Medical News Today: Health News for Tuesday 9 September 2008

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Tuesday 9 September 2008

Vitamin B12 May Protect Against Brain Shrinkage

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new UK study found that older people with higher levels of vitamin B12 were six times less likely to experience brain volume loss, leading the researchers to suggest that the vitamin, which is found in meat, fish, milk...
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FDA Panel Says Pfizer's New Osteoporosis Drug Has Benefits But Use Should Be Restricted

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A panel that advises the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on new drug approvals said the benefits of Pfizer's bone drug Fablyn for treating postmenopausal women with osteoporosis outweighed the risks but that use...
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Type 1 Diabetes In Adults Better Controlled With Continuous Monitors

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A study by a diabetes research foundation discovered that adults with type 1 diabetes were better at controlling their glucose levels when instead of the traditional method of pricking a finger a few times a day, they used...
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A Quarter Of South African Males Likely Using Violence Against Intimate Partners

Lung Cancer Risk Factors For Lifelong Nonsmokers

Researchers Study Relationship Between Sleep And Falls In Older Women

Physical Activity May Be Able To Counter Genetic Predisposition To Obesity

After Stroke, TPA Therapy OK Even For Those With Hypertension

Additional Pain In Parkinson's Patients Due To Involuntary Muscle Contractions

Human Cognition Explored Using Chandelier Cells

Endarterectomy Alternative Found In Angioplasty With Stenting

Other Medical and Health News for 9 September*

Study In JAMA Study Links Primary Care Shortage With Salary Disparities, USA

Huntsville Hospital Installs GE Centricity Enterprise To Provide Wider Access To Vital Medical Data

Diagnostic Cardiology Services Surge In Industry Rankings

Suicide Prevention Task Force Works To Educate Alabamians

Congressional Democrats Will Not Vote On SCHIP Expansion Legislation This Session Amid Veto Threats, Increased Cost Estimates

'Inscrutable' System Used To Price Medical Services Leads To Inflation, 'Spells Doom' For Uninsured, Op-Ed States

Liberia's House Of Representatives Passes HIV/AIDS Confidentiality Act

British Columbia Appeal Court Upholds Provincial 'Bubble Zone' Law On Abortion Protests

West Virginia Relaxes Proposed Rules For Dispensing Drugs At No-Cost Clinic Pharmacies

Southeast Asian Health Officials To Meet In New Delhi To Examine HIV/AIDS, Other Health Issues

Spain Forms Panel To Re-Examine Abortion Law

Los Angeles Times Examines Growing Popularity, Concerns Regarding CT Scans

Researchers Identify Gene That Could Help Develop HIV/AIDS Vaccine

Breast Cancer Survival Rates Lower In Community Hospitals Than Teaching Hospitals, Study Finds

Study Finds Bariatric Surgery Is Cost-Effective For Treating Obesity

Study Identifies Proteins That Help Provide Immunity Against HIV Among Commercial Sex Workers In Kenya

Behavioral Counseling Reduces Some Health Risks Among Low-Income Black Pregnant Women, Study Says

Supreme Court To Consider Whether To Bar Liability Lawsuits Against Pharmaceutical Companies

Campaign To End AIDS Plans March In Mississippi To Call For National Strategy To Combat HIV/AIDS

Pelosi To Meet With San Francisco Archbishop To Discuss Church Teachings

FDA Posts Names Of Prescription Drugs Being Investigated For Potential Safety Problems

GAO Report Examines Effects Of Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy On Access To Prescription Drugs

Honolulu Advertiser Examines Diabetes Prevalence Among Native Hawaiians, Asian-American/Pacific Islanders

Los Angeles Times Examines Differences Between McCain, Palin Over Discussion Of Condom Use In Schools

Major Presidential Candidates Discuss Proposals For Health Care, Other Issues At AARP Convention

New York Times Letters To The Editor Address Medicare Part D 'Doughnut Hole'

Asian-Americans, Blacks More Skeptical Of Joint Replacement Surgery Than Whites, Study Finds

Obama, Biden Discuss Views On Conception, Abortion Rights On Sunday Shows

Sen. Grassley Asking For Details Of Hospital Cost-Cutting Programs

Private, Public Sector Collaboration Needed To Address Problems With U.S. Health Care System, Opinion Piece States

World Vision Report Finds Young Brides At Risk Of Contracting HIV/AIDS

Chemotherapy-Stimulated Tumor Recovery Impeded By Anti-Angiogenic Drugs

Chest Physicians Offer Guidance On Work-Related Asthma

Hotline To The Cowshed

Switchable Bio-Adhesion

Production Of Gold Nanorods For Medical Applications, Without The Use Of Cytotoxic Additives

Fatal Yeast Infections Make A Clean Getaway By Catching The Blood Cell Bus

10 Percent Of UK Transport Fuel Needs Could Be Provided By Compost Heap Bacteria

'Let's Talk Pain' Coalition To Improve Care

Winter Blues May Be Explained By Fluctuations In Serotonin Transport

The Effect Of Obesity-Related Gene Can Be Blunted By High Levels Of Physical Activity, Study Suggests

Ruth Langsford Steps Out For Alzheimer's

Over 1 In 4 South African Men Report Using Physical Violence Against Their Female Partners: CMAJ Study

Nurse Who Used Someone Else's Passport To Get Job Cautioned By Regulator

Blue Cross Denies Back Surgery For RN

News From The American Chemical Society, Sept. 3, 2008

The Stroke Association Response To "Further Analysis From The ATHENA Study Showed That Multaq Reduced The Risk Of Stroke Atrial Fibrillation"

Widespread Variations Remain In Local NHS Spending - New Analysis From The King's Fund, UK

Conference Will Highlight Role Of Psychology In Shaping Healthcare

Tumor Blood Vessel Cells Are Remarkably Atypical

Pharmacy Bodies Pledge To Work As One On White Paper

Annals Of Family Medicine September/October 2008

Hospitals Can Save Money By Caring Better For The Sickest Patients, Says Largest Study Of Its Kind

GE Healthcare IT Unveils Centricity Enterprise Monitored Care Application For Clinical Device Integration

Up To 300,000 Children Affected By Back-To-Back Hurricanes In Haiti, Says UNICEF

National Consistency In Gov't Reimbursement For Breast Prostheses, Australia

Recombinant MOG Proteins - New

Safety Study Indicates Gene Therapy For Blindness Improves Vision

Nucletron Announces Advances In Image-Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy Technology For Gynecologic Cancers Via AKH / MUW Vienna Partnership

Fenofibrate Reduces The Risk Of Amputations In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Arsenic Biosensor From Living Bacteria

Milk May Help Bacteria Survive Against Low Levels Of Antibiotics

Second Trimester Abortion: Women's Health And Public Policy - Reproductive Health Matters Journal Supplement 2008 16(31)

Superbug Bacteria Use Rattlesnake-Type Poisons To Beat Our Defenses

How Memories Are Made, And Recalled

General Osteopathic Council Recruiting New Council, UK

Sports-Cheat Drug Enhances Memory

Space: The Not-So-Final Frontier

Heart's Electrical Functioning Can Be Hindered By Air Pollution

Prostate Cancer Marker May Be Masked By Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Full Recovery From Head Injury Unlikely

Alzheimer's Society Comment On Vitamin B12 And Rate Of Brain Volume Loss In Older People In The Community

Walk This Way? Masculine Motion Seems To Come At You, While Females Walk Away

86% Of Primary Care Nurses Lack Basic Training In Nutrition Support, UK

New Diet Unveiled To Save Millions Of PMS Sufferers

Worms Wiggle Into Gene Therapy

Coated Catheters Reduce Infection Risk

Simple Test To Detect Fake Medicines

New HIV Protection For Women

Portion Sizes Are Getting Bigger, UK

Frontiers In Psychoneuroimmunology: The Emotional Interface

Britain Under Pressure - The Blood Pressure 'Ticking Time Bomb'

Record $181 Million Grant To Evaluate Health, Poverty And Gender Programs Worldwide, Received By UNC

DOE JGI Extends The Capabilities Of The Integrated Microbial Genome System

Continuous Glucose Monitoring Improves Blood Sugar Control For People With Type 1 Diabetes

Traumatic Brain Injury Collaboration Between Arbor Vita And WRAIR

Bacteria In Spring Water Could Hold Key To Eczema Treatment

Sweating, Crying May Help Prevent Exercise-Induced Asthma In Athletes

Nursing Home Prescribing Remains A Cause For Concern

Pharmacists Reduce Hospital Visits For Respiratory Patients

2008 Da Vinci Awards For Wheelchair Enhancing Ideas - National MS Society Celebrating New Adaptive, Assistive Technologies

AIDS Research At Yale Boosted With $11 Million Continuation Grant

RNA 'Snippets' Play Big Role In Blood Vessel Formation, Yale Scientists Find

New Studies On The Mediterranean Diet Confirm Its Effectiveness For Chronic Disease Prevention

Brush Your Teeth To Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease

Major Study Reinforces The Power Of Medtronic Device For Better Diabetes Management

Hopeful Medical Industry News On Malpractice Premiums For Physicians Is Released For 2008

Fresh Medical Industry News Reveals Earnings & Productivity Changes For Physicians

New Treatment For Chronic Hand Eczema Launched In UK - Toctino(R) (alitretinoin)

GENESIS II Knee System With OXINIUM To Be Marketed Immediately

New Study Finds First-Time Mothers Could Benefit From Postpartum Preparation

Opticians See Eye To Eye With Patients, UK

ONGLYZATM (saxagliptin) Demonstrated Significant Improvements Across Key Measures Of Glucose Control When Added To A Sulfonylurea

Balzan Prize 2008 (1 Million Swiss Francs) Awarded For Preventive Medicine

VELCADE For Multiple Myeloma Receives Front-line Approval In Canada

GlaxoSmithKline's Darapladib Modifies Coronary Plaque Composition And Lowers Lp-PLA2 Activity, A Biomarker Predictive Of Heart Attack Risk

New Low Dose Oral Contraceptive YAZ® Launched In Europe

Spotlight On Quality And Safety At Annual Ambulatory Care Conference

RNIB Statement: Blindness Is No Barrier To Being A Housemate

Logical Therapeutics Inc. Commences Double-Blind, Randomized Study Of Their Lead Program, LT-NS001

New Study Offers More Than A Decade Of Evidence For Minimally-Invasive Surgery To Treat Female Incontinence

Electronic Brachytherapy A Viable Option For Early Stage Breast Cancer, According To Study Presented At ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium

Pharmasset Reports Preliminary Results Of A 4-week Proof-of-Concept Combination Study Of R7128 For The Treatment Of Chronic Hepatitis C

Total Recall - MIT Researchers: Human Memory Capacity Much Bigger Than Previously Thought

Mental Health News Briefs From The Journal Of Health And Social Behavior

New Study Demonstrates Glucose Device Rapidly Alleviates Major Symptom Of Type 1 Diabetes In Children

"Healthy" Individuals May Be At Risk For Heart Disease

Diabetes - Biodel Announces Preliminary Results Of Pivotal Phase III Clinical Trials For VIAject

Variety In The Splice Of Life: Chromosome Breaks Are Surprisingly Complex

Study Shows High Gum Disease Rates In Rural Appalachia, Sheds Light On Reasons For Tooth Loss

Hybrigenics Obtains EUR 1.4 Million From OSEO To Develop Inecalcitol For The Treatment Of Prostate Cancer

Study Of Cervical Cancer Survivors Suggests Hormones' Role In Sexuality Is Limited

VELCADE(R) (Black Triangle Drug) (bortezomib) Approved For Previously Untreated Multiple Myeloma, Europe

New Advance Findings Show How To Combine Intensive Blood Glucose And Blood Pressure Lowering For Further Benefits In Type 2 Diabetes

Premature Children Four Times More Likely To Have Behavioural Disorders

Will The 'Bare Below The Elbows' Rule For Doctors Cut Infection Rates Or Just Patient Confidence?

New Real Life Studies Illustrate Greater A1C Lowering And Cost Benefit Observed With LANTUS(R) Over Detemir And NPH Insulin

Lantheus Prepared To Meet Increased Mo-99 Supply Needs Due To Current Industry Shortage - Meeting Isotope Needs

Scientists Are Cracking The Genetic Code Of Weeds

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