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10,000 to march for gay pride in SydneyAlmost 10,000 people shimmied, strutted and strode through the ages on Saturday as Sydney celebrated its 32nd gay and lesbian Mardi Gras parade. More than 100 floats with 9,500...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Feb 2010 | 12:39 am Study Finds Stents Effective in Preventing StrokesThe new findings have the potential to make a procedure that is less invasive than surgery more widely used. Source: NYT > Health | 27 Feb 2010 | 12:29 am FTN Statement On Mid Staffordshire - The NHS ConfederationThe Foundation Trust Network Response to Secretary of State Announcements on Mid Staffordshire Commenting on the Secretary of State's response to the recommendations in the Francis report on Mid-Staffs, Director of the Foundation Trust Network, Sue Slipman said: "We note the Secretary of State's intention to refer the issue of deauthorising Mid-Staffordshire as a foundation trust to Monitor, in response to the recommendation in the Francis report. We welcome his intention to seek further information from the CQC and Monitor before making a final decision on this referral...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 27 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Democrats to Press Health Bill With Simple MajoritySeeing no prospect of bipartisan agreement on health care, Congressional Democrats said that they would make another effort to pass sweeping health care legislation on their own.Source: NYT > Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 11:18 pm Patient Money: Nudging Schools to Help Students With Learning DisabilitiesFederal law says schools must provide an appropriate education for all children with learning disabilities, but parents can help by becoming advocates and experts.Source: NYT > Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 11:15 pm Rising Threat of Infections Unfazed by AntibioticsSome infectious-disease specialists say Gram-negative bacteria could emerge as a bigger threat than MRSA.Source: NYT > Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 11:05 pm International Support Needed To Help Haiti Rebuild Its AIDS ResponseUNAIDS calls for a coordinated approach in supporting Haiti, the country most affected by HIV in the Caribbean, to rebuild its AIDS response in the wake of the 12 January earthquake. Following an initial rapid assessment of the situation with the Ministry of Public Health and Population, UNAIDS has released the concept note Helping Haiti rebuild its AIDS response. The report explains the current situation in Haiti and what may be required to meet the immediate and intermediate AIDS response needs. UNAIDS will continue to revise and update this assessment as new information becomes available...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm At Hearing on Radiation, Calls for Better OversightA dozen witnesses told a House subcommittee that more needed to be done to assure that radiation continues to help, not harm, patients.Source: NYT > Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 10:54 pm 6 malaria cases reported for US soldiers in Haiti (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Feb 2010 | 10:28 pm AIG's Nan Shan buyer plans loan, 7.1 bln in optionsHONG KONG, Feb 27 (Reuters) - China Strategic Holdings Ltd , the company involved in the purchase of AIG's Taiwan life insurance group, plans to offer a $682 million loan for the deal and grant 7.1 billion...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Feb 2010 | 10:28 pm Global Forum Addresses Solutions To Prevent Premature DeathsThe first Global Forum of the Noncommunicable Disease Network (NCDnet) marks the first time WHO has convened key stakeholder groups to address the large-scale and increasing global health and development burden posed by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). More than 100 people representing all stakeholder groups and geographic regions, including HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein of Jordan, and HRH Princess Mathilde of Belgium, Duchess of Brabant, and high ranking policy makers and officials are meeting to address the NCD gap in the development agenda and the mobilization of support...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Feb 2010 | 10:00 pm Health Tip: What's Gastroparesis? (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Gastroparesis, commonly affecting people with diabetes, occurs when the vagus nerve is damaged and the stomach and intestines don't process food normally. As a result, the stomach takes too long to empty.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Feb 2010 | 9:50 pm Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 26, 2010 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Feb 2010 | 9:50 pm Reading Remediation Seems to Rewire the Brain (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists studying the anatomy of children's brains during reading discovered something rather unexpected: Remedial training for poor readers results in a growth of white matter tracts in the brain, and the increase correlates with the level of improvement in sounding out words.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Feb 2010 | 9:50 pm Depression’s UpsideIs there an evolutionary purpose to feeling really sad?Source: NYT > Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 9:35 pm Health Canada wants better standards for baby accessories, such as bassinetsOTTAWA - Health Canada is calling for stricter safety standards for baby accessories. The agency has issued guidelines for manufacturers of items such as change tables, bassinets,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Feb 2010 | 9:03 pm Minister Harney Welcomes National Quality Review Of Symptomatic Breast Disease Services, IrelandWelcoming the HIQA report on Symptomatic Breast Disease Services, Mary Harney TD, Minister for Health and Children said "this independent report demonstrates significant progress over the past two and a half years in the provision of services for women with breast cancer in the eight designated cancer centres". The report has examined each of the centres and concludes that each centre now has all the fundamentals in place for safe, quality care for patients, while recognising that in most centres there remain opportunities for improvement...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm BIOLASE Announces Global Launch Of ILaseTM Personal Laser For Dental MarketBIOLASE Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLTI), the world's leading dental laser company, today announced the global launch of the iLase™ diode laser, the world's first personal laser for dentists and hygienists designed to perform a full-range of minimally invasive soft-tissue and hygiene procedures. The iLase is being introduced today at the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Show at McCormick Place West in Chicago. In its entirety, the iLase is about the size of a large pen, and has five full watts of power...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Feb 2010 | 8:00 pm The TV Watch: Parties Jousting With Dire WarningsNarrative choices designed to frighten were at the heart of the marathon health care summit meeting on Thursday.Source: NYT > Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 7:21 pm Akebia Announces Initiation Of Phase 1b Clinical Study Of AKB-6548Akebia Therapeutics, Inc., a small molecule discovery and development company focused on anemia and vascular disorders, announced that it has initiated dosing for a phase 1b multi-dose clinical trial of AKB-6548, an orally bioavailable hypoxia-inducible factor-prolyl hydroxylase (HIF-PH) in development for anemia. The phase 1a study of AKB-6548 demonstrated a dose-related increase in erythropoietin with no significant adverse events. "We are pleased to be rapidly moving AKB-6548 into phase 1b studies following the successful completion of the phase 1a trial," said Joseph Gardner, Ph.D...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Feb 2010 | 7:00 pm Kim Yu-Na inspiring Koreans onto iceWhen Kim Yu-Na set out on her journey to lift South Korea's first Olympic gold medal in figure skating, she was alone in battling the rest of the world. But Kim, still just 19, has...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Feb 2010 | 6:52 pm UK NHS urged to buy Fairtrade toolsA campaign is launched to encourage the UK's health service to buy more Fairtrade and ethically-sourced equipment.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Feb 2010 | 6:37 pm SAfrica: Soccer, safari, surgery, sharks and moreFrom wildlife to wine, breaching sharks to breast implants, one of the main attractions of South Africa's first World Cup will be the country itself and the travel possibilities it offers.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Feb 2010 | 6:29 pm REFILE-FACTBOX-Major U.S. financial regulators face shake-up(Removes reference in second paragraph to changes the regulators may face)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Feb 2010 | 6:11 pm Agennix AG Announces Longer-Term Mortality Results From Talactoferrin Phase 2 Trial In Severe SepsisAgennix AG (FRANKFURT: AGX) (XETRA: AGX) announced longer-term mortality results from the talactoferrin randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial in severe sepsis. The trial evaluated talactoferrin versus placebo in 190 adult patients with severe sepsis enrolled at 25 leading centers across the U.S. Patients in both arms received standard of care treatment for severe sepsis in an intensive care unit (ICU) setting. As previously reported, the trial achieved its primary endpoint of a reduction in 28-day all-cause mortality...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Feb 2010 | 6:00 pm Out of time?Lauren is only 23, but fears she may never be a motherSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Feb 2010 | 5:01 pm Medical Board Responds To AMA Call For Recognition Of Vocationally Registered GPs As 'Specialist GPs', AustraliaThe AMA welcomes the decision by the Medical Board of Australia to include vocationally registered GPs on the Specialist Register of the new national registration scheme that takes effect from 1 July 2010. AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said the AMA last week wrote to the Board recommending that vocationally registered GPs be given Specialist General Practitioner status. "The Board has made the right decision," Dr Pesce said. "It would have been inequitable not to recognise the skills and experience of vocationally registered GPs, and it could have created two classes of GP...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Feb 2010 | 5:00 pm Generation B: For a Drugstore, ‘Nice’ Isn’t a PanaceaA pharmacy owner who followed his father into the family business is having to seek his own Rx for his business’s survival.Source: NYT > Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 4:32 pm U.S. senators urge tough derivatives bill -letter* Lawmakers want derivatives cleared, unless CFTC exemptsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Feb 2010 | 4:30 pm Consumer Group Releases Report On State Implementation Of Low-Income ReformsThe Medicare Rights Center released a preliminary report on state implementation of reforms to Medicare Savings Programs-Medicaid-administered programs that help pay cost-sharing for low-income people with Medicar-that are required under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) of 2008. "This report is preliminary, but the problems it identifies highlight the urgent need for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to proactively oversee how states are implementing these important reforms to programs for low-income people with Medicare...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm Blackstone's CEO takes no bonus-filingNEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group's chief executive Stephen Schwarzman was paid a salary of $350,000 for 2009, but did not take a bonus for the year, according to a regulatory filing.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Feb 2010 | 3:46 pm Blackstone's CEO takes no bonus-filingNEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group's chief executive Stephen Schwarzman was paid a salary of $350,000 for 2009, but did not take a bonus for the year, according to a regulatory filing.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Feb 2010 | 3:46 pm ICD Complications Are More Common in CRT, Dual-Chamber DevicesA prospective, detailed population-based registry in Ontario finds that complications rates after ICD implantation are strongly associated with the complexity of the device.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Feb 2010 | 3:43 pm UPDATE 1-EMC agrees to pay $87.5 mln to settle U.S. probe* EMC to restate Q4 results, cut profit by 1 cent per shareSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 Feb 2010 | 3:38 pm Liberalism, atheism linked to IQPolitical, religious and sexual behaviors may be reflections of intelligence, a new study finds. The findings show how certain patterns of identifying with particular ideologies develop, and how some people's behaviors come to be.Source: CNN.com - Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 3:06 pm ANA Rallies Members Around Importance Of Advance Healthcare Directives In Support Of National Healthcare Decisions DayThe American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the U.S., urges all members to lead by example in a national campaign April 16, 2010 to build awareness of the importance of completing "advance directives" for personal health care. ANA joins dozens of national, state, and community organizations in its strong support of the 3rd annual National Healthcare Decisions Day. "Advance care planning is something that we in the nursing community wholeheartedly endorse," stated ANA President Rebecca M...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pm Proton-Beam Radiotherapy Promising for Advanced Sinonasal MalignanciesFor these difficult-to-treat rare tumors, treatment with proton-bean radiation showed good local control and less treatment-related toxicity.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Feb 2010 | 2:51 pm Classification System for Diabetic Nephropathy May Advance Patient CareAn international team has created uniform categories for the progression of kidney damage from diabetes.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Feb 2010 | 2:30 pm Thai HIV Vaccine: Transient Effects, Greater Protection for Those at Low RiskPost hoc analyses show that the effects of the Thai HIV vaccine in the RV 144 trial last for about a year, and it might be most effective for those at low risk.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Feb 2010 | 2:22 pm Medicare to Delay Paying Physician Claims the First 2 Weeks of MarchIf Congress next week sets a new effective date for the 21.2% pay cut, Medicare will pay claims that were put on hold at the current pay rate.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Feb 2010 | 2:20 pm Vital Signs: Pregnancy: Some Depression Relief, Without DrugsA study found that acupuncture designed specifically for depressive symptoms seemed to help pregnant women.Source: NYT > Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 1:54 pm Fertility problems may not affect kids' coordination (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Feb 2010 | 1:19 pm Vital Signs: Prevention: Older Women Are Not Likely to Benefit From Cervical Cancer VaccineThe vaccine for HPV, the virus that causes cervical cancer, is used to prevent new infections, but those occur less frequently in women over 40, a study found.Source: NYT > Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 12:57 pm ADHD Girls Grow Up with Mood ProblemsGirls with ADHD as children may grow up to have anxiety and other mental health problems.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 12:52 pm HIV, HIV/HCV Coinfection Double the Risk for StrokeA large study of male veterans showed that HIV and HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection doubled the risk for stroke.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Feb 2010 | 11:57 am 21.2% Medicare Pay Cut Will Take Effect MondaySenate Democrats will not introduce legislation creating a new effective date for the reduction until next week, according to a spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Feb 2010 | 11:42 am Benzyl Alcohol Lotion 5% Suffocates Head LiceA study shows that benzyl alcohol lotion 5% is safe and effective in children as young as 6 months and is the first non-neurotoxic treatment to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Feb 2010 | 11:37 am Prophylactic Antibiotics May Cut Mortality in Burns PatientsA meta-analysis shows that prophylactic antibiotics may improve survival duration of patients with burns, although the quality of the supporting data may be weak.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Feb 2010 | 11:26 am Obesity, Physical Inactivity Linked to Arthritis Risk in WomenArthritis rates were higher in the United States vs Canada, according to the first study to directly compare the prevalence and risk factors for the condition between the 2 countries.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 26 Feb 2010 | 11:16 am Stroke study finds neck stents safe, effective (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Feb 2010 | 11:01 am Human Teeth Reveal History of CatastrophesScientists are developing tools to use teeth enamel to test how much radiation a person has been exposed to in the case of a major catastrophe.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 10:38 am Much of U.S. Water Safe, But Problems RemainEnvironmental engineer Marc Edwards takes a closer look at the nation’s water supply.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 9:51 am Town's hopes rise for toxic cleanupGather current and former Mossville, Louisiana, residents in a room and you're likely to hear a litany of health problems and a list of friends and relatives who died young.Source: CNN.com - Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 9:24 am Heiress' died of untreated diabetesCasey Johnson, heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, died of natural causes related to diabetes, the Los Angeles County coroner said Thursday.Source: CNN.com - Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 8:48 am TV Medical Dramas Mishandle SeizuresA study reveals how TV medical dramas not only get it wrong when it comes to seizures, the misinformation portrayed puts people with epilepsy at risk.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 7:58 am 'Health tourists' face crackdownVisitors to the UK may have to hold health insurance before they can enter the country, under government proposals.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Feb 2010 | 7:56 am Slimming sixties not a mythDespite fewer gyms and a love of fatty foods, people in the 60s were slimmer because they were more active, figures show.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 26 Feb 2010 | 7:25 am Mind games an Olympic event tooTo compete at the Olympic games, an athlete must be ready to face fierce mind games, too.Source: CNN.com - Health | 26 Feb 2010 | 7:22 am Breast Cancer Survival and Double Mastectomy (Time.com)Time.com - Since cancer in one breast tends to spread to the other, healthy breast, more and more women are choosing to remove both, just to be safe. But does such preventive surgery help survival?Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 26 Feb 2010 | 6:40 am
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