Medical News Today: Health News for Monday 17 December 2007

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Monday 17 December 2007

Bone Drug Helps Women Treated For Certain Breast Cancers

Written by Catharine Paddock

A study of Amgen's denosumab osteoporosis drug showed it increased bone density throughout the skeleton in postmenopausal women with breast cancer that had not yet spread and who were being treated with aromatose...
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CDC To Test Katrina Trailers For Formaldehyde Air Pollution

Written by Catharine Paddock

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) anounced last week it is testing the air quality in mobile homes and trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to Gulf Coast residents...
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Europe Wants Warnings On Champix Smoking Cessation Drug

Written by Catharine Paddock

The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) said it wants the marketer of the adult smoking cessation prescription drug Champix (varenicline) to update the patient and doctor information to mention that some patients on the drugs...
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Hospital Food Still Pretty Awful For Many UK Patients

Other Medical and Health News for 17 December*

Basic Math In Monkeys And College Students

Transglutaminase 2 Undergoes A Large Conformational Change Upon Activation

Detection Of Intracellular Bacterial Communities In Bladder Infection In Women

Fundamental Discovery By Einstein Researchers Reveals How Fat Is Stored In Cells

Many Osteoporosis Medications Prevent Fractures, But None Is Proven Best

Miscarriage And Abortion Triple Chances Of Future Low Birthweight Babies

Shorter Legs Linked To Liver Disease

Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke In Early Infancy Boosts Children's Allergy Risk

Lack Of Sunlight May Increase Lung Cancer Risk

Women With Heart Disease Get Poorer Treatment Than Men

Cheap Alcohol Causing STDs And Unwanted Pregnancies, UK

Galvus(R), A New Oral Treatment For Type 2 Diabetes, Receives Positive Opinion Following Changes To European Prescribing Information

Amount Of HER-2 Gene Amplification As Assessed By FISH Is Linked To Magnitude Of Survival Benefit In Patients With Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights State Budget Developments In California, Utah, Virginia

Ukrainian President Yushchenko Instructs Cabinet Ministers To Draft National HIV/AIDS Program For 2009-2013

Novartis Pilot Projects Will Shift Marketing Attention To Insurers, HMOs

Youth In European Union 'Lack Knowledge' About HIV/AIDS, European Health Official Says

FDA Panel Rejects Merck Statin Mevacor For OTC Status

Survey Looks At Global Perceptions Of Health Problems, Priorities, Foreign Aid

Los Angeles Times Examines Government's Role In Helping U.S. Residents Obtain Health Coverage

Senate Committee Endorses VA Secretary Nominee James Peake

President Bush, Nigerian President Yar'Adua Discuss HIV/AIDS, Malaria Issues

Democratic Presidential Candidates Agree On Expansion Of Health Insurance During Last Debate In Iowa

Senate Will Craft Medicare Legislation, Likely To Develop Bare-Bones Package

House, Senate Pass Continuing Resolution As Lawmakers Continue Working On $500B Omnibus Spending Bill

Pennsylvania Senate Approves Physician Malpractice Subsidy Extension

FDA Revises Warning Labels On Certain Epilepsy Drugs To Warn About Risk Of Rare Skin Disorders, Particularly Among Asians

Health Care Costs Will 'Consume' U.S. Economy, CBO Director Says

California To Pursue Fine On Insurer For Allegedly Violating Claims-Handling Laws, Rescinding Coverage

Namibian Program Requiring HIV-Positive People To Have 'Treatment Supporter' Could Hinder Access To Treatment, Critics Say

WCPD 2008 Congress Seeks Solutions For World's Diabetes Pandemic, Finland

Javelin Pharmaceuticals Dyloject(R) Added To Hospital Formulary In UK

Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Show Promise In Breast Reconstruction

ASPS And American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Offer Patient Advisory For Those Affected By Fig LipoDissolve Closures

UNISON Paramedic Wins Top Health Campaign Award, UK

Glaucoma Research Foundation 30th Anniversary Gala, USA

RNs Say Latest Health Bill Even More Flawed - Still A Boondoggle For Insurance Companies While Affordability Provisions Are Eroded, California

Holiday Survival Tips From Dietitians Of Canada

Use Of Opiate Drug Replacement Therapies On The Rise In The United States

HealthTeacher And Alignment Nashville Team To Provide Health Education To 75,000 Students

Iloperidone Phase III Clinical Data Demonstrate Efficacy And Favorable Safety And Tolerability Profile

IsoRay's Cesium-131 Medical Isotope Used In Milestone Procedure Treating Eye Cancers At Tufts-New England Medical Center

Neurologix Gene Therapy Approach To Parkinson's Disease Granted Fast Track Designation From FDA

Atrial Fibrillation Device Therapy - Identifying Drivers Of Physician Adoption In The U.S.

Alnylam Reports Continued Progress In Clinical Development Of ALN-RSV01 For The Treatment Of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection

Eclipse Proton Scanning Algorithm From Varian Medical Systems Receives FDA Clearance

AFP Imaging Begins Deliveries Of Its New Model Three Dimensional X-Ray Scanner For Dentists

CleanZone Process Eradicates MRSA ''Superbug''

When ER/PR Negative Breast Cancer Spreads To The Brain Survival Shortened

Drug Targets For Lupus Identified

Siemens Introduces New Generation Of Artis Interventional Imaging Systems

Mitchell Dowsett Receives 2007 William L. Mcguire Award Recipient For Excellence In Breast Cancer Research

VALIRX Plc: Physiomics Collaboration Update - Cancer Cell Death Model Developed

BioMarin Announces FDA Approval For Kuvan - First Specific Drug Therapy Approved For The Treatment Of PKU

Cedars-Sinai Studying Whether Omega-3 Fatty Acids Can Help Depression

Senate Passes Lautenberg, Dole, Lincoln Bill To Combat Hunger, Provide Job Training, USA

New Results From One Of The World's Largest Breast Cancer Trials Herald Hope For Thousands Of Women

Patients Continue To Risk Blindness As Nice Recommends Only Single Therapy In Latest Amd Guidance

Therapeutic Opportunities For Dry Powder Inhalation Accelerating - Greystone Associates Analyzes Technology And Therapeutic Factors

Phosphagenics Ltd Announce Successful Transdermal Oxycodone Clinical Trial Results

Adjuvant Chemotherapy Could Benefit Patients With Localised Colorectal Cancer (Quasar Trial)

Patients Given Sunitinib Need Close Monitoring For Cardiac Problems

Slimming Surgery Increases Fivefold In Five Years, And Is Lowering Mortality

Doctors Call On UK Government To Proceed With Folic Acid Fortification Of Flour

Research Evaluates Newborn Screening Test, UK

Four-Fold Increase In UK Soldiers Testing Positive For Cocaine

Discovery Of Malaria Parasite Escape Technique Leads To New Drug Target

FSA Board To Advise The Department Of Health To Maintain Successful Voluntary Approach For Trans Fats In Food, UK

New NPR/Kaiser/Harvard Poll Examines Views Of Children's Over-The-Counter Cold Medicines

Durable Medical Equipment Providers In Areas Struck By Midwest Ice Storm Mobilized To Ensure Safety Of Home Oxygen Patients

Skin Disorders Treated With Lymphoma Drug

Tics And Tourette Syndrome Can Be Treated With Therapy

Improved Understanding Of Molecular Machinery Required For Translation Of Histone Crosstalk

How Molecular Muscles Help Cells Divide

A Complex Path To Cell Death Discovered Following Identification Of New Genes

Controlling The Aging Process

Importance Of Emotional/Educational Needs Among Women With Advanced Breast Cancer

Maximum Therapy May Be Required On Tiny Aggressive Breast Tumors

Care Gap In Underserved Women Not Easy To Address

Breast Cancer Metastases In Brain Treated With Drug Combination

Mechanism Of 'Dynamic Connectivity' Described For First Time By Carnegie Mellon, Pitt Researchers

The Dirty Work Of Healthcare Information Technology: Developing A Lingua Franca Or The Devil Is In The Details

Spare A Thought For The History Of Your Hangover Cure, UK

CLC Bio Accelerates Biomedical Research With New RNA Sequence Analysis Software

Maryland Appeals Court Ruling Could Broaden Medicaid Eligibility Standards For Elder Care; Audits Show New York Medicaid Overpaid Service Providers By

Local Programs Aim To Improve Culture-Based Health Services; American Indian Tribe To Participate In Federal Substance Use Effort

Europe's DEISA And GridAustralia Demonstrating Interoperation With Distributed Supercomputing For HIV Drug Simulations

Molecular Code Broken For Drug Industry's Pet Proteins

New Principle For Developing Vaccines

New Improved Diagnostic Marker For Severe Blood Cancer

International Initiative To Study Viruses Implicated In Type I Diabetes Launched In London

Research Says Diabetics Most At Risk From Neglected Post Meal Sugar Peak

Scientists Find How Bacteria In Cows' Milk May Cause Crohn's Disease

Wyeth Provides Update On Regulatory Review Of Viviant (bazedoxifene)

Pivotal Phase 3 Data Show Denosumab Increased Bone Density Throughout Skeleton In Non Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients On Adjuvant Inhibitor Therapy

FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Against Approval Of Merck's NDA For Non Prescription MEVACOR® (lovastatin) 20 Mg

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