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UPDATE 1-Ferrero still mulling Cadbury bid* Ferrero spokesman says no recent change on Cadbury stanceSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Dec 2009 | 8:50 am Seniors worry about Medicare Advantage cuts (AP)AP - Insurers constantly caution seniors that their Medicare Advantage perks such as hearing aids, dental payments and even gym memberships will fizzle if Democrats get their way and cut government subsidies for them.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Dec 2009 | 8:24 am Advent in talks to buy Xafinity - report* Goldman Sachs to inject life into Matalan sale - paperSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Dec 2009 | 7:37 am Saudi Jesco launches trial seamless pipe outputKHOBAR, Saudi Arabia, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Jubail Energy Services Co (JESCO) said on Sunday its first seamless pipes plant started trial production this month.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Dec 2009 | 7:05 am D.Telekom sees more alliances in new strategy-CEOFRANKFURT, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom is planning further partnerships and investments under a new strategy to address the growing convergence between TV, the Internet and mobile networks, its...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Dec 2009 | 7:01 am First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Dec 2009 | 6:14 am Ferrero says still mulling Cadbury bid -paperMILAN, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Italian chocolate giant Ferrero said it is still examining its options on a possible bid for Britain's Cadbury PLC , daily La Stampa reported on Sunday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Dec 2009 | 5:47 am California Medical Association Praises Progress To Cover Uninsured, Calls For More Improvements To Protect PatientsAfter the Senate's passage of health care reform today, California physicians called on congressional leaders to continue improving the legislation as it moves to the next stage of development, a conference committee charged with drafting a final version of the bill. "We have serious concerns with the Senate bill, which does not do enough to protect access to care for senior citizens and other California patients," said Brennan Cassidy, M.D., president of the California Medical Association...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Dec 2009 | 1:00 am Positive Signs That Teenagers Increasingly Shun The Most Problematic Drugs, UKMore teenagers in England who need it are receiving help for problems involving drug and alcohol use, but fewer have problems severe enough to require treatment for addiction, new national statistics reported on Wednesday by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA), show. The number of teenagers entering treatment for heroin and crack has fallen by a third in four years according to the NTA report 'Substance misuse among young people - The data for 2008/09'; this echoes the trend already seen in young adults (aged 18-24) in drug treatment...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Dec 2009 | 1:00 am New Findings Show How Human Movement May Have Brought Chagas Disease To Urban PeruNew research shows how the migration and settlement patterns associated with the rapid urbanization of Peru may link to Chagas disease transmission. The study, published December 15 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, suggests that the practice of shantytown residents from Arequipa making frequent seasonal moves to rural valleys where Chagas vectors are present may have contributed to the growing presence of Chagas disease near urban Arequipa, Peru...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Dec 2009 | 1:00 am How Evolutionary Mechanisms Contribute To Biological DiversityAn international team of scientists has discovered how changes in both gene expression and gene sequence led to the diversity of visual systems in African cichlid fish. In research published in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, University of Maryland biologist Dr. Karen Carleton and collaborators describe how over 60 species of cichlid fish from Lake Malawi and Lake Victoria have adapted their visual sensitivity in response to specific ecological factors, including what they eat and the clarity of the water in which they swim...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Dec 2009 | 1:00 am Researchers Find Cells Move In Mysterious WaysOur cells are more like us than we may think. They're sensitive to their environment, poking and prodding deliberately at their surroundings with hand-like feelers and chemical signals as they decide whether and where to move. Such caution serves us well but has vexed engineers who seek to create synthetic tissue, heart valves, implants and other devices that the human body will accept. To overcome that obstacle, scientists have sought to learn more about how cells explore what's around them...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Dec 2009 | 1:00 am Psychologists Find No Evidence Supporting Auditory And Visual LearningAre you a verbal learner or a visual learner? Chances are, you've pegged yourself or your children as either one or the other and rely on study techniques that suit your individual learning needs. And you're not alone - for more than 30 years, the notion that teaching methods should match a student's particular learning style has exerted a powerful influence on education. The long-standing popularity of the learning styles movement has in turn created a thriving commercial market amongst researchers, educators, and the general public...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Dec 2009 | 1:00 am Boehringer Ingelheim Initiates First Phase III Clinical Trial In Ovarian CancerBoehringer Ingelheim announced the initiation of a new phase III clinical trial to evaluate one of its two late-stage oncology pipeline compounds for the treatment of patients with advanced ovarian cancer. The clinical study, called LUME-Ovar-1 trial, investigates the compound BIBF 1120, a novel oral anti-angiogenic agent *, for its efficacy and safety as first-line treatment in combination with standard chemotherapy compared to placebo in combination with standard chemotherapy in patients with advanced ovarian cancer...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Dec 2009 | 1:00 am PHT Corporation's Market Leading LogPad And StudyWorksTM EPRO Solutions Used In Sanofi Pasteur's Phase II Study Of New Clostridium Difficile VaccinePHT Corporation announced that Sanofi Pasteur is using PHT's LogPad® System and StudyWorksTM online portal for a Phase II trial to develop a vaccine against the Clostridium difficile bacterium. PHT is the leading provider of ePRO solutions used in pharmaceutical and biotechnology clinical trials worldwide. Sanofi Pasteur, a world leader in the vaccines industry, is the vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis Group...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Dec 2009 | 1:00 am New Quit Kit Helps Smokers Give Up For Good In 2010, UKAn innovative free Quit Kit which gives smokers the right tools to successfully stop smoking is launched today as new research shows that almost half of smokers (44%) in England have resolved to quit this New Year. The NHS Stop Smoking Quit Kit, which has been designed by experts and smokers, contains calming audio downloads, a stress toy and a tool to help smokers work out how much money they are saving by quitting...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Dec 2009 | 1:00 am Bryan Oncor Reports Positive Phase I Results For Its New Targeted Lung Cancer TherapyBryan Oncor reports the results of a Phase I trial of its targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy using Re-88 P2045, a radiolabeled synthetic peptide, for the treatment of advanced lung cancer. The trial was conducted at the University of Maryland and the University of Iowa and published in the December issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. This novel approach to cancer treatment combines a synthetic peptide molecule, P2045, which targets over expressed somatostatin receptors (SSTR) on tumors, with a radioactive isotope, Re-188, which has been shown to destroy cancer cells...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Dec 2009 | 1:00 am States With Expanded Health Coverage Fight BillStates that have already broadened health care coverage say that the Senate overhaul bill unfairly penalizes them. Source: NYT > Health | 27 Dec 2009 | 12:06 am South Africans smoke vulture brains for lotto luckSmoking dried vulture brains to have a vision of winning lotto numbers -- that's why customers come to Scelo, a vendor of traditional medicines, but it's a trend being blamed for killing...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Dec 2009 | 11:27 pm Borneo mega-dams proposal raises fears for tribesA massive tract of Borneo jungle, an area the size of Singapore, will soon disappear under the waters of the Bakun dam, a multi-billion-dollar project nearing completion after years of...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Dec 2009 | 11:06 pm Months to Live: Hard Choice for a Comfortable Death: SedationInducing sleep with drugs near the end of life is a widely used treatment even as it vexes families and doctors.Source: NYT > Health | 26 Dec 2009 | 10:22 pm First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in USIt started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away. Then came the fevers. They bathed and chilled the skinny frame of Oswaldo Juarez, a 19-year-old Peruvian visiting to...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Dec 2009 | 10:00 pm Simmons Bedding financiers seek Chinese bidder - WSJSINGAPORE, Dec 27 (Reuters) - A group of financiers is trying to put a U.S. mattress maker now under bankruptcy court protection into play by encouraging Chinese bidders to top an already arranged offer...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Dec 2009 | 7:47 pm Genes 'drive deadly brain cancer'Scientists have discovered two genes that appear responsible for one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Dec 2009 | 5:00 pm Inner ear alters brain blood flowMinute organs hidden deep within the ear appear to directly alter blood flow to the brain, scientists discover.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Dec 2009 | 5:00 pm Catholic Group Supports Senate on Abortion AidCatholic hospitals have apparently split with bishops on an abortion-financing compromise in the health bill.Source: NYT > Health | 26 Dec 2009 | 11:15 am A comparison of House, Senate health care bills (AP)
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