Medical News Today: Health News for Thursday 3 April 2008

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Thursday 3 April 2008

Dengue Fever Kills Dozens In Rio, Brazil

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Health officials in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second largest city, announced Tuesday that 67 people have died from dengue fever, and tens of thousands others are sickened with the mosquito borne virus...
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Huge AIDS Program Approved By House Of Representatives

Written by Christian Nordqvist

President George Bush had initially proposed doubling the program to fight AIDS in Africa and other parts of the world to $30 billion. Then the House, led by Democrats, raised it to $50 billion...
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Drinking Loads Of Water Does Not Seem To Improve Health

Written by Christian Nordqvist

There is little evidence that drinking loads of water, a recommended 8 glasses of 8 ounces (8x8) per day, improves your health, say scientists from the University of Pennsylvania...
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Psoriasis Linked To Seven New Genetic Variations

Superintendents Want Cannabis To Be Upgraded From Class C To Class B, UK

Maternal Cocaine Use Affects Long-Term Health Of Offspring

New Species Found That Causes Leptospirosis

HIV Epidemic In London Spread Quickly And In Clusters

Anesthetics, Pesticides, And X-rays Increase Risk Of Miscarriage In Female Veterinarians

Other Medical and Health News for 3 April*

New Screen-to-Lead Data Analysis And Management Platform Genedata Screener(R) 5.5 Released

Clavis Pharma Starts ELACYT(TM) Phase II Study In Haematology

Living Well Begins In Medical School, Australian Medical Association

AVANT's Single-Dose Oral Ty800 Vaccine Meets Primary Endpoints In Phase 2 Study

Stem Cell Advance Yields Over 140 Cell Types From Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Health Insurers, Physician Organizations, Patient Advocates To Develop Standards For Rating Physicians

House Rules Committee Takes Action On PEPFAR Reauthorization Bill Ahead Of Floor Consideration

Oklahoma Lawmaker, State Official Divided Over Legality Of Medicaid Coverage For Prenatal Care To Undocumented Immigrants

Senators Propose Offsets For House Mental Health Parity Bill To Increase Chance Of Passage

Many U.S. Clinical Trials Underrepresent Certain Populations, Including Minorities, Study Finds

San Antonio Express-News Examines Sex Education Curricula In Bexar County, Texas

New Jersey State Audit Finds Lack Of Oversight In NJ FamilyCare, Medicaid Programs

Malawi Launches Program Aimed At Preventing HIV, Improving Sexual Health Among Young People

Abortion-Rights Opponent Cuccinelli To Run For Virginia Attorney General

California Proposes Ban On 'Balanced Billing' By Health Insurers For Emergency Care

New Zealand Group Launches Fund To Provide HIV-Positive People With Assistance For Health, Travel Costs

Group Files Petition Signatures For S.D. Ballot Initiative That Would Ban Most Abortions

Christian Science Monitor Examines Economic Downturn's Effect On State Budget Deficits

Stigma, Funding Challenges HIV/AIDS Advocates In Rochester, N.Y.

Antiabortion Groups Call On Obama To Recant Statement About Teen Pregnancy

Wall Street Journal Examines Business Campaign Contributions To Presidential Candidates

Florida Advocacy Group Launches HIV/AIDS Education, Testing Campaign Aimed At MSM

McCain Will Not 'Soften' Republican Position On Abortion Ahead Of National Convention, Aides Say

CMS Announces New Medicare Drug Benefit Rule That Will Allow Some Low-Income Beneficiaries To Remain In Current Plans

Online Survey Looks At Women, HIV In U.S.

Global AIDS Bill To Be Considered By House

Paying Medicare Advantage Plans Same Rates As Traditional Medicare Would Delay Program Insolvency By 18 Months, Medicare Actuary Says

Examination Of Antiretrovirals Abacavir, Didanosine's Potential Link To Increased Risk Of Heart Attack Continues

Nymox Releases Positive New Clinical Trial Data On Response Rates To Company's Prostate Drug NX-1207

Can-Fite: First Patient Was Enrolled To The Phase IIb Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial

Bio-Matrix Scientific Group, Inc. Announces It Will Open Two DNA-Genetic Testing Labs

For 'Kick Butts Day,' State Health Commissioner Urges Supermarkets To Kick Tobacco

Fewer Cavities Found In Overweight Kids, New Study Shows

Potential New Treatments For Polycystic Kidney Disease

State Health Department Releases Report On Angioplasty Outcomes

Kamada Announces That It Had Successfully Met The Primary Endpoint In Its US Phase III Clinical Trial With Intravenous AAT

Hardest Hit By Climate Change: Meeting Focuses On Indigenous Peoples

Cancer Control Month, 2008

Stanford Researcher Criticizes FDA Plans To Reduce Oversight Of Off-label Drug Use

Pfizer Announces Discontinuation Of Phase III Clinical Trial For Patients With Advanced Melanoma

Discovery Of Mechanism Underlying Multidrug Resistance In Fungi Could Improve Treatment Of Dangerous Infections In Immune-Compromised Patients

American Society For Laser Medicine And Surgery Hosts Annual Scientific Conference In Kissimmee, Florida, April 2-6, 2008

Health Benefits Of Drinking Lots Of Water Disputed

Merck's Investigational Rolofylline Associated With Improved Dyspnea And Preserved Renal Function In Acute Heart Failure Patients

Special Olympics Grows School Program, Reaches More Special Education Students In Bay Area

Rite Aid Pharmacists Can Help Patients Breathe Easier, Manage Symptoms And Find Relief This Allergy Season

Vestcom International, Inc. Launches Turnkey In-Store Nutritional Program

'Nanoimpeller' Releases Anticancer Drugs Inside Cancer Cells

Orkin's Fight The Bite Campaign Wages War On Mosquitoes

General Dental Council Operates Registration Surgery At Dental Technology Show, UK

Better Care For Dementia Patients Through New Funding, Australia

Sexual Dissatisfaction In Postmenopausal Women Not Linked To Cardiovascular Disease

Doctors Want Better Work-Life Balance, Australia

Ayurvedic Nightshade Deadly For Dengue Mosquito

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols Features Methods To Screen Genomes And Analyze Evolution

Natural Anti-Food-Poisoning Properties Found In Feta Cheese Made From Raw Milk

Spread Of New And Deadly Viruses Passed Through Sweet Food And Domestic Animals

Home Birth Safe But Support Services Needed, UK

Gene Linked To Lung Cancer Identified By Researchers

Justice In Sight For Thousands At Risk Of Blindness As Barriers To Treatment Start To Come Down

New Nanotechnology For Spinal Cord Injury Shows Potential

How Jump Drives Could Save Lives

Controlling Brain Tumors... By Taking A Pill?

A Coffee A Day Keeps Alzheimer's Away

Experimental Biology Conference Explores The Role Nanoparticles May Play In Disease

Skin Cancer May Be Just The First Sign Of Trouble

Gene Behind Devastating Vitamin B12-Related Disorder Discovered By Researchers

Looking For A Link Between Sleep Apnea & Diabetes

Discovery Of Genetic Factor In Stress Response Variability

Fathers Still 'Shut Out' From Birth Of Their Children, Report Claims, UK

Untreated Cavities 5 Times More Likely In Kids From Low-income Communities Than High-income Ones, UK

SynergEyes Launches New Hybrid Contact Lens For Patients Over 40

Men's Health Policy Center Hosts Petition To Protest Government Barrier To Prostate Cancer Medications

How Thousands Of Heart Attacks And Strokes Could Be Prevented Every Year - One Of The World's Largest Heart Disease Studies Reveals

Heart 'Start-Up' Kits For Home: New Research Reports On Whether All Heart Attack Survivors Should Have One

Early-Onset Obesity In Father Linked To Increased Potential For Liver Disease In Child

Demand For Clinical Trials To Check Drugs Against Natural Remedies Led By "Sweet Cures Of York"

For Sudden Cardiac Arrest In The Home AEDs And CPR Are Equally Helpful

Regulator Removes Opticians From The Registers, UK

Lack Of Sleep Can Provoke Sleepwalking - Universite De Montreal Team Publish Results In Annals Of Neurology

Tirofiban Significantly Reduced Residual ST-Segment Deviation After Primary PCI In STEMI Patients

Stroke Pilot Study Results To Be Announced At University Of Leicester, UK

Charles N. Bertolami Assumes Presidency Of American Dental Education Association

Contracts Provide Canadians With Access And Choice To Critical Therapies For Hemophilia And Primary Immune Deficiency

Bad Teeth Pose Heart Disease Risk In Younger Men, Study Shows

AACAP Applauds Sen. Jeff Bingaman, Rep. Tim Murphy, Rep. Grace Napolitano, And Senate Aide Connie Garner

How Telecare Helps Dementia Sufferers To Stay Living At Home, UK

South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Re-Accredited As An Investor In People, UK

Routine C-Reactive Protein Testing With Randox

Nature Publishing Group To Co-Publish Two Top-Quality International Journals Based In China

AGI Therapeutics Plc Announces Key Findings Of Clinical PK Study Of Arbaclofen (AGI-006)

New Study Suggests Clinical Benefits Of Risperdal(R) ConstaTM In Patients With Recent Onset Psychosis

Toshiba Introduces New Cardiovascular Ultrasound Product - Aplio Artida - At ACC

New Over-The-Counter Dry Eye Drop Now Available To Help Estimated 40 Percent Of Americans Who Suffer From Occasional Or Chronic Dry Eye

Delcath Systems Presents Positive Phase II Data On Delcath PHP System In Treatment Of Inoperable Liver Metastases

Cortex Initiates Enrollment In Opiate Induced Respiratory Depression Clinical Trial In Germany Today

Novelos Therapeutics Announces Continued Encouraging Results In Ongoing Phase 2 Ovarian Cancer Trial At Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center

Lannett Company Receives FDA Approval For Rifampin Capsules USP, 150 Mg And 300 Mg

Argos Therapeutics Presents Positive Phase 1 Safety Data For Its Arcelis(TM) Platform In HIV At Keystone Symposia

HumanaDental Plans Now Include Oral-Cancer Screening

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Initiates Second Phase III Trial With Pimavanserin In Patients With Parkinson's Disease Psychosis

KaloBios Initiates Phase 1/2 Trial Of Humaneered(TM) Monoclonal Antibody KB001 For Treatment Of Pseudomonas Infections In Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Roche Diagnostics Provides Software Upgrade For Its Cobas B 221 Bloodgas Analyzer

Global Call For Osteoporosis Abstracts

Climate Change Could Bring Malaria And Other Infectious Diseases To The UK

Eligibility Portal Allows Healthcare Providers To Determine A Patient's Health Insurance Eligibility At The Time Of Service

New Nationwide Poll Shows 82% Of Voters Believe Americans Not Doing Enough To Ensure Their Health Through Preventive Steps

A Call For Action On Un World Autism Awareness Day, UK

In Recognition Of 30 Years Of IVF, UK

New Species Of Infectious Disease Found In Amazon

Better Educated Smokers More Likely To Try Quitting In Response To Ads

Physically Active Smokers More Likely To Kick The Habit

Creatinine Increase In Elderly Means Increased Renal Disease, Mortality

Researchers Find New Clues To Risk Of Hodgkin Lymphoma

Mayo Clinic Identifies Infection Risks For Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Alfacell Updates Status Of ONCONASE(R) Phase III Clinical Program

EnVivo Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation Of Clinical Safety And Biomarker Study Of Alpha-7 Nicotinic Agonist, EVP-6124

Radius Completes Enrollment Of Phase II Clinical Trial Of BA058 For Osteoporosis

Senesco's Preclinical Pancreatic Islet Data To Be Presented At Upcoming Conferences

EntreMed Commences Continuous Dosing Clinical Trial For MKC-1

Clinical Update Debio 0614 (Istaroxime) In Acute Heart Failure

Portrait(R) Plasma Receives Clearance From The FDA To Treat Acne Scars

House Overwhelmingly Approves Renewal And Tripling Of Successful U.S. Global AIDS Prevention Effort

Proteolix's Carfilzomib Receives Orphan Drug Designation For Treatment Of Multiple Myeloma

Eye Disease Continuing To Increase Among Americans

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