Health and Medical News Headlines for October 23, 2009

CORRECTED-Mongolia lists 8 potential bidders for coal project

(Corrects headline and first line to say eight bidders, not seven)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 3:52 am

Diabetes drug 'trumps fat pill'

A diabetes injection appears more effective at promoting weight loss than one of the leading obesity drugs, trials suggest.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Oct 2009 | 3:17 am

Mongolia lists 7 potential bidders for coal project

BEIJING, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Mongolia has shortlisted seven potential partners for its huge Tavan Tolgoi coking coal project, according to Temuulen Ganzorig, deputy director of Erdenes MGL, the Mongolian...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 3:11 am

Asustek eyes market-beating unit growth in 2010

TAIPEI, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Netbook PC pioneer Asustek aims for its notebook PC shipments to grow faster than the overall industry in 2010, its CEO Jerry Shen said on Friday, with tech demand returning...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 3:02 am

UPDATE 1-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

Oct 23 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0900 GMT on Friday.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 3:00 am

UPDATE 1-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

Intel assures Clearwire on investment info - WSJ

Oct 23 (Reuters) - Intel Corp assured Clearwire Corp it is closely guarding its investment information on the wireless-broadband company after an insider-trading scandal surfaced last week, the Wall...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 2:59 am

UPDATE 1-France's Total finds oil offshore in Angola

PARIS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - French oil major Total has made an offshore oil discovery in Angola, the company said on Friday.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 2:51 am

UPDATE 1-Merck takeover of Schering-Plough wins EU approval

BRUSSELS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co Inc's $41.1 billion takeover of smaller rival Schering-Plough Corp won approval from European Union antitrust regulators on Friday.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 2:44 am

UPDATE 1-Merck takeover of Schering-Plough wins EU approval

RPT-FACTBOX-China's Top-10 overseas oil and gas deals in 2009

Oct 23 (Reuters) - Chinese oil firms, tasked with securing energy supplies to fuel the world's fastest-growing major economy, are finding it tough to search for new oil reserves, especially in western...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 2:30 am

Phytochemicals In Plant-Based Foods Could Help Battle Obesity, Disease

The cheeseburger and French fries might look tempting, but eating a serving of broccoli or leafy greens first could help people battle metabolic processes that lead to obesity and heart disease, a new University of Florida study shows.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am

Alzheimer's Disease: Eyes Are Potential Gateway To Quicker Diagnosis, Treatment, UCI Study Suggests

The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but new research indicates they also may mirror a brain ravaged by Alzheimer's disease. UC Irvine neuroscientists have found that retinas in mice genetically altered to have Alzheimer's undergo changes similar to those that occur in the brain - most notably the accumulation of amyloid plaque lesions.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am

Right At Home, Inc. Expands In-Home Personal Care Services To The UK

Right at Home, Inc., a leading provider of in-home companion and personal care assistance has begun its international expansion with the addition of its first Master Franchise in the United Kingdom, announced Allen Hager, founder and president of Right at Home.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am

Discovery Of Alcohol Tolerance Switch In Fruit Flies

Researchers at North Carolina State University have found a genetic "switch" in fruit flies that plays an important role in making flies more tolerant to alcohol. This metabolic switch also has implications for the deadly liver disease cirrhosis in humans. A counterpart human gene contributes to a shift from metabolizing alcohol to the formation of fat in heavy drinkers.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am

Research To Be Presented At The 2009 American Association Of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting And Exposition

Researchers have developed an optimized mouthpiece design to aid efficient drug delivery to the lungs by reducing the amount of medication wasted as it passes through the mouthpiece of an aerosol inhaler. With current inhaler designs, only approximately 10 to 20 percent of asthma medications are delivered to the lungs.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am

Nation's Premier Health Maintenance Research Group To Collaborate With Innovative International Genomics Research Consortium

The International Serious Adverse Events Consortium (SAEC) has announced that it will collaborate with the HMO Research Network (HMORN) to improve the safe use of drugs by exploring why the genetic makeup of some individuals makes them more likely to experience serious drug-related adverse events (SAEs). The SAEC is a novel, non-profit international research consortium.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am

Electronic Eye Implanted At NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Mimics Human Retina

A 50-year-old New York woman who was diagnosed with a progressive blinding disease at age 13 was implanted with an experimental electronic eye implant that has partially restored her vision. A team led by Dr. Lucian V. Del Priore at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center performed the June 26 surgery -- the first case of its kind in New York.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am

Tocilizumab Shows Sustained Efficacy In Rheumatoid Arthritis

PHILADELPHIA - Investigators are reporting that tolicizumab is an effective, long-term treatment option in multiple subgroups of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. These include patients who have an inadequate response to disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD-IR), patients who have an inadequate response to anti-TNF inhibitors (TNF-IR), and patients who have not failed methotrexate.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am

InHealth Awards $1.4 Million To Investigate Socioeconomic Impact Of Medical Technologies

The Institute for Health Technology Studies (InHealth) has awarded three new research grants totaling more than $1.4 million to investigators at the University of Southern California, Northwestern University, and Stanford University.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am

Obese People Without Diabetes: Liraglutide Reduces Weight And Prevalence Of Risk Factors

An article published Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet reports that liraglutide reduces weight and the prevalence of risk factors in obese people without diabetes. In addition, high doses of liraglutide cause greater weight loss than orlistat. The article is the work of Professor Arne Astrup, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am

Battling Addiction With Those Who Know It Best

Recovering drug addicts in Philadelphia are joining with experts in a broad network to help those still struggling with substance abuse and depression.

Source: NYT > Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 12:11 am

New York halts mandatory flu shot program

New York public health workers will no longer be required to be vaccinated against both the seasonal and H1N1 flu virus, state officials announced Thursday, prompted by a vaccine shortage.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 12:06 am

Fear Over Swine Flu Closes Schools in Iraq

Fear of the H1N1 virus has prompted nearly 2,500 school closings throughout Iraq, in what some health officials have called an overreaction.

Source: NYT > Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 12:03 am

Senate Leader Takes Risk Pushing Public Insurance Plan

Harry Reid is taking a calculated gamble that the 60 members of his caucus could support the plan if it included a way for states to opt out.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Oct 2009 | 11:27 pm

Flu Vaccine Requirement for Health Workers Is Lifted

The Paterson administration, citing a vaccine shortage, said children and pregnant women should get shots first.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Oct 2009 | 11:15 pm

Drug Makers Post Strong Profits, but Future Is Murky

Merck, Schering-Plough, Novartis, and Bristol-Myers Squibb each ended the recent quarter with a solid profit.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Oct 2009 | 10:33 pm

Research Uproar at a Cancer Clinic

A federal investigation found evidence supporting a whistle-blower’s claims, raising questions about methods at community research hospitals in the United States.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Oct 2009 | 10:32 pm

Mexico pushing for homegrown swine flu vaccine (AP)

AP - Grappling with low supplies of swine flu vaccines, President Felipe Calderon persuaded drug makers this week to sell him 30 million doses, while 1,000 Mexicans lined up for an experimental vaccine they hope can speed up supplies.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2009 | 10:24 pm

NY officials rescind mandatory H1N1 flu shot order (AP)

AP - New York state health officials have suspended a ruling that would have forced health care workers across the state to get vaccinated against the swine flu by the end of November or risk losing their jobs, saying in a decision issued Thursday that they did so because the vaccine is in short supply.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2009 | 10:18 pm

Health Tip: Signs of an Asthma Attack in Your Child (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- There may be warning signs before your child has a full-blown asthma attack.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm

Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 22, 2009 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm

Rotavirus Vaccine Cutting Infection Rates Among Kids (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Since routine vaccination of infants against rotavirus started in the United States in 2006, there's been a substantial reduction in the number of cases of rotavirus disease in children, a new government study shows.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm

Red-Grape Compound May Improve Diabetes (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- New research provides further insight into how a health-boosting compound found in red grapes may help the body fend off type 2 diabetes.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm

Guidelines Urge Use of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors should prescribe oral phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitor drugs, such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, for men with erectile dysfunction, unless the patient is on nitrate therapy, according to a clinical practice guideline issued by the American College of Physicians.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm

Diabetes drug also helps weight loss for obese: study (AFP)

AFP - A hormone drug licensed for diabetes also helps obese people lose weight when used in combination with a low-fat diet and physical exercise, according to a trial published online on Friday by The Lancet.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2009 | 5:07 pm

New way to 'stop' premature birth

A drug used to treat cancer can stop contractions and may prevent premature labour, researchers say.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Oct 2009 | 5:04 pm

Low dose radiation 'harms heart'

Mathematicians at Imperial College say they have worked out that low radiation doses can cause cardiovascular disease.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Oct 2009 | 5:03 pm

U.S. Working to Ready More Flu Drugs, Vaccine

A top U.S. health official said on Wednesday new influenza drugs could be approved within days for people critically ill with swine flu and assured Congress that H1N1 vaccine production problems have been overcome.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Oct 2009 | 3:30 pm

CDC: 1 in 5 kids had flu-like illness this month (AP)

AP - About 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month — and most of those cases likely were swine flu, according to a new government health survey. About 7 percent of surveyed adults said they'd had a flu-like illness, the survey found.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2009 | 3:11 pm

New Standard Protocol Improves Outcome for Rare Pediatric Tumor

An interim analysis from the CPT-SIOP-2000 study shows that a protocol of combination chemotherapy and radiation improves survival in children with choroid plexus tumors.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Oct 2009 | 2:37 pm

The Science of Pairing Wine With Food

Scientists have figured out why we pair whites with fish and reds with meat.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 22 Oct 2009 | 2:05 pm

FDA warns: Swine flu scams lurk on the Internet (AP)

AP - Air "sterilizers." A photon machine. Supplement pills to boost the immune system. Protective shampoos and face masks. Even fake Tamiflu.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Oct 2009 | 1:53 pm

Vital Signs: Patterns: Number of Doctors Was Overstated, Study Finds

A lag in reporting retirements might have inflated the physician count in the United States.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Oct 2009 | 12:55 pm

Concussion Trauma Risk Seen in Amateur Athlete

Brain damage has been identified in a former college football player, showing new evidence about the possible safety risks of college and perhaps high school football.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Oct 2009 | 12:29 pm

Psychiatric Disorders, Sexual Trauma Linked to Urinary Tract Symptoms

Depression, anxiety, and sexual trauma have all been implicated as risk factors in lower urinary tract symptoms.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Oct 2009 | 11:50 am

Skin Deep: A Few Cookies a Day to Keep the Pounds Away?

Cookie diets are popular, but critics say the weight-loss plans are neither effective nor healthy.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Oct 2009 | 11:38 am

One Ultrarunning Problem, Solved for Good

Toenail removal can be a big relief to people who compete in 50- or 100-mile races, but some call it overkill.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Oct 2009 | 11:34 am

Noncorrectable Visual Problems Linked to Lower Survival in Older Adults

Noncorrectable visual problems were associated with increased risk for death among persons aged 49 to 74 years, and all visual impairments were associated with the risk for death in older adults.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Oct 2009 | 11:22 am

Lacosamide Add-On May Reduce Partial-Onset Seizures

A new analysis of 3 clinical trials suggests the adjunctive treatment may be beneficial.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Oct 2009 | 10:11 am

Radial PCI Approach Curbs Vascular Complications

In patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, access via the radial artery results in fewer complications than the femoral approach, UK researchers report in the October issue of Heart.
Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Oct 2009 | 10:08 am

Recall of 30-mg Injectable Ketorolac

All ketorolac tromethamine injection, 30 mg/mL, has been recalled because of potential particulate matter and crystallization, which may result in obstruction of blood vessels and adverse effects.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Oct 2009 | 9:56 am

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