Medical News Today: Health News for Thursday 20 December 2007

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Thursday 20 December 2007

Uninsured Americans Have Poorer Cancer Survival, Report

Written by Catharine Paddock

A new report by a major US cancer charity has found that uninsured Americans are less likely to survive cancer, less likely to be screened for it, and more likely to have an advanced stage of the disease once they are...
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Teen Sexual Behaviour Linked To Sex Education, US Study

Written by Catharine Paddock

A new US study found that the sexual behaviour of teenagers is linked to whether or not they have had formal school sex education. The study is available as an early online issue of the January 2008 imprint of the Journal...
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CDC Defers Hib Vaccine For Children Due To Supply Problems

Written by Catharine Paddock

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has asked doctors to defer the final booster dose of the childhood Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (Hib b vaccine) because of a possible problem with supplies...
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Younger Drinkers More Responsible Than Older Ones, United Kingdom

Lead Testing Kits Are Unreliable, Health Canada Says

Other Medical and Health News for 20 December*

Gene Neighbors May Have Taken Turns Battling Retroviruses

Link Uncovered Between Variation In Humans With Extreme Body Mass And Abnormal Splicing

Health Dept Urges World Trade Center Health Registry Enrollees To Complete Follow-Up Survey By December 31

Insurance Status Linked To Cancer Outcomes

Medtronic's Supply Of Multi-Axial Screws In United States Not Affected By Injunction

Blockbuster Renewable Fuel Standard Plus Advances In Biotechnology Will Transform U.S. Energy Picture And Economy, BIO Says

Kentucky Auditor Report Questions Effect Of Program Restructuring On Costs

'New Direction' Needed To Boost Number Of Minorities In Medical Professions, Editorial Says

States' Future Pension, Health Care Liability For Employees Totals $2.73T, Some Is Unfunded, According To Analysis

Nigerian Women's Ministry Develops HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy

Serious Nursing Home Citations Increased By 22% Over Six Years, According To Analysis

Group Calls On Kenyan Government To Stop Taxing Imported Goods Intended For People Living With HIV/AIDS

Health Insurance Industry To Propose Steps To Make It Easier For Individuals To Obtain Coverage, Including Those With Pre-Existing Medical Conditions

European Commission Approves Gilead, BMS, Merck Antiretroviral Atripla

Indian Health Service Agrees To Pay $48M For Health Care Services Provided By Tribal Group

Presidential Candidates Address Health Care Issues During Campaign Appearances

Senate Passes $555B Omnibus Spending Bill

Senate Approves Medicare Bill That Would Delay Physician Fee Cut, Extend SCHIP Through March 2009

Senate Approves $555B Omnibus Budget Package; Proposal Returns To House For Final Vote

HHS Reacts To Court Ruling On Medicaid Reimbursements For Generic Drugs

Pensioner Is Killed By Cigarette Blaze, UK

Rare Tumor Cells In Bloodstream Can Now Be Detected By Microchip-Based Device

Good Hand Hygiene The First Line Of Defence Against Bugs

Human Microbiome Project Launched By The NIH

Warning To Landlords After HSE Prosecutes For Failing To Carry Out A Gas Safety Check, UK

National Honour For Local Heroine, UK

ISPE And PIC/S Co-Sponsor Premiere Interactive Workshop

Possible Link Between INOS Expression, Chronic Biliary Inflammation And Malignant Transformation

Patsy's Blog Tells Of Her Experiences Of Multiple Sclerosis, UK

Doctors Without Borders Releases Tenth Annual "Top Ten" Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories Of 2007

Discriminating Between A Bacterial Overgrowth And IBS Using Simple Breath Test

Medicare Announces Proposed Policy For Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (Cpap) Therapy For Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), USA

VCU Life Sciences Survey Reveals Widespread Support For Nonembryonic Stem Cell Research

Minister Clement Thanks Chalk River Staff For Quick, Safe Restart Of Research Reactor, Canada

BDA Gives 'Qualified Welcome' To NHS Dentistry Budget Increase, UK

FDA Investigation Leads To Prison Sentence For Woman Who Claimed To Cure 'Lou Gehrig's Disease'

FDA Approves Kuvan For Treatment Of Phenylketonuria (PKU)

In Breakdown Of Kidney Filtration Receptor Protein Appears To Be Key

BioE Stem Cell Featured In Experimental Hematology Review Article About Potential Of Cord Blood Stem Cells

Making Sense Of Speech In The Brain

Eight Ways To Make Holiday Health Insurance Shopping Easy, USA

Addicted.com Offers Help For Those Struggling With Holiday Season

Golden Living Joins The American Association For Long Term Care Nursing

Study Shows Applied NeuroSolutions' Test Is A Significant Predictor Of The Decline From Mild Cognitive Impairment To Alzheimer's Disease

Tongjitang Chinese Medicines Comments On Share Incentive Plan

Kalypsys Initiates Phase IIa Clinical Trial Of Topical INOS Inhibitor

GenVec Announces NIH Funding For Balance And Hearing Loss Program

Discovery Of Protein That Controls Bone Growth May Lead To New Treatments For Bone Diseases Affecting Skeletal Growth

Higher Tobacco Use By Women Suffering Domestic Violence

Doctors Hope New Mental Health Care Funds Ease Crisis, USA

UEFA Teams Up With The World Heart Federation To Promote Physical Activity And Fight Obesity

UNISON Hails Work Permit Changes As Victory For Common-Sense, UK

Avastin Approved In Europe For First-Line Treatment Of Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer

Cord Blood Stem Cell Expansion: Increasing The Yield Of A Valuable Resource

Pulmonary Heart Disease Hospitalizations Increase By More Than Half

Final Senate Passage Of 108 Million Dollars To Expand Health Coverage For 9/11 Emergency Responders And Others

Northern Ireland's Junior Doctors Welcome Improvements In Recruitment System

New Study Reports Two Thirds Of Renal Recipients Switched To myfortic(R) Experience An Improvement In Gastrointestinal Symptom Burden

USGI Medical Demonstrates First System For Gastrotomy Closure In NOTES

Urodynamix Announces Positive Data From LUTS Pivotal Trial

Heart Attack Risk From Smoking Due To Genetics

American Diabetes Association Applauds Congressional Reauthorization Of The Special Diabetes Program

Patients Suffer Due To PBS Limits, Australia

UT Southwestern Secures 5 Million Dollars NIH Grant For Lupus Research

Should Provisional Registration Be Introduced And What Should It Look Like? UK

Integration Of Patient Monitoring Equipment And Information Systems Offers Significant Potential In The Medical Technologies Arena

BioFlux 200 System Delivers Live Cell Imaging With Controlled Shear Flow

Ev3 Introduces Two New Enhanced Offerings For The Treatment Of Peripheral Artery Disease

New Study Confirms Benefits Of Hospitalist Care

Hearing Great In 2008! Audiologists Say The Holidays Are The Perfect Time Of Year For A Hearing Check-Up

Metabolon Participates In Expanded ALS Study

Face And Place Recognition Has Genetic Basis

Northwest Hospitals Unprepared For Chemical Emergencies, UK

Premenstrual Symptoms Getting On Your Nerves?

Medical Security Breach Is A Scandal That Must Never Be Repeated - BMA UK

BMI Criteria For Obesity Surgery Should Be Lowered, UT Southwestern Researchers Suggest

Scientists Harness A Natural Emergency Response To Increase The Regeneration Ability Of Muscle

Phylonix Granted Broad European Patent For Transplanting Human Cells Into Zebrafish

Why Diving Marine Mammals Resist Brain Damage From Low Oxygen - Could Point The Way For Stroke Treatments

Safer, More Accurate Radiation Therapy For Expecting Mothers

Fetal Surgeon Shows For First Time That Laser Procedure May Treat Vasa Previa

Scripps Research Discovery Leads To Broad Potential Applications In CovX-Pfizer Deal

Cystic Fibrosis: License Agreement Boosts Development Of Therapy Against Lung Infections

Brain-Injured War Veterans Show A Faster Decline In Cognitive Functioning As They Age

Health Care Savings, Coverage For All Could Lower Spending $1.5 Trillion Over 10 Years

Do Everyday Foods Influence Risk Of Prostate Cancer?

New Report Finds Strong Link Between Blindness And Poverty In Pakistan

Don't Be Blind To Risks Of Ophthalmic Condition - Medical Defence Union Warns GPs

British Forces Clinic Allied Joint Forces Command Headquarters Naples Wins National Award For No Smoking Day, UK

Merck KGaA And Idera Pharmaceuticals To Collaborate On Development Of TLR9 Agonists For Treatment Of Cancer

Outstanding Result For Affiris Alzheimer's Vaccine In The Latest Thomson "The Ones To Watch" Ranking

Urgent Call For Enactment Of Children's Reformed Law

Study Linking Increased Risk Of Death To Severe Psoriasis A Call To Action

Do-It-Yourself Cardiac Bypass Surgery: All You Need Is Walking Shoes

Possible New Way To Detect, Monitor Liver Disease Without Painful Liver Biopsy

St. Jude Finds Link Between Cellular Defense Processes, Showing How Cancer Cells Survive

Intra Cellular Therapies Presents Preclinical Data From Schizophrenia And Sleep Maintenance Programs

CuraGen And TopoTarget Announce Initiation Of An NCI-sponsored Phase II Clinical Trial Of Belinostat For Thymoma And Thymic Carcinoma

Menopausal Women May Have An Increased Asthma Risk, From The Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology

Mental Health Care Needed Before, After Bariatric Surgery, Says The Harvard Mental Health Letter

An International First At The CHUM Promising Treatment In Regeneration Of The Myocardium Through The Use Of Stem Cells

Kiadis Pharma Reports Successful End Of Phase II Meeting With FDA For Reviroc

Some Healthy Resolutions Stick

Firefly Genes Allow Testing Of New Therapy Against Lymphoma

Walking And Moderate Exercise Help Prevent Dementia

Drug Aimed At Two Bioterror Agents Blocks Live Viral Infection

Physician Scientists Seek Solutions To Reproductive Problems Related To Chromosomal Variations

Holiday Health Check

Evidence Doesn't Support CYP450 Gene Testing Before Antidepressant Treatment

New Brain Mechanism Identified For Interpreting Speech

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