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China machinery maker IMM plans $500 mln IPO -sourcesHONG KONG, Jan 5 (Reuters) - International Mining Machinery Ltd. (IMM), a Chinese mining equipment company, aims to raise about $500 million from a Hong Kong initial public offering by February, sources...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 3:00 am RPT-SCENARIOS-Kraft pizza deal spices up Cadbury bid* Kraft sweetens Cadbury bid with cash replacing some stockSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 2:50 am China car franchiser Zhongsheng plans $1 bln IPO -sourcesHONG KONG, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Chinese automobile franchiser Zhongsheng Group aims to raise between $800 million and $1 billion from a Hong Kong initial public offering in first quarter of 2010, sources...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 2:43 am RPT-Cadbury says Kraft bid still derisoryLONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Kraft's offer for Cadbury remains derisory, a spokesman for the British confectioner said on Tuesday after the U.S. firm increased the cash component of its 10.2 billion pound...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 2:31 am 'Octomom' doctor accused of gross negligence (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Jan 2010 | 2:31 am WRAPUP 2-Kraft sweetens Cadbury offer, Nestle rules out bid* Kraft adds 60p/share cash, replacing part of stock elementSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 2:25 am Cadbury says Kraft bid still derisoryLONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Kraft's offer for Cadbury remains derisory, a spokesman for the British confectioner said on Tuesday after the U.S. firm increased the cash component of its 10.2 billion pound...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 2:25 am TIMELINE-Kraft bid timetable ticks away for CadburyJan 5 (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc sweetened its 10.2 billion pound ($16.4 billion) offer for Britain's Cadbury Plc with cash, as the U.S. food company's hostile takeover attempt entered its final month...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 2:09 am Malaysians face charges after morality police raidsDozens of Malaysians charged with sexual misconduct in New Year's Day hotel raids, including a 54-year-old grandmother, will face court next month, officials said Tuesday. Malaysia's...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 2:00 am UPDATE 1-Nokia files new patent suit against AppleHELSINKI, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The world's top mobile phone maker, Nokia , has launched another court case against Apple for alleged patent violations, in an increasingly fierce legal battle between two...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 1:59 am FACTBOX-Key facts about China's media industryJan 5 (Reuters) - More than a dozen private equity funds including one backed by China Construction Bank , are raising local currency yuan-denominated funds, likely worth over billions of dollars, to...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 1:56 am Hunting newborn tests for super-rare gene diseases (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Jan 2010 | 1:07 am Lawmakers Grill Doctor for His Views on ConcussionsA doctor who used to lead the N.F.L.’s concussion committee maintained his stand that there is no link between football and brain disease. Source: NYT > Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 11:40 pm First Mention: Contact Lens, 1930The first use of the term “contact lens” in The Times involved an optometric society meeting, when lenses the “size of a cent” were inserted by a 22-year-old woman.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 11:07 pm Personal Health: Options for Bone Loss, but No Magic PillMedications can help treat osteoporosis, but there is no guaranteed cure or a sure way to prevent all fractures.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 11:06 pm Vital Signs: Hazards: With This Spider, Wear Safety GogglesDoctors in Leeds, England, found that a man’s eye inflammation was caused by his pet tarantula’s defensive release of tiny hairs with multiple barbs.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 11:06 pm Vital Signs: Aging: Abdominal Surgery Risk May Rise With AgeA study in Washington State showed that 5 percent of those 65 and older died within 90 days of surgery and that 17 percent developed complications.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 11:05 pm Vital Signs: Screening: Skipping M.R.I. Tests for Breast CancerWomen often say they have claustrophobia and cannot tolerate the closed machines, a study found.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 11:04 pm Global Update: Microbes: Fighting Mosquito-Transmitted Viruses With Bacteria That Infect Many InsectsA discovery by researchers could be helpful against two painful and sometimes fatal diseases, dengue and chikungunya.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 11:03 pm Study Says Women With Mate Get HeavierA large Australian survey found evidence that even among childless women, those who lived with a mate put on more pounds than those who lived without one.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 11:03 pm Cases: Medical Care That Transcends WordsCommunication beyond speech, like tone and body language, helps achieve healing in the doctor’s office.Source: NYT > Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 11:02 pm Really?: The Claim: Diabetes Can Lead to ‘Frozen Shoulder’Can diabetes lead to shoulder pain and stiffness?Source: NYT > Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 11:02 pm New Childhood Vaccines Schedules Released (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Boys should get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to protect them against genital warts, and all children should receive the H1N1 vaccine to guard against swine flu, according to updated guidelines on childhood and teen vaccines.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Jan 2010 | 9:49 pm Genes May Put Black Americans at Risk for Diabetes (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Inherited genetic variations could explain why blacks develop type 2 diabetes at a higher rate than whites, new research suggests.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Jan 2010 | 9:49 pm More Toddlers, Young Children Given Antipsychotics (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of children aged 2 to 5 who are given antipsychotic medications has doubled in recent years, a new study has found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Jan 2010 | 9:49 pm Wasting awayHow Afghans are hungry despite promises of aidSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Jan 2010 | 8:29 pm New guidelines back mammograms starting at age 40 (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Jan 2010 | 5:57 pm Depression treatment 'too narrow'Three quarters of GPs have prescribed anti-depressants even though they think another treatment would be better, a survey finds.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Jan 2010 | 5:45 pm Child brain tumours 'treatable'Aggressive childhood brain tumours could be treatable with a novel combination of two existing cancer drugs, a study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Jan 2010 | 5:00 pm Diabetes link to quitting smokingGiving up smoking sharply increases the risk of developing type-two diabetes, a US study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Jan 2010 | 5:00 pm Study: Quitting smoking raises diabetes riskPeople who quit smoking are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes after they kick the habit, most likely due to post-quitting weight gain, a new study has found.Source: CNN.com - Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 3:01 pm Half of Depressed Americans Get No TreatmentAbout half of Americans with major depression go untreated, and only 21 percent receive treatment consistent with accepted guidelines, a new study says.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 2:04 pm No Need for Dental Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Joint Replacement: StudyA new study questions a recent recommendation that dentists give prophylactic antibiotics to all patients who have had joint replacement.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jan 2010 | 1:07 pm Alcoholic Cirrhosis Often Complicated From the OutsetPatients with alcoholic cirrhosis often present with complications at diagnosis that are strong predictors of death at one year, results of a Danish study indicate.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jan 2010 | 1:07 pm Combined Antiretroviral Therapy Has Halved Mortality in HIV Patients Since 1996Combined antiretroviral therapy appears to have cut the average mortality rate by half in HIV patients followed for an average of more than three years, researchers report in the January 2nd issue of AIDS.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jan 2010 | 1:07 pm Biphasic Reactions Rare After Oral Food ChallengeOral food challenges can be done safely in carefully selected patients, and biphasic reactions -- symptom recurrence within hours or days of the initial event -- appear to be rare, a new study shows.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jan 2010 | 1:07 pm Capillary Blood Glucose Test Beats HbA1c for Mass Diabetes ScreeningAs a mass screening tool for diabetes and pre-diabetes in China, the fasting capillary blood glucose (FCG) test performs better than the hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) test, a study suggests.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jan 2010 | 1:07 pm Adalimumab Is an Effective Rescue Therapy in Young Crohn's PatientsAdalimumab is an effective rescue therapy for children and adolescents with Crohn's disease who must discontinue infliximab, researchers report.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jan 2010 | 1:07 pm Rapid HCV Response May Permit Shortened TherapyIn selected patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, a shortened 24-week course of pegylated interferon (PEG IFN) and ribavirin can be considered: those with HCV genotype 1, a rapid decrease in viral load, and low HCV RNA at baseline, according to French researchers.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jan 2010 | 1:07 pm Simvastatin Better Than Metformin for Polycystic Ovary SyndromeSimvastatin is superior to metformin for treating women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and is just as effective as a combination of both drugs, according to a report in the December Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jan 2010 | 1:07 pm Could Proton Pump Inhibitors Prevent Cancer in Barrett's Esophagus?Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) can reduce the risk of high-grade dysplasia and neoplasia in patients with Barrett's esophagus, according to a new retrospective study.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jan 2010 | 1:07 pm No Evidence To Support Psychological Debriefing In Schools, CanadaThere is no evidence to support psychological debriefing in schools after traumatic events such as violence, suicides and accidental death, which runs counter to current practice in some Canadian school jurisdictions, according to a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Recent systematic reviews indicate that psychological debriefing of adults does not prevent post-traumatic stress disorder and it may even increase the risk of this disorder...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jan 2010 | 1:00 pm Prenatal Ultrasonography Has Increased 55% For Pregnant Women, Even In Low-risk PregnanciesCurrent use of prenatal ultrasounds in women with singleton pregnancies is 55% greater than in 1996, even in low-risk pregnancies. More than one-third (37%) of pregnant women now receive 3 or more ultrasound tests in the second and third trimesters of a given pregnancy, found an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The increase in the use of multiple ultrasound scans per pregnancy has been more pronounced in low-risk than high-risk pregnancies, suggesting a need to review current practices...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jan 2010 | 1:00 pm Canadian Medical Association Develops Panorama For Collecting Vaccination DataThe collection of individual level vaccination data when delivering vaccines is important for planning and delivery of immunization programs, to assess whether population-level coverage has been achieved and for research into vaccine safety and effectiveness, states an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Canada has been developing Panorama, a national electronic system that will "collect, analyse and disseminate public health surveillance data for the management of infectious diseases" according to Dr...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jan 2010 | 1:00 pm New Mammogram Guidelines Issued … AgainDoctors recommend breast cancer screening to begin at age 40, not 50 as was recommended a little over a month ago.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 12:58 pm Study Links Restless Legs Syndrome With Erectile DysfunctionPatients with more severe symptoms have close to double the risk for ED.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 4 Jan 2010 | 12:22 pm Rights groups laud end of US HIV/AIDS travel ban (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Jan 2010 | 11:04 am The future of brain-controlled devicesIn the shimmering fantasy realm of the hit movie "Avatar," a paraplegic Marine leaves his wheelchair behind and finds his feet in a new virtual world thanks to "the link," a sophisticated chamber that connects his brain to a computer.Source: CNN.com - Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 11:00 am U.S. lifts restriction on visas to HIV+ visitorsTourists, business people and other foreign nationals who are HIV-positive will find it easier starting Monday to obtain short-term visas to visit the United States.Source: CNN.com - Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 10:57 am G-Spot May Not ExistResearchers at least found that the idea of a G-spot seems to be subjective.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 10:27 am Restless legs syndrome, erectile dysfunction linked? (Reuters)Reuters - Two disorders that seem completely unrelated except that each is the focus of massive drug company ad campaigns may actually have something in common: Older men who suffer from restless legs syndrome at night are almost twice as likely to have erectile dysfunction as those without restless legs, researchers report.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Jan 2010 | 9:34 am Five 'eat better' foods to slip into your diet in '10A new year has arrived, and with it, a new list of resolutions. If "eating better" is on it, experts say, there are a few items you can slip into to your diet that can improve your health and help you ward off certain diseases in 2010.Source: CNN.com - Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 7:03 am 'Biggest Losers' share big victoriesNBC's hit weight loss competition "The Biggest Loser" debuts Tuesday. As the trainers prepare to take on the contenstants, CNN caught up with three previous winners to see how their lives had changed.Source: CNN.com - Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 7:02 am Diet Demystified: Why We OvereatA hormone shown to cause overeating could help break your New Year's resolution.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 4 Jan 2010 | 6:28 am Evidence lacking for special diets in autism (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Jan 2010 | 6:09 am In The New Year, Get Fit, Don't Get HurtLife is full of hassles, deadlines, frustrations and demands. Stress can take its toll on a woman's health and spill into the home during the holiday season. In these economic times, tightening budgets during the 'season to be jolly' brings additional stress. There is hope on the horizon, as the New Year provides a fresh opportunity for women to resolve to get a handle on stress. "If time or finances prohibit you from going to the gym, find other ways to stay active such as taking a walk, running and even yard work or gardening...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jan 2010 | 5:00 am Biodel Submits VIAject(R) New Drug Application To FDA For Treatment Of DiabetesBiodel, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOD) announced today that it has submitted a new drug application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for clearance to market VIAject® as a treatment for diabetes. VIAject® is Biodel's proprietary formulation of recombinant human insulin that is designed to be absorbed into the blood faster than currently marketed rapid-acting insulin analogs. It is Biodel's most advanced product candidate and has been tested in more than 884 patients who participated in Phase 1, 2 and 3 clinical trials of the drug in the United States, Germany and India...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jan 2010 | 4:00 am ZOLL Receives FDA Clearance To Market E Series Defibrillators With Carbon Monoxide MonitoringZOLL Medical Corporation (Nasdaq GS: ZOLL), a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and related software solutions, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new model of the ZOLL E Series® Monitor/Defibrillator with carbon monoxide (CO) measurement. The product is immediately available for shipment...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jan 2010 | 4:00 am New Chromosomal Screening Strategy May Overcome Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS) Obstacles And Boost IVF Pregnancy RatesA new strategy that researchers believe provides a more comprehensive screening of the entire chromosomal makeup of an embryo shows tremendous promise in the field of preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) according to a study published in the December issue of Fertility and Sterility. Forty-five infertile couples participated in the study with an average age of 37.7 years. Using a novel screening approach, researchers biopsied several cells from embryos five days after fertilization, also known as the blastocyst stage...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jan 2010 | 4:00 am Novelos' (NVLT.OB) Study Patients Continue To Live Longer As Pfizer Stops Lung Cancer StudyBioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors, is reporting Pfizer Inc. has announced that it has decided to discontinue the late-stage study of its lung cancer candidate figitumumab (CP-751,871) while Novelos' (OTCBB: NVLT) pivotal Phase 3 trial, with a primary efficacy endpoint of improvement in median overall survival, continues across approximately 12 countries and 100 clinical sites...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jan 2010 | 4:00 am Photocure Received Positive Response From FDA On The New Drug Application (NDA) For Hexvix(R) For Detection Of Bladder CancerThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed Photocure that the new drug application (NDA) for Hexvix for detection of non-invasive papillary bladder cancer may be approved pending approval of the PMA for the Karl Storz photodynamic diagnosis system and final agreements between Photocure and FDA on labeling, and post-marketing commitments. The photodynamic diagnosis system is the blue light cystoscopy system that will be used with Hexvix on the US market. Photocure expects the pending issues to be agreed with FDA within the first half year of 2010...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 Jan 2010 | 4:00 am Medical revolutionThe noughties paved the way for big advancesSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Jan 2010 | 3:07 am The elusive G-spot 'doesn't appear to exist'The elusive erogenous zone said to exist in some women may be a myth, say researchers who have hunted for it.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 4 Jan 2010 | 3:04 am Royal College Of Nursing Responds To Agency Staffing Research, UKThe RCN responded to reports that the NHS is increasing its spending on agency staff. Dr Peter Carter, RCN Chief Executive & General Secretary, said: "Agency workers provide a valuable service and these figures should be viewed with caution as the agency receives a substantial part of the 'salary'. However, at a time when the NHS is having to make huge efficiency savings, Trusts must get a better hold on their reliance on agency staff to stop these vast sums of money being squandered...
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