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Battelle, IBM, Merck Join UPMC's Effort To Produce Vaccines To Protect Public HealthBuilding on its extensive efforts to establish a flexible vaccine development and production facility to strengthen the nation's biosecurity, UPMC announced today that it has been joined by Battelle, IBM and Merck & Co. Inc. in this first-of-its-kind initiative. These industry and non-profit leaders are supporting UPMC and GE Healthcare in pursuing the construction of this facility, which UPMC proposes to operate in a unique partnership with the federal government...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am Patient Money: Finding the Right Care for the ElderlyAdvice for making an informed decision about supporting an ailing parent without bankrupting the family.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:48 pm Minister For Older People Highlights Important Information For Nursing Home Residents, IrelandThe Minister for Older People, �ine Brady, T.D, has urged nursing home residents and their families, to inform themselves about nursing home services and supports, particularly the new Nursing Homes Support Scheme. "The year 2009 was a time of fundamental change in the nursing home sector. In addition to the new Quality Standards and system of independent inspection for all nursing homes, the Government also introduced a new scheme of financial support for nursing home care, A Fair Deal...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm Obesity, Drinking a Double Threat to the Liver (HealthDay)HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity plus daily drinking boosts the risk of liver disease in men and women, researchers report in two new studies.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Health Tip: Symptoms of Ketoacidosis (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Ketoacidosis occurs when diabetic people develop dangerously high levels of ketones, which are produced when stored fat is burned for energy.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Health Tip: Having an Epidural (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- An epidural is an injected anesthetic often used during labor and delivery to ease the pain of childbirth.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm 'Pill' Won't Shorten Your Life: Study (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Good news for women who have used birth control pills: A long-term study finds that those who took oral contraceptives at some point in their lives have a lower risk of death than women who never took the "Pill".Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Clinical Trials Update: March 12, 2010 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm MRIs May Detect Hidden Tumors in Breast Cancer Patients (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- MRI scans are more likely to turn up undiagnosed tumors in the breasts of postmenopausal women who already had cancer in their other breast, researchers report.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Avastin Fails Clinical Trial for Prostate CancerThe miss in prostate cancer follows a similar disappointment with Avastin in gastric cancer but success in ovarian cancer.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:40 pm Minister For Older People In Face-to-face Meeting With Older People And Service Providers In The Northwest, 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 in Sligo (Thursday, 11th 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 | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - March 13Tim O'Toole, former managing director of London Underground, could soon become chief executive of one of the private contractors he strongly criticised while in office. O'Toole has held preliminary talks...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:41 pm Statement By The Minister For Health And Children, Mary Harney, T.D.- Tallaght Hospital Services, IrelandThe central and over-riding priority in all aspects of health care, in every hospital, at every meeting and in every last detail of administration is the interest of patients. Patients' interests and standards of care must come first. For that reason the review of unread X-rays is being given top priority by the hospital. The investigation of circumstances that gave rise to this situation will be fully addressed through the independent review announced by the HSE...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:00 pm PRESS DIGEST - British Business Press - March 13Liberty , the London department store, is in talks with private equity and real estate investors about a takeover that could value the retail business at more than 35 million pounds. BlueGen Capital, the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:28 pm Court says thimerosal did not cause autism (AP)AP - The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:09 pm 100 Percent Of Primary Care Doctors In Denmark Use Electronic Medical RecordsAll primary care doctors in Denmark use electronic medical records and 98 percent have the ability to electronically manage patient care-including ordering prescriptions, drafting notes about patient visits, and sending appointment reminders. In addition, almost all medical communication between primary care doctors, specialists, and hospitals is electronic, according to a new Commonwealth Fund profile of the Danish health care system...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:00 pm Safely Lowers 'Bad' Cholesterol In Statin-Treated PatientsPeople whose "bad" cholesterol and risk of future heart disease stay too high despite cholesterol-lowering statin therapy can safely lower it by adding a drug that mimics the action of thyroid hormone. In a report published in the Mar. 11, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Johns Hopkins and Swedish researchers say an experimental drug called eprotirome lowered cholesterol up to 32 percent in those already on statins, an effect equal to that expected from doubling the statin drug doses, without harmful side effects...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:00 pm Obese drinkers face 'double hit'Obese women drinking little more than a glass of wine a day have double the risk of liver disease compared with those who are slimmer, experts warn.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:09 pm High-risk lifestyleA hepatitis C sufferer tells her storySource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:09 pm Patient disappointed at reinstatement of doctor by Windsor, Ont., hospitalWINDSOR, Ont. - A patient of a doctor at the centre of a mistaken mastectomy case says she's disappointed the surgeon had her privileges reinstated by a Windsor, Ont., hospital. JaniceSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:09 pm Johns Hopkins Doctor And Disaster Expert Says Resource Problems In Haiti Required Difficult Ethical Decision-MakingIn an essay published in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a Johns Hopkins emergency physician outlines how he and other physicians who worked in Haiti after the earthquake had to make emotionally difficult ethical decisions daily in the face of a crushing wave of patients and inadequate medical resources. Thomas D. Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm Vaccine court finds no link to autismA special court ruled Friday that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that vaccines caused autism in three cases.Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:58 pm FDA warning: some patients cannot process Plavix (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:49 pm UPDATE 1-SS&C Technologies files for up to $150 mln IPO* Co to offer 8.2 mln shrs, holders to offer 2.5 mln shrsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:38 pm Reid's wife undergoes neck surgery after wreckThe wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid underwent neck surgery Friday after being injured with their daughter in a four-vehicle wreck in suburban Washington a day earlier, her surgeon said.Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:24 pm Stuyvesant Town tenants hire investment bankerNEW YORK, March 12 (Reuters) - The Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association said on Friday it retained Moelis & Company as its financial advisor in its pursuit to buy the massive Manhattan...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:13 pm Stuyvesant Town tenants hire investment bankerNEW YORK, March 12 (Reuters) - The Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association said on Friday it retained Moelis & Company as its financial advisor in its pursuit to buy the massive Manhattan...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:13 pm Third Set Of 2009 Pesticide Residue Figures Released, UKThe Pesticide Residues Committee today published its third quarterly report for samples collected in 2009. The report found that the majority of foods had no detectable residues and those that did contain pesticides were not likely to be harmful to health. Tests found that 656 out of 911 samples of 14 different foods tested had no detectable residues. Also, 248 samples contained levels below the maximum residue level (MRL) - the legally permitted amount...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm Boundaries always teacher's dutyA 33-year-old California teacher is charged with having sex with a 14-year-old student. Whatever strong bonds students and teachers may have, it's always the adult's responsibility to set boundaries, experts say.Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:41 pm Overweight, Obese Gain Greater Benefit From BP LoweringThe overweight and obese should be more aggressively treated with antihypertensive therapy than normal-weight individuals, because they will derive greater benefit, a new analysis of the PROGRESS study suggests.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:34 pm Machu Picchu to reopen March 29: officialPeru's main tourist attraction Machu Picchu, one of the world's most prized heritage sites, will reopen March 29 after heavy rains cut off the ancient citadel earlier this year, a senior...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:33 pm Special court rejects claims that vaccines with mercury preservative caused autismWASHINGTON - The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special U.S. court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection. While...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:28 pm NCCN Panel: Straight Talk With Compassion Urged for End-of-Life Cancer CareTelling patients that they have cancer and/or that the end is near should be handled in an informative, compassionate, individualized manner.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:27 pm Reset sleep cycle for better gradesEthan Merbaum knows all too well the feeling of not getting a good night's rest, of lying in bed with nothing happening and being tired without being able to fall asleep. He knows all about watching his grades plummet and even about falling asleep in class.Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:06 pm U.S. maternal deaths 'scandalous'Deaths from pregnancy and childbirth in the United States have doubled in the past 20 years, a development that a human rights group called "scandalous and disgraceful" Friday.Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:06 pm UNICEF To Provide Support To Nearly One Million Children Affected By Earthquake In ChileUNICEF will provide assistance to the estimated one million children and their families affected by the earthquake in Chile which struck on 27 February. It is unclear how much more damage the second quake today has caused, but the first quake followed by a tsunami caused widespread damage and over 500 deaths. Six regions, home to some 80 per cent of the population of Chile were affected by the quake. The government had declared these regions as "catastrophe zones". The worst affected areas are some of the poorest in the country...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:00 pm Study: Women who took the birth control pill starting in the late 1960s lived longerLONDON - Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says. British researchers observed more than 46,000...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:49 pm Canwest extends newspaper auction for better bidOTTAWA, March 12 (Reuters) - Canwest Global Communications said on Friday that it will extend the auction for its newspapers until April 30 to seek a better offer.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:46 pm Experts say even Obama getting too many med tests (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:30 pm Adapalene-Benzoyl Peroxide Combination Gel Improves Symptoms of Acne VulgarisAdapalene-benzoyl peroxide gel is more effective than the individual components for the treatment of inflammatory acne, and it has a rapid onset of action.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:16 pm Health Committee Report On Social Care - UNISON Response, UKUNISON, the UK's largest public sector trade union, today warned that measures to reform social care will be undermined by widespread cuts taking place at councils across the country. The union is calling for investment in the social care workforce, including better pay and conditions, to improve recruitment and retention in the sector. Helga Pile, UNISON National Officer for Social Care said: "This report recommends making choice for care users a priority...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:00 pm Complete HPV Immunization Rates Low in the United StatesOnly 11% of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years receive all 3 doses of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, according to a new CDC investigation.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 1:33 pm Pain in Both Knees Predicts Higher Risk of Impaired FunctionPersons who had pain in both knees were more likely to have a low level of functioning and were less likely to recover from a low level of functioning vs persons with 1 painful knee.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 1:28 pm Democrats Struggle to Finish Health BillRank-and-file House Democrats were frustrated, saying they had received few details about what would be in the legislation.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Mar 2010 | 1:00 pm Exercise Intervention Improves Fatigue, Other Outcomes in Cancer PatientsPreviously nonexercising cancer patients report less fatigue and show improvement in other outcome measures once they begin an exercise program.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:55 pm Duration of Smoking, Not Intensity, Associated With Reduced Parkinson's RiskResearchers are reporting a new clue to the puzzling relationship between smoking and a reduced risk for Parkinson's, with results showing that long-term smoking rather than smoking intensity is more important in the link.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:50 pm Clopidogrel Receives Boxed Warning for Reduced Benefit in Poor MetabolizersThe warning will inform clinicians that tests are available to predict whether a patient will convert the drug to its active form, based on the genetic profile of a key liver enzyme.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:44 pm Whole Genome Sequencing Hits the Clinic for Diagnosis in Charcot-Marie-Tooth NeuropathyNovel variants identified in a family with inherited neuropathy that previously screened negative for Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:17 pm Long-Term Bisphosphonate Use Linked to Abnormal Bone FormationUnusual fractures have appeared in women who have taken bisphosphonates for more than 4 years, raising concerns that these drugs might adversely affect bone quality.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:13 pm More pain for disfigured Haitian teenThe town of Petite Riviere de L'Artibonite lies two hours south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 Mar 2010 | 11:34 am Women on the pill may live longer, study says (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 12 Mar 2010 | 11:06 am Coping With the Stigma of Tourette'sExperts from the Yale Child Study Center discuss the social stigmas of living with Tourette's syndrome.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:48 am Concocting a Cure for Kids With IssuesThrough a controversial practice called vision therapy, some optometrists say they can treat learning disabilities.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:19 am Cooking Tips: Oats, Garlic and TomatoesThe Curious Cook columnist Harold McGee answers reader questions about healthful cooking.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:33 am Bacterial meningitis reportedly kills studentAn Oklahoma elementary school student has died of bacterial meningitis, officials said Thursday, and two other students are hospitalized with the illness.Source: CNN.com - Health | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:07 am Breathing 'as good as massage'Massage is no more effective at cutting anxiety than deep breathing and soothing music, say US researchers.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:56 am New York agrees 9/11 dust payoutNew York City agrees to pay up to 657m US Dollars (437m Sterling) to thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at the 9/11 attacks site.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:15 am
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