Health and Medical News Headlines for May 19, 2009

Molecule in Skin May Link Eczema and Asthma (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- A substance secreted by eczema-damaged skin might trigger asthma in children, U.S. researchers suggest.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 May 2009 | 1:03 pm

World swine flu toll nears 10,000

Nearly 10,000 cases of swine flu have been confirmed worldwide with 79 deaths, says the WHO as the UN meets to discuss producing a vaccine.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 May 2009 | 1:02 pm

UN chief: Solidarity key to tackling swine flu (AP)

AP - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says global solidarity is the key to tackling the swine flu outbreak and that means drugs and vaccines must be made available to all.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 May 2009 | 12:54 pm

Water leak halts isotope output at Canada reactor

TORONTO, May 19 (Reuters) - Canada's energy authorities have closed a reactor that produces much of the world's medical isotopes after a heavy water leak and warned that there could be a shortage of the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 May 2009 | 12:47 pm

U.S., states join Medicaid suits against Wyeth (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday that it and 16 states had joined two whistleblower lawsuits filed against Wyeth which allege the drugmaker failed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in rebates to Medicaid.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 May 2009 | 12:32 pm

U.S., states join Medicaid suits against Wyeth

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday that it and 16 states had joined two whistleblower lawsuits filed against Wyeth which allege the drugmaker failed to pay...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 May 2009 | 12:32 pm

UPDATE 2-Medtronic net falls, but results meet Wall St view

* Medtronic adj Q4 EPS 82 cents/shr, in line with Wall St
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 May 2009 | 12:31 pm

Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD Announces: Vets' Sudden Cardiac Deaths Are Not Suicides or Overdoses

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 May 2009 | 12:30 pm

Cardiome Announces That Collaboration and License Agreement with Merck & Co., Inc. Now Effective

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 May 2009 | 12:30 pm

Signostics Receives FDA Clearance for World's Smallest Ultrasound Product

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 May 2009 | 12:30 pm

Angiotech launches e-commerce website that allows customers to order Quill(TM) SRS product line

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 May 2009 | 12:30 pm

FertilityTies.com Convention Open to the Public, June 6, 1-5 PM at The Hilton New York Hotel, MDs to Lead Discussion on Timely Fertility Topics

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 May 2009 | 12:24 pm

Booty Camp(R) Potty Training Program as Featured in People Magazine is Launched on DVD

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 May 2009 | 12:20 pm

Sunoco Marcus Hook assessment could take at least a week

For refinery outages in the new Reuters Oil Fundamentals Database see http://bond.views.session.rservices.com/CE/ or go to <OFD/INFO>.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 May 2009 | 12:17 pm

New HIV/AIDS Initiative In Tanzania Aims To Increase Condom Availability

Condom vending machines will be unveiled on Monday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as part of a six-year pilot HIV prevention initiative in the country, Tanzania's The Citizen reports. Daniel Crapper of Population Services International said, "We are working very hard to ensure that condoms are widely available to the people.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2009 | 10:00 am

AdvanDx Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For GBS PNA FISH(R) For Rapid Detection Of Group B Strep From Lim Broths

AdvanDx announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for GBS PNA FISH® for detection of Streptococcus agalactiae, aka Group B Strep, from turbid Lim Broths inoculated with vaginal and rectal swabs obtained from pregnant women between 35 and 37 weeks gestation.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2009 | 10:00 am

MHRA Manufacturing Licence For Avecia Biologics

Avecia Biologics has announced it has received a Manufacturer's Licence from the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The Licence authorises commercial manufacturing at the company's Tees Valley, UK site and comes three months after the company successfully underwent its first FDA Pre-Approval Inspection.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2009 | 10:00 am

Laboratory Monitoring System Has Unique Functionality

A unique CO2 sensor and a novel approach to user communication via SMS will make the XiltriX® registration, monitoring and alarm system of interest to any laboratory needing to audit the performance of its equipment or the security of stored materials, especially if operating under GLP, GMP or similar norms.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2009 | 10:00 am

Conservative Groups Outline Strategies To Challenge Potential Supreme Court Nominees

The New York Times reports that it has obtained 10 memorandums prepared by conservative groups on President Obama's possible choices to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter that outline how conservatives hope to frame the coming nomination debate. The memos focus on 10 female potential nominees.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2009 | 10:00 am

Opinion Piece Criticizes Winfrey For 'Unbalanced' Medical Advice On Hormone Replacement Therapy

Oprah Winfrey "has scored good ratings with her health episodes" of her television show, but "in doing so, she seems to have thrown therapeutic caution to the wind," such as on her shows featuring actress Suzanne Somers' opinions on bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, Salon contributor and physician Rahul Parikh writes in an opinion piece.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2009 | 10:00 am

Prison Nurse Behind Bars After Defrauding NHS

An NHS substance misuse nurse who worked illegally in Chelmsford prison has been sentenced to a total of one year's imprisonment (13 May Chelmsford Crown Court) following an investigation by NHS Counter Fraud and the UK Border Agency.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2009 | 10:00 am

Alzheimer's Society Comment On New Research Into Heart Rhythm Disorder As A Risk Factor For Dementia

Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center have conducted research into the link between atrial fibrillation, a fairly common heart rhythm disorder, and dementia. The study of more than 37,000 shows that patients with atrial fibrillation were 44% more likely to develop dementia than patients without the disorder.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2009 | 10:00 am

Statement From American Association Of Kidney Patients Kidney Failure Is No Laughing Matter

The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) is very disappointed with Wanda Sykes' comedic comments regarding kidney failure and Rush Limbaugh at the White House Correspondent Dinner over the weekend. While Ms.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2009 | 10:00 am

Awards To Highlight Military Health Heroes, Wales

The Welsh Assembly Government is today encouraging people to nominate health professionals for a major UK-wide award aimed at highlighting their contribution to the care of armed services personnel. The awards are now in the second year and this year they are hosted by the Scottish Government.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 May 2009 | 10:00 am

Too much cola zaps the power in your muscles

Excessive cola consumption can lead to dangerously low levels of potassium in the body and ultimately paralysis, experts warn.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 May 2009 | 9:50 am

Swine flu curbs prompt karaoke boom in Japan

Japanese students whose schools have been closed over swine flu fears are flocking to karaoke parlours instead.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 May 2009 | 9:31 am

Fawcett's friend: No one has given her a timetable

Farrah Fawcett, whose public battle with anal cancer has brought new attention to a rarely discussed disease, has not been given a timetable from her doctor about how much time she has left, according to her friend Alana Stewart.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 19 May 2009 | 8:48 am

Weight loss link to dementia risk

Researchers have produced more evidence that losing weight quickly in old age may be a warning sign of dementia.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 May 2009 | 8:20 am

A taste of help to keep cancer patients' pounds up (AP)

AP - The statistic is shocking: Severe malnutrition and weight loss play a role in at least one in five cancer deaths. Yet nutrition too often is an afterthought until someone's already in trouble.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 May 2009 | 7:10 am

Green shoots

How gardening is being used to help beat depression
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 May 2009 | 6:40 am

Japan Acts to Contain Swine Flu Outbreak

The increasing number of swine flu cases in Japan raises the likelihood that the World Health Organization will soon have to raise its pandemic alert level to 6.

Source: NYT > Health | 19 May 2009 | 6:16 am

Vital Statistics: 4 Feet and a Tail, and the Cause of Many Falls

Today alone about 235 people will wind up in an emergency room with an injury caused by a fall involving a cat or a dog.

Source: NYT > Health | 19 May 2009 | 6:11 am

Rodger McFarlane, Who Led AIDS-Related Groups, Dies at 54

Mr. McFarlane was the first executive director of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, a group that was an early advocate for public and private research to deal with the disease.

Source: NYT > Health | 19 May 2009 | 6:02 am

AP reporter quarantined in China after Cancun stop (AP)

AP - There are four of them waiting for us, tottering about the hotel parking lot in yellow biohazard suits.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 May 2009 | 5:50 am

A Long Search for a Universal Flu Vaccine

One shot to protect against all strains of flu won’t be here anytime soon, but it is the holy grail for some researchers.

Source: NYT > Health | 19 May 2009 | 5:19 am

Really?: The Claim: Don’t Mix Blood Thinners and Cranberry Juice

Does cranberry juice heighten the affect of anticoagulants?

Source: NYT > Health | 19 May 2009 | 5:19 am

U.S. Says Wyeth Cheated Medicaid

The Justice Department said the drug maker charged state Medicaid programs a higher price for a stomach acid drug than it charged hospitals.

Source: NYT > Health | 19 May 2009 | 5:18 am

Cases: Willing to Be Vulnerable: The Patient Grows Up

Innocence at 12, fearlessness at 27, uncertainty at 50.

Source: NYT > Health | 19 May 2009 | 5:16 am

Well: Kept From a Dying Partner’s Bedside

When a hospital won’t allow you to be by a loved one’s side.

Source: NYT > Health | 19 May 2009 | 5:15 am

Personal Health: The Slippery Slope From Fear to Panic

Is it human nature to overreact to things outside of our control?

Source: NYT > Health | 19 May 2009 | 5:06 am

Global Update: AIDS: Questions Help Find AIDS Patients Who Are Vulnerable to Drug Resistance

In Africa, AIDS patients rarely get viral load testing to see whether they are developing dangerous resistance to their first-line drugs. The testing, routine in wealthy countries, is just too expensive and complex.

Source: NYT > Health | 19 May 2009 | 5:05 am

Money May Matter, Health-Wise, in Old Age (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- People who are wealthy and educated appear to have a better chance of living a longer and healthier life.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 May 2009 | 3:49 am

Poor Women Seem to Be Skipping Breast Cancer Drugs (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- In another sign of the challenges facing the health-care industry as it tries to serve the poor, researchers from North Carolina are reporting that nearly four in 10 poor women recovering from breast cancer do not take the drugs recommended to keep their cancer from returning.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 May 2009 | 3:49 am

Obese People Seem to Do Better With Heart Disease (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- The excess fat that leads people to develop heart disease can help them fight against the condition's worst effects, a review of cardiac studies shows.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 May 2009 | 3:49 am

5 more NYC schools close on flu fears

Four more New York City public schools and one private school will close for a week after an increase of reports of students with flu-like symptoms, city officials announced Monday.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 18 May 2009 | 11:19 pm

Tumour make-up 'fuels depression'

Scientists find tumours produce chemicals which may act on the brain to make cancer patients depressed.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 May 2009 | 11:07 pm

Hope of fast prostate cancer test

Scientists are developing a three-minute test to detect prostate cancer much faster than is currently possible.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 May 2009 | 11:01 pm

Underlying condition present in N.Y. swine flu death

An assistant principal who died after being hospitalized with the H1N1 virus did have an underlying condition, the New York City's health commissioner said Monday.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 18 May 2009 | 8:18 pm

U.S. health officials troubled by new flu pattern (Reuters)

Reuters - The new influenza strain circulating around most of the United States is putting a worrying number of young adults and children into the hospital and hitting more schools than usual, U.S. health officials said on Monday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 May 2009 | 8:12 pm

Government runs nation's only legal pot garden

Here, in what could be called the Fort Knox of dope, Mahmoud ElSohly waits patiently as an assistant unlocks the stainless steel door to a climate-controlled vault.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 18 May 2009 | 8:11 pm

New Breath Test Tells If You're Kissable

A pocket-size breath test can catch a whiff of bad-breath bacteria.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 18 May 2009 | 7:58 pm

CDC Urges Vigilance About H1N1 Flu

As the novel H1N1 influenza virus continues to spread in the United States, the CDC is urging that people "keep their guard up" and remain "vigilant."
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 May 2009 | 7:21 pm

ATS 2009: Inhalation Powder Tobramycin Safe, Effective to Treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis Patients

The powder allows a shorter administration time (4 to 6 minutes twice daily), but also improves lung function and decreases P. aeruginosa density, according to phase 3 study results.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 May 2009 | 6:31 pm

ASCO 2009: Physicians Need to Address Cost of Cancer Care With Patients

Although not a major concern for participants in a clinical trial, only a small percentage of patients discuss the cost of prescription drugs with their physicians. In addition, patients treated outside the context of a clinical trial might be less able to afford supportive medications.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 May 2009 | 5:08 pm

Eliminating Cyclophilin A Gene Protects Against Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Deficiency of cyclophilin A decreases inflammation, oxidative stress, and matrix degradation in mouse models of aortic aneurysm formation.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 May 2009 | 4:49 pm

Patient-Adjusted Insulin Detemir Dosing Achieves Target HbA1c Levels to Improve Glycemic Control

Insulin-naive patients with type 2 diabetes poorly controlled with oral antidiabetic drugs were able to achieve a hemoglobin A1c level of less than 7% after learning how to titrate their once-daily dose of insulin detemir.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 May 2009 | 4:23 pm

Arts appear to play role in brain development

May 18, 2009 May 18--For years, school systems across the nation dropped the arts to concentrate on getting struggling students to pass tests in reading and math. Yet now, a growing body of brain research suggests that teaching the arts may be good for students across all disciplines.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 18 May 2009 | 2:10 pm

Study: Postponing retirement may delay dementia

May 18, 2009 LONDON - Working a few years beyond retirement could help stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a new British study published Monday.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 18 May 2009 | 2:10 pm

Zinc Supplementation May Not Be Effective for Acute Diarrhea in Children

In a randomized controlled trial, the expected benefits of zinc supplementation on the duration of acute diarrhea in children were not observed.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 May 2009 | 1:58 pm

Child Brains Organized Differently Than Adult Brains

Connections in kids' brains located closer than in adult brains.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 18 May 2009 | 1:55 pm

UK study: Postponing retirement may delay dementia (AP)

AP - Working a few years beyond retirement could help stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a new British study published Monday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 May 2009 | 1:32 pm

SHM 2009: Hospitalist-Run Geriatrics Service Improves Processes of Care

Compared with a general internal medicine inpatient unit, a hospitalist-run medical service for elderly inpatients improved recognition and treatment of abnormal functional and cognitive status without increasing resource consumption.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 May 2009 | 1:24 pm

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