Medical News Today: Health News for Wednesday 10 October 2007

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Wednesday 10 October 2007

Written by Catharine Paddock

American food company ConAgra is advising consumers not to eat Banquet Turkey and Chicken Pot Pies until further notice after being contacted by health officials about a possible link to Salmonella outbreaks affecting...
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Reduced Risk Of Ovarian Cancer Linked To Low Fat Diet

Written by Catharine Paddock

A new US study has suggested that reduced risk of ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women could be linked to a low fat diet high in fruit and vegetables and grains. The 8 year study also suggested the risk probably gets...
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Commercial Managed Care Enrollees Get Better Care Than Medicaid Managed Care Enrollees

Written by Christian Nordqvist

If you are an enrollee in a Medicaid managed care program the chances are that you will receive lower-quality care than somebody in a commercial managed care program, according to a report in the Journal of the American...
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Topiramate May Help Treat Alcohol Dependence

Chronic Job Strain Following Heart Attack Doubles Risk Of Another Heart Attack Or Unstable Angina

Rare CNS Infection After Heart Transplantation Is A Significant Predictor Of Death

High C-reactive Protein Levels Linked To Higher Age-related Macular Degeneration Risk

Prompt Treatment Of Minor Stroke Protects From Subsequent Major Stroke

Discouraging Kids From Drinking Sodas Has No Long Term Effect On Obesity

High Antioxidant Diet Does Not Lower Age Related Macular Degeneration Risk

Multiple Sclerosis Nerve Damage Repaired By Scientists

British Wrong To Think Moderate Exercise Is Better Than Vigorous Exercise

Other Medical and Health News for 10 October*

Mersey Hospital Improvements Begin, Australia

EUFAMI Survey Shows Carers Across Europe Believe In Remission As A Realistic Treatment Goal For Many People Living With Schizophrenia

Gates Foundation Launches 100 Million Dollars Initiative To Spur Innovation In Global Health Research

New Book Challenges Current Thinking On Depression And Finds Advantages In The Condition

Women With High Or Increasing Blood Pressure Are Up To Three Times More Likely To Develop Diabetes

DIA To Host Europe's First - Ever Clinical Forum

A Potential Leg Up For Diabetes Patients

Healthy Living Made Easy With New Diabetes Foodsmart ENewsletter

Ugandan President Museveni Commissions Pharmaceutical Plant That Will Produce Antiretrovirals, Antimalarials

Presidential Candidates Discuss Health Care During Campaign Events

Web Exclusive Addresses Hospital Patient Safety Efforts; Study Examines Continuously Uninsured Population

American Lung Association's Free Online Flu Clinic Locator

Ministers, Medical Professionals, Lawmakers Gather For Meeting To Discuss HIV/AIDS Issues In Black Community

President Bush Calls For Compromise On SCHIP But Defends Veto Of Expansion Legislation

CQ's Carey Examines Attempt At SCHIP Veto Override, Tobacco Regulation, Veterans' Disability Benefits

Census Bureau Nursing Home Data 'Misleading,' Letter Says

New York Times Publishes Several Women's Health-Related Articles

African Countries Should 'Find Resolve' To Issue Compulsory Licenses 'When They See Fit,' Opinion Piece Says

States Working To Reduce Red Tape In Allowing Emergency Responders To Provide Assistance

White House Needs To Foster Military Health System Improvements, Editorial Says

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Comments On Lawsuit Against Bloomberg L.P. Over Pregnancy Discrimination, Clarifies Involvement With Company

Fight Against HIV/AIDS 'Far From Over," Should Focus On Prevention, Testing, Opinion Piece Says

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Recent Medicare Developments

Letters To The Editor Respond To Opinion Piece Addressing Patient Choice

Kurdish Officials Seek To End 'Honor' Killings Related To Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancies, Sex Outside Marriage, AP/Miami Herald Reports

Peace Corps Volunteers To Begin Work On HIV/AIDS Projects In Ethiopia

UAW Contract With GM Would Create Health Care Reform Institute

Editorials, Opinion Pieces, Letters Examine Veto Of SCHIP Reauthorization Bill

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Urges Empowerment Of Women At Americans For UNFPA Conference

Philadelphia Inquirer Examines Effect Of Merck's Failed International HIV Vaccine Trial On Research And Development

Guardian Life, Humana Introduce New Multiyear Health Insurance Plans Designed To Make Premiums More Predictable For Small Businesses

Tennessean Publishes Editorial, Opinion Pieces Examining Health IT

National Consumer Group: New York's Medicaid Program Among The Best In Nation Despite Second-Lowest Provider Reimbursement

The PROVECTOR Prototype Successfully Tested

New Drug Offers Potential For Restoration Of Lost Function In MS Patients

Development Required Of Genomic Technologies To Identify Toxic Chemicals

Full-Scale ENCODE Project Will Survey Entire Human Instruction Book

Three Alabama Abortion Clinics Removed From Probation, Health Officials Say

Congo Television Pilot Featuring HIV/AIDS Stories In Local Language To Air

Medicaid Spending Increased By 10.7% In First Half Of 2007

Bipartisan Commission Could Address Entitlement Programs' Financial Problems, According To Op-Ed

Physio-Control Announces Availability Of LUCAS™ Chest Compression System In United States

Hemispheric Health Successes Mask Underlying Gaps

Study Of Prostate Cancer Finds Differences Between Blacks And Whites

4-Decade Search Ended By Discovery Of Retinal Cell Type

$37 Million In Financing Secured By UI Licensee Optherion

Study Of Relationship Between Chronic Diseases And Stress

Potential Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene Identified Using 'Network' Approach

New York Times Examines Split Of Religious Conservative Leaders On Republican Presidential Primary

WTO Receives Notification From Canada Authorizing Generic Drug Company To Produce Combination Antiretroviral For Rwanda

Federated Authentication For Health Industry

Legislation Would Exempt From Taxes Small Businesses' Health Coverage Premiums

Opinion Pieces Address 2008 Presidential Election

Government's Response Will Facilitate Research And Benefit Patients, UK

Congressional Briefing On Children's Mental Health

Key Marker For Colorectal Cancer Treatment, Interleukin-8,

PRECEDE-HF Clinical Trial To Evaluate Ability Of Cardiac Trend Data To Prevent Heart Failure Hospitalizations

Transcutaneous Cervical Esophageal Ultrasound Can Not Substitute For 24-h PH Monitoring Or Manometry

M-POSSUM, An Effective Risk Assessment System Prior To Operation

Insights Into Cell Specificity Of Human Vs. Avian Viruses

Complementary Medicine Can Help With Chronic Pain

Can Infectious Diseases Be Brought Under Control? - Symposium, Wednesday 30 January 2008, UK

Pan-European Clinical Trials Necessary For Studying Rare Diseases

Bleeding Severity In Portal Hypertension May Be Reduced By Ultra-Low-Dose Aspirin

Nutrition Improves Learning And Memory In Schoolchildren

New Research Warns Of The Lack Of Specialisation Within The Spanish Forensic Scientists When Judging Individuals With Mental Disorders

Could This Signal The End For Dental X-rays?

Mathematicians Help Unlock Secrets Of The Immune System

Society For Vascular Medicine Introduces Name Change, Unveils New Web Site

Husband And Wife Team Win Institute Of Medicine's 2007 Sarnat International Award In Mental Health

Institute Of Medicine Honors Members For Outstanding Service

Connection Between Substance Abuse And Violence Examined

Treatment Of Cancer In Hospitals Shows A Decrease In The Use Of Radiotherapy Procedures

10-Year Warning For Persistent Smokers

The Importance Of Protecting Your Health Records From Medical Identity Theft

Bar Workers Feel Benefits Of Smoking Ban, UK

Australia Fines Smokers On Beaches, Sidewalks, All Open Areas

Vocal Joystick Uses Voice To Control Computer

Kathryn Calame, Timothy Pedley And Carolyn Westhoff Elected To Institute Of Medicine

Investigating Link Between Male Testosterone Levels And Marital Status

Study Of Misshapen Chromosomes With Links To Epilepsy, Mental Retardation Supported By Grant

The Australian Nursing Federation In Conjunction With Reconciliation Australia Proudly Announces The Launch Of The ANF Reconciliation Action Plan

In Lab Study Of Multiple Sclerosis And Related Disorders, Antibody Leads To Repair Of Myelin Sheath

New Study By Ariad Scientists Offers Insights Into Design Of Small-Molecule Drugs To Treat Drug-Resistant Leukemia

WFP Warns Of Disaster In Uganda As Food Stocks For Flood Victims Run Low

Yale BioHaven Entrepreneurship Series Announces Schedule For 2007-2008

Photosouned USA Wins Prestigious Industry Awards

Study: Guidelines Can Help With Broken Hearts

Scent Of Warm Cookies Can Ease Stress Of Chemo

Howard H. Hiatt Wins Institute Of Medicine's 2007 Gustav O. Lienhard Award

Urodynamix Announces New Device To Help Diagnose Prostate Cancer

Chicagoland Welcomes Bladder Cancer Community, USA

Non-Profit Group Urges Candidates To Find Common Ground In Health Care Reform, USA

American College Of Physicians Sites Implications Of Rising Cost Of Medical Education And Resulting Debt Burden

MIT To Establish An Integrative Research Institute To Develop New Paradigms In Cancer Research

$37 Million Financing For Company Based On Macular Degeneration Research

Encouraging Results Reported On Airway Bypass Procedure

Increased Risk Of Heart Disease Death With Prostate Cancer Therapy

APHA Awards Over 2 Million Dollars In Grants To Strengthen The Capacity Of State Public Health Associations

AHRQ Announces Next Phase Of Its Evidence-Based Practice Center Program

Risk Of A Second Heart Attack Doubled With Chronic Job Strain

Many With Breast Cancer Will Never Be Without A Breast Again

New Tool To Fight Breast Cancer May Be In Your Purse

Clinical Trial Of Topiramate For Alcohol Dependence

Game Helps Children Escape Realities Of Burn Unit

News From The Journal Of The National Cancer Institute

Studying Prostate-Specific Antigen Velocity's Clinical Usefulness

Girls Can Be 5-Times More Likely To Tear Their A-C-L's

New Radioactive Agents For Colon Cancer Work Inside Cells

New Findings Solve Human Origins Mystery

State Laws May Limit Implementation Of CDC's Recommendations For Routine HIV Testing

Pay And Pensions Trouble Housing Assoc Staff, UK

South Asian Men Feel Stressed And Discriminated Against In London

MS Society Adverts Make The BBC, UK

Royal College of Physicians Comment On Tooke Review Of MMC, UK

Asthma UK Scotland Comment On SMC Approval Of Xolair

Sparkling Little Star Chloe Is The Pride Of Britain - Cancer Research UK

The Thin Stay Thin While The Fat Are Getting Fatter, UK

University Of Leicester Cancer Researchers Investigate 'Smoking Gun' Trail, UK

Vital Funding Guidance For Adult Children With Elderly Parents Needing Care, UK

Spend NHS Money Wisely, Says BMA In Response To CSR, UK

Why Is Dentistry The Poor Relation In The NHS, Asks The BDA? UK

Nobel Prize For Medicine Won By Professor Sir Martin Evans

Will New Money For The NHS Get To Patients? UK

Dr. Luis Parada And Dr. Thomas Südhof Elected To National Academy Of Sciences' Institute Of Medicine

UNLV Nursing Professor To Investigate Role Of Inflammatory Cells In Muscle Recovery

2007 Pre-Budget Report And Comprehensive Spending Review, UK

Spread Of Endogenous Retrovirus K Is Similar In The DNA Of Humans And Rhesus Monkeys

News From The Journal Of Neuroscience

Alacrity Biosciences Announces Positive Results From A Phase 2 Study Of Its Dry Eye Treatment ALTY-0501

DeCODE Launches Phase II Clinical Testing Of DG051 For The Prevention Of Heart Attack

Vical Demonstrates Dose-sparing Of Protein-based H5N1 Influenza Vaccine With Vaxfectin(TM) Adjuvant

ThermoGenesis Announces 510(k) Clearance For AutoXpress(TM) Cord Blood Processing System

FDA Clears Biospace Med's Revolutionary Low Dose Xray Imager

PEAK Surgical Announces Positive Surgical Incision Wound Healing Results With The PEAK PlasmaBlade(TM)

Cautious Optimism For New Alzheimer's Medications, Reports The Harvard Mental Health Letter

HMOs Fail To Bridge The Gap Between Medicaid And Commercial Patients

Study Finds Possible Link Between Tooth Loss, Dementia

Model To Study Age-Related Macular Degeneration Could Pave Way For Better Treatment

Lead Exposure Accelerates Chronic Kidney Disease

Road To Better Health A Mouse Click Away

Language, Region Influence Hispanics' Medicare Experience

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