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WRAPUP 2-Carlyle's China Pacific IPO up; CNR raises $2 bln* Carlyle's stake sees huge potential investment returnSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Dec 2009 | 2:09 am Pain before gain in health care overhaul (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Dec 2009 | 1:52 am Major hurdles cleared in Geely bid for Volvo - sourceHONG KONG, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Ford Motor and Zhejiang Geely have addressed most of the big issues in the pending sale of Ford's Volvo car unit to the Chinese automaker, a source with knowledge of the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Dec 2009 | 1:43 am UPDATE 3-Novartis invests $120 mln to secure new heart drug* Secures rights to heart failure drug in late-stage trialsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Dec 2009 | 1:43 am UPDATE 3-Novartis invests $120 mln to secure new heart drug* Secures rights to heart failure drug in late-stage trialsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Dec 2009 | 1:43 am Senate pushes toward passage of health bill (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Dec 2009 | 1:18 am Vital Signs: Nearsightedness Rising in U.S., Study SaysThe share of Americans ages 12 to 54 who needed corrective lenses for distance vision was 42 percent in 1999-2004, up from 25 percent three decades earlier. Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 1:15 am Vital Signs: Fighting Diabetes With Lots of EspressoCoffee and tea drinkers are less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than nondrinkers, a study found.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 1:14 am Vital Signs: Click Off the TV, and Burn More CaloriesA small research trial found that adults who cut their viewing time in half burned 120 more calories a day.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 1:14 am Months to Live: Weighing Medical Costs of End-of-Life CareRonald Reagan U.C.L.A. Medical Center is confronting a hard truth: it’s difficult to know which critically ill patients will benefit from its high-intensity approach.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 1:03 am National Briefing | Science and Health: Spray Flu Vaccine Is RecalledThere is no safety problem with the vaccine, which are being recalled for lack of potency, and people who received doses from the affected lots do not need to be revaccinated, officials said.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:49 am Audit Says State Wasted $92 Million on MedicaidThe Medicaid system, the state’s largest single expense, lost at least $92 million to improper payments, billing errors and poor record keeping, the state comptroller said.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:48 am National Briefing | Southwest: Texas: Samples to Be DestroyedState health authorities will destroy as many as five million blood samples taken from babies without parental consent and stored indefinitely for scientific research.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:47 am Parties Stay United as Health Bill Clears Steps in SenateThe Senate voted 60 to 39 early Tuesday on three steps leading up to a final vote on sweeping health care legislation later this week.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:42 am Drug Industry Girds for Rise in Its Share of OverhaulDrug makers, facing last-minute liberal resistance in Congress, acknowledged that they may have to renegotiate the $80 billion cap they had agreed on with the White House.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:38 am UPDATE 1-Wessanen sells TOL unit for $190 million* Says will realise book loss of 50 million euros in Q4Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:28 am Economic Scene: Last Call on Reforming Health Reform BillPassage of the legislation could help Americans facing wrenching choices, but compromise among lawmakers could also reform rising costs and uneven quality.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:07 am Air pollutants from vehicle exhaust linked to severe pneumonia in seniorsTORONTO - Prolonged exposure to high levels of chemicals from motor vehicle exhaust fumes and industrial air pollutants can lead to hospitalization for pneumonia among seniors, a study...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2009 | 11:11 pm Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitionsDec 23 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0530 GMT on Wednesday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2009 | 10:47 pm Cash infusion in Glencore may lead to IPO-WSJDec 23 (Reuters) - In a move seen as a precursor to an initial public offering for Glencore International AG, a group of institutional investors will invest about $2.2 billion into the Swiss commodity...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2009 | 10:20 pm Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 22, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Dec 2009 | 9:49 pm Aspirin During Pregnancy May Help Preemies (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The children of women who take low-dose aspirin during pregnancy because they are at high risk for delivering prematurely might have fewer behavioral problems at age 5, new research suggests.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Dec 2009 | 9:48 pm The 'Pill' Offers Benefits Beyond Birth Control (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Along with preventing pregnancy, hormonal contraceptives also treat menstruation-related disorders such as severe menstrual pain and heavy menstrual bleeding, according to a new Practice Bulletin issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Dec 2009 | 9:48 pm DEALTALK-China's new cash cow: Tech firm spin-offs* U.S. investor appetite still strong for some listingsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2009 | 9:40 pm India ONGC unit raises $420 mln via bonds-sourcesMUMBAI, Dec 23 (Reuters) - The overseas arm of India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp has raised 19.7 billion rupees ($420 million) via bonds, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Dec 2009 | 9:27 pm Meningitis boy home for ChristmasA four-year-old boy who was "purple from head to toe" from meningitis recovers enough to go home for Christmas with his family in Cornwall.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Dec 2009 | 8:28 pm New VA/DoD Guidelines for Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain InjuryThe new protocols from the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense could be applied to athletes and soldiers on active duty.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Dec 2009 | 6:38 pm 'Good' cholesterol less protective with diabetes (Reuters)Reuters - Diabetes may lower the heart-protective benefits of high-density lipoprotein, or HDL, the so-called "good" cholesterol, but giving diabetics niacin, a drug that raises HDL levels, might restore the benefit, researchers said on Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Dec 2009 | 6:08 pm Nasal swine flu vaccine recalled over potency (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Dec 2009 | 5:14 pm New study sharpens focus on problems of obesity (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Dec 2009 | 5:05 pm Old heart patients 'over-drugged'People over the age of 80 are being treated too aggressively for high blood pressure, researchers claim.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Dec 2009 | 5:04 pm Low hormones 'make birth harder'Expectant mums who are low in thyroid hormone are more likely to struggle with labour, findings suggest.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Dec 2009 | 5:03 pm FDA Says Cancer Risk With Ezetimibe Is UnlikelyBased on current information, the agency said an association between ezetimibe and cancer risk or cancer-related mortality is not likely, although this association can't be definitively ruled out yet.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Dec 2009 | 2:43 pm Quality of HDL Differs in Diabetics But Improves With Niacin TherapyHDL cholesterol from individuals with diabetes has impaired endothelial protective functions compared with the HDL from healthy subjects, research shows. Treatment with extended-release niacin can improve these endothelial protective effects, however.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Dec 2009 | 2:43 pm AP Enterprise: Feds mull regulating drugs in water (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Dec 2009 | 2:14 pm National MS Society Flags CCSVI Hypothesis a Top Research Priority in 2010A call for grant proposals and an expedited review process points to the urgency the society has given the need for more data on the potential link between chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Dec 2009 | 2:02 pm HIV babiesRomanians come to terms with their difficult childhoodsSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Dec 2009 | 12:43 pm Antidepressants Linked to Increased Risk for Death, Stroke in Postmenopausal WomenAntidepressant use among postmenopausal women appears to increase the risk for all-cause mortality, whereas SSRI use increases the risk for hemorrhagic and fatal stroke.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Dec 2009 | 12:13 pm Children's Food Marketing Misleads Parents Says British Heart CharityA new report from a British heart charity claims that 90 per cent of parents are being deceived by manufacturers who use misleading tactics to market children's foods in a way that implies they are healthy when they are really loaded with fat, salt and sugar. These are the findings of a new survey from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) released this week...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2009 | 12:00 pm Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Reduces Craving in AlcoholicsRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation significantly reduces craving and relapse in alcohol dependence, researchers from India report in the January issue of Addiction.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Dec 2009 | 11:07 am PSA Velocity May Help Identify Insignificant Prostate CancerProstate-specific antigen velocity (PSAV), increasingly recognized as a marker of potentially lethal prostate cancer, can also predict the likelihood that a given patient's cancer is insignificant, researchers say.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Dec 2009 | 10:55 am Aromatase Inhibition Offers Little Benefit, Possible Harm to Men With Low TestosteroneAnastrozole therapy can boost testosterone levels in older men but may reduce bone mineral density (BMD), researchers report in the December issue of Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Dec 2009 | 10:55 am Lessons From the Cockpit May Boost Patient SafetyNew study findings hint that hospitals may improve patient safety by drawing on aviation-type safety initiatives.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Dec 2009 | 10:55 am Obama Seeks Drug Imports Outside of US Health BillThe White House pledged on Sunday to move forward on allowing imports of safe prescription drugs from nations like Canada where they are less expensive, but not in the healthcare reform legislation now before Congress.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Dec 2009 | 10:55 am Woman's death was 'gross failure'A grandmother died after being given a chemical that was 10 times the recommended concentration, a coroner rules.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Dec 2009 | 10:40 am Senate votes move health bill forwardThe Senate moved closer to passing health care reform Tuesday as Democrats revised an $871 billion bill and voted to end debate on the measure.Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 Dec 2009 | 10:34 am Music Linked to Marijuana UseA new study finds that teens who listen to music that mentions marijuana are significantly more likely to use the drug.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 22 Dec 2009 | 10:25 am FDA: Statins for normal cholesterol?Should people who don't have high cholesterol take a cholesterol-lowering statin? Maybe, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which is considering an advisory panel's recent recommendation to do just that.Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 Dec 2009 | 9:57 am Pediatric heart transplant survivor: 'I thank God every day'"Not a day or minute goes by where I don't think about how lucky I am just to be here," said Christy Farley. Around Christmas time, 24 years ago, Farley's heart was failing.Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 Dec 2009 | 9:49 am Anti-Hunger Smells Could Battle ObesityMolecules that make up a food's aroma can also activate areas of the brain that trigger the feeling of fullness.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 22 Dec 2009 | 9:26 am 5 Big Fat Holiday Health LiesHealth misconceptions are pervasive during the holidays.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 22 Dec 2009 | 8:47 am Sex intervention combats malariaScientists plan to combat malaria by interfering with the sex lives of the mosquitoes which spread the disease.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Dec 2009 | 8:05 am Chefs and farmers top list of unhealthy professionsChefs appear to have more unhealthy habits than any other profession while those in advertising are near paragons of virtue, a survey suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Dec 2009 | 6:09 am Stem cell cure for attack victimScientists in Newcastle use a stem cell technique to repair the vision of a man partially blinded in an ammonia attack.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Dec 2009 | 4:25 am Women At Higher Risk Of Significant Bone Loss On Injectable Birth Control Identified By UTMB StudyNearly half of women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as the birth control shot, will experience high bone mineral density (BMD) loss in the hip or lower spine within two years of beginning the contraceptive, according to researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. The study, reported in the January 2010 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was the first to show that women on DMPA who smoke, have low levels of calcium intake and never gave birth are at the highest risk for BMD loss...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am Growth Of Functional Vasculature Promoted By Bioengineered Materials, New Study ShowsRegenerative medicine therapies often require the growth of functional, stable blood vessels at the site of an injury. Using synthetic polymers called hydrogels, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have been able to induce significant vasculature growth in areas of damaged tissue...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am Compound Found To Safely Counter Deadly Bird FluThe specter of a drug-resistant form of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza is a nightmare to keep public health officials awake at night. Now, however, a study published this week (Dec. 21) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests that a new compound, one on the threshold of final testing in humans, may be more potent and safer for treating "bird flu" than the antiviral drug best known by the trade name Tamiflu...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am Most Plentiful Cell Type In The Heart - The Fibroblast -contributes To Heart FailureFibroblasts are the most numerous cell type in the heart, but they are considered to have a less important role in heart failure than heart muscle cells. However, a team of researchers, at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, has now determined that fibroblasts are essential for the response of the mouse heart to conditions that mimic high blood pressure, a response that if sustained ultimately leads to heart failure...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am Seeing Is Believing: Visualizing Blood Clot Formation Inside Blood VesselsInappropriate activation of the blood clotting process inside a blood vessel results in the formation of a clot known as a thrombus. Thrombus formation in blood vessels in the brain and heart can lead to stroke and heart attack, respectively. Drugs that prevent blood clot formation reduce the risk of these conditions. A team of researchers, at The University of Tokyo, Japan, and the International Medical Center of Japan, has now identified a role for the protein Lnk in stabilizing thrombus formation in mice, suggesting that it might provide a therapeutic target to prevent thrombus formation...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am Cystic Fibrosis Protein's Secret Life Revealed, US StudyResearchers have made an important discovery about the secret life of the defective protein that causes cystic fibrosis: while scientists already knew that CFTR protein regulates the acid-alkali balance in cells, what they didn't know, until this study revealed it, was what turns that ability on and off. The researchers hope the discovery will help develop new therapies that address the root cause of cystic fibrosis rather than just the symptoms...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am Sensitizing Leukemic Cells To Death-Inducing CompoundsRecent research has indicated that in the process of generating energy, leukemic cells use a cellular pathway known as fatty acid oxidation, rather than pyruvate oxidation, as had been previously thought. A team of researchers, at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, and the University of Texas Houston Medical School, has now used this knowledge to develop a way to sensitize human leukemic cells to molecules that induce cell death by a process known as apoptosis...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am Role For Immune Cells Known As Mast Cells In AfibAtrial fibrillation (Afib) is the most common type of abnormal heart beat. It is characterized by scarring of the atrial region of the heart (a hallmark known as atrial fibrosis). Although atrial fibrosis is thought to perpetuate Afib, exactly how it develops has not been determined. Some research has suggested a role for inflammation in the process...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am Gene Therapy Makes Mice Breath EasierIndividuals with single-gene mutations that mean they have abnormally low levels of the protein alpha-1 antitrypsin are highly susceptible to emphysema, a progressive lung disease that causes severe shortness of breath. Previous attempts to correct single-gene defects that cause lung disease by gene transfer have failed to achieve sustained gene expression in the mouse lung...
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