Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 31 October 2009

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Saturday 31 October 2009

What Is Watering Eye (epiphora)? What Causes Watering Eye (epiphora)?

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Watering eye, also known as epiphora or tearing, is a condition in which there is an overflow of tears onto the face, often without a clear explanation. There is insufficient tear film drainage from the eye(s) - instead of...
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Racial Differences In Trust And Regular Source Of Patient Care And The Implications For Prostate Cancer Screening Use

Written by Christopher Evans M.D.

UroToday.com - An article in the online edition of Cancer assesses differences in prostate cancer (CaP) treatment, trust and regular patient care based upon patient race. The North Carolina-Louisiana prostate Cancer Project...
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Avoiding Panic In Pandemic Flu Vaccine Campaigns
The effectiveness of pandemic flu vaccination campaigns like that now underway for H1N1 could be undermined by the public incorrectly associating coincidental and unrelated health events with the vaccines...
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Other Medical and Health News for 31 October*

Sight Gone, But Not Necessarily Lost?

This Is Your Brain On Fatty Acids

Should Kids Taking Immunosuppressant Medication Receive The H1N1 Vaccine?

Child Abuse Experts Available To Discuss Precious

ESC Events In Asia Tackle Management Of Diabetes And Cardiovascular Disease

Women And Cardiovascular Health Conference To Highlight Need For Gender Specific Research

New Software Helps Prevent Food Poisoning

BYETTA Approved For Expanded Use As First-Line Treatment For Type 2 Diabetes

A Recipe For Hypertension: High Fructose Corn Syrup

The Hunt For Scleroderma Triggers

Mastering A Skill Makes Us Stressed In The Moment, Happy Long Term

Drug-Radiation Combo Used To Eradicate Lung Cancer In Mouse Model

An Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of Public Policies On Motorcycle Safety In The US

Report On Random Source Dogs And Cats Endorsed By American Physiological Society

For Adult-To-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Left Side Grafting Is Procedure Of Choice

Placental Precursor Stem Cells Require Testosterone-Free Environment To Survive

PTSD Less Common Than Depression And Alcohol Misuse Amongst UK Troops

Immunotherapy Demonstrates Long-Term Success In Treating Lymphoma

Shire Reports Tolerability And Clinical Effects Results Of Daytrana(R) (methylphenidate Transdermal System) From Study In Adolescents With ADHD

New Epidemic Of Sexually Transmitted Hepatitis C Infection In HIV-infected Men In NYC

NovaBay's Aganocides Show Penetration And Efficacy In A Pre-Clinical Infected Human Nail Model Of Onychomycosis

Bayer HealthCare Presents Florbetaben Phase II Study Results At World Congress Of Neurology

Idenix Pharmaceuticals Presents Data On IDX184 For The Treatment Of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)

Sunesis Completes Enrollment Of Voreloxin REVEAL-1 Trial In Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Global Phase III Study Results Show Eribulin Meets Primary Endpoint Of Overall Survival

AcelRx Announces Successful Completion Of End-of-Phase 2 Meeting On ARX-01, Sufentanil NanoTab PCA System For Post-Operative Pain Management

U.S. Food And Drug Administration Issues Complete Response Letter Regarding PEGINTRON(R) For Malignant Melanoma

Travel May Be Hazardous To Dialysis Patients

Consent Forms For Kidney Transplant May Contribute To Disparities

Earlier Not Necessarily Better When Receiving A Kidney Transplant

Group Chats About Kidney Transplantation Increase Loved Ones' Willingness To Donate

Dangerous Visceral Fat Warded Off By Exercise

AAPS And CRS Co-Sponsored Workshop To Take Place In Conjunction With The 2009 AAPS Annual Meeting And Exposition

Quantitative Model-Based Drug Development At The AAPS Workshop

$75 Million Awarded To Charles Drew University And Three Other Historically Black Institutions

Multicenter Clinical Trial To Test Blood Pressure Strategy

UCSF Diabetes, Brain Tumor Stem Cell Grants To Drive Development Of Therapies

Boston Medical Center's Elders Living At Home Program Receives Grant From Admninistration On Aging

For Development Of Novel Stem Cell Treatments For Heart Attack Patients, Cedars-Sinai Researchers Awarded $5.5 Million

$16 Million Grant From State Stem Cell Agency To Speed Research Of Stem Cell-Based Treatment For Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Cornea Society's Highest Honor Won By UT Southwestern Ophthalmologist Cavanaugh

2009 Katz Prizes In Cardiovascular Research Announced By Columbia University Medical Center

Michael Cowley, Obesity Expert, Named Life Scientist Of The Year

A Step-By-Step Program: 'The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook For Weight Management'

In Europe Patients Benefit From New Radiation Therapy

New Tool To Accelerate Discovery Of Autoimmune Disease Mechanisms And Therapies

Progression Of Parkinson's Disease May Be Prevented By Widely Used Cholesterol-Lowering Drug

Penn Study Finds Inhibitor Of Heat Shock Protein Is A Potential Anticancer Drug

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