UPDATE 2-OncoMethylome H1 loss widens, sees bigger 2009 loss

AMSTERDAM, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Belgian biotech OncoMethylome reported on Thursday a wider net loss for the first half and said it expected its full-year loss to be greater than 2008, as it awaits revenues...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2009 | 4:08 am

UPDATE 1-Thai Bangchak cuts 2009 refining output target 3-4 pct

* Sees refining margins at $9.9 per barrel in '09 (Adds details, share prices)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2009 | 3:52 am

Trident(R) Raises Awareness and Funds for Children's Oral Health Cause During the First Week of September

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2009 | 3:00 am

UPDATE 2-Iliad posts lower H1 profit, shares up on cash flow

* Alice integration weighs on H1 operating profit, margin
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2009 | 2:53 am

Pakistan to sell $1 bln of bonds to settle fuel debt

KARACHI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Pakistan will sell 90 billion rupees ($1.09 billion) worth of bonds by Monday to pay off its entire energy debt, a senior government official said on Thursday.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2009 | 2:38 am

Bangchak cuts 2009 refining output target 3-4 pct

BANGKOK, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Thai oil refiner Bangchak Petroleum PCL said on Thursday it had cut its 2009 refining output target to 89,000 barrels per day, down 3-4 percent from an earlier projected 92,000-93,000...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2009 | 2:31 am

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Announces Interest Rate for the Next Interest Period for Series B Notes

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2009 | 2:24 am

MTN H1 profit up, says no decision on Bharti deal

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 27 (Reuters) - South Africa's MTN Group posted a 22.5 percent rise in half-year headline earnings per share and said on Thursday its total subscribers grew 14 percent to 103.2 million...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2009 | 2:21 am

India's Petronet expects 2 LNG cargoes in Sept

NEW DELHI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - India's Petronet LNG expects two spot cargoes of LNG to arrive at its Dahej terminal in western India next month, Chief Executive P. Dasgupta told reporters on Thursday.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2009 | 2:15 am

KenolKobil enters Burundi through acquisitions

NAIROBI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Kenyan oil retailer KenolKobil has bought Oil Burundi S.A. from Engen International and three service stations from an independent marketer, its managing director said on Thursday...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Aug 2009 | 2:10 am

People Vary Widely In Ability To Eliminate Arsenic From The Body

Large variations exist in peoples' ability to eliminate arsenic from the body, according to a new study that questions existing standards for evaluating the human health risks from the potentially toxic substance. The study found that some people eliminate more than 90 percent of the arsenic consumed in the diet. Others store arsenic in their bodies, where it can have harmful effects.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Children's Researchers Find Molecular Links Between Insulin Resistance And Inflammation

An exploration of the molecular links between insulin resistance and inflammation may have revealed a novel target for diabetes treatment, say scientists at the John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Their findings were published earlier this month in the online version of Diabetes, one of the journals of the American Diabetes Association.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Anti-clotting Treatment Is Less Effective In Patients With A Genetic Variation, Says British Heart Foundation

In response to a study printed in JAMA about the anti-clotting drug Clopidogrel (1), British Heart Foundation (BHF) Cardiac Nurse Cathy Ross said: "Clopidogrel forms part of the important treatment to reduce risks after a heart attack. We have known for some time the Cytochrome P450 plays a significant role in the way we benefit from and metabolise drugs.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Gene Shows New Prognostic Marker For Pediatric Cancer Patients

Researchers with the National Cancer Institute have found that pediatric cancers express cancer-specific microRNAs, which may become important in understanding the biological functions of these microRNAs. "Our microRNA profiles showed differentially expressed microRNA signatures specific to the cancer types and can be used as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers," said Jun S. Wei, Ph.D.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Primary Suicide Risk Factor For Veterans Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Researchers working with Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have found that post-traumatic stress disorder, the current most common mental disorder among veterans returning from service in the Middle East, is associated with an increased risk for thoughts of suicide.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Obama Reform Resuscitates Healthcare Leaders To Fix Core Systems

There has been much speculation over the recent months on Obama's new healthcare reform. Media coverage across the globe has detailed both negative and positive opinions, and yet the arguments in the US appear to be escalating.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

GPs In Wales Can Cope With Swine Flu

GP leaders in Wales say they are more than adequately prepared to deal with swine flu and that currently there is absolutely no need for the Welsh NHS to sign up to the National Pandemic Flu phone line, now operating in England.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Nuisance Or Nutrient? Kudzu Shows Promise As A Dietary Supplement

Kudzu, the nuisance vine that has overgrown almost 10 million acres in the southeastern United States, may sprout into a dietary supplement. Scientists in Alabama and Iowa are reporting the first evidence that root extracts from kudzu show promise as a dietary supplement for a high-risk condition - metabolic syndrome - that affects almost 50 million people in the United States alone.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Mutations Of Gene Regulators Involved In Growth Disorders To An Unexpected Extent

A specific gene is particularly frequently involved in the development of short stature. Researchers in Heidelberg have now discovered that sequences of genetic material on the X and Y chromosome that regulate this gene are also crucial for growth in children. These gene regulators determine how frequently a gene is copied, thus how effective it is.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Many College Athletes Reject Cigarettes But Smoke Hookah, Pitt Study Finds

College students who participate in intramural or club sports are less likely to smoke cigarettes than non-athletes, but are more likely than non-athletes to smoke from a hookah, according to a University of Pittsburgh study online now in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

China Announces a System for Voluntary Organ Donors

China inaugurated its first voluntary organ-donor program, hoping to overhaul a system that now gets most of its organs from the black-market and executed convicts.


Source: NYT > Health | 27 Aug 2009 | 12:26 am

Loss of Health Care Champion Creates Uncertainty

The death of Senator Kennedy became a rallying point for advocates of health care reform, a signature issue of his.


Source: NYT > Health | 26 Aug 2009 | 11:46 pm

See Jane Run, Bike and Swim

Triathlons for children have become tremendously popular, drawing participants as young as 3 (who probably did not come up with the idea themselves).


Source: NYT > Health | 26 Aug 2009 | 10:57 pm

Dennis Rivera Leads Labor Charge for Health Reform

For more than a decade, he was New York’s mightiest labor leader. Now he has emerged as a central player in the effort to save President Obama’s health care effort.


Source: NYT > Health | 26 Aug 2009 | 10:25 pm

Study Finds Radiation Risk for Patients

At least four million Americans are exposed to high doses each year, and about 400,000 patients receive more than the maximum annual exposure allowed for nuclear power plant employees.


Source: NYT > Health | 26 Aug 2009 | 10:21 pm

Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 26, 2009 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Aug 2009 | 9:49 pm

Wheat Consumption May Contribute to Diabetes (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) -- An abnormal immune response to wheat proteins may contribute to type 1 diabetes, Canadian researchers say.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Aug 2009 | 9:49 pm

National Briefing | Washington: Warning on Stolen Insulin

The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to avoid certain vials of insulin made by Novo Nordisk that were stolen this year and may not be safe for use.


Source: NYT > Health | 26 Aug 2009 | 9:06 pm

CDC leery of estimates about swine flu's toll (AP)

AP - Government health officials are urging people not to panic over estimates of 90,000 people dying from swine flu this fall. "Everything we've seen in the U.S. and everything we've seen around the world suggests we won't see that kind of number if the virus doesn't change," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Aug 2009 | 7:10 pm

People drinking more 'by stealth'

People are drinking more alcohol by "stealth" because of stronger wines and lager on sale in the UK, research suggests.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Aug 2009 | 5:01 pm

What Britney Spears Can Reveal About Alzheimer's Disease (Time.com)

Time.com - Researchers may have found a way to identify those most at risk of developing the neurological disorder simply by asking them whether they recognize celebrities such as Britney Spears and Johnny Carson

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Aug 2009 | 3:55 pm

Waxman Takes on Drug Makers Over Medicare

A congressman’s plan to save Medicare billions could cost the drug industry.


Source: NYT > Health | 26 Aug 2009 | 3:30 pm

Antisense Molecule Shows Promise in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Preliminary findings from a dose-escalation study show that a new treatment that increases dystrophin appears to be safe and effective in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Aug 2009 | 2:48 pm

Death Calculator Predicts Your Odds of Kicking the Bucket

A new web site claims to give the odds on you dying next year, or for whatever period you select, based on a few simple questions.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 26 Aug 2009 | 2:36 pm

What You Should Know About Glaucoma

Unfortunately, there is no cure for glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in the United States.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 26 Aug 2009 | 2:20 pm

Economic Scene: Real Choice? It’s Off Limits in Health Bills

In our current system, medical costs are hidden to many, making radical insurance change seem risky to many.


Source: NYT > Health | 26 Aug 2009 | 2:02 pm

Kennedy's cancer puts focus on quality of life (AP)

AP - He lived 15 months with an incurable brain tumor, a little longer than usual for a patient in his late 70s. Perhaps equally important is that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy lived those months well — able to work almost to the end, to sail the choppy New England waters he adored, to help elect a president he supported, and even to give him a dog.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Aug 2009 | 1:16 pm

H1N1 Test Approved for US Troops Serving Overseas

The 2009 H1N1 influenza virus test is now approved for use in detecting the virus in troops serving overseas, the FDA has announced.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Aug 2009 | 1:15 pm

Drug ads may not alter most cancer patients' care (Reuters)

Reuters - A new study suggests that most cancer patients have seen ads for various drugs used against their disease, but it may ultimately have little impact on their treatment.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Aug 2009 | 12:15 pm

Senator Edward Kennedy Dies From Malignant Glioma

Having returned to his political career after treatment for a malignant glioma last year, the politician died earlier this morning.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Aug 2009 | 11:53 am

Monkeys born from eggs that got DNA transplant (AP)

AP - An experimental procedure that someday may enable women to avoid passing certain genetic diseases on to their children has gained an early success, with the birth of four healthy monkeys, scientists report.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Aug 2009 | 11:42 am

Research Trove: Patients’ Online Data

Collective experiences of living with an illness can form a database for scientific use.


Source: NYT > Health | 26 Aug 2009 | 11:30 am

Rat Race: New Evidence that Running is Addictive

Intense running by rats can release brain chemicals that mimic the same sense of euphoria as opiate use.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 26 Aug 2009 | 11:12 am

Genetic advance raises IVF hopes

Researchers have found a potential way to correct an inherited disorder affecting thousands of women.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Aug 2009 | 11:04 am

Bioethicist Becomes a Lightning Rod for Criticism

Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, the president’s special health care adviser, has come to personify the attacks on the plan.


Source: NYT > Health | 26 Aug 2009 | 10:33 am

Primary Care Management of Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars Reviewed

Keloids and hypertrophic scars result from an exuberant healing response and are often difficult to distinguish and treat.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Aug 2009 | 10:11 am

Colorectal cancer attitudes vary by ethnicity (Reuters)

Reuters - Men and people of South Asian descent are more likely to have unfavorable perceptions of colon cancer screening, research from the UK shows.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Aug 2009 | 10:10 am

Marital Status Can Affect Cancer Survival

Married cancer patients have the best survival rates, and those who are undergoing a marital separation at the time of their diagnosis have the poorest survival rates.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Aug 2009 | 10:06 am

Lumbar Spondylosis Widespread in the Elderly

The elderly have a high prevalence of radiographic lumbar spondylosis, Japanese researchers report in the September issue of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Only among women is the associated back pain significant, however.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Aug 2009 | 9:57 am

Microneedle Patches Could Make Hypodermic Needles Obsolete

Tiny hypodermic needles on an easy-to-apply patch could make painful injections obsolete and perhaps even lead to self-administered vaccines, predicted researchers at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society held earlier this month in Washington, DC.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Aug 2009 | 9:57 am

Industry Blames Price Gap for UK Drug Shortages

A widening price gap, fuelled by a weak pound, is behind the current shortage of some medicines in Britain as more drugs are exported by middlemen for profit, the pharmaceutical industry said on Tuesday.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Aug 2009 | 9:57 am

Asia Far Short of Vaccine to Fight H1N1: WHO

Asia is going to be far short of the new H1N1 vaccine when the next surge of infections hits during the cold season this year, a spokesman for the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Aug 2009 | 9:57 am

Drug-Resistant Typhoid Fever, Tied to Foreign Travel, Increasing in US

In the United States, cases of typhoid fever are closely linked with foreign travel, most often to the Indian subcontinent, federal health officials reported Tuesday.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Aug 2009 | 9:57 am

Sleepy time

But you're awake. Can the internet help cure insomnia?
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Aug 2009 | 7:38 am

Sudden infant deaths 'tumbling'

The number of unexplained infant deaths - or cot deaths - has been falling, provisional figures suggest.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Aug 2009 | 5:02 am