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US, other nations stop counting pandemic flu cases (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Oct 2009 | 4:19 am UPDATE 1-News Corp's Murdoch calls on China to open market* Calls for further opening of China media market (Adds comment from TV Asahi in 7th paragraph)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Oct 2009 | 3:29 am Nations no longer counting pandemic flu cases; last US estimate in July, stuck at 1 millionATLANTA - U.S. health officials have lost track of how many illnesses and deaths have been caused by the first global flu epidemic in 40 years. And they did it on purpose. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Oct 2009 | 3:22 am U.S. court backs Ericsson over 2007 profit warningSTOCKHOLM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Ericsson said on Friday a U.S. court had thrown out an appeal in a case brought by investors who claimed the telecom equipment maker had misled them prior to issuing a profit...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Oct 2009 | 3:17 am ME virus discovery raises hopesUS research suggests a single virus may play a role in the development of chronic fatigue syndrome.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Oct 2009 | 3:11 am BorsodChem private equity owners get lender supportBUDAPEST, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Hungarian chemicals firm BorsodChem [BDCD.UL] said its lenders want private equity owners Permira [PERM.UL] and Vienna Capital Partners to keep a majority stake in the company,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Oct 2009 | 2:59 am PetroChina's Jinxi to raise Oct runs after repairsBEIJING, Oct 9 (Reuters) - PetroChina will raise crude processing in October at its Jinxi refinery by more than 60 percent from September after an extended period of maintenance, industry sources said...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Oct 2009 | 2:41 am S.Korea aims to sell 7 pct of Woori Finance within yearSEOUL, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The South Korean government, which owns 73 percent of Woori Finance Holdings , is planning to sell a 7 percent stake in the holding company within the year, a senior official of...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Oct 2009 | 2:27 am UPDATE 1-Dogan sees precedent in collateral rulingISTANBUL, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A Turkish court has ruled in favour of Turkey's largest media company, Dogan Yayin , in its challenge to a demand for 915 million liraSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Oct 2009 | 2:16 am UPDATE 2-Telefonica to pay 2010 dividend above forecasts* Buyback does not emerge, but not ruled out for futureSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Oct 2009 | 2:15 am UPDATE 2-Telefonica to pay 2010 dividend above forecasts* Buyback does not emerge, but not ruled out for futureSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Oct 2009 | 2:15 am US, other nations stop counting pandemic flu casesU.S. health officials have lost track of how many illnesses and deaths have been caused by the first global flu epidemic in 40 years. And they did it on purpose. Government doctors...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Oct 2009 | 2:05 am Fat city: W.Va. town braces for TV show depiction (AP)
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News: Health News | 9 Oct 2009 | 1:48 am INFORMS Meeting Paper Says Specialty Hospitals Cherry-Pick Patients, Exaggerate SuccessAlthough many specialized hospitals deliver better and faster services in cardiac care and other specialties, a paper being presented at the annual meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) maintains that these hospitals cherry-pick patients to achieve these results, and that average patients actually receive worse care.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Heartburn Drugs Deemed Safe For Fetuses According To Ben-Gurion University ResearchersH2 Blocker drugs, such as Famotidine, Cimetidine and Ranitidine, approved in the U.S. for acid reflux (heartburn), pose no significant risks for the fetus according to a large collaborative cohort study by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am 4 National Groups Of Surgeons Respond To The Institute Of Medicine's RecommendationEver since the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educations (ACGME) and its Resident Review Committees instituted limitations on duty-hours for residents, in 2003, there has been an ongoing debate about the benefits and costs of the changes imposed on patient care and the education of residents.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am New Link Found Between Osteoporosis And Coeliac DiseasePeople with coeliac disease may develop osteoporosis because their immune system attacks their bone tissue, a new study has shown. It is the first time an autoimmune response - a condition whereby the body can attack itself - has been shown to cause damage to bones directly.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Enzyme May Be A Key To Alzheimer's-Related Cell DeathA Purdue University researcher has discovered that the amount of an enzyme present in neurons can affect the mechanism thought to cause cell death in Alzheimer's disease patients and may have applications for other diseases such as stroke and heart attack.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Needle Biopsy Is Gold Standard For Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Surgeons' Unanimous ConsensusA special report published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicates that an alarming 35% of initial diagnostic breast biopsies in the United States are still being done using unnecessary open surgical techniques. This in spite of the fact that it costs as much as three times more than the much less invasive and equally accurate needle biopsy technique.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am What Is Hypoglycemia? What Causes Hypoglycemia?A person with abnormally low levels of blood sugar (glucose) has hypoglycemia. Glucose is the body's main energy source. Hypoglycemia is not a disease in itself; it is a sign of a health problem. The majority of people know when their blood sugar levels have dropped, and have time to do something about it.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am ibody Science™ Honors Breast Cancer Survivors During Breast Cancer Awareness MonthIn honor of the breast cancer survivors who have benefited from her skin solution™ product, ibody science founder Saga Stevin will donate $5 to the Virginia Piper Breast Center at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn., for every 1 oz. bottle sold online through the end of October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Reform Of Organ Donation And Transplantation Service Is Helping To Save More LivesLess than two years after publication of a report calling for radical changes to the UK's donation and transplant service, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has recruited an additional 65 specialist nurses - Donor Transplant Co-ordinators - who guide families through the process of deceased donation.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Ten Minute Talk Boosts Breast Cancer Awareness Six FoldA ten minute talk between a woman and a health professional increases the chances she will be 'breast cancer aware' by six fold, according to research published online in the British Journal of Cancer (BJC) and presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Birmingham yesterday (Wednesday).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Generation 100Can you really trust long life expectancy predictions?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Oct 2009 | 11:57 pm Vital Signs: Nutrition: Lower Depression Risk Linked to Mediterranean DietA Mediterranean may be protect not just the heart, but mental health as well, a new study finds. Source: NYT > Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 11:48 pm Doctor and Patient: The Comfort of a DiagnosisWith a diagnosis, the doctor-patient relationship has direction; without one, both patient and physician are unmoored.Source: NYT > Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 11:42 pm Decline in Growth of Prescription Drug Revenue Is ForecastA forecast released by IMS cited increased sales of generic drugs and the worldwide economic downturn.Source: NYT > Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 11:33 pm For Families of Mentally Ill, Mixed Feelings Over Push Away From Adult HomesWhile relatives were happy that a court ruling may force New York to find less-restrictive homes for thousands of mentally ill residents, many feared that life on the outside might prove difficult.Source: NYT > Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 11:28 pm Swine flu put many hospitalized patients into ICU (AP)
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News: Health News | 8 Oct 2009 | 10:48 pm Susceptible to Swine Flu but Skipping InoculationsOnly about one-fifth of children ages 5 to 17 received the shots last year, though that is expected to change this flu season.Source: NYT > Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 10:16 pm Health Care Bill Gets Green Light in Cost AnalysisThe announcement came a day after a cost analysis showed the bill meeting President Obama’s requirements.Source: NYT > Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 10:12 pm Virus Is Found in Many With Chronic Fatigue SyndromeResearchers found a link between a little known virus and patients with the syndrome, which has long been a mystery.Source: NYT > Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 10:08 pm The Food Issue: Rules to Eat ByFor all the authority we grant to science on nutrition, culture has a lot to teach us.Source: NYT > Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 10:02 pm As Teens Plug In, Parents Fret (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Parents' worry lists are typically long -- and get longer when their children become teenagers. And high on many lists, it seems, are fears about hearing loss.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Health Tip: Understanding Gestational Diabetes (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Gestational diabetes occurs only during pregnancy, and affects about 4 percent of pregnant women, says the American Diabetes Association.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Study finds many childhood cancer survivors never marry (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood cancer survivors are 20 percent to 25 percent more likely to remain unmarried than their siblings or people in the general population, a U.S. study has found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 8, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Treatment Method After a Miscarriage Does Not Affect Subsequent PregnanciesIn a randomized controlled trial, the method of miscarriage management did not affect subsequent pregnancy rates, suggesting that long-term fertility concerns need not affect choice of treatment.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Oct 2009 | 7:07 pm Hair loss advice project extendedHairdressers are to receive more training to help cancer patients deal with hair loss and to learn how to style wigs to look natural.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Oct 2009 | 6:26 pm Giving Gardasil to boys not cost effective: study (Reuters)Reuters - Vaccinating boys against the virus that causes cervical cancer and genital warts does not appear to be cost-effective, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Oct 2009 | 6:21 pm Cards 'can support mentally ill'People should consider sending cards and gifts to friends and family suffering with mental health problems, experts say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Oct 2009 | 6:16 pm Obesity and mental health linkedPeople with mental health problems are likely to avoid gyms and physical exercise due to embarrassment and fear of being judged, a survey finds.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Oct 2009 | 5:38 pm Doubts raised over MRSA screeningThe wisdom of screening all hospital patients for MRSA in England is being questioned by a leading expert.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Oct 2009 | 5:37 pm Parents 'should supply alcohol'A weekly alcohol allowance for teenagers could cut drink-fuelled violence and sex, a study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Oct 2009 | 5:10 pm New Review Confirms Homocysteine Lowering Does Not Prevent CVD EventsThe latest review to look at the effects of homocysteine lowering with vitamin-B supplementation has come to much the same conclusions as most other studies and analyses in this field.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Oct 2009 | 4:14 pm New Joint Statement Streamlines Definition of Metabolic SyndromeThe statement from the International Diabetes Federation, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the American Heart Association, among others, formalizes the definition of the metabolic disorder with the hope of eliminating some of the confusion regarding how to identify patients with the syndrome.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Oct 2009 | 4:14 pm Generation B: In a Changing Era, a Reminder of AIDSOne baby boomer is working and marching with a new group of activisits, and feeling like a grandpa.Source: NYT > Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 3:39 pm Health Care Bill Gets Green Light in Cost AnalysisDemocrats rejoiced that the Senate’s measure met White House cost expectations and would reduce the deficit.Source: NYT > Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 3:38 pm Feds: Food stamps swapped for Viagra, booze, porn (AP)AP - Viagra and pornography are not staples on the government's food stamp list. But authorities said a Detroit store supplied them during a series of illegal deals. Federal prosecutors filed fraud charges this week against three people who worked at Jefferson's Liquor Palace.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Oct 2009 | 3:31 pm Herpes Zoster Attacks Increase Stroke Risk By 30%A new epidemiological study shows that the risk for stroke is increased after a zoster attack (aka shingles) by 30% and by up to 4-fold when the attack involves the eye.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Oct 2009 | 3:06 pm MicroRNA Expression Might Predict Outcomes From Liver Cancer TherapyExpression patterns of miR-26 are associated with survival and with response to adjuvant treatment with interferon alfa in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Oct 2009 | 2:41 pm Study links virus to chronic fatigue syndrome (AP)AP - A virus recently linked to prostate cancer is a new suspect in chronic fatigue syndrome. Scientists tested blood from 101 patients and found two-thirds carried it.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Oct 2009 | 2:24 pm Vaccine Reduces Cocaine Use in Patients Reaching Target Antibody LevelsTreatment holds promise for other drugs addictions as well.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Oct 2009 | 1:25 pm Massachusetts' Universal Healthcare Coverage Reveals Serious Shortage of Primary Care PhysiciansMassachusetts healthcare reform, enacted in 2006, gave coverage to all state residents, but contrary to what policy makers expected, it did not reduce emergency department wait times or overcrowding.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Oct 2009 | 1:09 pm Royal 'cursed' blood disorder identifiedDNA analysis reveals the identity of the "cursed blood" disorder that afflicted the British Royal FamilySource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Oct 2009 | 12:26 pm Senate Healthcare Reform Bill Would Reduce Deficit, CBO SaysA heavily amended proposal before the Senate Finance Committee would cost $829 billion but would trim the federal deficit by $81 billion through 2019, according a Congressional Budget Office analysis.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Oct 2009 | 12:24 pm Even Modest Exercise Boosts Self-ImageThose who hit the gym are likely to feel better about their bodies.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 11:06 am Fergus On FluThe second wave of the H1N1 virus is 'a slow burn'Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Oct 2009 | 10:51 am The Pill May Alter Sex Partner PreferencesA study suggests that being on birth control may influence the type of men women pick.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 10:50 am Gastric Cancer Lymph Node Dissection: "Hotly Debated" Between East and WestApproaches to lymph node dissection in the treatment of gastric cancer strongly differ between the East and the West.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Oct 2009 | 10:36 am Up to One Quarter of Pain Patients Self-Medicate With AlcoholClinicians should ask patients who take pain medications whether they also use alcohol for pain relief.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Oct 2009 | 10:31 am Man with breast cancer blames Marine baseA man who was raised at Camp Lejeune told lawmakers Thursday that he blames contaminated water at the U.S. Marines training base for his breast cancer.Source: CNN.com - Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 9:59 am Drug addiction'I spent £600 a month on cocaine'Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Oct 2009 | 8:06 am Nurse accused of reusing equipmentA Fort Lauderdale nurse has resigned and more 1,800 patients have been notified that they may have been exposed to diseases such as HIV and hepatitis, after the nurse allegedly admitted to the hospital that she used disposable IV equipment on multiple patients, a violation of safety standards.Source: CNN.com - Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 8:05 am How to achieve 'planned patienthood'Doctors are often rushed these days, so patients must come to appointments utterly prepared, one expert advises. Here are five ways to maximize your visit to the doctor's office.Source: CNN.com - Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 7:02 am Doctor makes cash on eBayAn Iowa doctor took time off from medicine after adding twins to her family, but she found time to start an online clothing store that brings in a lot of money. She is one of a growing number of doctors considering alternative careers.Source: CNN.com - Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 6:48 am Commentary: Fist bumps, handshakes and the fluThe H1N1 swine flu virus is putting our most familiar gesture of greeting -- handshakes -- at risk.Source: CNN.com - Health | 8 Oct 2009 | 5:29 am
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