Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 23 October 2009

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Friday 23 October 2009

Spell In ICU For Terminal Patients 5 Times More Likely In US Than In England

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

In the US, patients who die in hospital are almost five times more likely to have spent some time during their last hospital stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as equivalent patients in England, according to a new study...
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New Enzyme For Treating Rare Genetic Disorder Fabry Disease Shows Promise In Lab

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Using a new modelling strategy, researchers in Japan have designed a new enzyme that shows significant promise compared with current therapeutic proteins used to treat patients with Fabry disease, a rare genetic disorder...
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Tocilizumab Shows Sustained Efficacy In Rheumatoid Arthritis

Written by Jill Stein

PHILADELPHIA - Investigators are reporting that tolicizumab is an effective, long-term treatment option in multiple subgroups of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. These include patients who have an inadequate response to...
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Obese People Without Diabetes: Liraglutide Reduces Weight And Prevalence Of Risk Factors

Other Medical and Health News for 23 October*

AMS800 Artificial Urinary Sphincter Approved For Use In Japan

Synovis Life Technologies Receives CE Mark Approval For The Use Of Veritas(R) Collagen Matrix In Hernia Repair And Breast Reconstruction

The National Black Caucus Of State Legislators Supports The Veterans' Health Care Budget Reform And Transparency Act

Latest Clinical Experience With The FlexStent(R) Femoropopliteal Self Expanding Stent System In The Superficial Femoral Artery

Invatec Receives FDA Clearance For Mo.Ma(R) Ultra Proximal Cerebral Protection Device

Elekta's Radiosurgery Solutions On Center Stage At 2009 Congress Of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting Extend Receives FDA 510(K) Clearance

New E-Book Addresses LGBTQ Issues In The Education Of Healthcare Professionals

Imaging Crucial For "Personalized Medicine" To Succeed, Says Report

Alzheimer's Association Launches Comfort Zone™, The First Comprehensive Location Management System Designed For People With Alzheimer's

Needs Of Children And Women Prominent In Appeal For Communities Devastated By Recent Floods In Southern Laos

University Of Southern California To Generate Data For Cancer Genome

University Of Southern California Neuroscientists To Map Gene Expression

University Of Southern California Ophthalmologist And Biomedical Engineer Mark Humayun Elected To Institute Of Medicine

News Note: Strategy Sensitizes Tumors While Protecting Normal Tissues In Mice From Radiation Damage

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $11 Million In Water Resource Projects

Assessing The National Burden Of Hepatitis B, Australia

America's Health Insurance Plans' Statement On National Committee For Quality Assurance's State Of Health Care Quality Report

Ignagni: Reform Needs To Happen

Media Outlets Examine Report On Risks, Benefits Of Breast, Prostate Screening

Senate Dems Still Debating Public Plan In Health Bills

Obama Administration Disputes Government Report On Reform's Higher Costs

Health Care Lobbyists Spend Big To Win Big, Consumer Groups Fight Industry Deals

Twenty Charged With Medicare Fraud; And Such Crimes Are Emerging As A New Area For Gang Activity

Lawmaker To Introduce Patient Safety Bill With Error Reporting Requirement

Health Reform Changes Could Increase Costs To States

U.N. Report Documents How Opium Contributes To Spread Of Disease, Deaths

AFP Examines Recent HIV Vaccine Findings

Institute Of Medicine Recommendations On School Meal Programs Supported By American Dietetic Association

Bleeding Is Rare In IVF Patients Who Become Pregnant When Treated With A Combination Of Vaginal Progesterone Gel And Estrogen

Obama, Sen. Snowe Discuss Women's Health Needs As Part Of NBC's 'A Woman's Nation' Series

House Reauthorizes Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, Sends Measure To Obama

Women's Health Should Not Be 'Special Interest,' Opinion Piece Says

Obama Adopting A More Partisan Tone On Health Care

House Republicans Find Many Angles For Opposition To Health Bills

Some Senate Democrats Help Republicans Defeat $247 Billion Medicare Payment 'Doctor Fix'

Large Firms That 'Self-Insure' Are Resisting New Regulations

Study: Massachusetts Health Reform Popular With Doctors, Doesn't Hold Costs Down

USDA To Have 'Important But Modest Role' In U.S. Global Agriculture Initiative, Undersecretary Says

Ethiopia Requests Emergency Food Aid For 6.2M People

Safety Monitoring Programme Up And Running For Swine Flu Vaccines

Trailblazing Work By U Of Alberta Heart Researcher Recognized By Canadian Cardiovascular Society

Sensor Biochips Could Aid In Cancer Diagnosis And Treatment

Even Low Alcohol Consumption Has A Negative Impact On Overall Health

Quick And Easy Diagnosis For Mitochondrial Disorders

New Molecules Created By University Of California Riverside Chemists Have Wide Applications

Adult Eyes Cells Can Be Transformed Into Pluripotent Stem Cells Without Introducing Foreign Genetic Material

Important New Guidelines To Improve The Treatment Of Diabetes Worldwide Released By IDF

Immune System Quirk Could Lead To Effective Tularemia Vaccine

PSA Welcomes Progress On Preventive Health, Australia

Age Concern And Help The Aged Comment On The Latest ONS Population Projections, UK

Ariz. Judge Rules Sheriff Cannot Force Inmates To Prepay For Abortion Transportation

Grangemouth Company Fined After Worker Gets 3,300-volt Electric Shock, UK

GOP Seeks To Rally Opposition To Health Reform Over Abortion, Other Issues

Explosives Firm Fined £10,000 After Employee Loses Fingers, Scotland

Justice Alito Takes Issue With Critics Concerned About Influence Of Catholicism On Supreme Court

Some Seniors Could Be Cushioned From Proposed Cuts In Medicare Advantage Funding

HSE Warns Demolition Firms After Employee Breaks His Spine In Fall, UK

RNs: Strike Plan Forces Overdue Release Of Masks, Hospitals Have No More Excuses To Improve H1N1 Standards

Leaders Confident They Have Support For A Public Option In Final House Health Bill

ADPH Seeks Science-based Proposals For HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction, Health Promotion

Crossover Vote Or Lost Cause? Maine Sen. Collins' Reform Vote Examined

Americans Split On Obama's Health Care Proposals, New Poll Finds

House Committee Votes To Remove Antitrust Protection From Insurance Companies, Senate May Follow

Some Hospital Revenues Could Decline If H1N1 Becomes Pandemic

A Selection Of Today's Opinions And Editorials

News Outlets Examine Challenges With Expanding Global Child Immunization Campaigns

Also In Global Health News: Somali IDPs; MDR-TB Elimination; Chagas; Zimbabwe Disease, Hunger

AVI BioPharma To Present Safety Update From Ongoing Systemic Trial Of AVI-4658 At 7th Annual Action Duchenne International Conference

Zogenix And Astellas Announce Data Published Showing The Benefits Of SUMAVEL(TM) DosePro(TM) Needle-Free Delivery System

TNF-Alpha Inhibitors Will Continue To Dominate First- And Second-Line Biologic Therapy For The Treatment Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Through 2011

Sinovac Receives Certificate Of Approval To Distribute PANFLU.1 (H1N1) In Mexico

Harvest Technologies Announces FDA Approval

A Promising New Development For Treatment Of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Taking Medicine For HIV Proves Hard To Swallow For Many People

Researchers Develop Method To Improve Cancer Treatments

Messenger RNA With FLASH

Flu Shots Not To Be Sneezed At

Bulimia Nervosa: Is Inpatient Treatment Better Than Day Treatment?

Early Treatment Of Fibromyalgia More Effective

Regulating Emotion After Experiencing A Sexual Assault

Public Symposium On Life Sciences, Washington, D.C, Oct. 26

Dig Pink Volleyball Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Aims To Raise $1 Million

Calling All Microrobots

Creation Of New Orthopedic Research Alliance Announced

Important New Novel 2009 H1N1 Flu Advisory For Cardiopulmonary Transplantation

Non-Compliance May Be The Cause Of 'Difficult-To-Treat Asthma'

Alzheimer's Society Comment On Andrew Lansley's Speech About Charging For Care

TMA "Flu Fighters" Recommend H1N1 Vaccine For Pregnant Women

CDC Panel Recommends HPV Vaccine Cervarix For Girls, Optional Gardasil Vaccination For Boys

Okla. District Judge Temporarily Blocks Law Requiring Personal Information About Women Seeking Abortions

UNISON Welcomes Swine Flu Vaccination Programme

Medicare Physicians Fairness Act Of 2009

Diabetes UK's New Aspirin Guidelines

Gordon Brown Gets Serious About Diabetes, UK

Statement On Government Plans To Outlaw Ageism In The NHS

Medical Students To Bring Skills, Supplies To Samoa

Manipulating Brain Inflammation May Help Clear Brain Of Amyloid Plaques

Researchers Develop Method To Improve Cancer Treatments

Study Assesses Pain Drug Side Effects

Dr. Philip Katz Elected President Of The American College Of Gastroenterology

Nutri5(R) And Brain Health Related To Treatment Of Menopausal Symptoms

Ophthalmic Imaging Systems To Launch OIS EyeScan And Other New Products At The American Academy Of Ophthalmology's (AAO) 113th Annual Meeting

New Study On Vyvanse(R) (lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate) Capsules CII Shows Administration Of Vyvanse Through Two Different Routes

TargeGen Announces Successful Completion Of Clinical Trial Of JAK2 Inhibitor TG101348 In Myelofibrosis Patients

Interim Clinical Trial Results Show MedImmune's H1N1 Vaccine Has Similar Safety Profile As Seasonal Vaccine In Eligible Children And Adults

Landmark Study Shows Substantial Improvement In Survival And Renal Recovery For Acute Kidney Injury Patients Treated With CRRT

AcelRx Announces Positive Results From A Phase 2 Study Of ARX-03, A Sufentanil/Triazolam NanoTab For Procedural Sedation, Anxiolysis & Analgesia

Update On NVA237 And QVA149 For Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Pixantrone Produces High Rates Of Complete Remission In Multiple Relapsed And Refractory Indolent And Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Study Demonstrates LIVALO(R) Is An Efficacious Treatment For Achieving Lipid Goals

VIVOweb: Scientists Will Find Research Partners More Easily, Thanks To $12.2 Million NIH Grant

Geisinger Physicians Named To Best Doctors List

Orthopedic Oncologist Treats Musculoskeletal Tumors

Bolton School Of Nursing At Case Western Reserve University Receives $3.7 Million In Federal Stimulus Funding

New Guidelines For The Management Of Psoriasis With Ultraviolet Light Therapy

Carnegie Mellon Expands Mobile Learning Project In IndiaWith Support From Nokia Research Center In Palo Alto

Cocaine Exposure During Pregnancy Leads To Impulsivity In Male, Not Female, Monkeys

General Anesthetics Lead To Learning Disabilities In Animal Models

Biomedical Engineering Faculty At Case Western Reserve University Receives More Than $3.5 Million In Grants

Case Western Reserve University Scientist Building Nimble Tools To Monitor Brain Works

Case Western Reserve University Launches Prevention Research Center For Healthy Neighborhoods

$2.1 Million Grant Awarded For Genetic Study Of Schizophrenia To US And Hebrew University Researchers

Relationships Between Dietary Balance And Alzheimer's Disease

4 New Jersey Institute of Technology Researchers To Be Honored By NJ Inventor's Hall Of Fame

UPS And The American Red Cross Team Up To Send Relief Flight To American Samoa

2 Grand Prize Winners Have Innovations Related To Cell Engineering And Tools For Quadriplegics

With NSF Grant, Researchers Put Their 'Spin' On Electron Research

Therapeutic Advances In Musculoskeletal Disease Launched By SAGE

University Of Queensland Researchers Receive Bill And Melinda Gates Funding, Australia

University Of Pittsburgh Schools Of The Health Sciences Announce New Research Funding

Research To Be Presented At The 2009 American Association Of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting And Exposition

ACP Statement On Senate Vote, S. 1776

Electronic Eye Implanted At NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Mimics Human Retina

Designer Molecule Detects Tiny Amounts Of Cyanide, Then Glows

Phytochemicals In Plant-Based Foods Could Help Battle Obesity, Disease

HIV Care Providers Applaud Congress' Extension Of Ryan White Program

Alzheimer's Disease: Eyes Are Potential Gateway To Quicker Diagnosis, Treatment, UCI Study Suggests

Internists Caring For Cancer Survivors Rarely Address Sexual Problems

When Identifying Emotions, Women Outperform Men

Study Finds Internet Fuels Virtual Subculture For Sex Trade

Discovery Of Alcohol Tolerance Switch In Fruit Flies

Published Study Demonstrates Clinical Accuracy And Ease Of Use Of TRUE2go Blood Glucose Monitoring System From Home Diagnostics

Advice From Dietician: Eating Right, Not Supplements, Is Best At Keeping Your Good Bacteria Healthy

Argos Therapeutics Presents Positive Phase 2 Viral Load And Immune Response Data For Arcelis™ HIV Program At The AIDS Vaccine 2009 Conference

Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein Is Dynamic, Critical To DNA Repair

The 19th IOF Advanced Training Course On Osteoporosis In Lyon, France

FDA Issues Complete Response Letter For CorVue™

CombinatoRx'S Synavive (CRx-102) Maintains Efficacy Throughout 12 Month Phase 2 Knee OA Extension Trial

InHealth Awards $1.4 Million To Investigate Socioeconomic Impact Of Medical Technologies

Right At Home, Inc. Expands In-Home Personal Care Services To The UK

Nation's Premier Health Maintenance Research Group To Collaborate With Innovative International Genomics Research Consortium

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