Medical News Today: Health News for Thursday 21 August 2008

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Thursday 21 August 2008

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Two teams of researchers have discovered clues to the way mammals make and use white and brown fat cells that could lead to treatments for obesity and weight loss; for instance it could be that boosting brown fat cell...
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US Hospital Death Rates For Different Conditions Now Online

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) has enhanced the government's Hospital Compare website to include death rates for the past two years from pneumonia as well as from heart attack and heart failure for...
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Diagnosing Skin Cancer By Smell

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Scientists in the US have found that skin cancer has a distinctive smell that can be detected by sensitive laboratory equipment and they hope the discovery opens the door to developing a new non-invasive way to diagnose...
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Study Reveals Teen And Parent Attitudes Towards Acne

Alexander Technique With Exercise May Alleviate Back Pain

Other Medical and Health News for 21 August*

Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows More U.S. Residents Unable To Pay Medical Bills

Rights Groups In Uganda Call On Country To Pass Legislation To Curb Violence Against Women, Address HIV/AIDS Issues

CMS Releases National Hospital Quality Measures, Mortality Rates On USA Today, Agency Web Sites

Cellular Ringtone Launched In India To Promote Condom Use, Curb Spread Of HIV

Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Obama Discusses Single-Payer Health Care System

Poll Examines Public's Issues Paying For Health Care, Views On Presidential Candidates' Health Care Plans

Opinion Pieces Address Presidential Candidates' Responses To Abortion Rights Issues At Saddleback Forum

Nine Health Insurance Companies Submit Proposals For 'Cover Florida' Program

WSJ Examines Increasing Use, Concerns Over Breast Surgery Using Fat Augmented With Stem Cells

Report Finds 60,000 KCHIP-Eligible Kentucky Children Lack Coverage, Urges Enrollment Boost

Study Looks At Literacy Intervention To Improve Asthma-Related Health Outcomes Among Minority Youth

Census Bureau Report Finds Women Having Fewer Children, Giving Birth Later In Life

U.S. District Court Judge Temporarily Blocks Medi-Cal Cuts

Fight Against HIV/AIDS Pandemic At 'Frustrating Yet Tantalizing Turning Point,' Editorial Says

New York Times Examines Development, Advertising Of HPV Vaccines

States Consider Legislation To Restrict Access To Physician Prescribing Information For Data Mining Companies

HIV/AIDS Advocates In Delaware Call For Federal Funding That Targets Poverty In Fight Against Disease

'Narrative' Of Presidential Candidates On Abortion Issues Changing, Washington Post Reports

Many Older Adults Cannot Find Most Beneficial Prescription Drug Plan On Medicare Web Site, Study Finds

South Carolina Initiative Provides HIV Medications, Follow-Up Treatment To Sexual Assault Survivors

Pharmavite LLC Says Vitamin B Study Published In JAMA Is Flawed; Vitamins Meant For Prevention, Not Disease Treatment

Bristol-Myers Squibb And PDL BioPharma Enter Global Alliance To Develop Novel Treatment For Multiple Myeloma

Clinical-Scale Generation Of Functional Red Blood Cells From Human Embryonic Stem Cells

The Effect Of Opinion Clustering On Disease Outbreaks

Neurosurgeon Available For Comments About Aneurysms

New Insights Into The Regulation Of PTEN Tumor Suppressor Function

Guideline: Surgery May Be Considered For Extreme Face Pain

Researcher Aims To 'Unmask' Cancer Cells To Trigger Body's Immune System

Biofeedback Contributes To Gold Medal Performance

Five Tips: Music Students Should Guard Against Injury

Polyketals May Improve Treatment Of Inflammatory Diseases

Study Shows Link Between Spanking And Physical Abuse

Prepared Patient: Retail Clinics - Health Care On Aisle One

Research Indicates No Justification For Denying Obese Patients Knee Replacements

Significant Long Term Benefit For Low Back Pain Revealed By Major Study

Safer Radiation

Allogeneic, "Off-The-Shelf", Stem Cells Are Safe And Effective For Cervical Spine Fusion

California Pharmacists Association Applauds District Court Halt Of Medi-Cal Cuts

Sea Lamprey Petromyzon Marinus, An Exception To The Rule Of Homing In Anadromous Fishes

Maximal Frustration As An Immunological Principle

Five Ways To Get More Fruit And Veg - World Cancer Research Fund

Schools And Colleges Invent Healthcare Products For 'Siemens Healthcare Challenge'

Mountain Medicine And High Altitude Physiology Course

American Veterinary Medical Association New Orleans Convention Succeeds As A Meeting Of Veterinarians

Institute Scientist Receives Global Award To Aid The Fight Against Prostate Cancer

New AHRQ Tool Helps Hospitals Evaluate Disaster Drills, USA

Workers In Small Companies Less Likely To Kick In Cash For Health Coverage, USA

BJOG Release: Using Nicotine Replacement Therapy During Pregnancy

Updated Advisory On Peritoneal Dialysis Now Available, USA

World-Class MS Information At The Touch Of A Button

DRE Veterinary Distributes All-In-One Veterinary Dental Cart

Alabama's Infant Mortality Rate Increases In 2007

STEMCELL Technologies Introduces AggreWell™400 For Standardized Embryonic Stem Cell And Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Research

Enobia Pharma Initiates Clinical Testing Of Enzyme Replacement Therapy To Treat Hypophosphatasia

BioVex Announces Regulatory Clearance To Commence A Clinical Study With ImmunoVEX HSV2; A Vaccine Candidate For Genital Herpes

PTC124 Shows Promising Activity In Cystic Fibrosis; Phase 2 Proof-of-Concept Data Published In The Lancet

Taming Your Temper: Learning To Turn Down The Heat

Tired All The Time? It May Be Sleep Apnea

Positive Findings Published On Emergent Technology For Treating Chronic Pain

Convict Cichlids Benefit From Close Proximity To Another Species Of Cichlid Fish

Reliable Coding Of Small, Behaviourally Relevant Interaural Intensity Differences In A Pair Of Interneurons Of An Insect

Stem Cell Indicator For Bowel Cancer Should Lead To Better Survival Rates

New 'Catch-And-Tell' Molecules Designed By Queen's Chemist

Critical Protein Complex In Formation Of Cell Cilia Identified By NYU Scientists

CDC Launches CDC-TV On-Line Video Resource

Lung's Protective Response Against Tobacco Smoke Blocked By Infection

Keeping Proteins Sweet With Candy-Coating

Elsevier Semi-Finalists To Work With 500,000-Plus Articles To Create The Life Sciences Tools Of The Future

Dartmouth Professor Named To Technology Review's Annual TR35 List

Managing Psychiatric Meds In Transition To College Studied By Case Western Reserve University

New Research On Sexual Function

Behavior Affected By False Memories: New Study

Incidence Of GERD, Colorectal Cancer Increase With Body Mass

GP-Led Hypertension Health Promotion Campaign Delivers Response Rates Of 76%

Education For Young People With Diabetes Evaluated

Primary Care Health Consultations Can Be Cost-Effective And May Help Reduce Cardiovascular Risk, Say Doctors

Progress Made In NHS Diabetes Care, UK

BMA Scotland Response To The Scottish Government's Proposed Strategy To Tackle Alcohol Misuse

Predicting Injury Of Military Personnel And Athletes

Temporal Fluctuations Of Y-chromosomal Variation In Bos Taurus

Why Do Fiddler Crabs Build Chimneys?

UNICEF, WFP Deliver Water, Food And Hygiene Kits To Residents Of Conflict-Affected Town In Georgia

Canada, Saskatchewan And Saskatchewan First Nations Team Together To Improve First Nations Health In Saskatchewan

$9 Million Awarded To UTSA Minority Basic Research Support Score Program

Journal Of Experimental Child Psychology: Calculators Okay In Math Class, If Students Know The Facts First

Link Between Low Level Cadmium Exposure And Lung Disease

Teen Cancer Survival On The Rise, But More Work Needed

Stem Cell Therapies May Be Right Under Our Nose - Vision.org

Computational Tools To Improve Understanding Of How Microbes Govern Human, Environmental Health

More Than 10 Percent Of Older Americans Suffer Mistreatment According To U. Of Chicago Study

Pipex Pharmaceuticals Acquires Late-Stage Oral Phase II Candidate For Rheumatoid Arthritis

Forum To Help Emerging Biotechs Plan Development Timeline

Landmark Study Leads To Concern Over The Safety And Cleanliness Of MRIs

UCSF Faculty Receive $13.7M From CIRM For Stem Cell Research

HIV Therapy Shows Promise Against Pancreatic Cancer

Dopamine Increased In The Human Brain By Just 1 Sleepless Night

News From The Journal Of Neuroscience

70 Doctoral Fellowships Funded By NSF To Move Stem Cell Discoveries From Bench To Bedside

St. Jude Medical Announces CE Mark Approval And FDA Clearance For New Family Of HIFU Surgical Ablation Products

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