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Aspen seeks to acquire GSK thrombosis drug and plant

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:20:31 -0400

DURBAN / LONDON - South Africa's biggest generic drug maker Aspen Pharmacare and its subsidiary Aspen Global Incorporated have made an offer to acquire thrombosis drugs and their associated manufacturing site at Notre Dame de Bondeville, France, from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). "AGI will acquire from GSK the Arixtra and Fraxiparine/Fraxodi brands and business worldwide, except in China, Pakistan ...

Weekend lie-in can prevent diabetes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:20:01 -0400

If you happen to be one of those who prefer staying asleep up till late on the weekend, you could be actually doing a great service to your health, suggests an Australian study. The study found sleeping longer at the weekend can help those who burn the candle at both ends during the working week. Insulin in the body worked better after a weekend of lie-ins - especially for those lacking in ...

Getting enough sleep may help prevent diabetes in men

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:10:02 -0400

Men who lose sleep during the work week may be able to lower their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by getting more hours of sleep, a new study has revealed. The research conducted by Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute has found that insulin sensitivity, the body's ability to clear glucose (blood sugar) from the bloodstream, significantly improved after three nights of "catch-up sleep" ...

How aspirin can effectively battle cancer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:50:02 -0400

Aspirin lowers the rate of the accumulation of DNA mutations in abnormal cells in at least one pre-cancerous condition, a news study has claimed. Carlo Maley, PhD, a member of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, said that aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which are commonly available and cost-effective medications, may exert cancer-preventing effects ...

Exposure to high pollution levels during pregnancy may double risk of having autistic kids

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:20:02 -0400

Women exposed to high levels of air pollution while pregnant were up to twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in areas with low pollution, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). It is the first large national study to examine links between autism and air pollution across the U.S. The researchers examined data from Nurses' Health Study II, ...

Proper sleep lowers risk of diabetes in men

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:20:02 -0400

Scientists have found that adequate sleep can reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in men, says a US study. The findings of the research, carried out by Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed), were presented at the Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco Tuesday. The study by Peter Liu, an LA BioMed lead researcher, found that insulin sensitivity - the ...

Brazil to produce H1N1 flu vaccine

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:10:01 -0400

Brazil plans to produce vaccines against the influenza H1N1 virus, Health Minister Alexandre Padilha said. Nationwide production of the vaccine will help the country have an easier and faster access to the drug in case of an epidemic, he said Tuesday. "When Brazil has the technology, no economic crisis, exchange rate fluctuations, nor unilateral decision from a company can put patient treatment ...

Hesson concerned over Vettoris career hampering Achilles tendon problem

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:40:04 -0400

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has admitted concern over injured veteran Daniel Vettori and said there were some serious medical discussions to be had over his future. Vettori was a huge asset in the UK during the ICC Champions Trophy but struggled through with an Achilles tendon problem that has hampered him for nearly a year, and raises concern over his international career, Stuff.co.nz ...

Regular use of talcum powder ups risk of ovarian cancer by 24pc

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:40:02 -0400

Women who use talcum powder regularly are at higher risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to a new research. US scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have warned that powder particles applied to intimate areas after washing can seep into the body, the Daily Express reported. This can trigger inflammation, while increasing the risk of an ovarian tumour by 24 per cent. The ...

Parenting and home environment can influence kids health

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:50:02 -0400

Kids whose moms encourage them to exercise and eat well, and model those healthy behaviours themselves, are more likely to be active and healthy eaters, according to a new study. According to researchers at Duke Medicine, home environment and parenting can influence a child's health by shaping dietary and physical behaviors, such as providing access to fruits and vegetables or encouraging kids ...

How exposure to social stress early in life ups breast cancer risk

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:30:04 -0400

Local chemical signals released by fat cells in the mammary gland appear to provide a crucial link between exposure to unrelenting social stressors early in life, and the subsequent development of breast cancer, according to researchers from the University of Chicago. Some forms of stress exposure may be associated with an increased risk of certain types of aggressive breast cancer. But the ...

Kim K and Kanye West daughters name leaked

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:00:02 -0400

The name of Kim Kardashian and beau Kanye West's daughter has reportedly been leaked by a nurse working at the Cedars Sinai Hospital in LA. According to the gossip website Media Takeout, the new parents have given the moniker Kaidence Donda West to the child, paying tribute to the rapper's mother Donda who died in 2007, Stuff.co.nz reported. On the contrary, another report has claimed that the ...

Rihanna to seek therapy to get over break up

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:00:01 -0400

Singer Rihanna is reportedly seeking a medical programme in order to cure her heartache, post her break up with Chris Brown. The 24-year-old is nursing her broken heart ever since her on and off relationship with Chris Brown came to an end a few weeks back. However, now she wants to move on from her past and is going to seek a 12-step programme for it, reports thesun.co.uk. "Rihanna is still ...

Study Wiser medication use could cut health costs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:39:05 -0400

TRENTON, N.J. -- If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude.The savings would come by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that ...

Risk For Insulin Resistance In Offspring Increased By Directed In Vitro Technique

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:38:59 -0400

A special type of in vitro fertilization, or IVF, may increase the risk for insulin resistance among children conceived in this way, according to a new study from Greece. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. During natural fertilization, as well as other IVF treatments, the egg is exposed to many sperm. In both of these cases, the ...

In Postmenopausal Women Testosterone Improves Verbal Learning And Memory

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:38:58 -0400

Postmenopausal women had better improvement in verbal learning and memory after receiving treatment with testosterone gel, compared with women who received sham treatment with a placebo, a new study found. Results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "This is the first large, placebo-controlled study of the effects of testosterone on mental ...

Hope For Treatment Of Non-24 Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder In The Blind

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:38:58 -0400

An investigational new drug significantly improved a common and debilitating circadian rhythm sleep disorder that frequently affects people who are completely blind, a multicenter study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The new drug, called tasimelteon, selectively targets the master body clock in the brain, which controls the ...

Fat Tissues In Sheep Affected By Prenatal Exposure To BPA

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:38:57 -0400

obesity and metabolic syndrome. Results of the animal study were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Found in plastic water bottles, older baby bottles and many other consumer products, BPA is a known hormone disrupter with estrogen-like properties. Prior research has linked BPA in both animals and humans to obesity and the metabolic syndrome, which ...

Rational Biological Source Of Pain Found In The Skin Of Patients With Fibromyalgia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:38:57 -0400

Fibromyalgia , a painful condition affecting approximately 10 million people in the U.S., is not imaginary after all, as some doctors have believed. A discovery, published this month in PAIN MEDICINE (the journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine), clearly now demonstrates that fibromyalgia may have a rational biological basis located in the skin. Fibromyalgia is a severely debilitating ...

Precocious Puberty In Girls May Be Delayed By Vitamin D Supplementation

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:38:55 -0400

puberty in girls, a new clinical study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Among girls, puberty generally begins between the ages of 10 and 14. Boys undergo these changes later, usually between 12 to 16 years of age. Precocious puberty is diagnosed in girls when sexual development begins before the age of 8; in boys, it is ...

Weight Loss Promoted By Drug Combination In Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:38:55 -0400

diabetes , rather than either drug alone, a study from Slovenia demonstrates. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. PCOS is the leading cause ...

AFP Makati Medical Center sign deal to improve military hospitals

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:36:49 -0400

Makati Medical Center Foundation Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan and AFP Chief General Emmanuel Bautista sign a memorandum of agreement that would strengthen military hospitals. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO MANILA, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center and the Makati Medical Center Foundation signed a memorandum of agreement on Wednesday that is aimed at ';strengthening ...

IceCure Medical jumps nearly 300 in two days on US deal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:35:38 -0400

ICCM ) rose 112% yesterday and is up a further 158% so far today at NIS 0.09. The company announced yesterday that US medical insurance company HCSC is providing coverage from June 15 for its IceSense3 system's cryoablation procedure for the removal of breast cancer tumors. HCSC has 13 million members - 5% of the US medical insurance market. Published by Globes [online], Israel business news ...

Sulking Advani cites ill-health postpones meeting with RSS chief till tomorrow

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:23:05 -0400

A meeting between Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran LK Advani was called off on Wednesday after the party leader reported "unwell", said party sources.Bhagwat, who played a key role in stopping a sulking LK Advani from quitting key BJP posts, was to meet Advani here.However, the meeting was called off later, after Advani ...

Health Department questioned on spending again

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:22:35 -0400

(13 mins ago) More questions have been raised over the Department of Health's use of public money to train staff. Two weeks ago it was revealed that an assistant health director had been given full-paid leave for a year to study as a barrister. Now it's emerged that since 2010 three other staff have been granted full-tuition sponsorship from the government -- amounting to over ...

EU fines Lundbeck eight others 146 million euros for blocking cheaper drugs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:22:34 -0400

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators fined nine drugmakers a total of 146 million euros ($195.5 million) on Wednesday for blocking the supply of cheaper medicines on the market, with a penalty of 94 million euros imposed on Denmark's Lundbeck. The punishments follow a 2009 report by the European Commission on the pharmaceutical sector, which said "pay-for-delay" deals ...

Fast Thinking Saves Lives From Stroke

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:13:51 -0400

Doctors have long known that the sooner a stroke is treated, the better the outcome. But now a new study finds just how much each minute counts. For each 15-minute head start doctors get on treating stroke, they cut the risk of stroke symptoms and death by 4 percent, according to the study of more than 58,300 ischemic stroke patients published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical ...

Zimbabwe Rebuilding Zimbabwes Health System

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:12:01 -0400

Masvingo - A newborn baby lets out a feeble cry as midwife Anna Mungara tends to a small wound on its head, at the provincial hospital in Masvingo, a town in southeast Zimbabwe. With utmost care, Mungara cleans the cut, wraps the baby in two sets of warm blankets and makes cooing sounds to soothe him. When the infant calms down, she gently places him into an incubator. Mungara, a trainee at the ...

Arizona Gov. Brewer secures Medicaid expansion

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:02:37 -0400

PHOENIX (AP) -- Ending a six-month legislative session, Arizona lawmakers endorsed a key element of President Barack Obama's health care law in a huge political victory for Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, after a lengthy fight over Medicaid expansion that divided the state's Republican ...

Discovery Of A Mutant Gene In Rett Syndrome

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:20 -0400

Discovery of a mutant gene responsible for a disease is a milestone, but for most conditions, it may be only a first step towards a treatment or cure. Understanding Rett Syndrome, ...

The Importance Of A Fathers Diet Before Conception

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:20 -0400

body weight after weaning and high body fat in midlife despite eating a low-fat diet, a new study in mice finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "Many researchers have studied the effects of maternal diet on the risk ...

Early Development Of Offspring Affected When Nursing Rats Ate A Chemical In Antibacterial Soap

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:19 -0400

A mother's exposure to triclocarban, a common antibacterial chemical, while nursing her babies shortens the life of her female offspring, a new study in rats finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Commonly used in antibacterial soap and other personal care products, triclocarban has the potential for a large portion of the ...

Relationship Between Short-Term Antidepressant Use Stress High-Fat Diet And Long-Term Weight Gain

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:19 -0400

body weight , a new animal study finds. The results were presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "Our study suggests that short-term exposure to stress and antidepressants, rather than a high-calorie, high-fat diet alone, leads to long-term body weight gain, accompanied with increased bone and spleen weights," said study lead author ...

In Children With Autism Voices May Not Trigger Brains Reward Centers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:18 -0400

autism , brain regions tailored to respond to voices are poorly connected to reward-processing circuits, according to a new study by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The research could help explain why children with autism struggle to grasp the social and emotional aspects of human speech. "Weak brain connectivity may impede children with autism from experiencing ...

Implantable Defibrillators Benefit The Elderly Too

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:18 -0400

The elderly may benefit from implantable cardioverter defibrillators as much as younger people, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a small battery-powered device placed under the skin of the chest which delivers electrical impulses to restore a normal heartbeat if it detects a dangerous abnormal ...

Certain Types Of Graft-Versus-Host Disease May Increase Risk Of Death

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:17 -0400

Joseph Pidala, M.D., M.S., assistant member of the Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant and Immunology programs at Moffitt Cancer Center, and colleagues from the Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Consortium have determined that certain gastrointestinal and liver-related types of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) are associated with worsened quality of life and death. Their study appeared in ...

Nerve Cell Properties Altered By Diet Restored By Bariatric Surgery

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:17 -0400

Understanding how gastric bypass surgery changes the properties of nerve cells that help regulate the digestive system could lead to new treatments that produce the same results without surgery, according to Penn State College of Medicine scientists, who have shown how surgery restores some properties of nerve cells that tell people their stomachs are full. The results may also better predict ...

Witnessing Violence In Infancy Leads To Later Aggression In School

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:16 -0400

Aggression in school-age children may have its origins in children 3 years old and younger who witnessed violence between their mothers and partners, according to a new Case Western Reserve University study. "People may think children that young are passive and unaware, but they pay attention to what's happening around them," said Megan Holmes, assistant professor of social work ...

Vaccine For A Common Respiratory Disease Moves A Step Closer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:15 -0400

RSV is a common cause of respiratory infection, but there is no vaccine available. It causes flu-like symptoms in healthy adults, but becomes life-threatening in young children and the elderly. It is estimated to cause over 100 000 deaths yearly worldwide. The teams of Research Director Sarah Butcher (Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki) and Professor Ari Helenius (ETH Zurich) ...

Minimally Invasive Techniques Allow Doctors To Remove Suspicious Polyps Keep Colon Intact

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:14 -0400

Millions of people each year have polyps successfully removed during colonoscopies. But when a suspicious polyp is bigger than a marble or in a hard-to-reach location, patients are referred for surgery to remove a portion of their colon - even if doctors aren't sure whether the polyp is cancerous or not. Since only 15 percent of all polyps turn out to be malignant, many patients are ...

Variations In Quality And Outcomes Of Care In Teaching And Safety-Net Hospitals

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:14 -0400

Teaching hospitals with a higher intensity of physician-training activity achieve lower mortality rates, but higher hospitalization readmission rates for key medical diagnoses, reports a study in the July issue of Medical Care, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. The disparity in readmissions is greatest for "safety-net" hospitals serving ...

Making Bacteria Make More Antibiotics More Quickly

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:13 -0400

MRSA ) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infections. The knowledge gained from this study is being used to increase NAI-107 production. Commercial manufacturers of antibiotics may be able to use the results to reduce production times and therefore reduce costs. Bacteria often have to be grown for days and sometimes weeks before they start to make effective amounts of an antibiotic. ...

Memory Loss In Alzheimers Recovered By Blocking Overactive Receptor

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:12 -0400

Alzheimer's disease can be reversed with treatment. The study by researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, at McGill University and at Universit de Montral found that blocking the activity of a specific receptor in the brain of mice with advanced Alzheimer's disease (AD) recovers memory and cerebrovascular function. The results, published in the ...

Whooping Cough Can Be Deadly For Infants But 61 Percent Of Adults Dont Know Their Vaccine Status

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:12 -0400

pertussis , also known as whooping cough, are on the rise in the U.S., recently reaching their highest level in 50 years. The disease can be serious or even fatal to newborns who have not yet received vaccinations. Effective vaccines against pertussis have been available for many decades, but that vaccine protection can wear off over time. A new University of Michigan poll shows that 61 ...

Undruggable To Druggable A New Target For Cancer Drug Development

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:11 -0400

stem cell self-renewal, beginning a creative search for a drug that can block its activity. The gene, SALL4, gives stem cells their ability to continue dividing as stem cells rather than becoming mature cells. Typically, cells only express SALL4 during embryonic development, but the gene is re-expressed in nearly all cases ...

Strong Link Between Bullying And Suicide

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:10 -0400

Bullying and suicide among youth are a serious public health problem, a CDC expert panel reported in the Journal of Adolescent Health today. The authors explained that bullying can have long-lasting and damaging effects which can persist for months and even years. Several studies over the last few years have associated bullying ...

Sleep Could Be Key To Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:09 -0400

Men who don't have enough sleep during the working week and catch up at the weekend could be reducing their risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This was the message from a US study presented at a scientific meeting this week. Peter Liu, a lead researcher at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed), and colleagues, tested men whose lifestyles ...

North fitness boost for Lions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:31:36 -0400

North limped off with a hamstring injury at half-time of last Tuesday's rout of Combined Country XV and has been battling to recover in time for the series opener against the Wallabies.But assistant ...

Ballet dancer David Wall dies of cancer aged 67

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:31:27 -0400

Dancer David Wall, famous for being the youngest principal male ballet dancer in the history of the Royal Ballet, has died of cancer aged ...

Use of physical restraint on mental health patients at disturbing levels

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:13:01 -0400

Physical restraint can be humiliating, dangerous and even life-threatening, says Paul Farmer, chief executive of Mind. Photograph: Graham Turner for the ...

Caroll completes West Ham medical

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:32:28 -0400

Andy Carroll was this morning on the brink of joining West Ham permanently after passing a medical with the Barclays Premier League club. The 24-year-old striker, who spent last season on loan at Upton Park from Liverpool, had been due to undergo an assessment today. But last night Hammers chairman David Gold revealed the examination was already complete. Gold tweeted: "We managed to ...

Overweight Women Who Lose Weight Experience Improved Memory

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:37 -0400

Memory improves in older, overweight women after they lose weight by dieting, and their brain activity actually changes in the regions of the brain that are important for memory tasks, a new study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "Our findings suggest that obesity-associated impairments in memory function are ...

Transgender Adolescents Can Safely Receive Hormone Treatment To Halt Puberty

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:36 -0400

puberty in adolescents with gender identity disorder does not cause lasting harm to their bones, a new study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "Hormonal interventions to block the pubertal development of children with gender dysphoria are effective and sufficiently safe to alleviate ...

Advanced Hormone-Sensitive Breast Cancer Responds To Osteoporosis Drug

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:35 -0400

cancer that has become resistant to treatment with tamoxifen, a study in mice shows. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The medication, bazedoxifene, which is approved in Europe under the brand name Conbriza for the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis, also reduced estrogen activity and estrogen receptor levels ...

Girls With Anorexia Nervosa Suffer Reduced Anxiety With Estrogen Replacement Therapy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:35 -0400

anorexia nervosa, a new clinical trial finds. The results were presented today at The Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "This is the first study to show that estrogen replacement ameliorates the tendency for anxiety in anorexia nervosa and may prevent increasing body dissatisfaction with weight gain," said the study's lead author Madhusmita Misra, MD, ...

Heart Failure And Hypertension Meds May Help Decrease Obesity

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:34 -0400

obesity rates climbing in developed countries throughout the world, medical researchers are trying to find new drugs to prevent metabolic syndrome from occurring. One new and promising approach involves blocking the action of aldosterone and glucocorticoids, hormones synthesized in the adrenal cortex of mammals. These hormones are capable of activating the mineralocorticoid receptors (MRs). ...

Diagnostic Genetic Tool Identifies Benign Thyroid Growths Potentially Avoiding Thousands Of Unnecessary Surgeries

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:34 -0400

A new genetic test accurately and consistently diagnoses benign growths, or nodules, on the thyroid gland, according to a study from Chile. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "We have developed a 'gene signature' that effectively identifies ...

Improving Health Care Access In Developing Countries Remote Regions Using Mobile Health Devices

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:33 -0400

ultrasound with the help of an onsite nurse. "Mobile remote-presence devices for telemedicine have the potential to change the way health care is delivered in developed and developing nations," write the authors. "The availability of cellular network signals around the globe and rapidly increasing bandwidth will provide the telecommunication platform for a wide range of mobile ...

News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine June 18 2013

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:32 -0400

1. Two Independent Reviews, Made Possible through Unprecedented Data Release, Raise Questions about rhBMP-2 rhBMP-2 provided little or no benefit compared to bone graft and may be associated with more harms, possibly including cancer Two independent reanalyses of trial data, based on an unprecedented data release by Medtronic, Inc., indicate that the current evidence shows little benefit ...

New Target Timelines And Deadlines Increase Initiation Speed Of NCI Sponsored Clinical Trials

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:32 -0400

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and investigators have reduced the deadlines for initiation of trials with the goal of reaching more patients in need of new treatments, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In the year 2008, the NCI created the Operational Efficiency Working Group (OWEG) to develop recommendations for increasing the speed at which ...

Variants In The SIM1 Gene Associated With Severe Obesity

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:31 -0400

obesity . Identifying the mutations that underlie the fraction of obese patients with monogenic obesity can help us to understand complex processes like metabolic rate, eating behavior, growth, and fat storage. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, two groups identified obesity-linked mutations in the gene SIM1. Sadaf Farooqi and colleagues at Addenbrooke's Hospital ...

New Drug Developed That Reverses Loss Of Brain Connections In Alzheimers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:31 -0400

Alzheimer's disease has been developed by researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute. The drug, called NitroMemantine, combines two FDA-approved medicines to stop the destructive cascade of changes in the brain that destroys the connections between neurons, leading to memory loss and cognitive decline. The decade-long study, led by Stuart A. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., professor ...

In A Mouse Model Of Polycystic Kidney Disease Vitamin B3 Blocks Cyst Formation

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:30 -0400

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is an inherited systemic disorder caused by mutations in PKD1 or PKD2 that predominately affects the kidneys and is characterized by the formation ...

Whole Exome Sequencing Seeks Out Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:30 -0400

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a slow-growing and often fatal malignancy that can occur at multiple organ sites, but is most frequently found in the salivary glands. The primary treatment is surgical removal; however, the majority of patients develop metastatic disease. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Andrew Futreal at the Wellcome Trust Sanger ...

After Uterus And Ovary Removal Testosterone Therapy Improves Sexual Function

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:29 -0400

High doses of testosterone significantly improve sexual function among women who have had their uterus and ovaries surgically removed, a clinical study demonstrates. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Surgical removal of the uterus, or hysterectomy, and the ovaries, which is called oophorectomy, is performed to treat various ...

Fat Tissues Calorie-Burning Ability Boosted In Lab

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:29 -0400

A drug that mimics the activity of thyroid hormone significantly increases the amount of energy burned by fat tissue and promotes weight loss, an animal study of metabolism finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Humans and other mammals have two kinds of fat, or adipose, tissue, which are referred to by color: white or brown. ...

Marketing Unhealthy Foods To Children Is Disastrous

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:28 -0400

The marketing of unhealthy food to children has been disastrously effective and is only making childhood obesity even more of a problem, says The World Health Organization (WHO). WHO is calling for more control on marketing unhealthy foods high in sugars, salt, and trans fats. These types of foods are only contributing to the ever-increasing childhood obesity ...

Protein Being Studied To Fight Cancer May Cause Toxicity In Cardiac Cells

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:28 -0400

A study by researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Department of Pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego, shows that a protein called MCL-1, which promotes cell survival, is essential for normal heart function. Their study, published in th journal Genes & Development, found that deletion of the gene encoding MCL-1 in adult mouse hearts ...

Facebook Boosts Organ Donor Registration

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:27 -0400

Social media site 'Facebook' boosted the number of people who registered themselves as organ donors 21-fold in just one day, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers. The report, published in the American Journal of Transplantation, indicates that social media may be a successful way to make people more aware of the organ shortage in the U.S. The rise was seen in May 2012 ...

Speed Vital For Stroke Patients Survival

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:26 -0400

The sooner stroke patients receive thrombolytic treatment, the lower their risk of in-hospital mortality and intracranial hemorrhage, says a new study published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association). In addition, the prompter the treatment, the higher the rate of walking ability at discharge. Intravenous (IV) tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) is a form of treatment proven ...

MRI May Detect Meningitis From Tainted Steroids

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:26 -0400

People who may have been injected with contaminated steroids can undergo an MRI scan to check for signs of infection, even if they do not have symptoms, according to a new study published in JAMA. A group of researchers examined 172 people who were injected with methylprednisolone from a New England Compounding Center (NECC) lot that may have been tainted ...

Healthcare Inflation Slowing Down USA

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:25 -0400

Despite newly insured people being added to the system, American healthcare inflation is expected to fall to 6.5% in 2014, says a new report by the Health Research Institute, part of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Healthcare inflation in 2014 will drop even lower than this year "Defying historical patterns", the authors wrote. Continued downward pressure is expected for the health ...

Gov’t lawyers oppose Ampatuan clan member’s medical examination outside jail

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:27:19 -0400

ANDAL Ampatuan Sr. (inset), alleged mastermind in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre of at least 57 political foes and journalists, has his back turned away from cameras during his arraignment at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City. Relatives of victims gasped upon hearing his plea of not guilty. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/RAFFY LERMA MANILA, Philippines--State prosecutors are opposing a request by a member of ...

NCAA favorites San Beda Arellano dealing with health issues

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:10 -0400

MANILA, Philippines – While the NCAA coaches see San Beda and Arellano as the teams they are mostly concerned with heading into the league’s 89th Season, the Red Lions and the Chiefs also have issues of their own. San Beda head coach Boyet Fernandez doesn’t expect an easy route to his team’s fourth consecutive championship and it only gets tougher with his key player ...

Young Adults Want Health Insurance Dont Feel Invincible New Obamacare Poll Shows

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:08:52 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about Affordable Care Act at The Fairmont Hotel on June 7, 2013 in San Jose, California. Obama was trying to spur people to sign up for health insurance in California, the nation's largest health insurance market, with hopes of convincing younger people to enroll in order to keep premiums down. (Photo by Stephen Lam/Getty ...

DHB slammed for letting mental health patient decline procedure

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:50:26 -0400

A decision to allow a mental health patient to decline a potentially life-saving procedure has been slammed by a coroner. Wellington Regional Coroner Ian Roderick Smith criticised Capital and Coast District Health Board (DHB) in three inquest findings released today. He said 61-year-old Melvyn Bedford, who had an alcohol-induced dementia disorder, should never been given the choice of having a ...

Cancer victims firewood stolen

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:35:11 -0400

An Ohauiti family with a dying father will have to suffer through winter after their whole supply of firewood was stolen. The Bay of Plenty Times spoke to the Foster family only hours after they returned from a trip to Fiji and discovered their whole supply of firewood, more than 3 cubic metres, was removed from a shed in their back yard. The trip had been anonymously donated to the family with ...

Plans for Green Health City in Hainan Boao Lecheng unveiled

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:33:25 -0400

Designed by Peter Ruge Architekten, Green Health City pioneers new models for sustainable development in China's healthcare market and sets a benchmark for the design of future ecological cities. Situated in China's Hainan Province in Boao Lecheng on the Wanquan River, five island districts bring together world-class medical facilities, employ new strategies for green energy production ...

California health care exchange cleared to hire in Rancho Cordova

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:28:53 -0400

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation to allow the hiring of hundreds of call-center employees in Rancho Cordova and elsewhere to assist in selling medical insurance through California's new health care exchange."Most definitely, it's going to allow us to move forward with hiring," said Dana Howard, spokesman for Covered California, the health exchange. "This was the ...

Sutter Health network rolls out HMO plan

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:28:52 -0400

The Sacramento-based Sutter Health network of doctors and hospitals has named its new HMO health plan Sutter Health Plus.Initially, Sutter Health Plus will offer a range of HMO plans to individuals and small and midsize employers in the greater Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley regions. Sutter plans to hold open enrollment this fall, with coverage to begin Jan. 1.Sutter Health doctors and ...

Hoosier-led bills to tackle health care law mandates

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:23:37 -0400

FORT WAYNE – Two federal lawmakers from Indiana say they will introduce bills today to protect employers against an insurance decree of the federal health care law.Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., will file legislation with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, to prevent employers from having to provide health insurance to employees who work fewer than 40 hours a week.Rep. Luke Messer, R-6th, will file a ...

SSNIT Pensioners to benefit from Medical Fund

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:30 -0400

Accra, June 18, GNA - The National Association of Pensioners (NPA) of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) on Tuesday called on all pensioners to join the association to enable them to benefit from the Pensioners Medical Fund ...

Woman posted wrong patients medical records

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:19:51 -0400

The West Coast District Health Board has apologised after it posted two pages of a woman's private medical records to the wrong person. The papers were mistakenly sent to Ashburton woman Jen Branje, who was living in Westport when she had surgery at Grey Base Hospital last year. She lodged an ACC claim, and asked the hospital to post her records to back up her ...

National diabetes strategy proposed to combat disease set to become number one health burden

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:16:37 -0400

Australia Health experts have proposed a national strategy to combat diabetes, with the disease set to become the largest financial burden on the health system within five years. Experts say type-2 diabetes costs Australia $14.6 billion a year and that the figure is expected to rise to $30 billion in 12 years.All forms of diabetes - type-1, type-2 and gestational diabetes - are increasing in ...

American Medical Association recognises obesity as a disease

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:16:37 -0400

United States The American Medical Association (AMA) has voted to recognise obesity as a disease, describing it as an "epidemic" gripping the US.At its annual meeting, the AMA noted that obesity rates in the US have doubled among adults in the past 20 years and tripled among children in a generation.More than one-third of US adults are obese.The World Health Organisation and the US ...

Carroll passes Hammers medical

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:22 -0400

Andy Carroll was this morning on the brink of joining West Ham permanently after passing a medical with the Barclays Premier League club.The 24-year-old striker, who spent last season on loan at Upton Park from Liverpool, had been due to undergo an assessment today.But last night Hammers chairman David Gold revealed the examination was already complete.Gold tweeted: "We managed to bring ...

UPDATE 1-AstraZeneca Bristol diabetes drug disappoints in key test

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:55:04 -0400

Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:55am EDT * Onglyza fails to show cardiovascular benefit in study * Positive results might have added $1 bln to peak sales * Drug achieves non-inferiority goal versus placebo By Ben Hirschler LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb's diabetes drug Onglyza failed to reduce heart risks in a large clinical study, disappointing investors who had thought ...

Certificate confirms Privatisation Unit chief resigned over health reasons

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:21:17 -0400

I could get a certificate off my doctor that declared I had passed away last night!What does this smokescreen prove and who do they think they are kidding with thsi dog and pony show?I only found stress in my geography class at ...

Year-round Dubai events promote healthy growth

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:20:31 -0400

Shopping events in Dubai attract healthy growth in sales throughout the year as all four quarters of a calendar year have at least one event to keep retailers busy and buyers happy, reported an industry specialist.The first quarter started with a very successful Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), after that the second quarter had the new Spring edition of the Gitex Shopper, and now another big event ...

AstraZeneca Bristol diabetes drug fails to show heart benefit

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:15:21 -0400

LONDON, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:15am EDT LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb's diabetes drug Onglyza failed to reduce heart risks in a large clinical study. The companies, which jointly sell several diabetes drugs, said on Wednesday the so-called SAVOR trial showed that patients on Onglyza had no fewer adverse cardiovascular events, such as heart ...

Medical group votes to recognise obesity as a disease

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:12:26 -0400

video In order to fight what it described as an "obesity epidemic", the American Medical Association has voted to recognise obesity as a disease and recommended a number of measures to fight it. The association voted on the measure at its annual meeting in Chicago. The AMA noted that obesity rates in the United States have "doubled among adults in the last 20 years and tripled ...

Braid Common sense prevails in health-care reversals

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:09:10 -0400

It's a "big day" for Alberta, says Health Minister Fred Horne, when the health-care system corrects a blunder."There are mistakes in all systems and health care is not immune from that," Horne told me Wednesday."It is a big day when those things are recognized and the appropriate steps are taken."We pause here for a moment of credit to Horne and AHS.Only days ...

Ministers consider ban on face-down restraint in mental hospitals

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:06:45 -0400

Ministers will consider a ban on the use of face-down restraint in English mental health hospitals after new figures that show nearly 40,000 incidents of physical restraint were recorded in just one ...

Analysis Hospital investors sold on U.S. health reform despite bumps

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:03:49 -0400

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. hospital operators have been on a tear this year, on average posting triple the gains of the broader stock market, as investors tallied up the benefits of President Barack Obama's healthcare ...

Doctors group urges ban on marketing energy drinks to youths

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:56:55 -0400

A group representing 225,000 U.S. doctors called for a ban on marketing energy drinks, such as those from Red Bull GmbH and Monster Beverage Corp., to youths. The American Medical Association, in a vote at its annual policy meeting in Chicago, Tuesday endorsed a policy that called for limiting how the caffeinated beverages are sold to those younger than 18. The group cited studies that link the ...

One-in-5 employees age 45-74 must quit work for caregiving

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:52:31 -0400

One-in-5 employees age 45-74 say they expect to take time off of work to care for a spouse, a parent or relative in the next five years, AARP officials say. An AARP report, "Keeping Up with the Times: Supporting Family Caregivers with Workplace Leave Policies," also said 1-in-4 retirees said they left the workforce earlier than planned to care for an ill spouse or other family member. ...

Medical Business Owner Indicted for Medicaid Fraud www.privateofficer.com

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:04:13 -0400

--Jennifer C. Alsdorf has been indicted on charges of health care fraud and wire fraud for filing over $500,000 in fraudulent claims with the Georgia Medicaid program. "This defendant is charged with robbing Medicaid of over half-a-million dollars intended for children in need. Her alleged fraud includes billing for medical services never performed, for patients never seen, and in the names ...

Be Careful Fast Food Chains Try to Outsmart Health Regulations

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:55:04 -0400

The trend of eating wholesome, fresh and organic food versus processed and fast food is getting bigger on a global level. While New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared a war on soda, the World Health Organization accused food companies on Tuesday of failing to meet the regulations for advertising unhealthy products to children. In Dubai, the local TV channels and cinemas make no ...

County boosts pay for medical examiners as job goes unfilled

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:22:08 -0400

Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jon Smith and his yet-to-be-hired assistant won 10 percent pay raises Tuesday after managers tied two failed recruitments to the county's pay ...

Health officials urge visitors to stay away from portion of Malibu beach

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:21:36 -0400

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health warned beach visitors in Malibu on Tuesday to avoid the ocean water 50 yards up coast and down coast from 19830 Pacific Coast ...

Taco Bell to Test Healthy Protein Power Menu

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:20:06 -0400

Taco Bell plans to test a "Power Protein" menu as part of its push to provide choices for people looking to eat healthy. The chain says it will start testing the menu July 25 in Dayton, Ohio. The burritos and bowls will have more than 20 grams of protein and less than 450 calories. The test comes after the company announced in April that it would work to provide more balanced options. ...

Govt report Smooth launch unsure for health law

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:12:22 -0400

WASHINGTON - There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.But in a report to be released Wednesday, the congressional Government Accountability Office also sees positive signs as the Oct. 1 deadline approaches for new health insurance markets ...

Breast cancer patients may have to pay for aftercare say doctors

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:11:00 -0400

Cancer Care Programme (NCCP).However, Dr Ray Walley, chairman of the GP committee in the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO), said this would mean an extra workload for GPs and those with a medical card may have to be charged."The HSE is failing to fund or invest in cancer-care services in general practice, thereby passing all costs on to patients, including medical-card patients."Patients ...

Chinese US researchers study Tibetan medicines

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:08:02 -0400

eu tical technology to explore the mechanism behind Tibetan medicines' efficacy, especially in treating cancers. Harvard professor David Christiani said a number of traditional Tibetan herbal medicines can alleviate cancer symptoms and even prolong some patients' survival time. "Clinically, we know these herbs help, but it is not quite clear why and how they work ...

Foreign workers owe Msian public health institutions US$8.2m in medical fees

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:06:45 -0400

Foreign workers owe public health institutions a staggering 26 million ringgit (US$8.2 million) in medical fees, said Home Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He said many foreigners did not settle their medical bills at public hospitals. Due to this, the government would review policies for insurance packages and medical coverage for such workers. Dr Ahmad Zahid said the study would be part of an ...

Update Alberta health authority cancels controversial changes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:41 -0400

Alberta Health Services president Chris Eagle speaks during a news conference about the reversal of controversial decisions on home care and continuing care on Tuesday, June 18, ...

Board to Vote on Condoms in Boston Schools

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:54:30 -0400

It was more than 20 years ago that those cities, along with many others, made the controversial decision to distribute condoms in schools, in part to counteract the spread ...

Doctors allow hiker to start eating solid food

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:14:17 -0400

BISSOONDAYE Geeta Seenath was allowed by doctors to have solid food as part of her diet on Monday, as she continues to recover from the harrowing ordeal of being lost in the Toco forest for seven ...

Health disasters can derail a business

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:14:05 -0400

The KoKyu relief crew arrived about 7pm on the Friday night of the April Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance in Silk Hope, North Carolina (NC).That meant that David "Flip" Filippini, owner of the popular Durham, NC, food truck, could call it a night and have a beer."I walked out in front of the truck and I noticed there was some mud, and I went to go grab some ...

Assange works to be healthy in embassy

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:10:50 -0400

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says it takes "diligence" to remain healthy cooped up in the Ecuadorean embassy but an ACDC mug is on hand to ...

Inexpensive Blood Test Reveals HPV Presence Potential Cancer Risk

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:10:15 -0400

, blood tests can be used to detect the presence of the virus via the body's production of telltale antibodies years before onset of cancer. ';Up to now, it was not known whether these antibodies were present in blood before the cancer became clinically detectable,'; study ...

Doctors Confirm Fibromyalgia Is Not Imaginary

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:10:15 -0400

Fibromyalgia , a widespread deep tissue pain, affects about ten million people in the US. The condition causes tenderness in the hands and feet, fatigue, sleep disorders and cognitive decline. For years, the disorder was believed to be imaginary and often even attributed to patients making up the illness. The latest research not only proves its existence, but it has also pinpointed the source. ...

Nickelodeon Resists Critics of Food Ads

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:02:52 -0400

And then they shifted their focus to Nickelodeon, Disney's archrival and the country's other major children's programmer. Exactly when would it be following Disney's ...

Over 30 people ask for medical help after series of explosions in Samara region

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:59:42 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - More than 30 people have asked for medical help after a series of military test ground explosions in the Samara region, a spokesman for the Zaschita center of emergency medicine told ...

China streamlines health-related approval procedures

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:58 -0400

The National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) has delegated approval authority over certain issues to agencies at local level, a government statement said Tuesday.It is among China's follow-up efforts to turn into realities a cabinet reshuffle plan that was adopted by its legislature in March, according to a central government statement.The NHFPC has delegated approval authority ...

Risk of oesophageal cancer much higher for men

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:37 -0400

Men are almost three times more likely to get oesophageal cancer than women, which is one of the biggest gender gaps in cancer rates, according to figures released on Tuesday from Cancer Research UK.The latest figures showed more than 5,600 men in the country develop oesophageal cancer every year, compared to 2,800 women. This equates to rates of almost 15 in 100,000 men getting the disease, ...

Digital Health Meets Moneyball Biomarkers And The Quantified Athlete

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:21 -0400

Most of us have heard about the quantified self-the personification of the digital health revolution. The quantification of life seems an inevitable manifestation of this movement. These 'data expressions of life' can't be far off. And I can imagine a day when a potential date or even spouse will need to 'quantify' as terms of the relationship. But one area really seems ...

International medical center for Shanghai

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:54:55 -0400

/enpproperty--> A leading medical center where international tourists can be treated will open in Shanghai, Jiefang Daily reported. The Shanghai International Medical Center, the city's first private general hospital, will open for business in November. Located near where Shanghai Disneyland is being built, the center has 450 beds and more than 100 intensive care units, and will ...

Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:42:57 -0400

In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, an Indian child in a pink shirt undergoes treatment for encephalitis at a hospital in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh state, India. Encephalitis is sweeping through northern India, killing at least 118 children in what officials worry could become the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade. (AP Photo/Biswajeet ...

Outbreak of deadly piglet virus spreads to 13 U.S. states

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:37:37 -0400

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A swine virus deadly to young pigs, one never before seen in North America, is spreading rapidly across the United States and proving harder to control than previously ...

Op-Ed Contributor Our Genes Their Secrets

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:00:11 -0400

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Whats more difficult medical school or motherhood

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:58:20 -0400

In that time, she got married, enrolled at UC San Diego and had two sons, which meant taking more time off from school. But Workman is back on the medicine track, ready to use her knowledge from the military and motherhood in her new ...

Aetna Leaving Californias Individual Health Insurance Market

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:52:00 -0400

Aetna Inc. said it would stop selling individual health insurance policies in California next month, and nearly 50,000 existing policyholders will have to find new coverage by January. The company's announcement Monday comes a month after it opted not to participate in California's new state-run insurance market for consumers, a key component of the new federal healthcare law. ...

Australians passing up free bowel cancer screening

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:50:51 -0400

cancer despite it being offered for free, which is putting them at risk from the second biggest cause of cancer death in the country.A study, published in BMC Public Health on Wednesday, found that just 25% of eligible men and 20% of women were screened for bowel cancer during the study period.Spokesperson for the Cancer Council, Associate Professor David Smith, said people need to take more ...

National Briefing | Health Komen Chooses New Leader

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:34:53 -0400

breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced Monday that a physician with a long career in health policy and research, Judith A. Salerno, would become its new president and chief executive. She succeeds Nancy Brinker, Komen's founder, who said last summer she would step down after an onslaught of criticism over Komen's decision, which was quickly reversed, to stop giving ...

Federal judge frees Geneva College from government requirement on health coverage

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:30 -0400

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the government from requiring a private college in Beaver County to include coverage for abortifacients in the health insurance plan for its ...

Healthy Eating Put a better-for-you spin on the popular fish taco

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:09 -0400

Mexican cuisine has been popular for a long time, but my recent travels around our country have persuaded me that fish tacos are big now in a way they never were ...

Health Ratings for June 19

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:21:46 -0400

Here are the inspection scores from May 20 through June 7 for food, lodging and body art establishments in Etowah County. If an establishment received any major (4- or 5-point) deductions, those are noted in parentheses. Lesser (1- to 3-point) deductions are not ...

De Blasio Offers Ideas in Policy Book for Election

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:01:54 -0400

Bill de Blasio wants to ensure that all students are reading at grade level by the third grade, and to develop at least 100 community schools modeled after the Harlem ...

Call for overhaul of drug industry business model

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:55:12 -0400

By Ben HirschlerLONDON (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical companies need to boost the benefits of drug research by working with regulators and healthcare providers to overhaul the way medicines are approved and paid for, a think-tank backed by investors says.After years of disappointing research and development (R&D) productivity, a new report backed by leading institutional investors sees ...

UK food producers grocers sign up to healthy label scheme

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:55:06 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's major food manufacturers and retailers have agreed to follow the same system of nutritional labelling as part of a government initiative to tackle obesity and poor diet and ease the financial burden on health services.The UK's Department of Health said on Wednesday labels would combine both traffic light colour-coding and nutritional information on how much ...

Medical council prosecutes 10 fake doctors

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:51:09 -0400

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, on Tuesday, said it was currently prosecuting over 10 fake medical doctors that were apprehended at various times while disguising as ...

Sibling aggression linked to poor mental health

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:51:08 -0400

It's not fair!" "You're not the boss of me." "She hit me!" "He started it." Fights between siblings -- from toy-snatching to clandestine whacks to being banished from the bedroom -- are so common they're often dismissed as simply part of growing up. Yet a new study from researchers at the University of New Hampshire finds that sibling aggression ...

Face-down restraint ban considered

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:34 -0400

NHS watchdog accused of hospital scandal cover-up

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:33 -0400

Britain's NHS regulator has been accused of covering up their failure to prevent a scandal at a hospital maternity unit where at least eight babies are thought to have died from neglect, according to a damning report to be published ...

Food packaging traffic lights to signal healthy choices on salt fat and sugar

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:00 -0400

Research found consumers ignored food labels when more than one system was used, such as traffic lights and guideline daily amounts. Photo: Press ...

Higher health premiums force Seminole schools to mull self-insurance

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:31:31 -0400

SANFORD - A sharp increase in employee health-insurance premiums has prompted the Seminole School Board to consider a self-insurance program that could cost a whole lot less - or a whole lot more. The School Board on Tuesday wrestled over whether to extend its contract for standard coverage with United Healthcare, or set up its own insurance program, with United Healthcare simply paid to ...

A Health Maven’s Sweet Secret

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:29:21 -0400

"She doesn't bring dessert," a friend's teenage son complained when he heard I was coming to dinner. "She brings fruit." That was true for decades. But no more. You may know me as a health maven, but in my kitchen I have a double life, one in which the olive oil remains in the cabinet while bricks of high-fat French butter soften on the ...

James Holmes lawyers want video of psychiatric care at Denver Health

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:15 -0400

James Holmes, left, and his defense attorney, Daniel King, in court Tuesday morning June 4, 2013, for a hearing at the Arapahoe County Justice Center. ...

US court ruling on breast cancer genes a mixed blessing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:19:59 -0400

You can't patent a naturally occurring DNA sequence - but you can patent an altered product made from that sequence. In simple terms, that's the ...

UT Medical Center recognized with four awards

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:52:44 -0400

They're lifesavers for thousands of people across East Tennessee, and Tuesday they got some thank yous. The American Heart Association awarded UT Medical Center with four separate awards for patient care. The doctors and nurses weren't the only groups to see thanks for their work. "It's a team effort here and we take that to heart. There's a lot of people behind the ...

A.M.A. Recognizes Obesity as a Disease

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:46:15 -0400

"Recognizing obesity as a disease will help change the way the medical community tackles this complex issue that affects approximately one in three Americans," Dr. Patrice Harris, a member of the association's board, said in a ...

Carroll passes West Ham medical

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:41:42 -0400

West Ham United's record signing at 15m after he completed his medical examination at the east London club on Tuesday. West Ham's co-owner, David Gold, revealed in a Tweet that the England striker had "passed with flying colours".Carroll spent last season on loan ...

Video Girl who lost feet in lawnmower accident walks again

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:21:15 -0400

A new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics says children who have a loved one serving overseas in a war time deployment are at increased risk of social, emotional, and behavioral problems. 1 in 4 of those children will show signs of depression. Susan McGinnis ...

Lullaby Medicine for Premature Babies

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:20:15 -0400

Something as old as mankind itself is helping keep preterm babies alive -- the lullaby. Research finds that music has become an important new ally for babies who are born too soon and struggle to breathe and eat. The neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital is filled with technology that helps keep the hospital's tiniest, most fragile patients alive. At New York-Presbyterian ...

New Drugs Give Hope To Patients With Deadly Blood Cancer

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:19:02 -0400

CHICAGO (CBS) — Two new drugs for multiple myeloma are giving new hope to patients with advanced cases of the deadly blood cancer. In this original report, CBS 2′s Derrick Blakley takes a look at how these new treatments are transforming lives. Andrea Rosengarden was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2008, received treatment, but the disease came back and by last year, doctors were ...

Biloxi Regional 9 other hospitals sue Blue Cross Blue Shield

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:48:35 -0400

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - Ten hospitals in Mississippi have filed a lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, including Biloxi Regional Medical Center. The hospitals say the insurance company wrongfully reduced inpatient payments it was obligated to make for medical services provided to patients. The lawsuit also alleges Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi beached its contracts with ...

Miami-Dade unions call for health-insurance account audit

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:32 -0400

The heads of three county labor unions fired up their troops outside County Hall on Tuesday afternoon, castigating Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s administration for carrying a $42 million surplus in the county’s health-insurance account while asking employees to contribute more toward healthcare costs. Police Benevolent Association President John Rivera, Service Employees International Union ...

Wall Street Rises on Fed Hopes Dollar Gains on Yen Health-Care Cost Inflation to Stunt in 2014

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:24 -0400

Wall Street Rises on Hopes for Fed Status Quo, Outcome Uncertain (Reuters) Stocks soared today due to growth-oriented sectors rallying on expectations that the Fed will maintain its current level of bond purchases when it issues its policy statement tomorrow. The Fed began its two-day meeting today, and traders are still debating whether the Fed will begin to wind down its purchases of $85 ...

3-D printing could lead to tiny medical implants electronics robots more

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:23:15 -0400

eahlberg@illinois.edu BOSTON -- 3-D printing now can be used to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand. The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny devices in fields from medicine to communications, including many that have lingered on lab benches for lack of a battery small enough to fit the device, yet providing enough stored energy to power ...

MRI may help find infection from tainted injection

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:48 -0400

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some people who received potentially contaminated steroid injections may benefit from a MRI to check for signs of infection, a new study suggests - even if they don't have obvious symptoms. Researchers screened 172 people who had been injected with methylprednisolone from a New England Compounding Center (NECC) lot tied to meningitis and ...

Obamacare-like groups tied to lower costs study

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:47 -0400

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Large independent doctor practices that focus on primary care tend to spend less money and are more likely to meet guidelines for Americans on Medicare than smaller groups, according to a new study. The findings suggest that the so-called Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) created by the 2010 Affordable Care Act may improve the quality of care ...

Past care tied to later treatments success

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:46 -0400

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If a person doesn't have much success with one pain treatment, they may say the next one they try doesn't work so great either, suggests a new study from Germany. Previous studies have found that people receiving a dummy pill in clinical trials don't fare as well once they're switched to the real drug, compared to those who ...

New Hampshire nears approval of medical marijuana law

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:46 -0400

By Jason McLure LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - New Hampshire is set to become the final state in New England to allow medical marijuana after negotiators from the Republican-controlled Senate and Democratic-controlled House agreed Tuesday on a bill backed by Governor Maggie Hassan. The law would allow up to four marijuana dispensaries to open as soon as 2015. Patients with cancer, HIV, ...

U.S. court finds Novo Nordisk Prandin diabetes drug patent invalid

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:46 -0400

(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court found the patent on Novo Nordisk's Prandin diabetes drug in combination with metformin to be invalid, paving the way for introduction of a generic version of the medicine, the Danish drugmaker said on Tuesday. In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court ruling handed down in 2011, the company said. Novo said it still believes the ...

For the first time in almost 40 years medical costs fell in May

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:20:52 -0400

U.S. health-care costs fell in May for the first time in almost four decades, the latest evidence that government policies and an expansion in generic drugs are constraining ...

Moderate drinking during pregnancy may not harm babys neurodevelopment

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:02 -0400

Moderate drinking during pregnancy may not have an effect on the brain development of the baby, according to a new study. Researchers have found that on average, children of mothers who drank between one and seven glasses of alcohol a week during pregnancy did not have balance problems by the time they reached the age of 10. Some children even appeared to have better static balance measurements ...

U.S. smoking rate falls for adults says CDC study

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:02 -0400

ATLANTA Smoking rates in the United States are continuing to fall, according to a new government report. Last year, about 18 percent of adults who participated in a national health survey described themselves as current smokers, according to the latest figures. The nation's smoking rate generally has been falling for decades, but ...

Air pollution exposure while pregnant linked to autism risk

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:02 -0400

Exposure to aiir pollution while pregnant may increase a woman's risk that her unborn child eventually develops autism. Researchers looked at more than 116,000 women to determine whether they were exposed to pollution during pregnancy. They found certain chemicals and pollutants were linked to heightened risk for the neurodevelopmental disease that ...

Workshops promote mental health in Argentine capital

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:10:00 -0400

Under the guidance of health professionals, residents of Buenos Aires meet weekly to discuss personal problems and do activities that promote mental health. About 3,000 people participate in the program, which operates under a public hospital. Volunteers conceive and lead the workshops to rebuild social ties lost in the big ...

Eating Red Meat Associated With Increased Risk Of Diabetes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:37:11 -0400

Type-2 diabetes . This is hardly the first time red meat has been accused of increasing a person's risk of Type-2 diabetes, but what makes this study different from the rest is its size. Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health and the National University of Singapore conducted this study as a follow up from three other studies, tracking 149,000 American men and women over many ...

Healthy beer drinking options

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:33:02 -0400

phenols , which are found in beer, wine, and many foods, such as brightly-colored fruits (think apples, oranges, and cranberries). Ales typically have one of the ...

2nd edition of Women’s Health Fair held

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:17 -0400

Accra, June 18, GNA - The second edition of Women's Health Fair (WHF) 2013 was held in Accra with a call on women not to see menopause as a ...

Beacon Power To Build A Flywheel Plant To Keep The Grid In Good Health

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:29:59 -0400

Beacon Power , the flywheel energy storage company that won a loan from a controversial federal program and survived bankruptcy, will kickstart the construction of a project in Pennsylvania this Friday. The Massachusetts company plans to build a 20-megawatt flywheel plant in the town of Hazle and sell its service to the region's electric grid ...

Officials Battle Obesity Tobacco With Healthy Base Initiative

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:31 -0400

By Amaani LyleAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 18, 2013 The Defense Department has teamed with the White House, industry, medical communities and installation leaders to assess obesity and tobacco programs for the total workforce, a Pentagon official said here today. Starting in July, DOD officials will evaluate 13 installations to gauge their implementation of the Healthy Base ...