Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 18 April 2008

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Friday 18 April 2008

Alzheimer's Patients On Experimental Drug Showed Improved Mental Skills After One Year

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease who were treated with the experimental drug Dimebon from US drugmaker Medivation Inc, showed improvement in key mental skills after a year compared to patients who took the placebo...
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Disfigured Wounded US Soldiers To Get New Skin, Ears And Fingers

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US Department of Defense has announced the launch of a five year collaborative program to make use of cutting edge medical technology to treat service members who are badly disfigured from injuries received while serving in wars...
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Flu Vaccine Only 44 Per Cent Effective This Year, CDC

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this year's seasonal flu vaccine has only been 44 per cent effective. And depending on how you look at the effectiveness in the various strains, it would...
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Study: Lower Macular Degeneration Risk In Postmenopausal Women Taking Hormones

In Belgium, Euthanasia And Palliative Care Work Together

Could Boosted Fruit Smoothies Really Help Weight-loss, Improve Memory And Prevent Infections?

Medical Students Should Be Selected Based On Cognitive Tests

Other Medical and Health News for 18 April*

Quality Reporting Initiative Will Help Improve Health Care For Beneficiaries And Provide Incentives For Eligible Professionals

NIH Study Reveals Factors That Influence Premature Infant Survival, Disability

Statement Of The Department Of Health And Human Services Regarding Appeal Of Consumers Checkbook Decision

New European Multiple Sclerosis Platform Project: Roundtable For National Endorsement Of The EMSP "Code" And Consensus Papers

University Of Tennessee Medical Center Selects GE Healthcare It For Perioperative Solutions

Bipartisan Group Of Former Senate Leaders To Make Recommendations For Overhauling U.S. Health Care System

Illinois County Judge Issues Temporary Injunction On Gov. Blagojevich's FamilyCare Expansion

Conservative Senators Should Not 'Drag Their Feet' On PEPFAR Reauthorization, Opinion Piece Says

Conservative Senators Should Not 'Drag Their Feet' On Reauthorization Of Global HIV/AIDS Program, Opinion Piece Says

Maryland Officials To Send Letters To Uninsured Residents Eligible For Medicaid, SCHIP

Minnesota Reports 325 New HIV/AIDS Diagnoses In 2007, Health Department Report Says

Napolitano Speaks To National Hispanic Medical Association - Plenary Session To Address The Effect Of Depression On The Latino Community

China Medical Equipment Fair Spring 2008 Edition Features Two New National Pavilions

AP/Lexington Herald-Leader Profiles New Edition Of 'What To Expect When You're Expecting'

Los Angeles Files Lawsuit Alleging Anthem Blue Cross Illegally Canceled Health Insurance Policies

House Passes Bill That Would Expand Debt Relief Plan By 25 Developing Countries

Study Finds Breast Cancer Rates Static Among Black Women, Decreased Rates For Whites, Hispanics

Wall Street Journal Examines Debate Over Use Of Costly Medication For Children

Workplace Attitudes Toward HIV/AIDS, Acceptance Of Condoms Improving, ILO Report Finds

Feeding, Fecundity And Lifespan In Female Drosophila Melanogaster

Louisiana House Approves Bill Banning Use Of State Funds For Therapeutic Cloning

Average Prescription Drug Copayment Decreased In 2007 Because Of Increased Use Of Generic Medications, Report Finds

Relatives Of Detained Chinese HIV-Positive Protesters Appeal For Their Release

Protein Robustness Promotes Evolutionary Innovations On Large Evolutionary Time Scales

Missouri House Preliminarily Approves Omnibus Antiabortion Bill

Federal Government Has Not Done Enough To Establish, Enforce Infection-Control Standards At Hospitals, According To GAO Report

African Countries Have Made Least Progress In Reducing Infant, Maternal Deaths, Report Says

Alaska Native/American Indian Health Care Program A Model For Preventive Care, Opinion Piece Says

Two Studies Find Mammograms Benefit Women Up To The Age Of 75, And That Three-yearly Screening Intervals Are Best

Acupuncture Relieves Hot Flushes In Breast Cancer Patients Taking Tamoxifen

Countries Could Save Millions Of Euros A Year If Follow-ups For Breast Cancer Patients Were Led By Specialist Nurses Rather Than Physicians

Evidence For Maternal Diet Prior To Conception Influencing Fetal Sex In Humans

Breast Cancers Behave Differently Before And After The Age Of 70: Could Immune Defence Mechanisms Play A Role?

The Mechanism Of Sex Ratio Adjustment In A Pollinating Fig Wasp

Social Transmission Of Nectar-robbing Behaviour In Bumblebees

House Committee Passes Measure Blocking New Medicaid Rules; Bush Administration Threatens Veto

House Committee Unanimously Approves Legislation That Would Block New Medicaid Rules Despite Veto Threat

Education Is 'Key' To Closing Gap In Breast Cancer Mortality, Opinion Piece Says

Regenerative Medicine To Help Wounded Soldiers

AMA To Congress: Don't Cut Medicare To Fund Farm Bill

Champix May Have Led To TV Editors Suicide

Multidisciplinary Approach To Mental Health Welcome, Australia

Bush Says U.S. Needs Pope's Abortion Message; Abortion Rights Backers Plan To Receive Communion

Personal Health Record Advocates Suggest More Privacy, Security Measures Needed

Gap Between Job Offers For New Primary Care Physicians, Specialists Narrows In New York State, Study Shows

Report Calls For Improvements In American Indian Health; Wellness Initiative Targeting American Indians Recognized At Annual Conference

UNISON Launches Blueprint For Round The Clock Hospital Cleaning, UK

Identification Of The Common Mechanism Underlying Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome May Lead To New Strategies Against Bird Flu

A Wild Plant Growing In The Mediterranean Provides Anticancer Medicines

Nurse Who Slept Whilst On Duty Is Given A Caution Order For Five Years, UK

Neuronal Plasticity In The Visual System Enhanced By Antidepressants

Breakthrough In Gene Therapy For Cancer Offered By Tiny Magnets

Developmental Delays And Infantile Esotropia Linked

HSE Crane Safety Warning After Liverpool Company Is Prosecuted Following Death Of Welder, UK

Breakthrough In Migraine Genetics

Minister Welcomes Announcement Of New Satellite Radiotherapy Centre For Altnagelvin, Ireland

News From The Burnham Institute

Minister Hoctor Opens Stroke Conference, Ireland

Charting The Epigenome

New Protein Associated With Breast Cancer Progression Revealed By Genome Analysis

New Hybrid Hearing Device Combining Advantages Of Hearing Aids, Implants Being Tested By UT Southwestern

Disappointing Trials Results For Sativex, UK

Medicaid Grants To Help Improve Access To Primary Care And Avoid Unnecessary ER Visits

Side Effects But No Extra Efficacy From New Chemotherapy Combo, In Early Breast Cancer Patients

ASRN Supports A National Zero Tolerance Policy On Violence And Aggression Against Nurses

Forty-Thousand More Health IT Professionals Needed To Move U.S. Healthcare Toward A Paperless System

Medivation's Dimebon(TM) Significantly Improved Thinking And Memory In Alzheimer's Disease Patients Over One Year

History Of Inherited Cancer Mutation In America

Depuy Spine Launches New Expedium4.5 Spine System For Treating Deformity In Small-Stature Patients

Clue To Cataract Formation Found By MU Researchers

Game Theory Study Reveals Parents Stricter With Older Kids

New Research Shows Slight Of Hand Is Not So Slight

Sirtris Announces SRT501 Lowers Glucose In Twice-Daily Dosing Clinical Trial

Study Of Dietary Restriction To Slow Down Aging

Critical Detail Of Cellular Defense Against Genetic Mistakes Discovered By Researchers

Synexus Recruits 20% Of All Patients In Crestor Jupiter Study, UK

Evaluating Treatment To Prevent Allergic Reactions To Food

1 In 5 Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans Suffer From PTSD Or Major Depression

NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) Service - Updated CKS Topics - April 2008, UK

Looming Baby Boomer Health Care Crisis; GSA Bolsters Call For Stronger Workforce

Interpreting Sign Language Places Greater Stress On Extremities Than Industrial Activities

New Data Demonstrate That Lapatinib Decreases Tumourigenic Breast Cancer Stem Cells In Women Receiving Neoadjuvant Treatment

25 Years And Still Going Strong -NHS Alliance

Alzheimer's Society Comment On Reducing Your Risk Of Developing Dementia, UK

Twice As Many Short Boys As Girls In The US And Asia Treated With Growth Hormone

No Link Shown Between Aromatase Inhibitors And Cardiovascular Problems

Hospital Length Of Stay And Readmission For Individuals Diagnosed With Schizophrenia: Are They Related? Canada

First Targeted Therapy To Produce Remission Of Metastatic Melanoma Described In Report

Innovation Would Be The Best Method To Fight Generics' Primacy In The Latin American Cardiovascular Drugs Markets

New Vaccine May Give Long-term Defense Against Deadly Bird Flu And Its Variant Forms

Training People With Autism To Recognize Faces

Fully Differentiated Cells Can Be Reprogrammed To Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Antioxidant Therapy Shows Early Promise Against Alzheimer's Disease - Improved Blood Flow Boosted Cognition And Behavior In Mice With AD-Like Illness

New Malaria Target - Researchers Discover Weakness In Malaria-Causing Parasite

Communication Tactics Used By Sexual Predators To Entrap Children

What People Should Know When Enrolling In Clinical Trials

How Cells Generate Asymmetry - Protein Coating Tiny Vesicles May Play Key Role

UF Researchers Identify Key Target For Cancer Therapies

Research Collaboration To Fight Neglected Diarrheal Diseases In Developing Countries, Roche And The Institute For Oneworld

Heart Disease In Kidney Patients Could Be Prevented By Readily Available Treatment

Inhibiting Stress Oxidant May Be New Therapy For COPD

No Link Found Between Malpractice Insurance Premiums, Tort Reform, And OB/GYN Supply

Dud Health Idea For 2020 Summit, Australian Medical Association

Use Of Screening Breast MRIs Endorsed For Some Women

Studying The Structure Of Plutonium Nanoclusters

The New Cancer Centre At Musgrove Park Hospital In Taunton Will Be Called "The Beacon", UK

'Threat' To Stage NHS Pay Award Angers Unite

Anticoagulant Therapy Supply SOP Produced By The NPA, UK

Simple Non-Invasive Test Predicts Heart Risk In Postmenopausal Women

Results From Largest Statin Study Of Patients With Alzheimer's Disease Show Lipitor(R) Has No Significant Impact On Disease

Early Treatment With COPAXONE(R) Significantly Delayed Progression To Clinically Definite Multiple Sclerosis

FDA Approves Medtronic's Talent(TM) Abdominal Stent Graft For Repairing Aortic Aneurysms

AirInSpace Is Certified To Protect Aircraft Passengers And Crew From Biological Threats Such As SARS And Avian Flu And Other Air Contaminants

ZIOPHARM Presents Positive Data From Phase II Study Of Darinaparsin In Advanced Hematological Malignancies At AACR 2008 Annual Meeting

Xanthus' Symadex Reverses Disease In Preclinical Mouse Models Of Multiple Sclerosis

In Just 6 Weeks New Type Of Drug Shrinks Primary Breast Cancer Tumors Significantly

Potential In Yeast For Selecting Lou Gehrig's Disease Drugs

Barbers Boost HIV Awareness In Rural India

Akorn, Inc. Announces FDA Approval Of Ofloxacin Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.3%

Lyrica Reduced Pain Of Fibromyalgia In Patients Regardless Of Symptoms Of Anxiety Or Depression

VioQuest Pharmaceuticals' Novel Akt Inhibitor VQD-002 Is Synergistic With Various Cancer Therapies In Preclinical Studies

University Of Virginia Study Shows That Lisofylline Reduces Obesity-Related Inflammation And Insulin Resistance

ForeverGreen Receives Clinical Study Results On Marine Phytoplankton

Study Finds Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Skin

Does Intensive Targeting Of Glycemia Really Matter For The Prevention Of Cardiovascular Disease?

Prevention Is Better Than Cure: Healthy Food For Healthy Life Taiwan International Senior Lifestyle And Health Care Show To Be Held On May 2-5

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Opens Patient Trial Of Virus That Attacks Brain Cancer Cells

Research Funded By NIH May Lead To Improved Hearing For Some

Collaboration Between Leading HIV Researchers On Vaccine Development

IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference

European Inventor Of The Year 2008 Nomination: Inventor Of Ossur's Flex-Foot

$5 Million Gift From Barbra Streisand Supports Women's Cardiovascular Research And Education

Blood Test For Aggressive Breast Cancer Sought By Research Collaboration

Study Probes Pure Oxygen's Healing Properties

Mesoblast Limited Announce Long-Lasting And Sustained Effect By Allogeneic Cells In Knee Osteoarthritis Preclinical Trials

Select Vaccines Achieves Key Milestone In Manufacturing - Producing Virus-like Particles From Large Scal, Yeast-based Expression System

British Medical Association Chairman Tackles Key Challenges Facing The Profession Interview On BMAtv - A New Service For Doctors, UK

Future Doctors Call For Action In Global Health, Australian Medical Association

Biotech Industry Supports 10% Biofuels Targets Set Out By The European Commission As Being Sustainable

Scottish Hospitals To Lead The Way In Advanced Full-Field Digital Mammography

Merial Selects Genostar's IOGMA Metabolic Pathway Builder Bioinformatics Software

New Findings On Menstrual Disorders In Elite Athletes

Banditry Against Food Trucks Forces WFP To Cut Rations In Darfur

Affiris Develops Alzheimer's Vaccine

Boots Centre For Innovation Brings Together Finest Minds Of British Business, Academia And Medicine

Fifth DSMB Meeting Supports Neurobiological Technologies' Continuation Of Phase 3 Stroke Trials With Viprinex(TM) (ancrod)

APIC Statement On April 16 Congressional Hearing On 'Healthcare Associated Infections: A Preventable Epidemic'

Low Vitamin D Levels Associated With An Increased Risk Of Peripheral Arterial Disease

New Research Identifies Factors That Influence Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants' Likelihood Of Survival, Disability

Gestational Age Not Only Factor In Outcome Of Severely Premature Healthy Babies

Study Results Of GAMMAGARD S/D And GAMMAGARD LIQUID In Patients With Mild To Moderate Alzheimer's Disease Announced

BrainCells Inc. Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial With BCI-540 For Depression With Anxiety

Medivation's Dimebon(TM) Significantly Improved Thinking And Memory In Alzheimer's Disease Patients Over One Year

FDA Grants NeoVista's Request To Expand CABERNET Trial To 30 Sites In The U.S.

PARI's EFlow Delivers Alnylam RNAi Therapeutic In Phase II Study

AlphaVax Announces Initial Analysis Of Data From CMV Phase 1 Clinical Trial

Alseres Pharmaceuticals Expands Sites For The First Stage Of The ALTROPANE(R) Phase III Clinical Trial Program

Schering-Plough Highlights PEGINTRON(TM) And Boceprevir Data Presentations At European Association For The Study Of The Liver (EASL) Annual Meeting

Innocoll Announces Dosing Of First Patient In US Phase 2 Clinical Trial To Investigate CollaRx(R) GENTAMICIN TOPICAL For The Treatment Of Foot Ulcers

SurgiLance Safety Lancet Part Of Major HIV Testing Initiative In Sub Saharan Africa

What You Don't Know Could Hurt You

Plastic Surgeons Play Pivotal Role In War Injury Research

Alzheimer's Starts Earlier For Heavy Drinkers, Smokers

Advances In Targeted Therapy And Tissue Engineering In Urology

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