Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 21 October 2007

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Sunday 21 October 2007

Stem Cells From Patient's Fat Used To Grow New Nerves

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Stem cells from a patient's fat may be used to create new nerves that can repair severed peripheral nerves (nerves outside the spinal cord), say scientists from Manchester University, England...
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Strong Financial Link Between Industry And Medical Schools As Well As Teaching Hospitals

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Over half of the USA's medical schools and teaching hospitals receive financial support from industry, according to a national survey of department chairs. The results of the survey are published in the Journal of the...
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Obesity Could Bankrupt NHS, UK
National Obesity Forum (NOF) chairman Dr Colin Waine has warned that the financial cost of obesity could "bankrupt the NHS". Speaking at the NOF's fifth annual conference in London, he talked about the challenges posed by...
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Other Medical and Health News for 21 October*

Sex Plays A Role In Orthopaedics

Sports Concussion Education Campaign Being Developed By National Athletic Trainers' Asociation And National Academy Of Neuropsychology

Mothers With Diabetes Parted From Newborns, UK

FDA Expands Age Range For Use Of Bacterial Meningitis Vaccine

Hajj Pilgrims Warned To Take The Threat Of Meningitis Seriously

MDS Nordion Signs 17-year Contract With Rosenergoatom

FDA Approves New Drug To Treat Complicated Urinary Tract And Intra-Abdominal Infections

FDA Provides Advice On Safe Sources Of Puffer Fish

New Research To Investigate The Most Common Trigger For Asthma In Children

Computer Simulator Allows Visually Impaired To Drive

Aspirin Just For Men?

Queens's Scientists Reassess Heart Disease Causes

Public Debate: Nanomedicine… Hype? Or A Real Revolution In Healthcare?

Medical Nanoimaging Pinpoints Cause Of Cataracts

New Active Compound Identified In Treatment Of Malaria

Older Men With HIV Often Have Sex Without Condoms

Watching Funny Shows Helps Children Tolerate Pain For Longer Periods

Millions Of People With Wet AMD Face Blindness, Social Isolation And Psychological Ill Health

New Allergic Rhinitis Treatment Avamys™ Receives Positive Opinion In Europe

European Medicine Agency (EMEA) Confirms Positive Avandia Benefit Risk Assessment

New Lancet Study: Malaria Vaccine Candidate Has Promising Safety, Tolerability Profile In Infants

GSK Receives Approval For Hycamtin® (topotecan) Capsules For The Treatment Of Relapsed Small Cell Lung Cancer

Cordis Corporation Announces Clinical Studies And Events At TCT 2007

Clinical Studies Show REMICADE® Reduces Incidence Of Bowel Surgeries In Ulcerative Colitis Patients

Elan And Biogen Idec Announce That Fda Will Extend Regulatory Review Period For Tysabri® For Crohn's Disease

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