Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 19 July 2008

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Saturday 19 July 2008

Medicare Change Sheds Light On New Infection Precaution Measures

Written by Dr. Charles McIntosh

As part of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Rule-1553-P, effective October 1, 2008, Medicare will no longer pay for eight conditions that can be acquired by patients during hospital stays that could have been...
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Bladder-Sparing Therapy For Muscle-Infiltrating Bladder Cancer

Written by Urotoday

UroToday.com - Muscle infiltrating bladder cancer is a life-threatening disease. Despite diagnostic and surgical advancements in the last decade, after cystectomy 5-year disease recurrence rate is 30-40% even in referral centers...
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Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes - New Journal From The American Heart Association
Reflecting the growing emphasis on evidence-based cardiology practice, the American Heart Association has announced a September premier for Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes...
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Other Medical and Health News for 19 July*

USP Chief Science Officer Darrell Abernethy To Receive ACCP Distinguished Service Award

$10.9M NCI Grant For Studies Of Virus Cancer Models

New Kind Of MRI Enables Study Of Magnets For Computer Memory

New Computer, Most Powerful At Johns Hopkins, Will Speed Disease Research

State-Of-The-Art Research Equipment Funded By NIH Awards Of More Than $33 Million

Government Retiree Health Care Crisis: New Paper Addresses The Myths And Realities

Public Concerns Increasing Over Nanotechnology

More Honours Awarded By The American Society For Microbiology

Immigrant Youths Explore Identity In High School

American Society For Microbiology Honors, October 25 - October 28, 2008

Increased Risk For Disabilities After Preterm Birth

Senate Passage Of AIDS, TB And Malaria Bill An Important Step Forward, Says Africa Action

Fresh Tomatoes Now Available In The Domestic Market Are Not Associated With The Current Salmonella Outbreak, Says FDA

FDA Launches Fellowship Program To Develop Pipeline Of Scientists, Other Professionals

FDA Reaches Settlement With California Hearing Device Maker

One In Four Pregnant Women Do Not Feel Well Informed By Their Gynaecologist

Bob Schieffer - Facing The Nation's Diabetes Crisis

American Diabetes Association Urges Congress To Examine Ravages Of Childhood Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes

The HFSP Journal Publishes New Article On The Impact Of Mechanical Stimulation On The Initiation Of Colon Cancer

Modified Virus Used To Treat Prion Disease In Mice

World Health Organization Restores Permanent International Presence In Iraq

The ED Conversation Dilemma: Forty Percent Of Men With ED Don't Talk To Their Doctor, Survey Finds

Recall Of Sandoz Timolol Ophthalmic Solution 0.25% And Sandoz Timolol Ophthalmic Solution 0.5% Due To Potential Health Risk, Canada

China Can't Fully Fix Air Quality Problem For Olympics According To URI Researcher

American Public Health Association Applauds New Report On Health Impacts Of Climate Change

Sophie Suffers From A Rare Form Of Mitochondrial Disease That Has Made Her Muscles Extremely Weak, Website Launched

California Academy Of Family Physicians Lauds Congress On Medicare Veto Override; Call On CA Legislators To Similarly Rescind Medi-Cal Cuts

Pharmacy Educators Break Science's Boundaries At 2008 AACP/AFPC Annual Meeting And Seminars

Premera Partners With American Cancer Society To Offer Tobacco Cessation Program - Highest Quit Rate For Employer-Based Programs In The Nation

By 2012, Legitimate Generics Will Account For 20% Of Brazil's Pharmaceuticals And Healthcare Market

ERBITUX® (Cetuximab) Receives Approval In Japan For Use In Advanced Colorectal Cancer

FDA Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) For Expanded Indication Of LibiGel® In FSD For Female Sexual Dysfuntion

Most Comprehensive View Of Mammalian Transcriptome Reported - Applied Biosystems SOLiD System Used To Survey Mouse Stem Cell RNA Landscape

Start Of Phase II Clinical Trial With TRIOLEX™ (HE3286) In Type-2 Diabetes Patients; Sites Expanded To Accelerate Enrollment

Inovio Biomedical's First Proprietary DNA Vaccine Achieves 100% Protection Against Avian Flu In Pre-Clinical Testing

Somalia Faces Dire Crossroads As Insecurity And Drought Combine

New, Informative European Association Of Urology Website Launched Urologyweek.org

An ID For Alzheimer's?

Analysis Of Quickly Stopped Rx Orders Provides New Tool For Reducing Medical Errors

Averting Postsurgical Infections In Kids: Give Antibiotics Within Hour Before First Incision, Researchers Say

ITunes Allows Radiologists To Save, Sort And Search Personal Learning Files

Regular Walking Protects The Masai Against Cardiovascular Disease

Ekaterina Helwein To Be Honoured At American Society For Microbiology Conference

Prevalence And Characteristics Of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms In Men Aged Over 80

Surgical Renal Ischemia: A Contemporary Overview

Association Between Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen Level, Liver Function Tests And Lipid Profile In Healthy Men

Barriers To The Practice Of Evidence-Based Urology

Impact Of Surgical Volume On The Rate Of Lymph Node Metastases In Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy

Comprehensive Clinic For Gastrointestinal Cancers Opens At Rush University Medical Center, USA

Launch Of Zenith AAA Iliac Legs With Flex Stent Gapping Designed To Have Increased Flexibility And Improved Conformability

Drexel University College Of Nursing Receives $1.4 MM Federal Grant To Spread Nursing Technology Expertise Nationally, USA

A New-Generation Of Simpler Sensors For Detecting Disease-Causing Microbes And Toxins

'Snow Flea Antifreeze Protein' Could Help Improve Organ Preservation

Killer Kevlar - Clothing That Shields From Germs

The 1st Pan-American Congress On Aesthetic And Anti-Aging Medicine

Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2.4 Million For Validation Of Nine Promising Therapeutic Targets For Parkinson's Disease

Medical-Surgical Nurses Can Be Advocates For Family Presence During Resuscitation

Nurses Can Help Patients By Taking A Stand Against Smoking

Study Finds Temperature-Taking Methods Are Not Interchangeable

Treating Depression Reduces Risk Of Heart Disease

Elderly Falls Cut By 11 Percent With Education And Intervention

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