Medical News Today: Health News for Tuesday 23 June 2009

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Tuesday 23 June 2009

Smoking Linked To Brain Damage, New Study

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Research led by scientists in India suggests there is a direct link between smoking and brain damage whereby a compound in tobacco that turns into a cancer-causing chemical once it has been through the body's metabolism...
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Being Overweight Is A Health Concern, BMI Is Only Part Of The Story

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Being overweight is a health concern, but Body Mass Index doesn't tell the whole story because it is part of a larger picture, says a new advisory by the American Heart Association published this month. Lead author Dr Cora E...
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Among Older People, Lessening Social Activity Linked To Decline In Motor Functions Such As Dexterity And Strength

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new study from the US suggests that the less socially active an older person is, the higher the chances that their motor ability such as strength and dexterity will decline. The study was the work of Dr Aron S...
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What Are Warts? What Causes Warts?

What Is Shingles? What Causes Shingles?

30% drop in heart disease deaths in Canada over a decade

Other Medical and Health News for 23 June*

Deaths From Heart Disease In Canada Decreased 30 Percent: 10-year National Study

Healthcare Leader Speaks Out On Latest Hospital "Epidemic"

UK's Leading Dental Health Charity Welcomes Review Of NHS Dentistry

AARP Thanks President, Senate Leaders For Helping To Close The "Doughnut Hole"

Number Of EGDC Users Surge

Saint John's Spine Surgeon Uses ILIF Procedure To Treat Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

The Alliance For The Advancement Of Adult Stem Cell Therapy And Research Announces Successful Treatment Of End-Stage Heart Disease With Stem Cells

Enzon Commences Phase II Trial Of PEG-SN38

Utah Bill Would Offer Parents Choice Of Two Sex Education Options

Study Advises Chinese Government To Change Fuel In Millions Of Households

"Body-count" Processing Must End At VA, Says The American Legion

Swine Flu Media Bulletin Issued At: 11am Monday 22 June 2009, Wales

Brain Represents Tools As Temporary Body Parts, Study Confirms

Intensive In-Hospital Support Doubles Likelihood Of Smoking Cessation In Heart Patients

Here Comes The Sun: Don't Forget To Stay Cool

Bioengineers Develop A Microfabricated Device To Measure Cellular Forces During Tissue Development

Dad's Early Connection With Child 'Writes Script' For Later School Involvement

Would You Know What To Do In A Mental Health Emergency?

Alterations In Brain's White Matter Key To Schizophrenia, UCLA Study Shows

National Falls Awareness Day - 23rd June 2009

Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Pioneer's Helium Suicide

'Green' Fireworks May Brighten Eco-Friendly 4th Of July Displays In Future

DH Autism Advisor Calls On All To Help Shape National Autism Strategy At Brookdale Care Conference

Tumor Suppressor Gene In Flies May Provide Insights For Human Brain Tumors

Study Offers First Look At Effects Of Genetic Copy Number Variation On Volatile Anesthetics

A Urine Test For Appendicitis?

Statement By HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius And HHS Agencies On The Signing Of The Family Smoking Prevention And Tobacco Control Act

Sticker Shock Threatens To Stall Health Care Overhaul

Various Players Offer Views On Reform

Six Words More Than Enough For Senate Battle

A Selection Of Editorials And Opinions

Florida-Based Organization Encourages Black Women To Be Tested For HIV

HIV Testing Kits To Be Distributed To Residents In Washington, D.C., This Week

Abortion-Rights Opponents Continue Protests At Tiller's Clinic

Terry O'Neill Elected New "National Organization for Women" President

Also In Global Health News: Venezuela Voids Pharma Patents; Namibia Sanitation; Mapping Disease With Satellites; Zimbabwe Health Funding

Ban Ki-Moon Calls On Governments To Eradicate Polio

Gpx5: Sperm Shouldn't Leave The Testes Without This Protein

MMR Information Systems Pursues International Patent Applications On Anti-CD20 Antibodies

Figuring Out Who Will Benefit Most From A New Therapy For Multiple Sclerosis

Acsys Interactive: Empowering Patients And Clinicians To Co-Produce Quality Care

Trapping Immune Cells In The Uterus Prevents Anti-fetal Immunity

Drinking Milk In The Morning May Help Stave Off Lunchtime Hunger

Diabetes Week 2009 - A Great Success, UK

Caucasians Are At Higher Risk Of Developing Ewing's Sarcoma Than Other Races

Study Finds Cancer Is The Second Most Frequent Cause Of Death In Individuals With Schizophrenia

Néovacs To Expand Clinical Testing Of Its TNF-alpha Kinoid Lead Product Candidate Following Positive Preliminary Findings From A Phase I/II Study

Historic Day For Health Care, Nurses And Midwives - ANF Welcomes Legislation To Increase Access To Quality Health Care

House Democrats Push Their Health Reform Plan

Ads Highlight Different Aspects Of Health Reform Debate

Polls Show Americans Struggling To Pay For Health Care

Insurers Revoke Plans To Avoid Paying For Patients With High Costs

Doctor's Vision For Health Reform: Videochat

New Online Tool Maps HIV, AIDS Prevalence By County, Other Statistics

Senate Confirms Goosby As U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator

Sotomayor Resigns From Women's Group

Two Studies Report Finding New Genes And Gene Regions That Make People Susceptible To MS

Closely Supervised Foster Care Linked With Reduced Pregnancy Rates For Delinquent Teens, Study Says

Drop In Access To Abortion Would Reward Antiabortion-Rights Violence, Opinion Piece Says

To Stop Spread Of HIV, Prevention Campaigns In China Targeting Sex Workers, MSM

Ghana Launches Public-Private Partnership To Control Malaria

Terrence Higgins Trust Looks For New Members To Join 'Telling It Straight' - A Support Group For Heterosexual People Living With HIV In Sussex

U.N. Calls For Increased Commitment To Help Vulnerable Countries Prepare For Natural Disaster

Campaign Countdown For Voices Of Industry

Local Researcher Shows Botox Clears Up Acne!

WorldCare Clinical Implements MCC's Imaging Performance Metrics In Support Of Standardized Peformance For Imaging Trials

Larvae Shun The Light

American Red Cross And ArcelorMittal Launch "Creating Safer Communities" Program

News Conference: Physicians Invite President Obama To Texas' Border To See Health Care Delivery System

Mental Health America Applauds Numerous Provisions In House Health Care Reform Bill

Hospitals Receive AHA Award For Improving Community Health Through Effective Collaborative Projects

ACOG Launches New Menopause Website

As Obama Wades Into Health Debate, Tough Choices Await

Can Health Coops Do The Job Of A Public Plan?

Take Precautions To Prevent Heat Illnesses

Parents Struggle With Costs Of Their Children's Autism Care

At Veterans Affairs Hospital, A Rogue Cancer Unit

Lawmakers Address Nurse And Primary Care Physician Shortages

Dietitians Association Of Australia Welcomes New President

RCN Launches New Sexual Health Skills Framework

More Research Needed To Help Workers With Upper Limb Disorders

Health Canada Is Warning Canadians Not To Use Clean Testing HIV Home Test Kit, Or Any Home HIV Test Kit

Consultation And Piloting Vital To Success Of Reforms Says BDA

Houston Effort Seeks To Screen 15,000 Young Adults For HIV

Nine In Ten Survive Early Stage Bowel Cancer

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Calls For World To Do More To Protect Refugees

FDA Warns Consumers Not To Eat California Prime Produce And Orange County Orchards Brands Of Pistachios

Physicians Frequently Fail To Inform Patients About Abnormal Test Results

Higher Drinking Age Linked To Less Binge Drinking...except In College Students

Children's Hospital Oakland Scientists First To Discover New Source For Harvesting Stem Cells

Cancer: A Silver Lining?

Research Considers Lean Mass Better For Developing Bones

Stroke Second Most Common Cause Of Death

Secondary Prevention: Aspirin Combined With Dipyridamole Just As Effective As Clopidogrel; Endarterectomy Safer Than Angioplasty

Thrombolysis: An Enlarged Treatment Window And Stent Support Open Possibilities For More Patients

Multiple Sclerosis: Hope Through New Oral Therapeutics

Fingolimod And Cladribine: Two New Oral Substances Show Promising Results In Current Clinical Trials For MS Therapy

More Attention To Non-motor Manifestations Of Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's Disease As A Risk Factor For Compulsive Gambling And Impulse Control Disorders

Major Study Highlights Weight Differences Among 3-19 Year-olds With Type 1 And 2 Diabetes

Do Viruses Make Bacteria More Deadly? - Research Examines ' Superbug' C. Difficile

Faculty Of 1000 Praised By Wellcome Trust

Merck Serono Initiates Phase III Study Of Stimuvax In Breast Cancer

A Call For Research On The Emerging Influenza Pandemic

Understanding Language, Behaviour And Cognition

Alzheimer, Headache & Co.: Detecting Neurological Illnesses Better And Earlier

Coma, Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State: Frequent Misdiagnoses And Inconsistent Standards In Europe Pose Ethical Problems

Rotherham Nurse Raises Alarm Over Infant Medicine Feeder

Prize Winning Research Could Bring Relief To 3.5 Million Denture Stomatitis (Oral Thrush) Sufferers

Amicus Therapeutics Commences Phase 3 Trial Evaluating Amigal(TM) For The Treatment Of Fabry Disease

Biomodels' Oral Mucositis Expertise Speeds FDA Approval For ActoGeniX's Phase 1b Trial Of AGO13 In Cancer Patients

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Holds 15th Annual Connect Conference In Atlanta

Clinical Studies Validate Cancer Gene Delivery Platform: Landmark Publication Confirms Rexin-G Effectively Targets Metastatic Cancers

Boomers: Tips On How To Exercise Safely

Transcend Medical Raises $35 Million Series B Round Towards Development Of Novel Glaucoma Treatment

Exosome Diagnostics And DxS Diagnostic Innovations Collaborate To Develop Blood-Based Tests For Key Cancer Mutations

Hospital Bedside Technology Solution Results In 74 Percent Reduction In Heart Failure Readmission Rate

Skin And Skin Structure Infections Are The Second Most Common Diagnoses For Which An Antibiotic Is Used In The Hospital Setting

Oncothyreon Announces Initiation Of Phase 3 Trial Of Stimuvax In Breast Cancer

Knocking The Wind Out Of Asthmatics: Help From Hippocrates

Providence Tarzana Surgeon First In U.S. To Use New State-of-the-Art Imaging Tool

Potent Inhibitor Blocks Tumors From Metastasizing

Fighting TB Might Be A Matter Of 'Flipping A Switch" In Immune Response

Less Frequent Social Activity Linked To More Rapid Loss Of Motor Function In Older Adults

HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Senate Confirmation Of Assistant Secretary For Health Dr. Howard Koh

HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Release Of $6 Billion In New CHIP Funds To Insure Children

New Medicare Nursing Home Guidance To Include Quality Of Life And Environment Requirements

FDA Extends Review Period For Eurand's ZENPEPTM Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy

Novel Compounds May Help Protect Against Respiratory Depression

Based On New Study, Tobacco Control Researchers Call On FDA To Require Complete Disclosure From Tobacco Companies Of Changes Made To Cigarettes

Stem Cell Discovery May Bring Tissue Repair Closer

Alphatec Spine Reaches Milestone Of OsseoFix Adoption

Safety-Critical Software Put Under Scrutiny

Drive For Good Quality Medicines, Foods Reinforced By USP Agreements With Chinese Drug Authorities

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Awards Prestigious Fellowships To 17 Top Young Scientists

BioClinica Advances Standards Support At DIA 2009

New Book: 'Smallpox -- The Death Of A Disease'

New Book: 'Punishment And Prisons' -- Leading Criminologist Argues For A New Way Of Thinking

Region's Top Psychologists To Share Research In Sheffield

World MRSA Day Momentum Builds In The US And The UK

Adults With Asthma Not Getting Their Flu Shots - At-Risk Population Under Vaccinated

PharmaMar Announces The Initiation Of Phase I Clinical Trials With PM1183, A New Antitumor Compound

Expedition To Mount Everest Offers New Insights Into Chronic Disease

GENOMICA Is Designing A Quick Diagnostic Test For The New Swine Flu A

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