Medical News Today: Health News for Tuesday 1 April 2008

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Tuesday 1 April 2008

Astrazeneca Stops Cholesterol Drug Trial Because Of Promising Results

Written by Catharine Paddock

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced yesterday, Monday 31st March, it was stopping the JUPITER clinical trial on its cholesterol-busting drug Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium) because early findings showed that the drug...
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Embryos Part-animal And Part-human Created

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Embryos that are part-human and part-animal have been created by scientists at Newcastle University, UK. The scientists, who are researching into a range of illnesses, said the embryos survived for up to three days...
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Common Anti-psychotic Drugs Bad For Alzheimer's Patients, New Study Finds

Written by Christian Nordqvist

A new UK study has found that anti-psychotic drugs, such as (Melleril), chlorpromazine (Largactil), haloperidol (Serenace), trifluoperazine (Stelazine) and risperidone (Risperdal), are bad for patients with Alzheimer's...
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Drug Study: No Reduction In Risk Of Heart Attack Or Death After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Might Mobile Phones Kill More People Than Smoking Or Asbestos?

All About Chlamydia

Weight Loss Drug Rimonabant May Not Slow Progression Of Heart Disease

Tai Chi Improves Diabetes Control

Other Medical and Health News for 1 April*

Yale Study Suggests Evolutionary Source Of Alcoholism's Accidental Enemy

Delay Of Tamper Resistant Prescription Pad Rule Ends Today

Scotland: Staff Fearful Of Backlash When NHS Outlaws Smoking Outside

Community Pharmacy Can Deliver Vascular Risk Assessment

Thousands More Medicaid Enrollees Could Get Home And Community-Based Care Under New Rule

New Study Shows Flywheel UPS System Seven Times Less Likely To Fail Versus Conventional UPS Battery System

Insurers Pay For Web-Based Physician Visits

CDC Releases Surveillance Report On U.S. 2006 HIV/AIDS Cases

Cuts To Health Care, Other Programs By States Trying To Address Budget Shortfalls Might Disproportionately Hurt Low-Income Populations

House To Consider PEPFAR Reauthorization Bill Wednesday

Kidney Failure Among Blacks In Chicago Reaching 'Alarming Levels,' Chicago Tribune Reports

McCain Health Care Proposal Would Exclude U.S. Residents With Pre-Existing Medical Conditions, Elizabeth Edwards Says

Scientific Evidence Of Biological-Neurological Connection Could Help Efforts To Pass Mental Health Parity Legislation, Columnist Writes

Leaders Discuss American Indian Suicide Rates, IHS Funding At Regional Conference

Genzyme CEO Discusses Benefits Of High-Priced Medications For Rare Diseases In NYT Letter To The Editor

Efforts To Loosen U.S. HIV/AIDS-Related Travel Restrictions 'Long Overdue,' Editorial Says

Data Expands Body Of Evidence In High Risk Population Using IVUS, A Unique Marker For Coronary Atherosclerosis

Decade Of The Mind III: Great Ape Trust To Gather Internationally Recognized Scientists For Symposium

Screening Programme Could Lead To The Healthy Being Seen At The Expense Of The Sick, Say GPs, UK

Vascular Checks Will Prevent Thousands Of Heart Attacks And Strokes

Women With Long Cervixes Mid-Pregnancy Have Higher C-Section Risk, NEJM Study Finds

Minnesota Senate Gives Preliminary Approval To Health Care Overhaul Bill

Editorials Respond To Call For Increase In Basic Research, New Strategies For HIV/AIDS Vaccine

News From The American Chemical Society March 26, 2008

Novel Balloon Catheter Appears Simpler, More Effective Than Drug-Eluting Stent

Study Digs Into Reasons, Consequences For Stopping Anti-Clotting Medication Early

disappointing Results For Investigational Anti-Restenosis Drug Pimecrolimus

Stigma Clings Stubbornly To Women Living With HIV/AIDS

A New Tool In The Search Of 'The Next Cyclosporine' Presented At RECOMB 2008

TB Accumulates Fat To Survive And Spread

Oklahoma Legislative Committees Pass Abortion-, Pregnancy-Related Bills

Massachusetts Officials Considering Ways To Address Rising Costs Of Health Program

61% Of New HIV Cases In Nigeria Occur Among Girls, Women, Official Says

PCI In Unprotected Left Main Disease Supported By Study

Clue To How Some Anaesthetics Work Provided By Chloroform

At 1 Year, Stent With Biodegradable Polymer Reports Good Clinical Outcomes

Collaboration Between Belimed Inc. And 3M To Jointly Promote Best Practices In Sterile Processing

MRI Images Of Genes In Action In The Living Brain Published By Harvard Researchers

Tool That 'Sees' Internal Body Details 1,000 Times Smaller Developed By Stanford Researchers

Greener Nanoscience Is Offered As A The Way To Address Safety

Brain Tumor Study

Potentially Treatment For Heart Rhythm Disorders Using Angina Drug

Cardiovascular Risk Lowered By 2-Drug Blood Pressure Therapy

Notable Impact On Autism Research In Opening Year Shown By First National Autism Registry

TB Cases Among HIV-Positive People In Jamaica Increasing

Study Examines Global Fund Financing Methods

Mississippi House Approves Measure That Would Restrict Abortions Among Minors

Transference More Pronounced When We Are Tired

Everolimus-Coated Stent May Hold Clinical Edge Over Taxus Stent At 2 Years

PBS 'NewsHour' Correspondent Susan Dentzer Named As New Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief

Ugandan Vice President Bukenya Calls For Research On Country's HIV Prevention Strategies

IN-CAM Outcomes Database: Collaborative Research Database To Benefit Complementary And Alternative Medicine

Enabling Pensioners To Feel Relaxed In Front Of The Computer

Using Blood Pressure-Lowering Treatment In Very Elderly Shows Significant Reductions In Mortality

Fewer Side Effects With New Blood Pressure Medication According To Global Study

Blood Thinners Could Be Post-Op Killers

New York Times Magazine Examines Abstinence-Only Clubs At Colleges

Chicago Tribune Examines India As Destination For Medical Tourism

Report Finds That HIV Cases In Baltimore Increasing Among People Ages 20-29, Calls On City To Do More To Fight Spread Of Virus

Why High School Boys Dodge 'Phys Ed'

U.S. Secretary Of Health And Human Services And Honduran Ministers Meet On Food Safety

Lebanon Starts National Anti-measles And Rubella Campaign Targeting Over 900,000 Children

Major Collaboration Uncovers Surprising New Genetic Clues To Diabetes

Therapists Say Good Sexual Intercourse Lasts Minutes, Not Hours

A Gene Responsible For Cases Of Lou Gehrig's Disease Identified By Researchers

First Mosaic Laureate To Gain Doctorate For Work On Heart Function

Medicare Acts To Reduce The Number Of Yearly Drug Plan Reassignments Among Low-Income Beneficiaries

Molecular 'Biomarkers' For Disease Identified By New Technique

Fewer Babies Born After Caesarean Delivery

Milk Teeth From 100,000 Children Sought By Tooth Bank

Healthy Gums Are Something To Smile About

Regional Bioengineering Conference Hosted By Brown University

Epistem To Provide Preclinical Efficacy Testing Services For Exponential Biotherapies

Superbugs Resistant To Everything Mean That We Are Running Out Of Treatments

Extent Of Public Paranoia Revealed By Virtual Reality Underground Ride

Onset Of Huntington's Delayed By Physical Activity In Mouse Model

Physicians Champion Smoking Bans Across Texas

How HIV Avoids The Body's Defences

Voucher Scheme A Body Blow To NHS, UK

Scientist Says AIDS May Partly Be The Consequence Of An Evolutionary Accident

New Research On How Season Of Birth May Affect Nearsightedness, And On Cornea Donor Sources

Grandmother Hypothesis Of Menopause

Support For National Health Insurance Has Grown 10 Percent Over Past 5 Years

News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine April 1, 2008

GE's Transformation Of Cardiovascular Ultrasound Continues At ACC

MicroRNAs, EMT And Cancer Progression

IMV Cheers GE Cardiology Service, Proactive Monitoring

Repeal Of Helmet Laws Sees Increase Of Fatality Rates, MU Study Finds

Diabetics Have Same Risk For Heart Attack, Stroke Or Death From Cardiovascular Diseases As People Who've Already Had A Heart Attack

GE's Latest Analytic Tool For Helping Physicians Save Lives Now Available On Signature EKG System

New Statement From The American Heart Association Puts Life-Saving Skills In Your Hands

Chips Could Speed Up Detection Of Livestock Viruses

New Clues To Genetics Of Type 2 Diabetes Offered By Major International Collaboration

High-Dose Tirofiban As Effective As Abciximab In Reducing ST-Segment Elevation In STEMI Patients

Higher Risk Of Suicide Found In Young Black Men Compared To Their White Counterparts

Action Taken By UK Hospitals Against PVL-Producing Strains Of Staphylococcus Aureus

Eastern Europe Holds Considerable Potential For IR And Non-Mercury Thermometers

Treating MRSA With 'Alien'-Type Viruses

Rasilez, The First-In-Class Direct Renin Inhibitor, Reduces Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, A Powerful Predictor Of Heart Disease

MRSA Epidemic Hits Denmark

NHS Central Register Transfers To The NHS Information Centre, UK

Siemens Introduces New Dual Energy Applications For The SOMATOM Definition Dual Source

ONTARGET(R) Trial Proves Telmisartan Is As Protective As Ramipril And Better Tolerated In A Broad High-Risk Cardiovascular Population

Pot Belly Linked To Dementia

Predicting Coronary Heart Disease

Women Find It Harder To Keep In Shape

Claxton-Hepburn RNs Cancel Thursday Picket, New York

Research Evaluates The Effectiveness Of Uterine Artery Embolisation (UAE)

Study Questions "Cost Of Complexity" In Evolution

PET Scanning Achieves Earlier Detection Of Colorectal Cancer Recurrence

Hundreds Of AMA Medical Students And Residents Lobby Congress On Medical Student Debt, Uninsured And Medicare

What's Growing Where? MRSA In Hospital Intensive Care

Welch Healthcare & Retirement Group Adopts First Online System For Centralized Continuing Care Admissions From Patient Placement Systems

Cook Less For A Healthier You - New Book

April Is STD Awareness Month Take Control. Get The Facts. Get Tested

Sabin Vaccine Institute Receives 9.2M dollars Gates Foundation Grant To Pursue Sustainable Immunization Financing

Insomnia May Perpetuate Depression In Some Elderly Patients

Expansion Of Monocyte Subset Could Serve As A Biomarker For HIV Progressions

Link Between Insomnia And Depression In Young Adults - New Study In The Journal SLEEP

PULSE Education Prize Presented To Young Cancer Researcher

Battling The Superbugs With Green Tea

Reduced Arousal Threshold In Drosophila Mutants Prevents Them From Staying Asleep - New Study In The Journal SLEEP

Left/Right Differences In How Brains Are Wired

Short, Long Sleep Duration Is Associated With Future Weight Gain In Adults

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Releases 2008 Official Guide To Dental Schools

Regular Communication With Doctors Can Lower Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease

NICE Issues Final Appraisal Document For Inhaled Corticosteroids Use In Chronic Asthma For Adults And Children Aged 12 Years And Over

New Antipsychotics Research - Alzheimer's Society Comments, UK

Water Pipe Smoking Causes Significant TB Risk

Heart Attack Patients Benefit From Thrombus Aspiration Prior To Stenting, Study Shows

Cleveland BioLabs Protectan CBLB502 Demonstrates Strong Mitigation Of Hematopoietic Damage At 48 Hours Post-Exposure To 6.5 Gy Of Radiation

DUSA Completes Enrollment For Phase IIb Trial Of Levulan(R) Photodynamic Therapy For Moderate To Severe Acne

Crucell Announces Start Of Phase II Clinical Study Rabies Monoclonal Antibody Combination In US

New Clues To The Genetics Of Type 2 Diabetes, UK

Help Improve Inpatient Care, Diabetes UK

Single Insulin Injection Could Be As Effective As Multiple Ones, UK

High Fashion In Dorchester For Diabetes UK

Seize Opportunity To Commit To Child And Youth Health, Doctors Urge Government, Canada

Opportunities And Safeguards - Sir Leszek Backs The Human Fertilisation And Embryology Bill

Breech Deliveries Inherited, UK

Cystic Fibrosis In Mice

Pesticides Linked To Parkinson's

New Dawn AC Anaemia Software Simplifies Monitoring And Controlling Patient Progress

Lung Transplants Not Dangerous For Children With Cystic Fibrosis, After All - Experts Say Recent Study Was Seriously Flawed

New IMPAX Version - Advanced Workflow That Integrates RIS/PACS/Reporting Information And Image Management Into One Workflow

Project Lifesaver Touches Communities Nationwide

Bleak Second Birthday For New Dental Contract, Says British Dental Association

Studies Examine Consumer-Directed Health Plans; Opportunities To Improve Care, Control Costs Within Medicaid; State Health Care Reform Efforts

Gen-Probe Begins U.S. Clinical Study Of Molecular Test For Human Papillomavirus, Which Causes Cervical Cancer

CardioMind Launches First In Human Trial Of Small Vessel, Drug Eluting Stent

New Data Shows Ranexa(R) Increases Glucose Stimulated Insulin Secretion

Landmark ONTARGET(TM) Trial Demonstrates Micardis(R) Is Equally Effective As Ramipril, With Fewer Discontinuations

Lotrel, A Single Pill Combination For Treating High Blood Pressure, Reduced Cardiovascular Events By 20% In High-Risk Patients

New Data Showed ACTOS(R) (pioglitazone HCl) Prevented Progression Of Atherosclerotic Plaque Volume In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Spirit II Results Support Strength Of Boston Scientific's Two Drug Eluting Stent Platforms

Synvista Therapeutics Presents New Preclinical Data Demonstrating The Value Of Haptoglobin Genotype Testing In Diabetes At ACC Scientific Sessions

Kingfisher Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance Of Breakthrough KFH Energy For Chronic Pain Sufferers

Synosia Starts Phase II Efficacy Trial For Rufinamide

ANX 201 Demonstrates A Unique Resistance Profile In Preclinical Tests

Ranolazine Shortens QT Interval And Improves Cardiac Relaxation In Study Of Patients With Genetic Sodium Channel Disorder

Lilly Launches Its First Phase III Trial For Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease

Childhood Leukemia Survivors Struggle With Long-Term Comorbidities

Children Benefit From Drinking Flavored Milk

Chemo-induced Anemia Ups Risk Of Local Breast Cancer Recurrence

A New Way To Fight Cancer: The Silver Shield

Replacing Absent MicroRNAs Could Make Tumors Less Invasive, More Treatable

Brain Lesions More Common Than Previously Thought

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