Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 5 June 2009

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Friday 5 June 2009

Hydrangea Root Shows Promise In Treating Autoimmune Disorders

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

US researchers found that a drug made from the root of the hydrangea plant, which has for centuries been used in Chinese medicine, showed promising results in treating autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis...
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Medical Reasons Lie Behind 60 Per Cent Of US Bankruptcies, Study

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new study suggests that over 60 per cent of all bankruptcies in the US are down to medical reasons, with most victims being health-insured middle class people of good education...
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Anti-Thyroid Drug Linked To Serious Liver Injury Warns FDA

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are warning health care professionals about the risk of serious liver injury linked to the anti-thyroid drug propylthiouracil that is used to treat Graves' disease, an autoimmune...
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Doctors Warn That Alcoholic Beverages combined with Trampolines Must Be Avoided

Combination Therapy For Type 2 Diabetes With Rosiglitazone (RECORD Study) Shows No Increase Of Cardiovascular Disease Or Death

What Are Condoms? How To Use a Condom

What Is Cerebral Palsy? What Causes Cerebral Palsy?

Other Medical and Health News for 5 June*

Cigarette Smoking Does Not Affect Everyone In Same Way

To Raise Children In Foreign Lands, Immigrants Overcome Great Odds

Sleuths Follow Lung Stem Cells For Generations To Shed Light On Healing

FDA Approves First Canine Cancer Therapy

CE Mark Extended For Disc Dynamics' DASCOR(R) Disc Arthroplasty System

GfK Healthcare's Roper Global Diabetes Program Launches New U.S. Diabetes Patient Market Study

Novocell Obtains U.S. Patent For Drug Screening Human Embryonic Cell Derived-Endoderm Cells

New Findings Demonstrate Potential Benefits Of GATTEX™ (teduglutide) In Phase 3 Study Of Patients With Short Bowel Syndrome

Advaxis Receives FDA Response To Orphan Drug Filing

WellQuest Launches Medically Supervised Weight Loss Program

Anaesthetists Receive New Guidance To Help Resolve Dilemmas Posed By Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Orders

Eating Curry Every Week 'could Prevent Dementia'

IMEC, VIB And K.U.Leuven Launch Pioneering Brain Research

Better Outcomes With Computer Aided Surgery - High Costs As An Obstacle To Broad Use

Orthopaedists On A Humanitarian Mission: Sustained Help For Developing Countries

Godel Technologies Europe Helps NHS Save Lives With Online Training Technology, UK

Rampant Disease Osteoporosis: Under-diagnosed, Under-treated - Experts Call For Earlier Diagnosis And Therapy

Embracing Your Primitive Nature Can Help In Fight Against Depression

Advances In Stem Cell Research: New Interdisciplinary Volume

Risks Of Sharing Personal Genetic Information Online Need More Study, Stanford Bioethicists Say

You're More Likely A Conservative If You Are Easily Grossed Out, Suggests Cornell Psychologist

Nanoparticle To Treat Cardiovascular Disease In Mice Tested By Reasearchers

Risk Of Teenage Depression Symptoms Lowered By Family Obligation In Chinese Homes

Greater Risks For Patients With Heart Attacks Posed By Crowded Emergency Departments

Public Plan Gets Presidential Push

Indian Health Service Loses Equipment At Alarming Rate

Study Finds Pay-For-Performance Doesn't Hurt Quality

A Selection Of Opinions And Editorials

WHO Antivirals Arrive In Nigeria

Opinion: Governments Must Take 'Concrete Action' To Reduce Maternal Mortality, Morbidity

El Paso, Texas Planned Parenthood May Shift HIV/AIDS Programs To Other Organizations To Refocus Its Services

Oregon Gov. Signs Sex Education Bill; Tenn. Rep. Withdraws Bill To Give Parents Record Access

The Society For Biomolecular Sciences Delivers Annual Meeting Posters And Abstracts Online With Commenting Functionality

Additional Phase II Data Demonstrate Improvement In Reported Symptoms In Patients Who Still Experience GERD Symptoms Despite PPI Therapy

Improvements In Diagnosis And Treatment Linked To Reduced Risk Of Death In Patients With Brain Haemorrhage

CMA Condemns Shooting Of Kansas Doctor

New Technology At Great Ormond Street Hospital Is Aiding Faster Emergency Referrals To Its Specialist Paediatricians, England

Mysterious Ailments May Be The Result Of Undiagnosed Genetic Defects

EpiCept Releases New Data Demonstrating Long-Term Durability Of Ceplene In Sustaining Leukemia-Free Survival

A Closer Look At The I-Con™ - Isolation And Containment For Pandemic Control

Meridian Bioscience Receives FDA Clearance For New Rapid Campylobacter Test

American College Of Radiology Uses McKesson Solution To Offer Acclaimed Learning Library Online

Spike In Severe Weather And Looming Alzheimer's Disease Epidemic - A Formula For Disaster

Parkinson's Disease Associated With Pesticide Exposure In French Farm Workers

Health Reform Debate Players Weigh In On Their Roles

White House Seeks More Money For Swine Flu

Recession Pushes Cost Of Medicines Up, Pharmacists Lobby For Reform Role

NEJM Explores The Value-Based System Approach To Health Reform

Congress Unlikely To Approve Obama's Request For Additional Flu Money, Majority Leader Says

Mozambique's Health Minister Reviews Country's Health Status With Parliament

Michigan Lawmakers Approve Request For State Health Agency To Use Private Funds For HIV/AIDS Program

Sotomayor Nomination Raises Questions About How Female Judges View Cases Differently

Heartburn Meds May Lead To Bone Breaks

USC Researchers Present Diabetes Findings At American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions

Changes In Stair Design Could Help Fight Obesity

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Physician-Scientists Present At 2009 American Transplant Congress In Boston

'Shock And Kill' Research Gives New Hope For HIV 1 Eradication

Digital Medicine: Health Care In The Internet Era

New Research Shows Surprising Attitudes Towards Health And Safety

APIC Launches Online Infection Prevention Course

TV Noise Associated With Fewer Verbal Interactions Between Infants And Parents

Many Children Held Back In Elementary School Do Not Receive Plan For Special Education Services

Many U.S. Children Have Inadequate Access To Pediatric Trauma Care

New Taxes Could Help Pay For Reform, But Would Cost Political Capital

Dodd: HELP Committee To Release Reform Bill Within Days

Study: Medical Bills Underlie 60 Percent Of U.S. Bankruptcies

Florida Moves To Increase Health Insurance For Children

Combination Of Interventions Could Reduce Childhood Pneumonia Deaths By 90%, Study Says

African Health Advocates Meet In Kenya To Discuss Need For Governments To Improve Basic Healthcare Services

California HIV/AIDS Advocates To Appear At Hearing On Proposed Budget Cuts

New Report Finds 10 Early Lessons Learned From The H1N1 Outbreak

Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Resumes Meetings With Senators; Confirmation Vote Still Unclear

U.S. Contributes $75 Million For Childhood Immunization

Major International Conference On Biomedical Ontology To Be Hosted By Buffalo

Animal Production And Health To Be Addressed At FAO/IAEA Symposium

Nurses: Providing Angioplasty Patient Care In And Out Of The Cath Lab

Body And Weight Checking May Signify An Eating Disorder

Three In Every One Thousand U.S. Children Diagnosed With Tourette Syndrome

From Oxygen Transport To Melanin Formation: Activation Mechanism Of Key Enzymes Explained

Discovery Of New Proteins May Lead To More Effective Treatment Of Endocarditis And Infections Associated With Implants

Help For The Silent Sufferers

Stopping Fatty Change In Heart Cells

Study Gives Clues To How Adrenal Cancer Forms

Antidepressant Does Not Appear To Reduce Repetitive Behaviors In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Recent Smoking-Cessation Research Highlights Importance Of Keeping Teens From Smoking

Seeing More With Rose-Coloured Glasses

Changing Residences Associated With Increased Risk Of Suicidal Behavior Among Children

FDA Warnings About Antidepressants Associated With Lasting, Unintended Changes In Diagnosis And Treatment

Nicotine-Induced Sudden Infant Death Syndrome May Be Prevented By Simple Drug Treatment

LNA-Based HIF-1 Alpha Inhibitor Shows Early Signs Of Clinical Benefit

Access Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication Of Thiarabine Combination Data

ACTEMRA(R) (tocilizumab) Studies To Be Featured At The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Congress

Obama Open To Using MedPAC To Set Medicare Payment Rates

Novavax And The NIH Agree To Evaluate A Virus-like Particle (VLP) Vaccine Candidate Against The Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus

President Obama "Open" To Coverage Mandate For All Americans

Delays To Seeing Docs Stretch On

Abbott And AstraZeneca Submit New Drug Application To The FDA For CERTRIAD(TM), An Investigational Treatment For Mixed Dyslipidemia

Hackers Going After Medical Records

Experimental Drug Five Times More Effective Against MDR-TB Than Conventional Therapy

Report Examines Zimbabwean Refugees In South Africa

Also In Global Health News: U.N. Asks For IDP Aid; Gates On Polio & HIV/AIDS Vaccine; AIDS Cases Triple In Indonesia; Drugs In Kenya, Uganda & Liberia

Obama Administration Committed To Development Of A National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Official Says

Kansas Becomes Central Battleground In Abortion-Rights Debate

Sotomayor's Record Contradicts Conservatives' Claims Of Radicalism, Washington Post Columnist Writes

Doctors' Concerns About Care Often Not Addressed, British Medical Association Survey Shows

Fragility Fractures And Osteoporosis

Oral Rivaroxaban As Prevention For Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism

Aspirin As A Prophylaxis For Fatal Pulmonary Embolism

Early Failure Of Knee Replacements

90% Of Patients With Charnley Protheses Pain Free After 30 Years

Vertebroplasty For Fractures

Navigation In Hip Resurfacing

Replacing Both Hips At The Same Time - Is It Safe?

New Study Uncovers Mode Of Action Of Enzyme Linked With Several Types Of Cancer

Public Health Campaign Associated With Major Reduction In Antibiotic Use

In Patients With Severely Blocked Arteries In The Legs, MDCT Angiography Helps Lead To Successful Treatment

Hospitalized Patients Need Better Understanding Of CPR And Outcomes

Targeting Breast Cancer Stem Cells In Mice

Risk Of Prostate Cancer May Be Reduced By Diet

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

Cognitive Behavioral Intervention Helps Prevent Depression Among At-Risk Teens

Likelihood Of Survival May Be Improving For Extremely Preterm Infants

Childhood Health Disparities Can Have Life-Long Health Effects

Easier Access To Media By Children Increases Risk For Influence On Numerous Health Issues

New Study Shows People With Mental Health Problems Receive Inadequate Medical Care

Demand For User-friendly Healthcare IT Professional Services Increasing Across Europe, States Frost & Sullivan

Caring With Confidence

Diaper Alarm For Toilet Training Children

New Treatment Approach Gives Patients With Incurable Lung Cancer More Time Without Disease Progression Compared To Placebo

Bariatric Surgery: Waiting Times Too Long In Canada

Teaching Tots The Importance Of Personal Cleanliness

Reducing Hospital-Acquired Infections By Using Soap-Sniffing Technology

Movetis Releases New Data That Support Prucalopride's Favourable And Differentiated Efficacy And Cardiovascular Safety Profile

JCR And The Joint Commission To Host Pediatric Safety Conference

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

First Robotic Lung Surgery In Tampa Bay Performed At Moffitt Cancer Center

New Hunger Platform Launched To Enlighten Youth

Premier Healthcare Alliance Acquires Phase 2 Consulting To Expand Its Performance Improvement Offerings To Its Member Hospitals Nationwide

Registeration For The American Association Of Kidney Patients' National Convention Now Open!

New Tests For The Investigation Of Patients With Painful Metal-on-metal Resurfacing Arthroplasties

Reducing Blood Loss After THR

MOM, Metal Ions And Lymphopenia

The Anatomical Graduated Component Total Knee Replacement

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