Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 16 May 2009

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Saturday 16 May 2009

Swine Infects 36 Countries So Far, 8,451 Cases, And 71 Confirmed Deaths

Written by Christian Nordqvist

The World Health Organization announced today that swine flu, or influenza A(H1N1) has now infected humans in 36 cases, making a total of 8,451 people ill, and causing the deaths of 66 people in Mexico, 4 deaths in the USA, and 1 death in Canada...
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What Is Constipation? What Causes Constipation?

Written by Christian Nordqvist

The word constipation comes from the Latin constipare meaning "to press, crowd together", and from 1400 A.D. Latin Constipationem. According to Medilexicon's medical dictionary, constipation is "A condition in which bowel...
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Surgical Learning Curve For Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Written by Christopher P. Evans, MD

UroToday.com - In the Lancet Oncology online edition, Dr. Andrew Vickers and collaborators report that prostate cancer (CaP) recurrence is significantly reduced with increasing surgical experience among urologists performing...
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USA Warning Against Non-essential Travel To Mexico Lifted As Swine Flu Spread Subsides

Other Medical and Health News for 16 May*

Pixantrone Phase 3 Data To Be Presented At The 2009 American Society Of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting

AdvanDx Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For GBS PNA FISH(R) For Rapid Detection Of Group B Strep From Lim Broths

Cimzia(R) (certolizumab Pegol) Now Available For Self-Administration In Adult Patients With Moderate To Severe Crohn's Disease

Reducing Chronic Diseases Critical To Economic Recovery And Health Reform

Women With Chest Pain Less Likely Then Men To Get Proper Treatment From Paramedics

Derivative Of Red Sea Coral Products Fight Skin

UVA Study Shows Early Success In Treating Deadly Brain Tumors

Topical Cream Studied As Way To Treat Skin Cancer Without The Knife

Inventors Develop Novel Technique To Help Customize, Enhance The Effectiveness Of Bladder Cancer Treatment

Dialing Up The Degrees To Fight Cancer

Arrival Of Summer Could Spell Trouble For Your Skin!

Early Childhood Health Interventions Could Save Billions In Health Costs Later In Life

Building A Better Blend Of Tumor-Fighting Cells

Veterinarian Offers Advice On Evacuating With A Pet If Disaster Strikes

Patient Response To Therapy For Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors May Be Predicted By Gene Signature

Patient-Centered Approach To Capturing Data From Cancer Patients Improves Care And Research

Electronic Coding Overestimates Prevalence Of Barrett's Esophagus

Link Between Individual Stress And Teens Being Overweight Or Obese

Cholesterol-Busting Bug With A Taste For Waste

More Support Needed For Families Adopting From Foster Care

Link Between Vitamin D Insufficiency And Bacterial Vaginosis In Pregnant Women

Skills For Catheter Insertion Improved By Simulation Training

Financial, Health Challenges Faced By Nursing Assistant Workforce

Perforomist Inhalation Solution Data To Be Presented At American Thoracic Society Conference

Allergy Season: Cigarettes To The Rescue?

School Burnout Suffered By One In Five Girls In Upper Secondary School

Agent Provides Treatment Option For Women With Hot Flashes

The 45th Annual Meeting Of The American Society Of Clinical Oncology

Creighton Medical Laboratories First To Offer New Cancer Test

BioVex To Report Phase I/II Clinical Trial Results For The Front Line Treatment Of Head And Neck Cancer

BioVex To Announce Updated Survival Data From A Phase II Clinical Study Of OncoVEX GM-CSF In Metastatic Melanoma

Nile Therapeutics CD-NP Clinical Program For Acute Heart Failure Released From Clinical Hold By FDA

Novavax Completes Enrollment Of Its Second Phase II Seasonal Influenza VLP Vaccine Clinical Trial

PLC Medical Systems To Demonstrate RenalGuard(R) At EuroPCR 2009

First Evidence That Monkeys Wonder What Might Have Been

Preschoolers' Language Development Is Partly Tied To Their Classmates' Language Skills

Helping Youth Avoid Risky Behavior: Family-Based Program

fMRI Study Can See The Emotions

Role For CISD2 Gene In Human Disease And Lifespan Control

How An Enzyme Tells Stem Cells Which Way To Divide

In Achilles Tendon Rupture Surgery May Not Be Necessary

Confirmed Link Between Chronic Infection And Immune-System Protein

Determining Success Or Failure In Cholesterol-Controlling Drugs

MDC Researchers Unravel Key Mechanism In Pathogenesis Of Osteoporosis

Heating Heart With Catheter Better Than Drugs For Common Heart Rhythm Disorder

New Online Curriculum Educates Physicians About Kidney Disease In Older Patients

Nine New Innovative Collaborations To Receive Funding From UTSA

Study Of Infant Sleep Patterns And Parenting

Students Win Challenge To Bring Clean Water To Slums Of Mumbai, India

One Size Fits None: New Hope For The Hated Hospital Gown

Formulations Of Three Aspirin Types Compared By Study

Kidney Atlas In 3-D Created For Researchers And Physicians

Study Shows Relationship Between Atrial Fibrillation And Development Of Alzheimer's Disease

Myriad Genetics Lawsuit Will Become Landmark Case: ACLU

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