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UPDATE 1-Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digestBANGALORE, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Thursday:Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Dec 2009 | 12:05 am UPDATE 1-Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digestBANGALORE, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Thursday:Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Dec 2009 | 12:05 am State of the Art: Getting Fit With 2 Bits of HelpTwo new wearable motion sensors are available to monitor your physical activity and provide feedback. Source: NYT > Health | 17 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am New Report Shows Senate Health Care Bill Will Expand Coverage To 554,000 LouisianansAlthough the ongoing Senate debate over health reform may seem at times to be unrelated to everyday life in Louisiana, the bill's passage or failure will have a profound impact on the health and well-being of many Louisiana residents. A report from Families USA, the national organization for health care consumers, found that 554,000 people in Louisiana will gain coverage by 2019 under the Senate health reform bill. The Families USA report, based on Congressional Budget Office data, also shows that, without health reform, 143,000 people in Louisiana will lose health coverage by 2019...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African Who Oversaw Discredited AIDS Policy, Dies at 69Dr. Tshabalala-Msimang questioned the causal connection between H.I.V. and AIDS and promoted dietary measures rather than drug treatments.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Dec 2009 | 11:54 pm Recipes for Health: Puree of Mushroom SoupA soup like cream of mushroom, but without all that dairy.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Dec 2009 | 11:52 pm UPDATE 1-Roche-licensed diabetes drug meets two study goalsZURICH, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said on Thursday its weekly diabetes treatment taspoglutide met goals in two late-stage trials, part of a series of studies on the way to filing...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Dec 2009 | 11:42 pm Fitness: A Device to De-Stress Your WorkoutA small but growing number of athletes are wearing what manufacturers like to call “performance mouthpieces” while cycling, running or weight training.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Dec 2009 | 11:26 pm Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitionsDec 17 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0600 GMT on Thursday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Dec 2009 | 11:25 pm In Senate Health Showdown, Round Goes to G.O.P.As Senate Democrats struggle to line up 60 votes and pass their health care bill before Christmas, an attempt to debate a single-payer system fails.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Dec 2009 | 11:20 pm Exxon can exit XTO deal if drilling technique restricted(Repeats to additional subscribers with no change to text)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Dec 2009 | 11:09 pm Strains Felt in Health Coverage for JoblessAs a limited federal subsidy runs its course, many jobless New Yorkers are struggling to keep affordable health care coverage.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Dec 2009 | 11:06 pm Seve Ballesteros Looks To Beat Brain Cancer As His Charitable Foundation Comes To The UKGOLFING icon Seve Ballesteros joined forces with Cancer Research UK in a bid to beat brain cancer. Seve said he was 'lucky to be alive and owed it all to important research many people have carried out in the past'. Seve, the greatest golfer ever on the European Tour, was diagnosed with a brain tumour last October (2008) after collapsing at Madrid Airport. After undergoing four operations, intensive chemotherapy and a six-week course of radiotherapy, Seve is now fighting back...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Dec 2009 | 11:00 pm Mediatek sees higher handset chip shipments in 2010TAIPEI, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Taiwan's top chip designer and supplier Mediatek Inc is aiming to ship 15-20 percent more mobile phone chips next year amid a recovery in the global economy.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Dec 2009 | 10:31 pm Welfare Rolls Grow in City, but Increase Is ModestAs the number of New Yorkers on food stamps and Medicaid has soared, the increase in cash welfare recipients has been smaller.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Dec 2009 | 10:08 pm New Radioactive Drug Shows Impressive Results In Early Hodgkin's LymphomaTWO THIRDS of Hodgkin's lymphoma patients treated with an experimental radioactive cancer therapy responded well to the treatment, reveal the results of a Cancer Research UK phase I trial published in Clinical Cancer Research. Researchers at Cancer Research UK's Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre at UCL Cancer Institute and the Royal Free Hospital in London tested an experimental drug therapy called CHT25 in 15 lymphoma patients who were no longer responding to standard treatments, in order to determine a safe dose and effectiveness...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Dec 2009 | 10:00 pm For babies' sake, pregnancy spacing matters (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- If that little bundle of joy has had such a profound impact on your life that you just can't wait to have another, take a breath. A new study suggests that you might want to wait at least six months before getting pregnant again, and that more than 11 months could be even better.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Dec 2009 | 9:49 pm Generic Aricept Approved for Alzheimer's Dementia (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) --Generic versions of the drug Aricept (donepezil hydrochloride) that will dissolve instantly on the tongue have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat dementia resulting from Alzheimer's disease, the agency said Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Dec 2009 | 9:49 pm Health Tip: Signs That You May Have Diabetic Nephropathy (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Diabetic nephropathy is damage to the kidneys caused by complications of diabetes. In cases of diabetic nephropathy, the kidneys don't function properly, and may even stop working completely, the American Academy of Family Physicians warns.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Dec 2009 | 9:49 pm Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 16, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Dec 2009 | 9:49 pm Population-based Study Of Cancer Survival Shows Inequalities In Africa, Asia And Central AmericaA major new study led by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and published in The Lancet Oncology has illustrated the stark inequalities in cancer survival depending on where a person lives in the world. Those in less-developed countries have markedly poorer life expectancy after diagnosis with cancer than do those in more-developed ones; for example, breast cancer survival 5 years post-diagnosis ranged from a mere 12% in The Gambia to nearly 80% in South Korea...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Dec 2009 | 9:00 pm Seeds of green generation sprout in IndonesiaToday's young students, not the world leaders at UN climate talks in Copenhagen, will be the ones battling to save the planet if predictions of catastrophic temperature rises come true. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Dec 2009 | 8:37 pm UPDATE 1-Apollo unit agrees to buy Cedar FairNEW YORK, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Apollo Management [APOLO.UL] on Wednesday said it has agreed to buy Ohio theme-park company Cedar Fair for $635 million.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Dec 2009 | 8:08 pm UPDATE 1-Apollo unit agrees to buy Cedar FairNEW YORK, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Apollo Management [APOLO.UL] on Wednesday said it has agreed to buy Ohio theme-park company Cedar Fair for $635 million.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Dec 2009 | 8:08 pm UPDATE 1-Apollo unit agrees to buy Cedar FairNEW YORK, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Apollo Management [APOLO.UL] on Wednesday said it has agreed to buy Ohio theme-park company Cedar Fair for $635 million.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Dec 2009 | 8:04 pm Scientists Identify Natural Anticancer DefensesCanadian researchers have discovered a novel molecular mechanism that prevents cancer. In the December 11 edition of the prestigious journal Molecular Cell, scientists from the Université de Montréal and the Université de Sherbrooke explain how they found that the SOCS1 molecule prevents the cancer-causing activity of cytokines, hormones that are culprits in cancer-prone chronic inflammation diseases such as Crohns, in smokers and people exposed to asbestos. "Excessive cytokine activity promotes cancer," says Dr...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Dec 2009 | 8:00 pm JAMA Editorial: Time For A New View Of Late-life DementiaTwo new studies published in the December 16, 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association point to the need for a broader scientific perspective on late-life dementia, according to an editorial in the same issue by Thomas J. Montine, MD, PhD, University of Washington (UW) professor of neuropathology, and Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH, executive director of Group Health Research Institute. One study, led by Robert C...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Dec 2009 | 7:00 pm Government Attempts To Widen Access To The Medical Profession Are Failing, Says New British Medical Association ReportThere is no real evidence that attempts by ministers to encourage students from low income families into medicine have had a significant impact, a new BMA report said. The findings are contained in the BMA's Equality and diversity in UK medical schools report which takes a wide ranging look at the profile of the UK's 40,000 medical students. It contains an analysis of the latest figures (2008) on successful applications to UK medical schools from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Dec 2009 | 6:00 pm Donors in Israel get op priorityIsrael is to give donor card carriers a legal right to priority treatment if they should require an organ transplant.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Dec 2009 | 5:03 pm Lax parents 'fuel binge drinking'England's top doctor criticises the approach of some parents to alcohol, as official guidance says under-15s should not drink any.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Dec 2009 | 5:01 pm American Society Of Anesthesiologists Urges Americans To Fight Back Against PainWhether the result of injury, illness or a chronic condition, 70 million Americans experience pain annually. The individual pain sufferer may experience a diminished quality of life, lack of mobility and added stress. For the country as a whole, pain has far-reaching cost implications. It is estimated that more than 140 million work days are lost because of back pain. (1,2) As a result of chronic pain and the loss in productivity that it causes, approximately $60-100 billion is wasted each year...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Dec 2009 | 5:00 pm Unhealthy Santa should walk, give up brandy: study (AFP)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Dec 2009 | 4:23 pm Observatory: Flies Get Tipsy and Aid the Study of AddictionBy exposing fruit flies to alcohol, researchers hope to gain genetic insight into human behavior.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Dec 2009 | 4:19 pm New Survey Shows Americans Look To Business To Improve Country's HealthAs the healthcare reform debate continues, legislators and businesspeople alike might be surprised to learn that Americans are looking not only to government but also to business to improve our nation's health, even beyond employee wellness efforts. People are more likely to purchase from, recommend, and invest in companies that act on health issues-creating a compelling case for businesses to step up their efforts...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Dec 2009 | 4:00 pm Amyloid Imaging May Identify Preclinical Alzheimer's DiseasePiB imaging of amyloid plaques in cognitively normal older adults may help identify those at high risk for Alzheimer's dementia.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2009 | 3:49 pm New Web-Based Tool May Help Identify Patients at High Risk for Stroke RecurrenceThe RRE-90 score may help quickly identify patients at risk of a second stroke soon after the first one.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2009 | 3:18 pm Human Genome Sciences Announces Submission Of Marketing Authorization Application To EMEA For JOULFERON(R) (ZALBIN™)Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: HGSI) announced that Novartis has submitted a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for approval to market JOULFERON® (albinterferon alfa-2b, known in the United States as ZALBIN™) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. In November 2009, HGS submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) for ZALBIN to the FDA in the United States...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 16 Dec 2009 | 3:00 pm Sorafenib Shows Activity in Phase 2 Trials in Breast CancerSorafenib, currently approved for kidney and liver cancer, has shown activity in phase 2 trials in breast cancer, and a large phase 3 program is now planned.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2009 | 2:59 pm Suicide Warning on Epilepsy Drugs Intensifies Clinical ResponsibilityNew warnings on antiepileptic drugs unambiguously state the need to screen for psychiatric disorders and will have medical-legal implications for clinicians.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2009 | 1:55 pm Medicines Company Recalls Specific Lots of CCB CleviprexThe company is voluntarily recalling the drug after noticing tiny particles of stainless steel in the injectable emulsion.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2009 | 1:43 pm Legacy of sudden death spurs woman's missionTouched by tragedy, Holly Morrell urges screening for heart problems. But there are questions about how far to go, to find those at risk of cardiac arrest.Source: CNN.com - Health | 16 Dec 2009 | 1:39 pm High-Dose Statin Therapy Reduces Recurrent Cardiovascular EventsThe post hoc exploratory findings from the PROVE-IT-TIMI 22 and IDEAL studies highlight the need for clinicians to continue to prescribe high-dose statin therapy to patients experiencing a first cardiovascular event, say researchers.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2009 | 1:26 pm Computer Simulation Shows CT May Be Cost-Effective Option for Chest PainA computer model based on clinical data suggests CCTA may be a cost-effective approach to early evaluation of ambulatory chest-pain patients.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2009 | 1:26 pm FDA Advisory Panel Votes in Favor of Broadened Rosuvastatin IndicationThe advisory panel voted 12 to 4 in favor of expanding the indication for rosuvastatin to include men and women >50 and >60 years old, respectively, with elevated CRP levels, normal LDL-cholesterol levels, and without any other cardiovascular-disease risk equivalents.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2009 | 1:26 pm Stay Slim, Active, Smoke-Free: Live Long and Free of CVDMen with all three "low-risk factors" had a 59% lower risk of CHD events and a 77% lower risk of dying of cardiovascular disease than did men who smoked, were inactive, and had larger waist circumferences.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2009 | 1:26 pm Darusentan Disappoints in DORADO-AC; Company to Drop the DrugThe sponsor of the trial, also known as DAR-312, testing the endothelin receptor antagonist darusentan says the drug failed to live up to the successes of its earlier phase 3 trial.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Dec 2009 | 1:26 pm Obama Health Care Meeting Aims to Rally SenatorsPresident Obama urged Senate Democrats to bury their differences and pass sweeping health legislation within the next nine days.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Dec 2009 | 12:10 pm In Surgery, a Tangled Tumor Meets Its MatchAt NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia, surgeons spent 43 hours performing an ex vivo procedure on a man whose liver was engulfed by a cancerous tumor.Source: NYT > Health | 16 Dec 2009 | 12:00 pm Experts crack cancer 'gene code'Scientists unlock the entire genetic code of two common cancers - skin and lung - a move they say could revolutionise cancer care.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Dec 2009 | 11:00 am CT scan radiation can cause cancer: US studies (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Dec 2009 | 10:47 am Study: Some Indianapolis teens have high STD risk (AP)AP - Sex researchers who tracked teenage girls in Indianapolis found that half of those studied had at least one sexually transmitted infection within two years of first having sex.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Dec 2009 | 9:38 am SA's HIV-row health minister diesSouth Africa's ex-Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who doubted the link between HIV and Aids, has died.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Dec 2009 | 9:12 am Can the Aging Process Be Slowed?You can't halt aging, but there are ways to extend your health.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 16 Dec 2009 | 7:27 am Kids' H1N1 vaccine recalled; safety not a concernOne of the five manufacturers supplying H1N1 vaccine to the United States is recalling hundreds of thousands of flu shots because they aren't as potent as they should be.Source: CNN.com - Health | 16 Dec 2009 | 7:23 am Family doctor is key to reformAmerica is closer to meaningful health care reform than at any time in its history. As we have all witnessed, finding a way to both provide every American access to affordable health care while seeking to control health care costs has not been easy.Source: CNN.com - Health | 16 Dec 2009 | 6:42 am Swap success with 'salvaged' lungA man becomes the first UK patient to receive lungs that would normally be rejected as too damaged.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Dec 2009 | 5:35 am United States pledges $2.7 billion for Kenya HIV battle (Reuters)
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