Medical News Today: Health News for Thursday 28 August 2008

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Thursday 28 August 2008

WHO Commission Says Equity Is The New Agenda

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new report from the World Health Organization suggests that the reason most people in the world do not enjoy the good health that their bodies potentially offer from a biological perspective is due to a "toxic combination...
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Scientists Change Living Pancreatic Cells Into Insulin Producers

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

US scientists have discovered a way to transform living pancreatic cells in mice into another type of cell that produces insulin without having to revert to the stem cell stage, creating what is now a third route for cell...
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Antidepressant Medications May Have Alternate Use

Written by Peter M Crosta

A new study published in the August 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry finds that hippocampal neurogenesis (neuron birth in the hippocampus part of the brain) might be used by the monoaminergic antidepressants (related to...
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Other Medical and Health News for 28 August*

Human Rights Should Be Focus Of Efforts To Fight HIV/AIDS Worldwide, Editorial Says

Exclusive Breastfeeding Increases Child's Risk For Vitamin D Deficiency; Black, Darker-Skinned Children Already Have Increased Risk

Controlling Cervical Cancer In The Developing World - Recent Advances Explained

New Orleans Ministers' HIV Testing Campaign Helps Address Stigma In Black Community, Editorial Says

Malawi Reduces AIDS-Related Deaths With Increased Access To No-Cost Antiretrovirals

California Health Officials Seek Suspension Of Injunction Against Medi-Cal Reimbursement Rate Reduction

Three Years Post-Katrina, New Orleans Faces Growing Healthcare Crisis

Increasing Number Of HIV Cases Recorded In Philippines, Health Secretary Says

Some Hospitals Require Insured Patients To Make Larger Upfront Payments For Elective Procedures, Surgeries

Coalition Of More Than 30 Groups Calls On Presidential Candidates To Develop National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Scientists' Findings May Lead To New Drug-Abuse Treatments

Health Net Agrees To Pay $41M To Settle Charges That It Underpaid Out-of-Network Claims For New Jersey Members

Federal Judge Rules Mass. Abortion Buffer Zone Law Constitutional

Racing Cane Toads Reveals They Get Cold Feet On Southern Australia Invasion

Sen. Grassley Calls For Review Of Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Payment Errors

New York Times Examines New Ovarian Cancer Test

The Weather Really Does Have Weekly Cycles

Sen. Clinton Expresses Support For Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Obama, Discusses Health Care In Convention Speech

NICE/NPSA Issues Patient Safety Solution Guidance To Reduce The Risk Of Pneumonia In Patients On A Ventilator

Republican Party Expected To Maintain Call For Constitutional Ban On Abortion In Platform

Health Care Costs, Other Economic Concerns Prompt Baby Boomers To Delay Retirement

Inorganic Interfaces And Spiral Growth In Nacre

NICE Issues Guidance On Treatments For Hepatitis B

Obama Can Unite Abortion-Rights Supporters And Opponents, Sen. Casey Says At Convention

Number, Percentage Of Uninsured U.S. Residents Decreased In 2007, According To U.S. Census Bureau

International Diabetes Federation Supports Study To Foster Improved Control Of Type 2 Diabetes

Dishing Up Pollutants: NSF Award To Study Path Of Pollutants To The Dinner Table

Molecular Diagnostics In Cancer Therapeutic Development Meeting Hosted By AACR

Type-2 Young Diabetic Men Suffer Low Testosterone Levels Which Affects Fertility, Muscle Mass, Heart Health

Health Risk Behaviors Associated With Lower Prostate Specific Antigen Awareness

Knowledge Lacking In HIV Testing Knowledge Among College Students

Endoscopic Ultrasound Highly Accurate In Evaluating Ambiguous Radiographic Findings Of The Pancreas

Use Of Opioids Studied

Risk To Safety Of Young Drivers And Passengers

Interracial Friendships Affected By Campus Diversity

Parents Can Play An Active Role In The Identity Formation Of Their Adolescent Children

Predicting Infection Risk Of Airborne Foot-And-Mouth Disease

Electro-Magneto-Encephalography For The 3-Shell Model: Distributed Current In Arbitrary, Spherical And Ellipsoidal Geometry

AHIP: Uninsured Report Highlights Urgent Social And Economic Challenge For The Nation

University Of Oklahoma Researchers Developing New Tool To Detect Cancer

Possible Association Between High Levels Of Uric Acid And Hypertension

Protein Misprediction Uncovered By New Technique

News From The Journal Of The National Cancer Institute, August 26 2008

Link Between Angiotensin Inhibitors, Receptor Blockers And Lower Risk Of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer

Greater Risk Of Cancers Associated With History Of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer

News From The Journal Of Neuroscience

New Concepts In Contraception

Nurse Who Took Resident's Money Continues To Practise

More Aortic Chest Aneurysms Being Treated With Less-Invasive Stents

Time For A Revolution On Rural Health Too, Mr Rudd

Key Role For Rural Practices In Helping Relieve Medical Training Pressures

Conferences Prep Hospital Executives On Key Accreditation Updates

Breakthrough's Comment On Research Suggesting Positive Or Negative Experiences Can Affect Breast Cancer Risk

Bristol-Myers Squibb And Pfizer Provide Update On Apixaban Clinical Development Program

Justice For Thousands Facing Blindness

New Role For Natural Killers!

New Study On Social And Physical Pain

Postpartum Smoking Relapse May Be Prevented By Newly-Defined Factors

Use Of Tolterodine In Children With Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity: Relationship Between Dose And Urodynamic Response

Restech Dx-pH Measurement System Proven To Facilitate Accurate Measurement Of Acid Exposure In Patients With Reflux Related Symptoms

Reproductive Suppression In Female Cooperatively Breeding Cichlids

First Fossil Gravid Turtle Provides Insight Into The Evolution Of Reproductive Traits In Turtles

2008 Breast Cancer Symposium Awards $14,000 To Oncology Fellows

Use Caution In Flood Waters, USA

Mouse Study Uncovers Early Trigger For Type-1 Diabetes

Mending Bones With High Tech Glass Of Milk

Health Canada Reminds Parents Of School Lunch Allergen Safety

Bombmakers Could Be Identified Using Fingerprint Analysis Technique

Face To Face Communication In Babies

Third Conference In The Molecular Diagnostics Series

Consultation On The Application Of ICRP's 2007 Recommendations To The UK

New NICE Guidelines Are Set To Reduce Premature Deaths In People Who Have Inherited High Cholesterol

Inaugural Kavli Prize Ceremony And Symposia: September 8-11

American Heart Association Recognizes University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Narrative Medicine Discussed In New Book

Research Community's First 'Postercast' Capability Launched By 'SciVee' Science Site

US Pharmacies Now Supply ADHD Medication VYVANSE In 6 Dosage Strengths

Simple Antibiotics For Pneumonia Are Best To Avoid Super Bugs, Says Researcher

Uninsured Patients Receive Unpredictable, Rationed Access To Health Care

NICE Issues Updated Guidance For Rhesus Negative Women During Pregnancy

Stochastic Spread Of Wolbachia

Evolutionary Conservation Of Mechanisms For Neuronal Regionalization, Proliferation And Interconnection In Brain Development

Three Leading European Comprehensive Cancer Centres Launch An International Cooperation At Top Level

Potential New Targets For Antidepressant Medications

High Cholesterol Levels Drop Naturally In Children On High-Fat Anti-Seizure Diet, Hopkins Study Show

Medication Slows Progression Of Myopia In Children

Men's Views Of Masculinity, Emotional Fitness, Heat Illness And Athletics

Satisfaction And Regret After Radical Prostatectomy Procedures Studied

Study Shows PDE5 Inhibitor More Effective When Used On-Demand In Erectile Dysfunction

Variations Of Rare Lung Disease Examined

Facades: A Source Of Water Pollution

Sunquest Launches CoPathPlus 4.0 Anatomic Pathology System In UK

Alzheimer's Society Comment On The Announcement By Carol Thatcher That Baroness Thatcher Has Dementia, UK

RCOG Release: Imaging Mother And Child Worldwide

Older People And Carers Face 'Care Cost Confusion' As The Price Of Ageing Spirals, UK

California Nurses/NNOC Director Rose Ann DeMoro Named To Healthcare's 100 Most Powerful List - Again

Keep Eyes Safely On The Ball

ABC-Transporters Expressed On Endothelial Cell Membranes Efflux Anti-HIV Drugs

Secret Of Baby's First Words Unveiled By UBC Scientist

Smoking Study May Explain Why We Have Trouble Quitting

Naked Scientist Wins Royal Society Award For Science Communication

Social Personality Trait And Fitness

Temperature Dependent Sex-biased Embryo Mortality In A Bird

Prominent German Biologist Wins EMBO Communication Award

Caesarean Babies More Likely To Develop Diabetes

Vladimir V. Dmitriev Awarded Prestigious Prize In Low Temperature Physics

Most Adults Aren't Immunized Against Serious Infectious Diseases

Scientists Unmask Brain's Hidden Potential

High Cholesterol Levels Drop Naturally In Children On High-Fat Antiseizure Diet

Eating Nuts, Popcorn Not Linked With Higher Risk Of Diverticulosis

Allopurinol May Lower Blood Pressure In Teens With Hypertension

Individuals With History Of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer At Greater Risk For Future Cancers

Why Do Eyelids Sag With Age? Study Answers Mystery

Study Shows Traditional Chinese Medicine Of Qigong Therapy As A Potential Complementary Treatment For Patients Suffering From Osteoarthritis

Watch How To Check Your Blood Pressure At Home

Braking After Bunion Surgery

New Journals: Case Reports In Gastroenterology And Case Reports In Oncology

Chronic Stress Alters Our Genetic Immune Response

NICE Issues Final Guidance On The Use Of Ranibizumab And Pegaptanib For The Treatment Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

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