Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 12 June 2009

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Friday 12 June 2009

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

UK researchers who asked over 700 patients and members of the public to pick out a diagram that showed the correct location of the human heart found that less than half of them were able to do so...
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New Lupus Drug Showed Positive Results In Trial Said Manufacturer

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A phase 2 trial of the drug belimumab in patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) showed positive results, according to the drug company. Human Genome Sciences (HGS) of Rockville, Maryland, USA, told...
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WHO Raises Pandemic Alert To Phase 6, Director General Gives Speech

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced it has raised the level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 5 to phase 6, following an emergency meeting yesterday by WHO scientists in Geneva to assess the available...
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Senior Scientist Cautions On The Label For Homeopathic Product

Role Of MRI In Targeting Prostate Cancer In Patients With Previous Negative Biopsies And Elevated Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels

What Is Embolism? What Are The Different Types Of Embolism?

What Is Endoscopy? What Is An Endoscope?

New Cognitive Screening Test For Detecting Early Dementia

Risk Of Discrimination For Individuals With Family History Of Genetic Disease

Other Medical and Health News for 12 June*

Genetically Elevated Levels Of Lipoprotein Associated With Increased Risk Of Heart Attack

Donor Stem Cell Transplantation Associated With Survival Benefit For Patients With Leukemia

Dose-Reduction Techniques Associated With Decreased Amount Of Radiation Exposure From Cardiac Scans Without Impairing Image Quality

Two Studies Find Patients Have Lower Health-Related Quality Of Life After Cancer Diagnosis

Government Targets Interfere With The Battle Against Superbugs, Says British Medical Association

Australia: Face Mask That Kills Swine Flu Readied For Australian Pandemic Fight

Doctor Works To Reduce Cancer Burden In Africa

New Algorithm For Ruptured Aneurysms Improves Mortality Rate

Minimally Invasive Stent Treatment Aids Chronic Venous Insufficiency

Cardiologist Urges People To Get Informed About Angioplasty

Fenestrated Endografts Prove Viable Alternative To Open Surgery

Jumping Genes Discovery "Challenges Current Assumptions"

Low-Fat Diet Helps Genetically Predisposed Animals Avoid Liver Cancer

Gene Therapy Technique Thwarts Cancer By Cutting Off Tumor Blood Supply

New Research At University Of Leicester Offers Hope For Heart And Cancer Treatments

The Publics' Ignorance Of Anatomy Revealed By Study

Significant Health Benefits Demonstrated By A Red-Wine Polyphenol Called Resveratrol

Proteomics Technology To Focus On Neurological Complications Of HIV

'Virtual World' Training For Public Health Emergencies Evaluated By UIC

What Is The Relationship Between Hepatocellular Carcinoma And Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus?

Senate Will Vote On Tobacco Bill Today

Patient Upside Murky In Drug-Price Cases

New Software Experiment Seeks To Improve Care For 25 Diabetics

Antiabortion-Rights Group Operation Rescue Considering Purchase Of Tiller's Clinic

Gene Can Help Predict Chemotherapy Outcomes For Breast Cancer Patients, Study Shows

Kessler Foundation Research Center Study Provides Insight Into One Of The Most Challenging Symptoms Following A Traumatic Brain Injury

VIA Pharmaceuticals Meets With FDA To Discuss Next Steps For VIA-2291 And Phase 3 Outcome Trial In Cardiovascular Disease

Medivation Completes Enrollment In Confirmatory, Pivotal Phase 3 'CONNECTION' Trial Of Dimebon In Patients With Alzheimer's Disease

Human Genome Sciences Reports Positive Long-Term Data For BENLYSTA(TM) (Formerly LymphoStat-B(R)) In Patients With Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

New Phase 3 Data Continue To Indicate That Wyeth's Investigational 13-valent Vaccine Has The Potential To Cover Against Pneumococcal Disease

FDA Advisory Committee Votes In Favor Of Zyprexa For Two Adolescent Indications

Neurim Pharmaceuticals Reports Long Term Efficacy And Safety For Circadin(R) For Insomnia In Elderly Patients

STAAR Surgical Receives FDA Clearance For The Epiphany(TM) Injector System

As Flu Pandemic Declared, Leaders Must Focus On Poor Countries To Avert 'Bleaker Picture'

IDRI Makes Its Adjuvant Available To Increase Global Supply Of Pandemic Vaccines

Actuaries Weigh In On Ways To Address Risk Exposures And Challenges With The U.S. Health Care System

Kaiser Permanente Calls For Health Policy Support And Community Advocacy To Curb Childhood Obesity

New Image Survey Reveals 'Perception Is Reality' When It Comes To Teenagers With Acne

Senate Bill To Protect Patients' Healthcare By Amending Medicare Coverage

Are Angiotensins Involved In The Hemodynamic Changes Of Cirrhosis Patients?

World Economic Forum On Africa Begins; Reports Examine African Development

Administration To Pitch Health Reform In "Model" Community

CBO Director May Help Determine Fate Of Health Care

Putting A Price Tag On Reform Spreads Unease

Canadians Watch U.S. Reform Effort Closely

Medicare Payment Rates Cause Concern

NEJM Examines Several Health Issues In Perspective Pieces

FDA Recommends Gardasil Recipients Sit, Lie Down After Receiving Vaccination

Tiller's Patients, Not Critics, Should Be Ones To 'Define His Memory,' Opinion Piece Says

First Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Southern Illinois

Expansion Of Program To Combat Childhood Obesity - Illinois Dept. Of Public Health

First Bird In Illinois Tests Positive For West Nile Virus

California Warns Consumers Not To Eat Seng Chen PiMei Candy

DoH Confirms First Cases Of NOVEL H1N1 Influenza A On The Island Of Kaua'i, Hawai'i

Safe Kids Kansas Reminds Parents That Hot Weather And Vehicles Can Be A Deadly Combination For Kids

Households Go Hungry As Financial Crisis Bites

Stroke Patients Who Have Swallowing Problems Less Likely To Develop Chest Infections Thanks To New Technology

24 New Swine Flu Cases In Mississippi

H1N1 (Swine) Flu Cases Escalate In Rhode Island, USA

Cooperativity Of TMPRSS2-ERGwith PI3-Kinase Pathway Activation In Prostate Oncogenesis

Discovery Of Association Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea And Weight Gain

Altus Pharmaceuticals Reports Dosing First Patient In A Phase 2 Trial Of ALTU-238 For Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency

Acceleron To Present ACE-031 Preclinical Study Results As Treatment For Loss Of Muscle Mass And Function

Xcelience Reduces Time To Phase I Studies By 17 Weeks Using API Into Capsule Services

Low Blood Glucose Levels Do Not Explain Excess Deaths In Accord Trial - Converse Is True: Higher Death Risk With Higher A1C

PharmaCom BioVet To File With FDA In Order To Perform Clinical Trials - Cancer Treatment For Canines

If You Have Taken Flomax(R), Tell Your Ophthalmologist BEFORE Having Cataract Surgery

New Consumer Information On Cataracts, Eye Infections Available On American Academy Of Ophthalmology's EyeSmart(TM) Web Site

A Breakthrough In Gastric Carcinogenesis

1/4 Of Patients On Highest Investigational Doses Of CP-690,550 Achieve ACR70 At Week 12

Screening For Left Ventricular Dysfunction May Have Less Value Than Thought

WHO Declares H1N1 Virus Spread A Pandemic

Also In Global Health: Text Messages For Health; Chagas Disease; Infant, Maternal Mortality In Botswana; Community Health Progs In Africa; Swaziland

Co-Operative Public Plan Offers Hope For Bipartisan Bill

Long Term Care Insurance Receives Attention

Democrat Bill, FTC Examine Ways To Drive Down Health Care Costs

A Selection Of Recent Studies And Surveys

The Pressure Is On For African Americans With Hypertension

First Anchorage Novel H1N1 confirmed, Alaska

Warmer Weather Brings Health Concerns, Iowa

Senate Republicans Ask For More Background On Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor

Opposition To Abortion Rights Declining Among Black Voters, Opinion Pieces States

BMA Scotland GP Leader Calls On Scottish Government To Listen, Support And Work With GPs To Help Improve Patient Care

The Automation Partnership's First Project To Automate Manufacture Of 3D Tissue Constructs

New Research Into Treatment Availability For People With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, UK

Availability Of Diagnostic Tests Drive Success In Hospitalist-Run Short-Stay Units

Teenagers - Find Out If You're Healthy, Online Quiz

Bariatric Surgery Increases Fracture Risk

Statistical Press Notice - Direct Access Audiology Referral To Treatment (RTT) Times Data March 2009, UK

The Spelling Mistake In The Genetic Code That Causes A Type Of Ovarian Cancer

Breakthrough Could Lead To New Antimicrobial Drugs

Research Shows BPA May Cause Heart Disease In Women

Motor Neuron Differentiation Specified By 2 Signals -- From Within And Out Of Cell

Stem Cell Transplant Study Shows Promise For Multiple Sclerosis

Quick-Reference Handbook Provides 'Evidence-Based Endocrinology' Recommendations

New Data Showed Cimzia(R) Provided Rapid And Sustained Clinical Response, And Reinforces Need For Rapid-acting Treatments For RA

WHO And EFA Call For Global Action On Chronic Respiratory Disease

ENT And Allergy Initiates A 'First Of Its Kind' Self-Insured Medical Malpractice Program

Cegedim Dendrite Launches Innovative COUNTERxFEIT DETECT Program

Alexion's Soliris(R) Receives 2009 Prix Galien France For Most Innovative Drug For Rare Disease

Emergent BioSolutions Receives FDA Approval Extending Shelf Life Of BioThrax (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) To 4 Years

Clinical Study Shows Value Of Nexstim's Navigated Brain Stimulation (NBS) In Eloquent Cortex Surgery

Biothera Launches Clinical Trial In KRAS-Mutated Colorectal Cancer Patients

Fort Myers, Fla.-Based Health Clinic Receives $1.4M Federal Grant For HIV/AIDS Services

National Survey Looks At HIV/AIDS In South Africa

AMA Opposes Public Insurance Plan, As Obama Prepares Reform Pitch

The Importance Of Sleep In Regulating Emotional Responses

AVI BioPharma, Inc. To Present At 7th Annual Biodefense Vaccines & Therapeutics Conference In Washington, D.C.

New Drug For Muscular Dystrophy Promises Benefit Without Risk Of Infection

Shedding Light On Age Effects In Arthritis

Former Patient With Polio Makes Signficant Financial Gift To Foundation For Physical Therapy

Scientists Counteract Nanoparticle Lung Damage In Mice

American Physical Therapy Association Endorses The Ness L300™ Foot Drop System

What Makes An Angry Fly?

Placenta Harmed By Cocaine And Heroin

2009/037 Update On NICE Appraisal Of Drugs For Alzheimer's Disease Following Court Of Appeal Ruling

New Way That Cells Fix Damage To DNA Discovered By Team Led By Scripps Research Scientists

Report Calls For Significant Changes To Ease Regulatory Bureaucracy

HSE Warns Employers To Safeguard Employees After Worker Suffers Double-Fracture To Finger, UK

Minister Brady Launches Pilot Project On Elder Mediation, Ireland

New Data Shows Requip-Modutab Improves Nocturnal Symptoms In Patients With Advanced Parkinson's Disease

Scientists Open The Door To Future 2-in-1 Breast Cancer Treatments

Report On The Experience Of Patients In Black And Minority Ethnic Groups, UK

Update Of Patient Experience PSA Scores, UK

MabThera To Reduce The Progression Of Joint Damage When Used As A First-line Biologic Treatment In RA

Future Proofing Equality: Harriet Harman MP To Launch RADAR People Of The Year Awards 2009, UK

Arizona ADAP Cuts Number Of Medications Covered Under Program

Zimbabwean PM To Meet With Clinton, Obama In Appeal For Foreign Aid

Infighting Among Dems On Health Care Reform

NHLBI Funds Global Centers On Chronic Diseases And Collaborates With UnitedHealth Group

'SEE-ing' The Difference: Evaluation Shows $167 Million Investment Improves Community Mental Health System, But Many Still In Need

Antidepressants: Preliminary Report Published

Most Complete Picture Of North American Industrial Pollution Presented In Latest Trinational Report

Link Between Snoring In Pregnancy And Increased Risk For Gestational Diabetes

RCN Responds To NHS Confederation Warning On The Downturn, UK

Potential Shown In Breast Cancer Biomarker

Predicting Tamoxifen Resistance In Patients

Paving Way For Treatments To Delay Early Multiple Births

ANA Eager For Debate On Healthcare Reform Bill Introduced In Senate

New Family-Focused Model Of Depression Care Needed To Minimize Risks And Problems For Parents With Depression And Their Children

Anti Nausea Drug Deemed Safe For Fetuses: Ben-Gurion U.

More Community Health Care Now, That's The Remedy For Our Ailing Hospitals, Australia

FDA Classifies Previously Announced Medtronic Physician Advisory On Small Subset Of Kappa And Sigma Pacemakers As Class I Recall

Study: Breastfeeding May Reduce Likelihood Of Postpartum MS Attacks

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain's Council Officers For 2009/10 Elected

Cancer Therapeutics, Inc.'s Partner NanoTherapies, Inc. Utilizes Revolutionary Solution For Disrupting And Treating Cancer

Kai Sensors Receives FDA Clearance For Its Wireless, Non-Contact Respiratory Device

Advisory: If You Have Taken Flomax(R), Tell Your Ophthalmologist BEFORE Having Cataract Surgery

Hundreds Gather For California Rally Protesting Proposed Cuts To HIV/AIDS Programs

G8 Off Track On Aid Commitments To Africa; France, Italy Responsible For 80% Of Shortfall, Report Says

Obama "Flexible" On All But One Issue: Passing A Reform Bill

£400,000 Birthday Boost For Alzheimer's Society

Pitt School Of Nursing Faculty Inducted Into American Academy Of Nursing

Leading Authority On Alzheimer's Disease To Present At Community Lecture

Rapid Methods To Detect Microorganisms In Food: K-State To Host Workshop

United To Fight Child Hunger Across The World

Physicians To Discuss Health Consequences Of Climate Change

Accouncing The Leading European Congress On Cardiac Arrhythmias And Pacing: EUROPACE 2009

Breast MRI Shows It's Not The Size Of The Lymph Node That Signals Spread Of Cancer

Discovery May Revolutionize Therapy In Muscular Dystrophy And Other Skeletal Muscle Disorders

MCG Dental Student Places First In National Research Competition

The Melanoma Research Alliance Awards Nearly Two Million Dollars In Research Grants That Address The Gap In Translational Science

The Integration Of The Nellcor™ OxiMax™ SpO2 System Into Philips Patient Monitors Announced By Covidien

Alzheimer's Society Response To The Publication Of Revised NICE Guidance On Alzheimer's Treatments, UK

Comprehensive Review On Sulfonylureas In The Latest Issue Of Diabetic Hypoglycemia (09 June 2009)

In Order To Minimize Risks, A New Family-Focused Model Of Depression Care Is Needed

NICE Acknowledge Alzheimer's Model Faulty, But Do Not Plan To Change Reccomendations, UK

DrugScope Welcomes APHO Report On Drug Use In England

Pharmacists Have Solution To Address White House's Economic Case For Health Care Reform

Politicians Must Face Reality Of Tough NHS Financial Future, Says The King's Fund

RCN Welcomes EU-wide Agreement On Medical Sharps Injuries

In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Models, Novel DNA Vaccine Leads To Kidney Damage Prevention

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