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PREVIEW-India top oil companies to report lower Q1 profits* What: June quarter earnings at India's top oil companiesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2009 | 10:07 am Octuplets' hospital privacy fineThe hospital where octuplets were born in January has been fined for a second time for failing to protect their medical privacy.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Jul 2009 | 10:06 am UN health agency gives up on counting swine flu (AP)AP - The World Health Organization says it will stop counting individual cases of swine flu.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2009 | 10:01 am Potato Tops Poll To Be UK's National VegSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2009 | 10:00 am Germany says has preference for Magna's Opel bidBERLIN, July 17 (Reuters) - Germany has a preference for Canadian auto parts group Magna's bid for General Motors unit Opel, but the process of selecting a suitor is still open, a government spokesman...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2009 | 9:52 am UPDATE 2-OMV refining margin narrows sharply in Q2* Economic slowdown hits oil demand, drives up inventoriesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2009 | 9:31 am Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitionsJuly 17 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0900 GMT on Friday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2009 | 9:27 am UPDATE 2-D1 Oils to buy BP's stake in jatropha JV* To make immediate cash payment to BP of 0.5 mln stg * D1 to remain cash positive till 2010Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2009 | 8:54 am PREVIEW-Oil majors seen having "ugly" second quarterLONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - The world's largest oil companies likely had an "ugly" second quarter, with earnings hit by a halving of oil and gas prices, sharply lower refining margins and, worst of all...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2009 | 8:33 am CORRECTED - FACTBOX-Details of RHJ's concept for GM's Opel(Corrects figure in headcount item to 8,100 from 8.1 million)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2009 | 8:33 am UPDATE 3-Japan's NEC eyes $2.1 bln capital raising-source* Eyes Y150 bln public offer, Y50 bln in hybrid sec-sourceSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2009 | 7:48 am UPDATE 2-C&W keeps outlook in spite of Caribbean woesLONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - British telecoms group Cable & Wireless (C&W) reiterated its guidance for full-year core earnings on Friday, in spite of pressure in the Caribbean, where fewer tourists...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Jul 2009 | 7:44 am UK swine flu deaths jump to 29A special swine flu service is being set up to relieve the pressure on the NHS as the death toll hits 29, says the government.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Jul 2009 | 7:24 am The Influences Of Peers, Parents On Self Identity Confirmed By fMRIAsk middle-school students if they are popular or make friends easily, they likely will depend on social comparisons with their peers for an answer. Such reliance on the perceived opinions of others, or reflected self-appraisals, has long been assumed, but new evidence supporting this claim has now been found in the teen brain.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2009 | 7:00 am Bupa Foundation Launches Grant For Pilot Medical Research, UKIn a bold move to back the research projects of the future, the Bupa Foundation is making financial support available for pilot and exploratory studies to encourage researchers to get their projects off the ground.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2009 | 7:00 am 318 Articles On The H1N1 Swine Flu Virus Available Online Free Of Charge On SpringerLinkSpringer Science+Business Media is offering all journal articles which deal with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, free of charge on its online information platform http://www.springerlink.com. The articles can be found by using the search term 'H1N1.' A total of 318 scientific articles will be available to print out or download from now until 31 December 2009.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2009 | 7:00 am Supporting New Biotechs Using Incubator Network Created At Mission BayThe California Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) has joined with the City of San Francisco and FibroGen Inc to launch the QB3 Mission Bay Incubator Network, to spur growth in the bioscience industry. The new network is being launched with five startup companies.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2009 | 7:00 am Article In Nature Solves 3 Major Puzzles About The Workings Of A Famous Enzyme Involved In DNA RepairThe "sloppier copier" discovered by USC biologists is also the best sixth man in the DNA repair game, an article in the journal Nature shows. The enzyme known as DNA polymerase V (pol V) comes in when a cell's DNA is reeling from radiation damage or other serious blows.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2009 | 7:00 am Consensus Statement On Using APBI To Treat Breast Cancer Issued By ASTROThe American Society for Radiation Oncology has published a consensus statement outlining patient selection criteria and best practices for the use of accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) outside the context of a clinical trial in the July 15 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of ASTRO.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2009 | 7:00 am New Genetic Study Of Asperger Syndrome, Autistic Traits And EmpathyScientists from the University of Cambridge have identified 27 genes that are associated with either Asperger Syndrome (AS) and/or autistic traits and/or empathy. The research is published in the journal Autism Research. This is the first candidate gene study of its kind.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2009 | 7:00 am Australian Parents Fail To Recognize Their Children's Burgeoning WeightDespite constant warnings about childhood obesity, too many Australian parents are still oblivious to the fact their children are overweight, according to the findings of the national MBF Healthwatch survey. The disturbing results showed that only 7.9% of children were considered to be overweight by their parents.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2009 | 7:00 am UBC Study Finds Nearly 1 In 5 University Students Experienced Violence In Last 6 MonthsWhile attending university, men are equally likely as women to have been victims of physical or emotional violence, and that violence is often linked to drinking, according to a new study led by University of British Columbia researcher Elizabeth Saewyc.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2009 | 7:00 am Health Protection 2009 Conference - Programme Announced, UKThe Health Protection Agency (HPA) has announced an innovative and wide-ranging programme for the Health Protection 2009 conference, which is taking place at Warwick University from 14th to 16th September.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jul 2009 | 7:00 am Advertising: Harry and Louise Return, With a New MessageThe fictional suburban couple featured in a campaign about health care reform in the 1990s have changed their tune this time around.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2009 | 6:12 am Vets’ Mental Health Diagnoses RisingOver a third of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans received a mental health diagnosis after 2001, a study found.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2009 | 6:10 am Mass. Panel Backs Radical Shift in Health PaymentIf adopted, the plan would make Massachusetts the first state to pay doctors and hospitals a flat monthly or yearly fee per patient rather than paying for individual services.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2009 | 6:08 am House Committee Approves Health Care BillThe vote came hours after the Congressional Budget Office said proposals in Congress will not curb spiraling costs.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2009 | 5:47 am W.H.O. Says It Plans to Stop Tracking Swine Flu CasesEpidemiologists have pointed out that, in reality, millions have had swine flu, usually in a mild form, so numbers of laboratory-confirmed cases were actually meaningless.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2009 | 5:43 am Forty Years' War: In Push for Cancer Screening, Limited BenefitsFor many cancers, early detection efforts offer little benefit at high expense, and present a real risk of harm.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2009 | 5:30 am Doctor and Patient: Bridging the Culture GapDoctors who are unaware of cultural influences may miss important medical issues and exacerbate an often already tenuous therapeutic relationship.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2009 | 5:14 am 1st US 2-hand transplant patient yearns to feel (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2009 | 5:09 am Special skillsWhy a firm is looking for staff with autismSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Jul 2009 | 4:39 am Health Tip: Does Your Child Have Symptoms of ADHD? (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects a child's ability to perform in school and form relationships.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2009 | 3:49 am Sunitinib Benefit Explored in Poor-Prognosis Kidney Cancer (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- The oral cancer drug sunitinib (Sutent) has shown promising results in advanced kidney cancer patients who have a poor prognosis, new research says.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2009 | 3:49 am Clinical Trials Update: July 16, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2009 | 3:49 am Cars Are No Place for Kids to Be Alone (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- At any time of year, but especially in warm weather, don't even think about leaving a child unattended in a vehicle.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2009 | 3:49 am Blacks Have Highest Obesity Rates in U.S. (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- The obesity epidemic in the United States is hitting minorities the hardest, U.S. health officials report.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2009 | 3:49 am Onsolis Approved for Severe Cancer Pain (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- The potent opioid medication Onsolis (fentanyl buccal soluble film) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat breakthrough cancer pain, the agency said Thursday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2009 | 3:49 am Pregnancy, STDs on the Rise Again Among U.S. Teens (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Birth rates among U.S. teens increased in 2006 and 2007, following large declines from 1991 to 2005, according to a new U.S. government study.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2009 | 3:49 am Omalizumab May Be Linked to Cardiovascular Adverse EventsResults of an interim analysis suggest that omalizumab (Xolair) may be associated with a disproportionate increase in the incidence of certain cardiovascular adverse events.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Jul 2009 | 2:48 am 3 states investigating hep C-infected scrub tech (AP)AP - Hundreds more patients have been advised to get tested for hepatitis C as health officials in two more states launched investigations into an infected Colorado surgery tech who allegedly swapped clean needles for dirty ones to feed her painkiller addiction.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jul 2009 | 2:07 am Why We Must Ration Health CareA utilitarian philosopher’s argument for placing a dollar value on human life.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Jul 2009 | 1:04 am Thalidomide lung cancer 'failure'Controversial drug thalidomide does not improve survival for patients with a form of lung cancer, a study finds.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Jul 2009 | 11:17 pm UK military doctor shortageThe military's medical arm is under severe strain because of a huge shortage in doctors, unions say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Jul 2009 | 11:15 pm HIV circumcision study ends earlyCircumcising men who already have HIV does not protect their female partners from the virus, a study in Uganda has found.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Jul 2009 | 11:14 pm NT-ProBNP Adds Prognostic Value in NTSE-ASCNT-proBNP was the strongest independent predictor of events in a new study. The authors suggest it may be best measured at six weeks' post-ACS, while CRP measurement may be useful at later follow-up.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2009 | 10:13 pm Worse Long-Term Outcomes With Endoscopic vs Open Vein-Graft Harvesting in CABGEndoscopic vein-graft harvesting, currently the method of choice for 70% of coronary artery bypass procedures in the US, is linked to significantly higher rates of vein-graft failure, MI, and death than open harvesting.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2009 | 10:13 pm "Hospital Compare" Refines, Expands Its MI, Heart-Failure Outcomes DataIt now provides hospital-specific 30-day readmission rates in addition to mortality numbers.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2009 | 10:13 pm More Proof That Prospective ECG Triggering Reduces CTA Radiation Dose, Without Marring Image QualityTwo new studies (one in low-risk emergency-department patients and the other in patients already en route for invasive angiography) show that prospective gating yields highly evaluable scans, with a diagnostic accuracy at least as good as images obtained with retrospective gating, with dramatically lower radiation doses.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2009 | 10:13 pm Improvements in CHD Mortality Do Not Extend to Young and Poor ScotsNow is the time to tackle social inequality itself, given that health promotion campaigns do not appear to be effective in reducing heart-disease deaths in certain sections of society, say British researchers.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2009 | 9:30 pm When Do They Need a Fig Leaf?Children like to strip down when the weather gets hot — but not everyone approves.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Jul 2009 | 7:14 pm Eccentric Exercise Technique Offers Easy, Affordable Intervention for Chronic Lateral EpicondylitisNew findings show that using a twisting motion with a rubber cylinder alleviates pain and tenderness, and builds strength in a "tennis elbow" injury.Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2009 | 6:13 pm Real battle over health care reform about to beginAs President Obama presses the House and Senate to finalize their own versions of health care reform, the real battle over the issue is just heating up -- and it's about to get very personal.Source: CNN.com - Health | 16 Jul 2009 | 6:11 pm College Athletes Stuck With the Bill After InjuriesWhile some colleges accept considerable responsibility for medical claims, many others assume almost none.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Jul 2009 | 6:10 pm Brain Tumors: New Gene CluesThe electronic NeuroPage system (Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust Corporation) reminds brain-injured patients to perform routine tasks and thus eases the strain on the people who care for them, UK and Danish researchers report in the July issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2009 | 6:09 pm Alzheimer's gene may impair middle-aged memoryPeople with a gene variant that sharply increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease in old age may show memory impairment earlier than thought -- sometimes well before their 60th birthday, according to new study in the New England Journal of Medicine.Source: CNN.com - Health | 16 Jul 2009 | 6:07 pm Long-Term Liver Transplant Outcomes Put Spotlight on Need for Ongoing Monitoring and SurveillanceDiligent follow-up for late complications, including cardiovascular disease, infectious complications, and malignancy, should be part of ongoing surveillance and maintenance.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2009 | 5:36 pm First Human Trial of Cholecystectomy by NOTES to Launch This YearA multicenter clinical trial of natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is set to begin.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jul 2009 | 4:32 pm Mom of twins at 66 dies three years laterA Spanish woman -- who at age 66 gave birth to twins -- has died less than three years later, a local official and a family member told CNN Thursday.Source: CNN.com - Health | 16 Jul 2009 | 1:39 pm Man must choose between selling kidney or childMohammed Iqbal said he has been told by his landlord to pay up on debts and is left with a choice facing others in this impoverished corner of Pakistan: Sell your children or a kidney.Source: CNN.com - Health | 16 Jul 2009 | 12:11 pm Ready or not?Teenagers facing up to the 'reality' of motherhoodSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Jul 2009 | 9:44 am
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