Medical News Today: Health News for Monday 7 July 2008

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Monday 7 July 2008

Cholesterol Screening And Treatment Recommended For Overweight Children

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Because of the urgent need to address the childhood obesity epidemic, the American Academy of Pediatrics is revising its 10 year old policy statement on cholesterol in childhood and recommending that overweight children...
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Man's Age Affects Pregnancy Success And Miscarriage Rate In Couples With Fertility Problems

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Researchers in France studying over 12,000 couples with fertility problems found that when the man was over 35 pregnancy rates fell and perhaps more surprisingly, miscarriage rates rose, leading them to conclude that the...
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AdvaMed Applauds Report Making Recommendations On Medical Technology Innovation And Access In UK
Stephen J. Ubl, president and CEO of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), released the following statement hailing a new report outlining recommendations to ensure better care and access to innovative...
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Other Medical and Health News for 7 July*

Long Term Care Leaders Praises Senator Baucus For Protecting Senior's Access To Therapy Services

Report Says Clinicians Should Consider Economic Impact Of New Interventions

100 People A Week Lose A Limb Through Diabetes, UK

RCN Welcomes New Strategy For Primary Care, UK

Canada Takes More Action To Protect Human Health And The Environment Under World Leading Chemicals Management Plan

Asthma Study Reinforces Pharmacists' Role In Primary Health Care

Health And Safety Executive Statement On 20th Anniversary Of Piper Alpha, UK

Pediatricians Told To Taper Meds In Kids With Stable Asthma

Newborn Vitamin A Reduces Infant Mortality

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Causes Early Heart Disease Death

Risk Factors For Deadly Form Of Lymphoma

Innovative Program Focuses On Improved Care For Children With ADHD

A Baby's Smile Is A Natural High

Slow Exercise Is Better For Menopausal Women Than Fast Exercise

Update Of Salmonella Saintpaul Situation In Canada

Unite To Step Up NHS Pay Campaign, UK

After 60 Years, Marketing Set For Key Role In New NHS, Chartered Institute Of Marketing, UK

Surrogacy Still Stigmatised, Though Attitudes Changing Among Younger Women

BD Announces CE Marking Of A New Molecular Test To Diagnose Patients With Clostridium Difficile Infections

Complete Study Results Comparing CTI's OPAXIO(TM) With Gemcitabine Or Vinorelbine In Performance Status (PS 2) NSCLC Patients

New Report Examines Pharmaceutical Sales Force Effectiveness

New Scholarship For Leaders Of Bipolar Lives

Safety Warning For Tyneside Industrial Estates, UK

HSE Supports A Safer Future For Farming, UK

Sex During Adolescence Doesn't Predict Future HPV Infection

First In-Vivo Data Shows Resolvins Suppress IL-23 And IL-17, Key Mediators Of Inflammatory Disease

Adolor Provides Update On Entereg® (alvimopan) OBD Program - FDA Lifts Clinical Hold On OBD IND

Early Childhood Caries Prevented By Topical Oral Syrup

Treatment Benefit In Prostate Cancer Predicted By Counting Tumor Cells In Blood

Treatment Delays Result In Poor Outcomes For Men With Breast Cancer

New Treatment Approach Promising For Lymphoma Patients In The Developing World

Families With Children Without A Genetic Or Gestational Link To Their Parents Are Functioning Well

Assessment Of Serum Hormone Levels In Patients With Non-Obstructive Azoospermia After Microdissection Testicular Sperm Extraction

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

The Use Of Immunofluorescence In Microdissection Testicular Sperm Extraction (TESE)

Use Of Tunica Albuginea Crural Graft For Severe Penile Curvature Due To Peyronie's Disease: Long-Term Results

Transurethral Ultrasound Guided Application Of Autologous Myo- And Fibroblasts In Treatment Of Incontinence In Women: 2 Year Data

Unfavorable Immediate Outcome Of The TVT Secur Sling In Twenty Consecutive Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence

Scottish Politicians Need To Act Now To Protect Children From The Allure Of Smoking, Say Doctors

Finding Suggests Novel Ways To Boost Vaccination Or Natural Defences

Curt Meyer Memorial Prize For Dr. Stephan Mathas And Dr. Martin Janz -Camouflage Mechanism Of Cancer Cells In Hodgkin's Lymphoma Decoded

Public Fear NHS Charges Will Be Introduced In Future, Says BMA Poll, UK

Why Having An Anaesthetic Is Such A Pain

Evotec's EVT 101 Well Tolerated In Four Week Higher Repeat Dose Safety Study

UK Government Vision For Primary And Community Care Lays Down Challenge To Health Professionals - The King's Fund

Researchers Identify Cancer Preventive Properties In Common Vitamin Supplement

First Minister (Wales) Opens Exhibition To Mark 60th Anniversary Of National Health Service

No Scope For Gentlemen's Agreements With Existing Rules - Medical Protection Society, UK

Join The Organ Donor Register When Picking Up Your Prescription, Wales

Trauma And Reconstructive Surgery Reported From The Annual Meeting Of The American Urological Association

Motor Neurone Disease Association Launches Pioneering Tool For Health Care Commissioners In Westminster, UK

High Tofu Intake Linked To Higher Memory Loss

Urinary Diversion - Reported From The Annual Meeting Of The American Urological Association

Australian Medical Students Association Hosts Largest Medical Student Conference In Southern Hemisphere

Protein Therapeutics And The Marriage Of Drugs And Devices - Analyzing The Rapid Growth Of Biological Combination Products

British Journalist Takes First Prize In Prestigious Cancer Journalism Award

Dentists And Dental Care Professionals Must Act To Protect Children And Vulnerable Adults, Says General Dental Council, UK

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Appears Not To Qualify For Specific Ring Fenced UK Government Funding To Find A Cure

Campaigners Warn G8 Not To Renege On AIDS Commitments

Standard Of Proof: Changes To Fitness To Practise Rules Agreed - General Optical Council, UK

Remuneration Arrangements For New Council Agreed - General Optical Council, UK

Therapeutic Prescribing Rule Changes - General Optical Council, UK

California Pharmacies Expect Disaster After Loss In Lawsuit Loss To Stop The 10 Percent Medi-Cal Provider Cuts

RegeneRx Completes Enrollment And Dosing Of Phase IA Safety Trial For Potential Heart Drug - First Injectable Use Of RGN-352 Tested In Humans

APP Pharmaceuticals Receives Final Approvals For Additional Dosages Of Granisetron Hydrochloride Injection, USP

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