Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 22 January 2010

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Friday 22 January 2010

A Little Less Salt Would Save Many Lives, US

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

Even a small reduction in daily salt intake could mean fewer heart attacks, strokes and deaths said US researchers who estimated cutting back by as little as half a teaspoon a day could prevent 92,000 deaths and nearly...
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Link Between High Vitamin D Levels And Lower Risk Of Colorectal Cancer

Written by Stephanie Brunner

A large European study published on bmj.com today reports that high blood levels of vitamin D are associated with a lower risk of colon cancer. The risk dropped by as much as 40 percent in people with the highest levels...
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What Is Social Anxiety Disorder? What Causes Social Anxiety Disorder?

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Social anxiety disorder or social anxiety is an excessive emotional discomfort, anxiety, fear or worry about social situations. The individual is exceptionally worried about social situations, being evaluated or scrutinized...
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Other Medical and Health News for 22 January*

FDA Approves For Permanent Treatment Of Advanced Heart Failure Assist Device Pioneered By Texas Heart Institute At St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

Dr. Oz Show Focuses On Patients With Sleep Disorders Spotlight On 20 Million Americans With Sleep Apnea

Teva Announces Tentative Approval Of Generic Femara(R) Tablets

HealthPartners Medical Group Launches Initiative To Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates For African American Patients

Somaxon Provides Update On New Drug Application For Silenor(R) For The Treatment Of Insomnia

Five Questions You Should Ask Your Doctor About Losing Weight

ACT BIOTECH Announces FDA Acceptance Of IND For ACTB1003, A First-in-Class Anti-Cancer Therapeutic

"Norway-Type" MRSA Strategy In U.S. Likely To Boost Diagnostics

Health Records Security Top Priority, Australia

Invest In The Future Of General Practice - RACGP Federal Budget Submission, Australia

Statement From HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius On Haitian Children In Pittsburgh

European Medicines Agency Updates On Pandemic Influenza

European Medicines Agency Gives First Opinion On Compassionate Use

CT Network Comments On NHS Access To Weight-Loss Surgery

Intelligence In Young Children Is Not Influenced By Omega 3 Fatty Acids

First UK Medicines Reach Haiti

New Appointments To The British Pharmacopoeia Commission

Psychologists Use Non-Expert Student Observers In Autism Research

Genomic Surveillance Of Pandemic H1N1

NICE Responds To Weight-Reducing Surgery Concerns

Virtual-Reality Baseballs Give Researchers Insight Into Long-Standing Mystery

Study Finds Unnecessary Mammograms Performed On Elderly Women With Dementia

Why Public Support For Health Reform Faltered

Health Reform Positions And Personalities: Pelosi, Nelson, Grassley, Harkin, Snowe And McCaskill

Reuters Examines Chronic Disease In Developing Countries, Future Of Drug Prices

Senate Confirms Appeals Court Nominee Martin

How 'Budget Reconciliation' Works

Democrats Weigh Imperfect Options For Moving Forward On Health Reform

Medicare Fraud Round-Up: N.D. Beneficiaries Getting Illegal Phone Calls, Doctor Indicted In Ohio

Today's Selection Of Opinions And Editorials

Wars Less Deadly, Most War-Related Deaths Result From Disease, Hunger, Report Says

Virus Replication Seen On Video Is Faster Than Thought Possible

Discovery Of Cells Critical To Childhood Leukemia

How Does Obesity Increase Cancer Risk?

Creating Blood Vessel Cells From Stem Cells

Using Zebrafish As A Novel Platform For Drug Development

Study Shows Value Of Sexual Reproduction Versus Asexual Reproduction

Abstinence-Only Advocates See Senate Reform Bill As Last Hope For Federal Funding

Ethics Complaint Details Accusations Against Former Kansas Attorney General Kline

Democrats Consider Scaling Back Health Reform Package

Health Care Companies Assess Where They Stand On Health Reform After Election

Rules For Patient Data Security Remain Widely Unenforced

State Organizers Mobilize Against National Health Reform

World Bank Forecasts Global Economic Growth For 2010, Notes Toll Of Financial Crisis

With Federal Health Bill Stalled, California Senate To Vote On Comprehensive, Medicare For All Healthcare Reform

APA Reminds Congress Of Its Priorities In Health Care Reform Legislation

Alaska To Receive Federal Matching Funds For Electronic Health Record Incentives Program

Regardless Of Gender, Race, Degree Of Obesity Raises Risk Of Stroke

Kentucky To Receive Federal Matching Funds For Electronic Health Record Incentives Program

Wisconsin To Receive Federal Matching Funds For Electronic Health Record Incentives Program

American Nurses Association Joins Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Coalition In Demanding Stronger Protections From Toxic Chemicals

Digital Mammography Delivers Significantly Less Radiation Than Conventional Mammography

NICE Draft Guidance Set To Help People With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Doctor Advises Adults On How To Talk With Children About Disasters

Physicians Pay Attention To ADHD On College Campuses

Link Between Obesity And Enhanced Cancer Risk Elucidated

South Carolina To Receive Federal Matching Funds For Electronic Health Record Incentives Program

Obama Signals Openness To Scaled-Down Health Bill, Prefers Broader Measure

Provision In Texas Law Requires HIV Testing For Pregnant Women

Study Examines Smoking Practices And Attitudes Among Anesthesiologists In China, The Country With The Highest Population Of Smokers

Stress Peptide And Receptor May Have Role In Diabetes

KHN Column: Who Really Understands ObamaCare?

HIV Infection Prematurely Ages The Brain

Investigators Identify Genetic Variations That Predict Gastric Cancer Recurrence

'Extraordinary Measures' Continue Against Pompe Disease

Brown: Mass. Voters Shouldn't Have To Pay For National Health Reform

Health IT News: Grassley Queries Hospitals, Microsoft's CEO Sees Need To Boost Tech For Doctors, Hospitals

States Struggle With Budget Cuts, Increased Medicaid Pressure

TOG Release: Shortage Of Sperm In UK Fertility Treatment

U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Reaches Haiti

Age Concern And Help The Aged Respond To New Figures On Hospital Malnutrition, UK

Also In Global Health News: Counterfeit Condoms; Health Systems In Gaza; Malaria Parasite; SA Male Circumcision Program; MDGs In Botswana

116th Annual Meeting To Showcase Experts On Emerging Issues Within The Beauty Industry

Association Between Low Vitamin D Levels And Greater Risk Of Relapse In Childhood-Onset Multiple Sclerosis

Reducing Salt Intake -- Even In Small Amounts -- Could Mean Fewer Heart Attacks, Strokes And Deaths

Racial Equality In Mental Health Stuck At A Standstill, UK

James Prister To Chair AHA's Section For Long-Term Care And Rehabilitation

Alabamians Gear Up For Fourth Statewide Weight-loss Campaign

Government Of Canada Announces Project That Engages Youth In Tobacco Control Initiatives

Cancer Research UK Launches Translation Service

Disease Severity In H1N1 Patients

Medical Defence Union Sees Doubling In Bariatric Surgery Cases, UK

ICR And SAG Put The Records Straight

Comment From Breakthrough Breast Cancer, UK

NHS Direct Enhances Medical Expertise At Board Level

Proposed Study For Liver Cancer Previewed At Interventional Oncology Meeting

1994 Group Responds To British Library/HEPI Report On Postgraduate Education

European Medicines Agency Recommends Additional Measures To Better Manage Risk Of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) With Tysabri

European Medicines Agency Recommends Suspension Of Marketing Authorisations For Sibutramine

Medtronic Pledges $1 Million To Haiti Earthquake Relief

Surprising Discovery Could Help Scientists Refine Treatment For Advanced Melanoma

Sunesis Completes Enrollment Of Voreloxin Phase 1b/2 Combination Trial In Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Value-Based Insurance Plans Can Boost Health At No Added Cost

In Parkinson's Patients Brain Abnormalities Develop Before Symptoms Occur

Communication Problems In The Brain

A Novel Brain-based Computational Model Of How Parkinson's Disease And Dopamine Medications Affect Learning And Attention

Slow Breathing Reduces Pain

UW-Led International Study Finds Herpes Medication Does Not Reduce Risk Of HIV Transmission

Even Mild COPD Limits Heart Function

Study Lays Groundwork For New Treatments For Cardiovascular Disease And Other Conditions

Older Brains Make Good Use Of 'Useless' Information

Strong New Evidence Links Retail Meat To Urinary Tract Infections

Switch Identified That Activates The Allergic Response

Going To The Gym Shouldn't Be A Workout For Your Eardrums

How Organisms Can Tolerate Mutations, Yet Adapt To Environmental Change

Overweight Pregnant Women May Be Putting Their Infants At Risk

Blood Test For Schizophrenia Could Be Ready This Year

First Evidence That Blueberry Juice Improves Memory In Older Adults

An Electrifying Advance Toward Tomorrow's Power Suits

NSF Grant To Launch World's First Open-Source Genetic Parts Production Facility

Up To $43 Million Awarded To Duke To Develop Test For Dirty Bomb/Radiation Exposure

Alexander Ksendzovsky Named Outstanding 2009 Medical Student By American Brain Tumor Association

NAS Honors 17 For Major Contributions To Science

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