Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 24 October 2008

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Friday 24 October 2008

Smokers Should Be Vaccinated For Pneumonia, Panel Advises

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

An expert panel is advising the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to add adult smokers to the list of people that should be vaccinated against bacteria that cause pneumonia, meningitis and other diseases...
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Obesity Drug Should Be Suspended Says European Agency

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) says the authorization that was granted two years ago to Sanofi-Aventis to market its anti-obesity drug Acomplia (rimonabant) in the Eropean Union (EU) should be suspended because the...
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Holding Hot Drink Makes Us Warm Hearted

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

We tend to judge others as more caring and generous when we are holding a hot drink than when we are holding a cold drink in our hands, said US researchers investigating the effect of physical warmth on social judgement...
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Mathematical Modeling Strategy Integrates External Factors Into Limb Movement

Other Medical and Health News for 24 October*

Former HHS Secretary Shalala Says Consensus On Health Care Reform Is Needed

HIV/AIDS Drug Access Problems In Mozambique Cannot Be Solved Solely Through Antiretroviral Plant, Health Official Says

Economic Downturn Leads U.S. Residents To Skip, Delay Medical Care

FDA Approves Johnson & Johnson's Prezista For HIV-Positive People Who Have Never Taken Antiretrovirals

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

Church Leader, Duke University Partnership Raises Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Among Blacks

Focus On Abortion As Sole Catholic Voting Issue 'Disheartening,' Letter To Editor Says

Issue Brief Examines Effect Of Health IT On Quality Of Care; NEJM Perspectives Examine Proposals To Slow Health Care Spending Growth, More

Black Women In Duval County, Fla., Have Higher Mortality Rate Than Whites For A Number Of Diseases, Report Finds

L.A. Times Opinion Pieces Present Opposing Views On Proposed Parental Notification Measure

Unique Patient Identifier Technology Could Reduce Medical Errors, Increase Efficiency, Editorial States

Utah Health Department Report Collects Minority Residents' Views On Public Health Issues

Data Demonstrate Significant Effect On Tumor-Stroma Interaction With Infinity's Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitor IPI-926

No Link Between Gardasil, Adverse Events, CDC Says

Mental Health Parity Legislation Should Be Reversed Or Modified Because Questions About Mental Illness, Addiction Remain, Opinion Piece Says

U.S. Assistance Through Programs Such As PEPFAR, PMI 'Impacting Millions Of Lives' Worldwide, Opinion Piece Says

Cardiac Risk Estimates Differ For Christian And Muslim Patients

Springer To Collaborate With American Society For Reproductive Medicine

Symposium Will Showcase New Therapies To Regrow Skin, Bones, Nerves And Muscles To Aid War Wounded

Rural Hospitals Could Benefit From IT Outsourcing

South Dakota Congressional Candidates Discuss Proposed State Abortion Ban In Debate

Pfizer Finalizes $60M Settlement With States Over Off-Label Marketing Of COX-2 Inhibitors

Conference In Canadian Province Focuses On HIV/AIDS Among Native Youth

Onset Of Type 1 Diabetes May Be Delayed By Green Tea

Uninsured Linked With Potential Providers By Community-Based Organizations

New Promising Obesity Drug May Have Huge Potential

At Former Ohio Uranium-Processing Plant Major Source Of Radon Exposure Overlooked

Pharmacogenomics: UC San Diego To Lead Nationwide Program

Safer, More Effective TB Vaccine For HIV-Positive People

Repeated Exposure To HIV In Treatment-Suppressed HIV Patients Examined By Study

Spirituality Protects Against Depression Better Than Church Attendance

Christian '40 Days For Life' Campaign Aims To Make Opposition To Abortion Rights Top Issue For Voters

Los Angeles Times Examines Billing Disputes Between Providers, Insurers

Human Trafficking Legislation Threatens Cambodia's Progress Against HIV/AIDS

Young Mom, Wife's Coverage Costs As Much As Mortgage

Young Woman Battles Insurance Company For Effective Medications

Annual Bibliography Of Significant Advances In Dietary Supplement Research 2007

Catherine DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H., Receives AACAP Catcher In The Rye Humanitarian Of The Year Award And Will Speak At AACAP Annual Meeting

Reduce Exposure To Lead, Especially Among Young Children, USA

USA Today Examines How Presidential Candidates May Handle Supreme Court Nominations

Wall Street Journal Compares Major Presidential Candidates' Health Care Proposals

New Vaccine Reduces TB Incidence By 37% Among HIV-Positive People, Study Says

Rabid Raccoon Found In Northwest, District Of Columbia

Hawai'i Department Of Health Cites Companies For Air Pollution Violations

Pregnant African American Women Face Barriers To Health Care, Oklahoma State Department Of Health Report

Alzheimer's Society Comment On Government Foresight Report: Mental Capital And Wellbeing, UK

Targeting Tumors With B-RAF Mutations: 2 Drugs Are Better Than 1

Red Cross Reaches $50 Million Mark On Its Way To Fundraising Goal

News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Oct. 23, 2008

Health In Pregnancy Grant To Be Launched April 2009, UK

Conference Focuses On Avian Flu Threat

It's Time For The Care System To Care, Says Help The Aged, UK

Natural And Social Sciences: ICSU Embraces The Need To Work More Closely Together

Secretary Of State Supports Launch Of HSE 'Asbestos The Hidden Killer' Campaign, UK

HSE Reminds Electrical Contractors To Use Safe Working Practices After Edinburgh Company Fined 300,000 pounds, UK

New Project Will Study Promising 'Personalized' Treatment For Parkinson's

DrugScope Welcomes Government Response To Review Of Drug Education, UK

Panel Advocates Improved Understanding Of Hepatitis B And Screening Of High-Risk Populations

Emerald Ash Borer Confirmed In The Municipality Of Bluewater, Ontario

Genomic Changes Discovered In The Brains Of People Who Commit Suicide

Report Finds Risks Of Developing Alzheimer's And Parkinson's Diseases Can Be Dramatically Reduced

Researchers Find Clue To Antibiotic Resistance

New Role For Growth Factors In Immunity Discovered By Making Flies Sick

Defibrillators Any Fool Can Use

American Heart Association Scientific Statement Reports Post-Cardiac Arrest Care Is The Key To Survival

Abbott Northwestern Hospital Receives $6 Million From The Robina Foundation For Bold Experiment In Primary Care

American Heart Association Scientific Statement Reports Post-Cardiac Arrest Care Is The Key To Survival

Hypnosis Can Induce 'Synesthetic' Experiences - Where 1 Sense Triggers The Involuntary Use Of Another - Within An Average Brain

Department Of Veterans Affairs To Deploy Mobile Counseling Centers Across America

VA Providing Connecticut Veterans With Disability Verification - For State And Local Tax Exemptions

11th Instance Of Safe Haven Law Occurred On October 22 - Nebraska

Tips For A Safe Halloween

Erbitux Receives CHMP Positive Opinion For 1st-Line Use In Head And Neck Cancer, Europe

The FDA Approves Production Process Strategy Of Aplidin(R), New Marine-Derived Anti-Tumor Agent, Proposed By PharmaMar

Connecticut Public Health Department Urges Residents To Get A Flu Shot

Connecticut State Health Department Releases Two Injury Prevention And Control Reports For Reducing Injuries Statewide

Connecticut Department Of Public Health Releases Estimate Of Recent HIV Infections

Cytochroma Announces Initiation of Phase II Clinical Trial Of CTA018 For Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Sermo And FDA Collaboration Brings Real-Time Physician Feedback To Medical Device Safety

Over One-Third Of Pharma Alliances Are Unsuccessful Due To Unrealistic Expectations, New Report

Integrated Care Needs Integrated IT

Alzheimer's Society Landmark Partnership With KPMG

Alzheimer's Society Comment On Cutting The Cake Fairly - CSCI Review Of Eligibility Criteria For Social Care

Israeli Company Barcodes Your Beef For Safety

Israel's ASI Gives Pathologists A Vital Second Opinion

The Function Of NOD2 In Colonic Epithelial Cells

The Risk Factors Of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis In HCV Patients

Raising Hope For Treating Renal Cancer In Kids At Israel's Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute

Tiny Juvenile Heterodontosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Sheds Light On Evolution Of Plant Eaters

Fart Gas Helps Control Your Blood Pressure

Are Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells Effective In Reducing Hepatic Lesions?

Chemists Devise Self-assembling 'Organic Wires'

Treating Pelvic Sepsis After Stapled Hemorrhoidopexy

Protein Compass Guides Amoebas Toward Their Prey

Ethanol-Induced Gastric Mucosa Injury: A New Insight

Where Are We After Twenty Years Of Cornea Research?

Methodist University Hospital Presents Virtual Brain Tumor Board Webcast Series

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Launches Phase 1A Trials Of Its Insulin Suppository

GSK Receives Positive Opinion For Alli(R) (orlistat 60 Mg) As A Non-prescription Weight Loss Aid In Europe

Sanofi-aventis Complying With The EMEA's Recommendation To Temporarily Suspend Marketing Authorisation Of Acomplia(R) In Obese And Overweight Patients

SuperGen's MP-470 Demonstrates Clinical Tumor Regression When Combined With Standard Of Care Chemotherapy

NIH Grants $55 Million In Institutional Development Awards - Five New Awards Foster Health-Related Research And Increase Competitiveness

Ariad Presents Preclinical Data On Deforolimus And Bicalutamide In Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer

First Centralised Authorisation To Be Moved To Non-prescription Status, Europe

New Link Identified Between Tart Cherries And Risk Factors For Heart Disease

Yale Hosts An Exploration Of The Roots Of Social Psychology

X-Ray Inspection System Of Glass In Glass Jars That You Can Rely On To Protect Your Brand

As Urinary Tract Infections Increase, More Education Is Needed

Health Care Providers Should Educate Patients On Vitamin D Deficiency

Increasing Physical Activity Can Help Minimize Urinary Incontinence In Women

GSK And Affiris Sign An Exclusive Licence And Option Agreement For Therapeutic Alzheimer's Disease Candidate Vaccines

Cone Shell Toxin Offers New Hope For Chronic Pain Sufferers

Cold Virus Found To Manipulate Genes

Depression May Increase Exacerbations, Hospitalizations In COPD

Development Puts An End To The Evolution Of Endless Forms

Faster Medication Means Fewer Heart Attacks, According To A New Study Published In The New England Journal Of Medicine

Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise In Patients With Bowel, Kidney And Prostate Cancer

Mount Sinai Medical Group Surgeons Perform Robotic Cystoprostatectomy For Bladder Cancer

BMJ Journals Announces The Launch Of Heart Asia

Memory Function Varies After Damage To Key Area Of The Brain

Alternative Medicine And Heavy Metal Poisoning

Australian Stroke Study: Research Could Save Lives And Millions Of Dollars

Sex Education Forum Welcomes Government's New Commitment To Sex And Relationships Education, Now Let's See Real Action, UK

Promnising Novel Treatments And Current Clinical Trials For Alzheimer's Disease Therapies

NCB Welcomes Government's Bold Step Towards Making PSHE A Statutory Part Of The National Curriculum, UK

Grant For Sense-And-Treat Project Awarded To Nanoengineer From UC San Diego

The European Medicines Agency Recommends Suspension Of The Marketingauthorisation Of Acomplia

Publication Of Report To Government By Advisory Group On Drug And Alcohol Education, UK

Warm Hands, Warm Heart?

Moffitt Cancer Center Presents The 2nd Biennial Latinos Y El Cancer Educational Symposium - Free Event Will Be In Spanish

Podcast, Mere Shadows? - Living With Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease

Tips For A Safe And Healthy Halloween From Rush University Medical Center

New Osteoarthritis Study Shows Most Treatments Do Not Work

VirtuoCTC Devoted To Successful Implementation Of CTC

Les Ferdinand Enables Mental Health Project Air Football To Take Off Thanks To £200K Of New Funding, UK

Crohn's Disease - Neovacs Begins A Phase I/II Clinical Trial With Candidate TNFα-kinoid, First Phase I/II Human Study Of A Kinoid

NHS Must Rise To Technology Challenge And Catch Up With Other Industries, Says The King's Fund, UK

Asenapine Meets Primary Endpoint In Long-Term Schizophrenia Relapse Prevention Trial

Addrenex Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 2 Trial On Its Novel Hypertension Drug, ADX415

Breastfeeding May Not Have An Adverse Effect On Breast Appearance

Mpex Pharmaceuticals Presents New Data On MP-376 In Cystic Fibrosis

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Launches Phase 1A Trials Of Its Insulin Suppository

EntreMed's ENMD-2076 Demonstrates Tumor Regression In Human Colon Cancer Model

Positive Preclinical Data Demonstrating Anti-Tumor Activity Of NKTR-105 (PEG-docetaxel) Presented At 20th EORTC-NCI-AACR Conference

Proteolix Presents Solid Tumor Clinical Trial Results For Carfilzomib At EORTC-NCI-AACR International Conference

Nerviano Medical Sciences Invited By EORTC-NCI-AACR To Present The State-of-the-Art Of Aurora

Novexel Reports Positive Phase II Trial Results With NXL103 In Adult Patients With Community Acquired Pneumonia

DNA Research Taking Guesswork Out Of Finding The "Therapeutic Window"

First Gene For Clubfoot Found

Elderly Women Can Increase Strength But Still Risk Falls

Unstable Workplace Might Increase Employee Risk For Heart Attack

Why Binge Drinking Is Bad For Your Bones

Depression During Pregnancy Can Double Risk Of Preterm Delivery

Researchers Downplay MRSA Screening As Effective Infection Control Intervention

Exposure To Low Doses Of Mercury Changes The Way The Arteries Work

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