Medical News Today: Health News for Thursday 24 April 2008

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Thursday 24 April 2008

Childhood Trends Improving In US, But Obesity And Low Birthweight Are Serious Concerns

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new report on trends in early and middle childhood in the US suggests that a number of health, wellbeing, education, family and social indicators are improving, but there are one or two critical areas where things are...
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Heart Cells Made From Embryonic Stem Cells

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A group of scientists from Canada and the US has successfully used embryonic stem cells to produce heart progenitor cells which are able to make three major types of cell essential for a healthy heart...
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FDA Strengthens BSE Safeguards In Animal Feed

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

In a move to reduce the spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as "mad cow disease", and protect the health of humans and animals, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned certain high...
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India To Carry Majority Of World's Heart Disease Burden By 2010

Researchers Expand Role Of Mitochondria In Cell Division

Efficient Coding Principle Applied To Sense Of Smell

Breast Cancer Types Have Different Origins

Unhappiness Among UK Teens Surprisingly High

Other Medical and Health News for 24 April*

Elusive Protein Protects Malaria Parasite From Heme

President Bush Meets With "Six-Way" Kidney Tranplant Team And Patients

Eat Less For A Girl, More For A Boy? NHS Choices Response

Scalp And Neck Melanoma Survival

FDA Cannot Properly Inspect Foreign Companies That Manufacture Medications, Medication Ingredients, Report Finds

HIV/AIDS Threat To National Security In Pacific Region, Official Says

Lawmakers Reach Agreement On Genetic Nondiscrimination Legislation; Bill Could Be Approved Soon

U.S. Prisons Missing Opportunities To Provide HIV Testing, Education, Prevention, Panel Says

Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Improved Access To Medications For Most Seniors, But Sickest Seniors Continued Skipping Pills Because Of Cost Issue

CBO Releases Cost Estimate Of Medicaid Legislation

Massachusetts Lawmakers Seek To Restore Budget Funding To Establish State Health Equity Office

White House Issues Formal Veto Threat Against Legislation That Would Delay Medicaid Regulations

More Than One In Five Adults In Kentucky Uninsured In Early 2008, Poll Finds

Georgia Report Grades Counties On Health Status Of Minorities, Identifies Areas For Improvement

Wall Street Journal Examines New Measure In Fertility Testing

Senators Request Resignation Of VA Mental Health Director

Researchers Develop Breath-Monitoring Device To Monitor Treatment Adherence Among HIV-Positive People

Actions Taken On Women's Health-Related Legislation In Iowa, Kansas, Missouri

Disciplinary Action Against Physicians Dropped 6% From 2006 To 2007, US Report Finds

Children's Center Aims To Promote Home-Based HIV Testing Among Youth In Botswana

Colo. Senate Candidate Schaffer Criticized For Not Acknowledging Forced Abortions In Northern Mariana Islands

NACDS Seeks Passage Of E-Prescribing Bill To Finance Medicaid Reimbursement Rule Change

UAE Establishes Committee To Develop HIV/AIDS Strategy

House Expected To Pass Medicaid Bill; Sen. Baucus Says Chamber Will Soon Consider Measure

Democratic Presidential Candidate Clinton Wins Pennsylvania Primary, Favored On Health Care Issue

Thailand's Anti-Drug Efforts Hindering Fight Against HIV/AIDS, Advocates Say

NICE Guidance Aims To Prevent Hypothermia In Patients Undergoing Surgery, UK

UKCMRI Partners Dismiss Claims About Research Project, UK

Healthcare Watchdog Launches Biggest Ever Inspection Programme In Acute NHS Trusts To Check Infection Control, UK

Mind Journalist Of The Year Award 2008 Shortlist Announced, UK

CNA/NNOC Statement On Restraining Order Against SEIU: Threats, Harassment And Stalking Of RNs Remain Out Of Bounds, USA

Academy Board Approves Funding And Scientific Support Of Lasik Quality Of Life Study With FDA

World Asthma Day Is May 6, 2008, Australia

Fly Lifespan Lengthened By Eliminating Germline

St. Jude Medical To Present At Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference

FDA Clears Glove Made From New Type Of Latex

World Veterinary Day

Physical Therapists Unite To Support The Uninsured

Mitochondrial Dysfunction And Redox Signaling In Atrial Tachyarrhythmia

Prevention Best Medicine For Colds And Flu

"Life For A Child" Diabetes Documentary Accepted Into Competition At New York's Prestigious Tribeca Film Festival

Structure Of Protein That Repairs Damage To Cancer Cells Revealed By Researchers

National Patient Safety Foundation Announces Research Grant Recipients For 2007-2008

Girls And Sexual Minorities Suffer Most From Sexual Harassment At School

Summer Meeting Networking Session To Show Off Patient Safety Strategies, USA

ASHP Steps In To Resolve Member Concerns About Proposed Standard

Reconstruction Innovations For Breast Cancer Patients Including Partial And Full Mastectomies Examined By ASPS Report

Registry Will Track Multiple Sclerosis To Help Combat The Disease, USA

Improving Pregnancy Prospects After Cancer Treatment

Novartis Announces 20% Average Reduction In Price Of Malaria Drug Coartem(R) To Further Accelerate Access In Malaria-endemic Regions

Positive Preclinical Data On HCV Programs At The Annual Meeting Of The European Association For The Study Of The Liver (EASL), Idenix Pharmaceuticals

150 Cases Or More Of Colonoscopy Experience Required For Competency, Study Finds

German Study Finds No Sexual Bias In Myocardial Infarction Mortality Rates

Exercise Balance - Helping Over-Exercisers And Under-Exercisers - New Book

Potentially Deadly Infection Doubles Among Hospital Patients Over Last Five Years, USA

Gordon Watkins To Become President Of British Dental Association, UK

MS Society Comments On Stem Cells Story

New Pill For Type 2 Diabetes Enhances Patients' Natural Body Process To Improve Blood Sugar Control, UK

Master Regulator Of Innate Immunity Linked To The Hypoxic Response

Road Signs Inspire A New Iconic Drug Information System

A Cuddle Helps Pretermers Bounce Back From Pain

Unsafe Abortion Kills Over 3,000 Nigerian Women Each Year

UQ Leads The Way On Complementary Medicine Research, Australia

HSE Chair's Reminder On Leadership Agenda, UK

Midwives Concerned At New Diet And Baby Gender Research, UK

Napa Pain Conference Focuses On Chronic Pain Care And Neuromodulation

Amkor Pharma, Inc. Completes All Clinical Activities For Its Phase I Study Of Neu2000KL For Treatment Of Acute Brain Injury

Immunicon Corporation Receives Grant To Develop Test For Residual Disease In Leukemia Patients

Patient Education Software For Chiropractors

New Peer Review Publications Support Nymox Saliva Smoking Test

PhiloGene Inc. Announces Revolutionary Advances In The Treatment Of Cancer And Macular Degeneration

ARYx Therapeutics Enters Clinic With Novel Antipsychotic Drug For Patients With Schizophrenia

Orexigen(R) Therapeutics Announces Completion Of Enrollment In Second Of Four Phase III Clinical Trials For Contrave(R)

Zila Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For ViziLite Eyewear

Archemix' ARC1779 Granted Orphan Designation For The Treatment Of TTP, A Life-Threatening Blood Disorder

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine Publishes Clinical Research

Apha Publishes Pharmacy Field's First Book On Cultural Competence

Multipotential Stem Cells Could Be Provided By Menstrual Blood

Gene For Branchio-Oculo-Facial Syndrome Discovered By Researchers

Genetic Scientists Anticipate U.S. Senate Passage Of The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

American Society For Therapeutic Radiology And Oncology Launches Online Practice Quality Improvement Project

Report: Men Need To Know More About Prostate Health - Prostate Cancer Education Council Releases New Report

MIT-Led Teams Unravel Heparin Death Mystery

Positive Results From Re-Read Of Vasovist(R) Phase 3 Images Announced By EPIX Pharmaceuticals

In Transition To Alcohol Dependence The Role Of Genes Increases

German Survey Finds Every Fifth Adolescent Smokes

Mount Sinai Surgery Chief Announces Breakthrough In Trifecta Cancer Treatment

Global Responsibilities For Animal Welfare: British Veterinary Association President Calls On The Veterinary Community To Sign Up To UDAW

New Phase I Study Announcement Of Interleukin-7 As Immunotherapy In Treatment Of Bone Marrow Or Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant Patients

Food Aid Basket Missing Critical Ingredients - Dire Consequences For Children Under Two

BMA Scotland Warns Of Impending Crisis In General Practice

British Dental Association Urges Reconsideration Of NHS Commitment Criteria, UK

VitalCare Announces FDA Approval Of Infusion Device Used For ICAT Therapy

Boeing Shifting Cost Of Health Care Onto Workers' Families, SPEEA Announces

American Cancer Society Announces Launch Of National Hispanic Public Service Campaign

InfuScience Procures Vivaglobin(R) For In-Home Infusion Therapy

BioAlliance Pharma Announces Preliminary Results From The Pivotal US Phase III Trial For Loramyc(TM)

26,000 Dollars Grant From The Prem Rawat Foundation Aids Flood Victims In Ecuador

High-Dose Lipitor Reduced The Risk Of Heart Attack And Stroke In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Pink Alert: Premerus Calls For Raised Awareness On Misdiagnosis Of Breast Cancer

APP Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Approval For Colistimethate For Injection, USP

Musgrove Park Dominates Regional Health Awards, UK

Health Minister Welcomes The First Ever UK Prostate Cancer Masterclass

Oral Anti-Cancer Medication SOP Issued By NPA

General Optical Council Consults On Equality Monitoring Scheme, UK

Results From Phase 2b "DEEP" Study In Severe Pre-Eclampsia

Pharmacy Engaging With EPS Despite Challenges, UK

A Stem Cell Type Supposed To Be Crucial For Angiogenesis And Cancer Growth Does Not Exist?

Diabetes Worst In The Developing World

The Effect Of Diet On The Mental Performance Of Children The Nutrimenthe FP7 Project Investigates

More Clinical Data Required To Support European Approval Of CAP Indication For TYGACIL

First Human Implant Of New Archus Orthopedics Facet Replacement System

Idenix Pharmaceuticals Presents Positive Preclinical Data On HCV Programs At The Annual Meeting Of The European Association For The Liver

PTC Therapeutics Announces Initiation Of Phase 2b Registration-Directed Clinical Trial Of PTC124 In Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy

Poniard Pharmaceuticals Announces Final Picoplatin Data From Phase 2 Small Cell Lung Cancer Trial Demonstrating Survival Benefit

Replidyne Discontinues Phase III Trial

Micromet Enrolls First Patient In A Phase 1 Clinical Trial With MT110, The First BiTE Antibody For Treatment Of Solid Tumors

Romark Announces Presentation Of New Data For Nitazoxanide In Chronic Hepatitis C At EASL 2008

FDA Approves VYVANSE(TM) (lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate), The First And Only Once-Daily Prodrug Stimulant To Treat ADHD In Adults

FDA Approval Of Cimzia(R) For Crohn's Disease Represents Latest Milestone For Nektar's PEGylation Technology Platform

Accelerated Cure Project For Multiple Sclerosis Is One Thousand Steps Closer To A Cure For MS

Researchers Make New Finding About How Memory Is Stored

Discovery To Hasten New Malaria Treatments, Vaccines For Children

Researchers Identify New Cell Targets For Preventing Growth Of Breast And Other Tumors

Exciting Times For Heart Assisting Devices

Having A Baby Isn't Blissful For All New Mothers

Having Surgery? STOP, And Take This Test First!

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