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CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-Centrica sells windfarm stake to U.S. investor TCW(Corrects first paragraph to read "on Wednesday" instead of "on Monday")Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Oct 2009 | 4:10 am UPDATE 1-Malaysia's Maxis IPO gets 4 cornerstone investors* Fidelity, 3 other Malaysian funds are cornerstone investorsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Oct 2009 | 3:50 am UPDATE 1-Novozymes bumps up '09 guidance as Q3 profits rise* Firm nudges up 2009 profit guidance to upper end of rangeSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Oct 2009 | 3:22 am TABLE-GAIL India Q2 net falls 30 pct(versus the same period a year earlier, in billion rupees unless stated)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Oct 2009 | 3:20 am UPDATE 2-Novartis says EU approves inflammatory disease drugZURICH, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The European Union has approved Novartis AG's Ilaris to treat children and adults with a rare but potentially fatal inflammatory disease, the Swiss drugmaker said on Wednesday...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Oct 2009 | 3:14 am UPDATE 2-TomTom takes Q3 avg sales price hit; shares slide* Average selling price 99 euros versus expected 109 eurosSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Oct 2009 | 3:12 am TABLE-India's Sun Pharma Q2 net down less than forecast(versus the same period a year earlier, in billion rupees unless stated)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Oct 2009 | 2:59 am WRAPUP 1-Fujitsu Q2 beats estimates, NEC disappoints* Fujitsu Q2 oper profit down 42 pct vs consensus 46 pct fallSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Oct 2009 | 2:57 am UPDATE 2-Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digestBANGALORE, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Wednesday:Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Oct 2009 | 2:41 am UPDATE 2-Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digestBANGALORE, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Wednesday:Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Oct 2009 | 2:41 am Democrats struggle to find unity on health plan (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 28 Oct 2009 | 1:17 am For Building Muscle, Moderate Amounts Of Protein Per Meal RecommendedFor thousands of years, people have believed that eating large amounts of protein made it easier to build bigger, stronger muscles. Take Milo of Croton, the winner of five consecutive Olympic wrestling championships in the sixth century BC: If ancient writers are to be believed, he built his crushing strength in part by consuming 20 pounds of meat every day.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am How Women Make Decisions About Breast Cancer SurgeryFor women just diagnosed with breast cancer, one of the important decisions confronting them is whether to have a lumpectomy or mastectomy. A diagnosis of breast cancer will affect one in every eight women in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society, causing them to have to decide quickly about treatment.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am ImmunoCellular Therapeutics To Present Today Data From Phase I Clinical Trial Of ICT-107 At Annual Meeting Of Congress Of Neurological SurgeonsImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Penn Researchers Reverse The Cognitive Impairment Caused By Sleep DeprivationA research collaboration led by biologists and neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has found a molecular pathway in the brain that is the cause of cognitive impairment due to sleep deprivation.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Patients With Advanced Head And Neck Cancer: Adding Chemotherapy To Radiotherapy Increases SurvivalAn article published Online First in The Lancet Oncology reports that giving chemotherapy at the same time as radiotherapy to patients who have not had surgery with locally advanced head and neck cancer more than doubles their event-free survival to 2.2 years. This compares with 1.0 years with radiotherapy alone.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am New TAU Formulation May Slow Down Parkinson's, Alzheimer's And Huntington's DiseasesWorking like an architect, Prof. Hagit Eldar-Finkelman of Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine is "building" a new drug, L803-MTS, to treat a number of central nervous system (CNS) diseases like Alzheimer's. In pre-clinical studies, it also shows promise against Parkinson's, Huntington's and diabetes.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Gilead's Aztreonam For Inhalation Solution To Be Reviewed By FDA Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee On December 10, 2009Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) announced that aztreonam for inhalation solution, an investigational product for the treatment of infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), is scheduled to be reviewed by the Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on December 10, 2009.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Funding Supports ADA Technologies' Development Of Home Monitor For Bipolar DisorderADA Technologies, Inc. (ADA) received a $189,886 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop a home lithiummonitor for use by patients with bipolar disorder. The testing tool would allow reliable, routine at-home monitoring of blood lithium concentrations, enabling individuals with bipolar disorder to conveniently and effectively manage their care.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Scientific And Clinical Development Of Innovative Radiation Therapy Discussed By International ExpertsThe largest congress worldwide on the topic of particle or ion therapy - radiation with heavy ions and protons - has taken place in in Heidelberg.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am The Vast Majority Of Physicians Are Satisfied With Hospital Chaplain ServicesA national survey of physicians' experience with hospital chaplains found that the vast majority of doctors were satisfied with the spiritual services provided. Physicians in the Northeast and those with a dim view of religion's effects on patients, however, were less likely to be pleased.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Anxious Crowds Meet Ad Hoc Swine Flu PoliceEfforts to get vaccines to those at high risk are colliding with widespread fears and willy-nilly distribution. Source: NYT > Health | 28 Oct 2009 | 12:59 am Democrats Divided Over Reid Proposal for Public OptionSenate Democrats disagreed over a government insurance plan, suggesting that the decision by Harry Reid to include it in legislation had failed to unite his caucus.Source: NYT > Health | 28 Oct 2009 | 12:47 am Delicate Dance for 2 Lobbyists on Health BillBilly Tauzin and Karen Ignagni, Washington’s odd couple in the health care debate, are fighting for their industry clients.Source: NYT > Health | 28 Oct 2009 | 12:46 am Vital Signs: Patterns: For Heart Attacks, Shifts in Gender GapRecent surveys showed an increase for women and a decrease for men, which a study’s author said reflected an “ominous trend.”Source: NYT > Health | 28 Oct 2009 | 12:07 am Fighting H.I.V., a Community at a TimeFederal health officials are planning to study a “test and treat” strategy to stop the spread of the AIDS virus in the District of Columbia and the Bronx.Source: NYT > Health | 28 Oct 2009 | 12:05 am New Database to Help Set Payouts by Health InsurersAs part of a legal settlement, a consortium will set up a system to help determine reimbursements for patients using out-of-network doctors.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Oct 2009 | 11:12 pm Weight Gain Associated With Antipsychotic DrugsChildren and adolescents gained an average of one to one-and-a-half pounds a week, a large study found.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Oct 2009 | 10:57 pm Health Tip: Foot Care for People With Diabetes (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- People with diabetes are especially prone to foot problems, so it's important to take good care of your feet and inspect them frequently.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Health Tip: Recovering After Childbirth (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- New mothers may be so consumed with their newborns that they forget the ordeal of childbirth. How quickly their bodies actually recover is another story.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 27, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Mapping the Link Between Alcohol, Cancer (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that alcohol may boost the progression of cancer by stimulating a pathway inside cells.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Antipsychotic Drugs Spur Dramatic Weight Gain in Kids (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Children and teens who take medicines for conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and autism tend to put on a substantial amount of weight, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Adding Chemo Helps Head, Neck Cancer Patients (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Combining chemotherapy with radiation treatment for patients with advanced head and neck cancer increases their event-free survival to 2.2 years from just one year with radiotherapy alone, finds a new study.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Oct 2009 | 9:49 pm Russia warned about HIV epidemicA top international HIV/Aids expert tells the BBC the epidemic in Russia is now out of control.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Oct 2009 | 8:07 pm US swine flu vaccine outlook improving, CDC says (AP)
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News: Health News | 27 Oct 2009 | 6:11 pm Curry spice 'kills cancer cells'An extract found in the curry spice tumeric can kill off cancer cells, lab scientists have shown.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Oct 2009 | 6:02 pm 'Aura' migraines a stroke riskYoung women who have migraines with auras are twice as likely to have a stroke, researchers say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 27 Oct 2009 | 6:01 pm Swine Flu Vaccine Arriving -- SlowlyWithin 2 weeks, the H1N1 swine flu vaccine 'will seem' easier to get, says the CDC.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Oct 2009 | 4:54 pm Two Osteoporosis Drugs May Be Better Than 1 in Selected PatientsA combination of zoledronic acid and teriparatide might be useful for bone preservation in selected high-risk rheumatoid arthritis patients with osteoporosis.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Oct 2009 | 4:09 pm For DCIS, Outcomes With Excision Alone Acceptable at 5 YearsA new study begs the question of whether or not local surgery alone is acceptable as a treatment option for women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Oct 2009 | 3:29 pm European Medicines Agency to Review New PML Cases With Natalizumab, Now at 23The EMEA announced October 23 it will undertake a review of the risks and benefits of natalizumab because reported cases of PML have now risen to 23; in September, 13 cases was the reported count.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Oct 2009 | 3:02 pm Sodium Oxybate Reduces Fibromyalgia Pain and FatigueMedscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Oct 2009 | 2:36 pm Really?: The Claim: Men and Women Differ in Their Tolerance to ColdDoes you gender affect your perception of cold?Source: NYT > Health | 27 Oct 2009 | 2:24 pm Books: The Tools of Doctors, and a Price for PatientsTwo adventures into areas of medicine that aren’t necessarily about the doctors or the diseases.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Oct 2009 | 2:12 pm Basics: A Molecule of Motivation, Dopamine Excels at Its TaskA view has emerged to counter the image that a neurotransmitter is the little Bacchus of our brain.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Oct 2009 | 2:09 pm Key senators wary of public optionIndependent Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Tuesday he will oppose final approval of any health care bill that has a government-run public health insurance option.Source: CNN.com - Health | 27 Oct 2009 | 1:15 pm American Thoracic Society Issues New Clinical Guidelines for Exacerbations in Cystic FibrosisThe evidence-based guidelines discuss management of pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis, highlighting synergy testing and the dosing of aminoglycoside antibiotics.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Oct 2009 | 1:02 pm Inhaled Corticosteroids May Be Helpful in Steroid-Naive Patients With Moderate to Severe COPDIn a randomized controlled trial, inhaled corticosteroids reduced inflammation and slowed decline in lung function in these patients; adding a long-acting beta agonist did not enhance these effects.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Oct 2009 | 12:10 pm Blood Products Should Be Used Conservatively in Heart-Surgery Patients, Trial ShowsAdministration of blood products to stable patients post–cardiac surgery increases their risk of death, renal failure, and sepsis, according to new research.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Oct 2009 | 12:06 pm What's Hot at ASTRO 2009Presentations of practice-changing studies are promised at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Oct 2009 | 11:27 am Distribution of Body Fat Important in VTEThe distribution of body fat, as well as the amount, is important when it comes to the risk of venous thromboembolism, Danish researchers have discovered.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Oct 2009 | 9:29 am Florida doc takes health care to the needyDr. Joe Greer is on a humanitarian quest to provide health care to those who don't have the money to pay him. It's a trip that has taken him everywhere, from under highways to homeless shelters -- even to the White House.Source: CNN.com - Health | 27 Oct 2009 | 8:05 am Fighting the Flu: Do Hand Sanitizers Work?Hand-sanitizer mania has gripped the nation. But fortunately these alcohol-based gels are excellent for preventing the spread of the flu and, although limited, pose little harm.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 27 Oct 2009 | 7:54 am Have you ever wondered why you sneeze?There's a reason for each and every sniffle, sneeze, ache, and pain. Learn why your body behaves the way it does, and discover the quickest ways to feel better.Source: CNN.com - Health | 27 Oct 2009 | 7:29 am Roadside doctors with no degrees thrive in IndiaSitting on an iron bench along a busy street, Chaman Lal sticks his fingers into a mug full of a greasy concoction and then applies the dark-red brew to areas where his patients complain of pain.Source: CNN.com - Health | 27 Oct 2009 | 5:35 am
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