Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 18 July 2008

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Friday 18 July 2008

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Obesity is still rising among Americans, according to figures from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, where data based on annual nationwide telephone surveys...
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Salmonella Update: FDA Says All Tomatoes Now Safe To Eat

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated its nationwide warning to consumers on Thursday, saying that agency officials believed it was now safe to eat all types of fresh raw tomatoes bought in the US, as this was...
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Study Of 31 Countries Finds Wide Variations In Cancer Survival Rates

Written by Peter M Crosta

A large study published in The Lancet Oncology has found that there are wide variations in cancer survival rates between and within many countries around the world. Professor Michel Coleman (Cancer Research UK Cancer...
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Researchers Target Specific Genes, Reduce Cancer Cells

Dendrites Found To Be Senders Of "Trust" Hormone During Suckling

Evolution May Yield Most Abundant Traits, Not Best

New Insights Describe How Fast HIV Evades The Immune System

Stomach Virus Detection Protein Discovered

Diabetic Hispanics Not Receiving Proper Eye Care

Improvement Suggested For Dementia Diagnosis In Highly Educated Adults

Improved Rheumatoid Arthritis Remission With Combined Therapy

Social Behavior In Ants From A Genetic Perspective

Other Medical and Health News for 18 July*

New Law That Delays Medicare Physician Payment Cut Also Affects Beneficiaries

Senate Passes PEPFAR Reauthorization Legislation

Florida Officials Meet To Discuss High Black Infant Mortality Rates

General Motors Working With Firm To Help Retirees Transition To Medicare Coverage

Tobacco Companies In Recent Years Adjusted Menthol Levels In Different Brands Of Cigarettes To Attract Younger Smokers, Study Finds

U.S. Spends More Than Twice As Much On Health Care Per Person Than Most Other Industrialized Nations, Ranks Last In Preventable Mortality, Study Finds

School Nurse Shortages Prompt Teachers, Staff To Substitute

Senate Passes PEPFAR Reauthorization Bill With $2B In Funds For American Indian Programs

Cases Of STIs In U.K. Increase By 6%; Young People Disproportionately Affected, Health Agency Says

Louisiana Health Department Secretary Announces Panel That Will Help State Overhaul Medicaid

Arkansas HIV/AIDS Task Force Considers Recommending That Insurers Be Required To Cover People Living With Disease

Baltimore Sun Examines Use Of Blogs In Helping Couples Discuss Struggles With Infertility

Massachusetts House Approves Bill That Aims To Control Health Care Spending

Congo To Provide No-Cost Malaria Drugs, HIV Tests To Children, Pregnant Women, Official Says

West Virginia Teenage Birth Rate Increases For First Time In Eight Years

New York Times Examines Patients' Access To Experimental Medications

Developing Countries Should Pass HIV/AIDS Policies That Respect Human Rights, Encourage HIV Testing, Treatment, Australian Judge Says

Senate Passes Global AIDS Bill

House Veterans' Affairs Committee Approves Veterans' Health Care Bills

Study Examines Interaction Between HIV, Antibody That Helps Fight Infections

Pelosi, Clinton, Murray Respond To Potential Federal Rule That Could Limit Birth Control Access

USA Today Examines Individual Health Insurance Market, Presidential Candidates' Proposals

AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition Comments On NIAID Decision Not To Move Forward With PAVE 100 Trial

News From Weill Cornell Medical College June/July 2008

Doctors' Orders Lost In Translation

Researchers Find Better Way To Identify Melanoma

Increased Triglyceride Levels In Asian-Americans With Genetic Variant

Study Finds Foreign Brides In Taiwan Unfairly Treated

Guidelines Highlight Key Differences Between Child And Adult Stroke

ESOF 2008, Europe's Largest Interdisciplinary Science Conference: Access To Scientific Research By Developing Countries

Galderma Announces Approval For Differin Gel 0.1 Percent In Japan

Standards In Stem Cell Research

New Study By Researchers At Yale Explores Bullying-Suicide Link

Cost-Effectiveness Of 64-Slice CT Scanner In Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients Shown By Study

Heading Circulatory Disease Off At The Pass

Report On Climate Change And Health Released By EPA

Wacker Validates Scalability Of Anticalin(R) Production With E.coli Secretion Technology And Will Produce Pieris First Clinical Candidate PRS-050

Meditrina Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Opens Investigational New Drug (IND) Application For Phase IIb Clinical Trial With MPI-676 In Endometriosis

BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals Observes Evidence Of A Survival Increase In Lung Cancer Patients Participating In Tavocept(TM) Clinical Trial

Tibotec Conducts Two Pivotal Phase III Clinical Trials Studying TMC278 In Treatment-Naive Adults With HIV

Anesiva Commences Phase 2 Trial Of Adlea(TM) In Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery

Bradmer Reports Progression Free Survival Data From Previous Phase II Glioblastoma Multiforme Trials

Vical Announces Breakthrough For Pandemic Influenza DNA Vaccines With Preliminary Human Data

Thirty Years After First IVF Baby: What Will The Future Bring?

NASONEX(R) Now Approved In Japan For The Treatment Of Allergic Rhinitis In Adult Patients

Researchers Discover Primary Sensor That Detects Stomach Viruses

Calcium May Be The Key To Understanding Alzheimer's Disease

Online Studies Offer New Ways To Take Part In Research

Thousands Of Children Die Of Strokes Each Year

Risks In Ordering Drugs By Internet On The Rise

New Medications May Offer Hope To Drinkers Battling Alcohol Dependence

Review: Exercise Not Proven As Dementia Treatment

Most Adults Don't Realize Activity Lowers Colon Cancer Risk

Can Today's Doctors Be Competent Without Computers?

How Cells Die Determines Whether Immune System Mounts Response

"Hypersegregation" May Contribute To Preterm Births Among Black Women

Philips Launches Its First Patient Monitoring System 'Designed For Emerging Markets' In India

Congress Stays The Course To Protect People And Physicians, USA

Hospitalizations Soar For Kids With Skin Infections

Boustany Introduces Bill To Make Children's Health Insurance More Effective, USA

First AbD Serotec Generated Hucal Antibodies Distributed As Part Of Clinical Diagnostic Kits For Autoimmune Diseases By Phadia

California Institute For Regenerative Medicine To Fund Stem Cell Research At Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute

EMEA Gene Therapy Working Party Gives Positive Feedback On EG013

Tactile Paving Helps Blind People For Twenty Five Years, UK

Children's Charities Ask Why Government Won't Spell Out New Funding For Children's Palliative Care, UK

Historic Day For End Of Life Care Says Help The Hospices, UK

Drug Information Association Reveals Industry Move Towards SMS For Clinical Trials Communication

Researchers Discover A Gene That Regulates And Blocks Ovulation - Canadian And European Scientists Collaborate To Unlock Mysteries Of Lrh1 Gene

MIT-led Team Creates Touch-based Illusion - Mind Trick Yields New Insights On Perception

Blood Glucose Monitoring System, The Prodigy® Voice, Awarded For Its Excellent Efforts Being Accessible For The Low Vision And The Blind

Indiana Health Officials Examine State's Pandemic Influenza Ethics Planning

Defining The Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes: A New Beginning - An International Symposium

Computerized Tomography Findings In Pediatric Renal Trauma - Indications For Early Intervention?

Drainage Characteristics And Differential Function Of The Horseshoe Kidney: What Is Typical?

Sacral Neuromodulation For The Dysfunctional Elimination Syndrome: A Single Center Experience With 20 Children

Latest Advances In Interventional Cardiology For Congenital Heart Disease Presented At International Symposium

The King's Fund Response To End Of Life Care Strategy, UK

Virulence Factor That Induces Fatal Fungal Infection Identified By Singapore Scientists

Light Shed On Ways Circadian Disruption Affects Human Health

Innate Resistance To HIV Infection: 2 Specific Genes Involved

New Trainee Doctors Warned About Pitfalls Of Relying On NHS Indemnity Scheme, UK

Clearer, Fairer Funding For The Third Sector - Details Of The Third Sector Investment Programme Published, UK

New Research From Rhode Island Hospital May Help Predict Outcomes For Stomach Cancer Patients

Psychological And Social Issues Associated With Tooth Loss

No Overall Improvement Seen In Second National Scorecard On US Health Care System

Potential New Therapies For Diabetes-Induced Vascular Disease

Patent System For Drugs 'Morally Unacceptable'

NHS Surgeon Performs Challenging Chest Valve Operation Via HD Medical Conferencing - Pioneering International Video Conferencing

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