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Study finds part-time mums have healthier kids (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 3 Mar 2010 | 1:30 am Obama Offers to Use Some G.O.P. Health ProposalsThe president told Congressional leaders that while he was open to addressing some Republican concerns, he would press ahead with the health care overhaul. Source: NYT > Health | 3 Mar 2010 | 12:10 am NicOx finds new partner for candidate eye drugPARIS, March 3 (Reuters) - French biotech NicOx said it had found a new partner for its candidate glaucoma eye drug NCX 116, sealing an exclusive worldwide licensing deal with Bausch & Lomb that...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Mar 2010 | 11:44 pm Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitionsMarch 3 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0530 GMT on Wednesday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Mar 2010 | 11:04 pm BIO Joins NORD In Supporting The Goals Of Rare Disease DayBiotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) President and CEO Jim Greenwood issued the following statement in observance of Rare Disease Day 2010. This event recognizes the profound need for more medical research and the unique partnership that exists between rare disease patients and researchers. "BIO is proud to join with the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) and a coalition of more than 300 organizations, government agencies and companies to focus attention on rare diseases as a public health concern...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Mar 2010 | 11:00 pm Sudan's land of 'black pharaohs' a trove for archaeologistsThere is not a tourist in sight as the sun sets over sand-swept pyramids at Meroe, but archaeologists say the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan holds mysteries to rival ancient Egypt. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Mar 2010 | 10:32 pm Foodborne illness costs U.S. $152 billion annually: studyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foodborne illnesses cost the United States $152 billion in health-related expenses each year, according to a study released by consumer and public health groups on...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Mar 2010 | 10:17 pm E.U. Clears Biotech Potato for CultivationThe European Commission began a new push to allow farmers in Europe to grow more biotech crops, despite persistent public opposition to the technology.Source: NYT > Health | 2 Mar 2010 | 10:13 pm BIO Announces New Networking And Collaboration Forum At 2010 BIO International ConventionThe 2010 BIO International Convention will feature the first-ever BIOPark, a hub focused on fostering networking and collaboration among academics, licensing professionals, incubator services, and early-stage companies, announced the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today. The BIOPark is designed to facilitate key conversations about technology transfer and will include displays of innovative products and services and a presentation theater. The 2010 BIO International Convention, the global event for biotechnology, will take place May 3-6, 2010, in Chicago, Ill...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm Having Prediabetes May Not Kick-Start Prevention Efforts (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Knowing you're on the cusp of developing diabetes apparently isn't enough to make most people take steps to prevent it.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Child Obesity Rates Going Up (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds that the prevalence of obesity has grown in recent years among children aged 10 to 17, and certain kids are being especially hard hit.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm A Purposeful Life May Stave Off Alzheimer's (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- People who say their lives have a purpose are less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease or its precursor, mild cognitive impairment, a new study suggests.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Clinical Trials Update: March 2, 2010 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Secondhand Smoke Starts Damaging Arteries in Childhood (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Kids exposed to secondhand smoke face a higher risk of developing early signs of clogged arteries by the time they're 13, and are also more likely to have other risk factors for heart disease, Finnish researchers warn.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Minister Moloney Outlines Achievements In Mental Health And Priorities For 2010, IrelandMr. John Moloney, T.D, Minister of State with responsibility for Equality, Disability and Mental Health yesterday (1st March, 2010) outlined achievements in the mental health services. They include developments in the Child and Adolescent services, shorter episodes of inpatient care, the appointment of Executive Clinical Directors and the active involvement of service users. The Government has approved the ringfencing of the proceeds of sales of psychiatric assets...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm Study: Teen pot users at higher risk for psychosesTeenage marijuana smokers are at higher risk for developing psychoses -- such as schizophrenia, hallucinations and delusions -- compared with those who don't smoke marijuana, a new study says.Source: CNN.com - Health | 2 Mar 2010 | 8:58 pm White House Memo: A Plan to Talk About Jobs, Elbowed Aside by Health CareThe president and many other Democrats, especially those facing re-election, had hoped the conversation would be back on the economy by now.Source: NYT > Health | 2 Mar 2010 | 8:30 pm Bollywood actresses drive Indian slimming fashionBollywood actresses are slimming down, as an increasing vogue for showing bare flesh on screen and Western ideas about body size and beauty take hold in India's big cities. Whereas...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Mar 2010 | 8:24 pm Commission Heralds New Image For Future Of Nursing, UKUNISON, the UK's largest public sector union, today (2 March) welcomed the focus on high quality, compassionate nursing contained in the Prime Minister's Commission report.* The report puts nurses and midwives at the heart of the NHS, sweeping away old fashioned ideas and replacing them with the reality of the highly professional nurses and midwives of today. Gail Adams, UNISON Head of Nursing, said: "This report makes clear the central role nurses and midwives play in ensuring patients receive high quality compassionate care...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Mar 2010 | 8:00 pm RPT-NEWSMAKER-Astellas CEO aims for the stars with U.S. bid(Repeats item from late Tuesday. No changes to text) (For latest on Astellas/OSI, click [ID:nN02146320]Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Mar 2010 | 7:10 pm UPDATE 2-FDIC's Bair dismisses private equity "howling"* FDIC to host private equity roundtable in couple weeksSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Mar 2010 | 7:06 pm Sinopec to raise 2010 fuel retail sales by 6 pctBEIJING, March 3 (Reuters) - Sinopec Corp plans to raise retail sales of refined oil products this year by 6 percent, recovering most of the declines in 2009, a report by a company newspaper showed on...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Mar 2010 | 7:04 pm Medicare Suspends Marketing And Enrollment For Fox Insurance Company Drug PlanThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) directed Fox Insurance Company of New York to immediately suspend marketing and enrollment of new members in the organization's Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. CMS imposed this immediate sanction because the Fox drug plan has not been able to meet the prescription drug needs of some of its newest members, actions which could pose serious threats to their health and safety. These beneficiaries, many of whom qualify for the low-income subsidy under Part D, are primarily located in 21 states...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Mar 2010 | 7:00 pm UPDATE 1-Pfizer to outline Ratiopharm offer this week-sourcesNEW YORK, March 2 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc is set to present a nearly $4 billion offer for German generic-drug maker Ratiopharm GmbH this week, competing against rival bids from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Mar 2010 | 6:04 pm UPDATE 1-Pfizer to outline Ratiopharm offer this week-sourcesNEW YORK, March 2 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc is set to present a nearly $4 billion offer for German generic-drug maker Ratiopharm GmbH this week, competing against rival bids from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Mar 2010 | 6:04 pm HHS Announces 2010 Tribal Consultation BlueprintHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the Department's compliance with President Barack Obama's memorandum on Tribal consultation and Executive Order 13175. HHS submitted its detailed tribal consultation plan within the 90 day time frame set by the President and is committed to continually work to improve services, outreach, and consultation efforts to Indian Country. Secretary Sebelius will convene a Tribal-Federal Work Group whose task it will be to review tribal comments, regional consultation reports and develop recommendations to improving the HHS Tribal consultation policy...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Mar 2010 | 6:00 pm Dangers Of Doctors' Shorthand And Bad Writing - Diabetes UKInappropriate use of abbreviations and illegible writing on hospital prescription charts are leading to prescription errors, according to findings presented this week at Diabetes UK's Annual Professional Conference in Liverpool. Researchers from the Royal Liverpool University Hospital looked at 75 prescription charts of people with diabetes and found that in 5 per cent of cases, the use of doctors' own abbreviations and hastily written notes could easily be misread by the nursing staff. The audit also reveals that one in six charts had prescription errors...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm New Obama health strategy expectedPresident Obama is likely to lay out a political road map Wednesday for passage of sweeping health care legislation, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday.Source: CNN.com - Health | 2 Mar 2010 | 4:38 pm Adding ECG Picks up Abnormalities Not Detected by Physical Exam and Medical HistoryResearchers say the physical examination, medical history, and 12-lead ECG were "complementary," with the exam and history detecting individuals with valvular disease, while the ECG picked up myocardial abnormalities, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Still, one expert says there are too many obstacles to establishing mandatory preparticipation screening with ECGs.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Mar 2010 | 4:30 pm Weight Loss, Regardless of Diet Intervention, Can Reverse Carotid DiseaseImprovements in carotid disease severity, as measured by conventional ultrasound but also a three-dimensional volumetric ultrasound technique, were independent of whether patients followed a low-fat, "low-carb," or Mediterranean diet in an imaging substudy of a randomized trial.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Mar 2010 | 4:30 pm D Is for Discord: Not All Studies Support Vitamin-D--CVD LinkTwo new studies looking at the link between use of vitamin D or blood levels of the supplement tilt in favor of the vitamin playing a role in preventing cardiovascular disease or helping improve CV risk factors. But more research is needed.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Mar 2010 | 4:30 pm Diabetes UK Supports New Students And FellowsDiabetes UK has dedicated £828,000 to eight new research projects looking to understand the causes of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and protect against their complications. The new projects include six PhD Studentships and two Allied Health Professional (AHP) Fellowships, which have been awarded to universities across the UK, from Southampton to Glasgow. New fellowship The AHP Fellowship is a newly launched scheme to support research-minded allied health professionals, such as podiatrists and dietitians, in gaining a PhD in diabetes research...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm Obese Kids as Young as Three Have Raised CRPA new study has found that abnormal levels of C-reactive protein and two other inflammatory markers are associated with increasing weight in children, starting as young as age three.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Mar 2010 | 3:57 pm AAA: Aspirin Not Warranted in Healthy Subjects With Low ABI, Based on Population ScreeningAuthors of the study say their study does not rule out a role for ankle/brachial index screening in the clinic or for other CVD drugs to reduce risk in asymptomatic subjects. But for aspirin and for populationwide screening, the study raises some questions.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Mar 2010 | 3:12 pm Battle-brain injury policy changingU.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan targeted in roadside bomb attacks will be pulled from duty and examined for 24 hours before being cleared for battle again, Pentagon officials told CNN Tuesday.Source: CNN.com - Health | 2 Mar 2010 | 3:02 pm London: Second Anthrax Case Confirmed In LondonThe Health Protection Agency (HPA) and NHS London can confirm that an injecting heroin user has tested positive for anthrax and is being treated in a London hospital. This is the third case of anthrax seen in an injecting drug user in England since similar cases were first seen in Scotland in December 2009. Twenty-four cases have so far been confirmed in Scotland and one in Germany. Similarities to the cases in Scotland suggest that the heroin, or a contaminated cutting agent mixed with the heroin, is the likely source of infection...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Mar 2010 | 3:00 pm Obesity hits New York's poor neighborhoods hardest (Reuters)Reuters - New York City's obesity rate has climbed in recent years, but there are large variations across the city's neighborhoods, with lower income areas hit hardest, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Mar 2010 | 2:15 pm Patient And Public Safety "At The Heart" Of RPSGB's Fitness To Practise ProceduresThe public can be reassured that the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) is focused on protecting patients and other members of the public through the effective operation of the initial stages of its fitness to practise procedures, the first ever audit conducted by the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE), the health regulators' watchdog has found...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Mar 2010 | 2:00 pm Mullahs help promote birth control in Afghanistan (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Mar 2010 | 11:35 am CBT Significantly Improves Low Back Pain in the Short and Long TermCognitive behavioral therapy improves moderately troublesome subacute and chronic low back pain in 1 year and is highly cost-effective.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Mar 2010 | 11:33 am Polypharmacy Common in Elderly Psychiatric InpatientsOlder psychiatric inpatients are at risk of polypharmacy, new research suggests.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Mar 2010 | 11:03 am Eating 'real' harder than it soundsThe task set by a food blogger seemed deceptively simple: Eat unprocessed food for a month. More than 900 people signed up, but it was harder than many expected.Source: CNN.com - Health | 2 Mar 2010 | 11:03 am U.S. FDA Panel Backs Transplant Drug BelataceptBristol-Myers Squibb Co's experimental kidney transplant drug belatacept should be approved to give doctors and patients more treatment choices, but long-term data and a stringent patient registry are needed, U.S. medical advisers said on Monday.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Mar 2010 | 10:09 am Emboli Filters During PCI Lead to Higher Risk of Stent ThrombosisUsing a distal filter to protect against emboli during coronary stent implantation increases long-term rates of stent thrombosis and target vessel revascularization, investigators in Denmark report.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Mar 2010 | 9:58 am Schizophrenics Have Increased Rate of Bone FracturesThe 2-fold higher risk for fractures in schizophrenic patients, with a higher rate of fractures among male than female patients, has an unknown origin.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 2 Mar 2010 | 9:57 am In Obesity Epidemic, What's One Cookie?Small caloric changes have almost no long-term effect on weight, studies show.Source: NYT > Health | 2 Mar 2010 | 9:43 am Teeth troubleWhy are we grinding our nashers so much?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Mar 2010 | 9:17 am Recipes for Health: Baked Frittata With Green Peppers and YogurtThis beautiful bright yellow omelet will puff in the oven and then settle as it cools.Source: NYT > Health | 2 Mar 2010 | 9:15 am Recipes for Health: Greek Baked Squash OmeletYogurt lends this omelet a light, fluffy texture, not to mention calcium and protein.Source: NYT > Health | 2 Mar 2010 | 9:13 am Weight loss may reverse artery clogsEating the wrong food and gaining too much weight can clog arteries with fatty deposits, potentially leading to life-threatening heart attacks and strokes.Source: CNN.com - Health | 2 Mar 2010 | 9:12 am Marijuana Use Linked to PsychosisUsing marijuana at an early age could put you at greater risk for psychosis, such as schizophrenia.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 2 Mar 2010 | 7:03 am
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