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Start obesity prevention in the cradle, study urges (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 13 Feb 2010 | 2:50 am UPDATE 3-Shinsei, Aozora call off merger - Nikkei* Failure to agree on strategy has led to breakdown - NikkeiSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Feb 2010 | 2:16 am Free condoms with Filipino Valentine's flowersMen buying flowers on Saturday for Valentine's Day were given something else for the weekend in the Philippines, Asia's staunchly Roman Catholic outpost -- free condoms. The health...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Feb 2010 | 1:33 am Cardiologist Available To Comment On Bill Clinton's Heart ConditionOn Thursday, February 11, former president Bill Clinton experienced chest pains and was taken to a New York City hospital where he underwent a stent procedure to open one of his coronary arteries, according to published reports. This, six years after he had quadruple bypass surgery. Brian H. Annex, M.D., chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Virginia Health System, is available to speak expertly about Clinton's procedure and the signs and symptoms of heart disease that should not be ignored...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Vital Signs: Aging: Hospital Type May Play Role in Decision on Feeding TubesA new study found that large hospitals and for-profit hospitals were more likely to use the tubes in caring for nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Source: NYT > Health | 12 Feb 2010 | 11:19 pm Toshiba Service Earns The Most Top Rankings In IMV ServiceTrak Imaging Cardiovascular X-ray User SurveyAs health care facilities today seek the best value in imaging and customer service, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s Service organization strives to deliver top-tier service and customer satisfaction. The result of this dedication was once again confirmed by IMV, Ltd., which provides independent analysis of service trends in the imaging industry. In IMV's 2009 ServiceTrak™ Imaging report on cardiovascular X-ray system service, Toshiba received more top rankings than any other imaging vendor...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm Biodel To Present Results From VIAject(R) Phase 3 Studies At Advanced Technologies And Treatments For Diabetes Conference In BaselBiodel, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOD) announced today that its chief executive officer, Dr. Sol Steiner, will present results from the company's two Phase 3 studies with VIAject® ultra-rapid-acting recombinant human insulin in a platform presentation at the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes in Basel, Switzerland, on Friday, February 12, 2010, at 1pm central European time...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2010 | 10:00 pm Health Tip: Risk Factors for Postpartum Depression (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Postpartum depression is a mental illness that affects women after pregnancy.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Feb 2010 | 9:49 pm Another Study Refutes Vaccination-Autism Link (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) -- One more study finds that the measles vaccine -- given alone or as part of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine -- does not increase the risk of autism in children.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Feb 2010 | 9:49 pm China says most tainted milk products recently discovered have been recalled and destroyedBEIJING - Most of the contaminated milk products that resurfaced in China recently have been recalled and destroyed, the Health Ministry said Saturday. Earlier this week China declaredSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Feb 2010 | 9:36 pm Pakistan love braves bombs for Valentine'sHip young romantics in Pakistan's most dangerous city are splashing out on text messages and teddy bears, defying Taliban bombers and conservative parents to find love this Valentine's Day.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Feb 2010 | 9:34 pm Patient Money: When Children Are Overweight, Changes for the Whole FamilyParents can do a lot to prevent or rectify childhood obesity. It’s a case of home economics: exercise and healthier food are the easiest, cheapest approach.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pm Companies Committed To Improving Quality Of Water In HaitiIt has been almost a month since the devastating earthquake destroyed Haiti. Dozens of nations and non-profit organizations are working non-stop to help rebuild the country. Parkson has joined these efforts and is committed to improving the quality of water in Haiti. The company is working now with numerous non-profits and partners to build and install a low-maintenance treatment facility in the coming months. "Our intention is to have a new plant designed by the middle of 2010 and installed late this year or in early 2011," explains Zain Mahmood, Parkson's CEO...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm Advanced Cell And Colleagues Report Therapeutic Cells Derived From IPS Cells Display Early AgingAdvanced Cell Technology, Inc. or "ACT" (OTCBB:ACTC) reported that a range of therapeutic cell types obtained from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells exhibit abnormal expansion and early cellular aging. The research, which appears online (published-ahead-of- print) in the journal Stem Cells by ACT and its collaborators at Stem International (SCRMI), Harvard Medical School, and the University of Illinois, compares a variety of replacement cell types derived from human iPS cells with their embryonic stem (ES) cell counterparts...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2010 | 8:00 pm What's organic? US sets new rules for milk, meat requiring at least 4 months of grazingWASHINGTON - What makes milk or meat organic? After a drawn-out debate, the U.S. Agriculture Department has significantly narrowed the definition to livestock that spend a third of the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Feb 2010 | 7:34 pm Third Party Reexamination Of Javelin Pharmaceuticals' Phase III Trial Data For Ereska Yields Statistically Significant Primary EndpointJavelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: JAV - News) announced that a reexamination conducted by a third party of pain score measurements from its Phase III study of Ereska™ (intranasal ketamine) showed that top line results for its primary endpoint were statistically significant. Previously, Javelin had reported that the top line results for its primary endpoint were not statistically significant...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2010 | 7:00 pm Owner proposed breaking up EMI GroupNEW YORK, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Buyout house Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd [TERA.UL] Chairman and Chief Executive Guy Hands proposed three months ago to break up music company EMI Group Ltd, court documents...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Feb 2010 | 6:41 pm Owner proposed breaking up EMI GroupNEW YORK, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Buyout house Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd [TERA.UL] Chairman and Chief Executive Guy Hands proposed three months ago to break up music company EMI Group Ltd, court documents...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Feb 2010 | 6:41 pm Individual insurance rates soar in 4 states (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Feb 2010 | 6:39 pm Two-Year Data From Phase 2 Trial Of Genzyme Gaucher Disease Oral Compound Suggest Continued Improvement Across All EndpointsGenzyme Corporation (NASDAQ: GENZ) announced two-year follow-up data from patients enrolled in the phase 2 clinical trial for its investigational oral therapy for Gaucher disease type 1 known as eliglustat tartrate (formerly Genz-112638). Continued improvements were observed across all endpoints, including bone disease, at the two-year timepoint, compared with baseline. The two-year results were presented for the first time today at the Lysosomal Disease Network WORLD Symposium in Miami, Fla...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2010 | 6:00 pm Individual insurance rates soar in 4 statesConsumers in at least four states who buy their own health insurance are getting hit with premium increases of 15 percent or more _ and people in other states could see the same thing. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Feb 2010 | 5:55 pm Carl Icahn lowers Yahoo stake in Q4, adds Genzyme* Investor's Yahoo shares at 12 mln from 62.9 mln-filingsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Feb 2010 | 5:37 pm IPO VIEW-Graham IPO could buck negative Blackstone trendNEW YORK, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Graham Packaging Co Inc's recent initial public offering was a rare bright spot amid private equity firm Blackstone Group LP's recent struggles in the public equities...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Feb 2010 | 5:20 pm UK NICE Issues Guidance on VTE PreventionThe UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has issued new guidance that will make risk assessment for venous thromboembolism mandatory for all patients going into the hospital. One surgeon told heartwire the advice is generally welcome but has some flaws.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2010 | 5:18 pm Study Shows Weight Loss Improves Ventricular StructureVentricular remodeling associated with obesity may be at least partially reversible with weight loss, a new study shows.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2010 | 5:18 pm Authors of Case Report on a Rare Defibrillator Problem Clash With Company Over ClaimsA new report describes a single case of inappropriate shocks that the authors believe stemmed from a wobbly defibrillator head. The manufacturer rejects the theory and says the writers should have held off on publishing while the company did a proper analysis; the authors say they did.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2010 | 5:18 pm WSJ Argues COURAGE Is a Missed Opportunity For Comparative Effectiveness SavingsA feature in the Wall Street Journal investigates why stenting rates have rebounded following a brief decline after the COURAGE trial showed that stenting does not reduce adverse events in stable-angina patients.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2010 | 5:18 pm Cold challengeSufferer risks her health to aid disease fightSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Feb 2010 | 5:05 pm Obesity 'set' before age of twoThe "tipping point" that sets children on the way to a life of obesity often occurs before the age of two, say US researchers.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Feb 2010 | 5:01 pm Possible State Cuts To Texas Seniors' Nursing Facility Medicaid Funding Imprudent In Light Of Worsening Facility Cost SqueezeIn testimony at a Health and Human Service Commission (HHSC) hearing on possible budget reduction options, the President of the Texas Health Care Association (THCA) warned that any cuts now to Texas Medicaid payment rates for nursing home care will confront the nursing home profession with dire financial consequences...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2010 | 5:00 pm How stents open clogged arteriesStents, small metal scaffolding devices placed inside blood vessels around the heart, are used to treat conditions that result when arteries become narrow or blocked.Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 Feb 2010 | 4:59 pm What your heart and brain are doing when you're in lovePoets, novelists and songwriters have described it in countless turns of phrase, but at the level of biology, love is all about chemicals.Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 Feb 2010 | 4:36 pm Skier spreads cheese on leg, hoping to healSome turn to prayer. Others turn to state-of-the-art medicine. Lindsey Vonn turned to the power of fromage.Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 Feb 2010 | 4:27 pm Delay of Medicare Pay Cut Stripped From Jobs BillA long-term solution to the reimbursement crisis is possible if healthcare reform legislation dies, experts say.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2010 | 4:19 pm Biologics, Inc. Selected To Provide Pharmacy Management Services In National Marrow Donor Program Clinical TrialBiologics, Inc., the leading cancer management company in the United States, announces that its Oncology Clinical Trial Services division has been selected by the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP), a nonprofit organization that facilitates unrelated hematopoietic cell transplants. Biologics' Oncology Clinical Trial Services division is providing pharmacy management services for an NMDP Phase III trial that is determining the safety and efficacy of filgrastim (Neupogen®)-stimulated peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) in hematopoietic cell transplants involving unrelated donors...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm Child Obesity Risks Death at Early Age, Study FindsA study found an increased risk of early death among youngsters with pre-diabetes and high blood pressure, but obesity was the factor most associated with death before 55.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Feb 2010 | 3:59 pm OPKO Health Announces Development Of Blood Test For Alzheimer's DiseaseOPKO Health, Inc. (NYSE Amex:OPK) announced the development of a simple diagnostic blood test for Alzheimer's disease. The test, designed to detect elevated levels of antibodies unique to Alzheimer's disease, was approximately 95% accurate in initial testing. The novel Alzheimer's disease-specific antibodies were discovered using a proprietary platform being developed by OPKO that appears to be capable of identifying such biomarkers for any disease to which the immune system reacts, including cancer, autoimmune disease, neurodegenerative and infectious diseases...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pm Claims Data Show More Rapid Intervention in Pain by Anesthesiologists, Pain SpecialistsA review of commercial claims data also shows a high number of chiropractor diagnoses.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2010 | 2:43 pm Hydroxycut linked to other cases of liver damage (Reuters)Reuters - A new study strengthens evidence that the once widely advertised weight-loss supplement Hydroxycut caused serious liver damage in some users.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Feb 2010 | 2:21 pm Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Linked to Cancer Mortality in Older MenSerum levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) are associated with cancer mortality risk in older men, according to a January 15th online report in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2010 | 11:16 am Hydroxychloroquine Delays Onset of Integument Damage in LupusThe antimalarial hydroxychloroquine appears to significantly delay the onset of integument damage in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, a new study shows.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2010 | 11:14 am CDC: Swine flu made 57 million Americans ill (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Feb 2010 | 10:58 am New Decision Rule Identifies Kids With Minor Head Trauma Who Need CTA decision rule has been developed to aid in the identification of children with minor head injury who require a CT scan.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2010 | 10:55 am FDA Approves Olmesartan for the Treatment of Pediatric HypertensionThe FDA has approved an expanded indication for olmesartan medoxomil for the treatment of hypertension in pediatric patients aged 6 to16 years.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Feb 2010 | 10:10 am Running debate: Bare or in shoes?Runners are talking about two new studies on the most efficient running form. Are those fancy shoes hurting more than helping you?Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 Feb 2010 | 9:28 am Pricey scans have no impact in breast cancer: study (Reuters)Reuters - Expensive extra scans using MRI on breast cancer patients make no difference to the number of patients who have a repeat operation, scientists said on Friday, raising questions about whether the scans are worth it.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Feb 2010 | 9:27 am Administration Rejects Insurer's Defense of Rate IncreasesEven as Anthem defended its rate increases in California, an advocacy group claimed that top insurers together earned a record profit in 2009.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Feb 2010 | 8:36 am Why Humans Walk 'Flat-Footed'Walking "flat-footed" as humans do is very energy efficient, a new study says.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 12 Feb 2010 | 7:41 am Not so clever?Poland avoids vaccine surplus but flu fears remainSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Feb 2010 | 5:02 am No cure for heart disease, Clinton's case shows (AP)
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