Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 15 February 2008

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Friday 15 February 2008

Cancer Risk Goes Up With Increasing BMI, Study

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A UK research team reviewing data pooled from over 140 studies has found that increasing BMI (body mass index, the ratio between a person's weight and their height squared) is linked to increasing risk of developing a...
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Statins And Memory Loss In Women

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The media is reporting stories of doctors observing that cholesterol lowering statins caused loss of memory and thinking skills in some of their female patients. At the moment this "evidence" is purely anecdotal, but it...
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Yellow Fever Vaccines Sent To Paraguay

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Reports are coming in of countries responding to Paraguay's request for extra doses of yellow fever vaccines to help it roll out an expanded vaccination programme following its first outbreak in 34 years...
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Race Matters For Patients Awaiting Lung Transplants

Use Of Air Filters Associated With Improved Cardiovascular Health In Elderly

Liver Damaged By Too Much Fast Food And Too Little Exercise

Probiotic Enhances Immune System Of Elite Athletes

Researchers Study Groups Of Genes Working Together To Cause Cancer

Global Network Of Human-Pathogen Protein Interactions Created And Explored

Other Medical and Health News for 15 February*

Remedent, Inc. Receives Initial Purchase Order From CVS Pharmacy Stores

Marshfield Clinic Discovers Gene Variant Which Will Significantly Enhance The Accuracy Of Molecular Tests For Warfarin Metabolism

Is A Common Cold A 'Serious Health Condition'?

Alvine Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase I Trial For ALV003

Next President Likely To Allow Prescription Drug Reimportation, Expand Health Benefits For Veterans, Wall Street Journal Reports

Massachusetts Commonwealth Choice Premiums Could Increase By 5%

Vermont Health Department Releases Guidelines On Routine HIV Testing Among Pregnant Women

Bush Administration To Propose Legislation That Would Overhaul U.S. Health Care System In Response To Medicare 'Trigger'

USA Today Examines Confidentiality Agreements, Patient Counseling In Series On Medication Errors

New York City Health Department Unveils New Official Condom As Part Of HIV Prevention Efforts

Book's Claim That Personhood Begins At Conception Does Not Match With 'Messiness Of Biology,' Opinion Piece Says

State Medication Price Comparison Web Sites Often Lack Adequate Information, Provide Outdated Data, Report Finds

President Bush To Promote HIV/AIDS, Malaria Initiatives During Upcoming Trip To Africa

Italian Parliamentary Candidates Support Moratorium On Abortion, Likely To Become An Issue In Campaign

Analysis Finds Toxic Levels Of Formaldehyde In FEMA Trailer Units Provided To Gulf Coast Area Residents, CDC Says

NEJM Perspective Explores Presidential Candidates' Focus On Preventive Measures; Study Examines State Expansion Efforts;

Genentech's Avastin Effective At Treating Breast Cancer, Study Says

New Studies Examining Role Of Cultural Competency In Health Care Disparities

Nevada Legislative Committee On Health Care Conducts Hearings On J-1 Visa Program Reform

New Stroke Treatments Identified By Australian And Chinese Collaboration

Actions Taken On Women's Health Legislation, Policy In Colorado, North Carolina, Oklahoma

Cost Of Government Benefits To Seniors Grows, Driven By Health Cost Increases, USA Today Analysis Finds

Utah Gov. Huntsman Willing To Impose Mandates If Insurers Do Not Offer More Affordable Plans

Ghana AIDS Commission Creates Strategic Framework To Mobilize, Expand National HIV/AIDS Response

Is Hybridoma Production About To Take A Quantum Leap Forward?

New Way To Reverse Poor Circulation And Heal Wounds Discovered By Researchers

National Inventors Hall Of Fame Announces 2008 Inductees

Americans Split By Political Party Over Views On Socialized Medicine, According To Poll

Choanoflagellates, A Type Of Nanoplankton, Are Closest Living One-Celled Relatives Of Animals

First Direct Observation Of 3-D Molecule Folding In Real Time

American Academy Of Pain Medicine Scientific Poster Abstracts From The 24th Annual Meeting

Study Uses New Technology And Moms' Input To Measure Amount Of And Opportunity For Daily Activity

Queensland Technology Licensed By Billion-Dollar US Company

Positive Results From Phase 1 Clinical Trials Of Cuprindro For Proctitis

Texas Archbishop Gomez Objects To Clinton Rally At St. Mary's University

NY State Attorney General Launches Investigation Into Whether Health Insurers Systematically Overcharge Patients For Using Out-of-Network Providers

Pennsylvania Panel Releases Chronic Illness Care Delivery Plan

Number Of Newly Diagnosed HIV/AIDS Cases In 2007 Reaches Record High In Japan

Access To DNA From Cloned Animals Should Be Made Public, Says IdentiGEN Founder

European Science Foundation 's EMRC Strengthens Training Course On Clinical Trials Management

All-Inclusive Approach Required For E-Democracy Research, ESF Conference Told

NNI Strategy For Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health And Safety Research

Fiscal Year 2009 Budget And Highlights Released By National Nanotechnology Initiative

2008 Winners Of Outstanding Undergraduate Research Programs Announced By Merck And AAAS

Computer Programs Aid Detection Of Environmental Electrons Stimulating Acid-Base Reactions

New Strategy Aims To Reduce Reliance On Animal Testing

Senate HELP Committee To Consider Postpartum Depression, Breast Cancer Bills

CMS Considering New Regulations For Medicare Advantage

Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Roberts Unveils Health Care Reform Plan That Focuses On Reducing Costs

Maryland Facing 40% Decrease In Federal Funding For HIV/AIDS Surveillance Activities

First Datasets For National Biomass And Carbon Dataset Now Available

Study Provides Insights Into Age-Related Diseases And Proof That Mitochondrial DNA Is Central To Health

Pathways Hospice Celebrates The Month Of Hearts: 6,000 Families Served In 5 Bay Area Counties

Stearns Secures 971,000 Dollars For Development Of Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnostic By Alachua's Banyan Biomarkers, Inc.

Brigham And Women's Hospital Goes Live In Patient Tower With Radianse Reveal Asset Tracking

A New Control Mechanism For Genetic Code Translation Discovered In Bacteria

Breakthrough In Study Of Childhood Cataracts

THE SAGE GROUP Finds A Significant Number Of New Pharmaceuticals In Clinical Trials For Treatment Of Peripheral Arterial Disease

Understanding How Flies Integrate Multiple Sensory Cues Could Lead To Smarter Robots

"Lab On A Chip" Devices From Airbrush Tools

Scientists Reveal Our Flock Mentality

Stray Radioactive Sources Recovered In Nigeria

Key Role In Glaucoma Played By A WNT Signaling Protein

Pelvic Prolapse: HOXA11 Shows Its Strength In The Pelvis

Hair Formation, Skin Stem Cells And BMP Signaling

Ovarian Cancer - Systems Biology Goes Clinic

The Key To Curing Hemophilia A May Lie In Transplanted Cells

Potential New Ways To Study And Fight Diabetes

First European Application Filed For Product Using Innovative Intradermal Microinjection System BD Soluvia

Insight Into Possible Cause Of Lymphoma

Autistic Children, Remedial Readers, Language Learners Helped By Animated Tutors

New Australian Blood Test Proven Six Times More Effective For Tuberculosis Control

DSHI Systems Debuts FreeMD(R) The Web's First Virtual Doctor

Landscape Of Human-Pathogen Protein Interactions Unveiled By Researchers

Skanska Builds Hospital In Seattle For USD 114 M, About SEK 730 M

Leading Insurer Encourages Protection Review During Heart Health Awareness Month

Aurora Vista Del Mar To Host Eating Disorder Expert Prior To National Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Textronics Offers Online Heart Rate Monitor Coaching At NuMetrex.com

Mighty Molar Man(R) Accepts Plano Mayor Pat Evans's Proclamation In Honor Of National Dental Health Month

An Entirely New Way Of Dealing With Asthma And Allergies

FlexSCAN, Inc. Announces GeneVIEW(TM) -- Free Genetic Testing

HARC Study Shows Over Half Of Eastern Riverside County Overweight Or Obese

Cancer-Cell Phone Link Found By Tel Aviv University Scientist

Nuclear Medicine Department Redesign And Equipment Refresh Breathes New Life Into Clinical Workflow

Prostate Cancer Biopsy More Useful That Previously Thought

Cancer's Genetic 'Support Network' Defined

ADVANCE Study - No Increased Risk Of Death As Reported By Recent US Trial (ACCORD)

Biotech Industry Supports Common Security Market For Bio-Preparedness

Pitt School Of Health And Rehab Sciences Announces New Master's Program In Prosthetics And Orthotics

Bausch & Lomb's Generosity Is Saving Sight In Africa

Procedure Developed At Yale Creates New Bone In Minimally Invasive Procedure

Cold Tolerance And Metabolic Syndrome Linked

Does Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Hold Promise For Treating Eating Disorders? Harvard Medical School Reaction

Women's Risk Of Developing Schizophrenia Increased By Genetic Variant

Advanced Prostate Cancer Can Be Predicted By PSA Testing

Treatment Of Severely Ill Patients Questioned

European Sexual Awareness Campaign 2008 "Sexual Health: Do We Europeans Care?"

Blood Pressure Drug May Have Added Benefit

Exchange Of Signals Between 2 Types Of Skin Cells May Provide A New Understanding Of How Stem Cells Differentiate And A Better Understanding Of Hair L

Cerebral Malaria: A New Look Inside The Brain

Electronic Medical Records Really Do Work

FDA Grants Fast Track Designation For Boehringer Ingelheim's BIBW 2992 For The Treatment Of Late Stage Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Proctitis - Positive Interim Results From Cuprindo Phase I Clinical Trials

Look After Your Head Campaign And Competition - Brain Injury Awareness Week, UK

Black Raspberries Protect Against Cancer - New Study Finds Black Raspberries Help Barrett's Esophagus Patients

Website Calculates Snacks To Help Kids Make Healthy Choices

First Implant To Control Blood Pressure Tested - Device Could Help 48 Million Who Can't Control High Blood Pressure

Scientists Use Firefly Gene To Track Treatments In Lymphoma/leukemia

9 Out Of 10 Patients Walk Again In Some Form With Device, Therapy

Deaf Patients Hear Sounds With Unique Device - "Bionic Ear" Processes Sound Directly Through Brain

Patients Feel Immediately Better After Kiser Procedure For Atrial Fibrillation

New Strategy Cracks Staph Bacterium's "Golden Armor," Making It Vulnerable To Treatment

AMRIX, A New Once-Daily Extended-Release Muscle Relaxant, Superior To Placebo

Nearly 1 In 3 Women Have Babies By C-Section, USA

St. Jude Medical Receives FDA And CE Mark Approvals Of Extended 10-Year Battery Life Claim For Rechargeable Neurostimulator

New Model Helps Scientists Understand Aspects Of Parasite Biology

APHA Adopts Policies On Climate Change, Trans Fat, Abortion Services And More

Putting The Beat Back Into Weak Hearts

Keeping Active Whilst Aging Curbs Health Care Costs

UNFPA Scales Up Efforts To Save Millions Of Women

New Opinions Are Ignored When People Feel Powerful, Study Finds

Corporate Benefits Of First Aid Research By The British Red Cross

AHIP Statement On New York Attorney General's Announcement

One Million Tobacco Deaths A Year In India During The 2010s

Audit Throws Spotlight On Violence In Mental Health Units And Highlights Areas For Action, UK

Statement From The American Diabetes Association Related To The ADVANCE Study Announcement

Muscle And Bladder Training Ameliorate Urinary Incontinence; Other Remedies Don't Do As Well

Improved NHS Complaints Process Vital, UK

U.S. Provides 1.2 Million Dollars For India's Flood Victims

Eat Fruit, But Not Because Of This Study

Key To Long Life

Sore Muscles Of Mice And Men

The Royal College Of Radiologists Needs YOU! UK

MPS Comments On Missing Smart Cards And Issues Advice To Healthcare Professionals, UK

HSE To Prosecute Gateshead Council Over Carbon Monoxide Incident At School, UK

Minister Hoctor Launches SPARC Book On "Home Care For Ageing Populations", Ireland

Sara Evans Supports The American Red Cross Response To The Southern Tornadoes

American Medical Student Association First To Provide Students New Information Technology To Teach Accuracy

Violence In Mental Health Units - UNISON Reaction, UK

NMC Boosts Student 'Hands On' Skills, UK

Life Begins At 40 And 50 And 60

New Cataract Gene Discovered

Accelerated Community Oncology Research Network, Inc. (ACORN), Initiates A Phase 2b Metastatic Breast Cancer Trial In Cooperation With Bayer And Onyx

Data From Two Pivotal Trials Of AMRIX, A New Once-Daily Extended-Release Muscle Relaxant, Presented At The American Academy Of Pain Medicine Meeting

Pharmion And MethylGene Announce U.S. Orphan Drug Designation Granted For MGCD0103 For The Treatment Of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

New Guidelines: Antibiotic Prophylaxis

The Facts African Americans Need To Know About Colon Cancer

Role Found For Glaucoma Gene And A Signaling Pathway

Single Reader With CAD More Efficient, Yields Fewer False Positives, And Possibly More Sensitive Than Double Reading Of Mammograms

Young Women Unaware Of Folic Acid Requirements

Nearly 1 In 3 Women Have Babies By C Section

Novel Approach Strips Staph Of Virulence

Cell Signaling Glitch Contributes To Lupus Progression

Benefits Of Medicare Paid Mammography Lag For Black Women

Hair Stylists Promote Breast Cancer Prevention Messages To Clients

Scorpion Peptide May Be Key To Secretory Diseases

Marijuana Based Drug Reduces Fibromyalgia Pain

Rwandan Women View The Elongation Of Their Labia As Positive

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