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US swine flu deaths surpass 1,000 (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Oct 2009 | 1:52 am Geologists Studying Groundwater Arsenic Levels In India Empower Bengali Women, ChildrenA Kansas State University geologist and graduate student are finding that the most important tools in their fieldwork on groundwater arsenic pollution are women and children armed with pamphlets and testing kits. "When going into a foreign land, you need the common people's help, support and understanding of the work you are doing," said Saugata Datta, a K-State assistant professor of geology.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Link Between Pesticides Exposure And Suicidal ThoughtsA new study in China has found that people with higher levels of pesticide exposure are more likely to have suicidal thoughts. The study was carried out by Dr Robert Stewart from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London together with scientists from Tongde Hospital Zhejiang Province.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am How Tiny Cells Deliver Big SoundDeep in the ear, 95 percent of the cells that shuttle sound to the brain are big, boisterous neurons that, to date, have explained most of what scientists know about how hearing works. Whether a rare, whisper-small second set of cells also carry signals from the inner ear to the brain and have a real role in processing sound has been a matter of debate.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Synthetic Cells Shed Biological Insights While Delivering Battery PowerTrying to understand the complex workings of a biological cell by teasing out the function of every molecule within it is a daunting task. But by making synthetic cells that include just a few chemical processes, researchers can study cellular machinery one manageable piece at a time.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Diagnosed In Deceased Former College Football PlayerThe Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has announced that a deceased former college football player who died at age 42 was already suffering from the degenerative brain disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am The Safety Of Injecting Nanowires Into The BrainThe biological safety of nanotechnology, in other words, how the body reacts to nanoparticles, is a hot topic. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have managed for the first time to carry out successful experiments involving the injection of so-called 'nanowires.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Red Grape Skin Extract Could Be New Treatment For Sickle Cell Disease PatientsAn extract in red grape skin may be a new treatment for sickle cell disease, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Patients In US 5 Times More Likely To Spend Last Days In ICU Than Patients In EnglandPatients who die in the hospital in the United States are almost five times as likely to have spent part of their last hospital stay in the ICU than patients in England. What's more, over the age of 85, ICU usage among terminal patients is eight times higher in the U.S.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Supporting IT For Seniors: Researchers Say Designers Can Help Close Tech GapWhile more older adults than ever are using cell phones and computers, a technology gap still exists that threatens to turn senior citizens into second-class citizens, according to Florida State University researchers. Neil Charness, the William G. Chase Professor of Psychology, and Walter R.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am New Clinical Guidelines For Exacerbations In Cystic FibrosisThe American Thoracic Society has released new clinical guidelines for the treatment of exacerbations in cystic fibrosis based on a review of the literature on current clinical practices. "This is the first such comprehensive and evidence-based systematic review of best practices for pulmonary exacerbation of cystic fibrosis," said Susanna McColley, M.D.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Patient Money: Scrutinizing 2010 Insurance OptionsCompanies change health insurance offerings each year, so open those envelopes and read the choices. Source: NYT > Health | 24 Oct 2009 | 12:25 am Business Briefing | Legal and Regulatory Matters: Eli Lilly Settles Zyprexa Suit with South CarolinaSouth Carolina’s attorney general, Henry McMaster, said the state had reached a $45 million settlement with the drug maker Eli Lilly & Company over the company’s marketing of an antipsychotic drug.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 11:51 pm Food Label Program to Suspend OperationsThe government is working on new regulations for food labeling after criticism of the Smart Choices campaign.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 11:44 pm Ignacio Ponseti, Hero to Many With Clubfoot, Dies at 95Dr. Ponseti was an orthopedist whose gentle, nonsurgical method of correcting clubfoot has become the global standard for treatment.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 10:34 pm Pelosi Intensifies Pressure for Public Health PlanSpeaker Nancy Pelosi acted amid indications that she had not locked down enough Democratic votes for the proposal.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 10:24 pm City Focuses on Recession-Proof Health Care JobsCity officials plan to open an employment center dedicated to training workers for and placing them in health-related jobs, aiming to help them start or advance careers.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 10:22 pm Diabetes Drug May Boost Weight Loss in Obese Patients (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- The diabetes drug liraglutide helps obese people without diabetes lose weight, researchers have found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 23, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Babies Spot Human Speech at 5 Months (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Children as young as 5 months old are able to tell the difference between human speech and monkey calls, a new study has found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm After Tonsillectomy, Short-Term Antibiotics Effective: Study (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- A three-day course of antibiotics may be as effective as a seven-day course in reducing pain after children have their tonsils removed, a new study has found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: Help for Fighting MalariaThe Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced Friday that Nigeria would receive grants to distribute 30 million antimalarial bed nets.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 9:21 pm News Analysis: Shortages and Confusion in Flu FightA prediction that a drive to vaccinate against the swine flu virus would be “a little bumpy” has come true.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 9:13 pm Research Uproar at a Cancer ClinicA 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 | 23 Oct 2009 | 9:05 pm FDA approves emergency use of new intravenous flu drug, peramiviremergency use authoritization for a new flu drug, the first new influenza antiviral in years. The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it had granted the emergency use...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 8:27 pm CORRECTED: Sanofi on track for 75.3 mln H1N1 US vaccine doses(Makes clear in first paragraph that Sanofi is on track; eliminates reference in second paragraph to production problems)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 6:50 pm Michelle Obama highlights breast cancer awareness (AP)
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News: Health News | 23 Oct 2009 | 6:42 pm Holiday horror'There was blood everywhere - I thought I'd die'Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Oct 2009 | 6:37 pm Genome analysis changes diagnosisA critically ill Turkish boy has had his life saved after scientists were able to read his genome quickly and work out that he had a wrong diagnosis.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Oct 2009 | 6:21 pm Blackstone's Merlin theme park group eyes IPO -FTNEW YORK, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group's Merlin Entertainments, the theme park group that owns Legoland and the London Eye, is preparing an initial public offering, the Financial Times website...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 5:23 pm Amid ballooning deficit, documents suggest Ont. hospitals will see funding dropTORONTO - Critics are questioning Premier Dalton McGuinty's pledge to help cash-strapped hospitals in tough economic times amid new figures that suggest their operating budgets will be...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 5:16 pm Flu Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers Halted in New YorkHundreds of thousands of healthcare workers in New York State are now no longer mandated to be vaccinated against seasonal and H1N1 influenza.Hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers in New York State are now no longer mandated to be vaccinated against seasonal and H1N1 influenza.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Oct 2009 | 4:54 pm Deal for Northrop's TASC unit inches closer-sourceNEW YORK, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co [KKR.UL] and General Atlantic are moving closer to a deal to buy Northrop Grumman's TASC unit, a source familiar with...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 4:52 pm Deal for Northrop's TASC unit inches closer-sourceNEW YORK, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co [KKR.UL] and General Atlantic are moving closer to a deal to buy Northrop Grumman's TASC unit, a source familiar with...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 4:52 pm CDC Defends Reliance on "Antiquated" H1N1 Vaccine Production Despite ShortageAlthough disappointed with lower-than-expected supplies of the H1N1 influenza vaccine, the CDC would not switch to newer manufacturing methods, given the relatively mild nature of the pandemic.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Oct 2009 | 4:44 pm Sanofi on track for 75.3 million H1N1 vaccine dosesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials are struggling to deliver vaccine against the H1N1 pandemic virus ahead of its spread but Sanofi Pasteur, one of five vaccine makers under...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 4:38 pm UPDATE 2-Mexico Sept oil data point to stabilizing outputMEXICO CITY, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Mexican oil production fell in September from a year ago but was higher than August, lending further support to the government's claim that oil production levels are stabilizing...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 4:33 pm UPDATE 1-Valero says no production impact at Texas CityHOUSTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp said an incident that triggered flaring on Friday in Complex 1 of its 245,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Texas City, Texas, refinery had no impact on operations...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 4:25 pm UPDATE 1-Canadian health officials discount vaccine "myths"* Poll indicates public worried (Updates with poll, paragraph 13)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Oct 2009 | 4:24 pm Health reform moves to close U.S. Medicare drug gap (Reuters)Reuters - Democratic leaders moved on Friday to build support among the elderly for a massive overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, saying the measure would immediately start closing a gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Oct 2009 | 3:44 pm Prescriptions: Managing Disease Without InsuranceA study finds that the uninsured are less likely than the insured to manage such chronic conditions as hypertension and high cholesterol.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 3:38 pm Insulin Delivered by Buccal Spray Shows PromiseBuccal spray delivers the insulin directly to the oropharyngeal mucosa, avoiding lung exposure, with peak action 10 minutes after administration.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Oct 2009 | 3:05 pm P/F Ratio May Be a Marker of Potential Intraoperative Ventilator-Induced Lung InjuryMedscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Oct 2009 | 2:39 pm Breast cancer patients: Know your options!Mastectomy or lumpectomy? Breast reconstruction or not? What type of chemo? There are lots of questions when faced with a breast cancer diagnosis, and some advocates fear women aren't being given all the options.Source: CNN.com - Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 2:22 pm Dexmedetomidine Facilitates Extubation in Agitated SICU PatientsDexmedetomidine added to usual weaning protocol facilitates extubation of agitated patients in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU).Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Oct 2009 | 2:08 pm Preliminary Results Show Beneficial Effects of Imatinib in SclerodermaIn a preliminary study, imatinib reduced skin thickening and improved lung capacity in patients with diffuse scleroderma.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Oct 2009 | 1:27 pm Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer Focuses on Index LesionInstead of ablating the whole prostate gland, with its risk for collateral damage, a focal approach ablates just the index lesion and reduces the risk for harm.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Oct 2009 | 12:54 pm Diabetes drug helps obese adults loss weight (Reuters)Reuters - Obese adults may shed more weight with the diabetes drug liraglutide than with the weight-loss drug orlistat (Xenical, Alli), suggests a study in The Lancet this week.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Oct 2009 | 12:30 pm Rituximab as Effective as Standard Cyclophosphamide in ANCA-Associated VasculitisRituximab is as effective as cyclophosphamide for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis with a potentially improved long-term adverse-effect profile.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Oct 2009 | 12:10 pm How Bacteria Get Past Our DefensesResearchers discovered how the bacteria H. pylori bores through the stomach's mucus lining.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 11:36 am Frustration looms as H1N1 vaccines run outPublic health departments across the country are quickly running out of H1N1 vaccine, but most people are being patient, officials tell CNN.Source: CNN.com - Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 11:08 am Eslicarbazepine Acetate Evaluated for Partial-Onset SeizuresThe experimental drug, similar to carbamazepine, may reduce seizure frequency in refractory patients.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Oct 2009 | 10:58 am Commentary: Somers' cancer advice is riskyThis week, the comedic actress Suzanne Somers is promoting her newly released book, which espouses the virtues of alternative medicine and, more important, explains why one should avoid conventional medicine.Source: CNN.com - Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 10:49 am Gaucher's Disease Mutation a Strong Risk Factor for Parkinson'sMutations in the gene for glucocerebrosidase, an enzyme deficient in Gaucher's disease, are also commonly found in PD patients. Carriers have a 5- to 6-fold increased risk for PD.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Oct 2009 | 10:43 am WHO: nearly 5,000 swine flu deaths worldwide (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Oct 2009 | 10:14 am Pregnant and addicted, young women find hopeSome are girlish 22-year-olds; others are women approaching 40. They come from South Carolina's rural counties and its booming cities. They are loud and muted, lively and vacant, hopeful and desperate.Source: CNN.com - Health | 23 Oct 2009 | 9:30 am N.Y. officials rescind mandatory H1N1 flu shot order (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Oct 2009 | 6:22 am New York halts mandatory flu shot programNew 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 | 3:57 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
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