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Health Tip: Farm Safety for Children (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A farm can be a great place for children to live and learn. But the farm has its own safety hazards that parents must help children avoid.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 May 2009 | 1:03 pm Not Feeling Well? Can't Leave the Office? The Doctor Will See You NowSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 May 2009 | 12:54 pm UPDATE 1-Express Scripts sees NextRx deal closing in H2CHICAGO, May 28 (Reuters) - Express Scripts Inc said it cleared an antitrust hurdle for its acquisition of WellPoint Inc's NextRx subsidiaries and now expects the deal to close during the second half...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 May 2009 | 12:41 pm Raptiva Withdrawal Offers Upside for Enbrel and Humira According to Latest BioTrends Survey of U.S. DermatologistsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 May 2009 | 12:41 pm Agendia Supports Genentech's Citizen's Petition Urging FDA to Hold In-Vitro Diagnostic Tests to One Set of Scientific and Regulatory StandardsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 May 2009 | 12:36 pm Results From Neurotech's NT-501 Phase 2 Retinitis Pigmentosa Studies Demonstrate Consistent Biological Effect on PhotoreceptorsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 May 2009 | 12:32 pm CVS/pharmacy Introduces New Coupon Center on CVS.comSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 May 2009 | 12:30 pm AmeriCares and Boehringer Ingelheim Open New, Expanded Free Clinic to Help Families Hit Hardest by Economic HardshipSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 May 2009 | 12:30 pm Providence Service Corporation Issues Letter to StockholdersSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 May 2009 | 12:30 pm Boston Scientific's SpyGlass(R) Direct Visualization System Featured in Broad Range of Clinical Studies at Upcoming Digestive Disease Week(R)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 May 2009 | 12:30 pm GenVec Announces Registered Offering of $6 Million in Common Stock and WarrantsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 May 2009 | 12:26 pm Study says uninsured are costly for all (AP)AP - The average family with health insurance shells out an extra $1,000 a year in premiums to pay for health care for the uninsured, a new report finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 May 2009 | 12:03 pm FDA Safety Changes: Advair Diskus, Orap, RocephinThe FDA has approved safety labeling revisions for fluticasone propionate and salmeterol xinafoate inhalation powder, pimozide tablets, and ceftriaxone sodium injection.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 May 2009 | 11:46 am Fergus on fluWhat is behind the latest jump in UK cases?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 May 2009 | 11:43 am People may be able to taste wordsWe are all capable of "hearing" shapes and sizes and perhaps even "tasting" sounds, according to a study.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 May 2009 | 11:10 am New Genetic Mutation in ALL Subtypes Gives Hope for New TreatmentA class of genetic mutations discovered in children with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia gives hope for a new treatment approach; drugs targeting the defect are already in clinical development.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 May 2009 | 10:48 am Contact lens stem cell sight aidScientists have used specially designed contact lenses to improve the sight of people with cornea damage.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 May 2009 | 10:41 am John's storyWhat became of the boy who can't stop swearing?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 May 2009 | 10:38 am Nut allergy 'hits Asian children'A disproportionately high number of Asian children are being diagnosed with nut allergy, an expert says.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 May 2009 | 10:38 am Youth diabetes in Europe set to explode: study (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 May 2009 | 10:33 am Sexually Transmitted HPV Linked To Certain Head & Neck Cancers; Roswell Park Cancer Institute Researchers Say Boys Need To Be Vaccinated TooResearchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) in Buffalo, New York, are strongly advocating a national discussion about the need to vaccinate both young men and women against HPV 16 to prevent head & neck cancers.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 May 2009 | 10:00 am Stirling Products Limited (ASX:STI) Gets Approval For TB And HIV Treatment "Immunoxel" In South AfricaAustralian healthcare company Stirling Products Limited (ASX:STI) is pleased to announce another milestone in the expansion of the licensed (pending joint venture approval) botanical products to markets outside of Ukraine. Immunoxel (Dzherelo) has been granted approval in South Africa. This approval will allow immediate sales of the phytoconcentrate as an immune adjuvant for TB and HIV treatment.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 May 2009 | 10:00 am Rwanda Launches Campaign To Address Cross-Generational SexThe Rwanda Ministry of Youth recently launched a six-month campaign aimed at reducing the trend of cross-generational sex, which some health officials say is contributing to the spread of HIV among young people in the country, the New Times/AllAfrica.com reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 May 2009 | 10:00 am Japan Revises SSRI Warnings--Hostility, ViolenceIn Japan reports of violence linked to SSRI antidepressants have raised public awareness to the danger these drugs can pose. A Japanese psychiatrist acknowledges: "To say that being able to tell the difference between depressives and mild manic-depressives is the test of a psychiatrist's true skill is no exaggeration.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 May 2009 | 10:00 am Evidence Of Harm Has Been Linked To Various Vaccines Challenging Prevailing Public RecommendationsResearchers at the Mayo Clinic set out to determine whether the flu vaccine was effective in reducing the number of hospitalizations for all children, and especially the ones with asthma. The study involved 263 children who were evaluated from six months to 18 years of age, each of whom had had laboratory-confirmed influenza between 1996 to 2006.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 May 2009 | 10:00 am Gathering Of Swine Flu Experts At New York Academy Of Sciences May 28The very latest information on the 2009 swine influenza (H1N1) outbreak is the subject of a landmark afternoon symposium hosted by the New York Academy of Sciences today, Thursday, May 28. Speakers will discuss the new recombinant virus, epidemiology, treatment, vaccine development and the public health implications of a worldwide pandemic.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 May 2009 | 10:00 am Evaluating The ADHD Medication VYVANSE CII Demonstrated No Change In Pharmacokinetic Profile Of VYVANSE When Coadministered With Prilosec OTC 40 MgShire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced results of a study showing that coadministration of the ADHD medication VYVANSE® (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) CII with the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) Prilosec OTC® 40 mg (20 mg X 2), did not alteSource: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 May 2009 | 10:00 am What Is Pneumonia? What Causes PneumoniaPneumonia is an infection of the lungs that is caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites. It is characterized primarily by inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs or by alveoli that are filled with fluid (alveoli are microscopic sacs in the lungs that absorb oxygen). At times a very serious condition, pneumonia can make a person very sick or even cause death.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 May 2009 | 10:00 am Advanced Technologies Pump Growth Into European Cardiac Rhythm Management Market, Affirms Frost & Sullivan, UKThe incidence of cardiovascular disease is rising due to factors such as ageing, obesity, smoking and other cardiac ailments. Each year cardiovascular diseases cause over 4.3 million deaths, accounting for 48 per cent of all mortalities in Europe. As a result, the European cardiac rhythm management (CRM) market offers significant growth potential.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 May 2009 | 10:00 am Interactive Medica Launches Pharmaceutical Key Account Management SaaS SolutionInteractive Medica, the leading Pharma SaaS provider, today launches IM Strategic Selling, a new Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that enables promotional teams, managers and executives to identify, collaborate, plan and manage goals, strategies and activities for current and potential Key Accounts.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 May 2009 | 10:00 am Falls Among Elderly Often Caused by Inner-Ear Imbalance (Time.com)Time.com - The link seems obvious, but a new study is the first to suggest that inner-ear imbalances, which are common among older adults, may be causing many preventable fallsSource: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 May 2009 | 8:05 am Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 May 2009 | 7:53 am City to Pay $2 Million in Death After Hospital WaitThe city agreed on the settlement for the family of Esmin Elizabeth Green, who collapsed and died at Kings County Hospital Center’s psychiatric emergency room last June.Source: NYT > Health | 28 May 2009 | 6:55 am Study: Gov't not spending much on drug preventionSubstance abuse, addiction and its consequences cost U.S. governmental bodies nearly $500 billion in 2005 with only a fraction of state and federal dollars spent on prevention and treatment, according to a report released Thursday.Source: CNN.com - Health | 28 May 2009 | 6:45 am Massachusetts, Model for Universal Health Care, Sees Ups and Downs in PolicyThe share of residents with a steady source of health care continues to rise, but their ability to use that care could be at risk.Source: NYT > Health | 28 May 2009 | 6:42 am Governments’ Drug-Abuse Costs Hit $468 Billion, Study SaysGovernment spending related to smoking and the abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs accounted for more than one-tenth of combined federal, state and local expenditures for all purposes.Source: NYT > Health | 28 May 2009 | 6:37 am ‘Underlying Conditions’ May Add to Flu WorriesStatistics suggest that New York City’s long list of risk factors may encompass as many as one in three people.Source: NYT > Health | 28 May 2009 | 6:35 am Warring Sides on Health Care Carry Their Fight to TV and Radio AdsInterest groups are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on advertisements supporting or attacking health care legislation they expect to emerge from Congress.Source: NYT > Health | 28 May 2009 | 6:32 am Skin Deep: A Simple Smooch or a Toxic Smack?The level of lead in lipsticks has advocacy groups clamoring for stricter F.D.A. guidelines. Again!Source: NYT > Health | 28 May 2009 | 5:50 am Personal Best: The Road to Success, Paved With Bad AdviceWhere should athletes turn for help with an injury?Source: NYT > Health | 28 May 2009 | 5:30 am 2 more deaths linked to H1N1 virus reportedArizona reported its fourth death from the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, health officials said Wednesday.Source: CNN.com - Health | 28 May 2009 | 5:30 am Autopsies of War Dead Reveal Ways to Save OthersSince 2004, military personnel killed in Afghanistan or Iraq have been given CT scans, and since 2001, they have had autopsies. This was rare in previous wars.Source: NYT > Health | 28 May 2009 | 5:22 am Deaths linked to swine flu hit 108 worldwide (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 May 2009 | 4:56 am Cigarettes in Popular Films Are Target of Health GroupsThe advocacy arm of the American Medical Association unveiled a campaign intended to publicly shame movie studios for depicting images of smoking.Source: NYT > Health | 28 May 2009 | 4:29 am U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- Some 650,000 people are alive today who wouldn't be were it not for advances in cancer prevention, detection and treatment over the past 15 years, new statistics show.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 May 2009 | 3:49 am Fingerprints May Vanish With Cancer Drug (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used cancer drug capecitabine can cause people to lose their fingerprints, which could lead to problems when they're trying to enter the United States, an oncologist warns.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 May 2009 | 3:49 am Type 1 Diabetes Rates Rising Among European Children (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- If current trends continue, cases of type 1 diabetes among European children under 15 will increase by 70 percent by the year 2020, a new study suggests.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 May 2009 | 3:49 am Test Tube Babies On the Rise WorldwideMore and more individuals seem to be relying on assisted reproductive technologies.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 28 May 2009 | 2:07 am 'Healthy lifestyles' wane in USThe number of US adults following a healthy lifestyle falls in the last two decades despite health campaigns, a study shows.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 May 2009 | 11:42 pm Music 'nurtures' premature babiesPlaying music to premature babies may help to reduce their pain and encourage better oral feeding, work suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 May 2009 | 11:39 pm Child diabetes cases 'to double'The number of under-fives in Europe with type 1 diabetes is set to double between 2005 and 2020, say experts.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 May 2009 | 11:34 pm Antitrust Laws a Hurdle to Health Care OverhaulAntitrust lawyers say doctors, hospitals, insurance companies and drug makers will run legal risks if they get together and agree on a strategy to hold down prices.Source: NYT > Health | 27 May 2009 | 11:08 pm Cancer Drug Erases Man's FingerprintsA traveler was temporarily denied entry into the U.S. because of a side effect of Xeloda.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 May 2009 | 10:09 pm Study: Stockings for stroke patients don't work (AP)AP - Special stockings commonly given to stroke patients to prevent blood clots don't work, a new study reported Wednesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 May 2009 | 10:05 pm FDA Approves Tolvaptan for HyponatremiaThe Food and Drug Administration has approved tolvaptan, a selective vasopressin-receptor antagonist that can be taken orally, for the treatment of patients with clinically significant hyponatremia.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 May 2009 | 9:57 pm Statin Therapy After First Stroke Reduces Recurrence and Improves MortalityGiven the global burden of cerebrovascular disease, which affects almost all population groups, the potential benefits of statins cannot be overlooked, according to the investigators.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 May 2009 | 9:43 pm ATS 2009: New Sustained 24-Hour Bronchodilation Drug for COPD Passes MusterIndacaterol was well tolerated, safe, and provided sustained 24-hour bronchodilation with rapid onset for patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 May 2009 | 9:33 pm Creutzfeldt-Jakob on the Decline in the United Kingdom, Study SuggestsMedscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 May 2009 | 8:18 pm WCN 2009: Kidney Transplantation Offers Better Survival Odds Than Dialysis in the ElderlyPatients 65 years and older experience more complications from kidney transplantation than younger patients, but new studies suggest that benefits can outweigh the risks of remaining on dialysis.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 May 2009 | 7:44 pm APA 2009: Young Women Veterans at High Risk for SuicideWomen veterans are 2 to 3 times more likely to commit suicide than nonveteran women. Female vets are also more likely to be younger than their civilian counterparts and use firearms to commit suicide.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 May 2009 | 7:37 pm Cancer death rate drops nearly 20 percentThe death rate due to cancer has declined in the United States in recent years, largely due to better prevention and treatment. In fact, 650,000 lives were spared from cancer between 1990 to 2005, according to new statistics from the American Cancer Society.Source: CNN.com - Health | 27 May 2009 | 6:10 pm ATS 2009: Pirfenidone for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Displays Contradictory Results in 2 TrialsIn the phase 3 CAP1 and CAP2 studies of pirfenidone for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, treatment with the oral antifibrotic and anti-inflammatory agent resulted in a significantly smaller loss of lung function after 72 weeks than placebo in 1 study, but the other almost identical trial did not show such a benefit.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 May 2009 | 5:37 pm Commentary: Why we do need more doctorsClayton Christensen, Jason Hwang and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan are right about one thing in their CNN commentary titled "We don't need more doctors." America's health care system is broken. It requires significant reform if patients are to have access to convenient, affordable and -- most importantly -- high-quality care that results in good outcomes.Source: CNN.com - Health | 27 May 2009 | 5:32 pm Glowing monkeys 'to aid research'Genetically modified primates that glow green and pass the trait on to their offspring could aid the fight against human disease.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 May 2009 | 5:20 pm Stockings 'no stroke clot help'Surgical stockings do not cut stroke patients' risk of potentially-deadly blood clots, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 May 2009 | 2:29 pm American Diets Getting WorseEven fewer Americans in their middle and later years adhere to this healthy lifestyle advice than they did two decades ago.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 27 May 2009 | 1:35 pm Swine Flu Deaths Hit 100The death toll from the outbreak of A(H1N1) influenza reached 100 with the death of two people in New York.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 27 May 2009 | 1:12 pm
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