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UPDATE 1-Antisoma says finishing 2009 in strong position* Says has sufficient funds for projects until mid-2011Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Nov 2009 | 2:13 am UPDATE 1-Alibaba.com Q3 net profit beats forecast* Q3 net profit of 236 million yuan beats forecasts * Paying membership base grew 45.3 percentSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Nov 2009 | 1:54 am UPDATE 2-Sonova H1 profit up 22 pct, raises outlookZURICH, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Swiss hearing aid maker Sonova reported a 22 percent rise in first-half net profit, helped by recent product launches, and increased its full-year outlook.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Nov 2009 | 1:44 am GSK to donate 50 mln doses of H1N1 vaccine to WHO* Drugmaker sees first shipments to WHO by end of NovemberSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Nov 2009 | 1:43 am UPDATE 1-Afren to raise $200 mln via placing; sees no dividend* Says making significant progress across core businessSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Nov 2009 | 1:34 am Hikari Heights Varus -2009/10 parentPARENT-ONLY EARNINGS ESTIMATES (in billions of yen unless specified)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Nov 2009 | 1:30 am Hikari Heights Varus -6-month parentPARENT-ONLY EARNINGS ESTIMATES (in billions of yen unless specified)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Nov 2009 | 1:30 am UPDATE 1-Tandberg shareholders snub Cisco offerOSLO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc said on Tuesday shareholders holding just 9.37 percent of shares in Tandberg have accepted its $3 billion tender offer for the Norwegian videoconferencing company...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Nov 2009 | 1:29 am UPDATE 1-Tandberg shareholders snub Cisco offerOSLO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc said on Tuesday shareholders holding just 9.37 percent of shares in Tandberg have accepted its $3 billion tender offer for the Norwegian videoconferencing company...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Nov 2009 | 1:29 am BRIEF-GSK to donate 50 mln doses H1N1 flu vaccineLONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline PLC : * Agreement with WHO to donate 50 million doses of GSK's adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine for distribution to developing countries.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Nov 2009 | 1:25 am Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts (AP)AP - Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries — signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Nov 2009 | 1:02 am World Briefing | United Nations: W.H.O. Assesses Women’s HealthIn its first study of women’s health around the globe, the World Health Organization said H.I.V. is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44. Source: NYT > Health | 10 Nov 2009 | 12:27 am Global Update: AIDS Divisions of 2 Large Drug Makers Form Company to Focus on the DiseaseA new corporate development drew praise and criticism.Source: NYT > Health | 10 Nov 2009 | 12:19 am Really?: The Claim: Magnetic Therapy Can Ease Arthritis PainDo magnetic straps and bracelets do anything to relieve join pain?Source: NYT > Health | 10 Nov 2009 | 12:17 am Advertising: A Brand Favored by Muscle Men Wants to Appeal to More WomenOnly around 6 percent of GNC’s revenue comes from the sale of basic vitamins like A and C. The chain’s strongest sellers are proprietary blends.Source: NYT > Health | 9 Nov 2009 | 11:53 pm National Briefing | Rockies: Montana: Campus Ban on TobaccoThe University of Montana is proposing a campuswide ban on all forms of tobacco.Source: NYT > Health | 9 Nov 2009 | 11:36 pm National Briefing | West: California: Hospital Warns of Cataracts Risk in CT ScansA Los Angeles hospital where patients were exposed to X-ray radiation overdoses during CT scans said its investigation found the patients could be at higher risk of cataracts.Source: NYT > Health | 9 Nov 2009 | 11:34 pm Personal Health: Steroids’ Miracle Comes With a CaveatCorticosteroids can induce side effects that may be as serious as the ailments they are intended to treat.Source: NYT > Health | 9 Nov 2009 | 11:17 pm Through 1 Woman, 20 Views of Life’s EndThe stories in an Off Broadway play, “Let Me Down Easy,” include Lance Armstrong’s victory over testicular cancer and the tales of some who lost their battles.Source: NYT > Health | 9 Nov 2009 | 11:16 pm Vital Signs: Nutrition: Chocolate Milk May Reduce InflammationThe effect, though not as pronounced as with red wine, was seen in a Spanish study.Source: NYT > Health | 9 Nov 2009 | 11:15 pm Vital Signs: Exercise: Treating Sleep Apnea With a Golf ClubWill treatment outcomes for sleep apnea improve if men with the condition thought treatment might improve their golf game?Source: NYT > Health | 9 Nov 2009 | 11:15 pm Health Tip: Recording Your Child's Medical History (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Your child's pediatrician may need a medical history when your child is sick or injured. To avoid having to remember everything in an emergency, it's best to start logging the child's history now.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Nov 2009 | 9:50 pm Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 9, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Nov 2009 | 9:50 pm Handwriting Skills May Lag in Kids With Autism (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Autistic children are more likely to have handwriting problems, including trouble forming letters, than those without autism, researchers say.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Nov 2009 | 9:49 pm Scientists Grow New Penile Tissue in the Lab (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers were able to restore sexual function to rabbits with damaged penises by growing new penile tissue in the lab and implanting it, a new study reports.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Nov 2009 | 9:49 pm To Feel Better, Low-Fat Diet May Be Best (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Both a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet such as the popular Atkins program and a low-fat, high-carb diet appear to help people lose pounds over the course of a year.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Nov 2009 | 9:49 pm Obesity Seems to Alter Heart Structure (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major risk factor for left atrial enlargement, which increases the risk of atrial fibrillation, stroke and death, a new study shows.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Nov 2009 | 9:49 pm Penis tissue replaced in the labTissue created in a laboratory has been used to completely replace the erectile tissue of the penis in animals.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Nov 2009 | 7:37 pm U.K. starts study on using human DNA in animals (AP)AP - British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science might be.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Nov 2009 | 5:33 pm DE-MRI Shows Which Myocardial Injury Is IrreversibleDistinguishing myocardial scarring with MRI may help predict LV functional recovery.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Nov 2009 | 5:12 pm Obesity May Top Hypertension as Risk Factor for LA EnlargementObesity and hypertension were major independent risk factors for left atrial enlargement (itself a risk factor for atrial fibrillation) in an observational, population-based study, but obesity was the strongest predictor.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Nov 2009 | 5:12 pm Interventional Cardiologist Donald Baim DiesInterventional cardiologist Dr Donald Baim, chief medical and scientific officer at Boston Scientific, has died.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Nov 2009 | 5:12 pm Lack of health care worsens women's life quality: WHO (Reuters)Reuters - Despite living six to eight years longer than men, women lack essential health care throughout their lives, particularly as teenagers and elderly people, the World Health Organization said on Monday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Nov 2009 | 3:24 pm Dense breasts linked to return of breast cancer (Reuters)Reuters - Women with dense breasts who have had lumpectomies for breast cancer are at a higher risk of a recurrence, according to a new study.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 9 Nov 2009 | 3:22 pm Echocardiographic Evidence of Pulmonary Hypertension Frequently Does Not Trigger Referral to a SpecialistEchocardiographic Evidence of Pulmonary HypertensionMedscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Nov 2009 | 2:49 pm Overeaters and Drug Abusers Share Addictive Brain ChemistryResearch supports idea that overeating can, in extreme cases, be considered an addiction comparable to drug abuse or gambling.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 9 Nov 2009 | 1:30 pm Artificial Penis Tissue Proves Promising in Lab TestsAfter implantation with replacement tissue, lab rabbits that once had damaged penises had working organs and could produce offspring.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 9 Nov 2009 | 1:03 pm Trial drug may help smokers kick buttsWhen Katherine Frazier was a teenager in the '60s, smoking was the "in" thing to do. Fast-forward 40 years: Frazier, 57, still smokes but wants to quit. Soon she may have a new tool at her disposal: her own immune system.Source: CNN.com - Health | 9 Nov 2009 | 12:23 pm Trait Anxiety in Pregnant Women Linked to Smaller Infant SizeIn a longitudinal cohort study, trait anxiety measured in pregnant women at the second and third trimesters predicted reduced birth weight and length.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Nov 2009 | 12:13 pm Management of Vitamin D Deficiency ReviewedA review suggests best practices for recognition and management of Vitamin D deficiency in the family practice setting.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Nov 2009 | 11:50 am Oral Voclosporin Shows Promise for Noninfectious UveitisTwo studies reveal that oral treatment with voclosporin for patients with noninfectious uveitis reduces inflammation and risk for recurrence.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Nov 2009 | 11:46 am Copy-Number Variations Associated With Schizophrenia Identified in Finnish FamiliesLarge copy-number variations associated with schizophrenia are prevalent in a high-risk Finnish region for schizophrenia with an isolated founder population.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Nov 2009 | 11:09 am Listen upLoud music on your MP3 player 'can affect hearing'Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Nov 2009 | 10:07 am New Survey Targets Over 50s Living With HIV, UKTerrence Higgins Trust with Age Concern & Help the Aged is launching a survey today to find out the needs and concerns of people living with HIV who are aged over 50. The findings of the research, titled 50Plus, will be made available to services for both older people, and people with HIV, to help them develop appropriate support.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am Long Clinic Wait Times Become Barriers to Glaucoma CareA new study finds that long wait times and appointment scheduling difficulties are barriers to timely follow-up care for glaucoma patients.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Nov 2009 | 9:50 am Hepatitis B Not a Player in Pancreatic CancerHepatitis B virus infection does not appear to increase the risk for pancreatic cancer, as has been previously suggested.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 9 Nov 2009 | 9:40 am Longitude Health Announces GINA-Compliant Health Risk Assessment Available November 15th, 2009Longitude Health, Inc., provider of web-based, guided health and wellness solutions, today announced availability of a fully GINA-compliant health risk assessment on November 15th, providing employers a solution that meets current open enrollment requirements and fast approaching regulatory changes.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am Bubbles used to find cancer cellsA new technique using tiny bubbles to detect cancer is developed by radiographers and surgeons at a UK hospital.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Nov 2009 | 8:36 am Lower cholesterol may lessen risk of some cancersMost people know that healthy cholesterol levels can help protect your heart. But new research suggests another potential benefit: a lower risk of developing some types of cancer.Source: CNN.com - Health | 9 Nov 2009 | 8:27 am Tobacco Smoke Has Harmful Impact On Asthma, Rhinitis And ImmunityTobacco smoke is involved in uncontrolled asthma, a diminished response to anti-asthma drugs, rhinitis, nasal obstruction, and deregulation of the immune system according to an international expert at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in Miami Beach, Fla.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am 19th Century cardinal 'answered cure prayers'A US clergyman talks about how he was cured of a crippling spinal condition after praying to a 19th Century Birmingham theologian.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Nov 2009 | 7:51 am 8 basic diabetes questions answeredNearly 24 million Americans have diabetes; another 57 million have prediabetes. And, the CDC estimates that if the diabetes epidemic continues, one in three Americans will develop it in his or her lifetime. Here are some answers to the most common questions.Source: CNN.com - Health | 9 Nov 2009 | 7:36 am Treatment Of Allergic Rhinitis Improves Coexisting DiseasesThe treatment of allergic rhinitis is shown to improve co-existing conditions including conjunctivitis, asthma, sinusitis, otitis media with effusion (fluid in the middle ear) and sleep disorders according to an international expert at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in Miami Beach, Fla.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Nov 2009 | 7:00 am Respirator or face mask? Best shield still debatedA preliminary report suggesting that N95 respirators -- filtering devices worn over the mouth and nose -- protect against swine flu better than surgical face masks seems to be incorrect, researchers revealed during a meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).Source: CNN.com - Health | 9 Nov 2009 | 6:52 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 | 9 Nov 2009 | 6:23 am What Is Devic's Disease? What Is Neuromyelitis Optica? What Causes Devic's Disease?Devic's disease, or neuromyelitis optica, (NMO) is a type of inflammatory demyelinating disease. A demyelinating disease occurs when the myelin sheath, a protective covering that surrounds brain and spinal cord nerves is damaged. In the case of Devic's disease, the patient develops myelitis (inflammation of the spinal cord) and optic neuritis (inflammation of the optic nerve).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am MorphoSys Receives Regulatory Approval To Start Phase 1b/2a Clinical Trial For MOR103 ProgramGermany's Paul-Ehrlich-Institute Approves Clinical Trial in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX) announced today that it has received clearance from Germany's Paul-Ehrlich-Institute as well as a positive opinion from the ethics committees in Germany
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am QuantRx Debuts Flagship Diagnostic Reader Device (Q-Reader™) At MEDICA 2009, The World's Leading Medical Trade FairQuantRx® Biomedical Corporation (OTCBB: QTXB), a broad-based diagnostic company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative diagnostic products, today announced that the Company will demonstrate its latest technology at MEDICA 2009, the world's leading medical trade fair, to be held November 18-21, 2009, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am ZIOPHARM Presents Positive Palifosfamide Sarcoma Randomized Phase II Interim Data At Annual Meeting Of The Connective Tissue Oncology SocietyZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZIOP) presented today at the 15th Annual Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) Meeting, positive interim data from the multicenter randomized Phase II trial of palifosfamide (ZymafosTM, ZIO-201) treating patients with unresectable or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am FDA Lags On 510(k) Medical Device ApprovalsAccording to MassDevice.com, the online business journal of the medical device industry, medical device approval times under the Food & Drug Administration's 510(k) clearance process jumped 30 percent between 2005 and 2008.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am DX-88 (ecallantide) Demonstrated Relief Of Symptoms In Hereditary Angioedema Acute Attacks In All Attack LocationsAn analysis demonstrating the ability of DX-88 (ecallantide) to resolve symptoms of acute hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks in all anatomic locations and to sustain effect will be presented in an oral presentation this week at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) 2009 Annual Meeting in Miami Beach.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am Test improves Alzheimer diagnosisA multi-tasking test can help avoid confusion between symptoms of depression and early Alzheimer's, a study finds.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Nov 2009 | 3:53 am Cancer recurs in 'dense' breastsWomen treated for breast cancer are at a higher risk of cancer recurrence if they have 'dense' breasts, a study finds.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Nov 2009 | 3:06 am Singing helps'Fronting a band is good for my cystic fibrosis'Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Nov 2009 | 2:55 am
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