Health and Medical News Headlines for June 23, 2010

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How a boy with Autism is learning to communicate
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Jun 2010 | 4:08 am

Women's bodies 'choosy' about sperm: Australian study (AFP)

AFP - A woman's body may be unconsciously selective about sperm, allowing some men's to progress to pregnancy but killing off the chances of less suitable matches, an Australian researcher said Wednesday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Jun 2010 | 4:01 am

Jackson children adjusting to life in spotlight (AFP)

AFP - Fiercely shielded from the spotlight by their father, Michael Jackson's children have slowly emerged from behind their famous masks and veils in the year since the pop superstar's death.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Jun 2010 | 2:32 am

UPDATE 1-Russia to invest $600 mln in Sistema India unit by Oct

* Russian government to get 20 pct stake after investment
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Jun 2010 | 2:10 am

UPDATE 3-Apple iPhone 4 has Samsung, Micron chips -iFixit

* ST Micro provided accelerometer, gyroscope chip -iFixit (Adds details)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Jun 2010 | 2:00 am

UPDATE 1-Vivendi denies Reliance stake report

* Vivendi not "in any talks" with Reliance Comms -spokesman
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Jun 2010 | 2:00 am

UPDATE 1-India's Mahindra Satyam shares rally on earnings hopes

* Shares rise to their highest level in more than a month
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Jun 2010 | 1:42 am

UPDATE 1-Glaxo boosts OTC with Medivir cold sore cream deal

* Swedish firm gets up to $4 mln plus double-digit royalties
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Jun 2010 | 1:38 am

UPDATE 1-Russia halves gas to Belarus, says full flow to Europe

* Comments follow Belarus threat to fully suspend transit
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Jun 2010 | 1:18 am

Semafore Pharmaceuticals Presents New Clinical Data On Novel Prodrug Dual PI3K-mTOR Inhibitor In B-Cell Malignancies And Solid Tumors

Semafore Pharmaceuticals announced the presentation of preliminary clinical data demonstrating that SF1126 has clinical activity in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). SF1126 is a novel peptidic prodrug that converts to LY294002, one of the most widely studied small molecule inhibitors of both phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). The results were presented at Cambridge Healthtech Institute's 8th Annual Next-Gen Kinase Inhibitors Oncology & Beyond Conference being held June 21-23, 2010, in Cambridge, Massachusetts...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am

Good Samaritan Hospital's Cancer Program Granted Three-Year Accreditation By Commission On Cancer Of The American College Of Surgeons

The Cancer Program at Good Samaritan Hospital received a three-year accreditation with commendation by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons. The Cancer Program supports the provision of oncology services at Good Samaritan Hospital utilizing a multidisciplinary approach to the screening, diagnosis and treatment of patients with cancer. Patients receive comprehensive care, including state-of-the-art diagnostic services, a full complement of chemotherapy protocols, radiation therapy, surgery and hormone therapy as required...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am

Cell Insight Could Lead To New Approach To Medicines

A surprising discovery about the complex make-up of our cells could lead to the development of new types of medicines, a study suggests. Scientists studying interactions between cell proteins - which enable the cells in our bodies to function - have shown that proteins communicate not by a series of simple one-to-one communications, but by a complex network of chemical messages. The findings suggest that medicines would be more effective if they were designed differently...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am

Browser firm Opera signs Russia deal with Megafon

* MegaFon to distribute Opera browser across the country
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am

To Guard Against Abuse, Child Welfare Services Need Radical Changes

A new international review of research into child welfare services shows that radical changes are needed to improve assessments and support for families where there are concerns about parental abuse. The research review, written for directors and senior managers in children's services, is called Safeguarding in the 21st Century - where to next? and was commissioned by research in practice, the leading research utilisation agency in England and Wales...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am

In Madrid (Spain) Nearly 200,000 Women Are Victims Of Gender Violence Every Year

The idea for this study arose some five years ago, when the lack of information regarding gender violence in the Autonomous Community of Madrid and its impact on the health of the women who were victims was confirmed. The study, the first of its kind in Spain, is one of the projects carried out by the Technical Commission on gender violence that is part of the Department of Health of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. It required concrete data on the magnitude of the problem and its deciding factors in order to develop a program of intervention...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am

The Impact Of Stress Hormones Aggravated By Abusive Mothering

In a new Biological Psychiatry article, Dr. Regina Sullivan and colleagues have dissected the behavior of mother rats and their infant pups, modeling nurturing by stroking and abuse with electric shock. In this animal model of infant abuse, they took into consideration the unique infant neurobehavioral learning attachment system that ensures infant rats' attachment to their caregiver regardless of the quality of care received...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am

In A Breakthrough, UCI Chemists Create Synthetic Antibodies That Block Bee Venom

UC Irvine researchers have developed the first "plastic antibodies" successfully employed in live organisms - stopping the spread of bee venom through the bloodstream of mice. Tiny polymeric particles - just 1/50,000th the width of a human hair - were designed to match and encase melittin, a peptide in bee venom that causes cells to rupture, releasing their contents. Large quantities of melittin can lead to organ failure and death...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am

APP Pharmaceuticals Announces Approval Of Ganciclovir For Injection, USP

APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., (NASDAQ: APCVZ) announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market Ganciclovir for Injection, USP. Ganciclovir for Injection, USP is therapeutically equivalent to the reference-listed drug Cytovene ®-IV, which is marketed by Roche Laboratories, Inc. APP will soon launch Ganciclovir for Injection and will package the product in single dose, 500 mg vials. APP's Ganciclovir for Injection is AP-rated, latex-free and bar-coded...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am

Suicide By Violence, Not Overdose, The Likely Method For Veterans With Substance Use Disorders

Veterans with substance use disorders who die by suicide are more likely to use violent means (such as a firearm) rather than nonviolent means (such as a drug overdose), new research suggests. In a study of more than 5,000 Veterans Affairs (VA) patients with substance use disorders, researchers found that, despite having access to potentially lethal substances, 70% of those who died by suicide used violent means. The study was reported in the July issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am

Peer Drug Use May Increase An Individual's Genetic Tendency To Use Drugs According To New Research

The nature-nurture debate is usually about how much of something is due to our genes and how much is caused by our environment. New research just published in the academic journal Addiction shows that the case is more interesting for young women who smoke, drink, or use drugs, for two related reasons. First, a young woman with a genetic predisposition to substance use is also predisposed to choose friends who smoke, drink, or use drugs, thereby altering her environment in a way that encourages substance use...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2010 | 1:00 am

UPDATE 1-PHP buys Health Investments for 39 mln stg incl debt

* To pay 11.7 mln stg in cash, shares for Health Investments
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Jun 2010 | 12:44 am

Romania - Factors to Watch on June 23

BUCHAREST, June 23 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Romanian financial markets on Wednesday.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Jun 2010 | 12:28 am

Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on June 23

ZURICH, June 23 (Reuters) - Swiss stocks are set to fall on Wednesday as weak economic data in the U.S. fuelled concerns about the recovery of the global economy.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Jun 2010 | 12:20 am

National Briefing | Science: New Test Approved for Swine Flu

A new and improved diagnostic test for the 2009 swine flu was approved Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 10:02 pm

UK health system rated highly

The UK comes second behind The Netherlands in an international study of seven health care systems
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Jun 2010 | 10:01 pm

Clinical Trials Update: June 22, 2010 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Jun 2010 | 9:49 pm

Gaining Weight Later in Life Ups Diabetes Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- Gaining weight when you're over age 50, especially around the waist, significantly increases your risk of type 2 diabetes, new research suggests.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Jun 2010 | 9:49 pm

State Legislators Pass Law for Autism Expenses

The measure, which now goes to the governor, would require insurers to pay for autism-related screenings, diagnoses and treatments.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 9:20 pm

Alliance Delivers Farm-Fresh Produce to South Bronx Consumers

A new community-supported agriculture program brings upstate produce to the South Bronx — and the potential for residents to own shares in a farm.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 8:53 pm

Obama Says Health Law Shouldn’t Be Excuse to Raise Rates

President Obama warned insurance executives on Tuesday not to use the law “as an opportunity to enact unjustifiable rate increases.”

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 8:10 pm

Large study finds no cell phone mast link to cancer (Reuters)

Reuters - British scientists who conducted the largest study yet into cell phone masts and childhood cancers say that living close to a mast does not increase the risk of a pregnant woman's baby developing cancer.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Jun 2010 | 5:09 pm

No link between infant cancer and phone masts: study (AFP)

AFP - The largest study of its kind said pregnant women who live near a mobile phone mast do not run a higher risk of having a child who develops leukaemia or other cancer in infancy.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Jun 2010 | 5:07 pm

SEARCH Published: No CV Benefit on Reducing Homocysteine

There was no reduction in vascular events with folic-acid/vitamin-B₁₂ supplementation, but there was also no increase in cancer risk in this 12,000-patient study.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Jun 2010 | 4:22 pm

ROADMAP Presented; Hypertension Experts React to FDA Review of Olmesartan Safety

Discussion about whether last week's FDA safety review of olmesartan is anything to worry about followed the presentation of the largest of the two trials cited in that review, ROADMAP, at the ESH meeting this week.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Jun 2010 | 4:22 pm

Coffee's Mysterious Benefits Mount

From lowered cancer risks to a sharper memory, more studies are showing that coffee is good for you – but why?
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 3:33 pm

Human Bite Force Compares to Chomp of Chimps

Humans can bite down with the best of them, including chimpanzees.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 3:19 pm

Regular Smoking, Drinking Linked to Headaches in Teenagers

The prevalence of any headache was doubled in those who reported regularly drinking cocktails, 1 cup of coffee a day, or being inactive and almost doubled with daily smoking, a new study shows.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Jun 2010 | 2:54 pm

Ask an Expert: Overcoming Insomnia

Experts from the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center in New York answer reader questions on insomnia and getting a good night's sleep.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 2:34 pm

Adenoid Biofilm Formation Associated With Chronic Ear Infections

Adenoid surface biofilm formation appears to be associated with the pathology of chronic otitis media with effusion, the most common chronic ear disorder in pediatric patients, a new study has found.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Jun 2010 | 2:22 pm

Reasons for Higher Rate of Severe Sepsis in Black Patients Identified

A higher infection rate and higher risk for acute organ dysfunction may explain racial differences in severe sepsis, according to a large, retrospective cohort study.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Jun 2010 | 2:13 pm

CDC Initiative to Help Make HIV Testing Part of Routine Medical Care

"HIV Screening: Standard Care" includes a physician's guide to CDC recommendations, a patient brochure and poster, and a new Web page.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Jun 2010 | 2:11 pm

Intensive Ergocalciferol Supplementation May Be Indicated for Patients With RA

Higher levels of vitamin D supplementation are needed to normalize serum levels in arthritic patients who have deficient levels of vitamin D.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Jun 2010 | 2:08 pm

Composite Surgical Care Improvement Measure Linked to Infection Rate

Adherence measured by a composite infection prevention score, but not individual measures, was linked to lower probability of postoperative infection.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Jun 2010 | 2:01 pm

Recipes for Health: Apricot Purée

Puréed apricots will last for weeks and can be served as if they were preserves or jam.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 1:03 pm

More Evidence That Current Pediatric Vitamin D Recommendation Is Often Inadequate

Only 18% of a pediatric population was shown to have sufficient vitamin D levels, whereas nearly 25% had deficient levels.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Jun 2010 | 12:57 pm

FDA Approves Extended-Release Memantine for Moderate to Severe Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type

Forest and Merz announced FDA approval of the extended-release formulation of memantine (NAMENDA XR).
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Jun 2010 | 12:42 pm

Why Isn't There a Male Birth Control Pill?

A male version of the Pill has never reached the market.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 12:35 pm

Really?: The Claim: A Craving for Ice Is a Sign of Anemia

Is a fixation for ice a sign of iron deficiency anemia?

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 10:38 am

How old is too old to have a baby?

Barely able to sit up due to intense pain, first-time mother Bhateri Devi steadies herself with the help of a family member. She has had a Cesarean section, an experience many women have endured.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 10:33 am

Recipes for Health: Apricot Smoothie

This smoothie is wonderful for breakfast or as an afternoon snack.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 10:22 am

Vital Statistics: Weight-Lifting Injuries on the Rise

More and more people are lifting weights these days — and sometimes dropping them where they shouldn’t.

Source: NYT > Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 10:19 am

Making music is about healing people

For me, music is about joy -- the complete release of emotion, exhilaration and all-encompassing freedom. It's so easy for us, especially as classical musicians who lock ourselves away from the world for hours at a time to perfect our craft, to forget that this music is really about others. It's about conveying a message.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 8:01 am

GP waiting time target 'scrapped'

Patients in England will no longer be guaranteed a GP appointment within 48 hours under a scaling back of NHS targets.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Jun 2010 | 7:59 am

Botox Limits Ability to Feel Emotions

Botox injections don't just limit your ability to express emotions; they also limit your ability to feel emotions, research suggests.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 22 Jun 2010 | 7:53 am

Child mortality rates up in Africa despite UN push (AP)

AP - Ten African countries have halved their poverty rates over the last two decades, but child mortality rates have increased in six sub-Saharan nations, a report on the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals released Tuesday found.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Jun 2010 | 7:15 am

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