Medical News Today: Health News for Thursday 29 May 2008

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Thursday 29 May 2008

MRI Scans Of Body's Natural Baking Soda Detects Cancer

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Researchers in the UK have developed a new method to detect cancer early by using highly sensitive MRI scans to follow the chemical breakdown of the body's naturally occurring bicarbonate of soda (also known as baking soda)...
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Some Top Brand Sunscreens Don't Protect Says UK Consumer Watchdog

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

UK consumer watchdog Which? published research today that shows some top brand sunscreens don't offer the level of protection they claim on the label. Which? tested 14 brands that claimed to have a sun protection factor...
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FDA Proposes Major Revision Of Breastfeeding And Pregnancy Drug Labels

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday Wednesday 28th May, that it was putting forward major revisions to the physician labelling of prescription, including biological, drugs to better inform how...
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Experts Say UN Needs To Reconsider Current Narcotics Control Plan

Lead Exposure In Childhood Linked To Criminal Arrest In Adulthood

Lead Exposure In Childhood Associated With Smaller Brain Volume In Adulthood

People OK With Summary Care Record Program, But Largely Uninformed

Other Medical and Health News for 29 May*

Movetis Files RESOLOR(R) With EMEA For The Indication Of Chronic Constipation

ZymoGenetics Announces FDA Approval Of RECOTHROMTM 20,000-IU Vial Size And Co-Packaging With Spray Kit

John A. Millard M.D. Featured In Cosmetic Surgery Times

Pediatrix Revises Earnings Guidance Reflecting Lower NICU Patient Volume

Cumulative Radiation Exposure Shows Increased Cancer Risk For Emergency Department Patients

Rate Of Hospital-Acquired Infections Increases In New York State, Report Finds

Boston Globe Publishes HIV/AIDS-Related Editorial, Opinion Piece

States That Rank High In Measures Of Children's Health Tend To Have Lower Rates Of Uninsured Children, Higher Health Costs, Study Finds

Connecticut AG Says Legislation To Expand State Worker Insurance Pool Would Not Affect Current Contracts, Increase Costs

Risk Factors For Spread Of HIV In Afghanistan High, Health Ministry Says

Opinion Piece Takes On Attack Aimed At Kan. Gov. Sebelius' Abortion-Rights Support

Express Scripts Reaches $9.5M Settlement With 28 States Over Allegations Of Misleading Consumers To Obtain Rebates

Toronto Star Examines Efforts Of Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmother To Grandmother Campaign In Africa

China's One-Child Policy To Exempt Parents Whose Children Were Killed During Earthquake

Medicare Beneficiaries Report Similar Levels Of Satisfaction With Health Care Regardless Of Variations In Spending, According To Study

Wealthy Nations Should Meet Commitments Made To Developing Countries, Global Fund Executive Director Kazatchkine Says

Mass. High School Clinic Officials Resign, Cite Lack Of Support For Contraception Program

Reported Cases Of PTSD In Soldiers Up 50% In 2007, According To Defense Officials

San Francisco Mayor Rejects Proposed Budget Cuts To HIV/AIDS Services

Pennsylvania Court Rules Lay Midwife Can Continue Home Birth Practice

Gulf Coast Area Children Who Lived In Trailer Units At Risk For Long-Term Illnesses, Experts Say

JAMA Editorial, Commentary Discuss Effect Of Medical Spending On Health Outcomes, Preventive Health Efforts

Childhood Obesity Growth Appears To Have Leveled Off, But Racial Disparities Remain, Study Finds

House Members Introduce Resolution Asking FDA To Stop Efforts To Ban Hormone Ingredient Estriol

Hospitals Hire 'Nocturnists' To Improve Patient Care During Night, Weekend Hours, Wall Street Journal Reports

Federal Judge Prevents 'Sneaky Attempt' By Bush Administration To Implement Medicaid Rule, Editorial States

Studies Look At Colorectal Cancer And Lead Exposure In Blacks, Teen Pregnancy Among Hispanics

Reuters Examines Role Of McCain's, Obama's Views On Abortion Rights In Presidential Campaign

AARP To Work With Hollywood To Include Health Care Issues In Popular TV Shows, Movie Story Lines

Louisiana Nursing Home Owners Likely To File Lawsuit Against State For Lower Medicaid Rate Increase In 2009, Health Official Says

Case Involving HIV-Positive Man, Saliva Illustrates 'Long Way To Go' In Efforts To Reduce Stigma, Letter To Editor Says

Seizure Drug That Reverses Cellular Effects Discovered By Scripps Research Scientists

Brain Cell Mechanism Of Alcohol Dependence Revealed By New Study

Pine Bark Found To Naturally Reduce Cardiovascular Risk Factors In Diabetics

Increased Survival And Improved Quality Of Life For End-Stage Head And Neck Cancer

Sport And Exercise Not Working For Today's Kids

New Multi-Million Pound Study To Find The Cause Of Type 1 Diabetes, UK

Analytical Technology's New Gassens Monitor Enables Safe And Efficient Gas Detection In The Pharmaceutical Industry

Infosys Technologies Transforms Healthcare Management Program, Improving Access For Underserved Communities

Santarus Announces Development Program For New ZEGERID Prescription Product

Pluristem Demonstrates The Potential Of Its PLX Cells To Treat Crohn's Disease And Ulcerative Colitis

Australian Full Federal Court Upholds Basic Lipitor Patent, Preventing Launch Of Generic Ranbaxy Product

Study Presented At SpineWeek Finds Plasma Disc Decompression Effective For Contained Cervical Disc Herniation

Stars From Film, Television, Sports, Journalism And Music Come Together For Sept. 5 Prime Time Television Event To Raise Funds For Cancer Research

Smart Sex, Less Stress Are Keys To Great Health, Women Say

AACE Launches Website To Promote Patient Safety

NIMS' Acceleration Platform Technology Effective In Severe Experimental Hemorrhagic Shock

Biojector(R)2000 Technology Put To The Test In CDC Flu Vaccine Study

Neose Announces Two Abstracts On GlycoPEGylated Factor VIIa Accepted For Presentation At The Hemophilia 2008 World Congress

AVANIR Announces Positive Outcome Of Zenvia PK Study

Age And Ethnicity Of Patients Influence Development Of Cardiovascular Drug Therapies

LDR Announces Release Of Its ROI-T(TM) Transforaminal Approach Implant

CombinatoRx Completes Enrollment In Phase 2B Clinical Trial Of CRx-102 In Knee Osteoarthritis

10,000 Scholars To Visit UBC In The Largest Conference Of Its Kind In North America

Osteologix Presents Phase 2 Osteoporosis Data At A Major European Medical Conference

Key To Angelina-Like Cheeks? Add Volume To Deep Fat Compartment

Gene Study Variations May Be Explained By Statistical Tool

Over 5,000 Scientists And Doctors Will Discuss Sleep Science And The Health Risks Of Sleep Disorders At SLEEP 2008 In Baltimore This June

American Nephrology Nurses' Association Honors Beth Ulrich For Outstanding Service

Francis S. Collins To Step Down As Director Of National Human Genome Research Institute

L.A. County Department Of Public Health Urges Hollywood To Seriously Address Movies' Impact On Teen Smoking

Moffitt Cancer Center To Hold 'Caring For The Caregiver' Program June 28

American Veterinary Medical Association Launches Podcast For Pet Owners

New Book Demystifies The World Of Clinical Trials

As Population Ages And Need For Palliative Care Grows, Experts Tackle New Challenge For The First Time At European Meeting

Millions Ignoring Food Labelling - New Research, UK

Algiers To Host African Ministerial Conference On Health Research From 23 To 26 June 2008

Denosumab Achieved Superior Bone Mineral Density Gains In Head-To-Head Trial Versus Weekly Alendronate (Fosamax)

Parents' Role In Protecting Children From Secondhand Smoke

Kavli Prize Awarded To Pasko Rakic, Pioneering Yale Neuroscientist

Most American Adults Have At Least One Chronic Medical Condition

Poll Finds That Physicians Long For Political Action

Antipsychotics Triple Risk Of Hospitalisation For People With Dementia, UK

Beneficial Bacteria And Inflammatory Bowel Disease

GPC Biotech Announces Data From Several Satraplatin Clinical Trials To Be Presented At ASCO Annual Meeting

Diabetes Prevented/Reversed In Lab Study At Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh

Orphan Therapeutics Announces Initiation Of Rolling NDA Submission For LUCASSIN(R) (terlipressin) For The Treatment Of Hepatorenal Syndrome Type 1

New Eloxatin(R) (oxaliplatin Injection) Prescribing Information In The U.S. Includes Six-Year Overall Survival Data

Coveting The Latest Clutch? Bid On A Bag And Help Fight Ovarian Cancer

Parents: Quit Smoking And Your Children Are Less Likely To Smoke

Gen-Probe Launches In Europe CE-Marked APTIMA(R) HPV Assay For Detection Of Human Papillomavirus

Stretching Exercises May Reduce Risk Of Preeclampsia During Pregnancy

Diagnostic Tool Provides Additional Therapeutic Treatment Guidance For Third Deadliest Form Of Cancer

Ibuprofen, Aspirin, Naproxen May Be Equally Effective At Reducing Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease

Why Some Treatments Rescue Aging Skin

Sedentary High School Girls Are At Significant Risk For Future Osteoporosis

Fruit Fly Protein Acts As Decoy To Capture Tumor Growth Factors

A New Way To Look At Lung Cancer And Tobacco Carcinogens

Salad & Salmonella - Food Poisoning As A Side Dish

Odds Of Youth Smoking Uptake Greatly Reduced If Parents Quit

International Diabetes Federation Grant Supports Jordanian Diabetes Micro-clinic Project

Institute For Progressive Medicine Announces Deep Stress Relief Through Intravenous Vitamin Therapy

First Hideyo Noguchi Africa Award Won By Professor Brian Greenwood

First Optical Pacemaker For Laboratory Research Designed By Scientists In Japan

News From The American Society Of Plastic Surgeons, June 2008

North South Divide Exists In UK Digestive Health

Most Developing Countries Ill-Equipped To Ensure Global Biosafety: UN University

New Technique Allows Targeted Inactivation Of Genes In Research Model

What Makes Life Go At The Tropics? Study Points To Heat, Not Light, As Engine Driving Biodiversity

Some Biofuels Might Do More Harm Than Good To The Environment, Study Finds

Research Reveals Molecular Fingerprint Of Cocaine Addiction

USPTA And ACSM Announce Exercise Is Medicine(TM) Partnership

Weizmann Institute Scientists Build A Better DNA Molecule

Weizmann Institute Scientists Create New Nanotube Structures

New Unifying Theory Of Lasers Advanced By Physicists

Resistance Training Improves Quality Of Life In Older Cancer Survivors

Pilates And Yoga News From ACSM Annual Meeting

Osteoarthritis Another Health Detriment Of Obesity

ABC, CBS, NBC Announce Historic Collaboration To 'Stand Up To Cancer'

Looking Tired Or Angry May Have More To Do With Facial Aesthetics Than How You Feel, ASPS Study Reveals

"Hot Races" Reiterate Precautions For Marathon Runners

Long Term Communication Support For Stroke Survivors Totally Inadequate

Tasmanian Dietitian Receives Nutrition Service Award

Help The Aged Launch Viral Campaign To Combat Age Discrimination, UK

South Australian Nutrition Practice Wins Innovation Award

Newcastle Nutrition Researcher Honoured

Pneumonia: There Are Ways To Avoid It! So Concludes A Major Multicentre Study Conducted In Spain

When Do TB Patients Die In Europe? Some Answers And More Questions

Urban Air Pollution Profile Causes An Increased Airway Inflammatory Response

Swine Dust Inhalation Alters Lung Cilia Function

Epstein-Barr Virus: An Infectious Cause For COPD?

Undiagnosed Chronic Airflow Obstruction Results In Work Loss And Impairs Quality Of Life

SNM Hosts 55th Annual Meeting Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging Research June 14-18, 2008

Weizmann Institute Scientists Produce The First Smell Map

Healthy Doctors Can Equal Healthy Patients

Elite Youth Athletes Need Close Monitoring By Parents, Coaches

Can Playing Football Make You Shorter?

Baby Boomers' Bodies Impacted By Years Of Wear And Tear

International Symposium On Malignant Mesothelioma 2008

New England Journal Of Medicine Publishes Results From A RELISTOR Phase 3 Clinical Study

Alfacell Corporation Announces Preliminary Results From ONCONASE(R) Phase IIIb Clinical Trial

New Study Linking 'High Normal' Blood Pressure To Significant Cardiovascular Risk

BiPar Sciences Expands Clinical Development Of BSI-201, A Novel PARP Inhibitor, With Phase 2 Trial In Uterine Cancer

FDA Clears ExAblate Fertility Enhancement Study In Women With Uterine Fibroids

NicOx Completes Patient Enrollment In Third Naproxcinod Pivotal Phase 3 Study

Significantly Higher Chance Of Surviving Stage III Colon Cancer With FOLFOX4 Following Surgery Compared To Chemotherapy Alone

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