Medical News Today: Health News for Monday 3 March 2008

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Monday 3 March 2008

Daily Breakfast Eating Linked To Lower BMI Among Teens

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

US researchers have found that teenagers who ate breakfast every day were more likely to have a healthier diet, exercise regularly and have a lower Body Mass Index (BMI) five years later compared to same age counterparts who skipped breakfast...
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Lack Of Political Will Blamed For Maternal Deaths

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

UK parliament's Commons International Development Committee (CIDC) said in a new report released yesterday, to coincide with Mothering Sunday, that there is a lack of political will to reduce maternal deaths in the...
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Why The Flu Virus Infects Mostly In Winter

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

US scientists have discovered a possible reason why the flu virus is seasonal and tends to infect people mostly in the winter. It has a jacket that melts in the summer causing the virus to die off, and stays hard in the...
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South Korean Scientist Falsified Data In Groundbreaking Research

Do We Need To Reassess Diabetes Diagnostics?

Complex Interventions For Elderly People Can Be Beneficial

New Treatment Strategy For Crohn's Disease Shows Promise

Health Disparities In The U.S. Have Narrowed And Widened

Other Medical and Health News for 3 March*

Bart De Strooper Receives Prestigious USD 200,000 Alzheimer Prize

Learning How To Say "No" To Alcohol Advertising And Peer Pressure Works For Inner-City Adolescents

Training Programs Needed To Reduce Medication Errors, Australia

Mouse Study, Real-Time Imaging Device May Improve Surgery For Congenital Colon Disease

Is Eye Disease Linked To Stroke?

ICON Team Recognised For Outstanding Quality At PharmaTimes Awards

Merck Serono Launches New Formulation Of Interferon Beta-1a

PolyTherics And Celtic Pharma Sign Collaboration Agreement To Explore Technologies For Improved Drug Performance

Teen Anger And Brain Size

Acne Anxiety Extends To The Sports Field

Ginkgo Biloba And Stroke Risk

Blunt Says Republicans Will Win On Medicare Regardless Of Democratic Response To 'Trigger' Legislation

Louisiana Receives Federal Approval To Expand LaCHIP

Hormone Replacement Therapy Increases Risk For Breast Scan Abnormalities

CMS Has Begun To Collect Additional Data On Private Medicare Advantage Plans, Acting Administrator Says

Group Calls On Zimbabwe Health Ministry To Increase Access To PEP Among Assault Survivors, Health Workers

FDA Grants CLIA Waiver For Quidel's QuickVue(R) RSV Test

BIOTRONIK Launches Largest Worldwide Clinical Trial Using Wireless Home Monitoring Technologies

FzioMed's Oxiplex Gel For Spine Surgery Approved In Canada

VGX Pharmaceuticals Co-Founder Professor David B. Weiner To Chair The First DNA Vaccines Conference In Asia

China To Consider Changing One-Child Policy, Official Says

Lawmakers Offer HHS Secretary Leavitt Compromise To Avoid Contempt Vote Over Ketek Documents

UNICEF Urges G8 To Recommit To Preventing Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission

Senate HELP Committee Approves Bills Related To Breast Cancer Research, Down Syndrome

Keynote Lecture On Hyperthermia Therapy Receives Standing Ovation At Biannual Meeting Of The German Cancer Society

E.T. Horn Launches New Lonza Prebiotic At IFT Conference

House Budget Reconciliation Bill Could Include SCHIP Expansion, Cuts To Medicare Advantage Plans

Bush Calls On Congress To Pass PEPFAR Reauthorization Bill

Study Examines Project's Efforts To Increase Minority Representation In Clinical Trials

With The Help Of Short RNA Strand Exposed Skin Cells Protect Body From Bacteria, Dehydration And Even Cancer

Adult Stem Cell Changes Underlie Rare Genetic Disease Associated With Accelerated Aging

Alnylam Achieves First Human Proof Of Concept For An RNAi Therapeutic With GEMINI Study

EnsurApet Capitalizes On Pet Health Insurance By Establishing A Network Of Veterinary Hospitals

Professional Sleep Solutions Launches In Time For National Sleep Awareness Week

Sirona Dental Systems Chooses 3D Systems For Its New InCoris Wax-Pattern Service

Savient Provides Further Information On Top Line Phase 3 Trials Results For Puricase(R) (pegloticase)

FDA Approves LUVOX(R) CR Extended-Release Capsules For The Treatment Of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) And Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Fresenius Medical Care Opens State-of-the-Art Dialysis Treatment Center In Kapahulu, Hawaii

Micrus Endovascular To Present At March Investment Conferences

Biothera Drug Synergistic With Avastin(R) Against Cancer, Study Finds

How The Brain Learns, And The Role Of Time And Timing In Education, To Be Discussed At ''Science Of Learning'' Forum, USA

CONMED Corporation To Present At The Canaccord Adams Small Cap Orthopedics Conference On Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Hatch Medical To Broker Chronic Total Occlusion Device

Three State Boards Of Education Awarded HIV Prevention Grants By National Association Of State Boards Of Education

International Stem Cell Corporation's Human Parthenogenetic Stem Cells To Be Used In Germany In The Development Of Treatments For Neural Disease

Teva Announces Approval Of Generic Camptosar(R)

Metabasis Completes Enrollment Of Its Proof-of-Concept Clinical Trial For MB07803, Its Product Candidate For The Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. Gabriel Sosne To Present New Tβ4 Anti-Inflammation Data At ARVO

Americans For Cures Foundation Announces Michael J. Fox As Keynote Speaker At April Conference

Clinical Data, Inc. Announces Expanded Reimbursement For Its FAMILION® Long QT Syndrome Genetic Test

Democratic Presidential Candidate Clinton 'Misstates' Health Care Position Of Opponent Obama, Boston Globe Reports

Minnesota, Pennsylvania Governors Discuss Plans To Reduce Health Care Costs, Expand Coverage At Small Business Panel Meeting

Japan Gives $184M To Global Fund Ahead Of G8 Summit

'Still Time' To Prevent Global Outbreak Of Drug-Resistant TB, Editorial Says

Booklet Aims To Educate Blacks About End-of-Life Care; UCLA Launches Network To Study Disparities

Kidney Stone Research To Be Aided By Mouse Model

Useful Screening Tool Provided By Zebrafish For Genes, Drugs That Protect Against Hearing Loss

1 In 3 Women Has Pelvic Floor Disorder According To Kaiser Permanente Study

SCORED Screening Test Accurately And Efficiently Identifies Individuals With Silent Chronic Kidney Disease

ABILIFY Approved For Acute Treatment Of Bipolar I Disorder In Patients 10 To 17 Years Old

News From The March 2008 Journal Of The American Dietetic Association

Arsenic Aids Tumor Imaging When Joined To Cancer-homing Drug, UT Southwestern Researchers Find

Reduction In Mortality For Children With Severe Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Shown In Clinical Trial

Methylphenidate Can Have Sleep Benefits In Adults With ADHD

Snoring Linked To Cardiovascular Disease, Increased Health-Care Utilization

High Prevalence Of Eating Disorders In Narcoleptics

ADHD Stimulant Treatment Has No Effect On Risk Of Future Substance Abuse

Speeding Drug Hunt Using Mouse Model Tightly Matching Pediatric Tumor Syndrome

Researchers Discover Novel Way To Develop Tumor Vaccines

Finding Cancer At An Early Stage

Washington, D.C., Mayor Fenty Proposes Measures To Close Eligibility Loopholes In Healthcare Alliance

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Reports On Advances In MiRNA

Computer Simulations Point To Key Molecular Basis Of Cystic Fibrosis

Cancer Theory Stands The Test Of Time -- Rediscovering Boveri A Century Later

Darwin Was Wrong About The Origins Of Chickens, Study Finds

Low-Fat Diets More Likely To Reduce Risk Of Heart Disease Than Low-Carb Diets

Survival Rates Exceed National Averages For UCSF Heart, Liver And Lung Transplant Programs

Key Step In Programmed Cell Death Uncovered By St. Jude Researchers

Options For University Implementation Of NIH Policy Offered By New Whitepaper

Conference On Work, Stress And Health Co-sponsored By APA

'Virtual Peers' May Teach Children With Autism

Women Carry A Larger Emotional Burden Than Men When Couples Face The Diagnosis Of Cancer

$4.1M Grant To Study Nurses' Work Decisions Awarded To NYU College Of Nursing Researcher

International Journal Of Hematology To Be Published By Springer

ESRC Festival Of Social Science 2008

Windmill Tested For Seawater Desalination By TU Delft

Prestigious $200,000 Alzheimer Prize Presented To Bart De Strooper

News From The Journal Of Biological Chemistry

Predictors For Sickle-Cell-Anemia Complications Investigated By UT Southwestern Researchers

Further Steps Leading To Celiac Disease Uncovered By Scientists

Families Of Children With Autism Are Plagued By Financial Struggles

APP Pharmaceuticals Receives Final Approval For Irinotecan Hydrochloride Injection

FDA Approves Regeneron's ARCALYST(TM) For Treatment Of Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes (CAPS)

Indian Health Bill Would Bolster Much-Needed Care, Columnist Writes

3D Medical Imaging Solutions Growing In Affordability In Europe

Technology Uses Live Cells To Detect Food-borne Pathogens, Toxins

Eosinophilic Esophagitis - Treatment For Disease That Affects Estimated 1 In 2000 Children Gets Them To Eat Again

Healthgrades Partners With Google - Provides Independent Information On Doctors And Hospitals

Pitt Physicians Confirm Autoimmunity As Factor In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Immunicon Corporation Announces FDA Clearance Of The CellSearch(TM) Circulating Tumor Cell Kit For Monitoring Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Potential New Drug Targets Against Hormone-Dependent Breast Cancer Identified - Two Receptors Play Key Role In Boosting Cellular Estrogen Production

Transplantation Boosts Survival Rates For Young Kidney Failure Patients, Canada

Improvements To Medical Training Must Not Be Delayed, Says BMA, UK

Faster Chemo Technique Increases Survival In Children With Neuroblastoma

New Commission On Health Care Disparities Lauded By American College Of Physicians

Staffing Gaps Are Putting Pressure On Doctors To Work Unpaid, BMA Says, UK

Affiris Expands Patent Portfolio For Alzheimer¹s Therapies

B Cell Mutations That May Cause Cancers And Autoimmune Diseases

NPS Clarifies Issues Related To Stilnox, A Brand Of Zolpidem, Australia

West Australian Autism Strategies Could Work For Other States

Herceptin Approved In Japan For Early Treatment In Patients With HER2-positive Breast Cancer

Senate Adopts Amendment Reaffirming That Indian Health Service Cannot Pay For Abortion Services In Most Cases

Virginia Senate Votes To Eliminate State Funding For Planned Parenthood

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Commission To Study Effect Of Socioeconomic, Other Factors On Health

Google Announces Online PHR System, Says Web Site Will Not Include Advertisements

Many States Have Not Adequately Funded Pension, Retiree Health Care Obligations, Report Finds

Statehealthfact.org Adds New, Updated Information On Medicare

Asian Development Bank Projects Aimed At Improving Transportation, Infrastructure Fueling Spread Of HIV In Some Areas, Study Finds

First US Von Willebrand Disease Clinical Practice Guidelines Issued By NHLBI

New Study Of Targeted Therapies For Breast Cancer -- Model For Global Clinical Trials

Children With OSA Have Abnormal Respiratory-Related Evoked Potentials

Promising Phase 3 Data For Ustekinumab (Cnto 1275) In Long-Term Improvement Of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis

Update On GSK's Malaria Treatments: Dacart And Lapdap

XenoPort And GlaxoSmithKline Report Positive Top-line Results Of Final Pivotal Trial Of XP13512/GSK1838262 For Restless Legs Syndrome

FDA Issues Not-Approvable Letter For Lilly's Zyprexa® Long-Acting Injection (LAI) For Schizophrenia Treatment

FDA Approves Pristiq For The Treatment Of Adult Patients With Major Depressive Disorder

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