Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 29 May 2009

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Friday 29 May 2009

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

After roughly a month of emergency response to the new H1N1 swine flu virus, US health authorities are taking stock, re-focusing and re- assessing priorities. This was the main theme of the press briefing that Dr Anne...
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Human Skin Alive With Bacteria, Especially The Forearm

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Contrary to what one might expect, it is not the sweaty armpit or fluffy bellybutton but the forearm that is home to the most diverse range of bacteria found on human skin, according to new research from the US...
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An Aspirin A Day Brings No Clear Benefits To Healthy People

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

UK researchers who reviewed pooled clinical trial data covering 95,000 people concluded that there was no net benefit to healthy people taking an aspirin a day as a way to protect against vascular disease although there was...
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What Is a Nail Fungal Infection? What Causes Nail Fungus Infections?

What Is Dyspraxia? How Is Dyspraxia Treated?

Other Medical and Health News for 29 May*

Liberty University Bans Group Endorsing Candidates Who Support Abortion Rights, Editorial Says

Advertising From Interest Groups Ramps Up As Lawmakers Return To Congress To Work On Health Reform

Massachusetts Health Insurance Law Has Increased Access To Care, Though Residents' Ability To Obtain Treatment Hampered By Provider Supply, Study Find

About 0.59% Of Vietnamese Fishery Workers Are HIV-Positive, Prevalence Could Rise By 2013, Survey Says

'Complacency,' 'Stigma' Hindering Efforts To Reduce HIV/AIDS In Black Communities, Opinion Piece Says

New Nice Guideline For Type 2 Diabetes Recognises Benefits From Newer Agents For Blood Glucose Control

Yale Researchers Find Tools Needed To Build A Cellular Shredder

New Malaria Agent Found In Chimpanzees Close To That Commonly Observed In Humans

Research Assesses The Benefits Of Different Ways Of Treating Tooth Decay In Children

Informa Healthcare Journals To Unite On One Platform - Pharmaceutical Science And Medicine Journals Create Robust Information Service For Customers

New Treatment Option For Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferers Improve Following Treatment Of Gum Disease

Reducing Gasoline Emissions Will Benefit Human Health

New Glucose-regulating Protein Linked With Diabetes Discovered By UCSF

Spanish Prostitutes Least Likely To Use Condoms

False-Positives In Prostate Cancer Screening Greatly Reduced By New Blood Test

Daily Women's Health Policy Report Summarizes Opinion Pieces On Supreme Court Nomination

CBO Report Details Budgetary Treatment Of Health Reform

Miami-Dade, Blue Cross Announce Low-Cost PPO Aimed At County's Uninsured

Farmer Still Under Consideration For Obama Administration Position, Takes Harvard Medical School Appointment

Fishing Industry Contributing To Spread Of HIV Around Africa's Lake Victoria

Oxoid Makes Screening For Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms Faster, Allowing For Swifter Infection Control And Patient Treatment

Daily Alcohol Intake Can Lead To Binge Drinking

Swine Flu Media Update 27 Issued At: 11am Tuesday 26 May 2009, Wales

Public Meeting Of Somerset Primary Care Trust Board

Institute Of Psychoanalysis Lecture: Lord Alderdice On Fundamentalism, Terrorism And Radicalization

Ingelheim And The World Stroke Organization Announce Partnership In The World Stroke Academy

New Code Of Ethics For More Transparent Medical Technology Industry

Healthcare Locums Sees Demand Rocket As Trusts Prepare For European Working Time Directive

YouGov Survey Reveals Low Awareness Of Potentially Fatal Heart Condition That Affects Significant Number Of People In UK

Atherosclerosis Vaccine Development Receives EU Support

HRA Pharma Granted European Marketing Authorization For EllaOne(R) - Next Generation Emergency Contraceptive

Vitamin D And Calcium Supplements Help Prevent Bone Fracture In The Elderly

How Oxidative Stress May Help Prolong Life

Advances Highlight Progress Being Made In The Treatment And Research Of GastroIntestinal Disorders

In Trastuzumab-Resistant Metastatic Breast Cancer, Small Molecule Inhibitor Shows Promise

Maternally Inherited Neurological Disorder In Golden Retriever Dogs Is Caused By A Mutation In Mitochondrial DNA

Canine Survivor Offers Hope For Children With Severe Genetic Disorder

Editorials Respond To Selection Of Sotomayor As Supreme Court Nominee

UnitedHealth Group Offers 15 Recommendations To Reduce Federal Health Spending By $540B Over 10 Years

Many U.S. Hospitals Fail To Report Physician Disciplinary Cases To National Databank

Health Reform Legislation To 'Build On What's Already Working And Fix What's Broken,' Sen. Kennedy Says In Opinion Piece

Thailand Aims To Halve New HIV Cases By 2011, Prime Minister Says

Low Vitamin D Levels In Blacks Could Contribute To Higher Rates Of Cancer, Other Diseases, Researcher Says

Medivation Selects ProTrials To Conduct International Phase III Clinical Trials

Rite Aid And The Skin Cancer Foundation Help Customers Have Safe Fun In The Sun With Free Skin Care Guide, Online Info And Free Skin Cancer Screenings

Stem Cell Study Seeks To Wean Non-Related Transplant Recipients From Anti-Rejection Drugs

Napo Participation In Call To Action To Prevent Deaths From Diarrheal Diseases In Children Under Five Years Of Age

Clinipace To Manage Two Phase II Clinical Trials For Inspire Pharmaceuticals

International Stem Cell Corporation Reports Positive Pre-Clinical Trial Results From Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

Oculus Innovative Sciences Receives FDA Clearance For Microcyn(R) Skin And Wound Gel

In The Case Of Epilepsy, Generic Drugs And Random Product Substitution Are Not Always "Good Medicine"

Vertex Initiates Phase 3 Registration Program For VX-770, An Oral CFTR Potentiator Targeting The Defective Protein Responsible For Cystic Fibrosis

Fighting Obesity In Pregnancy: New Guidelines

Burger King Corp. Announces Three Additions To Kids Meal Menu That Meet Its Stringent Nutrition Criteria

Cellular Circuits That Count Events Engineered By MIT, BU

Cytori Completes Enrollment In First Adipose Stem & Regenerative Cell Therapy Trial For Chronic Heart Disease

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals To Webcast ASCO Reception On May 30, 2009

Brain's Object Recognition System Activated By Touch Alone

Adolescent Obesity Study

OurParents Launches First Independent, Unbiased Online Service To Match Families Of Aging Parents With Senior Care Providers

Supermarket Discounts Promote Unhealthy Choices

Yale Researchers Find New Trigger For Seasonal Allergies

Sites Continue To Expand Their Capabilities With Digisonics

Meda: Positive Study Supporting A Potential Once-Daily Nasal Antihistamine

QIAGEN To Supply Molecular Screening Solutions To Increase Safety Of Blood Donations In Brazil

MS Patients Report Greater Treatment Satisfaction With TYSABRI

Pfizer's Sutent Is Recommended For Reimbursement For Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Patients By British Health Agency

Advocates Eager To Learn More About Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor's Abortion-Rights Views

New Study Results Published Compare ABRAXANE(R) To Taxotere(R)

Study Estimates Cost Added To Private Health Insurance Premiums To Cover Uncompensated Care

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Recent Health Reform Developments

States Consider Scaling Back Funding For Medicare Drug Benefit Amid Economic Crisis

Studies Highlight A Revolutionary New Method Of Treating Post-Operative Bruising

About 75% Of People In Rwanda Who Have Experienced Discrimination Are HIV-Positive, Survey Finds

Interson Launches The SeeMore™ USB Ultrasound Imaging Probe

Survey Examines Health Outcomes Of American Indians In Alabama

Autism Spectrum Therapies' Clinician Contributes To Research On Generalization For Individuals With Autism

Prospective Evaluation Finds High Levels Of Satisfaction With ConvaTec Moldable Skin Barrier

Results From Neurotech's NT-501 Phase 2 Retinitis Pigmentosa Studies Demonstrate Consistent Biological Effect On Photoreceptors

Poniard Pharmaceuticals Announces Progression-Free Survival Data From Phase 2 Clinical Trial Of Picoplatin In Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

InteKrin Therapeutics To Present At The 2009 American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting

Phase 3 Trial Initiated To Evaluate Combination Therapy Of Nexavar(R) And Tarceva(R) In Patients With Liver Cancer

Poniard Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Efficacy And Safety Data From Phase 2 Clinical Trial Of Picoplatin In Men With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Reports Progress In Cotara(R) Brain Cancer Clinical Program

BioCis Pharma Starts A Phase I Clinical Trial With A New Cancer Drug

Results And Additional Analyses From Efficacy And Safety Study Of Corthera's Relaxin In Acute Heart Failure To Be Presented At Heart Failure Congress

AMT Receives EMEA Orphan Drug Designation For Acute Intermittent Porphyria

Compliance And Cost: Bitter Pills To Swallow In The Age Of Oral Chemotherapy

Eating Meat Does Not Raise Breast Cancer Risk In Older Women

Overwhelming Medicare Plan Choices Spell Confusion

Cancer Cells Need Normal, Non Mutated Genes To Survive

Cotton-Seed Based Drug Shows Promise In Treating Severe Brain Cancer

Can The Private Sector Help The 'Nanny State' Play A Crucial Role In Selling Better Eating To The Public And Reduce Health Care Costs?

Scientists Follow Live Infection By Food-poisoning Bacteria Listeria

In A "David Against Goliath" Move, SKIN.NY(R), Takes On Boots For Misleading Public By Making False Claims About No.7 Protect & Perfect Products, UK

Malaysian Surgeons To Learn Piles Management From Prof Rama Kant

Covidien Launches Alarm Management System For The Nellcor(TM) OxiMax(TM) N-600x(TM) Pulse Oximeter

Perception Of Unsafe Neighborhoods Disables The Elderly

Diabetes Care In Scotland Being Reviewed - Have Your Say

Increase In Assisted Reproduction Revealed By Worldwide Report

Viruses More Virulent In A Connected World

Brain Activation Can Predict The Strategies People Use To Make Risky Decisions

Technique Eradicates Problems In Most Patients With Barrett's Esophagus

Understanding Of Antidepressant Drugs Enhanced By New Mouse Model Of Depression/Anxiety

The Birth Of A Synapse

New Tool To Improve Patient Understanding Of Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Therapies

Child's Body Composition May Be Shaped By Breastfeeding Duration And Weaning Diet

Biochemical Signals Identified That Help Immune Cells Remember How To Fight Infection

San Jose Mercury News Slams The Governor's Health Care Cuts

UPMC Earns High Rating For Software Development Process

Type 1 Diabetes Cases In Children Under Five To Double By 2020

FDA Approves New Total Ankle Replacement System

Pitt Study Redefines Binge Drinking For Children And Adolescents

Celladon Provides MYDICAR(R) Program Update Of First-In-Human Trial For Advanced Heart Failure At American Society Of Gene Therapy Annual Meeting

Cardiovascular Fitness Not Affected By Cancer Treatment

Cardium Presents Gene Activated Matrix Technology And Update On Excellarate Clinical Development Program At ASGT Annual Meeting

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