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Study: Tanning beds as deadly as arsenic (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 29 Jul 2009 | 6:08 am Confirmed: Tanning Beds Cause CancerGroup raises warning of tanning beds from "probably carcinogenic to humans" to "carcinogenic to humans."Source: Livescience.com - Health | 29 Jul 2009 | 5:45 am 50 Percent of Doctors Use WikipediaA survey in April found that 50 percent of doctors turn to Wikipedia for medical info.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 29 Jul 2009 | 5:33 am UPDATE 1-China Pacific hires CICC, banks for HK IPO -sources* CICC to be lead underwriter for potential $3.5 bln HK IPOSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2009 | 5:15 am India HPCL sees 1 mln T naphtha exports in 2009/10NEW DELHI, July 29 (Reuters) - India's Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd is likely to export 1 million tonnes of naphtha but no fuel oil in the current fiscal year, a top company official, who did not want...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2009 | 5:01 am UPDATE 1-Medco quarterly net rises, beats Street viewCHICAGO, July 29 (Reuters) - Medco Health Solutions reported higher quarterly net earnings on a 17 percent increase in sales, boosted by higher prices of brand-name drugs.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2009 | 4:47 am Pregnancy increases risk of flu complications: study (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 29 Jul 2009 | 4:47 am Sanofi to buy Merial stake from Merck -reportPARIS, July 29 (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis has agreed to buy the stake it does not already own in the Merial animal healthcare business from its U.S. partner Merck & Co , Bloomberg...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2009 | 4:44 am Sanofi to buy Merial stake from Merck -reportPARIS, July 29 (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis has agreed to buy the stake it does not already own in the Merial animal healthcare business from its U.S. partner Merck & Co , Bloomberg...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2009 | 4:44 am Brazil Vivo posts profit as costs, expenses dipSAO PAULO, July 29 (Reuters) - Vivo Participacoes , Brazil's largest mobile phone carrier, reported second-quarter net income of 172.4 million reais ($91.3 million) on Wednesday as the cost of goods sold...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2009 | 4:44 am FACTBOX-Exxon Mobil's huge Cepu oil field in IndonesiaJuly 29 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp's huge Cepu oil field in Indonesia is expected to start initial production in August nearly a decade after it was discovered and following a sharp slide in crude output...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2009 | 4:42 am UPDATE 1-Time Warner posts lower 2nd qtr profit, revNEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc posted a lower second quarter profit on Wednesday, hurt by falling revenues at its magazine publishing, AOL and movies units.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2009 | 4:40 am UPDATE 3-Toshiba eyes cautious recovery, Q2 chip profit* Shares up 0.5 pct vs 1.3 pct rise in electronic subindexSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2009 | 4:39 am UPDATE 1-Evercore Partners Q2 adj profit beats Wall StreetJuly 29 (Reuters) - Evercore Partners Inc , a U.S. merger advisory boutique, posted adjusted quarterly profit above market view helped by a growth in the advisory business, particularly restructuring that...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Jul 2009 | 4:37 am Modern Insanity: What Really Makes Us CrazyThe typical American lifestyle teems with risk factors for mental illness.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 29 Jul 2009 | 4:24 am Transplant for heart refusal girlA terminally ill girl who initially refused a heart transplant is thought to have undergone the operation.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Jul 2009 | 4:19 am Study: Pregnant women with swine flu more at risk (AP)AP - Pregnant women who get swine flu are at least four times as likely to be hospitalized as other people with the virus, a new study says.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:48 am Calls to downsize chocolate barsManufacturers are asked to cut the size of chocolate bars, sweets and cans of fizzy drinks to tackle rising obesity rates.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:39 am Swine flu striking pregnant women hard: CDC study (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:16 am United States FDA Clears The REGEN Trial To Test Bioheart's Combination Gene And Stem Cell Therapy In Heart Failure PatientsBioheart, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: BHRT) a company committed to delivering intelligent devices and biologics that help monitor, diagnose and treat heart failure and cardiovascular diseases announced today that the US FDA cleared a phase I clinical trial for MyoCell SDF-1 (Stromal Derived Factor - 1) to treat congestive heart failure.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:00 am Sunbeds And UV Classed As Definitely Cancer-CausingGlobal health experts have moved use of sunbeds and exposure to ultraviolet radiation (including sun exposure) to the highest risk category for causing cancer: they now join agents such as tobacco, asbestos and benzene in being classed as "carcinogenic to humans" whereas before they were classed as "probably carcinogenic".Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:00 am FDA Ruling On Mercury Fillings Falls ShortIn a disappointing move, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did an about face in issuing a final regulation classifying dental amalgam without calling for stringent precautions for pregnant women and children.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:00 am Physicians To Make Denton House Call On Health System ReformWhat The Texas Medical Association (TMA) along with Denton County Medical Society (DCMS) physician leaders are hosting a town hall meeting - "a House Call" - this week. Physicians are inviting patients, business leaders, and national and state elected officials to attend the local community House Call on health system reform.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:00 am New Interventional Pain Management Guidelines Released By The American Society Of Interventional Pain PhysiciansThe American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) announced they have released the 2009 updated Interventional Pain Management (IPM) guidelines. Dr.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:00 am Forecasting Cancer RecurrenceTwo people with the same kind of cancer who receive the exact same treatment may nevertheless have different chances of their tumors coming back years later. Now a team of scientists has developed a computer model that predicts cancer recurrence in an individual based on how her tumor changes size in response to the first rounds of radiation therapy. The team, headed by Jian Z.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:00 am Sunscreen On Your Feet? Doctors Urge Sunscreen Use And Exams To Prevent Skin Cancer On FeetWhen at the pool or lake we all lather up with sun screen to protect our skin from the harmful rays of the sun. But do we remember to apply sunscreen to our feet? Many don't realize skin cancer can occur on the feet from unprotected sun exposure, and overlook applying sunscreen to the area.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:00 am NHHRC Report Fails To Address The Future Of Rural Health, AustraliaAMSA President Tiffany Fulde said, "It is unfortunate that the Commission has been unable to highlight specific strategies to recruit and retain more doctors into the bush. We currently have a health workforce in Australia that is grossly maldistributed, with large shortages of doctors and other health professionals in rural and remote Australia.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:00 am Patients With Bipolar Disorder At Increased Risk For Wide Range Of Health Problems, Thomson Reuters Study FindsA new study from Thomson Reuters found that patients with bipolar disorder were at greater risk for a wide range of medical conditions than a control group of patients with no mental health diagnoses. The study analyzed de-identified insurance claims for more than 600,000 Americans with employer-sponsored insurance.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:00 am Sunshine Heart Provides C-Pulse U.S. Clinical UpdateSunshine Heart (ASX: SHC), a global medical device company focused on innovative heart assist technologies, announced that the first two patients implanted with the C-Pulse device in April 2009 at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio have successfully completed their 3 month follow-up evaluation.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:00 am Scientists seek new tools to fight malnutrition (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 29 Jul 2009 | 2:42 am World of waxMedical models that became public curiositiesSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Jul 2009 | 2:21 am F.D.A. Deems Mercury Level in Fillings SafeThe agency for the first time classified silver dental fillings containing mercury as a “moderate risk” medical device.Source: NYT > Health | 29 Jul 2009 | 12:28 am Has Wikipedia Created a Rorschach Cheat Sheet?Psychologists and Wikipedia users are at loggerheads over whether images used for Hermann Rorschach’s inkblot test should be available online.Source: NYT > Health | 29 Jul 2009 | 12:12 am Economic Scene: Health Care Reform and the Unpopular T-WordTaxing health care may be the surest way to slow its growth, but members of Congress are not eager to do so.Source: NYT > Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 11:20 pm Supplements for Athletes Draw Alert From F.D.A.Consumers were told not to use body-building products that are sold as supplements but may contain steroids.Source: NYT > Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 11:18 pm Save Swine Flu Drugs for Younger Patients, Study Urges (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- Antiviral drug treatment of swine flu may be wasted on the elderly and should be reserved for young people, suggest researchers who created a model of the effect of antiviral treatment on the spread of the H1N1 virus.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Jul 2009 | 9:48 pm Clinical Trials Update: July 28, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Jul 2009 | 9:48 pm Gloomy Days Dim Cognitive Powers of the Depressed (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- A new study shows that gloomy days are linked with memory and other cognitive problems in people suffering from depression.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Jul 2009 | 9:48 pm Viagra Trial for Sickle Cell Lung Problems Halted (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- The first clinical trial of a treatment for pulmonary hypertension in adults with sickle cell anemia has been stopped because of severe side effects in some participants.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Jul 2009 | 9:48 pm Swine Flu Diary: Caught in a Beijing DragnetA daughter is quarantined in China’s “swine flu dragnet” after falling ill.Source: NYT > Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 9:39 pm National Briefing | Science and Health: Viagra Trial Is HaltedThe National Institutes of Health has stopped a trial of Viagra that was intended to see whether the drug could be used to treat pulmonary hypertension in patients with sickle cell disease.Source: NYT > Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 9:20 pm Democrats Push Health Care Plan While Issuing Assurances on MedicarePresident Obama tried to sell his health care plan to older Americans amid an outpouring of fear about Medicare cuts.Source: NYT > Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 9:19 pm Your choice'Don't tell women how they should give birth'Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Jul 2009 | 8:38 pm FDA warns against steroid body-building productsThe Food and Drug Administration warned the public Tuesday not to use body-building products marketed as containing steroids or steroid-like substances.Source: CNN.com - Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 6:47 pm Mental health killings increaseThe number of people killed by those with mental illness increased between 1997 and 2005, official figures show.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Jul 2009 | 5:42 pm 'No doubt' sunbeds cause cancerThere is no doubt using a sunbed will raise the risk of skin cancer, say experts as they upgrade the risk level of their use.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Jul 2009 | 5:21 pm Sicilian hospital 'a quake risk'Italian officials order the closure of a new hospital built using sub-standard materials in an earthquake zone in Sicily.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Jul 2009 | 4:19 pm Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution Linked to Increased Mortality After MIThe results of a study published in the July issue of Epidemiology suggest there is an association between long-term traffic-related particulate air pollution exposure and increased mortality in acute myocardial infarction survivors.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Jul 2009 | 3:46 pm Propiverine Improves Symptoms in Women With Overactive BladderIn women with wet overactive bladder, oral treatment with propiverine hydrochloride, helps relieve the symptoms and other aspects of the condition, according to Japanese researchers.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Jul 2009 | 3:46 pm Alcoholism and HIV Infection Combine to Impair Episodic MemoryThe coexistence of alcoholism and HIV infection is associated with impairment of immediate episodic memory, according to a report in the October 2009 Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Jul 2009 | 3:46 pm Guidelines Urge Child Abuse Evaluation for Young Children With Femur FractureThe American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons released new clinical practice guidelines on Wednesday governing the treatment of pediatric diaphyseal femur fractures.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Jul 2009 | 3:46 pm Fellow Democrats Give Obama Heartburn on HealthcareWith friends like these, President Barack Obama may not need enemies.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Jul 2009 | 3:46 pm Many Heart Disease Patients Not Referred for Cardiac RehabilitationDespite a proven survival benefit and guideline endorsement, 44% of eligible heart disease patients discharged from the hospital are not referred for cardiac rehabilitation.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Jul 2009 | 3:46 pm Agent Orange Linked to Heart Disease, Parkinson'sAgent Orange, used by U.S. forces to strip Vietnamese and Cambodian jungles during the Vietnam War, may raise the risk of heart disease and Parkinson's disease, U.S. health advisers said on Friday.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Jul 2009 | 3:46 pm H1N1 Flu Spreads to Remote Corners of the WorldThere may be no escape from H1N1 pandemic flu, which according to the latest World Health Organization figures has spread to the most remote parts of the planet, including popular island getaways.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Jul 2009 | 3:46 pm H. Pylori Eradication Prevents Progression of Intestinal MetaplasiaEradication of Helicobacter pylori prevents progression of gastric intestinal metaplasia (Barrett's esophagus) in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) who use proton pump inhibitors, according to a report in the July issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Jul 2009 | 3:46 pm Gastrointestinal Symptoms Not Linked to AutismContrary to some earlier findings, children with autism are no more or less likely to have gastrointestinal symptoms, in general, than their unaffected peers, according to a report in the August issue of Pediatrics.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 28 Jul 2009 | 3:46 pm U.S. states to get "significant" obesity money (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Jul 2009 | 3:43 pm Well: Harry Potter and the Pint of Liquid CourageWill tipsy wizards send a message to teenagers about how to cope?Source: NYT > Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 3:05 pm China Presses Quarantine Against FluThe Chinese have quarantined flu sufferers even though an international health official said the illness was already so widespread that “containment is not a feasible option.”Source: NYT > Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 2:17 pm Health Policy Is Carved Out at Table for 6The health system overhaul largely rests on six senators who have tossed aside core Democratic priorities.Source: NYT > Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 1:56 pm Blue M&M dye reduces spine injury in miceThe same blue food dye found in M&Ms and Gatorade could be used to reduce damage caused by spine injuries, offering a better chance of recovery, according to new research.Source: CNN.com - Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 12:03 pm Brain Surgery Done With SoundFocused ultrasound surgery has now been performed successfully on nine human patients.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 11:53 am Russian school trip flu bar urgedRussia's chief public health officer recommends a halt to foreign school trips this summer as a precaution against swine flu.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Jul 2009 | 10:17 am No health care reform vote before August recessHouse Democratic leaders conceded Monday that concerns raised by fiscally conservative Democrats known as Blue Dogs will prevent the chamber from voting on a health care reform bill before its August recess begins at the end of the week.Source: CNN.com - Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 9:43 am Nicaragua abortion ban a 'cruel, inhuman disgrace'Nicaragua's total ban on abortion is a "cruel, inhuman disgrace" that's led to the rise of maternal deaths, human rights organization Amnesty International has said.Source: CNN.com - Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 8:30 am Brain’s Potential Explained by Big New IdeaComponents in the brain's cortex may determine our ability to learnSource: Livescience.com - Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 8:13 am Bangladesh medicine 'was toxic'Officials in Bangladesh find traces of a toxic chemical in a paracetamol syrup believed to have killed 24 children, officials say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 28 Jul 2009 | 7:37 am Healthcare Systems: U.S. vs. JapanAlthough Japan's health care system has flaws, it has produced the healthiest citizenry in the world.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 7:27 am HIV families relocated in CambodiaIt's a community of crude green metal sheds, baking hot during the day and lacking clean running water. Residents say thieves can slice through the thin walls with their knives.Source: CNN.com - Health | 28 Jul 2009 | 5:44 am
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