Health and Medical News Headlines for May 7, 2010

TIMELINE-Key dates in India's Ambani brothers' dispute

May 7 (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court ruled in favour of billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani in a long-running dispute with his brother over the country's largest gas find, effectively giving the government...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 May 2010 | 3:41 am

America's favorite birth control method turns 50 (AP)

AP - A world without "the pill" is unimaginable to many young women who now use it to treat acne, skip periods, improve mood and, of course, prevent pregnancy. They might be surprised to learn that U.S. officials announcing approval of the world's first oral contraceptive were uncomfortable.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 May 2010 | 3:36 am

America's favorite birth control method turns 50

A world without "the pill" is unimaginable to many young women who now use it to treat acne, skip periods, improve mood and, of course, prevent pregnancy. They might be surprised to learn...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 May 2010 | 3:36 am

India's Anil Ambani:no plans to file review petition

MUMBAI, May 7 (Reuters) - Indian billionaire Anil Ambani said on Friday his firm Reliance Natural has no plans to file a review petition in the Supreme Court.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 May 2010 | 3:30 am

Bain shortlists buyers for Outback Asia assets-sources

SEOUL/HONG KONG, May 7 (Reuters) - Buyout firms Unitas, Permira [PERM.UL], and Barings Private Equity are among the shortlisted bidders for the sale of Outback Steakhouse's Asian assets, in a deal valued...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 May 2010 | 3:16 am

Bain shortlists buyers for Outback Asia assets-sources

TABLE-Kamei -2009/10 group forecast

CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS ESTIMATES (in billions of yen unless specified)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 May 2010 | 3:15 am

Survey: Sexual satisfaction ebbs for 45-plus set (AP)

AP - Americans 45 and older are far more open to sex outside of marriage than they were 10 years ago, but they're engaging in sex less often and with less satisfaction, according to a major new survey by AARP.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 May 2010 | 3:09 am

UPDATE 2-ITV's outlook uncertain post-election, shares hit

LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - ITV , Britain's biggest free-to-air commercial broadcaster, said it longer-term outlook was highly uncertain after the election, although the World Cup would boost ad revenue...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 May 2010 | 3:03 am

Oil spill may endanger human health, officials say (AP)

AP - With a huge and unpredictable oil slick drifting in the Gulf of Mexico, state and federal authorities are preparing to deal with a variety of hazards to human health if and when the full brunt of the toxic mess washes ashore.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 7 May 2010 | 2:50 am

UPDATE 2-Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani wins gas ruling

* Reliance Ind shares up nearly 5 pct, RNRL slumps 27 pct (Adds details, quotes, background)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 May 2010 | 2:43 am

PREVIEW-NicOx faces crunch time at naproxcinod U.S. panel

* U.S. panel meeting on May 12, FDA decision due by July 23
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 May 2010 | 2:42 am

PREVIEW-NicOx faces crunch time at naproxcinod U.S. panel

* U.S. panel meeting on May 12, FDA decision due by July 23
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 7 May 2010 | 2:42 am

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) Joins Pool For Open Innovation Against Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today became the first academic institution to contribute intellectual property to the Pool for Open Innovation against Neglected Tropical Diseases. MIT joins GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in contributing patents to the pool, which is administered by BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH). The Pool for Open Innovation seeks to motivate innovative and efficient drug discovery and development by opening access to intellectual property or know-how in neglected tropical disease research...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 7 May 2010 | 12:00 am

One Heart World-Wide Partners With Qinghai University Hospital To Provide Maternal-Child Health Services In Earthquake-Devastated China

One Heart World-Wide (OHW) announced that it has partnered with the Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University to provide maternal and newborn care to Yushu in the Qinghai Province, which was devastated by the recent earthquake on April 14th. Working with the Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University in Xining, One Heart will strengthen capacity, mobilize resources and implement highâ��impact programs. U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China Jon Huntsman said he was pleased that One Heart whose program he had endorsed while Governor of Utah - would be working in China again...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2010 | 11:00 pm

Chinese Heparin Supplier Posts Strong Trading Debut

The shares of Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical rose 18.3 percent, valuing the company at about $10 billion.

Source: NYT > Health | 6 May 2010 | 10:26 pm

Pain Gone, Walton Talks With Zeal Once Again

Bill Walton is using the excitable style he brought to broadcasting to discuss the procedure that he says cured his back pain.

Source: NYT > Health | 6 May 2010 | 10:20 pm

New And Natural Dietary Supplements For People With Diabetes Are Clinically Proven To Help Maintain Healthy Blood Sugar Levels

For the nation's 25 million Type 2 diabetics, and an estimated 57 million pre-diabetics, achieving healthy blood sugar levels and maintaining them is a daily battle. Today, NaturEra, one of the nation's dietary supplements leaders, is announcing for the first time in the U.S. the availability of its Sugar Crush and Sugar Crush Daily products specially formulated and clinically proven to help maintain healthy blood sugar levels overall*...

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

Health Tip: What Causes IBD? (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Inflammatory bowel disease refers to a group of varied disorders affecting the intestines. Symptoms may include pain or bloating in the intestines, diarrhea, unexplained weight loss, bloody stools and loss of appetite.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 May 2010 | 9:49 pm

Could the Pill Lower a Woman's Sex Drive? (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Women who use hormonal contraception such as birth control pills may be at higher risk for having sexual problems than women who use no contraception or non-hormonal contraception, a new study suggests.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 May 2010 | 9:48 pm

Drinking While Pregnant Tied to Rare Leukemia in Offspring (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant woman may have another reason to avoid drinking, with a new study finding that alcohol use during pregnancy ups the risk for a rare blood cancer in children.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 May 2010 | 9:48 pm

Clinical Trials Update: May 6, 2010 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 May 2010 | 9:48 pm

U.S. Must Do More to Cut Cases of Environmental Cancers (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- The United States is not doing enough to reduce the incidence of environmentally induced cancers, a risk that has been "grossly underestimated," a special report released Thursday by the President's Cancer Panel shows.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 May 2010 | 9:48 pm

One Sleepless Night Ups Insulin Resistance (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Adding to the many reasons why people should get adequate sleep, researchers now say that just one sleepless night can cause insulin resistance, a component of type 2 diabetes.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 May 2010 | 9:48 pm

Group Backs Ritual ‘Nick’ as Female Circumcision Option

The American Academy of Pediatrics suggested that doctors be given permission to perform a ceremonial pinprick on girls if it would keep their families from sending them overseas for circumcision.

Source: NYT > Health | 6 May 2010 | 9:39 pm

Genzyme Makes Moves to Fend Off Icahn

The pharmaceutical company said it would buy back stock and spin off units to avoid a takeover by the investor Carl Icahn.

Source: NYT > Health | 6 May 2010 | 9:31 pm

House Panel Opens Inquiry Into J.&J. Recalls

In a request for regulatory records, a House oversight committee said repeated recalls of over-the-counter drugs point to a major problem at a Johnson & Johnson unit.

Source: NYT > Health | 6 May 2010 | 9:26 pm

Cancer Society Criticizes U.S. Panel as Overstating Risk

A dire government report on cancer risks from chemicals and other hazards in the environment has drawn criticism from the American Cancer Society.

Source: NYT > Health | 6 May 2010 | 9:21 pm

Patient Advocates Visit Missouri State Capitol To Urge Lawmakers To Pass Legislation To Expand Coverage To Life-Saving Anticancer Therapies

Patient advocates from across Missouri descended on the Capitol in Jefferson City today as part of the National Patient Advocate Foundation's (NPAF) Missouri State Advocacy Day to urge the state's General Assembly to support SB 786/HB 2205, legislation that would require health benefit plans to provide coverage for orally administered anticancer medications on the same basis intravenously administered medications are currently covered...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2010 | 9:00 pm

Osiris Resumes Enrollment In Stem Cell Trial For Crohn's Disease Following Positive Interim Analysis

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIR) announced that it is resuming enrollment in its clinical trial evaluating Prochymal for patients with treatment-resistant Crohn's disease. The findings of an interim analysis showed that for the primary endpoint of disease remission, Prochymal is approaching statistical significance in the intent to treat (ITT) population, and has reached significance in the per protocol population...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2010 | 8:00 pm

BioInvent And ThromboGenics Announce Positive Topline Results From Phase II VTE Prophylaxis Study With Anti-Factor VIII (TB-402)

BioInvent International AB (OMXS:BINV) and ThromboGenics NV (Euronext Brussels:THR) announce today positive results from their Phase II trial of TB-402. TB-402 is a novel, long acting anticoagulant that is being developed as a single injection for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) following orthopaedic surgery. The Phase II results demonstrate that TB-402 has superior antithrombotic activity to enoxaparin (Lovenox®: sanofi-aventis) with comparable safety. Enoxaparin is currently the standard treatment to prevent VTE in this setting...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2010 | 7:00 pm

Patient Safety, Treatment Advances, Complex Healthcare Issues To Dominate D.C. Nursing Conference

Latest advances in complex medical treatments and delivering safe, patient-centered, cost-effective care will be among the hot topics as thousands of nurses who care for high acuity and critically ill patients and their families convene this month in Washington, D.C. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) hosts its annual National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI), Saturday, May 15, through Thursday, May 20, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and nearby headquarters hotels in Washington, D.C...

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

Clues to fighting dengue fever

Research into how the body fights off the tropical disease dengue fever could help in the search for a vaccine.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 May 2010 | 5:26 pm

New blood fat heart disease link

A type of blood fat different from cholesterol may play a key role in heart disease, a study suggests.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 6 May 2010 | 5:14 pm

Risk Tools Limited in Their Ability to Predict Development of Breast Cancer

A review article suggests that currently available tools to assess breast cancer risk are limited in their ability to distinguish among patients who will and will not go on to have breast cancer.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 May 2010 | 5:04 pm

Probiotics May Lower Risk for Nosocomial Infections in Hospitalized Children

In a randomized trial, Lactobacillus GG administration decreased the risk for nosocomial gastrointestinal and respiratory tract infections in hospitalized children.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 May 2010 | 5:02 pm

Health Tip: Gardening Ergonomics - Picking The Right Tools

If you have ever twisted and stretched while kneeling in the flower bed, then you know that gardening can be physically challenging. Fortunately, a bounty of ergonomic tools are available to help gardening enthusiasts avoid aches and pains. "Ergonomic tools are designed around the gardener. They can significantly reduce discomfort and fatigue and reduce injuries," said Paula Kramer, PhD, chair and professor of occupational therapy at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Ergonomic tools look radically different than normal gardening tools, but Dr...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2010 | 5:00 pm

Jefferson: Mechanical Bowel Preparations Offer No Clinical Benefit For Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Mechanical bowel preparations (MBP) are commonly administered preoperatively to patients who undergo a pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) (Whipple procedure) to treat benign and malignant tumors of the pancreas, common bile duct or duodenum. MBPs are employed as a preventative measure in gastrointestinal surgery but their effectiveness in reducing perioperative infectious complications remains unclear...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2010 | 4:00 pm

Stem cells from uterus treat Parkinsons in mice (Reuters)

Reuters - Stem cells from the lining of a woman's uterus transformed into brain cells when they were injected into mice whose brains had damage resembling Parkinson's disease, researchers reported on Thursday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 6 May 2010 | 3:41 pm

Donepezil Improves Cognition But Not Global Function in Vascular Dementia

Donepezil appears to improve cognition in vascular dementia patients, but not global function.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 May 2010 | 3:32 pm

Whole Body MRI Is Highly Accurate In The Early Detection Of Breast Cancer Metastases

Whole body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) should be the imaging modality of choice for the detection of breast cancer metastases (when the cancer has spread beyond the breast) as it is highly accurate and can detect bone metastases while a patient is still asymptomatic (shows no symptoms), according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. Whole body MRI is a noninvasive medical test that helps physicians diagnose and treat breast cancer. Breast cancer cells commonly spread to the bones, lungs, liver, or brain...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 6 May 2010 | 3:00 pm

"Nutraceutical" Combo for Lipid Lowering Shows Promise in Small, Preliminary Trial

In a short-term study of just 50 patients, investigators report small but significant reductions in total and LDL cholesterol.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 May 2010 | 2:57 pm

Removing Doubt: Implantable ST-Segment Monitor Can Eliminate Delay in MI Treatment

An implantable ischemia detection system drastically reduces alarm-to-hospital time in pilot studies.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 May 2010 | 2:57 pm

Location of Death for Cancer Patients Varies Widely in Europe

In Europe, there are large country differences in the proportion of patients with cancer dying at home, and the differences appear to be influenced by a number of factors.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 May 2010 | 2:12 pm

Second Gene Implicated in Sudden Death in Epilepsy

Researchers are reporting a second candidate gene for sudden death in epilepsy, a finding they say may lead to genetic and overall risk screening in patients with epilepsy.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 May 2010 | 1:40 pm

Suiting a Home Diet Meal Plan to My Tastes

A test of four companies that deliver meals to my door.

Source: NYT > Health | 6 May 2010 | 1:30 pm

Neoadjuvant Therapy May Increase Resectability of Pancreatic Tumors

A third of pancreatic cancer patients with tumors initially judged unresectable were able to undergo resection after neoadjuvant therapy, according to new meta-analysis.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 May 2010 | 1:22 pm

Will Premiums Fall for the Middle Class?

In 2014, people who receive insurance through their employers but pay more than 9.5 percent of their income in premiums will be able to purchase insurance on the exchanges instead.

Source: NYT > Health | 6 May 2010 | 1:00 pm

Noncardia Gastric Cancer Declines in US, Except in One Group -- Young Whites

The incidence of noncardia gastric cancer, or cancer of the lower stomach, has been declining in the United States. What explains the rise in one group, whites 25 to 39 years of age?
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 6 May 2010 | 12:27 pm

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