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UPDATE 1-Glaxo to start final-stage malaria vaccine trial* Trial to enrol 16,000 children in seven African countriesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Apr 2009 | 12:35 pm UPDATE 1-Arch Coal's first-quarter profit down 62 pctNEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) - Arch Coal Inc said on Friday first-quarter profit fell more than 60 percent and because of weak coal demand from power companies it would cut production volumes and capital...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Apr 2009 | 12:17 pm Ineos sees slow improvement but market challengingLONDON, April 24 (Reuters) - Privately-owned British chemical group Ineos Groups [INEOSP.UL] reported some signs of slow improvement in first-quarter trading, but said market conditions remain challenging...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Apr 2009 | 12:17 pm India's Ranbaxy sees $150 mln loss in 2009NEW DELHI, April 24 (Reuters) - Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd said on Friday it anticipates a loss of $150 million on sales of $1.4 billion in the year ending December 2009.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Apr 2009 | 12:07 pm Morning Rounds: Falling Drug Sales, Swine Flu in Mexico and Insurance Subsidies for the UnemployedHealth news from round the Web.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Apr 2009 | 11:59 am UPDATE 1-Idexx Q1 profit beats estimates, cuts '09 rev viewApril 24 (Reuters) - Idexx Laboratories Inc reported a greater-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by cost control measures that offset a drop in revenue, cut its 2009 revenue view and raised the lower...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Apr 2009 | 11:55 am UPDATE 2-Ford posts smaller-than-expected loss* Ford shares rise nearly 18 percent (Adds details on results, stock activity, background, bylines)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Apr 2009 | 11:51 am India's Ranbaxy posts Q1 net loss of $156 mlnNEW DELHI, April 24 (Reuters) - Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd , India's leading drugmaker by sales, on Friday reported a huge quarterly net loss, as it lost money on derviatives valuations.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Apr 2009 | 11:50 am 2009 Annual Meeting of ShareholdersSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Apr 2009 | 11:45 am Eni 2009 hydrocarbon production to grow 2-2.2 pctMILAN, April 24 (Reuters) - Italian oil and gas group Eni SpA will see hydrocarbon production before OPEC cuts and force majeur effects rise by 2-2.2 percent in 2009, the head of the exploration unit...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Apr 2009 | 11:39 am UPDATE 1-GSAM eyes up to $1.5 bln for distressed assets* GSAM may put $1 bln-$1.5 bln in distressed assets in 2009Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Apr 2009 | 11:39 am Blood vessels made from patients' cells (AP)
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News: Health News | 24 Apr 2009 | 11:36 am New Findings From Global Survey Of Women Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer Highlight Strategies To Improve Patient Enrollment In Clinical TrialsNewly released findings from the BRIDGE survey (Bridging Gaps, Expanding Outreach - Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient Survey) found that most (78 percent) women living with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) have never participated in a clinical trial.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Aetna Releases 2008 Annual Report, 'Choosing To Make A Difference: Improving Health Care One Person At A Time'As America celebrates Earth Day, Aetna (NYSE: AET) released its 2008 Annual Report, "Choosing to Make a Difference: Improving health care one person at a time," in a new, environmentally friendly format.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Republicans Not Likely To Filibuster Sebelius Nomination, Grassley SaysSenate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Wednesday said that he would not vote to continue a filibuster on the nomination of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) as HHS secretary and indicated that Senate Republican leaders might not attempt one, CQ Today reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Three Hidden Health Dangers In The HomePeople are continually on the lookout for ways to safeguard their family's health at home. However, some of the most likely sources of danger may not be the first that come to mind. The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) warns that rodents, cockroaches and stinging insects pose serious, but often hidden, health risks when they infest a home.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am "Self-healing" Polymer May Facilitate Recycling Of Hard-to-dispose Plastic - MacromoleculesResearchers in The Netherlands are reporting development of a new plastic with potential for use in the first easy-to-recycle computer circuit boards, electrical insulation, and other electronics products that now wind up on society's growing heaps of electronic waste. Their study appears in ACS' Macromolecules, a bi-weekly journal.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Sebelius Likely To Be Confirmed As HHS Secretary; Republicans Not Expected To FilibusterRepublican Senators are unlikely to organize a filibuster against Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D), President Obama's HHS secretary nominee, bolstering the chances that she will be confirmed by a full Senate vote, CQ HealthBeat reports. Sen.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Nominations Open For Scrip Awards 2009Scrip World Pharmaceutical News- the flagship title of the global pharmaceutical industry - is opening nominations for its internationally renowned annual awards ceremony, the Scrip Awards 2009.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am HHS Extends Deadline For Bidders In Competitive Range For Recombinant Anthrax Vaccine Contract To Submit Development Plan To FDA For ReviewEmergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an additional amendment to its request for proposal for an Anthrax Recombinant Protective Antigen (rPA) Vaccine for the Strategic National Stockpile.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Africa Should Manufacture Generic HIV/AIDS Drugs, UNAIDS Head Sidibe SaysAfrica should produce its own generic antiretroviral drugs in order to fight HIV/AIDS and ensure that the global financial crisis does not hinder treatment access, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe said on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Reuters reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Integrative Manual Therapy To Be Profiled On National TV For Work With AutismThe Center of Integrative Manual Therapy and Diagnostics (CenterIMT) will be featured on a national talk show profiling CenterIMT's successful treatment of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. CenterIMT, a full spectrum health care clinic, with national locations, is very proud to have the opportunity to share the amazing results of Integrative Manual Therapy.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Under the knifeA mother has surgery to look like her daughterSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Apr 2009 | 8:38 am Doctors welcome malaria microchipScientists from Glasgow University have created a microchip which can detect malaria within minutes.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Apr 2009 | 7:58 am Experts await samples in swine flu outbreakU.S. medical experts investigating a novel swine flu outbreak awaited samples Thursday night from Mexico, where a respiratory illness has killed as many as 20 people.Source: CNN.com - Health | 24 Apr 2009 | 7:36 am Panel Sees Role for Smoking in Breast CancerSmoking causes lung cancer and is implicated in a dozen other cancers, but scientists have generally dismissed its importance in breast cancer, saying it plays little role, if any.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Apr 2009 | 6:52 am Unusual Strain of Swine Flu Is Found in People in 2 StatesThe Centers for Disease Control said the flu is circulating among people in the Southwest but is not known to have caused any deaths.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Apr 2009 | 6:48 am Pollution link?Is dirty air in Shanxi province the cause of birth defectsSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Apr 2009 | 6:27 am Advances Elusive in the Long Drive to Cure CancerThe death rate for cancer has barely changed since 1950, despite Richard M. Nixon’s pledge to cure cancer in five years. Now, President Obama is making a similar vow.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Apr 2009 | 6:22 am Morning Rounds: Layoff Stress, Miss Universe and Nursing ShortagesHealth news from around the Web.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Apr 2009 | 5:50 am Doctor and Patient: When the Patient Gets Lost in TranslationTime-strapped doctors often skip the interpreters when caring for patients who don’t speak English.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Apr 2009 | 5:50 am In the Genes of a Hereford, the Essence of CowScientists have achieved what they describe as a major milestone in animal genetics: decoding the genome of the cow.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Apr 2009 | 5:36 am Advertising: Pill Sales Rise as Financial Anxiety Chases the Sandman AwaySales of over-the-counter sleep aids have risen sharply in recent months, but one expert cautions against relying on them too frequently.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Apr 2009 | 5:17 am What May Be Causing Your Child's Headaches (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Kids get headaches for a lot of different reasons, just as adults do.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Apr 2009 | 3:49 am Clinical Trials Update: April 23, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Apr 2009 | 3:49 am Medicare Change May Impact Black Kidney Patients (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- Black kidney patients may have more difficulty getting dialysis under a new Medicare payment policy, researchers warn.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Apr 2009 | 3:49 am Don't Lower Age for Cervical Cancer Test, Study Urges (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- Cervical cancer screening should continue for women older than 50 -- even if they've had several negative test results -- because they have a similar level of risk as younger women, European researchers contend.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Apr 2009 | 3:49 am Patients With Less Dialysis Knowledge May Be Less Likely to Use Permanent Arteriovenous AccessIn a prospective cohort study, patients with less dialysis knowledge were less likely to use an arteriovenous fistula or graft for access at initiation and after starting hemodialysis.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Apr 2009 | 2:41 am First Results With Autologous Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts for Hemodialysis Access EncouragingIn a pioneering study, arteriovenous shunts made from patients' own cells instead of plastic tubing remained patent and functioning for hemodialysis access in 60% of study participants up to 20 months after implantation.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Apr 2009 | 2:26 am FDA Advisory Panel Votes 7 to 5 to Recommend Approval of Watchman LAA Closure DeviceThe vote for approval came with conditions, among them the need for longer-term follow-up, creation of a registry, and that implantation be performed only in centers with surgical backup.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Apr 2009 | 1:51 am Immune cell offers new clue to worst malaria cases (AP)AP - A novel immune cell may offer an important new clue to why malaria kills some people and not others. Australian researchers discovered a specialized cell crowding the bloodstream of severe malaria sufferers but not the less sick a cell that seems to switch off a different immune-system attack.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Apr 2009 | 12:01 am Doctors criticise 'gay treatment'Plans to promote medical treatment for homosexuality at a religious conference are criticised by psychiatrists.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:53 pm Milk protein clue to big babiesBreast milk has less protein than formula, which could be why bottle-fed babies grow faster, a study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:42 pm Smokers 'need anger help to quit'Smokers should be given anger management lessons to help them give up smoking, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:42 pm Suicides 'unchanged by pill ban'Restrictions on the use of antidepressants in teenagers have not had an impact on suicide rates, a study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:42 pm Swine flu cases up to 7; officials expand probe (AP)AP - Health officials are investigating a never-before-seen form of the flu that combines pig, bird and human viruses and which has infected seven people in California and Texas. All the victims recovered, but the cases are a growing medical mystery because it's unclear how they caught the virus.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:10 pm Nicotine Takes Edge Off AngerA brain imaging study shows how nicotine can blunt our anger response.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:01 pm Wis. could be first to require cochlear implants (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:17 pm Brains of Veterans With and Without PTSD Differ, Imaging Study ShowsPreliminary research showing distinct differences in the brains of veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder suggests that brain imaging may have the potential to enhance diagnosis, allow for early evaluation of treatment, and possibly act as a screening tool to identify at-risk individuals.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:57 pm Personal Best: Want to Go Faster? You Need a TrainerExercise physiologists and coaches say most people who want to improve in almost any sport do not appreciate what can be accomplished with training nor know how to do it.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:45 pm Breast Is Best: New WHI Data Extend CV Benefits of Breast-Feeding to MomWomen who breast-fed for a year or more were less likely to develop cardiovascular disease when postmenopausal than women who were pregnant but never breast-fed, a new study shows. These "dramatic and persuasive findings" illustrate how important it is to educate the public and healthcare professionals about the maternal benefits of breast-feeding, says an editorialist.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:33 pm Characterizing the "Lost" Heart-Failure Population: Transplantation in Adults With Congenital DiseasePostoperative risks of transplantation are even higher in this group than in heart-failure patients without congenital disease. But if they survive the early period after surgery, their prospects for long-term survival are much better, suggests a first-of-its-kind analysis of UNOS data.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:21 pm AACR 2009: Oncologists Should Recommend Exercise, But Not SupplementsAccumulating evidence shows the benefits of exercise in cancer patients, but the evidence for supplement use is insufficient for science-based recommendations.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 8:50 pm What's Hot at AAN 2009?Organizers of the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting expect near-record attendance despite tough economic times.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 8:32 pm FDA to make Plan B available to 17-year-oldsThe "morning-after pill" will be available without a prescription to women 17 and older, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. The minimum age has been 18.Source: CNN.com - Health | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:45 pm CATIE-AD: Atypical Antipsychotics Linked to Weight Gain in Older WomenMetabolic effects with antipsychotics in the elderly are similar to those in younger patients.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:39 pm Health Advocates Hope Substantial Cigarette Tax Counteracts Increasing US Smoking RateDuring the current economic downturn, US smoking rates have actually increased for the first time in 10 years; a recent hike in cigarette taxes may counteract this increase.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:17 pm Never Too Late: 5 Bad Habits You Should Still QuitA new study finds it's never too late to gain health benefits by knocking off bad habits.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:16 pm Night Owls Stay Alert Longer than Early BirdsBrain imaging shows circadian signal suppressed by sleep pressure in early birds.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 23 Apr 2009 | 6:00 pm Memory QuizHow much do you know about your memory?Source: Livescience.com - Health | 23 Apr 2009 | 4:48 pm Asbestos-related cancer deaths still rising in U.S. (Reuters)Reuters - Deaths from malignant mesothelioma, a cancer primarily associated with asbestos exposure, are still on the rise in the US, federal health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta reported Thursday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Apr 2009 | 4:32 pm FDA to allow 'morning-after' pill for 17-year-olds (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Apr 2009 | 2:54 pm Worrying Over Fading Memory Makes it WorseWorried your memory will fade as you age? Don't think about it!Source: Livescience.com - Health | 23 Apr 2009 | 1:03 pm 10 Ways to Keep Your Mind SharpTop prevention tips worth their weight in wits.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 23 Apr 2009 | 12:52 pm
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