Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 19 October 2007

Medical News Today provides hourly health news sourced and written by our own dedicated team.

Health News Headlines

Friday 19 October 2007

Differences In Brain Chemistry Could Explain Resilience To Traumatic Stress

Written by Catharine Paddock

A new US study on mice has suggested that differences in the chemistry of reward circuits in the brain may explain why some people are more susceptible than others to post traumatic stress, depression and other mental and...
[read article]

Maine School Makes Birth Control Pills Available To 11 Year Olds

Written by Catharine Paddock

A school in Maine, US, is to make birth control pills available to middle school children as young as 11 through its health centre. According to an Associated Press (AP) report, the decision was made in a school committee...
[read article]

How Fair, Responsive, Safe And Effective Is The National Health Service? England

Written by Christian Nordqvist

According to Lord Ara Darzi, who wrote a Comment in this week's The Lancet, there is no quick and easy way to make the National Health Service fairer, more responsive, safer and more effective...
[read article]

Pitrakinra May Significantly Reduce Asthma Symptoms

Anti-Anemia Drug May Improve Quality Of Life For Patients With Severe Kidney Disease

Other Medical and Health News for 19 October*

Give Community Pharmacies A Seat At The Bargaining Table, USA

APhA, Lexi-Comp Announce Release Of New Drug Information Solution For Community Pharmacists

Crisis Of Legitimacy Plagues IMF And World Bank Amidst Escalating Demand For Debt Cancellation At Annual Meetings

Preventing Tuberculosis Reactivation

Your Vision - Launch Of Our Eye Care Campaign, UK

Bacteria Use Plant Defence For Genetic Modification

UNHCR Launches HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign Among High-Risk Groups In Nepal

San Francisco Chronicle Examines Private Health Care Advocacy Field

ALP Policy A Good First Step In Addressing Nursing Workforce Ills, Australia

Botswana Lawmakers Plan Release Of Report Gauging Public Opinion On National Response To HIV/AIDS

Coalition Pushing To Include Patient Privacy Provisions In EHR Legislation

Editorials, Opinion Pieces Discuss Veto Of SCHIP Expansion Bill

House Decision To Increase Funding For Abstinence-Only Sex Education Leaves Youths 'Vulnerable,' Opinion Piece Says

Presidential Candidate Thompson Discusses Need To Reduce Cost Of Entitlement Programs

Reports Examine Health Insurance Reform, Single-Payer System NEJM Perspective Discusses New Medicare Reimbursement Rule

Supreme Court Justice Scalia Says Catholic Faith Has 'Little Effect' On His Work, Including Abortion-Related Rulings

Proposal From President Bush To Improve Health Care For Veterans Meets Resistance In Congress

Florida Should Delay Medicaid Pilot Project Expansion, Report Says

Alaska Health Officials Release New Guidelines On Fish Consumption For Females Of Childbearing Age, Young Children

Senate Begins Debate On Labor-HHS-Education Spending Bill That President Bush Has Threatened To Veto

Officials In Kansas, Rhode Island Discuss Health Care Proposals

Dr. Jill Buyon To Receive Evelyn V. Hess Research Award - Lupus Foundation Of America

Sens. Harkin, Specter Remove Spending Bill Provision That Would Have Expanded Federal Funding For Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Senate Committee Discusses Cutting MA Plan Payments To Prevent Physician Payment Cut

Groups Ask Congress Not To Intervene In CMS Decision On Anemia Drugs

ASHP Educates Pharmacists About Risks To Celiac Patients From Gluten In Medications

Pharmacists Recommend Use Of Personal Medication Lists For Safety

FDA Approves Bristol-Myers Squibb Late-Stage Breast Cancer Drug Ixempra

President Bush 'Confident' Compromise Can Be Reached On SCHIP Legislation; House Appears Unlikely To Override Veto

Delay In Chrysler Contract Vote Might Stall Ford Negotiations With United Auto Workers

Labour Just Ahead In Conference Condom Poll, But Many Remain Clueless, UK

Terrence Higgins Trust Launches New Booklets On Sexually Transmitted Infections, UK

BIO Statement: Industry Praises California Governor For Supporting Biotechnology

Women's Health Care Unsatisfactory Nationwide, National Women's Law Center Report Card Says

U.S. Lawmakers Should Not Condone Efforts By Thailand To Issue Compulsory Licenses For Antiretrovirals, Opinion Piece Says

Maryland County Plan To Provide Affordable, Coordinated Care For Uninsured Residents

FDA Announces Revisions To Labels For Cialis, Levitra And Viagra

Labor Offers A Start To Reduce Waiting Lists, But More Needed, Australia

AMA Will Continue Efforts To Preserve Kids' Access To Care

New Clinics Offer Chlamydia Tests To Local Young People, UK

Health Advocacy Groups Seek To End Barriers In Accessing Funding For Vital Medical Research

NARSAD Florida Mental Illness Research Symposium Jan. 12 At Van Wezel In Sarasota Free, Open To Public

The Stroke Association Response To 'quick Treatment Following Minor Stroke Reduces Risk Of Major Stroke By 80%' In The Lancet, UK

Health Care Quality Scores Unveiled By California's Office Of The Patient Advocate

WHO EURO Region Ministerial Forum On TB Must Reach Out Beyond Borders Of Europe

Large Variations In How Long Admitted Patients Wait In Emergency Rooms For Hospital Beds, Canada

Approximately $71,000 Of Dietary Supplements Seized At FDA Request

Statement On Medtronic's Voluntary Market Suspension Of Their Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator Leads

FDA Approves New HIV Drug - Raltegravir Tablets Used In Combination With Other Antiretroviral Agents

Five-Year-Old Boy Receives Landmark Kidney Transplant, UK

Savient Pharmaceuticals Completes Puricase Phase 3 Studies For Treatment-Failure Gout

UK Pledges £100 Million To UNFPA To Make Childbirth Safer And Promote Reproductive Health

Clinical Trials Of New Stent Using Revolutionary Biomaterial

ABR Approves PAAROT Program As Type II PQI

Diagnosis Clarified For Serious Blood Vessel Disease Of Brain And Spinal Cord

Biomedical Engineer Inspired By Sticky Mussels, Findings Have Potential Biosensor Applications

Despite Bipartisan Congressional Support, SCHIP Override Vote Fails

Research Foundation To Honour Spinal Cord Injury Expert

Protein That Encourages Tumor Cell Stability And Survival Discovered

2007-08 Adult Immunization Schedule Endorsed By Internists And Published In Annals Of Internal Medicine

Congressman Burgess Votes Against SCHIP Veto Override, Says Congress Needs To Produce A Bill That Would "cover Poor Children First"

City Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement With HHC 25-Month Deal Gives Nurses Substantial Pay Hikes, New York

Pharmacists Help Patients With Diabetes Manage Their Disease

Rhesus Macaques Cross-Species Transplant Brings Us A Step Closer To Diabetes Cure For Humans

Study Finds Immune Cells Fighting Chronic Infections Become Progressively 'Exhausted,' Ineffective

PTC Therapeutics Announces Additional Results From Phase 2 Study Of PTC 124 In Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Clues To The Roots Of Human Resilience Revealed By New Mouse Study

AMA: NY Attorney General Actions Will Protect Patient Choice Of Physicians

Pivotal MIRCERA Study Published In The Lancet - First To Convert Dialysis Patients From Frequent Dosing Directly To Once Every Four Weeks

AMD Telemedicine Develops Deployable Telemedicine Kit

Humanitarian Aid Not Enough For Myanmar's Poor - UN Official

AAO-HNSF Host To "Otolaryngology In The Service Of Peace"

New Survey Shows Few Americans Taking Care Of Their Most Valued Sense: Eyesight

American Geriatrics Society's Foundation For Health In Aging Publishes Tip Sheet To Help Older Adults Avoid Overmedication And Harmful Drug Reactions

For Older Adults, It's Time To Schedule Flu And Other Life-Saving Shots, Advises The American Geriatrics Society's Foundation For Health In Aging

Animal Study Identifies Potential Treatment For Huntington's Disease

Reports Of Significant Progress In Fight Against Malaria

Pioneer In 'Chaos Theory' To Talk At UH About Human, Animal Eyes

The Effects Of Caregiving Examined By USC Study

Hope Offered For Patients With Deadly Brain Tumors Via Drug Combination

Study Of Bacteria Which Colonizes The Gut And Causes Food Poisoning

Cystic Fibrosis Study Reveals Potential Therapeutics

Physicians 'Saddened' By Congressional Failure To Override SCHIP Veto

European Medicines Agency Confirms Positive Benefit-Risk Balance For Rosiglitazone And Pioglitazone

European Medicines Agency Recommends Withdrawal Of Marketing Authorisations For Cough Medicines Containing Clobutinol

FSU Law Prof Serves On National Panel Studying Mississippi River

Actress And Mother Jennifer Garner Joins American Lung Association To Encourage Americans To Get An Influenza Vaccination

SMURFs May Be Responsible For Aching Knees

Optimizing Care For Women With Cardiovascular Disease, October 22, 2007

AMSA Applauds PM For Clinical Training Model, Australia

Big Boost In Numbers Getting Drug Treatment, UK

UK Centre For Burns Research Receives 1 Million Pound Donation

Support Grows For Presumed Consent, UK

Deciphering Brain Activity Could Lead To Better Devices To Move Injured Or Artificial Limbs

Water Supply Made Safe By Ultraviolet Light

New International Colorectal Cancer Study Using Targeted Radiotherapy Offers Hope To The 1 In 3 Patients Whose Disease Has Metastasised To Their Liver

Psychiatric Nurses Say Improved Care Needed For BPD Patients

The International Menopause Society Calls Upon Health Authorities For Re-Evaluation Of Official Guidelines

ESRC Helps People Frightened By New Technology

Private/Public Insurance Mix Is Most Practical Way To Achieve Universal Coverage, New Report Finds

Funding Research For A Better Old Age In The UK

Children Displaced By Hurricanes Katrina And Rita Not Receiving Sustained Mental Health Aid From Schools

James Cracknell Launches Siemens Stroke For Stroke Week For The Stroke Association, UK

King's Fund Welcomes 'historic Move' On The Future Of Long-term Care For Millions Of Older People And Their Carers, UK

King's Fund Responds To Announcement Of Extra Money For Talking Treatments, UK

Dietitians Of Canada Supports The Right To Food For All

Small Study Shows Smoking May Worsen MS, UK

Simply Evolutionary: Siemens Unveils New Technology For Nuclear Medicine's Hardest Working Gamma Camera

Under-nutrition A Major Factor In Child Mortality

Gene Defects Could Be New Cause Of Male Infertility

HIV Linked To Increased Risk Of ESRD In African Americans

Early Intervention Dramatically Improves Outcomes For New Dialysis Patients

Telik Announces Presentation Of Preclinical Data On Dual Inhibitors Of Aurora Kinases And VEGFR2

American Fertility Association Calls For Expanded Research To Advance New Technology To Screen Embryos For Genetic Abnormalities

European CHMP Issues Positive Opinion For ATRIPLA(R) (efavirenz 600 Mg/ Emtricitabine 200 Mg/tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate 300 Mg)

St. Jude Identifies The Specific Cell That Causes Eye Cancer, Disproving Long-Held Theory

Mayo Clinic Clarifies Diagnosis And Treatment For Rare, Serious Blood Vessel Disease Of Brain And Spinal Cord

VA National Campaign Takes Aim At Resistant Staph Infections

Study Demonstrates Mindful Approach To Aging

Access Pharmaceuticals To Present Data On ProLindac(TM) At The AACR-NCI-EORTC 'Molecular Targets And Cancer Therapeutics' Conference

Initial Results Of Phase II Study With HCV Protease Inhibitor Boceprevir In Treatment-Naive Hepatitis C Patients Show A High Rate Of Early Response

Survival Data For Avicena's Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Drug Candidate, AL-02, To Be Presented At 18th International Symposium On ALS/MND

Micromet Receives Regulatory Approval To Conduct A Phase 2 Clinical Trial Investigating MT103 (MEDI-538) In Patients With Leukemia

U.S. Oncology Initiates Complete Phase Ib Trial Of Brostallicin Combination Therapy In Advanced Solid Tumors

FDA Clears MDN-CGS(R) Intravenous Insulin Dosing Software

American Academy Of Dermatology: New Study Finds Women More Likely Than Men To Be Affected By Acne As Adults

Body Image Has Little Influence On Desire For Plastic Surgery, ASPS Study Reveals

* Updated hourly, headlines marked as POPULAR are based upon the number of times they are viewed. Those marked as TOP RATED are based upon visitor ratings. Finally, those shown as NEW were published in the last hour.

< -- View news for 18 October 2007

View news for 20 October 2007 -- >

View other days' news for:
October: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 [19] 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
September: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

View news for any date:

Add Our Health News Headlines to your news reader:

Contact Our News Editors

For any corrections of factual information, or to contact the editors please use our feedback form.

Please send any medical news or health news press releases to:

Back to front page

List of All Medical Articles

Terms and Conditions


News Archive [link] Web Wikipedia Medical Dictionary [link]

Swine Flu Updates