Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 25 September 2009

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Friday 25 September 2009

What Is Mouth Cancer? What Causes Mouth Cancer? What Is Oral Cancer?

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Mouth cancer has the same meaning as oral cancer - it is cancer that occurs in any part of the mouth; on the tongue's surface, in the lips, inside the cheek, in the gums, in the roof and floor of the mouth, in the tonsils...
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Routine Prostate Cancer Screening With PSA Test: Insufficient Evidence

Written by Stephanie Brunner

Two papers published on bmj.com today report that there is unsatisfactory evidence to support population-wide screening for prostate cancer using the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test...
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Modest Benefit Of Surgery Compared To Non-Surgical Treatment

Written by Stephanie Brunner

An article in this week's Surgery Special Issue of The Lancet reports that surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome in patients (without an indication of severe nerve damage known as denervation) provides better outcomes than non-surgical treatment...
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Benefits Of Using A Drain After Surgery To Release Subdural Haematoma

Other Medical and Health News for 25 September*

Chao Center Donates Medications To Combat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

CIGNA Offers Assistance To Customers Affected By Georgia Floods

Reverse Medical Corporation Receives FDA IDE Clinical Study Approval For The ReStoreTM Microcatheter

HSE Increases Flexibility Of First Aid At Work Training Regime, UK

New Zealand Officals Share Lessons With Their HSE Counterparts

School Fruit And Vegetables Tested For Pesticide Residues, UK

First 2009 Pesticide Residue Figures Released

Pesticide Residues Committee Publish 2008 Annual Report, UK

NEVO™ Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent Associated With Significantly Less Chest Pain At Six Months Than Taxus(R) Liberte(R) Stent

NIH "Pioneer" And "Innovator" Awards Go To Johns Hopkins Scientists

American College Of Physicians Launches Ethics Case Studies Series On MedscapeCME

European Medicines Agency Recommends Authorisation Of Two Vaccines For Influenza Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

New Paper From Internists Calls For Increased Role For FDA

FDA Ban On Flavored Cigarettes A Strong First Step Under Family Smoking Prevention And Tobacco Control Act

National Academy Of Neuropsychology (NAN) And National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Team Up On Campaign To Raise Concussion Awareness

Active Biotech's Prostate Cancer Project TASQ Featured In British Journal Of Cancer

EnWave Announces Successful Test Results For Antibodies Using FreezeREV Dehydration Technology

2nd Annual Oncology Market And Patient Access Conference, 14-15 December 2009, Prague, Czech Republic

Researchers Find Drug That Reverses Resistance To Chemotherapy In Pancreatic Cancer

Excess Body Weight Causes Over 124,000 New Cancers A Year In Europe

Cervical Cancer Could Be Eradicated By Vaccination And Testing For The Human Papilloma Virus

Increase In Alzheimer's Plaques And Sleep Loss Linked

Major Disasters Tax Surgical Staff But May Reduce Costs For Routine Operations

Study Dispels Myth That New Residents Cause Increase In Medical Errors In July

Statement By Medicare Rights Center President Joseph Baker On Key Votes Facing The Senate Finance Committee

Dems Hope To Merge House Health Reform Bills By Next Week

Costs To Government, Consumers Remain Unclear In Finance Bill

Pelosi Tries To Unite Divided Democratic Factions In House

States Worry Over Medicaid Expansion; Montana Expands Kids Coverage

Translational Medicine Meeting, Zurich, 11-12 November 2009

Shedding Light On Cancer Cells

Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Lung Disease On The Rise In The United States, Study Finds

Gammaglobulin Treatment For Alzheimer's Disease To Be Tested By University Hospitals Case Medical Center

In Thailand Clinical Study, HIV Vaccine Regimen Demonstrates Modest Preventive Effect

HRC Fertility Offers Gene Security Parental Control For Embryonic Safety

Priority Health To Cover Seasonal And H1N1 Flu Vaccines

Enzyme Is Key To Clogged Arteries

New Study Shows Mobile Infants Have Established Neural Pathways To See Looming Danger

Quintiles Increases Capacity To Support European Clinical Trials

Abnormally Large Hearts May Be Shrunk By A Relative Of Viagra

Integrated Environmental Technologies, Ltd. Announces EcaFlo(R) Anolyte (Excelyte(R)) Effective Against Swine Flu (H1N1)

Prime-Boost Vaccine Study Shows Modest Effect In Preventing HIV

Genzyme's Campath Meets Primary Endpoint In Phase 3 Combination Therapy Trial For Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Global Prostate Cancer Research Meeting Opens

Mass. Gov. Appoints Former DNC Chair Kirk To Kennedy Senate Seat

Reports Of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis Increase Among Tennessee Women, Study Finds

Procedural Amendments Take On Political Weight As Finance Committee Debates Health Bill

Dems Court Snowe For Key 60th Vote

Health Reform Ads Confusing Public, News Outlets Try To Dispel The Fog

Biden Emerges As Health Care Messenger

Heads Of Indian Health Service, Hispanic Doctors Speak Out On Reform

Health Policy Research Roundup

Today's Opinions And Editorials

Merck, Qiagen Pledge Cervical Cancer Tools At CGI, Meeting Highlights Effects Of Gender Inequality

WHO Asia-Pacific Countries Pledge To Use Artemisinin With Other Drugs By 2015 To Prevent Drug-Resistance

Also In Global Health News: Urban Malnutrition In CAR; U.S. HIV Travel Ban; East Africa Hunger

We Can Challenge Our Brains Or Our Bodies, But Not Both, Says Study

'Back-Breaking' Work Beliefs Contribute To Health Workers' Pain

Cost-Savings Of Colorectal Cancer Screening As Treatment Costs Increase

High Levels Of Persistent Environmental Chemicals Found In Breast Milk In A Population With Many Male Reproductive Problems

Metallic Foam Improves On Memory Foam

Reactive Oxygen In Fruit Flies Acts As A Cell Signalling Mechanism For Immune Response

Antiabortion-Rights Black Pastors To Endorse Obama's Health Plan

HIV Vaccine Shows Promise In Trial

Senators Fight Over Medicare Spending Cuts, What It Would Mean For Beneficiaries

Input From Pharmacists Sought For New Version Of Professional Practice Standards, Australia

Democrats Face High Stakes, GOP Seeks Advantage

New Poll Shows Only 20 Percent Say Health Care Is Their Biggest Concern

Democrats Woo AARP, Seniors To Support Health Reform Bills

Trade Groups To Church Groups Share Evolving Views On Health Reform

Democrats, Seeking To Ease Seniors Concerns, Propose Freeze On Medicare Part B Premiums

Profile Of Grady Memorial Hospital Highlights The Difficulties Faced By Safety Net Facilities

HCA Registered Nurses Make A Demand To Management: Precautions, Not Punishment, On Flu

AACAP Chosen As A Mental Health Charity To Receive Grants

Investigational Vaccine Shows Modest Potential For Protecting Against HIV Infection

African Leaders Malaria Alliance Launched At U.N. General Assembly

Government Of Canada Announces Funding For Tobacco Cessation Programs For Industries With Higher Than Average Smoking Rates

Kerry, Lugar Letter Calls For Obama To Appoint USAID Leader Quickly

G20 Countries Could Tax Foreign Exchange To Help Achieve U.N. MDGs, Opinion Piece Says

Patient Societies From Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary And Singapore Recognized For Their Innovative Projects

Prestigious Award Recognizes A Promising Approach To The Study Of Memory

Ticagrelor Reduced Cardiovascular Deaths And Heart Attacks In ACS Patients Undergoing Heart Procedures: New Data From PLATO Trial

Research Reveals How Mitochondrial Gene Defects Impair Respiration, Other Major Life Functions

Farletuzumab Data Presented On Phase II Clinical Trial In First-Relapsed Ovarian Cancer Subjects

Oncolytics Biotech(R) Inc. Announces Start Of Enrolment In U.S. Phase 2 Melanoma Cancer Clinical Trial

Mardil, Inc. Announces Positive Preliminary Results Of Pilot Study With BACE(TM) Device At Annual TCT Conference

Vectibix(R) In Combination With Chemotherapy Significantly Improves Progression-Free Survival In First-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

HIV Vaccine Study First To Show Some Effectiveness In Preventing HIV

Abbott's XIENCE V(R) Demonstrates Significantly Lower Rates Of MACE And Stent Thrombosis Compared To TAXUS(R) Liberte

Pre-clinical Data Show OrbusNeich's Combo Bio-engineered Sirolimus Eluting Stent May Offer Advantages To Current Drug Eluting Stent Technologies

Abbott's XIENCE V(R) Superior To TAXUS(R) In Key Safety And Efficacy Measures In SPIRIT IV Trial

New Software Service Allows Physicians To Meet Obama's Electronic Medical Records Push At NO Cost

Cepheid Receives FDA Clearance For Xpert(R) HemosIL(R) FII & FV Test

New U.K. NICE Guidance Supports Use Of Hologic's Adiana(R) Permanent Contraception System

H1N1 Flu: Are Parents Underestimating Risk To Kids?

Manipulation Improves Back Function In Late Pregnancy

Childhood Kidney Disorder Has Lasting Effects

Pregnancy And Birth: Safe For Women With Kidney Transplants

Nanoparticle-based Battlefield Pain Treatment Moves A Step Closer

Red Cross Lending A Hand To Flood Victims Unable To Go Home

Nearly Half Of Women Alter Childbearing Plans Because Of Recession, Guttmacher Study Finds

PAC09 Excellence And Pharmacy Student Of The Year Awards, Australia

American Society Of Plastic Surgeons Hosts 78th Annual Meeting

Our Response To The New Guidelines For Prosecutors On Assisted Suicide

Additional Alabama Death Linked To 2009 H1N1 Influenza

RCN Comments On CQC Survey Of Patients In Acute Mental Health Services, UK

Potential New HIV Vaccine: Terrence Higgins Trust Response, UK

Institute Of Medicine Provides Guidance On Standards Of Health Care For Disaster Situations

Use It Or Lose It? Study Suggests The Brain Can Remember A "Forgotten" Language

E Coli O157 In Surrey: Update

1994 Group Welcomes The Publication Of The Research Excellence Framework (REF) Consolation

1994 Group Welcomes HEPI Rejection Of Vouchers As A Mechanism For Funding Higher Education

Don't Turn Our Patients Into Customers Say Doctors

Health Canada Approves GlucaGen(R) For Treatment Of Severe Hypoglycemia In Diabetes Patients

Babies With Position-Related Head Flattening May Have Higher Rate Of Ear Infections

Researchers Examine Use Of Toad Venom In Cancer Treatment

Weill Cornell Institute For Geriatric Psychiatry Awarded $10 Million Grant

New England Journal Of Medicine Also Publishes Study Of Physicians' Beliefs About Health Care Reform

Electronic Prescribing Helps Prevent Injuries And Reduce Health Costs

Results From Landmark PROSPECT Trial Demonstrate The Ability Of Volcano's VH(R) IVUS Imaging To Identify Plaques Most Likely To Cause Heart Attacks

Results From Abbott's PROSPECT Study Provide New Insight Into Role Of Vulnerable Plaque In Coronary Artery Disease

Rapid Shrinking Of Tumors Seen In Trial Of New Treatment For Advanced Melanoma

$2.5 Million NIH Grant To Study Cells' Reaction To Physical Force

2 Highly Prized NIH Director's Awards Won By Duke Biomedical Scientists

First-Ever Drug Effectiveness Study On College Students With ADHD

'Genius' Grants Awarded To Yale Aging Expert And Evolutionary Biologist

Utah Business Magazine Presents Community Outreach Award To University Of Utah Faculty Member

New Journal To Focus On Cartilage Research

Crime Prevention To Be Transformed By Pioneering Cyber-Security Center

Journal Of Evidence-Based Dental Practice To Offer Continuing Education Units For Reviewers

Understanding How Humans Battle Infectious Disease Aided By Study Of Fish Mechanism To Fend Off Invading Germs

MicroDose Therapeutx Announces Initiation Of Phase 1 Study With Inhaled Atropine As Antidote To Combat Effects Of Nerve Agent Poisoning

pSivida Anounces New Iluvien(R) Pilot Study In Patients With Macular Edema Secondary To Retinal Vein Occlusion

First-Ever Controlled Pharmacological Study Of ADHD In College Students Launched

Abiomed Reports Results From Academic Medical Center's Three-Year Follow-up Of MACH II Trial

Bio-Matrix Scientific Group And Therinject LLC Begin Development Of Tumor Banking Facility In Conjunction With Cancer Therapeutic Vaccine

Lux Biosciences Reports Phase 1 Safety Results And Open Label Efficacy Results For LX214, A Potential Best-in-Class Treatment For Dry Eye

Toshiba Introduces Its Next Generation CV-3D For Infinix Cardiovascular X-ray Systems

Idera Pharmaceuticals Presents Interim Data From Phase 1b Clinical Trial Of IMO-2055 In Combination With Tarceva And Avastin In NSCLC

Mental Health Patients Seen But Not Heard, UK

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