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Baby faced? You might get to live longerPeople who look young for their age live longer than those who don't wear so well, work finds.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Dec 2009 | 3:01 am 'Keep busy'How MP deals with his autoimmune conditionSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Dec 2009 | 2:10 am AIDS virus "prevention" gel fails in African trialsLONDON (Reuters) - A gel made by U.S. drug firm Endo Pharmaceuticals that is designed to prevent infection with the AIDS virus has proved ineffective in trials in Africa, Britain's Medical...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Dec 2009 | 2:00 am In picturesAmina, who was born with no legs, takes first stepsSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Dec 2009 | 1:51 am 26 operations, 13 kidneys: hope to few with little (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Dec 2009 | 1:17 am Vaginal HIV gel fails to cut riskA major trial of a vaginal microbicide has produced no evidence that its use reduces the risk of HIV infection in women.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Dec 2009 | 12:48 am RPT-UPDATE 1-Reliance Comm selling FLAG, US business -sources* Reliance seeks around $3 bln for FLAG, other units-sourcesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Dec 2009 | 12:42 am RPT-UPDATE 1-Reliance Comm selling FLAG, US business -sources* Reliance seeks around $3 bln for FLAG, other units-sourcesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Dec 2009 | 12:42 am UPDATE 2-Cadbury upbeat in defence against Kraft bid* Looks for double-digit percentage growth in dividendsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Dec 2009 | 12:32 am Long-Term Care Is Latest Issue in Health Care DebateA new insurance program would help people with severe disabilities, though the benefits could also be used to help pay for nursing homes or assisted living. Source: NYT > Health | 14 Dec 2009 | 12:30 am Lieberman Rules Out Voting for Health BillIn a surprise setback for Democrats, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman said he would vote against the health care bill in its current form.Source: NYT > Health | 14 Dec 2009 | 12:29 am RPT-EU sees satisfactory outcome for Oracle/Sun dealBRUSSELS, Dec 14 (Reuters) - EU regulators said on Monday that their review of Oracle's plan to buy Sun Microsystems will have a "satisfactory" result after the U.S. software company unveiled measures...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Dec 2009 | 12:22 am UPDATE 1-S.Korea Interpark bids for Unitas' Korean retailer* Interpark shares close down, underperforming broader marketSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Dec 2009 | 12:01 am UPDATE 1-S.Korea Interpark bids for Unitas' Korean retailer* Interpark shares close down, underperforming broader marketSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Dec 2009 | 12:01 am UPDATE 1-Oracle submits MySQL proposals ahead of EC deadlineDec 14 (Reuters) - Oracle Corp , facing a regulatory deadline from the European Commission, announced on Monday a series of measures to help pave its way towards completing its $7 billion acquisition of...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Dec 2009 | 11:55 pm UPDATE 1-Oracle submits MySQL proposals ahead of EC deadlineDec 14 (Reuters) - Oracle Corp , facing a regulatory deadline from the European Commission, announced on Monday a series of measures to help pave its way towards completing its $7 billion acquisition of...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Dec 2009 | 11:55 pm UPDATE 1-Roche restarts Phase III Avastin clinical trialZURICH, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG is being allowed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to resume enrolment to a Phase III trial evaluating Avastin in early-stage HER2-negative breast cancer,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Dec 2009 | 11:55 pm Hardship in Childhood May Affect Long-Term Health (HealthDay)HealthDay - SUNDAY, Dec. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Children who experience mental, economic or social hardship can develop long-term emotional, immune and metabolic problems that increase their risk of age-related diseases in adulthood, researchers say.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Dec 2009 | 9:48 pm Autism limit on 'self-awareness'Scientists have produced hard evidence that self-awareness is a big problem for people with autism.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Dec 2009 | 5:04 pm Quarter of Taiwan kids are fat or obese: doctor (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Dec 2009 | 5:00 pm 21st-Century Babies: Building a Baby, With Few Ground RulesSurrogacy is largely without regulation, creating an emerging commercial market for babies that raises vexing ethical questions.Source: NYT > Health | 13 Dec 2009 | 4:03 pm Nanomaterial used in cancer tests, medicine delivery (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Dec 2009 | 12:01 pm Body clock link to heart diseaseScientists raise the possibility that cardiovascular disease may be linked to disturbances in the body's 24-hour clock.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Dec 2009 | 12:00 pm Primary care shortages hitting communities hardHer bedside manner is comforting, the questions to the point.Source: CNN.com - Health | 13 Dec 2009 | 6:33 am Volume turned down on MP3 playersThe European Commission is calling for a suggested maximum volume to be set on MP3 players, to protect users' hearing.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Dec 2009 | 2:45 am Disease-Free, Overall Survival Inferior For Black Women With HR-positive Breast CancerBlack women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer had worse disease-free and overall survival, according to data presented at the CTRC-AACR Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 9-13, 2009. "Black women had a higher risk for disease recurrence and inferior survival compared with women of other races," said Joseph A. Sparano, M.D., professor of medicine and women's health at Albert Einstein Medical College of Medicine and associate chairman of the Department of Oncology at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Dec 2009 | 2:00 am Increase In Hepatitis C Diagnoses For 2008, UKFigures from the agency's yearly report on Hepatitis C for 2009 show that laboratory reporting of newly diagnosed hepatitis C infections in England increased in 2008 by 6% compared to 2007, with 8,196 new cases reported in 2008. Hepatitis C is a viral infection which causes swelling or inflammation of the liver. It is transmitted when the blood of an infected person mixes with a recipient's blood, such as via injecting drug use and the sharing of needles...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Dec 2009 | 2:00 am AMGA Strongly Opposes Medicare "Buy-In"Earlier this week, Don Fisher, PhD, President and CEO of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA), wrote to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), urging him to oppose the recently revealed idea for a Medicare "buy-in" plan. Reid had asked a group of 10 Senators, chaired by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), to address the public plan option. As part of the group's work, a plan has been developed to allow a "buy-in" to Medicare for those 55 to 64 years of age and without other insurance coverage. In his letter, Fisher went on to detail several principle concerns...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Dec 2009 | 2:00 am Diabetes UK Gives Its Support To Stroke Awareness CampaignDiabetes UK is supporting the Government's Act F.A.S.T. campaign launched to raise awareness of the fact that stroke is a medical emergency that requires immediate medical attention. The campaign also wants to help people recognise the signs that someone is having a stroke and inform on what urgent measures should be taken to help them. A stroke happens when the blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted. All cells, including those of the brain, need oxygen and glucose and without them the cells die...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Dec 2009 | 2:00 am Physician Advice A Key Motivator In Baby's Sleep PositionThe advice of a pediatrician to place infants on their backs to sleep appears to be the single most important motivator in getting parents to follow these recommendations and a key reason that the rate of sudden death syndrome (SIDS) has plummeted since the "Back to Sleep" campaign was launched in 1994, says a UT Southwestern researcher. Multiple studies have shown that placing infants on their backs to sleep limits the risk of SIDS, the leading cause of death among children in the U.S. under the age of 1...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Dec 2009 | 2:00 am AAP Launches Healthychildren.OrgIn a sea of conflicting and confusing health information, parents have always turned to their family pediatrician as a trusted source of advice. Now, in a virtual extension of the pediatrician's office, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is bringing pediatrician-approved health information to the Internet with today's launch of HealthyChildren.org. The only Web site backed by 60,000 pediatricians, HealthyChildren.org offers trustworthy, up-to-the-minute health advice and guidance for parents and caregivers, along with interactive tools and personalized content...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Dec 2009 | 2:00 am Technical Consultation: "Advanced Cook Stoves For Improved Health Of Women And Children"To address the adverse health and environmental outcomes associated with the use of traditional open fire cook stoves, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) convened a Technical Consultation today to bring experts from civil society, academia, business, and government to discuss the potential and opportunities for moving forward with improved, cleaner, and healthier cook stoves in India. Opening the Technical Consultation, U.S. Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer said, "India and the U.S...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Dec 2009 | 2:00 am AAP Supports Lawsuit Against Florida Medicaid For Inadequate Care For Children; Advocates To Improve Medicaid Payment Within Health ReformThe American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) supports the efforts of the Florida Pediatric Society, a chapter of the AAP, and the Florida Academy of Pediatric Dentistry to combat discrepancies in the quality of medical and dental care delivered to children enrolled in Florida's Medicaid program. The group filed a lawsuit against Florida Medicaid-now currently in trial-for providing inadequate medical and dental care to more than 1 million Floridian children...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Dec 2009 | 2:00 am FDA Debars Convicted Virginia Seafood Dealer From Importing Food For 20 YearsA Virginia man sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to import catfish from Vietnam for fraudulent sale to avoid paying federal import tariffs has been barred from importing articles of food or offering such articles for import into the United States for the next 20 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said today. This action represents the agency's first debarment of a food importer. Peter Xuong Lam, president of Virginia Star Seafood Corporation of Fairfax, Va...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Dec 2009 | 2:00 am Anti-Estrogens May Offer Protection Against Lung Cancer MortalityAnti-estrogens as therapy for breast cancer may also reduce the risk of death from lung cancer, according to study results presented at the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held here Dec. 9-13, 2009. "We found a reduction in lung cancer mortality among women treated with anti-estrogens for breast cancer. This work builds on previous studies that had suggested estrogens have a role in lung cancer development and progression," said Elisabetta Rapiti, M.D., M.P.H., medical researcher with the Geneva Cancer Registry, University of Geneva, Switzerland...
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