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Candle-lit dinners may be romantic, but can they harm your health?Candle-lit dinners may be romantic, but researchers are warning they could be harmful to health.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Aug 2009 | 4:06 am UPDATE 2-Bharti, MTN again extend M&A talks;keep mkts guessing* Analysts say deal too complex; uncertainty over completionSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Aug 2009 | 3:56 am UPDATE 2-Wellstream sees worse second half, shares crash* H1 pretax profit down 40 pct, interim dividend heldSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Aug 2009 | 3:27 am UPDATE 1-Apache to sign three oil and gas deals in EgyptCAIRO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Apache Corp is to sign three oil and gas deals on Thursday worth $30 million for a total of 14 wells in three areas of Egypt's Western Desert, the Oil Ministry said in a...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Aug 2009 | 3:15 am UPDATE 1-Indonesia's Bukit Asam set for mine acquisitionsJAKARTA, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Indonesian state coal miner PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam has set aside $150 million to buy coal mines and expects to complete one mine acquisition by the end of 2009, President...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Aug 2009 | 3:05 am From BBC HealthProblems caused by work-related back problemsSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Aug 2009 | 2:37 am Apache to sign three oil and gas deals in EgyptCAIRO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Apache Corp is to sign three oil and gas deals on Thursday worth $30 million for a total of 14 wells in three areas of Egypt's Western Desert, the Oil Ministry said in a...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Aug 2009 | 2:35 am Thai PTT may import LNG as early as mid-2011BANGKOK, Aug 20 (Reuters) - PTT PCL , Thailand's top energy firm, said on Thursday it may import the first lot of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as early as the middle of 2011, earlier than previous indicated...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Aug 2009 | 2:32 am UPDATE 1-Gasol raises further 1 mln stg via placing* AfGas to underwrite another 500,000 pounds in 2 months * Gasol shares rise as much as 14.5 pct (Adds details)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Aug 2009 | 2:21 am UPDATE 2-Swiss sale of UBS stake oversubscribed - tradersLONDON/ZURICH, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The Swiss government's sale of a 9 percent stake in UBS drew lively bids, traders said on Thursday, with a price range seen above the stock's closing price in the previous...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Aug 2009 | 2:03 am Indonesia's Bukit Asam set for mine acquisitionsJAKARTA, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Indonesian coal miner PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam has set aside $150 million to buy coal mines and expects to complete one mine acquisition by the end of 2009, President...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Aug 2009 | 1:52 am UPDATE 1-Silverfleet buys sausage casings maker Kalle* Syndicated loan backing deal arranged by Bank of IrelandSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 20 Aug 2009 | 1:43 am Why do worriers die younger? Smoking a keyScientists have known for some time that people who constantly worry tend to die at a younger age than others, but the cause wasn't clear.Source: CNN.com - Health | 20 Aug 2009 | 1:14 am What Is Aspirin? What Is Aspirin For?Aspirin, or acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is a salicylate drug, and is generally used as an analgesic (something that relieves pain without producing anesthesia or loss of consciousness) for minor aches and pains, to reduce fever (an antipyretic), and also as an anti-inflammatory drug.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Federal Guidelines Encourage Employers To Plan Now For Upcoming Influenza SeasonDepartment of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Gary Locke, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced new guidance for businesses to plan for and respond to the upcoming flu season.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Genetic Variations Tied To Brain Size By Scripps Research, UCSD, And University Of Oslo TeamUsing advanced brain imaging and genomics technologies, an international team of researchers co-led by Scripps Research Institute scientists has shown for the first time that natural variations in a specific gene influence brain structure.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Patient Radiation Dose During CT Scans Significantly Reduced By Iterative Reconstruction TechniqueComputed tomography (CT) scans are responsible for more than two thirds of the total radiation dose associated with medical imaging exams.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am The State Of The US Healthcare Proves That Accomplishment Of Universal Health Coverage Is Not Connected To A Country's WealthIn a viewpoint published Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet, Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author, and her colleagues from the Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, USA state that accomplishment of Universal Health Coverage is not connected to a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Sinovac Reports Positive Preliminary Results For Clinical Trials Of H1N1 VaccineChinese biotech company Sinovac announced this week that it has completed the preliminary appraisal of the clinical trials for its influenza A/H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine, which has demonstrated positive efficacy and safety. The company noted that the vaccine is the first in the world to complete preliminary appraisal of the clinical studies.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Study Warns Of Risk To Retirees' Health-Care BenefitsA nearly two-decade trend that is stripping away employer-provided health-care benefits for retirees in private business will likely continue and could soon hit an even deeper pool of government retirees, new research by a University of Illinois elder law expert warns. Richard L.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Watching Over The Water SystemAfter a big earthquake, it's key to keep the water system afloat. Water is necessary for life, and it fights the fires that often accompany such disasters. UC Irvine engineers plan to outfit the local water system with sensors that will alert officials when and where pipes crack or break, hastening repair - thanks to nearly $5.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am US Life Expectancy Reaches All Time HighAccording to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), life expectancy in the US reached an all time high of nearly 78 years in 2007, while the age-adjusted death rate reached a new all time low of 760.3 deaths per 100,000 population.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Scientists Help Explain Effects Of Ancient Chinese Herbal Formulas On Heart HealthNew research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston suggests that ancient Chinese herbal formulas used primarily for cardiovascular indications including heart disease may produce large amounts of artery-widening nitric oxide.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 20 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Months to Live: At the End, Offering Not a Cure but ComfortPalliative care specialists, doctors who manage patients’ last months, study how to deliver a grim prognosis, and they do it again and again.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Aug 2009 | 11:51 pm Personal Best: One Injured Hamstring, a String of TreatmentsDid blood injections, exercise or simply time help my tendon heal?Source: NYT > Health | 19 Aug 2009 | 11:01 pm For Outsiders, Opening Doors to Health CareHospitals have added thousands of jobs, even as unemployment has soared. Workers in other fields use degrees and certifications to make the leap to health care.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Aug 2009 | 10:47 pm Veterans’ Doctor to Lead F.D.A. Tobacco DivisionA physician with experience in soldiers’ health who was not part of the fight over regulation will lead the oversight of tobacco products.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Aug 2009 | 10:16 pm Obama Calls Health Plan a ‘Moral Obligation’The president asked religious leaders to help promote his efforts to overhaul the nation’s health care system.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Aug 2009 | 10:09 pm F.D.A. Warns Johnson on Antibiotic DrugThe agency sends warning letters when it is concerned about violations that could threaten the value of data in a trial, or compromise the rights, safety or welfare of patients.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Aug 2009 | 10:08 pm Federal study shows mercury in fish widespread (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Aug 2009 | 10:07 pm Avandia Raises Heart Failure Risk More Than Actos (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The type 2 diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) increases the risk of heart failure and death more than another drug in the same class, Actos (pioglitazone), new Canadian research contends.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Aug 2009 | 9:49 pm Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 19, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Aug 2009 | 9:49 pm Post-Tonsillectomy Codeine May Pose Dangers (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Giving codeine to children after a tonsillectomy may be deadly, a new report warns.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Aug 2009 | 9:49 pm Company Hopeful on Flu VaccineA Chinese vaccine company said Tuesday that its swine flu vaccine produced a good immune response with only a single dose.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Aug 2009 | 9:34 pm What Really Killed Mozart? Maybe StrepMozart’s death has been attributed to many causes, but a new report suggests he died of a common infection.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Aug 2009 | 9:12 pm Tackling the Mystery of How Much It CostsFees for doctors and medical procedures are largely a mystery to patients, particularly those seeking a doctor out of network. The health care overhaul is intended to create some clarity.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Aug 2009 | 8:48 pm Study Backs Heroin to Treat AddictionA Canadian study found that prescribed heroin was a safe and effective treatment for heroin addiction.Source: NYT > Health | 19 Aug 2009 | 8:11 pm Smoking, High Blood Pressure, and Diabetes May Lead to DementiaControlling cardiovascular risk factors in midlife may prevent dementia in older age, report researchers.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Aug 2009 | 7:38 pm What's a health care co-op, anyway?We've heard a lot of talk lately about health "co-ops" -- but what exactly is a "co-op," anyway?Source: CNN.com - Health | 19 Aug 2009 | 5:27 pm Primary liver cancers 'soaring'Cases of primary liver cancer, an often preventable disease, have trebled in the last 30 years, figures suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Aug 2009 | 5:24 pm Hope for 'simple' endometriosis testScientists develop a quick and simple way to diagnose endometriosis, without requiring surgery.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Aug 2009 | 5:03 pm 'Green' vaccine for vomiting bugScientists say they are ready to begin human testing of a plant-based vaccine for the winter vomiting virus.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Aug 2009 | 5:02 pm Tests help lung cancer drugs reach right patients (Reuters)Reuters - Diagnostic tests that look for specific genetic or molecular characteristics may be the key to helping doctors decide which lung cancer treatments work best for patients, two studies released on Wednesday suggest.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Aug 2009 | 4:55 pm New test spots uterine disorder without surgery: study (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Aug 2009 | 4:53 pm CDC says life expectancy in U.S. up, deaths not (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Aug 2009 | 3:57 pm Rosiglitazone Safety Questioned, Again, This Time in Population-Based StudyThe drug was associated with more deaths and more heart failure than pioglitazone in an analysis of outpatients from across Ontario; no difference was seen in the risk of MI.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Aug 2009 | 3:37 pm Grassley's Investigation of "Ghostwriting" Reaches NIHIn a letter sent to acting NIH director Kington last week, Grassley asked for details on NIH policies for its own researchers and those to whom the agency awards funding on the practice of agreeing to be an author on a paper written or commissioned by industry.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Aug 2009 | 3:37 pm Snuff and Chewing Tobacco Linked to Increased Risk of Fatal MI or StrokeSmokeless tobacco--such as snuff and chewing tobacco--which has been shown to cause certain cancers, is also linked to fatal MI and stroke, according to a new meta-analysis.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Aug 2009 | 3:37 pm Wall Street Predicting Win for Extended-Release Niacin, But Results Not in YetWall Street is forecasting a win for extended-release niacin, but one clinician says the results do not mean a bust for Vytorin. Instead, he says, the results add to the existing literature that lowering LDL and raising HDL cholesterol contribute independently to cardiovascular disease risk.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Aug 2009 | 3:37 pm Drug sequence does not up breast cancer survival (Reuters)Reuters - After surgery for breast cancer, adding tamoxifen -- either before or after treatment with letrozole -- does not help women live longer free of disease, researchers report in Thursday's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Aug 2009 | 3:28 pm Antioxidants Not Associated With Increased Risk for MelanomaResults of a large prospective study suggest that there is no association between melanoma risk and the supplemental use of multivitamins, selenium, and beta carotene.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Aug 2009 | 3:15 pm Study: Lung cancer pill works for some patients (AP)AP - Four years after the government severely restricted its use, the lung cancer drug Iressa may be poised to make a comeback: A study concludes it can slow the deadly disease better than standard chemotherapy in certain patients.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Aug 2009 | 3:03 pm Endometrial Biopsy With Nerve Fiber Detection May Reliably Diagnose EndometriosisA study shows that reliability of diagnosis for endometrial biopsy with detection of nerve fibers approaches the accuracy of laparoscopic assessment by experienced gynecologic laparoscopists.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Aug 2009 | 2:30 pm The Truth About Record-Setting U.S. Life ExpectancyThe country is behind about 30 others on this measure and the gains were modest.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 19 Aug 2009 | 1:16 pm Study: Overweight friends eat more when they dine together (Reuters)Reuters - Overweight children and teenagers may eat more when they have a snack with an overweight friend rather than a thinner peer, a new study suggests.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 19 Aug 2009 | 11:57 am Most Positive HIV Tests in New York City Represent Previously Known CasesMost positive HIV Western blot tests in New York City represent previously identified cases, rather than new cases, according to a report in the August 15th Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Aug 2009 | 10:53 am Dietary and Stored Iron Are Associated With Breast CancerDietary and stored iron appear to be significantly associated with fibrocystic disease and breast cancer, according to a paper in the September issue of the International Journal of Cancer.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Aug 2009 | 10:53 am Anti-T-Cell Globulin Cuts Graft-Versus-Host Disease With Blood Cell TransplantationIn patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from unrelated donors, adding an anti-T-cell globulin (ATG) to standard prophylactic agents can reduce the risk of graft-versus-host-disease, new research shows.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 19 Aug 2009 | 10:53 am Neurotic? Why You're Likely to Die PrematurelyPeople who worry constantly may die sooner than their chill counterparts.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 19 Aug 2009 | 9:45 am
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