Medical News Today: Health News for Monday 28 April 2008

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Monday 28 April 2008

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Researchers in East Anglia in the UK are looking for 150 postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes to take part in a study to find out if compounds in chocolate reduce the risk of heart disease in women with diabetes...
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Inherited Blindness Treated With Gene Therapy

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Using a revolutionary new gene therapy, scientists in the UK have successfully treated a teenage patient who has a rare inherited blindness called Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA)...
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Dramatic Rise In Pre-Motherhood Diabetes In America

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Research from California suggests there has been a dramatic rise in the number of teenage and adult women who develop diabetes before motherhood, with figures showing a doubling in numbers between 1999 and 2005...
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Structural Changes Are Needed To Fix World Food Crisis

Adverse Outcomes Linked To Hemoglobin-Based Blood Substitutes

Indigenous Polynesian Peoples Have Higher Cancer Mortality Rates

Other Medical and Health News for 28 April*

Major Funding For Research Into Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, UK

Senate Fast-Tracks Medicaid Bill That Would Delay New Rules; CMS Defends Rules, Willing To Talk

Criticism Of Health Care Proposal Of Presidential Candidate Clinton Raises Questions About Opponent Obama, Krugman Writes

'Sound Scientific Reasons To Believe' Researchers Can Create HIV/AIDS Vaccine, Opinion Piece Says

FDA Official Says Agency Cannot Ensure Safety Of All Medications Sold In U.S.

Bush Administration Should Rescind SCHIP Directive That Restricts Enrollment Expansions, Editorial States

Thai HIV/AIDS Programs Overlook Children, UNICEF Official Says

Senate Approves Genetic Nondiscrimination Legislation

Florida Budget Officials Tap Into Tobacco Endowment Fund To Provide Health Care For Low-Income, Severely Ill Residents

Iowa Records 127 New HIV Cases In 2007, Highest Number Since 1998, Health Department Report Says

Michigan House Delays Vote On Abortion Ban Mirroring Federal Law

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Health Coverage Expansion Efforts In Connecticut, Illinois, Minnesota

Connecticut HIV/AIDS Advocates, Teenagers Call For Passage Of Bill That Would Provide Grants For Comprehensive Sex Education

Report Evaluates Efforts To Extend Health Insurance To Uninsured Subpopulations

USA Today Examines Stand-Alone Emergency Departments

Needle-Exchange Programs In Washington, D.C., To Expand By Summer

Report Examines State Health Care Reforms That Target Minorities, Immigrants, Non-English Speaking Residents

U.S., British HIV/AIDS Researchers Pessimistic About Prospects Of Vaccine, Survey Finds

Pharmacist Sanctioned For Refusing To Fill, Transfer Contraceptive Prescription Appeals To Wis. Supreme Court

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Write Letter To Congressional Committees Expressing Concerns Over Cuts To 'Indirect Medical Education' Medicare Payments

Efforts Address Cultural Competency, Cancer, Hospice Care And Health Disparities Among Minority Populations

Reports Evaluate State Health Care Reforms, Efforts To Extend Health Insurance To Uninsured

Special Needs Plans Seek To Avoid Moratorium By Providing More Data To Congress

HHS Secretary Leavitt Says Rising Medicare Costs Will Cause Generational Divide

Senate Committee Passes Bill To Promote Health Careers Among American Indians

Angina Patients Not Getting Tested

HPV Vaccine Uptake

Glaxosmithkline's Volibris Receives Authorisation From The European Commission For The Treatment Of Functional Class II And III PAH

Dr H.P. Heineken Prize For Biochemistry And Biophysics Awarded To Jack Szostak

HHS, Cleveland Clinic Collaborate To Advance Treatment For Neurological Disorders

UNAIDS Governing Board Meeting Closes In Chiang Mai

Nurses Call For Dignity To Be At The Heart Of Nursing, UK

Canada's Food Guide Now Available In 10 Additional Languages

New Age Of 'Pocket Pet' Medicine Begins-AVMA Grants Exotic Companion Mammal Specialty Provisional Recognition

Dr. Patricia Wohlferth-Bethke Hired By AVMA To Oversee AVMA Veterinary Career Center

"Vaccination Week In The Americas" Advances On Goals

No Risk To General Public Following Death Of Quarantined Puppy From Rabies, UK

Diabetes UK Funds Trial To Explore Effects Of Chocolate Compound

Advertising To Children Ban Blocked, UK

Can You 'Think Yourself Thin'?

Doctor Prosecuted For Advertising And Selling An Unlicensed Medicine - 'Fat Jab', UK

Heat Is On To Protect Child Sunbed Users, UK

Skin-To-Skin Contact Eases Babies' Pain

New Technique Created For Malaria Diagnosis

Your Pharmacist 2008 Goes Outdoors, UK

Breast Cancer: Prognosis, Treatment, And Prevention - New Book

Will You Be Misdiagnosed? - How Diagnostic Errors Happen. Physician Overconfidence Explored As A Contributing Factor

BIO Celebrates National DNA Day

Pfizer Enters Into Research Consortium To Expand Understanding Of Diabetes And Obesity Pathobiology

World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) "Don't 'Dis' The Ability"... Artworks By Individuals On The Autism Spectrum - Artists Give Back!

The Eye-Patch Kids, DVD

Breakthrough Technique Pioneered At Novartis Research Institute Restores Light Sensitivity In Damaged Retinas Of Mice

Attention Healthcare CIOs: Nurse Staffing And Satisfaction A Top Priority

European Commission Approves Viread For Chronic Hepatitis B

New Survey Shows Worrying Increase In Self-harm, UK

Dignity In Care Of Paramount Importance, Says Help The Aged As RCN Issues Survey, UK

GE Healthcare Completes Acquisition Of Whatman Plc

UNISON Urges MPs To Officially Recognise Workers Memorial Day, UK

Quarry Firm And Foreman Prosecuted After Worker Became Trapped In Machinery, UK

The Pesticides Forum Publishes Its Annual Report 2007 Along With Its Fourth Indicators Report, UK

Academy Testifies At FDA Meeting On Lasik Outcomes And Satisfaction

Reduced Absences And Improved Job Commitment Associated With Workplace Flexibility

Mapping The Genetic Locus For Triglycerides

Researchers At UCLA Engineering Discover Theoretical Model To Predict Jamming Which Could Provide New Avenues In Materials Innovation And Medicine

Important Markers Of High Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes Discovered By Researchers

Risks Of TB Recurrence Reduced By Common Vitamin And Other Micronutrient Supplements

Sensory Treatment Reduces Autistic Mannerisms

Synexus(R) Achieves Record With More Than 10,000 Patients Enrolled In Clinical Studies

End-Of-Life Treatment Decisions Complicated By False Memories

Low-Frequency Hearing Linked To Shape Of The Cochlea

Children With Autism Display Surprising Language Abilities

The Insulin Highway Bypassed

Opening A Channel For Salt Retention

Anesthesia, Alzheimer's And Low Oxygen

Health And Economic Benefits Provided By Minimally Invasive Robotic Bypass Surgery

Pregnancy And Extreme Nausea And Vomiting

Fewer Complications From Minimally Invasive Pancreas Surgery

News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology

Discovery That Different Processes Govern Sight, Light Detection Could Point Toward Help For SAD, Insomnia Patients

New 3M Rapid Detection Flu A+B Test Announced By 3M Health Care

PharmCare And IPharmacy Admitted Into South Australian Hospitals

Tredaptive Recommended For EU Approval For The Treatment Of Mixed Dyslipidaemia And Primary Hypercholesterolaemia

Smokers Interested In Smoking Less Needed For Harm Reduction Study, University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine

In-Home Health Care Via Wireless Networks, NSF Awards $1.5M For Study

Mental Health Research Charity Honours Dr. Mei For Schizophrenia Studies

BodyLogicMD Opens Hormone Therapy Office In Los Angeles, CA

Scientific Consensus On AIDS Vaccine Prospect Is Bleak, Poll Reveals

Matria Healthcare To Provide A Major National Health Plan With Expanded Continuum Of Maternity Care

Lannett Company Receives Approval For Dipyridamole Tablets USP, 25 Mg, 50 Mg, And 75 Mg

University Of Alabama Team Earns HudsonAlpha Innovation Prize

Grant From NIH To Advance Brain Tumor Therapies From Lab To Clinical Trials

Multiple Studies Demonstrate The Use Of Hyperthermia Therapy In Treating Pancreatic Cancer

Symposium Announces Great Strides In Childhood Immunization

Gerba: Sometimes It's Better Not To Clean

Proteus Biomedical Initiates Clinical Study Of Novel Technology For Heart Failure

The Hartford Is First To Offer Life Insurance At Standard Rates To Prostate Cancer Survivors With The Most Common Form Of The Disease

Ligand Initiates Phase II Trial With LGD-4665 In Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Extendicare Selects Kronos(R) To Attract And Retain Best Caregivers

Number Of Under-10s Who Are A victim Of violence - NCH Response To The Cardiff University Study, UK

NCH Response To The Children's Society's Good Childhood Enquiry, UK

First Human Use Demonstrates Effectiveness Of Irreversible Electroporation Treatment

Editorial, Opinion Piece Address Whether FDA Approval Of Medications Should Exempt Companies From Liability Lawsuits

S.D. Coalition Calls On Gov. Rounds To Develop Strategy To Address Unplanned Pregnancies, Abortion

Sen. Reid Fast-Tracks Medicaid Bill; CMS Official Says Bush Administration 'Willing To Talk'

Residents In Predominately Hispanic Southern Texas Region Suffer Higher Rates Of Disease, Report Finds

Akorn-Strides, LLC Announces FDA The Approvals Of Two ANDAs For Ondansetron Injection USP

AIBS Annual Meeting In May Will Focus On Climate, Environment, And Infectious Diseases

Analysis Of RNA Role In Spreading Disease Advances Study Of Damaging Plant Infections

Neuroimaging Improves Quality Of Life For Brain Tumor Patients

Weather Warnings At AMS Conference

Dr. Jane Brotanek At UT Southwestern Medical Center Receives Grant From The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

2-Day Evolution Symposium Hosted By Rockefeller University, May 1-2, 2008

A Mechanism That Can Send Cells On The Road To Cancer Discovered By Scientists

BRIGHTER Lasers For Tomorrow's Technologies

$450,000 Sweetener In Colon Cancer Battle

Publication Offers Labs Consensus Recommendations For Diagnosing Parasitic Diseases

New Targets For Modification Enzymes Uncovered By Epigenetic Research

New Technology Looks At Neurons From All Sides

Gene Therapy Improves Vision In Patients With Congenital Retinal Disease

Evanger's Dog & Cat Food Company Responds To FDA News Release

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