Medical News Today: Health News for Tuesday 13 May 2008

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Tuesday 13 May 2008

Anti-Inflammatories Should Not Be Used To Prevent Alzheimer's, Study

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Results of a US study of elderly men and women with a family history of Alzheimer's suggest that the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) naproxen and celecoxib did not improve cognitive function and the...
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More Vaccine-Autism Link Cases Heard By US Court

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Parents claiming that the vaccine preservative thimerosal damaged their children's brains and led them to show symptoms of autism, brought their case before the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington...
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Pollution Linked To Deep Vein Thrombosis And Blood Clots

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

New research on people living in Italy, suggests that long term exposure to air pollution is linked to an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis and blood clots in the legs or thighs, adding to previous research findings...
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Death Gap Increases In U.S.

Migratory Birds Energy Use Related To Physical Characteristics And Climate

Temperature And Humidity Affect How Well A Gecko Grips

New Breakthrough On Link Between Neuronal Activity And Networking Anatomy

Acne Rosacea Affects Millions Worldwide - Many Don't Know They Have It

Acne Glossary - 40 Terms Commonly Used When Talking/writing About Acne

Mimivirus Research Yields Results Related To Larger Viruses

Policy Intervention With Potential: Forbid Unhealthy Snacks And Sell Fruit

For Some, Breast Cancer Prevented By Physical Activity

Other Medical and Health News for 13 May*

Physician Gainsharing Programs Reduce Hospital Spending While Leaving Quality, Access Unharmed, Study Finds

Washington Post Examines Lack Of Health Care For Undocumented Immigrants In Detention Centers

Connecticut House Approves Bill To Eliminate Three-Day Hospitalization Rule For Residential Treatment Insurance Coverage

HIV/AIDS Cases Increasing Among Commercial Sex Workers In Uganda

New York Times Examines Health Care Access Of Undocumented Immigrants

Massachusetts Health Insurance Connector Considers Expanding State-Subsidized Coverage To Low-Income Residents Who Cannot Afford Employer-Based Cov.

IRIN/PlusNews Examines Efforts To Increase Access To Safe Drinking Water Among HIV-Positive People In Sudan

Survival Rates For Infants Born Before 24 Weeks' Gestation In U.K. Unchanged, Study Finds

Business Week Examines College-Recommended Health Insurance Plans For Students

No-Cost Antiretrovirals At Clinic In Rural Malawi Reduces AIDS-Related Deaths, Study Says

Newark Star-Ledger Examines Abortion Positions Of Republican Candidates For U.S. Senate

Veteran Disability Payments To Increase As Number Of Veterans Decreases

Canadian Drug Company Awarded Rwandan Contract To Provide Combination Antiretroviral

Pew Report Finds Higher Fertility Rates Among Hispanic Women Than Among Non-Hispanics

NFIB Launches Advertising Campaign With Focus On Cost Of Health Insurance For Small Businesses

CDC Director Gerberding Calls For Increase In HIV Prevention Efforts For Black Community

Arizona Nursing Board Committee Recommends Allowing Nurses To Perform First-Trimester Abortions

AMA Officials Outline Provisions Physicians Would Accept In Electronic Prescribing Legislation

Former Surgeon General Carmona Outlines Preventive Methods For Chronic Diseases In Opinion Piece

More Funding Needed To Address HIV Prevention Efforts In Black Community, CDC Director Gerberding Says

Senate GOP Seeks To Remove Provisions To Delay Medicaid Regulations From War Spending Bill

Democrats Rebuff Republican Efforts To Remove Medicaid Provisions From War Spending Bill

Medicare Costs Can Be Reduced Through Preventive Care, Opinion Piece States

Infant Mortality Three Times Higher Among Blacks Than Whites In Urban Areas Of Michigan, Study Finds

Pope Praises 1968 Document Condemning Contraception

AP/Miami Herald Looks At Democratic Presidential Candidates' Proposed Health Plans

CQ's Carey Looks At New Medicare Marketing Guidelines, Health Care Provisions Added To Supplemental War Spending Bill, House Panel Approval

Increased Research, Determination Needed In HIV/AIDS Vaccine Efforts, HIV Vaccine Enterprise Head Says

New Automatic Analysis Of Protein Patterns In Tissues From Carnegie Mellon Engineering Researchers

Research Findings Change The Way Doctors Perform Cleft Palate Surgery

Protecting The Hearts Of Patients With Muscular Dystrophy Using New Approach

Risk Of Death And Stroke Increased By Use Of Metoprolol Around The Time Of Surgery: POISE Trial

Dixie The Dog Has Sight Restored: First Veterinary Corneal Implant Procedure In U.S.

The Role Of Gender In Disease Should Be Considered In Medical Research

Religion And The Narrative Of Biological Science

Older Persons With More Schooling Spend Fewer Years With Cognitive Loss

Sexual Harassment Negatively Affects Both Boys And Girls

Economics Helping To Change Early Childhood Policy Debate

Improved Understanding Of Ancient Protein Offers Clues To Killer Condition

How A Human And A Fruit Fly Differ

Dogs Sniffing Feces To Save The Species

Natural Selection Favors Parasite Fitness Over Host Health

Statement By Secretary Of Agriculture Ed Schafer On Congress' Announcement Of A New Farm Bill

Concern Over Strong Media Influence On Women's Body Image

Possible Connection Between Marijuana Abuse And Stroke Or Heart Attacks

Glypican-3 Gene Function In Regulating Body Size Helps Inform Novel Cancer Treatments

Model Shows How Mutation Tips Biochemistry To Cause Alzheimer's

Fast And Effective Way Discovered To Investigate Important Aspects Of Human Ageing

Skeletal Muscle Development Responds To Nutrient Availability

News From The American Chemical Society

Postal Service Honors American Thoracic Society Founder By Issuing Dr. Edward Trudeau Stamp On May 12

Early Findings Of Cancer Genome Atlas Map For Glioblastoma To Be Presented At BIO International Convention

LA BioMed One Of The Sites For The Nation's Largest Lung Disease Study - Research Seeks Genetic Cause Of COPD

News From The Annals Of Family Medicine, May/June 2008

Conference Addresses State-Of-The-Art Cancer Treatments - 2nd ESMO Symposium On Soft Tissue Carcinomas And GIST

Providing Free Or Very Low Cost Online Access To Biomedical And Health Information To Institutions In Developing Countries

Phantoms In The Brain: Pain After Amputation, Canada

Quit Smoking Message Not Getting Air Time In Mental Health Care

Mutant Gene Causes Epilepsy, Intellectual Disability In Women

Alcohol Cravings In Response To Negative Emotions Felt More Acutely By Men

Confirmation Of Effectiveness Of Naltrexone For Alcohol Dependence In Alaska Natives And Other Alaskans Living In Rural Areas

International Study Of Animal Behaviour Has Important Implications For Human Decision-Making

Scottish Medicines Consortium Rules Against Breakthrough Treatment For Devastating Blood Cancer

Revealing A Key Step In The 'Puncture' Mechanism Of Cell Death

Cambridge Consultants To Unveil New Licensing Program For Dry Powder Inhaler "Gen-X" Development Tools At The Respiratory Drug Delivery Conference

SUFE (Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis) - Delay In Diagnosing "Can Be Devastating"

New Research Reveals 32% Of Those With Depression Experience Frequent Thoughts Of Death Or Suicide

Siemens Introduces New Versatile Laptop Ultrasound System - ACUSON P50 Dissolves Healthcare Boundaries For Diagnostic Imaging Anywhere

iClin Solutions Launch New Therapy For Cancer Treatment

Novel Mechanisms Controlling Insulin Release And Fat Deposition Discovered

Care Home Residents Wrongly Being Denied Attendance Allowance - UK

Coeliac UK Is Calling For 'Food Without Fear' For

Drinking And Driving: Binge Drinkers Have A Disconnect Between Assessing Their Driving Abilities And Reality

Lack Of Support Means Premature And Sick Babies Are Missing Out On Their Mothers' Milk, UK

BMA Survey On Healthcare For Older People - Help The Aged Response, UK

Biofuels, Medicines, Bioplastics, Flavors, Pigments -- Plants Deliver

Scientists Find Genetic Alterations That Increase The Risk Of Neuroblastoma, An Aggressive Childhood Cancer, UK

Link Discovered Between Altered Dopamine Activity And Social Anxiety Disorder

Glasgow Awards Five Honorary Degrees For Outstanding Work In Life Sciences, UK

Urging The Public To "Think Before You Drink"

Leukemia-Initiating Cells Attacked By Arsenic-Based Therapy

Demonstrating How Embryonic Stem Cells Develop Into Tissue-Specific Cells

Alzheimer' S Society Comment On A Review Of Palliative Care Published In The May Issue Of Journal Of Clinical Nursing, UK

American Red Cross Relief Flows Into Storm Ravaged States

Sloppy Record Keeping Gets Nurse Struck Off, UK

Fundamental Reform Of The Care And Support System Needed, Says King's Fund, UK

NPA Establishes Pharmacy IT Supply Chain Forum, UK

Latest BGOP Briefing To Highlight Community Pharmacy Role For Organisations Working With Older People, UK

Secretary Leavitt Travels To The People's Republic Of China To Check Up On Efforts To Improve Product Safety

UNICEF Concerned About Emotional Distress Of Children In Myanmar

AVMA Opposes Use Of Double-Deck Trailers For Transporting Horses And Other Equines

Perceptual Switch Rates With Ambiguous Structure-from-motion Figures In Bipolar Disorder

Ocean Acidification May Increase Calcification Rates - But At A Cost

Multi-level Trophic Cascades In A Heavily Exploited Open Marine Ecosystem

Developmental Model Of Static Allometry In Holometabolous Insects

Impact Of Experimentally Elevated Energy Expenditure On Oxidative Stress And Lifespan In The Short-tailed Field Vole Microtus Agrestis

Population Viscosity Can Promote The Evolution Of Altruistic Sterile Helpers And Eusociality

Scaling Theory For Information Networks

Historically A Disappointment, Neuroprotective Drug Strategies Pursuing New Targets And Mechanisms

NIH Awards La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology Major Grant To Test Safety Of New Smallpox Treatment

MS Can Affect Children's IQ, Thinking Skills

New Data At ERA-EDTA Show Mimpara(R) (Cinacalcet) Improves Management Of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism In Daily Clinical Practice

Half The British Public Don't Always Use A Condom With A New Sexual Partner

Think Carefully Before Helping Patients Seek Overseas Treatment Warns Medical Defence Union

Medtronic Anticipates 'Practice-Changing' Clinical Data For Interventional Cardiologists At EuroPCR

AHF Launches "YouTube" Campaign: "Congress-Save AIDS Treatment In PEPFAR"

Department Of Health Launches Campaign To Address Inequalities In Breastfeeding - National Breastfeeding Awareness Week (11-17 May 2008), UK

APA Awards Outstanding Psychology Teachers With The Excellence In Teaching Award

Medtronic Announces Start Of International Study Comparing Endeavor(R) Resolute Drug-Eluting Stent To Abbott's Xience(R) V

Society Director Takes Up New Role With Bar Standards Board

American Lung Association Founder Honored With New U.S. Postage Stamp

Pipex Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation For Oral TTM For Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

Vicor Technologies Announces Additional Positive Clinical Trial Results

Another Reason Not To Go In To Work?

Brook Encourages Sexual Health Services To Be More Welcoming To Boys And Young Men, UK

Medinol Receives CE Mark For Presillion(TM) Cobalt Chromium Coronary Stent On Rx System, An Advanced Evolution Of The NIR(R) Family Of Stents

Scottish Medicines Consortium Approves First-In-class Integrase Inhibitor,'Isentress'(R) (Raltegravir), For The Treatment Of HIV

GSL Receives Authorisation In Europe For Oral Hycamtin(R) (topotecan Hard Capsules) For The Treatment Of Relapsed Small Cell Lung Cancer

Alseres Pharmaceuticals Announces 12 Month Interim Results From The Phase I/IIa Cethrin(R) Clinical Trial In Acute Spinal Cord Injury

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