Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 17 October 2008

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Friday 17 October 2008

US Air Quality Standard Tightened Ten-Fold

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the United States has tightened the quality standard for how much lead is allowed in the air by ten-fold to 0.15 micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air (ug/m3)...
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Obese People's Brains Show Less Pleasure From Eating

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

New research from the US suggests that certain people may have a genetic predisposition to obesity because the reward centres in their brains respond sluggishly after eating, so to get more pleasure from eating they opt for...
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Bivalirudin Tops Treatment Standard In STEMI Patients Undergoing PCI

Written by Jill Stein

WASHINGTON DC- Bivalirudin (AngiomaxR) is more effective than conventional therapy involving heparin plus a platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor (GPI) in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)...
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Diabetes And Vision Impairment

Immunotherapy And Quick Action Key To Fighting Anti-NMDA-receptor Encephalitis Tumor

Other Medical and Health News for 17 October*

WSJ Examines Lack Of Medicare Coverage For Home-Infusion Therapy

College Students In Georgia Work As Peer Educators To Raise HIV/AIDS Awareness Among Blacks

Sen. Grassley Calls For More Scrutiny Of Not-for-Profit Hospitals' Community Benefits

Dominica Begins Work On National Plan To Improve Response To HIV/AIDS

Major Presidential Candidates Discuss Health Care, Economy, Other Issues During Third Debate

Uganda AIDS Commission Launches $2 Billion, Five-Year HIV/AIDS Plan

Growing Number Of U.S. Residents Delay Medical Care As Economy Worsens

CDC Reports That U.S. Infant Mortality Declines By 2% In 2006, But Rates Remain Higher Than In Other Industrialized Nations Despite Higher Spending

Researchers At Global HIV/AIDS Vaccine Conference Express Concerns About Funding Levels

2008 Prizes For Outstanding Achievement In Research On Mental Health Disorders Announced By NARSAD

People Want More Personal, Expert 'Health Engagement,' Global Study Reveals

Identification Of New Antibiotic Target And New Antibiotic Mechanism May Lead To New Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Agents, Tuberculosis Treatments

Using Light To Control Proteins

Common Sweetener Found In Many Foods Leads To Leptin Resistance

Report Updates Information On Patient Safety, Quality Of Care; NEJMPerspectives Examine Presidential Nominees' Health Care Proposals;

Analyses Support Use Of FiberNet® Embolic Protection System In Carotid Artery Stenting Of High Surgical Risk Patients

Results Of Gore EMPiRE Clinical Study - Study Reports Low Major Adverse Event Rates Using The GORE Flow Reversal System

Yale Scientist Refutes Study On Bottled Water Issued By Environmental Working Group - Announces University To Host Drinking Water Symposium

Journal Of Clinical Investigation Online Early Table Of Contents: Oct. 16, 2008

New Science Textbook Simultaneously Released In Print And With Free Online Access

Study Shows How Proteins Permit Entry To A Cell

Oral Mucositis: Side Effect Of Anticancer Therapy Highlighted During Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Science Seen As A Key To Development By Chinese Premier

Newsweek Opinion Piece Examines Emergence Of Catholic Abortion-Rights Opponents Who Support Obama

PBS' 'NewsHour' Looks At Health Care Access Problems In New Mexico

Meningitis- A Serious Threat To Hajj Pilgrims - Senior Doctors Warn

FDA Approves Astepro - Nasal Antihistamine In The Treatment Of Rhinitis

New Data From Head-to-head Phase 3 Trial Demonstrate That Liraglutide Is More Effective Than Exenatide In Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes

British Dental Association Calls On Department Of Health To Back-up Its Accusations That Dentists Are 'gaming' New General Dental Services Contract

Danish Study Supports Endeavor® Stent Efficacy

HHS Preparing To Open FDA Offices In China, India, Europe, And Latin America This Year

Leading Women's Health Care Advocate Dr. Allan Rosenfield Dies

X Prize, WellPoint Announce $10M Contest To Develop Proposals To Improve Health Care Quality, Reduce Costs

College Team Create Anticancer 'BioBeer' For Entry In Synthetic Biology's IGEM Contest:

FDA Approves Updated Labeling For Psoriasis Drug Raptiva - Safety Concerns Drove Labeling Changes

Effect Of Intravesical Glycosaminoglycan Substitution Therapy On Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis

Association Of Gadolinium Based Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents And Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis

Aspirin Does Not Prevent Heart Attacks In Diabetes Patients

Unnecessary Regulation Harming Clinical Research In The UK, Say Experts

Background Information On Sudden Cardiac Death In Young Athletes

Knights Of Columbus Poll Finds Support For Limits On Abortion

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Recent News Examining Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage Trends

Public Flu Clinics Start In Rhode Island, USA

Degradation And Low Levels Of Bioactive B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) In Patients With Heart Failure

South Carolina's Infant Death Rate Falls To 8.4

Patency Of The "Third Inguinal Ring" In Children With Unilateral Cryptorchidism: Fact Or Fiction?

Admissions To Sunbridge Care And Rehabilitation For Winchester Suspended, Franklin County Nursing Home Cited For Violations, Tennessee

Health Minister Ann Keen To Lead Development Of NHS Constitution, UK

Undescended Testis In Older Boys: Further Evidence That Ascending Testes Are Common

Don't Wait For Cold Weather To Get Flu Shot, Says Texas Department Of State Health Services

Boston Scientific Introduces "Platinum Standard" In Biliary Metal Stenting With International Launch Of Wallflex® Biliary Rx Stenting System

2008-2009 Influenza Vaccine Available, Says Utah Department Of Health

MIT: Computer Model Reveals Cells' Inner Workings - New Approach Could Help Tailor Chemotherapy Treatments

Vermont Health Department Identifies More E. Coli 0157:H7 Cases, USA

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Data From EUTOS For CML Demonstrate Need For Improved Management And Dose Optimization Across Europe

Internal Memo For South Dakota Health System Raises Legal Concerns About Proposed State Abortion Ban

Pharmaceutical Companies Reduced Spending On Advertisements In First Six Months Of 2008, Reports Find

Black Women's Breast Cancer Disparities Related To Inadequate Health System, Opinion Piece Says

New Research Field Promises Radical Advances In Optical Technologies

Histopathologic Analysis Of Peritumoral Pseudocapsule And Surgical Margin Status After Tumor Enucleation For Renal Cell Carcinoma

Identification Of Genetic Variants Predisposing To Early-Onset Asthma And Interacting With Environmental Exposure To Tobacco-Smoke In Early Life

Anxiety In Children Undergoing VCUG: Sedation Or No Sedation?

Yale Offers Three Science Courses In Free Online Program

Fructose Hampers Hormone That Controls Appetite, UF Study Finds

North Dakota State Health Department Wins 14 Awards For Excellence In Communication

Rutgers Researchers Identify New Antibiotic Target And New Antibiotic Mechanism - May Lead To New Tuberculosis Treatments

North Dakota State Health Department Cautions Residents About The Dangers Of Mold

Ohio Department Of Health Celebrates Primary Care Week By Highlighting Local Physicians

Health Care Big Business In Rural Ohio - ODH-OU Report: Health Care Industry Generates $11.6 Billion In Payroll In 79 Rural Ohio Counties

Racial Disparities In Cardiovascular Health Linked To Birth Weight, Slavery

County Health Departments Set To Launch Flu Clinics, Oklahoma

Endoscopic Treatment Of Vesicoureteral Reflux With Dextranomer/Hyaluronic Acid In Children

Survey Of Oklahoma Schools Shows One In Three Students Involved In Bullying

Married Couples Needed For Pitt Sleep Research Study

McCain, Obama Discuss Abortion Rights During Third Presidential Debate

Letters Respond To New York Times Editorial On State Ballot Initiatives

UK Government Consults On Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults - Views Sought On Action Needed

Transitional Cell Carcinoma: Diagnosis - Coverage From The 60th Annual Congress Of The German Urological Association

Free Public Lecture On Teenage Drug Abuse In Northern Ireland

British Dental Foundation Offers Free Kit To Combat Mouth Cancer

Transitional Cell Carcinoma: Experimental - Coverage From The 60th Annual Congress Of The German Urological Association

Clients, Not Practitioners, Make Therapy Work - British Association For Counselling & Psychotherapy

U.N. Calls On Indonesia To Expand Drug Treatment, Curb Spread Of HIV/AIDS In Prisons

Extrarenal Multiorgan Metastases Of Collecting Duct Carcinoma Of Kidney: A Case Series

CDC Reports That U.S. Infant Mortality Declines By 2% In 2006, But Rates Remain Higher Than In Other Industrialized Nations Despite Higher Spending

Australian Medical Association Backs 'Measure Up' Campaign

Health Care Systems Must Be Protected From Economic Recession, Says New World Medical Association President

Lower Reward Response And Genetics Tied To Weight Gain

New Speaking Book On Clinical Trials Aimed At African Populations With Low Literacy Levels

Genetic Switch Critical For Cell Survival In Hypoxia Identified By Researchers

Surgeons Find Unsuspected Thyroid Cancer In Elderly Patients Through Routine Imaging Studies For Other Conditions

Prognostic Value Of Her-2/Neu & DNA Index For Progression, Metastasis & Prostate Cancer-Specific Death In Men With Follow-Up After Prostatectomy

Time's Up! World Food Program Stops Clock On Hungerbytes Competition

Validation Of The Fournier's Gangrene Severity Index In A Large Contemporary Series

Women's Contraceptive Perceptions And Realities Don't Match Up

CDC Releases New Infant Mortality Data, USA

FDA Creates Web Page With Drug Safety Information For Patients, Health Care Professionals - Consolidates Information In One Access Point

Wyeth Europa Ltd Withdraws Its Marketing Authorisation Application For Ellefore For Major Depressive Disorder

FSA Supports Move To Increase The Age At Which UK Cattle Are BSE Tested From 30 To 48 Months

Melamine Update,Food Products From China - Food Standards Agency, UK

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

Genital And Testis Tumors - Coverage From The 60th Annual Congress Of The German Urological Association

Kidney And Adrenal Tumors II - Coverage From The 60th Annual Congress Of The German Urological Association

Kidney And Adrenal Tumors - Coverage From The 60th Annual Congress Of The German Urological Association

New Skin Disorder Caused By Mobile Phones Discovered - 'mobile Phone Dermatitis'

Intergovernmental Body To Negotiate A Protocol On Illicit Trade In Tobacco Products

Prostate Cancer: Biomarkers - Coverage From The 60th Annual Congress Of The German Urological Association

Treatment Alternative For Drug Offenders Has Had Mixed Success

Support Multiple Sclerosis By The Book - MS Talent Project Publishes Second Anthology On 19 November, 2008

Revealing A Molecular Defect For 1 Form Of Male Factor Infertility

The Flexitarian Diet - The Mostly Vegetarian Way To Lose Weight, Lower Blood Pressure, Be Healthier & Add Years To Your Life - New Book

Transitional Cell Carcinoma: Diagnosis II - Coverage From The 60th Annual Congress Of The German Urological Association

The Wyeth Symposium On Metabolic Dysregulation Presented By Boston University

Berlin Heart's EXCOR(R) Pediatric Receives Unconditional Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Approval

Pioneer(R) Surgical Technology Announces First Human Implants Of New NanOss(TM)-Cervical Fusion Device

MedImmune Licenses Reverse Genetics Technology To Hungary's Omninvest For Use In Influenza Vaccine Development And Production

Positive Preclinical Data On Cell Therapy For Spinal Disc Repair Presented At 23rd Annual Meeting Of The North American Spine Society

Landmark Study Demonstrates Potential Of Radioimmunotherapy For Treatment Of Indolent B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Berlin Heart's EXCOR(R) Pediatric Receives Unconditional Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Approval

Clostridium Difficile Infection: Best Practices For Prevention And Treatment In Long-Term Care

When Treating Sleep Disorders Doctors Must Rule Out Other Diagnoses First

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Shines Spotlight On Oral Mucositis As A Common Side Effect Of Anticancer Therapy

Do You Know Who's Taking Your X-Ray?

Integrating Transplantation Research In Europe : Recent Advances And Future Challenges

A New Mechanism Of Resistance To Dengue Virus

So Something Different And Lose Weight

Man's Best Friend Recruited In The Hunt For Disease Genes

Optimized Radiation For Prostate Cancer Therapy

COPD Landmark Trial UPLIFT® Proves Tiotropium Sustains Lung Function Improvements Over Four Years And Improves Survival Rate

LF Elimination Programme Treats Over Half Billion People And Protects Millions More From Debilitating Disease

First Estradiol-based Oral Contraceptive Qlaira® Cleared For Market Launch In Europe

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