With Proton-Pump Inhibitors May Not Improve Asthma Control

Despite a high prevalence of asymptomatic gastroesophageal reflux in patients with poorly controlled asthma, treatment with proton-pump inhibitors does not improve asthma control.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Apr 2009 | 3:54 am

Changes in Weight Status to Infancy Linked to Risk for Later Obesity

An ongoing, prospective cohort study shows that more rapid increases in weight for length in the first 6 months of life are associated with sharply increased risk for obesity at 3 years of age.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Apr 2009 | 3:45 am

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Linked to Worse Outcomes in Critically Ill Children

A prospective, observational study shows that in mechanically ventilated children, those with ventilator-associated pneumonia had worse outcomes.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Apr 2009 | 3:09 am

FDA Safety Changes: Luvox/Luvox CR, Altace, Capozide, Monopril/Monopril HCT, Furadantin

The FDA has approved revisions to the safety labeling for fluvoxamine, ramipril, captopril plus hydrochlorothiazide, fosinopril, fosinopril plus hydrochlorothiazide, and nitrofurantoin.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Apr 2009 | 2:51 am

Actor Michael J. Fox opens up to Larry King

Actor, author and Parkinson's disease activist Michael J. Fox spoke with Larry King on Wednesday.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 9 Apr 2009 | 2:46 am

FDA Moves to End Safety-Review "Grandfatherhood" for CV Devices

The FDA is asking manufacturers to submit safety data on their AEDs, IABPs, permanent pacemakers, and a host of other devices that were marketed before it received its 1976 legislative mandate to review device safety as a condition for market approval.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Apr 2009 | 2:36 am

DNA Test Outperforms Pap Smear

Gynecologists hope that a new test for cervical cancer will replace Pap smears in countries that can afford it.

Source: NYT > Health | 9 Apr 2009 | 2:30 am

ACC 2009: 9p21 Variant Predicts Long-Term Risk of Revascularization

People who suffered an early-onset MI were more likely to undergo future revascularization during 20 years of follow-up if they carried a particular genetic variant on chromosome 9p21, according to a new Italian study.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Apr 2009 | 2:29 am

Doctors' group protests 'conscience' rule rollback

A organization of Christian physicians argued Wednesday against an impending rollback of a federal rule allowing health care workers to refuse to provide abortions, saying it's discriminatory.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 9 Apr 2009 | 1:13 am

Pollution link with birth weight

Exposure to traffic pollution could affect the development of babies in the womb, US researchers have warned.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Apr 2009 | 11:42 pm

Studies of 'good' fat could help with weight loss (AP)

AP - Fight fat with fat? The newest obesity theory suggests we may one day be able to do just that. Just like good and bad cholesterol, there apparently are good and bad types of body fat. Scientists until recently believed this good fat, which spurs the body to burn calories to generate body heat, played an important role in keeping infants warm but by adulthood was mostly gone or inactive.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Apr 2009 | 10:22 pm

Adults Retain 'Good' Baby Fat

You still have some of the baby fat that researchers have long thought melted away after childhood.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 8 Apr 2009 | 10:15 pm

Spray Aids Premature Ejaculation

European men who had been diagnosed with premature ejaculation problems found help with a topical spray
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 8 Apr 2009 | 10:03 pm

Study: Sports drinks may be bad for teeth

Sports drinks can rehydrate you after a workout, but they also may wreak havoc on your teeth, according to a study.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 8 Apr 2009 | 9:45 pm

Tanorexia: The Insidious Lure of Tanning Beds

Indoor tanning raises the risk of skin cancer and causes wrinkles. So why do it?
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 8 Apr 2009 | 9:24 pm

"Brown fat" may help adults lose weight (Reuters)

Reuters - A sparse form of fat that helps keep newborns warm is more common in adults than previously thought and that discovery that could lead to a new way to lose weight, researchers said on Wednesday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Apr 2009 | 9:02 pm

Study: Heartburn drugs no help with asthma (AP)

AP - Asthma patients using powerful acid reflux drugs even though they don't have heartburn should stop taking them, lung experts say. It turns out the medicine doesn't improve asthma symptoms, as had been thought. Estimates are that 2.5 million to 5 million Americans with asthma also have gastroesophageal reflux, in which acid or food rises from the stomach into the throat, without any obvious heartburn symptoms.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Apr 2009 | 9:02 pm

Doctors: Thyroid drug can hurt liver, kill kids (AP)

AP - A pill used for thyroid disease can cause fatal liver failure in children and should no longer be used to treat them, two doctors warn. Doctors usually first try either propylthiouracil or methimazole to treat children with Graves' disease, the most common cause of an overactive thyroid. Other treatments are surgery and radioactive iodine.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Apr 2009 | 9:01 pm

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