Health and Medical News Headlines for July 21, 2010

PTSD Study: Kids also Vulnerable to Stress, Depression (Time.com)

Time.com - Popular wisdom has long held that young children survive traumatic events better than adults do, in part because they're too young to suffer. But new research suggests otherwise
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Jul 2010 | 3:45 am

UPDATE 1-China June crude stocks up after 2-mth decline

* Crude stocks up 4.7 percent, after declines in April, May
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jul 2010 | 3:21 am

Glaxo takes new AIDS drug into final-stage tests (Reuters)

Reuters - GlaxoSmithKline and its partner Shionogi are progressing a new drug against HIV into final-stage clinical testing, ramping up competition in a class of AIDS drugs known as integrase inhibitors.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 21 Jul 2010 | 2:56 am

Lenovo plans Android tablet PC in growth push

HONG KONG, July 21 (Reuters) - Lenovo Group , the world's No.4 PC brand, said it will roll out its own tablet PC, becoming the latest technology company to jump on the bandwagon for computers styled after...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jul 2010 | 2:44 am

UPDATE 1-Glaxo takes new AIDS drug into final-stage tests

* Results of mid-stage clinical tests to be presented Thurs
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jul 2010 | 2:34 am

UPDATE 1-Miner NWR reports jump in coking coal, coke prices

* Says got avg 17 pct hike for coking coal, 42 pct for coke
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jul 2010 | 2:15 am

UPDATE 2-TomTom keeps 2010 view amid tough competition

AMSTERDAM, July 21 (Reuters) - Dutch navigation device maker TomTom reassured investors by keeping its 2010 outlook intact in the face of stiff competition from free navigation on smartphones.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jul 2010 | 2:05 am

UPDATE 2-Macau, Maldives offset weak Caribbean for C&W Comms

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - British telecoms firm Cable & Wireless Communications enjoyed a good start to the year due to solid performances in Macau and the Maldives, offsetting the continuing problems...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:55 am

Scotland says no conspiracy over Lockerbie release

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Scotland's most senior politician said on Wednesday there was no conspiracy in his country's decision to release the Lockerbie bomber following questions over oil company BP's...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:46 am

UPDATE 2-Euromoney says uncertainty remains after strong Q3

* Q3 sales up 15 pct at constant currencies to 97.9 mln stg
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:45 am

'No complacency' over stillbirths

The percentage of babies who are stillborn has fallen again, but still remains higher than it was in the late 1990s, a key report has found.
Source: BBC News - Health | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:42 am

HIV rate in over-50s 'up by 60%'

The number of HIV infections among the over-50s has gone up by 60% over the past seven years.
Source: BBC News - Health | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:11 am

UPDATE 1-Optos posts lower Q3 sales; aims for higher FY revenue

* Q3 sales from capital sales more than doubles (Adds details)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:08 am

Dominion says Uganda well finds no significant oil

KINSHASA, July 21 (Reuters) - Dominion Petroleum said on Wednesday its Ngaji-1 well on the Ugandan side of the Lake Edward basin yielded no significant hydrocrabons, but added the result would not deter...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am

MRSA's Next Move Predicted By Computer Program

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center are using computers to identify how one strain of dangerous bacteria might mutate in the same way a champion chess player tries to anticipate an opponent's strategies. The predictive software could result in better drug design to beat antibiotic-resistant mutations. "This work shows a way to predict bacterial resistance to antibiotics under development, before research progresses and tests of the antibiotics begin in people, and even before doing laboratory procedures to explore potential resistance," said Bruce Donald, Ph.D...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am

New Biotech Company Grows From MCG Diabetes And Genomic Research

A new biotech company has grown out of laboratory and clinical studies at the Medical College of Georgia with the goal of improving the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes and cancer. Dr. Jin-Xiong She, director of the MCG Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, is president and CEO of the new Jinfiniti Biosciences LLC, housed in the MCG's Life Sciences Business Development Center, a turnkey incubator for these type of startup companies. Dr. Richard A. McIndoe, the center's associate director, is Jinfiniti's vice president for operations and information technology...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am

Researchers Report In Neuroscience That TB4 Improves Neurological Function After Stroke

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex:RGN) ("the Company" or "RegeneRx") announced a research team from the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI, reported that Thymosin beta 4 (TÎ²4), administered to rats after embolic stroke, improved neurological functional outcome compared to control animals. The research was conducted by Dr. Daniel Morris and his colleagues at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, and published in Neuroscience, 2010 Aug 25 169(2) 674-682, see here...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am

Artificial Cells Designed To Communicate And Cooperate Like Biological Cells, Follow Each Other Like Ants

Inspired by the social interactions of ants and slime molds, University of Pittsburgh engineers have designed artificial cells capable of self-organizing into independent groups that can communicate and cooperate. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the research is a significant step toward producing synthetic cells that behave like natural organisms and could perform important, microscale functions in fields ranging from the chemical industry to medicine...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am

Iced Tea May Raise Your Risk Of Painful Kidney Stones, Urologist Warns

Mark Mulac was an "avid lover" of iced tea, downing up to six glasses a day of the popular summertime thirst-quencher. "I was a junkie on a bender. I had to have it every day," said Mulac, a resident of Brookfield, Ill. "Iced tea was very refreshing, cheap to buy and easy to make." Unfortunately, for health reasons, Mulac has been forced to go cold turkey. All the iced tea he was downing helped to bring on an excruciating bout of kidney stones that eventually led to surgery at Loyola University Hospital in Maywood, Ill...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am

Survey Results Underscore Physiological Impacts Of Ongoing Deepwater Horizon Disaster

LSU Sociology Professors Matthew Lee and Troy Blanchard have conducted a survey to gain an understanding of the health impacts the ongoing Deepwater Horizon disaster is having on people living in Louisiana's coastal communities. "Louisiana's coastal communities are the most geographically proximate human settlements to the actual disaster site," said Lee. "It is imperative that we begin work now to better understand the human impacts of this situation because the results are expected to be long-lasting and diverse...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am

Exploring The Possibility That Adult Stem Cells Could Help Heal Joints

Bioengineers from Rice University's BioScience Research Collaborative have won a $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an injectable mix of polymers and adult stem cells that can spur the growth of new cartilage in injured knees and other joints. "Millions of people live with pain, limited mobility and arthritis that often result from cartilage injuries, particularly those to the knee," said Rice researcher Kurt Kasper, a principal investigator on the new five-year grant...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am

USC Leads International Program Aimed At Identifying Prostate Cancer Risk

Researchers at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center have received a $12 million National Cancer Institute (NCI) grant to lead a multi-institution international project aimed at identifying new biological pathways critical to the development and potential treatment of prostate cancer. The Elucidating Loci Involved in Prostate Cancer Susceptibility (ELLIPSE) is a four-year grant that will bring together researchers from 13 institutions across the United States and Europe to identify common gene variants involved in the developmental progression of prostate cancer...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am

Rural Australians Urged To Participate In National Survey On Healthcare Access

The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) and National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) are urging all people who live in rural and remote Australia to fill out a five-minute online survey about access to health services in their communities. Those completing the survey by midnight on Sunday 15 August 2010 will enter the draw to win an Apple iPad. The national survey aims to determine the level of access to health services available to those who live in the bush and their expectations about access to healthcare...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am

Nanoviricides(R) Anti-Ebola Results Presented At Annual Meeting Of The American Society For Virology By USAMRIID Scientist

NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) (the "Company") reports that the results of the evaluation of several of its nanoviricides® anti-Ebola agents were presented July 17th at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology, July 17-21, at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. Dr. Corinne Scully delivered the presentation, which was entitled "Polymeric Micelle Nanomaterials as Antiviral Compounds For Ebola Virus Infection." The studies were performed in the laboratory of Dr...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am

Is it possible tio inhale fruit?

UCL's Dr Oliver Firth explains how it is possible to ingest food through the lungs
Source: BBC News - Health | 21 Jul 2010 | 12:58 am

Scots 'consume 25% more alcohol'

Adults in Scotland consume a quarter more alcohol than adults in the rest of Britain, according to an NHS study.
Source: BBC News - Health | 20 Jul 2010 | 11:47 pm

Duke Scientist Suspended Over Rhodes Scholarship Claim

Dr. Anil Potti, a cancer researcher at the university, was placed on administrative leave after a cancer newsletter questioned whether he had been a Rhodes scholar.

Source: NYT > Health | 20 Jul 2010 | 11:05 pm

UnitedHealth Profits Soar 31% as Revenue Jumps 7%

The health insurer reported that enrollment and costs were better than Wall Street had expected.

Source: NYT > Health | 20 Jul 2010 | 10:53 pm

Panel Urges End to Avastin Use in Breast Cancer

An advisory committee recommended revoking federal approval of the drug as a treatment for breast cancer.

Source: NYT > Health | 20 Jul 2010 | 10:40 pm

Recipes for Health: Grilled Eggplant Purée With Pomegranate Syrup and Almonds

A unusual assortment of nutrients are found in this Turkish dish.

Source: NYT > Health | 20 Jul 2010 | 10:30 pm

Phys Ed: Do Certain Types of Sneakers Prevent Injuries?

New studies look at whether the practice of assigning running shoes by foot shape actually works.

Source: NYT > Health | 20 Jul 2010 | 10:01 pm

Economic Status May Affect Kids' Hearing Aid Care (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- Poor children with hearing loss are as likely as other children to receive cochlear implants, but they may experience more complications afterward, a U.S. study has found.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Jul 2010 | 9:48 pm

Clinical Trials Update: July 20, 2010 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Jul 2010 | 9:48 pm

'Get Moving' Can Be Vital Advice for Seniors (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A birthday card on the market for older adults, meant to be humorous, shows a vulture on a tree branch, with the admonition to "Keep moving."
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Jul 2010 | 9:47 pm

FDA Advisers Say Avastin Shouldn't Be Used for Breast Cancer (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- The cancer drug Avastin should no longer be used as a treatment for breast cancer, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted Tuesday, saying the drug wasn't benefiting patients.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Jul 2010 | 9:47 pm

New Study Finds HPV Vaccine Protects Against Genital Warts (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects not only against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, but also helps prevent genital warts and low-grade cervical growths.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Jul 2010 | 9:47 pm

H1N1 Can Be Transmitted From Humans to Pets

In Oregon, domestic animals have been infected with H1N1, which presumably spread from human contact.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Jul 2010 | 8:20 pm

Analysis Favors Early Repair of Pediatric ACL Tear

Delayed ACL surgery raises the risk for additional knee damage and costs more.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Jul 2010 | 8:08 pm

HIV rate 'soars' among over-50s

There has been a substantial increase in the number of older people in the UK catching HIV, latest figures reveal.
Source: BBC News - Health | 20 Jul 2010 | 6:52 pm

IVF Linked to Greater Childhood Cancer Risk, Says Study (Time.com)

Time.com - A new study associates in vitro fertilization with children's cancer risk, but the authors believe the real cause may be a factor related to the parents' infertility, not the treatment itself
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 20 Jul 2010 | 5:30 pm

Panel Urges F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of Drug for Breast Cancer Treatment

The advisory panel said Avastin did not help breast cancer patients. But the drug may still be used for treatment of other cancers.

Source: NYT > Health | 20 Jul 2010 | 4:51 pm

Study Links Zinc Nose Sprays, Loss of Smell

Zicam zinc nasal products were removed from shelves last year.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Jul 2010 | 3:23 pm

Pitchers More Prone to Baseball Injuries

Researchers who studied data for the 2002-2008 seasons say pitchers suffered significantly higher injury rates for upper and lower extremity injuries than fielders.
WebMD Health News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Jul 2010 | 3:19 pm

New Method for Predicting IVF Success

Researchers look at 52 factors to estimate chances of success from in vitro fertilization.
WebMD Health News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Jul 2010 | 3:10 pm

Study: Obesity Predicts Psoriatic Arthritis

Body mass index at age 18 helps determine who may develop psoriatic arthritis later in adulthood, researchers say.
WebMD Health News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Jul 2010 | 3:02 pm

More Americans drinking alcohol

More adults in the U.S. appear to be drinking alcohol, according to a new study of the nation's drinking habits.

Source: CNN.com - Health | 20 Jul 2010 | 2:44 pm

Recommendations Issued for Prevention of C Difficile Infection

A systematic review found that antimicrobial stewardship, gloves, hand hygiene, and disposable thermometers should be used routinely to prevent Clostridium difficile infection.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Jul 2010 | 2:31 pm

Easing the Pain of Lung Cancer

Dr. Derek Raghavan of the Cleveland Clinic addresses readers questions about pain and bleeding from lung cancer.

Source: NYT > Health | 20 Jul 2010 | 1:49 pm

Duke Suspends Researcher and Halts Cancer Studies

The university is conducting an inquiry into allegations that a lead investigator on breast and cancer studies overstated his academic credentials.

Source: NYT > Health | 20 Jul 2010 | 1:35 pm

More Federal Scrutiny for Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson, which reduced its 2010 earnings forecast, said it had received a grand jury subpoena in connection with a federal investigation into a Tylenol recall.

Source: NYT > Health | 20 Jul 2010 | 1:26 pm

Jury Out on Platelet-Rich Plasma for Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

The first prospective randomized study fails to show significant improvement in structural integrity with the addition of plasma-rich fibrin membrane.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Jul 2010 | 1:02 pm

NICE Issues Final Guidance on Dronedarone

The drug is allowed for second-line use in patients with additional cardiovascular risk factors.
Heartwire
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Jul 2010 | 12:44 pm

What Is Your Doctor Saying About You?

We've all seen our doctors scribbling in our charts after the exam. Now new research is exploring whether it's a good idea to let a patient read the doctor's notes.

Source: NYT > Health | 20 Jul 2010 | 12:40 pm

Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment, Dementia Significantly Reduces Healthcare Costs

Early detection, diagnosis, and care of individuals with newly diagnosed cognitive impairment and dementia can significantly reduce outpatient healthcare costs, new research suggests.
Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Jul 2010 | 12:19 pm

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