National Briefing | South: Virginia: Opting to Refuse Health Overhaul

The state legislature approved a measure that bucks any effort by President Obama and Congress to carry out a national health care overhaul in individual states.


Source: NYT > Health | 11 Mar 2010 | 12:07 am

Panel Urges New Look at Caesarean Guidelines

The medical experts told an National Institutes of Health conference that the trend of “once a Caesarean, always a Caesarean” may be safely reversed.


Source: NYT > Health | 11 Mar 2010 | 12:06 am

Newly Published Data Shows Chronix Biomedical's Serum DNA Assays Can Detect Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Chronix Biomedical today announced publication of a study that supports the utility of its serum DNA blood tests for the early and accurate detection of breast cancer. The Chronix tests detect the circulating DNA that is released into the blood stream by damaged and dying cells...



Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

UPDATE 1-Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digest

BANGALORE, March 11 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Thursday:
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:56 pm

UPDATE 1-Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digest

BANGALORE, March 11 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Thursday:
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:56 pm

Economic Scene: Wishing for a Health Care Plan That Cuts Costs

President Obama’s health reform plan is a mixed bag for those who care about keeping down medical costs.


Source: NYT > Health | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:37 pm

Coromega(R) Sweetens Adult Omega-3 Supplement Line

Premier supplements maker Coromega® today unveiled Coromega Omega3 + Vitamin D, a delicious squeeze supplement that provides a daily dose of omega-3s with added vitamin D3, and Coromega Omega3 Fruit Gummies, a high-DHA chewable gummy supplement for the kid in everyone. "Most people already understand the importance of integrating omega-3s into their diets, and new studies show that vitamin D is another essential nutrient that many of us don't get enough of," said Frank Morley, president and COO of Coromega...



Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:00 pm

Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome

Geneticists said the new research shows it is now possible to sequence the genome of a patient at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be of practical use to researchers.


Source: NYT > Health | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:51 pm

UPDATE 1-Fate of AIG Taiwan unit's sale may be decided in H1

* Govt to check funding overseas (Recasts with regulator comments)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:39 pm

Obama Gets Tough on Health Care Fraud

The president said he would unleash auditors in a crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid waste and fraud, a move to please both liberals and conservatives.


Source: NYT > Health | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:12 pm

US bailout watchdog criticizes Treasury over GMAC

* Bankruptcy could have put GMAC on sounder footing-report
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:01 pm

HealthHelp Enhances Diagnostic Cardiology Services

HealthHelp, a leading specialty benefit management provider, continues to target health care cost drivers by adding diagnostic cardiac catheterization to its well-established and effective suite of services. "As economic and regulatory trends pressure the health care industry to rein in rising expenses, HealthHelp diligently explores ways we can apply our collaborative model to specialties that account for large percentages of that cost," explained HealthHelp president and CEO Cherrill Farnsworth...



Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm

Concocting a Cure for Kids With Issues

Through a controversial practice called vision therapy, some optometrists say they can treat learning disabilities.


Source: NYT > Health | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:55 pm

Taiwan hopes to decide on AIG's Taiwan sale in H1

TAIPEI, March 11 (Reuters) - Taiwan's government hopes to make a decision on AIG's stalled $2.2 billion sale of its Taiwan unit Nan Shan Life Insurance in the first half of this year, a senior official...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm

As You Age, Better Health Means Better Sex (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Better health translates into better sex lives, with healthy people more likely to engage in sex (and good sex at that) and to express an interest in sex, new research finds.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:48 pm

Health Tip: What's Behind Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major problem in the United States, and children are no exception. Today's kids are spending more hours watching TV, sitting at the computer or playing video games, and less time being active.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:48 pm

Jump in Kids' Sports Injuries Due to Overuse (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Orthopedic surgeons warn that sports injuries in children are rising dramatically, creating a "silent epidemic."
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:48 pm

Youth Baseball Injuries Becoming More Common (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- In the coming weeks, millions of American children will dust off their bats and gloves and head out to the baseball field.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:48 pm

Clinical Trials Update: March 10, 2010 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:48 pm

Longtime Smokers May Find Protection From Parkinson's (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- In an effort to understand the relationship between tobacco smoke and Parkinson's disease, researchers have found that smoking for many years may reduce risk for the disease but smoking a large number of cigarettes a day does not seem to reduce risk.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:48 pm

Government backs away after B.C. ambulance union says it will roll over deal

VANCOUVER, B.C. - In an effort to wrap up stymied contract talks, B.C.'s ambulance paramedics have agreed to roll over their collective agreement for two more years. But now provincial
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:23 pm

CORRECTED-Black & Decker CEO may have very big payday - WSJ

(Corrects source of report to Wall Street Journal from New York Times throughout)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:17 pm

Researchers Identify Previously Unrecognized Genetic Disorder

Researchers from four laboratories that perform diagnostic genetic testing of chromosome abnormalities in individuals with unexplained physical and developmental disabilities recently identified a previously unrecognized genetic disorder...



Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm

US philanthropist Raymond Tye, who paid for conjoined twins' separation, dies at age 87

BOSTON - A Massachusetts philanthropist who gave away millions of dollars to meet medical expenses for needy people and paid for the separation surgery of conjoined Egyptian twins has...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:59 pm

Mets’ Blackley Battles A.D.D., and Fights for Baseball Future

Travis Blackley, a relief pitcher from Australia who is trying to earn a spot on the Mets’ roster, has attention deficit disorder.


Source: NYT > Health | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:46 pm

Taiwan to seek more info from AIG Nan Shan buyer

TAIPEI, March 11 (Reuters) - Taiwan's top financial regulator will be seeking more information from China Strategic , one of the group buying AIG's Taiwan unit Nan Shan Life Insurance, a senior Taiwan...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:29 pm

CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella (AP)

In this photo taken March 9, 2010, Raymond Cirimele, 55, displays his Costco membership card outside his home in Chicago. Cirimele is one of at least 245 people in 44 states who have been sickened by a recent salmonella outbreak. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries and followed the trail of grocery purchases to a Rhode Island company that makes salami, then zeroed in on the pepper used to season the meat. He said no one asked for his shopper card data, but he would have provided it if someone had. 'I don't have any secrets, so I'm not worried about it,' he said. 'It's kind of like the whole airport security and all that. I'd rather fly on a safe plane.' (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:03 pm

In U.S. Imaging First, Prenatal MRI Detects Rare Genetic Disease In Newborn

In a case believed to be a United States first, the radiology team at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital has used prenatal magnetic resonance imaging to detect an often-misdiagnosed genetic disease. The disorder, congenital chloride diarrhea, can cause severe dehydration and serious metabolic disturbances in newborns if not treated quickly. "This is a disease where early diagnosis is the key to a good outcome," said Richard Barth, MD, the physician who recognized the unusual case...



Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:00 pm

RPT-UPDATE 2-Top Goldman partner Hu to launch China fund -source

* Fred Hu to retire as a partner at Goldman Sachs - memo
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:52 pm

New Data Presented At American Burn Association's Annual Meeting Support Safety Profile Of RECOTHROM® Thrombin, Topical In Pediatric Patients

ZymoGenetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZGEN), today announced the presentation of safety and immunogenicity data among pediatric burn patients at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association in Boston, MA. The study marks the first dedicated look at the safety and immunogenicity of any stand-alone thrombin in pediatric surgical patients. The investigators concluded that RECOTHROM did not appear to be associated with any treatment-related adverse events when used as an aid to hemostasis in pediatric patients undergoing synchronous burn wound excision and skin grafting...



Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:00 pm

Vitiligo skin graft 'effective'

Skin transplant surgery can be an effective way of treating the skin disease vitiligo, say US researchers.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:13 pm

GPs 'lax' on cholesterol targets

Many lives could be saved if GPs followed guidelines for reducing cholesterol in those at high risk of heart disease, a study suggests.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:08 pm

Hospital rap over medicine errors

Too many patients in England and Wales are not getting their medicines in hospital, a safety watchdog says.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:01 pm

Mayo Researchers Link Obesity To Worse Outcome In Patients Being Treated For Colon Cancer

It's long been known that obesity is linked to increased risk of developing colon cancer, but now researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Minnesota have found that obesity is associated with worse outcomes in patients who have already been diagnosed and treated for the cancer. The authors found that obesity was significantly associated with a greater number of tumor-containing regional lymph nodes and worse survival rates, independent of other tumor features...



Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:00 pm

Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given (AP)

Graphic shows how a cardiac angiogram is administeredAP - A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:03 pm

ZenBio Licenses An Important Cell Line From Harvard To Drive Metabolic Disease Research

ZenBio announce that they will be a commercial source for the popular murine 3T3-L1 cell line, which has been fundamental in metabolic disease research for 30 years. Originally derived from Swiss mouse embryo tissue by Dr. Howard Green of the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, the 3T3-L1 system has been pivotal in advancing the understanding of basic cellular mechanisms associated with diabetes, obesity and other related disorders...



Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm

Rescue Breathing Improves CPR Outcomes in Kids

Children suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrests from noncardiac causes were more likely to have a good outcome if they received bystander CPR with rescue breathing, according to a new study.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:25 pm

RESPOND: Ticagrelor Improves Platelet Inhibition in Both Clopidogrel Responders and Nonresponders

The authors of the study also suggest that ticagrelor may inhibit platelets more effectively than prasugrel.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:01 pm

Immunizing Children and Teenagers May Protect Entire Community From Influenza

Study opens up possibility of new strategy in "herd immunity."
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:24 pm

Montelukast Reduces Recurrent Wheezing in Infants With Bronchiolitis

Infants with postrespiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis have reduced eosinophil degranulation and fewer episodes of recurrent wheezing after montelukast treatment.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:17 pm

Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section (AP)

AP - Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:14 pm

Diamyd Medical: Diamyd US Phase III Study Well Under Way

Diamyd Medical (STO:DIAMB)(Pink Sheets:DMYDY) announces today that one hundred study participants have been included in the ongoing US Phase III study, DiaPrevent. The global Phase III program with the company's lead drug candidate Diamyd® has thereby enrolled more than 430 children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Europe and the USA. One hundred patients are now enrolled in the company's US Phase III study called DiaPrevent at 33 diabetes centers throughout the USA and more sites will be added...



Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:00 pm

Ustekinumab Improves Sexual Dysfunction in Patients With Psoriasis

Quality of life is improved with the interleukin-12 inhibitor ustekinumab, including an improvement in sexual dysfunction, even in women.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 2:28 pm

Combination Therapy in Alzheimer's Patients Significantly Eases Caregiver Distress

Caregiver distress is significantly attenuated when Alzheimer's disease patients are treated with a combination of memantine plus a cholinesterase inhibitor vs cholinesterase inhibitor monotherapy.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 2:26 pm

Quetiapine Linked to More Rapid Onset of Metabolic Disturbances in Elderly Patients

The use of quetiapine is associated with more rapid onset of metabolic disturbances than other antipsychotics in elderly patients.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 2:13 pm

WHO Releases New Malaria Guidelines For Treatment And Procurement Of Medicines

The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new guidelines for the treatment of malaria, and the first ever guidance on procuring safe and efficacious anti-malarial medicines. In recent years a new type of treatment called artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACTs) has transformed the treatment of malaria, but if not used properly the medicine could become ineffective. Guidelines emphasize testing The Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria (second edition) provide evidence-based and current recommendations for countries on malaria diagnosis and treatment...



Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 10 Mar 2010 | 2:00 pm

Assessing Your Risk of a Heart Attack

If you are young and healthy but have a family history of cardiovascular disease, are you at high risk of having a heart attack?


Source: NYT > Health | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:54 pm

Fitness : Hula-Hooping Fans Hope It Is the Next Big Trend in Fitness

Hula-hooping converts are hoping it is the next big trend in fitness, but some exercise professionals are doubtful.


Source: NYT > Health | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:50 pm

Senate Delays Medicare Pay Cut Until October 1

If the House concurs and President Obama signs the measure into law, it will be the third time in 4 months that lawmakers have postponed the reduction.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:36 pm

Healthier men want more sex for more years

Healthier men, no matter their age, are going to have better sex more frequently and desire it more often than healthier women.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:20 pm

Medicare Part D Has Not Improved Access to Medication Among Beneficiaries With Depression

Access to medication has not improved among Medicare beneficiaries with depressive symptoms despite efforts to do with the introduction of Medicare Part D.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:16 pm

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Reduces Pain of Migraine With Aura

Electrical field could reduce corticol spreading depression involved in migraine with aura.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 12:49 pm

Protein Suspected in Alzheimer’s May Be Needed to Fight Infection

Beta amyloid, which was once thought to be a chief villain in Alzheimer’s, may be part of the brain’s normal defenses, researchers at Harvard suggested.


Source: NYT > Health | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:29 am

CDC: Herpes still 'serious' threat

As much as 16 percent of the U.S. population between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes, according to a government study released Tuesday.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:42 am

E.Europe in spotlight at Vienna AIDS conference (AFP)

Michel Sidibe, UNAIDS executive director gives a press conference in Shanghai in 2009. AIDS 2010, the 18th International AIDS Conference being held in Vienna later this year, will focus on marginalised groups living with the disease, such as injecting drug users in Eastern Europe, organisers said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - AIDS 2010, the 18th International AIDS Conference being held in Vienna later this year, will focus on marginalised groups living with the disease, such as injecting drug users in Eastern Europe, organisers said Wednesday.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:11 am

Sex drive 'lasts longer in men', research suggests

Men are likelier than women to enjoy sex in old age, researchers find.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:34 am

India help for Sri Lanka amputees

An Indian charity sends a team to Sri Lanka to provide 1,000 amputees in the war-ravaged north with artificial limbs.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:12 am

Effort to Map Human Brain Faces Complex Challenges

Neuroscientists hope to harness computing power to help map millions of miles of "wiring" that connects brain cells.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:12 am

What can I do for chronic sinusitis?

I have been diagnosed with chronic sinusitis. It would seem like every six months or so, I have an episode where I am unable to go to work for about three days because I develop a temperature, swollen lymph nodes, (recently, swollen, inflammed tonsils) headaches and skin flora on my scalp. How is skin flora associated with sinusitis? Will this ever stop?

Source: CNN.com - Health | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:53 am

Chickenpox row

A vaccine is available - why not use it in the UK?
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Mar 2010 | 2:10 am