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Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 May 2009 | 11:50 am Wood Mackenzie gets 10 or more bids -sourceLONDON, May 13 (Reuters) - At least 10 groups, including private equity firms, consultancies and trade rivals, have made indicative bids for British energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a source familiar...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 May 2009 | 11:48 am Ontario to fund use of Velcade for patients with fatal form of blood cancerTORONTO - A company which manufactures a treatment for multiple myeloma says the medication Velcade will now be covered by Ontario's drug plan. Ortho Biotch says Velcade is a...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 May 2009 | 11:45 am Kinbauri Gold signs definitive agreement with Glen EagleMay 13 (Reuters) - Mineral exploration company Kinbauri Gold Corp said it has entered into a definitive agreement with Glen Eagle Resources Inc related to an investment deal, after it rejected a takeover...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 May 2009 | 11:21 am UPDATE 3-Electra to prop up firms as valuations fall(Adds managing partner comment from interview, share price)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 May 2009 | 11:07 am UPDATE 2-Lundbeck Q1 beats forecasts, cuts profit outlook* Ups 2009 sales forecast but cuts EBIT forecast as expectedSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 May 2009 | 10:48 am UPDATE 2-Lundbeck Q1 beats forecasts, cuts profit outlook* Ups 2009 sales forecast but cuts EBIT forecast as expectedSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 May 2009 | 10:48 am UPDATE 1-Nigeria's NNPC says fuel marketers resume imports* New fuel orders will take 3 to 4 weeks to reach marketsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 May 2009 | 10:48 am Telecom Italia has no merger plans with TelefonicaROME, May 13 (Reuters) - Telecom Italia SpA does not have plans to merge with Telefonica , said Chief Executive Franco Bernabe on Wednesday, in response to Italian media reports that he was studying a...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 May 2009 | 10:42 am UPDATE 1-PKO quits talks to buy AIG's Polish assetsWARSAW, May 13 (Reuters) - PKO BP , Poland's top bank by assets, dropped plans to buy the Polish business of troubled U.S. insurer AIG as the treasury signalled it would force the state-controlled lender...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 May 2009 | 10:41 am UPDATE 2-Intel hit with record 1 bln euro EU antitrust fine* EU fines Intel record 1.06 billion euros ($1.45 billion)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 May 2009 | 10:39 am Chemical cocktail 'risk to boys'Chemicals found in many food, cosmetic and cleaning products pose a real threat to male fertility, a leading scientist warns.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 May 2009 | 10:03 am WHO urges restraint on Tamiflu in swine flu cases (AP)
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News: Health News | 13 May 2009 | 9:44 am Road to recoveryChinese boy's battle back to health after quakeSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 May 2009 | 9:30 am Medical Care Corporation Enables Early Detection Of Memory Loss Due To Alzheimer's DiseaseMedical Care Corporation (MCC), the leading provider of high accuracy memory assessment technology, announced that physicians now have a fast and accurate memory assessment procedure, the MCI Screen, which enables them to accurately separate normal declines due to aging from more serious signs of memory loss associated with an underlying medical condition.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 May 2009 | 9:00 am Blue Dog Coalition Criticizes House Health Care Leaders For Developing Legislation In SecretMembers of the fiscally conservative, Democratic Blue Dog Coalition on Monday sent a letter to the chairs of three House committees who have been tasked with drafting health care legislation, saying they are "increasingly troubled" by the exclusivity of the process, the New York Times reports. The letter -- sent to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 May 2009 | 9:00 am CMS Denial Of Coverage For Virtual Colonoscopy May Cost LivesToday's determination by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to not cover screening computed tomography colonography (CTC), also known as virtual colonoscopy, exams is not supported by the latest clinical evidence and may result in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths each year from colorectal cancer, particularly among minority and underserved populations.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 May 2009 | 9:00 am Atrial Fibrillation More Difficult To Identify In Blacks Than Whites; Might Explain Lower Prevalence, Study FindsLimitations in the methods used to diagnose atrial fibrillation -- periods of irregular heartbeat -- in population-based studies might explain why findings indicate that atrial fibrillation is less common among blacks than whites, according to a study published in the journal Stroke, Reuters Health reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 May 2009 | 9:00 am HIV Cases Among Young People In Iowa IncreasingHealth officials announced recently that the number of newly recorded HIV cases among Iowans ages 15 to 24 increased by 45% in 2008 to 16, despite the widespread availability of condoms and other prevention methods, the Iowa Press-Citizen reports. In 2008, a total of 128 new HIV cases were reported, which is the highest number recorded since reporting began in 1998.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 May 2009 | 9:00 am National Kidney Foundation And Nephroceuticals Partner To Promote Early Detection And Good Nutrition For Kidney DiseaseThe National Kidney Foundation (NKF) announced a new educational partnership with Nephroceuticals(TM) focusing on the importance of nutrition and early detection for kidney disease.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 May 2009 | 9:00 am Home-based Diet And Exercise Intervention Can Improve Physical Function In Older Cancer SurvivorsA home-based program aimed at improving exercise and diet can lead to meaningful improvements in physical function among older long-term cancer survivors, according to the results of a study led by researchers from Duke University Medical Center and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 May 2009 | 9:00 am New System For Managing Sleep Disorders Aims To Improve Sleep Through Brain ChemistryNeuroScience, Inc. has launched NeuroSLP, a medical protocol that tests for potential imbalances in the hormones and neurotransmitters that regulate sleep. This protocol enhances a clinician's ability to make more informed decisions regarding patient care. The NeuroSLP protocol is a major advance in the way healthcare practitioners approach sleep difficulties.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 May 2009 | 9:00 am Women Face Higher Burden Than Men From Rising Health Care Costs, Study FindsAbout 70% of working-age women in the U.S., or 63.8 million women, are uninsured, underinsured, have medical debt or have not sought needed care because of high costs, according to a study released Monday by the Commonwealth Fund, a private health policy research group, Reuters reports. Fifty-nine percent of working-age men, or about 51.9 million men, fall into the same categories.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 May 2009 | 9:00 am In Retinal Disease, Sight May Depend On Second SitesIf two people have the same genetic disease, why would one person go blind in childhood but the other later in life or not at all? For a group of genetic diseases so-called ciliary diseases that include Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Meckel-Gruber syndrome, and Joubert syndrome the answer lies in one gene thSource: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 May 2009 | 9:00 am Women 'fight off disease better'Men really do have an excuse for being wimpy about coughs and colds - their immune systems are not as strong as those of women.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 May 2009 | 8:32 am Tax health care to pay for health care? (AP)AP - Most people with job-based health insurance don't think of their benefits as a form of income. But Uncle Sam might just change that.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 May 2009 | 7:03 am Formaldehyde Linked to Cancer DeathFactory workers exposed to high levels of formaldehyde were more likely to die of cancer decades later, researchers reported.Source: NYT > Health | 13 May 2009 | 6:38 am Cancer Patients Challenge the Patenting of a GeneA lawsuit against Myriad Genetics and the Patent Office could turn out to be a landmark case.Source: NYT > Health | 13 May 2009 | 6:31 am Drugs Urged for Swine Flu in PregnancyTamiflu should be used in treatment even though the drug has not been approved for use during pregnancy, said officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Source: NYT > Health | 13 May 2009 | 6:10 am Recession Drains Social Security and MedicareThe Medicare hospital insurance trust fund may be depleted by 2017 and Social Security reserves gone by 2037, a new report from trustees says.Source: NYT > Health | 13 May 2009 | 5:48 am Army Disputes Doctor’s Claim in Study of InjuredA former Army surgeon who is also a consultant for a medical company has been accused of overstating the benefits of a product used in treating soldiers.Source: NYT > Health | 13 May 2009 | 5:24 am Clinical Trials Update: May 12, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 May 2009 | 3:49 am Eye Disease, Cognitive Decline Linked in Study (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who perform poorly on tests of language, memory and concentration are more likely to be suffering from the early stages of age-related macular degeneration, a major cause of vision loss, a new study suggests.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 May 2009 | 3:48 am Organ Donation Policies Vary Among Children's Hospitals (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Children's hospitals have widely varying policies on organ donation after cardiac death (DCD), according to researchers, who asked 124 hospitals in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada about their policies in 2007 and 2008.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 May 2009 | 3:48 am Flu drug advised for pregnant women with swine flu (AP)AP - Pregnant women should take prescription flu medicines if they are diagnosed with the new swine flu, health officials said Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 May 2009 | 3:29 am Medicare won't cover 'virtual colonoscopy' (AP)AP - Medicare won't pay for the so-called virtual colonoscopy procedure, concluding Tuesday that there's inadequate evidence to support the cheaper, less intrusive alternative to the dreaded colonoscopy.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 May 2009 | 2:18 am Lawsuit filed over patents on breast cancer genesPatents on two human genes linked to breast and ovarian cancers are being challenged in court by the American Civil Liberties Union, which argues that patenting pure genes is unconstitutional and hinders research for a cancer cure.Source: CNN.com - Health | 13 May 2009 | 1:44 am Hope of new prostate cancer testScientists have found a potential new way to assess whether prostate cancer is aggressive.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 May 2009 | 1:05 am Formaldehyde raises risk of deadly cancers: study (Reuters)Reuters - Industrial workers who are exposed to the chemical formaldehyde may have a significantly higher risk of dying from blood and lymphatic cancers, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 May 2009 | 12:34 am Folic acid 'protects baby hearts'Mandatory fortification of bread with folic acid slashes the risk of babies being born with a heart problem, experience from Canada shows.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 May 2009 | 11:50 pm Vital Signs: Patterns: It May Not Be Caffeine Keeping You AwakeA study has found that once people get through the caffeine withdrawal, they feel just as wide-awake on a placebo as they do on caffeine.Source: NYT > Health | 12 May 2009 | 10:27 pm Medicare will not pay for "virtual" colonoscopy (Reuters)Reuters - Medicare, the U.S. federal health insurance plan for the elderly and disabled, will not pay for so-called virtual colonoscopies, which check for colon cancer using scans.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 May 2009 | 10:14 pm Can Vibration Plates Shake off Weight?Vibration plates may trim belly fat and spur weight loss if used properly, a study says.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 May 2009 | 10:09 pm Device Closure of PFO "Tunnel" May Offer Advantages Over Double-Disk OccludersResults are early and in limited numbers, but experts say the Coherex FlatStent, deployed just in the area of overlap between the septum primum and the septum secundum, is a promising new addition to the field.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 May 2009 | 9:53 pm CT Scanning Improves Survival in Lung CancerScreening for lung cancer detects the disease at an earlier stage, and screening with computed tomography (CT) appears to improve the prognosis.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 May 2009 | 9:42 pm ACC, ASA, and AHA Implore Clinicians to Enroll Patients in PFO TrialsUnless more patients are directed into one of four ongoing studies, the real value of the procedure--if any--may never be properly established, a new scientific advisory warns.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 May 2009 | 9:34 pm Risk-Factor Modification Is Goal of Cardiac Rehab Program That Emphasizes Burning CaloriesPatients are told to "walk often and walk far." On the "high-calorie-expenditure" rehab program, they lost more weight and significantly improved their cardiometabolic risk-factor profile compared with patients in a more traditional program.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 May 2009 | 9:34 pm Cases: Do Everybody a Favor: Take a Sick DayRest and hot tea -- not antibiotics and work -- may be the remedy for a quick recovery.Source: NYT > Health | 12 May 2009 | 9:07 pm First Hint of a Benefit for Statins in Rheumatic Valve DiseaseA new retrospective echocardiography study has shown, for the first time, that statins might reduce the progression of aortic-valve stenosis caused by rheumatic heart disease. But the findings require confirmation, says an accompanying editorial.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 May 2009 | 8:59 pm Cancer Studies With Industry Funding in 8 Top Medical JournalsNearly 1 in 5 oncology research studies published in 8 major medical journals had industry funding in 2006. Is this a conflict-of-interest warning sign or evidence of robust academic–industry relations?Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 May 2009 | 8:28 pm Commentary: Harry, Louise back at the tableIt's hard not to be cynical about the prospects for the passage of serious health care reform.Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 May 2009 | 8:26 pm Toothpick Acupuncture Works Just FineBoth acupuncture needles and toothpicks work for relieving back pain, according to a new study.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 12 May 2009 | 7:01 pm ARVO 2009: Ruboxistaurin Associated With Decreased Visual Acuity Decline in Moderate to Severe Diabetic RetinopathyRuboxistaurin, a selective PKC B inhibitor, was associated with less decline in visual acuity in patients with moderate to severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy over a 6-year period, despite cessation and reinstitution of therapy.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 May 2009 | 6:59 pm News Analysis: Obama Push to Cut Health Costs Faces Tough OddsIf history is a guide, the commitments from the health care industry may not produce the promised savings.Source: NYT > Health | 12 May 2009 | 6:53 pm Antivirals Should Be Used Only in High-Risk H1N1 Flu CasesThe WHO is developing clinical management guidelines for the use of antiviral drugs in the treatment of the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus, and both WHO and the CDC are advising against overuse except in higher-risk cases, including pregnant women.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 May 2009 | 6:34 pm ARVO 2009: Cardiovascular Risk Factors May Influence Children's Retinal Vascular CaliberChildhood cardiovascular risk factors, including higher blood pressure, higher body mass index, and lower birth weight, were associated with narrower retinal arteriolar caliber in a large cross-section study.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 May 2009 | 6:13 pm Nigeria callingPush to immunise millions against killer meningitisSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 May 2009 | 5:30 pm Global Update: Sexual Abuse: New Study Documents Rape’s Grim TollRape and coerced sex with young girls and teenagers is linked to a host of problems later in life, according to a new study.Source: NYT > Health | 12 May 2009 | 4:44 pm Chronic Pain Guidelines Suggest OpioidsHigh doses of aspirin or ibuprofen may be risky for the elderly, a panel says.Source: NYT > Health | 12 May 2009 | 4:39 pm Survival gene for motor diseaseScientists find a protective gene that increases survival in motor neuron disease, raising hopes of new treatments.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 May 2009 | 3:52 pm Bad Dreams Are Good for YouBad dreams are good for your brain, but nightmares that wake you up reveal a problem in emotional processing.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 12 May 2009 | 3:03 pm Federal Soda Tax WeighedLawmakers to ponder federal excise tax on soda and other sugar-laden drinks to pay for health care.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 12 May 2009 | 1:40 pm Brain's Willpower Spot FoundScientists may have discovered the seat of willpower and self-restraint in the brain.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 12 May 2009 | 1:28 pm Learning to be happy in tough economic timesThe state of the economy may be out of people's hands, but their happiness isn't, according to a group of researchers meeting at an international conference on happiness this week.Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 May 2009 | 12:25 pm Repeat deployments put strain on troopsThe killing of five comrades by a U.S. soldier on Monday in Iraq is no surprise and illustrates the mental toll that the current wars take on troops, the leader of a veterans group said.Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 May 2009 | 11:42 am
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