Carrot-toting tourists making Arizona burros obese (AP)

In this October 2008, Burros lined up outside a store front in Oatman, Ariz. are fed carrots by a passer-by. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is asking tourists to stop feeding the burros because they are overweight. The agency has launched a campaign it hopes will eventually steer the burros back into the desert to forage for grass and shrubs and get them back into shape. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)AP - There is an epidemic in an old gold mining town in western Arizona: The wild burros that roam the town's single street are overweight, with rolls of fat on their necks and big, full bellies. But don't blame them. They'll eat anything.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Aug 2009 | 4:30 am

PGNiG confirms sees 2009 net profit despite H1 loss

WARSAW, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Poland's dominant gas provider PGNiG confirmed on Monday it expects to report a netprofit this year despite posting a loss of 493 million zlotys ($172 million) in the first...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Aug 2009 | 3:35 am

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Opens Vermont Satellite Campus


Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Aug 2009 | 3:15 am

Unipetrol says market remains weak in Q3

PRAGUE, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Czech downstream oil group Unipetrol said on Monday a weak market was only slowly stabilizing and conditions in the third quarter would remain unfavourable.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Aug 2009 | 3:14 am

BRIEF-Neste Oil says Porvoo diesel line now working

HELSINKI, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Neste Oil said on Monday:
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Aug 2009 | 3:09 am

UPDATE 1-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

(Adds Panasonic, Nordea, Tengzhong, Heidelberger Druck, Uralita)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Aug 2009 | 3:07 am

UPDATE 2-China's BYD says Buffett wants to raise stake

* BYD keen on mainland A-share listing, maybe in the next yr
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Aug 2009 | 3:02 am

PGNiG sees 2009 net profit despite H1 loss-source

WARSAW, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Poland's dominant gas provider PGNiG expects to report a profit this year despite posting a loss of 493 million zlotys ($172 million) in the first half, a high-ranking company...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Aug 2009 | 3:01 am

Former Veterans Affairs Secretary Joins Integrated Medical Systems' Advisory Board


Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Aug 2009 | 3:00 am

Thomson Reuters Study Finds Healthcare Consumer Confidence Improved 12 Percent Since March


Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Aug 2009 | 3:00 am

UPDATE 2-PGNiG turns to unexpected loss, shares at 7-wk low

WARSAW, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Poland's gas monopoly PGNiG turned to an unexpected second-quarter net loss due to higher prices for Russian imports and one-off charges, dragging its shares to their lowest...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Aug 2009 | 2:51 am

Advice on when flu needs TLC or a doctor's care (AP)

Jack Houley, 10, of Annapolis, Md., receives a shot of a trail vaccine for the swine flu from nurse Peggy Hughes, right, during a visit to Annapolis Pediatrics in Annapolis, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. With flu's favorite chilly weather fast approaching the nation is girding for the return of swine flu. The mantra until we know how sick the nation will be this fall, and until the vaccine arrives in October, is wash your hands, sneeze into your elbow, stay home so you don't spread illness when you're sick. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - When is swine flu just miserable and when do you need a doctor?



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Aug 2009 | 1:50 am

Flu season: How many shots? (AP)

AP - Doctors don't know yet if it will take one dose or two of vaccine to protect against the new swine flu. Add that to vaccine for the regular winter flu, and it could be a multishot season for a lot of people — or a multisquirt season, for those who choose the FluMist nasal-spray version.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Aug 2009 | 1:38 am

Return of swine flu: What's ahead for Americans? (AP)

Charlie Houley, 8, of Annapolis, Md., receives a shot of a trail vaccine for the swine flu from nurse Peggy Hughes, right, as his brother Jack Houley, center, 10, looks on during a visit to Annapolis Pediatrics in Annapolis, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. With flu's favorite chilly weather fast approaching the nation girding for fall's return of swine flu. The mantra until we know how sick the nation will be this fall, and until the vaccine arrives in October, is wash your hands, sneeze into your elbow, stay home so you don't spread illness when you're sick. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The alarm sounded with two sneezy children in California in April. Just five months later, the never-before-seen swine flu has become the world's dominant strain of influenza, and it's putting a shockingly younger face on flu.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Aug 2009 | 1:13 am

Long-Term Outcome Of Endovascular Treatment Versus Endarterectomy In Patients With Carotid Stenosis (CAVATAS Study)

Patients with carotid stenosis, a narrowing of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the brain, could have a better treatment outcome by removing the material causing the narrowing with a surgery called endarterectomy. The other alternative is balloon angioplasty with or without the placing of a stent (small wire mesh tube in the artery) also known as endovascular treatment (ET).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

What Is Ataxia? What Causes Ataxia?

Ataxia is a lack of muscle coordination which may affect speech, eye movements, the ability to swallow, walking, picking up objects and other voluntary movements. A person with persistent ataxia may have damage in the part of the brain that controls muscle coordination - the cerebellum.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Revealing The Anti-Diabetic Effects Of Sodium Tungstate

The molecular mechanisms of tungstate activity in diabetes have been uncovered. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genomics have identified the pathways through which sodium tungstate improves pancreatic function and beta cell proliferation.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Research Conducted At Leicester Reveals Effects Of Blood Pressure Drugs On Cardiovascular Disease

A University of Leicester-led study may have uncovered the reason why Beta-blockers are less effective at preventing stroke in older people with high blood pressure, when compared to other drugs for high blood pressure. The research, carried out by Bryan Williams, Professor of Medicine at the University of Leicester, and his colleague Dr.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Marketing Application For Vernakalant Intravenous (IV) Filed In Europe For The Treatment Of Atrial Fibrillation

Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA, which operates in many countries as Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited, announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) accepted for review the Company's Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for regulatory approval of vernakalant intravenous (IV).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Geron Comments On FDA Hold On Spinal Cord Injury Trial

Geron Corporation (Nasdaq:GERN) provided additional comments on the recent clinical hold on its Spinal Cord Injury IND. As biologic therapeutics advance in clinical trials, it is common practice to optimize product characteristics, improve manufacturing efficiency and scale, and to test the product in multiple disease models.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

'Hedgehog' Pathway May Hold Key To Anti-Cancer Therapy

Scientists in Switzerland have discovered a way to block the growth of human colon cancer cells, preventing the disease from reaching advanced stages and the development of liver metastases.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Malnutrition: Europe's Hidden Weight Problem - Medical Nutrition International Industry

In Europe today, malnutrition is not always recognised and often neglected which makes the problem of malnutrition as serious as the health threat of obesity according to the new short film entitled 'Malnutrition - Another Weight Problem'.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Roche XCELLigence System For Cell Analysis To Provide Predictive Mechanistic Information For Small Molecule Compounds

The extent to which protein targets are modulated by drugs or small molecule compounds depends on a number of factors, including the expression levels of the target, the effective concentration of the compound, and the time needed for the compound to perturb the target.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Nation's Pioneering Eating Disorder Treatment Facility Expands Services Internationally

The Renfrew Center, the country's leading authority on eating disorder treatment and research, recently announced the expansion of its services into Central America through a partnership with the Guatemala-based AKASA treatment center.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

Answers to Life’s Worries, in Three-Minute Bursts

For those needing a quick dose of advice, a “speed shrinking” event offered sessions with eight psychologists and psychiatrists in less than half an hour.


Source: NYT > Health | 31 Aug 2009 | 12:13 am

Fighting Health Care Overhaul, and Proud of It

Senator Jim DeMint, a first-term Republican from South Carolina, is gaining attention as he stokes anger over the health care issue.


Source: NYT > Health | 31 Aug 2009 | 12:08 am

The Caucus: Stronger Prospects for the President on a Health Care Bill

President Obama may have a better chance of achieving his health policy goals than surface impressions of the Congressional recess indicate.


Source: NYT > Health | 31 Aug 2009 | 12:07 am

Health Bill Would Cut Drug Spending for Many on Medicare, Budget Office Says

Premiums would rise, the Congressional Budget Office estimated, but many beneficiaries would see total drug spending decline.


Source: NYT > Health | 31 Aug 2009 | 12:07 am

New lead poisoning scare in China: state media (AFP)

A mother feeds her child in a village near a manganese smelting plant in Hunan province on August 22. Parents in the southwest of the country are accusing a local industrial park of causing lead poisoning in their children, state media have said in the latest in a slew of similar incidents to spark public ire.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Parents in southwestern China are accusing a local industrial park of causing lead poisoning in their children, state media said Monday, in the latest in a slew of similar incidents to spark public ire.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 Aug 2009 | 8:52 pm

Embers Still Smoldering From the 2006 ESC Firestorm, As Experts Mull DES Safety and Efficacy

Experts reviewing meta-analyses, registry studies, and randomized trial data that have emerged since the galvanizing presentations of the 2006 World Congress of Cardiology 2006 say they are, on the whole, reassured. But at least one presenter says the body of knowledge to date still offers a clear warning against stent-thrombosis risk with the more "potent" drug-eluting stents.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Aug 2009 | 7:10 pm

Use of Low-Dose Aspirin in Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events Not Recommended

The routine use of aspirin for the prevention of vascular events in the general population deemed at risk because of an abnormal ABI is not warranted, as the danger of bleeding outweighs any potential benefit.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Aug 2009 | 7:10 pm

Diabetes hope

How a drug means insulin may be no longer needed
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 30 Aug 2009 | 7:04 pm

'Cancer hope' from WWII-era drug

One of the earliest chemotherapy drugs appears to work against a genetic fault that triggers a form of bowel and other cancers.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 30 Aug 2009 | 5:28 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 | 30 Aug 2009 | 12:16 pm

New AstraZeneca drug reduces heart patients' risks (AP)

AP - A new drug to prevent blood clots in heart patients reduced their chances of dying by more than 20 percent compared with the standard treatment, new research says.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 Aug 2009 | 11:45 am

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 | 11:42 am

CURRENT OASIS-7: Benefit to Doubling Clopidogrel Dose in ACS Patients Undergoing PCI

Doubling the loading and maintenance doses of clopidogrel in acute coronary syndrome patients who underwent planned PCI significantly reduces stent thrombosis and cardiovascular events, largely driven by reductions in MI, without a significant increase in major bleeding, report researchers.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Aug 2009 | 11:40 am

Bayer completes enrolment for stroke drug trial (Reuters)

Reuters - German drug maker Bayer said on Sunday it had completed enrolling patients into a final-stage clinical study, which will test its drug Xarelto against the established but difficult-to-use treatment warfarin in preventing strokes.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 Aug 2009 | 10:00 am

Exercise beats angioplasty for some heart patients (AP)

AP - Working up a sweat may be even better than angioplasty for some heart patients, experts say.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 Aug 2009 | 7:50 am

SEPIA-ACS1 TIMI 42: Mixed Results for Otamixaban in ACS

Intermediate doses of the new factor Xa inhibitor showed trends toward reduced event rates with a similar rate of bleeding compared with heparin/eptifibatide in this phase 2 study.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Aug 2009 | 6:54 am

PLATO Shows Benefits of Ticagrelor Over Clopidogrel

A new nonthienopyridine antiplatelet agent, ticagrelor, has trumped clopidogrel in a phase 3 pivotal trial comparing the two agents and appears not to have the bleeding risks associated with prasugrel. But ticagrelor, which has the advantage of being reversible, has some unique side effects that could prove problematic.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Aug 2009 | 6:07 am

Re-Ly: Oral Antithrombin Dabigatran Outshines Warfarin in Atrial Fib

Dabigatran significantly safely cut the risk of stroke or peripheral embolic events compared with warfarin over two years in the huge randomized trial.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Aug 2009 | 6:07 am