Study links cigarette changes to rising lung risk (AP)

FILE - In this Thursday, April 1, 2004 picture, a smoker takes a drag from his cigarette in a bar on the west side of Chicago. It may be riskier on the lungs to smoke cigarettes in 2009 than it was a few decades ago - at least in the U.S., says new research that blames changes in cigarette design for fueling a certain type of lung cancer. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - It may be riskier on the lungs to smoke cigarettes today than it was a few decades ago — at least in the U.S., says new research that blames changes in cigarette design for fueling a certain type of lung cancer.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 May 2009 | 11:38 am

Health ministers focus on pandemic flu and vaccines

GENEVA (Reuters) - Health ministers from around the world agreed to drop nearly everything but pandemic flu from their annual congress agenda on Monday, so they can go home sooner to...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 May 2009 | 11:21 am

Paragon Bioservices, Inc. Wins 2009 Lilly Global Supplier Award


Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 May 2009 | 11:11 am

GeckoSystems Reveals Eldercare Capable Personal Robot Sales Forecasts


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Just in Time for Travel Season, Specialty Travel Companies Cement Partnership


Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 May 2009 | 11:02 am

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results


Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 May 2009 | 11:00 am

Video: Academy Award(R) Winner Olympia Dukakis and Husband, Actor Louis Zorich, Encourage Older Adults to Ask.Screen.Know.


Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 May 2009 | 11:00 am

Here to Help(TM): Unique Program Combines Direct Personal Assistance With Web-Based Resources to Improve Opioid Dependence Treatment Outcomes


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Biomedical Sciences Companies Expanding in Asia Invested More Than US$500 Million in Singapore


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BD and HandyLab Announce Exclusive Collaboration to Commercialize Molecular Assays


Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 May 2009 | 11:00 am

UPDATE 1-Telenor says faces Ukraine anti-monopoly probe

* Believes Ukrainian anti-monopoly office will discard case
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 May 2009 | 10:44 am

WHO annual meeting dominated by swine flu (AP)

Passengers wear masks as precaution against swine flu at Sannomiya station in Kobe, western Japan, Monday, May 18, 2009. Confirmed swine flu cases in Japan surged over the weekend to 92 and the government has shut schools and canceled community events in affected cities, including Kobe, health officials said Monday. At least 92 people have tested positive for the H1N1 virus, according to Health and Welfare Ministry official Haruki Ogawa. Most of them are teenagers, and all were recovering in local hospitals or their homes. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP - Swine flu and the possibility of a vaccine topped the agenda Monday as the World Health Organization opened its annual meeting amid concern that the virus continues to spread — and kill — around the globe.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 May 2009 | 10:18 am

The Dawn Of A New Era In Cancer Treatment

A new article in Scrip World Pharmaceutical News highlights enormous change in cancer medicine with highly personalised treatments, patient top-up payments in some markets, response-related payments and even refunds when there is no response to a treatment, all driving the future of cancer care worldwide.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Going Gluten Free?: The Critical Test Everyone Needs To Have BEFORE They Try The Latest Celebrity Endorsed Diet

Celebrity Elisabeth Hasselbeck is generating a lot of buzz about Gluten-Free living, but International Celiac Expert Shelley Case, RD warns consumers why going gluten-free before being screened for celiac disease can be hazardous to your health! Going gluten-free is being hailed as the solution t
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Potential Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor May Face Criticism For Comments On Gender, Ethnicity

Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor -- whose is considered to be "near the top" of President Obama's list of potential Supreme Court nominees to replace retiring Justice David Souter -- could face criticism over a 2001 speech in which she stated that a judge's ethnicity and gender "may and will make a difference in our judging," the New York Times reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 May 2009 | 9:00 am

NECT Added To WHO Essential Medicines List As Combination Treatment Against Sleeping Sickness

NECT (Nifurtimox-Eflornithine Combination Therapy), a new treatment option against sleeping sickness, a fatal disease which threatens 60 million people across sub-Saharan Africa, has been added to the Essential Medicines List (EML) of the World Health Organization (WHO) based on the application submi
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Charity Action Duchenne Combines Social Networking With E-commerce For Innovative New Website

Action Duchenne, the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Charity, has launched its new website which combines the best in Web 2.0 technologies including social networking, wikipedia, blogging and micro-blogging. The new site Action Duchenne also enables the charity to take donations from registered members and the general public.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Industry Groups Say White House Overstated Pledge To Reduce Health Spending Growth

Groups representing hospitals and insurers on Thursday said that President Obama considerably overstated their pledge to rein in health care spending, the New York Times reports. Obama on Monday announced that the group of six major health care organizations had vowed to "cut the rate of growth of national health care spending by 1.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 May 2009 | 9:00 am

All Global Announces Panel Expansion In The U.S. And Europe

All Global, the world's leading global healthcare data collection agency, announced the integration of the TNS JStreet panel into its All Global online physician panel across the U.S. and Europe. With this integration, All Global will boost its number of active physician participants by 50% across key specialties, including oncology, cardiology, neurology and hematology.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Rates Of Sexually Transmitted Infections In Allegheny County, Pa., Disproportionately High Among Blacks, Officials Say

Health officials in Allegheny County, Pa., on Wednesday held a sexually transmitted infection diversity conference to discuss the disproportionately higher STI rates among blacks and strategies to reduce them, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Blacks comprise 13.5% of the Allegheny County population.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 May 2009 | 9:00 am

GM, UAW Nearing Deal To Use Company Stock For Half Of VEBA Obligation, Sources Say

General Motors and the United Auto Workers are close to finalizing a deal that would reduce the automaker's cash obligation to a retiree health care trust fund, according to people with knowledge of the matter, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Medical Expulsive Therapy As An Adjunct To Improve Shockwave Lithotripsy Outcomes: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis

UroToday.com - Over the past decade, the most significant advance, in my mind, with regard to the treatment of the distal ureteral stone, has been the advent of medical expulsive therapy as described by Porpiglia and colleagues in 2000, and corroborated by many subsequent studies.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Jump in swine flu cases in Japan

Japan reports a sudden rise in the number of swine flu cases, with the total reaching over 120, but none critical.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 May 2009 | 8:52 am

A Hearing Test Made for the Big City

The Center for Hearing and Communication aims to improve how hearing aids work by providing a new audiovisual test that simulates everyday situations.


Source: NYT > Health | 18 May 2009 | 5:57 am

Recession threatens U.S. progress in child wellbeing (Reuters)

Reuters - Hard economic times are hitting the United States' youngest citizens, threatening to roll back decades worth of gains in health, safety and education, according to a report released on Monday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 May 2009 | 5:27 am

New York Reports Its First Swine Flu Death

The assistant principal of a Queens school died on Sunday as city officials announced the closing of five more schools.


Source: NYT > Health | 18 May 2009 | 4:53 am

Scientists now trying to outflank HIV/AIDS virus (AP)

AP - Like a general whose direct attacks aren't working, scientists are now trying to outflank the HIV/AIDS virus.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 May 2009 | 4:42 am

Irregular Heartbeat Tied to Alzheimer's Disease (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- The abnormal heartbeat called atrial fibrillation is associated with later development of Alzheimer's disease, a large-scale study finds.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 May 2009 | 3:48 am

Obama to Name Frieden as CDC Chief: CDC

U.S. President Barack Obama will name Dr. Thomas Frieden as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a spokesman for the organization said on Friday.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 May 2009 | 3:29 am

Dr Eric Topol One of GQ Magazine's "Rock Stars Of Science"

The six-page photo spread includes leading US scientists posing with celebrity rock legends, including Sheryl Crow and Seal.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 May 2009 | 1:44 am

New York educator who had H1N1 virus dies

A New York middle school assistant principal who was hospitalized with the H1N1 virus died Sunday, a hospital spokesman said, though he stopped short of saying whether the flu strain contributed to the man's death.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 18 May 2009 | 1:11 am

Menstruation genes discovered

Scientists say they have begun to crack the genetic code that helps determine when a girl becomes a woman.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 May 2009 | 11:02 pm

Keep working 'to avoid dementia'

Keeping the brain active by working later in life may help ward off Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 May 2009 | 11:02 pm

Genes Found Related to Onset of Menstruation and Menopause

Genes involved in determining the onset of menstruation and menopause are found.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 17 May 2009 | 8:49 pm

Months to Live: Fighting for a Last Chance at Life

A family’s campaign for access to an unproven drug highlights the challenges terminally ill patients face in the search for treatment.


Source: NYT > Health | 17 May 2009 | 8:11 pm

Obama faces down abortion heckles

President Obama is heckled as he speaks to graduates at an Indiana Catholic university amid a row over abortion rights.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 May 2009 | 7:47 pm

Clinic shootings highlight mental health challenges for military

May 17, 2009 Sgt. John M. Russell was near the end of his third tour in Iraq when he allegedly gunned down five fellow service members at a Baghdad combat stress clinic last week.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 17 May 2009 | 2:37 pm