Medical News Today: Health News for Thursday 12 November 2009

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Thursday 12 November 2009

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FDA Approves New Drug For Rare Cancer Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for treating patients with the rare white blood cell cancer Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma (CTCL); the drug Istodax (romidepsin) is injectable and is marketed by...
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Societies Failing To Meet Healthcare Needs Of Women At Key Life Stages, WHO

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new report by the World Health Organization released this week suggests that despite considerable progress in the past decades, societies are still failing to meet the healthcare needs of women at key stages in their...
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Study Suggests Westernized Diet Leads To Obesity Via Gut Microbes

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

US researchers who transplanted human intestinal microbes into germ-free mice and then switched their diet from a low-fat plant-based one to a more Westernized diet, high in fat and sugars, found that within one day...
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What Is Dry Eye Syndrome? What Causes Dry Eye Syndrome?

What Is A Detached Retina? What Causes A Detached Retina?

Analysis Of Mexican Swine Flu Cases: Higher Risk Of Infection For Young People But Higher Mortality Rate In The Elderly

Colonoscopy: New Optical Techniques Are More Efficient And Cost Effective

Other Medical and Health News for 12 November*

PuriCore Announces Promising Clinical Results For Vashe(R) Wound Therapy In Post-Operative Care Of Skin Grafts On Burns

Sol-Gel's IND Application For Rosacea Accepted By FDA

Shock Figures Highlight Prevalence Of Alcohol-Related Problems, UK

Dangers Of The Graveyard Shift...Nightshift Workers Suffer More Than Lack Of Sleep

Breast Density Associated With Increased Risk Of Cancer Recurrence

Friends Find It Harder To Forgive: Study

Landmark Autism Law Receives Royal Sign Off, UK

GI Dynamics' EndoBarrier ™ Gastrointestinal Liner Demonstrates Significant HbA1c Reduction In Obese People Living With Type 2 Diabetes

CSL Biotherapies Obtains FDA Licensure For Use Of Its Thimerosal-Free Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine In Children

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Applauds APHA's Call For Ban On Asbestos, Annual Warnings For Workers In High-Risk Occupations

New Survey: More Than Half Of Americans Do Not Take Prescription Medicines As Instructed, Pointing To Growing Public Health Problem

Nicast Announces Plans To Launch The NovaMesh™ Intra-Abdominal Hernia Mesh In Europe In Q1 2010

Analysis Underscores Financial Burden Of Mental Illness On Criminal Justice And Health Care Systems

Statement On Secretary Sebelius' Report - American Diabetes Association

Building NHS Capacity The Cure For Cutting Patient Waiting Times, UK

NMC Confirms Date That New Pre-registration Nursing Education Programmes Will Be Introduced Across The UK

Review Calls For Action On Dangerous Use Of Antipsychotic Drugs For Dementia

UK Research Community's Response To H1N1 Pandemic

Accused Tiller Shooter Calls Murder Of Abortion Providers Justifiable

Health Overhaul Proposals Test Limits Of Democrats' Unity

Health Reform Has Fiscal, Political Burdens For States

Tentative Agreement Reached With Oklahoma Lawmaker Stalling Veterans' Health Bill

Health Insurance Industry Profits Examined

CVS Settles With New York Over Expired Product Sales; North Carolina Gets Grant For High-Risk Pool

Report Predicts Africa's Tobacco Use Will Double Within 12 Years Without Intervention

Also In Global Health News: RUTF; Global Hunger; Preventing Natural Disasters; El Salvador Floods

3-D Software To Give Doctors, Students A View Inside The Body Developed By Iowa State Engineers

In Strategic Plan For Autism Research IACC Includes Vaccine Research Objective

Study: Trimming US Health Care Spending Will Require New Approaches

Uniting To Fight The World's Neglected Diseases

Studying The Inner Realm Of Living Cells

Use Of Performance Enhancers By Athletes More Likely To Lead To Abuse Of Alcohol, Other Drugs

When Cooking, Teens Less Likely To Wash Hands, More Likely To Cross-Contaminate Raw Food Than Adults

How The Body Prevents Formation Of Blood Vessels Has Implications For Cancer Treatment

Recovery Of Burned Remains

Nobel Laureate Claims The 2010 Herbert Tabor Lectureship

Small Things Considered Wins Big At PRNews' 2009 Nonprofit Awards

WHO Report Highlights Gender Disparities, Cites AIDS As Leading Cause Of Women's Deaths

Clinton Rallies Senators To Pass Health Reform, Timeline Becomes Key

Cost Control Issues Take Center Stage In Health Care Reform

Disability Plan Could Be Another Roadblock To Health Reform Bill

South Florida Man Inspires 'Ian's Law'

Psychiatrist Delivers High-Risk Meds, Poor Care In Chicago Nursing Homes

Obama Nominates Senior USDA Official To Lead USAID

Updated WHO Data Finds Deaths Caused By Tainted Food Are Underestimated

Study Links Evolution Of Single Gene To Human Capacity For Language

Getting Emergency Mental Healthcare To A Good Place

New Brain Findings On Dyslexic Children

Mental Health Network Comment On 18 Week Waiting Time Legislation

18 Week Legislation A Major Departure For Health Service

Pediatric Physicians' Views On Religion, Spirituality

Treatment To Improve Degenerating Muscle Gains Strength

National Effort To Recruit Volunteers For Medical Research

M. D. Anderson Offers Guidance On Choosing Tobacco Cessation Products

Engineers Develop 3-D Software To Give Doctors, Students A View Inside The Body

First Pediatric Patient With Implanted Mechanical Heart Device Discharged From Texas Children's

Mouse Gene Suppresses Alzheimer's Plaques And Tangles

New Way To Biopsy Brain Tumors In Real Time Identified By Barrow Study

Testing New Treatments For Severe H1N1 Infection

Pioneering New Methods Of Drug Manufacture

Mass. Senate Candidate Coakley Opposes House Reform Bill Because Of Abortion Restrictions

Shake The Salt Habit With Tips From Dietitians Of Canada

House Health Bill: How Abortion Restrictions Would Work

Health Debate Breaks Uneasy Peace On Abortion Policy

Young Adults Don't Welcome Health Insurance Mandate

For The First Time, Child Health Days Reach Displaced Communities In Afgoye, South Somalia

Efforts To Combat Global Childhood Malnutrition Woefully Underfunded

Lawmakers Call For Emergency Sick-Leave Requirement

Health Care Sector Leaves Small Environmental Footprint

Today's Opinions And Editorials

Theratechnologies Presents Combined Phase 3 Clinical Results At European AIDS Conference

BioElectronics To Announce Results Of Acetaminophen Comparison Study

Food Prices 'Stubbornly High' In Developing Countries, Report Says

Amarillo Biosciences Comments On New Findings Of H1N1 In Animals And Potential Effect On Human Infections

Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeons Among First Responders To Fort Hood Shootings

Faulty Body Clock May Make Kids Bipolar

Neural Mechanism Reveals Why Dyslexic Brain Has Trouble Distinguishing Speech From Noise

Major Pathologies Associated With Alzheimer's Disease Reduced In Mice With Novel Gene

We Must Avoid The Mistakes Of The Past In Fighting The Downturn

When Seconds Count: Interventional Radiology Treatment For Pulmonary Embolism Saves Lives

Non-Invasive Uterine Fibroid Treatment With ExAblate(R) Shows Significantly Fewer Complications And Faster Recovery Than Hysterectomy

Landmark Study In The Lancet Oncology Shows Capecitabine (Xeloda(R)) Combination Therapy Reduces Early Breast Cancer Recurrence

Viron To Present Data From Phase II Trial At American Heart Association Conference

Mouse Gene Suppresses Alzheimer's Plaques And Tangles

MDA Grantees Prove Gene Therapy Grows Muscle Strength & Size In Primates

New Research Shows That Wireless Telephones Can Affect The Brain

Scientists Decipher The Formation Of Lasting Memories

Putting The Squeeze On DNA

Hard Training Reduced Fertility

Novo Nordisk Extends Programme Of Free Insulin And Diabetes Care To Reach 700 Children In Bangladesh

Covidien Introduces First FDA Approved Spine Sealant

Boston Scientific's Urology/Gynecology Products Featured In Studies At Global Congress

Fresenius Medical Care Announces Presentation Of First Results From The CALMAG Study For Phosphate Binder OsvaRen®

Mylan Receives FDA Approval For Generic Version Of Prevacid® Through Its Subsidiary Matrix Laboratories

Pandemic 2009 Influenza Update: US FDA Approves GSK's Pandemic H1N1 Vaccine

Pandemic 2009 Influenza Update: Pandemrix™ Data On Co Administration With Annual Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (Fluarix®)

Improving The Care Of People With Diabetes

Reid Calls For Senate Health Reform Vote This Year As Lawmakers Mull Strategy On Antiabortion Restrictions

Letter Criticizing Antiabortion-Rights Group Divides Tennessee House Republicans

Bipartisan Support Emerging On Hill For Commission To Control Health Costs

"CRINONE(R) 8% (progesterone Vaginal Gel) As Effective As Hormone Injections During IVF" Is Medscape's "Top News" From The ASRM 65th Annual Meeting

Largest-ever Database For Liver Proteins May Lead To Treatments For Hepatitis

BJOG Release: Study Raises Concerns About Cosmetic Labial Surgery

Future Generations In Jeopardy Unless Urgent Efforts Are Made To Tackle Undernutrition, Says UNICEF

Downturn Could Be Greatest Threat To Nursing In Living Memory - Royal College Of Nursing, UK

Experts Discuss Complex Nature Of Animal Welfare At Symposium

Three More Ferrets Diagnosed With Pandemic Influenza H1N1

No More 'Bottom' Of The Class Thanks To New THT Campaign, UK

Medtronic Introduces MASTERGRAFT(R) Strip For Spinal Surgeries

Snoring Sounds May Hold The Key To A Good Night's Sleep

Plea For Age Limits On Hair Transplant Surgery

Agreement For Donation Of Pandemic H1N1 Vaccine Signed

Breakthrough On Govt Cancer Wait Story, UK

The Diagnostic Clinic Introduces A Vaccination Alternative To The Flu Jab

Swine Influenza Daily Update: 10 November 2009, Wales

New Research Finds Bullying Likely To Occur In The Classroom; Nearly Two-thirds Of Students Bullied In Past Month

Researchers "Notch" A Victory Toward New Kind Of Cancer Drug

Longevity Tied To Genes That Preserve Tips Of Chromosomes

Diabetes UK Demands Better Diabetes Education And Support

Sanofi Pasteur Announces Final Results Of U.S. Clinical Trials Of Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccine In Adults And Children

Slower Pupil Responses Seen In Children With Autism, University Of Missouri-Columbia Study Finds

Risk Of Male Sexual Dysfunction Increases Following Workplace BPA Exposure

For MRI Tracking Of Stem Cells, $1M In Stimulus Funds Awarded To Rice, Texas Heart Institute

Federal Stimulus Grants Will Accelerate Health Research, Create Jobs

Researchers To Develop Probes To Understand Neuronal Navigation

CWRU To Develop Technologies For Virtual Coaching To Help Patient-Doctor Communications

Interdisciplinary Research Team Developing Novel Drug Detection Technology

Dust Control Research Leads To A NIOSH Grant To Facilitate Adoption Of Hazard Controls

EU Grants Nearly 1.5 Million Euros ($2.25 Million) For Complementary Medicine Research Network

K-State Program Will Give Young Professionals Skills To Protect Water Resources

American Academy Of Nursing Strengthened By Induction Of Palliative Care Expert

March Of Dimes Honors Dr. Gail Harrison For Outstanding Work In Maternal-Fetal Nutrition

Society Of Interventional Radiology Offers Resources On Stroke, Carotid Artery Disease

Ethics Guide For Rural MDs

NHLBI Publishes New Heart Healthy Cookbook

Toshiba Introduces The Toshiba Assurance Refurbishment Program

Tokai Pharmaceuticals Initiates ARMOR Clinical Development Program For TOK-001; First Ever Multi-Target Investigational Drug For Prostate Cancer

Gore Receives European CE Mark Approval For Next Generation Conformable GORE TAG(R) Thoracic Endoprosthesis

New Evidence That Dark Chocolate Helps Ease Emotional Stress

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