Medical News Today: Health News for Wednesday 3 June 2009

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Wednesday 3 June 2009

Chain Restaurants Making Americans Fatter And Sicker Says Consumer Watchdog

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

America's chain restaurants are making Americans fatter and sicker say consumer watchdog Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) who have just awarded their Xtreme eating awards 2009 to chains like the Cheesecake...
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First Pig Stem Cells Made In China

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Achieving a world first, scientists in China have induced cells from pigs to become pluripotent stem cells, which like embryonic stem cells are able to develop into any cell of the body...
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New Drug Hope For Advanced Melanoma

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Early results of a trial found that a new drug that targets a genetic mutation found in over half of melanoma cases and some other cancers caused tumors to shrink and patients to live around 6 months longer without their...
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Other Medical and Health News for 3 June*

U.N. Agencies Increase Request For Foreign Donations To Zimbabwe

British Researchers Call For WHO To 'Condemn Homeopathy' For Serious Diseases

Washington, D.C. Officials To Boost HIV Awareness Efforts

Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Would Be Sixth Catholic On Bench

Blogs Comment On Tiller's Murder, Supreme Court Nomination

Identification Of Potential Risks Of Therapies Taken By The Elderly

Billions Lost In Productivity Due To Vision Impairment

Antioxidants Affect Semen Quality

Fanconi Anemia: Genetically Corrected Blood Cells Obtained From Patients' Skin Cells

Review Led By Leicester Psychiatrist Raises Concern Over Treatment Of Patients With Past Mental Health Issues

Astronauts' Survey Suggests New Space Headache Category

In Thoracic Transplantation More Stringent Evaluation On The Use Of Generic Medications Recommended

U-M Study: Why Dishing Does You Good

Skin Lesion Leads To More Cancer Types Than Once Believed

Efforts To Quickly Develop Swine Flu Vaccine Reported In GEN

'Invading' Bacteria In DNA

Earlier Surgery Recommended For RA Patients

Discoveries Shed New Light On How The Brain Processes What The Eye Sees

How A Protein Helps Nerve Cells Recycle Synaptic Vesicles

Also In Global Health News: Drug Resistant TB In Africa; Partnerships In Bangladesh To Improve Healthcare

HHS Secretary Sebelius Picks Georgetown's Mann To Head Center For Medicaid And State Operations

Opinion Pieces Discuss Criticisms Of Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor

Mind And WITNESS Respond To Ruling On Derek Gale Case

Digestive Disease Week Highlights Weight Management Techniques

Nurses, Doctors, Patients To Protest Health Insurance Lobbyists In San Diego - June 4th

Detection Of Digestive Cancers In Multiple Organs Using Improved DNA Stool Test

Mice With 'Shunts' Become Super Fat Burners

Prereg Tutor Training Day And Prereg Trainee Pharmacist Programme 2009/10 - Booking Now

New Harmonised SmPCs For 'Cozaar'(R) And 'Cozaar'(R)-Comp Implemented In The U.K. Following European Commission Decision

Dentists Are FIghting The War On Snoring And Sleep Apnea

Secretary Of State Backs MS Society Work Retention Project

Getting Obese Mice Moving And Curing Their Diabetes

Survey Finds Australian Men Risk Being Lonely And Isolated In Retirement

Zimbabwean Nightmare Of Neglect Continues In South Africa

Joint Clinical Recommendations Developed By The Journal Of Periodontology And The American Journal Of Cardiology

Benefit To Women Not Enough To Sway Men To Get HPV Vaccine

Computer Modeling Shows Strategies To Rein In Epidemics Need To Be Retooled For Rural Populations

For DNA Analysis, Aluminum-Oxide Nanopore Beats Other Materials

Enzyme Involved In Inflammatory Bowel Disease Discovered At Penn State College Of Medicine

Cruel And Inhuman Treatment Causes More Mental Damage Than Physical Torture

Sebelius, DeParle Ready To Tackle Health Care Overhaul

Device Uses Human Liver Cells To Assist Organ's Functions

New York Times Examines Maternal Mortality, Abortion In Africa

Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Prepares For Meetings With Key Senators

Editorials Respond To Kansas Abortion Provider Tiller's Murder

Key Insights Into Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Offered By I-SPY Trial

Accelerating New Technologies' Route To Market

New Hope For Patients With Melanoma - The Most Deadly Form Of Skin Cancer And The Most Rapidly Increasing Cancer In The UK

New Guidelines To Help Diagnose Bleeding Disorders

Hispanic Children In US At Greater Risk For Obesity Than Other Ethnic/racial Groups

Study Finds High Underinsurance Rates For Sicker Workers With Modest Incomes

New Approach To Prevent Antibody-Mediated Damage In Kidney Transplants

Hospital Disaster Potential Highighted By Swedish Study

Alzheimer's Society Condemns Daylight Robbery And Drugging Of Older People

The Key Causes For Bowel Cancer Are Alcohol And Smoking

Ryder System, Inc. Joins The American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program

DDW 2009 Reveals Advances Being Made In The Treatment Of Hepatitis

AIMSPRO Is Awarded TGA Orphan Status For The Treatment Of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Calculating Preventative Medicine's Return On Investment

Budget Solution Must Protect Health Care For Children

Promising Future For Scarless Surgery Reported At DDW 2009

GI Disorders: Advances Being Made With Monoclonal Antibodies

External Beam Partial Breast Irradiation Most Cost-effective Treatment

Major Liberal Groups Will Back Obama On Health Reform

Grant To Study Limb Regeneration Received By Tulane

Report Shows Jamaica's Progress Towards Achieving U.N. MDGs

North American Launch For Revolutionary DrainPRO™ Protects Against Hospital & Community Acquired Infections

A Catalyst For Public Debate: Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, And Accountability

Universal Access To Malaria Drugs, Prevention By 2013 Will Lead To Eradication, Nigerian Government Says

Taiwan Rolls Out Plans To Boost Fertility Rates

AFIC Celebrates FAO World Milk Day On June 1st

California HIV Services Center Forced To Close

Tesco Reveals Dental Map Of Britain

Advocates Weigh Impact Of Tiller Murder On Future Of Abortion Debate

Charity Launches 10th Edition Of E-TALC - A Medical Information CD For Developing World Health Staff

NYT Examines Effects Of Illegal Abortion On Maternal Mortality In Tanzania

NICE Recommends Use Of Cetuximab (Erbitux(R)) For UK Bowel Cancer Patients

World Medical Association Urges Sri Lankan President To Intervene On Behalf Of Government Doctors

Meeting To Examine Human Behavior And The Threat Of Disease

$100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant To Weill Cornell Medical College For Innovative Global Health Research By Dr. Kyu Rhee

FDA Approves Reclast(R) To Prevent Osteoporosis In Postmenopausal Women With Convenient Less Frequent Dosing

Revolutionising The Diagnosis Of Serious Disease

Computer Program To Detect, Measure Brain Tumors

Elsevier's PharmaPendium Introduces The FDA Classic Collection

Alimta(R) (pemetrexed For Injection) Receives Positive Opinion From CHMP As Maintenance Therapy For Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

White House, Congress, Industry Taking On Health Costs

Young Parents Helped To 'Know More' About Drugs And Alcohol

Expanding Health Insurance Options For Young Adults

Bayer Schering Pharma Announces New Data On Novel Anti-cancer Compound BAY 73-4506

A Selection Of Opinions And Editorials

TeraMedica Delivers Enterprise Imaging Interchange Technology Contributing To Meaningful Use Of EMRs To Healthcare Facilities With Sun Microsystems

Sen. Cornyn Completes Six-City Health Care Outreach Tour Meeting With Experts, Business Leaders & Residents Across Texas

Cancer Research Center Of Hawai'i Clinical Trials Program Receives 2009 Clinical Trials Participation Award From American Society Of Clinical Oncology

NHS Staff And Health Innovators Invited To See The Future At Health Innovation Expo

Breast Cancer On The Latest Cancer Waiting Times Stats, Released Today

First Probable Case Of Swine Flu In Wales

Liver Disease "shrunk" By Blood-pressure Drug

Clinical Study Evaluates Ability Of Drug To Overcome Resistance To Standard Colorectal Cancer Therapy

World Heart Federation Warns That Burden Of Tobacco Epidemic Continues To Worsen Societies And Economies

New Fast And Precise Treatment Planning System Among Varian Medical Systems Highlights At American Brachytherapy Society 2009 Meeting

Breast Cancer Drug Trastuzumab (Herceptin) Shows Unprecedented Survival In Aggressive Stomach Cancer

Risk Factors For Sleep Disordered Breathing In Children: Waist Size And Body Mass Index

Congress Returns To Work, Senators To Meet With Obama

Cordex Receives Special Protocol Assessment Approval From FDA For ATPace(TM)

AstraZeneca Studies Show Relief Of Nighttime Heartburn And Reduction In GERD-Related Sleep Disturbances

Hyperion Therapeutics Announces Results Of Phase I Study In Patients With Liver Cirrhosis

Prometheus Announces New Findings Regarding Patients At Risk For Celiac Disease At DDW

CuraGen Updates CR011-vcMMAE Data At ASCO

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces The Presentation Of Lorcaserin Phase 3 BLOOM Data At The American Diabetes Association's 69th Scientific Sessions

Researchers Present Safety And Efficacy Results Of 429 Patients Treated With Radiofrequency Ablation For Pre-Cancerous Barrett's Esophagus

PROTECT-1 Phase II/III Induction-Stage Results For ChemoCentryx's Traficet-EN(TM) Presented In Oral Session At DDW 2009 Conference

Innovia Receives FDA Clearance For The InnoPort(TM)

Bayer Diabetes Care Launches A1CNow(R) SELFCHECK, A New A1C Monitor For At-Home Use

B. Braun Anticipates Becoming First To Deliver FDA Approved 2g Cefazolin

China Sky One Medical, Inc. Obtains SFDA Approval For Diclofenac Sodium Eye Drops

MedSolutions: Accurate Diagnosis Is Critical To Reducing Healthcare Costs

CSC Offers Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting To Health Plans

Make Sure Your Baby Is Seeing The Most Important Things In Their World

Change In Measurement Of HBA1C For People With Diabetes, UK

Roswell Park Researchers Evaluate Promising Drug For Intolerant Or Resistant CML

Health Costs, Availability Hurt U.S. Entrepreneurship Innovation

Arizona Jail Could Be E-Health Test, But Slow To Take The Necessary Steps

New Booklet Helps Patients Better Understand Radiation Therapy

N.Y. Health IT Program A National Model

American Society of Gene Therapy Names Outstanding New Investigators

Cost-Effective Measures Could Stop Child Pneumonia Deaths

Exposure To Audible Television Has Implications For Language Acquisition And Brain Development

Children Often Victims Of Lawn Mower Accidents

Quality And Purity Of Popular Stevia Sweetener Strengthened By New Reference Standards

FDA Approves Labeling Change For VYVANSE CII To Efficacy At 13 Hours Postdose In Children With ADHD

Olympus Broadens Portfolio With New Biliary Metallic Stent

Ground-Breaking Study To Cap The Growing Trend Of Type 2 Diabetes In Overweight Adolescents

MU Public Health Program Receives Grant To Combat Human Trafficking

Grant Will Support Comparative Effectiveness Research On Depression

Tulane Receives $7.07 Million NIH Grant To Develop Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Detection Kits

Is Your Environment Damaging Your Health? New Center Aims To Find Out

Hebrew U. To Launch Biggest Center In Israel For Brain Research

President Honored For Contributions, Leadership In Gastroenterology

Invention Of Cooking Drove Evolution Of The Human Species, New Book Argues

Dems Build Reform Support As GOP Decides Strategy

PARI Pharma Reports Successful Phase Ib Clinical Results For Inhaled Liposomal Cyclosporine A

Researchers Suggest That Oxidative Stress Is Strongly Evident In The In-Utero Environment Of The Fetus With Down Syndrome

New One-Year Data From REMICADE(R) SONIC Trial Show Sustained Efficacy Compared With Azathioprine In Treatment Of Crohn's Disease

NeurogesX Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation For Qutenza(TM) For Treatment Of Postherpetic Neuralgia

PharmAthene Submits Proposal To BARDA In Response To Broad Agency Announcement For Advanced Research And Development For Valortim(R)

Florida: Three Years In, Medicaid Experiment Tough To Measure

Local Groups React To Proposed Changes In Medicare And Medicaid

Cindy Mann To Lead Center For Medicaid And State Operations

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