Aborigines 'have worst rate of child pneumonia' (AFP)

AFP - Indigenous children living in central Australia suffer the highest rate of potentially fatal severe pneumonia in the world, according to research released Sunday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 May 2010 | 3:02 am

Citadel Capital's net quadruples to $6 mln

CAIRO, May 16 (Reuters) - Citadel Capital consolidated net profit for the first quarter of 2010 rose to 33.7 million Egyptian pounds ($6 million) from 6.2 million pounds in the year-earlier period, the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 May 2010 | 1:34 am

Egypt's Maridive Q1 net profit drops 34.3 percent

CAIRO, May 16 (Reuters) - Egypt's Maridive , the biggest oil services firm by fleet size in the Middle East, posted a first-quarter net profit of $15.4 million, down 34.3 percent from a year earlier, the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 May 2010 | 1:30 am

Certified logging no match for Indonesia's timber 'mafia'

Dayak tribesman Hanye Jaang didn't know it, but he used to be part of a multi-billion-dollar "mafia" that is ravaging Indonesia's forests and, scientists say, warming the climate. The...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 May 2010 | 11:53 pm

Bulgarian prisoners say goodbye to chamber pots

Prisoners in Vratsa have traded their chamber pots for real toilets as part of a drive to improve conditions in Bulgaria's overcrowded jails. "No other Bulgarian prison has undergone...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 May 2010 | 11:12 pm

Guard Kids' Eyes Against Long-Term Sun Damage (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- With May designated as UV awareness month, experts are calling on parents to pay special heed to the safety of their children's eyes this summer.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 15 May 2010 | 9:47 pm

Health Insurers Try to Shape Rules Under New Law

Companies are lobbying to ward off strict regulation of premiums and profits under the new health care law.


Source: NYT > Health | 15 May 2010 | 8:29 pm

UPDATE 2-US to hire adviser for GM IPO -Wall Street Journal

* Treasury Department interviews Wall Street bankers (Adds no comment from Greenhill and Lazard, paragraph 3)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 May 2010 | 2:15 pm

Pro-choice activists stage 'die in' at Minister Oda's Bowmanville, Ont. office

BOWMANVILLE, Ont. - Pro-choice activists staged what they called a "die in" Saturday afternoon at the office of International Development Minister Bev Oda in Bowmanville, Ont. They...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 May 2010 | 1:34 pm

WellPoint Knows How to Fight, but Can It Adapt?

WellPoint has bet heavily on selling health insurance to individuals and small businesses, but it must now deal with the limits of the new health care law.


Source: NYT > Health | 15 May 2010 | 1:17 pm

35,000 join Gay Pride parade in Brussels: organisers

Tens of thousands of people joined a Gay Pride march in Brussels on Saturday, calling for an end to discrimination against homosexuals and lesbians in Europe. Some 35,OOO people marched...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 May 2010 | 12:17 pm

Puerto Rico struggles with high preterm birth rate

The first thing Dr. Marta Valcarcel notices on a walk through a nursery full of tiny, heavily bandaged babies is the empty incubator in the corner. She calls out to a nurse who only...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 May 2010 | 10:42 am

S.Africa's vuvuzela orchestra pulls harmony from the din

Five youths blow different tunes on long plastic vuvuzela trumpets, prompting onlookers to wince and then giggle as the band begins rehearsals in a hall in downtown Johannesburg. But...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 May 2010 | 10:02 am

Anti-abortion activists stage 'die in' at Minister Oda's Bowmanville, Ont. office

BOWMANVILLE, Ont. - Anti-abortion activists will stage a "die in" this afternoon at the office of International Development Minister Bev Oda in Bowmanville, Ont. They say they're upset
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 15 May 2010 | 9:51 am

Why our salt addiction is hard to kick

Americans love salt. And we eat too much of it. So much so that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is thinking about limiting the amount of sodium in packaged foods.
Source: CNN.com - Health | 15 May 2010 | 8:19 am

Mechanism Found That Makes Order From Chaotic Newborn Brain

Mechanism in the memory center of newborn adjusts the maturation of the brain.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 15 May 2010 | 8:19 am

Libya plane crash boy flies home

The Dutch boy who was the only survivor of a plane crash in Libya that killed 103 people arrives back in the Netherlands.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 15 May 2010 | 7:13 am

FDA Says Healthcare Providers Can Resume Use Of Rotarix (Rotavirus Vaccine, Live, Oral)

GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that U.S. healthcare practitioners can resume the use of Rotarix® (Rotavirus Vaccine, Live, Oral), effective immediately. This action supersedes the FDA's recommendation from March 22, 2010 and reflects the agency's assessment that the presence of porcine circovirus type 1 (PCV-1) in the vaccine poses no safety risk...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 May 2010 | 3:00 am

News From The Hastings Center Report: May/June 2010

ON THE ISSUES Two essays look at ethical issues arising from new neuroimaging research suggesting that a small minority of patients with severe brain injury might be able to communicate. Title: Severe Brain Injury and the Subjective Life Authors: J. Andrew Billings, Larry R...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 May 2010 | 3:00 am

Fifty Years After 'The Pill,' Adiana System Offers A Significant Advance In Birth Control Options

Hologic, Inc., (Hologic or the Company) (Nasdaq: HOLX), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics products, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, celebrates a new era of birth control options for women today with the availability of its Adiana® permanent contraception system. In the fifty years since "The Pill" was approved by the U.S...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 May 2010 | 3:00 am

FDA Approves New Combination Product Oral Contraceptive

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Natazia, a combination hormonal tablet for use as an oral contraceptive. Natazia contains two female hormones, an estrogen (estradiol valerate) and a progestin (dienogest), and is the first four-phasic oral contraceptive marketed in the United States. Four-phasic refers to the doses of progestin and estrogen varying at four times throughout each 28-day treatment cycle. "Nearly 12 million women in the United States and more than 100 million women worldwide currently use oral contraceptives," said Scott Monroe, M.D...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 May 2010 | 3:00 am

Poniard Pharmaceuticals Announces Results Of Phase 3 SPEAR Trial Of Picoplatin In Small Cell Lung Cancer

Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PARD), a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative oncology therapies, announced that data from the Phase 3 SPEAR (Study of Picoplatin Efficacy After Relapse) trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of picoplatin as a second-line treatment in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has been accepted for an oral presentation during the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2010 Annual Meeting...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 May 2010 | 3:00 am

Cell Therapeutics Announces Agreement For Phase II Study Of Pixantrone In Metastatic Breast Cancer

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) (Nasdaq and MTA: CTIC) (the "Company") announced an agreement with the North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) to conduct a phase II study of pixantrone in patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer who have tumor progression after at least two, but not more than three, prior chemotherapy regimens. The trial will be conducted through the NCCTG, a national network of cancer specialists at community clinics, hospitals, and medical centers in the United States and Canada. The research base for NCCTG is located at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 May 2010 | 3:00 am

Sagent Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval Of Bacitracin For Injection, USP

Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company, announced FDA approval of bacitracin for injection, USP (bacitracin), an anti-infective product used to treat pneumonia and empyema. Bacitracin will be offered in a 50,000 MU, AP-rated, preservative-free, latex-free, single-dose vial packaged both individually and in packages of ten. These vials will feature Sagent's proprietary PreventIV Measures™ labeling and packaging, with distinctive labeling designs and easy to read drug name and dosage information. The total 2009 U.S...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 May 2010 | 3:00 am

Boston Scientific Announces FDA Approval For LATITUDE(R) Patient Management System Software Upgrade

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for LATITUDE 6.0, a software upgrade to the Company's LATITUDE® Patient Management system. The LATITUDE system enables physicians to remotely monitor patients with implantable cardiac devices. The upgrade provides enhanced functionality, including the ability to view an expanded history of a patient's remote follow-up data...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 15 May 2010 | 3:00 am