Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 11 October 2009

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Sunday 11 October 2009

Treatment For Miscarriage Does Not Affect Long Term Fertility
The type of treatment a woman receives after an early miscarriage does not affect subsequent fertility, with around 80% of women having a live birth within five years of their miscarriage, concludes a study published on http://www.BMJ.com...
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Collaborative Requesting Does Not Increase Consent For Organ Donation
Collaborative requesting - a request for organ donation made jointly by the patient's clinician and a donor transplant coordinator - does not increase consent rates compared with routine requesting by the patient's...
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Popular Image Of Flu Not Proportional To The Actual Threat
The powerful image of influenza depicted by the media is not proportional to the actual threat, says a researcher in an editorial published in BMJ Clinical Evidence this week. Dr Tom Jefferson examines the evidence and...
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Other Medical and Health News for 11 October*

Parasite Growth Hormone Pushes Human Cells To Cancer

Physicists Measure Elusive 'Persistent Current' That Flows Forever

Childhood Cancer Survivors Less Likely To Marry, Yale Researchers Find

E. Coli O157 In Surrey: Update, UK

The Institute Of Cancer Research And The Royal Marsden Honoured With Oncology Award

Amarillo Biosciences Reports On Research Supporting Use Of Interferon To Combat Influenza

Major BVA AWF Funded Welfare Teaching Project Gets Underway In Vet Schools

158,300 Ohioans Lost Health Coverage In 2009 Due To Increased Unemployment

86,800 Hoosiers Lost Health Coverage In 2009 Due To Increased Unemployment

RCN Asks Members For Views On Future Of Social Care

UNICEF Seeks $3 Million To Meet Immediate Needs Of Children Affected By Indonesian Earthquake

Public Invited To Hear How Psychology Can Improve Your Health, UK

BIO Highlights Serious Flaws In Recommendations Of Draft Report On Gene Patents And Patient Access To Genetic Tests

BIO Releases New Online Video Series Highlighting The Wonders Of Biotech

Gene Data Tool Advances Prospects For Personalized Medicine

New State Health Care Scorecard Finds Wide Differences In Access, Quality, Avoidable Hospitalization And Cost Across States

RACGP Announces Winners Of 2009 Alan Chancellor And RACGP & National Asthma Council Awards

GPRA & RACGP Respond To Registrar Concerns, Australia

Revolutionary New Fertility Monitor Helps Couples Conceive Without IVF

Applied NeuroSolutions Updates Promising Results For A Blood-Based Test For Alzheimer's Disease

Pfizer's Selzentry Poised To Be Most Expensive First-Line AIDS Drug

WHO Reports 4M Poor People On AIDS Treatment; AHF Hails Accomplishment, But Notes Millions More Still Lack Access To Lifesaving Treatment, HIV Testing

FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval Of Pfizer's Selzentry For Use In Patients Starting HIV Therapy For The First Time

U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services And The Ad Council Launch National Campaign To Help Prevent The Spread Of The H1N1 Flu Virus

PCMA: Want To Lower Prescription Drug Costs? Try Generics And Mail-Service Pharmacies

Plexxikon Treats Initial Patient With First-in-Class Drug In Phase 1 Trial

MacuCLEAR And Mystic Successfully Complete Phase Ib Clinical Trial For Macular Degeneration

Angiochem To Present New Clinical Data For ANG1005 In Brain Cancers At Society For Neuroscience Meeting

Liverpool Hospital Fined Over Legionella, UK

Gateshead Manufacturer Fined £3000 After Workers Exposed To Hazardous Fumes, UK

SAMHSA Awards Up To $15.3 Million In Grants To Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity In Targeted Areas

Sports Stars Help Level The Playing Field For People With Mental Illness

Including Boys In HPV Vaccination Programmes Would Not Offer Value For Money

Screening All Patients For MRSA 'Unethical' Says Expert

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