Fighting Africa's brain drain

A group of African scientists last week called on rich nations to help stem the tide of African talent leaving the continent's universities.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 Jun 2009 | 2:39 pm

Enbridge to build pipeline for Imperial's Kearl

CALGARY, Alberta, June 22 (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc said on Monday it won the right to build a pipeline system serving Imperial Oil Ltd's Kearl oil sands project, though the cost and size of the line...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2009 | 2:36 pm

Democrats may go it alone on gov't insurance plan (AP)

US President Barack Obama speaks about the health care system at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago, Illinois, June 15, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstAP - Democrats generally are standing behind their position that a health care system overhaul must include a government-sponsored plan that would be available to middle-class workers and their families.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Jun 2009 | 2:33 pm

New Issue-BP Capital prices 500 mln stg 2014 bond

June 22 (Reuters) -Following are terms and conditions of a
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2009 | 2:25 pm

UPDATE 2-Apple sells more than 1 million iPhone 3GS

* Apple says sold more than 1 million iPhone 3GS in 3 days
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2009 | 2:25 pm

Galp refining capacity utilization at 75-85 pct

LISBON, June 22 (Reuters) - Portuguese oil company Galp's two refineries are currently operating at capacity of between 75 percent to 85 percent, similar levels to 2008, the company said.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2009 | 2:24 pm

CANADA STOCKS-TSX tumbles as commodities slide

* Manulife shares tumble 13.5 percent (Adds details, quote)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2009 | 2:15 pm

Vertical slumber

Why do Buddhist monks like to sleep upright?
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Jun 2009 | 2:12 pm

Exxon says no effect from boiler shutdown - filing

NEW YORK, June 22 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp said Monday a boiler shutdown at its 562,500 barrel-per-day refinery would not affect production, according to a filing with state regulators.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2009 | 2:11 pm

Shell to supply Kuwait LNG from summer

DUBAI, June 22 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell has signed a deal to supply Kuwait with liquefied natural gas (LNG) and expects deliveries to begin this summer, a Shell spokeswoman said on Monday.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2009 | 2:10 pm

UPDATE 2-U.S. requests more data on Merck-Schering merger

* Merck shares down 1.9 percent; Schering off 1 percent (Adds company and analyst comment, share prices)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2009 | 2:05 pm

UPDATE 2-U.S. requests more data on Merck-Schering merger

* Merck shares down 1.9 percent; Schering off 1 percent (Adds company and analyst comment, share prices)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2009 | 2:05 pm

TPSA sees 2009 CAPEX at lower end of forecast

WARSAW, June 22 (Reuters) - Poland's top operator TPSA sees its 2009 investments at the lower end of the forecast 12-14 percent of revenue as expenditure takes a back seat in the face of a shrinking...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2009 | 2:00 pm

Newspapers: VA in Penn. botched cancer treatments (AP)

AP - Ninety-two veterans were given incorrect radiation doses in a common surgical procedure to treat prostate cancer during a six-year period at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia, according to newspaper reports Sunday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Jun 2009 | 1:35 pm

Health Tip: Preparing Your Child for a Medical Test (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Medical procedures and tests can be frightening for both parents and children, so it's important that you're both prepared and calm.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Jun 2009 | 1:03 pm

Got a mystery cough? 8 possible culprits

You've been coughing for weeks. How do you know if it's just a hard-to-shake cold or something more serious?

Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 Jun 2009 | 12:40 pm

Belly button surgery cuts scars

A London surgeon is pioneering surgery to remove organs through the belly button, cutting post-op scars.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Jun 2009 | 12:32 pm

New Homeopathic Spray Offers Fast, Short-Term Relief From Nicotine Cravings

With rising taxes and increasing restrictions on smoking and tobacco, smokers looking for temporary relief from cravings and withdrawal symptoms during periods when they couldn't smoke, or chose not to, were out of luck.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2009 | 12:00 pm

BioLineRx Initiates Phase I/II Trial Of BL-5010, A Novel Formulation For The Non Surgical Removal Of Skin Lesions

BioLineRx, a drug development company with products in advanced clinical and pre-clinical testing, today announced the initiation of a Phase I/II clinical trial aimed at assessing the safety and efficacy of BL-5010, a novel formulation for the non surgical removal of skin lesions.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2009 | 12:00 pm

MRSA Transmission Between Dogs/Cats And Humans: An Increasing Problem

MRSA infections that are transmitted between dogs/cats and their human handlers, and vice-versa, are increasing-with infections of the skin, soft-tissue, and surgical infections the most common.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2009 | 12:00 pm

Merck & Co., Inc. Statement On Medicare Part D Assistance

Merck & Co., Inc. said it supports a proposal to provide additional assistance to Medicare Part D beneficiaries who have reached the coverage gap (donut hole) in their prescription benefit. Merck has a history of working to increase access to affordable health care and prescription drug coverage.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2009 | 12:00 pm

Inoperable Colon Cancer Responds To New Treatment

With an extensive, inoperable colon cancer and few options available, a Tennessee patient is seeing his cancer steadily regressing on a new outpatient treatment. Individuals from 26 U.S. states and four other countries have been among the first to use NeoPlas Innovation's new protocol.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2009 | 12:00 pm

Withdrawal Of Co-proxamol Linked To Reduction In Suicides And Accidental Poisonings, UK

Withdrawal of the painkiller co-proxamol from the UK market has led to a major reduction in suicides and accidental poisonings involving the drug, without an increase in deaths from other painkillers, finds research published on bmj.com today. Co-proxamol was the most commonly prescribed drug used in suicides and was responsible for 766 deaths between 1997 and 1999 in England and Wales.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2009 | 12:00 pm

Using Math To Take The Lag Out Of Jet Lag

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the University of Michigan have developed a software program that prescribes a regimen for avoiding jet lag using timed light exposure. The method is described in an article published June 19 in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2009 | 12:00 pm

DNA Template Could Explain Evolutionary Shifts

Rearrangements of all sizes in genomes, genes and exons can result from a glitch in DNA copying that occurs when the process stalls at a critical point and then shifts to a different genetic template, duplicating and even triplicating genes or just shuffling or deleting part of the code within them
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2009 | 12:00 pm

Memory Impairment Predicts Alzheimer's Disease

Self perceived memory impairment is an indicator of pending Alzheimer dementia but not of vascular dementia, according to results of the LADIS (Leukoaraiosis and Disability) study which explores the impact of brain white matter changes on the functioning of independent elderly individuals over a 3 year period.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2009 | 12:00 pm

Atrial Fibrillation In Endurance Athletes Still Poses Problems For Sports Cardiologists

The fulfilment which so many people increasingly derive from competitive sports and endurance training comes with a real - even if rare - twist.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2009 | 12:00 pm

Showing affection

Family's joy as girl learns to hug after specialist help
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Jun 2009 | 11:33 am

Obama to sign anti-smoking bill in Rose Garden (AP)

President Barack Obama leaves the White House for a Father's Day golf outing at Fort Belvoir, Va., south of Washington, Sunday, June 21, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama is set to sign into law an anti-smoking bill that will give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Jun 2009 | 11:14 am

China tries to stop spread of HIV among prostitutes

A 19-year-old prostitute working in an apartment that doubles as a brothel said she has up to eight clients a day.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 Jun 2009 | 10:03 am

Recession 'keeps smokers puffing'

Many smokers are too stressed by the hard economic times to attempt to give up their habit, research suggests.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Jun 2009 | 9:23 am

Darth Vader

Star Wars actor on his battle with prostate cancer
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Jun 2009 | 9:08 am

Panel Might Revise Health-Care Bill

The Senate Finance Committee will consider revisiting its version of health-care legislation to gain more support.


Source: NYT > Health | 22 Jun 2009 | 6:12 am

Vt. farmers cut cows' emissions by altering diets (AP)

This June 16, 2009 photo shows Tim Maikshilo and his wife, Kristen Dellert, posing with one of their Holsteins in Coventry, Vt. Yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm wants its cows to burp less. It's for a noble cause: cutting down on the gases that contribute to global warming. Working with 15 Vermont farms to change cows' diets so they emit less methane, it has already reduced cow burping by as much as 18 percent. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Vermont dairy farmers Tim Maikshilo and Kristen Dellert, mindful of shrinking their carbon footprint, have changed their cows' diet to reduce the amount of gas the animals burp — dairy cows' contribution to global warming.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Jun 2009 | 4:01 am

At V.A. Hospital, a Rogue Cancer Unit

A unit in Philadelphia operating with virtually no outside scrutiny botched 92 of 116 prostate cancer treatments over a span of more than six years.


Source: NYT > Health | 22 Jun 2009 | 2:37 am

Pets Pass Superbug to Humans

Transmission of an infectious superbug from dogs and cats to humans, and back again, is an increasing problem.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 22 Jun 2009 | 12:05 am

MRSA risk from dog and cat bites

Doctors treating dog and cat bites should be aware of the risks of MRSA infection, US researchers warn.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 Jun 2009 | 11:01 pm

Deal reached to cut Medicare drug costs

In a sign of progress in overhauling health care, the nation's pharmaceutical industry has agreed to a deal that will reduce drug costs for elderly Americans.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 21 Jun 2009 | 9:21 pm

Greener diet reduces dairy cows' methane burps (AP)

This June 16, 2009 photo shows Tim Maikshilo and his wife, Kristen Dellert, posing with one of their Holsteins in Coventry, Vt. Yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm wants its cows to burp less. It's for a noble cause: cutting down on the gases that contribute to global warming. Working with 15 Vermont farms to change cows' diets so they emit less methane, it has already reduced cow burping by as much as 18 percent. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Vermont dairy farmers Tim Maikshilo and Kristen Dellert, mindful of shrinking their carbon footprint, have changed their cows' diet to reduce the amount of gas the animals burp — dairy cows' contribution to global warming.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Jun 2009 | 8:20 pm

In Poll, Wide Support for Government-Run Health

Americans favor a plan for government-run insurance to compete with private insurers, a Times/CBS poll found.


Source: NYT > Health | 21 Jun 2009 | 6:22 pm

Author urges parents to talk openly to teens about sex

June 21, 2009 Jun. 21--The way parents respond when they learn their teen is having sex can open up important conversations or shut down communication at a critical time in a child's life, says clinical psychologist Maureen Lyon.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 21 Jun 2009 | 4:06 pm

Psychologists converge to study happiness

June 21, 2009 Jun. 21--After months of gloomy economic news, Philadelphia has been, at least for a few days, the worldwide epicenter of a certain kind of positive thinking.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 21 Jun 2009 | 4:06 pm

UN head in polio eradication call

Ban Ki-moon, secretary general of the United Nations, calls on governments to help rid the world of polio.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 Jun 2009 | 3:01 pm