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Calif. considers smoking ban at all state parks (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Mar 2010 | 3:59 am Safety board to weigh requiring condoms in porn (AP)AP - Condoms might be the only thing porn actors are required to wear if the state's workplace safety board approves a petition mandating their use.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Mar 2010 | 2:57 am Obama's physical not like yoursPresident Obama's annual physical in February included blood pressure, cholesterol, and heart rate checks -- tests familiar to any of us who receives a regular check-up.Source: CNN.com - Health | 18 Mar 2010 | 2:50 am Roche aiming to launch 6 new products by end of 2014ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG is aiming to launch at least six new products by the end of 2014 and its seeking to strengthen its position in areas outside oncology, the Swiss...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Mar 2010 | 2:02 am UPDATE 1-Salamander to expand in Asia as production rises* Buys 50 pct stake in block in offshore Northern VietnamSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:58 am India's Sun Pharma gets US nod for Prometh genericMUMBAI, March 18 (Reuters) - India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its generic version of Actavis Mid Atlantic's Prometh syrup, used...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:58 am GW says UK, Spain close to approving cannabis drugLONDON (Reuters) - A pioneering -- but much delayed -- cannabis-based medicine for multiple sclerosis is now on track to win regulatory approval in Britain and Spain in the second quarter...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:50 am UPDATE 1-GW says UK, Spain close to approving cannabis drug* UK, Spanish regulators expected to approve Sativex in Q2Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:50 am UPDATE 1-Aspen sells 50 pct in oncology JVS for $117 mln*Strides to licence existing, future oncology drugs to AspenSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:37 am PRESS DIGEST - Russia - March 18MOSCOW, March 18 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:33 am UPDATE 1-Aegis appoints CEO and issues new bond* Full-year organic revenue decline within forecast rangeSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:28 am Palestinians struggle to impose settlements boycottPalestinian customs agents are hanging banners, setting up checkpoints and raiding shops across the West Bank in a campaign to rid the territory of products made in Israeli settlements. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:24 am UPDATE 1-Microsoft MSN China top exec to leave* Microsoft to push search engine Bing (Adds details and background)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:20 am Protecting Patients Via Health-Care Worker VaccinationHealthcare personnel influenza immunization rates have remained low, despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other leading healthcare organizations that all healthcare personnel receive annual flu vaccines. Experts say these levels are perilous. Increasing vaccination rates substantially improves patient safety, lowering flu deaths by 40 percent...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am New TB Booster Shows PromiseA booster shot appears to improve tuberculosis (TB) resistance in previously vaccinated adults, according to new research in South Africa. The study has been published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. "The world urgently needs new, better vaccines against TB," said Willem Hanekom, M.B.Ch.B., associate professor and co-director, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI). "It is important to test the safety of these vaccines in settings where TB is very common, such as South Africa...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Functional Remodeling Of Benign Human Prostatic Tissues In Vivo By Spontaneously Immortalized Progenitor And Intermediate CellsUroToday.com - Adult tissue regeneration or remodeling is suggested to initiate from multipotent stem and/or progenitor cells. We recently reported two new human adult non-tumorigenic prostatic epithelial cell lines NHPrE1 and BHPrE1, which were generated and characterized in our laboratory. NHPrE1 cells were designated as putative progenitor cells, showing high expression levels of stem cells-associated proteins CD133, CD44, OCT4 and PTEN as detected by immunofluorescence (IF) staining and Western blotting...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Radiation Treatment: Age, Gender Can Affect RiskDoctors have a clearer picture than ever before of how much radiation reaches sensitive tissues during routine X-rays and similar imaging, thanks to sophisticated models of the human body being developed at the University of Florida. "We're building a rich library of computer simulation tools and 3-D patient models that will make dose estimates much more accurate and patient-specific," said Wesley E. Bolch, Ph.D., a professor in the UF departments of nuclear and radiological engineering and biomedical engineering, and a member of the UF Shands Cancer Center...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Predisposition To Bowel Cancer: Purified Form Of An Omega 3 Helps Control Precancerous GrowthsResearch published ahead of print in the journal Gut reports that a purified form of an omega 3 cuts the number and size of precancerous bowel growths (polyps) in people whose genetic make-up predisposes them to bowel cancer. This particular omega 3 is eicosapentaenoic acid or EPA. It seems to be as effective as the prescription medicine used to treat familial bowel polyps, but without the associated cardiovascular side effects. The researchers base their findings on 55 patients...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Liebert Mobile iPhone App Offers Global AccessAnnouncing the launch of the Liebert Mobile iPhone App, a dynamic new application delivering the latest news, resources, press releases, research, and multimedia content directly to your iPhone. Convenient access to information across the biomedical, biotechnology, medicine, surgery, and nursing, integrative medicine, environmental, and public health fields is available with this free application. Updated throughout the day, this new application delivers integrated media content on the latest biotech industry news, headlines and articles, podcasts, and corporate press releases...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Costs And Benefits Of New Chemotherapy Drugs Evaluated By StudyNew chemotherapy agents appear associated with improvements in survival time for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer but at substantial cost. David H. Howard, PhD, and colleagues at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH), used a cancer registry database to measure trends in life expectancy and lifetime medical costs in 4,665 patients age 66 and older diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer between 1995 and 2005...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Adding Heart Healthy Omega-3s To US DietA new heart-healthy, essential omega-3 fatty acid is about to improve an American pantry staple: soybean oil. The new scientific advance will move biotechnology onto the average consumer's daily radar. U.S. soybean farmers are also using biotechnology to deliver positive environmental impacts and increase production to feed a growing world population. Increased Omega-3 Crops on Horizon Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a notice confirming that increased omega-3 soybean oil can be used in foods and beverages. Pending similar clearance from the U.S...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Leech Established As Model For Study Of Reproductive Behavior At Caltech And UCSDResearchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have discovered that injecting a simple hormone into leeches creates a novel way to study how hormones and the nervous system work together to produce species-specific reproductive behavior. A paper describing the work appears in the online edition of the journal Current Biology...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Unique Guideline Demonstrates A Multi-Specialty Outlook For Musculoskeletal UltrasoundThe AIUM is pleased to announce that 4 professional societies have collaborated with AIUM to endorse the recent AIUM Training Guidelines for the Performance of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Examinations. The guidelines allow for a several practitioners, including physicians, osteopathic physicians, podiatrists, and sonographers, to perform musculoskeletal ultrasound examinations, marking significant promise for the future of this growing field...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am China orders probe after unsafe vaccine report (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Mar 2010 | 12:44 am Mardell's AmericaHow healthcare debate has changed US politicsSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Mar 2010 | 12:22 am Brain probe hope for epilepticsA US study says electrical deep brain stimulation is a promising therapy for epileptics who do not respond to drug treatment.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Mar 2010 | 11:00 pm Two Congressmen Say They Will Support Health Care BillHouse Democrats moved toward the majority they need to pass health care legislation, giving them confidence as they worked out details and girded for a historic showdown.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Mar 2010 | 10:38 pm Multiple Generations Under One Roof, Again (LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - Adult children are moving back in with parents, and grandparents are taking up residence with their kids' families. Sound like old times? In fact, multi-generational households are making a comeback, according to a report released today.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Mar 2010 | 10:31 pm Online, Phone Tests Assess Diabetes Risk (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- About 20 percent of Americans have prediabetes and are at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes, the American Diabetes Association reports.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Gays, Lesbians Excluded From Some Medical Studies (HealthDay)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Gays and lesbians are excluded from many medical studies involving issues of sexual health such as impotence or low sex drive, a new report finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Tylenol’s Maker Takes Steps After Musty Smell IssueMcNeil Consumer Healthcare, a Johnson & Johnson unit, laid out the actions it would take after the Food and Drug Administration criticized its quality control program.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Mar 2010 | 9:48 pm Running for Obama’s Old Seat, and Set on Derailing His PlansRepresentative Mark Steven Kirk said that if he won the president’s old Senate seat, he would work to repeal any health care legislation.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Mar 2010 | 9:39 pm V.A. Is Fined Over Errors in Radiation at HospitalThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission cited an “unprecedented number” of mistakes by the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center in treating prostate cancer patients.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Mar 2010 | 9:31 pm National Briefing | Northwest: Idaho: Governor Signs Bill to Prevent Insurance MandateGov. C. L. Otter became the first state chief executive to sign a measure requiring his attorney general to sue Congress if it passes health care legislation that requires residents to buy insurance.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Mar 2010 | 9:30 pm Kraft to cut salt in its North American foods (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Mar 2010 | 8:27 pm Paterson Signs Law on Making Health Care DecisionsThe law signed by Gov. David A. Paterson ranks spouses and domestic partners first in a hierarchy of surrogates responsible for making life-and-death choices.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Mar 2010 | 8:16 pm Key liberal congressman flips to 'yes' on health careHealth care reform advocates inched closer to victory Wednesday morning as a high-profile liberal Democrat switched his position and announced his intention to vote for a sweeping $875 billion plan under consideration in the House of Representatives.Source: CNN.com - Health | 17 Mar 2010 | 8:07 pm US clinic sparks debate with UK human egg raffle (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Mar 2010 | 7:25 pm Hypnotherapy 'can help gut pain'Use of hypnotherapy to ease irritable bowel syndrome could help patients and might save money, says an expert.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Mar 2010 | 6:49 pm Omega 3 supplement targets bowel cancer risk: study (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Mar 2010 | 6:33 pm New attack on cancer forces cells to grow old and die (Reuters)Reuters - Instead of killing off cancer cells with toxic drugs, scientists have discovered a molecular pathway that forces them to grow old and die, they said on Wednesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Mar 2010 | 5:56 pm Will It Pass? The Odds on Health CareWhat are the chances that a national health care overhaul will be approved this week?Source: NYT > Health | 17 Mar 2010 | 4:28 pm Recipes for Health: Steamed Quinoa, White Bean Salad With Sage and Pan-Fried Winter SquashThis satisfying plate is made of vegetables that store well.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Mar 2010 | 3:28 pm Gene-Expression Signatures in Lung Cancer: Not Ready YetA review of gene-expression-based prognostic signatures in lung cancer has found little evidence that any of them are ready for clinical use.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2010 | 2:31 pm Topical Nanoemulsion Effective Against Chronic Toenail Fungal InfectionsAn investigational topical ointment was effective in clearing chronic persistent subungual onychomycosis within 4 weeks in 60% of patients treated.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2010 | 1:43 pm Taking the Bake Out of Bake SaleA new rule in New York City schools, which officials say is aimed at tackling obesity, restricts student bake sales.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Mar 2010 | 1:13 pm Looking at the Future of Genomic Medicine: An Expert Interview With Eric J. Topol, MDDr. Topol discusses highlights of a recent conference focused on the 4 areas of genomic medicine in which the planners saw the most exciting work going on and sensed changes afootMedscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2010 | 1:00 pm Technique Eliminates Blood Transfusions for Hip Surface ReplacementBlood transfusions can virtually be eliminated in unilateral and bilateral hip surface replacement with a comprehensive blood management strategy.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2010 | 11:46 am Long-Term, But Small, Passion and Dedication Studies Raise Concern About DES in STEMIThere was an increased risk of cardiac death observed in the DEDICATION trial with the drug-eluting stents and a trend toward an increase in stent thrombosis in PASSION, but experts still caution the studies are small and should not be overinterpreted.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2010 | 11:36 am PLATO CABG Analysis Confuses CardiologistsCardiologists here at the ACC meeting were confused by a new analysis of PLATO, this time in ACS patients who subsequently underwent CABG surgery.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2010 | 11:36 am How to Diurese in Acute HF: Dosing Strategies Get an Evidence BaseIs it safe to start patients with acute decompensated heart failure on loop diuretics at higher-than-standard doses? And is it more effective to administer them in a continuous infusion or intermittent boluses? Until the DOSE trial asked those questions, IV diuretic strategies in ADHF had never or rarely been put to a randomized, controlled test.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2010 | 11:36 am As Medicaid Payments Shrink, Patients Are AbandonedWith states squeezing payments to providers, patients are finding it increasingly difficult to locate doctors who will accept their coverage.Source: NYT > Health | 17 Mar 2010 | 11:20 am Acute Kidney Injury Linked to Increased Risk for Mortality Among Patients With PneumoniaThe study has been called a major step forward, and acute kidney injury is common even among patients with pneumonia who do not have severe sepsis.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2010 | 11:02 am Salsalate Shows Promise in Treating Type 2 DiabetesDrug efficacy points to possible inflammatory pathogenesis of diabetes, researchers say.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2010 | 11:01 am DNA confirms baby Jenny's identityThe parents of an injured baby girl who was flown to Florida for treatment after Haiti's earthquake have been told what they already know: They are the biological parents of the little girl.Source: CNN.com - Health | 17 Mar 2010 | 10:19 am Will Healthcare Reform Increase Medicaid Pay as Well as Enrollment?A proposed pay hike could persuade more physicians to see Medicaid patients, but this good intention, like others, has a big price tag.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 17 Mar 2010 | 9:37 am The facts behind hangover remediesDoctors still don't know exactly what happens to cause a hangover, but contrary to popular belief, drinking more while hung over is not going to make you feel better, the experts say.Source: CNN.com - Health | 17 Mar 2010 | 6:56 am Lazy foodsAre we now really too lazy to chop one of these?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Mar 2010 | 6:37 am Healthy recipe: Beef & Guinness stewLong before the first band marched in South Boston's now-famous -parade, and long before Chicago colored its river green, Irish Catholics quietly honored St. Patrick on March 17.Source: CNN.com - Health | 17 Mar 2010 | 6:17 am
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