Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 5 July 2008

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Saturday 5 July 2008

Gender Change Man Has Baby The Natural Way

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Thomas Beatie, a 34-year-old American man who used to be a woman, gave birth to a healthy baby girl in a hospital in Oregon last Sunday. Beatie made headline news in March when he revealed in Advocate, the gay rights...
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New Depression Treatment For Cancer Patients Shows Promise

Written by Peter M Crosta

An article published in The Lancet finds that cancer patients who received a care package called "Depression Care for People with Cancer" (DCPC) had lower levels of depression than those who received the usual care...
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Female Kidney Transplant Recipients Are More Likely To Reject Male Donor Organs

Written by Peter M Crosta

New research published in The Lancet suggests that sex-matching kidney donors and recipients may result in better outcomes. The report finds that when females receive a male donor kidney, they have higher rates of graft...
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Vaccine To Prevent Kidney Cancer Recurrence Not Shown To Be Effective

Other Medical and Health News for 5 July*

Nanostructures Improve Bone Response To Titanium Implants

Prevalence Of Religious Congregations Affects Mortality Rates

Rare Case Of Foreign-Accent Syndrome Reported In Canada

Sophisticated Communication A Prerequisite For People's Independence

Hepatic Diseases Treated With Stem Cells From Umbilical Cord

Beating Depression For Cancer Patients

Function Of Glucose Transport Molecule Clarified By UCLA Researchers

Pesticides May Be Responsible For Reproductive Abnormalities

New HIV Health Support Service Launched Across London

'Smart' Materials Get Smarter With Ability To Better Control Shape And Size

French EU Presidency Makes Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease A Priority

Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund To Host Informational Sessions On July 11 And 14

AARP Solutions Forum Convenes Panel To Examine Medicaid Funding Of Long-Term Care

Darzi's Final Vision For Primary Care Is Positive Though Undermined By Previous Announcements

'Mind's Eye' Influences Visual Perception

Pioneering Stroke Researcher Awarded Canada's Highest Honor

New Antibiotic Beats Superbugs At Their Own Game

Negative Decision On Badger Culling Would Be Devastating To Farming Says NFU

Identification Of Tumor Suppressor That Manages Cellular Cleaning And Recycling Proceses

NHS At 60 Still The Fairest And Most Cost-Effective Health System In The World

Promising Hematologists Begin Year-Long Program To Pursue Careers In Clinical Hematology Research

Bladder Cancer - Reported From The Annual Meeting Of The American Urological Association

Endourology - Clinical Trials Evaluating The Role Of Alpha Blockers In Patients With Ureteral Calculi

Female Urology - Urinary Incontinence Leads To Decreased Mental Health And High Psychosocial Stress

Male Infertility May Lead To Severe Psychological Problems - Infertile Males Tend to be Less Healthy

KAI-1 Able To Distinguish Chromophobe Renal Cancers From Oncocytoma

Comparing Laparoscopic And Open Radical Prostatectomy

Pediatric Urology - Cryptorchidism And Infertility, Collagen-Matrix Injection For Vesico-Ureteral Reflux

HIV Transmission Via Breastfeeding Blocked By Infant Formula

International Guidelines Will Promote Food Safety Of Plant And Animal Biotech Products

Antidepressants Can Change The Way Depressed People See The World In Just Four Hours

Prozac Gene Test Good For Patients, Royal College Of Psychiatrists

Personal Self-awareness Good For Mental Health, Says Friar Jamison - Royal College Of Psychiatrists Annual Meeting

Meditation Good For Psychiatrists' Mental Health

Administrative Errors Blamed For Half Of Missed Psychiatric Appointments - Annual Meeting Of The Royal College Of Psychiatrists

Addiction Largely Determined By Our Genes - Annual Meeting Of The Royal College Of Psychiatrists

Ritalin-style Drug Set For Wider Role In Adult Mental Illness

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