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Some poor nations succeeding in fighting hunger (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Oct 2009 | 3:48 am CLSA says China fund to help overcome govt hurdlesSHANGHAI, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Asia-focused brokerage CLSA said on Friday that its plans to launch a 10 billion yuan ($1.46 billion) local-currency fund in China would enable the Hong Kong-based company...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2009 | 3:40 am CLSA says China fund to help overcome govt hurdlesSHANGHAI, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Asia-focused brokerage CLSA said on Friday that its plans to launch a 10 billion yuan ($1.46 billion) local-currency fund in China would enable the Hong Kong-based company...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2009 | 3:40 am Giving babies Tylenol may blunt vaccines' effects (AP)
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News: Health News | 16 Oct 2009 | 3:31 am Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitionsOct 16 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0930 GMT on Friday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2009 | 3:30 am UPDATE 2-Sharp sees tight LCD panel supply through mid-2010* Comments follow startup of Sharp's flagship LCD plantSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2009 | 3:26 am Getinge Q3 pretax tops forecastSTOCKHOLM, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Medical technology group Getinge posted a bigger-than-expected rise in third-quarter pretax profit on Friday and stood by its forecast for full-year earnings to rise about...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2009 | 3:18 am UPDATE 3-Cytos anti-smoking vaccine flops; shares drop(Rewrites, adds more comment, detail and updated shares)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2009 | 3:08 am Nissui Pharm -6-month group forecastCONSOLIDATED EARNINGS ESTIMATES (in billions of yen unless specified)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2009 | 3:00 am Nissui Pharm -2009/10 group forecastCONSOLIDATED EARNINGS ESTIMATES (in billions of yen unless specified)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2009 | 3:00 am Nissui Pharm -6-month parent forecastPARENT-ONLY EARNINGS ESTIMATES (in billions of yen unless specified)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2009 | 3:00 am Nissui Pharm -2009/10 parent forecastPARENT-ONLY EARNINGS ESTIMATES (in billions of yen unless specified)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Oct 2009 | 3:00 am Living Near Green Space Has A Positive Influence On HealthResearch published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health reports that people living close to green space have lower rates of anxiety and depression and superior physical health than those living in dense cities. The findings were based on the health records of people registered with 195 family doctors in 95 practices across the Netherlands.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Outfoxing Pox: Developing A New Class Of Vaccine CandidatesIn the annals of medicine, Edward Jenner's 1796 vaccination of a young boy against smallpox, using fluid from cowpox blisters, remains a landmark case. In a new study, Kathryn Sykes, a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute and her colleagues have taken a fresh look at cowpox.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Trialing Major Weight Loss For Type 2 Diabetes In The OverweightIn the first trial of its kind in the world, researchers at Monash University's Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) will examine the benefits of a gastric banding procedure on overweight people with Type 2 diabetes.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Use Of Prophylactic Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) In Children Receiving Vaccinations Can Reduce Vaccine ResponseAfter receiving immunizations, fever is part of the body's normal inflammatory process. In many cases, acetaminophen (paracetamol) is administered to relieve possible risk of high fever or febrile convulsions in children after routine infant vaccinations. An article in this week's edition of The Lancet reports that prophylactic acetaminophen does indeed reduce post-vaccination fever.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am AACR, NCI And EORTC To Host Molecular Targets And Cancer Therapeutics ConferenceWhat The AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics is the location to hear about late-breaking data on emerging cancer therapies. This year's conference brings together delegates from all over the world to discuss innovation in drug development, target selection and the impact of new discoveries in molecular and cell biology.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Seaside Therapeutics Recruits Industry Veterans To Accelerate Development Of Candidates For Autism And Fragile X SyndromeSeaside Therapeutics LLC announced the addition of three highly experienced industry executives to the Company's senior management team-Daniel E. Geffken as Chief Operating Officer, John C. Amedio, Jr., Ph.D., as Vice President, Manufacturing and Process Development and W. Roger Rush, Ph.D., as Vice President, Preclinical Development.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Care Quality Commission NHS Ratings 2008/09 - Department Of Health ResponseResponding to the Care Quality Commission's NHS Ratings Health Minister Mike O'Brien said: "The newly created Care Quality Commission have given a tough assessment which also shows improving standards across the NHS. "Thanks to the hard work of NHS staff there has been major improvement over the past year.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Obesity Boosts Impact Of Air Pollution On HealthThe impact of air pollution may be worse for people who are obese, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The researchers base their findings on data collected on air quality, and biomedical measures for the Health Environments Partnership study.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am UNC Scientists Win $1.6 Million Stimulus Award To Accelerate Decoding Of Human GenomeEver since the first genome sequence was published in 2001, scientists have been working to figure out what the sequence means. An analogy is walking across a desert and finding a large book in a language you don't know, then trying to figure out what the book is saying. "In the case of the human genome, the book is a blueprint to building cells-and ultimately-the whole human.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am New Report Released By UNICEF And WHO Gives A 7-point Plan To Reduce Child Death Due To DiarrheaA new report released by UNICEF and WHO provides a seven-point plan for comprehensive diarrhea control. The plan and its objectives are discussed in a comment published Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Vital Signs: Awareness: Prodding People to Wash Their Hands in RestroomsSigns with simple reminders seem to induce men and women to clean with soap and water, a British study found. Source: NYT > Health | 16 Oct 2009 | 12:33 am Swine Flu Shots Revive a Debate About VaccinesPeople who do not believe in vaccinating children have found fuel for their arguments in the swine flu vaccine.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Oct 2009 | 12:29 am Really?: The Claim: Always Wash Your Hands With Hot Water, Not ColdIs warm or hot water really more effective than cold in preventing the spread of infections?Source: NYT > Health | 16 Oct 2009 | 12:12 am Panel Finds Shortcomings in Bone StudyAn investigation of a Medtronic bone treatment study found instances of research misconduct but failed to find proof that it contained falsified data.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Oct 2009 | 12:03 am Democrats Address Their Own Rifts on Health CareBehind closed doors, lawmakers hotly debated a public option and a Medicare bill.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 11:45 pm Radiation Overdoses Point Up Dangers of Misused CT ScansAt a time when Americans receive far more diagnostic radiation than ever before, the cases underscore the risks posed by a diagnostic tool when used incorrectly.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 11:38 pm Smoking Bans Reduce Heart Attacks and DiseaseA report issued by the Institute of Medicine concluded that secondhand smoke significantly increased the risk of cardiovascular problems.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 10:56 pm Health Tip: When to Call the Pediatrician (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- New parents frequently have concerns about an infant's behavior, crying and fussiness. But how is a new parent to know what's normal and when to call the doctor?Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 15, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Smog Tougher on the Obese (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Air pollution appears to hit the obese hardest, causing significant increases in blood pressure, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Acetaminophen May Weaken Effectiveness of Kids' Vaccines (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Fever after a vaccination is a normal and essential part of building an immune response, and giving children acetaminophen -- best known in the U.S. as Tylenol -- after a shot could dampen that response, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Serum, Cerebrospinal Fluid Urate May Predict Clinical Decline in Parkinson’s DiseaseIn a Parkinson's disease study, higher baseline concentrations of serum and cerebrospinal fluid urate were associated with slower rates of clinical progression.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2009 | 7:59 pm No paracetamol after jabs, study advisesRoutinely giving paracetamol to babies after vaccinations may lower the effectiveness of the immunisation, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Oct 2009 | 6:44 pm Foetal kick charts 'inaccurate'Foetal kick charts, used to check a pregnancy's healthy progress, are inaccurate and should not be used, Irish researchers say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Oct 2009 | 6:33 pm Expert Council Focuses on Left Main PCI: Guideline Changes SuggestedHeartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2009 | 4:56 pm Scripps Starts Routine Genetic Testing for Clopidogrel ResponsivenessScripps Health has announced that it is now offering patients undergoing elective stenting a test for the gene variants associated with an inability to convert clopidogrel to its active metabolite so that antiplatelet therapy can be individualized.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2009 | 4:56 pm Can Statins Prevent and Treat Infection?Results from a new meta-analysis show the pleiotropic effects of statins are useful in the treatment and prevention of different infections, including bacteremia, pneumonia, and sepsis.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2009 | 4:56 pm Racial Background Woefully Underreported in CV TrialsTwo-thirds of the 156 trials considered by the AHA in preparing a recent guideline failed to even record the ethnic backgrounds of participants, a new study has found. The researchers call for the reporting of race/ethnicity to be mandatory in all clinical trials, and they suggest medical journals should enforce this policy.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2009 | 4:56 pm A Fish Tale With Merit: Omega-3 PUFAs Underrated For Heart FailureAre the data not shouting loud enough, or is cardiology hard of herring? Omega-3 fatty acids may have only a modest treatment effect in heart failure, but they've performed swimmingly in randomized and observational studies considering how few new HF drugs have been reeled in lately.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2009 | 4:56 pm New COI Disclosure Form for All ICMJE JournalsThe International Committee of Medical Journal Editors has adopted a new uniform disclosure form for reporting conflicts of interest.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2009 | 4:56 pm FDA to study negative effects of Lasik eye surgery (AP)AP - The Food and Drug Administration announced plans Thursday to study the scope of problems connected with laser eye-correcting surgery, which include blurred vision and dry eyes.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Oct 2009 | 4:33 pm Scientists grow mice heart muscle strip that beats (AP)AP - Scientists have grown a piece of heart muscle — and then watched it beat — by using stem cells from a mouse embryo, a big step toward one day repairing damage from heart attacks. Think of Dr. Kenneth Chien as a heart mechanic. "We're making a heart part and (eventually) we're going to put the part in," is how he describes the work by his team of Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Oct 2009 | 4:11 pm Changes in Plasma Beta Amyloid Levels May Predict Late-Life Cognitive DeclineIncreases in AB40 and AB42 ratios from mid- to late life may be a reliable predictor of cognitive decline in old age.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2009 | 4:00 pm Implant Superior to Oral Therapy in Reducing Relapse in Heroin DependenceSustained-release naltrexone implant offers heroin addicts a window of opportunity to change their lifestyle.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2009 | 3:51 pm Coronary Angiography May Not Worsen Renal Function in Patients With Advanced Chronic Kidney DiseaseIn a retrospective analysis, elective coronary angiography did not appear to worsen glomerular filtration rate in patients with advanced CKD, facilitating a safe preemptive transplant program.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 15 Oct 2009 | 3:45 pm Swine flu 6 months later: Relief, but winter looms (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Oct 2009 | 3:40 pm Insurance Industry Assails Health Care LegislationThe health insurance industry said that legislation drafted by Senate Democrats would drive up premiums, rather than making coverage more affordable.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 2:49 pm UK swine flu jabs start next weekThe swine flu vaccination programme will get under way in the UK next week, the government says.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:58 pm Trescothick flies home from IndiaSomerset's Marcus Trescothick returns home from the Champions League in India after a recurrence of his stress-related illness.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:57 pm Blood thinner may cause problems after an injury (Reuters)Reuters - Warfarin, a common blood thinner used for preventing heart attacks and blood clots may also cause problems for individuals who suffer some form of trauma, particularly the elderly.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:25 pm Personal Best: Is the Exercise Cool-Down Really Necessary?There is pretty much no science behind the cool-down advice.Source: NYT > Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 1:25 pm How Fake Treatments Reduce Real PainPeople who believe a pain treatment is working have reduced pain signaling in their spinal cord, says a new study.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 12:11 pm Study: Tingle of Carbonation Is Tasty, TooNew research suggests carbonation has a taste.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 12:09 pm Speed of Thought-to-Speech Traced in BrainElectrodes implanted in brains of epileptics show neural steps of language production.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 12:06 pm Memory loss woman wins £4m payoutA County Durham woman left with a 10 minute memory after being misdiagnosed by medics is awarded £4m.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Oct 2009 | 12:05 pm Original KISS drummer survived breast cancerA year after beating breast cancer, Peter Criss, a founding member of the rock band KISS, calls himself "the luckiest man in the planet."Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 12:05 pm Scientist uses poison gas to halt deathPeople need oxygen to live but it turns out it is also a toxin, causing a chain of damaging chemical reactions that result in death. Scientists are using that principle to try to cheat death.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 11:00 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 | 10:30 am Justice Ginsburg released after night in hospitalSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized overnight for what appeared to be an adverse reaction to medication, but was released Thursday, a court spokeswoman said in a statement.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 10:17 am Late abortions data to be publicThe government has been ordered by the Information Commissioner to publish data about the number of late abortions carried out because of disability.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Oct 2009 | 9:47 am 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 | 15 Oct 2009 | 8:41 am Green spaces 'improve health'People living close to green spaces have less chance of being mentally ill, say Dutch researchers.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 Oct 2009 | 8:19 am Mom won't be forced to have C-sectionJoy Szabo says she won't be forced to have a C-section -- even if a hospital gets a court order. She and her husband are taking unusual steps to get the birth they want. As C-section rates go up, more women are in the same boat.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 7:30 am How organs are selected for transplantNews that a British soldier died after he received the cancerous lungs of a heavy smoker has sparked intense debate as to whether organs from people with unhealthy lifestyles should be used in transplants.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 6:46 am More than 1 billion going hungry, U.N. saysThe global economic crisis has caused a spike in world hunger that has left more than a billion undernourished, United Nations agencies said in a new report.Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 Oct 2009 | 3:38 am
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