Medical News Today: Health News for Thursday 6 March 2008

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Thursday 6 March 2008

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GSK Will Not Face Criminal Prosecution for Seroxat Says UK Watchdog

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The UK's drug watchdog, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA), said that drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will not face criminal prosecution for allegedly withholding information on its widely prescribed antidepressant, Seroxat...
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Baxter Heparin Contaminant Found

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday, 5th March, they had found evidence that the heparin blood thinning product made by Baxter that has been linked to several deaths and serious reactions in...
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Listening To Cell Phones Impairs Driving, Study

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Scientists in the US have shown that listening to a cell phone while driving was enough distraction to cause drivers to make the same type of driving errors as they would under the influence of alcohol...
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Consuming Alcohol May Lead To High Blood Pressure

Do Low Testosterone Levels Influence Depression In Older Men?

Early Data On Cimzia® Shows Promise In Crohn's Patients Without Infliximab

Should Researchers Have More Access To Birth And Death Data?

Other Medical and Health News for 6 March*

Spanish Government Commits EUR 5 Million To DNDi's Research For New Medicines For Neglected Diseases

WFP Food Distributions Begin For Afghans Hit By High Food Prices

GlaxoSmithKline, Drugs For Neglected Diseases Initiative To Collaborate On Research Projects To Meet Public Health Needs In The Developing World

Engineered Protein Shows Potential As A Strep Vaccine

Wall Street Journal Examines Efforts By Hospitals To Reduce Errors Related To High-Risk Medications

Draft Legislation Seeks To Protect People In Malawi From Healers Claiming To Cure HIV/AIDS

Glaucoma Risk Questionnaire

Drug Makers Increased Prices By Average Of 7.4% In 2007 For Medications Most Commonly Prescribed To Elderly, AARP Study Finds

Mozambican Civil Society Groups To Launch HIV/AIDS Campaign Aimed At Disabled People

Insurers Propose Banning Certain Medicare Advantage Plan Marketing Tactics

Faith-Based Organizations Express Support For Needle-Exchange Programs

Reports Examine Trends, Improvements In Health Disparities Since 1994

Democratic Presidential Candidate Clinton Wins Three Of Four Primaries; Republican Candidate McCain Secures Nomination

Reports Examine MA Plan Payment System, Health Care Quality, Disparities; JAMA Commentary Discusses 'Shared Responsibility'

Economics Among Challenges Blacks Face With HIV/AIDS, Opinion Piece Says

Grand Jury Investigating Planned Parenthood Clinic Will Not Issue Indictment

Washington House Approves Bill To Require Insurance Commissioner Approval For Individual Policy Rate Increases

Federal Requirement For Pledge Against Commercial Sex Work Unclear, Letter To Editor Says

Actions Taken On Women's Health-Related Legislation In Arizona, Connecticut, New Jersey

Oregon To Use Lottery To Fill Remaining Spots In State Health Plan

Fighting HIV/AIDS In Africa Requires More Than 'Fruits Of Science,' Opinion Piece Says

Federal Court Invalidates Bayer's Patent On Yasmin Birth Control Pill

Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Approval Of Agreement By GM, UAW To Establish Health Benefit Trust

Researchers Discover Protein That Could Lead To Development Of HIV Vaccine, New Treatments, Study Says

Discovery That Blood Stem Cells Originate And Are Nurtured In The Placenta May Allow Researchers To Mimic Embryonic Environment

Low Maternal Education Linked To Intellectual Disabilities In Offspring By Epidemiologic Study

Women Have Small Increased Cancer Risk Three Years After Ending HRT, Study Finds

Rates Of Health Problems Among Urban American Indians Do Not Decline As Income Rises, According To Study

Baltimore Sun Examines Masai Practices That Could Lead To Spread Of HIV

WHI Follow Up Study Confirms Health Risks Of Long-Term Combination Hormone Therapy Outweigh Benefits For Postmenopausal Women

Countries Must Expand Services To Protect Mothers And Children From HIV/AIDS, Global Health Organizations Urge

Government Of Canada Helps Parents Understand The Dangers Of Drugs By Launching Advertising Campaign

International Information Sharing Needed To Prevent Nuclear Threats

Study Shows That Parents Ignore The Risk Of Secondhand Smoke Exposure For Children

Earlier Diagnosis Of Dementia And Alzheimer's Disease From PET's Targeted Imaging

Massive Las Vegas Hepatitis C Scare Causes Public Health Crisis - Edward M. Bernstein & Associates Files Lawsuits

Signs Of Excessive Drinking Among The Elderly Often Missed By Health Care And Other Providers

Future Diagnostic Laptop Technology To Tackle Challenge Of Early Global Glaucoma Detection

Pharmacy Groups Unveil Findings, Future Of "Project Destiny"

Mitotic Cell Cycle Progression Epigenetic Regulation By The MMB/dREAM Complex

From Combat To Consumer: New Bandage Stops Bleeding Fast

Spinal Kinetics Completes First Patient Implant In Initial U.S. Clinical Trial

New Data On Asthma Costs And Utilization

Improved Tuberculosis Screening Test For HIV Victims

New Way To Screen Infants For Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Suggested By Study

Emulating Cellular Construction Methods

Oil Exploration Technique Employed In New Steroid Test

UK Hospitals Battling To Become Smoke-Free

MEDSURG Nursing News Briefs

Risk Of Heart Attacks And Strokes Reduced By Arthritis Medications

Increased Cancer Risk With Congenital Abnormalities

The Children's Hospital Boston Implements RFID Technology From Mobile Aspects

Tanning Bed Usage Rises Significantly, Despite Warnings

Study Shows Darwin Was Wrong About The Origins Of Chickens

Brothers And Sisters Of Child Abuse Victims Are Often Emotionally Scarred

British Dental Association Calls For Assurances That Quality Of Dentists' Training Will Not Be Compromised, UK

New Guidelines Favoring Tests That Prevent Colorectal Cancer Supported By AGA

United Response Welcomes Report On Human Rights Of Adults With Learning Disabilities

New Centre For Brain Tumour Research

Breast Cancer Is The Focus Of New Revelations In Epigenetic Control

Low Serotonin Level And Mother-Daughter Conflict May Be A Deadly Combination

Intuition Is More Than Just A Hunch, According To Leeds Research

New Technique Takes A Big Step In Examination Of Small Structures

Bacteria May Reduce Risk For Kidney Stones

Scientific Protein Laboratories LLC Statement Regarding FDA Briefing On Heparin Products Made By Baxter

NHS Dental Patients Should Get National Insurance Refund Says Dental Practitioners Association, UK

Last Chance To Change Medicare Health Plans Before Lock-In On April 1, USA

Breast Cancer Risk Lingered Years After Women Discontinued Estrogen-Progestin Therapy, Stanford Researcher Says

Ichor Melanoma Vaccine Clinical Trial Moves To Highest Dose Level

Olivia's "Cruise For Our Cause'' Sails During Women's History Month To Support Women's Health Education Research

SHPS Survey Results On Best Benefits Practices For Self-Insured Employers Parallels Findings Reported In The New England Journal Of Medicine, UK

ACT Obtains Exclusive License To Dual Mechanism Anti-Cancer Therapeutic From The University Of Louisville's Brown Cancer Cent

Long-Term Care Organizations Select Kronos(R) To Attract And Retain Best Quality Caregivers

New Ovarian Cancer Test Now Available In Europe

Advaxis Scientists Publish Research Of Listeria Monocytogenes-Based Vaccine For Prostate Cancer In Latest Edition Of Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy

NewCardio Receives European Patent For CardioBip(TM)

Sirtris Pharmaceuticals' SRT501 Slows Retinal Ganglion Cell Loss During Optic Neuritis In A Preclinical Model Of Multiple Sclerosis

Frost & Sullivan Lauds X-Spine Systems' Unique And Innovative Spinal Implant Product

Depression, Anxiety Are Linked To Obesity, Unhealthy Habits

How Old Is Too Old To Repair The ACL?

Prostate Cancer Guidelines Welcomed, UK

7000 Delegates Converged On Cape Town For 14th Annual World Congress Of Anaesthesiologists

Dental Practitioners Association Welcomes Extended Protection For NHS Dental Budget, UK

Protein That Stimulates Fat Formation Discovered

Dentistry Graduates To Complete Training In Areas Of Patient Need, UK

Genedata Expands Affymetrix GeneChip-CompatibleTM Status For Exon Expression On GeneChip(R) Microarray Platform

Seeking To Disarm TB's 'Molecular Weapon'

No Smoking Day Targets Smokers On Innovative Social Networking Sites, UK

ANF Launches National Online Continuing Professional Education, Australia

Kidneys Affected In 40 Percent Of People With Lupus

Child's Play - Lupus Now Magazine Explores Activities For Children With Lupus

Longer Work Days Leave Americans Nodding Off On The Job

Medical Organizations Issue New Guideline On Drugs To Treat Dementia

Independent Consumer Group Launches Free Interactive Resource To Help Older And Disabled Colorado Residents Navigate Medicare

Chemokine Therapeutics Receives Approval From Health Canada To Commence Phase II Study In Liver Cancer

Warnex Offers New Prostate Cancer Screening Service

Endo Licenses U.S. Rights For Voltaren(R) Gel -- The First FDA-Approved Topical Treatment For Relief Of Osteoarthritis Pain

Health Protection Agency Announces Consultation On Its Advice On Solid Radioactive Waste Disposal, UK

Confirmed Rabies Case In Dog In France

Paradoxical Frog's Leap Forward For Diabetes

Specialist Nurses Could Save NHS 100 Million Pounds, UK

NATA Publishes Position Statement On Disordered Eating Among Athletes

Poor Practice In The Unlicensed Herbal Sector - MHRA Warns The Public To Be Vigilant, UK

RPSGB And MHRA Sign Memorandum Of Understanding, UK

Maternity Services Website For Parents Launched

Four In 10 Americans Say They Have Trouble Paying For Drugs Or Skip Prescriptions Or Cut Pills Due To Cost

United States Global AIDS Coordinator Recevies Mother Teresa Humanitarian Award

EU Commission Approves Updated Prescribing Information For Aranesp(R)

RTI Biologics Announces Launch Of Fresh-Stored Osteochondral Allograft

Mice With Gene Deletion Provide Clues To Prader-Willi Syndrome In Stanford/Packard Study

Leukemia Therapy With Imatinib During Pregnancy May Cause Infant Abnormalities

Quintiles Data Management Surpasses 300 EDC Trials

Ception Therapeutics Initiates Phase II/III Clinical Trial For Its Lead Product Reslizumab In Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EE) In Children

Synvista Therapeutics Highlights Newly Published Data Demonstrating The Value Of Haptoglobin Genotype Testing In People With Diabetes

New Findings Support Alternatives To Pap Test

Report On 547 New Medicines In Development For Neurological Disorders Released In San Antonio

A New Era In Cell Biology: German Company Develops Groundbreaking Alternative To Stem Cell Therapy

New Study: Aging Baby Boomers Could Overwhelm U.S. Health Care System By 2017, Unless Decisive Action Is Taken

More U.S. Teeth Susceptible To Silent Enamel Eating Syndrome

MRSA Is A Slow Moving Hurricane That Cannot Be Averted Says Infection Expert

Pacemaker Tune Up Works Chemical Wonders On Damaged Hearts In Dogs

Pericarditis Inflammation That Mimics Heart Attack Symptoms

Bloody Diarrhea Can Indicate Ischemic Colitis

Type 2 Diabetes May Be Caused By Intestinal Dysfunction

Sensor Necklace Aims To Increase Drug Compliance

Secondhand Smoke A Risk For Children Worldwide

Back To Basics: Aspirin After Knee Surgery

Orthopaedic Complications And The Diabetic Patient

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