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Kids May 'Learn' to Tolerate Food Allergens (HealthDay)HealthDay - SUNDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors have long used allergy shots to desensitize children and adults to environmental allergens such as bee stings, pollen, mold and dust mites.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Jul 2009 | 8:03 pm BUY OR SELL-Is new CEO reason to buy Boston Scientific?* Shrs holding under 8-month-highs after new CEO announcedSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jul 2009 | 5:00 pm Bridgepoint lining up Pets at Home float-paperLONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - Private equity group Bridgepoint is lining up a 700 million pound ($1.15 billion) flotation of Pets at Home, the UK's biggest retailer of pet products, according to The Sunday...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jul 2009 | 4:37 pm PREVIEW-Media players plot survival in Sun ValleyNEW YORK, July 5 (Reuters) - The global recession, shrinking advertising sales and fears that the Internet could render big media empires obsolete provide an ominous backdrop for executives at this week's...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jul 2009 | 4:25 pm Kleinwort Benson management bid gets support-paperLONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - A number of City heavyweights are backing a management bid for Kleinwort Benson, a private bank being sold by Commerzbank AG , according to The Sunday Telegraph.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jul 2009 | 4:08 pm UPDATE 1-German EconMin says Opel deal still open-paper* GM Europe head expects to sell Opel to Magna soon -paperSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jul 2009 | 3:23 pm Argentine oil tycoon targets Sterling Energy-paperLONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - Argentine oil tycoon Carlos Bulgheroni is behind a bid for London-listed oil company Sterling Energy , The Sunday Times reported.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jul 2009 | 2:34 pm Argentine oil tycoon targets Sterling Energy-paperLONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - Argentine oil tycoon Carlos Bulgheroni is behind a bid for London-listed oil company Sterling Energy , The Sunday Times reported.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jul 2009 | 2:34 pm BAY STREET-Big Canadian parts makers may grow even bigger* Companies making strategic buys, taking over contractsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jul 2009 | 2:30 pm BAY STREET-Big Canadian parts makers may grow even bigger* Companies making strategic buys, taking over contractsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jul 2009 | 2:30 pm German EconMin says outcome of Opel deal open-paperFRANKFURT, July 5 (Reuters) - The outcome of the bidding war for German carmaker Opel is still up in the air, Germany's economy minister told a German newspaper.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jul 2009 | 1:46 pm Job Seekers With Disabilities Face Discrimination At Application Stage, UKIn a snapshot survey published by Terrence Higgins Trust today, two thirds of top organisations were found to ask irrelevant health related questions on job application forms. A coalition of charities wants these questions banned to reduce the discrimination faced by people with 'invisible' conditions such as mental illness or HIV.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am Charities Launch Groundbreaking Research Cancer Centre In Newcastle, EnglandThe opening of a unique centre will put Newcastle at the forefront of cancer research and bring benefits to patients in the North East. The Newcastle Centre for Cancer Research based at Newcastle University will be jointly funded by three charities - Cancer Research UK, Leukaemia Research and the North of England Children's Cancer Research Fund.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am Public Backs New Plans To Protect Children From TobaccoNew research shows that 70 per cent of adults in the UK back proposals to protect children from tobacco by putting it out of sight in shops and 76 per cent support abolishing cigarette vending machines according to Cancer Research UK today (Wednesday) - on the second anniversary of the smoking ban in England.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am Vegetarians Less Likely To Develop Cancer Than Meat EatersVegetarians are 12 per cent less likely to develop cancer than meat eaters, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer . In a study of more than 61,000 people, Cancer Research UK scientists from Oxford followed meat eaters and vegetarians for over 12 years, during which 3,350 of the participants were diagnosed with cancer.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am Sound Waves Treat Prostate Cancer With Fewer Side EffectsAn Experimental cancer therapy for prostate cancer may be able to treat men without surgery and offer fewer side effects according to the results of a UK study published in the British Journal of Cancer* today (Wednesday).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland Urges Young Men In Argyll & Bute To Test For Chlamydia And GonorrhoeaA new campaign has just been launched encouraging young men in Argyll & Bute aged 16 - 24 to get tested for chlamydia and gonorrhoea. The scheme, run by Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland and funded by NHS Highland, aims to reduce undiagnosed sexually transmitted infections (STIs) amongst young men because research suggests they are much less likely to get checked out.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am Coming To Seattle: Veterinary Convention A Menagerie Of OpportunityYou know we're coming to the Emerald City for our annual convention, and you know there's been a lot of talk about our hosting the world-renowned fishmongers from Pike Place Fish Market. Controversy aside, the American Veterinary Medical Association's 146th Annual Convention is about a lot more than fish tossing. And we'd like to highlight a few of the programs for you and your news staff.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am Statutory Regulation Of Practitioner Psychologists, UKA Decade-Long campaign by the British Psychological Society to have statutory regulation for practitioner psychologists comes to fruition. From the 1 July the Health Professions Council (HPC) takes over the regulation of the majority of practitioner psychologists.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2009 | 7:00 am NMC Statement: Misleading Information In Nursing StandardThis week Nursing Standard published some misleading and speculative information regarding the NMC's registration fee. The story, titled 'Registration fees could increase as regulator goes into black', also included factually inaccurate information about the NMC's diversity data collection exercise which will soon be launched.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2009 | 7:00 am GPs Deliver Cost Effective Health Care, Australian Medical AssociationAn OECD report has confirmed that GP-led primary care is a cost effective way to promote good health while sending a warning about the need to better promote general practice as a career. The OECD Health Data 2009 report says despite the growing need for GPs worldwide there is an increasing trend towards specialisation.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jul 2009 | 7:00 am Medicare’s Mixed LegacyThe government can lower medical costs, but may limit innovation.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Jul 2009 | 3:31 am Inside MedicineDr Dermot Neely talks about being a lipidologist.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Jul 2009 | 12:01 am Jackson kids face hurdles to coping with his deathJuly 04, 2009 CHICAGO - No matter how unusual their lives may have been so far, Michael Jackson's children now face a universal trauma felt by all kids who suddenly lose a parent.Source: PsycPORT.com | 4 Jul 2009 | 9:21 pm Professor helps train mental-health workers in IraqJuly 04, 2009 Victims of traumatic events sometimes get so hung up thinking about what happened to them that they can't let go of their torment.Source: PsycPORT.com | 4 Jul 2009 | 9:21 pm
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