Health and Medical News Headlines for April 25, 2009

WHO: Mexico swine flu has 'pandemic potential' (AP)

AP - An outbreak of swine flu in Mexico and the United States is a quickly evolving situation that has "pandemic potential," the head of the World Health Organization said Saturday before an emergency meeting of flu experts.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 Apr 2009 | 2:31 pm

Mexico City cancels all public events for 10 days (AP)

AP - Mexico City is suspending all public events for 10 days as officials try to contain an outbreak of a deadly new swine flu.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 Apr 2009 | 2:27 pm

Magnitude of dirty VA hospital equipment unknown (AP)

AP - Thousands of veterans were at first shocked to learn they should get blood tests for HIV and hepatitis because three hospitals might have treated them with unsterile equipment. Now, just a couple of months after the Department of Veterans Affairs issued the dire warnings, veterans are growing frustrated by the lack of information from the tightlipped federal agency.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 Apr 2009 | 2:15 pm

Human Genome Sciences Reports Positive Late-Breaker Results at EASL from ACHIEVE Phase 3 Trials of Albuferon(R) in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Apr 2009 | 2:00 pm

UPDATE 4-Japan banks Shinsei, Aozora in merger talks-sources

* Talks may fall apart if top shareholders oppose - Nikkei
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Apr 2009 | 12:20 pm

UPDATE 4-Japan banks Shinsei, Aozora in merger talks-sources

* Talks may fall apart if top shareholders oppose - Nikkei
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Apr 2009 | 12:20 pm

Developmental Influences On Medically Unexplained Symptoms

UroToday.com - Medically unexplained (functional) symptoms (MUS) are described as 'physical symptoms that prompt the sufferer to seek healthcare but remain unexplained after an appropriate evaluation. They may affect as many as one third of people seeking medical care.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Apr 2009 | 12:00 pm

Mortality Results From A Randomized Prostate-Cancer Screening Trial

UroToday.com - The use of PSA screening for the detection and treatment of prostate cancer (CaP) has been controversial. Two articles on this topic appear in the March 18, 2009 online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. This article by Dr. Gerald Andriole and associates and the other by Professor Fritz SchÃ¶der and colleagues are both reviewed in Urotoday.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Apr 2009 | 12:00 pm

U.S. Republican senator pushes biotech funding

WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - A Senate Republican who could prove a swing vote in the U.S. healthcare debate said on Saturday he wanted a new agency to help struggling biotech companies as part of a...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Apr 2009 | 11:30 am

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Middlesex Hospital Renew Network Agreement

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am

Growth of Plastic Surgery & Botox Grannies in UK

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Apr 2009 | 10:00 am

Family quarantined after son contracts swine flu

As Hayden Henshaw was being rushed to the doctor's office after becoming ill, his father heard that his son's classmates had been struck with the deadly swine flu virus like the one sweeping through Mexico.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 25 Apr 2009 | 9:57 am

SPEEDY Babies A New Behavioural Syndrome

Children's speech and language disorders caused by unknown factors are common. The disorders vary in type and manifest themselves differently in different ages. Delayed motor development is widely known to coexist with speech and language disorders.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am

IVCC And Syngenta Start Project For Novel Insecticidal Active Ingredient For Malaria Control

IVCC and Syngenta, a leading innovator in insecticidal technology, have launched a project to develop a new insecticidal active ingredient for public health applications, as part of IVCC's strategy to break the impasse in development of mosquito control products. Improved and sustainable control of the insects that transmit disease is dependent upon development of new public health pesticides.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am

Fast Tracking Action The EU Platform For Action On Diet, Physical Activity & Health Celebrates Its 4th Anniversary

In a candid podcast interview to mark the fourth anniversary of the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity & Health, Robert Madelin, Director General for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO) speaks to the European Food Information Council (EUFIC) about the maturation of this multi-stakeholder p
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am

The Climate Change Increases Cholera Cases In Africa

A study lead by researchers from the Madrid Carlos III Institute of Health associates the increase of cholera cases in Zambia with climatic factors. For the first time, the results confirm that the increase in environmental temperature six weeks before the rain season increases the number of people affected by this sickness by 4.9%.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am

Access To Health Care For People With Mental Disorders In Europe

Poverty and social exclusion continue to be serious challenges across the European union and for health systems in member states. People with mental disorders are at high risk of poverty, stigmatisation and social exclusion. They are also more likely to face physical health problems and to die prematurely.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am

Mathematical Model Used To Explain Viral Extinction

Two researchers from the Spanish Centre of Astrobiology (INTA-CSIC) have developed a mathematical model which demonstrates that a mild increase in the mutation rate of some viruses can reduce their infectivity, driving them to extinction. The study, published recently in Europhysics Letters, could have clinical uses in the medium term.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am

Lice Can Be Nice To Us

Parasite infestations might have a good side. Wild mice from a Nottinghamshire forest have given experts at The University of Nottingham clues as to the importance of some parasites, such as lice, for the conditioning of a "natural" immune system.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am

Sick Plant Suffering For Parkinson Patients

The research plant Arabidopsis thaliana is currently a patient in a laboratory at the University of Stavanger, Norway. Researchers hope it can give the answer to how Parkinson patients can achieve a better quality of life. It is the first time plants are being used to uncover the reason why Parkinson patients experience a gradual loss of nerve cells.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 25 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am

Mexico bid to contain deadly flu

Mexico closes schools and public buildings in the capital in a bid to contain a new flu virus suspected of killing up to 60 people.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 25 Apr 2009 | 8:45 am

UPDATE 3-SMFG in lead to buy Citigroup Japan assets-sources

* SMFG wins exclusive negotiation rights for Citi Japan assets
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Apr 2009 | 8:23 am

UPDATE 3-SMFG in lead to buy Citigroup Japan assets-sources

* SMFG wins exclusive negotiation rights for Citi Japan assets
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Apr 2009 | 8:23 am

Morning Rounds: Falling Drug Sales, Swine Flu in Mexico and Insurance Subsidies for the Unemployed

Health news from round the Web.

Source: NYT > Health | 25 Apr 2009 | 7:11 am

Unusual Strain of Swine Flu Is Found in People in 2 States

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the flu is circulating among people in the Southwest but is not known to have caused any deaths.

Source: NYT > Health | 25 Apr 2009 | 6:26 am

Fighting Deadly Flu, Mexico Shuts Schools

Authorities are scrambling to contain a swine flu outbreak that has killed as many as 61.

Source: NYT > Health | 25 Apr 2009 | 5:52 am

F.D.A. Allows New Remedy for Arthritis

The new drug is a follow-up to Remicade, which is marketed in the United States by Johnson & Johnson and in Europe and in other countries by the Schering-Plough Corporation.

Source: NYT > Health | 25 Apr 2009 | 5:09 am

Patient Money: When Medical Bills Outpace Your Means, Seize Control Swiftly

Health care debt can grow swiftly when people are sick or underinsured. Here are some ways to manage that debt more effectively.

Source: NYT > Health | 25 Apr 2009 | 5:07 am

CDC: Swine flu viruses in U.S., Mexico match

A flu outbreak in Mexico has killed at least 60 people and sickened nearly 1,000, health officials said Friday. The outbreak has led health officials in the United States to suspect a connection with seven known cases of a novel swine flu infection in California and Texas.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 25 Apr 2009 | 4:37 am

Shinsei Bank, Aozora Bank in merger talks -sources

TOKYO, April 25 (Reuters) - Shinsei Bank and Aozora Bank are in talks to merge in a deal that would create Japan's sixth-largest bank by assets, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 Apr 2009 | 4:12 am

Shinsei Bank, Aozora Bank in merger talks -sources

Clinical Trials Update: April 24, 2009 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 Apr 2009 | 3:49 am

Soccer pro survives malaria, now helps others

Saana Nyassi considers himself lucky.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 25 Apr 2009 | 2:09 am

Without mother

How parents were allowed back on the ward
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 25 Apr 2009 | 12:24 am

Questions and answers about swine flu (AP)

AP - Mexico is contending with an outbreak of swine flu, suspected in the deaths of dozens of people and sickening perhaps 1,000. In the United States, at least eight cases have been confirmed with the infection, all of them in California and Texas; only one person was hospitalized. Here are some questions and answers about the illness:

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Apr 2009 | 10:45 pm

In Brief: Taxus, Cypher Prices Fall in US; FDA Clears Two New Minimally Invasive Cardiac-Assist Devices

Manufacturers of the two first-to-market drug-eluting stents (DES) have dropped the prices on their devices by 5% to 7%, according to telecast briefings with industry analysts, Dow Jones (DJ) is reporting.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Apr 2009 | 10:00 pm

LVADs Can Cause False-Positive HCV-Antibody Tests, Diligent Follow-Up Testing Urged to Preserve Transplant Eligibility

Clinicians should be aware that LVADs may have this effect and make every effort to confirm the absence of hepatitis C infection "in order to prevent undue alarm among patients and to prevent candidates from being denied transplantation," according to researchers.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Apr 2009 | 10:00 pm

3rd Possible Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico: WHO

Mexico has reported a third possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexicali, near the U.S. border, with four suspect cases and no deaths to date, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Apr 2009 | 9:24 pm

New, Deadly Swine Flu Hits Mexico, May Spread

A deadly strain of swine flu never seen before has broken out in Mexico, killing as many as 60 people and raising fears it is spreading across North America.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Apr 2009 | 9:18 pm

WHO Concerned at New Swine Flu in U.S., Flu in Mexico

The World Health Organisation (WHO) voiced concern on Friday at a confirmed outbreak of swine flu in the United States and what it called more than 800 human "influenza-like" cases in Mexico, including about 60 deaths.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Apr 2009 | 9:15 pm

Seven People in U.S. Hit by Strange New Swine Flu

Seven people have been diagnosed with a new kind of swine flu in California and Texas, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Apr 2009 | 9:12 pm

EASL 2009: Vaccination Against Chronic HCV Promises Sweeping Changes to HCV Management

A DNA-based therapeutic vaccination against chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) shows a sustained HCV-specific T-cell response and reduction in viral load.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Apr 2009 | 8:36 pm

Advances Elusive in the Drive to Cure Cancer

The 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 | 8:14 pm

EASL 2009: Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Higher Death Risk in Patients With HCV

Patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are more likely to progress to advanced liver disease if they also have type 2 diabetes, a higher body mass index, or hypertension; death in HCV patients due to components of metabolic disease may or may not be related to the liver.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Apr 2009 | 8:05 pm

ISHLT 2009: Azithromycin for Bronchiolitis Obliterans Prophylaxis in Lung Graft Patients Gets Mixed Reviews

In the never-ending search for therapies to prevent chronic lung allograft rejection, macrolide antibiotics such as azithromycin show promise, but only in about half of patients.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Apr 2009 | 7:32 pm

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