Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 15 November 2008

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Saturday 15 November 2008

Written by Peter M Crosta

An editorial published in this week's Lancet is highly optimistic regarding President-elect Obama's ability to influence real change in health care policy - one of the United States' most divisive political issues...
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New Two-tier NHS System: The Path Towards Moral Bankruptcy

Written by Peter M Crosta

According to an editorial published in this week's Lancet, the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK has made an 'undignified' and 'divisive' move by allowing patients to 'top-up' their free NHS treatment with treatments...
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Limited Ability Of ECGs In Predicting Future Heart Problems

Written by Peter M Crosta

A study published on bmj.com finds that the electrocardiograms (ECGs) usually given to people with suspected angina have limited accuracy in their ability to predict the future likelihood of heart disease...
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Cases Decline But Do Not Disappear

Increased Risk Of Stroke With Increased Nonfasting Triglyceride Levels

For Better Welfare Outcomes, Help Dual Income Households And Basic Pensions

Sure Start Programme Associated With Benefits For Children And Families

Most Socioeconomic Differences In Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Could Be Eliminated With Best-Practice Interventions

Successful IBS Treatment With Peppermint Oil, Antispasmodics, And Fiber

Other Medical and Health News for 15 November*

$3.8 Million Award From US Department Of Defense To Further Cancer Research

Acute Infection In End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients Studied By Cardiff Scientists

Seven-Year Clinical Trial $8.5 Million Funding For Novel IBS Treatment Developed At UB

Effects Of Cocaine Use On Mother-Infant Relationships Studied By UNC, Yale Partnership

World Leaders In Infectious Diseases To Convene And Discuss Developments In Research, Prevention And Treatment

Conference, Nov. 23-25: Animal And Biological Science Highlights San Antonio Fluid Dynamics

Feedback Influences Decision Making

Prevalence Of A Tertiary Gleason Grade And Its Impact On Adverse Histopathologic Parameters In A Contemporary Radical Prostatectomy Series

Comparative Mind-Set Increases Purchase Intentions

Freshwater Pollution Costs US At Least $4.3 Billion A Year

In Work Groups With Male-Female Balance Women Experience More Sexual Harassment

Pew Latin American Fellows In Biomedical Sciences Award Received By Graduate Research Scientist At Rutgers University

Entrepreneurialism Requires Risky Decision-Making

100,000 Saved From Dying Of Tuberculosis

New Antibiotic Against Serious Infections Receives First Approval In Europe

GSK And Xenoport Announce Plans To Withdraw And Resubmit New Drug Application Requesting Approval Of Solzira™ For Restless Legs Syndrome

Growing Up With Diabetes

Statement By Merck & Co., Inc., In Response To The FDA's Update Regarding A Safety Review On Bisphosphonates Including FOSAMAX®

Rasilez®, First-in-class Direct Renin Inhibitor, Provides Greater Reduction In High Blood Pressure Than ACE Inhibitor Ramipril

FDA Approves Low-dose Regimen Of Premarin Vaginal Cream To Treat Moderate To Severe Postmenopausal Dyspareunia Painful Sexual Intercourse

The Influence Of Statin Medications On Prostate-specific Antigen Levels

Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: Perioperative Outcomes Of 1500 Cases

Botulinum Toxin A Era: Little Steps Towards A Better Understanding

Androgen-Regulated And Highly Tumorigenic Human Prostate Cancer Cell Line Established From A Transplantable Primary CWR22 Tumor

Commonwealth Foundation Moves To Improve Conditions For Migration Of Health Workers

New On VETS.TV - RVC Launch A Multimedia Resource On Bovine Viral Diarrhoea

Differences In Clinical Presentation Of Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome In Patients With Or Without Sexual Abuse History

Unite's NHS Members To Hold 'Day Of Action' On Wednesday, 3 December Over Pay, UK

Ureterointestinal Strictures Following Bricker Ileal Conduit: Management Via A Percutaneous Approach

UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Scientists Identify Signaling Pathway Driving A Deadly Sub-Type Of Breast Cancer

Sites Of Pain From Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome

The Morally Bankrupt UK Government Divides The NHS - An Undignified And Divisive Decision, The Lancet

Obama And Health: Change Can Happen, The Lancet

New Data Points To Long Lasting Beneficial Effects Of CEL-SCI's Rheumatoid Arthritis Vaccine

CardioDynamics Announces Two Significant Studies Correlating BioZ(R) With Ejection Fraction (EF)

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Presents Results Of Oral Administration Of Exenatide-4; Proof Of Concept Pharmacodynamic Study In Dogs

Researchers Say Identification Of Women With HPV Types 16, 18 And 45 Could Improve Early Intervention To Stop Cervical Cancer

ThromboGenics Announces Promising Six Month Follow-Up Results From Its Phase IIb Trial Of Microplasmin (MIVI III) For Treatment Of Visual Disorders

New Study Finds Changes In Position Of Conventional Insulin Pumps Can Cause Fluctuations In Insulin Delivery Rates

Survey Reports Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Need More Social And Psychological Support

Cell Phone/Brain Tumor Connection Remains Inconclusive But They Pose Neurological Health Risks

The Tooth Whisperers

Listen To Your Leg Pain: It Could Be Telling You Something Serious

Violent Video Games Affect Biological Systems

Patients With Anxiety Disorders Think They Have More Physiological Problems Than They Really Have, According To A Study

UPC Student Achieves Control Of Collagen Nanofibers To Manufacture Synthetic Knee Cartilage

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