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The Law Firm of Kelley & Murphy of Philadelphia, Blue Bell and Harrisburg has Filed a Law Suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of PennsylvaniaSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2009 | 4:20 am Obama urges action on healthcareUS President Barack Obama calls on Congress to stop partisan "bickering" and act to reform the country's healthcare system.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Sep 2009 | 4:05 am $0.00 Penny System to Jump Start Global Economy Developed by DNA and MIND Researcher.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2009 | 4:00 am Innovative Program Educates Hopeful Parents on Third Party ReproductionSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2009 | 4:00 am New IBM Study Highlights Analytics as Top Priority for Today's CIOSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2009 | 4:00 am Sambazon Announces Scientific Advisory BoardSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2009 | 4:00 am GENova files patent for new breast cancer treatmentSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2009 | 4:00 am How State and Local Governments Are Funding Retiree Health ObligationsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2009 | 4:00 am Cord Blood America Nearing Completion of Construction of Las Vegas Laboratory; One of the Largest Cryogenic Storage Labs in U.S.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2009 | 4:00 am The Working Person's Diet: Too Busy to Eat Right (Time.com)Time.com - A survey of working parents suggests that their busy workplace schedule is major cause of unhealthy eating habits -- both for themselves and their childrenSource: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Sep 2009 | 3:40 am Pakistani stocks end lower; rupee firmsKARACHI, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Pakistani stocks ended nearly one percent lower on Thursday after gaining almost 3 percent the previous day as investors sold shares to book profits at higher levels, dealers...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2009 | 3:25 am UPDATE 3-Chevron signs $60 bln Australia LNG export deal* Chevron seals about 3 mtpa of LNG sales from Gorgon projectSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Sep 2009 | 3:25 am Tech Companies Push to Digitize Patients’ RecordsBoth large and small technology firms are devising ways to update health care records. About $19 billion in government financing will help. Source: NYT > Health | 10 Sep 2009 | 1:21 am AIDS Activists Issue Grades to Drug CompaniesThe AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition, representing 21 groups, gave an overall rating of C-minus to the pharmaceutical industry.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Sep 2009 | 1:20 am TURis Plasma Vaporization Electrode From Olympus Revolutionises The Therapy Of Benign Prostatic HyperplasiaAbout one third of men over the age of 50 and half of those over 70 suffer from the effects of an enlarged prostate gland. From the age of 30, a man's prostate can begin to enlarge as a natural process of aging whereby it increasingly presses on the urethra and thus narrows it.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am CytRx Receives FDA Letter Regarding Arimoclomol Phase IIb Clinical Trial For ALSCytRx Corporation (NASDAQ: CYTR), a biopharmaceutical research and development company engaged in the development of high-value human therapeutics, today announced its intention during the 2009 fourth quarter to submit a revised protocol for its planned Phase IIb clinical trial for arimoclomol as a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Can-Fite Announces Positive Results From Its Psoriasis Phase II Trial With CF101Can-Fite BioPharma (TASE:CFBI), a biotechnology company traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, an Israeli Biopharmaceutical company, announced today that its 75-patient Phase II clinical study with CF101 to treat patients with moderate to severe Psoriasis has successfully met its primary objectives.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Aeolus Pharmaceuticals Initiates Study Of AEOL 10150 As A Countermeasure To Radiation Exposure In Non-Human PrimatesAeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board:AOLS) announced that it has initiated a study to confirm the efficacy of AEOL 10150 as a countermeasure to nuclear and radiological exposure in non-human primates. AEOL 10150 has previously demonstrated a statistically significant survival advantage when given to mice after exposure to radiation.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Yale Researchers Succeed In Repairing Brain Damage Caused By Chronic Stress, Lead Poisoning, Potential Implications For Bipolar DisorderYale University researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (September 7-11 edition) that damage to the brain caused by chronic stress or lead poisoning can be repaired by blocking a key molecular pathway. Research shows that rats exposed to chronic stress develop damage to the prefrontal cortex.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Opexa Reports Additional Favorable Data With Tovaxin(R) For Multiple SclerosisOpexa Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPXA), a company developing Tovaxin®, a personalized T-cell immunotherapy for multiple sclerosis (MS), today announced results from further analysis of the double-blind, placebo-controlled, 52-week Phase IIb TERMS clinical study of 150 patients with Relapsing Remitting MS (RRMS).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Phase III Trial Tests Once-daily Edoxaban In Atrial FibrillationA major phase III trial - ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48 - is investigating once-daily treatment with the new oral factor Xa inhibitor edoxaban in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) with the potential for providing substantial improvements compared to the current standard of care in preventing stroke, specialists announced this week.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Can Increased Utilization Of Active Surveillance Rescue The Survival Benefits Of PSA Screening?UroToday.com - In the lay press and in Washington, prostate cancer has emerged as a litmus test for our health care conundrum of overtreatment and soaring costs in the setting of limited evidence regarding benefit.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Publishes Epizyme-authored Paper On Protein MethyltransferasesA paper underscoring the importance of protein methyltransferases (PMTs) in drug discovery is published in the September 2009 online issue of NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY. Scientists Dr. Robert A. Copeland and Dr. Victoria M. Richon from Epizyme, Inc.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Ureteroscope Cleaning And Sterilization By The Urology Operating Room Team: The Effect On Repair CostsUroToday.com - Endourological experience, and a vested interest in the good working order of the specialized equipment used for these complex procedures, is key to their protection from damage during the cleaning and sterilizing process. This prospective tracking study of a single center's flexible ureteroscopes cleaning process irrevocably confirms this finding.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Obama’s Plan Builds on Others’ IdeasIn a bid to build support for health care reform, the president added just a few new twists to the principles he laid out last winter.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Sep 2009 | 12:53 am Child Mortality Rate Declines GloballyThe child mortality rate has declined by more than a quarter in the last two decades partly because of the widening distribution of relatively inexpensive technologies.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Sep 2009 | 12:52 am Obama Vows to ‘Deliver on Health Care’In a nationally televised address to Congress, President Obama asked critical lawmakers and a skeptical nation to reach consensus on legislation to expand health coverage.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Sep 2009 | 12:37 am Vivus, Racing Rivals, Says Diet Drug Did Well in TrialsThe company is seeking federal approval for Qnexa and is looking for a partner to help it market the treatment.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Sep 2009 | 12:22 am Training Apps That Help You Sweat the DetailsSmartphones offer an electronic alternative to a personal trainer by putting thousands of exercise programs and videos at your fingertips.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Sep 2009 | 12:15 am Two Giants Vie for Billions in S.T.D. Vaccine MarketMerck and GlaxoSmithKline, with the support of federal panels, plan to expand use of their treatments against the human papillomavirus.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Sep 2009 | 12:11 am Skin Deep: Removing the Web of Spider VeinsAlthough spider veins are usually not considered a serious medical condition, experts say they indicate other underlying venous issues, including a sluggish circulatory system.Source: NYT > Health | 9 Sep 2009 | 11:01 pm Physical Culture: Fitness Tailored to a HijabMuslim women face particular challenges in keeping fit and upholding principles about modesty.Source: NYT > Health | 9 Sep 2009 | 10:57 pm Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 9, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Sep 2009 | 9:49 pm Some Parents Aren't Giving Kids Pain Meds Post-Surgery (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty-five percent of children aren't getting sufficient pain medication from their parents after common surgical procedures, such as having their tonsils out, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Sep 2009 | 9:49 pm Obama's speech a health care 'game changer'?After months of criticism that he has failed to outline a specific health care reform plan, President Obama will address a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night in a speech aides say will be to the point.Source: CNN.com - Health | 9 Sep 2009 | 9:43 pm New Guidelines Address Safe Electronic Health Record UseA commentary offers 8 recommendations to ensure that electronic health records are used safely and effectively.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2009 | 8:46 pm FDA Approves Bepotastine Ophthalmic Solution for Treating "Allergy Eyes"The FDA has approved bepotastine besilate 1.5% ophthalmic solution for the twice-daily treatment of ocular itching associated with allergic conjunctivitis in patients aged 2 years and older.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2009 | 8:33 pm FDA Approves Ibritumomab for First-Line Use in Non-Hodgkin's LymphomaThe FDA has approved an expanded indication for ibritumomab tiuxetan intravenous infusion for the first-line treatment of follicular NHL in patients who achieve a response to chemotherapy.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2009 | 8:33 pm Who wants what?US interest groups and what health reform proposalsSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Sep 2009 | 8:08 pm Stem cell link to prostate cancerA newly identified type of stem cell may cause some cases of prostate cancer, research on mice suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Sep 2009 | 6:33 pm Road noise link to blood pressurePeople living near noisy roads are at greater risk of developing high blood pressure, a Swedish study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Sep 2009 | 6:13 pm NJ: 29 hepatitis cases tied to 1 doctor's office (AP)AP - Several thousand patients of a New Jersey doctor should get tested for blood-borne diseases because of an outbreak linked to his office that has led to more than two dozen being diagnosed with hepatitis B, state health officials said.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Sep 2009 | 6:01 pm Skin whiteners are all the rage in IndiaCosmetic adverts in Asia are targeting men with blunt campaigns aimed at skin color that one lawmaker labels racist.Source: CNN.com - Health | 9 Sep 2009 | 5:44 pm NIH expands swine flu shot tests to pregnant women (AP)AP - It's time to test the new swine flu vaccine in pregnant women. Studies of adults and children are going so well that the National Institutes of Health announced Wednesday it is opening the research to 120 women in their second or third trimester of pregnancy.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Sep 2009 | 3:43 pm FDA panel backs Glaxo's cervical vaccine for women (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Sep 2009 | 3:41 pm Key panel chief to unveil health care bill next weekThe chairman of the Senate Finance Committee will make a significant announcement Wednesday regarding the process and timetable for health care legislation, according to two Democratic sources.Source: CNN.com - Health | 9 Sep 2009 | 3:23 pm Elderly? Check obesity using waist, hips, not BMI (Reuters)Reuters - Do you like to blame your weight on being "big-boned?" If you've ever thought that the body mass index (BMI) - a ratio of weight to height often used as a yardstick of obesity - doesn't tell the true story of your relative weight and health, you may be onto something if you're elderly, UCLA researchers say.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Sep 2009 | 3:15 pm Smaller Thighs Associated With Heart Disease, Early DeathIn a large cohort study, low thigh circumference was associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and premature death.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2009 | 3:06 pm FDA Panel Weighs Approving HPV Vaccine for Males (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. health advisory committee on Wednesday will discuss whether to approve Gardasil, a vaccine that targets sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), for use in boys as well as girls.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Sep 2009 | 3:04 pm FDA panel backs Glaxo cervical cancer vaccine (Reuters)Reuters - GlaxoSmithKline PLC's proposed cervical cancer vaccine is safe and effective for girls and young women ages 10 to 25, a U.S. advisory panel said on Wednesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Sep 2009 | 1:58 pm Switch to Part D Limits Access to Psychiatric Medications, Increases ED UseThe switch from Medicaid to Part D private plans has restricted access to psychiatric medications, resulting in a high rate of emergency department use in mentally ill patients.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2009 | 1:53 pm Platelet Volume Doesn't Reflect Coronary DiseaseMean platelet volume (MPV) cannot be used as a marker for platelet reactivity or coronary artery disease risk, Italian researchers report in the September issue of Atherosclerosis.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2009 | 1:12 pm Complete Cytoreduction Helpful Against Appendiceal TumorsCytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy is effective for disseminated appendiceal tumors, even when disease is aggressive, researchers report in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2009 | 1:08 pm Botulinum Toxin Injection Controls Symptoms of Prostatic HypertrophyA single intraprostatic injection of botulinum toxin type A (BoNT/A) can control the symptoms of prostatic hypertrophy for up to 18 months or more, a study from Portugal has shown.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2009 | 1:04 pm UK NICE Recommends Limited Role for PrasugrelThe UK agency that governs reimbursement advises that prasugrel can be used in those ACS patients undergoing PCI who have STEMI, who are diabetic, or who have had a stent thrombosis on clopidogrel.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2009 | 12:52 pm Questions, answers on requiring health insurance (AP)AP - Should the federal government require virtually all Americans to be insured or face thousands of dollars in fines? Proponents say this requirement is crucial to extending coverage and reining in costs as Massachusetts has done. Critics say it would impose an unfair burden on individuals and families already struggling in harsh economic times.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Sep 2009 | 12:25 pm China set to provide first swine flu vaccinesChina has developed a vaccine for swine flu and is set to become the first country in the world to begin mass inoculations, but there are concerns over possible side effects, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.Source: CNN.com - Health | 9 Sep 2009 | 11:52 am Risk for Breast Cancer Recurrence Decreased by Lifestyle ChangesObesity, moderate alcohol use, and smoking appear to significantly increase the risk of developing second breast cancer among breast cancer survivors.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Sep 2009 | 11:25 am Does Aging Cause Loss of Taste?As we age, our sense of taste may change. Medications can contribute, too.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 9 Sep 2009 | 11:19 am Helpful ways to boost your memoryCan't find your keys ... again? Whether your momentary memory loss is linked to doing too many things at once or just a bad case of menopausal brain fog, you don't have to put up with it.Source: CNN.com - Health | 9 Sep 2009 | 8:35 am Infection Could Hasten Alzheimer's Memory LossStudy finds increased memory loss in patients who have had an infection.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 9 Sep 2009 | 7:56 am New malaria 'poses human threat'An emerging form of malaria thought only to infect monkeys poses a deadly threat to humans, research shows.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Sep 2009 | 6:45 am New 'Smart Choices' Food Labels Are DeceptiveIndustry-funded nutrition labeling system is anything but smart.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 9 Sep 2009 | 5:26 am Robot revolutionHow surgery will be transformed in the next decadeSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Sep 2009 | 3:12 am Sharing a bed 'is bad for your health'Couples should consider sleeping apart for the good of their health and relationship, say experts.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Sep 2009 | 3:07 am
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