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Gazit-Globe to sell 49 pct of 3 properties to REIT 1TEL AVIV, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Gazit-Globe Israel has agreed to sell 49 percent of the rights in three properties to REIT 1 Ltd for 315 million shekels ($83.6 million), the companies said on Sunday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Dec 2009 | 1:43 am Egypt's Citadel opens trading at 13.70 Eg poundsCAIRO, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Egypt's Citadel Capital shares were priced at 13.70 Egyptian pounds ($2.51) in early trade on Sunday after its public listing, a step taken ahead of a planned rights issue. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 6 Dec 2009 | 1:33 am TEPCO to invest Y300 bln in Aus LNG project -NikkeiTOKYO, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co will invest more than 300 billion yen ($3.3 billion) in acquiring a stake in liquefied natural gas development in Australia, the Nikkei business daily...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Dec 2009 | 11:41 pm Group contends popular Zhu Zhu Pets toys unsafe (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Dec 2009 | 9:39 pm Senate Clears Way for Home Health Care CutsSenators working on the health care overhaul voted 53 to 41 against Republicans’ move to block cuts to home health agencies. Source: NYT > Health | 5 Dec 2009 | 9:33 pm Clue to 'drug-resistant' epilepsyExperts believe they have uncovered the root cause of "stubborn" epilepsy that fails to respond to drug treatment.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Dec 2009 | 9:02 pm Is Money Tainting the Plasma Supply?Plasma collection centers in the U.S. pay donors, some of them Mexican, leading to questions about an industry dependent on the blood of people hard up for cash.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Dec 2009 | 8:18 pm French immigration fears cloud identity debatePresident Nicolas Sarkozy insists it is a noble exercise in soul-searching about what defines Frenchness, but the national identity debate gripping France has quickly exposed fears about...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Dec 2009 | 7:37 pm SAfrican traditional healers seek leap to modernityIn the eclectic buzz of Africa's richest city, where run-down buildings abut sleek mining houses, is a gateway to a centuries-old world of giant tubers, herbs and musty animal parts. TheSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Dec 2009 | 7:19 pm Changing plotlinesBollywood shines spotlight on health disordersSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Dec 2009 | 5:34 pm Pa. school drops required fitness class for obese (AP)AP - Obese students at a historically black college near Philadelphia won't have to take a fitness class to graduate after all.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Dec 2009 | 2:37 pm Ecuador gives oil firms until March to sign dealsQUITO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Oil companies operating in Ecuador have until March to sign new contracts or the government will "change the rules of the game" to give the state more control over the sector,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Dec 2009 | 1:15 pm Genes may protect some people from TB infectionCANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - A study involving 128 South African families has identified genetic traits that may protect some people from tuberculosis in a finding that could help lead to a...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Dec 2009 | 12:38 pm CDC: Few Serious Reactions After Swine Flu VaccineChances of neurological disorder seen in 1976 "vanishingly remote."WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Dec 2009 | 11:52 am Anyone up for 200-year cognac?Cognacs bottled before the French Revolution and vintages tippled by the rich and famous -- Paris' famed 16th century eatery, the Tour d'Argent, puts 18,000 bottles of its best up for sale...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Dec 2009 | 11:43 am U.S. Hospitals Turn to GE for Surgical CutsVirtua Health, a suburban Philadelphia hospital chain, had a problem. Scheduled caesarean sections were running behind schedule -- from one to two hours on a good day to as much as eight to 10 when things really got backed up.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Dec 2009 | 11:35 am Dutch AIDS Case Shows How Virus Spreads EarlyNewly infected AIDS patients rarely know they have the virus and can continue their high-risk behavior just when they are the most infectious, Dutch researchers reported.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Dec 2009 | 11:31 am FDA Urges More Antipsychotic Review in KidsU.S. drug reviewers recommended that regulators further study the effects in children of a group of medicines known as atypical antipsychotics, a report released on Friday said.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Dec 2009 | 11:30 am Trapped in Turkmenistan, students long to go abroadWiping back the tears from his bloodshot eyes, Andrei struggles to understand why nobody seems to care that he has become a prisoner inside his own country's borders. One of 150 local...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Dec 2009 | 11:19 am Destroyed US town a model of eco-living as it rebuildsWith all eyes on US efforts to combat climate change at next week's UN summit in Copenhagen, one Kansas town is going green in a big way -- and setting an example for American communities.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Dec 2009 | 10:56 am Diclofenac Linked to Liver Failure, DeathTreatment with all products containing diclofenac sodium, including Voltaren Gel, may increase liver dysfunction, resulting in severe hepatic reactions and liver transplantation or death.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Dec 2009 | 9:15 am What Is Vulvar Cancer? What Causes Vulvar Cancer?Vulvar cancer, or vulval cancer is an uncommon cancer of the outer surface area of the female genitalia. The symptoms of vulvar cancer include pain, itching and bleeding of the vulva. The vulva is made up of the outer part of the vagina, the clitoris, and two pairs of lips surrounding the entrance to the vagina, called the labia majora (the outer pair) and the labia minora (the inner pair)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Dec 2009 | 7:00 am Gastric Band Placement For Obesity Is Not Associated With Increased Urinary Risk Of Urolithiasis Compared To BypassUroToday.com - As morbid obesity is becoming increasingly prevalent in our western society, the surgical options for management of this disorder are being more widely utilized. These procedures include Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and gastric band surgery. It has been estimated that the number of bariatric surgeries performed has increased ten-fold in the past decade. It has been observed that in some patients undergoing bariatric surgery for obesity, new onset nephrolithiasis can develop...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Dec 2009 | 7:00 am Seasonal Flu Shot Awareness High In Hispanics, Vaccination Rates LowerAlthough there is high awareness of the need for seasonal influenza vaccines, a new study of Hispanics in one California county shows low rates of actual vaccination, especially among men. "Previous national studies show that Hispanics have lower influenza vaccination rates than the general population, especially non-Hispanic whites," said lead author Jeffrey Bethel, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Public Health at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am Geisinger Offers 'Bundle' Of Best Practice Measures For Patients With DiabetesDiabetes is one of the nation's most prevalent chronic diseases, and Geisinger has created a "bundle" of best practice measures to improve the quality of diabetes care and outcomes. A multidisciplinary group including endocrinologists, family physicians, internists, nurse practitioners, diabetic nurse educators and operations managers developed a set of nine quality measures that are used to evaluate each patient. These standards include tracking blood pressure, cholesterol levels and immunizations...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am Physician Offers Tips To Avoid Flu InfectionNational Handwashing Awareness Week is from Dec. 6 to 12, and a Geisinger physician advises that with the presence of the H1N1 virus this year, handwashing is more important than ever. "Washing your hands is one of the simplest and most effective ways to avoid infections such as H1N1 and seasonal influenza," said Lisa Esolen, M.D., Medical Director of Infection Control, Geisinger Health System. "Because this year's H1N1 virus has been so contagious and has rapidly spread widely, it is especially important to remember to wash your hands...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am NYU Langone Medical Center Study Shows VNS Therapy Is A Safe And Effective Treatment For Refractory EpilepsyAES Annual Meeting, Booth #901-- Cyberonics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYBX) announced that Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Therapy, the only FDA-approved implantable medical device for the treatment of refractory epilepsy, will be featured in 14 presentations at the American Epilepsy Society's (AES) Annual Meeting, taking place December 4-8 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Robert Elliott, M.D...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Dec 2009 | 2:00 am Why Some Monkeys Don't Get AIDSTwo studies published this month in the Journal of Clinical Investigation provide a significant advance in understanding how some species of monkeys such as sooty mangabeys and African green monkeys avoid AIDS when infected with SIV, the simian equivalent of HIV...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Dec 2009 | 2:00 am Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Also May Protect Stem Cell Transplant Patients From A Potentially Deadly ComplicationCholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins are among the most prescribed medicines in the U.S. Now a new study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center indicates that statins may protect stem cell transplant patients from one of the most serious complications of the life-saving cancer therapy: graft-versus-host disease, or GVHD. The findings are reported in the Nov. 4 first edition of the journal Blood...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Dec 2009 | 2:00 am US FDA Approves SEROQUEL XR(R) For Add-On Treatment Of Major Depressive DisorderAstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved once-daily SEROQUEL XR® (quetiapine fumarate) Extended Release Tablets as adjunctive (add-on) treatment to antidepressants in adults with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). SEROQUEL XR is the only medication in its class approved by the FDA to treat both major depressive disorder as adjunctive therapy and acute depressive episodes associated with bipolar disorder as monotherapy.(1)(2) MDD affects approximately 14...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Dec 2009 | 2:00 am U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies Developing 97 New Drugs And Vaccines To Fight HIV/AIDSChemistry World recently highlighted a new report published by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) that identifies 97 new drugs and vaccines in development for HIV/AIDS and related conditions. The report found that the 97 products in development include 23 vaccines and 54 antivirals. These drugs are either in human clinical trials or awaiting approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
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