Medical News Today: Health News for Wednesday 21 October 2009

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Wednesday 21 October 2009

Research Project To Give People "50 Active Years After The Age Of 50" Launched In UK

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Recently published research suggests that more than half of babies now born in wealthier nations will reach the age of 100, but unless we do something about it, their bodies will still degenerate at the same rate with age...
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High Protein Diet May Shrink Brain Say Alzheimer's Researchers

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Researchers observing the effects of various diets on the brains of genetically engineered mice bred for studying Alzheimer's disease found quite unexpectedly that mice fed a high protein, low carbohydrate diet, developed...
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Swine Flu Hospitalizing Mostly Young People In The US

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday that more than half of Americans hospitalized with the new H1N1 swine flu are under 25, and nearly a quarter of deaths are among that...
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Confirmation To Back Extension Of Treatment Window For Stroke To 4.5 Hours (ECASS III Study)

Supervised Exercise Therapy For Knee Pain Is Better Than Usual Care

Other Medical and Health News for 21 October*

Centralized Review Process Markedly Expedites Approval Of Cancer Clinical Trials

FDA Approves New Test To Aid In The Diagnosis Of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Health Insurance Amendment (New Zealand Overseas Trained Doctors) Bill

Scientists Create NICE Solution To Pneumonia Vaccine Testing Problems

Gates Foundation Funds Novel Malaria Studies At UC San Diego

Treatment Guidelines For Hand, Wrist, Forearm Injuries Now Available

St. Jude Medical Announces European CE Mark Approval And First Implant Of Industry's First Quadripolar Pacing System

HHS Releases Update Of "Understanding Breast Changes: A Health Guide For Women"

See Sense - Devon And Cornwall Businesses Urged To Cut Deaths And Serious Injuries Caused By Lorries, UK

84,200 Oregonians Lost Health Coverage In 2009 Due To Increased Unemployment

International Summit Aims To Advance Physical Therapist Practice

Physical Therapists Walk To Raise Funds For Free Mammograms For Alexandria Women

5,200 Alaskans Lost Health Coverage In 2009 Due To Increased Unemployment

Physical Therapists Offer Falls Prevention Assessment At AARP Expo

E. Coli O157 In Surrey: Update, UK

28,300 New Mexicans Lost Health Coverage In 2009 Due To Increased Unemployment

Exon Skipping Drug Prevents Muscle Wasting And Maintains Muscle Function In Severely Affected, Dystrophin Deficient Mice

Society Urges Registrants Not To Delay Submission Of CPD Records

Research Indicates Gaps In Care For Diabetes, Cholesterol, Hypertension Among The Uninsured

Association Between Psychiatric Disorders, Sexual Trauma And Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Epilepsy Treatment Is A Possible Culprit For Development Of Schizophrenia

Seeking The Origins Of Music In The Brain

Could Some Forms Of Mental Retardation Be Treated With Drugs?

Health Information Exchange and Emergency Medical Services

Moving Closer To Melanoma Treatment Options

Highlighting The Need For Health Care Providers To Assist Cancer Patients In Breaking The Smoking Habit

New Method To Help Keep Fruit, Vegetables And Flowers Fresh, Developed By GSU Professor

Research Finds Dramatic Increase In Number Of Transfusion-Transmitted Babesiosis Cases

First Time Production Of Liver Cells From Adult Skin Cells Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

Vegetable Juice Aided In Dietary Support For Weight Loss And Lower Blood Pressure

In Pregnant Patients, Lung Scintigraphy More Reliable Than CTA In Excluding Pulmonary Embolism

New Mechanism For Circadian Rhythm Discovered By Texas A&M Researchers

Tracing The History, Genetic Makeup Of Workhorse Laboratory Bacteria

Older Cancer Patients With Depression Can Be Treated Effectively With Collaborative Approach In Primary-Care Settings

Experimental Treatments Restore Partial Vision To Blind People

Research Highlights Brain's Vulnerability To Obesity

Encouraging Spinal Cord Regeneration After Injury

GE Launches Breakthrough Real-Time Decision Support Solution For Doctors & Hospitals

Protesters In Madrid March Against Bill To Change Abortion Law

Senate Health Bill Negotiators Discussing, Debating Versions Of Public Option

With Mid-Term Elections Fast Approaching, Pelosi Appeals To Loyalties As Coffers Fill Up

Rural Doctors, Administrators Push For Health Reform To Include Safeguards Against Rx Drug Abuse

Some Medicare Recipients Will See Jump In Premium Costs Next Year

Employers May Not Restore Benefits To Pre-Recession Levels

The Medical Homes Model Is Spreading

Massachusetts Seeks To Cut Increase In Small Business Health Care Costs

U.S. Food Aid Policy To Be More Flexible, Clinton, Vilsack Say

IPS Examines Potential For Future U.N. Population Meeting

40,200 Utahns Lost Health Coverage In 2009 Due To Increased Unemployment

Students Invite Chemists Everywhere To Help With Orphaned Drugs, Diseases

NASA Technology Key Component Of New Diagnostic Aid From DynaDx

Terrence Higgins Trust Launches New Information Pack For Gay Men Recently Diagnosed With HIV

Scale To Help Clinicians Predict Disease Severity In Infants With NEC Developed By Radiologists

Fewer Multiple Births With IVF Insurance Coverage

High Protein Diet Shrinks Brain

New Emergency Medical Service System May Predict Caller's Fate

Using Relative Utility Curves For Cancer Risk Prediction

When Detecting Abnormalities In Patients With H1N1 Virus, CT Scans Better Than X-Rays

APP Pharmaceuticals Receives Approval For The First Generic Chlorothiazide Sodium For Injection, USP

Lawsuit Filed To Block Ill. Parental Notification Law That Would Take Effect Nov. 3

Orange County Physician Becomes CMA President

New Poll Finds Most Americans Back Public Option In Health Reform

GOP Message: Democratic Health Reforms Are Bad For America

RCOG Issues New Guidance On Vitamin Supplementation In Pregnancy

White House Rallies Support For Health Care Bills; Relationship With Chamber Of Commerce Sours

Sir Ian Kennedy Joins The King's Fund's Inquiry Into The Quality Of General Practice, UK

Stabenow: Cutting Medicare Reimbursements Necessary

Pharmacy Organisations Back H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine

Missouri Group Accuses Humana Of Using Scare Tactics

Health Care Reform Leads To Mergers

New Survey Shows Canadian Eating Habits In Trouble - Registered Dietitians Warn Canadians Missing Out On Important Health Benefits

Swine Flu Treatments, Safety Issues Prompt Health Workers To Speak Out

Study: Working During Retirement Is Good For Your Health

A Selection Of Today's Opinions And Editorials

As HIV Vaccine Conference Opens, Experts Appeal For Sustained Commitment To Global Fight Against Disease

Yemen: Razeh Hospital Hit By Rocket Fire

World Medical Association Adopts Climate Change, Task Shifting Resolutions

100,600 Washingtonians Lost Health Coverage In 2009 Due To Increased Unemployment

Also In Global Health News: Cholera In Zimbabwe; Personal Computers; Medical 'Outliers'; Rain In Kenya; Generic Drugs

Influenza And H1N1: Alert For People With Lung Disease And Their Caregivers

Drinking Coffee Slows Progression Of Liver Disease In Chronic Hepatitis C Sufferers

Researchers Analyse The Reading Comprehension Processes Of Deaf Youngsters

How Children Can Be Helped Psychologically After A Disaster: The Experience Of Tsunami

Protein Engineering Advancing Alzheimer's Research

Breast Care Navigators Guide Patients Through Treatment

Do Patients With Severe Depression And A Medical Disorder Respond To Antidepressant Drugs?

ESC Press Statement: Accelerated Bone Growth May Be An Indicator Of Hypertension In Children

Psychosomatic Syndromes Affect Quality Of Life More Than Psychiatric Illness In Medical Patients

Speech May Be Affected By Infant Sucking Habits

The Bowels Of Infection

The Mission Of New Jersey Institute Of Technology Researcher Is To Improve Schools For Disabled Students

News From The American Journal Of Pathology, November 2009

Sustainable Development Could Be Led By School Children

New Explanation For Controversial Old Patient-Care Technique Discovered By UF Scientists

Newsweek Examines Issue Of Gender Rating In Health Reform Debate

Red Cross Implements Change To Enhance Donor Safety For Younger Donors New Deferral Criteria In Place

Red Cross Strives To Help Disaster's Vulnerable Population

Doctor Who Transferred Embryos For Octuplets Expelled From Fertility Organization

Blogs Comment On Anti-Rape Amendment, 'Personhood' Efforts, Other Topics

Baucus Doubts A Pure Public Plan Can Get 60 Votes In Senate

CMA Convenes 138th Annual House Of Delegates Session

Celsion's Global Phase III ThermoDox(R) Trial Expands To Malaysia And The Philippines

New Medicine Coding System To Help Address The Growing Risk Of Counterfeit Medicines

Age Concern And Help The Aged Applaud BBC2's 'Design For Life' Winner

SNA Responds To Institute Of Medicine's Recommendations For The National School Lunch And Breakfast Programs

UNICEF Regional Ambassador Mahmoud Kabil Appeals For Urgent Aid To Displaced Children In Northern Yemen

Medical School Enrollment Continues To Rise To Meet Physician Need

Muscle 'Synergies' May Be Key To New Stroke Treatment

How I Became An Environmental Health Nurse

Logical Therapeutics To Present Data On LT-NS001 At American College Of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting

Research Compares MENOPUR(R) With RFSH In GnRH Antagonist IVF Cycles

Pacira's Phase III Study Of EXPAREL(TM) Meets Primary Pain Relief Endpoint

Medco Launches Plavix(R), Effient(R) Comparative Effectiveness Study Examining Role Of Genetics

Action Pharma In New Phase II Clinical Trial

Novavax Launches Pivotal Clinical Study Of Novel 2009 H1N1 VLP Flu Vaccine In Mexico

Novartis Drug Tasigna(R) Meets Primary Endpoint In Pivotal Trial Against Gleevec(R) As First-line Treatment In Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients

Aethlon Medical Releases Medical Device Data Against The H1N1 Swine Flu Virus

New Study Details Complex Health Care Needs Of Medicaid's Highest-Need, Highest-Cost Populations

Cosmetic Breast Implants Do Not Interfere With Detecting Breast Cancer

Guidance Needed For Cancer Survivors Going Back To Primary Care

Scientists Identify Specific Markers That Trigger Aggressiveness Of Liver Cancer

Pigs, Mice Spared As Agency Moves To Adopt Modern, Humane Methods In Vaccine Testing

SACGHS' Landmark Recommendations On DNA Patenting Exempting Caregivers Supported By APC

Power At Work Has Payoffs, But Not For Health

A Child's Memory Can Be Affected By Diabetic Episodes

Tel Aviv University Develops A 'Scaffold' To Regenerate Lost Or Damaged Bones And Tissues

Children With Brain-Damage Often Have Cold Feet

Saving Lives With Tsunami Evacuation Buildings

No Test Needed For Hand-Foot Genital Syndrome In Women Without HOXA13 Gene Mutation

Use Of Microbicide-Soaked Vaginal And Infant Wipes Does Not Prevent Neonatal Sepsis

New Children's Hospital Program Aims To Curb Dangerous Distracted Driving Habits Of Teen Drivers

XenoPort Announces Initiation Of A Phase 2b Clinical Trial Of Arbaclofen Placarbil In Patients With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

SNM And Other Imaging Groups Ask CMS To Reconsider Coverage Decision To Include Two FDG-PET Scans

Pediatricians Put Proven Treatment Strategies To Work Against Childhood Asthma

NPD Finds Moms' Eating Habits And Nutritional Knowledge Influences What Their Kids Eat

Translational Stroke Research: New Neuroscience Journal Debuts At Springer

Examining The Effects Of Ecstasy Use In Young Adults: UC Researchers Awarded Federal Grant

Ardea Biosciences Announces Additional Positive Results From A Phase 2a Study Of RDEA594 At The 2009 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting

UT Student Honored For Research Of Life-Threatening Pregnancy Complication

Rexahn Reports Positive Top-line Phase IIa Data For SerdaxinTM In Patients With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

FDA Approves MICARDIS(R) As The First Treatment In Its Class To Reduce The Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke, Or Death From Cardiovascular Causes...

Is My Robot Happy To See Me?

The Continuing Evolution Of The Human Race

Scientists Make The Case For New Body Fat Assessment

Yale's Scan Of Turkish Infant's Genome Yields A Surprise Diagnosis

For Management Of Hyperuricemia In Patients With Gout, Uloric (Febuxostat) Demonstrated Efficacy

Computer Scientists Working Towards A Portable Facial Expression Recognizer To Help Autistic Children Recognize Emotions

Aggressive Microdermabrasion Induces Wound-Healing Response In Aging Skin

Resident Physicians Seldom Trained In Skin Cancer Examination

Radioprotection And Extracts Of Ginko Biloba

"Superobesity," Chronic Disease Burden Associated With Risk Of Death Following Bariatric Surgery

Emotional Response To Breast Cancer

Blood Clots In Lungs Might Not Always Originate In Deep Veins Of Legs And Pelvis In Trauma Patients

Grim Global Picture Painted By Latest Diabetes Figures

Novel Research Deconstruct Inner Workings Of The Brain

Study Examines Treatment For Olfactory Loss After Viral Infection

Link Between Children's Blood Lead Levels And Lower Test Scores

Three-Day Course Of Antibiotics May Be Sufficient Following Tonsillectomy

Study Finds Thyroid Surgery Safe For Older Patients

Study Examines Complications Of Thyroid Surgery In Older Patients

A Mobile, Four-Wheeled Platform, CYCLOPS May Help Refine And Enhance The Design Of Visual Prostheses

Interactive 3D Visualisations Of Biological Molecules Integrated Into The Scholarly Literature

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