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EU launches digital library at Frankfut Book FairThe European Union used the world's biggest book fair to launch the EU Bookshop's digital library, making more than 50 years of documents in about 50 languages available for free on the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Oct 2009 | 2:34 am CALYPSO Trial Shows New Chemotherapy Combination Prolongs Progression Free Survival In Ovarian CancerTreating women with relapsed platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer with combined carboplatin and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin prolongs progression free survival and is associated with a lower risk of severe, long lasting nerve damage than standard carboplatin/paclitaxel treatment.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Gynaecological Cancer Treatment Enters New Era Of Patient-tailored CareAdvances in cancer prevention and treatment reported at this week's premier European congress for specialists in gynaecological cancers show that care is being more effectively tailored to the needs of individual women, so that survival can be improved without the cost of added complications and reduced quality of life.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Kinder Cervical Cancer Surgery Reduces Complications Without Jeopardising SurvivalNerve-sparing radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer causes less bladder and colorectal dysfunction than standard techniques, but doesn't adversely affect survival, These are the reassuring findings from two studies carried out in Italy and the Czech Republic, and reported at the 16th InternationalSource: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Ovarian Cancer Patients Have Lower Death Risk When Treated By ExpertsWomen with ovarian cancer are less likely to die from their disease if they are treated by specialist gynaecological oncologists than if they are cared for by general gynaecologists, according to the results of a study carried out in Scotland, UK, and reported at this week's 16th International Meeting of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) in Belgrade, Serbia.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Cancer Treatment During Pregnancy Need Not Risk Baby's HealthMany women who discover they have cancer while pregnant risk their own health by postponing treatment.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am High Dose Folate And B Vitamin Supplements Increase Uterine Cancer RiskWomen who take large amounts of folate, vitamin B2, B6 or B12 supplements may be increasing their risk of uterine cancer, according to research presented at the 16th International Meeting of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) in Belgrade, Serbia, 11-14 October 2009.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Broader Age Range Recommended For Cervical ScreeningCervical cancer screening programmes that limit tests to women aged 30-60 years are missing a significant proportion of women who are at risk of getting the disease. An analysis of 401 cases of cervical cancer diagnosed in the Netherlands, where screening is only offered to women aged 30-60, has shown that 19% were in women aged under 30 and 12% were in women over 60.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Keyhole Surgery Shows Quality Of Life Benefits For Women With Early Endometrial CancerWomen who have laparoscopic surgery for early stage endometrial cancer have a shorter hospital stay, less pain and faster recovery within the first six weeks after surgery, according to preliminary results of a comparative study of laparoscopic and open surgery, reported by Dr Claudia Bijen, at the 1Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Nobel Scientist Urges Wider Vaccination Against HPV Infection To Achieve EradicationA global vaccination programme against human papilloma virus (HPV), to include boys as well as girls, could lead to eradication of the virus and virtual disappearance of cervical cancer, predicted Nobel Prize winner, Professor Harald zur Hausen, after delivering the key-note lecture at the 16th InterSource: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman On The International Day For The Eradication Of Poverty"Children who grow up in poverty face many obstacles that can prevent them from reaching their full potential. "Early childhood, in particular, lays the foundation for a lifetime. Children who are chronically undernourished before their second birthday are likely to have diminished cognitive and physical development for the rest of their lives.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Iraqi honey industry battling to regain its buzzIraq's once-flourishing honey industry is struggling to revive itself, hit by long-term environmental degradation and six years of unrest that followed the 2003 US-led invasion. "Honey...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Oct 2009 | 12:59 am Dutch, making peace with water, tackle overcrowdingAbout a hundred houses float on a lake in the Amsterdam neighbourhood of Ijburg --a testament to how the Dutch are trying to turn their traditional enemy, water, into an ally against...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Oct 2009 | 12:52 am Idea Lab: The Fat and Short of ItShould making Americans taller be one of the goals of health care reform? Source: NYT > Health | 18 Oct 2009 | 12:26 am Zimbabwe's efforts to prevent new cholera outbreakWorkers trudge through foul-smelling mud in a trench seeping with clean drinking water and raw sewage in one of the Harare neighbourhoods hardest hit by last year's cholera epidemic. TheSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Oct 2009 | 12:22 am From Altar Wine to Beer Pong, Flu Fears Curb Life’s RitualsWhat used to be O.K. is not anymore, as the flu has ushered in new standards of etiquette that can be, in turns, mundane, absurd and heartbreaking.Source: NYT > Health | 18 Oct 2009 | 12:22 am Months to Live: Fellow Inmates Ease the Pain of Dying in JailAmerican prisons house a growing geriatric population. About 75 prisons have started hospice programs; half use inmate volunteers.Source: NYT > Health | 18 Oct 2009 | 12:20 am Los Angeles Prepares for Clash Over MarijuanaLaw enforcement officials and marijuana supporters disagree over how to regulate the dispensaries that have sprouted in the city since 2002.Source: NYT > Health | 18 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am Slipstream: When 2+2 Equals a Privacy QuestionSome privacy advocates wonder whether rules for electronic records offer enough protection.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Oct 2009 | 11:04 pm 11 More Children Die From Swine Flu: CDC (HealthDay)HealthDay - SATURDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Eleven more U.S. children died from H1N1 swine flu during the past week, a federal health official said Friday, adding that the disease is now so widespread it has surpassed epidemic proportions.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Oct 2009 | 9:47 pm 'Climate refugees' in Bangladesh capitalWhen a cyclone destroyed her home two years ago, Shahana Begum joined the swelling ranks of Bangladeshi "climate refugees" who, experts say, could one day overwhelm the capital Dhaka. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2009 | 9:12 pm 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 | 17 Oct 2009 | 7:55 pm Nurse Is Accused of Using Internet to Encourage SuicidesInvestigators said the nurse feigned compassion for those he met in online chat rooms, while offering step-by-step instructions on how to take their lives.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Oct 2009 | 7:06 pm Health unit pushes for inclusion of apartments, condos in anti-smoking actTORONTO - Peel Public Health is pushing Queen's Park to add more restrictions to the Smoke-Free Ontario Act. The health unit wants the province to enact legislation that protects ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2009 | 5:50 pm Nick of timeAggressive care saved this diabetic's footSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Oct 2009 | 5:37 pm Players kick off World Cup anti-malaria fightZURICH (Reuters) - Footballers are teaming up with governments, companies and international health campaigners to push for action against malaria ahead of next year's World Cup finals in...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2009 | 4:53 pm Roche drug helps halt rheumatoid arthritis progress* At 8mg/kg dose, 83 pct had no joint damage progressionSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2009 | 3:00 pm Pfizer JAK-3 arthritis drug effective in studies* Oral JAK inhibitor meets primary goals at several dosesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2009 | 3:00 pm J&J's Simponi effective against joint damage-studyNEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson's new rheumatoid arthritis drug, Simponi, when used in combination with the common treatment methotrexate was significantly more effective at inhibiting...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Oct 2009 | 3:00 pm Medicare Officials to Let Insurers Warn Recipients About Pending Health BillsThe Obama administration backed away from an order blocking communications about the possible loss of benefits under pending legislation to overhaul the health care system.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Oct 2009 | 1:34 pm Medicine’s Elusive Goal: A Safe Weight-Loss DrugThree small California companies are hoping to begin selling obesity drugs that could help treat one of America’s biggest and costliest health problems.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Oct 2009 | 12:45 pm Hitting early, swine flu claims 11 more kids in US (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Oct 2009 | 12:26 pm Feds approve new HPV vaccineThe Food and Drug Administration approved a second vaccine intended to protect against cervical cancer.Source: CNN.com - Health | 17 Oct 2009 | 4:19 am
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