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Move afoot in Congress to ban drop-side cribs (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 May 2010 | 3:52 am Homosexual review goes online in MoroccoBy Western standards it's tame, with no nudity, no sex and mostly text. Yet a new gay Moroccan Internet magazine may test the limits in a country where homosexuality is taboo. The...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 May 2010 | 10:33 pm Every Hug, Every Fuss: Scientists Record Families’ Daily LivesResearchers videotaped nearly every waking moment in the homes of 32 families. Did someone say stressful? Source: NYT > Health | 22 May 2010 | 10:29 pm Vietnam, US still in conflict over Agent Orange (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 May 2010 | 10:01 pm Parents Want Electronic Access to Their Children's Docs: Survey (HealthDay)HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) Half of all American parents polled say they would like to be able to communicate with their child's physician via the Internet, a new survey reveals.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 May 2010 | 9:47 pm Unboxed: High-Tech Solutions to High-Cost Medical CareInnovations in technology are helping to shift the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of diseases from expensive clinics to doctors and patients themselves.Source: NYT > Health | 22 May 2010 | 7:54 pm Parajam, anyone?Ingenious ways to make the medicine go downSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 May 2010 | 5:40 pm Weight 'key' in kidney transplantMatching up the weight of donors and recipients boosts success in kidney transplants, suggests French research.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 May 2010 | 5:32 pm World's most expensive stamp sold in GenevaThe world's most expensive postage stamp, a one-of-its-kind issue printed in Sweden in 1857, was sold at auction in Geneva to an international consortium Saturday, auctioneers said. One...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 May 2010 | 2:35 pm Skinheads attack Slovakia gay rights parade: reportSeveral dozen skinheads attacked gay rights supporters Saturday, wounding at least two people and forcing the cancellation of parade through the centre of the Slovak capital, media...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 May 2010 | 2:03 pm Gays parade in Bucharest under tight securityAbout 350 people joined a colourful "Gay Fest" parade in Bucharest on Saturday, calling for an end to discrimination in a country where homosexuality is still largely taboo. The...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 May 2010 | 1:59 pm Vietnam, US still in conflict over Agent OrangeHer children are 21 and 16 years old, but they still cry through the night, tossing and turning in pain, sucking their thumbs for comfort. Tran Thi Gai, who rarely gets any sleep...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 May 2010 | 10:05 am Both UK And USA Need Changes In Their Drug Policies, The Lancet ReportsUS President Barak Obama's 5-year National Drug Control Strategy, which takes a more balanced approach to the challenges, and stresses prevention and treatment as well as law enforcement is welcomed in an Editorial in this week's Lancet (a peer-reviewed academic medical journal). In linked Correspondence, UK experts from the Drug Policy Commission (UK) summarize what they propose is needed to repair UK drug policy after the recent sacking of chief drug advisor David Nutt and the mephedrone affair...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2010 | 10:00 am Alfafa Sprouts Recall After People Get Ill In 10 States - Salmonella ContaminationCaldwell Fresh Foods is voluntarily recalling all its alfafa sprouts produced under the brands of Caldwell Fresh Foods, Nature's Choice, and California Exotics after more than 20 people in 10 states became ill - their illness is thought to be linked to the recent consumption of these sprouts, says the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). 11 people have become ill just in California. The FDA says the latest known human illness is May 2nd, 2010. So far, there have been 4 reported hospitalizations, and no deaths...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2010 | 10:00 am Autism Communication Intervention Preschool Helps Parent-Child Interaction, But Not Autism SymptomsPreschool social interaction with children with autism improves parent-child interaction, but does not appear to offer clinically significant improvements in autism symptoms, researchers in the UK reported this week in The Lancet. The report, written by Professor Jonathan Green, University of Manchaster and team from the *PACT Consortium is being presented at the International Meeting For Autism Research (IMFAR), 9th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, 20-22 May...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2010 | 9:00 am Saudi 'emo' girls busted by religious cops: reportSaudi Arabia's religious police have arrested 10 "emo" women for allegedly causing a disturbance in a coffee shop, Al-Yaum newspaper reported on Saturday. The coffee shop owner in the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 May 2010 | 8:51 am Walkerton tragedy fallout: strict water rules that put public safety firstTORONTO - The notorious public health disaster that left seven people dead and thousands sick in Walkerton, Ont., exactly a decade ago also forced Ontario into the vanguard of tap-water...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 May 2010 | 8:48 am UPDATE 2-Bank of Spain takes control of savings bank CajaSurMADRID, May 22 (Reuters) - The Bank of Spain said on Saturday it had taken over the running of Spanish savings bank CajaSur after its planned merger with another of the country's small lenders failed...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 May 2010 | 6:55 am Breast Milk Does DNA GoodA newborn gulping breast milk may be doing his or her genes good, researchers say.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 22 May 2010 | 6:18 am Protein heart tests: Lifesaver or hype?Is CRP a major advance in heart disease prevention? Not everyone's convinced. Some experts have questioned the role of CRP and inflammation in heart disease, and they worry that the new emphasis on CRP will lead to overuse of statins.Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 May 2010 | 5:42 am TABLE-India Great Eastern Jan-Mar net up 24 pct(versus the same period a year earlier, in million rupees unless stated)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 May 2010 | 4:42 am Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients Finally Have Another OptionToday is an exciting day for men with advanced prostate cancer and the millions of families and loved ones who are profoundly affected. Today a new prostate cancer treatment option, Provenge, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Men's Health Network (MHN) is excited to see this innovative treatment option made available for patients with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic castrate-resistant (hormone refractory) prostate cancer. Provenge harnesses the individual's own immune system to fight cancer through a process called active cellular immunotherapy...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2010 | 3:00 am LightLab Imaging Announces FDA Clearance Of C7-XR(TM) Coronary OCT Products In The United StatesLightLab Imaging, Inc., the pioneer and leader in the development of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) technology for vascular and other imaging applications, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the C7-XR Imaging System and companion C7 Dragonfly Imaging Catheter...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 May 2010 | 3:00 am Optovue Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance For IVue SD-OCTOptovue, a pioneer in fourier/spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), has announced that the new iVue compact SD-OCT has received FDA 510(k) clearance on April 29, 2010. "The iVue compact SD-OCT was officially launched outside the United States in January of this year, and we have seen very high demand - as expected - in the first quarter," stated Paul Kealey, Vice President of Marketing for Optovue...
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