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Pioneering cardiologist and inventor of specialized catheter William Ganz dies in USLOS ANGELES - Dr. William Ganz, a pioneering cardiologist and one of the inventors of a specialized catheter, has died. He was 90. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center released a statement...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2009 | 3:11 am UPDATE 3-TeliaSonera, Alfa to merge MegaFon, Turkcell stakesSTOCKHOLM, Nov 12 (Reuters) - TeliaSonera and Alfa Group are to combine their holdings in two mobile operators, bringing closer a possible end to a dispute over ownership of Turkcell , Turkey's biggest...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2009 | 2:38 am CNOOC shuts oilfields in Bohai Bay on strong windsBEIJING, Nov 12 (Reuters) - China's offshore oil and gas specialist CNOOC Ltd has shut down operations at the BZ25-1 south oilfields from Nov. 10, affected by strong winds in the Bohai Bay area, the company...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2009 | 2:33 am Daiya Tsusho -6-month parent forecastPARENT-ONLY EARNINGS ESTIMATES (in billions of yen unless specified)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2009 | 2:30 am TABLE-Daiya Tsusho -6mth parent results6 months ended 6 months ended Full year to Full year endedSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2009 | 2:30 am Norway 2010 oil/gas investments seen falling-lobbyOSLO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Investment spending by Norway's oil and gas industry should fall to some 118 billion Norwegian crowns ($21.11 billion) next year, a lobby group estimated on Thursday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2009 | 2:28 am Telekom Austria cuts outlook on Q3 net loss* Q3 net loss 136 mln eur vs poll avg net profit 132 mln eurSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2009 | 2:16 am UPDATE 2-Telefonica net meets f'casts, Spain improvesMADRID, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Strength in emerging Latin America and cost-cutting helped Telefonica present flat nine-month profit on Thursday, and the telecoms group said its recession-hit Spanish business...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2009 | 2:07 am India OKs extra investment by ONGC in Brazil assetNEW DELHI, Nov 12 (Reuters) - India's cabinet on Thursday approved additional investment of $70 million by the overseas arm of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp in its offshore block in Brazil, the government...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am In Taiwan, baseball is the favouritel gameIn Taiwan, 500-dollar bills carry the image of Little League baseball players in a moment of glory. That's how serious the island is about its favourite game. At a time when Taiwan's...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Nov 2009 | 1:45 am Speech Gene Shows Its Bossy NatureLaboratory tests in which the chimp version of a speech gene was put into human neurons confirmed suspicions that FOXP2 is a maestro of the genome. Source: NYT > Health | 12 Nov 2009 | 12:25 am U.S. Plans Raw Warm-Water Oyster BanAt issue is how far the federal government should go to save the lives of 15 people each year who die from eating contaminated raw oysters.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Nov 2009 | 12:21 am Rep. Kennedy and Bishop in Bitter Rift on AbortionRepresentative Patrick J. Kennedy of Rhode Island and the Roman Catholic bishop of Providence are engaged in a heated battle over provisions of health care legislation.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Nov 2009 | 12:18 am Swine Flu Clinics to Be Opened to a Broader Group of People This WeekendPeople 25 to 64 who have underlying health problems, like diabetes, asthma or chronic heart and lung conditions, and caretakers of infants less than 6 months old will be eligible for the clinics in New York City.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Nov 2009 | 12:05 am OncoVista (OVIT) AdnaGen Test Identifies Cancer Stem Cells In The BloodstreamOncoVista Innovative Therapies, Inc.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am China’s Tough Flu Measures Appear to Be EffectiveChina’s actions, especially quarantines of foreign visitors, brought criticism abroad, but health officials say the spread of H1N1 may have been slowed.Source: NYT > Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 11:59 pm In the Hunt: Entrepreneurs Press On, and Obstacles FallAlong with two technology companies, Jennifer VanDerHorst-Larson created the Holland Center for the treatment of young children with autism.Source: NYT > Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 11:43 pm Teva Receives Final Approval For Generic Prevacid(R) Delayed-Release CapsulesTeva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted final approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to market its generic version of Tap Pharmaceutical's proton pump inhibitor Prevacid® (lansoprazole) Delayed-Release Capsules, 15 mg and 30 mg.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm Researchers To Present Additional Data On Soliris(R) (eculizumab) For The Treatment Of Patients With PNH At The ASH Annual MeetingAlexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXN) announced that researchers are scheduled to present data relating to Soliris® (eculizumab) as a treatment for patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) during the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), to be held December 5 - 8, 2009 at the Ernst N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm Health Tip: Check Your Blood Glucose (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The American Diabetes Association says anyone who is diabetic can benefit from blood glucose checks, especially if the person: Takes insulin or medication to manage diabetes. Is pregnant. Has difficulty keeping blood glucose stable and under control. Has dangerously low blood glucose, or develops ketones from high levels of blood glucose. Develops low blood glucose without the typical warning signs.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Nov 2009 | 9:48 pm BPA Tied to Impotence in Men (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to high levels of the controversial plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) significantly raised the risk of sexual dysfunction, including impotence and low sex drive, among Chinese factory workers, a new study has found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Nov 2009 | 9:48 pm For Older Walkers, Faster Is Better (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Highlighting the importance of staying fit in old age, a French study has found that seniors who walk slowly are three times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than are fast walkers.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Nov 2009 | 9:48 pm Gut Bacteria Might Be Making People Fat (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a Westernized diet with lots of sugar and carbohydrates caused almost instantaneous changes in the gut flora of mice -- changes that caused the mice to become obese, researchers have found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Nov 2009 | 9:48 pm Global Health Partner AB: Start-up Of Obesity Treatment Operations In FinlandIn collaboration with Eira Hospital in Helsinki, Global Health Partner (STO:GHP) has started up obesity treatment operations and the first bariatric surgery procedure has now been performed. Finland has the highest obesity prevalence in the Nordic countries. However, the number of bariatric surgery procedures has so far been very low.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm Patient Safety At Risk As Coolah Hospital Bypassed, AustraliaThe Rural Doctors Association of NSW (RDA NSW) is warning that the Greater Western Area Health Service's decision to place Coolah Hospital on bypass indefinitely, effectively shutting down the hospital's emergency department, will put lives at risk.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Nov 2009 | 8:00 pm AMA Adopts Endocrine Society Resolution Opposing Medicare's Proposal To Eliminate Payments For SpecialistsThe American Medical Association's (AMA) House of Delegates adopted a resolution opposing all public and private payer efforts to eliminate physician consultation services. Physicians providing inpatient and outpatient consultation services play a crucial role in diagnosing and caring for patients with complex medical conditions.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm H1N1 vaccine maker opens doors to mediaVaccine manufacturing giant Sanofi Pasteur opened its doors to the media Wednesday, inviting reporters to a first-of-its-kind, up-close look at its H1N1 flu vaccine production facility.Source: CNN.com - Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 6:44 pm Australian scientists plan to regrow breasts after cancer (Reuters)Reuters - Australian scientists have developed a surgical technique that may allow cancer-suffering women to regrow their breasts after having a mastectomy, with human trials planned to start within three to six months.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Nov 2009 | 6:42 pm Personal Best: Train the Mind to Run Right Through WinterThose who exercise in all sorts of weather will attest that there is a certain thrill that can come from terrible conditions.Source: NYT > Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 6:34 pm Breast Cancer Physicians Have Limited Access To Trained InterpretersIn a new survey of physicians who treat breast cancer patients, only one-third said they had good access to trained medical interpreters or telephone language-interpretation systems when they needed it. Poor access to interpreters can compromise physician-patient communication that is critically important in cancer care.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Nov 2009 | 6:00 pm Few Americans make end-of-life wishes known (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Nov 2009 | 5:30 pm Cancer protein 'can be disarmed'Scientists say they have found a way to disarm a protein thought to play a key role in leukaemia and other cancers.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pm Substantial Proportion Of People Who Borrow Prescription Drugs Experience Side EffectsTwenty-five percent of people who borrow prescription medications experience side effects, according to new research.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pm Review: Reports on Pfizer drug studies misleading (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Nov 2009 | 4:54 pm Joint Commission, HHS Team Up In Language Access Education EffortAmid growing concerns about racial, ethnic and language disparities in health care, The Joint Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights have released a video, entitled "Improving Patient-Provider Communication," which supports language access in health care organizations.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm CDC now says 4,000 swine flu deaths in US (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Nov 2009 | 3:49 pm New chewing gum may help soldiers fight 'trench mouth' (McClatchy Newspapers)McClatchy Newspapers - With the help of a gum chomping machine and years of careful chemistry, University of Kentucky researchers have developed a chewing gum that can help replace toothpaste and a toothbrush, thus improving the health of soldiers in the field as well as children in poor countries.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Nov 2009 | 3:39 pm U.N. says hunger stunts some 200 million children (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 11 Nov 2009 | 3:29 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 | 11 Nov 2009 | 3:25 pm ASTRAL Finds No Benefit of Revascularization Over Medical Therapy Alone for Renal-Artery StenosisPercutaneous revascularization of atherosclerotic renal arteries improves patency, but its benefits on renal function have been evaluated only in small studies. The 806-patient ASTRAL trial found no evidence of benefit from revascularization.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2009 | 3:20 pm Hi-tech holy water calms flu fearCatholic churches in Italy install automatic holy water dispensers to reduce the risk of spreading swine flu.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Nov 2009 | 3:16 pm Regions With High Rates of Carotid-Stenting Adoption Have Poorer OutcomesResults from a new study suggest that, as the use of carotid artery stenting has become more widespread following expanded Medicare coverage, overall revascularization outcomes have worsened.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2009 | 3:10 pm Sebelius Announces Release Of Recovery Act Funding To Improve Care In Nation's Ambulatory Surgical CentersTo reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in stand-alone or same-day surgical centers, the HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the availability of up to $9 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to state survey agencies in 43 states.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm Democrats Raise Alarms Over Health Bill CostsHealth economists say it is impossible to know whether the bills would meet cost-cutting goals, and many are skeptical that they even come close.Source: NYT > Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 2:56 pm FDA Investigating External-Defib Energy LevelsThe agency is following up on 14 reports over the past three years of unsuccessful defibrillation/cardioversion attempts from a 200-J device followed by successful therapy from a 360-J unit.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2009 | 2:52 pm Mildred Cohn, Biochemist, Is Dead at 96Dr. Cohn was a leading researcher whose work contributed to the development of medical technologies like M.R.I.’s.Source: NYT > Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 2:42 pm Victims of domestic abuse speak outSource: CNN.com - Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 2:27 pm Children of Parents With Bipolar Disorder at High Risk for Earlier Onset, More ComorbidityA new study shows that the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder are at high risk for the disorder, with an earlier age at onset and more psychiatric comorbidity, including ADHD and major depression.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2009 | 2:11 pm Study links BPA in plastics to erectile dysfunctionBisphenol-A, a chemical found in hard, clear plastic used to make everything from baby bottles to food packaging, may increase the risk of erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems in male factory workers exposed to large amounts of the substance, according to a study conducted in China.Source: CNN.com - Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 1:42 pm Pain lingers for some breast cancer survivorsAlmost half of women who have breast cancer surgery still have pain or numbness two to three years later, according to a new study. Women younger than 40 who receive lumpectomies are at the greatest risk.Source: CNN.com - Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 1:42 pm The Family Practitioner and Health Reform: An Expert Interview With Ted Epperly, MD, FAAFPDr. Epperly discusses healthcare reform and ideas for addressing the primary care physician shortage.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2009 | 1:25 pm What's Going to Be Hot at AHA 2009?Anticipation is building for full trial results from ARBITER 6-HALTS, plus a better understanding of what went wrong with cangrelor in the CHAMPION trials. Also in the lineup are updates from PLATO, RE-LY, ALLHAT, BARI 2D, STICH, CASCADE, POPULAR, HEARTMATE II, and many more. Indeed, this year's "late-breaking" sessions include more than 30 trials over five days.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2009 | 1:02 pm Sole Use of Monofilament Testing Not Recommended to Diagnose Peripheral NeuropathyA systematic review suggests that despite the frequent use of monofilament testing, little can be said about the test accuracy to detect neuropathy in feet without visible ulcers.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2009 | 12:49 pm Wounded Fort Hood soldier describes gunmanThe gunman quickly reloaded his weapon, methodically moving away from Spc. Logan Burnette after shooting him several times during last week's deadly rampage at the Fort Hood Army Post.Source: CNN.com - Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 12:48 pm Landmark Partial Breast Irradiation Trial Needs "Unsuitable" PatientsThe description of certain breast cancer patients as "unsuitable" for partial irradiation in a recent consensus statement might be hampering enrollment to a landmark trial.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2009 | 12:37 pm Chocolate Reduces Stress, Study FindsGo ahead, grab a chocolate bar. New evidence is in that eating dark chocolate every day can reduce stress.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 12:13 pm Role of Primary Care Clinicians in HIV Management ReviewedA review describes the role of primary care clinicians in the treatment of patients with HIV infection.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2009 | 11:43 am Medicare Cuts to Diagnostic Imaging Will Affect Cancer CareMedicare cuts to diagnostic imaging and other cancer care services threaten to impede patient access to care and even force oncology practices to close.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 11 Nov 2009 | 11:24 am Human Speech Gene FoundA gene found in brain cells could explain how we acquired speech.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 11:13 am Human Evolution: The Origin of Tool UseWhy did we start using tools? What do other tool users in our family tree say about our early evolution?Source: Livescience.com - Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 10:54 am Replenish your energy with the right carbohydratesEveryone needs carbohydrates, the body's preferred energy source. But not all carbs are created equal. Here's how to choose wisely to fuel your day and your workout.Source: CNN.com - Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 9:43 am Poor nutrition 'stunting growth'Poor nutrition is still causing major problems in the developing world - despite some progress being made.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Nov 2009 | 9:09 am WHO: Women's health an 'urgent priority'Societies fail women at key moments in their lives by not offering them quality health care, which undermines their ability to reach their full potential, the World Health Organization says in a new report.Source: CNN.com - Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 8:53 am How mood mapping helped me beat bipolar disorderI was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when I was 28. I was a successful neurosurgeon in a leading UK teaching hospital, and a leading researcher in head injury. This diagnosis followed 12 months in which I had experienced a series of personal and work related stresses.Source: CNN.com - Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 7:48 am What doctors don't tell you about C-sectionsCaesarean section rates have been rising, and some experts expect that they will keep on going up. Here's a look at what is fueling this trend and what you need to know if you're planning on getting pregnant.Source: CNN.com - Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 7:40 am What’s Menopause and When Does It Begin?There are detectable signs when a woman is nearing the end of her child-bearing years.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 11 Nov 2009 | 7:23 am Suicide risk?The particular pressures of sport on the psycheSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Nov 2009 | 7:23 am Computer device 'helps' diabeticsA game has been released that helps young people with type 1 diabetes monitor their condition and check blood sugar levels.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Nov 2009 | 7:19 am
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