Medical News Today: Health News for Thursday 28 May 2009

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Thursday 28 May 2009

10 Million H1N1 Vaccines Ordered By Australia

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Reports are coming in that the government of Australia has placed an order for 10 million vaccines against the novel H1N1 swine flu virus, following a press briefing from Health Minister Nicola Roxon in Canberra earlier today, Thursday...
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Cancer Deaths And Incidence Rates Falling In US

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

According to the American Cancer Society's annual cancer statistics, deaths due to cancer are falling steadily in the United States, thanks mainly to better prevention, earlier detection and improved treatment; plus...
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Fewer Americans Following Healthy Lifestyle

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new study found that compared with two decades ago, fewer Americans are following a healthy lifestyle. This is despite the mounting evidence that such a lifestyle is better for health and not following one is linked to...
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Urgent Call For National Child Protection Commission In The UK

What is Cholesterol? What Causes High Cholesterol?

What is Insomnia? What Causes Insomnia?

What Is Herpes? What Is Genital Herpes?

What Is Crohn's Disease? What Causes Crohn's Disease?

What Is Pneumonia? What Causes Pneumonia?

Changing The Culture Of Whistleblowing Needs To Be Encouraged

Other Medical and Health News for 28 May*

New Therapy Option For Advanced HER2 Breast Cancer Approved In Canada

New Diagnostic Method For Gout: Dual Energy Computed Tomography Instead Of Joint Aspiration

Food Safety Measures For Fiddleheads, Health Canada

World Conference Shines Spotlight On Critical Importance Of Aquaculture

Celleron Therapeutics And Astrazeneca Announce Personalised Medicine Collaboration In Cancer For The Development Of AZ's Leading HDAC Inhibitor

PerkinElmer Introduces Infrared Sensing And Photon Detection Solutions For Critical Environmental And Human Health Applications

Ensure A Safe Drinking Water Supply During Hurricane Season With Hydration Technology Innovations Water Filtration Systems

Prescribing Sunshine For Multiple Sclerosis?

Agendia Opens CLIA-Registered U.S. Genomics Laboratory

IGEL Demonstrates The Healthcare Benefits Of Its Thin Client Technology At Smart Healthcare Live

Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust Goes Live With Horizon Enterprise Visibility From Mckesson, UK

Don't Let The Credit Crunch Squeeze Your Vision!

Oldest Evidence Of Leprosy Found In India

Shellfish Face An Uncertain Future In A High CO2 World

Did The North Atlantic Fisheries Collapse Due To Fisheries-Induced Evolution?

MAP Pharmaceuticals Phase 3 Trial Of Levadex™ Migraine Product Candidate Meets All Four Primary Endpoints

NanoKTN Promotes UK Nanotechnology Innovation And MNT Facilities In Europe

Competitive Technologies' Pain Therapy Medical Device To Be Used In Independent Clinical Study

Understanding How The Flu Virus Evolved Can Help Protect Us From It

Following A Healthy Lifestyle Is On The Decline In The US

Metabolic Disease Drug Discovery Conference: Monday September 21, 2009

Des Moines Register Examines Planned Parenthood Of Greater Iowa 75 Years After Founding

Stimulus Funds Help Community Health Centers Expand Services, Remain Open

FDA Issues Advertising Guidelines On Product Risk Information

World Cup Campaign To Build Centers To Provide HIV/AIDS Education, Other Services To At-Risk African Youth

Black Women More Likely To Have Vitamin D Deficiency, Bacterial Vaginosis, Study Finds

Response To Compression Stocking Study In The Lancet

Why Some Prostate Cancer Returns

A Genetic Link To Premature Ejaculation

ImmunoVaccine Technologies Partners With FIT Biotech To Advance A Therapeutic HIV Vaccine

Mozart And Others Had ADHD - Has It Always Been A Disorder? Or Has The Modern Classification Of It Made It A Disorder?

DxS And Exiqon Diagnostics To Host A Joint Personalized Cancer Therapy Workshop During The ASCO Annual Meeting

Minor League Hockey Players Unable To Identify Concussion Symptoms, Study Says

Male Or Female? Coloring Provides Gender Cues

Prostate Cancer Drug Abiraterone Shows Impressive New Research Results

Thyroid Journal: First Comprehensive Guidelines For Managing Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

New Study Proves Ginger Benefits Nausea Sufferers

Researchers Study Hair To Track Perpetrators Of International Crime

A Cancer Gene Switch For Repairing Damaged DNA

Development Of DNA Drugs Gives Hope To Lupus Patients

Pharmacy Bodies Work Together To Promote The Integration Of Pharmacy Within Lord Darzi's Primary & Community Care Strategy

New York Times Series Examines Maternal Mortality In Tanzania

Wall Street Journal Examines Group Health Insurance Policies As Option For Uninsured

New Yorker Examines Causes Of Rising Health Care Costs; Highlights McAllen, Texas

South African Health Minister To Launch PMTCT Plan

National Marrow Donor Program Increasing Efforts To Attract Minority Donors

Marching Band And Sports On Level Playing Field

Girl Scouts Can Be Good Venue For Physical Activity

Swiss Initiative In Systems Biology Launches New Projects

Managing Incontinence After A Stroke - May Is Stroke Awareness Month

Breakthrough Treatment For Rheumatoid Arthritis Offers New Hope To Patients

Z-Cube And Yissum Research Development Company Ltd. Sign A Licensing Agreement

New Device For Liver Cancer Cleared

Canadian Lung Association Applauds Government's Changes To Tobacco Act

DFG Establishes Nine New Collaborative Research Centers

New Healthcare Video Game Promotes Single-Payer Reforms

New Cellular Targets For HIV Drug Development Suggested By Research

New Study Investigating Side Effects Of Dementia Drugs

CGM Devices Also Benefit People With Type 1 Diabetes Who Already Have Good Blood Sugar Control

Transdermal Drug Delivery For CNS Conditions Expected To Exceed $1 Billion By 2012

Home-Loving Rats: Finding Significant For Tracking Spread Of Rodent-Borne Diseases

ADPH Designates USA Medical Center As Level I Trauma Center

Surgical Lessons From The Canadian Field Hospital In Afghanistan

Statistics Show Drop In Births, Lower Demand For Infertility Services During Recession

Health Affairs Study Finds No Link Between Cost, Quality Of Care

UAW To Accept Up To 20% Of GM Stock; Agrees To Concessions On Retiree Health Care Obligations, Labor Rules

Advocates At Kenya Conference Explore New Strategies To Combat HIV/AIDS In Africa

Solomon Islands Could See Increase In HIV Cases, World Health Organization Says

Trust Supporters Hold Celebration Day For Mental Health Care, UK

Experts Discuss Scientific, Public Health Implications Of H1N1 Flu Outbreak At Special NYAS Symposium

The Science Of Sedentary Behavior: Too Much Sitting And Too Little Exercise

Stand Up To Cancer Funds Joint Effort By M. D. Anderson, Harvard, Memorial-Sloan-Kettering

Major Award From NIH For Further Exploration Into The Mechanisms Of Obesity

Surfers Take Their Knocks, Doctor Says

Stress And Culture Affect Exercise Motivation

Pancreatic Cancer Research Receives $18 Million Boost

Prestigious Program Encourages Young Investigators In Academic Gastroenterology

Players' Positions, Not Prior Injuries, Predict NFL Career Length

Bringing Online Care Plan Tool To Cancer Survivors

Scientists Speed Up Menopause, Causing Infertility In Crop-Destroying Pests

Boldly Going Where No Medical Response Has Gone Before

CMA Calls For Cutting Waste From Medi-Cal, Using Savings To Fund Health Care For Children

Removing Arsenic From Drinking Water: Guanajuato Will Be First To Try Rice's 'Nanorust'

TMA Foundation Raises Funds To Help Displaced Medical Students

Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center To Host Showing Of 'The Alzheimer's Project'

Advanced Technologies Pump Growth Into European Cardiac Rhythm Management Market, Affirms Frost & Sullivan, UK

Obama Urges Swift Confirmation Of Sotomayor; GOP Mulls Opposition Strategy

Interactive Medica Launches Pharmaceutical Key Account Management SaaS Solution

UPMC Sports Medicine To Host "Enhance Your Workout," A Free Workshop

Evaluating The ADHD Medication VYVANSE CII Demonstrated No Change In Pharmacokinetic Profile Of VYVANSE When Coadministered With Prilosec OTC 40 Mg

Discovery Of Faulty Genes Could Reveal Risk Of Bone Disease

Stirling Products Limited (ASX:STI) Gets Approval For TB And HIV Treatment "Immunoxel" In South Africa

Pledges To Reduce Health Care Costs, Spending Growth Could Violate Antitrust Laws, Lawyers Say

Africa's 32 Cents Solution For HIV/AIDS: Delivering Effective And Low Cost NTD Treatment To School-Aged Children

Psychiatrists Begin Revising Diagnostic Manual For Mental Illnesses

IMAGINEradiologyTM Attains Microsoft's Gold ISV/Software Solutions Competency

California Gov. Schwarzenegger's Plan To Reduce State Spending Includes Cuts To HIV/AIDS Services

Evidence Of Harm Has Been Linked To Various Vaccines Challenging Prevailing Public Recommendations

Rwanda Launches Campaign To Address Cross-Generational Sex

Japan Revises SSRI Warnings--Hostility, Violence

Sexually Transmitted HPV Linked To Certain Head & Neck Cancers; Roswell Park Cancer Institute Researchers Say Boys Need To Be Vaccinated Too

Gathering Of Swine Flu Experts At New York Academy Of Sciences May 28

Mental Health America, D.C. Department Of Mental Health To Dedicate National Memorial At Saint Elizabeths Hospital

PAREXEL Reaches Milestone In Management Of Oncology Trials Over Last Five Years Involving 175,000 Patients Worldwide

FDA Approves Boston Scientific's Next-Generation TAXUS(R) Liberte(R) Atom(TM) Stent System

Sanofi Pasteur Receives Seed Virus To Produce New Influenza A(H1N1) Vaccine

New Survey Highlights Growing Concern About Risk Of Infection In Cancer Patients And Emerging Antibiotic Resistance

Team Develops DNA Compounds That Could Help Treat Lupus

Radiofrequency Ablation Is Effective Treatment For Barrett's Esophagus

New Therapy Enlists Immune System To Boost Cure Rate In A Childhood Cancer

Contracts Adding Legal Twist To Family Health Care

Researchers Discover Genetic Cause For Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

Common Migraine Pain Condition Also Prevalent In Cluster Headache

Cedars-Sinai's Women's Cancer Research Institute Recognized As One Of The Nation's Top Centers For Gynecologic Oncology

ISO Report On Use Of Fever Screening Equipment Is New Tool In Pandemic Preparedness

University Lecturer Receives National Recognition, UK

Child Deaths Drop Sharply

Swine Flu Media Bulletin Issued At: 11am Thursday 21 May 2009, Wales

Patients Deserve Investment In Future Doctors, Says British Medical Association Northern Ireland

Low Levels Of Vitamin D Linked To Common Vaginal Infection In Pregnant Women

University Of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Researcher Dr. Merrill Egorin Honored With ASCO Translational Research Professorship

Opinion Pieces Comment On 'Common Ground' Approach To Abortion-Rights Issues

Opinion Pieces Examine Recent Public Opinion Polls On Abortion

British System Highlights Cost-Effectiveness Concerns As Part Of U.S. Overhaul Effort

California Official Details Proposed Health Care Cuts In Schwarzenegger's Budget Plan

News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation, May 26, 2009

Scientists Reaching Consensus On How Brain Processes Speech

Government Of Canada Protects Children And Youth From Tobacco Marketing

One Size Does Not Fit All: A New Look At Therapies

Study Questions Whether Ontario's Primary Health Care Reforms Serve The Sick And Poor

UNICEF Appeals For Funding To Urgently Assist Displaced Children And Women In Northwest Pakistan

Are We Genetically Programmed To Care About The Long-Term Future ?

International Health Organizations Urge More Funding For Yellow Fever Vaccine Stockpile

Researchers Urge Individuals To Adopt Healthier Lifestyles, Particularly In Middle Age

MS Society Scotland Supports Shine On Scotland Campaign

Newly Published Article Details How PGS Techniques Directly Effect Successful Pregnancy Outcomes

Carbapenems And Other Agents That Provide Broad-Spectrum Activity Are Preferred By Surveyed Physicians For The Treatment Of Intra-Abdominal Infections

In Rare Disorder, A Familiar Protein Disrupts Gene Function

AFFiRiS AG: Atherosclerosis Vaccine Development Receives EU Support

Kinex Pharmaceuticals To Present At ASCO 2009 Annual Meeting

Fate Therapeutics Announces First Patient Treated In Phase 1b Clinical Trial Of FT1050 For Hematopoietic Stem Cell Support

Senesco Presents Pre-Clinical Multiple Myeloma Data At The 12th Annual Meeting Of The American Society Of Gene Therapy

Ceregene Presents Additional Clinical Data From Phase 2 Trial Of CERE-120 For Parkinson's Disease

Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute And Inverness Medical Innovations To Develop Commercial Test To Detect Early Alzheimer's Disease

Opinion Pieces React To Obama's Nomination Of Sotomayor To Supreme Court

Link Between Vitamin D And Reduction In Multiple Sclerosis Risk

Researchers Gain Ground In Efforts To Fight Parasite Infection

Non Invasive Assessment Of Treatment For Common Type Of Breast Cancer

Study Suggests Arthritis Drug Might Prove Effective In Fighting The Flu

Caffeic Acid Inhibits Colitis In A Mouse Model

New Way Of Gauging Professional Behavior In Medical Students

Aphios Announces Presentation Of Phase II/III Clinical Trial Data On Zindol(R) For Cancer Chemotherapy Induced Nausea

How Microbial Neighbors Settle Differences

Roche Launches New PCR Assay For Tuberculosis Testing In South Africa

Predicting Higher Risk For Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Cancer Drug Causes Patient To Lose Fingerprints And Be Detained By US Immigration

Study Finds Dramatic Increase In Metastatic Colon Cancer Survival

Cytheris Announces Publication Of Preclinical Study Showing Combination Of Interleukin-7 With Viral Vaccine Boosts Immunity To Tumors

Biological Markers Identified That May Indicate Poor Breast Cancer Prognosis

Where The Most Private Becomes Public: Policy Making For Sexual Health

Less-Toxic Drug Prolongs Survival In Metastatic Breast Cancer

News From The Journal Of The National Cancer Institute, May 26, 2009

New Broad-Spectrum Vaccine To Prevent Cervical Cancer Induces Strong Responses In Animals

Lifelong Cancer Risk For Patients Treated For Childhood Cancer

Contrary To Guidelines, Compression Stockings Do Not Reduce The Risk Of Blood Clots After Stroke (CLOTS Study)

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