Medical News Today: Health News for Wednesday 26 March 2008

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Wednesday 26 March 2008

HIV Vaccine Research Should Be Re-Evaluated, Summit

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

In the wake of failure to develop an effective HIV vaccine, several years of a flat budget from Congress, and calls to suspend HIV vaccine research altogether, the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...
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Portable Lab-on-Chip Detects Flu

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A joint venture between a microelectronics company and a medical diagnostics company has produced the world's first "lab-on-chip" portable device for detecting various types of flu, including bird flu, at the point of need...
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Teenager Dies During Breast Surgery

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A teenager from South Florida, USA, died last Saturday during an operation to correct asymmetrical breasts and an inverted areola. Two hours into what was supposed to be a routine operation at a plastic surgery facility in...
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Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trial And Research Centre Launched

Glaucoma And Cardiovascular Death Linked In Black Patients

People Born Preterm Less Likely To Survive Childhood Or Reproduce In Adulthood

Gene Study Helps Predict Susceptibility To Cancer

Other Medical and Health News for 26 March*

AVAX To Present Results Of Phase I-II Study Of MVax(R) At 2008 Meeting Of The American Society Of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Data Safety Monitoring Board Supports Continuation Of Phase III Clinical Trial Of Medidur(TM) FA For The Treatment Of Diabetic Macular Edema

CSMG Technologies Subsidiary Live Tissue Connect Technology And Product Performance Will Be Presented At The Central European Congress Of Surgery

SJTRI Coronary Stent Research Leads To CE Mark Approval For Bare Metal Stent

Advice Pregnant Women Should Get About Alcohol Consumption, National Institute For Health And Clinical Excellence (NICE), UK

Florida Planned Parenthood Clinics Limit Services Following National Office Review

American Society Of Clinical Oncology To Issue Guidelines On How Physicians Should Discuss Cost Of Treatment Options With Patients

Medicaid Change May Have Significant Impact On Utah Health System, Salt Lake Tribune Reports

Central Asian Governments Should Work Quickly To Address HIV/AIDS In Region, Official Says

Births Among Unmarried Women 'Surging,' Contributing To Social Issues, Opinion Piece Says

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Recent Presidential Campaign News

California Coalition To File Lawsuit To Stop 10% Reduction In Medicaid Provider Payments

Alabama Advocates Urge Officials To Remove Work Release Restrictions For HIV-Positive Inmates

Florida House Committee Approves Bill That Would Require Ultrasounds Before All Abortions

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Issues Related To Genetic Tests

Federal Investigation On Kickbacks From Medical Device Makers Shifts Focus To Physicians

Houston Chronicle Examines U.S. HIV/AIDS-Related Travel Restrictions

New Hampshire Senate Takes Action On Abortion-Related Bills

Disparity Increases In Life Expectancies Of Higher-, Lower-Income U.S. Residents, Study Finds

Florida Health News Examines Medicare Advantage Plan Payments In Florida

Genetic Variations Might Be Causing Mutations To HIV, Making It Less Potent, Study Says

M.D. Anderson Researchers Target Minorities For Cord Blood Donations To Address Bone Marrow Shortages

Comprehensive Sex Education Students Less Likely To Have Teen Pregnancies, Study Says

Health Insurers, Physicians Raise Concerns About Cost, Safety Of Advanced Medical Scans

Christian Science Monitor Examines Florida Medicare Fraud Strike Force

Trials Of NIH HIV Vaccine Candidate Scaled Down After Failure Of Merck Vaccine

Boston Globe Examines Need For Cultural Competency In Medical Care

Idaho U.S. Senate Candidate Changes Name To Pro-Life; Bill To Add Qualifier Passes Senate

Washington Post Examines Effect Of Increased Health Care Costs On Employee Wages, Benefits

Medicare Trustees To Issue Annual Report On Financial Status Of Program; Third Consecutive Funding Warning Likely

High Prices For Medications For Rare Diseases Raise Concerns For Health Care System, Editorial States

PBS Series Explores Health Disparities, Effect Of Socioeconomic Status On Health

Marshall Criticizes Delegates' Support For Gilmore In Va. Senate Race Despite Abortion Position

Wall Street Journal Examines How Federal Government Use Of Contract Workers Contributes To Number Of Uninsured U.S. Residents

Not-for-Profit Group To Launch Web Site To Notify Physicians Of Medication Label Changes, Warnings, Recalls

Opinion Piece Examines Value Of 'Socialized Medicine' In U.S. Health Care

U.S. Should Fund HIV/AIDS Strategies 'That Work,' Not 'Expensive Vaccine Research,' Opinion Piece Says

Supreme Court Upholds Ruling Rejecting Arizona Abortion Access Policy For Pregnant Inmates

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Employers To Continue Reducing Health Care Benefits For Medicare-Eligible Retirees

California Pharmacy Board To Consider Delaying Deadline For Electronic Drug Tracking System

Reports Analyze Consumer Direction In State Medicaid Programs

Letters To Editor Respond To Opinion Piece Addressing Debate Over PEPFAR, Family Planning Services

For Deterring Bears, Bear Spray A Viable Alternative To Guns

Group-Based Cancer Trials Found To Have Flaws In Studies' Design And Analysis

Prevention Of Dangerous Corn Toxin Hinges On Defining Gene's Role

Silk'n(TM) Personal Light-Based Hair Removal Device Cleared By FDA

Researchers Pinpoint How Red Wine Antioxidant Induces Pancreatic Cancer Cell Death

Many Blood Tests May Soon Be Replaced By Spit Tests

Highlights In The March 25 Journal Of The National Cancer Institute

Project Is The First Clinical Trial Spawned By The Virginia Israel Bioscience Commercialization Center

Risk Of Lung Cancer Appears To Reduce With Exposure To Low Levels Of Radon, New Study Finds

Lifelong Health Issues And Preterm Birth Linked

Breast Cancer Recurrence Increased By Hormone Replacement Therapy

Disparities Found In Use Of Less-Invasive Breast Cancer Staging Test

Embryo Donation & Adoption Make Internet Debut

NEREUS Debuts To Provide Insights On The Technologies, Practices, Persons And Companies That Are Redefining The Bioprocess Industries

Yale And Asuragen Scientists Show That A MicroRNA Can Reduce Lung Cancer Growth

Creating An Antiboitic Against E. coli And Salmonella With The Help Of Ants

Neuroscience To Benefit From Fruit Fly Phlebotomy

European Mass Spectrometry Markets Show Promising Growth Due To Increased Awareness

Kaiser Permanente Opens New Hospital In Panorama City, USA

Diet Changes Affected By Partners Responses

Abundance Of Hubs Influences Seizures And Offers Insight Into How Epilepsy Develops

Healthaxis Receives NASDAQ Deficiency Notice Related To Minimum Bid Price Rule

Workshop Focusus On Ensuring Food Security In A Changing Climate

Halsa Pharmaceuticals Receives 250,000 Dollars From Texas ETF To Develop Therapeutic Weight-Loss Treatment

Winchester Non-Magnetic Connectors Target MRI, Medical Systems

Europe's Largest Forum On Breast Cancer

AVI BioPharma Announces Close Of Ercole Biotech Acquisition

Women's Choice Of Preventive Mastectomy Hardly Affected By MRI's High False Positive Rate

Cantel Medical Corp. And National Safety Council Launch Joint Initiative To Prepare Businesses And Individuals For Flu Pandemic

Potential Malaria Vaccine From Fertilization Discovery

Social Problems In Youth Contribute To Anxiety And Depression

Differences In Test Scores In School-Age Children May Be Explained By Family Wealth

News From The Journal Of Neuroscience

MS Trust Comments On Expansion Of Choice Of Hospitals In England

Oxford BioMedica Report Encouraging New Phase II Trial Results With Trovax(R) In Prostate Cancer

Sir Stuart Hampson Champions Charity, UK

New Care Programme Approach Guidance Published, UK

New Programme To Protect The Public From Salmonella

Smokers Turn To TalkSPORT To Quit, UK

Medical Protection Society Concerned At Plans For New GP Practice Regulator, UK

Avoid Alcohol In Pregnancy, Says Royal College Of Midwives, UK

Premature Male Babies At Greater Risk Of Cardiovascular Complications

Launch Of Bioscience Horizons For Undergraduate Bioscience Research

Want To Join The Debate Over Body Worlds 4?

National Pharmacy Association Feeds In Thoughts On Regulation To PRLOG, UK

How Does HPV Testing Compare To The Pap Test For Cervical Cancer Screening?

Seeing May Be Believing - But Is It The Same As Looking?

Terrible 2 Conflicts Affected By Mother-Child Attachment, Children's Temperament

Link Between Antisocial Conduct And Decision Making About Aggressive Behavior In Teens

Prostate Cancer Prognosis Forecasted By MRI

Extreme Resistance To Radiation Shown By Common Aquatic Animals

Toxic Substances Make Males Less Attractive To The Opposite Sex

Biotech Career Fair Features Largest Employers In Life Sciences Industry

Sernova Corp.: Islet Cell Pioneer Appointed To Help Advance Sertolin Diabetes Therapy

Strong Trend Of Effectiveness Indicated In Lipid Sciences' First In Man Clinical Trial Of HDL Selective Delipidation

SRI International To Highlight Pathway Tools Capabilities At The Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference In San Francisco, March 25 - 28

Honours Awarded For Excellence In GP Education, Australian Medical Association

Zero Patient Infections Reported As D.I.S.C. Spine & Sports Center Sets New Standard For Specialty Hospitals

Statement By Robert M. Hayes, President, Medicare Rights Center, On The Release Of The Medicare And Social Security Trustees Report

Let Your Voice Be Heard: Candidates Model How To Care For Your Voice

Three Drivers Of WFP-Contracted Trucks Killed In Sudan

CHMP Recommends Positive Opinion For Zevalin(R), [90Y]-ibritumomab Tiuxetan, In First Line Consolidation Therapy For Follicular Lymphoma

Chelsea And Westminster Opts For Latest CT Via NHS Supply Chain Framework, UK

Urodynamix Announces Second Collaboration For Development Of NIRS Prostate Treatment Device

British Veterinary Association Launches VETS.TV Pilot (and Win A Laptop Too), UK

Gay Youth Report Higher Rates Of Drug And Alcohol Use - University Of Pittsburgh Researchers Report Findings In Journal Addiction

10,000 Health Workers Stop Polio In One Of Most Dangerous Places On Earth

Suspended Animation Using Sewer-Gas Is Rapid And Reversible

Children Who Bully Also Have Problems With Other Relationships

Number Skills Of Low-Income Preschoolers Boosted By Playing Numerical Board Games

Special MRI Used For Early Identification Of Brain Cancer

Health Screenings To Be Revolutionized By Biosensing Nanodevice

Human Oral Microbiome Database Launched

$6.5 Million Grant Awarded To UT Southwestern By NIH To Develop New Antibiotic

Analysis Of Government Data Finds Hospitality Tops List Of Industries With Highest Rates Of Alcohol Problems

MS Society Reinforces Its Position On Hybrid Embryos, UK

MDC Statement On Free Vote On The HFE Bill, UK

The Wistar Institute Collaborates With The Coriell Institute To Distribute Cell Lines

Stage Set For Understanding How Color Vision Is Processed

Treatment For Heart Failure Via The Brain

New Study Of Regional Brain Activity Using Functional MRI Looks At The Conflict Of Reward In Depression

Enhancing The Functioning Of Defibrillators In Cases Of Heart Attack

People With Anxiety Disorders Tend To Suffer From Increased Blood Clotting

2 Minority Outreach Fellows Named By APS

Rachel Jones Of Rutgers College Of Nursing Honoured By The Zonta Club Of Essex County

Cod Liver Oil Reduces Painkiller Use

People Who Wear Glasses Aren't Geeks

Colon Cancer Screening Key To Prevention, Increased Survival

MRI: A Window To Genetic Properties Of Brain Tumors

Obesity May Keep Some Women From Getting Screened For Breast, Cervical Cancer

ExonHit's EHT 0202 Counters Scopolamine's Detrimental Effects On Cognition In Humans

Circulation Publishes Data Showing KYNAPID(TM) Injection Rapidly Converted Short Duration Atrial Fibrillation To Sinus Rhythm

Anacor Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Results From Phase 2a Clinical Trial Of AN2728 In Psoriasis Patients

Anesiva Commences Phase 3 Clinical Trial Of Adlea(TM) For Reducing Post Surgical Pain Following Bunionectomy

It's Spring Break: How Much Does Heavy Drinking Affect Your Body?

VAP Test Helps Researchers Uncover Best Cholesterol Lowering Treatment For Type II Diabetes

New Research Projects Growing Nursing Shortage

Study Identifies New Form Of Inherited Risk Of Cancer

Seeing May Be Believing But Is It The Same As Looking?

A Link Between Antidepressants And Type 2 Diabetes

Updated Treatment Guidelines For Barrett's Esophagus Offer New Recommendations For Challenging Clinical Controversies

Study Links Chronic Illness To Coal Mining Pollution

Cardiovascular And Metabolic Issues In Thyroid Disease Patients

Previously Unrecognized Testosterone Deficiency Common In Men With Type 1 Diabetes

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