Medical News Today: Health News for Tuesday 3 November 2009

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Tuesday 3 November 2009

Behavioral Problems In 3-Year-Old Boys And Girls Linked To Smoking During Pregnancy

Written by Stephanie Brunner

Research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health reports that smoking during pregnancy considerably increases the risk of having a child with behavioral problems...
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Use Of Low Dose Aspirin To Protect Against Cardiovascular Disease Should Be Abandoned

Written by Stephanie Brunner

The latest issue of the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) reports that the use of low-dose aspirin to protect against heart attacks and strokes in individuals yet to develop obvious cardiovascular disease, should be abandoned...
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New WHO/UNICEF Action Plan To Tackle Pneumonia
A comprehensive action plan that can save up to 5.3 million children from dying of pneumonia by 2015 is being launched today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)...
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Other Medical and Health News for 3 November*

New Clinical Guidelines For Egg Freezing In The UK

MEPs And Industry Debate Shared Commitment To Deliver 21st Century Healthcare Systems In Times Of Crisis

Experts Favor Broad Medicare Reforms To Control Costs And Foster Health Care Innovations, Survey Says

Tireless Rural GP And Trail Blazer For Female Doctors Named Rural Doctor Of The Year 2009, Australia

Innovative Rural Student Named Medical Student Of The Year 2009

Energetic And Respected Rural Doctor Wins Coveted Award The Peter Graham 'Cohuna' Award 2009, Australia

Statement By Secretary Kathleen G. Sebelius On The Repeal Of The HIV Entry Ban

Initial Results Show Pregnant Women Mount Strong Immune Response To One Dose Of 2009 H1N1 Flu Vaccine

Task Force Develops New Radiation Guidelines For Brachytherapy

Study Finds Increasing Number Of Injuries From Hot Tubs

UT Southwestern Childhood-cancer Survivor Program Celebrates 20 Years

NICE Recommends Topotecan For Cervical Cancer

NICE Guidance Recommends Option For Preventing Arterial Blood Clots In People With Acute Coronary Syndromes

Pharmacists Positioned To Help Patients With Diabetes Management

Guided Therapeutics To Introduce New Cancer Detection Technology At Medica 2009

IVCC Announces Monitoring And Evaluation System At Multilateral Initiative On Malaria

Promise Of A New Lupus Treatment Is A Groundbreaking Achievement

NOXXON Announces Initiation Of First-in-Human Clinical Trial With Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilizing Spiegelmer(R) NOX-A12

Clinical Tests Begin On Medication To Correct Fragile X Defect

First Clinical Trials Of Digital 'Plaster' For Monitoring Vital Signs

The Benefits And Risks Of Preventative Brain Radiation For Lung Cancer Patients

PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative Shares Strategy For Developing 'Next-Generation' Malaria Vaccines

Big Brain Responses Triggered By Sights And Sounds Of Emotion

Swedish Study Finds Poor Leadership Poses A Health Risk At Work

New Therapy Gives Hope For Very Severe Depression

Telemedicine Accelerated By Modified Bluetooth

Treating Breast Cancer With Adapted Space-Industry Technology

Second Pathway To Feeling Your Heartbeat Revealed By University Of Iowa Study

Swine Influenza Daily Update: 02 November 2009, Wales

Improved Healing Of Bone Fractures After Radiation Exposure

Protecting Children From A Forgotten But Deadly Disease: Who Releases Global Action Plan To Prevent And Treat Pneumonia

Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy For Preemies: Disappointing Early Results Of Multicenter Study

Illinois Parental Notification Law Takes Effect Tuesday

Individual, Employer Mandates Prove Thorny Topics For Lawmakers

Senate, House Split Over Taxes To Pay For Health Overhaul

A Return To The Doctor's House Call May Aid Health Care Reform

Washington Post Examines How Altman 'Revitalized' The Kaiser Family Foundation Mission

With State Budgets Tight, Services Are Cut; Kansas Looks To Avoid Mandates

Today's Opinions And Editorials

Malaria Conference Begins In Nairobi, Will Highlight Outlook For RTS,S Experimental Malaria Vaccine

Opinions: Obstetric Fistula; Malaria And Climate Change

Undetectable PSA After Radiation Is Possible And Predicts Good Patient Outcomes

Less Invasive Stereotactic Radiosurgery As Effective In Eliminating Parkinson's Disease Tremors As Other Treatments

In Prostate Cancer Patients Proton Therapy Is Well-Tolerated

Prostate Cancer Recurrences Reduced By Adding Proton Therapy "Boost" To X-Ray Radiation Therapy

Side Effects Of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy In Lung Cancer Patients Significantly Increased By Obesity

Laser-Particle Acceleration Is Expected To Contribute To Future Advances In Modern Cancer Radiotherapy

Link Between Childhood Physical Abuse And Arthritis

Discovery Offers Potential New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Short-Term Hormone Therapy And Intermediate Dose Radiation Increases Survivial For Early Stage Prostate Cancer

Norovirus: Poorly Cleaned Public Cruise Ship Restrooms May Predict Outbreaks

COPD: Awareness Is Rising, But Understanding Is Still Low

Updated Action Plan To Reduce Suicide In Wales

Spinal Cord Regeneration Enabled By Stabilizing, Improving Delivery Of Scar-Degrading Enzyme

News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine, Nov. 3, 2009

Nano-Scale Drug Delivery For Chemotherapy Developed By Duke

Obama To Lift Travel Ban On People With HIV

USA Today Editorial, Rep. Stupak Opinion Piece Differ On Abortion Language In Reform Bill

CBO: Few Americans Would Sign Up For Public Health Insurance Plan

Heart, Cancer Doctors Get Break On Scheduled Medicare Pay Cuts

States Will Implement Many Health Reform Initiatives

WHO, UNICEF Launch 6-Year $39B Plan To Prevent, Treat Pneumonia; World Pneumonia Day Coverage

Deaths From H1N1 Rise By 700 In One Week, WHO Reports

Washington Post Examines Role Of USAID's Richard Greene

Also In Global Health News: Undernutrition In Afghanistan; Namibia's HIV Clinics, Outreach Programs

Noninvasive, Effective Treatment For Frail Patients With Early-Stage Lung Cancer Offered By Stereotactic Radiotherapy

Over 7 Million UK Adults May Be Gambling Their Lives With Fake Medicine, UK

Human Clinical Study Finds Benefits Linked To XanGo® Juice

Immune Therapy Can Protect Against Or Treat Later Lymphoma

Bristol-Myers Squibb And ZymoGenetics Present Final Phase 1b Results For PEG-Interferon Lambda In Hepatitis C

New Research Reveals The Cause Of Common Chronic Diarrhea

Mankind And Leprosy Bacteria

BARACLUDE(R) (entecavir) Demonstrated Greater Antiviral Efficacy Compared To Adefovir In New Study Of Chronic Hepatitis B Patients With Cirrhosis

Genetic Defect Inhibits Fruit Flies From Being Able To Store Fat -- Are There Parallels To Humans?

Revised Guidelines From ACC/AHA For The Perioperative Use Of Beta Blockers To Minimize Cardiac Risk

A Gold Nanocage Covered With A Polymer Is A Smart Drug Delivery System

Bacteria 'Launch A Shield' To Resist Attack

Ineffective Monotherapies Common In High-Burden Malarious Countries

Researchers Sequence Swine Genome

Aggressive Osteoporosis Prevention Could See Nation's Hip Fracture Rate Drop 25 Percent

Promising Results From Gamma Knife Treatment For Glioblastomas

New Genetic Cause Of A Fatal Immune Disorder

Modifying Neural Stem Cells Improves Their Therapeutic Efficacy

Disrupting Male Fertility

Revealing The Possible Origins Of Pancreatic Cancer

Catholic Bishops Urge Parishioners To Oppose Health Reform Over Abortion Language

Threat Of Protesters Should Not Prevent Relocation Of Mass. Women's Health Clinic, Opinion Piece Says

Obama's Health Reform Political Maneuvers May Prove Successful

GOP Is Preparing Its Strategy, Version Of Health Overhaul Legislation

NAMI Applauds Initial Review Of The Affordable Health Care Of America Act And Health Care Reform

Insurers, Other Interest Groups Prepare For Final Health Reform Votes

FDA Publishes Guidance On Diagnostic Tests For 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus

FDA, JIFSAN Travel To Bangladesh To Teach Seafood Safety

Swine Flu Vaccine Supply Expected To Increase 'In Short Order'

Zuma Calls For Renewed Effort In Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Novavax Reports Positive Data For Its Trivalent Seasonal Influenza (VLP) Vaccine Candidate In A Second Phase II Study

Ocera Therapeutics Presents Clinical Data Demonstrating AST-120 Relieves Pruritus In Patients With Liver Cirrhosis At The 60th Annual AASLD Meeting

Study Finds Lack Of Diffusible VEGF Growth Factor Can Cause Retinal Defects Similar To Dry Macular Degeneration

Noninvasive Breath Test Predicts Survival In Patients With Viral Hepatitis

Sanofi Pasteur Presents Safety Data On Menactra(R) Vaccine Given To Infants At Infectious Disease Society Meeting

Lupus Research Institute: Benlysta(TM) Trial Results In An Historic Research Breakthrough And Victory For People With Lupus

Study Reveals A "Missing Link" In Immune Response To Disease

Lifestyle Changes May Stave Off Diabetes For A Decade

Is Disorder That Causes Dementia Hereditary?

Advancing Medicine From The Frontlines To The Homefront

IPCC/IGBP Joint Workshop: Developing Countries Must Prepare For Large-Scale Change

UIC Researchers Have Immune Cells Running In Circles

Combining Calcium Scoring And SPECT Imaging Gives More Accurate Read On Patients' Heart Risk

Too Much TV Time Bad For Muscular Fitness Levels

Abortion Coverage Splits House Democrats As Health Reform Heads To Floor

Okla. Judge Denies State Request To Set Aside Temporary Restraining Order On Abortion Law

TEXPAC Endorses Gov. Rick Perry For Reelection

N.Y. Law Increases Penalties For Violence Against Abortion Clinic Staff, Patients

Public Option Might Be Only A Minor Player In Changing Health Care

House Democratic Leaders Pushing For Vote On Health Reform

Santen CEO Adrienne Graves Joins Board Of Glaucoma Research Foundation

Terrence Higgins Trust Welcomes Lifting Of Discriminatory US Entry Ban On People Living With HIV, UK

WHO/UNICEF Launch New Action Plan Against Pneumonia, The Leading Killer Of Children

Cataract Surgery Benefits AMD Patients; Steroid Drug May Restore Vision In DME Patients; Top Online Eye Health Forums Analyzed

Dramatic Settlement Sets National Model For H1N1 Hospital Safety Measures To Protect Patients And Nurses

CMS Announces Payment, Policy Changes For Physicians Services To Medicare Beneficiaries In 2010

CMS Adopts Policy, Payment Rate Changes For Services In Hospital Outpatient Departments And Ambulatory Surgical Centers For 2010

CMS Announces Policy And Payment Updates For Medicare Home Health

HHS Strengthens HIPAA Enforcement

Abbott's XIENCE PRIME™ And XIENCE V(R) Receive Indications In Europe For Treatment Of Patients With Diabetes

Schering-Plough Reports Potent Antiviral Activity With Narlaprevir (SCH 900518), An Investigational, Once-Daily Protease Inhibitor For Hepatitis C

BioVex Announces Publication Of Phase 2 Melanoma Results With OncoVEX (GM-CSF) In The Journal Of Clinical Oncology

Amylin Pharmaceuticals And Eli Lilly And Company Statement On FDA's BYETTA(R) (Exenatide) Injection Update

Objective Measures Of ADHD Symptoms Using The Quotient(TM) ADHD System May Reduce Cost Of ADHD Drug Trials

Teeth Grinding Linked To Sleep Apnea

Sleep Apnea Therapy Improves Golf Game

Race Is Strong Predictor For Restless Legs Syndrome

StemEx(R) Noted As A Reliable Investigational Product Of An Expanded Population Of Stem Cells At Umbilical Cord Blood Symposium In Israel

Twice Daily Oral Medication Shows Promise In Treating Patients With Hepatitis C

Investigational Sublingual Allergy Immunotherapy Tablet Meets Primary Endpoint In A Study Of Adult Subjects With A History Of Grass Pollen Allergies

Quark Pharmaceuticals To Present Data On Its SiRNA Therapeutic Programs In Kidney And Lung Diseases

NHS Institute Launches Focus On: Musculoskeletal Interface Services

Sick And Vulnerable Australians Hit Hard By Government Health Cuts

Invitation To Gastro 2009 Press Conference, UK

ANA Calls Shortage Of N-95 Respirators To Protect Against H1N1 Unacceptable

BENLYSTA™ Successful In Second Pivotal Clinical Trial

Call For Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Testing To Be Offered To All Couples Considering Pregnancy, Australia

Study Shows Benefits Of Point-Of-Care Testing, Australian Medical Association

More Needs To Be Done To Prevent Hearing Loss From Middle Ear Inflammation Among Indigenous Children, Australia

More Children Being Injured In Treadmill Accidents, Australia

Indigenous Mums Taken From Their Families More Likely To Be Victims Of Violence Later In Life, Australia

Men Twice As Likely Not To Know They Have Diabetes

Human Clinical Study Finds Benefits Linked To XanGo Juice

The Real Benefits Versus Risks Of Preventative Brain Radiation For Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer?

Radiation After Surgery Reduces Chance Of Melanoma Returning

Additional, Specialized Radiation Not Necessary For Some Women After Mastectomy

Short-term Hormone Therapy Added To Radiation Increases Survival For Medium-risk, But Not Low-risk, Prostate Cancer Patients

Study Lays Foundation For More Patient Access To Medical Records

Researchers Assessing Health Impacts Of One Of The Nation's Largest Environmental Disasters

Shock-Wave Therapy For Unhealed Fractured Bones As Effective As Surgery

Mending Meniscals In Children, Improving Diagnosis And Recovery

Over 1,000 Get Serious In First Week, Diabetes UK

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