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Fight against fat goes high-tech with new devices (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 Jan 2010 | 2:19 am Tennessee To Receive Federal Matching Funds For Electronic Health Record Incentives ProgramIn another key step to further states' role in developing a robust U.S. health information technology (HIT) infrastructure, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that Tennessee's Medicaid program will receive federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record (EHR) incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). Tennessee will receive approximately $2.7 million in federal matching funds...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am AQR Capital set to launch seventh mutual fund-WSJJan 6 (Reuters) - U.S. money management firm AQR Capital Management, which relies heavily on computer models to select investments, will launch its seventh mutual fund on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 11:48 pm UPDATE 1-HTC's weak Q4 points to tougher days ahead* Weighed down by falling prices and increasing competitionSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 11:47 pm Square Feet: Biopharmaceutical Industry Is Banking on BostonAbout $2.3 billion in new biopharmaceutical manufacturing plants were going up in the Boston area. Source: NYT > Health | 5 Jan 2010 | 11:38 pm UPDATE 1-India's DB Corp jumps on trading debutMUMBAI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Shares of Indian media firm DB Corp surged nearly a quarter on the BSE on Wednesday, making it the third successful debut in 2010. The shares listed up 19.81 percent at 254 rupees...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 11:29 pm New Research Suggests Fat Mass Helps Build Bone Mass In GirlsAccording to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), fat mass is important in increasing bone size and thickness, but this effect appears to be stronger in girls than boys. Lean mass is one of the strongest determinants of bone mass throughout life. Until now, it has been unclear whether fat mass and lean mass differ in how they influence bone development in boys and girls. Findings from previous studies have been inconsistent regarding whether fat mass has a positive or negative impact on bone development...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jan 2010 | 11:00 pm Nintendo shares jump on strong holiday salesTOKYO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Shares in Nintendo Co Ltd jumped 7 percent on Wednesday after strong holiday sales in the United States helped erase market concerns that momentum for its Wii game console had...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 10:43 pm Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digestBANGALORE, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Wednesday:Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 10:22 pm Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digestBANGALORE, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Wednesday:Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 10:22 pm House Democrats to Pursue Health Bill ChangesIt remains unclear how much leverage the House will have in negotiations given that Senate Democrats cannot spare a single vote without jeopardizing the bill’s chances.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Jan 2010 | 10:13 pm Popular Drugs May Help Only Severe DepressionNew findings indicated that some widely prescribed medications like Paxil might not provide much relief for most patients seeking treatment.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Jan 2010 | 10:10 pm FACTBOX-Key players in reshaping U.S. financial regulationJan 6 (Reuters) - Key personalities in the effort to overhaul U.S. financial regulation range from a young president who has challenged bankers to accept sweeping reforms to veteran lawmakers trying to...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm U.S. Senate panel nears agreement on role of Fed* Democrats, Republicans agree resolution authority neededSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm Global financial regulation overhaul seen in 2010WASHINGTON/LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Global financial regulation has changed little since the 2008 banking crisis, but that won't be the case much longer.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm Amazon takes larger-screen Kindle globalLONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is to sell its larger Kindle electronic reader, aimed at students, businesspeople and newspaper readers, in more than 100 countries for $489, following the rollout...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm HIV-Infected Postmenopausal Women At High Risk For Bone FracturesAccording to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), postmenopausal HIV-infected women have a high prevalence of low bone mineral density and high bone turnover placing them at high risk for future bone fractures. "As HIV-infected individuals live longer with potent antiretroviral therapy (ART), metabolic complications such as low bone density and osteoporosis are increasingly recognized," said Michael Yin, MD of Columbia University Medical Center in New York and lead author of the study...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm Health Tip: Why People Lose Their Hair (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Hair loss isn't confined to men. Women and even children can lose their hair, the American Academy of Family Physicians says.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Jan 2010 | 9:49 pm Young, Overweight Fall Prey to Weight-Loss Spam (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Many computer users lunge for the delete key when they get unsolicited e-mails about weight-loss products. But some respond, and new research suggests that almost one in five young, overweight people have fallen prey to the hard sell that shows up in their spam.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Jan 2010 | 9:49 pm Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 5, 2010 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Jan 2010 | 9:49 pm Fat Hormone Controls Gene Linked to Diabetes (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- A fat hormone known as leptin controls a gene in the liver that's linked to the dampening of diabetes in animals, researchers have found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Jan 2010 | 9:49 pm Restless Legs Linked to Erectile Dysfunction (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Men with restless leg syndrome are more likely to have erectile dysfunction, new research suggests, but it's not clear how the two conditions are related.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Jan 2010 | 9:49 pm Hazards of Obesity Now Rival Smoking in U.S. (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity now poses as great a threat to Americans' quality of life as smoking, a new study shows.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Jan 2010 | 9:49 pm Formatech's "Fillanthropy Program" Donates Services To Formulate And Fill ViroMed's VM206 Vaccine Targeting Breast CancerToday, Formatech has selected the next candidate for its Fillanthropy Program: ViroMed's VM206 therapeutic cancer vaccine. Under the Fillanthropy Program, Formatech will donate the services required to aseptically fill and finish one lot of the vaccine to support ViroMed's upcoming clinical trials. Formatech plans to complete the production run in March 2010. "We're excited to have the opportunity to work with ViroMed on this program," said Jeffrey Bernard, Formatech's Director of Business Development. "VM206 is a plasmid DNA vaccine that targets HER2/neu positive breast cancer...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm SpineGuard Reports 10,000th Spine Procedure Using PediGuard(R) For Safer Pedicle Screw PlacementSpineGuard announced today that the 10,000th case has been performed using its PediGuard® device for safer pedicle screw placement in spine surgery. Nearly one million1 spine procedures using pedicle screws were performed in 2008. According to published studies, pedicle screws show high rates of misplacements that can lead to a number of serious complications for patients, including quadriplegia. Consequently, liability risks for spine surgeons are high. "PediGuard will probably become a standard tool in any spine surgery requiring instrumentation," said Randal Betz, M.D...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jan 2010 | 8:00 pm Hubble telescope shows earliest photo of universe (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Jan 2010 | 7:20 pm Health IT Industry Applauds Definition Of "Meaningful Use" Of Electronic Health Record SystemsWHAT The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology have announced that the definition of "meaningful use" will include the use of evidence-based order sets and clinical decision support at the point of care. This is good news because the peer-reviewed scientific literature has repeatedly shown that clinical decision support and evidence-based order sets can save patient lives and reduce overall healthcare costs...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jan 2010 | 7:00 pm NeoPharm Announces IND Filing For IL13-PE38QQR For The Treatment Of Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisNeoPharm, Inc. (Other OTC: NEOL.PK), announced today that it has filed an investigational new drug application (IND) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for IL13-PE38QQR (IL13-PE) for the treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). IPF is the most deadly disease of the lungs in humans with very high morbidity. There is currently no proven effective treatment for the cure of this disease...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jan 2010 | 6:00 pm Cancer survivors 'face neglect'A UK cancer charity says many survivors are neglected as they struggle with other serious illnesses.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Jan 2010 | 5:52 pm 'Inappropriate' tube feed warningLeading doctors say some dying patients are inappropriately having stomach tubes inserted to feed them artificially.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Jan 2010 | 5:19 pm Plate weighing 'can curb obesity'A computerised weighing device that tracks how quickly food is gobbled off the plate could help fight obesity, researchers say.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Jan 2010 | 5:11 pm European Commission Approves New Intravenous Formulation Of Pfizer's Revatio(R) (Sildenafil) For The Treatment Of Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionPfizer Inc. announced that the European Commission has approved Revatio® (sildenafil) solution for injection for patients who are currently prescribed oral Revatio and who are temporarily unable to take oral medicine, but are otherwise clinically and haemodynamically stable. Revatio is the only phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitor with both oral and I.V. formulations approved in the European Union for the treatment of PAH. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a rare, progressive disease that affects an estimated 100,000 men and women worldwide...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jan 2010 | 5:00 pm ARREST Finds Link Between Chest Compressions and VF Recurrence During CPRA study in the Netherlands shows that early resumption of CPR chest compressions following defibrillation leads to earlier recurrence of ventricular fibrillation, demonstrating the need for new technology that can accurately monitor heart rhythm during chest compressions.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jan 2010 | 4:32 pm Maternal Benefits of Breast-Feeding: Less Risk of Vascular DiseaseThe maternal benefits of breast-feeding seem to include a reduced risk of vascular changes associated with future cardiovascular disease, a new observational study has shown.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jan 2010 | 4:32 pm Overweight, Obesity up CV Risk Regardless of Metabolic Markers in Long-Term StudyInvestigators showed that overweight and obese individuals without the metabolic syndrome are also at an increased the risk of cardiovascular events and death, refuting the notion these are benign conditions.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jan 2010 | 4:32 pm The Hartford Backs Bold New Plan To Help Women Recovering From Breast Cancer In All 50 StatesWhile most nonprofit organizations are doing their best to simply survive the bad economy, one organization is launching a bold new campaign to provide two-and-a-half day retreats in all 50 states for women recovering from breast cancer. Casting for Recovery, which currently hosts retreats in 27 states, will use funds provided by The Hartford Financial Services Group to add retreats in all of the 23 states it does not already serve, beginning with Florida, South Carolina, and New Mexico, where demand is acute...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jan 2010 | 4:00 pm Healthcare Spending Growth Slows, but Not as Much for Physician Services, Says CMSReflecting the downward pull of the recent recession, the rate of growth for healthcare spending decelerated from 6% in 2007 to 4.4% in 2008, the lowest growth rate since 1960.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jan 2010 | 3:30 pm Pomegranate compounds may ease breast cancer risk (Reuters)Reuters - Enzyme-blocking chemicals in pomegranates may reduce the risk of estrogen-fueled breast cancers, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Jan 2010 | 3:10 pm FDA Approves Addition Of Sustained Overall Survival Benefit To Label For VELCADE For Injection For Patients With Previously Untreated Multiple MyelomaMillennium: The Takeda Oncology Company today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for VELCADE, which expands the label to include long-term (median follow-up 36.7 months) overall survival (OS) data from the landmark VISTA1 trial and provides specific dosing recommendations for patients with hepatic impairment. The VISTA trial examined the use of VELCADE based therapy in patients with previously untreated multiple myeloma (MM)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Jan 2010 | 3:00 pm COX-2 Inhibitor Potential Treatment for Extraabdominal Desmoid TumorsA preliminary trial shows that meloxicam might be an effective therapy in this population, without the potential adverse effects of chemotherapy.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jan 2010 | 2:36 pm FDA drug approvals mostly flat in 2009 (AP)AP - New drugs cleared by the Food and Drug Administration last year kept pace with 2008, suggesting a much-touted push for drug safety has not slowed down approvals.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Jan 2010 | 2:05 pm Finding the G-spot: Is it real?Ladies (and gentlemen): Can you find the G-spot? That secret pleasure zone inside a woman's body that, if stimulated correctly, yields intense pleasure and even orgasm? Don't worry if you can't: Scientists are still arguing over whether it exists at all.Source: CNN.com - Health | 5 Jan 2010 | 1:50 pm The Doctor's World: For F.D.R. Sleuths, New Focus on an Odd SpotA new book, “F.D.R.’s Deadly Secret,” revives an intriguing theory about a medical mystery around the 32nd president that persists to this day.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Jan 2010 | 1:09 pm Lawmakers Grill Doctor for His Views on ConcussionsA Congressional panel discussed new guidelines on managing concussions in football for youth leagues and college programs in light of changes in the N.F.L.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Jan 2010 | 12:42 pm FDA to Study Drugs in Pregnant WomenThe FDA and a consortium of HMOs will analyze the effects of medications on 1 million U.S. births.WebMD Health News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jan 2010 | 12:28 pm Psychotropic Polypharmacy Increasing in Office-Based Psychiatric PracticeUS psychiatrists are increasingly using combinations of psychotropic agents — many of which have unproven efficacy — to treat patients in office-based practice.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jan 2010 | 12:23 pm VTACH: Ablation Before ICD Reduces Recurrence of Ventricular TachycardiaCatheter ablation before the implantation of a defibrillator prolongs the time to recurrence of VT in patients with prior MI and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, according to the VTACH investigators. The results are in line with the benefit observed in SMASH-VT.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jan 2010 | 12:04 pm Study challenges ME 'virus link'UK scientists find no proof that a retrovirus is the cause of ME, contrary to recent claims.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Jan 2010 | 11:21 am Beta-Blockers Linked to Increased Risk for Surgical Anemia ComplicationsA large record review shows that compared with patients who are naive to beta-blockers, patients receiving beta-blockers tolerate surgical anemia poorly.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jan 2010 | 11:01 am Sex Differences Noted in Presentation, Diagnosis of Chest Pain in Primary CareA study shows sex differences in cause, selected clinical characteristics, and association of symptoms and signs with coronary heart disease.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Jan 2010 | 10:56 am 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 | 5 Jan 2010 | 10:45 am Mind: Where Did the Time Go? Do Not Ask the BrainMemories have a big impact on the sensation of passing time, scientists say.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Jan 2010 | 10:44 am Wasting awayHow Afghans are hungry despite promises of aidSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Jan 2010 | 9:48 am Wrong Spoon Size Can Cause Medicine MistakesKitchen spoons may not be the best device for measuring out cold medicine.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 5 Jan 2010 | 8:45 am Trainers: Drop the 'tude, give us your allEverybody says it: This year I'm going to get a trainer and get in shape. But then comes February -- and the excuses start. Here's what trainers want you to know, before you commit.Source: CNN.com - Health | 5 Jan 2010 | 7:59 am Mother and baby survive near-death experiencesThe nightmare began around 12:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. In a span of minutes, a father went from the despair of losing two people to the elation of having them back.Source: CNN.com - Health | 5 Jan 2010 | 7:55 am Obesity Squashes Quality of LifeObesity has matched and perhaps exceeded smoking as the No. 1 cause of preventable poor health in the United States.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 5 Jan 2010 | 7:19 am Exclusive dating site boots post-holiday 'fatties'A dating site that markets itself as an elite community for beautiful people with a "strict ban on ugly people" has axed about 5,000 members for packing on the pounds during the holiday season.Source: CNN.com - Health | 5 Jan 2010 | 7:18 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 | 5 Jan 2010 | 7:01 am What You Should Really Remember About GinkgoOnce again ginkgo, when rigorously tested, proves ineffective in preventing dementia or improving cognitive function. Yet ginkgo advocates soldier on.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 5 Jan 2010 | 6:36 am Indian city hit by condom theftsCriminals who blow up or break into condom vending machines cause concern among Aids prevention activists in Mumbai.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Jan 2010 | 4:49 am Longer lifeGirl who refused heart transplant returns to schoolSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Jan 2010 | 2:32 am
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