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'Bends' treatment in cancer trialCancer patients coping with side effects from radiotherapy are to be given the same treatment as divers suffering from the "bends".Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Aug 2009 | 4:32 am Being married may help in the battle to beat cancerMarried people are more likely to survive cancer, whereas those going through a break-up have the worst chance of beating it, a study shows.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Aug 2009 | 4:31 am Shisha 'as harmful as cigarettes'Smoking a shisha pipe is as bad for people as smoking tobacco, according UK experts.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Aug 2009 | 4:22 am Teen trippin' on ADHD drugs can be a real downer (AP)AP - Calls to poison control centers about teens abusing attention-deficit drugs soared 76 percent over eight years, sobering evidence about the dangerous consequences of prescription misuse, a study shows.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Aug 2009 | 4:16 am RPT-UPDATE 2-Petrofac sees profit up 20 pct on MidEast focus(Adds comments from conference call, analysts, shares)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2009 | 3:35 am CORRECTED - CORRECTED-OFFICIAL-Sinopec says to spend $17.6 bln capex to lift(Corrects headline and lead paragraph after company clarifies that capex of $17.6 bln is for each of the next two years, not over two years)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2009 | 3:30 am Amazing recoveryThe 10-year-old who beat all the oddsSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Aug 2009 | 3:15 am UPDATE 1-Biovail, Santhera strike Parkinson's drug deal* Could pay up to $184 more in milestones, plus royaltiesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2009 | 2:49 am UPDATE 1-Biovail, Santhera strike Parkinson's drug deal* Could pay up to $184 more in milestones, plus royaltiesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2009 | 2:49 am India IOC sees 4-mth delay in Panipat plant expansionNEW DELHI, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Indian Oil Corp may delay the expansion of its Panipat refinery to July or August next year, its director for refineries, B.N. Bankapur, told reporters on Monday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2009 | 2:46 am UPDATE 1-PwC top China M&A partner Xie resigns - sources* Xie was among most senior, long-time PwC China partnersSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2009 | 2:30 am UPDATE 1-PwC top China M&A partner Xie resigns - sources* Xie was among most senior, long-time PwC China partnersSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2009 | 2:30 am India Petronet to expand Dahej terminal capacityNEW DELHI, Aug 24 (Reuters) - India's Petronet LNG plans to expand the capacity of its Dahej LNG terminal in western India to 15 million tonnes by 2012, its head, P. Dasgupta, said on Monday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2009 | 2:25 am China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial ResultsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2009 | 2:09 am China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Announces Special DividendSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am Lancet Examines Dengue Fever In MexicoLancet World Report examines the factors contributing to a steady uptick in the number of dengue fever cases in Mexico over the past decade. Compared to the year 2000, when "there were 1,781 reported cases … Last year, the number totalled 33,000, according to Mexico's Public Health Department.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am U.S. Health Officials Reiterate Safety Of Gardasil After Recent StudiesFDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday issued a joint statement reiterating the benefits of Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil, after the release of a government study analyzing the safety of the vaccine, the Wall Street Journal reports (Loftus, Wall Street Journal, 8/20).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am 'Explosion' Of H1N1 Cases Likely In Coming Months, WHO SaysIn the coming months, countries should prepare for an "explosion" in new cases of H1N1 (swine) flu until peak transmission of the virus is reached, WHO Western Pacific Director Shin Young-soo told a symposium of health officials gathered in Beijing Friday, the Associated Press reports.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am New General Tumor Marker Test Now AvailableGenWay Clinical Laboratory, a US-based diagnostic company with CLIA certification, has validated a general tumor marker test in their laboratory and now offers this testing service. This is an ELISA-based assay which simply requires a small blood sample from the patient in order to quantify the amount of the tumor marker in their serum.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am House Liberals: Bill Must Include Public Option"With the battle over health care reform heating up over the issue of a public insurance option, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the House must pass an overhaul that includes a public option," the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The comments came at a San Francisco news conference.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am WHO Recommends Against Using Homeopathic Treatments For HIV, TB, Malaria, Influenza, Infant DiarrheaThe WHO has warned that people with conditions such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria should not rely on homeopathic treatments, the BBC reports. The agency was responding to a June letter (full text available here), in which researchers from the Voice of Young Science Network called on the agency "to condemn the promotion of homeopathy for treating TB, infant diarrhoea, influenza, malaria and HIV.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Foreign Aid Reform Needed 'Quickly,' Opinion Piece Says"At a time when our national-security and foreign-policy priorities have become increasingly dependent on effective development," political leaders "must act swiftly and put partisan politics aside in order to enact reforms that will make our foreign-aid programs more efficient, more effective andSource: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Boston Globe, Washington Post, Opinion Pieces Discuss Abortion Coverage Under Health Reform LegislationTwo newspapers recently published opinion pieces examining abortion-related issues in the health reform debate. Summaries appear below.~ Renee Loth, Boston Globe: Conservative critics of health care reform are "aiming at another mythical target in the bill: 'abortion mandates,'" Globe columnist Loth writes.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Health Coverage Issues Around The CountryNews from around the country includes a lawsuit over Medicaid in Alaska, a health care mandate in California and the future of a multimillion-dollar contract for uninsured children in Mississippi. McClatchy/The Anchorage Daily News reports: "Some disabled, ill and elderly Alaskans are suing over a temporary ban that prevents them from getting help in their home through Medicaid.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Some Basis Seen For Senior Citizens' AnxietiesSome seniors, including some who voted for President Barack Obama, are concerned that health care reform could cut some of their Medicare benefits. "White House officials and Democrats in Congress say the fears of older Americans about possible rationing of health care are based on myths and falsehoods.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am A. Stone Freedberg, Pioneer in Study of Ulcers, Dies at 101Dr. Freedberg developed an early treatment for angina and undertook pioneering work in identifying the bacteria that causes stomach ulcers.Source: NYT > Health | 24 Aug 2009 | 12:56 am Experiencing Life, Briefly, Inside a Nursing HomeMedical students act as patients in a novel program that geriatric specialists hope will spark interest in their field, which is underrepresented in medicine.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Aug 2009 | 11:44 pm Encephalitis kills 200 in IndiaAt least 200 children have been killed in an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in northern India, health officials say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Aug 2009 | 11:41 pm Complaint Over Doctor Who Posted Inkblot TestThe doctor, James Heilman, defended his decision to publicize the images on Wikipedia and demystify the secretive Rorschach test.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Aug 2009 | 11:15 pm Senate Democrats Consider Tactic to Push Through Government Health PlanDemocrats said they were increasingly confident that they could pass a bill that includes a public plan with a simple majority in the Senate.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Aug 2009 | 10:23 pm Attention drug emergencies soar for U.S. kids: report (Reuters)Reuters - Calls to poison control centers for U.S. teenagers who have overdosed on attention deficit drugs rose 76 percent over eight years, researchers reported on Monday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Aug 2009 | 10:18 pm 'Better' test for asbestos cancerScientists claim they have developed a more sensitive test for the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Aug 2009 | 10:00 pm Soothe Back-to-School Anxiety, Teach Kids to Relax (HealthDay)HealthDay - SUNDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Children who are nervous about the new school year can relax by practicing "mindfulness" during anxious moments, researchers say.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Aug 2009 | 9:48 pm Officials Weigh Circumcision to Fight H.I.V. RiskOfficials are considering promoting routine circumcision for boys born in the U.S. and whether it should be offered to adult men with risky sexual practices.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Aug 2009 | 9:22 pm Lieberman says many health care changes can wait (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Aug 2009 | 7:50 pm Warner Chilcott to buy P&G unit for $3 billion: sources (Reuters)Reuters - Warner Chilcott Ltd, a specialty drug maker, is acquiring Procter & Gamble Co's prescription drug business for about $3 billion, two sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Aug 2009 | 7:30 pm Daschle Has Ear of White House and IndustryTom Daschle, the former Senate Democratic leader, keeps close ties to Washington and health care industry clients.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Aug 2009 | 9:36 am
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