Medical News Today: Health News for Thursday 10 January 2008

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Thursday 10 January 2008

China Puts Healthcare At The Top Of The Agenda

Written by Catharine Paddock

China's Health Minister, Chen Zhu, has announced a plan to give every person in China access to basic healthcare by the year 2020. Called the Healthy China 2020 plan, the Chinese government's goal is to have universal...
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Some Autism Linked To Missing Or Duplicated Chromosome Segment

Written by Catharine Paddock

A new study by a US research consortium has discovered that a small segment of chromosome 16 is either missing or duplicated in about 1 per cent of people with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD)...
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US Ranks Worst In Preventable Deaths Among 19 Industrialized Nations

Written by Catharine Paddock

A new report by a US health foundation has found that Americans get the worst deal in terms of preventable deaths among 19 industrialized nations. The report is published in the January/February issue of the journal Health...
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Statin Therapy Should Be Considered For Most Diabetes Patients

Terrorist Attacks Associated With Heart Problems In Individuals Who Experienced Severe Stress

Perceived Social Standing May Influence Body Mass Index Of Adolescent Girls

Physically Active Teenagers Have Lower Risk Of Becoming Overweight Adults

Mute Swans Infected With Bird Flu In Dorset, England

British Troops In Afghanistan Received Inadequately Tested Blood From US Military

Assessing NHS Treatments Too Slow In England, Wales And Northern Ireland

Other Medical and Health News for 10 January*

WFP Food Starts Reaching Tens Of Thousands Of People In Nairobi Slums

MIP Technologies And Supelco Launch A New Selective SPE Product For The Extraction Of Amphetamine And Related Drugs

The Construction Of Heart Modelling Leads Path To New Therapies

UR Nursing Professor Earns Top Award for Addiction Research

Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Lowered Out-of-Pocket Costs For Beneficiaries By 17% In 2006, Study Finds

WHO Releases New Guidelines To Address Health Worker Shortages In Africa, Increase Access To HIV/AIDS Services

Sens. Clinton, McCain Win New Hampshire Presidential Primaries

Wall Street Journal Op-Ed 'Missed The Mark' On Health Care Debate, Sens. Wyden, Bennett Write

Research Projects Focus On Breast, Cervical Cancer Risk Among Women Living On U.S.-Mexico Border

Many Veterans Unaware They Qualify For Health Care, Other Benefits, According To Local Liaisons To Former Troops

Analysis Examines Deaths Related To Lack Of Health Insurance

Arizona Hispanic Group Decides To End HIV/AIDS Services Through Ryan White Program

A Few More Pieces For The Puzzle That Is Alzheimer's Disease

Missouri Gov. Blunt Launches Statewide Campaign For Children's Health Care Program

Biotech Company Partners With University Of Colorado To Research Experimental HIV/AIDS Treatment

Chinese Officials Expel 500 Communist Party Members For Violating One-Child Policy

California Unfunded Liability For Retiree Health Care At Least $118B, Report Finds

Group Issues Treatment Guidelines For HIV-Positive People Displaced By Recent Violence In Kenya

Tenn. Senate Committee Passes Amendment To State Constitution That Would Limit Abortion

Success Of Massachusetts Health Insurance Law Depends On State's Ability To Rein In Health Care Costs, Officials Say

Recently Homeless Youth More Likely To Engage In Risky Sex, Increasing Risk Of HIV, Other STIs, Study Says

Regulation Watchdog Publishes Guidance On Sexual Boundaries Between Healthcare Professionals And Patients, UK

Abortion-Rights Opponent, Virginia Del. Marshall To Run For Republican Nomination For U.S. Senate

Maryland Has 16% Fewer Practicing Physicians Than National Average, Report Finds

Women With BRCA Mutation Might Have Lower Breast Cancer Risk Than Previously Thought, Study Says

U.S. Chamber Of Commerce President Outlines Health Care Agenda For 2008

Indonesia's Construction Surge Contributing To Spread Of HIV, Asian Development Bank Says

Nerve-Signal Transmitters Make For Proton-Powered Pooping

Unregistered Private Healthcare Provider Sentenced, UK

The Psychology Of Fitness

Patients Will Not Benefit From Select Committee Recommendations On NICE, Says ABPI, UK

New York City Death Rate Reaches Historic Low

Breast Cancer Metastasis Halted By Small RNAs

Sirolimus Shrinks Tumors, Improves Lung Function

Repromedix Launches Biological Clock Test For Women

Closeness Between Teens And Fathers Decreased By Divorce

Smoking In Movies Linked To Kids Lighting Up

Tobacco Smoke Can Damage Skeletal Muscle

Study Finds That Smoking Is Linked With Risk Of Suicide

Federal Government Receives Failing Grades On Tobacco Control In Annual American Lung Association Report, USA

CDEX To Demonstrate The Methamphetamine ScannerTM At The ASHI Inspection World Conference In New Orleans January 16-19, 2008

Critical Function Of Proteins In The Gut

Seasonal Flu Levels Trigger Use Of Antiviral Drugs, UK

Join Our Call For Diabetes Self-management Courses In Scotland

Brain-Imaging Study May Explain Why Some Overweight People Continue To Eat, Despite Full Stomachs

AHIP Statement On National Health Expenditures, USA

NAD Files Complaints Against Palmetto General Hospital And The City Of Hialeah, Florida

As Violence Ebbs, UNICEF Joins Other Agencies In Providing Aid For Up To 100,000 People In Kenya

RCN Responds To Announcement Of Specialist Nurses For Tackling Hospital Infection, UK

Nurses React To Public Sector Pay Announcement, UK

'Gold Standard' For Bio-Nanotech Research From NIST

Breast Cancer's Ability To Spread Can Be Blocked By Molecules

AMA Releases New Guide To Preventing And Treating Heart Disease

Teaching Young Children And Chimpanzees New Tricks

Psychoanalysis And Medications

Evidence Of Early Start In Huntington's Disease

Brain's 'Amnesia Centers' Discovered During Hypnosis Study

Potential New Treatments For Huntington's Disease

Northern Ireland: Drive To Help Women Stop Smoking

Youthful MDA Goodwill Ambassador Assumes New 2008 Spokesperson Role

New Study Estimates 151 000 Violent Iraqi Deaths Since 2003 Invasion

Millions Risk Health Buying Drugs Online, UK

PBMI Offers New Drug Benefit Training Workshop, USA

OhioHealth Increases Security At State's First Paperless Hospital By Using Imprivata For Identity Access And Authentication, USA

Javelin Pharmaceuticals' Latest Study Of Dyloject Confirms Minimal Effect On Platelet Function, Differentiating Dyloject From Ketorolac And Aspirin

Study Published In Health Affairs Finds Value-Based Insurance Design Effective

Tissera Reports Achievement Of Proof Of Concept Of The Curative Effect Of Its Transplantation Technology In Large Animal Diabetic Model

Can-Fite Receives FDA Approval To Conduct Phase I Study With CF102

Millipore And Gen-Probe Launch First Real-Time Test For Detecting Microbial Contamination In Biopharmaceutical Applications

ZymoGenetics Begins Phase 2 Trial In Renal Cell Cancer Evaluating IL-21 Combined With Nexavar(R)

David W. Parke II, MD, Assumes Presidency Of American Academy Of Ophthalmology, USA

AWHONN Wins Three Awards For Superior Publications

Normal Birth: A Thing Of The Past?

Childhood Personality Found To Predict Adult Career Paths, UK

In Voluntary Care: A Strange Place To Be, UK

Reading With Your Kids Helps Literacy, UK

Novel Chromosome Abnormality Appears To Increase Risk Of Autism

NAD Settles Complaint Against Service Provider

NAD Supports Draft Legislation To Ensure Access To Technology, USA

No Apparent Benefit To Treating Venous Leg Ulcers With Honey Dressings

Study Results Provide Surprise Benefits Of Cholesterol

FDA Takes Action Against Compounded Menopause Hormone Therapy Drugs

Methadone Can Kill, Even At Therapeutic Levels

Improved Medical Imaging, Drug Development May Result From Radioactive 'Understudy'

Neurobiology Of Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Violence Against Doctors Going Unreported, BMA Report Shows, UK

fpa Launches New Leaflet For Young People Aged 14 And Above Called Is This Love?, UK

Living With Nut Allergy

Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Are Way Overdue, Says Durable Medical Equipment Industry

Shingles Sends Nearly 1 Million Americans To The Doctor

National Museum Of Health And Medicine Launches Monthly Health Awareness Exhibits

KLAS Publishes Report On Medication Administration Barcoding At The Point Of Contact

Targeted Molecular Agents Set To Move Imaging Beyond Diagnostics

Subatomic Protons Act Like Nerve-Signal Transmitters

Mencap's Response Regarding Anti-psychotic Drugs - UK

Better Regulation For Medicines: How To Make It Work, UK

Emergent BioSolutions Announces That The Final Phase II Clinical Study Results For Typhoid Vaccine Reaffirms Clinical Endpoints Met

New CLSI Guideline Provides Optimal Methods For Utilizing Flow Cytometry And Solid Phase Assays

Steve Hochman Of Next Level Fitness Offers Tips On How Not To Quit Your New Year's Resolution To Get Fit, Canada

EnteroMedics Announces Nine-Month Clinical Results On Its VBLOC-RF2 Feasibility Study For Obesity Therapy

InnoMed Addresses Special Needs Of Asians Suffering From Apnea With Customized Sleeping Aids

Physicians Want To Learn From Medical Mistakes But Say Current Error-Reporting Systems Are Inadequate

Computational Biology Group Identifies New Mechanism Of Gene Regulation

Unique Scientific Support For Laser Procedure In Treating Moderate To Severe Gum Disease

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase 1a Clinical Trial Results Of APD791 For The Treatment Of Arterial Thrombosis

Looking Older? How Square Is Your Jaw Line?

Semafore's SF1126 Exhibits Antitumor And Antiangiogenic Activity

Positive Results From Phase IIa Study Pave Way For Phase IIb Trial Of DG051 For The Prevention Of Heart Attack

Pharmion And MethylGene Start Phase 2 Combination Clinical Trial With MGCD0103 And Vidaza(R) In Patients With Relapsed Or Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma

Rigel Announces Initiation Of Phase 1 Clinical Trial Of R348 For Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriasis And Other Immune Disorders

OSHA Offers Tips To Protect Employees During Cold Weather

FDA Asserts New Policy To Restrict Women's Access To Bioidentical Hormones

New Year's Resolution: Quit Smoking? Move To California

Listen Up Ladies: Don't Postpone Knee Replacement Surgery

Clicking Your Way To Better Health: New Web Site Makes Eating Better Easier

Study Shows Link Between TCE Exposure, Parkinsonism

Blocking Parasites' Communication Reduces Infection

RNA Shown To Silence Cancer Suppressor Gene

Reversal Of Alzheimer's Symptoms Within Minutes

Finding The Right Radiation Facility Is Critical For Cancer Patients

How Less Can Be More When Treating Some Kidney Cancers

People With Anorexia Less Likely To Be Blamed When Biology, Genetics Explained

Search For Harmonized Micronutrient Recommendations Goes Public

Acrylamide In Food May Increase The Risk Of Breast Cancer

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