Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 22 May 2009

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Friday 22 May 2009

BPA Chemical Leaches From Hard Plastic Drinking Bottles Into The Body, Study

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

New research from the US suggests that people who drink from bottles made of polycarbonate plastic, such as that used to make hard-plastic drinking bottles and baby bottles, have a considerably higher level of the chemical...
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Seasonal Flu Vaccine Unlikely To Protect Against New H1N1 Says CDC

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), vaccination with seasonal flu vaccines made for the 2005 to 2009 seasons is unlikely to protect people against infection by the new A (H1N1) swine flu virus...
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Second Face Transplant Man Speaks Out, US

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

James Maki, the second person in the US to receive a face transplant, has been telling his story in the hope that it will encourage more people to donate organs. Susan Whitman, the widow of Maki's donor, Joseph Helfgot who...
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What Is Lyrica (pregabalin)? What Does Lyrica Treat?

What Is Endocarditis? Why Healthy Teeth Could Help Care For Your Heart

Other Medical and Health News for 22 May*

IBD Patient Launches iPhone Application To Help Doctors Treat Crohn's And Ulcerative Colitis

Washington Times Opinion Piece, Editorial Discuss DOJ Nominee Johnsen

Department Of Justice, HHS Boosts Number Of Investigators, Prosecutors Looking At Medicare, Medicaid Fraud

Former President Clinton, U.N. Advisor Douste-Blazy Announce Voluntary Airline Ticket Donation

Green Tea Chemical Shows Potential As Low-Cost Intervention Against Sexual HIV Transmission, Study Says

Number Of Black Organ Donors Increases In Michigan, Many Blacks Still Reluctant To Donate Organs

Vaccine Manufacturing Facility Opened By John Swinney MSP, Scotland

Toshiba Introduces New Multi-Detector CT Systems

The American Psychiatric Association's 'Young Minds In Psychiatry' Awards Extend Their Global Reach

Scientists Identify Genetic Links To High Blood Pressure

Vaginal Infections 'symptom Sorter' Launches To Help Women Get Diagnosed And Treated

Editorial Calls Supreme Court's Pregnancy Leave Decision 'Not Just'

Use Of Adipose Stem Cells And Polylactide Discs For Tissue Engineering Of The Temporomandibular Joint Disc

Spine-shaped Gold Protrusions Improve The Adherence And Electrical Coupling Of Neurons With The Surface Of Micro-electronic Devices

MicroRNA Regulation Of Tumor-killing Viruses Avoids Unwanted Viral Pathology

Daschle Playing Role Of Adviser, Expert In Health Reform Debate

NEJM Perspective Pieces Examine Physician Involvement In Health Reform, Congressional Progress On Reform

Singer Elton John Calls For Increased HIV/AIDS Education, Care

Yolo County, Calif., Approves Proposal To Cut Funding For Health Care Services To Undocumented Immigrants

Women With Gestational Diabetes During Pregnancy Have A Substantial And Persistently Elevated Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes Post-Birth

Genetic Defects Linked With Rare Bearded Lady

Gene Discovery Suggests Cancer Drugs Might Treat Alcoholism

Delivering Vaccine Through The Skin Could Be The Future For The Prevention Of Ear Infections

Chlamydia That Avoids Diagnosis DNA Deletion Makes Swedish Chlamydia 'invisible'

Fenofibrate Reduces Risk Of First Amputation For Type 2 Diabetics By 36%

More Intensive Glucose Control In Type 2 Diabetes Reduces Heart Attacks And Heart Disease Events

Prevalence Of Variant CJD Agent In Britain Remains Uncertain

Aerosolized Nanoparticles Show Promise For Delivering Antibiotic Treatment

High Blood Pressure May Be Programmed In The Womb

Funding For Medical Equipment

Younger Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer Have Shorter Survival Times

News From The American Journal Of Pathology, June 2009

Kansas Gov. Parkinson Urged To Veto Removal Of Planned Parenthood Funding In Budget

Senate HELP Committee Approves Bill That Would Allow FDA To Regulate Tobacco

Kaiser Family Foundation President, CEO Discusses Public, Experts' Health Reform Beliefs

East African Officials Meet To Coordinate HIV/AIDS, Transport Efforts

White House Emphasizes Need To Reduce Health Care Costs, Improve Access To Care Among Blacks

Genentech And Biogen Idec Submit Applications To The FDA For Rituxan For Most Common Type Of Adult Leukemia

KCI Announces FDA Clearance Of ABThera™ Open Abdomen Dressing

Pulmonary Hypertension Successfully Treated With Stem Cells

Cook Medical Brings Advanced Endovascular Thoracic Aneurysm Treatment To Canadians

Spiration Presents Results Of Two Analyses Of Methods For Evaluating Effectiveness Of Bronchial Valve Treatment For Severe Emphysema

In Patients With Heart Attacks, CYPHER(R) Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent Results Sustained Out To Four Years Compared To Bare Metal Stents

NEVO™ Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent Yields Superior Results To Taxus(R) Liberte(R) Stent In Pivotal Clinical Trial

Impax Receives FDA Approval For Generic Precose(R) Tablets, 25 Mg, 50 Mg And 100 Mg

Satoris Launches 3 New Blood Tests To Help Researchers Identify Alzheimer's And Develop Drug Therapies

Bovie Medical Corporation Announces FDA Submission Of Laparoscopic Device For Solid Organ Resection

Comparison Of Medical Imaging Choices Finds Ultrasound To Be The Most Cost Efficient

TB -- Hiding In Plain Sight

Early Alzheimer's Disease May Be Identified By Automated Analysis Of MR Images

World Health Assembly Opens Amidst Concerns About Influenza Pandemic

Increased Risk Of Earlier Death In Elderly Women With 'Dowager's Hump'

Tennessee General Assembly Advances Bill To Restrict Abortion Access

Private Healthcare Guide To Private Medicine Now Available On Netdoctor

Spread Of Swine Flu Detracting From Real Issue, Says UK Charity

A-B-C-D-E Spells Fitter Future For Nation's Obese Children

Clinical And Cost Benefits To Promote Uptake Of Advanced Wound Management Technologies Across Europe

Swine Flu Media Bulletin Issued At: 11am Monday 18 May 2009, Wales

Senate Finance Committee Discusses Funding For Health Reform In Final 'Walk Through' Meeting

Blood Pressure Association Comment - Food Standards Agency Revised Salt Targets

More Strokes Can - And Should - Be Prevented

Massachusetts Health Insurance Law Lowered Uninsured Rate, Had 'Marginal' Effect On Spending, Group Says

Standard Chartered CFO Runs Blindfolded As Seeing Is Believing Becomes Official 2009 Standard Chartered Great City Race Beneficiary

HIV Transmission In Europe Occurs Primarily In Vacation Destinations, Study Finds

I'm Pregnant... So Now What Happens?

Transatlantic Regulatory Integration Of Drug Approval Process Vital For The Global Pharmaceutical Industry, Notes Frost & Sullivan

Upcoming BioAlliance Pharma's Presentations At International Conferences On Infectious Diseases And Oncology

Independent Data Monitoring Board Recommends Continuation To Completion Of Genta's Phase 3 Trial Of Genasense(R) In Advanced Melanoma

Ridge Diagnostics, Inc. Clinical Data On Blood Test For Depression Presented At American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting

PARI Pharma's Nebulized DSCG Shows Results Similar To Inhaled Steroids In Asthma Studies Presented At ATS

Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Announces Lurasidone Phase III Data In Patients With Schizophrenia

Comparison Is Key To Lower Costs, Better Outcomes From Medications

Sleeping Through Dialysis: No Nightmare For Kidney Patients

Gene Test Determines Transplant Drug Tolerance

AJPH Releases New Influenza Articles From Experts On Vulnerable Populations Early

Abusive Relationships Increase Women's Risk Of HIV Infection

Researchers Examine The Psychological Impact Of Child Abuse

Dental School 'Imprints' Students With Skills For Community Service

"How Does The Human Brain Work?" - Leicester Researcher Explores New Methodologies That Shed Light On This Age-old Mystery

Invatec Officially Launches Coronary Drug-Eluting Balloon Platform IN.PACT™ Falcon At EuroPCR

Endotis Pharma Reports Successful Completion Of Phase I Program With EP42675, A First In Class Synthetic Parenteral Anticoagulant

Heatwave Plan Updated With Advice For Those With Respiratory Problems, England

Sheffield Mental Health Nurse Jailed 21 Months For Fraud

New Model Suggests Role Of Low Vitamin D In Cancer Development

World Hepatitis Day Brings Awareness Of Liver Cancer Risk To Carriers Of Hepatitis B Virus

African-American Women With Advanced Breast Cancer Often Forego Vital Treatment

Pharma And Biotech Companies Plug Into Singapore's Integrated Research Network

Louisiana House Approves Bill Allowing Providers To Refuse Certain Reproductive Health Services

Wall Street Journal Examines Patients' Confusion Over Coverage Of Preventive Exams

Iowa Gov. Signs Bill That Extends Health Insurance Coverage To More Children

Victorian HIV Test To Help Monitor Sufferers

Competitiveness And Perfectionism: Common Traits Of Both Athletic Performance And Disordered Eating

Can-Fite Announces Positive Results From Its Phase II Trial Treating Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca (Dry Eye Syndrome) With CF101

Altair Therapeutics Reports Successful Completion Of Phase I Study Of Inhaled AIR645

Rexahn Achieves 50% Enrollment Milestone In Serdaxin™ Phase IIa Clinical Trial For Depression

A.P. Pharma Submits New Drug Application For APF530 In Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea And Vomiting

LDR Obtains Approval In Japan For Their Easyspine(R) Posterior Osteosynthesis System

Direct Flow Medical Announces Fifth Patent Issuance Of Their Unique Percutaneous Aortic Valve Technology

Biotech Leaders, Patient Advocates Highlight Cutting-Edge HIV/AIDS Therapies, Need For Next Generation Treatments

Sucampo Initiates Pivotal Phase 3 Efficacy Trial Of Lubiprostone For Chronic Idiopathic Constipation In Japan

FDA Approves SAMSCA(TM) (tolvaptan), The First And Only Oral Vasopressin Antagonist To Treat Patients With Clinically Significant Hypervolemic

Siemens Corporate Research Develops RAPID2 System For Fast Discovery Of Discriminative Pathogen Signatures

Multiple Types Of Heart Attacks Reduced By Prasugrel In TRITON-TIMI 38 Trial

New Clinical Data Shows Significant Improvement In The Appearance Of Fat Using SlimLipo(TM) Laser

Transcept Pharmaceuticals Presents Data From Studies Of Two Product Candidates At Annual Meeting Of The American Psychiatric Association

Gene Therapy Could Expand Stem Cells' Promise

Two-thirds Of Publicly-insured Adults Have One Or More Chronic Conditions

Human Genome Sciences Submits Biologics License Application To FDA For ABthrax(TM)

Lilly Advances Second Alzheimer's Disease Treatment Candidate Into Late-Stage Testing By Launching Two Global Trials

Boston Scientific Begins Clinical Trial For Next-Generation Nitinol Stent To Treat Iliac Artery Disease

Obama Interviews Appeals Court Judge Wood For Supreme Court Nomination

Republicans Introduce Health Reform Plan That Would Provide Tax Credits To Purchase Health Coverage, Establish State Insurance Exchanges

Health Information Technology Lobby Group Rallies Support For Certification Group; Critics Question Group's Ties

University of Rhode Island Receives $18 Million Grant To Strengthen Biomedical Research Capacity In Rhode Island

Technology To Improve Accuracy Of Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis

Preserving Patient Access To Primary Care Act Of 2009 Endorsed By American College Of Physicians

Covidien Announces Milestone Placement In Remote Respiratory Monitoring

National Institutes of Health Announces New Program To Develop Therapeutics For Rare And Neglected Diseases

Phase II Trial Of ASA404 Published In Lung Cancer

Live Procedure Webcast: InterStim(R) Testing Procedure For Treatment Of Urinary Disorders

Dr. David B. Samadi Introduces New Prostate Cancer Care Center For Robotic Surgery Patients At Mount Sinai Medical Center

Planning A Trip Outdoors When The Weather Warms Up? England

Council Recognises Champions Of Pharmacy

Society Launches Consultations On Regulation Of Conduct In Schools Of Pharmacy

Chagas Disease Not Addressed By World Health Assembly

Don't Forget Your Condoms At Birmingham Pride, Says Terrence Higgins Trust

MS Societies In UK And Australia Provide International Research Opportunity

Health and Safety Executive Warns Employers About The Safety Of Equipment After Worker's Hand Is Damaged By Rotating Blades, UK

Patients In St. Jude Medical Deep Brain Stimulation For Depression Pilot Study Demonstrate Sustained Improvement In Depression Symptoms

Stanford Study Recruiting Participants Who Have Insomnia And Depression

BSD Receives FDA Humanitarian Use Designation For The BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System

MicroPhage Demonstrates Rapid Diagnostic Platform Feasibility In Skin And Soft Tissue Infections

Victorian Invention A Watchful Approach To Parkinson's

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