Medical News Today: Health News for Wednesday 10 June 2009

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Wednesday 10 June 2009

Computer Injuries Rising In US, Especially Involving Young Kids

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new study found that acute and sudden computer-related injuries, a separate category to injuries that take a while to emerge like repetitive strain injury, are rising rapidly in the US, and that young children are most affected...
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Signs Of Diabetes Can Be Detected Years Before

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Researchers in the UK found that changes in glucose concentrations, insulin sensitivity, and insulin secretion can be detected as early as 3 to 6 years before diagnosis of diabetes and hope that the discovery will lead to...
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Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia photo

Insufficient Sleep Linked To High Blood Pressure

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Not getting enough sleep could increase a person's risk of developing high blood pressure, said US researchers who monitored over 500 middle aged people for 5 years. They hope that the discovery of this new risk factor...
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What Is Exercise? The Benefits Of Exercise

What Is Dehydration? What Causes Dehydration?

Acupuncture May Be Beneficial In Relieving Indigestion During Pregnancy

What Is a CT Scan? What Is a CAT Scan?

Promising Results With Aleglitazar, A New Treatment Drug For Type 2 Diabetes (SYNCHRONY Study)

Other Medical and Health News for 10 June*

Kennedy's Absence Felt As Health Reform Push Intensifies

Washington's Basic Health Plan Raises Rates To Compensate For Budget Cuts

NYT Opinion Piece Calls For 'Reasonable Distinction-Making' Between Abortions At Various Stages Of Pregnancy

Poor Sleep Quality And Increased Risk Of Death

Improved Academic Success Associated With Better Sleep In Adolescence

Swine Flu Daily Media Bulletin Issued At: 11am Sunday 7 June 2009, Wales

AP/Washington Post Examines Experimental Malaria Vaccine, Mutant Mosquitoes To Combat Malaria

Also In Global Health News: HIV Aid For Vietnam; Gates To Meet With WHO; Women's Health In Philippines; Zambian Health Workers; HIV In Ghana

Reform Debate Circles Back To Costs, And How To Pay For Them

California Restaurant Association Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Weigh Employer Mandate Question

NYC Law Makes It Easier To Press Charges Against Antiabortion Protesters Outside Clinics

Sleep Deprivation Affects Older Adults Less Than Younger Adults During Cognitive Performance

Sleep Disturbances Influenced By Socioeconomic Status, Gender And Marital Status

After Extreme Sleep Deprivation, Caffeine Intake Prevents Risk Taking

Retirement Study: Hypertension Among Lower-Status Employees Lingers Well Into Retirement

New York Times Examines Varying Definitions Of 'Pandemic'

Opinion: Second-Line ARVs In India; PEPFAR Funding

Medicare Payments Get Attention In House Democrats' Plan

Seniors Seek Help With Medicare's 'Doughnut Hole'

Fate Of Tiller's Clinic Expected To Be Decided This Week

Blogs Comment On Need For Abortion Providers, Antiabortion-Rights Protests, Other Topics

Lower Relationship Satisfaction In Both Women And Men Reported Following Poor Sleep

Sleep Difficulties May Occur With Parental Presence At Bedtime

Abbott Announces New EAS(R) Myoplex(R) Strength Formula Nutrition Shake And Debuts Bottle Packaging

Abbott And AstraZeneca Extend Relationship To Include Co-promotion Of TRILIPIX(R) (fenofibric Acid)

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

Studies Show AFRESA(R) Controls Post-Meal Sugar Levels With Less Weight Gain And Hypoglycemia Risk For Diabetes Patients

AFRESA(R) Phase 3 Pulmonary Function Safety Data In Patients With Diabetes Presented At ADA

New Health Secretary Has Opportunity For Change, Says British Dental Association

Alzheimer's Society Comments On New Alzheimer's Test

Going To Work When Sick May Lead To Future Absences

When Young Men Are Scarce, They're More Likely To Play The Field Than To Propose

Link Between Dioxins In Food Chain And Breastfeeding Ills

Moms, Tell Your Kids If You Have Done Drugs

New Method For Breast Cancer Biomarker Discovery Developed By VBI Researchers

Indian Government Delays Implementation Of Ruling For Graphic Images To Appear On Tobacco Products

Times Of Zambia/allAfrica.com Examines Maternal Mortality, Abortion

House Health Bill To Include Public Plan, Insurers Resisting

Senate Could Vote Today On Tougher Tobacco Legislation

Editorials And Opinions

Opinion Pieces Discuss Violence Against Abortion Providers, Future Of Profession

Royal College Of Physicians' Report - Women And Medicine - The Future

'Crisis In Masculinity' Leads To Eating Disorders In Straight Men

WFP Welcomes International Support For Emergency Operation In Pakistan

Bullied Children 'Four Times More Likely To Develop Psychosis'

DIA 45th Annual Meeting Features Sessions Highlighting Wyeth V. Levine And Pandemic Influenza

National Audit Office Report On Supporting Adults With Autism

Association Between Rheumatoid Arthritis And Poor Sleep In Women

New Study Highlights Monstrous Cost Of Smoking To UK, Says Heart Charity

Sleep Fragmentation, Rather Than Timing Of Sleep Causes Exhaustion In First-Time Moms

Greater Cardiovascular Risk With Small LDL

Autism Care Provider Welcomes NAO Report On Supporting Adults With Autism And Calls On Government To Take Immediate Action

Philips Announces World's Smallest Multiplane Transesophageal Transducer

Philips Expands Home Healthcare Commitment With Portable Life-support Ventilator

A Bidirectional Relationship Between Chronic Stress And Sleep Problems shown by study

Tool For Fast Pandemic Detection To Fight Swine Flu

"lab-On-A-Chip" Technology Advances Colorectal Cancer Screening

Latest Arizona State University-Southwest Poll Reveals A Focus On Health-Care Issues

Report On Contaminated Drinking Water At Camp Lejeune

Development Of Prototype Scanner Designed To Help Police Identify Criminals Carrying Guns And Knives

Reduce Exposure To Mosquitoes This Summer

Using Vitamin C To Stop Diabetes Damage

NHSC Offers Loan Repayment Money For Primary Care Providers In Alabama

WHO, UNICEF Say Vitamin A, Deworming Interventions Safe, In Response To Alleged Deaths, Sickness In Bangladesh

One Stop Breast Clinics Best For Women

Study Finds Conflict-Affected Countries Receive Less Money For Reproductive Health

New Workshops Launched For Gay Men With HIV, UK

Health Reform Plans Grab Spotlight As Specifics Emerge

Surgeon General Releases Call To Action To Promote Healthy Homes

Minority Lawmakers Call For 'Aggressive Solutions' To Health Disparities

Factors Affecting Benefit/Harm Of Intensive Glucose Control In Type 2 Diabetes Reported

Low Blood Glucose Levels Do Not Explain Excess Deaths In Accord Trial

Oregon House Passes Preemptive Health Reform Bills

Body Chemistry May Identify Type 2 Risk, UK

Salon Opinion Piece Questions Obama's Pick To Head Office Of Faith-Based And Community Partnerships

Stable Marriage Is Linked With Better Sleep In Women

FSU Study Links 'Warrior Gene' To Gang Membership, Weapon Use

Receptiveness To Positive Emotion Increased By Naps With Rapid Eye Movement Sleep

Roche To Commence Phase III Trials With Innovative Treatment Designed To Lower Cardiovascular Risk In Diabetes Patients With Recent Heart Attack

DOR BioPharma Receives EMEA Agreement On The Design Of Its Confirmatory Phase 3 Clinical Trial Of OrBec(R) In GI GVHD

Isis Highlights New Data On Antisense Drugs To Treat Type 2 Diabetes And Obesity At ADA Scientific Sessions

Merz Pharmaceuticals Announce Three Studies Of NT-201 - (Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A Free From Complexing Proteins)

Study Results Present Efficacy And Safety Findings From The PHIRST-1 Study Of Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Pharmasset Initiates Phase 1b Multiple Ascending Dose Clinical Trial Of PSI-7851 In Chronic Hepatitis C Patients

ISTA Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Results For Phase 2 Study Of Low-Dose Bromfenac In Dry Eye Disease

Researchers Find How A Common Genetic Mutation Makes Cancer Radiation Resistant

Research Team Formally Develops Quality Indicators To Assess Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Embryology Study Offers Clues To Birth Defects

Study Details Quality Of Life For Prostate Cancer Patients Four Years Out From Treatment

Heart Age Could Help Revolutionise CVD Risk Management

Friendly Societies Back Pharmacist Support Service

Research In Adolescent Addiction Supported By Early Stimulus Funding

Mental Health America Honors Senators Edward M. Kennedy, Pete Domenici For Mental Health Leadership

Earliest Possible Causes Of Autism Studied By NIH Autism Center Of Excellence Network

UCSF Nurses To Picket Hospital Over "Dangerous" New Staffing Policies

RN Leader To Testify At Congressional Hearing Wednesday On Single-Payer Healthcare Reform

California Lawmaker Introduces Legislation To Support National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Foreign Patients At Biggest Risk From NHS Jargon

Global Walk To End World Hunger

Geography And History Shape Genetic Differences In Humans

Doctors Urge MPs To Support Measures That Will Protect Children From Tobacco Addiction

Welsh Assembly Government Written Statement - Swine Influenza, Wales

Leading Meningitis Charity Calls For Recognition For Carers

Pharming Receives Agreement On Paediatric Investigation Plan For Rhucin(R) From The EMEA Paediatric Committee

Jellyfish Shed Fluorescent Light On How The Brain Works

Babies Need Cuddles, Love And Stimulation To Aid Healthy Brains

Effective Over-the-Counter Prostate Cancer Test Kit Likely In Next Few Years

New Analysis Shows Efficacy Of SIMPONI(TM) (golimumab) In Anti-TNF Experienced Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Data Demonstrated ACTEMRA(R) (tocilizumab) Significantly Inhibited Progression Of Structural Joint Damage In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Landmark Study Published In New England Journal Of Medicine

Jazz Pharmaceuticals To Present Data From First Phase III Study Of Sodium Oxybate In Patients With Fibromyalgia

Clinical Pharmacology Study With AZILECT(R) (Rasagiline Tablets) Demonstrated It Does Not Increase Tyramine Sensitivity

Printing New Organs: Foundation Funds Medical Technology That Replicates Human Tissue

CEL-SCI Expands Testing Of Its Vaccine To Determine Efficacy Against More Virulent Strain Of H1N1 Swine And Other Influenza Viruses

Arete Therapeutics Presents Positive Clinical And Preclinical Data For AR9281

Results From Phase 1 Clinical Study Of PEG-PAL In PKU And Update On Phase 2 Clinical Study

California HIV/AIDS Advocates Continue To Protest Proposed Funding Cuts

Well Before Symptoms Appear A Fatal Brain Disease Is At Work

Enzyme Necessary For DNA Synthesis Can Also Erase DNA

MDRNA, Inc. Receives Full FDA Approval Of Generic Calcitonin-Salmon Nasal Spray For Osteoporosis

Consumers Confused About Sugars, Scientists Say

Life-Saving Cardiac Rehabilitation

MIT 1000 Rapid Microbial Identification System Receives AOAC Research Institute Listeria Performance Test Method Certification

Following Pediatric Concussion Experts Stipulate - No Sports, No Schoolwork, No Text Messaging

Nicotine's Double Role In Lung Cancer

Regional Center For Biodefense And Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Funded By NIH

Working To Boost The Effectiveness Of The Flu Vaccine

Fibromyalgia: Doctor Offers Unbiased Overview In New Book

Academy Publishes New Volume Of Essays Examining The Use Of fMRI To Recognize Deceit

CSIRO Deal To Commercialize 'Artificial Gut'

Earlier Commencement Of Antiretroviral Therapy Yields Better Clinical Outcomes

New Alternatives For Bone Imaging Could Be On The Horizon

Launch Of New BioInterfaces Research Program

Potential Medical Applications For Interactive Data Eyeglasses

DNA Binding Compound That Kills Bacteria In 2 Minutes Could Lead To New Antibiotics

Possible Link Between Pregnancy, The Flu And Schizophrenia

A Novel Approach For Treating Cognitive Impairments Identified By Animal Model For Schizophrenia

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