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Miami Board Looks to Close Two HospitalsAt risk of running out of money in May, Miami’s public health care system is also considering laying off 4,487 employees, a third of its work force. Source: NYT > Health | 5 Mar 2010 | 10:12 pm Senecas See Comeback Over Sale of CigarettesThe tribe, which controls a mail-order cigarette empire, prevailed in its campaign to fight off a ban on sales.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Mar 2010 | 10:03 pm When Drugs Cause DiseaseThe same drugs that are used effectively to treat diseases in millions of people around the world can sometimes be the cause of disease themselves. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) has just released the 2nd edition of Drug-Induced Diseases: Prevention, Detection and Management, edited by James E. Tisdale, Pharm.D., BCPS, FCCP and Douglas A. Miller, Pharm.D. According to the authors, a drug-induced disease is an unintended effect of a drug, which results in illness with symptoms sufficient to prompt a patient to seek medical attention and/or require hospitalization...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm Clinical Trials Update: March 5, 2010 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Mar 2010 | 9:48 pm Prion Disease in Mice May Help Advance Alzheimer's Research (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have discovered a new form of prion disease that doesn't act like related illnesses, such as mad cow disease, but instead causes brain damage similar to that produced by Alzheimer's disease.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Mar 2010 | 9:48 pm Freezing Technique May Stop Breast Cancer (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- Freezing breast tumors helped stop the spread of the cancer in mice, a new study has found.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Mar 2010 | 9:48 pm More Info Needed on Problems With Insulin Pumps (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- The makers of insulin pumps used to treat diabetes should try to supply more information to U.S. officials when filing reports about potential problems with the devices, an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Mar 2010 | 9:48 pm Canada weighing gov't asset sales-finance ministerTORONTO, March 5 (Reuters) - Canada may announce plans in the coming year to sell government assets following a review of its operations, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Mar 2010 | 9:36 pm Secretary Sebelius Announces Senate Confirmation Of Lillian Sparks As Commissioner Of The Administration For Native AmericansHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that, last night, the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Lillian Sparks to be Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, part of the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "Lillian Sparks will be an outstanding leader at the Administration for Native Americans," said Secretary Sebelius. "She has devoted her career to supporting the educational pursuits of Native American students, protecting the rights of indigenous people, and empowering tribal communities...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm Patient Money: A Child’s Allergies Are Serious but Can Be Treated EffectivelyMany dubious remedies exist, but immunotherapy and careful cleaning to remove allergens and immunotherapy may be the best options.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Mar 2010 | 8:06 pm Salmonella Tennessee Identified In A Processed Food IngredientThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to protect the public following the early identification of Salmonella Tennessee in one company's supply of hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP). This is a common ingredient used most frequently as a flavor enhancer in many processed foods, including soups, sauces, chilis, stews, hot dogs, gravies, seasoned snack foods, dips and dressings. In coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Mar 2010 | 8:00 pm FDA Approves Name Change For Heartburn Drug KapidexThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a name change for the heartburn drug Kapidex (dexlansoprazole) to avoid confusion with two other medications - Casodex and Kadian. Effective in late April 2010, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc. will market Kapidex under the new name Dexilant. Since Kapidex was approved in January 2009, there have been reports of dispensing errors because of confusion with the drugs Casodex (bicalutamide) and Kadian (morphine sulfate), which have very different uses from Kapidex and from each other...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Mar 2010 | 7:00 pm Charity urges 5% tobacco tax riseA 5% rise in tobacco tax would lead to a drop in thousands of smokers and save millions in health costs, an anti-smoking charity says.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Mar 2010 | 6:27 pm European Congress Of Radiology 2010: Siemens Introduces Innovations For Imaging And DiagnosticsOne of the most important challenges facing hospitals and practices is the optimization of their workflows. An ever increasing amount of data from various modalities must be evaluated in less and less time. Moreover, the quality of patient care should improve and the costs for healthcare should at the same time be cut. Under the motto "Images, my way" Siemens Healthcare is presenting at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2010 its latest innovations for imaging and diagnosis designed to meet these requirements. Here are several examples: Syngo...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Mar 2010 | 6:00 pm Surgery on jointsPatient benefits from rare ankle replacementSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Mar 2010 | 5:25 pm Bugs in the gut can cause obesity: study (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Mar 2010 | 5:21 pm Common painkillers might make you hard of hearingNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Loud music or noise isn't the only thing that can damage your hearing. A new study in men hints that popping over-the-counter painkillers regularly can also leadSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Mar 2010 | 5:03 pm RNs Reach Settlement At St. Joseph, Eureka Hospital Cite Gains For Patients, Security For RNsRegistered nurses at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka have achieved a tentative settlement with hospital officials on a new collective bargaining agreement that nurses say bring significant improvements in patient care protections and economic gains for the RNs. Some 375 St. Joseph Eureka RNs are represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm REFILE-Prisa has deal with Liberty worth up to $900 mln(Refiles to clarify in first bullet point all shareholders have limited voting rights)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Mar 2010 | 4:42 pm UPDATE 4-Private equity firm offers $536 mln for RCN* RCN shares close Friday up 24 pct (Adds comment about AboveNet; updates shares to close)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Mar 2010 | 4:31 pm UPDATE 2-Court declines to disqualify Air Products lawyers* Air Products says will move forward with buyout offerSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Mar 2010 | 4:30 pm UPDATE 2-Google takes aim at Microsoft with acquisition* Terms of deal not disclosed (Adds Microsoft comment)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Mar 2010 | 4:20 pm UPDATE 2-Google takes aim at Microsoft with acquisition* Terms of deal not disclosed (Adds Microsoft comment)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Mar 2010 | 4:20 pm Throne Speech Demonstrates Commitment To Health, Environment: Canadian Lung AssociationThe Canadian Lung Association is pleased that today's Speech from the Throne demonstrated a continued commitment to health and the environment. "We are very pleased that the government is helping to ensure a sustainable health care system by promising to grow - not reduce - federal transfer payments to the provinces for health and health care," said Heather Borquez, President and CEO of the Canadian Lung Association, "This will help Canada's health care system remain one of the best in the world"...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm Oxy Petroleum CEO paid $31 mln in 2009, up 40 pct* Ray Irani's 2009 stock awards up by $9 mln to $24.76 mlnSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Mar 2010 | 3:54 pm Canada's oil output to climb 3.2 percent this yearCALGARY, Alberta, March 5 (Reuters) - Canadian oil production is expected to grow by 3.2 percent this year as output from the country's oil sands projects increases, the country's energy regulator said...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Mar 2010 | 3:36 pm UPDATE 2-HP revises results on EDS litigationSAN FRANCISCO, March 5 (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co said it has lowered its first-quarter results by 3 cents a share as a result of years-old litigation involving EDS, which the company bought in 2008...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 5 Mar 2010 | 3:36 pm FDA Approves New Somatropin Injection Pen for Growth Hormone DisordersThe FDA has approved a prefilled somatropin injection pen for the treatment of growth hormone disorders in adult and pediatric patients. It is expected to be available in the second quarter of 2010.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Mar 2010 | 3:04 pm FDA Approves First 20% Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin for Primary ImmunodeficiencyThe FDA has approved the first 20% subcutaneous formulation of immune globulin liquid to prevent infection in patients diagnosed with primary immunodeficiency.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Mar 2010 | 3:04 pm Court Upholds Governor's Furloughs Of Medical Board Staff, Shifting Agency's Funds To Other State ProgramsOnly days after an Alameda County Superior Court ruled that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger lacks authority to furlough employees of special fund agencies, including the Medical Board of California, a San Francisco County Superior Court issued a contrary opinion today saying the governor acted legally in furloughing Medical Board staff and shifting the agency's funding to other state programs. The ruling comes in a case the California Medical Association filed in October...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Mar 2010 | 3:00 pm Thomas Medical Recalls Transseptal SheathsFive adverse events reports of tip fragmentation and separation prompted the company action.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Mar 2010 | 2:13 pm Cytoscopy Alone Is Most Cost-Effective in Monitoring Bladder CancerVarious urine tests are increasingly added to cytoscopy in the monitoring of bladder cancer. Which approach is most cost-effective?Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Mar 2010 | 2:11 pm Accelerating Efforts To Advance The Rights Of Adolescent GirlsAs leaders gather for the fifteen-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action, we, the members of the United Nations Adolescent Girls Task Force, jointly pledge to intensify our efforts to fulfil the human rights of adolescent girls. During the next five years, we will aim to increase our agencies' support to developing countries to advance key policies and programmes that empower the hardest-to-reach adolescent girls, particularly those aged 10 to 14 years. Many of the 600 million adolescent girls living in developing countries remain invisible in national policies and programmes...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Mar 2010 | 2:00 pm Increase In The Numbers Of Older People Should Be Seen As An Opportunity For Irish Society, Says Minister Brady, Ireland"The expected increase in the numbers of older people in the population in the years ahead will present great opportunities for Irish society", the Minister for Older People and Health Promotion, �ine Brady TD said yesterday (Thursday, 4th March 2010). "There will be more older people in Ireland in the future and we must take a much more positive view and grasp the many opportunities that the increase in the numbers of people aged 65 and over will present to us as a society," the Minister said...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Mar 2010 | 1:00 pm Obama Takes Health Care Deadline to DemocratsPresident Obama met with insurance executives and selected House Democrats, as party leaders struggled to figure out whether they can meet his timetable.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Mar 2010 | 12:58 pm Use of Electronic Prescribing Nearly Tripled in 2009Thanks in part to federal incentives, roughly 1 in 4 office-based prescribers now transmits scripts from their computer to the pharmacy's computer.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Mar 2010 | 12:57 pm Kids born via IVF mostly faring well into adulthood (Reuters)Reuters - Young adults who were conceived through in-vitro fertilization are doing as well as the average young American as far as physical health, though their rates of certain psychological problems appear elevated, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Mar 2010 | 11:55 am Grass Allergy Tablet Effective, Relatively Well Tolerated in ChildrenOral immunotherapy against grass allergy resulted in an approximate 3-fold increase in IgG4 levels and a nearly 5-fold increase in IgE-blocking factors, although oral pruritus occurred in 40% of patients.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Mar 2010 | 11:17 am Childhood Victimization Has Decreased but Rates Remain HighNew national data show that reports of childhood bullying, peer victimization, and sexual assault have decreased but rates of abuse remain "appallingly" high.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Mar 2010 | 11:02 am Could Germs Be Making People Fat?Germs that make their home in the gut may help cause obesity and a range of health-threatening symptoms that go along with it, researchers reported on Thursday.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Mar 2010 | 9:29 am Baby Einstein DVD Fails to Boost LanguageFueling recent criticism of educational DVDs for toddlers, a new study finds that kids do not improve language skills after viewing one such product, the Baby Wordsworth from the Walt Disney Company's Baby Einstein series.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Mar 2010 | 9:29 am Hysterectomy for Bleeding May Cause Urinary WoesWomen who undergo a hysterectomy to treat heavy menstrual bleeding may have higher rates of urinary tract problems over the long term than those treated with the contraceptive device Mirena, a new study suggests.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Mar 2010 | 9:29 am Doctor and Patient : The Doctor’s Failure to Cut CostsOne bioethicist says physicians have been complicit in the failure to control spiraling health care costs.Source: NYT > Health | 5 Mar 2010 | 8:13 am Obesity: How Intestinal Bacteria May Cause Weight Gain (Time.com)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Mar 2010 | 7:30 am FDA recalls flavor enhancerFederal health authorities on Thursday announced the recall of hydrolyzed vegetable protein, commonly used to enhance flavor in processed foods, after samples were found to contain salmonella.Source: CNN.com - Health | 5 Mar 2010 | 7:19 am WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Mar 2010 | 6:15 am Challenge to vCJD pay-outs failsThe families of people who died from vCJD lose a High Court challenge over the government's compensation scheme.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Mar 2010 | 5:20 am Mobile phones learn to lip readA device that could allow people to conduct phone conversations without uttering a word is shown off by researchers.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Mar 2010 | 1:57 am Sexual health 'milestone'Young people think frank conversations about sex infections signal that a relationship will last.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 5 Mar 2010 | 1:26 am
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