Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 8 December 2007

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Saturday 8 December 2007

Concentrations Of Uranium In Port Hope, Ontario - Statement By Health Canada

Written by Christian Nordqvist

According to Health Canada, the refinement of uranium has been taking place in Port Hope, Ontario, since the beginning of the 1930s. This year, the PHCHCC (Port Hope Community Health Concerns Committee) analyzed samples...
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Depression Raises Osteoporosis Risk For Premenopausal Women

Written by Christian Nordqvist

A woman who suffers from depression is more likely to reach the menopause with a higher risk of bone fractures (osteoporosis), compared to a woman who does not have depression. In a study published inArchives of Internal...
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Father Of Bird Flu Victim Also Infected Say Authorities In China

Written by Christian Nordqvist

After a patient died of bird flu H5N1 infection last week, authorities in China have confirmed that his father, 52, is also infected. Both patients lived in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. The father is said to have a fever and has been hospitalized...
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Health Canada Ignoring Uranium Contamination, Says PHCHCC

Other Medical and Health News for 8 December*

Gene Identified That Regulates Polarity In Regenerating Flatworms

New Therapies For Schizophrenia May Result From Better Understanding Of How Ketamine Impairs Brain Circuitry

Improved Protection For Biomedial Devices Could Result From Rutgers-Camden Research

Proposal For HIV-Positive Visitors Makes A Bad Rule Worse

World-First Clinical Trial To Study African Traditional Medicine

When Schools Offer Salad Bar Kids Eat More Fruits, Vegetables

Protein Protects Brain Against Compound In Lead Poisoning, Liver Disease

Probing Questions Boost Disclosures Of Abuse

Health Funding Up 9% To Prioritise Services For Older People, People With Disabilities, And Cancer Control Strategy, Ireland

How Do You Feel About Life After Brain Injury? UK

Calling For Changes In Early-Warning System For Bird-Flu

Nuclear Medicine Procedures Can Trigger Radiation Alarms

When Its Comes To Protection Size Does Not Matter, Says HSC Chair, UK

Winner Of The GE & Science Prize For Young Life Scientists

Patients With Protein-Losing Enteropathy Can Now Be Treated Safely And Effectively

Chemistry Professor Is Small Times' Innovator Of The Year

EMD Serono Launches Easypod, New Electronic Growth Hormone Injection Device

Introduction Of Fluoridated Water For Queensland

Participation In Organized High School Activities Lowers Smoking Risk 3 Yrs After Graduation

One Mutation In Mosquito Virus Launched La Reunion Epidemic

Miscarriage Myths Persist Despite Prevalance Of Medical Information

Researchers Find Mechanism For Faulty Protein Disposal

New Taxotere(R) (docetaxel) Injection Concentrate Data To Be Presented At The 30th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS)

Acologix Presents Preclinical Data On Cartilage Regeneration By AC-100 At The OARSI 2007 World Congress On Osteoarthritis

Access Pharmaceuticals Demonstrates Ability To Significantly Reduce Glucose Levels In Pre-clinical Testing Of Cobalamin(TM) Oral Insulin

Celldex Therapeutics Announces Orphan Drug Designation For CDX-110, A Novel EGFRvIII Vaccine For Glioblastoma Multiforme

Genoptix, Inc. Announces Availability Of MPL W515 L/K Mutation Analysis For MPD At 49th Annual American Society Of Hematology (ASH) Meeting

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners Announces Positive Phase II Trial Results For Vigabatrin In The Treatment Of Cocaine Addiction

FDA Reviewing Potential Anti-Arrhythmic Claims For Ranexa(R)

In Wake Of Omaha Shooting, Mental Health America Provides Tips To Holiday Shoppers To Ease Anxieties

American College Of Gastroenterology Offers Updated Clinical Guidance For Managing Pregnant Patients

American College Of Gastroenterology Offers Tips To Ease The Heartburn Of Pregnancy

Nationwide Survey Reveals Differing Physician And Patient Perceptions Regarding Impact Of Ulcerative Colitis On Patients' Lives

Genmab's HuMax-CD38 Enters Phase I/II Clinical Trial For Multiple Myeloma

New Study Finds That Some 55,000 Children Who Were Displaced Following Hurricane Katrina Face Long Term Health, Mental And Educational Crises

Altered Management Routines For Scrapie

Future Of Radiotherapy In The UK

Penny For Your Thoughts: University Of Leicester Researchers Discover They Can Read Thoughts To Decipher What A Person Is Actually Seeing

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