Study shows experimental drug cuts stroke risk (AP)

AP - An experimental drug reduces the stroke risk in patients with irregular heartbeats by more than three times, compared with the popular drug warfarin — but possibly at a cost, according to new research released Sunday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 Aug 2009 | 4:12 am

New drug reduces risks for heart patients (AP)

AP - A new drug to prevent blood clots in heart patients reduced their chances of dying by more than 20 percent compared to the standard treatment, new research says.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 Aug 2009 | 1:45 am

New drug reduces risks for heart patients

A new drug to prevent blood clots in heart patients reduced their chances of dying by more than 20 percent compared to the standard treatment, new research says. Researchers followed...
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First Human Immunology Challenge Symposium Announced By NIH's National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute's (NHLBI) Center For Human Immunology (CHI)

NIH's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's CENTER FOR HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY (CHI) announces the first Meeting the Human Immunology Challenge Symposium. This two-day meeting will be held September 3-4, 2009 on the NIH Campus.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Improvement Is About High Clinical Standards Married To Basic Care

Responding to a report from the Patients' Association detailing poor care, deputy policy director Jo Webber said good care combines high clinical standards with basics such as hygiene and nutrition.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

RDAA Encourages Rural Residents And Health Professionals To Blog The Prime Minister, Australia

The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) is calling on everyone who lives and works in rural and remote Australia to have their say on the Prime Minister's Remote and rural health care system blog.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Secretary Sebelius Releases New Report: America's Seniors And Health Insurance Reform: Protecting Coverage And Strengthening Medicare

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today issued a new report, America's Seniors and Health Insurance Reform: Protecting Coverage and Strengthening Medicare. The report highlights the problems with the status quo that leave seniors paying escalating costs for their health care while outlining how health insurance reform will strengthen Medicare and protect coverage for seniors.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Four Studies Published In The Lancet Show Roflumilast (Daxas(R)), A New Oral Approach To COPD, Improves Lung Function And Reduces Exacerbations

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Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Stigma Of Mental Health Makes Finding Work In Recession More Difficult

A shocking 92 per cent of the British public believes that admitting to having a mental illness would damage someone's career [1]. The three careers most damaged were doctors (56 per cent), emergency services (54 per cent) and teachers (48 per cent).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Herbalife Family Foundation Launches Casa Herbalife Program In India

The Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF) has established a Casa Herbalife program at the SOS Children's Village in Bangalore, India to help support the center to provide good nutrition to children in need. Approximately 400 children are cared for at the Bangalore location, which is one of more than 40 locations throughout India where orphaned and abandoned children can grow in a family environment.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

BOMA International Releases Preparedness Top Ten List For National Preparedness Month

September is National Preparedness Month and the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International has released a list of ten proactive steps property professionals can take to ensure their tenants, staff and buildings are safe in an emergency or natural disaster.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman Decries Continued Rape And Violence Against Women And Children In The Democratic Republic of the Congo

UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman met with victims of rape and violence in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They included a 15-year-old girl who she had met in 2006 during her first visit to this poverty and conflict-ravaged country. "In 2006, I met a 12-year-old girl who was attacked and brutally raped by four men," said Veneman.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Diabetes UK Needs You

We are looking for media volunteers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities to help us raise awareness of diabetes. A media volunteer is someone who is willing to be interviewed by a journalist. When there is a diabetes news story in the papers or on TV or radio, the story often includes an interview with a person with diabetes.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Beauty in Venezuela is matter of pride, and scalpels

Venezuela's afterglow of winning yet another Miss Universe crown has not only illuminated national pride in its Latin beauties -- but also its women's widespread recourse to cosmetic...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 30 Aug 2009 | 12:51 am

'Operation Nakam': true story behind Tarantino's film

Quentin Tarantino's new film "Inglourious Basterds" about a Jewish militia that killed and scalped Nazis in World War II is not as far-fetched as it might sound. In fact, there was a...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 30 Aug 2009 | 12:28 am

Boehringer stroke drug proves a winner in trial (Reuters)

Reuters - Patients at risk of stroke due to an erratic heartbeat should soon have a viable alternative to 50-year-old warfarin, after a new pill from Boehringer Ingelheim beat expectations in a major clinical study.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 Aug 2009 | 12:16 am

Boehringer stroke drug proves a winner in trial

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Patients at risk of stroke due to an erratic heartbeat should soon have a viable alternative to 50-year-old warfarin, after a new pill from Boehringer Ingelheim beat...
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Astra drug beats Plavix without major bleed risk

BARCELONA (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's new pill Brilinta for preventing heart attacks works better than Plavix, the world's second biggest selling drug, without increasing the amount of...
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Video: Phase III Head to Head Trial Showed Ticagrelor Reduced Cardiovascular Death and Heart Attacks Over Clopidogrel in Acute Coronary Syndromes Patients

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Boehringer stroke drug proves a winner in trial

* Pradaxa shows 34 pct relative risk reduction vs warfarin
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Astra drug beats Plavix without major bleed risk

* Brilinta shows 16 pct relative risk reduction vs Plavix
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New Large-Scale, Global Study Provides Additional Information About an Intensified Dose-Regimen of PLAVIX(R) in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Undergoing Angioplasty

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Jesus of Siberia: an ex-traffic cop turned Messiah

The crowd shivered in breathless anticipation as dramatic music heralded his approach. "The Teacher is coming!" they whispered. They parted in a human tunnel to allow the approach of the
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 29 Aug 2009 | 11:03 pm

Chances of health compromise continue to fade (AP)

AP - A leading GOP negotiator on health care struck a further blow to fading chances of a bipartisan compromise by saying Democratic proposals would restrict medical choices and make the country's "finances sicker without saving you money."

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 29 Aug 2009 | 9:22 pm

Elderly skin 'raises cancer risk'

Older people are more at risk of skin cancer because their skin is less able to defend itself, research suggests.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 29 Aug 2009 | 5:01 pm

Victims of long abuse suffer complex trauma

For 18 years, a girl who was whisked away into a secret backyard compound was forced to grow up in isolation.
Source: CNN.com - Health | 29 Aug 2009 | 11:07 am