Medical News Today: Health News for Tuesday 1 July 2008

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Tuesday 1 July 2008

Delayed Childbirth Associated With Increased Cesarean Section Need And Impaired Uterine Tissue Contraction

Written by Anna Sophia McKenney

Impaired contraction of the womb could be a contributor to the association between older maternal age and the increased rate of cesarean sections, according to a study released on June 30, 2008 in the open access journal PLoS Medicine...
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Mortality Lower For HIV Infected Individuals Since Introduction Of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

Written by Anna Sophia McKenney

In industrialized countries, HIV positive individuals who acquired the disease sexually experience rates of mortality similar to the general population in the first five years following infection, though the risk of death...
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Children Still Not Getting Enough Physical Activity

Written by Peter M Crosta

According to a new report published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, there needs to be a revision in the UK and the US of the recommended amount of physical activity children need to prevent obesity...
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Females With High Birth Weight More Likely To Develop Rheumatoid Arthritis

Survey Assesses Worldwide Cocaine And Cannabis Use

Older People Are Also Susceptible To Sexually Transmitted Infections

Plants And Mammals Respond To Light In Similar Way

Other Medical and Health News for 1 July*

Update Of Fair Practice Lawsuit

CMS Proposes Payment, Policy Changes For Physicians' Services In 2009

MSF Calls Upon South African Authorities To Immediately Stop Deportation Of Zimbabweans

Delay In Presentation In Men With Peyronie's Disease: Reasons And Predictors

Nearly 1,300 Attend In-House Counsel Program And Annual Meeting Of The American Health Lawyers Association In San Francisco

Lawmakers To Introduce Bill That Would Overturn Supreme Court Decision On Medical Device Liability

New York Times Letters To The Editor Discuss Editorial Supporting Nationwide Adoption Of Electronic Health Records

Los Angeles Daily News Examines Connection Between High Number Of Minority Children In Foster Care System, Drug Tests Given To Minority Mothers

Bush Administration To Temporarily Keep Medicare Physician Payment Rates At Current Levels After Congress Fails To Pass Legislation

CQ's Carey Discusses Medicare Physician Payment Cuts, Labor-HHS-Education Bill, Health Information Technology Legislation

CDC Report On New HIV Cases Among MSM Shows Need To Continue Prevention, Treatment Efforts, Editorial Says

La. Gov. Jindal Signs Ban On Funding For Research Involving Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer

Newspapers Examine Issues Related To Use Of CT Heart Scans, Consulting Payments To Physicians

Brazilian Organization Files Opposition To Gilead's Antiretroviral Patent Application In India

Ariz. Gov. Vetoes Abortion Ban Bill; Senate Rejects Bill To Restrict Abortions To Physicians

Pharmaceutical Companies Say New Approach By FDA Has Led To Decrease In Approvals Of New Medications

Program At St. Louis Children's Hospital Will Offer HIV Tests, Results To Patients Older Than 15 Without Parental Consent

Senate GOP Continues To Block Bill To Reauthorize Global HIV/AIDS Bill Despite Bush's Support

Report Recommends That Washington, D.C., Spend $90M On Health Care Services In Underserved Areas

Counseling Heterosexual Couples About HIV In Zambia, Rwanda Could Prevent 60% Of HIV Cases, Study Finds

Conservative Leaders Urge McCain To Discuss Stem Cell Research, Abortion To Appeal To Conservative Voters

FDA Finds Many Possibly Life-Threatening Medical Equipment Malfunctions Result From Software Problems

U.N. Secretary-General Ban To Call On G8 To Increase Aid For Health Programs, Including HIV/AIDS Initiatives

Groundbreaking Recommendations For How To Anticipate And Manage Incidental Findings In Genetic, Genomic, And Imaging Research

Integrins As Receptors Give Insight Into Rotavirus And Diarrhea

New Technology May Help Olympic Sailing, Aviation Safety And Weather Forecasting

Increased Risk Of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis When Birth Weight Exceeds 10 Pounds

Memory Loss, Dementia Risk And Low Levels Of Good Cholesterol Linked

Fatty Liver Disease May Raise Heart Disease Risk In Overweight, Obese Kids

What Works To Prevent HIV Among Heterosexual African-Americans?

Researchers Find Mast Cells Play A Role In Assisting Immune System To Combat Tularemia

Toys And Technology For Rehabilitation In Cerebral Palsy Patients

Christian Leader Rejects Reports Of Plans To Urge Obama To Add 'Abortion Reduction' To Democratic Platform

Old Order Amish, Mennonites Reject Health Insurance, Face High Costs For Care At Not-for-Profit Hospitals

Bush Discusses Faith-Based Initiatives In Weekly Radio Address

Results Of Trial Of Sucrose As Painkiller For Newborns

Antiretroviral Therapy As HIV Prevention Strategy

Spray Reduces Pain In Children Undergoing Intravenous Procedures

US Ranked Number 16 In World Happiness

Medical Diagnostics Could Be Revolutionized By New Electrostatic-Based DNA Microarray Technique

Robot 'Skin,' Flexible Laptops And Electric Posters - A Bright Future For Plastics

Raising Safety Awareness Of Firepit Burns

8th Circuit Says S.D. Can Enforce Law Requiring Doctors To Tell Women Abortion Ends Human Life

Costs Pose Challenge To Massachusetts Health Insurance Law One Year After Deadline For Residents To Obtain Coverage

Legislation To Reauthorize PEPFAR Still Getting Blocked In Senate Despite Agreement Reached Last Week, Bush's Support

Hold Medicare Claims, AOA Washington Office Advises

Gene/Stress Interaction Increases Cognitive Decline In Elderly

International Team Identifies 21 New Genetic Risk Factors For Crohn's Disease

Tongue Powered Wheelchairs, Computers

The NAD Conference Is Almost Here!

Rules Of Grammar Remain The Same When Using Gestures

Supercomputer Used To Track Pathways In Myoglobin

News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine July 1, 2008

FDA Proposes New Rule To Provide Updated Information On The Use Of Prescription Drugs And Biological Products During Pregnancy And Breast-Feeding

News From The American Chemical Society, June 25, 2008

First Anniversary Of England's Smokefree Law Shows Public Ready To Acccept Even Stronger Tobacco Control Measures

New Rapid Tests For Drug-Resistant TB For Developing Countries

Vets In A Changing Environment - BVA Congress 2008 25 - 27 September, Royal College Of Physicians, London

New Drug Therapy Attacks Cancers

Personal Healthcare Budgets To Empower People With MS, UK

Bavarian Nordic Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Oxford BioMedica

College Of Emergency Medicine Challenges Proposed Changes To Emergency Departments As A Result Of NHS Review, UK

The Underlying Molecular Mechanism For Hypertension, Insulin Resistance And Other Metabolic Complications Identified

MRSA Linked To Rising Number Of Severe Bone Infections, Health Complications In Children

The Royal College Of Radiologists Welcomes Lord Darzi's Next Stage Review Of The NHS

Wound-Cleaning Laser Proves That Bacterial Resistance Is Futile

Mind Comments On The Darzi Review, UK

A Day's Nutrition In A Single Meal Could Be Provided By Fortified Cassava

Smoke-Free Policies Effective, Says International Agency For Research On Cancer

Eating Junk While Pregnant Can Harm Your Baby

Garage Fined £20,000 After Worker Suffers Fatal Burns, UK

Mother's Diet May Have Long Term Impact On Child's Health

HSE Safety Warning On Gas Appliances As Traders Are Prosecuted And Sentenced To Imprisonment, UK

David Jackson Convicted Of Falsely Claiming To Be An Osteopath, UK

Researchers Are First To Simulate The Binding Of Molecules To A Protein

Minister Wallace Congratulates FSAI On Being Awarded The WHO's Food Safety Award, Ireland

Reducing The Carbon "Hoofprint" Of Cows

Tugging At Molecules With Optical Tweezers

Ophthalmologists Issue New Recommendation In Effort To Prevent Eye Injuries At Home

New EFPIA Code Of Practice On Relationships With Patient Organisations Effective In 31 Countries

General Optical Council Celebrates Golden Anniversary, UK

Electronic Ear Can Judge And Coach Vibrato Technique

Study Reveals Potential For NT-proBNP As A Marker To Predict Cardiovascular Risks From Anti-inflammatory Drugs

Profitable Chemicals From Biodiesel Waste

Viagra-Like Effects From Watermelon

Rivaroxaban First Novel Oral Anticoagulant To Significantly Reduce The Composite Outcome Of Symptomatic VTE And Death

Split Liver Transplantation Examined As Viable Solution To Organ Shortages

Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation Shows Promise In The Treatment Of Lung Tumours

Avoiding The Hazards Of Overconfidence

The GI Company Reports Additional Phase II Clinical Data Of Intestinal Trefoil Factor (rhITF) Oral Spray For Oral Mucositis

New Constitution To Secure The NHS For The Future, UK

Next Stage For NHS: Highest Quality Care For All, UK

Health Panel Urges Caution With Fireworks - American Council On Science And Health

British Dental Association Welcomes Proposals For NHS Constitution

Researchers Link Early Stem Cell Mutation To Autism

Alzheimer's Society Comment On The Link Between High Density Lipoprotein And Dementia

Adult Stem Cells Reprogammed In Their Natural Environment

Hospital Patients Need Your Help

Cellular Self-Eating Promotes Pancreatitis

Hutchison And Cornyn Broke Promise To Texas Patients And Physicians; "We Are Deeply Offended"

Zinc Finger Proteins Put Personalized HIV Therapy Within Reach

Stillbirths, Infant Deaths Lead To Anxiety, Guilt Among Obstetricians

The Risk Of Persistent Local Disease In Bladder Cancer Patients Found To Be Pathologic Stage T0 At Radical Cystectomy

The Tyrol Prostate Cancer Demonstration Project (1988 - 2007): Morbidity And Mortality

TMPRSS2-ERG Fusion Prostate Cancer Prevalence Linked To PSA Density And Histologic Features In Multicenter US Prostate Biopsy Cohort

Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Neurogenic Voiding Dysfunction

Urologic Residency Curriculum In Ultrasound Augments Resident Competency In Urologic Ultrasound

Urologist Population Density And PSA Screening Practices Predict Prostate Cancer Mortality Rates In The USA

Complexity Of Crohn's Disease Revealed As 'gene' Count Tops 30

Promising Finding In Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Collaboration Between University Of Oklahoma And Enterprise Electronics Corp. To Improve Predictions And Warnings Of Storms, Save Lives

DNDi Calls On G8 Leaders To Increase Their Commitment To Neglected Tropical Diseases

Finding That Could Shed Light On Golden Staph, Candida And Allergies

Hope For Progeria - Successfully Validated On Mice, A Treatment Could Soon Be Tested On Children

Agreement Reached As First US Ship Arrives In DPRK With Food Aid

Leading Providers Join Forces To Provide Next Generation Healthcare IT System, UK

$1.5 Million Grant For Nanoparticle Cancer Research

Call For Entries For Irish Healthcare Awards 2008

Researchers Unable To Agree On Predictors Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders

Fourth New Journal Announced By American Heart Association

Peer Review For Medicos Promoted By Australian Pilot Study

AstraZeneca Submits For New Dosage Strengths Of Atacand Plus - New Dosing Regimen Offers Patients Greater Chance To Reach Target Blood Pressure

NHS; From Top To Bottom

Alzheimer's Society On Lord Darzi's Next Stage Review Of The NHS, UK

Patient Receives VProtect(TM) Luminal Shield In First-Ever Vulnerable Plaque Clinical Trial

Halozyme Therapeutics Announces That Chemophase Meets Primary Endpoint In Phase I/IIa Clinical Trial

GlaxoSmithKline Responds To FDA On CERVARIX(R) And Plans To Submit Final Study Data For Approval

ELADUR(TM) Development Update: DURECT Receives Orphan Drug Designation For Bupivacaine For Post Herpetic Neuralgia

Emisphere Technologies Announces The Launch Of A Human Clinical Trial For Oral Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)

Positive Mid Term Results On CryoValve(R) SG Pulmonary Human Heart Valve Presented At Western Thoracic Meeting

DG041 Blocks Platelet Aggregation Through A Novel Mechanism And Does Not Increase Bleeding Time When Given Alone Or With Plavix(TM) Or Aspirin

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. Begins Enrollment For U.S. Phase II Clinical Trial Of CPP-109 In Patients With Methamphetamine Addiction

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Doses First Patient In Phase II Trial Of Bavituximab In Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Sinovac Initiates Phase II Volunteer Enrollment For Split Viron Pandemic Influenza (H5N1) Vaccine

New Drug Application For Inhaled Treprostinil Submitted To The U.S. Food And Drug Administration

Sangamo BioSciences Announces Nature Biotechnology Study Demonstrating The Use Of Zinc Finger Nucleases To Generate HIV Resistant T Cells

FDA Approves ACIPHEX(R) (rabeprazole Sodium) 20 Mg For Short-Term Treatment Of GERD In Adolescents

Physicist Wins International Award For MRI Technique To ID Microstructural Changes In Asthma

Migraine Mutations Reveal Clues To Biological Basis Of Disorder

Consumer Fireworks Continue To Injure Children In U.S.

The Hazards Of Too Much Water

Virtual Temporal Bone Project Uses Technology, Simulated Surgery To Teach The Next Generation Of Surgeons

Alkermes Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Study Of VIVITROL(R) For The Treatment Of Opioid Dependence

Broad Differences In Alcohol, Tobacco And Illegal Drug Use Across Countries

Physicians Adult Daycare: Meeting The Growing Need For Eldercare

St. Jude Medical Announces First Patient Implants In Clinical Study Evaluating Deep Brain Stimulation For Depression

VIVUS Announces New Data From Qnexa Diabetes Study

Cytheris Announces Publication Of IL-7 Oncology Data In The Journal Of Experimental Medicine

Compugen Announces Discovery Of Biomarkers For Early Pre-Clinical Detection Of Drug-Induced Kidney Toxicity

Clinical Data Secures EU Patent For MDR1 - A Key Multi-Drug Resistance Gene

The Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation Awards Grant To Fund Innovative Breast Surgery Training Program

Darzi Reforms Will Only Succeed If Staff Are On Board, Says British Medical Association

fpa Reacts To Sexual Health Prioritisation In High Quality Care For All, UK

NHS Constitution Will Give People With Mental Illness Legal Right To Choose Treatments, UK

BMA Northern Ireland Welcomes Announcement To Raise Age For Purchase Of Tobacco

No Added Sugar In Breast Milk, Unlike Formula

Published Study Demonstrates Effectiveness Of Vitalstim Therapy For Patients Suffering With Dysphagia

OnExamination's UKCAT Practice Course Offers July Discount Online Course Helps Pupils Get Into Medical School, UK

Gordon Brown Cannot Risk Imposing Darzi, Says NHS Support Federation, UK

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