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UPDATE 3-UK cannabis medicine maker GW lures U.S. investor(Recasts, adds byline, updates shares, writes through)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Aug 2009 | 4:17 am UPDATE 1-Tube maker Avon Rubber reborn as defence companyLONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - British milking-and-military spares manufacturer Avon Rubber will be re-classified as a defence company by index manager FTSE, reflecting much more rapid growth in demand for...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Aug 2009 | 4:15 am REFILE-UPDATE 2-GW says others likely to follow Great Point(Corrects spelling of "endorsement" in ninth paragraph, adds dropped word "which" in seventh paragraph and changes share price move in fifth bullet point to "almost 12 percent")Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Aug 2009 | 4:04 am WRAPUP 1-European publishers see no market improvement* Contrast with signs the worst might be over in the U.S.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Aug 2009 | 4:01 am Koala Sam, Aussie bushfires icon, dies (AFP)
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News: Health News | 6 Aug 2009 | 3:56 am REFILE-UPDATE 2-GW says others likely to follow Great Point(Corrects spelling of "endorsement" in ninth paragraph, also adds dropped word "which" in seventh paragraph)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Aug 2009 | 3:50 am UPDATE 1-Hungary's Egis lifts key export sales forecasts* Ukraine sales target lifted on improving econ outlookSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Aug 2009 | 3:41 am Novo Nordisk awaits FDA approval of Victoza -CFOCOPENHAGEN, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk still expects the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve its new-generation diabetes drug Victoza, the company's chief financial...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Aug 2009 | 3:34 am Scailex makes binding offer for Israel's PartnerJERUSALEM, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Scailex Corp said on Thursday it had submitted a binding bid for Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd's majority stake in Partner , Israel's second-largest mobile...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Aug 2009 | 3:32 am BRIEF-Italy ministry OKs Fiat buy of BertoneMILAN, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Statement from Italy's Industry Ministry on Friday:Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Aug 2009 | 3:28 am Elpida:to ship Qimonda-design graphics chips in 2010TOKYO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Japanese chipmaker Elpida Memory Inc will buy failed German chipmaker Qimonda's graphics DRAM technology and start shipping the chips, used in high-end PCs and game consoles,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Aug 2009 | 3:26 am NCCN Updates Infection Guidelines To Include Information About H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu)Infectious diseases are important causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with cancer. In certain cases, the malignancy itself can predispose patients to severe or recurrent infections.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Unlocking The Mysteries Of The Brain: Investigators Search For Answers About Injuries, PTSDIn the first study of its kind, researchers at Saint Louis University are recruiting patients for a clinical trial that will use cutting-edge imaging equipment to map the brain injuries of combat veterans and civilians, aiming to better understand the nature of their injuries. Funded by a $5.3 million grant from the U.S.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am 1957-58 Flu Pandemic Can Provide Clues To Planning For H1N1As the U.S. prepares for a resurgence of H1N1 influenza this fall, much can be learned from looking at a previous pandemic that had similar patterns.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am YMCA Of The USA Announces 16 Communities Selected For Statewide Policy Change Initiative To Reverse The Childhood Obesity EpidemicSixteen communities in Connecticut, Kentucky and Tennessee have been selected to build statewide networks to help reduce childhood obesity rates, the YMCA of the USA (Y-USA) announced today. These communities will be part of Y-USA's Activate America(R): Pioneering Healthier Communities (PHC) initiative.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Researchers Decode Structure Of An Entire HIV GenomeThe structure of an entire HIV genome has been decoded for the first time by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The results have widespread implications for understanding the strategies that viruses, like the one that causes AIDS, use to infect humans. The study, the cover story in the Aug.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Study Results Raise Questions About Vertebroplasty For Patients With Osteoporotic Spinal Compression FracturesA new study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has found that relief of pain from vertebral compression fractures, as well as improvement in pain-related dysfunction, were similar in patients treated with vertebroplasty and those treated with simulated vertebroplasty without cement injections.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am ER Physician Tells You How To Avoid A Lightning Strike And What To Do If One OccursAn estimated 200 people die each year in the U.S. after being struck by lightning. An extremely brief but intense hit delivers more than 10 million volts and is fatal in about 30 percent of cases. Recent lightning strikes in Newark resulted in one death and three injuries. Most survivors have significant complications.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Study Shows Brain Fitness Can Save Medicare BillionsJust ten hours of the right brain fitness exercises can have a significant and long lasting impact on healthcare costs and outcomes, according to a study recently published in BMC Health Services Research, a leading peer-reviewed health services journal.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Five Low Cost Ways To Prevent CancerIn today's troubled economy, saving money is a hot topic. No matter what gets cut from your budget, however, experts at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center believe that healthy choices to prevent cancer shouldn't be on the list. "Cancer is a disease that is cheaper to prevent than treat," says Michele Forman, Ph.D., a professor in M. D. Anderson's Department of Epidemiology.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am New Approach Targets Gut Hormone To Lower Blood Sugar LevelsA research team led by Dr. Tony Lam at the Toronto General Research Institute and the University of Toronto discovered a novel function of a hormone found in the gut that might potentially lower glucose levels in diabetes. In this ground-breaking study on a rat model, Dr.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am White House Affirms Deal on Drug CostAn agreement to shield drug makers from bearing further costs in the health care overhaul exposed a risky game the Obama administration has played.Source: NYT > Health | 6 Aug 2009 | 12:14 am Teens 'aware of cannabis harm'Nearly half of UK teenagers know someone who has suffered from mental health problems as a result of using cannabis, a survey suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Aug 2009 | 12:07 am Ark. crowd mocks lawmakers over Obama health plan (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Aug 2009 | 11:47 pm Schering and Merck Are Settling Vytorin SuitsMerck and Schering-Plough said that they would pay $41.5 million to settle suits claiming they delayed study results on their cholesterol drug Vytorin because the data was unfavorable.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Aug 2009 | 11:39 pm Quick Tests for the Flu Found Often InaccurateWidely used rapid checks for the H1N1 virus — or any flu, for that matter — fail more than 50 percent of the time.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Aug 2009 | 11:34 pm Vital Signs: Mildly High Cholesterol at Midlife Linked to Alzheimer’sEven a slight elevation in cholesterol levels in a person’s 40s raised the risk of dementia decades later.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Aug 2009 | 11:09 pm Staying Fit When Eating Is Your JobHow Padma Lakshmi, host of “Top Chef,” and others who eat for a living, stay in shape.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Aug 2009 | 10:53 pm Could ‘Intervention’ Have Helped a Star?Michael Jackson's death reopens a debate on competing approaches to intervention for helping those who struggle with drug addiction.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Aug 2009 | 10:49 pm Centrist Democrats Upbeat on Health Care BillOther Democratic senators voiced concern that they would be forced to defend tax increases in the House version of the bill.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Aug 2009 | 10:38 pm Psychologists Reject Gay ‘Therapy’In a resolution, the American Psychological Association rejected reparative therapy, which says gay men and lesbians can change their sexual orientation.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Aug 2009 | 10:12 pm Studies Question Using Cement for Spine InjuriesResearch into effectiveness of a procedure in use since the 1990s comes as the Obama administration calls for assessing how health care money is spent.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Aug 2009 | 10:11 pm Skin Deep: The Secret Is Out: We Can See Your FeetAre you having sex with your socks on? If so, it may be time to make peace with your feet.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Aug 2009 | 10:11 pm Spike in suicide calls due to economy (AP)AP - Economic woes are weighing heavily on some Americans so much so that the federal government is boosting financial support for suicide prevention centers around the nation.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Aug 2009 | 9:52 pm Certain Arthritis, Crohn's Drugs May Raise Kids' Cancer Risk: FDA (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs widely used to fight rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and other inflammatory disorders must now carry an updated "black box" warning label cautioning patients and doctors that the medicines may boost cancer risk in children and adolescents, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Aug 2009 | 9:48 pm Not-For-Profit Nursing Homes Fare Better in Studies (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Non-profit nursing homes provide better care than for-profit facilities, say Canadian researchers who reviewed the results of 82 studies from 1965 to 2003.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Aug 2009 | 9:48 pm Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 5, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Aug 2009 | 9:48 pm Sex Hormone Protein May Predict Type 2 Diabetes (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- A protein that carries and activates sex hormones throughout the body may also predict those at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Aug 2009 | 9:48 pm Blood test may diagnose lung cancer, company says (Reuters)Reuters - A blood test that detects nine compounds in blood may offer a safe way to diagnose early cases of lung cancer, Celera Corporation reported on Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Aug 2009 | 8:52 pm Structure of HIV genome 'decoded'A team of researchers in the US has decoded the entire genetic structure of the HIV-1 virus, Nature journal reports.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Aug 2009 | 6:23 pm Waste shipped back from Brazil (AFP)
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News: Health News | 5 Aug 2009 | 6:15 pm Eye drops 'may reverse glaucoma'A new type of medicated eye drop may be able to reverse symptoms of glaucoma, a leading cause of eyesight problems.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:59 pm Women Have Worse Cardiovascular Risk Factor Profiles Than Men DoWomen with diabetes, especially African American and Hispanic women, have worse cardiovascular risk factor profiles than men with diabetes do, according to a report in the August issue of Diabetes Care.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:46 pm Neuroimaging Provides Clearer Picture of Brain Dysfunction in SchizophreniaIn schizophrenic patients, there are regions within the prefrontal cortex that are hypoactive and others that are hyperactive, functional neuroimaging data show.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:46 pm Infliximab Reduces Vascular Stiffness in Rheumatoid Arthritis PatientsRheumatoid arthritis therapy with the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha blocker infliximab leads to a reduction in measures of vascular stiffness, UK and Australian researchers report in the August issue of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:46 pm Burden of Illness Persists Years After the 9/11 World Trade Center AttackNew and chronic cases of asthma and posttraumatic stress symptoms among survivors continue to be encountered 5 to 6 years following exposure to the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center terrorist attack.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:46 pm Gram Stain Not Useful for ED Ascites EvaluationThe use of Gram stain has negligible clinical utility in evaluating emergency department patients with ascites for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, according to California-based researchers.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:46 pm Novartis Says CEO's Holiday Home Set on FireThe Austrian holiday home of Novartis Chief Executive Daniel Vasella was set on fire early on Monday morning, the latest of a string of attacks on the drugmaker, a spokesman for the Swiss group said on Tuesday.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:46 pm HCV Carriers Have Elevated Mortality RiskIndividuals infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) have higher mortality rates than uninfected individuals, the results of two studies published in the August issue of Hepatology confirm.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:46 pm Anti-Angiogenic Agents Cause Hypertension Via Nitric Oxide PathwayVascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) modulates blood pressure by regulating renal expression of nitric oxide synthase, according to researchers from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:46 pm Seasonal flu vaccine shipping early, demand up (AP)AP - The swine flu pandemic is spurring makers of seasonal flu vaccines to ship them to the U.S. market well ahead of schedule, and supplies are tightening as distributors and others snap up vaccine vials.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:28 pm 14-person kidney transplant chain a successSurgeons at two Washington hospitals have performed seven kidney transplants involving 14 recipients and donors who did not match, using a process that virtually eliminates the chances of organ rejection.Source: CNN.com - Health | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:09 pm How to Tell Liver Spots from Moles and CancerLiver spots are not dangerous. Melanoma is.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 5 Aug 2009 | 12:44 pm Sustained Effect of Coronary Disease Has a Large Effect on Risk of DepressionIn a time-dependent Cox analysis, the presence of coronary artery disease was associated with a nearly three-fold increased risk of depression in that year, and a two-fold increase in the risk of depression in subsequent years.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Aug 2009 | 11:26 am FDA Safety Changes: Strattera, Aptivus, CellCeptThe FDA has approved safety labeling revisions for atomoxetine HCl capsules; tipranavir capsules and oral solution; and mycophenolate mofetil capsules, tablets, injection, and oral suspension.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Aug 2009 | 9:51 am Fragile livesPremature baby care 'tough but rewarding'Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Aug 2009 | 9:49 am Study: Healthy Pregnant Women Should ExerciseExercising while pregnant is beneficial and should be recommended, even to those who have not previously exercised, study saysSource: Livescience.com - Health | 5 Aug 2009 | 8:46 am Bouncing backA footballer left paralysed signs for a Conference teamSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Aug 2009 | 7:58 am Global swine flu deaths top 1,100More than 1,100 people worldwide have died from swine flu since it emerged in Mexico and the U.S. in April, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization.Source: CNN.com - Health | 5 Aug 2009 | 5:43 am Battling the bugsAre we losing the war on viruses and bacteria?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Aug 2009 | 5:25 am
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