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UPDATE 2-Norwegian IT firms EDB, Ergo in merger talks* EDB shares surge as deal could mean Telenor reducing stakeSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 May 2010 | 4:01 am UPDATE 1-Egypt's OT tells bourse no news to add on MTN talks* Bourse's request followed Sunday's surge in Orascom sharesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 May 2010 | 3:24 am UPDATE 3-Battle on for Healthscope, after 2 more takeover offers* Shares rise 5 per cent but below offer price on uncertainty (Adds response from KKR and Tenet, StarMine table; updates share to close)Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 May 2010 | 3:22 am Hopes for breast cancer vaccineUS scientists say they have developed a vaccine which prevents breast cancer in mice. and they plan trials in humans.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 May 2010 | 2:36 am Attacking cancerGenetic research paves way to new approachSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 31 May 2010 | 2:35 am Telefonica threatens to push PT bosses out -reportLISBON, May 31 (Reuters) - Spain's Telefonica is considering a proposal to seek a change of management at Portugal Telecom (PT) if the Portuguese company does not agree to sell its stake in Brazilian...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 May 2010 | 2:28 am UPDATE 2-Parkway up on $835 mln bid; eyes on India Fortis* Shares briefly trade above Khazanah's offer of S$3.78/shareSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 May 2010 | 1:52 am Blogs Comment On Anniversary Of Tiller's Death, Military Abortion Policies, Other TopicsThe following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "In Memory of Dr. Tiller: Reflections on the Death of an American Hero One Year Later," Julie Burkhart, RH Reality Check: Nearly one year after the shooting death of abortion provider George Tiller, Burkhart revisits a journal entry she wrote the day of the murder. "I guess we were too successful," she wrote last year, noting that the antiabortion-rights movement "couldn't stand that the laws in this land gave him the right to practice medicine...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 May 2010 | 1:00 am Surveys Find Increased Awareness About Tobacco Marketing Among Young Women In Bangladesh, Thailand, Uruguay"With half of all men in some developing countries already hooked on cigarettes, the tobacco industry is now courting lucrative new customers - young women," according to a report published Thursday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the Associated Press/Los Angeles Times reports...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 May 2010 | 1:00 am State Roundup: Employees' Insurance Rates, A Hospital Merger, Florida And Mass. Public Health IssuesToday's roundup of state news includes changes in insurance rates for Kansas state employees, problems with EMT certification in Massachusetts and a hospital merger in the Washington D.C. area. In Oklahoma, "[a] bill that would change how the state administers health insurance for employees now heads to the governor," The Oklahoman reports. "Under Senate Bill 2052, the state's health insurance plan would be competitively bid, and one vendor would insure all employees who chose an HMO insurance plan...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 May 2010 | 1:00 am Establishment Of Breast Cancer Task Force Delayed Until FallThe Obama administration has missed a deadline to establish a task force for breast cancer-related provisions of the health reform law (PL 111-148), "underscore[ing] the administrative challenges in implementing" such far-reaching legislation, Politico reports. According to Politico, the health reform law establishes 46 new advisory boards, commissions, panels and task forces. The Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act -- introduced last year by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 May 2010 | 1:00 am Today's Opinions: Never-Events, Medicare 'Propaganda' And Drug CopaysThe High Cost Of High Drug Costs The Detroit News According to the Labor Department, overall inflation has averaged about 2.5 percent annually, and prescription drug prices have gone up about 3.6 percent each year, over that time frame. Co-pays, though, have increased four times faster than inflation (Peter J. Pitts, 5/28). With Health Reform, Familiarity Is Breeding Contempt The Washington Post On the theory that the distribution of lollipops usually doesn't provoke riots of resentment, opposition to the health entitlement requires explanation...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 May 2010 | 1:00 am New York Times Examines Trend Of State Laws Requiring Ultrasounds Before AbortionsLaws that require the use of ultrasounds prior to the provision of abortion services have become a "new front" in state battles over the procedure, with anti abortion rights advocates hoping that sonograms will dissuade women from having abortions and abortion-rights advocates arguing that such laws are offensive and intrusive while having little impact on women's decisions about whether to terminate a pregnancy, the New York Times reports...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 May 2010 | 1:00 am Republicans Criticize CMS Brochure On Medicare ImprovementsThe Washington Post: "As the secretary of health and human services explains it, the government has an obligation to spread the word about the new health-care law. To that end, the department spent millions of dollars printing a glossy brochure and mailing it this week to 40 million Medicare beneficiaries detailing what Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called 'the facts.' Among the facts: There are 'Improvements in Medicare You Will See Right Away.' ... Not surprisingly, Republicans see it differently...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 May 2010 | 1:00 am Jobs Bill Passes House: Dems Keep 'Doc Fix' But Jettison COBRA Benefits, Extra State Medicaid FundingThe House this afternoon passed a bill that would keep doctors from facing a cut in Medicare payments while extending tax and unemployment benefits. But, under pressure from fiscal conservatives, Democrats dropped a COBRA subsidy extension to help newly laid-off pay for health coverage as well as a provision to boost federal aid to state Medicaid programs. Politico: "Democrats narrowly won House approval Friday of a nearly $90 billion jobs and tax package, capping days of turmoil that split the party. ...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 May 2010 | 1:00 am Health Law Implementation Deadlines Missed, GOP Offers Repeal BillPolitico reports that the Obama administration has missed a health reform law deadline to set up a task force on breast cancer and another on health care in Alaska. "The health care law required Health and Human Services to establish the breast cancer task force by last weekend and the Alaska task force by the first week of May. But sources familiar with the situation said the department isn't even close to having the two panels ready." The difficulty is highlighting the challenges the administration faces in implementing the law...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 May 2010 | 1:00 am Safety Rules Lag In Biotech IndustryThe New York Times reports that safety rules for biotechnology workers sometimes expose them to dangerous pathogens. "Whether handling deadly pathogens for biowarfare research, harnessing viruses to do humankind's bidding or genetically transforming cells to give them powers not found in nature, the estimated 232,000 employees in the nation's most sophisticated biotechnology labs work amid imponderable hazards. And some critics say the modern biolab often has fewer federal safety regulations than a typical blue-collar factory...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 31 May 2010 | 1:00 am INTERVIEW-Baidu video unit expects profits in 2013BEIJING, May 31 (Reuters) - Qiyi.com, the video website of leading Chinese search engine Baidu Inc , expects to break even on a quarterly basis in 2012 and become profitable the next year, its top executive...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 May 2010 | 12:56 am UPDATE 1-NORDIC STOCKS - Factors to watch on May 31HELSINKI, May 31 (Reuters) - The following stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Monday:Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 May 2010 | 12:48 am Kuwait sovereign fund may sell Zain stake - reportKUWAIT, May 31 (Reuters) - Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), the country's sovereign wealth fund, may sell its 24.6 percent stake in telecoms firm Zain , according to a newspaper report on Monday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 May 2010 | 12:47 am NeuroSearch CEO resigns, company seeks new chiefCOPENHAGEN, May 31 (Reuters) - The Chief Executive of Danish biopharmaceuticals firm NeuroSearch , Flemming Pedersen, has resigned to take a job at another company, Neurosearch said on Monday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 May 2010 | 12:46 am Novo Nordisk rejects Greek drug price cut* World's biggest insulin producer snubs Greece price cutSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 31 May 2010 | 12:15 am A stone's throw from Nile, Egypt's taps are running dry (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 May 2010 | 11:00 pm Radiation for Prostate Cancer May Boost Fracture Risk (HealthDay)HealthDay - SUNDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that prostate cancer patients who undergo three-dimensional external-beam radiation therapy may be at increased risk of breaking their hips, but they can take action to strengthen their bones after treatment.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 May 2010 | 9:48 pm New York Leads States in Extra Medicare PaymentsSome members of Congress who pushed for extra money in the new health care law to reward low-cost hospitals in their states will not get any in their districts. Source: NYT > Health | 30 May 2010 | 9:31 pm Men's skin cancer rate doublesThe rate of men dying from the deadliest form of skin cancer doubles over the past 30 years, Cancer Research UK says.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 30 May 2010 | 9:09 pm Second company pulls Greece drugsA second Danish pharmaceutical company withdraws products from Greece over its decision to cut medicine prices by 25%.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 30 May 2010 | 3:40 pm Pushed to Lower Salt Use, Food Industry Pushes BackThe salt industry is working to fend off public-health attacks on salt, using a shifting set of tactics that have defeated similar efforts for 30 years.Source: NYT > Health | 30 May 2010 | 12:59 pm New genes found in 'Cantonese cancer' (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 May 2010 | 11:09 am Scrutiny of Personal Gene Tests Increases (LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - Direct-to-consumer genetic tests allow anyone with a few hundred dollars to submit a saliva sample and get back genetic information on everything from family ancestry to Alzheimer's disease.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 30 May 2010 | 8:40 am Where Did the Flu Go? It's HidingThe flu may seem to die out. But the flu virus just hides.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 30 May 2010 | 8:38 am Better Diet and Exercise Help Prevent DiabetesDieting is not enough to stave off diabetes. It is also important to exercise.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 30 May 2010 | 8:17 am Suicide Hotline Takes Two-Millionth CallThe National Suicide Prevention Lifeline helps people who are contemplating suicide.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 30 May 2010 | 8:00 am Enlarged Prostate: Surgery Better Than Drug TherapySurgery works best for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or enlarged prostate.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 30 May 2010 | 7:48 am Slipstream: When Patients Meet Online, Are There Side Effects?Some Web sites offer online communities for patients and collect health data, but critics wonder if there is a risk for consumers.Source: NYT > Health | 30 May 2010 | 7:20 am Scrutiny of Personal Gene Tests IncreasesDirect-to-consumer gene tests have long been controversial, with many bioethicists worried they could mislead people about their disease risks.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 30 May 2010 | 6:29 am
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