Medical News Today: Health News for Monday 8 October 2007

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Monday 8 October 2007

Nobel Prize For Medicine Goes To Scientists Working In UK And US

Written by Catharine Paddock

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2007 this year has gone to three scientists working in the US and the UK for their work on the genetic modification of embryonic stem cells...
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Scientists Show Deadly Bird Flu Strain Is Evolving Toward Human To Human Form

Written by Catharine Paddock

US scientists have shown that the deadly strain of bird flu H5N1 that has so far killed 201 of the 329 people it has infected worldwide since 2003 is gradually evolving to a pandemic form that will spread easily from human to human...
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22.5 Million Dollars For US Nationwide Health Information Network

Written by Catharine Paddock

In a step to fulfill President Bush's mandate to have a lifelong electronic health record for nearly every American by 2014, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded contracts worth 22...
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Conflictive Close Relationships Linked To Raised Heart Disease Risk

Other Medical and Health News for 8 October*

Conformational Motion Of The ABC Transporter MsbA Induced By ATP Hydrolysis

Putting Beta-Diversity On The Map: Broad-Scale Congruence And Coincidence In The Extremes

X Chromosome Inactivation During Drosophila Spermatogenesis

FDA To Speed Generic Drug Application Reviews

Editorials, Op-Eds Examine Veto Of SCHIP Reauthorization Bill

Memory Process Restored In Most Common Form Of Mental Disability

Bush Administration Pushes Proposal To Increase Premiums, Deductibles For Higher-Income Medicare Drug Plan Beneficiaries

Study Examines Multiple Chronic Conditions Among Medicaid Beneficiaries; Issue Brief Examines Health Care System Trends

Widespread Human Rights Violations In Eastern Burma Have Impact On Health Outcomes Of Communities

Democrats Says They Will Not Compromise With President Bush On SCHIP

Interdisciplinary Team To Focus On Access To Clean Drinking Water

Leading Orthopedic Pioneer Expands Network To Asia

Rate Of Uninsured U.S. Residents Younger Than Age 65 Has Increased To 17.9%, Report Finds

Against Breast Cancer Asks Breast Buddies To Make Their Thought 'literally' Count, UK

Microsoft Announces Web Site That Allows People To Safely Store, Manage Medical Records At No Cost

Statehealthfacts.org Updates Data On Federal Funding For HIV/AIDS Programs

How Do Cannabinoids Make Us Feel That Way?

NIH New Innovator's Award Received By Penn Biochemist

HIV/AIDS Advocates, NGOs, Physicians Urge Indian Prime Minister Singh To Participate In UNITAID

The 2007 AIChE Nanoscale Science And Engineering Forum Award To Be Presented To Peter Cummings

Search For Brain Center Responsible For Tinnitus

World Medical Association Reviewing Declaration Of Helsinki

Bad Bug, Good Bug - Common Germ Causes Ulcers, Cancer But May Protect Children From Asthma

Turning Carbon Nanotubes Into Cellular Probes With Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Banded Treatment: Too Early To Assess Impact, Says BDA, UK

Gay And Lesbian Medical Association Urges Inclusion Of Transgender People In Federal Workplace Discrimination Bill

National Registration Must Put Patient Care Before Red Tape, Australia

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever On Upswing - Tick-borne Infection Coming To A Back Yard Near You?

News From Molecular & Cellular Proteomics

Romney, Huckabee Respond To Conservative Threats To Run Third-Party Candidate If GOP Nominates Abortion-Rights Supporter

Judicial Watch Releases Analysis Of FDA Data Claiming Gardasil Vaccination Can Lead To Serious Health Problems, Death

Innovative Modular Nanoparticle Drug Delivery System In Development

New Book Empowers People Living With Dementia

COPD: The Silent Killer No One Knows About

Second Lyme Infection Likely Means Two Tick Bite

Foiling Terrorists Before They Strike Using New Technology

Baltimore Launches HIV/AIDS Education Campaign

American College Of Physicians Expressed 'Great Disappointment' In Veto Of SCHIP Legislation

Pharmacists Recognized At National Morning News Shows

Life After Treatment - October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Statement On CT Colonography Study By AGA Institute

HIV-Positive Now Overweight Like Everyone Else - As Disease Becomes A Chronic Condition, Other Health Issues Arise

AMRI And Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Launch Major Research Collaboration

Supporting Research Into Innovative Technologies To Advance Health Care

Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Receive Protection From Stroke And Heart Attacks

Genes That Increase Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk Identified By Researchers

The Value Of Research To The UK Revealed By The Research Councils

Training A New Generation Of Breast Specialists

Wyeth Presents New Phase 3 Data And Updates Regulatory Timing For NDA Filing Of Bazedoxifene/Conjugated Estrogens

Bilingual Medical Guidebook Eases Language Barrier Crisis

BDA Response To British Medical Journal Paper On Water Fluoridation, UK

Abbott Broadens Use Of I-STAT Handheld Blood Analyzer With CLIA Waiver Granted By FDA For CHEM8+ Test Cartridge

Abbott's ABT-874 Shows Positive Results For Maintenance Of Response In Phase II Psoriasis Study

Aclasta Receives European Approval As First Once Yearly Treatment For Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Interim Results From A New Trial Of CANCIDAS® (caspofungin Acetate) In Pediatric Patients With Documented Fungal Infections

Nobel Prizes Won By Two More American Cancer Society Researchers

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