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India steps up scramble with China for African energyIndia has stepped up its efforts to gain an economic foothold in Africa in a new scramble with China for the continent's resources, signing energy deals with top oil producers Angola and...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Jan 2010 | 2:00 am In Italy, 'Madonna hospital' cares for quake-damaged artArt restorers delicately suture together gashes in a priceless painting of the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, one of hundreds of works of art damaged by an earthquake in...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Jan 2010 | 1:11 am States Taking the Lead Addressing ConcussionsLast year Washington and Oregon passed the first concussion-specific laws covering scholastic sports. Source: NYT > Health | 31 Jan 2010 | 12:28 am Australia suffering from wine glut: industryAustralian winegrowers have been forced to let their grapes wither on the vine and halt production due to damaging levels of over-supply in the sector, a leading industry body said Sunday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 Jan 2010 | 12:05 am City Critic: On the Plate, a Pinch or a Pound?With salt the latest addition to the mayor’s health hit list, we take a look at how much is in some of New York’s favorite dishes.Source: NYT > Health | 30 Jan 2010 | 10:44 pm Where There’s No Smoke, Altria Hopes There’s FireThe company once called Philip Morris is hoping the F.D.A. will go easier on Marlboro Snus, a spit-free smokeless pouch, than on Marlboro cigarettes.Source: NYT > Health | 30 Jan 2010 | 10:02 pm Testing Tears in Clinically Isolated Syndrome May Signal ProgressionA tear isoelectric focusing technique could spare more than a third of patients an invasive lumbar puncture, say researchers.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Jan 2010 | 6:56 pm HIV Speeds Brain AgingFunctional MRI shows that brains of patients infected with HIV look 15 to 20 years older than brains without HIV.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 30 Jan 2010 | 6:32 pm Egypt's veil wearers see it as barrier to harassmentFemale students at Cairo University are defying religious and state efforts to ban the controversial niqab from schools and colleges, saying that wearing the controversial face veil is a...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 30 Jan 2010 | 1:14 pm Magnesium May Boost BrainpowerMice given extra doses of a new magnesium compound had better working memory, long-term memory and greater learning ability.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 30 Jan 2010 | 11:22 am Doc Who Tied Vaccine to Autism Ruled Unethical (Time.com)Time.com - British medical authorities rule that Andrew Wakefield, the doctor behind research that linked the triple Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine with autism, acted "dishonestly and with "callous disregard" for the children involved in his studySource: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 Jan 2010 | 9:25 am World Food Program Scales Up Food Assistance Operation To Haiti Earthquake VictimsThe United Nations World Food Program WFP) says it has begun a major increase of its operation with the start of the first systematic food distribution program to reach victims affected by the Haiti earthquake. In coordination with the UN Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), and under the leadership of the Haitian government, plus some key NGOs (non-governmental organizations), "WFP is rolling out distributions at 16 fixed sites across the Haitian capital, with the aim of reaching over two million people during a two-week period"...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jan 2010 | 7:00 am Protesters To Take Mass Overdose Of Homeopathic MedicinesCampaigners throughout the United Kingdom are to take part in a protest by taking a mass overdose of homeopathic medicine as part of a national bid to prove that the medicines are worthless. The so-called overdoses will occur outside Boots (a large pharmacy chain) in Birmingham, Bristol, Brighton, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hampshire, Leeds, Leicester, London, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford and Sheffield. Boots sells homeopathic products and says it is committed to providing customers with a wide range of products. The company added that many people believed in complementary medicines...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jan 2010 | 7:00 am Brazil's Braskem may buy Sunoco assets-reportSAO PAULO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Braskem , Latin America's largest petrochemical company, may unveil as soon as Monday the purchase of U.S.-based Sunoco Inc.'s petrochemical assets for about $400 million,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 30 Jan 2010 | 6:56 am Giving Life in a Land Overflowing With PainAt a tent outside the general hospital in Port-au-Prince, now one of the better medical facilities in Haiti, the joy found in most maternity wards has been lost to the cracked earth.Source: NYT > Health | 30 Jan 2010 | 6:30 am H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Still Spreading In Some Parts Of The World, But Cases Generally Falling, World Health OrganizationWHO spokesman, Gregory Hartl, said in a new briefing that the H1N1 flu pandemic (swine flu) continues to spread in parts of eastern and southeastern Europe, parts of Asia, and North Africa. However, he added that globally it is generally declining. The H1N1 pandemic virus continues to be the main influenza virus circulating globally. WHO (World Health Organization) said the virus is a health risk to people with underlying conditions, such as asthma, as well as pregnant women. Hartl said that activity in general is decreasing...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jan 2010 | 6:00 am GSK's TYKERB® Receives Accelerated Approval For First-line Combination Treatment Of Hormone Receptor Positive, HER2+/ErbB2+ Breast CancerGlaxoSmithKline announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for a new combination regimen using TYKERB® (lapatinib) as a first-line, all-oral treatment for women with metastatic breast cancer. TYKERB is now indicated in combination with letrozole for the treatment of postmenopausal women with hormone receptor positive metastatic breast cancer that overexpresses the HER2 receptor for whom hormonal therapy is indicated...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jan 2010 | 2:00 am Poverty Risks For Older People In EU Countries An UpdateThis Policy Brief provides the latest evidence on how EU countries differ in terms of poverty risks for older people (aged 65 years and over). Results using the latest EU-SILC data for 2008 show that, on average, older people face a higher poverty risk rate than the total population: the rate for older people was 19% as opposed to rate for the total population of 17%. The highest poverty risk rates were observed in Latvia (51%), Cyprus (49%), Estonia (39%) and Bulgaria (34%), and the lowest in Hungary (4%), Luxembourg (5%) and the Czech Republic (7%)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jan 2010 | 2:00 am Novo Nordisk Receives US Approval For Victoza® (liraglutide) For The Treatment Of Type 2 DiabetesNovo Nordisk receives US approval for Victoza® (liraglutide) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes Novo Nordisk announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing authorisation for Victoza® for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in adults. Victoza® is the brand name approved in the US and Europe for liraglutide, the first once-daily human Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jan 2010 | 2:00 am Pivotal Trial Results For Motavizumab Published In Current Issue Of 'Pediatrics'MedImmune announced that clinical results of its pivotal multinational, randomized, double-masked trial for motavizumab have been published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed publication, Pediatrics: Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Motavizumab is an investigational monoclonal antibody (MAb) being evaluated by the FDA for its potential to prevent serious disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among infants at high risk...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jan 2010 | 2:00 am FDA Licenses New Influenza Vaccine Designed Specifically For People 65 Years Of Age And OlderSanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis Group (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) for licensure of Fluzone® High-Dose (Influenza Virus Vaccine). The new vaccine, for adults 65 years of age and older, will be available to health-care providers for immunizations administered this fall in preparation for the upcoming 2010-2011 influenza season...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jan 2010 | 2:00 am Study Recommends Better Handling Of Milk In RestaurantsOne-third of samples of milk and dairy products analysed in various restaurants exceed the microbe contamination limits set by the European Union, according to a study carried out by researchers from the University of Valencia (UV). The experts advise against keeping milk in jugs and suggest that these foodstuffs need to be better handled...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 30 Jan 2010 | 2:00 am Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase 2 Study Results Of Perifosine As A Single Agent For The Treatment Of Waldenstrom's MacroglobulinemiaKeryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KERX) (the "Company") announced that an article entitled "Clinical and Translational Studies of a Phase II Trial of the Novel Oral Akt Inhibitor Perifosine in Relapsed or Relapsed/Refractory Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia," reporting Phase 2 data demonstrating the single agent activity of KRX-0401 (Perifosine) for the treatment of advanced Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia ("Waldenstrom's"), will appear in the February 1, 2010 issue of Clinical Cancer Research...
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