Health and Medical News Headlines for May 1, 2009

CDC chief: No need to avoid public transportation (AP)

AP - The head of the federal agency that keeps track of new swine flu cases says there is "no increased risk" of infection for people using public transportation.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 May 2009 | 12:05 pm

UPDATE 2-Shell repairs Nigeria flowstations, output resumes

* Shell completes repairs at Bomu manifold in Niger Delta
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 May 2009 | 11:53 am

ESAs Increase Mortality in Cancer Patients, Meta-Analysis Confirms

The huge meta-analysis of individual patient data that confirmed the increase in mortality with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) in cancer patients has now been published.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 1 May 2009 | 11:41 am

Thousands Face a Balancing Act Over Flu Fears

Precautions are affecting daily life around the country, even in states where swine flu has yet to be found.

Source: NYT > Health | 1 May 2009 | 11:41 am

Swine flu cases pass 100, vaccine promised

U.S. authorities are pledging to eventually produce enough swine flu vaccine for everyone but the shots couldn't begin until fall at the earliest. Worries about the spread of the virus...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 May 2009 | 11:40 am

AP: Mexico's epidemiology boss faults WHO (AP)

AP - Mexico's chief epidemiologist accused the World Health Organization of being slow to respond to the country's warning about a health crisis that turned into a global swine flu scare and called for an investigation.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 May 2009 | 11:39 am

Morning Rounds: Archbishop Discourages Wine, Harvard Closes Clinic and Boy With Mask Sent Home

Health news from around the Web.

Source: NYT > Health | 1 May 2009 | 11:39 am

Cetuximab in Advanced NSCLC (FLEX) Trial Published, Shows Small Survival Benefit

Adding cetuximab to standard platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) confers a small survival benefit and might represent a new treatment option.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 1 May 2009 | 11:36 am

UPDATE 1-James River Coal Q1 profit beats Street

* Says amended existing CAPP utility contract May 1 (Reuters) - James River Coal Co's quarterly profit beat expectations, boosted by a 73 percent jump in the average price of Central Appalachian coal...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 May 2009 | 11:33 am

UPDATE 2-Warburg Pincus seeks buyer for Archimedes -source

* Warburg Pincus exploring options for Archimedes -source
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 May 2009 | 11:15 am

Shell repairs Nigeria flowstations, output resumes

ABUJA, May 1 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell has resumed operations at flowstations feeding into its Trans-Niger oil pipeline in southern Nigeria, a spokeswoman said on Friday, two weeks after it was shutdown...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 May 2009 | 11:04 am

Flu questions

Our expert answers more of your questions
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 May 2009 | 11:03 am

A.P.Moller-Maersk joins Bollore in Congo port deal

COPENHAGEN, May 1 (Reuters) - APM Terminals, the port franchise of Danish oil and shipping conglomerate A.P.Moller-Maersk , said it would team up with French Bollore Group to build a new deepwater container...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 May 2009 | 10:58 am

Instructional YouTube video helps man deliver baby son

An engineer in Cornwall delivers his baby son after watching a instructional video on YouTube.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 May 2009 | 10:58 am

UPDATE 3-Pearson confirms outlook, no details on US stimulus

LONDON, May 1 (Reuters) - British publishing group Pearson reiterated its forecast to at least match 2008 earnings this year after sales rose 1 percent at constant currencies in the first quarter, in...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 May 2009 | 10:50 am

REFILE-Sony PS3 outsells Wii for second month in Japan

TOKYO, May 1 (Reuters) - Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 game console outsold Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii for a second consecutive month in April in Japan, helped by the launch of a trial version of Square Enix's...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 May 2009 | 10:41 am

UPDATE 1-Amerigroup posts higher Q1 profit, raises 2009 view

May 1 (Reuters) - Health insurer Amerigroup Corp posted a 10 percent rise in quarterly profit as premium revenue rose, and it also raised its 2009 outlook, driven by higher membership.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 May 2009 | 10:36 am

UPDATE 4-SMFG buys Citi Japan units for $5.9 bln, eyes Daiwa

* Citi says sale to add $2.5 bln tangible common equity (Add details)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 May 2009 | 10:32 am

Swine flu

What the scientists know about the virus so far
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 May 2009 | 10:21 am

Swine Flu Continues to Spread — but Slowly

The World Health Organization said the number of confirmed cases grew from 257 to 331, but no new countries reported the disease.

Source: NYT > Health | 1 May 2009 | 9:55 am

Lithium in water 'curbs suicide'

Drinking water which contains the element lithium may reduce the risk of suicide, a Japanese study suggests.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 May 2009 | 9:22 am

Adding Steroid Drug To MS Treatment May Reduce Disease Activity

Using a steroid drug for multiple sclerosis (MS) in addition to an MS drug may reduce the amount of disease activity more than using the MS drug alone, according to a study that will be presented as part of the Late-breaking Science Program at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st Annual Meeting in Seattle, April 25 - May 2, 2009.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Pennsylvania Pork Products Safe During H1N1 Flu Outbreak, Says Ag Secretary

Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff assured Pennsylvanians that the 2009 H1N1 influenza strain currently affecting humans has not been found in swine populations anywhere in either the U.S. or Mexico, and that pork products are safe. "Because the virus was referred to early on as the 'swine flu,' many misconceptions relating to pigs have surfaced," said Wolff.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Sinovac Initiates Preparatory Activities For Swine Flu Vaccine

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NYSE Amex: SVA), a leading developer and provider of vaccines in China announced that the Company has initiated preparatory activities for the development of a vaccine for the new influenza A (H1N1) strain, Swine Flu, which is currently spreading throughout Mexico and other parts of the world.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Public Health Laboratories To Assume Primary Responsibility For Confirmatory Testing Of Swine Flu

Approximately sixty-five state and local public health laboratories around the United States will assume primary responsibility for confirmatory testing of Human Influenza A H1N1 of Swine Origin, or "Swine Flu," within the next week. Previously, all swine flu specimens had to be sent to CDC laboratories in Atlanta for final confirmatory testing, which identifies specimens to the strain level.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Union Survey On Influenza Pandemic Finds Lack Of Adequate Health And Safety Measures For Health Care Workers

A new union survey of more than 100 health care facilities across the country reveals that many are not adequately prepared to protect workers' health and safety during an influenza pandemic.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Faculty Experts Advisory: Swine Flu Spreads Across Globe, Raising Fears

With cases of swine flu continuing to spread, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Homeland Security Department have declared a public health emergency, and the World Health Organization and governments around the globe are organizing to confront the potential crisis. UCLA has experts. Dr. Jonathan Fielding, M.D., M.P.H.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Cystic Fibrosis Orphan Drug Designation For Innovative Treatment Against Lung Infections By Axentis Pharma AG

An innovative treatment for infections of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis patients has received orphan drug designation in the US. Axentis Pharma of Zurich, Switzerland announced that this sought-after designation has been granted to its product candidate Fluidosomes-tobramycin, a therapeutic that will soon be tested in Phase II clinical trials.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Tigris Pharmaceuticals Presents Results Of Breast Cancer Research At AACR Annual Meeting

Tigris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held drug development company, announced that preclinical data were presented on its novel molecule, AFP-464, during the recent AACR 100th Annual Meeting 2009 in Denver. "This research represents a significant advancement in the treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer, one of the most aggressive forms of invasive breast cancer," stated Edmundo Muniz, M.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Arrayit To Mass Produce Rapid H1N1 Swine Flu Test Chip

Arrayit Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: ARYC), a leading manufacturer of products and services for disease prevention, treatment and cure, announced that it is developing a microarray-based diagnostic test to detect the H1N1 swine flu virus.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 May 2009 | 9:00 am

1918 Spanish Flu Virus Resulted In Current Lineage Of H1N1 Swine Influenza Viruses

In 1918 a human influenza virus known as the Spanish flu spread through the central United States while a swine respiratory disease occurred concurrently.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Mexico shuts down to control flu

Mexico is poised to begin a five-day shutdown of parts of its economy in a bid to slow the spread of swine flu.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 May 2009 | 8:21 am

Hospitals, doctors deal with swine flu jitters (AP)

AP - Concerns about a possible pandemic have sent people streaming into crowded emergency rooms and walk-in clinics not with swine flu, but the swine flu jitters.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 May 2009 | 8:18 am

Paris Hilton not only one confused about swine flu (AP)

AP - Paris Hilton says "I don't eat that" when asked about swine flu in an online video. She's not the only one confused about the outbreak.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 May 2009 | 8:06 am

Doctor and Patient: The Surgeon and the Torture Memos

Cutting becomes banal for the surgeon. Can the same be said of waterboarding?

Source: NYT > Health | 1 May 2009 | 7:26 am

Big City: In 1918 Flu Outbreak, a Cool Head Prevailed

When the Spanish influenza hit more than 90 years ago, the city’s health commissioner assured New Yorkers that there was no cause for panic.

Source: NYT > Health | 1 May 2009 | 6:55 am

F.D.A. Orders Warning Label for Botox

Botox and other similar anti-wrinkle drugs must now carry the most stringent kind of warning label, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.

Source: NYT > Health | 1 May 2009 | 6:55 am

To Aid Mexico, Google Expands Flu Tracking

The Flu Trends service watches for searches that include symptoms of the flu, which could help public health officials identify outbreaks.

Source: NYT > Health | 1 May 2009 | 6:04 am

Tests for New H.I.V. Infection Not Widely Adopted

Adults newly infected with H.I.V. are more likely to transmit the virus. But the only test for recent infection with H.I.V. has not been widely adopted.

Source: NYT > Health | 1 May 2009 | 6:00 am

First Flu Death Provides Clues to Mexico Toll

Prompt medical attention is crucial to treating swine flu, epidemiologists agree, and that has been where Mexico lags far behind.

Source: NYT > Health | 1 May 2009 | 5:56 am

Hidden crisis

Undercover surgeons help Iraq's bomb victims
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 May 2009 | 5:36 am

Culling Pigs in Flu Fight, Egypt Angers Herders and Dismays U.N.

The decision to kill about 300,000 pigs is straining the tense relations between Egypt’s majority Muslims and its Coptic Christians.

Source: NYT > Health | 1 May 2009 | 5:33 am

Australia orders probe into mouse plague (AFP)

AFP - Australia ordered an investigation into a nursing home where elderly and bed-ridden residents were gnawed by a swarming plague of mice.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 May 2009 | 4:38 am

Clinical Trials Update: April 30, 2009 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 May 2009 | 3:48 am

Millions of Kids Live With Substance-Abusing Parents (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Almost 12 percent of children in the United States live with a parent who has a substance abuse problem, says a federal government study released this week.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 May 2009 | 3:48 am

Anemia Drugs May Raise Death Risk in Cancer Patients (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies provide more evidence that drugs such as Procrit and Aranesp, often used by cancer patients to fight anemia-linked fatigue, may boost the risk of death and serious adverse events such as blood clots.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 May 2009 | 3:48 am

Confirmed swine flu cases leap

The number of confirmed swine flu cases worldwide has risen to 154, with six additional cases reported in Spain, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 1 May 2009 | 2:44 am

Swine flu name change? Flu genes spell pig (AP)

AP - No matter what you call it, leading experts say the virus that is scaring the world is pretty much all pig. So while the U.S. government and now the World Health Organization are taking the swine out of "swine flu," the experts who track the genetic heritage of the virus say this: If it is genetically mostly porcine and its parents are pig viruses, it smells like swine flu to them.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 May 2009 | 1:44 am

Fashionably cheap in frugal economy

April 30, 2009 Apr. 30--Frugality "chic" made it stylish in recent months to ponder adaptive re-use, secondhand stores and fancy food magazines that suddenly feature a ham sandwich or modest comfort food on their covers.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 1 May 2009 | 1:07 am

'Swine' flu a headache for pork producers

The disease that most people in the United States and worldwide have come to know as "swine flu" has caused a less-publicized rumbling among the nation's hog farmers and producers.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 1 May 2009 | 12:40 am

EU warns against swine flu panic

The EU's health chief says a possible flu pandemic may not cause many deaths, following emergency talks on the virus.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 May 2009 | 12:03 am

Practical Measures to Reduce Swine Flu Transmission: An Expert Interview With Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E)

Swine influenza A (H1N1) could significantly affect public health by causing not only influenza-related morbidity and potential mortality, but also by diverting resources from other important immunization initiatives.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 1 May 2009 | 12:01 am

Will Pandemic Be Mild, or Kill Millions?

The World Health Organization is expected to designate a full pandemic -- level 6 of its 6-point scale -- within days to reflect the continuing spread of the influenza A (H1N1) virus among people who have not been to Mexico.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Apr 2009 | 11:41 pm

WHO Changes Flu Virus Strain Name From Swine Flu

The World Health Organization (WHO), bowing to pressure from meat industry producers and concerned governments, said on Thursday that it would no longer refer to a deadly new virus strain as swine flu.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Apr 2009 | 11:41 pm

Child stalking 'more aggressive'

Stalking by children and teenagers tends to be more violent than that carried out by adults, research suggests.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 30 Apr 2009 | 11:26 pm

AUA 2009: Induction of Retrograde Ejaculation an Indication of Silodosin Efficacy in BPH

Silodosin effectively relaxes smooth muscles of the bladder and relieves symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia; induction of retrograde ejaculation is an indication of efficacy.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Apr 2009 | 11:15 pm

Experts unveil African gene study

Scientists unveil what they say is the most comprehensive study ever of African genes, after a decade of work.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 30 Apr 2009 | 11:10 pm

FDA to Require Boxed Warning for Botulinum Toxin Products

The FDA today notified manufacturers of botulinum toxin products of the need to add a boxed warning about the risk of adverse events when the effects of the toxin spread beyond the injection site.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Apr 2009 | 11:06 pm

WHO to stop using term 'swine flu' to protect pigs (AP)

AP - The World Health Organization announced Thursday it will would stop using the term "swine flu" to avoid confusion over the danger posed by pigs. The policy shift came a day after Egypt began slaughtering thousands of pigs in a misguided effort to prevent swine flu.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 Apr 2009 | 11:02 pm

Immune Globulin Helpful in Polyradiculoneuropathy

Long-term IV immunoglobulin therapy improves health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, Dutch researchers report in the April 14th issue of Neurology.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Apr 2009 | 10:47 pm

ISHLT 2009: PPIs Do Not Appear to Offer Protection Against Reflux-Induced Lung-Graft Injury

Belgian investigators have found evidence to suggest that components of gastric juices, other than acids, when aspirated into the airways of lung-transplant recipients, might be the culprits behind some cases of graft failure.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Apr 2009 | 10:41 pm

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