Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 16 November 2007

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Friday 16 November 2007

Resurgent Severe Cold Virus Spreading In US With Fatalities

Written by Catharine Paddock

An uncommon, but resurgent and highly virulent strain of the cold virus, called adenovirus type 14 or Ad14, is spreading in the US and is causing severe and sometimes fatal respiratory illness, even in healthy adults...
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First Primate Embryonic Stem Cells Cloned By US Scientists

Written by Catharine Paddock

US scientists have successfully created cloned primate embryos for the first time and used them to make embryonic stem cells. Their work is published in the early online issue of the journal Nature...
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Anti-obesity Drugs Offer Modest Results, Many Taking Them Remain Obese Or Overweight

Written by Christian Nordqvist

If you are overweight/obese and are taking an anti-obesity drug do not be surprised if your weight loss is only modest; neither should you be surprised if you continue being obese/overweight, according to an article in The...
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Novel Placenta Screening Tests May Help Prevent Stillbirths

Weight Loss Drug Rimonabant Linked To Severe Depression Or Anxiety Risk

While Homeopathy Faces Enemies In The UK, It Booms In India

Other Medical and Health News for 16 November*

Hospice Care Proven To Benefit Patients, Families And Medicare's Bottom Line, USA

The Great American Smokeout Wouldn't Be The Same Without You, LA County

Introgen Therapeutics Highlights Summary ADVEXIN Data At The Third International Workshop On Mutant P53 And The Symposium On Li-Fraumeni Syndrome

Donda West Death Highlights Unnecessary Risk Of General Anesthesia For Cosmetic Surgery, Asserts A Recognized Leader In The Field Of Anesthesia

UAW Ratifies Ford Contract That Includes VEBA

Benefits Of HIV/AIDS Programs In Workplace Outweigh Costs, Report Says

EMEA Recommends Changes In The Product Information For Protelos/Osseor Due To The Risk Of Severe Hypersensitivity Reactions

Radiation Found To Be More Effective Than Surgery At Preventing Second Larynx Cancers In Patients Treated For Early Larynx Cancer

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Successfully Completes Animal Studies For Phase 1B Clinical Trials Of Its Oral Insulin Capsule

MedSpray 'Patch In A Can(R)' Technology Advances Towards Phase II Clinical Evaluation In Athlete's Foot

Derma Sciences Receives Second FDA 510K Clearance And Adds To Their MEDIHONEYTM Wound & Burn Dressings With Active Leptospermum Honey Line

INNOVIVE Pharmaceuticals Initiates Pivotal Phase II Clinical Trial With Tamibarotene

USA: New Survey Finds That Smokers Remain Unaware Of The Health Effects Of Smoking

PT Treatment Can Provide Relief For People With COPD

Physical Therapy In ICU Reduces Hospital Stays, Study Shows

Empire BCBS Agrees To Establish Physician Ranking System

Officials Call For Changes To Legislation That Would Reauthorize PEPFAR, Including Targets For Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission Prevention

Group Discusses California Health Care Reform Plan, Makes Recommendations For Black Community

Rugby Fans To Be Offered Health Mot, UK

Tackling Surgical Site Infections - Clinicians Call For Realistic Targets To Combat Unmet Needs

MayoClinic.com Feature Focuses On How To Help Loved Ones Seek Help For Addiction, Mental Health

UCB To Appeal European Negative Opinion On CIMZIA(R) For The Treatment Of Patients With Crohn's Disease

European Medicines Agency Recommends Suspension Of Marketing Authorisations For Carisoprodol-Containing Medicinal Products

Medicare Continues To Reduce Improper Claims Payments, USA

Terrence Higgins Trust Gives Out Chlamydia Test Kits To Young People In Birmingham And Solihull

Prolonged Use Of Swedish Snuff Increases Risk Of Fatal Cardiovascular Disease And Stroke

No US Ban For Avandia But A Warning About Increased Heart Risk

CMS Launches Online Tool That Allows People To Better Compare Medicare Prescription Drug Plans As Open Enrollment Period Begins

Study Discusses 'Pay Or Play' Mandates; NEJM Perspective Examines Generic Drug Regulation

Race, Genetics Could 'Disrupt' Pursuit Of Using DNA To Tailor Medicine, Health Care, Opinion Piece Says

Seroquel XR™ Receives Approval From FDA For Maintenance Treatment Of Schizophrenia

BMA Response To The Health And Social Care Bill, UK

New Physician's Symposium Taps Billion-dollar Weight Management Industry

WFP Rushes Emergency Food To Cyclone-Battered Coastal Bangladesh

Department Of Consumer Protection Offers Tips For A Safe And Satisfying Turkey Dinner

Avastin Receives Positive Opinion In Europe For First-line Treatment Of Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer

BDA Response To Welsh Assembly Government Review Of Dental Contract, UK

ADA Honour For BDJ Editor-In-Chief

Senate Committee Approves Four Bills Related To Health Care For Veterans

Black, Hispanic Alzheimer's Patients Live Longer Than Others

Senate HELP Committee Passes Three Bills Related To Health

New Jersey Lawmakers Hold Conference To Discuss State Health Care Reform

House Unlikely To Override Veto Of Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill

Illinois Lawmakers Reject Order That Would Have Expanded Health Coverage For Adults

11 New Proposed Monographs For Dietary Supplements Announced By USP

Research Shows The Brain's Processing Speed Is Significantly Faster Than Real Time

Recovery From Spinal Cord Injury Enhanced By Brain Compensatory Mechanisms

Older Children More Likely To Develop Vision Disorders

West Nile Deaths In Lab Mice Boosted By Earlier Bites By Uninfected Mosquitoes

Seniors' Activity Levels And Quality Of Life Boosted By Pilot Program

House Republicans To Present Final Proposal For Legislation To Reauthorize, Expand SCHIP; Lawmakers Continue Negotiation

Louisiana Seeks Federal SCHIP Reimbursement For Prenatal Care Provided To Noncitizens

Estimated One In 22 MSM In Florida Living With HIV/AIDS, Report Says

Reform Recommendations For Next President Issued By Commonwealth Fund Commission

Cethromycin Achieves All Endpoints In Second Pivotal Phase III Trial For Treatment For Pneumonia

Presidential Candidate Edwards Calls For Expansion Of Health Insurance To All Residents By 2009

Poll Shows Businesses Support Expansion Of Massachusetts Health Insurance Requirements For Employers

MAC AIDS Fund Survey Of People In Nine Countries Finds Misconceptions, Stigma

Depressed Young Adults More Likely To Start Cigarette Smoking And Other Substance Use

Vaccine Design May Be Aided By Poxvirus' Ability To Hide From The Immune System

2008 Open Enrollment For Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage And Medicare Advantage Plans Begins Today

Collaboration By General Motors And Virginia Tech Scientists To Advance Neuroinformatics

Landmark Prostate Cancer Research Collaboration Funded By Safeway Inc. And PCF

Study Finds White Children More Positive Toward Blacks After Learning About Racism

A European Perspective On Living Arrangements, Health And Well-Being In Ageing Populations

Impact Of Family Conditions On Puberty In Girls

Well-Being Study Of Low-Income Children And Their Living Arrangements

Children's Readiness For School Largely Impacted By Environment

Fetal Heart Rate Yields Clues To Children's Later Development

BIO-Europe 2007 Draws Record Crowd Of Biotech And Pharmaceutical Industry Leaders

Philips And Elsevier Integrate Speech Recognition And Radiology Diagnostic Reference System To Provide Radiologists With Better Decision Support

Amendments To Seeds Regulations Published - Canadian Food Inspection Agency

News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation

STD Rates In Alabama Among Highest In Nation

Children Must Be Protected From Neglected Tropical Diseases To Enable Africa To Develop

In Time For Holiday Season, American Geriatrics Society's Foundation For Health In Aging Offers Older Adults Advice On Beating The Holiday Blues

Nighttime 'Malfunction' Of Biological Clock Discovered

Toshiba Announces Its Fourth Generation Contrast-Free Technique - Time And Space Angiography (TSA)

First Ever Comprehensive Report Of The Health Of College Students

American Health Lawyers Association Holds Annual Fundamentals Of Health Law Program

For Children 1 Year And Older Tamiflu Found To Be Effective For Treatment And Prevention Of Influenza

FDA Adds Boxed Warning For Heart-related Risks To Anti-Diabetes Drug Avandia

"Medicare Advantage Plans Are The Way Of The Future," Says Maryland Health Official

Patients And Families Make Their Voices Heard At Moffitt

Asthma And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Linked

HSE Publishes Investigation Report Into Outbreaks Of Clostridium Difficile At Stoke Mandeville Hospital, UK

HSC Chair Congratulates Industry Leaders On Their Sensible But Positive Approach To Health And Safety, UK

Charity Launches New And Improved Dementia Website, UK

British Adventurers Undertake Groundbreaking South Pole Expedition

Red Cross Talks Turkey About Thanksgiving Safety

Biomarkers For Alzheimer's Disease Can Be Trusted In Clinical Trials

Scottish Midwife Joins NMC Council

NACDS, NCPA Advance Legal Strategy, File Injunction To Protect Low-Income Patients' Access To Medications

Multifaceted Aspects Of AD Explored In Journal Of Alzheimer's Disease Special Issue

Americans Are Waiting To Inhale As Smokers Take Part In Annual Great American Smokeout(R)

America Faces High Risk Of A Terrorist Anthrax Attack; Six Years After U.S. Still Largely Unprepared Warns Terrorism Expert Neil Livingstone

U.S. Must Prioritize Peace In Comprehensive Approach To Conflict In Sudan

Inovio Biomedical To Present DNA Vaccine Overview At Scientific Meeting

Regenetech Initiates Preclinical Studies At Johns Hopkins University With Expanded Adult Stem Cells For Type 1 Diabetes Treatment

New Epilepsy.com Site Empowers Community And Connects Those Living With Epilepsy

Cost-Effective Spinal Discography Device Receives FDA Clearance: Pinyons Medical Technology's PowrSyringe Expands With New Spine Indication

Shriners Hospitals For Children System To Implement McKesson PACS At 22 Hospitals Across North America

Hadasit And Anadis To Form Joint Venture Company To Develop Therapeutic Treatments For Inflammatory Diseases, Infectious Diseases And Cancer

New Treatment Guidelines Released By Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Pharmarama To Offer Comparator Drug Sourcing Services For Clinical Trials In China

Johnson Outlines New Measures To Deliver More Choice And Faster Treatment To Patients, UK

Charity Bowel Cancer UK Launches Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Report

British Medical Association (NI) Gives Evidence On Suicide And Self Harm

BDA Information Request Highlights Problems With Target-Driven Contract, UK

Abilify(R) (Aripiprazole) Supplemental New Drug Application For Bipolar I Disorder Pediatric Patients Accepted For Priority Review By FDA

Junior Doctors Repeat Call For Chief Medical Officer's Resignation, UK

Money Wasted On Private Sector NHS Schemes Is A "Crying Shame", Says BMA, UK

WHO's Web-Based Public Hearings: Hijacked By Pharma?

November Is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

WFP Chief Calls For Support To Combat Perfect Storm Over Africa's Rural Poor

Athersys IND For MultiStem Authorized For Phase I Clinical Trial In Bone Marrow Transplant Support

Key Symptom Of Muscular Dystrophy Reversed By Researchers

New Research Shows Bladder Cancer Survival Lower For Women, Australia

Anti-Tumor Immunity Stifled By CD200

Creating The Most Comprehensive Long-Term Care Database

The National Institute On Drug Abuse Offers Summer Internship Opportunities

Paying Farmers To Protect The Environment? - FAO Publishes The State Of Food And Agriculture 2007

Grant Funds Research On Breast Cancer And Metastasis

Obese Patients May Receive Incorrect Drug Dosages

NIDA-Funded Addiction Treatment Program Recognized With Prestigious Codman Award

Grantees Of The Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Prevention Research Initiative Gather In Houston To Report Interim Findings

Allegheny General Hospital Performs First Liver Transplant

Cogentus To Launch Phase III Program Of Novel Combination Product Designed To Reduce Bleeding Side Effect Of Antiplatelet Therapy

BiPar Begins Phase 2 Study Of Lead PARP Inhibitor In Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Based On Overexpression Biomarker Data

Genta Completes Initial Clinical Dosing Of G4544, A New Oral Drug For Bone Diseases

PEGINTRON(TM) And REBETOL(R) Approved In European Union For Retreating Hepatitis C Patients Who Failed Previous Pegylated Or Non-Pegylated Interferon

State, Federal Officials Remind Health Care Workers, Other At Risk Individuals To Get Annual Flu Shot

Report Shows Millions May Be Driving With Uncorrected Visual Impairments

NASA Funded Study Finds Exercise Could Help Women On Bed Rest

Bad To The Bone: Research To Shed Light On Osteoporosis

Winter Sun Makes It Difficult To Get Vitamin D Naturally

Virus Used To Create Experimental HIV Vaccines Directly Impairs The Immune Response

CT Colonography Detects Wide Range Of Extracolonic Abnormalities In Elderly Patients

Renal Access By Urologist Or Radiologist For Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Is It Still An Issue?

Comparison Of Two Ventilation Techniques During General Anesthesia For Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

Third Prize: Contemporary Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy: 1585 Procedures In 1338 Consecutive Patients

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy For Interstitial Cystitis Resistant To Conventional Treatments

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