Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 7 March 2008

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Friday 7 March 2008

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Scientists in Scotland and Australia who studied more than 900 pairs of twins, found that genes play a significant part in determining how happy we are in life. The study is published in the March issue of the journal...
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New Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Focus On Prevention

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A consortium of cancer groups has published new guidelines for screening colorectal cancer, which for the first time focus on prevention and early detection. The guidelines are published online in CA, A Cancer Journal for...
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Vaccine Autism Case Gets US Government Compensation

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The parents of 9 year-old Hannah Poling spoke to the media this week about the US government's landmark decision to pay compensation following their claim that childhood vaccines caused their daughter's autism...
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African American Teen Mothers Likely To Have Another Baby If Depressed

Monitoring Device To Control Child TV And Computer Usage May Reduce Body Mass Index

Switching Medications And Adding Psychotherapy Can Help Teenagers With Depression When Initial Treatment Is Ineffective

Maternal Diabetes Causes Damage To Offspring's Beta Cell Functions

Other Medical and Health News for 7 March*

Innovations Help Improve Radiology Processes And Research

New Development In Computed Tomography: Dual Energy

A New Dimension Of Ultrasound: The European Debut Of The New System Acuson S2000 From Siemens

Facing Loss Of Beloved Hospital, St. Luke's RNs Overwhelmingly Vote To Authorize 10-Day Strike Against Sutter, California

NCCN Conference Offers A Peek Into Internet Medicine's Future

MIT Researchers Demonstrate Protective Role Of MicroRNA - Genetic Snippets Linked To Cancer Also Key To Embryonic Cell Development

Democratic Lawmakers Call On GAO To Study Individual Health Insurance Market, Including Effectiveness Of State High-Risk Pools

High Prescription Drug Costs In U.S. Lead People To Purchase Drugs Online, Columnist Writes

Some Minorities' Higher Risk Of Being Overweight Might Be Related To Lower Rates Of Breastfeeding, Study Indicates

House Panel Approves Democratic FY 2009 Budget Plan That Would Increase Spending For Health Research, Veterans' Care

Editorials, Opinion Pieces Discuss Health Care Issues In Presidential Election

Passage Of Indian Health Care Improvement Act High On Agenda For American Indian Voters, National Congress Of American Indians Says

Patient Experience Of NHS Dentistry Must Be Included In Performance Measures, Urges The BDA, UK

House Passes Mental Health Parity Legislation

Recent Medical Device Recall Indicates Need For Patient Protections, NEJM Commentary Says

Newspapers Publish Opinion Pieces Addressing HIV/AIDS In Black Community

Tennessee AG Cooper Says 'Partial-Birth' Abortion Law Would Be 'Constitutionally Suspect'

Los Angeles City Attorney Expands Probe Of Improperly Canceled Insurance Policies To Blue Cross Of California

Organizations Hold Conference To Discuss HIV/AIDS-Related Issues Among Women In Pakistan

Ill. House Majority Leader, Advocates Introduce Bill To Bar Abortion, Birth Control Restrictions

Officials Say E-Prescribing Technology Bill Likely Will Pass This Year; Forum Discusses Health IT Privacy Concerns

Botswana National Youth Council Launches Campaign Aimed At Reducing HIV/AIDS

Call For Equal Access To Cervical Cancer Treatment For All Women And Girls

Next Generation Microbicides Offer New Hope For Women's Sexual Health, UK

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

Big Three Automakers Reduce Health Care Spending By $2.1B From 2005

Uganda MPs Assess HIV/AIDS Situation In Country's Northern Region, Effects Of Conflict

Barr Files Suit Against Watson Over Application For Generic Version Of Seasonique

MedPAC Examines 'Bundled Payments' To Hospitals, Doctors

Illinois House Rejects Legislation That Would Have Repealed Act Requiring Students To Report Their HIV Status

Protein Mutated In Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Provides Stability

European Congress Of Radiology 2008: Overview Of The Siemens Highlights

A New X-Ray System For All Of The Clinical Requirements In Radiography

Moderate Alcohol Consumption In Middle Age Can Lower Cardiac Risk

U.S. District Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against FDA Over Nonprescription Sales Of Plan B

Sen. Wyden Promotes Universal Health Care Plan At AHIP Meeting

First Lady Laura Bush To Visit Haiti To Highlight U.S. HIV/AIDS Programs

The Big Three Fuel The Air Pollution And Health Debate: Major Canadian Health Groups Launch New Campaign On Environmental Health

MS Society Criticises Producers Of The Bill Over Made-up Drug, UK

Muscular Help Foundation Funds PHAB Places At Merchant Taylors, UK

Flat Colon Lesions Identified And Removed Using Colonoscopy

Pinpointing Function Of Molecular Switch In Severe Congenital Neutropenia

House Of Representatives Schedules Historic Vote On Mental Health Equity Legislation

News From Molecular And Cellular Proteomics

The Complexity Of Disease Phenotypes

Agreement Will Strengthen Collaborative Efforts To Improve The Quality And Safety Of Medicines And Foods In Both Countries

The Structural Alphabet Of RNA Discovered By Researchers

Development Of Guidelines For Computer Use By Children Recommended

New Insights Into How Plant Toxin Ricin Kills Cells Could Help Scientists Develop Drugs To Counteract Poisonings

Medical Textbook Authored By Local Physician, Revised

Global Food Supply Chain Affected By Increasing Food Quality Risks

Understanding Of The Interrelationship Of Aging And Cancer Derived From How Worms Protect Their Chromosomes

Blocking Fugitive Cancer Cells By Stopping Blood Cells That Aid Them

Immune Cells Genetically Engineered Into Potent Weapons For Battling HIV

TMA Physicians Enthusiastically Applaud Cornyn's Medicare Bill

'Fasting Switch' Disabled By Chronically Elevated Blood Sugar Levels

Physicians' Prescription: Scrap Medicare Private Insurance Plans

Public Must Be Able To Have Trust In Medicines, UK

Lack Of Public Toilets Devastating Lives, UK

Local Authorities Invited To Bid For Additional Funding For Extra Care Housing, UK

London Clubs International And Help The Aged Working Together To Secure Older People's Homes In Southend, UK

Unacceptable Performance By Refurbishment Sector Of The Construction Industry, UK

American Glaucoma Society Honors Glaucoma Research Foundation And The Glaucoma Foundation With 2008 AGS President's Award

Link Found Between Low Micro-RNA Level And High Gene Activity In AML

Move Over Galileo, It's Science 2.0

First Step To Create Cystic Fibrosis Model Using Pigs

DNA Vaccines That Home In On DCs Are More Potent

Smoking Is Major Risk Factor For Stroke In China

Bleeding Stroke Risk Increased By Smoking And High Blood Pressure

Independent Survey Names CyberKnife(R) System Most Widely Used Extracranial Radiosurgery Technology

Ozone-Oxygen Administration In Cancer Therapy

Web-Based Tool To Predict Risk Of Bone Fracture

Why Tumor Cells Resist Popular Breast Cancer Drug - UC Davis Cancer Center Researchers Show

Susan G. Komen For The Cure Announces Global Promise Fund To Help Women Worldwide - Grants Will Help Countries Address, Decrease Breast Cancer Deaths

Newly Defined Signaling Pathway Could Mean Better Biofuel Sources

People With Albinism Wanted For Survey, Australia

Attorney General Martha Coakley Releases Report On Caritas Christi Health Care System, Massachusetts

Yale Study Highlights Cultural Similarities And Differences About Whether People Can Change

Breakthroughs In Cancer Research At American Association For Cancer Research 2008 Annual Meeting

European Group For Blood And Marrow Transplantation Annual Congress

The Effects Of 'Spring Ahead' Across The Country Shows That Television, Not The Sun, Determines Sleep Schedule

Power-Packed Soy Breakfast Cereal Developed By U Of I Researcher

Simple Test To Unlock The Diabetes Roulette In Children

Tinnitus, Helping Search For A Cure, British Tinnitus Association, UK

Inventions And Innovations By Surgeons The Focus Of 'Surgery'

Bluetongue Midge's 12 Hour Flight To The UK

Recommendations On Colorectal Cancer Screening Updated By New Guidelines

How Hunger Works In The Brain

Participants Sought For Study Of Prolotherapy For Tennis Elbow At UPMC Shadyside

Overcoming Allergic Reactions To Soy

Rewarding Best Practice In Primary Care, UK

Higher Antioxidant Properties In Torrefacto-Roasted Coffee

Patients Admitted For Day Surgery Have Compared It To Going For A Meal At McDonald's, UK

Silver Jubilee Celebrations For British Holistic Medical Association

Phase I/II Studies Of IMC-A12 In Pediatric Cancer Patients Commence Enrollment

Fresenius Medical Care Offers Tips For National Kidney Month

Mental Health Woes Remain One Of The Top Reasons For Doctor Visits

Wrist Injuries Common Among Golfers

Broken Shoulder: No Laughing Matter

Hitting The Links May Stress Out New Knees

College Drinking Problems Could Be Curbed By Parental Supervision During High School

Nurse Support Can Help Identify Patients With Sleep Apnea, Improve Treatment Compliance

Cervical Cancer/HPV Vaccine Awareness Up, But More Efforts Needed To Ensure Access And Availability

Nurses And Physicians Must Collaborate To Improve Medical-Surgical Patient Care

Focus On Eliminating Streptococcus Infections

Breast Cancer Recurrence Linked To High Levels Of Estrogen

Epilepsy Action Provides New Service For Helpline Users, UK

New National Clinical Director For Diabetes, UK

London School Of Hygiene Celebrates 59 Million Dollars In New Gates Funding To Fight Malaria, HIV/AIDS And Tuberculosis

More Chronically Sick Patients In Northern Ireland To Benefit From Treatment Within General Practice

Free Equine CPD For The Young Vet Network, UK

BMA Announces GP Poll Results, UK

UQ Health Researchers Tackle AusAID Projects, Australia

It's Never Too Late To Quit

Smoking Doesn't Make You Happy

Terminally Desk-Bound Struggle To Strike A Healthy Balance , UK

Cell Recycling Protects Tumor Cells From Anti-Cancer Therapy

Birth-Defect Research Breakthrough

More British Couples Sleeping In Separate Beds

Improved Understanding Of Autoimmune Diseases From Discovery Of New Protein

First International Conference On Multifunctional, Hybrid And Nanomaterials

Pfizer To Present Exclusive New Survey Results On GP Interactions With Pharmacists, MUR And Their Impact On Patient Care

Breast Cancer Could Be Reduced And Existing Sufferers Helped By Drugs Like Aspirin

Switching From Losartan To Candesartan Achieves Significant Reductions In Blood Pressure Over 2 Years

CSL Behring Submits BLA Requesting Approval Of C1-Esterase Inhibitor For The Treatment Of Hereditary Angioedema

Northwestern Memorial Study Tests Cancer Drug On Scleroderma Patients

Multi Merci Trial Results Published In Peer Reviewed Journal

Bertrand Study Finds Significant Value In Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) As An Adjunctive Procedure In Breast Diagnostics

PharmAthene Completes Pharmacokinetic Studies Of Protexia(R); Program On Target For IND Filing In 2008

New Clinical Studies Presented At The 14th World Congress Of Anesthesiology Demonstrate Masimo Advancements In Patient Care

FDA Warning Of Suicidal Risk Associated With Antidepressants In Juveniles And Young Adults Reviewed At Recent ISCTM Meeting

Pixantrone To Be Studied In Phase I/II Trial For Aggressive Multiple Sclerosis

ActivBiotics Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation For Superoxide Dismutase Mimetic, M40403, In Oral Mucositis Of Cancer

AANA Condemns Unsafe Injection Practices

United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Statement On Vaccines, Autism And Mitochondrial Disease

ProMetic Reports Continued Positive Data In PBI 1402 Phase II Trial In Chemotherapy Induced Anemia

Ivermectin Kills Head Lice Resistant To Standard Treatments

Broccoli May Help Boost The Aging Immune System

Alzheimer's Study: Grief Is Heaviest Burden For Caregivers

Scientists Successfully Treat New Mouse Model Of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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