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Cost of careHow does the US stack up against elsewhere?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:46 am UPDATE 1-Two more directors step down from ITV boardLONDON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Two more non-executive directors announced their intention to step down from the board of British broadcaster ITV , following the appointment of new Chairman Archie Norman at...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:31 am RPT-UPDATE 1-AstraZeneca replies to US regulator on motavizumabLONDON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca said it had replied to questions from U.S. regulators about its new infant lung drug motavizumab, as it aims to get approval for the medicine in the United States...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:30 am UPDATE 2-Carlyle says mulling bid for ShanksLONDON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group [CYL.UL] said it has talked to British waste management company Shanks Group about a possible takeover offer.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:20 am Russia LUKOIL sees 2009 income falling 34-45 pctMOSCOW, Dec 24 (Reuters) - LUKOIL , Russia's No.2 oil producer, expects net profit to fall this year by 34-45 percent because of weaker oil prices, the company's chief executive told state television channel...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:14 am Arab-Americans tweak Mideast tension for laughsI am actually really proud that my best friend in the whole world is Jewish," Palestinian-Canadian Eman Husseini told a captivated audience at a stand-up comedy festival in Amman, only the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:11 am Little boy's big legacy teaches others how to liveThe disarming smile of a 4-year-old boy with a buzz cut brightens an otherwise drab newspaper page, where whole lives are summed up in three inches of tiny newsprint. Danny Stanton's...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Dec 2009 | 1:12 am Electrolux, Ripplewood in race for Daewoo Elec-reportSEOUL, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Creditors of South Korea's Daewoo Electronics have chosen five candidates including Electrolux and Ripplewood to buy the appliance maker in a preliminary bidding, a local media...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Dec 2009 | 11:57 pm Electrolux, Ripplewood in race for Daewoo Elec-reportSEOUL, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Creditors of South Korea's Daewoo Electronics have chosen five candidates including Electrolux and Ripplewood to buy the appliance maker in a preliminary bidding, a local media...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Dec 2009 | 11:57 pm Senate Clears Final Hurdle to Vote on Health Care BillThe Senate trudged toward passage of sweeping health legislation after disposing of Republican claims that it would be unconstitutional to require Americans to have health insurance. Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 11:46 pm In Poland, Santa works year-roundHe is 76, sports a long white beard, and likes people to call him Santa. For a decade, Pole Romuald Madrakiewicz has criss-crossed his country helping his fellow poor, and not only with...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Dec 2009 | 11:01 pm Books of The Times: A Hospital How-To Guide That Mother Would LoveAtul Gawande’s provocative new book explains how a technique used by pilots — the simple checklist — can dramatically reduce patients’ deaths in hospitals.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 10:55 pm UPDATE 2-Kirin shares jump on Suntory merger ratio report* Merger ratio may 0.7 Suntory share for 1 Kirin share-NikkeiSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Dec 2009 | 10:14 pm US set for Senate healthcare voteBarack Obama's contentious healthcare plans reach a key stage, with the Senate set to vote on its version of the bill.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Dec 2009 | 10:10 pm Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 23, 2009 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Dec 2009 | 9:49 pm Pollution May Boost Pneumonia Risk for Seniors (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who are exposed to significant levels of air pollution for more than a year face double the risk of pneumonia, Canadian researchers report.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Dec 2009 | 9:48 pm Alzheimer's May Stave Off Cancer, and Vice Versa (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have uncovered a bittersweet relationship between two major illnesses: cancer and Alzheimer's disease.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Dec 2009 | 9:48 pm Gene Discovery Sheds Light on Children's Asthma (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- A new gene involved in immune system function has been linked to moderate-to-severe childhood asthma.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Dec 2009 | 9:48 pm Kids Can Pass Pneumonia Bug to Older Relatives During Holidays (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that family get-togethers during the holidays can have a dark side, with asymptomatic children passing potentially deadly pneumonia germs to older relatives.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Dec 2009 | 9:48 pm Second operation for needle boyA two-year-old Brazilian boy has a second operation to remove sewing needles inserted by his stepfather.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Dec 2009 | 7:20 pm South Korea Stretches Standards for SuccessA growing conviction that tallness is crucial to success has prompted South Korean parents to try all manner of approaches to increase their children’s height.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 6:27 pm Alzheimer's may 'ward off cancer'Alzheimer's disease is associated with a reduced risk of cancer and vice versa, a US study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Dec 2009 | 5:00 pm Scientists 'decode' memory makingScientists believe they have uncovered one of the mechanisms that enable the brain to form memories.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Dec 2009 | 5:00 pm Another 'bad cholesterol' foundScientists say they have found proof that another "bad" type of cholesterol contributes to heart disease.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Dec 2009 | 5:00 pm Abortion looms as possible block to health bill (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Dec 2009 | 3:49 pm Strongest Evidence Yet That Lp(a) Causes Heart DiseaseA novel genetic study provides the strongest evidence to date that Lp(a) is a causative factor for coronary disease; the results suggest that medications targeting Lp(a) could lower the risk of disease, say the researchers and other commentators.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Dec 2009 | 3:26 pm Study: Vaccine means more holiday hugs, fewer bugs (AP)AP - More hugs, fewer bugs. Holiday visits have become safer for grandparents thanks to a childhood vaccine that has dramatically curbed infections spread by kids, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Dec 2009 | 3:04 pm Study: Swine flu poses a threat to new moms (AP)AP - Swine flu is not only dangerous to pregnant women, but it's a threat to new mothers too, the first study to document this risk shows. An analysis of pregnant women and new mothers who were hospitalized with swine flu in California found that those who had a baby in the previous two weeks were at higher risk of severe flu complications.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Dec 2009 | 3:03 pm Alzheimer's may guard against cancer and vice versa (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Dec 2009 | 2:32 pm How to make your holiday safe for babiesTrees, garlands, menorahs, lights -- so many colorful, shiny things for baby to explore! You don't have to put a hold on holiday decorations; just take a little extra care. So go ahead: Hang the stockings, trim the tree, light the menorah -- sensibly.Source: CNN.com - Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 2:27 pm Genomes for Lung Cancer and Melanoma DecipheredThe first comprehensive analyses of cancer genomes have been completed, revealing insight into the initial causes and role of the environment in tumor formation.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:31 pm Attaining those 'six-pack' abs is only half the battleAfter six months of diet and workouts with a trainer, the fruits of Jason Dinant's labor surfaced from his stomach in June. He got his six-pack. But months later, reality set in. After relaxing his diet and fitness routine, Dinant's six-pack whittled down to a two-pack.Source: CNN.com - Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:28 pm Mom: Burned teen looking forward to ChristmasHe wanted to sit outside for a while and enjoy the night air, then took a shower and curled up on the couch to watch a cartoon movie.Source: CNN.com - Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:27 pm 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 | 12:25 pm 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 | 12:21 pm Optimal Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After DES: 12 Months, But More Data ComingA new review tackles the issue of the optimal duration of dual antiplatelet therapy following drug-eluting stent implantation, and while the authors are reluctant to prescribe a one-size-fits-all approach, the currently recommended 12 months of therapy is the right option, they say.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:13 pm Months to Live: Weighing Medical Costs of End-of-Life CareA medical center’s experience shows the difficulty of knowing which critically ill patients will benefit from a high-intensity approach.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:03 pm Pfizer Licenses apoA-I Milano to the Medicines CompanyThe Medicines Company has acquired from Pfizer exclusive worldwide licensing of apoA-I Milano, the naturally occurring variant of a protein found in high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Dec 2009 | 11:31 am Application of HIV Testing Guidelines in Clinical Practice ReviewedA review for family clinicians discusses applying HIV testing guidelines in clinical practice.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Dec 2009 | 11:15 am Gefitinib Improves Survival in Lung Cancer Patients with EGFR MutationsThis subgroup of patients had superior progression-free survival duration with first-line gefitinib therapy vs standard platinum-based combination chemotherapy.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Dec 2009 | 11:08 am H1N1 Swine Flu Deaths Reveal New Pattern Of The Disease, Brazilian StudyResearchers in Brazil who carried out the first autopsy study of victims who died of H1N1 swine flu to establish the precise causes of death, have discovered some new patterns of the disease. Their research appears as a paper in the 1 January 2010 print issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Dec 2009 | 11:00 am "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 | 23 Dec 2009 | 10:18 am Excellence in Medication-Use Safety Award Given to Buffalo HospitalWomen & Children's Hospital of Buffalo received the 2009 Award for Excellence in Medication-Use Safety, given to a pharmacist-led multidisciplinary team that implemented institution-wide improvements.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Dec 2009 | 9:58 am GOP eyes last-ditch effort to derail health care billCongressional Republicans on Wednesday plan to mount a last-ditch challenge to the health care bill moving through the Senate, arguing that a key provision is unconstitutional.Source: CNN.com - Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 9:50 am Population of Individuals Aged 85 Years and Older Rapidly IncreasingFindings from the Newcastle 85+ cohort study suggest the need for improved health and social care provision because of an anticipated increase in individuals aged 85 years and older.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Dec 2009 | 9:43 am Combination Antidepressant Therapy More Effective for MDD Than Fluoxetine AloneThe combinations of mirtazapine with fluoxetine, venlafaxine, or bupropion from treatment initiation are more clinically effective when treating MDD than fluoxetine alone.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Dec 2009 | 9:33 am Doctors discover GBL drug deathThe first known death from a drug popular with clubbers has emerged the day the UK Government banned it.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Dec 2009 | 9:22 am Vacuum Tube Technique May Simplify AmniocentesisA vacuum tube technique for amniocentesis, known as amniovacucentesis, is as effective as the standard syringe method and may be easier to perform, researchers suggest in the December issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Dec 2009 | 9:19 am £20m for UK thalidomide survivorsThe government is to pay £20m and offer an apology to people disabled after their mothers took the drug thalidomide.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Dec 2009 | 9:17 am Building a Search Engine of the Brain, Slice by SliceThe dissection of the brain of Henry Molaison, an amnesic, has opened the door to a much more ambitious project.Source: NYT > Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 8:54 am How to Lick Bad Breath and Dry MouthTry these tips for a cleaner, healthier mouth.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 7:26 am Try holiday foods with a nutritional punchMany foods we eat during the holidays have nutrients that may help prevent disease. Cocoa, pomegranate and cranberries bring flavor and also pack a nutritional punch.Source: CNN.com - Health | 23 Dec 2009 | 6:02 am 'Viking' babiesDenmark is at the front of the trend for fertility tourismSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Dec 2009 | 5:35 am Opinions: Community-Based Health Care Models; U.S. Leadership In Reproductive Health Care'Accompaniment' Can Reform Health Care Around The World "We don't need to start fresh to create patient-centered medical homes. We just need to look to community-based models of care that are effective but often go unrecognized," according to a Boston Globe opinion piece by Heidi Behforouz, the director of the Prevention and Access to Care and Treatment project, which is based on "a model that Partners in Health pioneered to fight HIV in rural Haiti and drug-resistant tuberculosis in Peru...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Dec 2009 | 4:00 am Abstinence-Only Funding Should Be Removed From Health Reform Bill, New York Times Editorial StatesThe omnibus fiscal year 2010 appropriations bill (HR 3288) that was signed into law last week rightly excluded funding for "highly restrictive abstinence-only education programs that deny young people accurate information about contraceptives, sexually transmitted [infections] and pregnancy," a New York Times editorial states. In their place, the bill funds "medically sound programs aimed at reducing teenage pregnancy," the editorial says...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Dec 2009 | 4:00 am Ottawa Citizen Examines Water, Sanitation In East AfricaA series of articles by Ottawa Citizen reporter Chris Cobb examines water and sanitation in East Africa. Cobb received a Kaiser Family Foundation Mini Fellowship for these reports. Summaries appear below. An Ottawa Citizen article examines Canada-based charity WaterCan's projects in East Africa. "This year, WaterCan has worked with local African partners to retro-fit more than 50 schools [in] Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania - and has just launched a major Christmas funding drive to expand their work in schools next year...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Dec 2009 | 4:00 am Judge Extends Restraining Order Blocking Okla. Antiabortion LawOklahoma County District Judge Daniel Owens on Friday extended a temporary restraining order blocking a state law that would require a woman seeking an abortion to complete a 10-page questionnaire about her age, race, relationship with her partner, reasons for the procedure and other personal information, which would be posted without her name on a public Web site, CNN reports. Owens denied the state's motion to dismiss the Center for Reproductive Rights' lawsuit challenging the law, putting the issue on hold until a Feb. 19 hearing. CRR filed the suit on behalf of former state Rep...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Dec 2009 | 4:00 am Scott And White Healthcare Researcher Finds Success With New Anti-Cancer DrugA study conducted at Scott and White Healthcare in Temple, Texas, found that a new drug stopped the growth of breast tumors in mice. This drug is unique in that it works both by stopping the cancer cells from growing and metastasizing to other organs, and by stimulating the immune system to destroy breast cancer cells and keeps them from coming back. This is the only drug that's able to work in both ways, while all other treatments work in one way or another...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Dec 2009 | 4:00 am Opinion Piece Praises Sen. Begich's Support Of Women's Preventive Care AmendmentSen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) deserves "[k]udos" for supporting Sen. Barbara Mikulski's (D-Md.) amendment to improve women's access to preventive care under the Senate health reform bill (HR 3590), Robin Smith, board member of Planned Parenthood of Alaska, writes in an Anchorage Daily News opinion piece. Smith notes that Begich opposed an amendment by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that did "not go far enough" to ensure access to "vital screenings" and included "language that forbids abortion to ever be called 'preventive...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Dec 2009 | 4:00 am Also In Global Health News: HIV Prevention In China; Global Fund In Philippines; Drug-Resistant TB; U.S. Stance On Anti-Gay LegislationGovernment-Backed Gay Bar Opens In China Aims To Educate About HIV Prevention "A gay bar partially funded by the government of a Chinese city heavily affected by AIDS has finally opened after a delay caused by intense media interest which the owners felt may scared off potential patrons," Reuters Life! reports. The bar in the southwestern city of Dali is a collaborative effort by the city's health department and two NGOs, according to the news service (12/21)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Dec 2009 | 4:00 am Milwaukee To Offer Condom Distribution In High SchoolsThe Milwaukee School Board voted 7-0 Thursday to launch a program that will make condoms available to students at many of the district's high schools, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The move would make Milwaukee one of the few districts in the nation to provide students with contraception, according to the Journal Sentinel. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show that 4.5% of high schools make condoms available to students, school district officials said...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Dec 2009 | 4:00 am Arab States Need To Address Food Security, Other Factors To Meet MDGs By 2015, Report SaysArab states must develop a plan to increase food security and create more jobs in order to meet Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets by 2015, according to a report published Sunday by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Reuters reports. "Though rich in labor and fertile land, much of the Arab world is plagued by malnutrition, joblessness and a big gap between rich and poor, said the report," the news service writes (Dziadosz, 12/20). According to the report, almost 140 million Arabs live below the poverty line, Agence France-Presse reports...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Dec 2009 | 4:00 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 | 1:42 am
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