Medical News Today: Health News for Monday 7 January 2008

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Monday 7 January 2008

Shape Of Sugar Molecule Could Be All That Is Stopping Bird Flu Pandemic

Written by Catharine Paddock

US scientists have found that the shape of sugar molecules on cell surfaces in the upper respiratory tract determine how easy it is for influenza viruses to infect humans, and suggest that if the deadly strain of H5N1 bird...
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NHS Could Save Millions If People With MRSA Were Treated At Home, Report

Written by Catharine Paddock

A new UK expert report that attempts to separate MRSA facts from fiction makes a number of recommendations and suggests the NHS could save millions if people with MRSA were sent home and not kept in hospital...
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Spinal Cord Is Not Hard Wired and Reorganizes After Injury

Written by Catharine Paddock

A new US study using laboratory mice found the spinal cord is not hard wired and when injured it reorganizes the way messages are routed, using alternate pathways that circumvent the damaged ones...
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Bisphosphonates Linked To Incapacitating Bone, Joint, and Muscle Pain - FDA Alerts

Other Medical and Health News for 7 January*

UNICEF Ready With Critical Supplies For Children Affected By Unrest In Kenya

UNICEF Welcomes International Year Of Sanitation 2008

St. Jude Medical To Present At JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, San Francisco

Despite Efforts, Significant Racial Disparities In Cancer Therapy Still Exist

Appeals Panel Questions Federal Judge's Decision That Healthy San Francisco Violates ERISA

Some Government Doctors, Nurses In Zimbabwe Return To Work On Humanitarian Grounds, Still Demand Higher Wages

Obama, Huckabee Win Iowa Presidential Caucuses

Secretary Of State Rice, Libyan Foreign Minister Meet To Discuss Bilateral Ties; Groups Call On Rice To Address Human Rights Issues

Two Doctors Without Borders Aid Workers Freed In Bossaso, Somalia

AARP Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Ruling That EEOC Lacks Authority To Allow Employers To Reduce Health Care Benefits For Medicare-Eligible Retirees

Health Insurance Mandate For Comprehensive Coverage Not 'Good Idea,' Opinion Piece States

Grants Help Set Up Minority Health Office, Support Health Disparities Research; Workshop Focuses On Black Women And Breast Cancer

Bush Administration Imposing Restrictions On States' Abilities To Expand Medicaid Eligibility

New Jersey More Than Triples Medicaid Reimbursement Rate For Physicians Who Treat Children

Sen. Dorgan Says He Will Introduce Legislation Aimed At Improving Health Of American Indians

New Australian Government To Monitor Effectiveness Of Pregnancy Helpline

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Employers' Efforts To Reduce Health Care Cost

U.S. Needs 'Strong' Presidential Leadership To Continue Fight Against HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Opinion Piece Says

Operation Rescue Leaders File Two Complaints Against Kansas Attorney General Morrison

Inaccurate Lab Tests Might Lead To Inappropriate Treatment Of Breast Cancer

Actress Gloria Reuben Returns To NBC's 'ER,' Portrays HIV-Positive Woman

Baltimore Sun Examines Missouri Ballot Proposal That Critics Say Could Lead To Ban On Abortion

Vermont Department Of Health Announces Increase In Syphilis Cases, Could Contribute To Spread Of HIV

Scottish Premises Assessment Tool Guide Produced By NPA

Queen Recognises Hard Work With MBEs, UK

Your Chance To Influence MS Society Publications, UK

Three-Year Registry Data From 1,278 Women Shows Long-Term Efficacy For Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE)

Fifth Annual Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Press Program Announced

Nationwide Consultation Suggests That Individuals Will Help Pay For A Fairer, Clearer Long-term Care System, UK

NMC Welcomes Scottish Nurse To Council

NMC And Healthcare Commission To Strengthen Public Safety, UK

Canada Revises Regulations For The Compositional Standards For Cheese

California's Historic RN-To-Patient Hospital Staffing Ratios Upgraded Again With New Year

ASCO-NCI Event On Cancer In The Developing World Now Available Online

Operating A Two Tier Framework?

Electronic Tagging - Enabling Or Disabling People With Dementia? UK

California Endures Nasty Storm To Start The New Year

American Red Cross And Pitney Bowes Partnership Brought Holiday Cheer To Wounded Service Members

ASPS Studies Re-Evaluate Psychological Benefits And Health Concerns Of Silicone Breast Implants

The Impact Of Hepatitis B On Quality Of Life

Cost Benefit Analysis In Spinal Surgery: Is It Feasable?

Are Healthy People Happier With Their Health Care?

Abbott's HUMIRA (Adalimumab) Receives License For The Treatment Of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis In The UK

Health Warning For Returnee Hajj Pilgrims, UK

WFP Launches Operation To Help Feed Over One Million Displaced Iraqis In Iraq And Syria

Scientists Explain How Alcohol Causes Hypoglycemia (Too Low Blood Sugar)

Gene Protects Newborns From Killer Respiratory Disease

Yale Researchers Receive Donaghue Awards For Work On Global Healthcare, Depression

UF Scientists Test The Safety Of Experimental Drug For Vision Loss

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Filing Of Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial With REOLYSIN

Medical Safety Technologies Introduces Revolutionary Safety Syringe

New "Smoke-Free Cars With Minors" Law Protects California's Children From Secondhand Smoke In Cars

Research Published By SAGE In The Current Issue Of Chronic Illness

Key Trigger Uncovered For Potent Cancer-Fighting Marine Product

Experimental Biology And Medicine Announces Expansion Into Asia, Opens New Office

Arthritis Patients See Improvement In Symptoms Following Exercise Program

Chronic Pain Relieved By Strength Training Of Neck Muscles

Education Programs Lead To Better Health For Heart Patients

Consumers Don't Follow FDA Recommendations For Contact Lense Use According To New Research

BMA Warns Of Further Junior Doctor Recruitment Problems In 2008, UK

Astrazeneca Submits Supplemental New Drug Applications For Seroquel XR For The Treatment Of Bipolar Mania And Bipolar Depression

Cancer Charity Chief Executive Appointed To Lead European Healthcare Coalition

Center To Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) Launches New Discussion Forum, USA

Two Main Treatments For COPD Go Head To Head On Exacerbations, Quality Of Life And Survival

AMSA Calls On Government To Act On Full Fee Degrees, Australia

MIT Finds Key To Avian Flu In Humans

Rush Researchers Study Genes Associated With Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease

Schering-Plough Announces New Drug Application For Sugammadex Assigned Priority Review Status By U.S. FDA

World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre For Patient Safety Seeks Comment On Proposed New International Patient Safety Solutions

FDA To Review Data That Find Anemia Drugs Increase Death Risk, Tumor Growth In Cancer Patients

Many Physicians Prescribe Placebos To Patients, Study Finds

FDA To Review New Data On Risks Associated With Anemia Drugs

AP/Carroll County Times Examines New Book Encouraging Christians To Join Fight Against HIV/AIDS Pandemic

New Route For Heredity Bypasses DNA

New Drug Application For Alogliptin (syr-322) In The US Submitted By Takeda

Inaugural Mathilde Krim Fellowship Awards For AIDS Research Announced By AmfAR

Not Only Lipids And Inflammation: Insight Into A New Cause Of Heart Attack And Other Vascular Disease

Michael J. Fox Foundation Commits Up To $3.8 Million To Develop Gene Silencing Neuroprotective Treatment For Parkinson's Disease

Nervous System Can Reorganize Itself And Use New Pathways To Restore Walking After Spinal Cord Injury

Study Of Sugars On Cell Surface Identifies Key Factor In Flu Infection

Minorities Less Likely To Get Narcotics For Pain In Emergency Department

Hospitalizations For GERD Up By 103 Percent

Online Purchasers Of Contact Lenses Face Greater Eye Health Risks Due To Not Following FDA Safety Recommendations

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