Medical News Today: Health News for Tuesday 14 October 2008

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Tuesday 14 October 2008

More US Adults Living With High Blood Pressure

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Two new national health studies show that more adults in the US are living with hypertension than ever before; while this is bad news in that the proportion of the population with high blood pressure has gone up, it is also...
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Vioxx Heart Risk Persists One Year After Stopping Use

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new international study found that Merck's pain killer Vioxx (rofecoxib), which the drug company voluntarily withdrew from the market in 2004, found that a near two-fold increased risk of heart, stroke and death persisted...
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Breastfed Babies Need Extra Vitamin D

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Because of vitamin D deficiences in the diet of breastfeeding mothers, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is doubling the amount of vitamin D it recommends for infants from 200 IU per day to 400 IU per day beginning...
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Vitamin K, Osteoporosis, And Postmenopausal Women

Parkinson's Disease Patients More Likely To Be Vitamin D Deficient

Quality Of Life In Older Age Negatively Impacted By Smoking During Younger Years

Other Medical and Health News for 14 October*

Design Of Compound That Stabilizes The Main Natural Suppressor Of Tumours

Manhattan Research Announces Top Condition Groups Shifting Their TV Viewing Online

Resveratrol Prevents Fat Accumulation In Livers Of 'Alcoholic' Mice

Parkinson's Disease Society (PDS) Responses To Research Linking Vitamin D Insufficiency To Parkinson's Disease

New Technology Helps University Of Leicester Freshers Settle In To University Life

Launch Of The World's Largest Household Longitudinal Study

Medtronic Announces Launch Of X-Stop® Peek IPD® System For U.S. Patients Suffering From Symptoms Of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Forgetting Your Troubles Can Bring Healthier Hearts: Why Sufferers From Alzheimer's Disease Might Have Lower Blood Pressure

Do The Presidential Candidates Know What Healthcare Professionals Think?

Comment On Department Of Health's Extended Hours Figures By The British Medical Association

Supplement Launched At Successful Influenza Conference: Milestone Influenza Publication By Elsevier Journal Vaccine

GTx Announces Investigational Ostarine™ (MK-2866) Met The Primary Endpoint In Phase II Cancer Cachexia Clinical Trial - Cancer Induced Muscle Lo

World Health Report Calls For Return To Primary Health Care Approach

VIMPAT (lacosamide), A New Epilepsy Treatment For Adults With Partial Onset Seizures, Launched In The UK

Strong Public Policy Measures On Alcohol Price And Availability Would Be More Effective Than Clinical Treatments, Say Experts

Biologists, Educators Recognize Excellence In Evolution Education

American Red Cross Offering Free Class To Help Military Families Cope With The Stress Of Deployments

HealthGrades Annual Hospital Quality Study Finds Death Rate 70 Percent Lower At Top-Rated Hospitals

Over Half Of GP Surgeries Now Offer Extended Opening Hours, UK

GSK Responds To NICE's 2nd Technology Appraisal Consultation Document On The Use Of Tyverb, In Combination With Capecitabine

News From The American Chemical Society

How Medicines Were Made On DVD - Royal Pharmaceutical Society Of Great Britain

Palm Reading Might Help Diagnose Cancer - Thickening Palms Might Be Linked To Underlying Malignancy

Treating Patients Like Magicians Do - Doctors Could Learn A Lot

U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines Reflect Those Previously Published By ACSM And AHA

Government Action To Fund Gaps In Health Research, UK

Use Of Codeine Products By Nursing Mothers - Advisory, Health Canada

Journal Launch Brings Together Wound-Healing Knowledge

Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust Improves Infection Control Practices, UK

NHS Performance Ratings Set To Reveal Whether Services Are Improving, UK

Molecular Origin Of Proportional Development Traced By Scientists At Cincinnati Children's

Statement From The Healthcare Commission - Review Of Heart Transplant Services At Harefield Hospital, UK

Emissions From Compact Fluorescent Lights - Health Protection Agency, UK

NHS Confederation Comments On Public Accounts Committee Report On GP Contract, UK

Health Department Launches Calorie Education Campaign - New York City Department Of Health And Mental Hygiene

World Osteoporosis Day - October 20: Stand Tall - Speak Out For Your Bones

GP Extended Opening Hours - Monthly Update, Department Of Health Update, UK

Surgeons Make The Operating Room Environmentally Sensitive

Baxa Launches Sterile, Pre-filled Saline Syringes For Safe And Efficient Flushing Of IV Lines

Long-Term Follow-Up Data Confirm Cox-2 Inhibitor Rofecoxib Substantially Increases Risk Of Stroke, Heart Attack, And Death

Expanding Premature Infant Follow-Up Care Research With 5 New MedImmune Fellowship Grants

Royal College Of Nursing Takes Action To Put Dignity At The Heart Of Health And Social Care

Duke Team Explains A Longtime Visual Puzzler In New Way

Study Links Nicotine With Breast Cancer Growth And Spread

Impressive Regenerative Capacity Exhibited By Embryonic Heart

Insight Into The Evolutionary Significance And Causes Of Aggression, Hunting, And Meat Eating In Bonobos, Chimpanzees, And Humans

Canterbury Christ Church University Receives Seal Of Approval As Official London 2012 Olympics Training Camp

Building Healthier Communities Is Focus Of Ambulatory Care Nursing Conference, March 26-30, 2009 . Philadelphia Marriott . Philadelphia

Triple Antiplatelet Therapy Appears Superior To Dual Antiplatelet Therapy

Antigen-Carrying Bacteria Prime Immune System Against Melanoma

"Pre-vivors" Beat Cancer To The Punch

Many Patients Misunderstand Written Screening Tests Commonly Used In American Medicine

Low Levels Of Vitamin D Linked To Parkinson's Disease

Pathology Of Multiple Sclerosis Determined By Response To Immune Protein

Surgeons Find Sexual Dysfunction Is Common A Year After Major Trauma

Astrocytes And Synaptic Plasticity

Vitamin K Does Not Prevent Bone Density Loss, But May Prevent Fractures And Cancers

Protein Nanoarrays Written By Researchers Using A Fountain Pen And Electric Fields

Helping Hospitalized Smokers To Stay Smoke-Free By Employing Intensive Support Programs

The More Alcohol Your Drink The Smaller Your Brain Gets

Cancer-Like Response Triggered From Embryonic Stem Cells By Forsyth Scientists

Stem Cells May Act As "Trojan Horse" To Deliver Gene Therapy To Injured Central Nervous System

Convergence Insufficiency - Best Treatment Determined For Childhood Eye Problem

Noxious Gas Stove Emissions Worse Asthma Symptoms In Young Children, Research Confirms

Is Dancing Ability Dictated In The Womb?

Scientists Discover Bacteria That Can Cause Bone Infections

Audit Highlights Need For More Information About Care Of NHS Heart Failure Patients, UK

Migraine Action Plan Could Help Millions Of Sufferers Find A Positive Way Out Of Migraine

Junk Food Ads - Fewer On TV But More In Print Media, UK

National Pharmacy Association Presents The Community Pharmacy Perspective On 'Direct To Pharmacy' Schemes, UK

New Study Reveals High Levels Of Uncorrected Sight Loss - Half Those Needing Spectacles Fail To Get Them, UK

Reform Of Palliative Care Services Announced, Wales

Working Away From Home - Work To Your Heart's Benefit - Heart Research UK

National Pathology Week 3-9 November - Royal College Of Pathologists

A Healthy Australia Needs Healthy General Practice - Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners

USC School Of Dentistry Offers Tips To Keep Halloween Spooky But Safe

Caltech Biologists Spy On The Secret Inner Life Of A Cell

Positive Picture Of Independent Community Pharmacies Emerges With Release Of 2008 NCPA Digest, Sponsored By Cardinal Health

Explaining The Body's Own Anti-HIV Drug

Tests Of Medication Used To Treat High Blood Pressure Suggest Positive Role In Potential Plaque Regression

Discovery Of Baldness Gene: 1 In 7 Men At Risk

The Protective Power Of Pectin

Signs Of Heart Disease Are Attributed To Stress More Frequently In Women Than Men

TCT 2008: New Devices Used To Reduce Arterial Occlusions, Provide Cardiac Support

Launch Of The World Health Report 2008 Primary Health Care (PHC) "Now More Than Ever"

12-Month ATLANTA Trial Data Show Sustained Benefit Of Catania(TM) Stent In Treatment Of De Novo Coronary Lesions

Walter Reed Evaluation Concludes FirstVue(TM) HBSAG Test Is Preferred Over Other Rapid Tests

New Data Shows Abbott's Bioabsorbable Drug Eluting Stent Is Absorbed Within Two Years - Leaving Behind Functioning Blood Vessels

Neurobiological Technologies Announces FDA Agreement To Consolidate Viprinex Phase 3 Trials Accelerating Time To Pivotal Data

Rubicon Provides Genome Amplification For The Cancer Genome Atlas Project

FDA Approves Bayer HealthCare's Kogenate(R) FS Treatment For Routine Prophylaxis In Children With Hemophilia A

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals' Anti-PS Technology Platform To Be Discussed At AIDS Vaccine 2008 Conference

Trauma Surgeons Find A Significant Number Of Moped Crashes Involve Intoxicated Drivers

Blood Supply Slipping As Economy Tumbles

International Diabetes Federation Calls For Global Action To Keep All Children With Diabetes Alive

ULURU Inc. To Host Satellite Symposium At The 23rd Annual 'Clinical Symposium On Advances In Skin & Wound Care'

Physician Uses Harp To Soothe, Heal Patients

A Third Of The Diseases In The Developing World Are Potentially Treatable By Surgical Intervention

Critical Genetic Link Found Between Human Taste Differences And Nicotine Dependence

Who Will Voters Pick To Tackle Nation's Health Care Problems?

People Lacking Vital Antioxidants And Exposed To Sunlight More Likely To Develop Eye Disease Later In Life

Unpicking The Complexity Of Human Disease

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