Health and Medical News Headlines for January 27, 2010

Lawrence Garfinkel, Dies at 88; Fought Smoking

Mr. Garfinkel, a student of statistics who learned epidemiology on the job, worked at the American Cancer Society for 43 years.

Source: NYT > Health | 27 Jan 2010 | 12:22 am

The Radiation Boom: While Technology Surges, Radiation Safeguards Lag

While new treatments are more accurate, errors in software and operation are more difficult to detect.

Source: NYT > Health | 27 Jan 2010 | 12:19 am

Osiris Completes Enrollment In Stem Cell Trial For Type 1 Diabetes

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIR) today announced that it has achieved a $750,000 milestone payment from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) for completing enrollment in a Phase II clinical trial evaluating Prochymal, an adult mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy, as a treatment for patients recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The milestone is the fourth in a series of payments resulting from JDRF's partnership with Osiris for the development of a therapy for type 1 diabetes...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am

Studies Link Rare Ailment to Pain Pumps

Several medical studies found a postsurgical device may be behind a rise in chondrolysis, a debilitating disorder.

Source: NYT > Health | 26 Jan 2010 | 11:35 pm

Democrats Put Lower Priority on Health Bill

With no clear path on major health legislation, Democratic leaders in Congress signaled slower going on the president’s top domestic priority.

Source: NYT > Health | 26 Jan 2010 | 11:14 pm

Los Angeles Marijuana Sellers Limited

The Los Angeles City Council voted to shutter roughly 80 percent of the city’s dispensaries and restrict their hours.

Source: NYT > Health | 26 Jan 2010 | 11:13 pm

Oragenics Launches EvoraKids™ - The First Probiotic Oral Care System For Kids

Following on the heels of its successful retail introduction of EvoraPlus™ oral care system for adults, Florida-based biopharmaceutical company Oragenics, Inc. (OTCBB: ORNI) has launched EvoraKids™, the first probiotic-based, all-natural oral care chewable created to promote oral health for children 3-10 years old. Featuring a tasty Wild Very Cherry Berry chew, EvoraKids includes Oragenics' patent pending ProBiora3 technology, which has been specifically formulated for children to help maintain healthy teeth, their biggest oral care problem...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jan 2010 | 11:00 pm

Offer to Take Over Ailing Hospital Stirs Outcry

A proposal to make St. Vincent’s an outpatient center has prompted fears about emergency care on the West Side.

Source: NYT > Health | 26 Jan 2010 | 10:49 pm

Freedom Meditech Presents Data Showing Benefits Of Non-Invasive Diabetes Screening And Glucose Monitoring In The Eye At London Conference

People with diabetes or who are at risk of developing the disease - now estimated at over 400 million globally - could reduce complications, improve quality of life and reduce healthcare costs by using new non-invasive technology to screen for and monitor the illness, according to a presentation by Freedom Meditech at the 6th Annual Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy Conference in London, England...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm

Decade of Decline in U.S. Teen Pregnancies Ends (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- After more than a decade of decline, the U.S. teen pregnancy rate increased 3 percent in 2006, which led to a 4 percent rise in teen births and a 1 percent increase in teen abortions, a new study shows.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Jan 2010 | 9:49 pm

Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 26, 2010 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Jan 2010 | 9:49 pm

Victoza Sanctioned for Type 2 Diabetes (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Victoza (liraglutide) has been approved to treat type 2 diabetes in some adults, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a news release.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Jan 2010 | 9:49 pm

Metro recalling Selection brand Iced Chocolatey Donuts sold in Ont. and Que.: CFIA

OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Metro Inc. are warning people with allergies to milk or egg not to consume Selection brand Iced Chocolatey Donuts. The affected product
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Jan 2010 | 9:48 pm

Researchers At Signature Genomics Attribute Diverse Spectrum Of Brain And Facial Anomalies To Genetic Regions Associated With Holoprosencephaly

Researchers at Signature Genomic Laboratories, which performs diagnostic genetic testing of chromosome abnormalities in individuals with unexplained physical and developmental disabilities, recently characterized a broad spectrum of facial and brain anomalies in individuals with chromosome aberrations associated with holoprosencephaly. Holoprosencephaly is a disorder in which the forward-most portion of the brain fails to fully divide into hemispheres (the right and left "sides" of the brain) during embryonic development...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

French report calls for burqa ban

A French parliament report called for a ban on the full Islamic veil, saying Muslim women who wear the burqa or other similar face-covering veils, were posing an "unacceptable" challenge to
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Jan 2010 | 8:25 pm

Two Combination Treatment Regimens Added To Updated NCCN Guidelines For Ovarian Cancer

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recently updated the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines for Oncology™ for Ovarian Cancer to reflect the addition of two preferred combination regimens for a specific cohort of patients based on data from recent clinical research studies...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jan 2010 | 8:00 pm

PURE Bioscience Assists Disaster Relief In Haiti

PURE Bioscience (NASDAQ: PURE) is sending 200,000 two-ounce bottles of IV-7 Ultimate Germ Defense™ silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC)-based water purifier to Project Hope for distribution in earthquake-ravaged areas of Haiti. This quantity is enough to treat up to 40 million gallons of water. San Diego-based CareFusion Corporation sponsored half of the donation. The water purifier is in the form of a liquid concentrate, with just six drops needed to treat one gallon of water...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jan 2010 | 7:00 pm

New 340B Program At NorthShore Health Centers Offers Prescription Drug Discounts Of Up To 60 Percent

NorthShore Health Centers announced a new program in partnership with healthcare technology company SUNRx that will help provide discounted prescription drugs to low-income patients who may be struggling to afford medications. "During tough economic times, it becomes even more difficult for families to afford prescription drugs," said Janice Wilson, CEO of NorthShore, which provides medical and dental care to patients regardless of their ability to pay. "It is important that we do everything possible to ensure that our patients have access to the medications they need...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jan 2010 | 6:00 pm

Los Angeles City Council agrees on ordinance capping pot clinics, pushing from neighbourhoods

LOS ANGELES - The day feared by medical marijuana advocates arrived Tuesday when the City Council approved an ordinance intended to close hundreds of pot shops and banish those that...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Jan 2010 | 5:33 pm

C-sections 'do not harm feeding'

A Caesarean or instrumental birth does not impact upon how long a mother breastfeeds, research suggests.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Jan 2010 | 5:31 pm

UPDATE 1-Private equity groups eye Kabel Deutschland buyout-FT

(Adds CVC, Carlyle, Advent, BC partners, Providence not immediately available for comment)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Jan 2010 | 5:25 pm

UPDATE 1-Private equity groups eye Kabel Deutschland buyout-FT

(Adds CVC, Carlyle, Advent, BC partners, Providence not immediately available for comment)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Jan 2010 | 5:25 pm

Avoid extremes in diabetes treatment, study finds

LONDON (Reuters) - Moderation appears to be the best approach to controlling blood sugar in a form of diabetes that affects many adults, researchers said Wednesday, since lowering it too...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Jan 2010 | 5:03 pm

Amnesty says Burkina maternal care can be "lethal"

LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of women are dying every year during pregnancy and childbirth in the African state of Burkina Faso because discrimination stops them from accessing sexual...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Jan 2010 | 5:02 pm

Amnesty says Burkina maternal care can be "lethal" (Reuters)

Reuters - Thousands of women are dying every year during pregnancy and childbirth in the African state of Burkina Faso because discrimination stops them from accessing sexual health services, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Jan 2010 | 5:02 pm

UPDATE 1- Willcom to restructure via bankruptcy-Nikkei

TOKYO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Japanese wireless communications service provider Willcom Inc will likely file for bankruptcy as part of a restructuring set to involve investment from a state-backed fund and...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Jan 2010 | 5:01 pm

Diabetes sugar 'can go too low'

Intense treatment to lower blood sugar in diabetes patients may prove nearly as harmful as leaving glucose levels high, study finds.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Jan 2010 | 5:01 pm

Medical Acoustics Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance Of Therapeutic Lung Flute(R)

Medical Acoustics LLC, a commercial-stage medical device company which employs acoustic technologies for diagnostic and therapeutic medical applications, today announced that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance of its Therapeutic Lung Flute®. The application follows the successful completion of a clinical trial at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) and the Western New York VA Medical Center during 2009. The clinical trial, led by principal investigator, Sanjay Sethi MD, was designed to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the Therapeutic Lung Flute®...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jan 2010 | 5:00 pm

MoMA to stage Cartier-Bresson retrospective

New York's Museum of Modern Art Tuesday announced plans to stage the first major retrospective in the United States for three decades of French photography master Henri Cartier-Bresson. ...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Jan 2010 | 4:55 pm

Private equity groups eye Kabel Deutschland buyout-FT

LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Private equity groups including CVC Capital Partners and Carlyle are preparing to finance a 5 billion euro ($7 billion) bid for German cable provider Kabel Deutschland [KABLD...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Jan 2010 | 4:52 pm

Childhood Autism Symptoms Relieved: Autism Treatment Conference In San Francisco

Nourishing Hope, an autism wellness advocacy organization in San Francisco, will be hosting the Autism: Hope in Action Conference on January 30, 2010 at the South San Francisco Conference Center from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM. Learn more at http://www.AutismHopeInAction.com. This one-day conference will present today's most effective strategies used to treat and heal children from some and/or all of the devastating effects of autism; including Early Intervention Protocols, Medications, Essential Autism Diets, Fundamental Supplements & Nutrition and Parent Successes. The event will feature Dr...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jan 2010 | 4:00 pm

Now in 3D! Automated Three-Dimensional X-Ray Angiography Shows Promise in Small Trial

A fully automated three-dimensional reconstruction of rotational coronary X-ray angiograms is feasible and overcomes some of the limitations of traditional 2D angiography, a pilot study shows.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jan 2010 | 3:59 pm

Society of Thoracic Surgeons' National Database Effort Comes of Age

Researchers have successfully "linked" the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' national surgery database to CMS records to facilitate the study of long-term outcomes of cardiothoracic surgery.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jan 2010 | 3:59 pm

BMJ Feature Story Peers Into MIST Controversy

The four-page article chronicles the acrimonious falling-out between cardiologist Dr Peter Wilmshurst and NMT Medical over the Migraine Intervention with STARflex Technology trial, including details on the after-the-fact echocardiographic review that didn't appear in the published manuscript.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jan 2010 | 3:59 pm

Ablation Bests Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy in Recurrent Paroxysmal AF: THERMACOOL AF

The use of catheter ablation compared with antiarrhythmic drug therapy resulted in a longer time to treatment failure, an end point that included recurrent AF, during the nine-month follow-up period, report investigators.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jan 2010 | 3:59 pm

New target for fighting Alzheimer's: study (AFP)

AFP - French researchers said Tuesday they had found a promising new target in the fight against Alzheimer's, the debilitating brain disease that causes irreversible memory loss and dementia.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Jan 2010 | 3:58 pm

Many children 'hear voices'; most aren't bothered (Reuters)

Reuters - Nearly 1 in 10 seven- to eight-year-olds hears voices that aren't really there, according to a new study.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Jan 2010 | 3:22 pm

Low-carb diet best for lowering blood pressure (Reuters)

Reuters - People with high blood pressure who want to drop some pounds may want to choose a low-carb diet, a new study shows.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Jan 2010 | 3:21 pm

EpiCept Announces Ceplene(R) Included In Swedish AML Medical Guidelines

EpiCept Corporation (Nasdaq and OMX Stockholm Exchange: EPCT) announced today that the Swedish AML Group which comprises the leading hematology experts in Sweden has included Ceplene® (histamine dihydrochloride) in its Guidelines entitled "National Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Adults." These guidelines, which were issued earlier this month, recommend for the first time the inclusion of Ceplene for AML remission maintenance therapy...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Jan 2010 | 3:00 pm

Opinion: Haiti medical care shameful

A team of doctors from New York City recently traveled to Haiti to help provide care for those injured in the January 12th earthquake. What they saw there shocked them.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 26 Jan 2010 | 2:47 pm

Revision Made in Starting Bortezomib Dose for Patients With Liver Impairment

The FDA and Takeda Oncology have notified healthcare professionals that they should reduce the initial dose of bortezomib prescribed for lymphoma patients with moderate-to-severe hepatic impairment.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jan 2010 | 2:35 pm

Trapped father survives with help of phone app

Alone in the darkness beneath layers of rubble, Dan Woolley felt blood streaming from his head and leg.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 26 Jan 2010 | 2:33 pm

Hard lessons for big-city doctors in Haiti

Drs. Roberto Feliz and Hiba Georges were quickly jolted from cutting edge medicine in Boston to the most rudimentary of care when they got to Haiti.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 26 Jan 2010 | 2:20 pm

Intensive Insulin Therapy May Not Improve Survival in Septic Shock

In a randomized controlled trial, intensive insulin therapy did not show a survival benefit for patients treated with hydrocortisone for septic shock.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jan 2010 | 2:19 pm

FDA Officially Approves Commonly Used Morphine Formulation

The FDA has approved oral morphine sulphate 20 mg/mL for opioid-tolerant patients with severe acute or chronic pain.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jan 2010 | 2:09 pm

FDA recalls needles used in port implants

Millions of needles used in ports implanted under the skin of chronically ill patients are being voluntarily recalled, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 26 Jan 2010 | 1:59 pm

2 Million Huber Needles Recalled Because of Coring Defect

Huber needles manufactured by Nipro show signs of coring and are now subject to an immediate class I recall by the FDA.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Jan 2010 | 1:57 pm

Personal Health: After Smoking and Fats, Focus Turns to Salt

If he can take credit for nothing else, Michael R. Bloomberg can rightfully claim to have launched a national effort to help people live more healthfully.

Source: NYT > Health | 26 Jan 2010 | 1:33 pm

Vital Statistics: A Mixed Report on American Health

A National Center for Health Statistics report had good news and bad, including that a third of Americans were not feeling very well.

Source: NYT > Health | 26 Jan 2010 | 1:30 pm

Patient Safety: Conversation to Curriculum

Despite the growing national discussion about medical errors, medical schools have been slow to respond with coursework on patient safety and quality improvement.

Source: NYT > Health | 26 Jan 2010 | 1:29 pm

Vital Signs: Exercise: In Women, Training for a Sharper Mind

Older women who did an hour or two of strength training exercises each week had improved cognitive function a year later, a study found.

Source: NYT > Health | 26 Jan 2010 | 1:27 pm

Study finds drop in age-related hearing problems (AP)

AP - Sweet news for baby boomers: Despite all those warnings that loud rock music would damage their ears, their generation appears to have better hearing than their parents did. In fact, a new study suggests that the rate of hearing problems at ages ranging from 45 to 75 has been dropping for years, at least among white Americans.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Jan 2010 | 1:20 pm

Opinion: Uncovering secrets to a longer life

In the same way organisms select for characteristics that favor the survival and well-being of its species over successive generations, so too do cultures. With organisms, we call this process evolution and it represents a sort of accumulated wisdom. There is no word for this process in cultures, but there is one for the result. And that word is tradition.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 26 Jan 2010 | 1:02 pm

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