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Fast Food Choices for iPhone(TM) / iPod(R) Touch Users With Celiac / Coeliac & Food AllergiesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2009 | 4:00 am Three brokerages up price target on DellAug 28 (Reuters) - Three brokerages raised their price target on Dell Inc after the world's No. 2 PC brand reported a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, showing it was better able to...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2009 | 3:54 am UPDATE 1-Local price hikes fuel PetroChina Q2 gains* Hong Kong shares end down 0.2 pct before results (Adds details)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2009 | 3:51 am Kenya's Standard posts 21 pct fall in pretax profitNAIROBI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Kenya's Standard Group posted a 21 percent drop in pretax profit to 119.2 million shillings ($1.56 million) for the first half on Friday, and it blamed a weaker local currency...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2009 | 3:35 am UPDATE 1-CVC Capital gives up on Japan Skylark investmentTOKYO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - UK Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners said it had given up a holding in Japanese restaurant chain Skylark Co, its biggest investment in the country, as the restaurant chain...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2009 | 3:35 am UPDATE 2-Low bids hurt AIG's Taiwan unit sale plan -sources* AIG could negotiate with buyer groups on price later (Recasts lead, adds quotes)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2009 | 3:29 am UPDATE 1-China Unicom in 3-yr deal for Apple's iPhone* Unicom H1 net profit falls 45 pct, ahead of forecastsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2009 | 3:21 am CORRECTED - CORRECTED-PetroChina posts best profit in 3 qtrs, beats forecast(Corrects headline, lead paragraph to best, not first, profit in three quarters; Corrects year-ago comparison in paragraph 2 to 25.14 billion yuan from 54.44 billion yuan)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2009 | 3:18 am TABLE-PetroChina H1 net profit down 7.2 pctNOTE - PetroChina is China's largest oil and gas producer.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2009 | 3:02 am Australia defends 'discriminatory' Aboriginal policyAustralia on Friday defended its controversial "intervention" in remote Aboriginal communities after a UN representative said it discriminated against the impoverished ethnic group. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Aug 2009 | 2:44 am Swine flu rises at US colleges as students return (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Aug 2009 | 2:28 am Nepal villagers on climate change frontline (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Aug 2009 | 2:11 am Flexcin Arthritis Remedy Proves Worthy Substitution For AcetaminophenAn advisory panel for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently recommended limiting sales of acetaminophen products like Tylenol and also recommended banning prescription pain medications Vicodin and Percocet.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am New Sex And Relationships Education Service To Offer Online, Text And Face To Face Support For Young People In LondonTerrence Higgins Trust has been awarded £432,000 by the Big Lottery Fund's Young People's Fund 2 programme to offer sexual health counselling, mentoring support and volunteering opportunities for 10 - 18 year olds in London. Support will be offered online, via text and through face to face counselling.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am 60-Year-Old Drug Shows New Promise For Inherited CancerCancer Research UK-funded scientists have shown that an early chemotherapy drug invented in the 1940s has the potential to work against a genetic fault called HNPCC* which is linked to bowel and other cancers. The results are published in EMBO Molecular Medicine** today, (Thursday). HNPCC is a hereditary condition involved in around five per cent of all bowel cancer cases.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Scientists Discover Cause Of Breast Cancer SpreadScientists in London have identified a molecule that could be helping breast cancer to spread, according to research published recently. Dr Amanda Harvey, based at London's Brunel University, has previously established that a molecule called Brk, found in 60 per cent of breast tumours, plays an important role in making breast cancer cells grow quicker.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am NBA Legend Dikembe Mutombo, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman And BD Commemorate Opening Of New Center To Improve HIV/AIDS Treatment In The DRCThe Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Research Center (BMMH), in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) today launched two Centers of Excellence - an Immune System Monitoring Laboratory and an Occupational Safety Centre for Health Workers - at the state of the art medical facility founded by NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Should COPD Patients Begin Treatment At An Earlier Stage? (UPLIFT Study)An article published Online First coinciding with this week's COPD special issue of The Lancet reports the findings of the UPLIFT study that shows that treatment with inhaled tiotropium at an earlier stage of COPD reduces decline of lung function.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Are Lung Disease Patients Using Inhaled Corticosteroid Budesonide At Increased Risk Of Pneumonia?An article in this week's COPD special issue of The Lancet reports that patients using the inhaled corticosteroid budesonide to treat Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are not at increased risk of pneumonia. In addition, the drug is safe to use in these patients. Those conclusions are contrary to other research findings.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Government Launches Study Into Female Genital MutilationGPs and health professionals working in maternity, obstetrics, gynaecology, and sexual health are today being asked to take part in new study into Female Genital Mutilation in a bid to better ensure that services to protect women and girls are as effective as possible.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Contrary To Insoluble Fiber, Soluble Fiber Is An Effective Treatment For Irritable Bowel SyndromeThe first trial in increasing dietary fiber in a primary care setting is published on bmj.com today. It reports that soluble fiber (psyllium) is an effective treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). On the other hand, insoluble fiber such as bran may worsen symptoms. Irritable bowel syndrome is characterized by abdominal pain and an irregular bowel habit.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am FDA Warns About Stolen InsulinThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reminding the public that stolen vials of the long-acting insulin Levemir made by Novo Nordisk Inc. still may be on the market. Evidence gathered to date suggests that the stolen insulin was not stored and handled properly and may be dangerous for people to use.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Magazine Preview: Strained by Katrina, a Hospital Faced Deadly ChoicesOvertired after the hurricane, doctors and nurses in New Orleans injected some patients with drugs. Were they trying to comfort those patients — or hasten their deaths? Source: NYT > Health | 28 Aug 2009 | 12:07 am Some Roman Catholic Bishops Assail Health PlanDespite the church’s push on the issue, some are raising concerns over abortion and alarms about “rationing.”Source: NYT > Health | 28 Aug 2009 | 12:03 am Forty Years' War: Kennedy Case Shows Progress, Obstacles in Cancer FightWhen Senator Edward M. Kennedy learned he had brain cancer last year, he became one of the millions whose fate was not much changed by the cancer war.Source: NYT > Health | 28 Aug 2009 | 12:02 am Dealing With Being the Health Care ‘Villains’Employees of Humana, the nation’s fourth-largest health insurer, are not pleased at being the focus of criticism by proponents of a health care system overhaul.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Aug 2009 | 11:32 pm Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 27, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2009 | 9:48 pm Another Report Finds Swine Flu Targeting the Young (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- As U.S. health officials brace for the expected return of the H1N1 swine flu this fall, much of the focus has been on children and young adults, who seem particularly vulnerable to the newly identified virus.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2009 | 9:48 pm Scientist at Work: Eric Schadt: Enlisting Computers to Unravel the True Complexity of DiseaseEric Schadt is one of a handful of scientists blending mathematics, biology and supercomputers to pursue a new understanding of human biology.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Aug 2009 | 8:36 pm Research Trove: Patients’ Online DataCollective experiences of living with an illness can form a database for scientific use.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Aug 2009 | 7:52 pm FDA Revises Warning for EtravirineThe FDA has issued an alert to warn of severe skin reactions and possible life-threatening adverse events in patients who use etravirine.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2009 | 6:21 pm See Jane Run, Bike and SwimTriathlons 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 | 27 Aug 2009 | 6:18 pm Why feminine looking boys hold an appeal for some girlsWhy feminine looking boys hold an appeal for some girlsSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Aug 2009 | 5:27 pm Soluble fibre 'effective for IBS'A soluble fibre supplement should be the first line of attack in treating irritable bowel syndrome, experts say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Aug 2009 | 5:03 pm Online psychotherapy on NHS urgedThe NHS should offer online psychological counselling for people with depression, a leading mental health expert says.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Aug 2009 | 5:03 pm English turn to booze on holidayEnglish holidaymakers consume an average of eight alcoholic drinks a day during their summer break, a government survey suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Aug 2009 | 5:02 pm UN warns over swine flu in birdsThe discovery of swine flu in turkeys in Chile raises concerns about the spread of the virus, a UN agency warns.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Aug 2009 | 4:57 pm Pregnant women, new parents urged to get vaccine (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2009 | 4:38 pm New fat-fighting drug has anti-diabetes action too (Reuters)Reuters - Researchers searching for a cure for obesity said on Thursday they have developed a drug that not only makes mice lose weight, but reverses diabetes and lowers their cholesterol, too.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2009 | 3:44 pm Consults: Toxicology Tests and an Untimely DeathDr. B. J. Magnani responds to a reader's question about a recent death in the family and toxicology testing.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Aug 2009 | 3:43 pm Asymptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease Risky for Stroke SurvivorsPatients with stroke or transient ischemic attack are at high risk for vascular events, and researchers are suggesting that they may not show any signs or symptoms.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2009 | 2:51 pm Guidelines Issued for Management of Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Exposed ChildrenThe CDC and other organizations have updated previous guidelines for children who have been exposed to HIV or who are infected with HIV, and who are therefore at increased risk for OIs.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2009 | 2:50 pm Depression no bar to Medicare drug plan enrollment (Reuters)Reuters - Medicare's new prescription drug program is known for its complexity, which can be confusing even for perfectly healthy people not distracted by medical or mental health issues. However, a new study shows that people with depression or impaired thinking had no more difficulty signing up for the program than individuals without depression or other mental difficulties.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2009 | 2:20 pm 7 Clues to Ovarian CancerResearchers find 7 symptoms linked with ovarian cancer, which dispells its 'silent killer' reputation.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:21 pm Hispanics have Double the Complication Rate After Carotid SurgeryMinority populations who undergo carotid endarterectomy have poorer 30-day outcomes than whites, including increased mortality and higher rates of stroke.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:19 pm Microsatellite Instability Bodes Well in Gastric CancerCompared to stable tumors, those with microsatellite instability are associated with a better prognosis for patients with gastric cancer, Italian researchers report in the August issue of the Archives of Surgery.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:04 pm Hot Flashes May Help Guide Breast Cancer Risk ReductionResults of a study provide some indication that the presence of vasomotor symptoms may help in identifying women whose risk of invasive breast cancer is reduced by adoption of a low-fat diet.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:04 pm Simple Clinical Score Predicts Nosocomial Sepsis in Preterm NeonatesBedside clinical signs including apnea, hepatomegaly, jaundice, lethargy and pallor indicate sepsis in hospitalized premature neonates and can be used as a clinical score in resource-poor settings, according to research from Bangladesh.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2009 | 1:04 pm FDA Warns Stolen Novo Nordisk Insulin May Be HarmfulStolen vials of Novo Nordisk insulin for diabetics may still be on the market and may be harmful, U.S. regulators warned on Wednesday.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2009 | 12:28 pm "Worrisome" Radiation Doses With Medical ImagingThe growing use of imaging procedures in the United States has raised concerns about patient exposure to radiation. A new study looks at these exposures.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2009 | 12:23 pm Swine flu sends more blacks, Hispanics to hospital (AP)AP - Swine flu was four times more likely to send blacks and Hispanics to the hospital than whites, according to a study in Chicago that offers one of the first looks at how the virus has affected different racial groups.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2009 | 10:22 am Internet Addicts Get First U.S. Treatment ClinicA new clinic uses farm animals to help Internet junkies get off the Web.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 27 Aug 2009 | 9:30 am Spinal injury drug developed cysts in animals: Geron (Reuters)Reuters - Geron Corp said animals injected with its experimental cell therapy for subacute spinal cord injury developed microscopic cysts in the injury site, but its shares rose as the company reported none of the animals developed teratomas, a kind of tumor.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2009 | 8:57 am Embryo mix-upsAre IVF clinics ignoring basic checks?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Aug 2009 | 8:28 am NHS told to be on alert for fluThe NHS must remain "on top of its game" in the battle against swine flu, the chief medical officer says, despite the number of new cases falling.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Aug 2009 | 8:10 am Monkeys Born of Two MothersTechniques similar to cloning produced monkeys with the genes of two mothers. Could help with human diseases.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 27 Aug 2009 | 7:59 am Brazil faces fresh HIV/AIDS challengesSonia, a single mother with HIV in Brazil, travels four hours to reach a government-run health facility that provides her with free drug treatment.Source: CNN.com - Health | 27 Aug 2009 | 7:17 am Abbott, Pfizer in pact for lung cancer screening (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Aug 2009 | 7:03 am Kennedy Death Adds Volatile Element to Health FightThe death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy became a rallying point for advocates of health care reform and could provide a new tone in the debate.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Aug 2009 | 5:16 am
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