Medical News Today: Health News for Thursday 4 June 2009

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Thursday 4 June 2009

Experimental Drug For Multi-Drug Resistant TB Shows Promise In Trial

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

When added to the mix, a new experimental drug known as TMC207 appeared to make a cocktail of background drugs five times more powerful in successfully treating patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)...
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Doctors Advise On Cell Phone Elbow

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

It's a sign of the times, as more and more people use cell or mobile phones and other high tech equipment they are more likely to end up with what the lay press calls cell phone elbow and what the doctors call cubital tunnel syndrome...
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Chicago Woman Dies Of Swine Flu After Giving Birth

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The new H1N1 swine flu virus claimed the life of a 20-year old Chicago woman on Saturday, one day after giving birth to a baby via Cesarean section at the city's University of Illinois Medical Center, according to local news...
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What Is Pregnancy? How Do I Know If I Am Pregnant?

What Is Cellulitis? What Causes Cellulitis?

Parallel Career Paths For Women And Men Doctors In Britain

Other Medical and Health News for 4 June*

Small Molecules Mimic Natural Gene Regulators

Keep NHS General Practice Public For The Benefit Of Patients, Says British Medical Association

As Calif. Budget Shrinks, Services For Elderly Slip

EU Authorizes $11M In Humanitarian Aid For Zimbabwe; Prime Minister To Meet With Members Of Congress Next Week

Also In Global Health News: Indonesia To Host AIDS Congress; Smoking Ban In Ghana

BioSante Pharmaceuticals Comments On Benefits Of Testosterone Use In HIV-Infected Women

Sedatives May Increase Suicide Risk In Older Patients

The 454 Genome Sequencing System Detects A Novel Virus Responsible For South African Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak

Asthma Not Worsened By Obesity, But Response To Medications May Be Affected

Data From Enzo Therapeutics' Phase II Study Of Crohn's Disease Presented At Prestigious Gastroenterology Conference

Hydrogen Peroxide In The Immune System

Could New Government Regulations Lead To Increased Use Of Physical Restraints?

Harvard Researchers Say Insurers Put Profits Over Health

Survey Finds Overwhelming Public Support Of Laws To Help Protect Teens From Tanning Beds

Exploding Myths About Choosing A Mate

Snoring May Impair Brain Function

Promising Antimicrobial Attacks Virus, Stimulates Immune System

Bankruptcies Linked To Illness, Medical Bills In Nearly Two-Thirds Of Cases

IMPACT Study Shows Longer Valcyte Treatment Provides Better Protection Against Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Disease

Study Shows Protein May Be Strongest Indicator Of Rare Lung Disease

Public Are Key To Fighting NHS Fraud

Clinical Activity Of TMC207 Shows ATP-Synthase Is A Viable Target For Treatment Of TB

Bloggers Scrutinize Fox News' O'Reilly's Past Comments On Murdered Abortion Provider Tiller

Sen. Baucus To Meet With Single-Payer Reform Advocates Wednesday

Medicare Revamps Competitive Bidding Program

A Selection Of Opinions And Editorials

Polio Cases Detected In Argentina, India, Nigeria, Uganda

Vietnam Publishes Report Documenting MDG Progress

Five Key Health Tips For Women In Their 20s

Ancora Pharmaceuticals Awarded National Institute Of Health Grant For Continued Malaria Vaccine Research

GE Healthcare's Application For DaTSCAN™ (Ioflupane I123 Injection) Accepted By The FDA For Priority Review

Celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day On Sunday, June 14

Stanford, Palo Alto Medical Foundation Launch Comprehensive Breast Cancer Study

Magellan Spine Technologies Announces First Implant Of The DART Disc Annular Repair Technology For Lumbar Disc Herniations

Salix's Once-Daily APRISO Demonstrates Long-Term Safety In Patients For Maintenance Of Remission From Ulcerative Colitis

University Of Kentucky's Markey Cancer Center Brings Advanced TomoTherapySM Treatment Technology To Brain And Body Radiosurgery Program

New HIV Cases Among Women In Wisconsin Increasing, Group Says

New Endograft Introduction System Enhances Physician Control During Minimally Invasive Treatment For Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

Pfizer Introduces New Treatment And Support Plan For Patients With Overactive Bladder

A Woman's Partner Status Found To Be Relevant For Her Interest In The Opposite Sex

Cancer Therapy Success May Be Determined Using MRI And Oxygen

MedImpact Study Highlights Effects Of Value-Based Benefit Design On Adherence To Diabetes Medications

Cancer Therapies May Be 'Revolutionized' By Common Diabetes Drug

Merck's Gardasil Effective At Preventing HPV, Cervical Disease In Older Women, Study Finds

Rising Health Spending Spurs Reform Debate

Lobbyists Face Potential Conflicts Of Interest

AMA Outlines Initiatives To White House To Help Slow Increases In Health Spending

Video Games Are Helping Doctors View The Body - Using The Nintendo Wii To Interpret Radiology Exams

New York City Labor Unions Agree To Reductions In Health Benefits

Language Use Decreases In Young Children And Caregivers When Television Is On, Study Finds

Low Medicare Reimbursement Rates Hurt Hospitals In Iowa And California

Common Autism Medication Is Ineffective For Repetitive Behaviors, Study Finds

Researchers At The University Of Tennessee Health Science Center Begin New Study On Parkinson's Disease

Statement By Senior Vice President Of Public Affairs, Premier Healthcare Alliance, On Association, Labor Action Plan To Reduce Healthcare Costs

WHO Closer To Declaring Swine Flu Outbreak A Pandemic

Antidepressants Offer No Relief For Repetitive Behaviors In Children With Autism

First Confirmed Case Of 2009 H1N1 Flu In Navajo County

Harnessing The Brain's Own Ability For Repair

University Of Queensland Scholarship Winner Using Mathematics To Understand Epidemics

International Panel Of Experts Reaches Consensus On Diagnosis And Treatment Of Bleeding Disorders In Women

U.S. Doubles Annual Malawi HIV/AIDS Support To $45M

Prospect Therapeutics, Inc.'s GCS-100 Inhibited Blood Vessel Formation In A Variety Of Cancer Models

InSite Vision Announces FDA Approval Of New Ophthalmic Product Enabled By InSite's DuraSite® Technology

Chicago Study Looks At HIV Among Gay Men, Finds Many Unaware Of Status

HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign In Western North Carolina Addresses Stigma

QIO Support Accelerates Hospital Improvement In Heart Care, Researchers Find

Camp For Children With Hearing Loss And Their Families Offers Weekend Of Fun

Temperature Rises After Skull Surgery For Pfeiffer Syndrome

Electronic Pill Shows Its Smarts By Measuring PH Levels In Digestive Tract

Heaviest Smokers Face Greatest Risk Of Death After Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Could Standard Treatment For Traumatic Brain Injury Be Wrong?

Autogenous Infrainguinal Bypass Outcomes Inferior In Hispanics

Pounding The Pavement

New System Monitors Fetal Heartbeat - Noninvasive Technique Could Prevent Complications

Positive Results From Salix Pivotal Phase III Study Of Rifaximin For The Prevention And Maintenance Of Remission Of Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE)

AARP Pushes Lawmakers To Improve Long-Term Care - Legislation Would Allow More Americans To Get Services At Home

GSK's Pazopanib Significantly Delayed Tumour Progression In Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer

Autism Carers: Lee Scott MP Calls For Action, UK

Abortion Providers Concerned About Access To Services In Wake Of Tiller Death

PRACE, The Partnership For Advanced Computing In Europe, Takes An Active Role At ISC'09, Hamburg, Germany On June 23-36, 2009.

New Study Shows Nexium 40 Mg And 20 Mg Reduced Gastric And Duodenal Ulcers By 80 - 85% In Patients Taking Low-Dose Aspirin For CV Protection

Baucus: Obama Open To Taxing Health Benefits To Pay For Health Reform

Testing For Norovirus And Enterovirus Is Becoming Increasingly Important And Commonplace

Senate Begins Debate On FDA Regulation Of Tobacco

Insurers Offer Reform Concessions, But Balk At Small Business Demands

Researchers At UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center First To Link Intestinal Inflammation To Systemic Chromosome Damage

Food And Drug Administration Moves Towards Greater Openness

Souring Economy Spurs A Surge At Free Clinics

World's Biggest Cardiology Meeting, ESC Congress 2009 To Be Held In Barcelona

UGA Grad Program Expands To Prepare Teachers To Work With Secondary Students With Autism

NIH Grant Funds School Of Medicine's Effort To Educate Minority Researchers

Green Tea Compound May Block A Key Process In Alzheimer's Development

Do We Need To Re-Think Standard Treatment For Traumatic Brain Injury?

Partnership To Accelerate Trudeau Institute Discoveries To Patient Care

On The Horizon: Effective Over-The-Counter Prostate Cancer Test Kit

5 Spanish Centers Join A Study For A New Leukemia And Lymphoma Treatment Technique

In 'Eloquent' Areas Of Brain Study Finds Needle Biopsies To Be Safe

Brain Irradiation In Lung Cancer

Ethicon Endo-Surgery Studies Presented At DDW Demonstrate Potential Of Pure NOTES Surgery With Company's Toolbox

Study Demonstrating Lurasidone Is Effective In Patients With Schizophrenia Published In The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry

PeriCor Therapeutics Reports Positive Preclinical Results Of GP531 At The European Heart Failure Congress In Nice

Paclitaxel Poliglumex (OPAXIO(TM)) Added To Cisplatin And Radiation Produces 45% Pathologic Complete Remissions In Patients With Esophageal Cancer

Advanced Life Sciences Announces Outcome Of FDA's Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee Review Of Restanza(TM) (cethromycin)

Stiefel Laboratories Reaps First Fruits Of Barrier Acquisition With Completion Of Pivotal Phase III Clinical Trial For 200 Mg Hyphanox(TM)

Lilly Resubmits Cymbalta(R) Supplemental New Drug Application For Chronic Pain To U.S. Food And Drug Administration

APIC Supports Automated Surveillance Technologies In Prevention Of Healthcare-Associated Infections

IBM And EU Partners Create A Better Way To Fight AIDS Virus

ATS Medical Announces Participation In The International Society For Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Meeting

Chronic Conditions Is A High Priority For Swansea University, Wales

Senators Say Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Committed To Rule Of Law,

Confusion Reigns Over Whole-Grain Claims In School Lunches According To U Of Minnesota Study

Indirect Transmission Can Trigger Influenza Outbreaks In Birds

Barrett's Esophagus Can Be Reversed And Cancer Risk Reduced By Radiofrequency Ablation NEJM Study Finds

To Ease Aching Back, Exercise More, Not Less

The London Clinic Of Psychoanalysis

Next-Generation Mechanical Heart Pump Implanted In Heart Patients

Bed Bugs' Own Chemistry Used Against Them

Smoke Alarm Launches New Cannabis And Tobacco Education Initiative

Patients To Have Their Say On Infertility Treatment In Scotland

CQC Seeks Feedback On Guidance For Registration Of All Health And Adult Social Care Services, UK

Swine Flu Media Bulletin, Wales

Ibuprofen And Paracetamol For Fever In Pre-School Children, UK

Newly Launched! An Information Portal That Provides Free Online Educational Resources For Maternity Health Care Professionals

EyeGate Pharma Announces That EGP-437 Improved Signs And Symptoms Of Dry Eye Syndrome In A Phase II Study

Sunwin International Increases Availability Of Two Veterinary Medicines To Combat Swine Flu Virus In China

New Data From Satraplatin Phase 3 Trial In Second-Line Castrate-Refractory Prostate Cancer Presented At 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting

Diabetes UK Launches Its National Measure Up Roadshows

Definitive Outcomes Of Radiofrequency Ablation For Barrett's Esophagus Using The HALO Ablation System Reported At The Digestive Disease Week

Investigational Cancer Drug BSI-201 Showed Clinical Benefit In 62% Of Patients With Triple-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer

Tiller Murder Increases Tension Over 'Common Ground' Approach To Abortion-Rights Debate

Editorials, Opinion Pieces React To Kansas Abortion Provider Tiller's Murder

Supreme Court Should Be 'Reined In' To Return Power To Legislative Branch, NYT Columnist Writes

Fluoride Supplements: Another Ineffective Drug With Unwanted Side Effects

With Vandetanib (Zactima™) In Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Presented At American Society Of Clinical Oncology

Coventry University First In UK To Appoint Australian Paramedic As Visiting Professor In Pre-hospital Care

Bayer And Onyx Initiate Phase III Trial Of Nexavar(R) In Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Asthma UK Issues Advice On Managing Asthma In Hot Weather Conditions

NUVIGIL Is Available For The Treatment Of Excessive Sleepiness Associated With Treated Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Shift Work Disorder And Narcolepsy

Bevacizumab (Avastin(R)) Added To Common Chemotherapies Significantly Increases Tumour Shrinkage In HER2-negative Breast Cancer

New Drug Combination Offers Novel Treatment Strategy For Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Breast Cancer Help, Inc. Attends National Breast Cancer Coalition Annual Advocacy Conference In Washington, D.C.

Results From 3 Phase 2 Studies Reported A Two-Year Survival Rate Ranging From 30 To 42 Percent In Metastatic Melanoma Patients Treated With Ipilimumab

Cancer Center Leads Breakthrough Clinical Trial: Cancer Vaccine For First Time Shows Promise Against Melanoma

FDA Approves VYVANSE CII Label Change To Include Supplementary Clinical Data Supporting Efficacy At 13 Hours Postdose In Children Age 6-12 With ADHD

Afinitor(R) (everolimus) Recommended For Use In The European Union For Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

Survey Shows Majority Of Respondents Openly Discuss Use Of BOTOX(R) Cosmetic And Hyaluronic Acid Dermal Fillers

International Team Of Physician-astronauts Draws Upon First-hand Space Flight Experience In CMAJ Article

British Medical Association Launches "Look After Our NHS"

British Medical Journal Group To Publish Themed Sports Medicine Editions Supported By International Olympic Committe

Autism-Mitochondrial Study: Participants Needed

Canadian Researchers Work To Lower Costs, Improve Health And Protect The Environment Through Advances In Food, Nutrition And Bio-Materials

World Lung Foundation Marks World No Tobacco Day With New Counter-Marketing And Advertising Campaigns

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