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The dishes in paintings of the Last Supper 'have grown super-sized'Food portions depicted in paintings of the Last Supper have grown bigger and bigger in line with our own super-sizing of meals, say obesity experts.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Mar 2010 | 4:10 am India launches ultra-luxury Maharaja train serviceIndia has launched its most luxurious and expensive train service yet, seeking to attract well-heeled foreign rail enthusiasts prepared to pay the minimum 800-dollars-a-night price tag. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Mar 2010 | 11:45 pm Really?: The Claim: Eat Six Small Meals a Day Instead of Three Big OnesCan eating numerous small meals throughout the day help you lose weight?Source: NYT > Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 11:20 pm Vital Signs | Disparities: Gay Men and Lesbians Barred From Some Clinical TrialsA study of a government database found that trials dealing with sexual functions often explicitly excluded people based on sexual orientation.Source: NYT > Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 10:54 pm Health Vote Is Done, but Partisan Debate Rages OnAs Democrats prepared for the president to sign their landmark legislation, Republicans opened a campaign to repeal it and use it as a weapon in midterm elections.Source: NYT > Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 10:36 pm 'Monster parents' plague Japan's schoolsBreakfast for parents at day-care centres, laundry and nail-clipping done at school, a pick-up service by teachers -- these are some of the requests from Japan's so-called "monster...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Mar 2010 | 10:29 pm Ruling Strikes Down Georgia’s Cap on Malpractice AwardsIn overturning a 2005 law, the State Supreme Court said that a limit improperly removed a jury’s role to determine damages in a civil case.Source: NYT > Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 10:14 pm Study: Last Supper paintings supersize the food (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Mar 2010 | 10:02 pm Study: Last Supper paintings supersize the foodCornell University's Brian Wansink (WAHN-sink) studied 52 paintings depicting Jesus Christ's last meal with his disciples. The paintings were done at various times during the last 1,000...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Mar 2010 | 10:01 pm F.D.A. Asks Pediatricians to Stop Using a Diarrhea Vaccine for NowAlthough there is no evidence of harm, government officials want to know why pieces of a pig virus are in the vaccine.Source: NYT > Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:58 pm Personal Health: Research Is Starting to Shed Light on Body Dysmorphic DisorderThough tens of thousands of Americans suffer from body dysmorphic disorder, only recently has research begun to shed light on it.Source: NYT > Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:50 pm Relationships: Education and Religion’s Effects on the Likelihood to WedA new analysis of relationships found that in most instances, people with college degrees were more likely to be married.Source: NYT > Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:50 pm Health Tip: Reduce Baby's Exposure to BPA (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical that is commonly used in plastic supplies for babies, including bottles. Some recent studies have cited harmful effects of exposure to BPA, especially among young children.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Health Tip: Understanding Gout (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Gout occurs when too much uric acid builds up inside the body. Though it's not understood what triggers gout, people with diabetes, kidney disease and the obese are at a greater risk, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Gene Linked to Lung Cancer Risk in Non-Smokers (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified gene variations linked with an increased risk for lung cancer in people who have never smoked.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Measles Outbreak Triggered by Unvaccinated Child (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- What began as a family trip to Switzerland in 2008 ended up as a public health nightmare in California.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Clinical Trials Update: March 22, 2010 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Medical Scans Used Most in Atlanta, Least in Seattle (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- There's a big gap between regions in Medicare patients' use of diagnostic imaging such as CT scans, MRIs and PET scans, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Obese Kids Suffer More Leg, Foot Injuries: Study (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- Obese children are at increased risk for leg and foot injuries, a new study finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Infertility Raises Risk of More Aggressive Prostate Cancer (HealthDay)HealthDay - MONDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- Infertility increases the risk that a man will develop the aggressive, potentially fatal form of prostate cancer, a new study suggests.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:49 pm Vital Signs: Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Cases SoarA study found that as of 2006, there were 3.5 million cases among 2 million people in the United States.Source: NYT > Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:40 pm Evidence Suggests Obesity Prevention Should Start Very EarlyEvidence points to events early in life and even in the womb that can set children on a path to obesity.Source: NYT > Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:40 pm Scientist at Work | Dr. Howard W. Jones Jr.: Pioneer Reflects on Future of Reproductive MedicineDr. Howard W. Jones Jr., who created the first in vitro baby in the United States, examines his achievements and looks at the challenges for his field.Source: NYT > Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:40 pm Manitoba boosts legal funding for family of man who died after 34-hour ER waitWINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is offering more legal funding to the family of a man who died after waiting for 34 hours in a hospital emergency room. Justice Minister Andrew Swan...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Mar 2010 | 7:59 pm Minister overturns proposed cap on payments for special needs foster careEDMONTON - Alberta's children's services minister is apologizing to roughly two dozen foster parents who were told that money for special needs children in their care would be restricted...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Mar 2010 | 7:57 pm 'Good fat' cuts heart risk by 20%Replacing saturated fats with healthier options can cut the risk of heart disease by a fifth, a US study says.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Mar 2010 | 6:50 pm US drug agency tells docs not to use GSK diarrhea vaccine, cites contaminationWASHINGTON - U.S. health officials urged pediatricians Monday to temporarily stop using one of two vaccines against a leading cause of diarrhea in babies, after discovering that doses of...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm Long-Term Marathon Running Linked With Increased Coronary CalcificationResearchers have shown that long-term marathon runners, those who have completed at least 25 marathons over the past 25 years, have increased coronary calcium and calcified plaque volume.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Mar 2010 | 4:49 pm New Studies Cast Doubt on Clopidogrel-PPI InteractionTreatment with proton-pump inhibitors did not affect clinical outcomes in patients receiving clopidogrel after PCI in a new study.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Mar 2010 | 4:49 pm Babies not getting enough vitamin DThe vast majority of infants in the U.S. are not getting the vitamin D that they need, even if they are fed vitamin-enriched formula, a new study has found.Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 4:19 pm US doctors try testing hotly debated vein fix for multiple sclerosisare cautiously testing a provocative theory that abnormal blood drainage from the brain may play a role in multiple sclerosis - and that a surgical vein fix might help. If it pans out,Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Mar 2010 | 3:20 pm US drug agency tells doctors not to use Glaxo diarrhea vaccine, citing puzzling contaminationWASHINGTON - U.S. health officials urged pediatricians Monday to temporarily stop using one of two vaccines against a leading cause of diarrhea in babies, after discovering that doses of...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Mar 2010 | 3:16 pm Health reform leaves Americans split, confusedNEW YORK (Reuters) - The overhaul of the healthcare system is being hailed in political circles as the biggest health policy change in four decades, but President Barack Obama's landmark...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Mar 2010 | 3:15 pm Plavix benefit found in heart failure patientsLONDON (Reuters) - Patients with heart failure who have had a heart attack but not had artery-clearing angioplasty treatment are less likely to die early if they take Sanofi-Aventis and...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Mar 2010 | 3:01 pm FDA warns doctors about Glaxo rotavirus vaccine (AP)AP - U.S. health officials urged pediatricians Monday to temporarily stop using one of two vaccines against a leading cause of diarrhea in babies, after discovering that doses of GlaxoSmithKline's Rotarix were contaminated with bits of an apparently benign pig virus.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Mar 2010 | 3:00 pm SCAN Rule May Reduce Misdiagnosis of ICH in Patients With Minor StrokeUK researchers define a rule that helps distinguish which patients with minor stroke may also have intracerebral hemorrhage and will require further MRI or CT assessment from those who do not.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Mar 2010 | 2:44 pm FDA: Rotavirus vaccine contaminatedFederal health authorities recommended Monday that doctors suspend using Rotarix, one of two vaccines licensed in the United States against rotavirus, saying the vaccine is contaminated with material from a pig virus.Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 2:22 pm Reactions to health bill passionateThe health care bill's passage has struck such an emotional chord that more than 10,000 people have posted comments and sometimes deeply personal stories about it on CNN.com.Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 2:14 pm Radiotherapy Increases Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease Later In Life: Scientists Suggest WhyScientists from a leading European medical university suggest that the sustained inflammation in the arteries brought on by changes in gene expression as a result of cancer radiotherapy could be the reason why so many people who survive their cancer diagnosis go on to develop cardiovascular disease later in life. You can read about the study by the team from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet online in the 23 March issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Mar 2010 | 1:00 pm FDA Temporarily Suspends Use of Rotarix VaccineClinicians should stop using the rotavirus vaccine while the agency learns more about components of an extraneous virus detected in the vaccine.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Mar 2010 | 12:49 pm Bevacizumab in Recurrent Glioblastoma: US and Europe DisagreeThe same data that led to accelerated approval of bevacizumab in recurrent glioblastoma in the United States was rejected by European authorities.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Mar 2010 | 12:44 pm Obesity and Alcohol May Interact to Increase Risk for Liver DiseaseTwo prospective studies show that obesity and alcohol both increase the risk for liver disease among men and women.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Mar 2010 | 12:33 pm Abiraterone Acetate Promising for Refractory Prostate CancerAbiraterone acetate plus prednisone has activity against castration-resistant prostate cancer and should be tested in phase III trials, researchers say in a February 16th online paper in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Mar 2010 | 12:33 pm Georgia Supreme Court Strikes Down Cap on Noneconomic DamagesGeorgia is the second state in 2 months to repeal a type of tort reform sought by physicians on a national scale.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Mar 2010 | 11:49 am Spinal Injuries From All-Terrain Vehicle Accidents in Children More Than Tripled in 10 YearsThe number of ATV-related injuries in children, including spinal injuries, has risen dramatically since 1997, with a 2.5-fold increase overall and a 4-fold increase in spinal injuries.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Mar 2010 | 11:41 am Metformin More Effective if Initiated Soon After Diabetes DiagnosisStarting treatment soon after a diagnosis of diabetes doubles the chance of success; the Kaiser Permanente study is the first to compare failure rates of metformin in the real-world setting.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Mar 2010 | 11:39 am How the health bill could affect youAmericans will see some immediate changes when President Obama signs the new health care bill, but some changes won't take effect for several years.Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 10:13 am Declining Organ Donations Causes Widening Need GapThe number of living organ donors has declined in recent years, a new study says.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:54 am Nobel Prize-winning inventor diesThe scientist credited with having developed beta-blocker drugs, Sir James Black, dies aged 85.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:37 am For and againstTwo opposing views of US healthcare reformSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Mar 2010 | 9:28 am How to Treat Low-back PainThere are a good number of non-surgical treatments for chronic back pain.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 8:58 am Memorials may trigger more suicidesWhen college students take their lives, the instinctual reaction is to mourn publicly and officially. But psychologists say this may be the wrong thing to do for it adds exposure to suicides.Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 8:23 am Obesity May Protect Against Repeat Heart ProblemsOnce someone had had a heart attack, being obese seems to provide protection against further heath problemsSource: Livescience.com - Health | 22 Mar 2010 | 8:12 am Democrats hail US healthcare billDemocrats hail the approval of legislation extending healthcare to 32 million more Americans as a historic advance in social justice.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Mar 2010 | 7:28 am When 'That Time Of The Month' Becomes Too Much To BearFor some women, the arrival of 'that time of the month' means relative discomfort for a short time. For others, however, it's far worse. Excessive menstrual bleeding (known as menorrhagia) is a common disorder that has a severe impact on women's physical health and well-being. As well as suffering with heavy and/or extended periods, many women also experience symptoms such as fatigue, depression, moodiness, bad cramps, headaches and anaemia...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am New Acute Trauma Research, UKUp to £10 million of funding to research the affects of acute trauma, particularly for military personnel was announced today by Health Minister Mike O'Brien. The investment forms part of the Department of Health's ongoing commitment to provide care to service veterans and builds on investment over the last decade in research capacity in the field of acute trauma, repair, reconstruction and long-term rehabilitation...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am Polite Brits Go To 'the Loo' While 20% Refer To It As 'the Bog'According to new research released today by SCA*, one of the world's leading hygiene companies, eight out of ten polite Brits now use the word 'loo' to describe the place they visit for their daily ablutions! In comparison less than two in ten of us cheekily refer to our bathroom visits with classic British phrases such as going to the 'bog', 'lav' or 'khazi'...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am Theranostics Paves The Way For Personalised Medicine In Europe, Says Frost & SullivanTheranostics is an emerging field in clinical diagnostics, focussing on developing specific analysis to predict the most suitable drug for a patient along with assessing the efficacy of the drug. It uses molecular assays to determine the optimum dose of drugs for a patient, paving the way for personalised medicine. Although significant awareness has been created about personalised medicine, its full potential is yet to be tapped. Factors such as cost and regulatory timelines are the key hurdles that need to be addressed at the moment...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am Social Stigma Of Contracting A Sexually Transmitted Infection Worse Than That Of An Unplanned PregnancyYoung people are inadvertently putting themselves at risk of getting an STI by avoiding discussing the subject of their partner's sexual history prior to sleeping together, according to a new report launched today in Dublin. 'The Voice of Young People - A Report on Attitudes to Sexual Health' incorporates the results of qualitative research conducted with young Irish adults aged 18 - 20 years in relation to sexual health, sex education and sexually transmitted infections...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am Historic House Passage Of Health System Reform Important Step Forward, American Medical Association"Historic passage of health system reform by the U.S. House of Representatives today is an important step toward providing coverage to all Americans and improving our nation's health system. Every day physicians see the devastating effect being uninsured has on the health of our patients. Physicians dedicate their lives to helping patients, and we have an historic opportunity now to do just that. While the House-passed bill isn't perfect, we cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good when it comes to something as important as the health of Americans...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am PETNET Solutions Announces Sodium Fluoride Trial Program To Help Alleviate 99mTc ShortagePETNET Solutions, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. announced today that it will use its national network of 47 radiopharmacies to distribute 18F Sodium Fluoride (NaF) free of charge for a limited time period in an effort to alleviate the effects of the global molybdenum shortage. Participants in this trial program will receive 18F NaF for only a nominal delivery fee between March 22 and April 9, 2010...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am Statement By Medicare Rights Center President Joe Baker On House Passage Of Health ReformToday's historic vote in the House of Representatives for health reform legislation puts our country one step closer to providing health coverage for all Americans and strengthening Medicare for generations to come. The courageous lawmakers who voted for this bill are delivering real benefits for their constituents, especially those who rely on Medicare for their health care. People with Medicare will save hundreds of dollars each year as the coverage gap in the Medicare drug benefit is phased out. They will have better access to preventive services and primary care...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am The Endocrine Society Urges Patients To Discuss Risk-Benefit Of Taking Bisphosphonates With Their Health Care ProviderResponding to recent reports suggesting a link between long-term bisphosphonate use and rare bone fractures called subtrochanteric femoral shaft fracture, The Endocrine Society released a statement suggesting that there is currently no conclusive evidence demonstrating that bisphosphonates cause this rare type of fracture. "Although there have been a number of news stories suggesting a potential link between the long-term use of bisphosphonate medications (e.g...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am Seaweed 'key to tackling' obesityFood made from seaweed fibre reduces the body's fat uptake by more than 75%, Newcastle researchers claim.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Mar 2010 | 2:47 am
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