Medical News Today: Health News for Tuesday 2 June 2009

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Tuesday 2 June 2009

Antidepressant Ineffective For Repetitive Behaviors In Teens And Children With Autism

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Teens and children with autism spectrum disorders who were given citalopram, an antidepressant, experienced no change in their repetitive behaviors, according to a study reported in Archives of General Psychiatry...
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UK Government Supports Moves For Pharma Companies To Communicate Directly With Patients

Written by Christian Nordqvist

The UK government would like to allow pharmaceutical companies to provide patients with more information about prescription drugs, according to an article published in Pulse. UK ministers view the European Commission's...
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Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine Effective In Women Aged 24-45 Not Previously Exposed

Written by Stephanie Brunner

An article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet reports that women aged between 24 and 45 can be protected by the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, if they have not been already infected by the virus...
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Other Medical and Health News for 2 June*

Op-Ed: First Lady's Upcoming Africa Trip; Developed Nations Commitment To World's Poor

Also In Global Health News: Polio Vaccines In Nigeria; Health Care In Indonesia; Circumcision To Prevent HIV/AIDS In Botswana

Plexxikon Announces PLX4032 Phase 1 Data Showing Objective Responses In Metastatic Melanoma Patients

GTx's Toremifene 80 Mg Increased Bone Mineral Density In Multiple Clinically Relevant Subpopulations Of Prostate Cancer Patients

California Gov. Schwarzenegger's State Budget Plan Includes Cuts To County HIV/AIDS Services

Black Religious Leaders Urging Passage Of HIV/AIDS Bill

Recession Prompting Increase In Number Of People With HIV Seeking Public Services In California

New York Lawmakers Should Pass Bill Capping Amount Low-Income Residents With HIV Pay For Housing, Columnist Says

Exelixis And BMS Report Phase 2 Data To Be Presented At ASCO For XL184 In Patients With Previously Treated Glioblastoma Multiforme

Cougar Biotechnology Presents Positive CB7630 (Abiraterone Acetate) Phase II Data At ASCO Annual Meeting

Diabetologists Sound Caution Over Extended Role Of New Drugs

The Springer Dog Exerciser Helps You And Your Dog Stay Fit

Inovio Biomedical Influenza DNA Vaccines Demonstrate Potential To Protect Against Newly Emerging Flu Strains With Pandemic Potential

Depomed Completes Enrollment Of Phase 3 Clinical Program Of DM-1796 In Post-Herpetic Neuralgia

Pfizer Discontinues SUN 1094 Trial Of Sunitinib Plus Paclitaxel In Advanced Breast Cancer

Men, Be Proactive With Your Health

Sancuso(R) Clinical Trial Application Filed In China

ZIOPHARM Presents Positive Darinaparsin Clinical Data At ASCO's Prestigious Clinical Science Symposium

Argos Therapeutics Presents Positive Transplantation And Immunosuppression Data For Soluble CD83 At The American Transplant Congress

Introducing The Pioneering XTRAC Velocity™ Excimer Laser: Delivers Psoriasis And Vitiligo Treatments Three Times Faster

Can-Fite-Completed Patient Enrollment For The Phase II Trial In Psoriasis With CF101

StemCells, Inc. To Present Phase I Clinical Trial Results At The 12th International Congress On NCL

Health Net Offers Tips To Let The Sun Shine In, Safely

ARCA Biopharma Receives Complete Response Letter From FDA On The GencaroTM NDA

New Clinical Data For Tesetaxel, A Leading Oral Taxane, Show Anticancer Activity And Acceptable Safety In Ongoing Study

Diarrhea Spreads In Parts Of Bangladesh In Cyclone Aila's Aftermath

11 West African Countries To Partake In Polio Vaccination Campaign; Benin Campaign Postponed Due To Health Worker Strike

Pakistan Receives Grants To Fight TB, Infant, Maternal Mortality, Health Minister Says

Sepracor's STEDESA™ (Eslicarbazepine Acetate) New Drug Application Formally Accepted For Review By The FDA

India, South Africa Reach Out To Truck Drivers In Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Cost Shifting May Make Arthritis Medications Too Expensive For Medicare Beneficiaries

This Time Around, Debate Much Different

Arthritis Sufferers Experience Reduced Pain With Tai Chi

Lawmakers Examining Nonprofit Hospitals' Tax Breaks

Relationship Between Bone Density And Erosion In Arthritis

GM Files For Bankruptcy, Union Health Plan Changes

With Health Reform Uncertain, Maryland Hospitals Consolidate

Antidepressant Ineffective Against Autism Spectrum Disorder Children's Obsessive Behavior

BioLineRx Announces Positive Preliminary Results From The Phase I/II Trial Of BL-1040

A Selection Of Viewpoints And Perspectives

Drug's Epilepsy-Prevention Effect May Be Widely Applicable

Nancy-Ann DeParle: Congress "Very Much On Track"

CMS Rates Nursing Homes

ZIOPHARM Presents Positive Data From Phase I Study Of Palifosfamide In Combination With Doxorubicin At ASCO

Researchers Identify Gene That Regulates Tumors In Neuroblastoma

An Examination Of California's Proposed Budget Cuts

ZymoGenetics Reports Encouraging Phase 2 Results In Renal Cell Cancer For IL-21 With Nexavar(R)

ChIP-Seq, Drosophila Targeted Mutagenesis Featured In Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Positive, Clinically Significant Phase III Results For Personalized Anti-Cancer Vaccine, BiovaxID®, Presented At ASCO Plenary Session

Stem Cell Protein Offers A New Cancer Target

WHO Calls For Images Of Smoking-Related Diseases On Cigarette Packaging

Less Than One Drop Of Blood Needed By New Device To Detect Heart Disease

Commonly Used Medications May Produce Cognitive Impairment In Older Adults

UPMC South Hills Making Something Healthy Happen

Bausch & Lomb Receives FDA Approval Of Besivance™, New Topical Ophthalmic Anti-Infective For The Treatment Of Bacterial Conjunctivitis ("Pink Ey

Breast Cancer Risk Signalled By Wet Ear Wax And Unpleasant Body Odors

'Death Receptors' Designed To Kill Our Cells May Make Them Stronger

Instrumental Variable Analysis: Is The Cure Worse Than The Disease?

Model For New Generation Of Blood Vessels Challenged

Glucose Metabolism And Recidivism Of Severe Violent Crimes In Alcohol Intoxications

Nurses And Doctors Protest To Keep San Leandro Hospital Open - Tuesday Rally

Precursors To Corneal Transplant Failure; Patients Who Skip Glaucoma Treatment; Antibiotic-resistant Bugs And LASIK

New Research Sheds Light On Ways To Improve Treatment For Aggressive Breast Cancer

Exelixis Reports Encouraging Phase 1 Data To Be Presented At ASCO For XL228, A Multi-Targeted Inhibitor Of Key Cancer Signaling Kinases

First Viable Treatment Option For Highly Resistant Form Of CML May Be Provided By ChemGenex's Omacetaxine

Pfizer Data Identify Certain Lung Cancer Patients Who May Benefit From Treatment With Figitumumab

Chocolate Milk's 'Natural' Muscle Recovery Benefits Match Or May Even Surpass A Specially Designed Carbohydrate Sports Drink

IOPHARM Presents Positive Indibulin Translational And Dose Scheduling Data At ASCO

ImmunoGen, Inc. Announces Encouraging Trastuzumab-DM1 Phase II Clinical Findings Presented At ASCO

Health Industry Officials Offer $2 Trillion Savings Plan To The White House

Faster Protein Folding Achieved Through Nanosecond Pressure Jump

Congress Returns From Memorial Day Recess, Focuses On Reform

UK's NICE Recommends Use Of Erbitux For Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients

Importance Of 'Moral Values' Replaced By Economy, Health Care For Voters, Washington Post Columnist Says

Better Monitoring, Better Prognosis In Liver Disease

The Royal College Of Anaesthetists Launches E-Learning Initiative

Meningitis Is A Serious Threat To Hajj / Umrah Travellers

Longer High-Stakes Tests May Result In A Sense Of Mental Fatigue, But Not In Lower Test Scores

South Australia Ranked Worst, Victoria Best In Fight Against Tobacco

Enhancing The Effects Of Platinum-Based Anti-Cancer Drugs

The Immune Response To Influenza Virus Isn't 'All Good'

Clinical Activity Of Neratinib In Combination With Trastuzumab And In Combination With Paclitaxel In Advanced HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer

News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation, June 1, 2009

UCB Receives CHMP Positive Opinion On Bringing Neupro(R) Back To All Patients In Europe

New Noninvasive Technique Monitors Fetal Heartbeat

Informa Announces A New Award For Best Review Paper

Protein Linked To Mental Retardation Controls Synapse Maturation, Plasticity, CSHL Team Finds

Squid 'Sight' Shedding Light On Symbiosis Affecting Humans

17 Million US Children Live More Than An Hour Away From Trauma Care

New Study Shows That Next Generation FlexPen(R) Has A Significantly Lower Injection Force Than SoloStar(R) And KwikPen(R)

Signs Of Heart Damage Evident In Overweight Male Teens With Normal Blood Pressures

Researchers Determine Predicting Factors Of Positive Lung Cancer Diagnoses In Chest Radiographs

Newly Discovered Reactions From An Old Drug May Lead To New Antibiotics

Four-type HPV Vaccine Receives WHO Pre-qualification

Genes And Smoking Play Role In Rheumatoid Arthritis

Health Officials Issue Revised Pregnancy Weight-Gain Guidelines For Obese Women

Chronic Insomnia Treated Effectively By Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cancer Patients Want Genetic Testing To Predict Metastasis Risk

Smoking Ban 'Has Potential For Positive Changes In Mental Health Units'

454 Technology Applied To Closing The Gaps In The Human Genome

Mobile Health Clinics: Saving Lives And Money

REGiMMUNE Presents Enhanced Efficacy Data In Preclinical Transplantation Models

First Testicular Cancer Risk Genes Found

Minimally Invasive Surgery For Esophageal Cancer Reduces Mortality Rates, Length Of Hospital Stays

Warnings On Tobacco Packages Work - World Health Organisation Calls For More Countries To Require Pictorial Warnings

Give Your Brain A Boost For A Brighter Summer

British Medical Association Voices Concerns About Plans For London Hospitals

Warning On Athletes' Use Of Prescription Drugs

When Adult Patients Have Anxiety Disorder, Their Children Need Help Too

Most Common Brain Cancer May Originate In Neural Stem Cells

WHO Calls For Action On Blindness

Norway Chooses The Four-Type HPV Vaccine Gardasil(R) For The National Vaccination Programme

Greater Incidence Of Inflammatory Bowel Disease In Specific Populations

Swine Flu Media Bulletin Spread And Extent Of The Outbreak (Information As At 5pm On 27 May), Wales

Breakthrough Breast Cancer's Comment On New Targeted Antibody Therapy For Advanced Her2-Positive Breast Cancer

Culturally Appropriate Nutritional Intervention Needed, According To Nutrition Experts

Lower Levels Of Key Protein Influence Tumor Growth In Mice, Stanford Study Shows

Identification Of Molecular Powerbrokers Involved In Cancer's Spread

Carbon Monoxide Reverses Diabetic Gastric Problem In Mice

Sociologist Finds That Religious Devotion Does Not Impact Abortion Decisions Of Young Unwed Women

Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treated Effectively By Surgery

Discovery Of Breast Cancer Gene That's Blocked By Blood Pressure Drug

News From The American Chemical Society, May 27, 2009

The March Of Washingtons Distributes $30,000 For Antimalarial Drugs In Uganda

Medical Students Welcome Funding

Catholic Law Professors Debate Obama Administration's Efforts To Reduce Need For Abortion

Boehringer Ingelheim And DxS Sign An Agreement For A Companion Diagnostic To Identify EGFR Mutations In Patients With Lung Cancer

ASGT 12th Annual Meeting: Gene Therapy Controls HIV, Research Shows

Intervention Reduces Delinquent Teenage Pregancy Rates

New Pathology Tests Double Sensitivity To Detect Bile Duct And Pancreatic Cancers

Obesity Predicts Inadequate Bowel Prep At Colonoscopy

ASGT 12th Annual Meeting: Incorporate Gene Therapy To Make Stem Cell Treatment Safer, More Effective

Exploiting Cancer Cell 'Addiction' May Lead To New Therapies

Failure Of Corneal Transplant, Glaucoma Patient Compliance, Preventing LASIK Infections

Low Birth Weight Linked To Psychosis-like Symptoms

Novel Clinical Practice Guideline Manual Released By ENT Society

Cambridgeshire Study Confirms 1 Per Cent Prevalence Of Autism

Blood-Pressure Drug Shrinks Scars In The Livers Hepatitis C Sufferers

More Effective Tools For Detection Of Colorectal Cancer Identified By New Research

Micromet Presents Update At ASCO 2009 On A Phase 1b Combination Study Of Adecatumumab And Docetaxel

Trubion Announces Positive Data From A Phase 1 / 2 Study Of TRU-016 For The Treatment Of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

Annual Convention Of The American Psychological Association

To What Extent Can Environmental Pollutants And Alcohol Affect GI Health?

MicroRNAs Grease The Cell's Circadian Clockwork

Assumptions About Human Behavior Challenged By First Live 'Cloning' Of Faces

Advanced Melanoma: Vaccine Shows Therapeutic Promise

Treating Lung Cancer With Vandetanib Shows Clinical Benefit When Combined With Docetaxel

Maryland ICU Patients Connected To Remote Critical Care Staff, Improving Qualtiy And Safety

University Of Florida Makes Gene Therapy Breakthrough In Treating Severe Genetic Disorder

Peter Lawrence's Story

Intestinal Inflammation Linked To Systemic Chromosome Damage

Code Nutrition Working To Keep America Healthy During Economic Downturn

Doctors Who Care For Very Sick May Benefit From Pay-For-Performance

Second Pediatric Death From H1N1 Virus Was Ten Year Old Girl

Mammograms Not Improved By A Break From Hormone Therapy

Managing Acute Post-operative Pain In Hospital

Second Strokes Often Follow Within Hours Of A Mild Stroke

Henry Ford Hospital Study May Hold Promise For Future Disease Therapies

AnaSpec Introduces Industry's First FRET-Based Thrombin Assay Kit

GDC Council Meeting - Thursday 11 June 2009

GOP Sens. Say Sotomayor Filibuster Possible But Unlikely, Obama Defends Judge's Past Comments

Poniard Rally To Continue: Strong Efficacy And Safety Data From Picoplatin

Stem Cell And Neurobiology Expert Clive Svendsen, Ph.D. Joins Cedars-Sinai To Head New Regenerative Medicine Institute

New Market Research Study Shows Lung Cancer Treatments Differ Significantly By Both Age And Geography

Quest Diagnostics Introduces First Comprehensive Laboratory Test To Analyze KRAS, NRAS, And BRAF Gene Mutations In Reflex Testing Service

IMPACT Study Showed Longer Valcyte(R) (valganciclovir Hydrochloride Tablets) Treatment Demonstrated Better Protection Against Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

Data From Clinical Study Of BioTheranostics Molecular Diagnostic Test Presented At American Society Of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting

Raptor Pharmaceuticals Doses First Patient In Phase 2b Clinical Trial Of DR Cysteamine For Cystinosis

Findings In Epilepsy Gene In Animals May Guide Treatment Directions For Infants

New Data Support Use Of Simple Test To Predict Endometrial Cancer Response To Chemotherapy

Access Pharmaceuticals Provides Update On ProLindac(TM) Phase 2 Ovarian Cancer Trial And Clinical Development Plan

Mersana Reports Preliminary Phase 1 Results Of XMT-1001 In Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

Neurobiological Technologies' Partner, Celtic Pharma, Announces Results Of XERECEPT(R) Phase 3 Clinical Program

Proteolix Presents Positive Clinical Data For Carfilzomib In Multiple Myeloma At The 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Reports Encouraging Final Results With Taribavirin Phase IIb Study

Bayer And Onyx Initiate Phase 3 Trial Of Nexavar In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

PROSTVAC(TM) Data Presented At The ASCO Meeting Demonstrates The Potential For Significant Increases In Life Expectancy In Late-Stage Prostate Cancer

Shire Presented Results Of A New Database Analysis On Lialda(R) (Mesalamine) And Other 5-ASAs For Ulcerative Colitis At Digestive Disease Week

Provectus Reports Encouraging Clinical Data At ASCO On Treatment Of Metastatic Melanoma With PV-10

Rigel's R788 Evaluated In Phase 2 Trial In Multiple Cancers

Back To Normal: Surgery Improves Outcomes For Spine Patients

Kansas Abortion Provider Tiller Shot Dead At Church Service

Genzyme Receives Positive Opinion For European Approval Of Mozobil

New Study Results Verify That PNH Cells Are Found In Majority Of Patients With Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes

XClinical To Present End-to-End Clinical Process

Phase 1 Study For Halozyme's Insulin-PH20 Published, Highlights Findings For Faster Acting Insulin Formulations

Sodexo's Training Strategy And Vocational Rehabilitation Program Recognized

First Annual Consumer Genetics Conference To Demystify Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests, Discuss Best Practices And Provide Forum For Dialogue

The Government Of Canada Reaches Another Important Milestone With The Chemicals Management Plan

New Masters Degree In Medical Leadership

Changes To Retirement Age And Access To Superannuation Can Have Adverse Affects For Many Workers Including Nurses

Australian Nursing Federation Calls For Australia's Nursing Homes To Be Government Priority

Daily Alcohol Intake Can Lead To Binge Drinking

First Free Heart Testing Tour Of England

Wheelchair Tai Chi - One Of The Simplest Ways For People Who Use Wheelchairs To Improve Their Physical And Mental Health

Too Early To Say If Screening Cuts Colon Cancer Deaths, Say Researchers

Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission

Health Activists Protest The Absence Of Single Payer To Foment Baucus And The Senate's Silence

Talecris Presents New Data From Phase III Studies Of A More Concentrated Formulation Of Prolastin(R) To Treat AAT Deficiency

New Surgical Technique Shows Promising Results For Patients With Cervical Cancer

The Society For Clinical Ophthalmology Hopes To Improve Basic Ophthalmic Surgical Training Using Video Footage From The Theatre

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