Medical News Today: Health News for Monday 5 October 2009

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Monday 5 October 2009

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First Six Months Of Treatment For Crack Or Heroin, But Not Both, Has High Rate Of Abstinence, England

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The largest ever study of heroin and crack cocaine treatment in England found that the first six months of treatment results in large proportions of addicts of one or the other abstaining, but that the effect is less pronounced for users of both...
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Curry Powder Ingredient May Block Nicotine Activated Cancer Cells In Head And Neck Cancers

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Researchers found that curcumin, a compound found in turmeric, the Indian spice that gives curry its orange-yellow colour, may block nicotine from activating cancer causing cells in patients with head and neck cancer who...
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Cholesterol Important For Brain Development, Study

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new study by an international team of researchers found that cholesterol is important for the formation of brain cells, and they hope the findings will help scientists cultivate dopamine-producing cells outside the body...
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Patients With Brain Tumors: Higher Risk Of Brain Function Decline When Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy Is Added To Standard Radiosurgery

Very Elderly Age Group: Need For Routine Stroke Prevention Therapies And Research In Epilepsy

What Is Frostbite (Congelatio)? What Causes Frostbite?

Other Medical and Health News for 5 October*

Senior U.S. Health Policy Advisors, Doctors To Hold Health Care Panel Discussion, Live Webcast

How Should Mental, Neurological, And Substance Use Disorders Be Treated Where Resource Are Scarce?

Warning Over Unlicensed 'Herbal Valium'

Shoppers Still Unaware Where Salt Is Hidden

European Medicines Agency Implements Internal Reorganisation

AFRESA(R) Phase 3 Data Show Sustained Glycemic Control, Normal Lung Function In Patients Over Four Years Of Treatment

BioDelivery Sciences Announces New Drug Submission In Canada For BEMA Fentanyl

Phase 2 Trial Of RP101 In Late-Stage Pancreatic Cancer Discontinued

Survey Reveals Hidden Incidence Of 'hypos' Among People With Type 2 Diabetes, UK

Take Your Medicine With You To The Hospital, Australia

Call For Mandatory Reporting Of Golden Staph Bloodstream Infections, Australia

Bowel Cancer Screening Program Results In Earlier Detection, Australia

Tackling Smoking During Pregnancy Could Help Plug Social Inequality Gap In Stillbirths And Infant Deaths

Over 65s Should Take High Dose Vitamin D To Prevent Falls, Say Researchers

Smoking Cessation Drug Not Linked To An Increased Risk Of Self Harm Or Depression

Democratic Leaders Shift On Public Plan, But Push Ahead Despite Setbacks

Lawmakers Get Contributions From Industry Groups And Associated Lobbyists

Health Reform Unlikely To Fix Medicare Doctor Payment System

Eye Treatment Reimbursement Change Could Cost Medicare Millions

Google's Venture Capital Wing Invests In Biotech Company

Aid Efforts Continue After Earthquake In Indonesia

New Guide Available From U.S. Government For Community And Faith-Based Organizations Working To Help Americans Stay Healthy From H1N1 And Seasonal Flu

Cesarean Deliveries For First Time Moms Highest Among African Americans

KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals Presents Positive Data From Two Phase 2 Studies With ATX-101

Advanced Liquid Logic Receives $5.2 Million NIH Contract For HIV Diagnostics

Military Approves H1N1 Testing With Idaho Technology JBAIDS

Report: House Health Reform Bill Will Greatly Improve Health Care In Indiana For Families, Seniors, Businesses, And Children

ExxonMobil & American Idol Elliott Yamin Support Malaria Prevention At Angola Orphanage And School

Learning The Lessons: Making Out-of-hours Care Safer A Joint Statement From The NHS Alliance And The NHS Confederation

Terrence Higgins Trust Holds Sexual Health Workshops For Gay Men At London Universities

CLSI Publishes Guideline For Evaluation Of Stability Of In Vitro Diagnostic Reagents

Dyslexia Association Identifies Dyslexia Warning Signs, Facts And Myths As Part Of "National Dyslexia Awareness Month"

Treating Mild Gestational Diabetes Reduces Risks Of Complication, Improves Health

Senate Finance Amends Reform Bill To Allow States To Negotiate With Insurers

Doctors Battle Proposed Penalties For Heavy Use Of Tests

Seniors Fret Cuts To Private Medicare Plans

Report Highlights Rural Health Care Challenges

Today's Opinions And Editorials

CNN, TIME Examine Increasing Antibiotic Resistance

New Research Agenda Outlined By Nation's Leading Experts On Substance Abuse

Getting Fit While Having Fun

Survey Reveals Most Consumers Do Not Carry A Medication List

Fifteen Alabama Deaths Now Linked To 2009 H1N1 Influenza

Mental Illness Awareness Week: What You Should Know, Including PBS Broadcasts, Oct. 4-10

Conservatives Right To Prioritise Social Care Funding But Proposed Scheme Needs To Be Part Of Wider Reform

UNICEF Ready To Meet Urgent Needs Of Children Affected By Indonesia Quake

Sandra James Re-elected As Royal College of Nursing Chair Of Council, UK

New Clinical Study Shows Nutrition After Cancer Surgery Improves Patient Recovery Time And Could Save The NHS Millions

Urgent Action Needed To Reverse Downward Trend In Pathology Research

Keyhole Surgery For Bowel Cancer On The Up, But Not Yet Available To All

Report: House Health Reform Bill Will Greatly Improve Health Care In Florida For Families, Seniors, Businesses, And Children

Efforts To Exclude Abortion Coverage From Health Reform 'Ignore' Women, Columnist Writes

Breast Cancer Deaths Continue Decline, American Cancer Society Report Says

Use Of Antiretrovirals Increases Among African Pregnant Women, Children With HIV/AIDS, U.N. Report Says

Frist Predicts Congress Will Approve A $1 Trillion Health Care Bill That Won't 'Bend The Curve'

Rough Rhetoric Pervades Health Care Debate In The House

Cleveland And Mayo Clinic CEOs Raise Concerns About Congressional Reform Proposals

Obama Tells Governors Health Reform Will Help In Tough Times

Recent Releases In Health Policy Research

TIME Examines Breastfeeding In The Philippines

Recent Releases: Measuring Maternal Death; Improving Health Systems; Goosby Remarks; World Health Summit; Early Nutrition Programs; More

Biofortifying Our Greens

The New Buzz On Detecting Tinnitus

The Sorry State Of Psychotherapy

Protecting African Cattle From Killer Disease

Gene With Possible Link To Infertility Identified In Mice

Merkel Cell Originates From Skin, Not The Neural Crest, Case Western Reserve University Discovers

1918 Flu Pandemic May Have Been Exaserbated By Aspirin Misuse

Racial Segregation A Strong Factor In Learning Disparities, Study Finds

NEDD9 Protein Supports Growth Of Aggressive Breast Cancer

Using Synthetic Evolution To Study The Brain: Researchers Model Key Part Of Neurons

Just 40 Percent Of Adults 'Absolutely Certain' They Will Get H1N1 Vaccine, Survey Finds

Human Proteome Organization Honors PNNL Scientist

'Wellbeing Plan For Kids' Book Launched By CSIRO

NTU, University Of Warwick To Collaborate In Neuroscience Research

Supply Of Blood Thinner Heparin Further Secured

Pew Survey Suggests Drop In Support For Abortion Rights, Diverges From Other Recent Findings

Senate Finance Committee Completes Health Reform Markup

New H1N1 Strain Appears Especially Dangerous In Pregnant Women, CDC Says

Blogs Comment On Health Reform Amendments, Cervarix HPV Vaccine

Grady's Challenges Highlight Problems Of Safety-Net Hospitals

Medicare Advantage Plans To Increase Premiums For Some - But Not All - In 2010

New (And Old) Ideas For Health Care Show Possibility Of Savings, Improvements

First U.S. Patients Could Receive H1N1 Vaccine Next Week

Bacteria Could Be Used To Control Mosquitoes, Prevent Disease, Study Says

Seeking Origins Of Mental Disorders With $9 Million Award To Map Gene Expression During Human Brain Development

Development Of Anti-HIV Drug Delivery System At Einstein

94 New Research And Training Grants Awarded By American Cancer Society Awards To 61 Institutions Nationwide

Prestigious National Award For Excellence Earned By University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Pioneering Work On Cell-Phone Imaging Could Transform Global Health Care

In New Book Renowned Experts Reveal What It Takes To Solve Crimes

Availability Of More Current Kidney Disease Data Announced By NIDDK

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