Medical News Today: Health News for Monday 26 May 2008

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Monday 26 May 2008

Many Men With Low Testosterone Levels Do Not Receive Treatment

Written by Anna Sophia McKenney

Despite having access to care, many men with androgen deficiency may not be receiving treatment, according to a report released on May 26, 2008 in the Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...
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Antipsychotics In Older Adults With Dementia Associated With Serious Adverse Events And Death

Written by Anna Sophia McKenney

Short term courses of antipsychotic medications, when given to older adults with dimentia, are associated with a greater risk of hospitalization and death, according to a report released on May 26, 2008 in the Archives of...
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AAP And American Heart Association Clarify Statement On ADHD And Electrocardiograms
The American Heart Association released on April 21, 2008, a statement about cardiovascular evaluation and monitoring of children receiving drugs for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)...
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Other Medical and Health News for 26 May*

Many Baby Boomers Incorrectly Believe They Are Protected Against The Risk Of Disability

Diet And Exercise Can Halt Type 2 Diabetes

Statement By Louis Michel, European Commissioner For Development And Humanitarian Aid, On "Africa Day" 25th May 2008

World Health Assembly Sets Bold New Action For WHO

AtheroGenics' ARISE Trial Results Published In The Lancet

Reminder On Safe Storage Of Freshly Cooked Sliced Meats

Too Many Children Still Need Life-saving Relief In Myanmar, Says UNICEF Welcoming Government's Response To Ease Delivery Of Aid

New Cancer Vaccine Target Found, UK

FDA Warns Consumers Against Using Mommy's Bliss Nipple Cream

Help Your Patients To Know Their Risk!

Hypertension Treatment In Elderly Patients Over 80 Years Of Age Reduces Mortality By 21%

Clinical Trials Portal's New Pediatric Search Facility Underlines Industry Commitment To Develop Child Medicines Transparently

GTx Announces Phase III PIN Clinical Trial Will Continue As Planned

America Generously Responds To China Earthquake

Youth Protect Hearts By Promoting Smoke-Free Policy

Massachusetts Medical Society Sues Group Insurance Commission Over Physician Rankings

Cook Medical Receives FDA Approval For Advanced Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Endovascular Graft

Akorn-Strides, LLC Announces FDA Approval For Rifampin For Injection USP, 600 Mg/Vial

GOP Primary Candidates For U.S. Senate Seat In N.M. Differ On Stem Cell Research Views

Florida Governor Signs Health Care Bill That Allows Insurers To Sell Bare-Bones Health Plans

DiaGenic Appoints SRL Ranbaxy Pathology Laboratories For Marketing Diagenic's Early Breast Cancer Test In India

Senate Passes War Funding Package, Including Provisions On Medicaid, Birth Control Discounts

House Approves Bill That Would Extend Visa Waiver Program For Foreign Medical Students Trained In U.S.

Advocates Call For Increased Funding, Renewed Efforts For HIV/AIDS Vaccine Research

Roadmap To Next-Generation Cancer Therapies

Survey: Americans Believe Wounded Iraq War Veterans Are Not Receiving High Quality Medical Care In US

Mutant Protein In Huntington's Disease Model Mopped Up By 'Intrabody'

Predicting Heart Disease Risk Due To Hormone Therapy

Nurse Suspended For Choking Patient, UK

Heroin Addict Nurse Struck Off, UK

Abortion Opponents Call On Bush To Implement Title X Gag Rule

Roll Call Profiles Health Care Issues For Next Congress

Interventional Spine's Compression Technology Has Now Been Used To Treat More Than 6,000 Patients

Perspectives In Heart Failure: Corox OTW BP And S-BP Leads Offer Innovative Design For Stable Fixation In Even Unusual Coronary Vessel Anatomies

50 Billion Dollars Needed For Global AIDS Control

''Asthma Clinic On Wheels'' Travels To Aquarium Of The Pacific

10 Million Pounds Per Year For Public Health Research, UK

Potential New Treatments Could Follow Identification Of Protein That Provides Innate Defense Against HIV

Specialized Microscope Allows Scientists To Image A Single HIV Particle Being Born

Osmotica Pharmaceutical Receives FDA Approval To Market Novel Forms Of Extended Release Venlafaxine HCl

NuMetrex Puts Wii Fit To Heart Rate Monitor Test

Using Video Games To Make Us Creative

Hypoxia Training Suppresses Harmful Cardiac Nitric Oxide Production During Heart Attack

Prostate Biopsies Improved By Blood Flow Monitoring, Jefferson Researchers Report

Photodynamic Therapy Breakthrough In Cancer Treatment

Traces Of Explosives Revealed By Glowing Films Developed By UC San Diego Chemists

Male Painters Exposed To Fertility Damaging Chemicals

Revealing A Protein's Role In Enabling AIDS Virus To Reproduce

Stronger Health Systems Are Key To Battling Disease In Poorest Countries, UK

Bivalirudin Shown To Improve Net Clinical Outcomes And Increase Survival In Heart Attack Patients

Risks From Occupational Lead Exposure Last A Lifetime, Pitt Study Finds - Combination Of Age And Early Exposure To Lead Significantly Increase Risk

Doctors "Face Prosecution For Flouting Cremation Laws", UK

FDA Clears Of Its Spectra VRM III Q-Switched Nd:Yag Laser System For Treating A Broad Spectrum Of Dermatological And Aesthetic Conditions

WFP Completes US$755 Million Appeal With Saudi Pledge

2008 Pinnacle Award Recipients Announced - American Pharmacists Association Foundation

Novel Toxin Receptor Discovered For Helicobacter Pylori

Therapeutic Nicotine Is Safe, Effective And Can Help Reverse Mental Acuity Deficits In Smokers Who Are Quitting

Treatment From A To Zebra: Canada's Most Modern University Veterinary Hospital Centre Opens For All Species

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces 2008 Laboratory Informatics Symposium In China

Challenging The Origin Of Cells For Connective Tissues Of Skull And Face

NPSA SOP Series Available Online, UK

News From Biology Of Reproduction

Climate Change Affecting Vines And Other Crops In The UK

Unlocking The Promise Of Clinical And Translational Science

5 Groundbreaking Researchers Receive 2008 L'Oreal USA Fellowships For Women In Science

2008 Dan David Prize Winners At TAU

Bioeffects Consensus Report Featured In Journal Of Ultrasound In Medicine

High Triglycerides Common In People Who Are Obese And/Or Diabetic, At Risk For Heart Disease

Better Care Need For Lone Asylum Seeking Children

Putting A Stop To Human Traffic

Virtual Health Care Workers Could Save Patient Time And Nursing Resources

Gold Nanoparticles Give Failed HIV Drug A Second Chance

Worrying Failure To Meet Challenge Of South Asian Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

When Your Memories Can No Longer Be Trusted

To Here But Not Sea: Complexities Of Spelling Difficulties Explored

Counting Immune Cells On A 'protein Printboard'

Enzyme For Ubiquitin-dependent Protein Degradation Linked To Cellular Senescence

Global Study Reveals Differences In Standard Of Care For Osteoporosis Across The World

Insulin Therapy For Type 2 Diabetes

Eceptionist Selected For Use By Johns Hopkins Medicine International

Through Ingenuity And Infrastructure Aid Flows To Burma Cyclone Victims

Long Term Results For Urologix(R) Cooled ThermoTherapy(TM) Presented At AUA

EFoodSafety Endorses The European Commission's Marketing Authorization Of GlaxoSmithKline's Pre-Pandemic Bird Flu Vaccine

VGX Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication In Molecular Therapy Regarding The Company's GHRH Gene Therapy Product

National Education Summit To Tackle African-American HIV/STD Crisis

2008 BIO International Convention's Innovation Corridor To Highlight The Future Of Biotechnology

First USA Use Of New Liver Cancer Technology At Saint Raphael

AVEO Pharmaceuticals Granted Patent For Unique Genetic Screen To Identify Novel Cancer Drug Targets

ARIAD Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial Of Its Investigational Oral Multi-Targeted Kinase Inhibitor, AP24534, In Patients With Hematological Cancers

DOR BIOPHARMA UK Ltd Withdraws Marketing Authorisation Application FororBec (Beclomethasone Dipropionate), Europe

American Lung Association Of New England Says Stronger Air Quality Standards Urgently Needed

Clot Risk From HRT Pills And Patches

Are Mealtimes The Answer To Jetlag?

Vermont Gov. Douglas Signs Bill Mandating Setting $25 Copay Limit For Mammograms

La. Senate Panel Approves Ban On Funding For Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Research

South Carolina House Approves Cigarette Tax Increase To Fund Health Care For Low-Income Residents

Japan Pledges $560M To Global Fund

Guyanese Health Minister Ramsammy Discusses HIV/AIDS, Health Worker Shortages At World Health Assembly

Indian State Launches HIV/TB Testing Program

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