Medical News Today: Health News for Wednesday 14 May 2008

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Wednesday 14 May 2008

Dennis Quaid Tells Lawmakers How Drug Mix Up Nearly Killed His Newborn Twins

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

American actor Dennis Quaid went to Capitol Hill today, Wednesday, and told a panel of lawmakers at the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about how his baby twins Thomas and Zoe nearly died when they were...
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DNA Fingerprinting Identifies Viable IVF Embryos

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

An international team of scientists has discovered a way of testing IVF embryos using DNA fingerprinting that could one day be used to select the ones that are more likely to implant successfully and grow to full term and...
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Procedure May Reduce Hot Flushes For Breast Cancer Survivors

Written by Peter M Crosta

A stellate-ganglion block is a numbing of the star-shaped collection of nerves in the neck that is thought to affect both temperature and sleep control. A new study published in The Lancet Oncology reports that breast...
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Other Medical and Health News for 14 May*

Most Effective Initial Therapy For HIV-1 Infection Identified

Report Proposes Near-Universal Health Coverage System That Would Allow Individuals, Small Businesses To Purchase Insurance Through Private Plans

Pediatric Society Leaders, Health Policy Experts Consider Disparities In Children's Health As Top Priority For Political Candidates

Black-White Health Gap Should Be Addressed As A Race Issue, Not Class Issue, Author Says

U.S. Adults Trust Democratic Presidential Candidate Obama More Than Presumptive GOP Nominee McCain On Health Care

Hawaii Legislature Overrides Gov. Lingle's Veto Of Prescription Drug Importation Program

Updated Fact Sheets Provide Data About HIV/AIDS Among Blacks, Latinos, Women

Lilly Commits 1mm Dollars To World Medical Association To Support Innovative Tuberculosis Training Course

Opinion Piece Highlights Group's Efforts To Reduce Maternal Mortality In Haiti, Rwanda

Indiana Receives CMS Approval To Expand SCHIP

Chicago Tribune Magazine Examines HIV/AIDS Among Children, Adolescents In U.S.

Ohio Politician Requests Inquiry Of Planned Parenthood Reply To Calls By Antiabortion Advocates Posing As Donors

Washington Post Examines Women's Roles In Health Care For National Women's Health Week

HIV/AIDS Hindering Mozambique's Efforts To Reduce Poverty, E.U. Delegate Says

Mo. Judge Rejects PPKM Argument Against State Law To Reclassify Abortion Clinics As Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Insurers Dropping Out Of Connecticut Medicaid Program In Response To Disclosure Policy

Yemen, UNDP Sign Agreement To Strengthen HIV/AIDS Control Efforts In Country

Letters To The Editor Respond To New York Times Investigation On Immigrants Who Die In Detention Centers

FDA Approves Barr's Application To Sell Generic Version Of Oral Contraceptive Yasmin

Lawmakers Criticize Agencies For Lack Of Coordination Of Prescription Drug Benefits For Federal Retirees

Cuba Increasing HIV Prevention Efforts Targeted At MSM, Health Official Says

Media Campaign Targets Hispanic Women For Health Care Prevention

Supreme Court Rejects Asylum Appeal From Man Whose Partner Underwent Forced Abortion In China

CDC Needs Increased Funding For HIV Prevention Efforts, Advocates Say

Some Public Health Experts Concerned That Tobacco Regulation Bill Would Protect Types Of Cigarettes Mostly Smoked By Blacks

Novel Treatment Offers Insomnia Sufferers Hope Of Quality Sleep

Alabama Begins Mandatory Screening Of Newborns For Cystic Fibrosis

Tooth Loss Linked To Esophageal, Head And Neck, And Lung Cancer

Molecular 'Clock' Could Predict Risk For Developing Breast Cancer

Researchers Get Inside A Long Suspected HIV Hideout In Humans

Girls, Young Women Can Cut Risk Of Early Breast Cancer Through Regular Exercise

Supplemental Breast Ultrasound Boosts Cancer Detection

Study Could Aid Development Of Improved Blood Pressure Drugs

Poor Rural Communities Need More Access To Health Information

Doctors Don't Talk To Their Patients About Participating In Research

A New Analysis Method Can Determine The Sex Of The Baby From The Second Month Of Pregnancy

Pioneering Induction Of Bone Formation Using Embryonic Stem Cells

I Do Not See It, But My Brain Does

28M U.S. Women At Risk Of Unintended Pregnancy, Guttmacher Report Finds

Washington Post Series Examines Errors In Psychiatric Diagnoses, Medications Of Detained Immigrants

U.S. Must Improve Access To Cancer Screening, Treatment, Cyclist Armstrong Writes

Panelists Call On Lawmakers To Address Racial Health Disparities

Invivodata's EPRO Solution Captures Primary Efficacy Data Supporting Supplemental Approval Of Sucampo's AMITIZA For A New Indication

ArGentis Licenses Third Treatment For Dry Eye Syndrome

Lasers To Align Molecules At Argonne

How Smoking Causes Cancer Pinpointed By OHSU Cancer Institute Researchers

Link Between Psychological Stress And Overeating Discovered By Yerkes Researchers

Updated Guidelines On Antibiotic Prophylaxis For Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Issued By ASGE

Spotlight On A Key Player In The Dance Of Chromosomes

Vermedx(R) Technology To Support San Antonio Diabetes Management Program

LUNESTA(R) Study Of Patients With Insomnia And Co-Morbid Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Published In Archives Of General Psychiatry

Sleeping Outside The Box: Electroencephalographic Measures Of Sleep In Sloths Inhabiting A Rainforest

A Label Of Health: A Previous Immune Challenge Is Reflected In The Expression Of A Female Plumage Trait

Multiple Ancient Origins Of Neoteny In Lycidae (Coleoptera): Consequences For Ecology And Macroevolution

Searching For Candidate Speciation Genes Using A Proteomic Approach: Seminal Proteins In Field Crickets

Adding Breast Ultrasound Screening To Mammography Reveals Cancers Not Seen On Mammography Alone In Women At Increased Risk For Breast Cancer

FDA Approves HIFU Clinical Trial For Recurrent Prostate Cancer

Cardiovascular Researchers Use MEDIHONEY(TM) On Sternal Infections Following Open-Heart Procedures

SPIRIT III Results Reaffirm Strong Performance Of Boston Scientific PROMUS(TM) And TAXUS(R) Express(R) Stents

AviaraDx Confirms That Combination Of Two Molecular Biomarkers Improves Prediction Of Disease Recurrence In Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients

NicOx Announces Initiation Of First Phase 1 Study Of Investigational Nitric Oxide-Donating Agent In Hypertensive Patients By Merck & Co., Inc.

FAAN Unveils Five Steps Forward For Food Allergy

American Association Of Kidney Patients Seeks Nominations For Annual Awards

New Health Affairs Issue Focuses On Health Care Reform, USA

Advanced Wound Closure Techniques Replacing Sutures And Staples

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

Better Screening, Treatment, And Affordable Vaccines Can Prevent Doubling Of Cervical Cancer Deaths In Latin America, Caribbean

First Dental Practitioners Association Fellowship Awarded To Brian Lux, UK

Revised American Veterinary Medical Association Policy On Castrating And Dehorning Cattle - Provides Additional Guidance For Managing Pain

Many Female Child Molesters Were Victims Of Sexual Abuse

Thrombus Aspiration Before Stenting Benefits Patients Suffering Myocardial Infarction, Study Shows

AM Nutritionals Introduces Quench Aid Sport(TM) -- The First Fitness "Drink" In A Tube

St. Jude Medical Announces FDA Approval Of Next-Generation Remote Monitoring And Data Management System For Implantable Cardiac Devices

A Quarter Can Prevent A Child From Going Blind

Controversies In Childbirth Conference Offers First-Ever Open Forum For Discussion And Debate On 'Crisis In Childbirth In The U.S. Today'

Orthopaedic Hospital Offers Low Cost Bone Density Screenings In Observance Of National Women's Health Week And May Osteoporosis Prevention Month

Cardiac Dimensions(R) Inc. Announces First Implant Of CARILLON(TM) Device In Its TITAN(TM) Study

Virostatics Doses First Patient In Phase IIa Trial Of VS411 For The Treatment Of HIV Infection

Studies Presented At Spine Arthroplasty Society Annual Meeting Find Plasma Disc Decompression Effective For Contained Disc Herniation

Five Steps Families Can Take To Mitigate Asthma's Affect On Children, Elderly

Argos Therapeutics Initiates Phase 2 Proof-of-Concept Trial For Its Arcelis(TM) Personalized Immunotherapy Platform In HIV

Seeing Alzheimer's Amyloids

ADA Opens Online Registration For 149th Annual Dental Meeting In San Antonio

AMGA Supports National Diabetes Goal

Health Spared Big Cuts, Australia

Map Of Medicine Supports Cancer Networks To Implement Cancer Reform Strategy, UK

Leading Fertility Patient Organisations Call For Urgent Changes To Surrogacy Law, UK

Failure To Be Screened At Recommended Intervals Is Major Risk Factor For Cervical Cancer

Professor Studies What Cars Can Learn From Drivers' Words

American College Of Gastroenterology And Npg Announce A New Publishing Partnership

Music Used To Explore The Autistic Brain's Emotion Processing

Latent Tuberculosis Affected By Air Pollution, Smoking

British Medical Association Reports Junior Doctor Recruitment Bodies For Breaching Regulations

New Report Shows How Hard Doctors Are Working To Benefit Patients, UK

Comfort For Bespectacled Kids - Eyeglasses Make Them Look Smart According To Their Peers

Moondust And Healthcare On Earth

New Research Reveals Irish People Unaware Of Their Blood Pressure Reading

Heat Sensing Regulator Identified

Expanded Histology Methods Book Covers Processing Of Animal, Plant, And Microbial Tissues

Sandy Beaches Of Florida Contaminated By Fecal Microorganisms

Progression Of Fatal Neurodegenerative Disease In Children Slowed By Gene Therapy

'Don't Put Off Visiting Your GP' Says Cancer Charity, UK

New Pharmacy Service Offers Hope For Allergy Sufferers, UK

End-Stage Dementia Patients Deserve The Same Access To Palliative Care As People With Cancer

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Gene Therapy Clinical Trial Yields Promising Results For Batten Disease, Fatal Neurological Condition

Zero Tolerance For Counterfeit Medicines

Nurses Expose Big Tobacco, Oil, Predatory Lender And Insurance Attacks On Marty Block

Researchers Report That Better Screening, Treatment, And Affordable Vaccines Can Prevent Doubling Of Cervical Cancer Deaths In Latin America

Open Day On The Wirral Marks International Day Against Homophobia, UK

Charity Launches New Support Groups For Gay And Bisexual Men In Wolverhampton, UK

Call To End Driving Discrimination For People With Diabetes, UK

Antidepressants And Immunity

Gene Mutation In Rare Form Of Epilepsy

New Plan Would Provide Health Insurance For Almost All Americans; Could Reduce Health Spending 1.6 Trillion Dollars Over 10 Years

Registration Opens For AAP Annual Meeting In Seattle

AAPA Endorses 2008 Public Health Service Guidelines For Treating Tobacco Use And Dependence

House Panel Passes Bipartisan Bill To Create Director Of Physician Assistant Services At Veterans Health Administration

American Academy Of Physician Assistants' Annual Conference Showcases One Of The Nation's Fastest-Growing Professions

Medicare Bidding Program Is A "Train Wreck", American Association For Homecare Tells Ways And Means Subcommittee

Major Initiative To Ease Health Care Workforce Crisis Receives Overwhelming Support

More Than Treatment For Substance Abuse Needed For Homeless Youth, Study Finds

PPO Industry Calls For Increased Collaboration Among Non-Traditional Allies

Lupus Under The Spotlight: U.S. Congress Shows Support For Women's Health Issues

Velcura Therapeutics, Inc. Reports Successful Phase 1 Clinical Trial Of Novel Bone Disease Therapy

Disparities In The Health Care System Have Had An Impact On Access To Urologic Health Care, Which Is Cause For Concern - Society Of Urologic Nurses

St. Jude Study Shows How T Cell's Machinery Dials Down Autoimmunity

Arbios Receives Approval From The FDA To Initiate Pivotal Trial For SEPET(TM) Liver Assist Device

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

TYKERB(R) (Lapatinib) To Be Investigated In Landmark Early Breast Cancer Trial

CryoLife Announces First Implant Of Combination Aortic-Mitral Allograft Heart Valve At The Cleveland Clinic

Medarex Announces Initiation Of Phase 2 Clinical Trials For The Treatment Of Ulcerative Colitis And Rheumatoid Arthritis

Nventa Announces Additional Positive Immunological Data From HspE7 Phase 1 Cervical Dysplasia Trial

FDA Approves Taclonex Scalp(R) Once Daily Therapy For Treatment Of Moderate To Severe Scalp Psoriasis

Prism Glasses Expand The View For Patients With Hemianopia

Uroplasty To Highlight Urgent PC System At American Urological Association 2008 Annual Meeting

Students Focus On Vision

HPV Linked To Better Survival In Tonsil, Tongue Cancer

New MRI Technique Detects Subtle But Serious Brain Injury

NIH Grant To Support Translational Research Center For PCOS

Study Shows How T Cell's Machinery Dials Down Autoimmunity

Discovery Hints At How Autoimmune Disease May Develop Late In Life

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