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China's CNOOC in new discovery in Bohai Bay-XinhuaBEIJING, Nov 1 (Reuters) - China's offshore oil and gas specialist CNOOC Ltd has made a new oil find in Bohai Bay offshore north China, official Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Nov 2009 | 3:02 am Leaking Timor Sea oil rig catches fireSYDNEY, Nov 1 (Reuters) - An oil rig operated by a unit of top Thai energy firm PTTEP in the Timor Sea, which has been leaking for 10 weeks, caught fire on Sunday, officials said.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Nov 2009 | 1:48 am Women at Arms: A Combat Role, and Anguish, TooAs women who suffer from post- traumatic stress disorder return to a society unfamiliar with their wartime roles, they often choose isolation over embarrassment. Source: NYT > Health | 1 Nov 2009 | 1:32 am Chlamydia Service Training For Support Staff - A Success! UKOn 14 October 2009, two half-day training sessions were held for support staff involved in the London commissioned chlamydia service. The training was run by the NPA Pharmacy Services team with support from the Terence Higgins Trust.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am Healthy Weight And Regular Physical Activity Could Prevent Diabetes For A Decade Says New ResearchNew research suggests that a period of careful eating and regular physical activity could prevent diabetes for up to a decade. US researchers followed up nearly 3,000 overweight people who had taken part in a three-year diabetes prevention programme.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am E. Coli O157 In Surrey: Update, UKThe Health Protection Agency (HPA) reports that the total number of cases of E. Coli O157 linked to Godstone Farm in Surrey is 94. No cases are currently in hospital The next update will be published on Tuesday, November 3. Notes - Escherichia coli (commonly referred to as E. coli) O157 bacteria usually cause diarrhoea which settles within seven days without treatment.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am New European Commission Directive Affecting Drivers With DiabetesThe European Commission (EC) has passed a directive which could introduce individual assessments for people with insulin-treated diabetes to hold Group 2 driving licences. These licences cover large goods vehicles (LGVs) and vehicles carrying more than six passengers.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am Medical Students Urge Speaker Pelosi To Keep Her PromiseThe American Medical Student Association (AMSA) urges Speaker Nancy Pelosi to keep her promise and allow a vote on a single payer substitution amendment to the House health care reform bill, to be introduced by Representative Anthony Weiner [D-NY].Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am Improved Treatment For Sleeping Sickness Now AvailableNECT (Nifurtimox-Eflornithine Combination Therapy), the first new treatment in 25 years against Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness, is now available. Endemic countries have now begun the process of ordering the new combination treatment and kits through the World Health Organization (WHO).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Inducts Ann Arbor Physician As PresidentWilliam Kuzon, MD, PhD, Reed O. Dingman professor and section head of plastic surgery, University of Michigan, has been named president of the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation (PSEF) at Plastic Surgery 2009, the annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am People From Ohio And Georgia Pay Less For Dental Care Than The National AverageThe annual amount spent by Georgians and Ohioans or their insurers for dental care in 2006 averaged about $150 less than the national average of $607, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The average annual dental expenditure for each Georgian who had dental care was $466, while for Ohioans, it was $474.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am FDA: Procter & Gamble Unlawfully Marketing Two Vicks Cold And Flu Medicines Containing Vitamin CThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to Procter & Gamble notifying the company that its Vicks DayQuil Plus Vitamin C and Vicks Nyquil Plus Vitamin C are illegally marketed combinations of drug ingredients and a dietary ingredient.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Senate Confirmation Of Dr. Regina Benjamin As U.S. Surgeon GeneralU.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Dr. Regina Benjamin as the nation's Surgeon General. "Dr. Benjamin will quickly become America's doctor as our next Surgeon General.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 1 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am Ukraine Bans Big Crowds to Combat Swine FluThe government is taking some of the sternest measures in the world to stop the spread of the virus, and the effort has become an issue in the presidential election.Source: NYT > Health | 1 Nov 2009 | 12:55 am Landscapes, ideas blossom on Berlin Wall death stripThe mines and dogs and barbed wire are gone, as are the border guards with orders to shoot to kill, the so-called death strip and, of course, the Berlin Wall itself. What remains are...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 1 Nov 2009 | 12:17 am Zuma Rallies S. Africa to Fight AIDSPresident Jacob Zuma acknowledged the viral cause of AIDS and the role of antiretroviral drugs in treatment, saying knowledge would overcome “denialism.”Source: NYT > Health | 31 Oct 2009 | 11:53 pm Taiwanese face death with 'living funerals'The eulogies, the songs, the crying and the hugging all make David Tseng's funeral virtually indistinguishable from any other such rite on Taiwan -- except he is still alive. Tseng is...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Oct 2009 | 11:09 pm Good Dog, Smart DogThe increasingly complicated work of service dogs suggests there’s more to the canine brain than a good nose and an instinct to please.Source: NYT > Health | 31 Oct 2009 | 10:54 pm Economic View: Supply-Side Ideas, Turned Upside DownThe Obama health plan would discourage taxpayers from working to their full potential by making their efforts less rewarding, N. Gregory Mankiw says.Source: NYT > Health | 31 Oct 2009 | 10:18 pm House calls as cost-saver in health care reform? (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Oct 2009 | 10:01 pm Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients (HealthDay)HealthDay - SATURDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- A drug designed to fight anemia appears to double the risk of stroke in patients with diabetes and kidney disease without substantially improving their quality of life, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 31 Oct 2009 | 9:48 pm Luxury brands hunt for untapped marketsWith spending on luxury goods down across the developed world in the economic crisis, luxury brands are increasingly looking far beyond the chic avenues of New York, London or Paris for...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Oct 2009 | 9:19 pm Safer surgeryHow the airline and car industries are teaching the NHSSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Oct 2009 | 6:00 pm Women not getting bone treatmentMany women at high risk of having a fracture are not getting the recommended bone treatment, say researchers.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Oct 2009 | 6:00 pm Cuba swine flu 'from US tourists'Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro blames the growth of swine flu on the increased numbers of US visitors on the island.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 Oct 2009 | 4:37 pm Vertex hep C drug works well in twice daily dosingNEW YORK, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc's closely watched hepatitis C drug telaprevir proved nearly equally effective in a twice daily regimen as three times a day, knocking out the virus...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Oct 2009 | 3:30 pm Amsterdam grapples with integration since filmmaker's murderFive years after Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered by a Muslim extremist in Amsterdam, where half the population is of immigrant origin, the city is grappling with social...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Oct 2009 | 1:49 pm Thousands march in Taipei for gay marriageThousands of people from Taiwan's gay and lesbian community marched through the streets of Taipei on Saturday to demand recognition of same-sex marriage and equal rights, organisers said.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Oct 2009 | 1:48 pm Health Canada demands cash on the barrelhead for government grassgovernment-certified medical marijuana, demanding full payment in advance before shipping the weed. The move, effective Nov. 30, is designed to halt the rising number of accounts in...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Oct 2009 | 1:18 pm Niagara-area woman dies from H1N1, third death in Ont. in just over a weekNIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - An Ontario woman from the Niagara Falls area has died after contracting H1N1, following an outbreak in the region, marking the province's third confirmed death from...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Oct 2009 | 11:21 am
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