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BofA and Citi need capital as stress tests results loomWASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regulators have told Bank of America Corp it needs $34 billion of capital to withstand a deep economic downturn, an industry source familiar with results of a government...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 May 2009 | 1:24 pm BofA and Citi need capital as stress tests results loomWASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regulators have told Bank of America Corp it needs $34 billion of capital to withstand a deep economic downturn, an industry source familiar with results of a government...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 May 2009 | 1:24 pm UPDATE 1-Chrysler offers sales incentives up to $6,000DETROIT, May 6 (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC is offering sales incentives of up to $6,000 per vehicle for the month of May in a bid to prop up revenue during its bankruptcy restructuring.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 May 2009 | 1:23 pm Report Finds Faith Organizations Building Community, Improving Health Through Healthy FoodsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 May 2009 | 1:13 pm UPDATE 1-Canwest gets another extension from lendersTORONTO, MAY 6 (Reuters) - Canwest Global Communications Corp , Canada's largest media company, announced yet another extension to lender talks on Wednesday as it fights a massive downturn in the advertising...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 May 2009 | 1:12 pm Women Seek Outdoor Solace This SummerSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 May 2009 | 1:07 pm UPDATE 3-Fortress posts loss, acquires Zwirn assets* Firm says will take over $2 bln in DB Zwirn & Co assetsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 May 2009 | 1:03 pm Health Tip: Help Your Child Cope With Diabetes (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes will change a child's life, and the lives of close family members.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 May 2009 | 1:02 pm UPDATE 1-Alpha Natural Resources Q1 profit tops Street viewMay 6 (Reuters) - Coal miner Alpha Natural Resources Inc reported a 61 percent rise in first-quarter profit, beating market estimates, as higher coal prices offset sagging demand.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 May 2009 | 1:00 pm US navy halts aid vessel over fluThe US navy postpones an aid trip to the South Pacific after a sailor on board one vessel develops swine flu.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 May 2009 | 1:00 pm BMP Sunstone Announces Participation in May ConferencesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 May 2009 | 1:00 pm Chief Technology Officer for Baxa Corporation's Subsidiary, FHT, Inc., Presents at the Fourth Annual unSUMMIT for Bedside Barcoding in Tampa, FloridaSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 May 2009 | 1:00 pm Mexicans arrive home to country emerging from flu (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 May 2009 | 12:31 pm ACOG 2009: New 6-Question Survey Accurately Measures Effect of PMS on Quality of LifeIn a large, nonrandomized, observational study, the survey was found to be valid in measuring the effect of premenstrual syndrome on women's health-related quality of life.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 May 2009 | 12:04 pm Face transplant recipient: 'I'm not a monster' (AP)
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News: Health News | 6 May 2009 | 11:36 am Latest Finance Committee Roundtable On Health Care Reform To Examine Public Plan OptionSenate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said the committee will focus on coverage options, including the possibility of creating a public plan, on Tuesday in the second of three roundtable discussions on health care reform proposals, CQ HealthBeat reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2009 | 10:00 am The Asthma Drug Facility Brings Down Cost Of Effective Asthma Drugs For Low- And Middle-Income CountriesEl Salvador, Benin and other low- and middle-income countries have a special reason to celebrate World Asthma Day on Tuesday, 5 May, this year.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2009 | 10:00 am Iran's Health Ministry Releases Figures On HIV/AIDS CasesAt least 19,435 HIV cases have been reported in Iran, with more than 1,000 cases recorded since December 2008, according to a report recently released by the country's Ministry of Health, AFP/Google.com reports. Of the 19,435 cases, 1,875 cases have progressed to AIDS.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2009 | 10:00 am Study Of Breast Cancer Risk Factors In Young Women Suggests Risk Assessment And Prevention Should Start Much Earlier In LifeA study of risk factors for breast cancer in young women suggests risk assessment and prevention, using techniques that avoid radiation, such as MRI, should start much earlier in life. The study shows that breast tissue composition in young women could be linked to the risk of breast cancer in middle age and older.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2009 | 10:00 am Researchers Find Gene For Rare Anemia; Discover Surprising Function In Haemoglobin Process Along The WayNature Genetics reported an important novel gene discovery by the Dalhousie University-based team of the Atlantic Medical Genetics and Genomics Initiative (AMGGI). The gene, SLC25A38, is associated with a rare form of severe anemia called congenital sideroblastic anemia (CSA).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2009 | 10:00 am National Institute For Health And Clincal Excellence (UK) Launches New Online Evidence Service To Improve Health And Patient CareThe UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) launches a new online service, NHS Evidence, which will provide comprehensive, organised information to healthcare professionals to improve both health and patient care.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2009 | 10:00 am Promising Research Project Suggests That Probiotics May Be Able To Help You Keep Fit And SlimNutrition researchers from LIFE and Chr. Hansen, a Danish biotech company, are collaborating on a groundbreaking weight management research project dubbed "ProSat".Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2009 | 10:00 am Understanding A Target Of Quinoline DrugsThe full details about the molecules and mechanisms that underlie the development of autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus, remain to be discovered. One compound that may have a role in alleviating these conditions is quinoline-3-carboxamide, which is currently being tested in various clinical trials.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2009 | 10:00 am Arsenic In Drinking Water And Cancer Risk: StudyA cancer prevention study, funded by the Canadian Cancer Society's new Prevention Initiative, will investigate the risk of bladder and kidney cancer associated with environmental exposure to arsenic in drinking water. The study is one of 71 new research grants announced by the Canadian Cancer Society.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2009 | 10:00 am Group Differences In The Heritability Of Items And Test ScoresAre population group differences in intelligence test performance due to test-artefacts, environmental effects, genetic differences, or a combination thereof? In this work, the authors show that intelligence test items normally function differently across different levels of ability.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2009 | 10:00 am Woman suspected to have died from swine flu ID'dTexas health officials identified the first U.S. resident who died while infected with swine flu on Tuesday, but stopped short of directly saying the virus killed her.Source: CNN.com - Health | 6 May 2009 | 9:51 am First US face transplant revealedThe recipient of the first almost-total face transplant to be carried out in the US has spoken to the media.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 May 2009 | 9:23 am Dummy runHi-tech mannequin helps teach medical techniqueSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 May 2009 | 6:29 am Cooking Up Millions of Viruses for a New VaccineA lab in New York turns flu viruses into “seed stock” — a form of the virus that will grow rapidly in eggs that may ultimately permit the immunization of millions of people.Source: NYT > Health | 6 May 2009 | 5:45 am Obama Seeks a Global Health Plan Broader Than Bush’s AIDS EffortThe president’s proposal for a $63 billion, six-year program would reshape a signature foreign policy achievement of his predecessor.Source: NYT > Health | 6 May 2009 | 5:44 am Doctor Skirts Rule to Sway Tobacco BillA pulmonologist is not waiting for peer review to publish his research contending that cigarettes pose a higher risk of lung cancer than they did before the surgeon general declared them a health hazard in 1964.Source: NYT > Health | 6 May 2009 | 5:37 am Risky business?Why that bacon sandwich may not be so badSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 May 2009 | 4:50 am Recipient of Face Transplant Shares Her Story and ResultsConnie Culp stepped forward on Tuesday to show the results of the nation’s first face transplant.Source: NYT > Health | 6 May 2009 | 4:03 am Clinical Trials Update: May 5, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 May 2009 | 3:49 am First American H1N1 Influenza Death ReportedThe second US death from H1N1 influenza and the first death of an American -- a Texas woman living near the Mexico border -- was reported soon after the CDC said that schools shouldn't close when students come down with H1N1 swine flu -- and schools closed because of H1N1 flu may reopen.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 May 2009 | 2:34 am Ga. man stable after 1st US double hand transplant (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 May 2009 | 1:09 am Computers to help superbug fightPowerful software which mimics the evolution of superbugs could help scientists tackle them more effectively.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 May 2009 | 11:27 pm 'Self-monitoring device' for HIVScientists create a hand-held device to enable people living with HIV to monitor their own condition.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 May 2009 | 11:22 pm Obama administration seeks $63B for world health (AP)AP - The Obama administration wants the United States to spend $63 billion over the next six years to fight global diseases and provide more aid for prenatal and postnatal care, children's health and fighting tropical diseases.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 May 2009 | 11:16 pm UK female binge drinking soarsThe number of women binge drinking has doubled since the 1990s, figures show.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 May 2009 | 11:06 pm Scientists pinpoint fats dangerScientists find a genetic mechanism which controls which fatty deposits in the arteries have the potential to kill us.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 May 2009 | 11:06 pm Family Docs and Internists Mistakenly Think They Do Fine Treating High Blood PressureA small survey of family doctors and general internists reveals that while they think they're doing a good job of treating high blood pressure, the reality does not quite jibe with their opinion.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 May 2009 | 10:19 pm Amylin seeks FDA OK on once-weekly diabetes drug (AP)AP - Biotechnology company Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Tuesday it asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve its highly anticipated once-weekly injectable diabetes treatment exenatide LAR.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 May 2009 | 10:15 pm CMS on Warfarin-Responsiveness Genetic Test: No Medicare Coverage Except Within TrialsCMS on Warfarin-Responsiveness Genetic Test: No Medicare Coverage Except Within TrialsHeartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 May 2009 | 10:11 pm Microalbuminuria Predicts VTE in Population-Based StudyAlthough microalbuminuria is known to predict increased risk for arterial thromboembolism, researchers analyzing data from the PREVEND study showed for the first time that it may also predict venous thromboembolism.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 May 2009 | 9:58 pm RECORD4 Published: Rivaroxaban Superior to Enoxaparin in VTE PreventionIn the fourth study in this series, the new oral anticoagulant looked more effective than enoxaparin in the prevention of venous thromboembolism after total knee arthroplasty.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 May 2009 | 9:58 pm AAN 2009: Incidence of PML with Natalizumab in MS Lower Than Previously ThoughtPostmarketing surveillance data from Biogen Idec, the maker of natalizumab, suggest the incidence of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy may be less frequent and less deadly than previous estimates.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 May 2009 | 9:17 pm CDC Issues Guidance on School ClosingsKathleen Sebelius, the recently appointed Health and Human Services Secretary, spoke about a new guidance being issued on school closings due to H1N1 influenza.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 May 2009 | 8:19 pm Personal Health: High- Functioning, but Still AlcoholicsAs many as half of all alcoholics may be high-functioning types — able to live a successful life in spite of their addictions.Source: NYT > Health | 5 May 2009 | 8:17 pm Experts: Mild swine flu could quickly turn deadly (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 May 2009 | 8:11 pm The Moral of the Story: Flu FightersWash your hands, cover your mouth when you cough. Is this modest, homespun advice merely good manners or is it a moral injunction?Source: NYT > Health | 5 May 2009 | 8:10 pm Sebelius says flu-hit schools can reopen (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 May 2009 | 7:38 pm Obama seeks global health boostThe US administration announces a $63bn health plan to fight Aids and tropical illnesses in the developing world over six years.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 May 2009 | 7:35 pm High urate levels may ward off Parkinson's disease (Reuters)Reuters - High levels of urate in the blood appear to protect against the development of Parkinson's disease, a new study shows.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 May 2009 | 6:05 pm Private Stockpiles of Antivirals Hurt Public Health, Experts SayExperts are warning physicians not to prescribe antiviral medicines to "worried well" patients who want them just in case they are exposed to the influenza A (H1N1) virus.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 May 2009 | 5:43 pm Warning against diet supplements for swine fluSeveral associations in the alternative medicine industry have joined forces to warn against non-conventional remedies that claim to cure or prevent swine flu.Source: CNN.com - Health | 5 May 2009 | 5:28 pm AGS 2009: Short-Term Opioid Therapy in Older Adults Effective, NonaddictingAmong older adults with chronic pain, short-term treatment with opioids is effective and rarely results in abuse, but it does decrease mental functioning, a new meta-analysis found.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 May 2009 | 5:17 pm Mexico starts China flu airliftDozens of Mexicans quarantined in China because of swine flu fears are being flown home on a chartered Mexican plane.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 May 2009 | 4:04 pm Gene Test for Dosage of Warfarin Is RebuffedThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said there was not enough evidence to show that the tests improved health.Source: NYT > Health | 5 May 2009 | 3:47 pm Women Sue Over Device to Stop Urine LeaksIn light of recent issues with vaginal slings, the F.D.A. process to clear medical devices faces new questions.Source: NYT > Health | 5 May 2009 | 3:41 pm Q & A: Vitamins on the MenuWhen is the best time to take vitamins? Morning, noon or night? With meals or without?Source: NYT > Health | 5 May 2009 | 3:34 pm Global Update: Influenza: Deaths in Africa and Southeast Asia Add to Concerns Over Bird FluAs the world was focusing on swine flu, deadly bird flu continues to spread.Source: NYT > Health | 5 May 2009 | 3:26 pm
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