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Ten people hurt as plane makes emergency landing in Montrealduring severe turbulence on a London to Los Angeles that was diverted to Montreal. United Airlines spokeswoman Sarah Massier says United Flight 935 reported severe turbulence over the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 26 May 2010 | 1:02 am Many People Struggling To Cope With Hangovers And Workload In Britain TodayOver 520,000 people in the United Kingdom arrive at work with a hangover each day, according to a study carried out by Drinkaware, a UK charity claiming to provide consumers with information to make informed decisions about the effects of alcohol on their lives and lifestyles. The study, released today, shows that the average Brit goes to work suffering the after effects of excessive alcohol three times monthly. Of those who admit to being hung over, 17% confess to struggling to keep on top of their workload and to making mistakes...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 May 2010 | 1:00 am 'Nature's Batteries' May Have Helped Power Early LifeformsResearchers at the University of Leeds have uncovered new clues to the origins of life on Earth. The team found that a compound known as pyrophosphite may have been an important energy source for primitive lifeforms. There are several conflicting theories of how life on Earth emerged from inanimate matter billions of years ago - a process known as abiogenesis. "It's a chicken and egg question," said Dr Terry Kee of the University of Leeds, who led the research. "Scientists are in disagreement over what came first - replication, or metabolism...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 May 2010 | 1:00 am New Criteria Proposed For Diagnosing Fibromyalgia Suggests No Longer Focusing On Tender PointsThe American College of Rheumatology (ACR) is proposing a new set of diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia that includes common symptoms such as fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive problems, as well as pain. The new criteria are published in the May issue of the ACR journal Arthritis Care & Research. "These new criteria recognize that fibromyalgia is more than just body pain," said Robert S. Katz, one of the authors of the new criteria and a rheumatologist at Rush University Medical Center. "This is a big deal for patients who suffer symptoms but have had no diagnosis...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 May 2010 | 1:00 am Unlocking The Secrets Of Motor Neuron Disease By Harnessing The Power Of Stem CellsThe Motor Neurone Disease Association is funding its first ever stem cell research programme to help unlock the secrets of this fatal, neurological condition. Pulling together world-class expertise from four leading researchers: Prof Siddharthan Chandran and Prof Sir Ian Wilmut from the University of Edinburgh; Prof Christopher Shaw from King's College London and Prof Tom Maniatis of Columbia University New York; the Association's groundbreaking programme will enable scientists, to perform detailed studies on human motor neurons containing known causes of motor neuron disease (MND)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 May 2010 | 1:00 am Scientists Break Barrier To Creating Potential Therapeutic MoleculesScientists from The Scripps Research Institute have created a novel technique that for the first time will allow the efficient production of a molecular structure that is common to a vast array of natural molecules. This advance provides a means to explore the potential of this molecular substructure in the search for new therapies. The study was published on May 23, 2010 in an advance online edition of the journal Nature Chemistry...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 May 2010 | 1:00 am Preventing Cells From Getting The Kinks Out Of DNAMany standard antibiotics and anti-cancer drugs block the enzymes that snip the kinks and knots out of DNA - DNA tangles are lethal to cells - but the drugs are increasingly encountering resistant bacteria and tumors. A new discovery by University of California, Berkeley, biochemists could pave the way for new research into how to re-design these drugs to make them more effective poisons for cancer cells and harmful bacteria...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 May 2010 | 1:00 am Rare Hybrid Cell Key To Regulating The Immune SystemA cell small in number but powerful in its ability to switch the immune system on or off is a unique hybrid of two well-known immune cell types, Medical College of Georgia researchers report. "This is actually the first cell we know of that has this type of appearance in nature," Dr. Andrew Mellor, molecular geneticist and immunologist who co-directs MCG's Immunotherapy Discovery Institute, said of the cell that looks like a dendritic cell and a B cell but isn't really either...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 May 2010 | 1:00 am Discovery Of Stem Cell Illuminates Human Brain Evolution, Points To TherapiesUCSF scientists have discovered a new stem cell in the developing human brain. The cell produces nerve cells that help form the neocortex - the site of higher cognitive function - and likely accounts for the dramatic expansion of the region in the lineages that lead to man, the researchers say. Future studies of these cells are expected to shed light on developmental diseases such as autism and schizophrenia and malformations of brain development, including microcephaly, lissencephaly and neuronal migration disorders, they say, as well as age-related illnesses, such as Alzheimer's disease...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 May 2010 | 1:00 am Fish Illuminate The Architecture Of Inherited DiseaseA research team led by scientists from the Duke University Medical Center has developed a way to simultaneously look at the effects of 125 mutations occurring on 14 different genes. They used zebrafish as a model to analyze the function of every known mutation in an inherited syndrome called BBS, Bardet-Biedl Syndrome. Being able to analyze the functions and interactions of all mutations in a complex inherited disease could have implications for a broad range of disorders...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 May 2010 | 1:00 am A Profile Of Teenage Pregnancy In SpainThe effective use of contraception once becoming sexually active is the best way to avoid unwanted pregnancy during adolescence. This is just one of the conclusions of a study by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Universidad Complutense in Madrid which additionally reveals that using no contraception or using it well after starting sexual relations increases up to six times the risk for teen pregnancy. In addition, the use of ineffective contraception (methods other than condoms, intrauterine contraceptive device [IUDs], diaphragms, or hormonal methods) quadrupled the risk...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 26 May 2010 | 1:00 am Herbal Supplements Often Have Contaminants, Study findsNearly all the supplements tested in a Congressional investigation contained trace amounts of lead and other contaminants. Source: NYT > Health | 25 May 2010 | 11:19 pm Health Tip: Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Inflammatory bowel disease symptoms can be managed by a number of methods, including lifestyle changes, medication or surgery.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 May 2010 | 9:49 pm Health Tip: Keep Kids Safe When They're Home Alone (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Younger children who are home alone after school until their parents get home from work should be prepared to handle an emergency or the unexpected.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 May 2010 | 9:49 pm Moderate Drinking May Protect Brain From Alzheimer's (HealthDay)HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Moderate drinking may help protect against the onset of Alzheimer's disease among otherwise healthy people, a new Spanish study suggests.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 May 2010 | 9:49 pm UPDATE 3-BP-owned Alaska oil pipeline shut after spill* Producers cutting output to 16 pct of normal (Adds background on importance of pipeline)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 May 2010 | 7:48 pm UPDATE 2-Crystal storms back, Lee nervous in "Idol" finaleLOS ANGELES, May 25 (Reuters) - Crystal Bowersox stormed back against a nervous Lee DeWyze in the "American Idol" performance finale on Tuesday, stealing the hearts of the judges and setting up a nail-biting...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 May 2010 | 7:46 pm Depth of Brazil subsalt oil raises leak risks:prof* Oil safety equipment more likely to fail in deeper waterSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 May 2010 | 7:23 pm UPDATE 1-Nippon Oil plans June crude refining up 2 pct* Overall June processing plan for about 860,000 bpd -reportSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 May 2010 | 7:20 pm Varifocal fall risk 'can be cut'Falls could be prevented if older people stop wearing varifocal glasses while out, an Australian study suggests.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 25 May 2010 | 6:36 pm Power outage, spill shuts down Alaska oil pipelineANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 25 (Reuters) - A power outage and resulting oil spill forced the Trans-Alaska Pipeline to shut down on Tuesday, the operator of the 800-mile (1,287 km) oil line said.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 May 2010 | 6:16 pm RiskMetrics warns investors off Pru's AIA deal - FTLONDON, May 25 (Reuters) - RiskMetrics Group Inc has told investors to vote against Prudential Plc's $35.5 billion bid for AIG's Asian life unit AIA, the Financial Times reported in its Wednesday edition...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 May 2010 | 6:07 pm UPDATE 3-Gores brothers in Miramax talks, eye Overture-source* Gores also eyeing Liberty Media's Overture Films -sourceSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 May 2010 | 5:56 pm UPDATE 3-Gores brothers in Miramax talks, eye Overture-source* Gores also eyeing Liberty Media's Overture Films -sourceSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 May 2010 | 5:56 pm UPDATE 1-Dennis Quaid sues again over twins drug overdoseLOS ANGELES, May 25 (Reuters) - Actor Dennis Quaid has launched another lawsuit against a drug maker over an accidental overdose of the blood-thinner Heparin that threatened the lives of his newborn twins...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 25 May 2010 | 5:54 pm Proton Pump Inhibitors May Increase Fracture Risk, FDA WarnsPhysicians should consider whether a lower dose or a shorter duration of PPI therapy would adequately treat gastroesophageal reflux disease and other indicated conditions.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 May 2010 | 5:06 pm Home Health Provider Gentiva Buys OdysseyThe $912.3 million acquisition would create the largest U.S. provider of home health and hospice care.Source: NYT > Health | 25 May 2010 | 4:10 pm Injuries to kids on crutches up: study (Reuters)Reuters - Injuries to young people related to the use of crutches, wheelchairs and walkers are on the rise -- up an estimated 8 percent annually between 1991 and 2008, research shows.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 May 2010 | 2:49 pm More Rapid Weight Gain by Age 1 Year May Improve Neurodevelopment of Preterm InfantsIn preterm infants, more rapid weight gain in the first year of life was associated with modest neurodevelopmental advantages and only small blood pressure-related effects.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 May 2010 | 2:42 pm FDA and NIH Launch Safety Reporting Web SiteThe new Safety Reporting Portal will deal with food safety, while MedWatch will remain focused on drugs and devices; the 2 Web sites will eventually merge.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 May 2010 | 2:33 pm Mixed News on Hypertension in USThe Healthy People 2010 goal of having blood pressure controlled in 50% of those with hypertension has been met, according to new data from NHANES. But while this is a cause for celebration, the prevalence of hypertension remains twice as high as desired, so there is still much work to be done, say experts.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 May 2010 | 2:28 pm Drinking alcohol can lower chance of diabetes: study (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 May 2010 | 2:13 pm Outcomes of Acute COPD Exacerbations May Be Better With Early AntibioticsIn patients with acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations, those given antibiotics in the first 2 hospital days had lower likelihood of mechanical ventilation and fewer readmissions.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 May 2010 | 2:07 pm Nevo News: 12-Month Results Boost Promise of "Reservoir" Sirolimus Stent vs Taxus LibertéThe trial was not powered for clinical end points, but numerically, MACE rates were lower for the Nevo--designed with recesses to carry sirolimus and polymer--than the Taxus Liberté; in the 400-patient trial.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 May 2010 | 1:55 pm SOURCE: One-Year Results for Sapien Transcatheter Valve Suggest Mortality Edging DownwardNew one-year results from 1038 consecutive registry patients in Europe seem to reflect improved patient selection and physician experience: survival rates are higher than those seen in earlier series.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 May 2010 | 1:55 pm Beta-Blockers May Lower Risk for Exacerbations and Improve Survival in COPDBeta-blocker treatment lowers the risk for exacerbations and improves survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, perhaps because of dual cardiopulmonary protective properties.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 May 2010 | 1:42 pm First H1N1 Influenza Real-Time RT-PCR Test Receives FDA ClearanceThe FDA has issued 510(k) clearance to a new influenza test, making it the first test to be cleared for the detection of 2009 H1N1 influenza viral RNA.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 May 2010 | 1:39 pm Remaining Sales Freeze Lifted on Boston Scientific ICDsSales resumed for two of its implantable defibrillators last month; now its entire line of such devices is cleared for sale.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 25 May 2010 | 1:17 pm Sun Smarts: Which Cities Know BestSome city folks are more knowledgeable about the tanning and sun protection, a new survey of 26 metro areas finds, with Hartford, Conn., taking the top spot this year.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 25 May 2010 | 12:23 pm Group: Menus still calorie-laden despite new laws (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 May 2010 | 11:11 am Skin Deep: Gold Face Cream: A Costly Leap of FaithDoctors and cosmetics companies disagree about whether gold, which is being used in masks and creams, can help the skin.Source: NYT > Health | 25 May 2010 | 9:57 am Lady Gaga tested for lupusEver since she nearly collapsed on stage in March and had to cancel several shows earlier this year citing exhaustion, Lady Gaga has had pals worrying if she's on the verge of tipping.Source: CNN.com - Health | 25 May 2010 | 9:56 am Sunglasses Carry Shady UV-Protection Claims, Study RevealsLabeling on sunglasses concerning UV protection is often misleading or outright false, a new study confirms.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 25 May 2010 | 9:49 am Suicide pactsWhen does offering advice become a crime?Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 25 May 2010 | 8:50 am How testosterone makes some women less trustingTestosterone makes the most trusting of women more socially vigilant, according to a studySource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 25 May 2010 | 8:40 am Exercise limits: Just 1 in 5 kids live near parks (AP)AP - Health officials say one reason so many American kids are overweight is that few have a nearby place to play and exercise.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 May 2010 | 8:05 am Caffeine May Counteract Cognitive DeclineChronic coffee consumption reduces brain degeneration, a new study finds. Caffeine was found to have a protective effect against cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, and aging.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 25 May 2010 | 7:49 am Lohan's ankle bracelet has Breathalyzer technology (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 25 May 2010 | 7:21 am More than one answer for bipolar kidsAn expert answer to a recent question on bipolar disorder in kids draws criticism and an explanation. | Original questionSource: CNN.com - Health | 25 May 2010 | 7:03 am Opinion: Why create life in a lab?Vaccines that can be quickly produced to fight evolving diseases such as AIDS, flu and the common cold. Algae that can be engineered to turn carbon dioxide into gasoline and diesel fuel.Source: CNN.com - Health | 25 May 2010 | 6:42 am 9/11 distress linked to miscarriagesThe shock and stress felt by pregnant women after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, may have contributed to an increase in miscarriages of male fetuses, according to a study.Source: CNN.com - Health | 25 May 2010 | 5:42 am Scientists make 'artificial life'Scientists in the US succeed in developing the first living bacterial cell to be controlled entirely by synthetic DNA.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 25 May 2010 | 5:09 am
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