Medical News Today: Health News for Tuesday 22 January 2008

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Tuesday 22 January 2008

European Agency Says HPV Vaccine Is Effective

Written by Catharine Paddock

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) issued a report today, Tuesday 22nd January, that found vaccinating teenage girls against HPV (Human Papillomavirus) is an effective way to prevent cervical cancer...
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Using A Mobile Phone Could Disturb Your Sleep

Written by Catharine Paddock

A new study by researchers in the US and Sweden suggests that using a mobile phone could interfere with your quality of sleep. The study is published in PIERS Online, a peer-reviewed online journal that publishes new...
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New HIV Drug Etravine Wins FDA Approval

Written by Catharine Paddock

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave approval last Friday, 18th January, for etravine to be used as an adjunct anti-HIV therapy for adults who have failed to respond to other antiretroviral treatments...
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Recipient Got Wrong Donor Kidney And Had To Have It Removed

Breast Operations Trigger More Infections Than Previously Thought

Lip Augmentation Patient Satisfaction May Be Improved By Dividing Lips Into Zones

Melanomas Look Different From Other Irregular Skin Moles

Other Medical and Health News for 22 January*

DNA Sensors Found To Be An Effective Artificial Nose

Specific Targeting Of A Plasmodesmal Protein Affecting Cell-To-Cell Communication

Study Of Whitehall Civil Servants Explains How Stress At Work Is Linked To Heart Disease, UK

National DentistryForDiabetics Program Unveiled

Philips Collaborates With International Society Of Radiographers And Radiological Technologists To Simplify Access To Healthcare Education Worldwide

ASHP Web Site Redesign: Check It Out!

Einstein Researchers: Do National Dietary Guidelines Do More Harm Than Good?

The Pharmaceutical Market Fails To Deliver For Pregnant Women

Kidney Cysts: Not All Created Equal

Infection Control Company Inviro Medical Devices Offers "Green" Solutions

Thousands Wasted On Unnecessary Insurances, Says Which? UK

Swisslog Introduces Station Access Door For Recessed Pevco(TM) Pneumatic Tube System Stations

Resolving Confusion About The Recent FDA Press Release On Bioidentical Hormones, Women To Women Responds With Clarifying Stance On BHRT

Are There Benefits To Having Depression? Specialist In Neuroscience And Emotion Offers Radical New Approach To The Condition. New Book

Highlights From The January Issue Of Paediatrics & Child Health, Canada

American Academy Of Pediatrics Urges Caution In Use Of Over-The-Counter Cough And Cold Medicines

Second European Commission -Israel Seminar On The Fight Against Racism, Xenophobia And Anti-Semitism, Jerusalem, 22-23, January

UK Doctors 'Failing' Children Trapped In Gender Limbo

WHO Executive Board Opens On Optimistic Note

ORLive Presents: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Features A Cardica C-Port(R) Stapler

Critical Outcome Technologies Inc. Announces Officer's Donation Of Shares To London Health Sciences Foundation

Medistem Files Patent Application On Therapeutic Cell Population Found In Fat Tissue

US Approval For SPP 100 Combined With Diuretic To Treat Hypertension

Diabetes Blues, UK

Misreporting Of Diagnostic Tests At Histopathology Department At Wrexham Maelor Hospital, UK

75 Genes Specifically Involved In Silica Bioprocessing In The Diatom

Making Ebola Virus Safe To Study By Excising A Single Gene

New Research Into Scar-Free Healing

News From The Public Library Of Science

Protherics PLC Announces Research Update

Nurse Struck Off Over Benefit Fraud, UK

MRSA Evolution And Resilience Highlighted By Studies

Help The Aged Response To The Debate On The Today Programme On Osteoporosis And Falls Prevention Policy, UK

Drugs Used To Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis May Have Hidden Benefits

Tissue Retention: Coroners Rules Not Being Followed, UK

News From The American Chemical Society

Radiotherapy As Effective As Surgery In Bladder Cancer Treatment, UK

Mr. Kuiper Goes To Washington: ASHP Member Takes NDC Concerns To Congress

Racial Disparities Found Among Patients With Extremity Soft-Tissue Sarcomas

Caffeine Found To Reduce Ovarian Cancer Risk

A Comparison Between Gay And Heterosexual Couples Finds Equal Level Of Commitment And Relationship Satisfaction

Thousands Of Blind People Attacked Every Day, UK

LifeCycle Pharma Announces Transplantation Programs On Track

Diamyd Initiates European Submission For Phase III Studies With Diabetes Vaccine

OXIS Out-Licensed Drug BXT 51072 To Be Developed By Synvista For The Treatment Of Psoriasis

Vectibix(R) (Panitumumab) Now Available For The Treatment Of Advanced Colorectal Cancer In The UK

The 6th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-6) - Berlin, Germany (ICC Berlin Messe Berlin GmbH, Messedamm 22, D-14055) - 15-19 April 2008

Procedures Treating Peripheral Artery Disease To Grow More Than 70% In Total By 2012

New Research Challenges Concept Of Vitamin D Deficiency

Major European Project To Create New Knowledge Base Of Gene-Disease Relationships

Expanded Labelling For Januvia(R) (Sitagliptin) Approved By European Commission

Climate Change - Health Sector Must Lead By Example, UK

Diamyd Medical Announces Completion Of Type 1 Diabetes Vaccine Trial With Long Term Efficacy Demonstrated At 30 Months

The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, TB And Malaria Launches Corporate Champions Program

Elekta To Supply Chu De Poitiers Hospital Center In France With Advanced Technology For Image Guided Radiation Therapy

No Benefit From Heart Jab, UK

Twin Study Sheds Light On Leukaemia, UK

Declining GP Supply A Major Concern, Australia

Genetic Link To Lupus, NHS Response

Mobile Effect On Sleep, NHS Choices Response

Alzheimer's Society Responds To Health Select Committee Inquiry On NICE, UK

CeloNova BioSciences Announces Positive Results From European Study Of Embozene(TM) Microspheres For Treatment Of Uterine Fibroids

CeloNova BioSciences Introduces A New Class Of Coronary Stent: The CATANIA(TM) Coronary Stent System With NanoThin Polyzene(R)-F

FDA Approves INTELENCE(TM) (etravirine) For HIV Combination Therapy

Many Kids Unprotected Against Flu, Poll Finds

Study Looks At Off Label Use Of Biliary Stents

Pros, Cons Of Drug Proven To Prevent Prostate Cancer Should Be Considered, Researchers Recommend

The Missing Link Between Belly Fat And Heart Disease?

DNA Variations Signal Lupus Risk

Scientists Identify Genes Linked To Lupus In Women

Task Force Presents Evidence Based Recommendations On Neck Pain

Genetics Behind The Disease SLE Almost Completed

Why Certain People Are Unable To Express Their Emotions?

Duloxetine Does Not Relieve Painful Physical Symptoms In Depression

'Nature' New Findings In Pain Research Published

JRRD Publishes Review Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder And Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Research

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