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House bill would make health care a right (AP)
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News: Health News | 15 Jul 2009 | 11:47 am UPDATE 2-Lone Star's acquisition of Japan REIT blocked* New City fails to get creditor votes for Lone Star planSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jul 2009 | 11:22 am Energy drinks not 'magic potion'From supermarkets to the office supply store, it's hard to miss those tiny bottles of 5-hour Energy.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Jul 2009 | 11:07 am Democrats push healthcare reformDemocrats in the US House of Representatives unveil plans to overhaul healthcare as President Obama demands quick action.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Jul 2009 | 11:07 am Cellular Dynamics International In-Licenses Key Patent Portfolio for Using Stem Cell-Derived Cells in Drug TestingSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jul 2009 | 11:00 am CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response Published by National Food Safety GroupSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jul 2009 | 11:00 am Vodafone, others bid for Orascom Telecom unit-reportCAIRO, July 15 (Reuters) - Vodafone Egypt is competing against other Egyptian telecoms firms and some financial institutions for internet service provider Orascom Telecom's LinkDotNet, a newspaper reported...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jul 2009 | 10:44 am UPDATE 1-Lufkin Q2 profit slumps 79 pct* Says slowdown hurting all markets, U.S. most depressedSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jul 2009 | 10:43 am Thetis, Israel Electric eye $700 mln gas deal-reportJERUSALEM, July 15 (Reuters) - State-owned utility Israel Electric Corp (IEC) is in talks with the Yam Thetis consortium to buy 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas for $600 to $700 million, financial...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jul 2009 | 10:41 am UPDATE 1-BT reiterates 1 bln stg cost saving targetLONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - BT said on Wednesday it expected to meet its target of delivering more than 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) of cost savings in the current financial year, and was aiming to...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jul 2009 | 10:40 am UPDATE 2-Carlyle-backed China Pacific readies HK IPO -sources* Board members expected to approve new plan next monthSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jul 2009 | 10:37 am UPDATE 2-Carlyle-backed China Pacific readies HK IPO -sources* Board members expected to approve new plan next monthSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jul 2009 | 10:37 am UPDATE 1-PKN shareholders approve new takeover defencesPLOCK, Poland, July 15 (Reuters) - The shareholders of Poland's top oil refiner PKN Orlen voted on Wednesday to approve new takeover defences backed by the government after failing to win the support...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Jul 2009 | 10:11 am Bishop urges ban on holy water to halt swine fluThe Bishop of Chelmsford advises that holy water be removed from churches in a bid to halt the spread of swine flu.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Jul 2009 | 9:46 am Fergus On FluWhat are the chances of dying from swine flu?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Jul 2009 | 9:21 am Why Is It Important To Get A Second Opinion For A Total Knee Replacement?While total knee surgery is a common procedure with a high success rate in the US, getting a second opinion is still recommended. Each surgeon has had a specific training and education, and more experience with certain procedures over others. Some surgeons embrace new technologies and methods while others are more traditional in their practice.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am Abraxis Bioscience Completes Enrollment Of Pivotal Phase III Advanced Lung Cancer Study Evaluating Abraxane(R) Vs. Taxol(R)Abraxis BioScience, Inc.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am Nanopatches To Join The Fight Against Swine FluIn response to the growing threat of swine flu, a UQ team is applying nanopatch technology to potentially solve the problems associated with vaccinating millions of Australians, thanks to a recently announced government grant.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am AXURA(R)/AKATINOL(R) Enhances Communication Abilities In Patients With Alzheimer´s Disease - for A Longer Integration In Social And Family LifeMemantine improves functional communication skills in patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease (AD), noticeable by caregivers. These are the study results discussed at the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am Scripps Discovers Genetic Clues Into Formation Of Cancer TumorsA new research study from Scripps Health provides previously unknown genetic clues into how cancerous tumors are formed in the human breast, brain and colorectal system. The findings by researchers at Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) will be published in the September 2009 edition of the journal Genome Research.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am GP Dies After Contracting Swine Flu - British Medical Association StatementCommenting on the news that a GP has died after contracting swine flu, Dr Laurence Buckman, Chairman of the BMA's GPs Committee, said: "Our first thoughts are for Dr Day and his family and for all other victims of swine flu.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am Internists And Other Physician Groups Support Comparative Effectiveness Provisions In Proposed LegislationThe American College of Physicians (ACP) joined with two other physician groups to offer strong support for the Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) provisions included in the Tri-Committee health reform bill about to be considered in the House.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am Results From Trials Of DHA In Alzheimer's Disease And Age-Related Cognitive DeclineResults from two large studies using DHA, an omega 3 fatty acid, were reported at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD 2009) in Vienna.One of the trials was conducted by the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) supported by the U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA), and the second by Martek Biosciences Corporation.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am UQ Scientist's Outstanding Pain Management Research RecognisedA UQ Science researcher has received a prestigious honorary fellowship for her long-time work into understanding the underlying mechanisms of pain. Professor Maree Smith has been awarded the Honorary Fellowship by the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists' Faculty of Pain Medicine.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am Elan And Transition Therapeutics Announce Phase 1 Data Showing ELND005 Achieves Desired Concentrations In Brain Tissue And Cerebrospinal FluidElan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) and Transition Therapeutics Inc. (TSX: TTH, NASDAQ: TTHI) today presented Phase 1 data demonstrating that treatment with ELND005 (scyllo-inositol formerly known as AZD-103), achieves desired concentrations in human brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid when given orally.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Jul 2009 | 8:00 am Massachusetts Takes a Step Back From Health Care for AllThe new state budget in Massachusetts eliminated health care coverage for some 30,000 legal immigrants to help close a growing deficit.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jul 2009 | 7:01 am Promising Alzheimer's drug boosts toxic protein (Reuters)Reuters - Dimebon, Medivation Inc's promising experimental Alzheimer's drug, significantly raised levels of a toxic protein in the brains of mice, yet has been shown to delay thinking problems in human dementia patients, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Jul 2009 | 6:40 am Swine Flu Is Confirmed in 67 Cadets at the Air Force AcademyOne hundred cadets are in isolation, and test results are still pending for dozens.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jul 2009 | 6:36 am Study Cites Hormones as Cancer RiskDanish women who took hormone replacement therapy after menopause had a 38 percent greater risk of contracting ovarian cancer, according to a study of nearly one million women.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jul 2009 | 6:33 am House Health Plan Outlines Higher Taxes on RichDemocrats introduced a health care bill that would expand coverage and raise taxes on high-income people.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jul 2009 | 6:10 am Johnson & Johnson Profit Fell 3.5% in 2nd QuarterPoor currency exchange rates and lower sales hurt the company’s bottom line, though the quarterly results beat Wall Street’s expectations.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jul 2009 | 5:30 am Medical School Says Former Army Surgeon Hid Ties to MedtronicDr. Timothy R. Kuklo did research on the company’s bone-growth product Infuse and is now facing separate investigations.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Jul 2009 | 5:11 am 'Medical myth'Psychiatric drugs 'don't change brain chemistry'Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Jul 2009 | 4:30 am Clinical Trials Update: July 14, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Jul 2009 | 3:49 am Excess Weight Speeds Up Osteoarthritis (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- If fear of heart disease and diabetes isn't enough reason to slim down, here's another: Being overweight or obese can cause rapid deterioration of the cartilage in the knee, leading to osteoarthritis, researchers report.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Jul 2009 | 3:49 am Gene Connections Key to Brain Tumor Growth (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified a network of mutated genes and gene processes that, together, contribute to the development of glioblastomas, the deadliest type of brain tumor.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Jul 2009 | 3:49 am Hormone Therapy Increases Odds of Ovarian Cancer (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- Women who take hormone replacement therapy or have taken it in the recent past have a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer, suggests new research.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Jul 2009 | 3:49 am 40 Years After Moon Landing: Why Can't We Cure Cancer?Cancer is the top killer worldwide. But strides have been made.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 15 Jul 2009 | 2:29 am Study: 7 key genes predict brain cancer survival (AP)AP - Scientists have found seven key genes in the type of brain tumor affecting Sen. Edward Kennedy that together can predict how aggressive a patient's cancer will be.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Jul 2009 | 1:38 am British girl's heart heals itself after transplant (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Jul 2009 | 1:37 am Poor sleep ups risk of postpartum depression (Reuters)Reuters - Poor sleep after childbirth appears to be increase the risk of postpartum depression, according to findings published in the journal Sleep.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Jul 2009 | 11:27 pm Lower IQ 'a heart disease risk'Having a lower than average IQ is in itself a risk factor for heart disease, say researchers.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Jul 2009 | 11:04 pm British Girl Thriving Three Years After Donor Heart Was Removed Following "Piggyback" TransplantPhysicians say Hannah Clark's story proves that, in some instances, a failing native heart can be "helped to recover" by a heterotopic transplantation that, in this case, was explanted more than a decade later.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jul 2009 | 10:21 pm FDA Wrong to "Disinvite" Sanjay Kaul From Prasugrel Panel, Agency Tells CongressmanThe FDA admitted to Rep Maurice Hinchey that cardiologist Dr Sanjay Kaul was wrongly dismissed from a February 3, 2009 Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee panel that reviewed the antiplatelet agent prasugrel.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jul 2009 | 10:21 pm Walking or Biking to Work Associated With Lower Blood Pressure, Triglyceride LevelsRiding a bike or walking to work is positively associated with fitness levels in men and women, as well as inversely associated with obesity, triglyceride levels, blood pressure, and insulin levels in men, according to the results of a new study.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jul 2009 | 10:01 pm Visceral Reaction: Abdominal Fat Trumps BMThat is, as a component of the risk-factor profile (along with insulin resistance and inflammation) in people with poor cardiorespiratory fitness.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jul 2009 | 10:01 pm Wide Range in Radiation Dose, Cancer Risk, Associated With CAC CT ScreeningThe radiation dose from coronary artery calcification computed tomography scans can vary more than 10-fold depending on the protocol used, new research reveals. The results indicate a great need for standardization of this procedure, something that should be helped by new ACC/AHA guidelines expected later this year, says an accompanying editorial.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jul 2009 | 10:01 pm Study: Hormone meds boost ovarian cancer riskWomen who use hormone therapy after menopause may be at a higher risk of ovarian cancer, and the risk remains elevated for up to two years after women stop taking estrogen, a new study says.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Jul 2009 | 10:00 pm UK Public Health Program Encourages MasturbationThe British government has thought up a new way to stem that country's high teen pregnancy rate.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 14 Jul 2009 | 9:46 pm UK health booklet's message: Teen sex can be fun (AP)AP - Britain's National Health Service has a message for teens: Sex can be fun. Health officials are trying to change the tone of sex education by urging teachers to emphasize that sexual relations can be healthy and pleasurable instead of simply explaining the mechanics of sex and warning about diseases.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Jul 2009 | 9:05 pm Illnesses Afflict Homes With a Criminal PastWith meth lab seizures rising, attention is being focused on contamination that can cause various health issues.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Jul 2009 | 8:21 pm 67 Air Force Academy cadets have H1N1 fluSixty-seven cadets at the Air Force Academy have confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza -- the so-called swine flu -- and another 30 are showing symptoms of the highly contagious virus, the academy said Tuesday.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Jul 2009 | 7:34 pm 1 in 3 Breast Cancers Detected by Screening is Overdiagnosed, OvertreatedBreast cancers are unquestionably overdiagnosed by mammography screening. A new study adds to the evidence.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jul 2009 | 6:15 pm Customized Feedback Does Not Improve Diabetes CareCustomized feedback to patients and their physicians does not lead to improved safety and quality of diabetes care, according to a report in the July issue of Diabetes Care.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jul 2009 | 5:40 pm Increased Detection Does Not Explain Increasing Incidence of Thyroid CancerThe steady climb in the incidence of thyroid cancer since the early 1980s has been attributed to an increase in screening in recent years and the diagnosis of more small tumors. However, work by investigators at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta suggests that other factors - such as environmental exposures, dietary changes, or genetic causes - may play a larger role.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jul 2009 | 5:40 pm Gastrin Key Player in Helicobacter-Associated Stomach CancerStudies in mice suggest that gastrin, which stimulates the secretion of gastric acid, is an essential co-factor for Helicobacter-associated gastric carcinogenesis.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jul 2009 | 5:40 pm Influenza Viruses Likely Circulate for Years Before Causing a PandemicIn a review of the genotypes of viruses responsible for the three major influenza pandemics in the 20th century, scientists in China have found clues indicating that viral precursors probably circulated for several years in animal and human hosts before the pandemic strains emerged.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jul 2009 | 5:40 pm Girl's heart heals itself 10 years after transplantHannah Clark is a 16-year-old with a shy laugh and a love of animals. She likes to go shopping with friends and dreams of a career working with children.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Jul 2009 | 5:18 pm Administration Seeks to Restrict Antibiotics in LivestockOfficials are concerned about a link between agricultural uses of antibiotics and the development of diseases that are hard to treat.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Jul 2009 | 4:37 pm Swine Flu More Severe than Seasonal FluThe H1N1 influenza virus, or swine flu, causes more lung damage in monkeys, mice and ferrets than the seasonal flu.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 14 Jul 2009 | 11:22 am Women 'naturally weaker' to HIVExperts believe women are naturally programmed to be less resistant to HIV once they have contracted the virus.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Jul 2009 | 11:04 am
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