Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 8 August 2008

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Friday 8 August 2008

E Coli Outbreak: California Company Recalls 150,000 Pounds Of Beef

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Wednesday that California food company S&S Foods LLC, based in Azusa, is recalling approximately 153,630 pounds of frozen...
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Dachshund Gene Gives Clue To An Inherited Human Blindness

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Scientists have discovered that a mutation in a dachshund gene called NPHP4 is involved in early onset cone rod dystrophy, a type of retinal degenerative disorder that occurs naturally in humans and dogs and eventually leads to blindness...
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Metabolic Insight To Illuminate Causes Of Iron Imbalance
New insight into key players in iron metabolism has yielded a novel tool for distinguishing among root causes of iron overload or deficiency in humans, the researchers report in the August issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press...
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Other Medical and Health News for 8 August*

Ricin's Deadly Action Revealed By Glowing Probes

Health-Care System Leaves Patients, Medicos In The Waiting Room, Australia

Fauci, Piot Discuss Progress In HIV/AIDS Treatments, Prevention

Kaisernetwork.org Daily Video Round Up From XVII International AIDS Conference In Mexico City

Congo's Maternal And Infant Mortality Rates Too High, Health Minister Says

Massachusetts Faces $13.3B In Unfunded Retiree Health Care Costs, According To Report

Tool Kit For HIV-Positive Children Released At International AIDS Conference

Bayer Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Sandoz Related To Oral Contraceptive YAZ

Large Wisconsin Businesses See Reduced Health Care Costs Under New Program

Male Mexican Migrant Workers Have Increased Risk For HIV After Arrival In U.S. Because Of Changes In Sex Habits, Study Finds

People Living With HIV/AIDS In Canada Have Difficulty Obtaining Organ Transplants, Advocates Say At AIDS Conference

Shortage Of Massachusetts Dentists Willing To Provide Care After Dental Benefits Extended

Research Examines Role Of Truck Drivers In HIV/AIDS Along Routes In Africa

U.S. Senate Candidates Udall, Schaffer Oppose Colo. Ballot Measure That Would Define Fertilized Embryo As Person

Researchers Examine Use Of Antiretrovirals As HIV Prevention Method

Number Of Tuberculosis Cases Among Foreign-Born Residents In North Carolina Increasing

New York Times Examines Obama's Support Among Catholics, Possibility Sen. Casey Will Speak At Convention

GTCbio Announces Its Inaugural Bugs & Dugs Conference On September 22-23, 2008, San Diego, CA

BCBS Illinois To End Reimbursements To Hospitals For Treatment Related To Serious Medical Errors

Court Finds Kyrgyz Physicians Guilty Of HIV Transmission

Opinion Pieces Discuss HIV/AIDS Among Blacks, Minority Women

GTCbio Announces Its Biomarker Discovery Europe Conference On October 2-3, 2008 In Dublin, Ireland

GTCbio Announces Its 4th Annual Neurodegenerative Diseases Drug Discovery Conference On October 9-10, 2008 In Philadelphia, PA

Wall Street Journal Examines Nursing Home Evictions Of Elderly, Frail Residents

U.N. Goal Of 'Universal Access' To Antiretrovirals Unlikely To Be Reached Worldwide

New Mexico, Other States Implementing Legislation To Ensure Culturally Competent Care

Emergency Department Visits Increased By More Than 32% From 1996 To 2006, CDC Report Finds, US

Efforts To Fight HIV/AIDS Not Reaching Enough Children, Health Workers At Conference Say

Newspapers Examine Challenges In HIV Prevention Among MSM

Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report Summarizes Reports, Initiatives From International AIDS Conference -- Aug. 7

Australia's Total Fertility Rate Reaches 25-Year High

Complete Neandertal Mitochondrial Genome Sequenced From 38,000-Year-Old Bone

Mouse Genetics Impacts Human Health And Will Continue To Provide Dramatic Advances In Understanding Human Biology And Disease

Study Sees Need For Standardized Evaluation Of Antibody Response To HIV-1

People With Heart Disease Still Have Trouble Controlling Blood Lipid Levels - Need For Improved Cholesterol And Triglyceride Treatment

Veterinarians Adapt Human Tests For Monkeys - Noninvasive Iron Test Helps Modify Diets For Individual Monkeys

Robotics Research: Enhancing The Lives Of People With Disabilities - NSF Sponsored Project Improves Quality And Flexibility Of Rehabilitation Robotics

Likely Cause Of Postpartum Blues And Depression Identified

Study Helps Pinpoint Genetic Variations In European Americans

Gender Stereotypes Contradicted When Negotiating

Individual Personal Ties Strengthen Teams' Overall Creativity

A Gene For Sexual Switching In Melons Provides Clues To The Evolution Of Sex

Researchers Halt Spread Of HIV With RNAi

Arrival Method, Slow Response Often Delay Stroke Care

Study Offers New Insight On HIV Transmission Risk Of Men Who Have Sex With Men

First Hard Evidence For The Simultaneous Break-Up Of A Molecule Into Three Equal Parts

Beyond PTEN: Alternate Genes Linked To Breast, Thyroid And Kidney Cancer Predisposition

Trigger For Brain Plasticity Identified - Signal Comes, Surprisingly, From Outside The Brain

Attention Grabbers Snatch Lion's Share Of Visual Memory - Visual Memory More Flexible Than Previously Believed

No-Nose Bicycle Saddles Improve Penile Sensation And Erectile Function In Bicycling Police Officers

UT Houston Researchers Study Diet In Autistic Children - Possible Link Between Gluten, Dairy Products Will Be Tested

Pathogen That Causes Disease In Cattle Also Associated With Crohn's Disease - Research Urgently Needed To Evaluate Potential Risks To Humans

Are Wildlife Conservation Efforts Done For Me Or For The Birds?

A New Light On The Brains Of People With Borderline Personality Disorder

Pre-Cancerous Condition Linked To Chronic Acid Reflux Faces Several Hurdles

Are Medical Doctors Who Do Research Becoming Extinct?

Public Private Research Partnership Announces £4M Of Projects To Improve UK Diet And Health

Big Changes In Public Attitudes Toward Different Industries Since Last Year

Back To School: More Stressful Than Parents Think

Lipitor 80 Mg Reduced Heart Attack And Stroke Risk In Patients With Heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes And Chronic Kidney Disease

Inhibitex Reports Initiation Of Multiple Ascending Dose Trial Of FV-100 For Shingles

ARIAD Announces Start Of Phase 2 Clinical Study Of Oral Deforolimus In Patients With Advanced Endometrial Cancer

FDA Approves Expanded Label For CANCIDAS(R) As The 1st And Only Echinocandin Therapy For Pediatric Patients With Indicated Fungal Infections

First Step Towards Switching Off Breast Cancer And Leukaemia

AnaSpec Introduces New SensoLyte™ 570 Generic MMP Assay Kit With Industry's Highest Wavelength

Structural Biology Spin-Out Tackles Major Diseases

Tufts Researchers Design Bio-Friendly Optical Platform For Sensing Applications In Medicine, Health, Environment, Communications

Putting MicroRNAs On The Stem Cell Map

Novel Assay Finds That Widely Prescribed Anti-Parasite Drug Targets Cancer-Causing Protein

Scientists Replicate Diseases In The Lab With New Stem Cell Lines

Common And Well Established Infertility Treatments Are Unlikely To Improve Fertility

Daley And Colleagues Create 20 Disease-Specific Stem Cell Lines - Lines To Be Part Of New HSCI IPS Collection Available To Researchers

Multi-Tasking Molecule Holds Key To Allergic Reactions

Possible New Treatment For Psoriasis

Why Gene Therapy Caused Leukemia In Some "Boy In The Bubble Syndrome" Patients

Softly, Softly: Drugs That Block The Protein KCa3.1 Reduce Hardening Of Mouse Arteries

ProteoTech's Exebryl-1(R) Enters Human Clinical Trials For The Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease

Ardea Biosciences Presents Phase 2a Antiviral Activity Data For Lead HIV Candidate, RDEA806 At XVII International AIDS Conference

New Survey Explores The Impact Of Insulin Injections And Communications Between Patients And Healthcare Providers

Nature Publication Reports On Key Role Of Bile Acids In Glucose Metabolism And Insulin Signaling

Vapotherm(R) Precision Flow(TM) Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance

USAID Provides Assistance To Togo Flood Victims

Athletes: Play Sports Clean, Hard And True

News From The Journal Of Oral Implantology

InNexus Biotechnology Announces Launch Of Large Scale Primate Study Of DXL625

Group B Strep Infection: A Lurking Danger For Unborn Babies

How Tumor Suppress Or Inhibits Cell Growth

Research Helps Patients Find Antidepressants That Work

Anti HIV Treatment Lowers Cardiovascular Risk

Researchers Demonstrate Activity Of Mebendazole In Metastatic Melanoma

Midge Hunting Scientists Tackle Spread Of Devastating Bluetongue Virus

No Evidence To Support 'Organic Is Best'

Special Issue Celebrates 40 Years Of Drug Testing At The Olympics

New And Revised Limits Ensure Safety In The Workplace

Study Reveals Use Of Cleaning Products During Pregnancy Increases Risk Of Asthma In Young Children

Alcohol Consumption Declining, According To Results Of New Study

Lipid Sciences Granted Two Fundamental Viral Immunotherapy Patents

Action To Reduce Risk Of Measles Epidemic, UK

APTA Applauds Introduction Of Veterans Physical Therapy Services Improvement Act

Lack Of Time On Tummy Shown To Hinder Achievement Of Developmental Milestones, Say Physical Therapists

Have You Been Newly Diagnosed? Diabetes UK

Can Broccoli Help Heart Damage? Diabetes UK

Medicines Regulator Gives Go-ahead For First Ever Oral Antibiotic To Be Made Available Without Prescription To Treat Chlamydia

Fresh Hope For Malaria Vaccine By Piggy-Backing It Onto Viruses

Minors As Living Solid-Organ Donors

Researchers Unveil Vital Key To Cancer

How Can Science Help Secure The World's Food Supply? Royal Society Asks

Updated Licence For Goserelin (Zoladex 3.6 Mg & Zoladex La 10.8mg) Reflects Survival Benefits In All Stages Of Prostate Cancer

Researchers Find Cancer-Inhibiting Compound Under The Sea, University Of Florida

Hooper Holmes' Heritage Labs Division Launches New Home Diabetes Test

Health Insurance Premiums Have More Than Doubled Since 1996, USA

Action Duchenne Provides £150k For Gene Therapy Research For New Treatment For Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Launch Of NHS Constitutional Advisory Forum, UK

Early Warning Of Leukaemia Or False Alarm?

Boehringer Ingelheim Continues To Post Strong Growth

New Health IT Leaders Announced, UK

Media- Literate Teens May Be Less Likely To Smoke Cigarettes, Pitt School Of Medicine Study Finds

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