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Home Care Patients Worry Over Possible CutsBoth the House and Senate health care legislation would reduce Medicare spending on home health services. Source: NYT > Health | 5 Dec 2009 | 12:22 am Cholera Epidemic Infects Thousands in KenyaThe most stricken areas are the arid swaths of northern Kenya, which were hit this year by a devastating drought, and where many are surviving off dirty water.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Dec 2009 | 12:11 am TEPCO to acquire stake in Wheatstone LNG projectTOKYO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Saturday it has signed a Heads of Agreement with U.S. major Chevron to procure 4.1 million tonnes per year of liquefied natural gas from...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Dec 2009 | 12:06 am Chicago News Cooperative: Treating a Community’s Health Needs That Reform May Not FixThe Erie Family Health Center, in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago, will not turn patients away, even if they cannot pay.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Dec 2009 | 12:06 am Questioning a $30,000-a-Month Cancer DrugExperts question the value of the expensive lymphoma drug Folotyn, which shrinks tumors but has not been shown to prolong lives.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Dec 2009 | 11:58 pm Efforts to Strip Health Care Provisions Fall ShortThe measures would make deep cuts in payments to private Medicare Advantage plans and create a new long-term-care insurance program.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Dec 2009 | 11:41 pm Review Shows Safety of H1N1 Vaccine, Officials SayAn extensive review shows side effects no different from those of seasonal flu vaccines, health officials reported.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Dec 2009 | 11:41 pm Beware the great 'greenwashing' con, experts warnEco-conscious customers who flock to one Washington store say they have chosen the environmentally friendly living shop because they know they are in little danger of being "greenwashed."Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Dec 2009 | 10:57 pm Patient Money: Knowing What’s Worth Paying for in VitaminsVitamin sales in the United States are expected to grow 8 percent this year to $9.2 billion, according to Nutrition Business Journal.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Dec 2009 | 10:54 pm Business Briefing | Health Care: F.D.A. Warns of Problems With Sterilization DeviceDoctors and hospitals should stop using a device from the Steris Corporation to sterilize surgical tools after reports of malfunctions.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Dec 2009 | 10:52 pm Diabetes Drugs Go Head-to-Head in Study (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A class of drugs still taken by millions of people with type 2 diabetes is associated with a higher risk of dying and heart failure than the newer treatment metformin, researchers say.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Dec 2009 | 9:49 pm Health Tip: Women Who Have GBS During Pregnancy (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a bacterium that is found in as many as 30 percent of pregnant women, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Dec 2009 | 9:49 pm Chicken Pox Shot Protects Against Shingles, Too (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Children who are vaccinated against chicken pox may also have increased protection against shingles, new findings suggest.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Dec 2009 | 9:49 pm Review Finds Marijuana May Help MS Patients (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients, glaucoma patients and others can benefit from medical marijuana, and now a new analysis shows that it can help multiple sclerosis (MS) patients find relief from the muscle spasms that are the hallmark of the debilitating autoimmune disease.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Dec 2009 | 9:49 pm CDC: Swine flu is widespread only in 25 states (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Dec 2009 | 9:46 pm New visionHow old eyes can be given a fresh lease of lifeSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Dec 2009 | 8:35 pm CDC: Swine flu is widespread only in 25 statesSwine flu infections continue to wane, just as vaccine is becoming plentiful enough that some communities are allowing everyone to get it, not just those in priority groups. Swine flu...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Dec 2009 | 8:08 pm UPDATE 2-Apple acquires music service Lala* Lala revenue less than $10 mln (updates with confirmation)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Dec 2009 | 7:36 pm Lower birth weight puberty linkBabies who are small at birth or who put on weight quickly in the first two years are more likely to start puberty early.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Dec 2009 | 6:51 pm More than half of HIV-positive women surveyed in Ont. intend to become pregnantTORONTO - A significant proportion of HIV-positive women of child- bearing age want to become pregnant at some point in the future, a new study shows, although extra care is needed to...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Dec 2009 | 6:05 pm CCTA Testing Reduces Cost, Radiation in Population With Less Than 50% Prevalence of CADHeartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Dec 2009 | 5:56 pm Worm could offer Parkinson's clueDundee University scientists believe worms could hold clues to why some people develop Parkinson's Disease.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Dec 2009 | 5:49 pm Epilepsy Patients Having Unnecessary SeizuresDespite substantial progress in diagnosis and treatments, specialists report that many are not benefiting as much as possible.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Dec 2009 | 5:27 pm Inadequate Response to Antiplatelet Therapy Rare in Stable Coronary DiseaseCases in which a patient with stable coronary artery disease does not respond adequately to therapy with aspirin or clopidogrel are rare, Canadian researchers report in the November 1st issue of the American Journal of Cardiology.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Dec 2009 | 5:21 pm BNP, Coronary Artery Calcium Independently Predict Cardiovascular EventsB-natriuretic peptide (BNP) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) independently predict cardiovascular events in asymptomatic individuals, according to data from a prospective registry.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Dec 2009 | 5:18 pm Court approves seniors class action against Alberta over long-term care feesEDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled a class-action lawsuit can proceed against the province over the fees it charges seniors in long-term care. The lawsuit was filed by...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Dec 2009 | 5:18 pm Court says class-action can proceed against Alberta over long-term care feesEDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled a class-action lawsuit can proceed against the province over the fees seniors are charged in long-term care homes. The court ruled...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Dec 2009 | 5:07 pm UPDATE 2-Bondholders begin court fight for Six Flags* Junior noteholders want an alternative plan consideredSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Dec 2009 | 4:59 pm Risk of blood clots after surgery higher than thoughtNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk of blood clots following surgery is probably higher - overall, more than one clot per 50 surgeries -- than previously thought, data from the UK's...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Dec 2009 | 3:32 pm Immediate biopsy unnecessary for some breast lumpsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For breast lumps that can be felt with the fingers but look benign on ultrasound, an immediate biopsy may not be needed, particularly for some young women,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 Dec 2009 | 3:31 pm For High-Grade Prostate CA, Combined Therapies Are Better Than Any One AloneHigh-grade prostate cancer patients treated with a triple protocol of brachytherapy, external beam radiotherapy and hormonal therapy fare better than the published success rates for any one of those treatments, alone or with radical prostatectomy.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Dec 2009 | 2:54 pm Radiation of Gangliogliomas Is Potentially Useful Only When Total Resection Can't Be DoneIn a large series of patients with very rare gangliogliomas, gross total resection (GTR) provided the best outcomes. When only subtotal resection (STR) was possible -- as was often the case -- postoperative radiotherapy improved local control but not survival.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Dec 2009 | 2:51 pm One-Fifth of Abuse-Related Fractures in Children Missed at First Medical VisitPhysicians often fail to recognize child abuse as the cause of skeletal fractures the first time a young child is brought for treatment, new research suggests.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Dec 2009 | 2:47 pm Hyperlipidemia Not Linked to Better Survival in ALS PatientsHyperlipidemia does not appear to be related to better survival in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Italian researchers report.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Dec 2009 | 2:43 pm Migraineurs and Non-Migraineurs Have Similar Levels of C-Reactive ProteinLevels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation, are not elevated in migraine sufferers compared with non-migraineurs, according to a report in the December issue of Cephalalgia. Older women with migraine without aura have marginally lower CRP levels than migraineurs with aura and non-migraineurs.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Dec 2009 | 2:38 pm Electrical Stimulation of Ankle Plantar Flexors May Improve Gait After StrokeFunctional electrical stimulation of ankle plantar flexor muscles, and not just the dorsiflexor muscles, can further improve poststroke gait, the results of a small study in the December issue of Stroke suggest.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Dec 2009 | 2:36 pm Soy may lessen risk of endometrial, ovarian cancers (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Dec 2009 | 1:45 pm From fat to gym rat, woman loses 200 poundsThese days, Becky Griggs starts her morning well before the sun comes up, in time to meet her clients at the gym at 5:30. It's a big change from six years ago, when she was 352 pounds and, as she calls it, engaged in a "slow form of suicide."Source: CNN.com - Health | 4 Dec 2009 | 1:37 pm Abortion Battle Shifts to Clinic in NebraskaA Nebraska doctor has taken up the cause of late-term abortions from his slain colleague George R. Tiller.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Dec 2009 | 12:50 pm After Delays, Vaccine to Counter Bad Beef Is Being TestedA beef company has started a trial for a drug intended to reduce E. coli in cattle after years of bureaucratic delays in Washington.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Dec 2009 | 12:39 pm Dance class a gift for special students, instructorIt's early on a Saturday morning, and Sarah Markowitz limbers up before her dance class begins.Source: CNN.com - Health | 4 Dec 2009 | 9:36 am 'Doughnut hole' unites seniors wary of health bill (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Dec 2009 | 9:08 am What Is Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia)? What Causes Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia)?Schistosomiasis, or bilharzias, bilharziosis, or snail fever is a parasitic disease caused by various species of fluke of the genus Schostosoma. Schistosomiasis has a low mortality rate; however, as it is commonly a chronic illness it can cause serious damage to internal organs, and may even undermine growth and cognitive development in children. When the urinary system is infected there is a significantly higher risk in adults of developing bladder cancer. Schistosomiasis may infect the gastrointestinal tract and the liver...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Dec 2009 | 9:00 am Loneliness spreads in social networksDo you ever feel cut off from other people, even if there are plenty around you? If so, you may be making others feel lonely without even realizing it.Source: CNN.com - Health | 4 Dec 2009 | 8:52 am Brain of world's best-known amnesiac mappedHenry Molaison, known as H.M. in scientific literature, was perhaps the most famous patient in all of brain science in the 20th century. This week, researchers are dissecting his brain to figure out exactly which structures contributed to his amnesia.Source: CNN.com - Health | 4 Dec 2009 | 8:24 am No Rise In Brain Tumors After Decade Of Sharply Rising Cell Phone Usage, New StudyAn analysis of brain tumor incidence in Scandinavian countries from the mid 1970s to the early 2000s found no substantial change in brain tumor rates in adults 5 to 10 years after cell phone usage rose sharply. However, the researchers cautioned that there could be reasons other than the absence of a link to explain these findings, and suggested longer follow up studies were needed...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Dec 2009 | 7:00 am U.N.-Backed Report Features Recommendations To Scale Up Fight Against HIV/AIDS In PacificA report released Wednesday by the Commission on AIDS in the Pacific region outlines the challenges of preventing the spread of HIV in "22 geographically and culturally diverse countries" of the Pacific and recommends efforts to scale up the region's fight against HIV/AIDS, U.N. News Centre reports. The report determined an estimated 59,000 people were living with HIV in the region as of 2008, of which 3,800 were new infections...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Dec 2009 | 7:00 am KHN Column: Debating Cost ControlIn his latest Kaiser Health News column, James Capretta explores perspectives related to cost control in health reform. "In recent days, a growing chorus of voices has expressed alarm that the health care legislation emerging in Congress does not come close to 'bending the cost-curve' as President Obama has promised it would...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Dec 2009 | 7:00 am New Health IT Grants To Be 'Models' For The NationThe federal government will offer $235 million in grants for communities to upgrade and improve their health information technology, The Dallas Morning News reports. Only organizations that are already using health IT are eligible. Health secretary Kathleen Sebelius said, "Our hope is that the communities will become models for the rest of the country" (Roberson, 12/2)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Dec 2009 | 7:00 am Doctors' Groups Break Ranks To Oppose Senate Health OverhaulThe California Medical Association - which represents more than 35,000 doctors - will announce its opposition to the Senate version of the health overhaul bill later this week, the Los Angeles Times reports. The group's leaders voted to oppose the bill last week, joining several other states, including Florida and Texas. A chief worry for doctors is that the Senate bill would create a Medicare commission that may assume some power for setting rates for the program. They anticipate that it would lower Medicare reimbursements by 40 percent in coming years...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Dec 2009 | 7:00 am Reid Still Seeks Common Ground On Public Option"The public option has gone through several stages of evolution this year, but it could soon face extinction unless one of the new versions picks up political momentum," The Hill reports. "Senate Democrats have marketed a new 'opt-out' public option in recent weeks, and another proposal is expected next week. The proposals have fended off GOP calls for the elimination of the government-run healthcare plan. But it remains to be seen how much life is left in the public option, because no variation has attracted the backing of 60 senators." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Dec 2009 | 7:00 am Democrats Mull Strategy For Remaining Appropriations BillsHouse Democrats appear increasingly likely to "resort to a multibill omnibus package" to clear unresolved fiscal year 2010 appropriations bills and extend programs that expire at the end of the month, CQ Today reports (Clarke/Epstein, CQ Today, 12/2)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Dec 2009 | 7:00 am Study Examines Access To Timely Diagnostic Mammogram Appointments For Medicaid, Medicare PatientsWomen with Medicaid were slightly less likely than women with Medicare coverage to secure a timely appointment for a diagnostic mammogram, though the delay "is unlikely to be a substantial barrier to mammography," according to a study published in the journal Cancer, Reuters reports. In contrast to screening mammograms, diagnostic mammograms are given to women who have had an abnormal mammogram or have symptoms suggesting they are at a high risk for breast cancer...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Dec 2009 | 7:00 am NIH Approves New Stem Cell Lines For ResearchThe National Institutes of Health announced approval of embryonic stem cell lines for federally funded research. The Washington Post reports the decision is "opening the way for millions of taxpayer dollars to be used to conduct research that was put off-limits by President George W. Bush. Launching a dramatic expansion of government support for one of the most promising but most contentious fields of biomedical research, the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday authorized the first 13 lines of cells under the administration's policy and was poised to approve 20 more Friday. ...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Dec 2009 | 7:00 am Glaxo's swine flu shot may give kids fever (AP)
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