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Landmark health bill passes House on close vote (AP)
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News: Health News | 8 Nov 2009 | 3:32 am House narrowly passes health care billThe House of Representatives passed a sweeping health care bill Saturday night with a tight vote of 220-215, making it the biggest expansion of health care coverage since Medicare was created more than 40 years ago.Source: CNN.com - Health | 8 Nov 2009 | 1:57 am US House backs healthcare reformsA landmark bill that could extend healthcare coverage to tens of millions passes in the US lower House after a tense vote.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Nov 2009 | 12:58 am US Bordeaux prices at risk of 'bloodbath', experts sayEven as Chateau Lafite leads a surge for Bordeaux vintners in Asia, US retail prices for the same wines have skidded below wholesale cost as a major importer dumps stocks worth tens of...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Nov 2009 | 12:57 am Kosher comics prove hit with Israel's Haredi JewsA far cry from the thrills of Spiderman and the sexy glam of Lois Lane, chaste and religious comics have become a hit among ultra-Orthodox Jews determined not to pollute their children's...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Nov 2009 | 12:39 am Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes HouseHanding President Obama a hard-fought victory, lawmakers voted to approve a $1.1 trillion, 10-year plan that Democrats said could be their defining social policy achievement. Source: NYT > Health | 8 Nov 2009 | 12:26 am Jeremy Morris, Proved Exercise Is Heart-Healthy, Dies at 99½Mr. Morris was a British epidemiologist whose heart-attack research laid the scientific groundwork for the modern aerobics movement.Source: NYT > Health | 8 Nov 2009 | 12:22 am Labels and Gay Benefits in Health BillAs a high-priority bill for Congressional leaders and President Obama, the legislation has become a vehicle for many other initiatives large and small.Source: NYT > Health | 8 Nov 2009 | 12:15 am Abortion Was at Heart of WranglingThe results of that fight were evident as many liberal Democrats denounced the plan because of abortion restrictions, even though most held their noses in the end and voted for the bill itself.Source: NYT > Health | 8 Nov 2009 | 12:13 am Heavier Americans Push Back on Health DebateHeavier Americans are lobbying legislators and trying to move public opinion to recognize their point of view: that thin does not necessarily equal fit, and that people can be healthy at any size.Source: NYT > Health | 8 Nov 2009 | 12:12 am Painful Stories Take a Toll on Military TherapistsThose who treat soldiers’ psychological wounds say last week’s rampage highlights the strains of their profession.Source: NYT > Health | 8 Nov 2009 | 12:08 am Vintners approach fickle Chinese market with cautionChinese wine imports have soared more than ten-fold in the past few years but foreign producers hoping to cash in on the boom are warning the market is fickle and not for the faint of...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Nov 2009 | 12:01 am An east German stockbroker wrestles with his fateBorn in communist East Germany well before the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, Thomas Nagel is not your typical German stockbroker. "No one in my family had ever worked in a bank,"Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Nov 2009 | 10:26 pm Unboxed: Watch the Walk and Prevent a FallResearchers are applying tools like wireless motion sensors in their quest to prevent the elderly from falling in their homes.Source: NYT > Health | 7 Nov 2009 | 10:07 pm Nepal emerges as 'poacher's paradise'Forest warden Narendra Man Babu Pradhan is on the frontline of Nepal's battle against poachers and he grimaces as he recalls the recent discovery of an injured rhino whose horn had been cutSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Nov 2009 | 9:32 pm In the balance'Other people's motion would make me sick'Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 7 Nov 2009 | 5:02 pm Statoil says Snoehvit LNG production restartedOSLO, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Norway's Statoil has restarted gas production at a liquefaction plant serving its Snoehvit gas field in the Arctic after a three-month maintenance shutdown, the company said on...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Nov 2009 | 2:26 pm Swiss less wary of foreigners than a decade ago: surveySwitzerland appears to be less skeptical of foreigners than a decade ago, with most Swiss now finding that the proportion of foreigners residing here is not too high, a survey showed...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Nov 2009 | 2:03 pm Pope a fan of sports -- but not doping athletesPope Benedict XVI spoke out against drug-taking in sport on Saturday. The pope said the Catholic Church believed sport could be a force for good, particularly among young people, but...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Nov 2009 | 1:37 pm Obama says it's time for House to 'answer call of history' and pass health overhaul billWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to pass a proposed health care overhaul during a rare visit to Capitol Hill on Saturday and later told them: "Now is the time to finishSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Nov 2009 | 1:05 pm Infant Rotavirus Vaccine Reduced Diarrhea-Related Hospitalizations, ED Visits, and Outpatient VisitsThe pentavalent rotavirus vaccine is safe and effective and greatly reduces resource use and expenditures related to diarrheal illness in infants younger than 1 year of age.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 7 Nov 2009 | 12:56 pm Natalizumab Reduces Hospitalization Rates for Crohn's DiseaseNatalizumab Reduces Hospitalization Rates for Crohn's DiseaseAnti-tumor necrosis factor-resistant Crohn's disease responds to treatment with natalizumab.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 7 Nov 2009 | 12:50 pm Epidemic of Sexually Transmitted HCV in HIV-Infected Men Reported in New YorkSexual transmission has been a rare route of HCV transmission, but epidemic rates are being reported in New York City in HIV-infected men, characterized by rapid progression to hepatitis fibrosis.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 7 Nov 2009 | 12:43 pm Changes in Growth Seen in Children on Peginterferon for Chronic HCV InfectionEven 1 year off-treatment, linear growth has not recovered in children younger than 16 years of age given peginterferon alfa for chronic hepatitis C virus infection.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 7 Nov 2009 | 12:36 pm Canada's Talisman strikes oil in Peru - presidentLIMA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Canada's Talisman Energy Inc has found light crude in an exploration bloc in northern Peru, President Alan Garcia said on Saturday, days after he announced a large natural gas find...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Nov 2009 | 12:29 pm On-Demand Preferred to Daily Chest Radiographs for Mechanically Ventilated PatientsA randomized study suggests that on-demand vs daily chest radiographs could reduce costs and radiation exposure without compromising safety in mechanically ventilated patients.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 7 Nov 2009 | 10:33 am Alaska island village hit by suspected swine flu (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 Nov 2009 | 9:05 am Big headacheWhat it's really like to get health insurance in the USSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 7 Nov 2009 | 5:55 am Treating trauma victims may cause its own traumaAs they listen to tales of life's worst moments, they may absorb some of their patients' suffering. Who protects the mental health of our mental health professionals?Source: CNN.com - Health | 7 Nov 2009 | 5:48 am $11 Million NIH Grant For Stem Cell Research Awarded To Rhode Island HospitalRhode Island Hospital has received an $11 million grant to fund research that will lead to a general understanding of stem cell biology and identify unique approaches to tissue regeneration in lung and marrow diseases.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am Novartis Receives Regulatory Approval In Germany For Celtura®, A Cell Culture-based Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic VaccineNovartis announced that it received approval from the German regulatory authorities for its adjuvanted cell culture-based Influenza A(H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine, Celtura®. Novartis continues to pursue registration in other major countries, including Japan and Switzerland.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am Hard Training Reduced FertilityAre you a female athlete or just someone who likes challenging workouts -- who also wants to get pregnant? It may make sense to ease off a bit as you try to get pregnant. New research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) shows that the body may not have enough energy to support both hard workouts and getting pregnant.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am A Step Forward In Cell ReprogrammingThere are increasingly more research groups that try to discover the mechanisms of cell differentiation in order to reprogramme differentiated cells. On this occasion, investigators from the CRG have described a process of cell reprogramming which results in morphologically and functionally distinct cells with a 100% efficiency rate.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am Novexel Starts Phase II Clinical Trial With NXL103 In Adults With Acute Bacterial Skin And Skin Structure Infections (ABSSSI)Novexel, a speciality pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel antibiotics designed to overcome the significant global problem of microbial resistance, announces that its most advanced oral antibacterial NXL103 (flopristin/linopristin), has started a Phase II clinical trial in adults with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am PET Imaging Response A Prognostic Factor After Thoracic Radiation Therapy For Lung CancerA rapid decline in metabolic activity on a PET scan after radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer is correlated with good local tumor control, according to a study presented by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital at the 51st ASTRO Annual Meeting.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am Blood Test Identifies Women At Risk From Alzheimer'sMiddle-aged women with high levels of a specific amino acid in their blood are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer's many years later, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. This discovery this could lead to a new and simple way of determining who is at risk long before there are any signs of the illness.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am New Finding Suggests Prostate Biopsy Is Not Always NecessaryResearchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that some elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men may be caused by a hormone normally occurring in the body, and are not necessarily a predictor of the need for a prostate biopsy.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am Possible Help In Fight Against Muscle Wasting DiseaseA compound already used to treat pneumonia could become a new therapy for an inherited muscular wasting disease, according to researchers at the University of Oregon and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in New York.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am Researchers Find New Way To Attack Inflammation In Graves' Eye DiseaseA small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms and improved vision following treatment with the drug rituximab. Inflammation around their eyes and damage to the optic nerve were significantly reduced. The same patients had not previously responded to steroids, a common treatment for Graves' eye disease. Raymond S. Douglas, M.D., Ph.
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