Medical News Today: Health News for Tuesday 29 July 2008

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Tuesday 29 July 2008

Brain Differences Visible In Symptomless Carriers Of Alzheimer's Gene

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Brain scans of healthy middle aged carriers of the APOE-4 gene that is known to be a risk factor for Alzheimer's Disease, showed they had brain differences that were detectable long before symptoms of the disease were likely to appear...
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Statins Linked To Lower Dementia Risk

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A US study that followed over 1,500 older Mexican Americans for 5 years found that statin users were about half as likely to develop dementia, or to have cognitive impairment without dementia, as those who did not use statins...
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Steep Rise In At Home Deaths As Patients Fail To Manage Their Medications

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The sad loss of 28-year old movie actor Heath Ledger in January this year, who died from an accidental overdose of a prescription drug, brought to public attention the potential dangers of patients managing their own...
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Overweight Women Need More Exercise To Maintain Weight Loss

Hearing Loss Affects Millions Of US Adults

Invasive Treatment Of Coronary Syndromes Appears Beneficial For Men And High-Risk Women

Other Medical and Health News for 29 July*

Medicines Legislation To Be Reviewed And Consolidated By Regulator, UK

NICE Short Clinical Guideline Published On Antibiotic Prescribing For Respiratory Tract Infections

NICE Issues Guidance On The Use Of Drug-Eluting Stents For The Treatment Of Coronary Artery Disease

New NICE Public Health Guidance On Preventing The Uptake Of Smoking By Children And Young People

FDA Poorly Equipped To Enforce Off-Label Prescription Drug Marketing Rules, GAO Report Finds

HIV Vaccine Research Requires Innovative Ideas, New Scientists, More Funding, Researchers Say

NMA Annual Convention To Focus On Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities, Columnist Writes

Presumptive GOP Presidential Nominee McCain Says He Supports Legislation To Expand ADA Protections

President Bush Says He Will Sign PEPFAR Reauthorization Bill

Lancet Publishes Article On HIV/AIDS Among U.S. Blacks

Senate Republicans To Begin Campaign Against Medicare Fraud

Editorials Discuss Massachusetts Governor's Plan For Addressing Health Insurance Law Budget Shortfall

Navajo Nation Council Votes To Ban Public Smoking On Reservation

House Subcommittee Examines Rural Health Care Disparities

CQ's Armstrong Discusses Medicare 'Trigger' Bill, Health IT Legislation, Tobacco Regulation, Mental Health Parity Measure

Lancet Publishes Opinions, Profiles Pieces About HIV/AIDS In Latin America, U.S. Blacks

Antiabortion Student Group Sues Wayne State University, Alleging Free Speech Rights Violated

Florida Medicaid Healthy Behaviors Incentive Program Has Low Participation, Many Unaware Of Program, Study Finds

Washington Post Mischaracterized HIV/AIDS Among Hispanics, Letter To Editor Says

Reproductive Tourism Could Put Women, Fetuses At Risk, Experts Say

AP/San Jose Mercury News Examines Health Care Advocacy Business

Report On HIV/AIDS In Southern U.S. Should 'Serve' As 'Call To Action,' Editorial Says

Bush Says He Will Be 'Honored' To Sign Global AIDS Bill

Veterans' Hotline Averted More Than 1,200 Suicides In First Year

New HIV Cases Could Quadruple Over 10 Years If Discordant Couples Discontinue Condom Use, Study Says

Catholic Advocates Call On Pope To Lift Church's Ban On Contraceptive Use

New York Times Examines 'Dual-Class' Treatment To Cosmetic, Medical Patients By Dermatologists

Study Finds Improved Life Expectancy For HIV-Positive People Receiving Treatment

Unique Voluntary Program To Monitor Nanotechnologies

Sharp National Rise In Skin Infections, MRSA Suspected

NICE To Take Part In Department Of Health's Pilot Information Accreditation Scheme

NICE Issues Updated Guidance On The Use Of Insulin Pump Therapy

Transit Systems Are Not Well Integrated Into Local Emergency Plans; Evacuation Planning For Special Needs Populations Inadequate

Innovative Web-Based Product From Physio-Control Named One Of The Year's Hot Products

U.N. Experts Warn On New Threats To MDG Progress In Latin America And The Caribbean

Council Agrees Changes To Non-Referral Threshold Criteria - Royal Pharmaceutical Society Of Great Britain

Study Of Molecular Genetics Of Depression: VCU Awarded Wellcome Trust Foundation Grant

Survey Seeks Pharmacists Views On CPD, UK

Tech Tool Highlights Public Policy That Saves Lives, US

BVA AWF - What's New: Practical Animal Handling, Disbudding Of Kid Goats And Bat Care Guidelines, UK

Inheritance Of Hormonal Disorder Marked By Excessive Insulin In Daughters

Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. To Present Published Data At The IXth World Conference On Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Nerve, Vascular Damage From Diabetes Reduced By Compound That Helps Rice Grow

New And Potentially Better Source Of Platelets For Transfusion

Barrier Therapeutics Introduces Dual-Component Xolegel CorePakTM For Seborrheic Dermatitis

Upstream Begins Animal Efficacy Testing For Leishmaniasis Treatment

European Legislation On Clinical Trials: Hospital Clinic Participates In ICREL Project

OctoPlus Proves Efficacy Of OP-145 In Phase II Ear Infection Study

Eating CLA-Enriched Cookies Increases Levels Of Beneficial Fatty Acids In Breast Milk

Improving School Safety By Identifying The Kids Most Likely To Go Armed

New Study Shows Drug Combats Previously Untreatable Prostate Cancers

Alleviating The Fear Of Falling

Extra Walking Helps Control Type 2 Diabetes

Worry And Sleepless Nights Increase Risk Of Diabetes In Men

Soft Drinks And Fruit Drinks And Risk For Diabetes In African-American Women Linked By Study

'Microscope On A Chip' Developed By Caltech Bioengineers

Another First For Diabetes, Canada

Women With Gestational Diabetes At Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes

U.S. Grown Jalapeno And Serrano Peppers Not Connected To Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak

Nanoscale Mass Sensor Can Weigh Individual Atoms And Molecules, Biomolecules Like DNA

FDA Advises Against Consumption Of American Lobster (Maine Lobster) Tomalley

Dividing Cells And Micromanagement

AMA: Access To Medical Care Should Be Assessed In Accrediting Aged Care Facilities, Australia

Coventry African Community Invited To Health & Wellbeing Event, UK

Negative Effects On Bones After Weight Loss Persist Through Weight Maintenance

Let's Talk About Sex - Terrence Higgins Trust Launches 'Bodyworks' Groups For Gay Men, UK

New Health And Hygiene Accreditation Scheme Declared Open

Clues To Preventing And Treating Cancer Spread Provided By Study

Researchers Analyze How New Anti-MRSA Abtibiotics Function

Alcohol Dependence And Hispanics

EFSA Opinion Reaffirms Safety Of Meat And Milk Derived From Cloning

Accelerated R&D Credit In House-Passed Housing Package Will Enhance Biotech Innovation, Speed Therapeutic Discovery And Increase Jobs

Symbiotic Microbes Induce Profound Genetic Changes In Their Hosts

Greater Risk Of Eating Disorder Symptoms Among Female Athletes And Exercisers

Designer Teams With Mayo Clinic To Study Medical Decision Aids

Tips To Prevent Heat Related Illnesses

Study Suggests 86 Percent Of Americans Could Be Overweight Or Obese By 2030

Gallbladder Removed Without External Incisions

Study Shows Exposure To Bad Air Raises Blood Pressure

Yale Researchers Find New Trigger For Autoimmune Diseases

Alzheimer's Society Comment On Research Into Statins And Dementia

HSE Urges Farmers In Kent To Properly Maintain Tractors, Trailers And Other Mobile Equipment

Why The Alcopop Tax Is Working - Australian Drug Foundation

APA Calls Baby Borrowers Harmful To Young Children, Adolescents' Mental Health

HIV/AIDS Waiver Program Offers Option For Seriously Ill Patients

APA Explores Mental Health Disparities And Substance Abuse Through OMNA On Tour

UNICEF: Nearly 700,000 Children Still In Need Of Assistance In Myanmar

RCN Responds To Healthcare Commission's Report On Acute Mental Health Services, UK

RCN Supports Call For National Campaign To Tackle Obesity, UK

Royal College Of Nursing Re-Elects Gay Man To Chair Its Annual Congress

Patients With Suspected Stroke Should Be Admitted Directly To Specialist Stroke Units

Pre-Eclampsia May Be Autoimmune Disease

Minister Clement Welcomes "Lessons Learned" Report On Medical Isotopes Shortage From Health Experts, Canada

Asthma UK At The Birmingham Eid Mela

Lung Inflammation From Influenza Could Be Turned Off With New Discovery

AVMA Passes Groundbreaking Animal Welfare Policies

Assortative Sociality, Limited Dispersal, Infectious Disease, And The Genesis Of The Global Pattern Of Religion Diversity

Respiratory Symptoms Among Bakers' Apprentices: Are There Mechanisms Other Than Allergy?

The Viral Causes Of Recurrent And Prolonged Respiratory Illnesses In Infancy

Federal Agencies Convene Behavioral Health Conference For Returning Veterans And Their Families

NIH Creates Global Health Program To Fight Chronic Diseases

Two New Alzheimer's Disease Studies Show Advances Against Different Treatment Targets

Polyphenon Pharma Receives Orphan Drug Designation For Its Botanical Drug, Polyphenon E, For The Treatment Of CLL

Controversy About Lack Of Placebo Group Decline In Alzheimer's Clinical Trials

Ikaria(R) Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation For Inhaled Carbon Monoxide For Delayed Graft Function In Solid Organ Transplants

Electronic Brachytherapy Accurately Delivers Non-Radioactive Therapy Directly To Breast And Endocavitary Cancer Sites

Nventa Announces Final Data From HspE7 Phase 1 Cervical Dysplasia Trial

Exforge(R) Helps Nearly Twice As Many Patients Control Their High Blood Pressure Compared To Amlodipine Alone

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Announces Receipt Of Not Approvable Letter From FDA For Iloperidone

Ardea To Present Data On Lead HIV Candidate, RDEA806, At ICAAC/IDSA Joint Meeting

Novel Study Finds Proton Channels Inhibit The Release Of Histamine During Allergic Reactions

Team Leads Research Into Robotic Surgery For Kidney Cancer

Statins May Protect Against Memory Loss

Deaths From Combining Drugs And/or Alcohol Skyrocket

Ethanol Co-products Provide Means To Deliver Cancer Drugs

A New Biomarker For Early Cancer Detection? Research Reveals That 'Microrna' May Fit The Bill

Obesity Linked To Newer, Less Walkable Neighborhoods

'Now You See Its' Yale Researchers Explain Why You Don't

New Data On Average National Cholesterol Levels Provides Benchmark To Measure Progress To Treatment Targets, UK

Hypnosis Shown To Reduce Symptoms Of Dementia

Concentric Medical Launches Next Generation Family Of Neurovascular Retrievers

New Human Tissue Bank 'A Tremendous Research Resource', University Of Bradford

Drugs Commonly Used For Erectile Dysfunction Allowed More Chemotherapy To Reach Brain Tumors In Laboratory Animal Study

New AHRQ Study Finds Surgical Errors Cost Nearly $1.5 Billion Annually, USA

BMA Cymru Wales Comment On The Death Of Dr Catherine Mullany In Antigua

American Chemical Society National Meeting Aug. 17-21 Offers Bounty Of News And Features

Pediatric Nursing Journal Presents 2008 Humanitarian Award To Zimbabwean Nurse Leader

Emphysema In Adulthood May Be Linked To Premature Birth

Sleep Breathing Disturbances And Throat Inflammation

Eating Fish With High Levels Of Omega-3 May Explain Very Low Levels Of Heart Disease In Japan Compared To The U.S.

U.S. FDA Clears Ge Healthcare's New Additions To PET/CT Line, Extending Ge's Leadership In Cancer Detection, Management And Research

New CDC Grant Program Extends Health Resources To Residents And Other Community Members Affected By 9/11 Attack

Statement By Mike Leavitt, Secretary Of Health And Human Services, On Legislation To Address Medicare Solvency

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