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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 ...

Letting other system doctors give allopathic drugs dangerous IMA

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

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) Wednesday opposed a health ministry directive allowing practitioners of homeopathy, ayurveda and siddha to dispense allopathic medicines for common health problems, saying it could prove to be dangerous. At a press conference here, the IMA said the notification is an apparent attempt by the ministry to play with the lives of the innocent citizens in the garb ...

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 ...

Health costs beyond many

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:29:01 -0400

The state was also among 14 locations listed in a National Health Performance Authority report in which at least 25 per cent of residents had delayed or avoided seeing a dentist because they could not afford it. A NHPA report, released today, is the first national attempt to examine how well access to health services aligns with local needs. The report, for 2011-12, found that where people ...

Obesity is now a disease American Medical Association

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:24:07 -0400

In order to fight what it described as an "obesity epidemic," the American Medical Association voted on Tuesday to recognize 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 twenty years and tripled ...

Wisconsin ranked in top 5 states for medical imaging jobs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:31 -0400

Wisconsin is one of the top five states for direct jobs in the medical imaging industry, with an estimated 6,920 people employed in the manufacturing, selling and servicing of computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and other equipment, according to a new study from the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance. The study, based on 2011 data, was done for the trade group by Charles River ...

Pitango leads $23m financing in Vertos Medical

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:18:27 -0400

Pitango Venture Capital has led a $23 million financing round in Vertos Medical Inc. The US company has pioneered the mild(R) procedure - a safe, outpatient procedure that can help patients diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) stand longer and walk farther with less pain. The proceeds will be used to fund US commercial expansion and the launch of mild in European markets. Pitango was ...

Doctors’ Group Wants To Ban Companies From Marketing Energy Drinks To Kids

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:12:24 -0400

formally endorsed banning the marketing of energy drinks to children under age 18, citing the health risks associated with beverages high in caffeine and supplements like taurine. ';Energy drinks contain massive and excessive amounts of caffeine that may lead to a host of health problems in young people, including heart problems, and banning companies from marketing these products to ...

Long-term health effects of chewing nicotine gum

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:59:16 -0400

From patches to hypnosis to pills and even gum, there are many ways to quit smoking. But is there a downside to these common treatments? We received this question from Theresa in Riverside, Calif. Dear Dr. Manny, What are the long-term effects of using nicotine gum? There's no doubt about it that chewing nicotine gum is better than smoking cigarettes. But it still contains small amounts ...

WHO emphasizes corporate responsibility when marketing unhealthy food for kids

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:56:55 -0400

The World Health Organization has decried marketing of unhealthy fast food as a "disastrously effective" culprit behind the child obesity epidemic. The WHO Europe office announced on Tuesday that the agency is pushing for harsher rules when it comes to food marketing. Previous research has shown that highlighting foods high in trans fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt may make children ...

Sen. Hatch Govt report shows that health care law isnt ready for prime time

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:55:19 -0400

In this March 23, 2010 file photo, Marcelas Owens of Seattle, left, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., right, and others, look on as President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in ...

How to Keep Your Pet Healthy This Summer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:19:31 -0400

It's a grim reminder that, as the weather gets warmer, we need to pay extra attention to our pets. And keeping them inside vehicles on hot days isn't the only health risk. U.S. News turned to veterinary experts who shared advice on how to keep our four-legged friends safe and healthy this ...

Best-selling Twin Cities author Vince Flynn dies of cancer at 47

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:16:20 -0400

Wednesday June 19, 2013 2005 profile: Through his fictional hero, CIA maverick Mitch Rapp, writer Vince Flynn has become a heavyweight in the ...

Dont let your barbie become a health risk

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:09:20 -0400

A University of Minnesota study which tracked the eating habits of more than 62,000 people over a nine-year period found that regularly consuming well-done or charred meat may increase human risk of developing pancreatic cancer by up to 60pc, so, it's worth it to be at least aware of the potential risks. Processed ...

The whole truth must come out vows Jeremy Hunt after report reveals baby deaths NHS cover-up

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:09:06 -0400

Jeremy Hunt made his comments after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was criticised for redacting the name of a senior manager who ordered the deletion of an internal review that highlighted weaknesses in the regulator's inspections at Furness General ...

3D Printing Tiny Batteries For Tiny Robots Medical Devices

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:07:50 -0400

To create the microbattery, a custom-built 3D printer extrudes special inks through a nozzle narrower than a human hair. Those inks solidify to create the battery's anode (red) and cathode (purple), layer by layer. A case (green) then encloses the electrodes and the electrolyte solution is added to create a working microbattery. (Illustration courtesy of Jennifer A. Lewis.) Researchers ...

Baby Deaths Cover-Up Health Sec Apologies

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:02:50 -0400

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the covering-up of failures by an NHS watchdog to properly investigate baby deaths should never have happened. The Care Quality Commission has been accused of destroying their own report into maternity units that were part of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust. An independent investigation found the CQC failed to properly inspect the Morecambe ...

‘Guantanamo detainees distrust military doctors’ – open letter to Obama

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:49 -0400

Health Over 150 doctors and medical professionals have signed an open letter to US President Barack Obama calling for hunger-striking prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba to receive independent medical care. The letter, published in the Lancet medical journal, states that the detainees have "very good reason" not to trust local medical staff, who are required to ...

Obesity called a disease by U.S. doctors group

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:57:59 -0400

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

Health watchdog investigates sham psychometric tests for jobseekers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:49:21 -0400

The Department for Work and Pensions is under investigation by a health watchdog for administering "sham" psychometric tests to the unemployed and threatening to withdraw their benefits if they did not complete them.The Guardian has learned that the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), the regulator for psychologists, dieticians and other health workers, is investigating a ...

14 Foods That Fight Disease

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:03 -0400

Inflammation is part of the body's immune response; without it, we can't heal. But when it's out of control--as in rheumatoid arthritis--it can damage the body. Plus, it's thought to play a role in obesity, heart disease, and cancer. Foods high in sugar and saturated fat can spur inflammation. "They cause overactivity in the immune system, which can lead to joint ...

SEC on foreign ownership limits A healthy compromise

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:43:36 -0400

Our country's rich history tells us that any form of foreign intervention--whether in the area of policy-making, military exercise, or business and investment--is always a sensitive subject. It never fails to stir a debate. On one hand, many believe that the Philippines is absolutely in better hands when Filipinos are at the helm of everything. Perhaps, this view is justified due to our ...

Drug companies in Europe fined for pay-to-delay scheme

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:39:50 -0400

Antitrust regulators in Europe said they had fined several drug companies $195 million for conspiring to delay bringing a generic drug to market. The New York Times reported Wednesday the companies fined included Danish drugmaker Lundbeck and German pharmaceutical firm Merck. The European Commission's antitrust division said the companies formed an agreement in 2002 to delay producing a ...

Small Health Insurers Assuming Big Role In Many States Under Obamacare

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:38:49 -0400

When the state of Mississippi begins offering subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama’s reform law this year, residents will have only one choice – Magnolia Health Plan – a small insurer little known in most of the country. The Obama administration hoped to attract robust competition in creating the exchanges, and it is counting on millions of Americans without ...

Diabetes-friendly recipe Fresh tomato and basil pasta

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:36:56 -0400

CORPUS CHRISTI -- FRESH TOMATO AND BASIL PASTA Yields 6 to 8 servings INGREDIENTS 1 box Dreamfields Angel Hair 2 tablespoons olive oil 5 cups coarsely chopped tomatoes (see note below) cup chopped fresh basil 4 cloves garlic, minced -- Salt -- Coarsely ground black pepper -- Shredded Parmesan cheese (optional) DIRECTIONS 1 Cook pasta according to package directions. ...

CORRECTED-New Hampshire nears approval of medical marijuana law

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:32:06 -0400

Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:32am EDT (Corrects 7th paragraph to show caregivers, not medical providers, limited to five medical marijuana patients at one time) By Jason McLure LITTLETON, N.H., June 18 (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 ...

Ian Brady remains chronically psychotic metal health tribunal hears

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:09:08 -0400

Ian Brady remains "chronically psychotic" and should remain in a hospital setting for treatment, his mental health tribunal has heard.The Moors Murderer suffers from long-term paranoid schizophrenia which does not "just fade away and die", according to the clinician in charge of his care at high security Ashworth Hospital in Merseyside.Brady, 75, was constantly paranoid about ...

Weighty issue Doctors at AMA vote to make obesity a disease

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:09:03 -0400

View results The American Medical Associated opened the door for mandatory insurance treatment for tens of millions of overweight Americans with a Tuesday vote to define obesity as a disease.An estimated 78 million adults and 12 million children in America are considered obese, by AMA standards, ...

Parliament re-instates medical practice limits

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:05:52 -0400

Parliament has green-lighted renewed limits on the number of healthcare specialists who may operate in the country. For three years starting July 1 new medical practice licenses will be restricted in some regions and costs reigned in. The only exception to the law are doctors who sought continuing education in Switzerland during a period of at least three years, a clause which was hotly debated ...

Almunia fines Lundbeck and rivals for fudging competition on medicines

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:56:10 -0400

European Commission Vice-President Joaqun Almunia announced on Wednesday (June 19) fines totalling nearly €150 million on pharmaceutical companies that the Commission judges guilty of illicit agreements to blunt competition in the market for anti-depressant medicines. Lundbeck, a Danish company, is fined €93.8 million, and a handful of generic companies are fined a total of € 52.2 ...

Health cover-up staff face action

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:53:18 -0400

Individuals involved in a cover-up at a health watchdog could face disciplinary action and other sanctions, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has told ...

Cancer-causing isotope found in Fukushima groundwater – plant operator

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:50:12 -0400

Politics Elevated levels of cancer-causing radioactive isotopes have been discovered in the groundwater of the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, the plant's operator has revealed. Highly toxic strontium-90 was present at 30 times the allowable rate, tests showed. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), the owner of the wrecked plant, said that tests showed levels of strontium in groundwater had ...

Hamilton man bikes cross-country for breast cancer gets robbed in Montreal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:47:31 -0400

A month to the day after he started biking across the country, Kyle Chevalier was robbed. The 24-year-old McMaster University graduate from Ancaster is heading up the Biking for Boobies campaign, raising money for breast cancer research. On Friday, his chase car was broken into while at a stop in Montreal. He lost $700 of donated cash, 2 laptops, a camera and footage from cycling through the ...

Canada-U.S. team develops promising sharp-shooter anti-cancer drug

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:47:21 -0400

Dr. Tak Mak, Director of The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, speaks during a press conference regarding the new breakthrough Cancer CFI-400945 drug that will enter clinical trials next month at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto on Tuesday, June 18, ...

Premier predicts Alberta Health Services changes will be positive

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:47:17 -0400

Premier Alison Redford says she’s confident new AHS administrator Janet Davidson, above, will make the ';strategic decisions'; necessary to dramatically improve health ...

British ballet dancer David Wall dies of cancer aged 67

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:41:56 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - British ballet dancer David Wall, known for becoming the youngest male principal at the Royal Ballet at the age of 21, has died of cancer aged 67 at his home in ...

Pregnant women can drink moderately without harming baby study says

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:38:41 -0400

Pregnant women may be able to consume between three to seven glasses of alcohol per week without causing any neurodevelopmental problems in their unborn children, HealthDay reported. In a study published in BMJ Open, researchers analyzed the self-reported drinking habits of 7,000 mothers, at both 18-weeks into the pregnancy and again when their children were 4 years old. When asked during ...

Hot flashes common even before menopause

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:37:58 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most women expect hot flashes as a part of the "change of life," but more than half start sweating before menopause has actually begun, according to a ...

Protect yourself from serious medical conditions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:36:08 -0400

recent brush with death and her encounter with our medical system confirmed insights that we've gained regarding how to protect yourself from potentially ruinous medical expenses. While my posts typically use analysis for my conclusions, in this case it's my wife's personal experience that provides support for my recommendations. While I normally write about retirement planning ...

SEIU McCain Health Care Putting Moms Last

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:18 -0400

Starting Tuesday, Nationwide SEIU Events Will Highlight How McCain Care Leaves Women and Families Behind WASHINGTON - August 18 - With health care costs rising out of control, more and more Americans are finding it impossible to keep up. Women, 90 percent of whom shoulder the health care responsibility for their families, are in particular feeling the strain. Beginning Tuesday, August 19, ...

SEIU to Count Down to Better Health Care With 365 Stories for Next 365 days

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:13 -0400

Health Care Workers, Patients, Consumers to Speak Out About Challenges of Broken System WASHINGTON - August 15 - With growing numbers of Americans calling on elected officials to fix the broken health care system, ...

Planned Parenthood American Journal of Public Health Study Shows Public Clinics Provide More Choices More Care

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:12 -0400

American Journal of Public Health Study Shows Public Clinics Provide More Choices, More Care WASHINGTON - August 14 - A new study in ...

Progressive Democrats of America DNC Delegate Support Surges for Guaranteed Health Care Plank

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:02 -0400

Donna Smith (773) 617-4493 Tim Carpenter, National Director, PDA (413) 320-2015 Norman Solomon, Obama delegate and co-drafter ...

Physicians for a National Health Program Millions of Chronically Ill Lacking Insurance Cant Get Needed Care

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:55 -0400

Millions of Chronically Ill, Lacking Insurance, Can't Get Needed Care CHICAGO - August 4 - Over 11 million Americans with chronic physical illnesses like heart disease, diabetes and asthma are not getting the medical care they need because they ...

Physicians for Human Rights Human Rights Groups Petition Iran for Release of HIVAIDS Doctors

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:53 -0400

www.IranFreeTheDocs.org MEXICO CITY - August 4 - A coalition of AIDS and human rights organizations that includes Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) has launched a campaign to free two Iranian physicians, Drs. Arash Alaei and Kamiar Alaei. The doctors, who are brothers, are active in HIV/AIDS education, prevention and treatment in Iran. According to international ...

Court hearing on hold over lung transplant rules

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:23:20 -0400

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A court hearing over organ donor matches involving children is on hold after the 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl at the center of the lawsuit received a lung ...

A Public Health and Healthcare Spending Time Bomb Hepatitis C

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:45:59 -0400

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) (Photo credit: AJC1) By Mina Marmor and Henry I. Miller The relatively obscure liver inflammation caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a significant threat worldwide, and its prevalence is growing. It demands greater attention from both public health officials and drug developers. The ...

New structure for top health authority

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:44:11 -0400

/enpproperty--> China's top health and population authority has set up a special department to oversee ongoing reform to the medical care system. The move by the National Health and Family Planning Commission was announced in an official online statement. The Institution Reform Department replaces the Medical Reform Office under the State Council to push forward reform programs, ...

Health chief criticised by anti-cuts campaigners for out of touch Superman video

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:37:56 -0400

A health chief has been criticised by anti-cuts campaigners after he appeared in an online video cavorting around an NHS building dressed as ...

AHS admits mistakes on unpopular health-care policies

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:37:07 -0400

EDMONTON -Two of Alberta's top healthcare bosses have conceded mistakes were made implementing unpopular home care, palliative and long-term-care policies that triggered a public backlash in recent weeks.They promised Tuesday to reverse some of those decisions, but critics are questioning whether they will go far enough to benefit affected Albertans.Alberta Health Services chief ...

EU fines Lundbeck and others 146 million euros for blocking rival drugs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:35:43 -0400

news ) , a total of 146 million euros (124 million pounds) for blocking the supply of a cheaper anti-depressant to the market, the first EU sanction against such deals. The punishments follow a 2009 report by the European Commission on the pharmaceutical sector, which said "pay-for-delay" agreements between companies lead to consumers paying as much as 20 percent more for their ...

Insider tips from medical specialists

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:29:28 -0400

What your doctor doesn't have time to tell you in an all-too-brief appointment. The Oncologist Says Edward T. Creagan, a professor of medical oncology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, in Rochester, Minnesota Turn down the grill. When meat is charred at a high temperature, amino acids in the meat break down and form carcinogens. "Lower the flame or move the rack ...

Cancer’s Lonely Soldier -- Dr. Jackson Orem Director of the Uganda Cancer Institute

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:15:09 -0400

Cancer’s New Battleground - the Developing World . Jackson Orem is a busy man. He directs the Uganda Cancer Institute – the only dedicated cancer treatment facility in a country of 33 million people. Yet he still finds time to see patients, like Musa Settimba. "Good to see you," Orem says as he enters a small exam room furnished with little more than a chair and table. ...

Prostate Cancer Hits African American Men Especially Hard

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:15:05 -0400

MIAMI -- Marc Henderson, a 63-year-old African-American airport administrator here, isn’t afraid to ask his physician to do a blood test for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), a screening test for prostate cancer. "I’d rather know early on so that it can be treated, rather than sit around in denial until it’s too late," he said. "If it’s going to help catch ...

NBA star Kobe Bryant to visit UAE to raise diabetes awareness

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:52:44 -0400

The basketball superstar Kobe Bryant will be in the UAE later this year to help raise awareness of diabetes. The NBA star will be in Abu Dhabi and Dubai in September. Bryant, who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, has expressed his excitement on his Facebook page. He posted that he is looking forward to visiting Abu Dhabi and Dubai for the "Kobe Health & Fitness Weekend". More ...

U.S. doctors say obesity is a disease

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:51:08 -0400

An overweight person is shown in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., May 12, 2005. Obesity rates are at an all-time high, especially in certain parts of the country, say researchers, who have "mapped" the changes to illustrate how Canadians' waistlines have expanded over time. (Richard ...

South Africa Give De Villiers Deadline to Prove Fitness

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:50:34 -0400

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Deeply disturbing and appalling NHS watchdog covered-up scandal at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust where eight babies died of neglect

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:42:44 -0400

Britain's NHS regulator covered up the 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 published ...

Ministries Partners and Experts to Meet at AfDB Africa-Asia Knowledge Exchange on Universal Health Coverage

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:37:24 -0400

The African Development Bank is organizing is a dialogue forum between African and Asian countries on achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Lusaka, Zambia on June 25-28, ...

Best foods to beat the heat this summer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:22:39 -0400

Summer conjures images of barbecues and pool parties but too many charred burgers may leave you feeling drowsy and sweaty. Lightening up your diet can make extreme heat more bearable. Eating the wrong foods during the summer can make you feel run down, tired and sluggish, while eating seasonally can have a cooling effect on the body, which is ideal during scorching temperatures. We are ...

New app gives patients more access to doctors

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:22:39 -0400

Eight minutes: that's the average time a patient spends with his or her doctor during an appointment. And for many, it's just not enough. To battle this ongoing problem, Dr. Gopal Chopra, a neurosurgeon-turned-entrepreneur, developed a free app called PingMD that enables a person to stay in contact with his or her doctor outside of office visits. "PingMD is a very easy to use ...

Bond set at $3.5M in medical drug trafficking case | Video

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:22:11 -0400

AIDS , cancer, anti-psychotic and other pharmaceutical drugs is being held in Broward's Main Jail on $3.5 million bond.Jorge Castillo, 43, is believed to have operated a trafficking ring that brought in more than $26 million from drugs acquired from unlicensed sources that were then sold to retail pharmacies in at least 18 states, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.The ...

Healthy Eating Part 2 With Roger Berkowitz

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:20:28 -0400

I sat down with Dr. Lilian Cheung, Director of Health Promotion & Communication at the Harvard School of Public Health’s Department of Nutrition, to get her unique insights into healthy eating. I think you’ll find her knowledge and perspective ...

Pakistan closes university and hospital after fatal attacks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:13:56 -0400

Pakistani have authorities closed Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University and Bolan Medical Complex in Quetta after terrorist attacks killed nearly 90 ...

Stem cells restore cognitive abilities impaired by brain cancer treatment study

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:07:19 -0400

Human neural stem cells are capable of helping people regain learning and memory abilities lost due to radiation treatment for brain tumors, a University of California, Irvine (UCI) study suggests.Research with rats found that stem cells transplanted two days after cranial irradiation restored cognitive function, as measured in one- and four-month assessments. In contrast, irradiated rats not ...

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

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:37 -0400

Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:00am EDT By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO, June 18 (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 believed. The virus now has spread to 13 states - with more than 100 positive cases to date - since it was first diagnosed in the United States last ...

Ask an Expert Gardening Advice for Aging Bodies Part 1

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:01 -0400

Readers sent dozens of questions about aging and gardening to Patty Cassidy, the author of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Denver Zoo lion gets unique cancer treatment

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

Dr. Douglas Thamm, a medical oncologist at the Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, left, administers chemotherapy medication to Rian the lion as Dr. Betsy Stringer, a Denver Zoo veterinarian, checks vital signs of the sedated lion. IPTC: Dr. Douglas Thamm, a medical oncologist at the Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, left, administers chemotherapy ...

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. ...

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 ...