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Infant Mortality Could Be Reduced By Father Involvement In PregnancyStudies have shown fathers who are active in their children's upbringing can significantly benefit their children's early development, academic achievement and well being. Now, a new study by University of South Florida researchers suggests that a father's involvement before his child is born may play an important role in preventing death during the first year of life - particularly if the infant is black. The USF team sought to evaluate whether the absence of fathers during pregnancy contributes to racial and ethnic disparities in infant survival and health...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am Scientists Watch As E. Coli Bacteria Evolve Heat Resistance Under StressScientists in Munich report evidence that high concentrations of the molecular "chaperone" proteins GroEL and GroES -- intracellular machines that can stabilize folding proteins under stress -- play a critical role in increasing the maximum temperature at which E. coli bacteria can grow. Massively and permanently elevated levels of the GroE proteins were found in bacteria adapted, step-wise over a period of years, for growth at 48.5 degrees C...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am Principles For Medicare GME Reform Released By Academic InternistsThe Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) has identified core principles that delineate the shortfalls of graduate medical education (GME) funding. In light of the current state of Medicare GME financing and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC's) June 2010 report, AAIM encourages GME reform to address these shortfalls in light of societal health care needs. The AAIM Principles for GME Reform state: Medicare GME payments should be strategically utilized to address physician workforce and societal needs...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am Stem Cell Banking And Dental Pulp CellsDefined sets of factors can reprogram human cells to induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. However, many types of human cells are not easily accessible to minimally invasive procedures. In a paper published in the International and American Associations for Dental Research's Journal of Dental Research, lead researcher K. Tezuka and researchers N. Tamaoki, H. Aoki, T. Takeda-Kawaguchi, K. Iida, T. Kunisada and T. Shibata all from the Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan; and K. Takahashi, T. Tanaka and S...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am Body-Image Distortion Predicts Onset Of Unsafe Weight-Loss BehaviorsNormal weight and underweight teenage girls who falsely believe they are overweight are at significantly greater risk of succumbing to unnecessary and unsafe weight-loss behaviors than girls who can accurately assess their weight status, according to new research by a University of Illinois expert in eating disorders and body-image perception. Janet M...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am Advance Development Of Promising Anti-Cancer Drug Following First Breakthrough Drug Analysis By TGen Partner, PBS-BioPredictive Biomarker Sciences Inc. (PBS-Bio) has completed its first drug analysis, enabling Canadian biotech company PharmaGap Inc. to significantly advance a potentially significant anti-cancer medication. PharmaGap is an early-stage biotech company based in Ottawa, Ontario developing novel peptide compounds for cancer. Its lead compound, GAP-107B8, exhibits potent cytotoxic characteristics against cancer cells and has recently completed screening at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am AMP Commends SACGHS Whole Genome Sequencing Focus, Raises Ethical Questions And Forms Working GroupThe Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) presented public comments to the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society (SACHGS) meeting focused on whole genome sequencing. In anticipation of advances in sequencing and its incorporation into clinical practice, AMP raised ethical and laboratory practice concerns for the Committee's consideration. "In the next five years, the application of whole genome sequencing techniques in the lab and subsequently the clinic is a very real possibility," said Dr. Karen Mann, President of AMP...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am ASTRO Applauds MedPAC Review Of Stark Law Exception On Physician Self-Referral In Cancer CareThe American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) commends the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) for highlighting concerns about physician self-referral in cancer care in its report released yesterday. We urge the commission to make recommendations to Congress to end abuses of the physician self-referral law in radiation oncology enabled by the "in-office ancillary services exception...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am What Is Catatonic Schizophrenia? What Causes Catatonic Schizophrenia?Catatonic schizophrenia is a type (or subtype) of schizophrenia that includes extremes of behavior. At one end of the extreme the patient cannot speak, move or respond - there is a dramatic reduction in activity where virtually all movement stops, as in a catatonic stupor. At the other end of the extreme they are overexcited or hyperactive, sometimes mimicking sounds (echolalia) or movements (echopraxia) around them - often referred to as catatonic excitement...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am Caught In The Crossfire: Battle Of The Bugs Leaves Humans As Collateral DamageIt's a tragedy of war that innocent bystanders often get caught in the crossfire. But now scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oxford have shown how a battle for survival at a microscopic level could leave humans as the unlikely victims. In work funded by the US Public Health Service and the Wellcome Trust, the researchers have found a possible explanation for why some bacteria turn nasty, even at great risk to their own survival. The body is home to a wide range of bacteria which in the vast majority of cases exist quietly, causing no harm...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am California sees increase in whooping cough casesCalifornia health officials say there's an increase in cases of whooping cough, which is believed to have killed five people in the past few months.Source: CNN.com - Health | 19 Jun 2010 | 12:27 am New York Leaders Reach Deal on a Proposal to Raise Cigarette TaxesThe proposal would generate $440 million in revenue for the state this year, which would help close a $9 billion budget gap. Source: NYT > Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 11:15 pm Senate fails to spare doctors from Medicare cuts (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Jun 2010 | 11:14 pm High Death Rate for Pregnant Women in New YorkHealth officials indicated that maternal mortality was being driven by environmental factors like poor nutrition.Source: NYT > Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 11:10 pm Greenwich Village Journal: St. Vincent’s Closing Leaves Hole in CommunityThe Greenwich Village hospital closed in late April, and the neighborhood’s store owners and residents are feeling the effects.Source: NYT > Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 10:10 pm People May Skip Soft Drinks Rather Than Pay More (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Boosting the price of regular soft drinks may reduce consumption and help lower levels of obesity and diabetes in the United States, a new study suggests.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Jun 2010 | 9:49 pm Clinical Trials Update: June 18, 2010 (HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Jun 2010 | 9:49 pm Summer Vacation May Set Back Kids' Language Skills (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Bilingual children in poor families are at increased risk for falling behind in reading and language skills during the summer holidays, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Jun 2010 | 9:49 pm Reading Comes Easier for Kids When Rover's Around (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Third grader Zephaniah San Juan didn't like reading books. No matter what the subject, he could barely get through one chapter before calling it quits.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Jun 2010 | 9:49 pm 'Watchful Waiting' Often Best Strategy for Slow-Moving Prostate Cancer (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with prostate cancer that has a low risk of progression, active surveillance, also known as "watchful waiting," may be a suitable treatment option, according to a large-scale study from Sweden.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Jun 2010 | 9:49 pm Coffee Might Guard Against Head, Neck Cancers (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Coffee may help protect against head and neck cancers, a new review finds.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Jun 2010 | 9:49 pm Patient Money: Aftercare Tips for Patients Checking Out of the HospitalGood discharge planning can keep patients from needing to be readmitted after leaving a hospital, and could save Medicare billions.Source: NYT > Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 9:36 pm Walgreen and CVS Reach a Deal on PrescriptionsThe agreement means people enrolled in employer-provided drug benefit plans with CVS Caremark will be able to continue shopping at Walgreen.Source: NYT > Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 9:21 pm Senate Passes Plan to Stop Medicare Pay Cuts to DoctorsThe six-month plan, known on Capitol Hill as the doc fix, would reverse a cut in physician payments that might have driven some doctors to turn away older Americans on Medicare.Source: NYT > Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 8:58 pm Recalled meats may have been sold in some deli counters in several provincesOTTAWA - Canadian food safety regulators say some processed meat products recalled this month may have made it into products sold from store deli counters. The Canadian Food InspectionSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Jun 2010 | 8:35 pm UPDATE 4-BP actions before blowout were "reckless"-Anadarko* Anadarko shares give some gains after Moody's downgradeSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Jun 2010 | 7:58 pm F.D.A. Panel Opposes Sexual Desire Drug for WomenAn advisory group said that more research was needed on the treatment meant for premenopausal women.Source: NYT > Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 7:25 pm UPDATE 3-BP eyes billions of dollars in bank loans and bonds* Seven banks providing $1 billion each; no U.S. banks yetSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Jun 2010 | 7:06 pm UPDATE 2-BP actions before blowout were "reckless"-Anadarko* Anadarko shares rise 2 pct, give up gains on Moody's cutSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Jun 2010 | 5:27 pm New amendment protects jobs of living organ, tissue donors in Manitobafrom work to become living organ and tissue donors. A new amendment in the province's Employment Standards Code provides for workers to take up to 13 weeks of unpaid leave. That...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Jun 2010 | 4:55 pm US panel rejects 'female Viagra' (AFP)
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News: Health News | 18 Jun 2010 | 4:06 pm Moody's cuts Anadarko Petroleum rating to junkNEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - Moody's on Friday cut its ratings on Anadarko Petroleum Corp to junk status and said it may cut them further due to uncertainty about costs the firm will pay to cover liabilities...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Jun 2010 | 4:04 pm Tea and coffee 'protect hearts'Drinking several cups of coffee or tea a day appears to protect against heart disease, a 13-year study from the Netherlands finds.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Jun 2010 | 4:00 pm AstraZeneca settles U.S. pricing lawsuit for $103 mlnNEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca PLC has agreed to pay $103 million to settle U.S. litigation involving claims the drugmaker inflated prices for its Zoladex cancer drug and Pulmicort Respules...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Jun 2010 | 3:46 pm Experimental flu treatment may help related virusWASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental drug being developed to fight influenza may fight a common but little-known virus called parainfluenza virus, researchers and the company said on...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Jun 2010 | 3:43 pm UPDATE 2-Shell said to be in talks on Montreal refineryCALGARY, Alberta, June 18 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc is still talking to a potential buyer for its Montreal East oil refinery, the head of the special committee formed to sell the facility said...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Jun 2010 | 3:40 pm UPDATE 2-Shell said to be in talks on Montreal refineryCALGARY, Alberta, June 18 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc is still talking to a potential buyer for its Montreal East oil refinery, the head of the special committee formed to sell the facility said...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 18 Jun 2010 | 3:40 pm HbA1C Variation by Race Weakens Its Exclusive Diabetes Diagnostic PowerAll other things being equal, especially conventional blood glucose levels, glycated hemoglobin concentrations are higher in African Americans than in whites, and the gap gets wider with increasing dysglycemia severity, according to an observational study.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Jun 2010 | 3:34 pm Heart Tissue Engineered in Vivo From Stem CellsThe researchers showed that the engineered myocardial tissue shares structural and functional similarities with native myocardial tissue, including testing positive for troponin I.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Jun 2010 | 3:27 pm Modest Tea and Coffee Consumption Cuts CHD RiskThe latest prospective look at the effects of tea and coffee consumption on cardiovascular health finds that moderate intake reduces heart-disease risk but has little effect on stroke.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Jun 2010 | 3:27 pm Beta-Blockers Alone May Be Preferred to Prevent First Variceal BleedingIn a randomized trial, adding ligation to nadolol did not improve the efficacy of prophylaxis for first variceal bleeding and increased adverse events.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Jun 2010 | 3:04 pm Laparoscopic Approach Reduces Pain After HysterectomyAn Italian study shows that laparoscopic hysterectomy is less painful than vaginal hysterectomy, hospital stays are shorter, and blood loss is less.Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Jun 2010 | 2:51 pm FDA Approves Dutasteride/Tamsulosin Combo Pill for Benign Prostatic HyperplasiaThe FDA has approved a single-capsule formulation of 0.5 mg dutasteride and 0.4 mg tamsulosin for symptomatic BPH in men with an enlarged prostate.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Jun 2010 | 2:40 pm FDA Panel Gives Ulipristal Acetate Unanimous Positive Vote for Emergency Contraception IndicationThe FDA's Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee voted in favor of approval for ulipristal acetate as a novel 5-days-after-the-fact emergency contraceptive.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Jun 2010 | 2:39 pm Author: Who will teach my daughters?Bruce Feiler knew that he might not live to see his twin daughters grow up. He decided to put together a group of men and call them his council of dads.Source: CNN.com - Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 2:28 pm High Response Rates With Ofatumumab-Based Chemotherapy for CLLA combination of ofatumumab, fludarabine, and cyclophosphamide is associated with complete response rates of greater than 40% in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Jun 2010 | 2:26 pm Adolescent BP Predicts Progression to Hypertension in Young AdulthoodThe interaction between blood pressure at age 17 years and body mass index at adolescence and adulthood may be sex dependent, with boys more likely than girls to have hypertension in early adulthood.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Jun 2010 | 2:25 pm Kevorkian: 'I have no regrets'Dr. Jack Kevorkian tells Dr. Sanjay Gupta he still strongly advocates assisted suicide, or, as he calls it, "patholysis."Source: CNN.com - Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 2:21 pm More Findings on Active Surveillance in Low-Risk Prostate CancerTwo new studies of men with low-risk prostate cancer on active surveillance have been reported: one on 10-year mortality risk and the other on outcomes in men who switch to surgery.Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Jun 2010 | 2:02 pm Drug for women who don't want sex?When Cyndi met her husband at a picnic on the beach nearly 20 years ago, the two had instant physical chemistry. "We would kiss and my hormones would go riding. I'd want it to last forever, more and more and more."Source: CNN.com - Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 1:40 pm A Pacemaker Wrecks a Family's LifeHow putting in a pacemaker wrecked a family’s life.Source: NYT > Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 12:22 pm Study: Why Women Are More Sensitive to StressWomen may be more prone to psychiatric disorders such as depression due to differences in how their brain responses to certain hormones, a new study suggests.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 12:02 pm Brain Cells in Lab Dish Keep TimeRat brain cells living in a lab dish can be trained to keep time, a new study finds.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 10:01 am OK urged for 5-day 'morning after' pillAn advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the green light Thursday to an emergency contraceptive for use up to five days after sex.Source: CNN.com - Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 9:46 am U.S. obesity rates could fall if soda pop prices rise (Reuters)Reuters - Raising the price of sugary soft drinks will likely prompt thirsty consumers to seek out cheaper, healthier beverages, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Jun 2010 | 9:31 am WHO creates data base on use of child medicines (AP)AP - The World Health Organization on Friday issued its first-ever guidance on how to use more than 240 essential medicines for children under 13.Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 18 Jun 2010 | 8:43 am Giving Your Partner HerpesAbout 10 percent of adults in the United States have both herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2. Using condoms is one way to reduce exposure.Source: NYT > Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 7:30 am Scientists Eavesdrop on Bacteria ConversationMolecular biologist Bonnie Bassler studies how bacteria communicate using a chemical language, a process known as quorum sensing. The work may help scientists develop new types of antibiotics.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 7:28 am Thinspiration: How Pro-Eating Disorder Websites WorkPro-eating disorder websites use images, text and interactive applications to further knowledge, attitudes and behaviors to achieve dangerously low body weights.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 7:18 am Marijuana Worsens SchizophreniaTaking a puff of marijuana can give schizophrenics a quick rush but hours later that high can turn into worse symptoms of the illness.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 5:54 am Abuse of Prescription Painkillers SoarsVisits to emergency departments involving nonmedical use of prescription narcotic pain relievers more than doubled.Source: Livescience.com - Health | 18 Jun 2010 | 5:45 am Breast implants 'need checking'Women with breast enlargements are being advised to contact their surgeon amid concerns about the safety of a certain type of implant.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Jun 2010 | 3:17 am
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