Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 27 October 2007

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Saturday 27 October 2007

Implantable Brain Device Makes Parkinson's Patients More Impulsive

Written by Christian Nordqvist

There is an implantable brain device which is used with Parkinson's Disease patients to help them control their movements better. However, there have been reports that some of those who have had the device implanted are becoming more impulsive...
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Is Gun Control Less Effective Than Reducing Social Exclusion At Reducing Gun Crime?

Written by Christian Nordqvist

A more effective way to combat gun crime may be to work at reducing social exclusion and deprivation, while at the same time increasing the protection of children, rather than focusing on just gun control, according to an...
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Pregnancy And Alcohol - How Much Is Safe?

Written by Christian Nordqvist

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) of the UK draft guidance is at odds with official guidance and has added confusion to the whole issue. In this week's British Medical Journal (BMJ) two experts debate the topic...
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Young British Girls To Be Routinely Vaccinated Against HPV From September 2008

Other Medical and Health News for 27 October*

New Help Welcome For Rural Health - Australian Medical Association

COSA, Cancer Council Applaud $15m Abbott Plan For Lost Generation Of Cancer Patients, Australia

UCB Announces Initiation Of Phase III Clinical Program For RikeltaTM (Brivaracetam) As Adjunctive Treatment In Partial-Onset Epilepsy

Leading Cervical Cancer Charity "Absolutely Delighted" At HPV Immunisation Announcement, UK

Tiny RNAs Play A Big Role In Controlling Genes

News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation

Special Status Given By US And European Regulators To New TB Drug

New Causes For Neurodegeneration Discovered By U-M Scientists

Benefits Of MitraClip For Patients With Mitral Regurgitation Shown By New Data

AIDS Research Boosted By $8.5M Grant Award To UMass Medical School

Major Effort To Combat Disparities In DC Stroke Care Lead By Georgetown

Perception Of Gender Affected By Hearing

Machiavellian Intelligence Shared By Humans And Monkeys

Misdiagnosis Of Appendicitis In Pregnancy Increases Risk To Fetus

Center For Education And Research On Therapeutics At University Of Pennsylvania Receives $4M Award

The Benefits Of Animal Biotechnology

Doctors And Nurses Issue New Guidelines On Decision-making In Relation To Resuscitating Patients, UK

New Study Of Concerta(R) Showed Significant Improvement Of ADHD Symptom Management In Adults Compared To Placebo

Celator(R) Pharmaceuticals Study Shows CPX-571 Maintains Synergistic Ratio Of Irinotecan And Cisplatin To Improve Anti-tumor Activity

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center To Lead Study Of Surgery Vs. CyberKnife(R) Radiosurgery For Operable Lung Cancer Patients

Semafore's PI3 Kinase Inhibitor SF1126 Is Active Against Tumor And Tumor Cells And Synergizes With Standard Chemotherapy Agents

IDM Pharma Announces Upcoming Clinical Data Presentations

ATS Medical Receives FDA Clearance For ATS Simulus Semi-Rigid Annuloplasty Ring

Quest Diagnostics Licenses Technology Underlying SensiTrop(TM) HIV Co-Receptor Tropism Test From Pathway Diagnostics

American Red Cross Blood Services Supports The Blood Needs Of Southern California

GlaxoSmithKline Aids California Fire Relief Efforts

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