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China's economy powering syphilis spread (Reuters)Reuters - China is experiencing an epidemic of syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease that the country virtually wiped out in the 1960s, a senior public health official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 3 Nov 2009 | 3:27 am Falcon Oil says Mako Trough well plugged, abandonedBUDAPEST, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Canada's Falcon Oil said that tests on the Foldeak-1 natural gas well in the Mako Trough in southern Hungary had been completed and the well has been temporarily plugged and...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Nov 2009 | 2:59 am UPDATE 1-Sinopec aims to run 4.1 mln bpd crude in 2010BEIJING, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Top Asian refiner Sinopec Corp plans to process 205 million tonnes of crude in 2010, or about 4.1 million barrels per day (bpd), its president said on Tuesday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Nov 2009 | 2:37 am China OGP halts coverage of crude, products stockpilesBEIJING, Nov 3 (Reuters) - China OGP, an oil industry newsletter issued by Xinhua news agency, will no longer publish data on China's stockpiles of crude oil, gasoline and diesel, it said on Tuesday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Nov 2009 | 2:25 am Sinopec expects over 50 mln T Saudi crude supply in 2010BEIJING, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Top Asian refiner Sinopec Corp expects to buy more than 50 million tonnes of crude from Saudi Aramco next year, Sinopec's president Wang Tianpu said on Tuesday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Nov 2009 | 2:25 am UPDATE 1-China Unicom 3G users rising, but costs weigh* iPhone will boost Q4 revenues, but no details (Adds details, background, changes dateline)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Nov 2009 | 2:22 am UPDATE 1-REH mulls action on Novera, Infinis bid stuttersLONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Britain's Renewable Energy Holdings is considering taking action against fellow renewables company Novera Energy after the latter made an error in a shareholder document. In...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Nov 2009 | 2:16 am UPDATE 1-Leaking Timor Sea oil rig plugged, fire killedSYDNEY, Nov 3 (Reuters) - A unit of top Thai energy firm PTTEP said on Tuesday it had stopped an oil leak and doused the main fire on the Montara and West Atlas oil rig in the Timor Sea.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Nov 2009 | 2:10 am India's Reliance Ind falls; Reliance Natural jumpsMUMBAI, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Shares in Reliance Industries , India's most valuable listed firm, fell more than 4 percent on Tuesday while shares in Reliance Natural Resources BO> rose more than 14...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Nov 2009 | 2:06 am Sinopec to add 12-15 mln T per yr run capacity in 2010-12BEIJING, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Top Asian refiner Sinopec Corp will add 12 to 15 million tonnes of refining capacity each year in the next three years, its chief said on Tuesday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Nov 2009 | 1:56 am PTTEP stops Timor Sea oil rig leak, fireSYDNEY, Nov 3 (Reuters) - A unit of top Thai energy firm PTTEP said on Tuesday it had stopped an oil leak and doused the main fire on the Montara and West Atlas oil rig in the Timor Sea.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Nov 2009 | 1:52 am Smoking mums have 'problem kids'Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of having a child with behavioural problems, according to researchers.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 3 Nov 2009 | 1:19 am Poor countries see troubling rise in breast cancer (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 3 Nov 2009 | 1:15 am Urban Hospitals May Feel Squeeze in a Health OverhaulA House bill provision would order a study of regional variations in Medicare spending, pitting more rural hospitals against those in areas like New York City. Source: NYT > Health | 3 Nov 2009 | 12:24 am A Conversation With Brian J. Druker, M.D.: Researcher Behind the Drug GleevecThe oncologist recently was named a winner of this year’s Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award.Source: NYT > Health | 3 Nov 2009 | 12:23 am A Powerful Identity, a Vanishing DiagnosisExperts want to remove an autism label from a diagnostic manual, but people with the disorder are divided.Source: NYT > Health | 3 Nov 2009 | 12:23 am Giving Sight by Therapy With GenesOnce clinging to his mother and father, now playing Little League and riding go-carts, an 8-year-old benefited from a new technique.Source: NYT > Health | 3 Nov 2009 | 12:23 am Vital Signs: Regimens: A Supplement Didn’t Help Heart PatientsA supplement of omega-3 fatty acid did not show any effect in treating depression in heart patients.Source: NYT > Health | 3 Nov 2009 | 12:23 am At Work With the FluAccording to a federal agency, 39 percent of private-sector workers do not receive paid sick leave, which many fear may be encouraging the spread of swine flu.Source: NYT > Health | 2 Nov 2009 | 11:53 pm Fathers Gain Respect From Experts (and Mothers)Having a father help with the child-rearing is important. Having a mother back him is more important.Source: NYT > Health | 2 Nov 2009 | 11:52 pm Lupus Drug Shows Promise in New TrialHuman Genome Sciences said early Monday that its experimental drug to treat lupus was effective in its second big clinical trial.Source: NYT > Health | 2 Nov 2009 | 11:48 pm Drug 'can kill leukaemia cells'Scientists at Trinity College Dublin working with Belfast City Hospital claim their new drug kills leukaemia cells.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Nov 2009 | 11:47 pm How Posted Calories Affect Food OrdersOne study said an effort had no effect on residents in poor neighborhoods, while another saw modest changes citywide.Source: NYT > Health | 2 Nov 2009 | 11:38 pm Personal Health: A Breathing Technique Offers Help for People With AsthmaAn alternative technique developed by a Russian doctor more than a half-century ago has been found effective in some trials.Source: NYT > Health | 2 Nov 2009 | 11:37 pm More insurers are paying for alternative remedies (AP)AP - EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional Associated Press series on their use and potential risks.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Nov 2009 | 10:00 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 | 2 Nov 2009 | 9:49 pm Childhood Brain Cancer Causes Other Long-Term Problems (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood brain cancer survivors have ongoing cognitive problems and achieve lower levels of education, employment and income than their siblings and survivors of other types of cancer, a U.S. study has found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Nov 2009 | 9:49 pm Health Tip: Possible Triggers for Pica (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Pica often affects children with developmental disorders, pregnant women and sometimes people with epilepsy. It's characterized by a craving to eat non-food substances, such as paint, plaster, chalk, cornstarch, dirt or cigarettes.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Nov 2009 | 9:49 pm Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 2, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Nov 2009 | 9:49 pm Delays in Lung Cancer Care More Common in Public Hospitals (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- The length of time a patient has to wait between lung cancer diagnosis and treatment is influenced by a number of health-care system factors, a new U.S. study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Nov 2009 | 9:49 pm High Blood Pressure Likely in Alzheimer's Offspring (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Middle-aged adults whose parents have Alzheimer's disease are at increased risk for high blood pressure, evidence of arterial disease and markers of inflammation -- all of which may be associated with later development of Alzheimer's disease.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Nov 2009 | 9:49 pm 1 dose of H1N1 vaccine protects pregnant momsNearly all healthy pregnant women who receive a single dose of the H1N1 flu vaccine will be protected from that flu, according to just-released clinical trial data.Source: CNN.com - Health | 2 Nov 2009 | 7:41 pm Pregnant mother, pregnant daughter battle H1N1The unlikely tale of a mother-daughter pair in California: both pregnant, both battled H1N1. One wound up in the hospital; the other unable to even visit.Source: CNN.com - Health | 2 Nov 2009 | 7:40 pm Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says (AP)
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News: Health News | 2 Nov 2009 | 7:32 pm Memory test 'spots pre-dementia'Memory and language tests can reliably reveal "hidden" early dementia, says a British team of experts.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Nov 2009 | 6:05 pm Aspirin 'only for heart patients'Using aspirin to ward off heart attacks and strokes in those not suffering cardiovascular disease should stop, research says.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Nov 2009 | 6:03 pm Child obesity 'is levelling off'Forecasts of a huge rise in obesity among children in England have been significantly downgraded following a new analysis of data.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Nov 2009 | 5:44 pm Tai Chi May Help Reduce Pain of Knee Osteoarthritis in Older PatientsIn a randomized controlled trial, Tai Chi was associated with decreased pain and improved physical function, self-efficacy, depression, and health-related quality of life for knee osteoarthritis.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Nov 2009 | 4:26 pm Swine Flu Study on N95 Masks RetractedResearchers revise earlier findings suggesting N95 masks are better than surgical masks at preventing flu.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Nov 2009 | 3:26 pm LAC and LOAD: 4-Drug Regimen Better at Eliminating H. Pylori Than Standard 3-Drug TreatmentLOAD (levofloxacin, omeprazole, nitazoxanide, and doxycycline) is more effective at eradicating Helicobacter pylori than LAC (lansoprazole, amoxicillin, and clarithromycin).Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Nov 2009 | 3:02 pm Newborn inspires mom to lose 71 poundsAfter Veronica Noone had her baby, she decided to lose the post-baby weight and the extra pounds she'd been carrying years before that. Dropping about 70 pounds in seven months, Noone's maintained a healthy weight for almost four years now.Source: CNN.com - Health | 2 Nov 2009 | 2:33 pm Extended HCV Treatment After Liver Transplant Has BenefitsA new study challenges "stop rules" on antiviral treatment after transplantation when there is no response by 24 weeks.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Nov 2009 | 2:15 pm Father fights hospital -- and mother -- for baby's lifeA baby born with a severe birth defect put its parents on opposing sides in a British court Monday over whether to switch off the child's life support.Source: CNN.com - Health | 2 Nov 2009 | 2:09 pm Chemoradiation Confers Long-Term Benefits in Head and Neck CancerLong-term results from a British study show clear advantages from adding chemotherapy to radiation, and lower toxicity with nonplatinum agents.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Nov 2009 | 12:17 pm Blood Type of Pig May Be Factor in Longevity of Porcine Replacement Heart ValvesResearchers in Ottawa find that the longevity of porcine replacement heart valves may depend partly on whether the blood type of the patient matches the blood type of the valve's "original owner."Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm Gene That Stops Flies Storing Body Fat Could Lead to New Treatments for Human Obesity, StudyA team of scientists in Germany has discovered a previously unknown gene in fruit flies that controls the metabolism of fat and showed that flies that have a defect in this gene, which they call "schlank" (the German for slim or lean), lose the ability to store fat in their bodies: the scientistsSource: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm AMD Patients Benefit From Cataract Surgery, StudyA new US study found that cataract surgery is likely to benefit pateints with all stages of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), from mild to advanced.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am Most Hospitalizations of Heart Failure Patients Are for Noncardiac CausesAlthough hospitalizations are common after a heart failure diagnosis, most such hospitalizations are noncardiovascular, investigators report in the October 27th Journal of the American College of Cardiology.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Nov 2009 | 10:52 am In Patients With Stable Chest Pain, CT Is More Often Diagnostic Than Exercise ECGUnlike exercise electrocardiography (XECG), CT angiography (CTA) is "nearly always" feasible and diagnostic in patients with stable chest complaints, researchers say in the October issue of the journal Heart.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Nov 2009 | 10:52 am Antibody Protects Animals Against Bat-Borne VirusA new antibody treatment protected animals that had been exposed to the deadly Nipah virus, raising hopes for a treatment for this and the related Hendra virus that affect humans and livestock, an international team reported on Thursday.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Nov 2009 | 10:52 am Frovatriptan Reduces Frequency, Intensity of Menstrual MigrainesA monthly six-day course of frovatriptan reduces the frequency and intensity of menstrual migraines, according to two independent phase III trials.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Nov 2009 | 10:52 am Improving Access To Psychological Therapies Gets Positive ResultsA study of an Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme has found it had significant clinical results for depression and anxiety sufferers. The results are published today, 2nd November 2009, in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am More tests for right-to-life babyA fresh medical assessment is to be carried out on a baby boy at the centre of a "right-to-life" legal dispute, a High Court judge heard today.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Nov 2009 | 9:44 am American Society Of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Statement On Cuts To Cancer Care In 2010 Medicare Physician Fee ScheduleBelow is a statement for attribution to ASCO CEO Allen S. Lichter, MD: "Today, CMS issued its physician fee schedule for 2010. The schedule included a one percent cut to oncology services in 2010, part of an overall six percent reduction in reimbursement for cancer care over the next four years.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am Scientists create living skin, help wounds healWhat do a horse, pig and a baby boy have in common? They can all contribute skin grafts that can help serious wounds heal.Source: CNN.com - Health | 2 Nov 2009 | 8:26 am DrugScope Response To Home Secretary's Decision To Force Resignation Of The ACMD ChairIn response to the decision by the Home Secretary to ask David Nutt, Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, to resign DrugScope has issued the following statement: DrugScope's Director of Communications, Harry Shapiro, said "There are few areas of policy as important but at the same time as difficult, complex and emotive as drugs policy.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am The Power of Negative ThinkingA new study suggests bad moods can make people less gullible and boost memory.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 2 Nov 2009 | 7:41 am New National Quarry Safety Team Formed, UKA new team of specialist inspectors has been assembled to crackdown on death, injury and ill-health in quarries and open cast mines across Great Britain. The team of Health and Safety Executive inspectors, initially five-strong, has decades of knowledge and expertise in the sector.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Nov 2009 | 7:00 am U.S. Child Deaths from Swine Flu Exceed 100Nineteen swine flu-related pediatric deaths were reported last week.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 2 Nov 2009 | 6:48 am Tips for healthy, happy travelsIt was my last day in Athens after spending several weeks producing two exciting television shows on Greece. My brain was fried. I was concerned I was getting a cold, and I felt that getting sick was God's way of telling me to slow down. Instead of heading out on a shoot, I ditched work and spent the day lounging poolside on the rooftop of my hotel. Thankfully, it worked. The next day, I felt recharged.Source: CNN.com - Health | 2 Nov 2009 | 6:17 am New Targets Found For Preventing Diabetes ComplicationsIn diabetes patients, high blood glucose levels can end up killing certain cells in the eyes and kidneys, which is why diabetes is the leading cause of adult blindness and of kidney failure. Years ago, scientists identified one main route for this destruction-high glucose produces oxidative stress through the NF-kB molecular pathway-but success has been elusive for drugs targeting that pathway.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am Covidien Receives FDA Approval For Oral Transmucosal Fentanyl Citrate ProductCovidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, announced that its subsidiary, Mallinckrodt Inc., has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Oral Transmucosal Fentanyl Citrate (CII). Covidien's product is a generic alternative to the branded ACTIQ®.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am USANA Supported Clinical Study Demonstrates Improved Bone Health In GirlsUSANA Health Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: USNA) announced that a third-party clinical study led by Dr. David Greene at Australian Catholic University (ACU National) found that use of USANA's Active Calcium™ Chewable supplement improves bone health in young girls.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am Obama Lifts US Travel Ban On HIV-Infected; Updated AIDS Bill Puts New Focus On TestingAIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today lauded President Barack Obama for lifting a 22 year-old ban prohibiting HIV-positive foreigners from traveling to the US. The US was one of only twelve countries with such a travel ban.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am Obese 'struggle to earn living'Obese people in the UK are struggling to earn above the national average income, according to a survey.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Nov 2009 | 4:03 am Mental-health help on college campuses increasesNovember 02, 2009 Nov. 2--Mental-health counselors at La Salle University were feeling overwhelmed, their appointment books packed with students in need of help, seemingly more so than ever.Source: PsycPORT.com | 2 Nov 2009 | 3:21 am
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