WRAPUP 1-Dubai govt ring-fences key assets, shares tumble

* Govt will not sell assets to meet Dubai World obligations
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2009 | 2:59 am

'Risky' kidney transplant success

Surgeons report success with a controversial transplant technique that uses risky donor kidneys riddled with cancer.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 7 Dec 2009 | 2:51 am

Hamster toy safe, company insists

The US manufacturer of one of the UK's biggest selling toys this Christmas insists the product is safe.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 7 Dec 2009 | 2:36 am

Brazil's Hypermarcas to pay $751 mln for rival

SAO PAULO, Dec. 7 (Reuters) - Hypermcarcas , the largest Brazilian maker of consumer goods, agreed on Monday to pay 1.3 billion reais ($751 million) for drugmaker NeoQuimica to expand into the over-the-counter...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2009 | 2:30 am

Kidney removal

In and out of hospital in a day for major surgery
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 7 Dec 2009 | 2:05 am

S.Koreans smoke, drink more in slump: report

Growing stress from the economic slump led South Koreans to smoke and drink more last year, a news report said Monday, quoting a health ministry survey. The survey found 47.7 percent of...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2009 | 1:17 am

UPDATE 2-Carlyle in $889m approach for Shanks

* Shanks says gets takeover offer of 135 pence a share * Offer values Shanks at $889 million
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2009 | 12:57 am

UPDATE 2-Carlyle in $889m approach for Shanks

* Shanks says gets takeover offer of 135 pence a share * Offer values Shanks at $889 million
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2009 | 12:57 am

UPDATE 1-Cadbury to respond to Kraft offer on Dec. 14

* Says prohibited from making further comment until then * Follows publication of Kraft's formal offer last week
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2009 | 12:56 am

Carlyle behind approach to UK's Shanks -source

LONDON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Carlyle, the U.S. private equity group, is behind the 135 pence-a-share takeover approach for British waste manager Shanks Group Plc and has some shareholder backing, a person...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2009 | 12:39 am

UPDATE 1-Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digest

BANGALORE, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Monday:
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2009 | 12:38 am

UPDATE 1-Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digest

BANGALORE, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Monday:
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2009 | 12:38 am

Military Confidentiality Rules Raise Counseling Questions

Different from civilian protections, the rules breed suspicion in troops, and, some say, often make psychotherapy less effective.


Source: NYT > Health | 7 Dec 2009 | 12:28 am

UPDATE 1-PetroBakken to increase 2010 production by about 15 pct

Dec 7 (Reuters) - PetroBakken Energy Ltd expects to increase 2010 production by more than 15 percent and said it was on target to meet its 2009 exit production forecast of 37,000 barrels of oil equivalent...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 Dec 2009 | 12:10 am

White House Is Urged to Help States With Nuclear Plants Stockpile Thyroid Drug

Citing lessons from Hurricane Katrina, advocates seek to reverse a Bush-era policy and increase advance distribution of potassium iodide in the event of an accident or an attack.


Source: NYT > Health | 6 Dec 2009 | 10:52 pm

Study: Parents' Sex Talks With Kids Happening Too Late (Time.com)

Time.com - Teens who talk to their parents about sex are more likely to delay sex and to practice safe sex when they do become sexually active, but parents are waiting too long to have the talk
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Dec 2009 | 10:00 pm

Push for Deal on Public Health Plan

President Obama exhorted Senate Democrats to put aside their fierce policy differences and to make history by passing landmark health care legislation.


Source: NYT > Health | 6 Dec 2009 | 9:31 pm

Vital Signs: Risks: Leaving ‘Stroke Belt’ but Not the Dangers

A study suggested that the risk for the disease might be established early in life.


Source: NYT > Health | 6 Dec 2009 | 9:05 pm

Vital Signs: Hazards: ‘Stay-Tabs’ on Cans Aren’t Staying Out of Children

A radiologist in Cincinnati found that the replacement for pull tabs were not childproof.


Source: NYT > Health | 6 Dec 2009 | 9:04 pm

Cognitive Impairments Shared by All Psychotic Disorders but Most Severe in Schizophrenia

A new study shows that cognitive deficits are most severe in patients with schizophrenia and least pervasive in those with bipolar disorder or mania.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Dec 2009 | 6:43 pm

Foetal blood vessel failure clue

Scientists make a breakthrough in understanding why a foetal blood vessel can fail to close shortly after birth.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Dec 2009 | 5:01 pm

Conflicting Results for Brivaracetam in Partial-Onset Seizures

The surprising findings have left investigators scratching their heads. They say they did not expect inconsistent results for the drug so structurally similar to levetiracetam.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Dec 2009 | 4:38 pm

Mind-Machine Breakthrough: People Type With Just Thoughts

By focusing on images of letters, people with electrodes in their brains can type with their minds.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 6 Dec 2009 | 4:15 pm

Obama rallies senators on health

President Barack Obama meets Senate Democrats and tells them to "get the job done" on healthcare reform legislation.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Dec 2009 | 4:02 pm

Carisbamate Add-On May Lessen Partial-Onset Seizures

The experimental drug is showing promise at 18 months with minimal cognitive or psychiatric adverse events.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 Dec 2009 | 3:34 pm

Study: Missing DNA can promote childhood obesity (AP)

AP - Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger into overdrive, researchers report.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Dec 2009 | 12:24 pm

Gene flaw 'causes child obesity'

Experts discover a genetic cause of severe childhood obesity - an advance which might help avoid misplaced accusations of abuse.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 Dec 2009 | 11:35 am

Group to start project to cut indoor fuel burning (Reuters)

Reuters - An advocacy group on lung health plans to work with health authorities in 12 countries from 2010 to reduce indoor fuel burning, which causes respiratory diseases and lung cancer and kills 2 million people a year.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Dec 2009 | 9:50 am

Zulus to fight AIDS with circumcision (AFP)

AFP - The king of South Africa's Zulus wants to revive the practice of circumcision among his people to help fight the spread of AIDS, the Sapa news agency reported Sunday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Dec 2009 | 9:35 am

Group contends popular Zhu Zhu Pets toys unsafe (AP)

AP - A consumer group contends one of the holiday season's must-have toys is unsafe.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Dec 2009 | 7:38 am

Is Money Tainting the Plasma Supply?

Hundreds, probably thousands, of Mexicans come to the United States to trade their plasma for dollars.


Source: NYT > Health | 6 Dec 2009 | 6:31 am

Consumer group claims Zhu Zhu Pets unsafe

The maker of Zhu Zhu Pets, one of the hottest-selling toys of the holiday season, defended its product after a consumer Web site said one of the robotic hamsters carries high amounts of a dangerous chemical.
Source: CNN.com - Health | 6 Dec 2009 | 4:29 am

New York Times Examines Expanded Work Of Abortion Provider Carhart In Wake Of Tiller's Death

Nebraska-based abortion provider LeRoy Carhart has "taken up the cause" of serving women in need of abortions later in pregnancy to fill a void left by the murder of George Tiller, the New York Times reports. Since Tiller was fatally shot in May, Carhart has hired two people who worked at Tiller's clinic and trained his own staff in performing late abortions. Carhart said he has begun performing some abortions "past 24 weeks" and is prepared to perform them later if they meet legal requirements and if the procedures are medically necessary...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am