Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 22 August 2008

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Friday 22 August 2008

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Researchers in Japan have successfully made stem cells from wisdom teeth, creating an alternative source of pluripotent cells for researching and treating disease and avoiding the ethical problems surrounding the use of embryonic stem cells...
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Obese Rats Successfully Treated With Addiction Drug

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

US scientists testing the epilepsy drug vigabatrin (GVG) as a potential treatment for drug addiction, discovered that it also led to rapid weight loss and reduced food intake in genetically bred obese rats...
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Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals photo

FDA To Allow Irradiation Of Spinach And Lettuce

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a ruling that allows food producers to irradiate spinach and iceberg lettuce to kill foodborne bacteria like E. coli and salmonella that can cause people to become ill...
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New Cystic Fibrosis Drug Found To Be Promising

Other Medical and Health News for 22 August*

Chicago Tribune Examines How Health Care Is Playing In Presidential Election, Among Voters

UNAIDS In Bangladesh, Standard Chartered Bank Sign Agreement To Form Business Coalition On HIV/AIDS

Medicare Anti-Fraud Claims Misleading, According To Confidential OIG Draft Report

HIV/AIDS Prevalence In Cambodia Decreasing; Health Officials Predict Further Declines

Opinion Piece Examines S.D. Abortion Providers' Dilemma In Reading 'Script' Mandated By State Law

Namibia Holds Workshop, Conducts Assessment To Examine Male Circumcision For HIV Prevention

Researchers Report New Process Of Creating Red Blood Cells From Embryonic Stem Cell

Organization Spreads HIV/AIDS Awareness, Prevention Through Soccer In Africa, Boston Globe Reports

Pa. Supreme Court Rules Gov. Rendell Misused Line-Item Veto On Family Planning Funding In 2005

NEJM Perspectives Examine Shattuck Lecture, McCain, Obama Health Care Reform Plans

HPV Vaccine Gardasil Might Not Be Cost-Effective For Adult Women, NEJM Study Says

Tennessean Editorial, Opinion Piece Discuss Proposals To Change Health Care System

Calif. AG, Family Planning Advocates Say Proposed HHS Rule Would Overturn State Birth Control Law

Illinois Senate Approves Gov. Blagojevich's Proposal To Extend Maximum Age Child Can Be Covered Under Parents' Health Insurance

Texas' Rio Grande Valley Region Has High Diabetes Rate; Large Hispanic Population Considered Contributing Factor

Abortion-Rights Supporters Lieberman, Giuliani To Speak At Republican Convention

Additional 439,000 Massachusetts Residents Insured Since 2006 Enactment Of Universal Health Insurance Law, Report Finds

American Indians In Northern Plains Have Higher Rates Of Cancer Than Those In Other Regions, Whites, Research Finds

Detroit Area Catholic Leaders Focus On Document Condemning Contraception

Study Examines Cost-Effectiveness Of HPV Vaccine

Report Examines HIV Prevention Among At-Risk Groups

New Drug Delivery System Breaks The 'Mucus Barrier'

Survey Shows Parents' Best Intentions Out Of Step With Expert Recommendations In Protecting Kids From Flu

Psoriasis: More Than Skin Deep

Sexual Matters Don't Sway Mothers On HPV Vaccine

Bath Researchers Study How Cancer Cells Come Unstuck

U.S. Senate Candidates In Minnesota And Texas Discuss Health Care Issues

Toronto Star Profiles Work Of Women's HIV/AIDS Advocacy Group In Namibia

Development Of Schizophrenia And Acute Maternal Stress During Pregnancy Linked

Spike In Rabies Cases Seen In China

FDA Approves Vidaza Label Expansion

Biodiesel Byproduct Converted Into Omega-3 Fatty Acids By Virginia Tech Researcher

Sign Language Over Cell Phones Comes To United States

New Vaccine To Fight Multiple Influenza Strains Tested At UTMB

Tobacco Industry's Marketing Linked To Youth Smoking

Research About Evolution Of Genetic Storage Fueled By Exploding Chromosomes

Human Glioblastoma Tumor Cell Size Reduced By 50 To 70 Percent In Rat Model

Link Between E. coli And Distillers' Grains Studied By Researchers

Ear Infections In Childhood May Predispose To Obesity Later In Life

Why Hormone Therapy For Prostate Cancer Ultimately Fails

Translational Stem Cell Research Conference

Nanotech: Consumer Product Safety Commission Lacks Budget, Authority And Expertise To Ensure Nanoproducts Are Safe

Rapid Test For Pathogens Developed By K-State Researchers Could Be Used To Detect Diseases Used By Bioterrorists

NovaRx Initiates Pivotal Phase III Clinical Trial In Lung Cancer Patients

Shingles Pain Treatment Will Benefit More Patients

Head-To-Head Study Showed Prasugrel Statistically Superior To Clopidogrel In Reducing Recurrent Cardiovascular Events

FDA Requires Additional Information On DORIBAX For Treatment Of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

Bayer And Onyx Begin Enrollment In STORM Trial Studying Nexavar As Adjuvant Therapy For Patients With Liver Cancer

Ardea Biosciences Advances Lead Product Candidate For The Treatment Of Gout, RDEA594, Into Phase 1 Clinical Trial

New Data Support Role For Monitoring Of Cell-Mediated Immunity In Adult Patients Following Renal Transplantation

Telik's Proteasome Inhibitor Program Meets A Preclinical Development Milestone

Tropical Storm Fay Not Over Yet; Prepare Now

Community Health Plan Ranks Highest For Washington Child Immunizations

Malaria Researchers Identify New Mosquito Virus

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Improves Sleep, Sexuality And Joint Pain In Older Women

Major Study Shows Quality-Of-life Benefits From HRT

Cancer Therapy: A Role For MAPK Inhibitors Combined With MTORC1 Inhibitors

Reducing Risky Health Behaviors In Teens: A Tall Order

Cancer Survival Up Thanks To Evidence-based Approaches, Says Cancer Council, Australia

UQ Research Touches A Nerve

Weather And Climate Leaders Urge Washington To Better Protect US

Public Involvement In Environmental Decisions

Cell Transplants Protect Intestinal Tissue From Autoimmune Attack In Animal Model

Skin 'Odor Profiles' May Open Doors To Early And Noninvasive Skin Cancer Detection And Diagnosis

Identification Of Protein That Produces 'Good' Fat, Has Potential To Treat, Prevent Obesity

Duke Chemists Synthesize Promising Anti-cancer Product

Mental Illness And Addiction Research Boosted By Large-Scale Investment

An Unusual Form Of Inheritance May Have A Role In The Rising Rate Of Diabetes

A Taste For Calcium?

Early Diagnosis For Osteoarthritis

Reproductive Dysfunctions and Alcohol Dependence Linked Among Women

Discovery Of How Rheumatoid Arthritis Causes Bone Loss Holds Implications For Autoimmune Disease And Osteoporosis

Genetically Bred 'Fat Rats' Experience Dramatic Weight Loss, Reduced Food Intake After Being Given Vigabatrin

Compression Stockings Incorrectly Used In 29 Percent Of Patients AJN Study Reveals

A Ticking Time Bomb For Health Services: Obesity In The Elderly

The Key To Overeating As We Age Discovered By Monash Scientist

Using Plastic Coatings To Help Medical Implants Connect With Neurons

MRI Technology That Non-Invasively Locates, Quantifies Specific Cells In The Body

MIT Zeroes In On Alzheimer's Structures - Work Could Lead To New Drugs For The Common Disease

Codeine Not Safe For All Breastfeeding Moms And Their Babies

Fruit Flavor Enzymes Manipulated By Biochemists

MIT Sloan Professor Finds Higher Healthcare Spending Results In Better Outcomes

Research On Nanoparticles And Human Health At University Of Kentucky Receives $2M Grant

Draeger Fabius MRI Receives FDA Clearance To Provide Advanced Anesthesia Technology In The MR Environment

Pain Therapeutics And King Pharmaceuticals Announce Final Data Of REMOXY Phase III Study At World Pain Congress

Regulus Therapeutics And Collaborators Publish New Data On A Critical Role For MiR-21 In Brain Tumors

The New MagNA Pure LC 2.0 System: New Design And Improved Performance Meet A Proven Nucleic Acid Isolation Technology

Vertex Pharmaceuticals To Start Phase 3 'REALIZE' Trial With Telaprevir In Treatment-Failure HCV Patients

Military Assignments May Decrease Aspects Of Physical Fitness

Federal Court Rules Budget Cuts Unlawfully Jeopardize Health Care For Millions Of Californians

NPA Responds To Research On The Reported Interactions Between Fruit Juices And Medicines

AVMA New Orleans Convention Succeeds As A Meeting Of Veterinarians ... And Through Good Will

ANF Responds To Workplace Ombudsman Decision On Filipino Nursing Assistants Employed Under 457 Visa Scheme, Australia

Systems Medicine LLC (SML) Uses OmniComm Systems, Inc. For Electronic Data Capture (EDC) In A Phase II Oncology Study

Prominent Urologist, Peter J. Muench, M.D., Recommends Penile Implant Surgery Over Viagra® For More Extreme Erectile Dysfunction (ED) Cases

Compact Discs Provide Pain Relief For Scots

Government report glosses over diabetes care failings, UK

AHIP Welcomes New Pro-Reform Ad Featuring Harry And Louise

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