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French against rose wine made by mixing red, whiteAn overwhelming majority of French consumers are opposed to an EU scheme to allow a blend of red and white wines to be sold as rose, according to a poll to be published on Sunday. The...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Apr 2009 | 11:04 am Undeclared peanuts in Bergen Brand Almond cookies.OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Dollarama are warning people with allergies to peanut proteins not to consume certain Bergen brand Almond Cookies. The affected...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Apr 2009 | 10:02 am Degree Dependence In Rates Of Transcription Factor Evolution Explains The Unusual Structure Of Transcription NetworksRegulation of gene transcription plays a key role in cellular function, response to external stimuli and development. We show that the evolution of transcription factors is strongly influenced by the number of genes they interact with. This occurs in two distinct ways. First, transcription factors that interact with many targets are highly constrained and so evolve slowly.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Annual Michael & Susan Dell Lectureship In Child Health Features National Expert In Child Obesity PreventionThe Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living at The University of Texas School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus will host the third annual Michael & Susan Dell Lectureship in Child Health at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center Amphitheater in Austin. Obesity expert Shiriki Kumanyika, Ph.D., M.P.H.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Interactive Deformation Registration Of Endorectal Prostate MRI Using ITK Thin Plate Splines - Towards Personalized Prostate Cancer RadiotherapyUroToday.com - This current paper (1) is part of the research aimied at developing more individualized and targeted prostate cancer radiotherapy. Recent improvement in radiation treatment outcome of prostate cancer mainly comes from radiation dose escalation and combining radiation with hormonal treatment.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Unravelling The Wolbachia Evolutionary Role: The Reprogramming Of The Host Genomic ImprintingIn this paper we provide the first evidence that a bacterium modulates its host genomic imprinting, influencing the expression of genes involved in sex differentiation and development. In the leafhopper Zyginidia pullula, males feminized by the endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis display phenotypic features that are typical of females, including female gonads, and a female genomic imprinting.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Which Prescriptions Go Unfilled When Physical And Mental Health Problems Co-Occur And Money Gets Tight?A new study points to a troubling connection between out-of-pocket expenses for people contending with both physical illnesses and depression, affecting access to antidepressant treatment. Dr.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Apr 2009 | 8:00 am Utah Department Of Health Finalizes Guidelines For Prescribing Pain MedsThe Utah Department of Health (UDOH) today released its final draft of clinical guidelines to assist health care providers in safely prescribing pain medications. UDOH developed the guidelines in partnership with two multi-disciplinary panels of physicians as part of an ongoing campaign to reduce the amount of prescription drug overdose deaths.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Apr 2009 | 8:00 am University Of Cincinnati Receives $22.7 Million To Launch New CenterThe National Institutes of Health has announced that the University of Cincinnati will become the 39th member of its Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Apr 2009 | 8:00 am TargetsWorld Health Day 2009The World Health Organization (WHO) is today celebrating World Health Day by focussing attention on the large numbers of lives that can be saved during earthquakes, floods , conflicts and other emergencies through the better design and construction of health facilities and preparing and training of health staff.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Apr 2009 | 8:00 am Twins Provide Clues To Genetic Risk Factors In Autoantibody-Negative Rheumatoid ArthritisDuring the past few years, several new genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been identified. The majority of genetic risk factors identified so far have been associated with autoantibody-positive RA, which affects about two-thirds of RA patients, but distinguishing this variant from autoantibody-negative RA, which is less destructive, is considered increasingly important.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Apr 2009 | 8:00 am Childhood Urinary Stones Induced By Melamine-Tainted Formula: How Much We Know, How Much We Don't KnowUroToday.com - Stone disease in children seems to be on the rise since I started as a pediatric urologist. The number of children we first saw in one year, I am seeing on a monthly basis. The latest scare has been in China with melamine-induced kidney stones.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Apr 2009 | 8:00 am 7th Surgery Shows Face Transplants Gaining GroundA Boston hospital has performed the nation’s second partial face transplant on a man who suffered traumatic facial injuries from a freak accident.Source: NYT > Health | 11 Apr 2009 | 5:59 am Patient Money: Uptick in Vasectomies Seen as Sign of RecessionAnecdotal evidence supports the intuition that more people might hesitate to expand their families during a downturn.Source: NYT > Health | 11 Apr 2009 | 5:51 am I. Herbert Scheinberg, Expert on Wilson Disease, Dies at 89Dr. Scheinberg, a specialist in rare hereditary diseases, helped develop a diagnostic test and treatment for Wilson disease, a potentially fatal buildup of copper in the body.Source: NYT > Health | 11 Apr 2009 | 5:36 am Birth Control Options for WomenTubal ligation is more popular than vasectomies for men, but is difficult to reverse. Pills and intrauterine devices can prevent pregnancy while preserving fertility.Source: NYT > Health | 11 Apr 2009 | 5:32 am As Medical Charts Go Electronic, Rural Doctor Sees Healthy ChangeA family doctor rural in Kansas says her switch to electronic records has greatly improved her productivity.Source: NYT > Health | 11 Apr 2009 | 5:28 am Medication May Improve Scar Healing (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- The drug avotermin (brand name Juvista) seems to improve the healing of skin scars, according to three new studies.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Apr 2009 | 3:49 am Parkinson's Drugs Can Trigger Unhealthy Behaviors (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) -- A class of Parkinson's disease drugs called dopamine agonists can cause patients to develop destructive behaviors such as compulsive gambling or hypersexuality, says a new study.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Apr 2009 | 3:49 am Hundreds of Illinois patients possibly exposed to TBCHICAGO - Hundreds of patients and staff at three Chicago-area hospitals may have been exposed to tuberculosis by a contagious health care worker, officials said Friday. About 300...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Apr 2009 | 1:39 am Doctor may have exposed patients to TBPublic health officials in and around Chicago, Illinois, announced Friday they are offering testing to hundreds of patients and staff members at three area hospitals who may have been exposed to tuberculosis by a doctor who was recently diagnosed with an active case of the disease.Source: CNN.com - Health | 11 Apr 2009 | 1:31 am Alaska forecasts oil-output drop, more oil spendingANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 10 (Reuters) - Alaska North Slope oil output is expected to drop 5 percent in the coming fiscal year as its oilfields age, and average prices of its crude oil are expected to fall,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Apr 2009 | 12:25 am Weight loss opPursuing radical surgery in bid to overcome infertilitySource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Apr 2009 | 11:02 pm 'Double whammy' malaria drug hopeA new "double whammy" malaria drug could work on its own and as a "booster" for existing drugs, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Apr 2009 | 11:01 pm The Yolanda Adams Morning Show and Radio One Gospel Stations Raise More than $800,000 in National Radiothon Benefiting St. JudeSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Apr 2009 | 10:33 pm Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Physical Activity Independently Linked to Insulin ResistanceA NHANES analysis shows that in adolescents, levels of sugary beverages and of physical activity are independently associated with IR-associated metabolic parameters and anthropometric measurements.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Apr 2009 | 10:21 pm Metformin May Have Long-Term Benefits in Patients With Type 2 DiabetesA study shows that metformin added to insulin improved body weight, glycemic control, insulin requirements, and risk for macrovascular disease, but not the primary end point.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Apr 2009 | 10:09 pm 7th surgery shows face transplants gaining ground (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Apr 2009 | 10:09 pm Moderate exercise healthy for heart-failure patientsModerate exercise can help patients with failing hearts feel better -- and it's safe, according to the largest-ever study of exercise in people with chronic heart failure.Source: CNN.com - Health | 10 Apr 2009 | 9:39 pm Racial Difference in HCV Interferon Response Emerges EarlyThe results of a new study suggest that early differences in interferon-induced antiviral activity may explain why hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy is usually less successful in blacks than in whites. This difference may be apparent within just one day of treatment initiation.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Apr 2009 | 9:08 pm Reduced Sugar or Increased Fiber Intake May Reduce Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Latino ChildrenReducing added sugar intake by about 1 can of soda per day or increasing fiber intake by about half a cup of beans led to improvements in insulin secretion and visceral fat.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Apr 2009 | 9:00 pm Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Physical Activity Independently Linked to Insulin ResistanceA NHANES analysis shows that in adolescents, levels of sugary beverages and of physical activity are independently associated with IR-associated metabolic parameters and anthropometric measurements.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Apr 2009 | 9:00 pm Metformin May Have Long-Term Benefits in Patients With Type 2 DiabetesA study shows that metformin added to insulin improved body weight, glycemic control, insulin requirements, and risk for macrovascular disease, but not the primary end point.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Apr 2009 | 9:00 pm Racial Difference in HCV Interferon Response Emerges EarlyThe results of a new study suggest that early differences in interferon-induced antiviral activity may explain why hepatitis C virus therapy is usually less successful in blacks than in whites.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Apr 2009 | 9:00 pm More foods containing pistachios recalled over salmonella concernsOTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says more foods tied to potentially tainted pistachios imported from the U.S. are being recalled The agency is warning the public not to...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Apr 2009 | 8:52 pm 7 face transplants have been done worldwideNov. 27, 2005, Amiens, France: Dr. Jean-Michel Dubernard led transplant surgery on Isabelle Dinoire, disfigured by a dog mauling. She experienced some problems with her immune system...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Apr 2009 | 8:42 pm Unapproved Morphine Products Can Remain, For Now, on US MarketThe FDA has made an exception to allow certain unapproved morphine products to remain on the market because they are "medically necessary" for palliative care.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Apr 2009 | 8:36 pm Gearbox failure caused N.Sea helicopter crash-probeLONDON, April 10 (Reuters) - The North Sea helicopter crash that killed 16 people last week was caused by a "catastrophic failure" that led to the aircraft's main rotor breaking away, British air accident...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Apr 2009 | 8:32 pm SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 2025 GMT- U.S. posts record $956.80 bln budget deficit for the first half of fiscal 2009, more than tripling the year-ago deficitSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Apr 2009 | 8:25 pm WRAPUP-S&P cuts debt ratings on GM, ChryslerNEW YORK, April 10 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's on Friday cut certain debt ratings of General Motors Corp and Chrysler Holding LLC [CCMLPD.UL], citing lower likelihood of recovery by their debtors...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Apr 2009 | 8:25 pm New Drug Targets Advanced Prostate CancerAn experimental drug called MDV3100 may slow advanced prostate cancer.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Apr 2009 | 7:03 pm Platelet-Function Test Finds Fault With Omeprazole/Clopidogrel Combo, but Not With Other PPIsPlatelet aggregation was significantly higher in patients taking omeprazole than in patients not taking a PPI or in patients taking pantoprazole or esomeprazole.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Apr 2009 | 6:49 pm U.S. Food Safety No Longer ImprovingCreated when most foods were grown and consumed locally, the nation’s food safety system needs a thorough overhaul, health officials said.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Apr 2009 | 6:00 pm 'Brown fat' discovery may help against obesityWhat if you had a special kind of fat in your body that burned calories instead of storing them -- and it could be activated simply by spending time in the cold?Source: CNN.com - Health | 10 Apr 2009 | 5:37 pm FDA: 'Unapproved' morphine to stay on marketA form of liquid morphine used by terminally ill patients will remain on the market even though it is an "unapproved drug," according to a decision by the Food and Drug Administration.Source: CNN.com - Health | 10 Apr 2009 | 4:07 pm Personal Health: Flying Healthy, From Takeoff Past LandingTips to help you avoid getting sick on your next flight.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Apr 2009 | 3:07 pm Report: Ethanol raises cost of nutrition programs (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Apr 2009 | 11:31 am Commentary: Getting healthy on the jobAt the World Economic Forum earlier this year, a group of corporate executives engaged in a thought-provoking discussion on a variety of health care topics, including workplace wellness programs.Source: CNN.com - Health | 10 Apr 2009 | 11:09 am
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