Medical News Today: Health News for Wednesday 27 February 2008

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Wednesday 27 February 2008

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Drug Resistant TB Rising Globally, WHO Survey

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new survey by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found the highest rates ever recorded for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) globally are occurring today. This is the largest survey on drug resistant TB...
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America Will Be Spending One Fifth Of GDP On Healthcare By 2017

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new US government analysis estimates that the country's spending on national health will continue to grow steadily and reach nearly 20 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2017, outpacing economic growth and inflation...
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Pre-Eclampsia Risk To Mothers And Babies Is Greater For Smokers

Written by Peter M Crosta

The results of a new study published in the journal Hypertension reveal that if women give up smoking before or during pregnancy, they can reduce their risk of pre-eclampsia. Pre-eclampsia is a high-risk medical condition...
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Other Medical and Health News for 27 February*

Education Seminars On Medicines, Australia

Growth In National Health Expenditures Projected To Remain Steady Through 2017; Health Spending Growth, USA

UNAIDS And OHCHR Call For Greater Protection Of The Human Rights Of All Persons Regardless Of Sexual Orientation Or HIV Status

MIT Researchers Catch Rats' Twitchy Whiskers In Action

Sen. Grassley Requests Information On Continuing Medical Educational Grants From Pharmaceutical Companies

Georgia Senate Approves Bill That Would Provide Grants For Community Health Clinics

New York Times Profiles Documentary Aimed To Help Parents Discuss Sex, HIV/AIDS With Their Kids

Governors Pushing For Medicaid Funding In Second Stimulus Package

U.S. Physician Shortage Particularly Affects Rural Hospitals

Needle-Exchange Pilot Program In New Jersey Is 'Struggling' To Enroll IDUs, AP/Long Island Newsday Reports

Lawmakers In House, Senate Introduce Bush Administration's Medicare 'Trigger' Bill

Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Case Related To Product Liability For Medications Approved By FDA

Experimental Microbicide Tenofovir Safe For Women To Use Daily, Study Finds

U.S. Health Care Spending To Increase To $4.3T By 2017, According To CMS

Pfizer Announces Plans To End Lipitor Advertising Campaign With Artificial Heart Inventor Jarvik

Rwanda To Launch Campaign Aimed At Addressing Circumcision Myths, Encouraging Procedure In Effort To Prevent HIV

NICE Launches New Era For Millions With Osteoarthritis, UK

Washington Post Publishes Opinion Pieces On Effect Of Religion And Abortion On Election

GAO To Investigate Whether FDA Has Adequate Resources

Reported HIV/AIDS Cases In China Increase 45% From 2006 To 2007, Health Ministry Report Says

Experimental Gel For Women That Aims To Prevent HIV Infection Safe, Study Finds

Gov. Schwarzenegger Proposal Would Require Medi-Cal Beneficiaries To File Eligibility Forms Four Times Per Year

Clinton Reiterates Commitment To Invest $50B To Fight Global HIV/AIDS

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval Of Avastin For Late-Stage Breast Cancer

States Looking To Hold Down Medicaid Costs Encourage Residents To Purchase Private Long-Term Care Insurance

Reports Examine Prospects Of Center For Evidence-Based Medicine, Barriers To HIE Sustainability

Studies Analyze Koreans' Knowledge Of Cardiovascular Health, Hmong Adults' Perception Of Oral Health

Pregnant Women Working Longer Into Pregnancy, Returning To Work Faster, Census Bureau Report Says

Presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee McCain Considers 'Risk Adjustment' In Health Insurance Tax Credits

New Hampshire Legislature Approves $50M Budget Cut, Including Medicaid, Health Programs

Minorities In North Carolina County Face Higher Death And Disease Rate Than Whites, Report Says

MS Societies In UK And Australia Provide International Research Opportunities

MS Society Offers Another Line Of Support, UK

New Sexual Health Clinic Launched For Young People In Coventry, UK

Disease Management And Chronic Care Programs From McKesson To Promote Community Health And Care Of The Indigent, USA

Teva Announces Two Court Decisions To Revoke MSD's European Patent On Generic Fosamax(R)

GTx's Toremifene Citrate 80 Mg Meets Primary And Key Endpoints In Phase III Trial In Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients On Androgen Deprivation Therapy

Europe's Human And Economic Cost Of Heart Disease

Multicenter Trial On Minimally Invasive Fibroid Treatment

Health Insurers Admit Need For External Review Of Rescission Practices, USA

Understanding Human Taste Perception

Royal College Of Radiologists Welcomes Report, Behind The Screen: Breast Screening Uptake And Radiotherapy Waiting Times In London

Large Portion Of Brain's Prefrontal Region 'Takes 5' To Let Creativity Flow In Jazz Improvisation

Marie Curie End Of Life Service Under Threat, UK

Housing Strategy Is Enormously Important For Older People, UK

Help The Aged Call For Equal Access To Healthcare, UK

News From The Journal Of The National Cancer Institute

Minister Harney Congratulates National Maternity Hospital On Introduction Of Nurse Prescribing, Ireland

New Bladder Cancer Therapy For Patients Unresponsive To Standard Treatment

The Fight Against Cancer Taken To Heart

Ministry Health Care To Implement GE Healthcare's Centricity Enterprise

Protein Screen Offers Clues To Future Treatment Options, UK

Uncharged Organic Molecule Can Bind Negatively Charged Ions

Central DuPage Hospital Simplifies Management Of People And Supplies With Lawson Software Implementation, USA

Designer Diagnostics Begins Marketing First Ever Environmental Test Kit For The Detection Of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

Corgenix To Exhibit AspirinWorks Test At Denver Diabetes Expo

Creation Of A New Material Capable Of Eliminating Pollutants By The Hydrocarbon Industry

More Than 100 Healthcare Providers Use Mobile Applications From Lawson Software

Structure And Behavior Of Collagen Revealed By Researchers At Argonne's Advanced Photon Source

Minimally Invasive Cranio-Facial, Skull Base Resection Of Malignant Tumor Performed By Surgeons From Pacific Specialists And Neuro-Endocrine TC

Despite Surgery To Correct Congenital Deformity, Facial Asymmetry Persists

Last Patient Enrolled In ATryn(R) Pivotal Study

IMedica Asks Physicians To 'Take A Tablet' And Call In A Week

Informing The Public Of Nanotechnology Risks

MedTouch Launches Strategic Online Presence For Rehabilitation Hospital Of The Cape And Islands, USA

Plenaxis Is The First GnRH Antagonsit, A New Class Of Hormone Treatment Which Gives Physicians Added Control Of Prostate Cancer

Ten Pediatric Hospitals In US Selected To Study Liver Disease In Children

American Hospital Association Endorses SIS Surgical Scheduling

New Research Into Population Change And Climate Change Supported By ESRC

Acapodene Meets Primary And Key Secondary Endpoints In Phase III Clinical Trial In Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients On Androgen Deprivation Therapy

Auditory Implant In The Brain Stem For Youngest Patient Worldwide

New Technique Produces Intermediate-iPS Cells Faster And More Plentifully Than Previous Methodologies

Out-Of-Whack Protein May Boost Parkinson's

ASTRO Welcomes New Health Policy Director, Education Manager

EndoGastric Solutions(TM) Announces Results Of EsophyX(TM) Multi-Center GERD Study

Urodynamix Develops Next Generation NIRS Prostate Monitoring System

Link To The Parental Instinct Identified By Brain Activity

Bacterial 'Battle For Survival' Leads To New Antibiotic - Holds Promise For Treating Stomach Ulcers

Study Results Detail Bird Flu Migration, Provide Means To Measure Intervention Success

Latest Threat To Humanity Posed By Killer Military Robots

Causes Of, Risk Factors For Pelvic Floor Injury To Be Determined By OHSU Researcher, Funded By NIH Award

News From The Journal Of Neuroscience

Depressed Teens Respond Well To Combination Therapy: UT Southwestern Study

Mounting Evidence Of Increased Mortality From Drug Used By Anemic Cancer Patients

Considerable Wage Losses Incurred By Breast Cancer Patients In First Year After Diagnosis

Need For New Standards In Radiation Therapy

Possible Treatment For Alcoholism Suggested By Brain Stress System

Monkeys Protected From Ebola And Marburg Viruses By Combination Vaccine

Patient Care Technology Systems Customers Use ED Information System To Electronically Chart One Million Patient Visits

Botox Examined By U Of C Researchers In New Study

Philips Aligns Healthcare Informatics Business To Simplify The Flow Of Patient Data Throughout The Hospital

BMA Urges SAS Doctors To Use Their Vote In Key Contract Ballot, UK

We Are What We Eat: Lowering Cholesterol The Old-Fashioned Way

The Humble Peanut Has History As Essential Food

Synthetic Blood Announces Department Of Defense Grant For Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Trial With Oxycyte

Egyptian Children's Cancer Hospital Foundation Selects Cerner Technology To Improve Care For Patients

NCGR Software Enables Identification Of Mutated Genes Unique To Mesothelioma Tumors

SUPERVALU Pharmacies Launches Innovative ARx System

ExxonMobil Helps Launch Malaria Prevention Program In Nigeria

Star Hospitals Launches First Medical Tourism Call Center Staffed Entirely By Doctors, Physician Assistants And Paramedics, USA

Cockroaches Are A Major Health Concern In Schools And At Home

ITrials Launches New Technology To Identify Clinical Trial Risks Before Significant Recruiting Investments Are Made

Akesis Pharmaceuticals Doses First Patient In Phase IIa Trial Of AKP-020 For Type 2 Diabetes

Medversant Estimates Nearly 9 Percent Of US Physicians, Nurses And Ancillary Staff Working With Invalid Licenses Or Questionable Credentials

The Methodist Hospital System Selects Picis Software For Total Perioperative Automation, USA

Rexahn Awarded Maryland Industrial Partnerships Grant To Develop Polymer-Drug Conjugates For Cancer Therapy

You Are What Your Fish Eat!

Australian Medical Students' Association Urges Governments To Commit To Medical Student Training

Kohl To Examine Medical Device Industry Practice Of Providing Payments To Surgeons, USA

Yale Scientists Create Artificial "Cells" That Boost The Immune Response To Cancer

3.4 Million Dollars Award To Study Internet Coping Skills For Diabetic Children

Pharmacopeia Completes Enrollment In Phase 2 Hypertension Study With PS433540 (DARA)

Treatment Of First Patient In Phase I Clinical Trial Of Bionomics' Anti-Cancer Drug BNC105

Nasal Vaccine For Smallpox Confers High Levels Of Immunity Without Safety Risks

Tips For Troublesome Medications, From The Harvard Heart Letter

Baby Boomers Confused About Medicare, According To Recent NAIC Survey

NeoStem To Present At Third Annual Stem Cell Summit In New York City

Researchers Identify And Shut Down Protein That Fuels Ovarian Cancer

Nanoemulsion Vaccines Show Increasing Promise

Researchers Engineer First System Of Human Nerve Cell Tissue

Study Supports 'Decision Aids' For Men Considering Prostate Test

New Bladder Cancer Therapy For Patients Unresponsive To Standard Treatment

Federal Poverty Line Grossly Underestimates The Needs Of California's Seniors

Neurofeedback Helping Those With Autistic Disorders

Homeless Women Get Mammograms At Project Homeless Connect

Anorexics Who Commit Suicide Use Extreme Methods, Leaving Little Doubt Of Intent

What Women Think During Their First Pregnancy

Risks Of CVD For COX 2 Inhibitors Lower Than Previously Reported

Heart Attack Rates Fall Following National Smoking Bans

Ultrasound Paper Recommends Prenatal Scanning For Vasa Praevia

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