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UPDATE 2-Large Tandberg shareholder group snubs Cisco bid* Says would assess higher offer from Cisco or 3rd partySource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Oct 2009 | 3:47 am UPDATE 2-WH Smith to return cash, and looks to India* Year pretax profit 82 mln stg, vs forecast 81.4 mln stgSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Oct 2009 | 3:38 am Indonesia state gas firm seeks LNG for new terminalJAKARTA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Indonesian gas distribution firm PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) is seeking liquefied natural gas (LNG) for its planned receiving terminal in North Sumatra, a company official...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Oct 2009 | 3:29 am Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitionsOct 15 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0900 GMT on Thursday. (For Reuters columns on deals, click [DEALTALK...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Oct 2009 | 3:21 am UPDATE 1-Oxford Bio says ProSavin promising; shares double* Experimental Parkinson's drug shows second dose promiseSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Oct 2009 | 3:16 am RPT-UPDATE 1-Fox-Pitt to close in Asia after Macquarie deal* Fox-Pitt to close in Asia rather than fold into MacquarieSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Oct 2009 | 3:04 am UPDATE 2-AB InBev sells E. Europe beer to CVC for $2.2 blnBRUSSELS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Anheuser-Busch InBev , agreed to sell breweries in nine eastern European countries to CVC Capital Partners on Thursday for an initial $2.23 billion, passing its target for...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Oct 2009 | 2:58 am UPDATE 2-AB InBev sells E. Europe beer to CVC for $2.2 blnBRUSSELS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Anheuser-Busch InBev , agreed to sell breweries in nine eastern European countries to CVC Capital Partners on Thursday for an initial $2.23 billion, passing its target for...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Oct 2009 | 2:58 am UPDATE 2-BHP, Rio scrap plan to jointly market some iron ore* Comes as fresh iron ore price talks start (Adds more details, analyst quotes)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Oct 2009 | 2:35 am Fox-Pitt to close in Asia after Macquarie dealHONG KONG, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Brokerage Fox-Pitt Kelton will cease operations in Asia, according to a memo obtained by Reuters on Thursday, after a wave of resignations following its agreement to be bought...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 Oct 2009 | 2:34 am Art as scienceBeauty revealed under the microscopeSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:54 am Chlamydia: Teenage Boys Take Less Responsibility For Preventing The Spread Of The DiseaseTeenage boys in Sweden take less responsibility than girls for preventing the spread of chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections, according to a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The study was published in the journal Midwifery and was carried out in primary care in the Västra Götaland region of Sweden.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am National Institutes Of Health Awards More Than $54 Million To Kaiser Permanente To Conduct Health ResearchAs part of the $5 billion in grants announced by President Obama, the National Institutes of Health has granted Kaiser Permanente more than $54 million over two years through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to conduct health research on a multitude of critical public and clinical health areas.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am A New Scan For Lung DiseasesPeople with chronic lung disease and asthma could soon be offered better treatment thanks to a new type of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan being pioneered at The University of Nottingham. A purpose-built MRI research unit has been established to study a range of respiratory diseases.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Forensics Firm Builds On Genomic Discovery To Advance DNA-Based IdentificationHigh-tech forensics firm, Casework Genetics is applying new technology to forensic evidence enabling law enforcement labs to solve crimes with greater molecular precision and efficiency than ever before. Dr.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am How A Well-Known Epilepsy And Pain Drug WorksA Duke University Medical Center researcher who spent years looking for the signals that prompt the brain to form new connections between neurons has found one that may explain precisely how a well-known drug for epilepsy and pain actually works. The finding may also point to new therapies for brain injury and neuropathic pain.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Coleman Wins GSA's 2009 Maxwell A. Pollack Award For Productive AgingEric A. Coleman, MD, MPH, of the University of Colorado Denver has been chosen by The Gerontological Society of America"Gerontological Society of America (GSA) - the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging - to receive the 2009 Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Productive Aging.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Building Blood VesselsFuturistic plans to grow replacement organs, bones or muscles for soldiers maimed on the battlefield or patients suffering from debilitating disease or injury won't be anything but science fiction unless new blood vessels can grow into that tissue. Without blood vessels delivering oxygen and nutrients and clearing out waste, any replacement parts would starve.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Preventing Injury By Supervising Strength TrainingHalf of all Swedish elite volleyball players suffer at least one injury per season. One important reason may be that most players perform injury-preventing strength training unsupervised. This is shown in a new thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Imperial Tobacco Canada Destroyed Documents Containing Studies On The Health Effects Of SmokingA review in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) reveals that Imperial Tobacco Canada attempted to destroy documents that contained high-quality scientific evidence that cigarette smoke was carcinogenic and addictive. These studies had significant implications for government tobacco-control programs. This is the opening analysis of the 60 scientific reports dating from 1967 to 1984.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Partners With SAGE In 2010 To Publish The Aesthetic Surgery JournalThe American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) has partnered with SAGE to publish the Aesthetic Surgery Journal (ASJ) beginning in 2010. A peer-reviewed international journal indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed, ASJ focuses on scientific developments and clinical techniques in aesthetic surgery.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Public Option Is Next Big Hurdle in Health DebateA day after the Senate Finance Committee approved a measure without a “public option,” the question is how the president can reconcile party divisions on the issue. Source: NYT > Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 12:09 am Connecticut to Scrutinize Food LabelsThe Connecticut attorney general said he was investigating a national labeling campaign that promotes products like Froot Loops and mayonnaise as nutritionally smart choices.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 11:40 pm Personal Best: Is the Exercise Cool-Down Really Necessary?There is pretty much no science behind the cool-down advice.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 11:23 pm Choosing a Policy to Cover What Medicare Doesn’tConsumer advocates urge retirees to find the health care plan that suits them when supplementing Medicare.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 11:10 pm Patient Money: Nearly 65? Time for the Medicare MazeMedicare offers many coverage choices, but the selections made when enrolling could save you money in the long run.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 11:09 pm Health Tip: Manage Pain Without Drugs (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Pain-relieving medications offer relief for many people with sudden or chronic pain. But these drugs have their own risks and potential side effects.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Oct 2009 | 9:50 pm Study: Gene therapy shows promise for treating Parkinson's (HealthDay)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm 2 swine flu vaccine doses for kids under 10 likely (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Oct 2009 | 8:05 pm Shame 'boosts hand-washing rate'People are more likely to wash their hands when they have been shamed into it, research in service station toilets suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Oct 2009 | 5:41 pm Snowe pushes health care compromiseA key figure in the contentious health care debate called for more bipartisan compromise Wednesday, putting her at odds with a growing chorus of dissent from conservative and liberal activists.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 5:37 pm Adults with autism 'cast adrift'Adults with autism in England are often not being diagnosed or supported properly, an influential committee of MPs says.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Oct 2009 | 5:27 pm New York workers must get flu shots, for nowA New York judge denied a request Wednesday for a temporary restraining order barring the state from mandating flu vaccines for health care workers but left open that possibility pending another hearing on the matter next week.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 5:24 pm Studies: Some nursing home elderly get futile care (AP)AP - A surprising number of frail, elderly Americans in nursing homes are suffering from futile care at the end of their lives, two new federally funded studies reveal.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Oct 2009 | 5:07 pm New ALS Guidelines Outline Best Practices to Prolong Length and Quality of LifeTwo new American Academy of Neurology practice parameters review optimal management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Oct 2009 | 3:26 pm Intimate Partner Abuse Can lead to Wide Range of Health ProblemsA new study shows that a wide variety of psychosocial, musculoskeletal, and reproductive diagnoses made in a clinical setting may be linked to intimate partner violence.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Oct 2009 | 3:19 pm RN Psychiatric Liaison Service: An Expert Interview With Jolie Gordon-Browar, BSN, RN-BC, PMHNAt a level 1 trauma center and teaching hospital, the service led to improvement in patient flow, physician and nurse satisfaction, staff injuries, security and sitter use, and to restraint reduction.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Oct 2009 | 3:01 pm Dialysis Linked to Functional Decline in Nursing Home Residents With End-Stage Renal DiseaseIn an uncontrolled study of nursing home residents with end-stage renal disease, dialysis initiation was associated with a substantial and sustained decline in functional status.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Oct 2009 | 3:00 pm Statins Making Comeback in Multiple SclerosisAfter the failure of atorvastatin, many speculated enthusiasm for statins in multiple sclerosis would wane, but researchers say it is too soon to rule them out.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Oct 2009 | 2:55 pm $2.5M verdict over birth defects blamed on Paxil (AP)AP - A jury ordered GlaxoSmithKline to pay $2.5 million to a woman whose son was born with serious heart defects after she took the antidepressant Paxil during her pregnancy.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Oct 2009 | 2:32 pm Recipes for Health: Pasta With White and Black Eggplant, Tomato Sauce and MarjoramThis colorful pasta is perfect for late-summer meals.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 2:15 pm Panguitch Journal: A Rare Case of Homegrown MedicineDoctors are a rarity in many rural areas. But Panguitch, Utah, has a hospital whose three doctors have never worked anywhere else.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 1:42 pm An Nhon Tay Journal: Exiled From School, H.I.V.-Infected Orphans Learn a Bitter LessonChildren from the Mai Hoa orphanage in Vietnam were prevented from attending a local school by fearful parents of the school’s pupils.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 1:39 pm For young mom, new CPR beat back deathFor the Hardens, it had been a long, exhausting day, but the night would prove even longer: Kathie, 33, went into sudden cardiac arrest and it fell to her husband to try to keep her alive.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 1:36 pm Letters: The Value of Absurdity (1 Letter)To the Editor,.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 1:29 pm Community clinics have key role in health reform (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Oct 2009 | 1:24 pm Republican’s Vote Lifts a Health Bill, but Hurdles RemainSenator Olympia J. Snowe of Maine said her vote to move health care legislation to the floor was no guarantee that she would support a final measure.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 1:00 pm VA to ease way for vets to get stress disability (AP)AP - Female soldiers and others serving in dangerous roles behind the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan have long complained it was hard to prove their combat experience when applying for disability for post-traumatic stress disorder.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Oct 2009 | 12:34 pm The Link Between Parkinson Disease and FarmingFarmers may have a higher risk of getting Parkinson disease.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 12:18 pm Minn. city's get-healthy effort called a success (AP)AP - Hardware store owner and heart attack survivor Leo Aeikens spent most of his life with a hankering for meat, cheese and ice cream. But an ambitious effort aimed at making his entire southern Minnesota city healthier has Aeikens calling himself a vegan and weighing 25 pounds less in just 10 months.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Oct 2009 | 11:58 am Total retirement 'bad for you'Giving up work completely on retirement could be bad for your health, US research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Oct 2009 | 11:43 am Under 10s may need two swine flu shots: Sanofi (Reuters)Reuters - Children under 10 years may need two shots of swine flu vaccine to get optimal protection, French drugmaker and the world's biggest flu vaccine producer Sanofi-Aventis said on Wednesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Oct 2009 | 11:42 am Can fish for dinner lead to diabetes? (Reuters)Reuters - Making sure fish ends up on your dinner plate a couple of times a week may be a good way to cut your risk for developing heart disease, but it may not do the same for diabetes, new study findings hint.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Oct 2009 | 11:39 am Thai HIV Vaccine Trial Results Called "Weak"The value of an HIV vaccine in clinical trials in Thailand is questioned after results are described by its own investigators as "weak."Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Oct 2009 | 11:35 am Primary Stroke Centers Use More Thrombolytic Therapy Than Other Hospitals, but Overall Numbers Still LowA new study using data from the National Inpatient Sample shows about 3% of ischemic stroke patients received tPA at primary stroke centers between 2004 and 2006.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Oct 2009 | 11:13 am Infliximab Linked to Lower Colectomy Rates in Moderate to Severe Active Ulcerative ColitisIn randomized controlled trials, patients treated with infliximab for moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis were less likely to undergo colectomy through 54 weeks vs those receiving placebo.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Oct 2009 | 10:59 am FDA Safety Changes: Symbyax, Zoladex, INOmaxThe FDA has approved safety labeling revisions for olanzapine/fluoxetine HCl capsules (Symbyax), goserelin acetate implants (Zoladex), and nitric oxide for inhalation (INOmax).Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Oct 2009 | 10:48 am Clinical and Psychosocial Burdens of HPV: An Expert Interview With Mary Rubin, RNC, PhD, CRNPA recent presentation examined the clinical and psychosocial burden and the cost of HPV infection to patients and society.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Oct 2009 | 10:42 am Distracted: What Was The Governator Thinking?Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called out his wife for cell-phone use while driving.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 10:28 am Move to cut child diarrhoea deathAn international initiative has been launched to cut the number of children who die from diarrhoea around the world.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Oct 2009 | 9:33 am Underlying conditions playing less of role in H1N1New research suggests that nearly half of patients hospitalized with the H1N1 virus had no underlying conditions, an increase from prior findings, a federal health official said Tuesday.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 8:50 am Weight losers overcome many challengesCowering in a school restroom stall, young Charles D'Angelo would eat his lunch alone to escape classmates bullying him about his weight. Now a fitness coach, his mission in life is to make exercise fun so that kids will want to stay healthySource: CNN.com - Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 8:18 am Cheating Death: Back from the deadChris Brooks, just 22, was out for a night of bowling with friends. Exhausted, on the way home, he texted his girlfriend, "I'm dead." Fifteen minutes later, he was -- but it wasn't the end.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 7:31 am How to dissect a body on your iPhoneA new cell phone application allows users to carry out a virtual dissection of a human body.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 7:25 am Key Senate committee passes health care planOnce the Senate Finance Committee votes Tuesday on its health care overhaul plan, the focus will shift to the closed doors of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's ornate Capitol suite.Source: CNN.com - Health | 14 Oct 2009 | 7:22 am Parents 'doubt cot death risks'Half of cot deaths are linked to bed-sharing, yet many parents remain sceptical about the risk, a poll reveals.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Oct 2009 | 6:45 am Nigeria lifts gunshot medical banNigeria lifts a law that required hospitals to withhold treatment from gunshot victims until police had filed a report.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Oct 2009 | 6:13 am Tongue studs 'can put brain at risk'Fatal brain abscesses should be added to the list of risks of getting a tongue piercing, say doctors.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Oct 2009 | 5:43 am Tourette's traumaHow grief at best friend's death left man with syndromeSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Oct 2009 | 3:30 am
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