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UPDATE 1-Sirius Petroleum buys stake in Nigerian field* Acquires interest in Ke marginal field from Del SigmaSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Feb 2010 | 1:49 am UPDATE 2-China PLA officer urges new Internet control agencyBEIJING, Feb 22 (Reuters) - A Chinese major general has called for a new national body to enforce Internet controls, while China faced fresh claims on Monday about the source of hacking attacks that hit...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Feb 2010 | 12:49 am Target Cancer: A Roller Coaster Chase for a CureThe trial of the drug known as PLX4032 has been a series of advances and setbacks at what many see as a watershed moment in understanding genetic changes that cause cancer. Source: NYT > Health | 22 Feb 2010 | 12:19 am UPDATE 1-Novartis's meningitis vaccine gets U.S. approval* Menveo approved for immunisation of people of 11-55 yrsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Feb 2010 | 12:03 am Pediatricians urge choking warning labels for food (AP)AP - When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids' food could be so dangerous.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Feb 2010 | 11:59 pm UPDATE 1-Philips raises sustainability targetsAMSTERDAM, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Dutch Royal Philips Electronics on Monday said it has reached its target for "green" sales three years ahead of schedule and has set new targets for 2015.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Feb 2010 | 11:50 pm Oger offers 20% premium for T. T'kom shares-paperISTANBUL, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Dubai-based Oger Telecom, controlled by Saudi Oger, will pay a 20 percent premium for the shares in landline operator Turk Telekom that the Turkish government plans to sell,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Feb 2010 | 11:36 pm Obama to Urge Oversight of Insurers’ Rate IncreasesPresident Obama will propose giving the federal government new power to block excessive rate increases by insurers, as he rolls out comprehensive health care legislation.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Feb 2010 | 11:26 pm Novartis' Gilenia gets FDA priority review statusZURICH, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Novartis AG pulled further ahead of rival Merck in the bid to get the first oral multiple sclerosis treatment to market after the Swiss drugmaker's Gilenia was given U.S. priority...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Feb 2010 | 11:22 pm Childhood Obesity Battle Is Taken Up by First LadyThe initiative led by Michelle Obama is intended to revamp the way American youngsters eat and play.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Feb 2010 | 10:46 pm Remove Diabetes Drug Avandia From Market: FDA Documents (HealthDay)HealthDay - SATURDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The blockbuster type 2 diabetes drug Avandia raises users' odds for heart attack and heart failure and should be removed from the market, according to confidential U.S. government reports.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Feb 2010 | 9:48 pm Kim and Asada - Asia's golden girlsThey are the golden girls of Asian sport. But no-one will be banking more on South Korean starlet Kim Yu-Na and Japanese rival Mao Asada in Vancouver than their sponsors. Not since...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Feb 2010 | 9:05 pm Poverty in childhood can shape neurobiology: study (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Feb 2010 | 8:40 pm Bharti lines up $9 bln loans for Zain Africa-paperNEW DELHI, Feb 22 (Reuters) - India's Bharti Airtel has lined up $9 billion in loans from foreign and local banks for its planned acquisition of the African assets of Kuwait's Zain , the Economic Times...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Feb 2010 | 7:55 pm Researchers: Most 'test tube' kids are healthy (AP)AP - More than 30 years after the world greeted its first "test-tube" baby with a mixture of awe, elation and concern, researchers say they are finding only a few medical differences between these children and kids conceived in the traditional way.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Feb 2010 | 7:44 pm Nut allergy 'cure' being testedDoctors say they may be able to cure peanut allergies and plan the largest trial of their 'exposure' treatment.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 Feb 2010 | 6:44 pm McQueen's former fashion college marks his deathThe London fashion college where Alexander McQueen studied paid tribute to the late designer at its masters degree course show Sunday, through the words of the man himself describing his...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Feb 2010 | 5:07 pm Study: Health rules on flying with TB too strictProvocative new research suggests international rules that bar potentially infectious tuberculosis patients from flying are too stringent and airline passengers are really at little risk...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Feb 2010 | 5:01 pm Test Tube Babies Fare Well But Face Risks (LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - SAN DIEGO - Since the birth of the first "test tube baby" in 1978, more than 3 million children have been born through assisted reproductive technology. Since none of them are older than 31, scientists are just beginning to understand the long-term differences between people conceived this way and conventionally.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Feb 2010 | 4:46 pm Test Tube Babies Fare Well But Face RisksTest tube babies fare well overall, but they face health risks, studies show.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 21 Feb 2010 | 4:34 pm 'The Biggest Loser' Has Big Problems, Health Experts Say (LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - NBC's "The Biggest Loser" is all about records. In the past seasons, the weight-loss reality show has repeatedly set new benchmarks for heaviest contestant (454, 476 and 526 pounds), fastest 100-pound weight loss (seven weeks), and most weight lost in one week (34 pounds).Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Feb 2010 | 2:16 pm The Breast WhispererAs a lactation consultant in Brooklyn, Freda Rosenfeld has helped stressed-out mothers feed their newborns better and eased their fears.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Feb 2010 | 10:36 am AP IMPACT: Testing curbs some genetic diseases (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Feb 2010 | 10:34 am Glaxo to remove zinc from denture cream (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Feb 2010 | 10:33 am A Randomized Trial Of External Beam Radiotherapy Versus Cryoablation In Patients With Localized Prostate CancerUroToday.com - This type of trial is very difficult to conduct, resulting in slow accrual, and ultimately, early closure. Thus the study is underpowered. Other shortcomings are pointed out in our discussion. As an equivalence study, it meets the 4 criteria for such an undertaking: margin clearly stated initially sample size indicated reported on an intention to treat (ITT) basis, and confidence intervals reported The results are presented very clearly and openly, and the data is clean...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am 'The Biggest Loser' Has Big Problems, Health Experts SayThe quick way contestants on the Biggest Loser show lose weight is unhealthy, say experts.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 21 Feb 2010 | 7:52 am Naps Clear the Mind, Help You LearnNapping can boost your ability to learn, a new research suggests.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 21 Feb 2010 | 7:26 am Health Executive to Lead N.A.A.C.P.Roslyn M. Brock, 44, the board’s current vice chairman, will take the reins from Julian Bond who had served for 12 years.Source: NYT > Health | 21 Feb 2010 | 3:56 am Taking a nap can boost brain power, say scientistsA daytime nap improves the brain's ability to absorb new information, claim US scientists.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 Feb 2010 | 3:28 am Age Concern And Help The Aged Comment Ahead Of Andy's Burnham's Care Reform Meeting, UKLooking ahead to Friday's meeting on social care reform, Michelle Mitchell, Charity Director for Age Concern and Help the Aged, said: 'We welcome tomorrow's debate on care reform; however it must not turn into another political row. 'Reaching consensus on care is fundamental in ensuring older people and their families get the best care and support in later life. They've been let down by the inadequate system for far too long and unless we act now, it will crumble even further as our population ages...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am Failure To Adopt Health Reform Will Lead To 5,200 Premature Deaths In Missouri In The Next DecadeThe failure to enact health reform this year will lead to approximately 5,200 premature deaths of people between 25 and 64 years old in Missouri in the next decade according to a report released today by the consumer health group Families USA. At the national level, the report, "Lives on the Line: The Deadly Consequences of Delaying Health Reform," warns that the number of deaths would grow from 68 per day in 2010 to 84 per day in 2019...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am Support For Vets In Crisis - British Veterinary AssociationThe high prevalence of depression and suicide in the veterinary profession are well documented. As a practical measure to promote the help and support available to individuals the British Veterinary Association's Members' Services Group has devised a Vet Helpline sticker which is being sent out with the Veterinary Record of 20 February. The suicide rate within the veterinary profession is around four times higher than in the general population and around twice that of other high risk groups including farmers and medical practitioners...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am Ablynx Receives Eur1.2 Million Grant To Further Advance Its Anti-Il-6r Programme, ALX-0061Ablynx [Euronext Brussels: ABLX], announced today that it has been awarded a grant worth EUR1.2 million by the Flemish agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT). The grant supports Ablynx in accelerating the development of its Nanobody-based programme, ALX-0061, into clinical development for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. ALX-0061 binds to the IL-6 receptor (IL-6R). It has a high potency and demonstrated a favourable pharmacodynamic (PD), pharmacokinetic (PK) and safety profile in pre-clinical testing compared with the benchmark molecule...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am William Hague Lends Muscle To Yorkshire And Humber Muscle Group, UKA group of campaigning muscle disease patients from Yorkshire and Humber are proud to announce the Rt. Hon. William Hague MP as their new patron. The Yorkshire and Humber Muscle Group asked Mr Hague, as MP for Richmond and a Rotherham-born local lad, to be patron of their organisation and are pleased that he has accepted this post. Muscular dystrophy patients and their families living in Yorkshire and Humber make up the regional campaigning group for better local muscle disease health services...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am UNAIDS Welcomes South Africa's New US$ 1.1 Billion Investment On AIDS For 2010UNAIDS welcomes the increased investments by South Africa to the AIDS response. In his 2010 budget speech, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has proposed an allocation of US$ 1.1 billion, a 33% increase from 2009 levels. This is the biggest domestic investment made by any developing country on AIDS to date. "South Africa can directly change the trajectory of the AIDS epidemic with such bold investments," said Mr Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am Carbonic Anhydrase IX Expression In Prostate CancerUroToday.com - Tumor hypoxia plays a role in tumor progression and chemotherapy resistance through reduced apoptosis, increased proliferation and angiogenesis. Hypoxic cell metabolism switches to anaerobic glycolysis and the production of acidic metabolites that facilitate cell survival and tumorigenesis. The pH of solid tumors is more acidic than normal tissue and impairs the uptake of weakly basic chemotherapeutic drugs. The group of Professor R. W. G...
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