Medical News Today: Health News for Tuesday 30 October 2007

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Tuesday 30 October 2007

Wyeth Recalls Cough And Cold Medicines With Faulty Dosage Cup

Written by Catharine Paddock

Wyeth Consumer Healthcare in the US is recalling and replacing a range of Robitussin cough and cold medicines and Children's Dimetapp Cold & Chest Congestion medicine because the measuring cup does not show a half-teaspoon...
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Promising Results For New Kidney Cancer Drug

Written by Catharine Paddock

A phase II trial on axitinib, a new experimental drug for treating patients with cytokine-refractory, metastatic kidney cancer who have a poor response to more traditional drugs has shown promising results according to a...
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HIV Arrived In US From Haiti, New Study

Written by Catharine Paddock

HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, probably came into the US from Haiti around the year 1969, a decade earlier than most scientists believed, says new research from the US. The study is due to be published this week in the...
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Psoriasis Patients Need Rigorous Screening For Co-Morbidities

Other Medical and Health News for 30 October*

Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) reports major increase in visceral leishmaniasis in War-Torn Somalia

Mass Drug Treatment For Elephantiasis Is Affordable Compared With Other Public Health Programs

New Gene Technique Used To Discover Cause Of Recent Sustained Outbreak Of Human Leptospirosis In Thailand

Mexican Researchers Report Intriguing Approach To Developing Treatments For Chagas Disease

Parasitic Worm Strongyloides Stercoralis Is Endemic In Southern Yunnan Province, China

Antibiotics Reverse Local Immunosuppression In Buruli Ulcer

Nearly 1.8 Million U.S. Veterans Without Health Care Coverage

Younger White Male Veterans At Increased Risk Of Suicide

Eleven Percent Of Men In The United States Have Had Concurrent Sexual Partners In The Past Year

Parents Less Likely Than Non-parenting Adults To Suffer Serious Psychological Distress

Blacks 35 Percent More Likely To Leave Hospitals Against Medical Advice

Nutrition Action Plan Published To Address Nutrition Of Older People In Care, UK

It's Time To Get Your Flu Shot

New Data Presented At UEGW Confirm Effectiveness And Safety Of RESOLOR(R) For Patients With Chronic Constipation

RNs Blast UC Irvine Med Center For Firings, Suspensions - Nurses Say UCI Targeting RNs In Response To Its Scandals

Vsurance, Inc. Becomes First In Industry To Provide Life Insurance Coverage For AKC, Service Orientated, And High Value Dogs And Cats

New Report From Australian Researchers Concerned About The Planet, Places And People At Risk

Study Links Hypertension In Obese Children To Television Viewing

Elekta Announces Elekta Infinity - A New System For Faster And More Precise Treatment Of Cancer Tumors

HIV Vaccine Trial Volunteers Asked To Undergo Testing To Determine Whether They Are At Increased Risk Of HIV

State Of Colorado Expands Contract With Alere Medical To Include Medicaid Recipients With COPD

Southern Africa Litigation Centre Launches HIV/AIDS Program

Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan Ranks First In U.S. News/NCQA Report

Making Contact With DNA Breaks

Political Candidates' Views On Abortion 'Not Especially Important,' Opinion Piece Says

Baltimore Sun Examines U.S. Health Care System, Efforts For Reform

Editorials, Opinion Pieces Address U.S. Health Care System

Giuliani's 'Implied' Link Between Increase In Adoptions, Decrease In Abortions 'Unsupportable,' Opinion Piece Says

President Bush Criticizes Democrats For Failing To Send Him FY 2008 Appropriations Bills

Tracking Poll Finds Health Care Second Most Important Issue Behind Iraq In 2008 Presidential Campaign

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Features Recent Developments In Presidential Campaigns Related To Health Care

CQ's Carey Discusses Senate Action On Revised SCHIP Bill, FY 2008 Spending Bills, Health IT Legislation

Frontiers In Cancer Research, Treatment And Resources At PENN

Aetna's New Toolkit Helps Physicians Work With Patients To Quit Smoking, USA

New Pharmaco-Economic Data At AAP Regarding Infants At High Risk For RSV Presented By MedImmune

In Order To Contain Marburg And Ebola Outbreaks Agencies Must Win Trust Of Locals

Federal Funding Will Create Orthopedic Research Center At Rhode Island Hospital

New ''MRSA Visual Knowledge'' Free Resource Increases Diagnostic Accuracy Among Physicians

News From The American Chemical Society

Survey Of Breast Cancer Patients Reveals Strains On Relationships, UK

Effective Treatment For Cancer That Has Spread To The Liver

Generous Donors Allow Red Cross To Respond Swiftly And Effectively To California Wildfires

Chronic Achilles Tendon Pain Eased By Ultrasound-Guided Injections

Cancer Vaccine Moves A Step Closer

Don't Chance It - Change It - Farmers Told At Health And Safety Demonstrations

study Of Former American Football Players and homosexuality

Ethnic Differences In Sleep Quality And Blood Pressure Studied

UK Engineers Develop New Cements To Heal Spinal Fractures

Widening Mortality Gap Between Those With Rheumatoid Arthritis And Those Without

Study Of Inflammation In Osteoarthritis Indicates Role Of Inflammatory Mechanism Distinct From Joint Cartilage

Evidence Of 'Memory' In Cells And Molecules Shown By Researchers

Out Of Africa: HIV's Path From Haiti To The US Then The World

Pittsburgh Based Associates In Ophthalmology Announces New Treatments For Patients Suffering From Macular Degeneration

Egypt, Morocco, Palestinian Territories To Join U.S.-Middle East Breast Cancer Partnership, First Lady Bush Says

Prostate Cancer Effectively Cured In Young Men By Implanting Radiation Seeds

Black Women At Greater Risk Of Breast Cancer Return

Study Of Sexual Function Following Higher Doses Of Radiation For Prostate Cancer

Creation Of Pediatric Research Institute To Improve Understanding Of The Biology Of Children's Health

Cancer Diagnosis And Treatment In Europe: Controversial Physical Agents Directive Postponed

Lives Of Lung Cancer Patients May be Extended By Preventing Lung Scarring

The Launch Of SCI INDIA Marks Expansion Into Asia Of SCI

Extended Access To ScienceDirect For The UK Research Community

Study Looks At New Treatment Option For Bladder Cancer

$1 Million Grant To Focus On Firefighters' Health

Latest Figures Show Greater Use Of The Voluntary And Independent Sectors In Delivering Social Care, UK

Gauging Risk For Colorectal Cancer Helps To Determine Screening Test

Successful Exclusion Of A Renal Artery Aneurysm (RAA) With Cardiatis FluidSmart 3D Multilayer Stent

Gilead Announces 48-Week Data Evaluating Switching From Combivir(R) To Truvada(R) Among Virologically-Suppressed HIV Patients

Predicting Risk Of Side Effects In Colorectal Cancer Using Gene Screen

HRH The Duke Of York Highlights Anaesthesia Crisis In The Developing World

Detection, Rehabilitation Of AMD Could Be Aided By Test For Visual Acuity

Primary Component In Risk Of Falls For Older Adults Is Visual Field Loss

Survival Time For Fatal Brain Cancer Quadrupled By Radiation Plus Chemo

Study Suggests Statins May Make Radiation More Effective At Curing Prostate Cancer

Breast Cancer Is More Aggressive In African American Women

Structure Of Molecular Target Of Many Drugs Unveiled By Scientists

Stress Named As The Major Cause Of Nurse Shortage In HIV Care

Development Of Olfactory System Guided By Odd Protein Interaction

Health Effects Of Climate Change Must Be Highlighted, Australia

Summit Meeting On Acute Aortic Diseases, Nov.1-2 To Be Hosted By Yale

IFC Push Gains Momentum, Australia

Discovery Of Brain Circuits That Control Hunger Suggests New Targets For Treating Obesity

HPV Testing May Reduce Incidence Of Cervical Cancer But Evidence Is Not Yet Strong Enough To Support Its Routine Use In Screening Programmes

Sight, Sound Processed Together And Earlier Than Previously Thought

Breast Cancer Return Prevented By Extra Radiation Dose

'Huffing' Household Chemicals Connected To Teen Suicide

NIH Grants $33 Million In Institutional Development Awards To Three States

New Renal Research Summarized By Nephrologists

Social Isolation May Have A Negative Effect On Intellectual Abilities

Multiple Detection Of Pathogens May Be Possible With New Magnetic Separation Technique

Pharmaceutical Industry Leader Joins The Institute Of Cancer Research, UK

Physician Assistants And Nurse Practitioners May Be Australia's Solution To Its Healthcare Shortage

Defining Critical Lab Value To Improve Patient Safety

In-Womb Life-Saving Surgery In Premature Rupture Of Fetal Membrane

Latest Statistics On NHS Community Contraception Services Released, UK

Brain Cell Damage Induced By Epilepsy Prevented In The Laboratory

Under Utah-India Deal Molecular Condom May Be Commercialized To Aid HIV/AIDS Prevention

Improvements To Cervical Cancer Care, UK

Aggregation Propensity, Amyloid Peptide Toxicity And Alzheimer Disease

Hopkins Report: Next Generation Contraceptive Implants Are Cheaper, Highly Effective, And Available Now

Links Uncovered Between Fever And Living Fast, Dying Young

Guidelines For Treating, Preventing Blood Clots In Cancer Patients Presented By International Team

Practice Based Commissioning Survey Reveals A Worrying Gap, UK

Homelessness Increases Risk Of Infection For Injecting Drug Users, UK

Patients Kept Awake While Plastic Surgeons Operate

Multimedia Book Helps Improve Patient Care For Sports-Related Injuries

New CIMZIA(R) Data Demonstrates Efficacy For Up To 18 Months In Patients With Crohn's Disease, With No Dose Escalation

Asian Son Preference Will Have Severe Social Consequences, New Studies Warn

One Size May Not Fit All: Knowing Risk Can Determine What Kind Of Colon Cancer Screening Is Best

fpa Responds To The Contraception And Sexual Health Report 2006/7, UK

BMA(NI) Welcomes Consultation To Raise Minimum Age For Purchase Of Tobacco, UK

A Passion For Ending Hunger: Howard G. Buffett Becomes WFP Ambassador Against Hunger

Mice Help Researchers Understand Chlamydia, Australia

Drug-Impaired Driving By Youth Remains Serious Problem, USA

Quality Of Life Study Examines Burden Of Epilepsy

Research Into Peptide Communication Could Lead To New Class Of Antibiotics

AMA: Physician Ranking Programs Must Put Qualty First

Cytokine Announces Oral Efficacy Of Anti Cytokine Semapimod

Roche Diagnostics' HIV Viral Load Test Used In Clinical Trials For Isentress, A New Class Of HIV Drug

Coley Pharmaceutical Group Diversifies Pipeline With First-in-Class TLR Antagonist For The Treatment Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

MedImmune Presents New Pharmaco-Economic Data At American Academy Of Pediatrics Regarding Infants At High Risk For RSV

Planned Parenthood Files Suit Against Missouri Law That Would Require Abortion Clinics To Upgrade Facilities

Women Who Have Precancerous Lesions Removed Have Increased Risk Of Developing Cervical, Vaginal Cancer For At Least 25 Years, Study Says

One-Third Of People With TB In U.S. Unaware Of HIV Status, MMWR Report Says

Zimbabwe In Line To Reach Antiretroviral Treatment Target, Health Official Says

Senate Majority Leader Reid Files For Cloture On SCHIP Legislation

Study Finds Increase Of Avoidable Hospitalizations In Washington, D.C.

UAW Members At Chrysler Approve Four-Year Contract With VEBA

UnitedHealth Concurs With House Panel That Access To Dental Care Lacking For Child Medicaid Beneficiaries In Maryland

Maryland In Special Session To Consider Proposal To Expand Medicaid Eligibility, Subsidize Small Businesses

MUSC To Study Mental Health During And After Disasters, California

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