Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 30 October 2009

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Friday 30 October 2009

Male Hormone May Trigger Gene Fusion That Leads To Prostate Cancer, Study

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Researchers in the US have discovered that the male hormone androgen may trigger the gene fusion that leads to the development of prostate cancer: they found that pieces of chromosome that normally sit far apart, relocate...
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Spring Outbreak Of H1N1 Swine Flu Estimated At Up To 6 Million Cases In US, CDC Study

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new study suggests that the 44,000 lab-confirmed cases of H1N1 swine flu in the US in the spring were just the tip of the iceberg and that up to 5.7 million Americans were actually infected with the virus...
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Fifteen Minute Immobilization After Artificial Insemination Is Beneficial

Written by Stephanie Brunner

Research published today on bmj.com reports that women who lie on their backs for fifteen minutes after artificial insemination have a "significantly higher" chance of getting pregnant than women who move around straight after treatment...
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Other Medical and Health News for 30 October*

Statement By Department Of Health And Children On Meeting With Dignity 4 Patients, Ireland

Medicare Launches Mississippi Health First Collaborative For Diabetes Care In Community Settings

New Report Highlights How Health Insurance Reform Will Reduce Costs For Small Businesses

Hypertension Guidelines Reappraised In Light Of New Research

Food Rating System Scores High With Consumers

Successful Joint Working Requires Dedicated Planning

AHIP Statement On Affordable Health Care For America Act

AstraZeneca Withdraws Its Marketing Authorisation Application For Zactima (vandetinib), Europe

Vaccine Sales Don't Just Benefit Drug Makers

Universal Detection Technology Brings Anthrax Detection Kits And Bioterrorism Prevention Training To Milipol Paris 2009

New National Registration Laws Off To A Poor Start, Australia

Extra Training Places Needed To Help Solve Doctor Shortage, Australia

Nurses Want Early Action To Fix Aged Care, Australia

House Speaker Pelosi's Health Reform Bill Sets The Gold Standard For Health Reform This Year

Influenza's Achilles Heel Discovered By Scientists

New Study Reviews Science Behind Efficacy Of Biofield Therapies - Reiki, Therapeutic Touch And Healing Touch

New Hope For Chronic Pain Sufferers

The Impact Of Bundling On Dialysis Units Nationwide

BDA Attacks 'Unacceptable And Growing Chasm' In Oral Health Inequalities, UK

Major Cancer Meeting Highlights Practice-Changing Cancer Studies

2-Pronged Protein Attack Could Be Source Of SARS Virulence

Psychiatric Medication Increases Risk Of Early Delivery In Pregnancy

H1N1 Testing Data Presented At Infectious Diseases Society Of America Conference

Study Findings On ADHD Treatments Presented At Psychiatric Meeting

New Explanation For Flu Virus Antigenic Drift Proposed By NIAID Scientists

The Final Frontier: Disease Proposed As Major Barrier To Mars And Beyond

Cell Phones Become Handheld Tools For Global Development

Pitt-Led Researchers Create Nano-Particle Coating To Prevent Freezing Rain Buildup On Roads, Power Lines

In Senate, Centrist-Liberal Rift Broader Than Just Public Option

Senators Who Support The Public Option Hope Resistant Moderates Will 'Come Around'

Health Bills Present Formidable Challenges To Number Crunchers

Health Bills Limit Out-Of-Pocket Costs, But There's A Catch In The Fine Print

Current, Former Mass. Governors Agree: Feds Should Do More Than Their States' Model To Address Costs

Lawmakers Try To Weed Out Fraud And Waste

China's Health Care System Is Also In Disarray

Coverage Details Hits Taken By Medicaid Programs In State Budget Cuts

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Also In Global Health News: Sudan Food Aid; Congolese Refugees; NTDs In U.S.

Screening For Cardiovascular Diseases Difficult, But Necessary

Medicaid Expansion Praised By Safety Net Health Plans

Age Concern And Help The Aged Comment On Demos Survey Showing That Four Out Of Five Care Users Don't Understand The Personal Budgets System, UK

California Healthcare Advocates To Protest Rep. Waxman

AHA Statement On House Health Reform Proposal

Strong International Presence And High Attendance Mark American Academy Of Ophthalmology Joint Meeting

HIV Tamed By Designer 'Leash'

New Model May Help Scientists Better Predict And Prevent Influenza Outbreaks

October Is Autism Awareness Month In Canada

Medicaid Policy Changes May Have Broad Impact On Mental Health Services

Fine Print: Finance Bill May Cause Consumer Sticker Shock

Pelosi Chooses Compromise Approach To Public Option In Reform Bill

A Look At The Public Insurance Options - What Exists And Who Would Have Access Under Proposed Reforms

The Unintentional Punishment: Time In Prison Should Not Lead To Infection With HIV Or Tuberculosis

Shocked By Re-Emergence Of Public Option, Business Groups Push Back

Medical Device Manufacturers Launch Ad To Head Off $40B Tax On Their Products

Iowa Medical Home Provides Lessons For Health Care Reform

Zebrafish Play Pivotal Role In Helping Treat Disease

Insurers Brace For Increase In COBRA Claims

Obama Administration Hits Reset Button In Wake Of Flu Vaccine Shortage

Study Seeks To Debunk Myths About HIV-Infection Among Black Women

'Positive Support' Will Mean Better Service Provision For Families Of Young Deaf Children, UK

Regional HIV/AIDS Conference Opens In Russia

U.S. Won't Donate H1N1 Vaccine To Developing Countries Until 'At-Risk' Americans Receive Vaccine

GSK Will Ensure Experimental Malaria Vaccine Is Affordable, CEO Says

International Awareness Week Marks New Beginning For Enabling The Web And Advancing Research Through Open Access

Natural Disasters In India, Philippines Affect Rice Supply, Could Have Global Implications

UNFPA Maternal Health Conferences Wrap Up

Pharmaceutical Companies Accept Ecuador's Decision To Break Drug Patents

Rapid Growth Scoops Pathology Diagnostics Erbi Award

Women Are At Greater Risk Than Men Of Graft Loss After Undergoing Liver Transplantation For Hepatitis C-related Liver Disease

Low Vitamin D Levels Explains Most ESRD Risk In African Americans

New Type 1 Diabetes Research Center And Elam Discovery Wall Dedicated

Researchers Use Smartphones To Improve Health Of Diabetics In China

Women Have Special Concerns With Prescription Medications

Of Mice And Men: Stem Cells And Ethical Uncertainties

Risk Of Serious Flu-related Sickness Far Outpaces Risk Of Injectable Vaccine In Pregnant Women

Study Uncovers Key To How 'Triggering Event' In Cancer Occurs

Younger Doctors Recommend Kidney Transplantations Earlier

Bodybuilding With Steroids Damages Kidneys

A Researcher At The Technical University Of Catalonia (UPC) Designs The First Ever Synthetic Gene Circuit That Works Like That Of A Natural Cell

Researchers Identify Genetic Links To Fungal Infection Susceptibility

New Tool Promises More Accurate Antimalarial Drug Dosing

Transcept Pharmaceuticals Receives Complete Response Letter From FDA On Intermezzo(R) New Drug Application

PA Department Of Health: National Delays In H1N1 Flu Vaccine Distribution Highlight Need For Continued Prevention Efforts

DAI-Led Team Selected To Implement USAID Response To Emerging Infectious Diseases

Appropriations Chairs Weigh Small Omnibus Combining HHS, Other Spending Bills

Future Of Abstinence-Only Programs Unclear Without Federal Funding, Newsweek Reports

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Federal Guidelines On Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Hospitals Tighten Rules For Elective Inductions, C-Sections Ahead Of New Joint Commission Reporting Requirements

New Guidance On Diabetes And Depression

Dramatic Increase In The Number Of Obesity-Related Hospital Admissions

Burgess: This Is Simply The Wrong Kind Of Reform

$2.95 Million Government Breast Reconstruction Funding Gives New Benefit To Breast Cancer Survivors, Australia

Part D Negotiation Will Save Medicare And Seniors Billions

What Health Professionals Can Do On World Stroke Day

Around One In Five Pregnant Smokers Go Undetected Each Year

EHR Survey Finds Physician Expectations Of Technology's Value And Capacity To Improve Care Increase With Use

Th17 Cells Summon An Immune System Strike Against Cancer

'Moonlighting' Molecules Discovered

Statement By World Food Programme Executive Director, Josette Sheeran, On Wednesday's Deadly Attacks In Afghanistan And Pakistan

Could Vaccination For Children Against Seasonal Flu Stop Immunity Developing Against Pandemic Strains?

World Pneumonia Day: Time For Renewed Global Action Against This Forgotten Killer Of Children

World Undernutrition Epidemic-No More Excuses, Time For Food

ACSM President Named Torchbearer For The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games

Hite Appointed Section Chief Of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy And Immunologic Diseases At Wake Forest University School Of Medicine

Lab Group Recognizes The National Changing Diabetes Program For New Study On Quality Measures In Diabetes

Neuro Kinetics & Military Researchers In Push To Improve Diagnosis & Treatment Of Combat Brain Injuries

New Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Biomarker NVB-64 Visualizes Malignant Breast Tumors

Tamaulipas Comparative Wound Healing Test Treatment Successfully Concluded

Abortion Issues Unresolved As House Prepares To Unveil Health Reform Bill

Mich. Man Accused Of Killing Antiabortion Protester Found Competent To Stand Trial

Is Short-Term Celecoxib Intervention A Effective Method For Preventing Gastric Carcinogenesis?

Brain Cell Transplants Help Repair Neural Damage In Mouse Model

Teriparatide Outperforms Alendronate In Treating Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis

Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Treatment Does Not Increase Cancer Risk In RA Patients

Study Shows Lack Of Insurance May Have Figured In Nearly 17,000 Childhood Deaths

Tai Chi Exercise Reduces Knee Osteoarthritis Pain In The Elderly

Novel Detector For Medical, Military Applications

PUrsuing Novel Stem-Cell Derived Therapy For Lou Gehrig's Disease With $10.8 Million Award

Bisphenol A Research Gaps To Be Addressed By NIEHS Recovery Act Funds

Grant To Study Breast Cancer Reconstruction Received By Clemson Researchers

Recovery Act Funds Expand Studies Of Stem Cell Biology

Lymphoma Research Foundation Announces Recipients Of CLL/SLL Research Initiative Grants

Geisinger Orthopaedic Surgeon Awarded $97,000 Grant

Grey's Anatomy Star Chandra Wilson Joins Leading OTC Medicine Makers To Educate Parents On The Safe Use Of Children's Cough And Cold Medicines

Unique UAB/Red Cross Blood Partnership Boosts Blood Supply

Minster Brady Welcomes Report On Implementation Of The Home Care Package Scheme, Ireland

Minister For Health And Children Welcomes The First Biannual Report Against The HSE Corporate Plan 2008 - 2011, Ireland

USC Awarded New $16 Million Cancer Research Center

Pitt Study Shows Linkage Between Teen Girls' Weight And Sexual Behavior

Natural Products Foundation Representatives Meet With Federal Regulators On Truth In Advertising Campaign

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