Medical News Today: Health News for Monday 11 May 2009

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Monday 11 May 2009

Losing Your Job Can Make You Sick, Study

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

New research from the US suggests that losing your job can make you sick by raising your risk of developing new health problems like high blood pressure, heart disease, heart attack, stroke or diabetes, even if you find a new job soon after...
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Pre-Epidemic Clinical Features Of Triple-Reassortant Swine Flu Cases

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Scientists studying the clinical features of 11 sporadic human infections by triple-reassortant swine influenza A (H1) viruses that occurred in the three or so years leading up to the current swine flu epidemic, found...
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US Obesity Due To Over Eating, Study

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Scientists using a new way to look at data concluded that the main reason that obesity has risen sharply in the United States in recent decades is predominantly because of over-eating rather than lack of physical activity...
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Further Progress Needed In Vaccination Coverage Among Low-Income Children

Other Medical and Health News for 11 May*

Update On Confirmed Swine Flu Cases: 10 May 2009, UK

New Study Results Further Support The Evidence That The HPV Vaccine Gardasil(R)will Provide Long-lasting Protection

The Four-type HPV Vaccine Gardasil(R) Demonstrates Real Life Benefits

Archimedes Pharma Announces Ground-Breaking Phase III Data Showing NasalFent To Be Superior To The Standard Of Care For Breakthrough Cancer Pain

NZMA Chairman Elected For Second Term, New Zealand

Separating Apples From Oranges In Research Prioritization

When To Get Your Bone Density Measured - That Is The Question

Exciting Research Shows Many Genes Influence Blood Pressure, Says British Heart Foundation

First Free Heart Testing Tour Of England - CRY Philips Test My Heart Tour 09 Aims To Reduce Number Of Heart Deaths Of Apparently Fit Young People

Ticking Time Bomb For Children In Care, UK

Edwards Lifesciences Receives FDA Approval For New Heart Valve

BENICAR(R) And BENICAR HCT(R) Effectively Reduces Blood Pressure In Elderly Patients

AZOR(R) (Amlodipine And Olmesartan Medoxomil) Significantly Improves 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure

LyfeTec, Inc. Announces Its Influenza A/B Test Kit Tests Help Detect Possibility In Swine Flu Infected Patients

Bruker AXS Introduces The New D8 ADVANCE(TM), A Unique All-Purpose X-ray Powder Diffraction System Offering Highest Performance

Top Health Care Lawmakers, Administration Officials To Address National Community Pharmacists Association Conference May 11-13

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Opinion Pieces Address Preventing Unintended Pregnancy

Rochester Democrat And Chronicle Examines Area's HIV/AIDS Vaccine Efforts

Margo Macdonald MSP Gets Signatures For Euthanasia Debate, Scotland

Medtronic Announces U.S. Trial Of Unique Therapy For Closure Of The Left Atrial Appendage

The Lupus Foundation Of America's Butterfly Gala Celebrates And Recognizes Leaders In The Fight Against Lupus

Dual Diagnosis Licensing: The Next Wave Of Complete Mental Health And Addiction Treatment

Juvaris BioTherapeutics' Universal Influenza Vaccine Protects From Lethal H1N1 And H3N2 Challenges In Pre-Clinical Studies

Gilead Sciences' Phase III Darusentan Data Show Significant Blood Pressure Reductions In Resistant Hypertension Patients

Studies Of GARDASIL(R), Merck's Cervical Cancer Vaccine, And HPV 16 Vaccine Component Of GARDASIL Presented At International Papillomavirus Conference

Emergent BioSolutions Launches BioThrax.com, An Educational Website About BioThrax (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) And Anthrax Disease

Lannett Company Receives FDA Approval For Pilocarpine HCI Tablets 7.5 Mg Strength

UQ Research Finds Kava Is Safe And Effective

Sterimar Is Proud To Support National Allergy Week 2009 Free Your Nose From Hay Fever With Stérimar

Joint FAO/WHO/OIE Statement On Influenza A(H1N1) And The Safety Of Pork

Sun Awareness Week - Survey Results Released

Community Healthcare Charities Receive £300,000 From Glaxosmithkline In Recognition Of Their Work

Levemir(R) Once-Daily Substantially Lowered Average Blood Sugar Levels Of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes In TITRATE(R) Study

APIC Applauds Obama's 2010 Healthcare Budget

Intestinal Infection Rising Among U.S. Healthcare Inpatients

APHA Applauds Climate Change Bill That Will Help Protect Public Health

Obama Should Ignore 'Uninformed' Rhetoric, Pick 'Best Person For The Job' To Fill Supreme Court Vacancy

Centrist Democrats Issue Policy Proposals For Health Reform, Emphasize Stronger Private Insurance Market

Indonesia Provides Three Provinces With Funding To Heighten HIV/AIDS Efforts

Efforts Call For Racial Health Equity In Health Reform, Provide Immigrants With Public Health Assistance Information, Urge Use Of EHRs Among Hispanics

American Public Health Association Applauds Health Reform Fund And Other Health Investments In Budget

Phase IIb Trial Will Further Assess Efficacy, Safety And Tolerability Of MK-7009 - For Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

Joining Forces To Improve Lung Cancer Treatment

Catching The Lightwave: Nano-mechanical Sensors "Wired" By Photonics

Re-awakening Old Genes To Help In The Fight Against Viruses

PER:PER Protein Pair Required For Circadian Clock Function

Specificity And Plasticity Of Thalamocortical Connections In Sema6A Mutant Mice

Widespread Use Of Labour Induction Potentially Harmful To Woman And Baby

MS Society Statement On Oral Therapy Results

Psychiatric Problems Of Fathers May Be As Important As Those Of Mothers In Child Outcomes

Bird Flu Research Could Help With Swine Flu Vaccine

Optimism For Bipolar Disorder And Schizophrenia If Psychiatrists Abandon 19th Century Dogma, UK

Joe Swash Pledges Support To Meningitis UK

Statistical Press Notice: Access To GUM Services, UK

Infertility Support Charity Wins £25,000 Glaxosmithkline Impact Award

New Strategy For A 21st Century Social Care Workforce

Wall Street Journal Columnist Examines Difficulty Of Deciphering Hospital Bills After Childbirth

Bristol Palin's Recent Comments On Teen Pregnancy Create 'Mixed Message For Impressionable Minds,' Opinion Piece Says

Senate HELP Committee Expresses No Opposition During Hearing For FDA Commissioner-Nominee Hamburg

GE Announces Initiative To Develop 100 New Lower-Cost Medical Products That Improve Quality, Access To Care

Cuomo's Medicaid Fraud Control Office Best In U.S., According To HHS

HIV Cases Increasing In Britain, UNICEF Report Says

Senate Unanimously Approves Roubideaux As IHS Director

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Cot Death) Associated With New Virus - Ljungan Virus

GSK's HPV Cervical Cancer Vaccine Shows Superior Immune Response To Competitor Vaccine In First Head-to-head Study

University Of Michigan Experts Say Proper Nutrition Essential For Bone Health

European Association For Palliative Care Announces The Foundation Of The European Palliative Care Research Center

Program Helps Reduce Hospital And Emergency Department Use Among Homeless Adults With Chronic Illnesses

Euthanasia And Physician-assisted Suicide: Danger Ofpressure On Vulnerable Persons And The Devaluation Of Palliative Care Structures

Episode Of Rapid, Irregular Heart Rhythm Before Or After Cardiac Catheterization Associated With Increased Risk Of Death Within 3 Months

Palliative Care And Pain Treatment As Human Rights: Only A Minority Of The Suffering Receive Care

New Therapy Options For Breakthrough Pain - European Association For Palliative Care

Elevated Level Of Certain Protein In Urine Linked To Increased Risk For Blood Clots

Broad Program Reflects Multi-professionalism - More Consideration To Cultural Diversity Of Those Cared For - European Association For Palliative Care

EAPC-President: Everyone In Europe Should Be Able To Find Relief From Suffering At The End Of Life

Testing Times For Hearing Loss Sufferers

Asthma Control Is Appalling In Most Countries

FDA Nominee Hamburg Expected To Receive Senate Confirmation Next Week

Blogs Comment On Obama Budget Proposal, Health Care Reform, Other Topics

Senate Confirms Corr As Deputy Secretary Of HHS, Roubideaux As IHS Secretary

Massachusetts Commission To Recommended New Reimbursement Model

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries

Bergen County, N.J., Rejects Plans To Close No-Cost HIV Testing Center

Survey Examines U.S. Public's Attitudes Toward Global Health Spending

Montgomery County, Md., Minority Health Advocacy Groups Protest Proposed Health Program Spending Cuts

African Americans At Greater Risk After PCI According To Study

Retroperitoneal Lymphadenectomy Vs. 1 Cycle BEP As Adjuvant Therapy For Non-Seminomatous Testicular Tumours In Clinical Stage I

Regulation Of Prostate Cancer Progression By Galectin-3

Vision Loss In Genetic Diseases Explained By Protein-Protein Interaction

Major New Treatment Target In Diseased Arteries

New Genes Implicated In High Blood Pressure

Novel Genetic Risk Factors For Kidney Disease Revealed By Study

Preclinical Work Shows How One Gene Causes Severe Mental Retardation

Genetic Clues To Blood Pressure

Diagnostic Accuracy Of Transitional Cell Carcinoma On Multidetector Computerized Tomography Urography In Patients With Gross Hematuria

Fewer Families Able To Afford Health Insurance, New Study Finds, USA

Without Preventative Treatment, Over 400 People May Die From Hospital-acquired Blood Clots This National Thrombosis Week

11 Million Euros For Research Aimed At Prevention And Treatment Of Malaria In Pregnancy

HudsonAlpha Innovation Prize Awarded To UAB Professor For T Cell Studies

Pediatric Virology: Demmler-Harrison Honored For Her Devoted Work

Insight Into Deadly Wind-Driven Fires

NIST Issues First Reference Material For Tissue Engineering

Obama Budget Proposal Preserves Abortion Funding Restrictions, Adds Pregnancy Prevention Funds

President Obama's Budget Request Includes $828B For HHS

Missouri House Fails To Pass Bill Expanding Medicaid; Lawmakers Working On Alternative Plan

Connecticut HIV/AIDS Advocates Lobby Legislature For Continued Funding

Utah Law Requiring Verification Of Legal Status For Certain Government-Funded Services Will Not Affect Health Services As Expected, Official Says

Researchers Identify The Gene Responsible For A Rare Form Of Congenital Anemia

In Some Healthy Young Blacks The System That Regulates Blood Pressure Malfunctions

Clue To Nicotine Dependence In Skin Color

Improving Diets By Sending Personalized Nutritional Information Through The Post

Graves' Disease: Quality Of Life And Occupational Disability

Risk Of HIV Transmission Not Reduced By Herpes Medication

Study Examines Novel PFO Closure System

How Key Protein Keeps Chronic Infection In Check

Potential Detection Of Breast Cancer Spread: New Technique

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