Health and Medical News Headlines for May 21, 2009

US swine flu deaths hit double-digits (AP)

AP - Swine flu forced Christina Huitron to make a choice no mother should ever have to make.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 May 2009 | 11:59 am

Sodium Bicarbonate-Based Hydration May Help Prevent Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

An updated meta-analysis suggests that sodium bicarbonate-based hydration is better than normal saline in preventing contrast-induced nephropathy.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2009 | 11:58 am

WHO: young child deaths down a third since 1990 (AP)

AP - The World Health Organization says almost a third fewer young children are dying than in 1990.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 May 2009 | 11:39 am

FDA Approvals: ACTOplus met XR, Azor, Vancomycin HCl Injection

The FDA has approved pioglitazone HCl and metformin HCl extended-release tablets (ACTOplus met XR), an expanded indication for amlodipine and olmesartan medoxomil tablets (Azor), and a new packaging size for vancomycin HCl injection.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2009 | 11:37 am

UPDATE 1-Lilly starts big studies for Alzheimer's candidate

* 2nd Lilly candidate for Alzheimer's in late-stage study
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 May 2009 | 11:31 am

SHM 2009: Postdischarge Adverse Events Are Common, But Not as Common in Elderly

The timing and type of follow-up of older discharged patients might need to change, according to a new study.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2009 | 11:31 am

WHO chief to seek deal on sharing flu virus samples

GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries facing an imminent flu pandemic are making progress on an agreement on how to share drugs, vaccines and the viruses needed to make them, the head of the World...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 May 2009 | 11:28 am

UPDATE 2-Lenovo reports Q4 loss, expects more pain

* Sees challenging operating environment in current year
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 May 2009 | 11:25 am

UK gas plant workers end strike over foreign labour

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Workers at Europe's largest liquefied natural gas terminal voted to end an official strike over the use of foreign labour on Thursday, union officials said.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 May 2009 | 11:25 am

Japan, San Marino top life expectancy league

The World Health Organization says women in Japan have the highest life expectancy in the world with 86 years. WHO says men in San Marino have the longest life expectancy for their sex...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 May 2009 | 11:22 am

Japan, San Marino top life expectancy league (AP)

AP - The World Health Organization says women in Japan have the highest life expectancy in the world with 86 years.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 May 2009 | 11:22 am

WHO: young child deaths down a third since 1990

The World Health Organization says almost a third fewer young children are dying than in 1990. The global health body says about 9 million children under 5 years old died in 2007, the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 May 2009 | 11:09 am

UPDATE 1-McClatchy amends credit pact, to exchange debt

* Offers to exchange $1.15 bln debt securities privately
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 May 2009 | 11:01 am

Chevron reports gas oil release at Richmond, CA refinery

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 | 21 May 2009 | 11:00 am

AutoGenomics New RVP Assay Addresses Current Challenge to Detect Flu A - Swine H1N1

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 May 2009 | 11:00 am

Go Healthy Receives Letter of Endorsement from the Texas Chiropractic Association, District Five State Director - Dr. Thomas Klesmit

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 May 2009 | 11:00 am

AP poll: Many students stressed, some depressed (AP)

AP - Got stress? Oh, yeah, college students say, what with roommates, GPAs, student loans and all the rest.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 May 2009 | 10:05 am

Search for mother, son who fled chemo, heads West (AP)

AP - The search for a Minnesota mother who fled with her 13-year-old cancer-stricken son to escape court-ordered chemotherapy has turned to Southern California after authorities received a tip.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 May 2009 | 9:44 am

Substance Abuse Appears To Be An Important Factor In Increased Risk Of Violent Crime By Persons With Schizophrenia

The increased risk of persons with schizophrenia committing violent crime may be largely mediated by co-existing substance abuse problems, according to a study in the May 20 issue of JAMA. Many studies have reported on the association between major mental disorder and violence, including some that specifically have examined the relationship with schizophrenia.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Bone Marrow Cell Therapy May Be Beneficial For Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease

The injection of bone marrow cells into the heart of patients with chronic myocardial ischemia (reduced blood flow to some areas of the heart) was associated with modest improvements in blood flow and function of the left ventricle, according to a study in the May 20 issue of JAMA.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Nexavar Approved In Japan For The Treatment Of Advanced Liver Cancer

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX) announced that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan has approved Nexavar(R) (sorafenib) tablets for the treatment of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a type of liver cancer that accounts for 95 percent of all liver cancer cases in Japan(1).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Lifestyle Program For Patients With COPD Is Health And Cost Effective

Patients with moderate COPD were randomized to receive "usual care" or to undergo an interdisciplinary, community-based program (INTERCOM) that offered an intensive lifestyle moderation phase of four months, during which patients were instructed in detail to perform two 15-minute intervals of pleasur
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Combination Therapy Appears Helpful For Short-Term Treatment Of Insomnia; Cognitive Behavior Therapy May Be Better For Long-Term

For patients with persistent insomnia, a combination of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and the medication zolpidem for 6 weeks was associated with improvement in sleep, although for a longer treatment period CBT alone was more beneficial, according to a study in the May 20 issue of JAMA.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Better Cardiorespiratory Fitness Related To Lower Risk Of Death, Cardiovascular Disease

Persons with higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness have a lower risk of all-cause death and coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease compared to persons with lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness, according to an analysis of previous studies appearing in the May 20 issue of JAMA.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Side Discrepancy Errors In Radiology Reports Rare But Often Clinically Significant

Side discrepancy errors in radiology reports do occur and it is important that radiologists, referring physicians and patients communicate well to help prevent errors in clinical management, according to a study performed at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 May 2009 | 9:00 am

New Study Reveals Wide Variations In Depression Diagnoses Among Ethnic Groups

Whites experiencing depression are far more likely to be diagnosed by a physician than other ethnic groups, according to a new Consumer Health Sciences (CHS) study presented today at the 14th Annual ISPOR (International Society for Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research) Conference in Orlando, Florida.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Americans Who Don't Know They Have Diabetes Incur $18 Billion In Health Expenses Each Year

Americans living with undiagnosed diabetes incur an estimated $18 billion in healthcare expenditures each year, or $2,864 per person in medical services and lost productivity from diabetes-related complications, according to a new study initiated by the National Changing Diabetes(R) Program and published in the journal, Population Health Management. Undiagnosed diabetes represents 8.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Vitamin D May Halt Lung Function Decline In Asthma And COPD

Vitamin D may slow the progressive decline in the ability to breathe that can occur in people with asthma as a result of human airway smooth muscle (HASM) proliferation, according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 May 2009 | 9:00 am

Scientists to probe Mexican town's flu mystery (AP)

AP - No one has identified ground zero in the swine flu epidemic. Just where or when the new strain of influenza first jumped from a pig and began infecting people is a scientific mystery one that a group of flu detectives is determined to solve.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 May 2009 | 7:42 am

U.S. Says Older People Appear Safer From New Flu Strain

The news bears out what doctors have noticed: the new flu infects more young people than do seasonal flus.

Source: NYT > Health | 21 May 2009 | 6:44 am

Tax Proposals Draw Critics in Talks on Financing Health Insurance

Lobbyists have mobilized to head off proposed taxes on employer-provided health benefits, alcoholic beverages and soft drinks.

Source: NYT > Health | 21 May 2009 | 6:26 am

Krishna Pattabhi Jois, Leading Expert in Yoga, Dies at 93

Mr. Jois was the prominent and influential yoga teacher whose students included Western celebrities like Madonna and Sting.

Source: NYT > Health | 21 May 2009 | 6:19 am

Edwin Shneidman, Authority on Suicide, Dies at 91

Dr. Shneidman was a psychologist who gave new direction to the study of suicide and was a founder of the nation’s first comprehensive suicide prevention center.

Source: NYT > Health | 21 May 2009 | 6:18 am

World Briefing | Middle East: Wary of Swine Flu, Egypt May Quarantine Pilgrims

Egyptians who perform the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia risk being quarantined upon their return to Egypt, the health minister warned.

Source: NYT > Health | 21 May 2009 | 6:16 am

Senator Rebukes Medtronic Over List of Consultants

Charles Grassley, Republican of Iowa, has been investigating whether Medtronic illegally promoted unapproved uses for a bone-growth treatment.

Source: NYT > Health | 21 May 2009 | 5:59 am

Tokyo has first swine flu cases

Health officials in Japan confirm the first two cases of swine flu in the country's densely populated capital, Tokyo.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 May 2009 | 4:14 am

Health Tip: Drugs That May Lead to Diarrhea (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Certain medications are more likely than others to aggravate the digestive tract and result in loose stools, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 May 2009 | 3:50 am

Health Tip: Warding Off Age-Related Memory Loss (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Memory loss in seniors is common, but occasional forgetfulness doesn't necessarily mean dementia.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 May 2009 | 3:50 am

After Concussion, Follow-Up Visit a Must (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Children admitted to a hospital with a concussion should have a follow-up assessment with a clinician before resuming normal play activities or sports, a new study suggests.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 May 2009 | 3:50 am

Cancer battle pair flee US police

An alert goes out to police across the US as a mother flees with her cancer-stricken son to avoid chemotherapy.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 May 2009 | 3:13 am

Chewable Aspirin Best for ACS: Small Study Supports Guidelines

A small study in 14 healthy volunteers has shown that chewable aspirin is absorbed more efficiently and rapidly than regular aspirin, whether it is swallowed whole or chewed first. The research is the first to directly compare different formulations and supports current guidelines that chewing aspirin is the preferential method of administration in the treatment of ACS, say the investigators.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2009 | 2:29 am

DES in AMI: Some Reassurances, More Questions From TYPHOON and STRATEGY

Longer-term results from these two relatively small randomized trials are reassuring but not sufficient to provide a full rationale for using DES in AMI, experts say.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2009 | 2:29 am

New HRS/EHRA Recommendations for Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias

The consensus statement is intended to clarify important issues, such as indications, techniques, and outcomes, so that patient care can be optimized and areas of improvement identified.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2009 | 2:29 am

Large Meta-Analysis Links Higher Levels of Cardiorespiratory Fitness to Lower Risk of Death and Cardiovascular Disease

The higher the level of cardiorespiratory fitness, the lower the risk of death and cardiovascular disease in this large meta-analysis from Japanese researchers.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2009 | 2:29 am

TIMACS Published, Supports Early Intervention in High-Risk Non-STEMI ACS

"Early" and "delayed" intervention was similarly effective and safe in the primary analysis, but the subgroup of "high-risk" patients did much better with early intervention; the randomized trial had been previously reported at meetings.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2009 | 2:29 am

More Follow-Up on the Watchman LAA Closure Device

Investigators presented extended follow-up data for the Watchman left atrial appendage closure device and showed similar results to the overall study findings. They hinted that the confidence intervals are narrowing with longer follow-up, suggesting the device might prove superior to warfarin with sufficient patient-years accrued.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 21 May 2009 | 2:29 am

IVF twins 'sicker in early life'

IVF twins face more health problems in early life than naturally conceived twins, experts show.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 May 2009 | 11:04 pm

New light on Down's cancer link

Scientists may have solved the mystery of why people with Down's syndrome appear to have a lower risk of some cancers.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 May 2009 | 11:04 pm

ATS 2009: Second Wave of H1N1 Flu Feared in the Fall

In a special session at the meeting, experts and public-health officials discussed the current situation and ways hospitals can prepare for a potential second wave of infections in the fall.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 May 2009 | 9:57 pm

Father urges mom and sick boy to come back

The father of a 13-year-old boy whose family has refused treatment for his cancer is urging his son and wife to come back, after neither of them showed up for a court appearance.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 20 May 2009 | 9:30 pm

Health official: Utah death associated with swine flu

A Utah man with chronic health problems died Wednesday from complications associated with swine flu, a local health official said.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 20 May 2009 | 9:29 pm

Second Opinion: The Autopsy, a Search for Reassurance

Will an autopsy give you the answers you are looking for?

Source: NYT > Health | 20 May 2009 | 8:52 pm

Natalie Cole has kidney transplant

Singer Natalie Cole underwent kidney transplant surgery at a Los Angeles, California, hospital Tuesday, according to a statement from her publicist.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 20 May 2009 | 8:48 pm

Myth of the Missing Link

The fact is that there is no such thing as "the missing link" between different stages of evolution.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 20 May 2009 | 5:59 pm

Down's syndrome reveals one key to fighting cancer (Reuters)

Reuters - People with Down's syndrome rarely get most kinds of cancer and U.S. researchers have nailed down one reason why -- they have extra copies of a gene that helps keep tumors from feeding themselves.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 May 2009 | 5:45 pm

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