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Deployment Takes Toll on Military Moms and Teens (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) -- When military mothers are away at war, their teenage children are more likely to slip into trouble, from getting into fights to earning poor grades at school, a new study has found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Apr 2009 | 1:03 pm American Apparel slams Woody Allen's sex life (AP)
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News: Health News | 15 Apr 2009 | 12:57 pm Sports Drinks Might Work Even If Spat OutThey might help even if you spit them out.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 15 Apr 2009 | 12:43 pm SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 1205 GMT- UBS CEO warns of Q1 loss and announces 8,700 more jobsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Apr 2009 | 12:10 pm New Growth and New Challenges in Palliative Care: An Expert Interview With Porter Storey, MDChanges and future challenges in the rapidly expanding field of palliative care are discussed.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Apr 2009 | 12:06 pm Morning Rounds: A Deadly Polio Vaccine, Bed Bugs and Medical MarijuanaHealth news from around the Web.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Apr 2009 | 12:04 pm UPDATE 1-Panmure sees new hires after BlueGem cash boost* BlueGem to take 40 pct stake in 17.3 mln stg share issueSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Apr 2009 | 11:47 am Showdown at the Coffee ShopThe world of artificial sweeteners is changing as a new player, dressed in green, hopes to shift the balance of power.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Apr 2009 | 11:41 am UPDATE 3-Fiat CEO warns Chrysler unions: cut costs or we walkMILAN, April 15 (Reuters) - Fiat SpA's chief executive, facing a two-week deadline to work out a partnership with Chrysler LLC, warned the troubled U.S. carmaker's unions he would ditch the idea unless...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Apr 2009 | 11:39 am UPDATE 3-Fiat CEO warns Chrysler unions: cut costs or we walkMILAN, April 15 (Reuters) - Fiat SpA's chief executive, facing a two-week deadline to work out a partnership with Chrysler LLC, warned the troubled U.S. carmaker's unions he would ditch the idea unless...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Apr 2009 | 11:39 am Insurance Lags as Cancer Care Comes in a PillPills and capsules are the new wave in cancer treatment, but payment coverage is often behind the times.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Apr 2009 | 11:39 am Home comfortsHow Wales is pushing ahead with births at homeSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Apr 2009 | 11:35 am Micromet to Host an Investor Meeting and Ring the Closing Bell of the NASDAQ Stock Exchange on April 24, 2009 in New York CitySource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am Alan Hartman, Richard Girling and Mark Robinson to Join Centerview Partners to Build Healthcare Sector Advisory PracticeSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am AgFeed Industries Enters Into Hog Genetic Program Arrangement with Hypor, the Pig Breeding Division of Hendrix Genetics B.V.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:55 am UPDATE 1-EU Commission still mulling action on "VW Law"BRUSSELS, April 15 (Reuters) - The European Commission is keeping the door open for stepped-up legal action against Germany over a law that has shielded Volkswagen from takeover, an official at the EU...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:26 am UPDATE 1-Nomura cuts 50 investment banking jobs in AsiaHONG KONG, April 15 (Reuters) - Japanese brokerage Nomura Holdings Inc has cut another 50 investment banking jobs in Asia, excluding Japan, sources close to the matter said on Wednesday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:24 am Why getting promoted at work may be bad for mental healthGetting promoted at work may be bad for a person's mental health, a study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:15 am Nomura cuts 50 investment banking jobs in AsiaHONG KONG, April 15 (Reuters) - Japanese brokerage Nomura Holdings Inc has cut another 50 investment banking jobs in Asia, excluding Japan, sources close to the matter said on Wednesday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:11 am Phlexglobal Helps Evolve The Role Of The CTANicola Murgatroyd, instrumental in pioneering the role of the Clinical Trial Administrator (CTA) and founder of specialist CRO Phlexglobal, is presenting at a workshop on the evolving role of the CTA next month.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Weight Loss Surgery Works Even For Moderately ObeseSurgeons once recommended weight-loss surgery only for severely obese patients who failed to drop pounds with conventional weight-loss methods, but a review now finds that bariatric surgery helps the moderately obese lose more weight, too.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am The American Federation For Medical Research Unites Top Leaders To Mitigate U.S. Crisis In Clinical ResearchThe American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR) has brought together several leaders from the public and private sectors to take action against the crisis in U.S. clinical research. This symposium marks the first time that major U.S.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am As Global Recession Worsens, Is Malaria Killing Africa's Potential?In advance of World Malaria Day next week, aid agency World Vision warns malaria is sapping Africa's economic and human potential at a time when the global recession and ongoing hunger crises already threaten the continent's economic future. "Malaria's toll is heavy in both lives and livelihoods," said Joe Mettimano, World Vision's vice president of advocacy.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Cell Therapeutics Initiating Rolling NDA Submission For PixantroneCell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) (Nasdaq and MTA: CTIC) announced that it began a rolling submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for pixantrone to treat relapsed or refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am IROs Help Determine Medical Necessity Of Growth Hormone TherapyToday the human growth hormone (HGH) industry approaches $2 billion a year. It claims benefits for enhancing athletic performance, anti-aging and stimulating growth. Unfortunately, many of these remain unproven says NAIRO, trade association of independent review organizations (IROs) whose members see daily requests from health plans asking about the medical necessity of growth hormone therapies.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Drug Utilization Review Reveals Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use Among Elderly PopulationResearch conducted by Prime Therapeutics (Prime) revealed a significant reduction in inappropriate prescription medication use among older adults when a retrospective drug utilization review (RetroDUR) program paired with a provider intervention initiative was implemented. This research was recently published in the American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Six-Minute Surgical Instrument Sterilizer To Protect Patients And Save Hospitals BillionsGermgard Lighting LLC, a New Jersey based, early phase medical technology company, has demonstrated its patented, ultra-fast surgical instrument resterilization system. Germgard's technology will protect millions of patients and lower the overall cost of care by preventing infections resulting from surgery in large healthcare facilities, military field hospitals, and ambulatory surgical centers.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Social Partnership Forum Launches New WebsiteA new website to support partnerships between NHS staff and trade unions was announced by Health Minister, Ann Keen today. The Social Partnership Forum (SPF) is a partnership between the Department of Health, NHS Employers and NHS Trade Unions to improve working relationships and involve partners in the workforce implications of NHS policy development.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Neb. Ultrasound Bill Advances To Full LegislatureThe Nebraska Legislature's Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted 6-0 to advance a bill (L.B. 675) to require doctors to offer ultrasound images to women one hour prior to an abortion, the Omaha World-Herald reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am Stem cells 'can treat diabetes'An experimental stem cell treatment has enabled diabetes patients to go for as long as four years without insulin injections.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Apr 2009 | 9:45 am Home births 'as safe as hospital'A massive study of home births suggests that, in labours deemed low-risk, the risks to babies are no higher than if born in hospital with a midwife.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Apr 2009 | 8:08 am Promising Test for Dendreon’s Prostate Cancer DrugA new prostate cancer drug seemed to prolong the lives of men in a decisive clinical trial, said the company that manufactures the drug on Tuesday morning.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Apr 2009 | 6:12 am Study Finds Risk of Dementia Increases After HypoglycemiaA study of older patients with Type 2 diabetes found that those who had experienced a serious episode of hypoglycemia were at higher risk for developing dementia.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Apr 2009 | 6:09 am Overseer of Medical Trials, Under F.D.A. Pressure, Agrees to SuspensionA Colorado company that approved a make-believe clinical trial run by doctors who did not exist agreed to suspend approving federally regulated medical studies.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Apr 2009 | 5:55 am Impotence Drugs Don't Harm Vision: Study (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, April 14 (HealthDay News) -- The erectile dysfunction drugs Cialis (tadalafil) and Viagra (sildenafil) didn't appear to damage vision in men who took the medications daily for six months, according to a drug company study.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Apr 2009 | 3:51 am Video Highlights From the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 58th Annual Scientific SessionImportant studies presented include a new analysis of the JUPITER trial showing primary prevention benefits of reducing both LDL and hs-CRP, a large-scale prevention trial with a 5-drug "polypill," a thrombus-prevention device for patients with atrial fibrillation, and a European study supporting statins prior to PCI.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Apr 2009 | 2:17 am Homeopathy 'eases cancer therapy'Homeopathic medicines can ease cancer treatments' side-effects without stopping them working, a review concludes.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Apr 2009 | 12:45 am Testing continues in Chicago TB scarePublic health officials in Chicago said Monday that they have tested at least 10 family members of the medical intern linked to a tuberculosis scare in the city.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Apr 2009 | 12:43 am Yikes, bedbugs! EPA looks to stop resurgence (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Apr 2009 | 12:40 am US to tackle resurgent bed bugsThe US government moves to tackle bed bugs, which have re-emerged as a major problem in many parts of the country.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Apr 2009 | 12:31 am New imaging tool could improve cancer diagnosis (Reuters)Reuters - A new imaging technique that uses tiny, dye-containing particles to "fingerprint" proteins within a single cell may lead to better ways to diagnose and treat cancer, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Apr 2009 | 12:08 am Jail Time Increases Odds of Hypertension, Researchers FindDevelopment of hypertension in former inmates was not related to the usual risk factors, like smoking and alcohol use, a study has found.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Apr 2009 | 10:30 pm Company says prostate cancer vaccine shows promise (AP)AP - An experimental treatment that takes an entirely new approach to fighting prostate cancer extended survival in a late-stage study, its maker announced Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Apr 2009 | 9:56 pm Most Cases of Mild Cognitive Impairment Do Not Become DementiaThe conversion rate is less than half of previous estimates.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Apr 2009 | 9:44 pm Cut out soda to fight childhood obesity (Reuters)Reuters - Replacing sugar-laden drinks with water has a dramatic impact on the amount of calories kids consume and may help in the fight against childhood obesity, researchers report.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Apr 2009 | 9:22 pm Death Rate Lower, Rebleeding Higher With Coils vs Clips After Aneurysm RuptureThe risk for death was significantly lower at 5 years for patients undergoing endovascular coiling vs neurosurgical clipping after rupture of an intracranial aneurysm.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Apr 2009 | 9:00 pm Two Studies Examine How to Improve Smoking Cessation StrategiesFor the treatment of tobacco smoking, 1 randomized controlled trial aimed to improve the reach of treatment, and the other evaluated a strategy to improve the efficacy of existing treatments.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Apr 2009 | 9:00 pm Clopidogrel Benefit Greater in Smokers: New CLARITY-TIMI 28 AnalysisA new post hoc analysis of the CLARITY-TIMI 28 trial shows the benefits of clopidogrel are greater in patients who smoke more than half a pack of cigarettes per day vs those who do not.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Apr 2009 | 9:00 pm Ceftriaxone Can Be Administered With Calcium-Containing Products in Certain PatientsCeftriaxone can now be administered concomitantly with calcium-containing products in patients older than 28 days, updating a previous recommendation contraindicating this combination in all age groups.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Apr 2009 | 8:47 pm Nonpharmacological Treatments Reduce Depression After CABGTwo nonpharmacological interventions appear to be more effective in treating depression and preventing relapse than usual care in patients who have undergone recent coronary artery bypass graft surgery, new research suggests.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Apr 2009 | 8:42 pm Really?: The Claim: Nasal Irrigation Can Ease Allergy SymptomsCan a “neti pot” help to reduce suffering during allergy season?Source: NYT > Health | 14 Apr 2009 | 8:31 pm Q & A: Heartfelt ChangesAfter years of a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet, will shifting to a healthy diet with fiber, fruit and vegetables repair some of the damage to blood vessels?Source: NYT > Health | 14 Apr 2009 | 8:30 pm 18 and Under: Another Awkward Sex Talk: Respect and ViolenceA perception that boys need special lessons in manners.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Apr 2009 | 8:01 pm Drug Use for High Blood Pressure and Diabetes in Kids Goes up, Statin Use DeclinesDrugs to treat diabetes and hypertension are being increasingly used in children, but for some reason, statins are on the wane. The decrease may be a reflection of the ongoing controversy regarding statin use in this population. The trends in prescription use show awareness of the need to treat cardiovascular risk factors in the pediatric population.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Apr 2009 | 7:22 pm Cardiac-Myocyte "Renewal" Findings Have Implications for Myocardial-Regeneration ResearchUsing a novel technique for determining the age of heart-muscle cells, researchers concluded that about half of such cells may be replaced in a person's lifetime.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Apr 2009 | 7:08 pm School a 'soft landing' for post-rehab teensIt was Halloween night when 12-year-old Lucy Gross picked up her first marijuana cigarette, starting a spiral from which she is still struggling to recover.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Apr 2009 | 6:42 pm Homeopathy appears compatible with cancer therapy (Reuters)Reuters - There is limited evidence that homeopathic remedies ease the side effects of cancer treatments, but they at least seem to cause no serious adverse effects or drug interactions, according to a report published Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Apr 2009 | 4:05 pm Elderly aspirin use linked to brain micro-bleeding (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Apr 2009 | 3:54 pm Scientists warn of Twitter dangersRapid-fire TV news bulletins or updates on Twitter or Facebook could numb our sense of morality and make us indifferent to human suffering, scientists say.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Apr 2009 | 2:35 pm For hints on humans, scientists study dogs' thinkingApril 14, 2009 CAMBRIDGE - Studying a species known to chase its own tail may seem an unlikely way to better understand the human mind. But scientists at Harvard University's new Canine Cognition Lab hope to gain insight into more than the psychology of dogs from visiting pet pooches - including an alert...Source: PsycPORT.com | 14 Apr 2009 | 2:06 pm Feel good factor10 ways to defuse all the extra anxiety we now feelSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Apr 2009 | 1:29 pm
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