Medical News Today: Health News for Thursday 25 October 2007

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Thursday 25 October 2007

A Third Of Americans Extremely Stressed, New Survey

Written by Catharine Paddock

A new national survey by the American Psychological Association (APA) suggests that one third of Americans are living with extreme stress while nearly half believe stress is damaging their health, their relationships, and...
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US Federal Panel Recommends FluMist For Under 5s

Written by Catharine Paddock

Reports are coming in that an advisory panel to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted on Wednesday to recommend FluMist, a seasonal flu vaccine administered as a nasal spray, for children as young as 2...
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New York City Undeterred In Fight To Show Calorie Information In Restaurant Chains

Written by Catharine Paddock

New York City health officials, undeterred by a judge's ruling that they were breaking federal law last time, are proposing that restaurant chains show calorie information prominently alongside menu options...
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Discovering A Seasonal Pattern In Bipolar Disorder Symptoms May Have Implications For Better Management

Other Medical and Health News for 25 October*

Results From Six Pivotal Tibotec Trials, Including Head-To-Head Data, Presented At The 11th European AIDS Conference

University Of Muenster Completes Certification Program By Implanting Its First CardioWest™ Temporary Total Artificial Heart

Minister Devins Visits Samaritans Dublin Offices, Meets Volunteers And Discusses Issues Around Suicide And Emotional Distress, Ireland

New ESC/ACC/AHA/WHF Universal Definition Of Myocardial Infarction Released

American Medical Student Association Announces Enhanced Pharmfree Scorecard 2.0

Together For Health - A Strategic Approach For The EU, 2008-2013

£20 Million Drug Development Centre - Cancer Research UK

Catholic Church's Opposition To Condom Use Contributes To Spread Of HIV In Latin America, UNAIDS Official Says

CMS Likely Will Not Restrict Coverage For Drug-Coated Stents

Senate Passes Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill That Includes Amendment Preventing Redistribution Of Ryan White Funding In Some Areas

Lawmakers To Investigate Private Equity Companies That Own Nursing Homes

Leader Of Anglican Communion Criticizes 'Normalization' Of Abortion, Calls For Review Of British Law

House Passes Suicide Prevention Bill For Veterans

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights SCHIP Editorials, Op-Eds, Letter To The Editor

Democrats Reintroduce Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Legislation

Delaware Approves Rule Requiring Physicians To Use Tamper-Proof Pads For Medicaid Prescriptions

Two Newspapers Publish Opinion Pieces On Giuliani's Abortion Rights Position, Religious Conservative Reaction

Senate Approves Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill That Restores Cuts To Health Research; Democrats Prepare For Veto

Georgia Lawmaker Urges More Funding For Hospitals That Provide Care For Low-Income, Uninsured

Groups File Separate Lawsuits Challenging Ballot Summary Of Proposal To Modify Missouri Amendment Protecting Embryonic Stem Cell Research

House Democrats Plan To Vote Thursday On Revised SCHIP Legislation That Tightens Language On Income Limits, Undocumented Immigrants

Experts Call For Increased Scrutiny For Psychological, Social Distress In Cancer Patients

Federal Judge Rules Pennsylvania Judicial Candidates Can Discuss Views On Political Issues, Including Abortion

Biden Announces Health Care Proposal In Iowa

IBM To Pay For Obesity Prevention Efforts For Children Of Employees

Senate Passes Labor-HHS-Education Bill After Removing Amendments Related To Abstinence Education, Stem Cell Research

New HIV Cases In Malaysia Decreasing, Percentage Of Women Living With Virus Increasing, Health Ministry Official Says

63% Of U.S. Residents Paying More For Health Care In 2007, Survey Finds

Roche Considering Legal Options In Patent Litigation Case, USA

Spinal Elements, Inc. Introduces Mercury™ Spinal System For Spine Fusion Surgery

Sagemark Announces JV With Saint Clare's Hospital For Radiation Therapy Center, USA

Targacept Announces Plans To Develop Enantiomer Of Mecamylamine As Augmentation Therapy For Depression

EquiFit Plans To Help Ward Off Spread Of MRSA, Makes SilverClene24™ Available To Schools, Homes And Offices

New Medical Treatment For Women's Heart Disease Discussed In Dr. Stegmann's Publication "Holding A Woman's Heart In My Hands"

MetLife Enhances Dental Plan Offerings

Younger Men Joining The Masses Flocking To Plastic Surgeons

Stem Cell Innovations Cites Two Recent Government Documents Supporting The Use Of Cell-Based Assays For Toxicity Testing

Canadian Blood Services Re-Brands Bone Marrow Cause To Address Critical Shortage Of Ethnic Registrants

Kaiser Permanente Pledges $250,000 For Disaster Relief To Aid In Recovery From Southern California Fires

California Wildfires -- Psychological Effects On Children…Psychologist Is Available To Discuss Trauma

FDA Issues Approvable Letter For Stavzor™ Delayed Release Valproic Acid Capsules

Signal That Switches On Eye Development Discovered By UK Researchers

Guidelines For Drug And Stent Therapy May Result From HORIZONS AMI Trial Data

Gilead Announces New LetairisTM (ambrisentan) Data For The Treatment Of Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (WHO Group 1)

Humans' Natural Circadian Rhythm Disrupted By Daylight Savings Time

Cleviprex™ (Clevidipine Butyrate) Rapidly Reduced Blood Pressure And Maintained Control In Study Of Patients With Acute Hypertension

Oral Surgery Can Reduce CPAP Needs In Patients With Sleep Apnea

Medtronic Trials Confirm Ability Of Interceptor(R) Coronary Filter System And Export(R) Aspiration Catheter To Reduce Major Cardiac Events

Women's Dietary Intake Study Ties Yogurt Consumption To Healthier Body Weights

Results Of Clinical Trial For Safety/Efficacy Of Concomitant Formoterol Fumarate/Tiotropium Treating COPD

Cardiac Patients And Doctors Implore State To Abandon Dangerous Heart Experiment, USA

Results Of Clinical Trials Of Nebulized Formoterol Fumarate: Long-term And Cardiovascular Safety COPD

ASCO And CCO Issue New Guideline On Adjuvant Therapy For Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

JAMA Study Shows What Works In Treating HIV-Infected African Children

New 'Weapon' Against Leading Cause Of Battlefield Mortality

Adult Disease Prevention Needs Be Promoted By Child Health Psychologists

Epidemic Of Anesthesia Overdosing - How Can You Avoid It?

Special Report Released By Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute

Parental Knowledge Of Teen Substance Use

Increasing Need To Improve Patient Care And Reduce Medical Errors To Boost European CPOE Markets

More Residential Alcohol Treatment Needed For African-American And Hispanic Alcohol Abusers

Women With A Family History Of Alcoholism More Likely To Experience Greater Sweet Preferences

Evercare Unveils Details Of Nation's First Alzheimer's Disease Special Needs Plan In Phoenix

Preventive Respiratory Improvement In NYC Firefighters

Neuropathic Pain Effectively Treated By Smoked Cannabis

How The Brain Generates The Human Tendency For Optimism Revealed By Study

Teenage Smokers May Also Be At Greater Risk For Alcohol And Drug Abuse

Focusing On Detecting Deadly Aortic Aneurysms

Delivering Cancer Drugs Using Nanoballs

Some Cancer Drugs May Work Best In Combination

Researchers Explore Ways To Teach Approved Drugs New Tricks

Epilepsy Drugs May Cause Sexual Disorders

State Regulators Warn Consumers: Popular Halloween Eye Wear Can Permanently Damage Eyes

CoreValve's 18-French ReValving™ System For Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (PAVR) Demonstrated 'Live' At TCT 2007

Insight Into Prognosis In Patients With Plasma Cell Malignancies Provided By New Test, Mayo Clinic Study Finds

Effects Of Toxins On Embryo Development Decoded

Families And Caregivers Suffer Guilt, Fear And Loneliness After Medical Errors

American Academy Of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry Offers Resources On California Wildfires

Hearing "Messages" Embedded In Noise Could Be A Sign Of Early Schizophrenia

Longevity And Physical Fitness In Old Age Linked To Severely Restricted Diet

Alcoholics With Antisocial And Borderline Personality Disorders

Alcohol-Psychotherapy Outcomes May Be Moderated By GABRA2 Genotype

Heart Disease May Be Reduced By Enzyme CEH

Results Of Phase I Pharmacokinetic Study Of ECO-4601, A Novel Bifunctional Targeting Agent For Cancer

Discrepancies Discovered Between Dysphagia Diet Guidelines And Prepared Foods

Tissue Destruction Blocked By Natural Product From Amazon Rainforest

Canadians Welcome HPV Vaccine - But Not At Any Price

University Ranking Systems Seriously Flawed

Bird Flu Finds Children's Lungs Faster

Tough New Regulator For Health And Social Care, UK

Approval For UK Clinical Trial Announced By Oncolytics Biotech Inc.

Nicotine Reduces Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesias In Parkinson's

Important Tool In Understanding Differentiation In Human Embryonic Stem Cells Discovered By Researchers

Improving The Accuracy Of Visual Searches In Medicine And Homeland Security

Avian Flu Model Predicts Outbreaks In UK More Likely To Involve Duck Meat Industry

Leading Development And Social Psychologists Address Intergroup Attitudes Among Youth

University-Industry Extensive Research Collaboration

Direct Route From Brain To Immune System Discovered By Scientists

Abbott's Humira(R) (Adalimumab) Recommended By NICE For The Treatment Of Rheumatoid Arthritis, UK

Purity Of Medicines Improved By New Technique

Pioneering NHS Adviser Proposes A Radical Prescription For Health Care

Potential Health Benefits Study Of Natural Chemicals In Muscadine Grape Seeds

MRSA Kills One In 20 Hospital Patients Who Have The Infection

Top Researcher Highlights Endometriosis As The 'Hidden Disease' In Women's Health

BMA Response Regarding The New 'Super-Regulator', UK

A New Key To Detecting Deadly Aortic Aneurysms

Outstanding New Environmental Scientists To Receive Awards From NIEHS

BiPar Announces Preclinical Data Demonstrating Anti Tumor Activity With BSI 401, Its Second Generation PARP Inhibitor

The Oral Cancer Foundation Urges HPV Vaccination For Males

Inhaled Steriods Used As Preventive Treatment Post 9/11

New Data Shows Ongoing Benefits Of Percutaneous MitraClip(R) Device For Patients With Mitral Regurgitation

Mayo Clinic Physicians Report Findings From Research On Sleep Disorders

FDA Accepts Wyeth's Supplemental New Drug Application For Tygacil For The Treatment Of Patients With Community Acquired Pneumonia

Vermillion Completes Clinical Trial Enrollment For Ovarian Cancer Triage Test

R7128 Receives Fast Track Designation From The FDA For The Treatment Of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection

ActivBiotics To Present Results Of Pivotal Study In The Treatment Of Peripheral Arterial Disease At AHA Meeting

Anthera Announces Positive Phase II Clinical Results From A-002 Cardiovascular Disease Trial

Human Genome Sciences Presents New Data Showing Anti Tumor Activity And Safety Of Trail Receptor Antibodies In Combination With Chemotherapy

Mersana Therapeutics Reports Phase I Results For XMT 1001 In Patients With Solid Tumors At AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentation Of SPI 1620 Data At The AACR NCI EORTC International Conference

Spectranetics Announces Clinical Data From Cello Trial

Clinical Trial Data On The Safety And Efficacy Of Concomitant Formoterol Fumarate/ Tiotropium Treatment For COPD

Hospitals Adopt STERIS Advanced Room Sterilization Technology In The Fight Against 'Superbugs'

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