Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 5 October 2007

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Friday 5 October 2007

Pregnant And Nursing Women Should Eat More Fish But Within Limits, Say Nutritionists

Written by Catharine Paddock

A consortium of nutrition experts has urged pregnant American women to increase their consumption of fish above US government levels recommended three years ago. In 2004 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the...
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New Psoriasis Drug Shows Promising Results Say Johnson And Johnson

Written by Catharine Paddock

Centocor Inc, a subsidiary of drug company Johnson & Johnson have announced that international phase 3 trials for its injectable biologic drug to treat psoriasis, CNT0 1275 (ustekinumab), have shown promising results...
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US Launches Huge National Children's Study

Written by Catharine Paddock

The launch of the US National Children's Study was official yesterday when it awarded 22 contracts to new study centres, following the pledge by Congress earlier this year to fund the largest study ever conducted into the...
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FDA To Strengthen Generic Drug Program Which Will Streamline Generic Drug Approval Process

Amateur Boxing And Long Term Brain Injury - No Strong Link

Skilled Paramedics May Offer Effective Alternative To Standard Ambulance Service

Should General Practitioners Take Back 24 Hour Responsibility For Patients?

Advertising Prescription Drugs To Consumers In Europe Bad For Public Health, Say Experts

Informed Public Debate Needed On Water Fluoridation

Smokeless Nicotine Products Could Reduce The Colossal Health Burden Of Smoking

Thalidomide Added To Standard Chemotherapy Improves Survival Of Elderly Multiple Myeloma Patients

Combined Daytime And Night Time Blood Pressures Crucial Prognostic Indicators

Zinc Supplementation For Zinc-deficient Children Makes To Significant Difference To Mortality

Other Medical and Health News for 5 October*

Hallmark Features Of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Controlled By Protein Modifications That Influence Gene Expression But Do Not Alter DNA

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Announces, USA

Conference Highlights Pharmacist-Provided Medication Therapy Management, USA

New Research Further Supports Cervarixtm In Protecting Against Cervical Cancer

Evidence Of Benefit Lacking For Many Common Ways Of Treating Osteoarthritis Of The Knee

Rugby Kick Success May Come Down To Swing Of The Arm, Shows Research

Medical Bodies Call For Rescue Action On Rural Doctor Crisis, Australia

'Enterprizing' Vaccine For Rheumatoid Arthritis

Hospital Admissions For ATV Injuries Up 25% In Less Than A Decade, Canada

Smoking Rates Highest Among People With Disabilities

UK Failing Heavily Addicted Smokers, Says RCP, UK

Cruel Deaths In Mexico A Result Of Closing U.S. Horse Processing Plants: AVMA

Study At Rush Aims To Determine Whether Closing A Hole In The Heart May Lead To Migraine Headache Relief

Recommendations For Better Mental Health In Europe

Aclasta(R) Receives European Approval As First Once-yearly Treatment For Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Argenes Initiates Phase I Clinical Study Of ARG098 (Anti-Fas IgM Monoclonal Antibody), A Novel Therapeutics For Rheumatoid Arthritis, In Europe

New Evidence Supports Non-invasive Routine Screening And Earlier Diagnosis Of Colon Cancer

Professor To Collaborate On Hispanic Infant Initiative

Non-Surgical Procedure May Prevent Deadly Complications In Partial-Liver Transplants

Ministers Launch Northern Ireland Self-Harm Registry Pilot Devins "Suicide Respects No Boundaries - Geographical Or Political", Ireland

San Bernardino County RNs Authorize Strike -- First Ever Strike Vote; Nurses Cite Patient Care Issues

Fremont-Rideout Management Walks Out Of Talks - Hospital Lawyer Berates RNs Rather Than Work To Resolve Dispute As Strike Looms

Malawi Plans To Launch Pilot Project That Will Provide Individual Household HIV/AIDS Testing, Official Says

Report Recommends Increased Disability Benefits For Veterans

Canadian Health Ministry Extends Exemption For Supervised Drug-Injection Facility In Vancouver Until June 2008

CMS Audit Raises Concerns About Humana's Marketing Of Medicare Advantage Plans

About Two-Thirds Of HIV-Positive People In U.S. Overweight, Obese, Study Says

Concerns Raised About New Private-Public Research Partnership To Support FDA

Nicaragua's Abortion Ban Putting Women's Lives At Risk, Human Rights Watch Report Says

FDA Considers Behind-the-Counter Category For Drugs That Previously Required Prescriptions

Woman's Hospital Files Federal Lawsuit Alleging Inadequate Medicaid Reimbursements From Louisiana Health Department

Ford Interested In VEBA; Chrysler Seeks UAW Concessions Previously Granted To GM, Ford

Heart Attacks May Occur In Adolescents Without Heart Abnormalities

Royal Society Response To The Sainsbury Review, UK

EMIS Ahead Of Target On GP2GP Roll-Out

Creating A TB Diagnostic Using Space Technology

Coalition Of Antiabortion Groups Seeks To Petition For Grand Jury Investigation Of Planned Parenthood Clinic

Emotionally Charged Events Leave Their Mark On Memory

Nurses Complement The Traditional Role Of Doctors By Playing A Key Role In Police Custody Suites

New Program Will Combine Medicare, Commercial Health Insurer Claims Data To More Accurately Determine Quality, Cost Of Physician Care

Editorials, Op-Eds, Letters To The Editor Discuss Bush SCHIP Veto, New Rules

Testing Bilberry Extract For Its Ability To Prevent Or Delay Cancer

St. Louis Archbishop Says He Would Withhold Communion From Catholics 'Publicly Espousing Positions' Contrary To 'Moral Law'

IAS Report Summarizes Research Presented At International AIDS Conference

Cause Of Ulcerative Colitis Found To Be A Deficiency In Immune System

Presidential Candidate Clinton To Launch Health Care Ad In Iowa, New Hampshire

Newspapers Cover Recent Mental Health Developments In Kansas, Oregon

Study Finds Evidence Of A Relationship Between Swimming Babies And Infections

Pregnant, Breast-Feeding Women Should Eat At Least 12 Ounces Of Seafood Weekly, Private Groups, Federal Agencies Say

Yale Joins Largest Study Ever On How Genes And Environment Affect Health

Cambodian Premier Hun Criticizes Public Service Ad For Not Promoting Condom Use

Pitching May Cause Arm And Shoulder Problems

Democratic Leaders Schedule SCHIP Legislation Vote For Oct. 18 In Hopes Of Overriding President Bush's Veto

South Dakota Task Force Issues Recommendations To Extend Health Insurance To More State Residents

Guide To Multiple Sclerosis Launches On New European Health Website

Our Youth Still Exposed To Smokeless Tobacco Ads Despite Settlement

HANYS Provides Free Video Training Series To Fight Hospital Infections And Improve Care, New York

Stem Cell Therapy For Heart Patients Tested By UF Researchers

Statement From GPhA President And CEO Kathleen Jaeger On FDA's Generic Drug Initiative, USA

Guide To Psoriasis Launches On New European Health Website

Two Phase II Clinical Trials For Proprietary Drug Candidate GFT505, Aiming At The Global Treatment Of The Cardiometabolic Disease

NHS Supply Chain Launches New Online Catalogue, UK

Unmasked Enzyme Offers Hope Of Effective Diabetes Treatment, UK

Gene That Lowers Cell Stress Could Protect Against Parkinson's Disease, UK

Drug No Better Than Placebo To Treat Behavioural Symptoms Of Alzheimer's, UK

Canada: Academics Highlight The Risk Of Breast Cancer And Smoking At WHO Conference

Preparation, Response And Recovery From Natural And Man-Made Disasters In Tennessee, Mississippi And South Carolina

Children Should Drink More Milk, Study

Guide To Meningitis Launches On New European Health Website

Describing The Simplest Circadian Clocks

The Agent That Triggers Immune Response In Plants Is Uncovered

Better Understanding Of Telomeres And Dividing Cancer Cells

Study Finds That Negativity Is Contagious

New Study Demonstrates Adding 'Singulair' To Children's Usual Asthma Treatment Halves The Number Of Days They Experience Worsened Astma Symptoms

Geriatric Mental Health Nursing Receives $1.2M Grant

Assessing The Effects Of Environmental And Genetic Factors On Children's Health

European College Of Neuropsychopharmacology Congress 2007

Studying Regenerated Neo-Bladder To Help Spinal Cord Injury Patients

Sanofi Pasteur MSD Seeks Licence Extension For Cervical Cancer Vaccine Gardasil To Include The Prevention Of Vaginal Cancers

Emory Scientists Awarded $3M For Autism Gene Research

Playing Video Games Reduces Sex Differences In Spatial Skills

Major Signal Transduction Discovery Made By Brown Researchers

Circumcision Impacts HIV Transmission

Cholesterol Metabolism Links Early And Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease

Greater Use Of Automatic Decisions Urged To Improve Healthcare

At-Risk Premature Infants The Focus Of $4 Million Nursing Grant

The 2007 Prostate Cancer Foundation Scientific Retreat

Hosting The US Launch Of International Consultation For New 'Responsible Nanocode'

Discovery Offers Hope Of Halting Motor Neurone Disease Progression, UK

Doctors Urge The Government To Sit Down And Talk About The NHS, UK

New Report Reveals Early Signs Of Changes In Dental Care, UK

Study Focuses On Men With Chronic Heart Failure And The Safety Of Sexual Activity

Applying Technological Know How To Patient Care At Imperial College London

Bluetongue - Advice To All Livestock Owners, UK

Existence Of "Chronic Lyme Disease" Questioned

Role Of 'Flight Or Fight' Hormone Revealed In Mouse Model

Even Mild Thyroid Problems Double Risk Of Heart Conditions

Starting University May Be Hazardous To Your Health: Study

Cause Of Visual Problems Among Children Of Hypothyroid Mothers Found

Grid Computing Offers New Hope In Race Against Bird Flu

Evidence Of A Relationship Between Swimming Babies And Infections

Northern Ireland Improvements In Cancer Survival

Innovative Dual Action Anthrax Vaccine-Antitoxin Combination Developed

Rabies Vaccine Development At UGA Receives NIH Grant

Studying Progression Of Candida Albicans From Benign To Life-Threatening

MedImmune Announces Phase 2 Safety Data For Anti RSV Antibody And National RSV Surveillance Results

For Most, Good Oral Care Does More Than Antibiotics To Prevent Dental Related Heart Problems, Reports The Harvard Heart Letter

Viatronix V3D Colon Utilized In 'Another' Landmark Study

Immtech Announces Interim Analysis In Phase III African Sleeping Sickness Trial

ZymoGenetics And Merck Serono Receive FDA Special Protocol Assessment For Atacicept Pivotal Study In Lupus Nephritis

Wyeth Comments On PREVNAR And Trends In Pneumococcal Disease

Americans' Knowledge Of Fats Growing But Still Insufficient

Genzyme Receives Approval To Market Elaprase(R) In Japan

American Diabetes Association Urges Congress To Pass ADA Restoration Act, Help End Employment Discrimination Against Americans With Diabetes

AmeriCares And International Medical Corps Airlift Relief For Cholera Outbreak In Iraq

Longevity Gap Worsens For People With Schizophrenia

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