Medical News Today: Health News for Monday 8 June 2009

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Monday 8 June 2009

China Quarantines New Orleans Mayor And Wife Over Swine Flu

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Although they have no symptoms themselves, the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Ray Nagin, his wife and a member of his security staff are being held in quarantine in Shanghai, China, because they travelled on an...
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Surgery No Better Than Drugs For Heart Disease Survival In Diabetes Patients

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

An international landmark study found that death rates for patients with both type 2 diabetes and heart disease was the same whether they received drugs or had prompt surgery or angioplasty...
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How Hydrogen Peroxide Pulls The Immune System's Emergency Cord

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Using zebrafish because they have similar genes to humans, US researchers discovered that hydrogen peroxide, the chemical that we use to bleach hair and clean and disinfect wounds, appears to play an important natural role...
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What is Angina? What Causes Angina?

The Detection Of Metabolic Changes Several Years Prior To The Diagnosis Of Diabetes Could Help Screening And Prevention (WHITEHALL II Study)

The French Health Care System

LEAD-6 Study Shows Better Results With Liraglutide Than Exenatide In Controlling Blood Glucose In Type 2 Diabetes

What Is Diverticulitis? What Is Diverticular Disease?

Other Medical and Health News for 8 June*

Innovative Partnership Targets Cancer-Causing 'Chaperones'

Strategies To Assist Parents Manage Children's Worries Over The H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)

Dysport(R) Cosmetic Injection - For Erasing Wrinkles - Receives U.S. FDA Approval

Take Care When Amending Medical Notes, Warns MDDUS, Scotland

Operating Department Practitioner Struck Off For Failure To Report Drug Misuse

Dangerous Legal Loophole Must Be Closed, Society Warns

Food Provides Critical Lifeline And Stability For Pakistan Displaced

ASH And EHA Jointly Announce Translational Research Training In Hematology Program

Bypass Or Angioplasty No Better Than Drug Therapy In Reducing Deaths Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes And Heart Disease

BMA Welcomes Call For Transparency On Cost Of NHS Management Consultants

Health Canada Approves Innovotech Application For AgressTM Field Testing

Prompt Bypass Surgery Or Angioplasty Does Not Lower Mortality Risk Compared To Drug Therapy In People With Type 2 Diabetes And Stable Heart Disease

Genes Play A Role In Glycemic Control In People With Type 1 Diabetes

Overall Cardiovascular Safety Of Rosiglitazone Confirmed In 5 1/2-Year Study

NAO Issue New Report And Research Autism Asks: 'Falling Through The Cracks': Why Is The Outcome So Poor For Adults With Autism?

Xenophon Attacks South Australian Aged Care Nurses

Medtronic Highlights New Advances In Development Of Closed-Loop System For Diabetes Management

Study Shows Consistent Use Of Insulin Pump Therapy, Augmented With Continuous Glucose Monitoring, Results In Significant A1C Reductions

Global Lupus Experts Gather For Historic Meeting -- Urgent And Unmet Needs Of Individuals With Lupus Dominate Agenda

Talk To Your Pharmacist If You Want To Avoid Summer Horrordays

Financial Crisis Caused By Banking Chiefs Plagued With Hubris Syndrome

Health Visitors Reject Call For MMR To Be Made Compulsory

Research Investigates The Treatment Of Traumatic Brain And Head Injury

More Female Doctors Will Lead To Rising Demand For Locums, Says HCL

Over 60% Of All US Bankruptcies Attributable To Medical Problems

Swine Flu Update, UK

Action Duchenne Calls For An End To The Scandalous Postcode Lottery Of Treatment For Boys And Young Men Living With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Rosiglitazone For Type 2 Diabetes Does Not Increase Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease Or Death But Increases Heart Failure And Fractures In Women

A National Autistic Society (NAS) Response To The National Audit Office (NAO) Report On Adults With Autism

Low Priority 'Brain Attack' Patients Missing Out On Life-Saving Surgery

Researchers Find Clues To Improve Breast Cancer Survival

Washington Post Opinion Piece Examines O'Reilly's Role In Tiller Murder

Debate Over Taxing Health Benefits Picks Up

Johnson & Johnson's Research Reflecting New Washington Policies

WHO Recommends Worldwide Use Of Rotavirus Vaccine For Children

Recent Releases: Human-Rights And Health; WHO's TB Report; Drug-Resistant TB

Report Examines ADAP Waiting Lists, Factors Contributing To Cost-Containment Measures

CCA, AIMp And NPA Statement: Decriminalisation Of Dispensing Errors

Advanced Arm Dynamics Fits Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR) Patient In Indiana

Cancer Treatment Centers Of America & EmpowHer Join Forces In The Fight Against Cancer

Response To Carotid Endarterectomy Audit

The King's Fund Statement On The Appointment Of A New Secretary Of State For Health

Policymakers To Discuss Alternatives To Custody

Fuel Up For Fun Wins National Food And Healthy Living Award

University of Queensland Study Discovers Why Some Older Adults Develop Gambling Problems

Hawai'i Tumor Registry To Launch "Sharing Ohana" Study To Learn How Lifestyle And Genes Influence Development And Survival Of Cancer

$1.25 Million Awarded To Prostate Cancer Research

One-year Phase III Study Confirms Ilaris(R) Offers Long-term Remission In Patients With CAPS, A Severe Lifelong Auto-inflammatory Disease

MS Society Supports National Carers Week, UK

RCN Welcomes The Appointment Of Andy Burnham As The New Secretary Of State For Health

Ever Shorter Hospital Stays After Orthopaedic Operations Present A Major Challenge To Rehabilitation - Pre-operative Training Can Improve Results

Tiller Murder Prompts Abortion Providers To Re-Evaluate Protective Measures, Security

GOP Balking At Public Plan In Health Care Reform

Officials Worry About Swine Flu Preparedness Amid Budget Cuts

A Selection Of Opinions And Editorials

Economist Articles Examine Use Of Mobile Phones For Global Health

CDC Issues Fact Sheet On Oral Sex, HIV Transmission

Aspyra To Demonstrate Improved Revenue And Workflow Efficiences With Latest RIS/PACS Product At RBMA 2009 Radiology Summit

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Reports Additional Data From Promising Brain Cancer Clinical Trial

Cobalis Corporation Is Awarded Two New International Patents In Canada And Mexico For Its Revolutionary Anti-Allergy Relief Product PreHistin(R)

International Stem Cell Collaboration Results In Discovery Of Promising New Stem Cell Type

Positive Outcome Reached At 16 Weeks For Avexa's ATC Phase III Trial

SPECT MPI With Cardiolite(R) Used In BARI 2D Study To Evaluate Type 2 Diabetes And Coronary Artery Disease Treatment Strategies

NMC To Develop Practical Guidelines For Professionals On Whistle-blowing

Tipper Gore, George Stephanopoulos, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Richard Gephardt To Appear At Mental Health America's Centennial Conference

HSE Warns Employers To Ensure They Effectively Manage All Traffic Movement On Site

AAMC/HHMI Committee Defines Scientific Competencies For Future Physicians

American Dental Hygienists' Association Sets Attendance Record At 86th Annual Session In Washington D.C.

Ameritas Group Offers Oral Cancer Screening

Rolofylline Did Not Demonstrate Efficacy For Acute Heart Failure In Clinical Trial

PolyMedix Initiates Dosing In Second Phase I Clinical Study Of Novel Systemic Antibiotic Compound

Washington Post Examines Focus On Abortions Later In Pregnancy After Tiller Murder

Senate Finance Dems Back Public Plan, Blue Dogs Back Away

Eleven Accussed Of Scamming Medicare In Michigan

With Shrinking Budgets, States Cutting Health Services

International HIV/AIDS Experts To Meet In Namibia Next Week

HIV Specialty Clinics Across U.S. Closing, Changing Focus, Citing Lack Of Funding, Other Reasons

Vanderbilt-Ingram Researchers Find Gene Signature For Breast Cancer Prognosis

Protecting The Value Of Long-Term Care Insurance

PMSI Settlement SolutionsSM Appeals To CMS On Drug Review Methods In Medicare Set-Asides

Highlights Of Pain Research

IXIARO(R) - First Licensed European Vaccine For The Prevention Of Japanese Encephalitis - Now Available In The UK

WHO Recommends Global Use Of Rotavirus Vaccines

Hearing Loss More Prominent In Men, Says Miracle-Ear

Somaxon Resubmits New Drug Application For Silenor(R) (Doxepin) For The Treatment Of Insomnia

Memgen Reports Positive Results For ISF35 In High-Risk Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Idaho Technology Gains Army Approval Of Platinum Path™ Extraction Kit For Biological Pathogen Detection Program

Schwarzenegger's Call To Consider Marijuana Legalization To Boost Taxes Is "Irresponsible," Says Chairman Of DARE Board

HHS And VA To Develop A Nationwide Program To Help Older Americans And Veterans With Disabilities Remain Independent In The Community

Antiabortion-Rights Advocate To Oversee HHS Office Of Faith-Based And Community Partnerships

Blogs Comment On Tiller's Death, Sotomayor, Other Topics

Hoyer Objects To Medicare Cost Control Plan

Panel Discusses Health Care Issues In Black America

TB Booster Vaccine Trials To Begin Next Month In South Africa

HIV Awareness, Testing Efforts In Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky Target Black Community, Others

One-Two Drug Punch Knocks Down A Lethal Cancer

Mutations Extending Lifespan Induce Expression Of Germline Genes In Somatic Cells

Predictors Of Patient Reported Outcomes And Cost Of Care In Younger Men With Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer

Characterization Of ERG, AR And PTEN Gene Status In Circulating Tumor Cells From Patients With Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction Secondary To Crossing Vessels-To Transpose Or Not? The Robotic Experience

Quantification Of Perfusion & Permeability In Prostate Using Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI With Inversion-Prepared Dual-Contrast Sequence

Bladder Cancer - Molecular Analyte Profiling Of Early Events & Tissue Conditioning Following Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Therapy

Is It Time To Consider A Role For MRI Before Prostate Biopsy?

Soap-Sniffing Technology That Encourages Hand Washing To Reduce Infections, Saves Money

Paramedic Struck Off For Drink Driving Whilst On Call

Paramedic Struck Off For Making False Job Applications

Radiofrequency Ablation Durable After 2 Years, Compares Favorably With Endoscopic Resection For Advanced Disease, Reduces Risk For Cancer Progression

Democratic Senators Discuss Protecting Children From The Dangers Of Smoking

New Clinical Study Shows Over Half Of Eligible OGIB Patients May Benefit From Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy As Recommended By GI Society Guidelines

Funding For Research On The H1N1 Flu Virus Announced By Government Of Canada

Support For Minority Medical Students To Pursue Hematology Research

At American Diabetes Association Meeting, 2 Preclinical Abstracts Published By Versartis

JDRF Launches Innovative Cure Collaboration Partnership With Sanford Health

Faculty Of Translational Medicine Boosts Support For Biomedical Researchers

Drinking Water From Air Humidity

Revolutionary Dental Snapshot

Novel Cell Therapies To Treat Cancer

The Official Journal Of The Association For Palliative Medicine To Be 'Palliative Medicine'

White House Submits Sotomayor's Questionnaire To Senate Judiciary Committee

Preventable Maternal Deaths Should Be Recognized As Women's Rights Violations, Opinion Piece Says

Industry Leaders Offer Solutions For Health Care Reform

Key Health IT Definition Expected Soon

Officials Concerned About Potential Disease Outbreaks Among Displaced Pakistanis; Obama Requests More U.S. Aid Money

Dallas Budget Proposal Includes Cuts To HIV Programs, Official Says

Scientists Use Climate Variables And Vegetation Indices To Predict And Mitigate Dengue Epidemics In The American Tropics

Neighborhoods Affect Asthma Rates

Hunger Hormone Fired Up By Fatty Foods, Not Empty Stomach

'Warrior Gene' Linked To Gang Membership, Weapon Use: FSU Study

After Myocardial Infarction Fatigue Is Common

Health Care Costs Could Be Cut By Routine Diabetes Screenings

Link Unraveled Between Chromosomal Instability And Centrosome Defects In Cancer Cells

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