Medical News Today: Health News for Wednesday 16 April 2008

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Wednesday 16 April 2008

Alzheimer's Study Links Brain Size to Mental Decline

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Scientists in the US discovered that elderly people who had no mental decline had larger brains than Alzheimer's patients, even though their brain tissue showed signs normally associated with the disease...
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Federal Agency Questions Safety Of Chemical In Everyday Plastics

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US National Toxicology Program, a federal agency within the National Institutes of Health, has issued a public consultation document in which it questions the safety of a commonly occuring chemical present in everyday...
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Vitamin Supplements Don't Help You Live Longer, Study

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

After reviewing nearly 70 randomized studies on the effects of vitamin or antioxidant supplements, scientists in Denmark concluded there is no evidence that they prolong life, and even found evidence that some of them...
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In Vioxx Studies, Merck Used Ghostwriters And Guest Authors

Fewer Prostate Cancer Deaths In The USA Than In The UK May Be Due To Screening

Concomitant Psychiatric Disorders Do Not Interfere With Pregabalin's Efficacy In Decreasing Fibromyalgia Pain

Cynthia Nixon Had Breast Cancer And Kept It To Herself

Lacosamide Shows Impressive Safety Profile In Painful Diabetic Neuropathy

Lower Blood Pressure Linked To Statins

Diet Designed To Lower Blood Pressure May Also Fight Heart Disease And Stroke

Lower Suicide Rates In Older People Only Partially Due To Antidepressants

Merck May Have Misrepresented Vioxx Risks

Other Medical and Health News for 16 April*

Steps To Improve Drinking Water In First Nations Communities, Canada

We Can! Joins National Call For Reducing Screen Time During Turnoff Week

Immersion Program Taps Four More Medical Schools To Improve Care Of Older Adults

Nursing For Women's Health Tackles Communication With Pregnant Adolescents

Medicare Proposes Adding Nine More Conditions To List Of Hospital Complications It Will Not Pay To Treat

New Mexico Governor Might Call Special Legislative Session To Discuss Health Coverage Expansion, Spokesperson Says

Lawmakers, NAACP Urging Investigation Of Lead Poisoning Study Conducted In Poor, Black Neighborhoods

Ethical Risks Of Genetic Screening Might Be 'Less Troublesome Than They First Appear,' Opinion Piece Says

Some Physicians Choosing To Stop Accepting Payments From Food, Drug, Medical Device Companies

Small Percentage Of HIV-Positive People Who Need Antiretrovirals In Indonesia Receiving Them, Official Says

Presumptive GOP Presidential Nominee McCain Proposes Higher Medicare Drug Benefit Premiums For Higher-Income Beneficiaries

WellPoint, FDA To Launch Real-Time Drug-Tracking Surveillance System To Improve Safety Monitoring

HIV-Positive People In New Zealand Have High Condom Use Rates, Survey Says

U.S. Health Care System Unprepared For Millions Of Baby Boomers Who Are About To Become Eligible For Medicare

Two Medical Societies Developing Colonoscopy Tracking Database

Vaccine Progress For HIV, Other Conditions Discussed At International Conference

Experimental Breast Cancer Vaccine Could Reduce Deaths By 50%, Researchers Say

Health Care Industry Spent $445M On Federal Lobbying In 2007

Boston Globe Examines Partners In Health Programs In Rwanda

Husbands With OSA Are More Likely To Adhere To CPAP If Their Wives Share The Bed

Washington Post Examines Ways Parents Can Discuss Sex With Children

Wall Street Journal Examines How Health Care Sector Has Become 'Employer Of Last Resort'

HIV Might Spread More Quickly Within The Body Than Previously Thought, Monkey Study Indicates

Stem Cells: The Role Of Cancer-initiating Cells In Diagnosis And Treatment

Health Disparities: Genetics Plays An Important Role In Cancer Detection, Prognosis Among Minorities

New Therapies That Could Change Treatment Strategies

Immunotherapy: Enlisting The Immune System To Fight Cancer

Clinical Guidelines For The Manual Titration Of PAP In OSA Patients Published In JCSM

A High Frequency Of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders In Hospitalized Patients: JCSM

No Difference In Sleep Of OSA Patients Studied In A Hospital Vs. A Hotel-Based Sleep Center

Obesity Can Predict Upper Airway Obstruction Amongst Children

A Single Subjective Question Can Be An Effective Sleepiness Screening Tool

Miss. Lawmakers Petition To Allow Consideration Of Bill Regulating Abortions For Minors

Frontline Documentary To Look At Universal Health Care Systems In Five Capitalist Countries

Kaiser Family Foundation Releases Spotlight On Health Care In Elections

The Journal Of Clinical Investigation Online Early Table Of Contents: April 15, 2008

Michigan Will Lose 15,300 Jobs, 1.5 Billion Dollars In Business Activity Due To Bush Administration's Medicaid Cuts, Families USA

New Debate Pack Challenges Students On Hot Topics, UK

Teen Pregnancy Rate, Abortion Rate Decline From 1990 To 2004, New CDC Report Finds

White House Threatens To Veto Tax Bill In Part Because Of Provision On HSAs

Editorials Address Increased Number Of Health Insurers Requiring Members To Pay Percentage Of Cost Of Some High-Priced Medications

Black Churches In Florida, Nationwide, Launch HIV/AIDS Testing Initiative Targeted Toward Black Community

Better Muscle Control, Worse Side Effects In Parkinson's Drugs Tradeoff

Worldwide Pharmaceutical Industry Launches Global Health Progress Initiative To Expand Efforts To Improve Health In Developing Countries

Nurse Is Struck Off For Threatening Staff, UK

Common Treatments For Patchy Hair Loss Not Supported By Studies

An Option For Poor Families Could Be Homemade Asthma-Relief Device

Pancreatic Inflammation And Cancer Prevented By Calorie Restricted Diet

Reassessment Of Global Health Priorities Called For By RSTMH President

Nonsevere Community Acquired Pneumonia In Children Cured By Just 3 Days Of Antibiotics

Antibiotics For Acute Maxillary Sinusitis Not Always Necessary

Many Theories About Youth Gangs But Poor Research

A Mixed Set Of Results From 5-Alpha-Reductase Inhibitors And Reduced Prostate Cancer Risk

Leg Pain Reduced By Naftidrofuryl

Heparin Reduces Heart Attacks But Increases Minor Bleeding After Heart Complaints

Cognition In Alzheimer's Disease May Be Improved By Chinese Club Moss Extract

Mental Fitness In Older People Improved By Aerobic Exercise

Discontinuing Hormone Therapy Did Not Reduce Cancer Risk For African-Americans

Mushroom Extract Could Stop Breast Cancer Cell Growth

Marler Clark Sees Pattern In Malt-O-Meal Salmonella Outbreaks, USA

Buck Institute And Q Therapeutics Form Stem Cell Collaboration To Combat Parkinson's Disease

Oncolin Therapeutics Announces Its Lead Technology Has Shown To Be Effective In Treating Cancer In Animal Models

Internet Sexuality Information Services (ISIS) Exposes Ideas For Preventing HIV And Other STDs With An Underwear Design Contest

Black & Veatch Seeks Increased Public Awareness On Drinking Water Quality Issues

BioMedEcon Reports Three Times Higher Healthcare Costs Among Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Compared To Patients With Depression

Pluristem's PLX Cells Show A Statistically Significant Advantage In A Pre-Clinical Study In The Multiple Sclerosis Model

New Data Continues To Support The Safety And Clinical Activity For Celsion's ThermoDox(R) In Recurrent Breast Cancer

Synthetic Blood International, Inc. Announces Filing Of Protocol For Phase II-b Oxycyte Clinical Trial

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Commences Phase 2A Clinical Trials In Israel

Supplemental New Drug Application For RISPERDAL(R) CONSTA(R) Submitted To The FDA For The Treatment Of Frequently Relapsing Bipolar Disorder

Media Coverage Of Breast Cancer Focuses Too Little On Prevention

United Health Foundation And Aging With Dignity Win National Healthcare Consumer Advocacy Award For 500,000 Wishes Campaign

Callisto Pharmaceuticals' Interim Phase II Data Of Atiprimod In Advanced Carcinoid Cancer To Be Presented At ASCO Conference

Vaginal Progesterone Is Equally Effective In Achieving Pregnancy Outcomes As Injectable Progesterone In Donor Egg Cycles

Gene Variants Indicate Opposite Survival Outcomes For Women And Men With Colon Cancer

Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Presents Positive Data With APOPTONE(TM) In Preclinical Bone Model Of Late-Stage Prostate Cancer

Low HER2 Expressing Breast Cancer Patients Respond Preferentially To Apthera's NeuVax

Illumina Launches The IScan(TM) System

Reviewers Say Children Should Not Take Antihistamines For Chronic Cough

Hereditary Breast Cancer - A High Cost To Patient And Healthcare Provider Alike

Cervical Screening Awareness Week 21 - 27 April 2008, UK

Survival Rates Doubled By Combining Liver Cancer Treatments, UVA Researchers Find

Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Announces Acceptance For Filing Of New Drug Application For Silenor(TM) For The Treatment Of Insomnia

Biochem Advances Promised By Prototype Terahertz Imager

SPL Responds To FDA Commissioner's Speculation That Motive For The Contamination Of Heparin May Have Been Economic Fraud

A Potential Sugar Fix For Tumors

KXO1 Can Inhibit The Growth Of Many Cancer Cell Types In Culture And The Growth Of Human Colon Cancer Cells In Animal Models

Eight Is Just Enough: Quadruplets Double The Size Of Artesia Family

The Capability Of Measuring Minute Amounts Of Insulin Aids Diabetes Treatment

Physician Payment Sunshine Act Would Require Financial Ties To Be Made Public

Two New Therapies Show Promise For Cancer Patients

The First Use Of A Live Listeria Cancer Vaccine In Humans

Better Doctors Through Better Relationships

CTLA-4 Blockade For Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer: Dose-dependent Induction Of CD8+ T Cell Activation And Clinical Responses: Abstract 2539

Evidence Of Efficacy Of Antibody Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy (ADEPT) In A Phase I Trial In Patients With Advanced Carcinoma: Abstract LB-200

Possible Link Between Baby Swimming And Breathing Problems In Children

Shorter Radiotherapy Courses May Achieve Similar Reductions In Breast Cancer Relapse As Standard Regimens

UAB Study Shows Drug May Fight Biliary Cancers

Flu Vaccines Can Reduce Respiratory Problems By Up To Three-Quarters

New International Field Of Research Established - Allergooncology

'Relationship-Centered Care' - Better Doctors Through Better Relationships

Mental Stress Reduces Blood Flow To The Heart In Patients With Gene Variation

Intercell's Investigational Vaccine Against Japanese Encephalitis Shows Excellent Safety And Immunogenicity In Phase II Trials In Children`

Mental Health In Adolescents Influenced By Cultural Identity

First Seizure From Brain Tumors Not Prevented By Older Epilepsy Drugs

Children Could Wear Splints For Minor Wrist Fractures, But Would They Keep Them On?

Dust Mites Outlast Heroic Efforts To Help Asthma Patients

News From The Journal Of Neuroscience

Astronauts May Suffer Prolonged Cellular Damage From Space Radiation

Getting Drugs To Tumors Quickly And With Less Toxicity Requires Novel Drug Delivery Methods

New Drug For Melanoma Shows Positive Results In Early Clinical Trial

Disparities In Breast Cancer Care Reduced By Tracking And Feedback Registry

Children With A Seriously Ill Sibling Tell Their Stories Of Faith And Determination - Book Release

Respiratory Health In Children With Asthma Affected By Air Pollution

Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping: Health Risks And Benefits

Plant-Based Diets May Improve Breast Cancer Survival

U.S. Department Of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Hosts The 2008 Era Of Hope Meeting

Publication Of Positive Effects Of Early And Rapid Hypothermia Following Heart Attack - Cardium's Innercool Therapies Unit

Pitt's Graduate School Of Public Health Announces Program In Computational Public Health

Patients With Early Parkinson's Disease Show Better Symptom Control And Improvements In Daily Activities With Stalevo Than Levodopa/Carbidopa

Autism Campaign Launches In The South East, UK

New Posts Would Waste Money And Erode Standards, Warns BMA, UK

Autism/PDD And Special Needs Children Can Take Advantage Of Newly Released Mac Educational Programs By BloomingKids Software

Operating Tables Market To Reach 675 Million Dollars By 2010, According To New Report By Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

EEG/EMG/Brain Function Monitoring Equipment Market To Reach 1.0 Billion Dollars By 2010, According To New Report By Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

ECG Telemetry Devices Market To Reach 909 Million Dollars By 2010, According To New Report By Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Bone Densitometers Market To Reach 698 Million Dollars In 2010, According To New Report By Global Industry Analysts

MAMMOMAT Inspiration Designed To Optimise Breast Screening Procedures Via Smoother Workflow And Increased Patient Comfort

United BioSource Acquires Leading Publication Planning Software And Services Company

Antipsychotic Drugs Increase Risk Of Developing Pneumonia In Elderly - Nursing Home Patients At Particular Risk

Disturbances In Brain Circuitry Linked To Chronic Exposure To Solvents

High-Dose, High-Frequency Interferon Produces No Additional Benefit On Efficacy Compared To AVONEX(R) In Patients With RRMS

East African Infectious Disease Diagnostics Markets To Double In Value

Affitech Participates In The Newly Formed Norwegian Stem Cell-Based Tumour Therapy Center

National Experts Retreat From Estimate Of 40,000 New US HIV Infections Annually

''Mobility In Motion'' Tour To Help 100 Million Disabled People Around The World

Major Boost For Primary Care Research At Keele University As National Arthritis Charity Awards 2.5m Pounds Funding, UK

Genmab A/S - Company Announcement: Novel Insights Into HuMax-EGFr Mechanisms Of Action Published In PNAS

How Big Is Your Brain? Its Size May Protect You From Memory Loss

Mayo Clinic Studies Find REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Is Associated With Other Features Of Neurodegenerative Disorders

Ardea Biosciences Presents Data Demonstrating Favorable Pharmacokinetics And Efficacy For Mitogen-Activated ERK Kinase (MEK) Inhibitors

St. Jude Gene Study Reveals Basis Of Anti Cancer Drug Resistance In Childhood Leukemia

Mayo Clinic Study Identifies Potential Causes Of Young Onset Dementia

In Blood Vessel Stents, Innovative Materials Allow Better Control, Delivery Of Gene Therapy

Medarex Reports Interim Data From Ongoing Ipilimumab Combination Phase 1 Studies In Prostate Cancer At American Association For Cancer Research

Peregrine Researchers Present New Preclinical Data At AACR Annual Meeting Confirming Unique Anti-Tumor Mechanism Of Bavituximab

Pharmacyclics Reports Multiple Presentations At AACR On Its HDAC And Selective HDAC Inhibitors

MedImmune Advances Asthma Program With Start Of A Phase 2 Trial In Europe And Australia And First U.S.-Based Clinical Trial

Cardium's Innercool Therapies Unit Announces Publication Of Positive Effects Of Early And Rapid Hypothermia Following Heart Attack

Phreesia Announces Clinical Initiative To Better Manage Symptoms Of Parkinson's Disease

Schering Plough Initiates Phase II Study With Vicriviroc In Treatment-Naive HIV-Infected Patients

Data Show SuperGen's MP-470 Is Safe In Humans

Iomai Receives HHS Approval To Begin Phase 2 Trial Of H5N1 Influenza Adjuvant Patch

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