Medical News Today: Health News for Wednesday 13 May 2009

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Wednesday 13 May 2009

New Biomarker For Aggressive Prostate Cancer, Study

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Scientists have for the first time discovered that genetic information taken from molecules found inside bubbles of fat in a man's urine could be a useful new biomarker for showing whether his prostate cancer is aggressive or not...
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FDA Tells Cheerios Cereal Makers Their Health Claims Contain "Serious Violations"

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US Food and Drug Administration has written a warning letter to General Mills, the makers of the popular breakfast cereal Cheerios, explaining that they have reviewed the labelling of the product and found it contains...
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CDC Say Don't Delay Giving Anti Flu Drugs To Pregnant Women

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that doctors should not delay giving antivirals to pregnant women with flu symptoms because the risks of premature labor, pneumonia and dehydration are too great...
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What Is Tuberculosis? What Causes Tuberculosis?

Heart Defects In Infants Are Considerably Reduced With Mandatory Folic Acid Consumption

Other Medical and Health News for 13 May*

Blogs Comment On Levi Johnston, Obama's Budget Proposal, Other Topics

Health Industry Groups Pledge To Reduce Spending; Some Health Advocates Express Skepticism About Plan

Editorials, Opinion Piece Discuss Issues Related To Health Care Overhaul

Incidence Of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy Reduced By Sodium Bicarbonate

Statement On White House Meeting With President Obama And Major National Health Groups On Health Reform

Opinion Piece, Editorial Examine Health Insurance Premiums For Women

President Obama Calls For Additional Taxes To Offset Budgeting Mistakes That Overstated Revenue For Health Reform

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries

New Online Resource Helps GPs Manage Patient Information

Research And Development Of New Surgical Tools, Techniques Expedited By 'Beating' Heart Machine

Offspring's Behavior Influenced By Trauma Experienced By The Mother Even Before Pregnancy

Industry's First Interactive Educational Microsite For Fertility And Reproductive Specialists Launched

Study Demonstrates Link Between Appetite And Elderly Mortality

Nycomed Files European Marketing Authorisation Application For Daxas(R) In COPD

Molecular Structure Could Help Explain Albinism, Melanoma

Caring With Confidence Launched, England

Animal Study Suggests Potential New Treatment For Anxiety Disorders And Depression

Darwin Would Have Loved DNA

Predicting Muscle Activation Patterns From Motion And Anatomy: Modelling The Skull Of Sphenodon (Diapsida: Rhynchocephalia)

Improving Education May Cut Smoking In Youth

Statement Of Paul Precht, Medicare Rights Center, On The Senate Finance Committee's Policy Options For Expanding Health Care Coverage

Findings Show Speech Recognition Problems Independent Of Hearing Loss

Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries Give Their Coverage Higher Ratings Than Do Those With ESI

Patient, Clinician Perspectives Critical To Successful Design Of Comparative Effectiveness Research

Nurses, Doctors Arrested But Insurers Get A Seat At The Table

Major Influenza Pandemic Threat Is Now Preventable And Treatable With Canopus' Aerosol Statin Formulation

Misoprostol Could Help Save Women's Lives, Opinion Piece Says

New York Legislature Should Approve Legislation Requiring Health Workers To Offer HIV Testing, Editorial Says

Gov. O'Malley Signs Two Bills That Set New Rules For No-Cost, Low-Cost Hospital Care, Financial Information

Analysis Of Flu Virus At Princeton Could Lead To Better Vaccines

Monitoring 'Human Factors' To Create Pandemic Warning System

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

Interventional Radiology: From Sidelines To Mainstream For Patients

Alzheimer's Society Backs 'Caring With Confidence', UK

UT Southwestern Researchers Find Participants In Antidepressant Drug Trials Are Atypical Patients

Alzheimer's Society Comment On National Trial Of New Personal Health Budgets

Findings Of 22-Year Study: Adults Aren't Active Enough

Vaccination Against Cholera Is Cost Effective In Many Locations

How Complications Impact Type 2 Diabetic Costs?

Problem Solving Influenced By Body Movements

Impact Of Informal Caregiving On Work Productivity

News From Burnham Institute For Medical Research, May 2009

Gene In Breast Cancer Pathway Identified

Nurse Prescribing Welcomed By PSA, Australia

In First-Ever Public Study Of Health Value Access To Care Leads Americans' Priorities

Preventative Health Care Focus Welcomed

Placement Of Dental Implants Results In Minimal Bone Loss

CDC Certifies Alabama's Public Health Laboratory For Novel H1N1 Influenza Confirmation Testing

Concerns Over Global Spread Of H1N1 Influenza Or Swine Flu Accelerate The Pre-Production Run On A.I.R. Isolation And Containment Units

Obama's 'Common Ground' Approach Could Entice Some Abortion-Rights Opponents, Opinion Piece Says

Young People With Disabilities In Botswana Call For Greater Involvement In Country's HIV/AIDS Efforts

Few Dentists In Wisconsin Accept Patients Enrolled In BadgerCare Plus

Relapse Common Among Women Who Stop Taking Antidepressant Medication For Premenstrual Syndrome

Women Diagnosed With Precancerous CIN At Risk For Cervical Cancer

Imaging Study Finds Evidence Of Social Orienting Ability Associated With Brain Abnormalities In Toddlers With Autism

Simpler, Less Expensive Design Could Make Precision Particle Therapy Available To More Patients

News From The Journal Of The National Cancer Institute, May 12, 2009

Inexpensive Face-to-face Weight-loss Support Programs Effective

Control Of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria In Out-patient Clinics And Offices

Aiding Problem Drinkers In The Privacy Of Their Own Homes Using Web-Based, Self-Help Intervention

Negative Mood-Related Drinking May Mean Vulnerability For Major Depression And Alcohol Dependence

AnaSpec Launches Z-Fish™ Antibodies

Special Infrared Fibers Can Defend America's Water From Chemoterrorism

Former Police Officer Awarded Australian Medical Association Indigenous Medical Scholarship

Potential Public Health Risk From Aquatic Superbugs Created By Bacteria In Waste Treatment Plants

The Nightmare Health Budget, Australia

Actelion Provides Update On BUILD-3 Study In Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Sunglasses Risk For Drivers

Long-Term Prescribing Tops List Of Medication Error Claims Reveals MDU, UK

Swine Flu Profiling With Randox Cytokine Array

$45 Million For Infectious Disease Research Awarded To UCI

May 10 Is Mother's Day - Cyber "get-togethers" Could Help Improve The Mental Health Of Single Moms

Research Into Future Health Care Solutions Receives $24.4 Million Grant

May 20-23, 2009: Aboriginal Awareness Week - Work Begins To Train The Next Generation Of Aboriginal Researchers

The Secret To Building Children's Social Skills

What Research Should You Believe? Cities Should Think Twice Before Turning Off Street Lights To Reduce Carbon Footprint

Mayo Clinic And Grameen Healthcare Join Forces To Launch Demonstration Project

Watching Infections Spread From Space

Talley Environmental Care™ Launch New Website For TECcare™ Antimicrobial Technology

In A Flu Pandemic, First Using A Small Stockpile Of A Secondary Drug Could Delay Resistance To The Primary Stockpiled Medication

Pioneering Technique Using Microwaves Successful In Treatment Of Liver Tumors

If Asthma Strikes During Game, Few Teams Are Ready

Study: Kids Injured By Tipping TVs Up Significantly

Vaccine Records Of Internationally Adopted Children May Not Reflect Protection Against Disease

IRIN/Plus News Examines HIV/AIDS Services In Zimbabwe Following Economic Crisis

Vaccination Coverage Improves Among Low-Income Children, But Disparities Persist

Infants' Pain Response To Immunization Varies Based On Which Vaccine Is First

New Strategies Help Ensure That Vaccines Remain Effective In Preventing Disease

More Walk-In Clinics Affiliated With Hospitals, Medical Centers

Indian Health Services Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Proposal Excludes Important Funding, Senator Says In Opinion Piece

Being Bullied In Childhood Associated With Psychotic Symptoms Among Pre-Teens

Testing New Fluorescent Lighting For Synchronizing Older Patients' Sleep-Wake Cycles

Misonix Announces Participation In Annual Diabetic Foot Global Conference

Roche Announces Long-Term Commitment To Tackle Growing Epidemic Of Diabetes

New System For Managing Sleep Disorders Aims To Improve Sleep Through Brain Chemistry

Boston Scientific Announces European Approval And First Implants Of New Defibrillation Lead System Designed To Simplify The Surgical Process

CMS Denial Of Coverage For Virtual Colonoscopy May Cost Lives

IJET Provides Additional Services In Response To Ongoing H1N1 Influenza A (Swine Flu) Developments

National Kidney Foundation And Nephroceuticals Partner To Promote Early Detection And Good Nutrition For Kidney Disease

Indianapolis Residents View Economic Challenges As Significant Barrier To Properly Managing Type 2 Diabetes

Medical Care Corporation Enables Early Detection Of Memory Loss Due To Alzheimer's Disease

Researchers Identify Pathway To Reactivate Myelin Repair

In Retinal Disease, Sight May Depend On Second Sites

Research Looks At Advanced Radiation For Pancreatic Cancer

Home-based Diet And Exercise Intervention Can Improve Physical Function In Older Cancer Survivors

How To Build A Bigger Brain

Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis Offers Large Social, Fiscal Benefits

Simple Hygiene, Focus On Children Could Contain Flu Spread

'Senior Moments' May Just Be Hearing Loss

Researcher Strives To Give Kids A Say In Their Health Treatment

May 3-9, 2009: North America Occupational Safety And Health Week - Which Canadian Region Has The Most Workplace Injuries?

May 4-10, 2009 Is Mental Health Week - Illness And Addiction: Common Causes Could Lead To Common Treatment

Women Face Higher Burden Than Men From Rising Health Care Costs, Study Finds

HIV Cases Among Young People In Iowa Increasing

Blue Dog Coalition Criticizes House Health Care Leaders For Developing Legislation In Secret

Atrial Fibrillation More Difficult To Identify In Blacks Than Whites; Might Explain Lower Prevalence, Study Finds

Abbreviated New Drug Application For Fondaparinux Accepted By US Food And Drug Administration

NanoViricides, Inc. Announces New Herpes Keratitis Study

£1.9m To Tackle The Grand Challenge In Nanotechnology For Healthcare, UK

Funding Boost Acknowledges Importance Of Quality Use Of Medicines, National Prescribing Service, Australia

Budget Lacks Recognition Of The Role Of Primary Care, Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners, Australia

Mexican Airports Purchase Fluke Thermal Imagers To Aid In Flu Screening - Devices Show Higher Skin Temperature That Could Indicate Infection

DHEA Hormone Replacement Increases Bone Density In Older Women

When We Daydream Our Brain's Problem-Solving Function Is At Work

Tiny Flexible Laser On A Chip Created By Liquid Lens

Iron Levels Not Predictive Of Survival For Form Of Blood Cancer

Homebirth: Study Reveals Conflict Between Doctors And Midwives

American College Of Medical Genetics Affirms Importance Of Newborn Screening Dried Blood Spots

Older People Need More Sun According To Research

Telemedicine For Stroke

Extract Of Kava Useful In Treating Anxiety And Improving Mood

Student Design To Protect Lunar Outpost From Dangerous Radiation - More 'Star Trek' Than 'Snuggie'

Lexapro Loses First-Line Position For The Treatment Of Major Depression

Taking Folic Acid For A Year Before Pregnancy May Reduce Risk Of Preterm Birth

ATS Medical Announces FDA Clearance Of The ATS Simulus Adjustable Annuloplasty Band

Alliance For Patient Access Wants Health Care Code Of Conduct

New MS Drugs Growing In Popularity But Are They Increasing The Risk Of Cancer?

Obama's Plan For Shifting Sex Education Funding Might Not Mark End Of Abstinence-Only Programs

San Francisco Chronicle Examines Emergency Department HIV Testing Program

HHS Secretary Sebelius Appoints Key Staffers To New HHS Office Of Health Reform

Cytheris Announces Publication Of IL-7 Primate Study Showing Rapid And Massive T Cell Homing To The Gut

Statistical Press Notice: GP Extended Opening Hours - Monthly Update, Department Of Health, UK

Quality Of Life Survey Highlights Need For Holistic Approach In Elderly Residential Care

President Of The International Diabetes Federation Calls For Government Focus And Spending On Diabetes And Other Non-Communicable Diseases

"Let Our Children Play!" Congenital Heart Disease Charities Call For The End Of Exclusion From School Sports

MIDIRS Announces Over 15 Million Units Of Information Delivered To Maternity Health Care Professionals Worldwide In 2008, UK

New Waves Of Displaced In Pakistan: WFP Now Reaching 650,000 In Need

IDRI And Chembio Collaborate To Develop A Low-Cost Test For Visceral Leishmaniasis

AstraZeneca Secures Approval For Nexium(R) (esomeprazole) In Peptic Ulcer Bleeding

Minerva's MUC1* Inhibitors Reverse Resistance To Chemotherapy

St. Jude Medical Announces European Approval Of Its Newest Heart Failure Devices Which Enable More Efficient Implantation And Follow-up

OSI Pharmaceuticals Provides Update On Diabetes And Obesity Clinical Programs

Medtronic Announces San Antonio As Home Of New Diabetes Facility

Burzynski Research Institute Presents Positive Results From Phase II Trials Of ANP For Inoperable Brainstem Glioma At The Congress

Intrexon Corporation Initiates Phase 1b Clinical Trial In Advanced Melanoma

U.K. Cancer Centre Begins Innovative Radiotherapy Treatment With Four Elekta Systems

Cook Medical Launches Industry-First Pressure Injection Peripherally Inserted Catheter With Antibiotic Protection To Prevent Fatal Infections

Infant Swimming Resource Recognizes National Water Safety Month With These 'Water Safety Tips'

Hospital Discharge - A Danger To Older Adults? Eldercare Services Can Help

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