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UK gas prices edge up on unsteady flow, power softLONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - British gas prices rose on erratic flows from the North Sea, with prompt and curve prices gaining slightly early on Wednesday, traders said.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Sep 2009 | 4:03 am Pakistani stocks end on highest closing this yearKARACHI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Foreign investors' appetite for Pakistani energy shares helped Karachi's benchmark index close at its high level this year on Wednesday, though local institutions stayed on...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Sep 2009 | 3:42 am UPDATE 3-Commods trader Noble: Investor may buy big stake* In detailed talks with one investor, may or may not happenSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Sep 2009 | 3:28 am IDFC unit says buying BP's Indian wind power assetsNEW DELHI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - India's Green Infra, a unit of IDFC's private equity arm, is buying the Indian wind power assets of energy giant BP , chief operating officer Sunil Jain said on Wednesday...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Sep 2009 | 3:23 am The Sickness Crisis: America Would Save Over $700 Billion Annually Through Prevention and Health PromotionSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Sep 2009 | 3:20 am AUTOSHOW-Fiat CEO says has closed with OpelFRANKFURT, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Italian car maker Fiat SpA has closed with Opel and will achieve its target of selling 5.5-6 million vehicles alone with Chrysler, its chief executive said on Wedensday...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Sep 2009 | 3:14 am Forterus Inc. Launches Updated, Improved Web SiteSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Sep 2009 | 3:00 am UPDATE 2-Taiwan Mobile to pay Carlyle $1 bln in swap deal* Deal includes share swap, cash, debt (Recasts, adds comments from Taiwan Mobile, Carlyle, fund manager throughout)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Sep 2009 | 2:38 am UPDATE 2-Taiwan Mobile to pay Carlyle $1 bln in swap deal* Deal includes share swap, cash, debt (Recasts, adds comments from Taiwan Mobile, Carlyle, fund manager throughout)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Sep 2009 | 2:38 am Future Group to raise 10 bln rupees by listing armMUMBAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - India's Future Group plans to raise more than 10 billion rupees ($207 million) by listing its venture capital arm, Future Ventures, by the end of March next year, chief executive...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Sep 2009 | 2:30 am Metabolic Syndrome in Women Linked to Increased Risk for PADIn a cohort study, metabolic syndrome was associated with an increased risk for symptomatic peripheral artery disease in women, mediated by the effects of inflammation and endothelial activation.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Sep 2009 | 1:42 am Perioperative Fluvastatin May Improve Cardiac Outcomes After Vascular SurgeryIn a randomized controlled trial, in patients undergoing vascular surgery, perioperative fluvastatin therapy was associated with an improvement in postoperative cardiac outcomes.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Sep 2009 | 1:41 am Schizophrenia: 22nd Congress Of The European College Of Neuropsychopharmacology, Sept. 14, 2009, Istanbul, TurkeySchizophrenia is a major public health problem. Affecting almost 1% of the world's population, it takes an enormous economic and social toll in addition to the distress, dysfunction, disability and mortality for those afflicted with this disease.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Indiana University Medical Researchers Boost Research And Jobs With Stimulus Legislation GrantsIndiana University School of Medicine scientists have received more than $12 million in grants funded by the federal economic stimulus legislation, funding that has bolstered both research initiatives and research employment on the medical center campus. More than 40 researchers have received American Recovery and Reinvestment Act awards ranging from a $1.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Altair Therapeutics Reports Successful Phase I Study Of Inhaled AIR645Altair Therapeutics, Inc., a privately-held, biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for respiratory diseases, announced positive results from a phase I multiple dose safety and pharmacokinetic study of its lead product, once-weekly inhaled AIR645 in healthy adults and mild asthmatics. The results were presented by Dr. Michael Hodges, M.D.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Aeolus Pharmaceuticals Initiates Second Study Of AEOL 10150 As A Countermeasure To Radiation Exposure In MiceAeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AOLS) announced the initiation of a second study, in mice, to determine the optimal length of treatment with AEOL 10150 when used as a countermeasure to Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) in the lungs. This study, led by Zeljko Vujaskovic, M.D. Ph.D.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Prostate Cancer Survival Improving Among Older Men Who Have Conservative ManagementOlder men whose localized prostated cancer is not aggressively treated with surgery or radiation but follows a conservative management regime also known as "watchful waiting" are surviving longer, according to a new US study. These are the conclusions of Senior author Dr Grace L.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am NanoViricides Platform Enables Rapid Development Of Robust Nanomedicines Against Influenza And HIVNanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) (the "Company"), announced that Anil Diwan, PhD, President of the Company presented a talk at NanoBusiness 2009 - the 8th annual NanoBusiness Conference in Chicago, IL, on Wednesday, September 9th. Dr. Diwan described the salient features of nanoviricides technology. "Viruses can be fooled," he said, adding, "We use their own smarts to attack them.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Kamada Presents Data On Inhaled Alpha-1 Antitrypsin In Cystic Fibrosis Patients At The European Respiratory Society Meeting 2009, ViennaKamada, a bio-pharmaceutical company engaged in the development, manufacturing and marketing of specialty life-saving therapeutics, announced that data on its next-generation alpha-1 antitrypsin (Inhaled-AAT) in cystic fibrosis patients was presented, at the Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) 2009, Vienna.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am European Union Commission Approves Expanded Use Of ISENTRESS(R) (raltegravir), From MSD, In Adult Patients With HIV-1 InfectionMerck Sharp & Dohme Limited (MSD) announced that ISENTRESS® (raltegravir) has been granted an expanded licence from the European Union Commission (Commission) for use in combination with other antiretroviral (ARV) medicinal products for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adult patients, includinSource: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am High-Res View Of Zinc Transport Protein Reveals Shape-shifting Atomic Interactions; Suggests Mechanism And Possible Drug TargetsHow much difference can a tenth of a nanometer make? When it comes to figuring out how proteins work, an improvement in resolution of that miniscule amount can mean the difference between seeing where atoms are and understanding how they interact. Case in point: New, improved-resolution views of a zinc transporter protein deciphered at the U.S.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Sniffing Out Toxic Gases With Opto-Electronic NoseImagine a polka-dotted postage stamp that can sniff out poisonous gases or deadly toxins simply by changing colors. As reported in the Sept.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Sep 2009 | 1:00 am Swine flu victim speaks of ordealA Scottish woman who had to be airlifted to Sweden for life-saving swine flu treatment tells the BBC of her fears for her unborn child.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Sep 2009 | 12:23 am Forty Years' War: Where Cancer Progress Is Rare, One Man Says NoSome say that Dr. Richard Pazdur, the man in charge of the nation’s cancer drug office, makes it too difficult for experimental drugs to come to market. Source: NYT > Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 11:59 pm Abu Dhabi Gives U.S. Hospital $150 MillionThe government of Abu Dhabi’s gift will go toward researching pain-free approaches to pediatric surgery.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 11:33 pm On Politics: Health Care What-IfsWhat if Hillary Rodham Clinton had stayed in the Senate and had been awarded a role in managing the health care bill?Source: NYT > Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 10:49 pm Senate Health Bill Draws Fire on Both SidesSenator Charles E. Grassley said he could not support health care legislation drafted in months of bipartisan talks. Liberal Democrats also criticized the plan.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 10:24 pm Not All Kids With Head Injuries Need Brain Scans (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Guidelines to identify children with a very low risk of serious brain injury after they've suffered a head injury are highly effective and can reduce the use of scans that expose children to radiation, a new study has found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Sep 2009 | 9:54 pm Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 15, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Sep 2009 | 9:53 pm Early spankings make for aggressive toddlers, study shows (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Children who are spanked as 1-year-olds are more likely to behave aggressively and perform worse on cognitive tests as toddlers than children who are spared the punishment, new research shows.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Sep 2009 | 9:53 pm Anxious Kids at Risk for Obesity in Adulthood (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Children with emotional difficulties have a greater risk of becoming obese in adulthood, new research has found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Sep 2009 | 9:53 pm Diabetes Medications Don't Lower Inflammation (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- In people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, the glucose-lowering medications metformin and insulin don't appear to reduce the inflammation associated with heart disease, new research suggests.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Sep 2009 | 9:53 pm Pesticides Linked to Parkinson's (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- People whose jobs bring them in regular contact with pesticides may be at increased risk for Parkinson's disease, a U.S. study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Sep 2009 | 9:53 pm Machine for Breathing Troubles May Aid in Swine Flu Care, Researchers SayPatients with severe breathing problems do better if their blood is run through a heart-lung machine than if they are attached to a conventional ventilator, British researchers found.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 7:44 pm Really?: The Claim: Cocoa Butter Can Remove Stretch MarksCan cocoa butter help reduce the marks caused be pregnancy and weight gain?Source: NYT > Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 7:00 pm What's the Best Single Food to Eat?There's no good answer to this one, because we humans need a range of nutrients from a variety of foods to be healthy.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 6:36 pm Doctors warn on climate failureFailure to agree a new UN climate deal in December will usher in a "global health catastrophe", according to medical leaders.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Sep 2009 | 5:31 pm Group exercise 'boosts happiness'People who exercise together appear to have a higher pain threshold than those who work out alone, a study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Sep 2009 | 5:01 pm New drug 'can treat more cancers'A promising new drug may be able to treat more types of cancer than scientists had at first thought.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Sep 2009 | 5:00 pm Complication risk for older mumsUK scientists produce further evidence to suggest delaying becoming a mother for the first time may be risky.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Sep 2009 | 5:00 pm FDA Approves 4 Vaccines for 2009 H1N1 InfluenzaThe FDA has approved 4 vaccines against the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus, formerly known as "swine flu." The vaccine lots are expected to be available and distributed within the next 4 weeks.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Sep 2009 | 3:58 pm FAST Enough? Intrathoracic Monitor Bests Weight Gain in Predicting Worsening Heart FailureCan an intrathoracic fluid-status monitor, added to an already-indicated ICD or CRT-D device in patients with heart failure, serve as the decompensation early-warning system now provided--unreliably but as recommended in the guidelines--by the bathroom scale?Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Sep 2009 | 3:54 pm New AAN/CNS Guidelines on Evaluation of Children With MicrocephalyThe AAN and the CNS have released a new Practice Parameter to guide diagnosis and screening for neurologic and cognitive problems in those children with a small head size.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Sep 2009 | 3:46 pm Omeprazole, But Not Pantoprazole, Inhibits Clopidogrel's Platelet ResponseThe use of omeprazole significantly reduced the antiplatelet activity of clopidogrel, even with a high maintenance dose of the drug, and other PPIs, such as pantoprazole, should be preferred in clopidogrel-treated patients, according to investigators.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Sep 2009 | 3:45 pm New ASCOT Analysis: Beta Blockers Not Beneficial in Hypertensives With TachycardiaPulse rate should not be the determinant of which drugs are used in hypertension, conclude the authors of a new subgroup analysis of the ASCOT trial.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Sep 2009 | 3:45 pm Newly Initiated Statin Therapy After ACS Reduces Plaque Burden Within Six WeeksInitiating statin therapy following an acute coronary syndrome resulted in a significant reduction in coronary atheroma volume after just six weeks, showing that the lipid-lowering drugs act quickly on atherosclerotic plaques.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Sep 2009 | 3:45 pm Conflicts of Interest Affect Best Practices in Both Industry-Funded and Non-Industry-Funded TrialsClinicians and researchers need to be more aware before signing on to studies about what potential conflicts might arise with the sponsor and set the ground rules for such areas as access to data, manuscript preparation, and right to publish.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Sep 2009 | 3:45 pm Insulin or Metformin Therapy May Not Reduce Inflammatory Biomarkers in DiabetesA study shows that in patients with recent-onset type 2 diabetes, treatment with insulin or metformin vs placebo improves glucose control but does not reduce inflammatory biomarker levels.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Sep 2009 | 3:34 pm FDA approves new swine flu vaccine (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Sep 2009 | 3:17 pm Is there really a skin cancer epidemic? (Reuters)Reuters - Is melanoma, a potentially deadly form of skin cancer, on the rise, as is often reported? Maybe not, says a new study: The "melanoma epidemic" may simply represent a change in how doctors are diagnosing the disease.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Sep 2009 | 3:05 pm Q & A: Smoke and CravingIs addiction to nicotine stronger than addiction to cocaine?Source: NYT > Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 2:07 pm Watch and wait good option in prostate cancer: study (Reuters)Reuters - * Survival rates have improved dramatically since 1970sSource: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Sep 2009 | 2:03 pm Basics: An Organ of Many Talents, at the Root of Serious IllsThe pancreas, which performs both endocrine and exocrine functions, is pivotal in diabetes and obesity.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 1:56 pm FDA approves H1N1 vaccine applicationsThe Food and Drug Administration has approved applications from four manufacturers to make H1N1 flu vaccine, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 1:50 pm Mind: When a Parent’s ‘I Love You’ Means ‘Do as I Say’Evidence is now available about the mainstream thinking on the disciplining of children.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 1:41 pm Books: One Injury, 10 Countries: A Journey in Health CareAn author’s trip around the world with a sore shoulder teaches a lot about the health care system in the United States.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 1:39 pm Why Some People Can't Keep Weight OffPeople who can keep weight off use a different part of the brain when they see food.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 9:32 am Commentary: New face of addiction in AmericaAddiction in America has a new face: prescription drugs. Last year, prescription drugs replaced heroin and cocaine as the leading cause of deadly overdoses.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 8:23 am Compound in melon 'may help reduce stress'Scientists may have uncovered a natural way to combat stress - eat a melon.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Sep 2009 | 8:01 am Beijing birth defects rise againBeijing sees another rise in birth defects, mirroring increases elsewhere in China, amid fears pollution is to blame.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Sep 2009 | 7:52 am Study: Allergies can quash sex lifeSneezing and wheezing may stamp out those flames of desire. A new study reveals that allergies could be getting in the way of amorous activities.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 7:17 am Do Brains Shrink As We Age?Scientists may have overestimated how much our brain shrinks as we age, a new study suggestsSource: Livescience.com - Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 7:09 am Champion mumsCould pregnancy be a boon for the body?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Sep 2009 | 7:05 am Yemeni girl, 12, dies in painful childbirthA 12-year-old Yemeni girl, who was forced into marriage, died during a painful childbirth that also killed her baby, a children's rights group said Monday.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Sep 2009 | 5:25 am Run, Izzard, runHow did the comic pull off such a feat of endurance?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Sep 2009 | 5:01 am Darth Vader voices scare young girls but they get to love themYoung girls are intimidated by deep voices such as Darth Vader but get to love them as they get older, new research finds.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Sep 2009 | 4:22 am
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