Medical News Today: Health News for Wednesday 22 October 2008

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Wednesday 22 October 2008

Boosting Mental Capital And Wellbeing In The UK

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A UK government think tank has recommended a strategy for boosting the nation's mental capital and wellbeing "from cradle to grave" and identified three key policy change areas: learning in the early years, wellbeing at...
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Brain Magnetizer Approved For Treatment-Resistant Depression

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the green light earlier this month for a new non-invasive treatment for depression that relies on a magnetic device to stimulate the brain by sending magnetic pulses through the skull...
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Under McCain Or Obama $700 Billion Bailout Signals Bad News For US Healthcare Say Experts

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US government's 700 billion dollar rescue package to bail out the financial sector signals bad news for US healthcare, and will severely damage the nation's future healthcare plans regardless of whether McCain or Obama...
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How Safe Are Biological Medicines?

Children May Not Have Health Insurance Even Though Parents Do

Value-added Tax Proposal To Reform US Health Care

Health Reform Requires State And Federal Cooperation

Other Medical and Health News for 22 October*

Arizona Daily Star Examines State Ballot Measure That Would Make Mandated Health Coverage Illegal

Study Examines Health Of Women Along Mexico-U.S. Border

Los Angeles Times Examines Efforts To Develop Successful Screening Test For Ovarian Cancer

Washington Post Examines CMS 'Never Events' Reimbursement Policy

Massachusetts Health Insurance Connector Authority Board Votes To Proceed With Minimum Coverage Standards

Newspapers Examine Election Issues Related To Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Coverage Of Recent Developments Related To Health Care In The Presidential Election

Lancet Editorial Examines Finalists To Replace UNAIDS Executive Director Piot

Proponents Of Abstinence-Only Education Concerned Support Will Wane Under Next President

Medivation Announces Presentation Of 24-Week Clinical Data Of MDV3100 In Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients

TR BioSurgical Completes Comparative Orthopedic Study In Dogs With Ligament Injuries

Lack Of Public Toilets Mean Older People Have 'nowhere To Go', Says Help The Aged

Potential Second Economic Stimulus Package Could Include Money For State Medicaid Programs

'Long Way To Go' In Fighting HIV/AIDS, Nobel Laureate Says In Opinion Piece

Hispanics Have More Risk Factors For Developing Alzheimer's Disease Than Other Groups, Research Suggests

Major Government Clinical Study Approved For Anadis' AIDS Therapy, Australia

Dynavax And Merck Provide Update On U.S. FDA Clinical Hold On Investigational Vaccine HEPLISAV™

Eating Habits Of Children And Adolescents Somewhat Better Than Expected

EUFIC: Are Parents Over-Feeding Their Children?

Argos Therapeutics Publishes Approach To Generating High-Avidity Cytotoxic T Cells With Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapy

Viral Genetics, Inc. Releases Initial Findings Of Lyme Disease Study

Q Therapeutics And Johns Hopkins Researchers Collaborate On Study Of Human Neural Glial Cells In Treatment Of ALS

Handheld Imaging Device For Early Detection Of Brain Bleeding In Head Trauma Patients Receives CE Mark

Health Minister Approves To Start Leading Edge Live Cell Therapy Clinical Trial In New Zealand For Diabetics

Artes Medical Announces Completion Of Enrollment In 1,000 Patient Post-Marketing ArteFill Study (Dermal Filler)

Rare Peptide Segments Are Found Significantly More Often In Proto-Oncoproteins Than Control Proteins: Implications For Immunology And Oncology

Constraint-Based Network Model Of Pathogen-Immune System Interactions

Dingell, Stupak Call For Investigation Of Health Net Over Alleged Medicare Advantage Marketing Infractions

Utah Conference Addresses Role Of Meth Use In Spread Of HIV

Charities Join Forces To Amplify Voices Of People With Mental Health Problems

FSU Scientific Computing Department Hosts International Conference

Medtronic Submitted Pre-Market Approval Application For FDA Approval Of Interstim(R) Therapy For Fecal Incontinence

Prize4Life Launches $1 Million Prize For Finding Novel Treatment Candidates For ALS

Pitt Receives $8.4 Million To Improve Disaster Preparedness

Web-Based Microscopy Novel Tool For Diagnosis Of Parasitic Diseases

Neotropix® Announces Presentation Of Relevant Preclinical Results Of NTX-010 In Pediatric Oncology Models

Commision For Social Care Inspection Proposals Need Action Now - MS Society Cautiously Welcomes Today's Proposals, UK

New Data Confirm Efficacy And Favourable Safety Profile Of Resolor(R) For Patients With Severe Chronic Constipation

Still Waiting: Dari Taylor MP Pushes For Equal Access To NHS Fertility Treatment, UK

Endologix Announces FDA Approval Of IntuiTrak, An Innovative New Delivery System For The Powerlink AAA Device

Paleogenomics Of Pterosaurs And The Evolution Of Small Genome Size In Flying Vertebrates

Elastic Coupling Of Limb Joints Enables Faster Bipedal Walking

Los Angeles Times Series Examines U.S. Health Insurance System

Organizations In Nepal Hold Condom Day To Reduce Spread Of HIV, Other STIs

Blogs Comment On Oklahoma Ultrasound Law, Presidential Election, South Dakota Ballot Initiative

Heart Valves That Grow With The Patient

New Window Into Nanoscale Chemistry Could Help Improve Pollution Control, Fuel Cell Technologies

Evidence-Based GERD Guidelines Released By The American Gastroenterological Association

Northwest Climate Change Is Target Of $3.2M In Grants To University Of Oregon

NPS Campaign Represents A Fruitful Collaboration

Diel Vertical Migration Of Arctic Zooplankton During The Polar Night

Reversed Optimality And Predictive Ecology: Burrowing Depth Forecasts Population Change In A Bivalve

Study Shows Race, Health Insurance Status Affect Outcome Of Trauma Care

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries

Advocates Oppose Ugandan Bill That Would Criminalize Deliberate Spread Of HIV

Potential For Judicial Appointments By Next President Puts Women's Rights At 'Crossroads,' Opinion Piece Says

Nurse Struck Off For Withholding Treatment In Nursing Home

Hospital Rankings: More Than Meets The Eye

An Inconvenient Truth - The Provision Of Public Toilets - Unison Response, UK

Bring Back In-House Hospital Services Across UK Says Unison

Depression, Health Care Services And Heart Attacks -- What's The Connection?

Extra Payments To Private FFS Medicare Advantage Plans To Total $2.5B In 2008

Wake Forest Plays Integral Role In Effort To Revolutionize Vehicle Safety

Nutrition Advice Best Served With Family In Mind

New CU-Boulder Study Shows Diversity Decreases Chances Of Parasitic Disease

Genetic Analysis Of Historic Western Great Lakes Region Wolf Samples Reveals Early Canis Lupus/Lycaon Hybridization

Sleeping Gulls Monitor The Vigilance Behaviour Of Their Neighbours

Self-Assembling Nano-Fiber Gel Delivers High Concentrations Of Clinically Approved Drugs

WFP Delivers Nutritional Boost For Somali Children

Parkinson's Disease Society Comments On Patients' Right To Self Referral Announcement, UK

Global Viral Forecasting Initiative Receives $11M To Implement Pandemic Early Warning System

Nottingham University Hospital Joins National Trial To Improve Breast Cancer Care For Older Women, UK

More People Applying For Drug-Assistance Programs Amid Economic Downturn

Pilot Study - Heart-attack Patients Fast-tracked Into Cardiac Catheter Lab For Treatment

Alzheimer's Society Comments On New Research Suggesting Reducing Fatty Acids In The Brain Could Be A Potential Treatment For Alzheimer's Disease

Hawaii Lawmakers React To Recent Decision To End State Universal Health Care Program For Children

Former Botswana President Mogae Wins Award For Leadership, Work On HIV/AIDS

Alzheimer's Society Comment On New Report On Individual Budgets, UK

100th Hospital Scheme Opens Doors To Patients, UK

Comparing Surgeon And Patient Health Preferences

Willingness To Pay For Genetic Testing Concerning Depression

Washington Post Opinion Piece Examines Growing Catholic Support For Obama

Preventing Strokes In Those Who Are At Risk - Carotid Artery Surgery Procedure

Wythenshawe Hospital Radiographer Crowned 'Radiographer Of The Year' - University Hospital Of South Manchester Foundation Trust, UK

European Researchers Harness Unique Properties Of Boron To Develop New Drugs And Diagnostics

Failure To Fully Disclose Criminal Convictions Gets Nurse Struck Off Register

Spotlight On Cosmetic Ingredients Conference

Reproductive Skew In Female Common Marmosets: What Can Proximate Mechanisms Tell Us About Ultimate Causes?

The Relevance Of Brain Evolution For The Biomedical Sciences

International Donors' Conference For Georgia: Call For Wide International Support For Stabilisation And Growth In Georgia

Fertilizers - A Growing Threat To Sea Life

The Effect Of Gamma Waves On Cognitive And Language Skills In Children

Seeing Red, In The Number Seven - Hypnosis Can Induce Synaesthetic Experiences

Rutgers Receives $2.3 Million Federal Grant To Research Use, Safety Of Antipsychotics

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust Rated 'Good' By Independent Commission, UK

New MRI Technique May Identify Cervical Cancer Early

3-D Doppler Ultrasound Helps Identify Breast Cancer

Diversity Leaders Say 'time For Equality To Take Centre Stage', UK

Markers Of Inflammation And Blood-Clotting Tied To Hazards Of Intermittent HIV Treatment

Leeds Hospitals Focus On The Fight Against Fraud, UK

ADHD Appears To Increase Level Of Nicotine Dependence In Smokers

Ealing Hospital Trust Acts Quickly On Inspectors' Recommendations, UK

Chronic Inflammation Can Help Nurture Skin Cancer, Study Shows

McCain V. Obama: Whoever Wins, $700B Bailout Means Health Care Loses

Introducing Wii Fit Computer Console Into Physiotherapy Departments To Aid The Rehabilitation Of Young Patients

Southampton Hospital Pharmacists Rewarded For Scheme That Relieves Hard-pressed Doctors' Workloads, UK

Boehringer Ingelheim's Promising New Data For Potentially First In Class Plk1 Inhibitor

Extreme Endurance Flights By Landbirds Crossing The Pacific Ocean: Ecological Corridor Rather Than Barrier?

Hippocampal Volume And Neuron Numbers Increase Along A Gradient Of Environmental Harshness: A Large-Scale Comparison

Assessing The Quality Of Phase I Clinical Trial Abstracts Submitted To The EORTC-NCI-AACR And ASCO Meetings

Researchers Identify Pattern Of Gene Expression That Can Predict How Patients With Advanced Bowel Cancer Will Respond To Treatment

Bevacizumab Can Be Used To Detect/diagnose Tumours In Animal Models Using PET/CT Imaging: Results Better Than Current 'gold Standard' Method

Crossing The Blood-brain Barrier: Scientists Develop New Drug Delivery System For Brain Cancers And Other, Hard-to-treat Diseases Of The CNS

New Way Of Inhibiting The Cell Cycle Shows Promise In Cancer Patients In A Phase I Clinical Trial

Intimacy And Sexuality After Cancer: Questions Answered And Concerns Addressed

Sex, Lies And Storytelling: The Sociology Of Talk Shows

Early-Onset Depressive Disorders Predict The Use Of Addictive Substances In Adolescence

Parkinson's Disease Advocates And Researchers Hail Consensus Statement On What We Know And Need To Know About Environmental Factors In PD

Study Shows Steroid Therapies Following Transplant Can Be Eliminated

Quadriplegic Veteran Plans Adventurous Trek

UCSB Researchers Develop Cross-Protective Vaccine

X Marks The Spot: Sharpies Get Thumbs-Up For Marking Surgery Sites

Stem Cell Science Experts Release Letter Urging U.S. Commitment To All Avenues Of Stem Cell Research

Couples With Children With ADHD At Risk Of Higher Divorce Rates, Shorter Marriages

Older People's Quality Of Life Improved Through National Scheme, UK

Study Shows How Breastfeeding Transfers Immunity To Babies

Regulation Of SK Channels By Adrenaline

Role Of Notch1 In Plasticity

Oxfam Launches Report And £15 Million Appeal To Tackle World Food Crisis

Reorganization Of Somatosensory Cortex After Deafferentation

Cell Cycle Re-Entry In Alzheimer's Disease

Repeated Independent Evolution Of Obligate Pollination Mutualism In The Phyllantheae - Epicephala Association

Seabird-Driven Shifts In Arctic Pond Ecosystems

Mapping A Clan Of Mobile Selfish Genes

Windsor Medicare Extra Hosts Behavioral Health Symposium In Spartanburg

Clinical E-Audit Available For Reviewing Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, Australia

International Classification Of Diseases - Premier Healthcare Alliance Comments To HHS Regarding ICD-10-CM And ICD-10-PCS

Autism Support Network Launches, Offers Free Online Support Community

Yale Celebrates 20 Years Of Advances In Neuroscience And Regeneration

NICE Approves Spinal Cord Stimulation For Chronic Neuropathic Pain, UK

Comprehensive Tax Reform Could Play Important Role In Creating Health Care Reform

High Intensity Light Reduces Facial Wrinkles - Crystal Growth & Design

Spinning Natural Proteins Into Fabrics For New Wound-repair Products - Biomacromolecules

Researchers Examine Evolution Of Genes That Trigger The Body's Immune Response To Viral Infection

Speech And Language Therapy Services 'Heading Towards Crisis', UK

Child Abuse Increases Risk For Later Sexually Coercive Behavior In Some Men

U Of Minnesota Study Is The First To Show Direct Link Between Health-Related Behaviors And Grades

WesternU: Children's Eye Health Is Paramount

Infrared Radiation From Hot Cones On Cool Conifers Attracts Seed-Feeding Insects

Either Or Neither, But Not Both: Locating The Effects Of Masked Primes

Is Jenny Mccarthy Right? Researcher Says No Proven Link Between Vaccines And Autism

Medical Schools Increase Enrollment To Meet Physician Demand

What We "Know" May Not Be So, When It Comes To The Uninsured And ERs

RSV May Hide In The Lungs, Lead To Asthma

Anesthesia Exposure May Increase Risk For Childhood Developmental Disorders

Suicide Rises In White Middle Aged Americans

Poor Perioperative Blood Pressure Control Linked To 30-Day Morbidity And Mortality In Cardiac Surgery Patients - New Analysis From The ECLIPSE Trial

More Than 2 Million Children With Insured Parents Are Uninsured; Most Are Low Or Middle Income, USA

JACC Intervention Publishes MIV's VESTASYNC I Trial Preliminary Results - Hydroxyapatite Non-Polymer-Based Sirolimus-Eluting Stent

UCSF Fresno Leading-Edge Study Lends Hope To Emphysema Patients

AHA Issues First Guidelines On Stroke In Infants And Children, Cord Blood Stem Cells Being Researched As Treatment Option

Direct Injection Liquid Brachytherapy Therapeutic Radioisotope Procedures For Canince Cancer

America's Top Doctors For Cancer Recognizes 20 IU School Of Medicine Physicians

Oakland University To Host Stem Cell Conference

Garvan And St Vincent's To Build $100 Million Australian Cancer Centre, Australia

Post Traumatic Stress Therapy Wins Award For Researcher, CQUniversity Australia

Three In Five Patients Feel Depressed Or Anxious As A Result Of Their Pain

New Book Dissects Statistics For Doctors And Medical Students

Human Adaptations For The Visual Assessment Of Strength And Fighting Ability From The Body

Migration Strategy And Divergent Sexual Selection On Bird Song

New Pharmaceutical Company To Target Alzheimer's Disease

Aiming At Multiple Alzheimer's Proteins May Be Key To Success

Fifth DuraHeart(TM) U.S. Implant Marks Important Milestone In U.S. Pivotal Trial

New CHARISMA Outcome Study Results Validate Aspirin Effect

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Reports Progress In Its Phase II Trial Of Bavituximab Plus Docetaxel In Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer

Access Pharmaceuticals Presents ProLindac(TM) Data At The AACR-NCI-EORTC Symposium 2008

Glycotex Reports First Patient Enrollment In Phase IIb Study Of Lead Product Candidate GLYC-101 For Wound Healing

Isolagen Inc. Completes Injections Of Isolagen Therapy(TM) In Phase II/III Acne Scar Study

Tomophase To Exhibit First In-vivo Cross-sectional Images Of Pulmonary Stenting Using Proprietary OCT System

Clinical Update - Debio 9902 SR (ZT-1) For Alzheimer Patients Debiopharm Starts Tablet Formulations Bridging Study Under IND

Periodontal Disease: How To Protect Your Teeth And Gums

Pilot Program Successfully Addresses Mental Health Issues In Pennsylvania's Children

More Than 2 Million Children With Insured Parents Are Uninsured; Most Are Low Or Middle Income

New Candidate Genes For Schizophrenia Identified

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