Health and Medical News Headlines for July 11, 2009

Sanofi recalls three cough mixtures in France

PARIS, July 11 (Reuters) - Sanofi Aventis has recalled three cough mixtures for babies and children in France after traces of a toxic substance were discovered in a bottle, the French health authority...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Jul 2009 | 10:03 am

Mayo Clinic Study Using Structural MRI May Help Accurately Diagnose Dementia Patients

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Jul 2009 | 10:00 am

SABIC: Sinopec JV cost up due to larger project scope

DUBAI, July 11 (Reuters) - Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) said on Saturday a 20 percent increase in the estimated cost of the Sinopec joint venture was due to the expanded scope of the petrochemicals...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Jul 2009 | 8:57 am

House Dems want to tax the rich for health care (AP)

AP - Key House Democrats decided Friday to raise taxes on the wealthy to help pay for health care legislation, capping an up-and-down week for President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. At the same time, Democratic leaders tried to quell concerns among moderate and conservative lawmakers about other elements of the bill.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Jul 2009 | 8:40 am

Researcher Works To Help Mexican Americans With Type 2 Diabetes

Starr County, Texas, sits on the Texas-Mexico border along the banks of the Rio Grande River. Populated largely by Mexican Americans, it is a rural county where some of the residents live in colonias, unincorporated areas with no city services. The county seat, Rio Grande City, is home to approximately 15,000 people.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am

Nursing Researcher Works To Reverse Tide Of Childhood Obesity

Nine-year-old Martha sits in front of a poster that depicts a single chocolate chip sitting on top of five pounds of grapes. After several weeks participating in a University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing research program on healthy eating and weight management the message is not lost on her. The chocolate chip has the same amount of fat grams as the grapes.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am

Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Illinois Urges Constant Vigilance Against Growing Threat Of Killer 'Superbug'

A sometimes fatal "superbug" is popping up in hospitals, other health care settings and even communities where healthy people live. It's called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, (MRSA "mer'-sa"). Health experts urge common-sense steps by medical workers and the public to slow its spread.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am

At Least $42 Million: Annual Costs Of Stroke In U.S. Children

Stroke in children costs at least $42 million annually in the United States, researchers report in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. In the first cost analysis of pediatric stroke in the United States, researchers reviewed data from U.S. children age 0 to 20 who used hospital inpatient services. The database, the Kid's Inpatient Database (KID 2003), recorded 2,224 strokes.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am

Keep Summer Swimming And Stamina Events Safe

Whether having fun, staying in shape or pushing your physical capacity to the extreme, the summer is a great time to enjoy your physical health and move more. Swimming and training for or participating in a marathon or triathalon can be rewarding activities -- and can stay fun with the proper preparation and form.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am

One Secret To How TB Sticks With You

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is arguably the world's most successful infectious agent because it knows how to avoid elimination by slowing its own growth to a crawl. Now, a report in the July 10 issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, offers new insight into the bugs' talent for meager living.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am

Daiichi Sankyo And Lilly Receive U.S. FDA Approval For Effient(TM)

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Effient(TM) (prasugrel) tablets for the reduction of thrombotic cardiovascular events (including stent thrombosis) in patients with acute coronary syndromes who are managed with an artery-opening procedure known as percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am

CEL-SCI To Present Data From Multikine Clinical Trials At National Institutes Of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) Seminar Series

CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE Amex: CVM), a late stage cancer immunotherapy company, announced that Dr.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am

Can Internet Prescription Drug Purchase Endanger Your Health?

Many of us turn to the Internet to simplify our day-to-day transactions, reserving plane tickets, finding apartments and keeping in touch with old friends via cyberspace. Some of us even buy products such as prescription drugs online. This is one online transaction, says Dr. Marv Shepherd, which requires caution.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am

Monkey Study Finds Reducing Calories Thwarts Aging, Disease

The bottom-line message from a decades-long study of monkeys on a restricted diet is simple: Consuming fewer calories leads to a longer, healthier life. Writing in the journal Science, a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center and the William S.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am

UPDATE 1-China approves SABIC-Sinopec JV, cost rises 20 pct

* SABIC says China's top planning body approves Sinopec JV
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Jul 2009 | 7:50 am

Vietnam could sack doctors revealing foetal sex: media

Vietnamese doctors who reveal the sex of a foetus to parents could lose their licences, according to state media. The proposal by the Ministry of Health is designed to address an...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Jul 2009 | 6:52 am

Saudi SABIC says China govt approved Sinopec JV

RIYADH, July 11 (Reuters) - Petrochemical firm Saudi Basic Industries Corp said on Saturday Chinese authorities have approved an equally-owned joint-venture plant with Sinopec .
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Jul 2009 | 6:33 am

Little Bottle, Big Punch

Sales of two-ounce “energy shots” with a concentrated dose of caffeine are soaring in the middle of a recession.

Source: NYT > Health | 11 Jul 2009 | 6:25 am

Immigration Judges Found Under Strain

The strain on immigration judges was similar to that on prison wardens and hospital physicians, a psychological study found.

Source: NYT > Health | 11 Jul 2009 | 6:13 am

Cut-Prone Fighters Turn to Surgery to Limit Bleeding

Mixed martial arts fighters, who often are at risk of deep lacerations, are turning to plastic surgery with hopes of limiting their propensity for bleeding and prolonging their careers.

Source: NYT > Health | 11 Jul 2009 | 6:09 am

Patient Money: Sleeping With the Enemy (Bed Bugs)

Looking at what consumers can do to avoid being bitten twice — first by the vermin and then by a venal exterminator.

Source: NYT > Health | 11 Jul 2009 | 5:37 am

F.D.A. Approves Eli Lilly Blood Thinner, With a Warning

Effient will become the first real competition to Plavix, a blood thinner made by Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Source: NYT > Health | 11 Jul 2009 | 5:34 am

Can Language Skills Ward Off Alzheimer's Disease? (Time.com)

Time.com - A small study of aging nuns illuminates the curious condition of "asymptomatic Alzheimer's disease" -- when brains show physical lesions, but patients display no signs of cognitive decline
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Jul 2009 | 5:10 am

Leaders in House Would Tax Rich for Health Plan

The proposal, a clear expression of Democrats’ perceived mandate, calls for a surtax on individuals earning at least $280,000, but it faces opposition in the Senate.

Source: NYT > Health | 11 Jul 2009 | 4:47 am

CORRECTED - Obesity emerges as new risk factor for severe flu (Reuters)

Reuters - (Corrects Tamiflu reference in paragraph 14 -- usual course is five days, not 10 days, and makes clear dose is normal, not extra-high)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Jul 2009 | 4:36 am

CORRECTED - Obesity emerges as new risk factor for severe flu

(Corrects Tamiflu reference in paragraph 14 -- usual course is five days, not 10 days, and makes clear dose is normal, not extra-high)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Jul 2009 | 4:36 am

Health Tip: Easing Earache Pain (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Earaches are common in young children, and can be quite painful.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Jul 2009 | 3:49 am

Overall Health of U.S. Children a Mixed Bag (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) -- More of America's children get recommended vaccinations and have health insurance than in years past, but a new U.S. government report paints a mixed picture of the overall health of the nation's youngsters.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Jul 2009 | 3:49 am

Clinical Trials Update: July 10, 2009 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Jul 2009 | 3:49 am

U.S. Non-Profit Announces Opening of Life-Saving Dialysis Facility in Philippines

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Jul 2009 | 2:28 am

Months to Live: Sisters Face Death With Dignity and Reverence

For end-of-life care, a group of convent sisters rely on social networks rather than aggressive medical care.

Source: NYT > Health | 11 Jul 2009 | 2:04 am

State Fund Annual Report Release

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 11 Jul 2009 | 12:10 am

Kidney disease

'My mum dragged me in for screening and I'm so lucky'
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Jul 2009 | 12:08 am

Cough find sparks treatment hope

Scientists have discovered a protein molecule on the surface of nerve cells that makes us cough when irritated.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Jul 2009 | 11:55 pm

UPDATE 2-Centrica makes $2 bln bid for Venture, ups stake

* Offer will not be increased unless rival bidder emerges
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Jul 2009 | 11:40 pm

FDA clears Eli Lilly's blood thinner Effient (AP)

AP - The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a highly anticipated blood thinner from Eli Lilly, though the drug must carry the agency's sternest warning because of its bleeding risks.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Jul 2009 | 10:08 pm

Cookie dough inquiry nearly over, but no answers

The investigation of the E. coli outbreak linked to Nestle Toll House cookie dough is nearly over, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The cause of the contamination has not been identified.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 10 Jul 2009 | 9:29 pm

Obesity a risk factor in swine flu? (AP)

AP - Some swine flu cases in Michigan are raising questions about obesity's role in why some people with infections become seriously ill.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Jul 2009 | 9:26 pm

Portrait of Jackson's pill consumption emerges

Singer Michael Jackson took more than 10 Xanax pills a night, asking his employees to get the prescription medicine under their names and also personally traveling to doctors' offices in other states to obtain them, said a confidential document from 2004 that CNN obtained Thursday.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 10 Jul 2009 | 8:33 pm

Serious Cyclists' Sperm Suffers

Guys who bike know about that strange numbness that occurs in places that should not go numb.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 10 Jul 2009 | 8:12 pm

Obama delivers letter from Kennedy to Pope (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a letter from Senator Edward Kennedy to Pope Benedict on Friday and asked the Roman Catholic pontiff to pray for the senator, who is suffering from an incurable brain tumor.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Jul 2009 | 7:00 pm

Health care overhaul needed for small businesses

Vice President Joe Biden on Friday tried to rekindle momentum for overhauling health care, warning a group of small business owners that failure to act soon would have catastrophic consequences for the private sector.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 10 Jul 2009 | 6:18 pm

US Preparing for Fall H1N1 Flu Season

Public health officials and delegations from 54 states, tribes, and territories at the H1N1 Influenza Preparedness Summit discussed a 4-pronged approach to preparation for the fall 2009 influenza season.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Jul 2009 | 5:43 pm

Dieting Monkeys Offer Hope for Living Longer

A study of monkeys suggests that people could in principle extend their life span by following a calorie-restricted diet.

Source: NYT > Health | 10 Jul 2009 | 5:39 pm

Breast cancer screening may fuel over-diagnosis (Reuters)

Reuters - Roughly one in three breast cancers detected in publicly organized mammography screening programs is over-diagnosed -- meaning that the cancer will not cause symptoms or death in the woman's lifetime, according to a study released Thursday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Jul 2009 | 4:39 pm

Dietary Nutrient Composition Associated With Cirrhosis, Liver Cancer

Dietary composition may affect the progression of cirrhosis and liver cancer, according to results of a large cohort study.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Jul 2009 | 4:35 pm

Guided Sclerotherapy Effective for Recurrent Ovarian Endometriomas

Ultrasound-guided aspiration and sclerotherapy with 95% ethanol is effective for treating recurrent ovarian endometriomas, according to a report in the June issue Fertility and Sterility.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Jul 2009 | 4:24 pm

Etanercept May Benefit Children With New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes

Treatment with etanercept in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes lowers A1C and increases endogenous insulin production, according to findings published in the July issue of Diabetes Care.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Jul 2009 | 4:24 pm

Etanercept Safe and Effective in Refractory RA

Etanercept is a safe and effective adjunct to, or a replacement for, sulfasalazine in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients showing an inadequate response to treatment with sulfasalazine alone, researchers report in the July issue of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Jul 2009 | 4:24 pm

Anemia After Complicated Myocardial Infarction Worsens Outcomes

Anemia in patients with a recent acute myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure is associated with an increased risk of hospitalization and mortality, according to a report in the June issue of the European Heart Journal.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Jul 2009 | 4:24 pm

Botched op footballer's wife dies

The wife of former Scotland footballer Colin Hendry dies in hospital in Salford after battling a serious infection.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Jul 2009 | 4:23 pm

Unsolicited Nephrology Consultations Improve Management of Chronic Kidney Disease

Specialists can improve the health of patients with chronic illnesses by using electronic health records to prompt consultations and develop treatment plans with primary care physicians.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Jul 2009 | 4:18 pm

Has the Pendulum Swung to PET-CT in Lung-Cancer Staging?

Preoperative staging with PET-CT and cranial imaging can identify more lung-cancer patients with mediastinal and extrathoracic disease than conventional staging, and many clinicians are already turning to this modality.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Jul 2009 | 4:11 pm

Smoking and Alcohol Increase TB Risk in India

Smoking tobacco and, to a lesser extent, consuming alcohol are associated with an increased risk of developing pulmonary tuberculosis, according to the results of a study conducted in rural south India.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Jul 2009 | 3:54 pm

Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder Share Genetic Roots

Researchers have completed genomewide studies of schizophrenia that identify an array of gene variants that together account for more than 30% of the genetic risk for schizophrenia.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Jul 2009 | 3:18 pm

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