Medical News Today: Health News for Tuesday 27 November 2007

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Tuesday 27 November 2007

MRI Shows Lung Damage In Passive Smokers

Written by Catharine Paddock

A special type of MRI scan that uses colours to show damaged and undamaged areas of the lung has been used to show that non smokers suffer injury to their lungs from being exposed to second hand cigarette smoke for a long period of time...
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Breast Cancer Risk Higher For City Dwellers

Written by Catharine Paddock

A new study by UK researchers suggests that women who live in cities and urban areas are at greater risk from breast cancer because they tend to have denser breasts. The study is the work of Dr Nicholas M...
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Arthritis Gene Therapy Trial Resumes After Patient Death Investigated

Written by Catharine Paddock

The manufacturer of an experimental gene therapy drug for inflammatory arthritis said yesterday, Monday 26th November, that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed the phase I/II trial of the drug to resume...
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Other Medical and Health News for 27 November*

Limb Regeneration In Axolotls

Selective Attention Most Impaired During First Night Shift Worked

Lighting Up The Human Brain At Work

Medicines Australia Congratulates Pharmbiz On PM's Award

AWHONN Awarded Department Of Defense Contracts To Deploy Perinatal Training Tools

National Influenza Vaccination Week Brings Attention And Pro-Active Solution To Upcoming Flu Season

Moffitt Physician Elected President Of International Society Of Geriatric Oncology

Which? Uncovers Rule Breaking At Cosmetic Treatments Show, UK

Not All Brain Injuries In Veterans Disclosed By Pentagon, USA Today Reports

New York Times Editorial Highlights U.S. Health Care System Challenges, Solutions

Program Combining Nutrition, Exercise, Other Activities Shows Success In Helping Black Girls Lose Weight

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Recent Coverage On Medical Errors

NEJM Perspectives Examine Presidential Candidates' Health Plans, SCHIP Debate

New Washington, D.C., Data Show Blacks Make Up Large Proportion Of Those With HIV/AIDS

Senate Remains In Session To Prevent Recess Appointments Of Surgeon General, Others

Small Businesses Have More Feasible Options To Offer Health Insurance To Workers, Wall Street Journal Reports

Academy Reports On Value Of Observational Research To Policy And Medicine

Cast Your Vote Today To Help Day Centre, UK

President Bush Has Democrats 'Crying Uncle' In Budget Debate, San Francisco Chronicle Reports

Louisiana Business Group Launches Effort To Promote Changes To State Health Care System

India To Provide Second-Line Antiretroviral Access To About 5,000 HIV-Positive People Beginning In January

Senators Do Not Face High Health Care Costs, Concerns Of Uninsured

California Insurers Work To Comply With Regulations For Interpreter, Translations Services

Celebrities, Politician Launch HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign In Hong Kong

MediLexicon Medical Abbreviations Website Relaunched

States Plan To Limit SCHIP Enrollment Without Permanent Funding

New York Times Examines Massachusetts Individual Health Insurance Mandate

Beijing Health Bureau Orders Hotels To Provide Condoms In Guest Rooms By End Of 2008

Award From American Heart Association Presented To Boston University School Of Medicine Professor

Your Family Doctor May Be The Key To Quitting Smoking, As Shown By New Research Review

Women Living In Cities At Greater Risk For Breast Cancer

Materialism And Self-Esteem Linked In Children

Congress Unlikely To Approve Major Health Care Proposals From President Bush

Clinical Trials Of Medications In Children Fall Short, Washington Post Reports

Number Of New HIV Cases In European Union Nearly Double Since 1999, Report Says

Warning: Your Heart May Be Aging Faster Than You Are

Bone-Thinning And Depression Linked In Premenopausal Women

Design Of Patient Tracking Tools May Have Unintended Consequences

Virtual Surgery Would Enable Surgeon To Practice On Digital Double

New T-Ray Source Could Improve Airport Security, Cancer Detection

All-Terrain Vehicles Not Child's Play As Shown By Injury Report

Entire Yeast Genome Mapped By University Of Toronto Scientists

Kids With Bipolar Disorder More Aware Of Facial Expressions

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Protect Against Parkinson's, Study Finds

Secondhand Smoke Damages Lungs: Novel MRI Technique Offers Proof

Democratic Presidential Candidates Clinton, Obama Criticize Each Other's Health Care Proposals

New York Times Examines Medicare Drug Benefit's Doughnut Hole Coverage Gap

Washington, D.C., Releases New Data On HIV/AIDS

Board To Determine Fate Of Historically Black Atlanta Hospital's Governance

Attention And Working Memory In Recovering Alcoholics May Be Enhanced By Nicotine

Mexican Americans Carrying Haplotype H6 Of The CYP2E1 Gene Have A Greater Risk Of Alcoholism

Nature's Own Passive Sampling Device For Environmental Polution Could Be Tree Bark

Obesity And Poor Bone Health Linked By Study

New Teaching Tool Is Making A Difference

Work, Stress And Health

Heavier People Affected More By Ozone

Climate Change May Lead To Environmental Exodus

Rutgers-Newark Provost Award Received By Rutgers College Of Nursing Faculty Member Rachel Jones

New Journal Evolution: Education And Outreach Debuts Nov. 28

Ethnicities, Cultures, Backgrounds Affect Attitudes Toward Mammography

New Program For Helping College Students To Cope Finds Safer Ways Than Drinking

2008 Pharma Sales And Marketing Congress Seeks Industry Leaders

Adolescent Alcohol Use Influenced By Both Gender And Friendship

Health Dept Airs New Anti-Tobacco Ad Campaign

World Trade Center Health Registry Hosts 2nd Annual Meeting And Resource Fair

Mums Say NHS Maternity Services Are Good In Biggest Ever Survey, UK

AARP Receives American Diabetes Association's Distinguished Service Award

St. Jude Medical Announces FDA Approval Of Epic Stented Tissue Valve With Anti-Calcification Technology

Those With Alcohol Dependence And Conduct Disorder More Likely To Having A High Number Of Sex Partners

Toshiba Showcases Ultrasound 4D Volumetric Imaging Applications And New Xario XG At RSNA

University Of Edinburgh Adopts Fresh Approach In Quest For New Therapies

Toshiba's AquilionONE Receives FDA Clearance

Research On Risky Decision-Making In Pre-Teens Funded By NSF Grant

CT Angiography Highly Accurate, Multicenter Trials Show

Ex Smoker: "Look At What Has Happened To Me And Tell Me Smoking Is Worth It"

Smoking And Depression Often Occur Together In New Mothers

Vietnam: 30,000-40,000 Die From Smoking Annually

AMA Commends N.Y. Legislative Goal To Ensure The Integrity Of Physician Profiling Initiative

Royal Society View On Recent Stem Cell Developments, UK

Canada, PAHO Sign Strategic Cooperation Framework

Less Drugs May Be Best Drugs For Treating Malaria

Theory Of Single Main Migration Across Bering Strait Supported By Gene Study

PETRA III Brilliant Perspectives

Federal Court Suit Filed To Lift Medicare Coverage Bar On Off-Label, "Medically Necessary" Drugs, USA

Helen F. Graham Cancer Center Wins Susan G. Komen 2007 Beacon Of Hope Honor

UQ Hosts Conference On Public Health Nutrition, Australia

Demographic Trends Seen Benefiting Demand For Transdermal Patches - New Survey By Greystone Associates Analyzes Demand Factors

The European Union And The FDA Working Together To Create CommonApplication For Orphan Designation For Medicines

American Red Cross Recognizes State Street Foundation For Contributions To The Disaster Relief Fund

HHS Reports To Congress On Value-Based Purchasing Of Hospital Services By Medicare

Genetic Risk Of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder And Brain Pattern Linked

Toshiba Introduces New Vantage Titan MR System At RSNA

Toshiba Launches Breakthrough CT System - The AquilionONE

Transfusions Of Red Blood Cella Under Scrutiny

Lung Patients Should Be Careful On Flights

Vaccinate Everyone Against Influenza?

Clinical And Familial Risk Factors For COPD Exacerbations

Portopulmonary Hypertension: Bosentan Could Give A Survival Advantage

Workplace Stress Costing Employers Billions - Britain's Bosses Unaware Of The True Scale Of The Problem

PCTs Set To Claw Back Millions Of Pounds From Decaying NHS Dental Contracts, UK

UCLA Researchers Outline The Structure Of The Largest Non-virus Particle Ever Crystallized

Pol3 Mutation Disrupts Organ Growth

Light Activates Output From Evening Neurons And Inhibits Output From Morning Neurons In The Drosophila Circadian Clock

Federer In Public Service Announcement For An 'AIDS-Free Generation'

Living Donors May Be Best Source Of Insulin-producing Islets For Diabetes Treatment

CellSearch™ Circulating Tumor Cell Kit Receives FDA Clearance For Monitoring Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

National Institute On Drug Abuse Launches Public Service Campaign For Hispanic Youth On The Link Between Non-Injection Drugs And HIV

Aging Improves Parent, Child Relationships, Research Shows

MIT: 'Cocktail' Of Compounds Improves Brain Function In Rodents -- Treatment Undergoing A Clinical Study In Alzheimer's Patients

Wyeth's TORISEL Receives European Commission Approval For The Treatment Of Advanced Kidney Cancer

Penn Research Shows Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Effective In Treating Major Depression

CSL Behring Reaches Primary Endpoint In Clinical Study Of C1-INH For Treatment Of Hereditary Angioedema

QRxPharma Doses First Patients In Phase III Clinical Trial Program For Its 'Dual Opioid' Pain Therapy

PARI's EFlow Included In Gilead's NDA Submission For Aztreonam Lysine For Inhalation

Cleveland Clinic Leading Clinical Program To Improve Early-Stage Lung Cancer Detection

Peregrine Announces Addition Of The Johns Hopkins Hospital As Study Site For Bavituximab Trial In HCV Patients Co-Infected With HIV

MedImmune Initiates First Clinical Trial Of Monoclonal Antibody Targeting GM-CSFR In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Signalife Receives FDA Clearance For OTC Non-Prescription Event Recorder Device

Dynavax Reports Progress In Lupus Program With Inhibitor Of TLR7 And TLR9

Nationwide Survey Reports That Mothers View Cleaning Homes And Toys As Essential To Preventing Colds & Flu

Sanofi Pasteur Supports National Influenza Vaccination Week

Study Shows Cholera Can Be Controlled With Oral Vaccines

Psychiatric Advance Directives: Controversies And Benefits, From The Harvard Mental Health Letter

Plastic Surgeons Lead By Example, Fueling The World Journey Of Smiles

MRIs Show Evidence Of Lung Damage From Secondhand Smoke

Not Enough 'Good' Cholesterol Makes It Harder To Recover From Stroke

HIV And AIDS Research

Researchers Transfer Immune Response To Myeloma Patient, Study Points To Potential Cancer Vaccination

One Percent Rate Of Kidney Failure After Major Surgery

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