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05 June 2009

Michigan Lawmakers Approve Request For State Health Agency To Use Private Funds For HIV/AIDS Program

What Is Cerebral Palsy? What Causes Cerebral Palsy?

Sotomayor Nomination Raises Questions About How Female Judges View Cases Differently

Heartburn Meds May Lead To Bone Breaks

USC Researchers Present Diabetes Findings At American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions

Changes In Stair Design Could Help Fight Obesity

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Physician-Scientists Present At 2009 American Transplant Congress In Boston

'Shock And Kill' Research Gives New Hope For HIV 1 Eradication

Digital Medicine: Health Care In The Internet Era

New Research Shows Surprising Attitudes Towards Health And Safety

APIC Launches Online Infection Prevention Course

TV Noise Associated With Fewer Verbal Interactions Between Infants And Parents

Many Children Held Back In Elementary School Do Not Receive Plan For Special Education Services

Many U.S. Children Have Inadequate Access To Pediatric Trauma Care

New Taxes Could Help Pay For Reform, But Would Cost Political Capital

Dodd: HELP Committee To Release Reform Bill Within Days

Study: Medical Bills Underlie 60 Percent Of U.S. Bankruptcies

Florida Moves To Increase Health Insurance For Children

Combination Of Interventions Could Reduce Childhood Pneumonia Deaths By 90%, Study Says

African Health Advocates Meet In Kenya To Discuss Need For Governments To Improve Basic Healthcare Services

California HIV/AIDS Advocates To Appear At Hearing On Proposed Budget Cuts

New Report Finds 10 Early Lessons Learned From The H1N1 Outbreak

Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Resumes Meetings With Senators; Confirmation Vote Still Unclear

U.S. Contributes $75 Million For Childhood Immunization

Major International Conference On Biomedical Ontology To Be Hosted By Buffalo

Animal Production And Health To Be Addressed At FAO/IAEA Symposium

Nurses: Providing Angioplasty Patient Care In And Out Of The Cath Lab

Body And Weight Checking May Signify An Eating Disorder

Three In Every One Thousand U.S. Children Diagnosed With Tourette Syndrome

From Oxygen Transport To Melanin Formation: Activation Mechanism Of Key Enzymes Explained

Discovery Of New Proteins May Lead To More Effective Treatment Of Endocarditis And Infections Associated With Implants

Help For The Silent Sufferers

Stopping Fatty Change In Heart Cells

Study Gives Clues To How Adrenal Cancer Forms

Antidepressant Does Not Appear To Reduce Repetitive Behaviors In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Recent Smoking-Cessation Research Highlights Importance Of Keeping Teens From Smoking

Seeing More With Rose-Coloured Glasses

Changing Residences Associated With Increased Risk Of Suicidal Behavior Among Children

FDA Warnings About Antidepressants Associated With Lasting, Unintended Changes In Diagnosis And Treatment

Nicotine-Induced Sudden Infant Death Syndrome May Be Prevented By Simple Drug Treatment

LNA-Based HIF-1 Alpha Inhibitor Shows Early Signs Of Clinical Benefit

Access Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication Of Thiarabine Combination Data

ACTEMRA(R) (tocilizumab) Studies To Be Featured At The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Congress

Obama Open To Using MedPAC To Set Medicare Payment Rates

Novavax And The NIH Agree To Evaluate A Virus-like Particle (VLP) Vaccine Candidate Against The Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus

President Obama "Open" To Coverage Mandate For All Americans

Delays To Seeing Docs Stretch On

Abbott And AstraZeneca Submit New Drug Application To The FDA For CERTRIAD(TM), An Investigational Treatment For Mixed Dyslipidemia

Hackers Going After Medical Records

Experimental Drug Five Times More Effective Against MDR-TB Than Conventional Therapy

Report Examines Zimbabwean Refugees In South Africa

Also In Global Health News: U.N. Asks For IDP Aid; Gates On Polio & HIV/AIDS Vaccine; AIDS Cases Triple In Indonesia; Drugs In Kenya, Uganda & Liberia

Obama Administration Committed To Development Of A National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Official Says

Kansas Becomes Central Battleground In Abortion-Rights Debate

Sotomayor's Record Contradicts Conservatives' Claims Of Radicalism, Washington Post Columnist Writes

Doctors' Concerns About Care Often Not Addressed, British Medical Association Survey Shows

Fragility Fractures And Osteoporosis

Oral Rivaroxaban As Prevention For Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism

Aspirin As A Prophylaxis For Fatal Pulmonary Embolism

Early Failure Of Knee Replacements

90% Of Patients With Charnley Protheses Pain Free After 30 Years

Vertebroplasty For Fractures

Navigation In Hip Resurfacing

Replacing Both Hips At The Same Time - Is It Safe?

New Study Uncovers Mode Of Action Of Enzyme Linked With Several Types Of Cancer

Public Health Campaign Associated With Major Reduction In Antibiotic Use

In Patients With Severely Blocked Arteries In The Legs, MDCT Angiography Helps Lead To Successful Treatment

Hospitalized Patients Need Better Understanding Of CPR And Outcomes

Targeting Breast Cancer Stem Cells In Mice

Risk Of Prostate Cancer May Be Reduced By Diet

Study: Benefit To Women Not Enough To Sway Men To Get HPV Vaccine

Cognitive Behavioral Intervention Helps Prevent Depression Among At-Risk Teens

Likelihood Of Survival May Be Improving For Extremely Preterm Infants

Childhood Health Disparities Can Have Life-Long Health Effects

Easier Access To Media By Children Increases Risk For Influence On Numerous Health Issues

Medical Reasons Lie Behind 60 Per Cent Of US Bankruptcies, Study

Anti-Thyroid Drug Linked To Serious Liver Injury Warns FDA

Caring With Confidence

Diaper Alarm For Toilet Training Children

New Treatment Approach Gives Patients With Incurable Lung Cancer More Time Without Disease Progression Compared To Placebo

Bariatric Surgery: Waiting Times Too Long In Canada

New Study Shows People With Mental Health Problems Receive Inadequate Medical Care

Teaching Tots The Importance Of Personal Cleanliness

Reducing Hospital-Acquired Infections By Using Soap-Sniffing Technology

Movetis Releases New Data That Support Prucalopride's Favourable And Differentiated Efficacy And Cardiovascular Safety Profile

Demand For User-friendly Healthcare IT Professional Services Increasing Across Europe, States Frost & Sullivan

JCR And The Joint Commission To Host Pediatric Safety Conference

New Diagnostic Method For Gout: Dual Energy Computed Tomography Instead Of Joint Aspiration

First Robotic Lung Surgery In Tampa Bay Performed At Moffitt Cancer Center

New Hunger Platform Launched To Enlighten Youth

Premier Healthcare Alliance Acquires Phase 2 Consulting To Expand Its Performance Improvement Offerings To Its Member Hospitals Nationwide

Registeration For The American Association Of Kidney Patients' National Convention Now Open!

New Tests For The Investigation Of Patients With Painful Metal-on-metal Resurfacing Arthroplasties

Reducing Blood Loss After THR

MOM, Metal Ions And Lymphopenia

The Anatomical Graduated Component Total Knee Replacement

04 June 2009

What Is Pregnancy? How Do I Know If I Am Pregnant?

Experimental Drug For Multi-Drug Resistant TB Shows Promise In Trial

What Is Cellulitis? What Causes Cellulitis?

Small Molecules Mimic Natural Gene Regulators

Keep NHS General Practice Public For The Benefit Of Patients, Says British Medical Association

As Calif. Budget Shrinks, Services For Elderly Slip

EU Authorizes $11M In Humanitarian Aid For Zimbabwe; Prime Minister To Meet With Members Of Congress Next Week

Also In Global Health News: Indonesia To Host AIDS Congress; Smoking Ban In Ghana

BioSante Pharmaceuticals Comments On Benefits Of Testosterone Use In HIV-Infected Women

Sedatives May Increase Suicide Risk In Older Patients

The 454 Genome Sequencing System Detects A Novel Virus Responsible For South African Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak

Asthma Not Worsened By Obesity, But Response To Medications May Be Affected

Data From Enzo Therapeutics' Phase II Study Of Crohn's Disease Presented At Prestigious Gastroenterology Conference

Hydrogen Peroxide In The Immune System

Could New Government Regulations Lead To Increased Use Of Physical Restraints?

Harvard Researchers Say Insurers Put Profits Over Health

Survey Finds Overwhelming Public Support Of Laws To Help Protect Teens From Tanning Beds

Exploding Myths About Choosing A Mate

Snoring May Impair Brain Function

Promising Antimicrobial Attacks Virus, Stimulates Immune System

Bankruptcies Linked To Illness, Medical Bills In Nearly Two-Thirds Of Cases

IMPACT Study Shows Longer Valcyte Treatment Provides Better Protection Against Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Disease

Study Shows Protein May Be Strongest Indicator Of Rare Lung Disease

Public Are Key To Fighting NHS Fraud

Clinical Activity Of TMC207 Shows ATP-Synthase Is A Viable Target For Treatment Of TB

Bloggers Scrutinize Fox News' O'Reilly's Past Comments On Murdered Abortion Provider Tiller

Sen. Baucus To Meet With Single-Payer Reform Advocates Wednesday

Medicare Revamps Competitive Bidding Program

A Selection Of Opinions And Editorials

Polio Cases Detected In Argentina, India, Nigeria, Uganda

Vietnam Publishes Report Documenting MDG Progress

Five Key Health Tips For Women In Their 20s

Ancora Pharmaceuticals Awarded National Institute Of Health Grant For Continued Malaria Vaccine Research

GE Healthcare's Application For DaTSCAN™ (Ioflupane I123 Injection) Accepted By The FDA For Priority Review

Celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day On Sunday, June 14

Stanford, Palo Alto Medical Foundation Launch Comprehensive Breast Cancer Study

Magellan Spine Technologies Announces First Implant Of The DART Disc Annular Repair Technology For Lumbar Disc Herniations

Salix's Once-Daily APRISO Demonstrates Long-Term Safety In Patients For Maintenance Of Remission From Ulcerative Colitis

University Of Kentucky's Markey Cancer Center Brings Advanced TomoTherapySM Treatment Technology To Brain And Body Radiosurgery Program

New HIV Cases Among Women In Wisconsin Increasing, Group Says

New Endograft Introduction System Enhances Physician Control During Minimally Invasive Treatment For Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

Pfizer Introduces New Treatment And Support Plan For Patients With Overactive Bladder

A Woman's Partner Status Found To Be Relevant For Her Interest In The Opposite Sex

Cancer Therapy Success May Be Determined Using MRI And Oxygen

MedImpact Study Highlights Effects Of Value-Based Benefit Design On Adherence To Diabetes Medications

Cancer Therapies May Be 'Revolutionized' By Common Diabetes Drug

Merck's Gardasil Effective At Preventing HPV, Cervical Disease In Older Women, Study Finds

Rising Health Spending Spurs Reform Debate

Lobbyists Face Potential Conflicts Of Interest

AMA Outlines Initiatives To White House To Help Slow Increases In Health Spending

Video Games Are Helping Doctors View The Body - Using The Nintendo Wii To Interpret Radiology Exams

New York City Labor Unions Agree To Reductions In Health Benefits

Language Use Decreases In Young Children And Caregivers When Television Is On, Study Finds

Low Medicare Reimbursement Rates Hurt Hospitals In Iowa And California

Common Autism Medication Is Ineffective For Repetitive Behaviors, Study Finds

Researchers At The University Of Tennessee Health Science Center Begin New Study On Parkinson's Disease

Statement By Senior Vice President Of Public Affairs, Premier Healthcare Alliance, On Association, Labor Action Plan To Reduce Healthcare Costs

WHO Closer To Declaring Swine Flu Outbreak A Pandemic

Antidepressants Offer No Relief For Repetitive Behaviors In Children With Autism

First Confirmed Case Of 2009 H1N1 Flu In Navajo County

Harnessing The Brain's Own Ability For Repair

University Of Queensland Scholarship Winner Using Mathematics To Understand Epidemics

International Panel Of Experts Reaches Consensus On Diagnosis And Treatment Of Bleeding Disorders In Women

U.S. Doubles Annual Malawi HIV/AIDS Support To $45M

Prospect Therapeutics, Inc.'s GCS-100 Inhibited Blood Vessel Formation In A Variety Of Cancer Models

InSite Vision Announces FDA Approval Of New Ophthalmic Product Enabled By InSite's DuraSite® Technology

Chicago Study Looks At HIV Among Gay Men, Finds Many Unaware Of Status

HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign In Western North Carolina Addresses Stigma

QIO Support Accelerates Hospital Improvement In Heart Care, Researchers Find

Camp For Children With Hearing Loss And Their Families Offers Weekend Of Fun

Temperature Rises After Skull Surgery For Pfeiffer Syndrome

Electronic Pill Shows Its Smarts By Measuring PH Levels In Digestive Tract

Heaviest Smokers Face Greatest Risk Of Death After Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Could Standard Treatment For Traumatic Brain Injury Be Wrong?

Autogenous Infrainguinal Bypass Outcomes Inferior In Hispanics

Pounding The Pavement

New System Monitors Fetal Heartbeat - Noninvasive Technique Could Prevent Complications

Positive Results From Salix Pivotal Phase III Study Of Rifaximin For The Prevention And Maintenance Of Remission Of Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE)

GSK's Pazopanib Significantly Delayed Tumour Progression In Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer

AARP Pushes Lawmakers To Improve Long-Term Care - Legislation Would Allow More Americans To Get Services At Home

Autism Carers: Lee Scott MP Calls For Action, UK

Abortion Providers Concerned About Access To Services In Wake Of Tiller Death

PRACE, The Partnership For Advanced Computing In Europe, Takes An Active Role At ISC'09, Hamburg, Germany On June 23-36, 2009.

New Study Shows Nexium 40 Mg And 20 Mg Reduced Gastric And Duodenal Ulcers By 80 - 85% In Patients Taking Low-Dose Aspirin For CV Protection

Baucus: Obama Open To Taxing Health Benefits To Pay For Health Reform

Testing For Norovirus And Enterovirus Is Becoming Increasingly Important And Commonplace

Senate Begins Debate On FDA Regulation Of Tobacco

Insurers Offer Reform Concessions, But Balk At Small Business Demands

Researchers At UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center First To Link Intestinal Inflammation To Systemic Chromosome Damage

Food And Drug Administration Moves Towards Greater Openness

Souring Economy Spurs A Surge At Free Clinics

World's Biggest Cardiology Meeting, ESC Congress 2009 To Be Held In Barcelona

UGA Grad Program Expands To Prepare Teachers To Work With Secondary Students With Autism

NIH Grant Funds School Of Medicine's Effort To Educate Minority Researchers

Green Tea Compound May Block A Key Process In Alzheimer's Development

Do We Need To Re-Think Standard Treatment For Traumatic Brain Injury?

Partnership To Accelerate Trudeau Institute Discoveries To Patient Care

On The Horizon: Effective Over-The-Counter Prostate Cancer Test Kit

5 Spanish Centers Join A Study For A New Leukemia And Lymphoma Treatment Technique

In 'Eloquent' Areas Of Brain Study Finds Needle Biopsies To Be Safe

Brain Irradiation In Lung Cancer

Ethicon Endo-Surgery Studies Presented At DDW Demonstrate Potential Of Pure NOTES Surgery With Company's Toolbox

Study Demonstrating Lurasidone Is Effective In Patients With Schizophrenia Published In The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry

PeriCor Therapeutics Reports Positive Preclinical Results Of GP531 At The European Heart Failure Congress In Nice

Paclitaxel Poliglumex (OPAXIO(TM)) Added To Cisplatin And Radiation Produces 45% Pathologic Complete Remissions In Patients With Esophageal Cancer

Advanced Life Sciences Announces Outcome Of FDA's Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee Review Of Restanza(TM) (cethromycin)

Stiefel Laboratories Reaps First Fruits Of Barrier Acquisition With Completion Of Pivotal Phase III Clinical Trial For 200 Mg Hyphanox(TM)

Lilly Resubmits Cymbalta(R) Supplemental New Drug Application For Chronic Pain To U.S. Food And Drug Administration

APIC Supports Automated Surveillance Technologies In Prevention Of Healthcare-Associated Infections

IBM And EU Partners Create A Better Way To Fight AIDS Virus

ATS Medical Announces Participation In The International Society For Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Meeting

Chronic Conditions Is A High Priority For Swansea University, Wales

Doctors Advise On Cell Phone Elbow

Senators Say Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Committed To Rule Of Law,

Chicago Woman Dies Of Swine Flu After Giving Birth

Confusion Reigns Over Whole-Grain Claims In School Lunches According To U Of Minnesota Study

Indirect Transmission Can Trigger Influenza Outbreaks In Birds

Barrett's Esophagus Can Be Reversed And Cancer Risk Reduced By Radiofrequency Ablation NEJM Study Finds

To Ease Aching Back, Exercise More, Not Less

The London Clinic Of Psychoanalysis

Next-Generation Mechanical Heart Pump Implanted In Heart Patients

Bed Bugs' Own Chemistry Used Against Them

Smoke Alarm Launches New Cannabis And Tobacco Education Initiative

Patients To Have Their Say On Infertility Treatment In Scotland

Swine Flu Media Bulletin, Wales

CQC Seeks Feedback On Guidance For Registration Of All Health And Adult Social Care Services, UK

Ibuprofen And Paracetamol For Fever In Pre-School Children, UK

Newly Launched! An Information Portal That Provides Free Online Educational Resources For Maternity Health Care Professionals

EyeGate Pharma Announces That EGP-437 Improved Signs And Symptoms Of Dry Eye Syndrome In A Phase II Study

Sunwin International Increases Availability Of Two Veterinary Medicines To Combat Swine Flu Virus In China

New Data From Satraplatin Phase 3 Trial In Second-Line Castrate-Refractory Prostate Cancer Presented At 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting

Diabetes UK Launches Its National Measure Up Roadshows

Definitive Outcomes Of Radiofrequency Ablation For Barrett's Esophagus Using The HALO Ablation System Reported At The Digestive Disease Week

Investigational Cancer Drug BSI-201 Showed Clinical Benefit In 62% Of Patients With Triple-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer

Tiller Murder Increases Tension Over 'Common Ground' Approach To Abortion-Rights Debate

Editorials, Opinion Pieces React To Kansas Abortion Provider Tiller's Murder

Supreme Court Should Be 'Reined In' To Return Power To Legislative Branch, NYT Columnist Writes

Fluoride Supplements: Another Ineffective Drug With Unwanted Side Effects

With Vandetanib (Zactima™) In Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Presented At American Society Of Clinical Oncology

Coventry University First In UK To Appoint Australian Paramedic As Visiting Professor In Pre-hospital Care

Bayer And Onyx Initiate Phase III Trial Of Nexavar(R) In Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Asthma UK Issues Advice On Managing Asthma In Hot Weather Conditions

NUVIGIL Is Available For The Treatment Of Excessive Sleepiness Associated With Treated Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Shift Work Disorder And Narcolepsy

Bevacizumab (Avastin(R)) Added To Common Chemotherapies Significantly Increases Tumour Shrinkage In HER2-negative Breast Cancer

New Drug Combination Offers Novel Treatment Strategy For Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Breast Cancer Help, Inc. Attends National Breast Cancer Coalition Annual Advocacy Conference In Washington, D.C.

Results From 3 Phase 2 Studies Reported A Two-Year Survival Rate Ranging From 30 To 42 Percent In Metastatic Melanoma Patients Treated With Ipilimumab

Cancer Center Leads Breakthrough Clinical Trial: Cancer Vaccine For First Time Shows Promise Against Melanoma

FDA Approves VYVANSE CII Label Change To Include Supplementary Clinical Data Supporting Efficacy At 13 Hours Postdose In Children Age 6-12 With ADHD

Afinitor(R) (everolimus) Recommended For Use In The European Union For Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

Survey Shows Majority Of Respondents Openly Discuss Use Of BOTOX(R) Cosmetic And Hyaluronic Acid Dermal Fillers

International Team Of Physician-astronauts Draws Upon First-hand Space Flight Experience In CMAJ Article

British Medical Association Launches "Look After Our NHS"

British Medical Journal Group To Publish Themed Sports Medicine Editions Supported By International Olympic Committe

Autism-Mitochondrial Study: Participants Needed

Canadian Researchers Work To Lower Costs, Improve Health And Protect The Environment Through Advances In Food, Nutrition And Bio-Materials

World Lung Foundation Marks World No Tobacco Day With New Counter-Marketing And Advertising Campaigns

Parallel Career Paths For Women And Men Doctors In Britain

03 June 2009

Chain Restaurants Making Americans Fatter And Sicker Says Consumer Watchdog

U.N. Agencies Increase Request For Foreign Donations To Zimbabwe

British Researchers Call For WHO To 'Condemn Homeopathy' For Serious Diseases

Washington, D.C. Officials To Boost HIV Awareness Efforts

Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Would Be Sixth Catholic On Bench

Blogs Comment On Tiller's Murder, Supreme Court Nomination

Identification Of Potential Risks Of Therapies Taken By The Elderly

Billions Lost In Productivity Due To Vision Impairment

Antioxidants Affect Semen Quality

Fanconi Anemia: Genetically Corrected Blood Cells Obtained From Patients' Skin Cells

Review Led By Leicester Psychiatrist Raises Concern Over Treatment Of Patients With Past Mental Health Issues

Astronauts' Survey Suggests New Space Headache Category

In Thoracic Transplantation More Stringent Evaluation On The Use Of Generic Medications Recommended

U-M Study: Why Dishing Does You Good

Skin Lesion Leads To More Cancer Types Than Once Believed

Efforts To Quickly Develop Swine Flu Vaccine Reported In GEN

'Invading' Bacteria In DNA

Similarities Between Sleep-Deprived Humans And Insomniac Flies

Earlier Surgery Recommended For RA Patients

Discoveries Shed New Light On How The Brain Processes What The Eye Sees

How A Protein Helps Nerve Cells Recycle Synaptic Vesicles

Also In Global Health News: Drug Resistant TB In Africa; Partnerships In Bangladesh To Improve Healthcare

HHS Secretary Sebelius Picks Georgetown's Mann To Head Center For Medicaid And State Operations

Opinion Pieces Discuss Criticisms Of Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor

Mind And WITNESS Respond To Ruling On Derek Gale Case

Digestive Disease Week Highlights Weight Management Techniques

Nurses, Doctors, Patients To Protest Health Insurance Lobbyists In San Diego - June 4th

Detection Of Digestive Cancers In Multiple Organs Using Improved DNA Stool Test

Mice With 'Shunts' Become Super Fat Burners

Prereg Tutor Training Day And Prereg Trainee Pharmacist Programme 2009/10 - Booking Now

New Harmonised SmPCs For 'Cozaar'(R) And 'Cozaar'(R)-Comp Implemented In The U.K. Following European Commission Decision

Dentists Are FIghting The War On Snoring And Sleep Apnea

Secretary Of State Backs MS Society Work Retention Project

Getting Obese Mice Moving And Curing Their Diabetes

Survey Finds Australian Men Risk Being Lonely And Isolated In Retirement

Zimbabwean Nightmare Of Neglect Continues In South Africa

Joint Clinical Recommendations Developed By The Journal Of Periodontology And The American Journal Of Cardiology

Benefit To Women Not Enough To Sway Men To Get HPV Vaccine

Computer Modeling Shows Strategies To Rein In Epidemics Need To Be Retooled For Rural Populations

For DNA Analysis, Aluminum-Oxide Nanopore Beats Other Materials

Enzyme Involved In Inflammatory Bowel Disease Discovered At Penn State College Of Medicine

Cruel And Inhuman Treatment Causes More Mental Damage Than Physical Torture

Sebelius, DeParle Ready To Tackle Health Care Overhaul

New York Times Examines Maternal Mortality, Abortion In Africa

Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Prepares For Meetings With Key Senators

Editorials Respond To Kansas Abortion Provider Tiller's Murder

Device Uses Human Liver Cells To Assist Organ's Functions

Accelerating New Technologies' Route To Market

Key Insights Into Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Offered By I-SPY Trial

New Hope For Patients With Melanoma - The Most Deadly Form Of Skin Cancer And The Most Rapidly Increasing Cancer In The UK

New Guidelines To Help Diagnose Bleeding Disorders

Hispanic Children In US At Greater Risk For Obesity Than Other Ethnic/racial Groups

Study Finds High Underinsurance Rates For Sicker Workers With Modest Incomes

New Approach To Prevent Antibody-Mediated Damage In Kidney Transplants

Hospital Disaster Potential Highighted By Swedish Study

Alzheimer's Society Condemns Daylight Robbery And Drugging Of Older People

The Key Causes For Bowel Cancer Are Alcohol And Smoking

Ryder System, Inc. Joins The American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program

DDW 2009 Reveals Advances Being Made In The Treatment Of Hepatitis

AIMSPRO Is Awarded TGA Orphan Status For The Treatment Of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Calculating Preventative Medicine's Return On Investment

Budget Solution Must Protect Health Care For Children

Promising Future For Scarless Surgery Reported At DDW 2009

GI Disorders: Advances Being Made With Monoclonal Antibodies

External Beam Partial Breast Irradiation Most Cost-effective Treatment

Major Liberal Groups Will Back Obama On Health Reform

Report Shows Jamaica's Progress Towards Achieving U.N. MDGs

A Catalyst For Public Debate: Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, And Accountability

Universal Access To Malaria Drugs, Prevention By 2013 Will Lead To Eradication, Nigerian Government Says

North American Launch For Revolutionary DrainPRO™ Protects Against Hospital & Community Acquired Infections

Taiwan Rolls Out Plans To Boost Fertility Rates

AFIC Celebrates FAO World Milk Day On June 1st

California HIV Services Center Forced To Close

Tesco Reveals Dental Map Of Britain

Advocates Weigh Impact Of Tiller Murder On Future Of Abortion Debate

Charity Launches 10th Edition Of E-TALC - A Medical Information CD For Developing World Health Staff

NYT Examines Effects Of Illegal Abortion On Maternal Mortality In Tanzania

NICE Recommends Use Of Cetuximab (Erbitux(R)) For UK Bowel Cancer Patients

World Medical Association Urges Sri Lankan President To Intervene On Behalf Of Government Doctors

Meeting To Examine Human Behavior And The Threat Of Disease

$100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant To Weill Cornell Medical College For Innovative Global Health Research By Dr. Kyu Rhee

Grant To Study Limb Regeneration Received By Tulane

FDA Approves Reclast(R) To Prevent Osteoporosis In Postmenopausal Women With Convenient Less Frequent Dosing

Revolutionising The Diagnosis Of Serious Disease

Computer Program To Detect, Measure Brain Tumors

Elsevier's PharmaPendium Introduces The FDA Classic Collection

Alimta(R) (pemetrexed For Injection) Receives Positive Opinion From CHMP As Maintenance Therapy For Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

White House, Congress, Industry Taking On Health Costs

First Pig Stem Cells Made In China

Expanding Health Insurance Options For Young Adults

A Selection Of Opinions And Editorials

TeraMedica Delivers Enterprise Imaging Interchange Technology Contributing To Meaningful Use Of EMRs To Healthcare Facilities With Sun Microsystems

Sen. Cornyn Completes Six-City Health Care Outreach Tour Meeting With Experts, Business Leaders & Residents Across Texas

Cancer Research Center Of Hawai'i Clinical Trials Program Receives 2009 Clinical Trials Participation Award From American Society Of Clinical Oncology

Bayer Schering Pharma Announces New Data On Novel Anti-cancer Compound BAY 73-4506

Young Parents Helped To 'Know More' About Drugs And Alcohol

NHS Staff And Health Innovators Invited To See The Future At Health Innovation Expo

Breast Cancer On The Latest Cancer Waiting Times Stats, Released Today

First Probable Case Of Swine Flu In Wales

Liver Disease "shrunk" By Blood-pressure Drug

Clinical Study Evaluates Ability Of Drug To Overcome Resistance To Standard Colorectal Cancer Therapy

World Heart Federation Warns That Burden Of Tobacco Epidemic Continues To Worsen Societies And Economies

New Fast And Precise Treatment Planning System Among Varian Medical Systems Highlights At American Brachytherapy Society 2009 Meeting

Breast Cancer Drug Trastuzumab (Herceptin) Shows Unprecedented Survival In Aggressive Stomach Cancer

New Drug Hope For Advanced Melanoma

Risk Factors For Sleep Disordered Breathing In Children: Waist Size And Body Mass Index

Congress Returns To Work, Senators To Meet With Obama

Cordex Receives Special Protocol Assessment Approval From FDA For ATPace(TM)

AstraZeneca Studies Show Relief Of Nighttime Heartburn And Reduction In GERD-Related Sleep Disturbances

Hyperion Therapeutics Announces Results Of Phase I Study In Patients With Liver Cirrhosis

Prometheus Announces New Findings Regarding Patients At Risk For Celiac Disease At DDW

CuraGen Updates CR011-vcMMAE Data At ASCO

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces The Presentation Of Lorcaserin Phase 3 BLOOM Data At The American Diabetes Association's 69th Scientific Sessions

Researchers Present Safety And Efficacy Results Of 429 Patients Treated With Radiofrequency Ablation For Pre-Cancerous Barrett's Esophagus

PROTECT-1 Phase II/III Induction-Stage Results For ChemoCentryx's Traficet-EN(TM) Presented In Oral Session At DDW 2009 Conference

Innovia Receives FDA Clearance For The InnoPort(TM)

Bayer Diabetes Care Launches A1CNow(R) SELFCHECK, A New A1C Monitor For At-Home Use

B. Braun Anticipates Becoming First To Deliver FDA Approved 2g Cefazolin

China Sky One Medical, Inc. Obtains SFDA Approval For Diclofenac Sodium Eye Drops

MedSolutions: Accurate Diagnosis Is Critical To Reducing Healthcare Costs

CSC Offers Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting To Health Plans

Make Sure Your Baby Is Seeing The Most Important Things In Their World

Change In Measurement Of HBA1C For People With Diabetes, UK

Roswell Park Researchers Evaluate Promising Drug For Intolerant Or Resistant CML

Health Costs, Availability Hurt U.S. Entrepreneurship Innovation

Arizona Jail Could Be E-Health Test, But Slow To Take The Necessary Steps

New Booklet Helps Patients Better Understand Radiation Therapy

N.Y. Health IT Program A National Model

American Society of Gene Therapy Names Outstanding New Investigators

Cost-Effective Measures Could Stop Child Pneumonia Deaths

Exposure To Audible Television Has Implications For Language Acquisition And Brain Development

Children Often Victims Of Lawn Mower Accidents

Quality And Purity Of Popular Stevia Sweetener Strengthened By New Reference Standards

FDA Approves Labeling Change For VYVANSE CII To Efficacy At 13 Hours Postdose In Children With ADHD

Olympus Broadens Portfolio With New Biliary Metallic Stent

Ground-Breaking Study To Cap The Growing Trend Of Type 2 Diabetes In Overweight Adolescents

MU Public Health Program Receives Grant To Combat Human Trafficking

Grant Will Support Comparative Effectiveness Research On Depression

Tulane Receives $7.07 Million NIH Grant To Develop Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Detection Kits

Is Your Environment Damaging Your Health? New Center Aims To Find Out

Hebrew U. To Launch Biggest Center In Israel For Brain Research

President Honored For Contributions, Leadership In Gastroenterology

Invention Of Cooking Drove Evolution Of The Human Species, New Book Argues

Dems Build Reform Support As GOP Decides Strategy

PARI Pharma Reports Successful Phase Ib Clinical Results For Inhaled Liposomal Cyclosporine A

Researchers Suggest That Oxidative Stress Is Strongly Evident In The In-Utero Environment Of The Fetus With Down Syndrome

New One-Year Data From REMICADE(R) SONIC Trial Show Sustained Efficacy Compared With Azathioprine In Treatment Of Crohn's Disease

NeurogesX Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation For Qutenza(TM) For Treatment Of Postherpetic Neuralgia

PharmAthene Submits Proposal To BARDA In Response To Broad Agency Announcement For Advanced Research And Development For Valortim(R)

Florida: Three Years In, Medicaid Experiment Tough To Measure

Local Groups React To Proposed Changes In Medicare And Medicaid

Cindy Mann To Lead Center For Medicaid And State Operations

02 June 2009

Op-Ed: First Lady's Upcoming Africa Trip; Developed Nations Commitment To World's Poor

Also In Global Health News: Polio Vaccines In Nigeria; Health Care In Indonesia; Circumcision To Prevent HIV/AIDS In Botswana

Plexxikon Announces PLX4032 Phase 1 Data Showing Objective Responses In Metastatic Melanoma Patients

GTx's Toremifene 80 Mg Increased Bone Mineral Density In Multiple Clinically Relevant Subpopulations Of Prostate Cancer Patients

California Gov. Schwarzenegger's State Budget Plan Includes Cuts To County HIV/AIDS Services

Black Religious Leaders Urging Passage Of HIV/AIDS Bill

Recession Prompting Increase In Number Of People With HIV Seeking Public Services In California

New York Lawmakers Should Pass Bill Capping Amount Low-Income Residents With HIV Pay For Housing, Columnist Says

Exelixis And BMS Report Phase 2 Data To Be Presented At ASCO For XL184 In Patients With Previously Treated Glioblastoma Multiforme

Cougar Biotechnology Presents Positive CB7630 (Abiraterone Acetate) Phase II Data At ASCO Annual Meeting

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11 West African Countries To Partake In Polio Vaccination Campaign; Benin Campaign Postponed Due To Health Worker Strike

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India, South Africa Reach Out To Truck Drivers In Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Antidepressant Ineffective For Repetitive Behaviors In Teens And Children With Autism

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Lawmakers Examining Nonprofit Hospitals' Tax Breaks

Relationship Between Bone Density And Erosion In Arthritis

GM Files For Bankruptcy, Union Health Plan Changes

With Health Reform Uncertain, Maryland Hospitals Consolidate

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CMS Rates Nursing Homes

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An Examination Of California's Proposed Budget Cuts

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Positive, Clinically Significant Phase III Results For Personalized Anti-Cancer Vaccine, BiovaxID®, Presented At ASCO Plenary Session

Stem Cell Protein Offers A New Cancer Target

WHO Calls For Images Of Smoking-Related Diseases On Cigarette Packaging

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Pfizer Data Identify Certain Lung Cancer Patients Who May Benefit From Treatment With Figitumumab

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Health Industry Officials Offer $2 Trillion Savings Plan To The White House

Faster Protein Folding Achieved Through Nanosecond Pressure Jump

Congress Returns From Memorial Day Recess, Focuses On Reform

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Better Monitoring, Better Prognosis In Liver Disease

The Royal College Of Anaesthetists Launches E-Learning Initiative

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Clinical Activity Of Neratinib In Combination With Trastuzumab And In Combination With Paclitaxel In Advanced HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer

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Squid 'Sight' Shedding Light On Symbiosis Affecting Humans

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