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GOP blasts Democrats' health care legislation (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Aug 2009 | 4:27 am Pennsylvania Secretary Of Health Urges Pennsylvanians To Get ImmunizedDepartment of Health Secretary Everette James stressed the importance of immunizations in observance of National Immunization Awareness Month. "Recommended vaccinations begin soon after birth and continue throughout life.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am Statement By Merck & Co., Inc. Regarding FOSAMAX® (alendronate Sodium) And Rare Cases Of Osteonecrosis Of The JawMerck is committed to putting patients first and providing accurate information regarding the efficacy, safety and tolerability of our medicines. Merck offers the following statement concerning the osteoporosis medication FOSAMAX® (alendronate sodium) and reports of jaw problems associated with delayed healing and infection of the jaw often following tooth extraction.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am Unique Immunization Method Provides Insights About Protective Anti-Malaria Immune ResponseIn this week's New England Journal of Medicine, scientists in Singapore, The Netherlands and France report that they have developed a novel immunization method that will induce fast and effective protection in humans against the life-threatening malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, which infects 350 to 500 million people world-wide and kills over one million people each year.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am New Study Measures Benefits Of More Involved FathersFamily service agencies are missing huge opportunities to help children by focusing only on mothers and ignoring fathers, according to a groundbreaking study by some of the nation's top family and child development researchers.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am Allergan Receives FDA Approval For ACUVAIL(TM) Ophthalmic Solution For The Treatment Of Pain And Inflammation Following Cataract SurgeryAllergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ACUVAIL(TM) (ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution) 0.45%, an advanced, preservative-free formulation of ketorolac, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) indicated for the treatment of pain and inflammation following cataract surgery.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am FDA Approves Expanded Use Of ISENTRESS® (raltegravir) In Combination Therapy For Adult Patients With HIV-1 InfectionMerck & Co., Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an expanded indication for ISENTRESS®. The broadened indication now includes use in the treatment of adult patients starting HIV-1 therapy for the first time (treatment-naïve), as well as in treatment-experienced adult patients.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am King Provides Additional Information On The REMOXY® NDA Resubmission PlanKing Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: KG) announced additional information regarding the resubmission plan for the REMOXY® New Drug Application (NDA). The Company is not required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct clinical trials in order to provide additional safety or efficacy data in patients with moderate to severe chronic pain.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am New Chemical Imaging Technique Could Help In The Fight Against Atherosclerosis, Suggests ResearchA new chemical imaging technique could one day help in the fight against atherosclerosis, suggests research published in the August 2009 edition of the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Atherosclerosis is the disease underlying most heart attacks and strokes and it is characterised by lesions in the arteries, made of fats, collagen and cells.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am U.S. Food And Drug Administration Approves ONGLYZA™ (saxagliptin) For The Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus In AdultsBristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ONGLYZA™ (saxagliptin), a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitor. ONGLYZA is indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve blood sugar (glycemic) control in adults for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am Antibody Targeting Of Glioblastoma Shows Promise In Preclinical Tests, Say Lombardi ResearchersCancer researchers at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have successfully tested a small, engineered antibody they say shuts down growth of human glioblastoma tumors in cell and animal studies. Glioblastoma is the deadliest of brain cancers; there is no effective treatment.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am UAE's Dana Gas makes new Egypt gas discoveriesDUBAI, Aug 1 (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates-based Dana Gas said on Saturday it had made two gas finds in Egypt with reserves totalling an estimated 76 billion cubic feet.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Aug 2009 | 12:49 am World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Abortion Drug Ru-486 Receives ApprovalItaly approved the use of the abortion drug RU-486 late Thursday, capping years of debate and defying opposition from the Vatican.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Aug 2009 | 12:18 am World Briefing | Asia: India: Warrant Issued for Former Union Carbide HeadA court issued a warrant for the arrest of the former head of the American chemical company responsible for a gas leak that killed thousands and sickened more than half a million.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Aug 2009 | 12:17 am Health Bill Clears Hurdle, and Hints at ConsensusLandmark legislation approved by a House committee shows the beginnings of a political consensus to cover more Americans and give them new rights with insurers.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Aug 2009 | 12:15 am Washington Supports Exchange of NeedlesCity officials asked federal lawmakers not to restore a ban that prevented the city of Washington from using local money to distribute clean needles to drug users.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Aug 2009 | 12:11 am Vital Signs: Viral Infection May Explain Racial Differences in Oral Cancer Death RatesAfrican-American patients with head and neck cancers die earlier than whites, researchers say.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Aug 2009 | 12:10 am Patient Money: My Vacation? Oh, Just Relaxing at the E.R.Going on vacation? Don’t forget a list of your medications, and take remedies for common hazards like ticks.Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:41 pm 2 Agencies Take Steps to Improve Food SafetyThe Agriculture Department will broaden meat testing while the F.D.A. said it was working on standards for processing fruits and vegetables.Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:38 pm F.D.A. Approves Onglyza, a New Drug for Type 2 DiabetesThe chemical makeup of Onglyza is similar to Januvia, a drug from Merck that had sales of $1.4 billion last year.Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:13 pm Taiwan, China oil firms to seek undersea reservesTAIPEI, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Flagship oil firms from China and Taiwan will explore again for oil and gas in the Taiwan Strait, an ocean channel that separates the two political rivals, from September, an...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Jul 2009 | 10:51 pm Drug cuts diabetics' pancreatic cancer risk: studyCHICAGO (Reuters) - Diabetics who took the drug metformin, which makes the body process insulin better, had a 62 percent lower risk of pancreatic cancer compared to those who had never...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Jul 2009 | 10:29 pm Drug cuts diabetics' pancreatic cancer risk - studyCHICAGO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Diabetics who took the drug metformin, which makes the body process insulin better, had a 62 percent lower risk of pancreatic cancer compared to those who had never received...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Jul 2009 | 10:02 pm Health Tip: If Your Diabetic Child Gets Sick (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Managing your child's diabetes is challenging enough, but it's compounded when the youngster becomes sick from something else.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Jul 2009 | 9:49 pm Even 9-Year-Olds Can Learn CPR (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- Children as young as 9 years old can and should learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), Austrian researchers say.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Jul 2009 | 9:49 pm Psych Drugs Gaining Widespread Acceptance (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- A growing number of Americans now have a positive opinion on psychiatric medications, a new study contends.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Jul 2009 | 9:49 pm ER Visits Mostly by Medicare, Medicaid Recipients (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 50 million, or 42 percent, of the 120 million visits made in 2006 to U.S. hospital emergency departments were billed to the Medicaid and Medicare programs, according to a U.S. government report released Thursday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Jul 2009 | 9:49 pm Study: More children in U.S. becoming severely obese (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- In the last 25 years, rates of severe childhood obesity in the United States have tripled, putting increasing numbers of children at risk for diabetes and heart disease, says a new study.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Jul 2009 | 9:49 pm Onglyza Sanctioned for Type 2 Diabetes (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- Onglyza (saxagliptin) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat type 2 diabetes in adults, the agency said Friday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Jul 2009 | 9:49 pm Immune Systems of AIDS Patients More Prone to HPV Cancers (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- As their immune system weakens, people with AIDS are at increased risk for human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers, a new study has found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Jul 2009 | 9:49 pm UPDATE 1-Portfolio co IPOs likely on horizon for KKR(Adds details, Dollar General to lead, changes dateline)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Jul 2009 | 8:47 pm UPDATE 1-NHL Coyotes owner disputes Reinsdorf bid viability* Atty for Coyotes owner says there are no qualified bidsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Jul 2009 | 8:18 pm UPDATE 1-NHL Coyotes owner disputes Reinsdorf bid viability* Atty for Coyotes owner says there are no qualified bidsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Jul 2009 | 8:18 pm Democrats win hard-fought approval of health care bill in committee, House vote in Sept.WASHINGTON - In a triumph for President Barack Obama, Democrats narrowly pushed sweeping health care legislation through a key congressional committee Friday night and cleared the way forSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Jul 2009 | 7:34 pm Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute Announces Diagnostic Screening and Clinical Research Collaborations With Response Genetics, Inc.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Jul 2009 | 6:11 pm UPDATE 3-Japan's Suntory says considering merger with Kirin* Merger seeks to bolster Japan ops, overseas growth-NikkeiSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Jul 2009 | 6:00 pm Drug trial decision'I agonised, but knew I had to sign up'Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Jul 2009 | 5:51 pm Epilepsy Misdiagnosis Still a Key Reason Behind Long Delays to Identification of Long-QT SyndromeAlmost 40% of patients in a recent series went undiagnosed for years, and in some cases decades, putting them at a high risk of sudden death or injury.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2009 | 5:35 pm Confusion over cruise flu claimsThere are conflicting reports over whether dozens of people on a cruise liner which docked in the south of France are suffering from swine flu.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Jul 2009 | 3:44 pm Jury's still out on green tea for preventing cancer (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Jul 2009 | 3:43 pm In House, Freshman Democrats Make a StandJunior Democrats want to be sure they can embrace the emerging health care plan, particularly after they had to cast a difficult vote on climate-change legislation.Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jul 2009 | 3:29 pm House Health Care Bill Criticized as Panel Votes for Public PlanAs Republicans stepped up their criticism, liberal Democrats expressed concern over concessions made to more conservative members of their party.Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jul 2009 | 3:21 pm Dodd diagnosed with prostate cancer, sources sayU.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut has been diagnosed with an early form of prostate cancer, two sources close to the senator told CNN.Source: CNN.com - Health | 31 Jul 2009 | 2:15 pm Beginning HAART at Higher CD4 Count Can Help Avoid Drug ResistancePatients infected with HIV who begin highly active retroviral therapy (HAART) earlier in the course of the disease, when their CD4 cell count is higher, compared with their counterparts who start HAART with lower CD4 cell counts, appear have a lower risk of developing resistance to the classes of antiretrovirals to which they've been exposed.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:38 am Oral Rotavirus Vaccine Promising in InfantsThe neonatal live-attenuated oral rotavirus candidate vaccine 116E has shown good results in initial trials, Indian researchers report in the August 1st issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:38 am Moderately Preterm Infants May Have Impaired Function by School AgeModerately preterm infants appear to have some cognitive and emotional regulation difficulties that affect functioning, as evidenced by school problems, a slightly lower IQ, and attention and behavioral problems.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:38 am Rheumatoid Arthritis Activity Does Not Affect Myocardial Infarction RiskRheumatoid arthritis disease activity is not a risk factor for myocardial infarction, according to a report by researchers in Holland, published in the August issue of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:38 am Progression to Cirrhosis Possible in Inactive Carriers of Hepatitis BAlthough uncommon, progression to cirrhosis is possible in inactive carriers of hepatitis B virus (HBV), according to a report in the July issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:38 am Legalized Euthanasia Not Linked to Reduced Use of Palliative CareThe results of a study in Belgium suggest that legalized euthanasia and other measures that can shorten life are not significantly associated with lower use of palliative care.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:38 am Novel Influenza A H1N1 Similar to Seasonal H1N1 VirusesOne of the noteworthy aspects of the pandemic novel A H1N1 virus - also called "the swine flu" -- has been the younger age of those infected compared with seasonal influenza. New evidence from Australia suggests that this pattern may be at least partially explained "by the inherent characteristics of all influenza A (H1N1) viruses."Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:38 am Commentary: Health reform too good to pass upHistory shows that the chance to reform the American health care system is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. So reform is absolutely worth the time it takes to get it right.Source: CNN.com - Health | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:29 am Commentary: Reform bill may hurt small businessesBefore I was elected to Congress, I ran a small plastics packaging business in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing products and services, creating jobs and meeting payroll.Source: CNN.com - Health | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:26 am Disability benefit claims surge during recession (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:21 am Get High: Less CVD and Stroke at AltitudeAmong German Swiss, an increase of 1000 m in altitude of place of residence appears to confer a relative risk reduction in cardiovascular mortality of 22% and in stroke mortality of 12%. Born high, but later moving down in the world, also appeared to be protective.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2009 | 10:32 am Abbott Recalls Four Lots of Powersail PTCA CatheterThe voluntary class I recall was prompted after the company received four reports of catheters with damage to the distal shaft.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 31 Jul 2009 | 9:40 am Caught on Video: Immune Cell Destroys BacteriaIn a first, scientists capture in video immune cells consuming bacteria in a living organism.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 31 Jul 2009 | 7:28 am Inspirational fightSir Bobby Robson battled against cancer five timesSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Jul 2009 | 6:31 am Abortion pill approved in ItalyItaly's drug regulators approve use of the abortion pill, RU486, prompting protests from the Vatican.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Jul 2009 | 5:13 am
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