Medical News Today: Health News for Wednesday 10 September 2008

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Wednesday 10 September 2008

Traffic Fumes Could Be Bad For Heart Attack Survivors

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new study from the US suggests that tiny particles of air pollution and black carbon, both tell tale signs of traffic fumes, may hinder heart function among heart attack survivors by changing the way the heart uses electrical signals...
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US Army To Strengthen Suicide Prevention

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US Army is strengthening its suicide prevention with awareness raising, policy reviews and more intervention training in the wake of reports indicating that the suicide rate this year could reach an all time high...
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Stuttering More Likely In Bilingual Children

Written by Anna Sophia McKenney

Children are more likely to stutter and have more trouble losing the impediment if they are bilingual before the age of five, in comparison to children who speak only one language during this period, according to an article...
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Children In UK Estimated To Be More Active Than They Actually Are

Exposure To Racial And Ethnic Diversity Better Prepares Medical Students To Care For Minority Patients

Study Analyzes The Lack Of Internal Medicine Specialists

Other Medical and Health News for 10 September*

Healionics Multi-Million Dollar STAR™ Biomaterial Supply Agreement With TR BioSurgical For Veterinary Glaucoma Implant

Combination Therapy Reverses Resistance To Asthma Treatment

American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund Needs Your Help

Virginia Tech's Nakhiah Goulbourne Earns National Science Foundation CAREER Award To Research Heart Stent Sensors

The Hill Examines Presidential Candidates' Positions On Prescription Drug Issues

'Deep Flaws' With Pay-For-Performance Model Need To Be Addressed To Provide Quality Health Care, According To Commentary

Black Clergy 'Committed' To Addressing HIV/AIDS Epidemic In Community, Opinion Piece Says

NIH/NIDA Expert Warns Of Increasing Painkiller Abuse, Discusses NIDA Support For A New Drug Candidate For Opioid Withdrawal And Addiction

Free Prostate Cancer Screenings Available In West Alabama

Broad Coalition Of Industry, Not-For-Profit Groups Push For Passage Of Health IT Legislation

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries

Risk Assessment Tool Finds That Blacks With Breathing Conditions Have Higher Risk For Developing Lung Cancer Than Whites With The Same Conditions

Type 2 Diabetes Patients Treated With Lantus And Apidra Achieved Significant Reductions In A1C When Compared To Those Treated With Pre-Mixed Insulin

Catholics Can Support Obama, Oppose Abortion, Opinion Piece Says

California Budget Impasse Could Affect Health Services

Southern Sudan Government Passes Resolution To Bolster Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Newspapers Examine Advocates' Reaction To GOP VP Nominee Palin's Comments On Children With Special Needs

Massachusetts' Proposed Rule Could Lead To Federal Lawsuit, Partners HealthCare Warns

Houston Chronicle Examines Baylor Pediatric HIV/AIDS Program In Burkina Faso

Embryonic Stem Cells Needed, Still Should Be Regulated, Panel Says

Genome Scanning Service 23andMe Drops Price To $399, Hopes To Promote 'Democratization Of Genetic Information'

Swaziland Holds Celebrations For King's Birthday, Independence; Advocates Call For Increased Social Spending, Other Reforms

Alliance Defense Fund Encourages Pastors To Endorse Political Candidates Despite Federal Ban

AP/Houston Chronicle Examines Telepharmacies In North Dakota

U.N. Secretary-General Calls For Increased Attention To Connection Between Literacy, Health, Including HIV/AIDS

Different Functions For Homologous Serotonergic Interneurons And Serotonin In Species-Specific Rhythmic Behaviors

Coalition To Send Letter To Members Of Congress Calling For Action On Health IT Legislation

Suicide Rate Among Young Male Veterans Reaches Record High In 2006, Department Of Veterans Affairs Reports

Boston Globe Examines Imprisonment Of Two HIV/AIDS Physicians, Brothers In Iran

Bacterial Genome Helps Define Species And Evolutionary Relationships In Aphids

Conservative Advocates Successfully Lobby For Language On High Court Nominees In GOP Platform, The Hill Reports

Employment Rates, Economic Factors Could Decrease Access To Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage For Workers Younger Than Age 65, According To EBRI

Eastern Virginia Medical School Receives $100M Grant From USAID For Microbicide Research

Study Looks At Food Marketing Aimed At Minority Communities

Galvus(R) Better Tolerated By Type 2 Diabetes Patients With No Weight Gain, A Favorable Cardiovascular Profile And Equal Efficacy Compared To TZDs

Yale Scientists May Have Found Brain's Center For Self-Control

New Study Shows Cloning From Dried Cells Now Possible

Royal College Of Psychiatrists Welcomes IPCC Report Concerning The Use Of Police Custody As A "Place Of Safety" Under The Mental Health Act, UK

Aphid Aerial Density Profiles Are Consistent With Turbulent Advection Amplifying Flight Behaviours: Abandoning The Epithet 'Passive'

80 Million Pound Partnership To Boost Biomedical Research Announced By Wellcome Trust And Indian Government

Urology Week, 15-19 September, Asks Attention For Urological Conditions

Infant Development Enhanced By Eating Fish While Pregnant, Longer Breastfeeding

Significant New Data For Investigational Diabetes Drug Saxagliptin Demonstrates Potential For Type 2 Diabetes Treatment

Measures For Indicating Quality Of Lung Surgery Proposed By Mayo Clinic Chest Surgeons

Virals Set To Spread Good Nutritional Standards Across Hospital Wards, UK

During Pregnancy Harmful Levels Of Lead In Blood Reduced By Calcium

Mobile Health Initiative Expands To Over 20 Countries In Africa

Ethnic/Racial Aspects Of Taser Use By Houston Police: Report Co-Authored By Rice Political Scientists

By Charting Their Daily Routines, Older Adults Can Take Medicines More Safely And Effectively

GP Extended Opening Hours - Monthly Update, UK

IMAP Shows How Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) Are Regulating Relationships With Drug And Device Makers

BYETTA(R) Injection Provided Greater Reduction In Post-Meal Glucose Levels Than Januvia(TM) (sitagliptin) In Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Better Communication And Symptom Assessment Are Key To Promoting Adherence To Long-Term Hormonal Therapy For Invasive Breast Cancer

Dentists Deliver Mixed Verdict On Dental Action Plan, UK

Many Cancer Patients Receive Insufficient Pain Management Therapy

Natural Tumor Suppressor Identified By Penn Researchers

Faster Diagnosis Of Heart Attacks With Advanced Blood Analysis

GI Dynamics EndoBarrier Data At Diabetes World Congress In New York City

AAKP Annual Convention Is A Success

Teens' Failure To Use Condoms Linked To Partner Disapproval, Fear Of Less Sexual Pleasure

Hurricane Ike Spurs Preparedness For Entire Gulf Coast

The Truth About Cats And Dogs

Akorn, Inc. Announces First Lyophilized Product Approval For Decatur, IL: IC-Green™ For Injection, USP

BUSM Lecture To Honor Victim Of 9/11 Tragedy

ONGLYZA™ Significant Improvements Across Key Measures Of Glucose Control When Added To A Sulfonylurea Or Thiazolidinedione

Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology Added To Springer's Growing Medical Journals Portfolio

Nanotoxicology Protocols Developed By Alliance Of Scientists

American Diabetes Association Survey Identifies Issues Every Man With Diabetes Should Know

First Of 100 Arab Human Genomes Sequenced By Saudi Biosciences, Beijing Genomics Institute Shenzhen, And CLC Bio

The First Direct Structural Evidence Of SV2A Has Been Revealed Thanks To Protein Tomography(TM), And Published In BBRC

Study Demonstrates That AHCC(R) Provides Immune Enhancement Against The West Nile Virus

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Partners With ETI Karle Clinical To Conduct Phase 2B Trials On Its Oral Insulin Capsule, ORMD 0801

CVBT Announces First Site To Begin Patient Enrollment For Its Phase II Heart Trial

Omeros Announces Patient Enrollment In Phase 1/Phase 2 Study Of OMS302

Can Light Make Your Toenails Look Better? Keraderm Has Clinical Trials Underway To Find Out

Study To Evaluate Blood Flow And Stroke Risk

Funding Commitment To Immunisation Needed - Royal New Zealand College Of GPs And New Zealand Medical Association

Inaugural Kavli Laureates Honored In Oslo Ceremony

A Reputation For Innovation

Early Stage Colon Cancer Characterized By Inactivation Of Gatekeeper Gene, Singapore Scientists Report In Journal Cancer Cell

Human Embryonic Stem Cell Secretions Minimized Tissue Injury After Heart Attack In Lab Studies With Pigs

Five New Studies And Analyses At Major Medical Meeting Further Demonstrate Substantial Efficacy And Robust Clinical Experience For 'JANUVIA'(R)

Extreme Sequential Polyandry Insures Against Nest Failure In A Frog

Australia: Extend Medicare To Cut Waiting Lists, Up Competition

CLSI Publishes Updated Guidelines For Clinical Evaluation Of Immunoassays And Methods For Utilizing Flow Cytometry And Solid Phase Assays

Alzheimer's Biomarker Could Give People Advance Warning Of Disease, Allowing For Earlier Intervention

Shedding Light On Bacterial Cell Wall Recycling

Internet Junkies: The New Addicts

New Recombinant XYNTHA Now Available For Patients With Hemophilia A

FivePrime Initiates Phase I Clinical Trial Of FP-1039 In Patients With Advanced Cancers

The Psychology Of Infidelity

Behavior Connected To Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Neural Cells Derived From Human Embryonic Stem Cells Reduce Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms

Survey Reveals That Doctors Feel Pressured By Health Insurers To Alter Treatment Of Patients

RAD001 Granted Priority Review In The US Based On Potential To Fill Unmet Medical Need In Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer

Obecure Recruits First Patient In Phase II Obesity Study In Pre-Menopause Women

BioSante Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Oral Contraceptive Clinical Results

Fathers Need Their Children

Dysmenorrhea - Columbia Laboratories To Release Top Line Results Of Phase II Lidocaine Study In Late September

Nutrigenomics Study Reveals Surprising Genetic Predictor Of Blood Levels Of Vitamin Known To Be Deficient In Some Elderly People

Innovative Anti-hypoxia Drug To Improve Treatment Of Refractory Tumors

Continuous Glucose Monitoring Improves Blood Sugar Control

Progenics Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Study Of Targeted Therapy For Prostate Cancer

Healthy Foods Scarce In Poor Neighborhoods, Yale Researchers Find

Autumn Leaves Seen Through Herbivore Eyes

Epileptic Spasms In Infants May Be Eliminated By Diet

FDA To Post Quarterly Report Of Potential Safety Issues

New Approach Uses A Common Virus To Combat Deadly Lung Cancer

Docs Don't Deliver "No Smoking" Message To Pregnant Women

Workplace Obesity Management Provides Good Return On Investment

The Cancer Genome Atlas Reports First Results

Bioinformatics, Zebrafish: The Future Of Cancer Research

Rx For Children's Colds: Leave Over The Counter Medicines On The Shelf

Protein "Switch" Suppresses Skin Cancer Development

Parents Battle Bulge, Bullying With Overweight And Obese Kids

St. Baldrick's Foundation Launches Viral Video Campaign To Spread Awareness During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

PTB Unites Magnetic Resonance And Radar Technology In One Prototype

e-Learning Program - How To Better Analyze And Prove Product Purity Through Greater Sensitivity And Precision In Identification Of Trace Components

Positive In Vivo Data On MRSA Resistance Reversal In The Human Nares For Nomir's Noveon(R) Dual-Wavelength Device

Treatment For Parkinson's Examined

High Social Capital At Work Helps Stop Smoking

RegeneRx Successfully Completes Phase IA Clinical Trial - Reducing Cardiac Damage In Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction

Leisure Activities Closely Involved In Shaping Youth Identity

Biocon Limited Presents Human Clinical Data On IN-105 (Oral Insulin) At The EASD Meeting In Rome

Job Applicants Beware: It's Getting Tougher To Trick Pre-Employment Drug Tests - Chemical And Engineering News Journal

Community-Based Diabetes Prevention Program Shows Promise

The Evolution Of Superstitious And Superstition-Like Behaviour

Students From Racially, Ethnically Diverse Medical Schools Say They Are Better Prepared To Care For Diverse Patient Population

Be A Superhero - Save A Life, UK Transplant

End Tobacco Smoking By 2025

Brazil Rejects Patent On An Essential AIDS Medicine

Health Canada Provides Easier Access To Information On Licensed Natural Health Products

AVMA Offers Disaster Resources For Veterinarians, Pet Owners As National Preparedness Month Begins

Public Backs Tougher Tobacco Control To Protect The Young

'Black Sheep Protein' Key To Cancer Cell Death

Major Advances Made In Burkitt's Lymphoma

FDA Approves Software Update That Identifies Potential Defibrillator Lead Fractures

FDA: Manufacturers Of TNF-Blocker Drugs Must Highlight Risk Of Fungal Infections

FDA Approves DNA Test To Measure Hepatitis B Virus Levels

When Hot Flashes Require Medical Attention

New Project Captures Underrepresented Voices Of Young Breast Cancer Patients

Vitrolife: International Breakthrough For New Transplantation Technique

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