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Prolifiq Announces Software for Life Sciences: Accelerates Sales, Embeds Adherence to Regulatory Compliance, Incorporates Good Promotional PracticesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Sep 2009 | 4:00 am APDA/NPF Young Onset Parkinson's Conference Series Kick-Off in Dallas, October 23-24Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Sep 2009 | 4:00 am Paralyzed Artist Launches WillWalk Foundation to Cure Paralysis with Breakthrough Stem Cell ResearchSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Sep 2009 | 4:00 am ClearPoint Announces Metric Applications Packages for PCI DSS, NERC, Healthcare Compliance and FISMASource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Sep 2009 | 4:00 am Cardiac Science Enhances R&D; Pursues Greater Speed to Market With 3-year Offshore Design AgreementSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Sep 2009 | 4:00 am UPDATE 2-UAE's Etisalat bids for Millicom Sri Lanka* Telecoms group determined to expand in emerging marketsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Sep 2009 | 3:21 am Protect Your Family With Flu-Fighting FoodsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Sep 2009 | 3:20 am Why trying to quit smoking can be an itchy problemScientists say they have discovered why people trying to quit smoking can get an attack of the itches.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Sep 2009 | 3:13 am Asian Countries Cannot Afford To Ignore the Cost of Rheumatoid ArthritisSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Sep 2009 | 3:11 am CVC, Blackstone team up on Bellsystem bid -sourcesTOKYO, Sept 14 (Reuters) - CVC Capital and Blackstone are teaming up in the second round of bidding for Bellsystem24, Citigroup's telemarketing company in Japan, three sources with direct knowledge of...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Sep 2009 | 3:00 am Latino HIV/AIDS Crisis Demands Attention - Health Care Professionals from Across the United States Gather in New York City for National Conference on Latinos and AIDS to Address ConcernsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Sep 2009 | 3:00 am Competition Between Proteins Maintains Cellular BalanceDieter Wolf, M.D., and colleagues at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have illuminated how competition between proteins enhances combinatorial diversity during ubiquitination (the process that marks proteins for destruction). Using S.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Early Research Holds Promise For New Therapies And Better Prediction Of Patient Outcomes In Multiple SclerosisA Mayo Clinic study has found that two genes in mice were associated with good central nervous system repair in multiple sclerosis (MS). These findings give researchers new hope for developing more effective therapies for patients with MS and for predicting MS patients' outcomes.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Swine Flu: Early Results From Clinical Trials Of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccines In Healthy AdultsWe are encouraged by reports that are now emerging from various clinical trials of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccines, conducted by various vaccine manufacturers. We expect additional companies to announce their preliminary trial results shortly.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Decreasing Salt Intake Could Save US $18 Billion Annually In Health Costs, Study FindsReducing Americans' average intake of sodium to the amount recommended by health officials could save the nation as much as $18 billion annually in avoided health care costs and improve the quality of life for millions of people, according to a new RAND Corporation study.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Dangerous Radioactive Sources Removed From Lebanon By IAEAAn IAEA mission to get powerful radioactive sources out of Lebanon was completed 30 August 2009, after a plane carrying the high-activity cargo safely touched down in Russia, where the sources are now securely and safely stored. They comprised 36 Cobalt-60 sources, with a combined activity of 3.500 curies. A single source is powerful enough to kill a person within minutes, if directly exposed.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Breakthrough Cancer Pain: First Results From Major European Patient SurveyThe first results of the first European survey of cancer patients' experience of breakthrough pain were presented at the 6th congress of the European Federation of Chapters of the International Association for the Study of Pain (EFIC).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Fears About Surgical Risk, Lack Of Awareness Affect Cardiac Surgery ReferralsOverblown fears about surgical risk and lack of awareness about the risk of not operating are among the reasons only half of eligible patients were referred for mitral valve repair, according to a study by doctors at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Alcohol Involvement In Fatal Crashes Reduced By Mandatory Alcohol Testing For Truck And Bus DriversMandatory alcohol testing programs for truck and bus drivers have contributed to a significant reduction in alcohol involvement in fatal crashes, according to a new study by researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Kidney Disease Reasearcher Aiming To Combat The Early Stages Of Nephropathy In Diabetic Patients Receives ERC Starting GrantThe European Research Council (ERC) expects to fund some 240 top researchers in its second prestigious ERC Starting Grant competition. This new wave of grantees follows the 299 researchers who received grants in the first Starting Grant competition in 2007. In total, 2503 proposals were submitted to the second Starting Grant call.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am New Open-Access Journal To Be Launched By American Society For MicrobiologyThe American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has announced plans to launch mBio®, a new open access online journal designed to make microbiology research broadly accessible, in mid-2010. The focus of the journal will be on rapid publication of cutting-edge research spanning the entire spectrum of microbiology and related fields.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Toxic alcohol kills 30 in IndiaAuthorities in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh suspend 13 officials after 30 people die from drinking toxic illegal alcohol.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Sep 2009 | 12:43 am Doctor and Patient: Health Care Reform and ‘American Values’Americans on both sides of the aisle are using incorrect beliefs as a smoke screen in the health care debate, argues Dr. Allan Brett. Source: NYT > Health | 14 Sep 2009 | 12:02 am Nonprofit Groups Upset at Exclusion From Health BillsSince nonprofit groups do not pay income taxes, they would not benefit from a tax credit for small businesses that provide health insurance to employees.Source: NYT > Health | 13 Sep 2009 | 11:24 pm U.S. Cost-Saving Policy Forces New Kidney TransplantMedicare stops paying for anti-rejection drugs after 36 months, one of several anomalies that many in Congress hope to cure with this year’s health care bill.Source: NYT > Health | 13 Sep 2009 | 10:38 pm Depression 'cuts cancer survival'Depression can damage a cancer patient's chances of survival, a review of research on nearly 10,000 patients suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Sep 2009 | 10:21 pm Drug Offers Hope Against Tough-to-Treat Hypertension (HealthDay)HealthDay - SUNDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug for people whose high blood pressure cannot be controlled by existing medications has done well in a pivotal trial, researchers report.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Sep 2009 | 9:47 pm Toxic Waters: Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in SufferingIn the past five years, companies and workplaces have violated pollution laws more than 500,000 times. But most polluters have escaped punishment.Source: NYT > Health | 13 Sep 2009 | 8:06 pm Take Public Option ‘Off the Table,’ Snowe SaysOlympia Snowe, a Republican senator key to the health care debate, urged President Obama to take any plan for a new government-run program “off the table.”Source: NYT > Health | 13 Sep 2009 | 7:53 pm Study: New drug fights flu as well as Tamiflu does (AP)AP - Researchers delivered a double dose of good news Sunday in the fight against flu: successful tests of what could become the first new flu medicine in a decade, and the strongest evidence yet that such drugs save lives, not just shorten illness.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Sep 2009 | 3:10 pm Universal PCR Screening for MRSA May Cut Costs, Reduce InfectionUniversal screening programs have produced decreases in MRSA infection rates and cost savings in the United States, but critics say the debate on PCR testing is far from over.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Sep 2009 | 1:29 pm Sebelius: Swine flu shots may start early October (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Sep 2009 | 12:56 pm 50 million new patients? More primary docs a must (AP)AP - When Dr. Robert Flaherty launched a private practice in 2001, he soon found himself cramming in as many patients as possible to make ends meet, leaving little time to discuss with them the steps they could take to prevent future health troubles.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Sep 2009 | 12:17 pm Key gene 'controls disease fight'A master gene that helps mobilise the immune system to fight disease has been discovered by UK scientists.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Sep 2009 | 11:01 am H1N1 virus forces French to bid adieu to kissIt goes without saying that France is a land that puts a certain value on kissing.Source: CNN.com - Health | 13 Sep 2009 | 3:50 am
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