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Aragon Pharmaceuticals being acquired by Johnson and Johnson

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:03:46 -0400

WASHINGTON - Healthcare products conglomerate Johnson Johnson is buying privately-held Aragon Pharmaceuticals in a near $1 billion deal to gain control of its experimental drugs for prostate cancer. The acquisition of Aragon Pharmaceuticals includes its androgen receptor antagonist program targeting the treatment of prostate cancer, including its primary product candidate in phase 2 ...

Smoking alcohol trend dangerous that downing a glass or two

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:50:07 -0400

Mixing alcohol with dry ice could lead to a strong possibility of serious health problems, drug and alcohol experts have warned. A video clip showing a man mixing these ingredients at home and inhaling the vapours made news in America last week and is just the latest to document the trend known as 'smoking' alcohol. Professor Steve Allsop, director of Australia's National Drug Research ...

Artificial sweetener may harbour Parkinsons Disease cure

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:30:02 -0400

An artificial sweetener produced by fungi, bacteria, and algae could help treat those suffering from Parkinson's disease, according to a new study. Mannitol that is present in sugar-free gum and candy has been approved by the FDA as a diuretic to flush out excess fluids and used during surgery as a substance that opens the blood/brain barrier to ease the passage of other drugs. Profs. Ehud ...

Bullying by siblings as harmful as by peers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:10:03 -0400

Bullying by siblings is related to the same serious mental health effects as peer bullying, a new study has found. Lead author Corinna Jenkins Tucker, associate professor of family studies at University of New Hampshire, said that even kids who reported just one instance had more mental health distress. Tucker and her co-authors from UNH's Crimes against Children Research Center - center ...

Family Mandela is Doing Very Well

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:15:18 -0400

The daughter of former South African president Nelson Mandela says he is "doing very well" as he recovers in the hospital from a lung infection. Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, South Africa's ambassador to Argentina, spoke Monday to reporters gathered outside of the Pretoria hospital where her father is being treated. On Sunday, President Jacob Zuma said the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon remains ...

MERS Coronavirus Kills Four More in Saudi Arabia

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:15:08 -0400

DUBAI Four more people have died and three more have fallen ill in Saudi Arabia from the new SARS-like coronavirus MERS-CoV, the Saudi Health Ministry said on Monday. The ministry said the four deaths were among previously registered cases. The new infections were in Eastern Province, in the capital Riyadh and in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah. Saudi Arabia has been the country ...

Autistic Kids May Not Find Pleasure In Voices

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:33:42 -0400

Some autistic kids may not find pleasure in human voices, according to a new brain-imaging study from Stanford University. The research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, might help explain why kids ...

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 ...

Two Patients Diagnosed With Mumps in Aali

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:27:03 -0400

Manama, June 18. (BNA) - Two cases of mumps (Abu Kaab) have been discovered in Aa'li region, the Health Ministry today announced. Several suspected cases were reported to the disease-control department but only two patients have been diagnosed with the viral disease. The Directorate of Public Health announced that it had supplied people in Aa'li with two doses of mumps vaccine in a ...

Bond set at $3.5M in medical drug trafficking case

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:11:50 -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. ...

Two dead in New Jersey medical office shooting

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:04:04 -0400

Two people were shot and killed Tuesday afternoon in a Pennsauken, N.J., medical office in an apparent domestic dispute, authorities said. The names of the victims, a man and a woman, were not released, The Philadelphia inquirer reported, adding it was not immediately clear if the shootings were a murder-suicide. Pennsauken Police Chief John Coffey said the victims were targeted and others in ...

Chip Identifies Bacterial Infection In Minutes Not Days

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:27:24 -0400

Bacterial infections kill tens of thousands of North Americans every year. The fact it can take days to find out which bacteria are behind the infections and even longer to establish exactly which drugs will work, doesn't help. Now according to a new study, a chip that identifies bacteria in minutes promises to slash those timescales. And not only does the chip identify the specific ...

Doctors Don’t Talk About Sexual Health Often Enough With Teen Boys

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:17:46 -0400

new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health finds. Doctors especially need to start bringing up these topics more with young men. Nearly one in five sexually active boys report that they’ve never heard anything about condoms or contraceptives from their teachers or their doctors. National guidelines for medical professionals already stipulate that doctors must discuss these type of ...

Rheumatoid Arthritis Best and Worst Supplements and Herbs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:16:41 -0400

Drugs & Supplements Get information and reviews on prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, vitamins, and supplements. Search by name or medical ...

Medical cost inflation to ebb in 2014

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:02:35 -0400

(MoneyWatch) Medical cost inflation will rise less in 2014 than in any point in recent history, according to a new report by PwC's Health Research Institute. A host of trends -- from corporate wellness programs to moving care out of emergency rooms and into less expensive retail locations -- is expected to hold back the rapid rise in the amount Americans spend on health care even as an ...

Punjab govt introduces new software for doctors

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:01:14 -0400

Even though the emails were never sent, govt prosecutors argue that they help establish a pattern of Apple serving as a "ringleader" in a conspiracy with the publishers to force the retail book industry to adopt higher prices of ...

Carroll due to have medical at West Ham

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

Andy Carroll will have a medical with West Ham tomorrow as he moves closer to a permanent move from Liverpool, Hammers chairman David Gold has confirmed. Gold wrote on his Twitter account: "Andy Carroll is having his medical tomorrow." There could be one significant hurdle for Carroll to overcome during the assessment. The England international has been out of the country on holiday ...

Waist circumference is competing with BMI for health risk measure expert says

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:19:39 -0400

Waist-to-height ratio may be a more accurate measure of cardiovascular health risk than the current standard, the body mass index, a St. Louis expert says. He’s confident that the waist-to-height ratio may soon eclipse the BMI as a measure of risk for lifestyle diseases such as cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke and diabetes. Not so fast, says another expert: While the ...

Rheumatoid Arthritis Smoking and Drinking Alcohol

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:08:13 -0400

Smoking may make people more likely to get RA. And, depending on their genes, it may make their RA worse. On top of that, smoking mixed with RA can lead to even greater problems, ...

Frontier Airlines bomb threat suspect held in federal custody at Denver Health

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:14 -0400

The man suspected of making a bomb threat on a Denver-bound Frontier Airlines flight is being held at Denver Health Medical Center.7NEWS confirmed 23-year-old Mark Michael Bote is in federal custody, but he remains at Denver Health until his first federal court appearance on Tuesday afternoon.Federal charges were filed on Monday. Bote, who lives in Thornton, faces a charge of "false ...

Blood Test May Detect Sexually Transmitted Throat Cancer

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:11:35 -0400

A blood test can detect antibodies of HPV that can cause throat and oral cancers years before the symptoms of the disease become apparent, researchers from the National Cancer Institute and the International Agency for Research on Cancer reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. In the study, close to 1 in 3 people with ...

Air Pollution Raises Autism Risk

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:11:34 -0400

Pregnant women exposed to high levels of air pollution are twice as likely to have a child with autism compared to women exposed to low levels, scientists from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) reported in Environmental Health Perspectives (June 18th edition). The authors claim that theirs is the first large nationwide study to examine associations between air pollution and ASD ...

Protein Protects Against Breast Cancer Recurrence In Animal Model

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:11:32 -0400

tumor but rather tumor recurrence - the reappearance of the disease following treatment. Precisely what causes breast cancer recurrence has been poorly understood. But now a piece of the puzzle has fallen into place: Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania have identified a key molecular player in recurrent breast cancer - a finding that suggests potential ...

Health department requests help for controlling mosquito population

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:53 -0400

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (KSDK) - The St. Charles County Division of Environmental Health and Protection is asking homeowners to help reduce mosquitoes breeding areas and curtail incidences of the winged pest other biting insects. According to the health department, the county's mosquito control program only sprays when residents notify staff that mosquitoes are a problem in their neighborhood. ...

Could Moderate Drinking Be Safe During Pregnancy

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:01:09 -0400

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UPDATE 2-FDA probes deaths of two patients on Lilly schizophrenia drug

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:01:08 -0400

Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:01pm EDT By Ransdell Pierson June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating the cases of two individuals who died after injections with Eli Lilly and Co's long-acting treatment for schizophrenia, Zyprexa Relprevv. Both patients died three to four days after receiving "an appropriate dose" of the medicine, and both had very high levels of ...

Concussion Damage Looks Much Like Early Alzheimers Study

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:01:08 -0400

Concussion can lead to damage in the white matter of the brain that resembles abnormalities found in people in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests.Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine said their findings should prompt a re-evaluation of the long-term effects of concussion, which affects more than 1.7 million people in the United States ...

How Tall Will I Be Tips on Predicting Your Height

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:01:06 -0400

What can you expect when it comes to your final height? It's almost as easy as taking a look at your parents, but there's more to it than that.WebMD asked pediatricians to answer the most common questions about getting taller. They've also sorted out the truth from myths when trying to determine your adult height and if there's anything you can do about ...

Polluted Air Linked to Autism Risk

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:50 -0400

By Denise MannHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — Pregnant women who live in smog-filled areas may be twice as likely to have children with autism, a new study suggests. ';The study does not prove that pollution increases risk for autism. It found an association,'; cautioned lead author Andrea Roberts, a research associate at the Harvard School of Public ...

Consumer credit health down

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:02:22 -0400

- Consumers' credit health has deteriorated in the past quarter, the National Credit Regulator (NCR) said on Tuesday. The number of consumers classified in good standing decreased by 76,000, to 10.55 million between the quarter ended June 2013 and the previous quarter, it said in a statement. The number of impaired accounts increased from 17.52m to 18.31m compared to the previous ...

Health Minister Praises HRH Premiers Directives to Alleviate the Suffering of Sickle Cell Patients

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:57:35 -0400

Manama, June 18. (BNA) -- Health Minister Dr. Sadeq Al-Shehabi has praised the directives of His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa to devise an effective system to reduce the waiting time of sickle cell patients and enable those in severe pain to receive urgent and proper treatment, in line with his keenness to shorten waiting time of those patients at Salmaniya ...

Mass. Gets C+ On Boston Foundation Health Report Card

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:55:55 -0400

BOSTON (CBS) — How healthy are we in Massachusetts? One group says we are making progress in making healthy nutritional choices, but there is a long way to ...

World Health Organization Marketing Junk Food To Kids Has Been ‘Disastrously Effective’

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:55:11 -0400

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday sharply criticized the food industry’s decision to market its unhealthy products to children, saying that strategy has been ...

Arizona OKs Medicaid Expansion

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:53:58 -0400

Affordable Care Act .The expansion vote, which took place during a special state budget session last week, allows more Arizonans with low incomes to qualify for health insurance coverage.Although Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer opposes the Affordable Care Act, she lobbied hard for months for Medicaid expansion.By expanding Medicaid, Arizona will enable about 300,000 residents to obtain or keep health ...

Saturated Fat May Make the Brain Vulnerable to Alzheimers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:53:57 -0400

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Kim Kardashian Baby Born Early Due to Medical Complications

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:41:24 -0400

Kim Kardashian allegedly suffered medical complication before her baby was born, forcing a much earlier birth date than expected according to ...

California Insurance Commissioner Bar Anthem From Health Exchange

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:33:10 -0400

California’s insurance commissioner wants to exclude Anthem Blue Cross from the state’s new health exchange for small businesses, saying it’s made excessive rate hikes. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said three increases this year - including one of nearly 18 percent - were unreasonable. However, under state law he couldn’t block them. The state-run exchange stems ...

Weight-Loss Surgery A Cure for the Morbidly Obese

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:06:19 -0400

at least five days a week," he says. "I feel fantastic." With obesity rates at epidemic proportions in this country – more than one-third of U.S. adults are obese, according to ...

Chinas health care costs increase official data

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:54:41 -0400

Health care costs in China increased in 2012 compared to that of the previous year, according to a statistics bulletin released on Tuesday by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC).The bulletin said in 2012 the estimated total cost of health care services in the country reached 2.89 trillion yuan (473.5 billion US dollars), a 18.8 percent rise compared to the previous year.The ...

CORRECTED-FDA studying deaths of two patients on Lillys long-acting Zyprexa

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:53:16 -0400

Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:53am EDT (Corrects headline to FDA studying, rather than Lilly) June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it was investigating deaths of two patients who died following injections with Eli Lilly and Co's long-acting treatment for schizophrenia, called Zyprexa Relprevv. The agency said the patients died 3 to 4 days after receiving an ...

Aetna will exit Californias individual health insurance market

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:37:28 -0400

Aetna Inc., based in Hartford, Conn., plans to pull out of California's individual health insurance market. It will keep selling to ...

Second Common Meeting to Discuss Health-care Field between GCC Countries and Republic of Turkey

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:24:52 -0400

WAM ABU DHABI, June 18th, 2013 (WAM) -- The Ministry of Health today held the second common meeting to discuss the health-care field between GCC countries and the Republic of ...

Prevention is better than cure holds true for migraine

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:51:30 -0400

Despite it being a nightmare, there is no fool proof treatment available for migraine, forcing the patients to find novel and traditional ways to get relief from the attack. In a similar way, mother of two from London, who suffered from migraines, discovered that munching on a banana every couple of hours was a miracle ...

Study Opens Door For Additional Treatment Option For Hypothyroidism

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:51:26 -0400

Desiccated thyroid extract (DTE), derived from crushed preparations of animal thyroid glands, is a safe and effective alternative to standard T4 therapy in hypothyroid patients, a new study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. In adults, ...

Link Between Missing Enzyme And Drug Addiction

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:51:25 -0400

addiction , according to an animal study. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Opioids are pain-killing drugs, derived from the opium plant, which block signals of pain between nerves in the body. They are manufactured in prescription medications like morphine and codeine, and also are found in some illegal drugs, like heroin. Both ...

Drug-Resistant Prostate Cancer Treated With New Medication In The Laboratory

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:51:25 -0400

prostate cancer that are resistant to standard drugs, according to a study conducted in an animal model. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "Our novel prostate cancer drug works by a unique mechanism of action," said study lead author Jeremy Jones, PhD, assistant professor of molecular pharmacology at City of Hope, Beckman ...

Brain Inflammation Due To Obesity Compounded By Low Testosterone

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:51:24 -0400

obesity in the nervous system, a new study in mice finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "Low testosterone and obesity are common in aging men, and each is associated with type ...

Laparoscopic VHR Lower Cost of Care and Shorter Hospital Stay

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:49:57 -0400

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – A study led by Justin Lee, MD, of Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, examined the outcomes of laparoscopic compared with open ventral hernia repair (VHR) in obese patients. They analyzed 47,661 obese patients who underwent VHR from 2008 to 2009. Researchers focused on intraoperative and postoperative complications, total hospital charges, and length of ...

How Obamacare Is Trying To Make It Easier For Poor Americans To Pay For Their Health Insurance

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:42:10 -0400

proposed rules to require that insurance companies accept a variety of payment methods, including cashier’s checks, money orders, and re-loadable pre-paid debit cards. That’s expected to help millions of low-income Americans — many of whom don’t have access to credit cards and checking accounts — who will receive federal tax credits to purchase insurance through ...

Health issues biggest retirement concern for Albertans

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:39:12 -0400

CALGARY -- Health issues are the biggest retirement concern for Alberta's Baby Boomers, according to the RBC 4th Annual Retirement Myths and Realities Poll released on Tuesday.The survey, of those aged 50 to 59, said 68 per cent of people in the province ranked health as the top concern while 53 per cent expect finances and changes in retirement income to be a challenge.Among other Alberta ...

Calgarians join national protest of refugee health cuts

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:38:31 -0400

Modeste Nzenga, who arrived in Canada after being imprisoned for his beliefs in wartorn Congo, said the health care he received on arrival in Canada was crucial to getting back on his feet. ';These services are basic and important for refugees,'; said Nzenga, who works at a Calgary ...

Whats the Migraine Medicine Pharmacists Prefer

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:55:26 -0400

Anyone who's suffered a migraine can attest that it's no ordinary headache. Never had one? Imagine this: Take pulsing or throbbing head pain, and tack on ...

Pharmacists Picks Top Recommended Health Products

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:55:25 -0400

Enter the pharmacists – those white-coated, behind-the-counter individuals who, as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor, "dispense prescription medications to patients and offer advice on their safe use." Indeed, pharmacists must understand the complex composition of medicines, as well as the laws that regulate their manufacture and sale, and they instruct patients on how and ...

BUDGET Health funds for disability care

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:53:46 -0400

See your ad here MORE than $17 million will be spent on dedicated Hunter health services in this year's state health budget but the biggest cash splash is sure to be $585 million for the launch of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the region.There were no surprises in the health pages of the budget, with previously announced plans for $6.8 million for planning a new hospital in the ...

New Doctors Asked To Seek God’s Face

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:42:26 -0400

Dr Kwame Addo-Kufuor has charged newly qualified medical doctors from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to make God their partners in their practice. Addressing the first batch of final year medical students of the university, Dr Addo-Kufuor said "my personal experience as a Christian doctor practising for almost four and a half decades, I can testify it is God's blessing that makes ...

Health concerns outweigh finances for boomers headed for retirement

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:49:56 -0400

Royal Bank of Canada says 70 per cent of survey respondents in the 50-to-59 age group deem changes to their health as the major challenge they anticipate as retirees. (Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and ...

Demystifying medical imaging technology

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:41:07 -0400

Medical imaging diagnostics is a specialized field of medicine. In this article, I will briefly introduce Beijing United Family Hospital's most commonly used medical imaging procedures: x-ray, MRI, CT, and ...

AfDB Publishes 50 Year Review of Africa’s Health Sector

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:36:09 -0400

Health in Africa over the Next 50 Years ' report reviews the progress made in health outcomes, as well as access to and the use of healthcare services. It assesses the current challenges faced by the sector, focusing on the progress made toward the health-related MDGs, the need to build more robust health systems, the problems of equitable access to and use of health services, sustainable ...

Health care cost increases to slow

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:31:43 -0400

The growth in health care costs is typically used by insurers to set premiums, according to the report by PwC's Health Research Institute, which analyzed costs for the 150 million Americans covered by employer health care plans. "Health care cost increases continue to exceed overall growth in wages, but the gap appears to be shrinking," Michael Thompson, principal with PwC's ...

Claims of staffing crisis in Roscommon mental health services

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:20:11 -0400

The psychiatric unit at Roscommon Hospital is in the grip of a staffing crisis, it has been claime.dThe Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) has revealed that all admissions to the hospital's Acute Psychiatric Services unit were suspended over the weekend as a shortage of staff forced a further cutback in services.The number of psychiatric nurses in the unit has been cut from 111 in 2009 to ...

Bomb explodes just before last NATO transfer of Afghan security duties

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:14:40 -0400

Three civilians died in a blast in western Kabul Tuesday ahead of the NATO transfer of responsibility for security to Afghan forces, officials said. Gen. Mohammad Daud Amin, Kabul's deputy police chief, said intended target Mohammad Mohaqiq, a lawmaker and former cabinet member from the minority Hazara community, survived the attack, but at least four bodyguards were among the nearly two ...

Medical card holders face GP cancer care costs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:44:21 -0400

Medical card patients, who have undergone breast cancer treatment in hospital, may have to pay the cost of their GP cancer care follow-up. It is due to a dispute between the Irish Medical Organisation and the Health Service Executive. The IMO has warned that without proper funding, GPs will be unable to provide follow-up care for women with a medical card who have undergone treatment for breast ...

PwCs Health Research Institute Projects Historic Slowdown in Healthcare Spending Growth for 2014

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:44:01 -0400

HRI's analysis projects 6.5 percent growth in medical costs, despite millions of newly insured expected under ACA in 2014 Healthcare inflation in the U.S. is projected to dip to 6.5 percent in 2014, according to PwC's Health Research Institute (HRI) in its annual ...

Village cricket team forced out by health and safety fears

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:43:57 -0400

Bacton Cricket Club, which has played in the Norfolk village since 1934, was ordered to stop using proper cricket balls on its pitch despite no-one actually being ...

Blood Sugar Control Improved By Weight Loss Drug Plus Diet And Exercise

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:40:57 -0400

Belviq ) appears to improve blood sugar control in nondiabetic, overweight individuals, independent of the amount of weight they lose, a new study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Lorcaserin activates a serotonin receptor (5HT2C) in the brain believed to decrease appetite and promote a sense of fullness, thus encouraging ...

Discovery Of Source Of Tumor Growth In Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:40:57 -0400

prostate cancers become resistant to hormone treatment, a new study conducted in human cell cultures and mice finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. A factor not normally found in the prostate, called Steroidogenic Factor 1, stimulates production of new steroid hormones and increases cell multiplication to fuel growth of ...

Bone Strength In Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy Increased By Whole Body Vibration Therapy

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:40:56 -0400

cerebral palsy , a new clinical trial from New Zealand shows. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Cerebral palsy affects more than half a million people in the United States. Caused by brain damage around the time of birth, the disorder affects muscle tone and movement, which can severely decrease the quality of life by making ...

Bones Affected By Excessive Salt Consumption

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:40:56 -0400

fracture , or fracture at any site other than the spine. That finding held true even after the researchers made adjustments for many other characteristics that could affect fracture risk, said the study's lead author, Kiyoko Nawata, PhD. "Excessive sodium intake appears to be a risk factor for bone fragility. It is therefore important to consider excessive sodium intake in dietary ...

Increased Muscle Mass In The Elderly Achieved By Dietary Supplement

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:40:55 -0400

A supplemental beverage used to treat muscle-wasting may help boost muscle mass among the elderly, according to a new study. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The supplemental beverage, called Juven®, contains three amino acids, including arginine. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, and are required for cell ...

Excess Stress Hormones Found In Obese Men After Eating

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:40:55 -0400

stress hormones after eating, which may make them more susceptible to disease, a new observational study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Excess weight ...

Treating One Infection May Worsen Another

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:40:54 -0400

A study of wild mice, which typically carry several parasitic infections at a time, finds treating one infection may worsen another. Led by the University of Edinburgh, the study is the first of its kind to suggest multiple infections may compete with each other and attempts to eliminate one could give another a foothold that results in poorer health. Study leader Amy Pedersen, of ...

Lack Of Sleep May Trigger The Munchies By Raising Levels Of An Appetite Stimulant

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:40:54 -0400

obesity by raising levels of a substance in the body that is a natural appetite stimulant, a new study finds. The results were presented today at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The researchers found that when healthy, lean, young adults received only 4.5 hours of sleep a night, they had higher daytime circulating, or blood, levels of a molecule that controls ...

Outsourcing In Clinical Trials New England 1-2 October 2013 Boston MA

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:40:52 -0400

The flagship event within our Outsourcing Clinical Trials series is expanding even further this year. Over 40 industry experts from the Pharma, Biotech, Medical Device and CRO sectors will be presenting cutting-edge solutions to optimize your clinical trial delivery. This year includes even more sessions in the agenda - with the addition of more parallel sessions where you can choose which ...

Watch Medical Examiner Resigns After Carbon Monoxide Deaths

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:16:02 -0400

A medical examiner has resigned after failing to deliver a report that could have saved the life of an eleven year old boy. The story begins in April when an elderly couple staying the evening in ...

Sheikh Zayed Prize for Pediatric Surgical Innovation Presented by Childrens National Medical Center

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:06:14 -0400

Jun 18, 2013 - 12:49 - WAM WASHINGTON, DC, June 17, 2013 (WAM) -- Omar Al Shamsi, Deputy Chief of Mission of the UAE Embassy in Washington, DC, presented the inaugural Sheikh Zayed Prize for Pediatric Surgical Innovation to Dr. Heung Bae Kim of Boston Children's Hospital. The prize recognizes a mid-career individual who has successfully advanced surgical care for children, and includes a ...

Adil Khan Guiding Clark Daughtrey Medical Group in a New Direction

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:42:54 -0400

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Fluctuating Health Care Uncertainty Drive LRHS Clark Daughtrey Partnership

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:42:54 -0400

C.T. Technician Amber Coudron, top, demonstrates a CAT scan machine on Tammy Wolf last week at the main medical clinic of the Clark & Daughtrey Medical Group in ...

Variant Of Main Painkiller Receptor Designed

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:50 -0400

Opioids, such as morphine, are still the most effective class of painkillers, but they come with unwanted side effects and can also be addictive and deadly at high doses. Designing new pain-killing drugs of this type involves testing them on their corresponding receptors, but access to meaningful quantities of these receptors that can work in experimental conditions has always been a limiting ...

The Genetics Of Dyslexia And Language Impairment

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:50 -0400

dyslexia and other learning disabilities could allow for earlier diagnoses and more successful interventions, according to researchers at Yale School of Medicine. Many students now are not diagnosed until high school, at which point treatments are less effective. The study is published online and in the July print issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics. Senior author Jeffrey R. Gruen, ...

Neurons Identified That Control Feeding Behavior In Drosophila

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:49 -0400

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have developed a novel transgenic system which allows them to remotely activate individual brain cells in the model organism Drosophila using ambient temperature. This powerful new tool for identifying and characterizing neural circuitry has lead to the identification of a pair of neurons - now called Fdg neurons - in the fruit fly that ...

Previously Unknown Surveillance Mechanism Used By Cells To Monitor Oxidatively Damaged DNA

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:49 -0400

In current health lore, antioxidants are all the rage, as "everybody knows" that reducing the amount of "reactive oxygen species" -- cell-damaging molecules that are byproducts of cellular metabolism -- is critical to staying healthy. What everyone doesn't know is that our bodies already have a complex set of processes built into our cells that handle these harmful ...

Lifestyle Changes Made By Older Patients To Avoid Fractures

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:48 -0400

fractures will make positive lifestyle changes to avoid them, such as exercising, wearing proper footwear and taking supplements, a new study has found. The findings are important because much previous research in bone health has focused on medications or found that people make negative lifestyle changes such as reducing housework or leisure activities because they are afraid of falling, said ...

A Key Mechanism Discovered That Boosts The Signalling Function Of Neurons In The Brain

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:47 -0400

Locating a car that's blowing its horn in heavy traffic, channel-hopping between football and a thriller on TV without losing the plot, and not forgetting the start of a sentence by the time we have read to the end - we consider all of these to be normal everyday functions. They enable us to react to fast-changing circumstances and to carry out even complex activities correctly. For this to ...

How A Gene Acts That Regulates Factors Involved In Bacteria Pathogenicity

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:47 -0400

In a piece of work carried out by the Carbohydrate Metabolism Research Team of the Institute of Agrobiotechnology (a centre jointly owned by the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre, the Spanish National Scientific Research Council-CSIC, and the Government of Navarre), the discovery has been made of the way in which the glgS gene (now renamed as the "surface composition regulator", ...

Depression And Incontinence In Younger Women Often Go Hand-In-Hand

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:46 -0400

urinary incontinence . However, help is available for women if they seek medical advice, researchers say. In a study of the experiences of women with urinary incontinence, researcher Jodie Avery found that middle-aged women with incontinence (aged 43-65) were more likely to be depressed than older women (aged 65-89). Speaking in the lead up to World Continence Week (24-30 June), Ms Avery ...

Exploding The Myth About Running Injuries

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:46 -0400

If you are healthy and plan to start running for the first time, it is perfectly all right to put on a pair of completely ordinary 'neutral' running shoes without any special support. Even though your feet overpronate when you run - i.e. roll inwards. There appears to be no risk that overpronation or underpronation can lead to running injuries through using neutral shoes for this ...

New Software System Could Help With Social Interactions Social Phobias

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:45 -0400

phobias affect about 15 million adults in the United States, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, and surveys show that public speaking is high on the list of such phobias. For some people, these fears of social situations can be especially acute: For example, individuals with Asperger's syndrome often have difficulty making eye contact and reacting appropriately to social ...

Process Of Metastasis Explained By Chase And Run Cell Movement Mechanism

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:45 -0400

A mechanism that cells use to group together and move around the body - called 'chase and run' - has been described for the first time by scientists at UCL. Published in Nature Cell Biology, the new study focuses on the process that occurs ...

How Paternal Diet And Weight May Impact Offspring

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:44 -0400

Male mice who were fed a high-fat diet and became obese were more likely to father offspring who also had higher levels of body fat, a new Ohio University study finds. The effect was observed primarily in male offspring, despite their consumption of a low-fat diet, scientists reported at the annual meeting of The Endocrine Society in San Francisco, Calif. "We've identified a ...

Paralympic Hopefuls Rare Condition Diagnosed Following Advances In Genetic Sequencing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:44 -0400

National Paracycling Champion Tom Staniford has an extremely rare condition which, until now, has puzzled his doctors. He is unable to store fat under his skin - yet has type ...

Mapping Translation Sites In The Human Genome

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:43 -0400

Because of their central importance to biology, proteins have been the focus of intense research, particularly the manner in which they are produced from genetically coded templates - a process commonly known as translation. While the general mechanism of translation has been understood for some time, protein synthesis can initiate by more than one mechanism. One of the least well understood ...

Diabetes And Glucose Meters Prostate Cancer Bone Metastases Thyroid Autoimmunity And More

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:42 -0400

diabetes self-management, as well as the role of prostastic acid phosphatase (PAP) in Prostate Cancer (PCa) bone metastases; identify new molecules that can stimulate the thyroid gland; reveal the prevalence of primary aldosteronism (PA) in an urban population; and show how thyroid autoimmunity may be triggered by endoplasmic reticulum ...

Racial And Ethnic Disparities Found In Gastroenterology Psychiatry Or Psychology Care For Children With Autism

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:41 -0400

autism were significantly less likely than white children to have received subspecialty care or procedures related to conditions that often accompany autism spectrum disorders. While previous studies have documented that minority children with autism tend to be diagnosed at a later age than white children, this report - which will appear in the July issue of Pediatrics and has been released ...

Robot That Runs Like A Cat Has Implications For Search And Rescue

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:40 -0400

Thanks to its legs, whose design faithfully reproduces feline morphology, EPFL's 4-legged 'cheetah-cub robot' has the same advantages as its model: It is small, light and fast. Even though it doesn't have a head, you can still tell what kind of animal it is: the robot is definitely modeled upon a cat. Developed by EPFL's Biorobotics Laboratory (Biorob), the ...

Medical marijuana suspects face new charges

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:33 -0400

The Duckworths face added charges of a single count each of racketeering, three counts each of money laundering and a single count each of possession of substantial amounts of marijuana in excess of 150 grams, said Leland Duckworth's attorney Leland ...

Assaulted doctors to receive financial assistance in China

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:31:16 -0400

/enpproperty--> A national doctor association has set up a fund to help doctors assaulted by patients, Beijing Times reported on Monday. The Chinese Medical Doctor Association will invest 10 million yuan ($1.63 million) into the fund every year for the next five years. Doctors assaulted by patients and who are financially challenged can apply for grants from the fund to support themselves in ...

LRMC Buys 13 Properties from City of Lakeland to Expand Medical Campus

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:40:05 -0400

LAKELAND | City commissioners voted 6-0 today to approve the sale of 13 pieces of property to Lakeland Regional Medical Center for $2.4 ...

More Restrictive Teen Tobacco Policies May Reduce Adult Smoking

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:55 -0400

States that want to reduce rates of adult smoking may consider implementing stringent tobacco restrictions on teens, suggests a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers discovered that states with more restrictive limits on teens purchasing tobacco also have lower adult smoking rates, especially among women. And compared with states ...

Postmenopausal Women With Depression May Be At Increased Risk For Diabetes And Cardiovascular Disease

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:54 -0400

diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a study led by University of Massachusetts Medical School investigator Yunsheng Ma, PhD, MD, MPH, and published in the American Journal of Public Health. The UMass Medical School study investigated whether elevated depressive symptoms and antidepressant use are associated with biomarkers for glucose dysregulation and inflammation, BMI and waist ...

A Protein Developed To Protect And Restore Nerve Cell Communications

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:53 -0400

A structure called "the microtubule network" is a crucial part of our nervous system. It acts as a transportation system within nerve cells, carrying essential proteins and enabling cell-to-cell communications. But in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, ALS, and Parkinson's, this network breaks down, hindering motor abilities and cognitive function. Now Prof. ...

Diagnosis In Rheumatoid Arthritis Improved By Novel Biomarkers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:52 -0400

Data presented at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, show that novel antibody biomarkers could significantly improve diagnosis ...

NSAID Prescription In At-Risk Patients Increases Likelihood Of Heart AttackDeath In Primary Care

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:51 -0400

heart disease (IHD). Published evidence suggest significant cardiovascular implications of NSAIDs for patients, with an immediate mortality risk demonstrated in patients who had suffered a myocardial infarction ...

Remission In Early RA Less Likely For Overweight And Obese Patients

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:51 -0400

A new study presented today at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, shows that overweight and obese patients are less likely to achieve successful remission in ...

Self-Management Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Aided By Nurse-Led Programs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:50 -0400

Data first presented at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism demonstrate the benefits of a nurse-led programme on patient self-management and the management ...

Mathematical Models Being Used In The Fight Against Cancer

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:49 -0400

Here's a good reason to pay attention in math class. Nature Communications has published a paper from Ottawa researchers, outlining how advanced mathematical modelling can be used in the fight ...

Geneticists Solve Mystery Of EEC Syndromes Variable Severity In Children

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:49 -0400

By identifying a protein that acts as a genetic modifier, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have solved the mystery of why some infants are born with a grave syndrome consisting of cleft palate and major deformities of the skin and limbs, while other infants bearing the same predisposing genetic mutation bear little or no sign of the illness, called EEC. EEC stands for ...

Social Media Initiative May Help Increase Organ Donations

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:48 -0400

A new social media initiative helped to boost organ donor registration rates, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation. The findings suggest that social media might be an effective tool for tackling a variety of problems related to public health in which communication and education are essential. Organ donation rates in the United States have remained ...

New Fluorescent Protein From Eel Revolutionizes Key Clinical Assay

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:48 -0400

Many scientists dream of making a single discovery that provides fundamental insight into nature, may be used to help save human lives, and can assist in the preservation of an endangered species. In new research reported in the journal Cell, a Japanese team is on the verge of accomplishing this nearly impossible feat. Unagi, the sea-going Japanese freshwater eel, harbors a fluorescent protein ...

Landmark Clinical Guidelines For Hypertension Treatment Introduced At Europes Biggest Blood Pressure Conference In Milan

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:47 -0400

Lifestyle factors, lack of awareness by both patients and physicians, hesitancy in initiating and intensifying drug treatment, and healthcare structural deficiencies are amongst the reasons for the increasing problem ...

Blood Thinners To Prevent Clots Not Reaching Some Patients

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:47 -0400

Researchers at Johns Hopkins report that hospitalized patients do not receive more than one in 10 doses of doctor-ordered blood thinners prescribed to prevent potentially lethal or disabling blood clots, a decision they say may be fueled by misguided concern by patients and their caregivers. Calling the rate of missed doses "unacceptably high," the researchers add that hospitalized ...

Two Distinct Forms Of Gulf War Illness Identified

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:46 -0400

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say their new work suggests that Gulf War illness may have two distinct forms depending on which brain regions have atrophied. Their study of Gulf War veterans, published online in PLOS ONE, may help explain why clinicians have consistently encountered veterans with different symptoms and complaints. Using brain imaging that was acquired ...

Cell Biologists Identify A Memory-Boosting Chemical In Mice

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:45 -0400

Memory improved in mice injected with a small, drug-like molecule discovered by UCSF San Francisco researchers studying how cells respond to ...

Long Term Red Meat Raises Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:44 -0400

People who consume more red meat over the long term have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers from the National University of Singapore reported in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association). The authors carried out a follow-up of three studies involving approximately 149,000 Americans. As background information, the researchers explained that the consumption of red ...

Antidepressant Usage Stress And High-fat Diet Combo Linked To Long-term Weight Gain

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:43 -0400

Short-term users of antidepressants who are stressed and consume a high-fat diet might have a higher risk of long-term weight gain, researchers from the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, explained on Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, USA. Lead author Suhyun Lee, ...

Study Reveals Good News For Home Births

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:43 -0400

Home births have been linked to low rates of caesarean section, postpartum hemorrhage, and third-degree perineal tears in a new study. The research, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, a publication of the Australian Medical Association, also showed that low rates of stillbirth and early neonatal death were recorded. The home births analyzed in the study, led by Dr Christine ...

Moderate Alcohol Consumption Wont Harm A Developing Baby

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:42 -0400

Drinking a few glasses of wine every week won't harm a pregnant woman's child, according to new research published in BMJ Open. The study looked at what effects moderate drinking during pregnancy might have on fetal neurodevelopment. Moderate drinking is characterized as consuming 3 to 7 glasses of alcohol per week. A total of 7,000 ten year olds, who participated in the Avon ...

Brain Abnormalities In People With Concussions Similar To Those With Alzheimers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:42 -0400

The layout of white matter brain abnormalities in people after traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) are similar to those found in early Alzheimer's, according to new research. The finding, published in Radiology, suggests that the first traumatic event that causes mTBI, ...

Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Observation Is Safe

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:41 -0400

"Watchful waiting" is safe, cost-effective, and results in a better quality of life for patients with low-risk, localized prostate cancer, rather than undergoing immediate treatment, says a study carried out at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The study findings were published in Annals of Internal Medicine. According to the authors, their ...

Governmental commission OKs deal on cooperation in EurAsEC high-tech medical aid

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:31:58 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s governmental commission has approved an agreement on cooperation in providing high-tech medical assistance to citizens of member-states of the Eurasian Economic Community, according to the information placed at the Cabinet’s website. After the commission issues a positive decision, a bill on ratification of the agreement will be considered at ...

Health care costs to slow in 2014

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:20:31 -0400

While costs are rising faster than inflation, the projected increase pales in comparison to the double-digit spikes seen in the early 2000s. It's also slightly less than the 7.5% increase PwC estimated for ...

Insurance company off hook for womans $27000 medical bill

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:18:42 -0400

A Victoria woman must pay $27,000 in U.S. medical bills because she didn'tbother to read her travel insurance policy, the B.C. Court of Appeal says.It unanimously rejected a lower-court ruling that the policy was difficult to understand.The justices said the exclusion was completely reasonable, predictable and unambiguous."With respect, it cannot be that simply requesting travel ...

Health gap narrows between developed and poor states

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:10:05 -0400

Significant progress has been made in improving health in the poorest countries, narrowing the gap between nations with the best and worst health status in the past two decades, World Health Organisation (WHO) 2013 statistics indicate. ??It attributes the progress to efforts made to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which have reduced health gaps between the most-advantaged and ...

White House vows to veto restrictive new abortion bill

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:02:00 -0400

The White House promised to veto a bill in the Republican-controlled House that would ban abortions in the United States after 22 weeks of pregnancy. "Forty years ago, the Supreme Court affirmed a woman's constitutional right to privacy, including the right to choose," the White House said in a statement. "This bill is a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade and shows contempt for ...

Calendar of Medical Events in Polk County

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:35:07 -0400

ADULT/CHILD CPR AND AED, with obstructed airway relief, $29, 6-9 p.m. today at Family Fundamentals, Lakeland, and from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Regency Center for Women and Infants, Winter Haven. Register with Citizen CPR at 863-680-1277 or 863-291-5977.TODAY OR FRIDAYTRAINING VETERANS AS HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS FOR VETERAN PATIENTS, attend informational sessions on Good Shepherd Hospice's We Honor ...

Assisted-Living Facility Shut Down by Health Officials

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:35:06 -0400

The Agency for Health Care Administration has also fined the 12-bed San Martin De Porras assisted- living facility $20,000. The June order is in response to a February 2012 incident. The Miami Herald reported inspectors found the woman in the wheelchair. She was being forced to sit on a pressure sore. Reports said the woman was trying to get up but was bound by two belts around her legs and ...

Gambia No Health Centre High School in Sami District Chief Calls for Govt Intervention

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:01:58 -0400

The District of Sami in the Central River Region is seemingly part of the districts still lacking behind in major developments or facilities. According to the Chief of the area, people in that part of the country have not got any health centre or high school in the district. Chief Kemo Leigh made these remarks recently in Janjangbureh while speaking with President Yahya Jammeh, during a meeting ...

Altuglas Introduces Luctor Polymethyl Methacrylate Alloy for Medical Components

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:55:17 -0400

Luctor™ polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) alloy that flows twice far as conventional transparent medical polymers in thin wall injection mold ...

Bills Revive Annual Debate Over Women’s Health

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:27:32 -0400

Expanded family planning services are at stake in this year's installment of the annual battle over funding for women's healthcare as the Assembly Budget Committee yesterday advanced two bills that Gov. Chris Christie will likely veto. One ...

Show-cause notices to Indian medical shops selling banned drugs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:25:29 -0400

Science News: The Indian Drug Control Department officials said the painkiller drug dextropropoxyphene and its formulations had been under the scanner for quite some time as it was heavily ...

Noah Waddell 12-Year-Old Piano Prodigy Plays For Patients At Florida Hospital

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:05:03 -0400

Noah Waddell is a little boy with huge talent -- and a big heart to match. The 12-year-old piano prodigy has been dedicating his time and skill to soothing patients at a Florida hospital, according to ABC. He began ...

Software uses GPS to track home health care visits

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:00:46 -0400

Nurse practitioner Sharon Blattert of Macomb Township takes the vital signs of Margarite Heiniger, 84, a resident of the Villages of East Harbor in Chesterfield Township. GPS software tracks her visit and allows for an electronic signature.(CAPTION): Nurse practitioner Sharon Blattert, left , 46, of Macomb Twp., takes vital signs of Margarite Heiniger, 84, a resident of The Village of East ...

The California Nurses Association and health care “militancy”

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:31:38 -0400

Within the United States, health care workers have come under relentless attack by large hospital corporations, which have sought to slash benefits, reduce wages and increase workloads. This has been stepped up as mergers and acquisitions have led to a greater monopolization of the industry and staffing levels have been cut as part of the cost-cutting measures at the heart of President ...

Kenya Sh11 Million Medical Finance Given Out

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:56:21 -0400

Private health facilities in the country have received Sh110 million as loans from the Kenya Medical and Education Trust in partnership with Medical Credit Finance (MCF). So far, 157 facilities have received loans, the organization's lead quality advisor Lester Chawiyah said during a five-day training of private health managers drawn from Kisii, Nyamira, Migori, Homa Bay. Bomet among other ...

Slowdown in health care costs should continue report says

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:56:00 -0400

WASHINGTON -- There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs might be turning into a trend, rather than a mere pause. A report Tuesday from accounting and consulting giant PwC projects lower overall growth in medical costs for next year, even as the economy gains strength and millions of uninsured people ...

Medical People

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:26:08 -0400

These five physicians recently joined the medical staff at Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center in Haines City:Dr. Ambica Soni, family practitioner at Soni Family Practice in Davenport, who studied medicine at St. Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine, Luton, England. Her residency in family medicine was at the University of Illinois in Chicago, where she was chief resident. Soni ...

Health Minister says seniors arent being nickel and dimed

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:47:22 -0400

6/17/2013 B.C's Health Minister says wheelchair fees in long term residential care homes are not unusual and are administered fairly, including exempting those who can't afford it. Terry Lake says it boils down to if a senior has the means then they have to foot the bill for their wheelchair. Lake says those that don't will have a wheelchair provided. He says the issue is ...

Doctors Hiker will take a month to recover

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:23:33 -0400

DOCTORS are predicting that Bissoondaye Geeta Seenath will take at least a month to recover from injuries sustained during her seven-day ordeal in the Toco ...

Ohio day-care operator allegedly gave kids medicine-laced pancakes

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:45:28 -0400

An Ohio day-care operator fed children in her care pancakes laced with medication to make them drowsy, authorities allege. Caterpillar Clubhouse owner Tammy E. Eppley, 37, of Westerville is charged with six counts of endangering children, The Columbus Dispatch reported Monday. Police allege Eppley mixed various medications and supplements, including melatonin and antihistamine allergy medicine, ...

Doctors plead for cuts to refugee health coverage to be reversed

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:17:50 -0400

Protesters on Parliament Hill, Monday demonstrate against cuts to refugee medical coverage. Health workers staged protests in 19 cities on Monday to highlight the problems they say were created a year ago when the government eliminated all medical coverage for some asylum seekers and cut the supplemental benefits Supporters against federal government cuts to refugee health services protest on ...

Your sibling the bully Conflict harms mental health

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:05:35 -0400

New research, which involved thousands of children and adolescents around the country, found that those who were attacked, threatened or intimidated by a sibling had increased levels of depression, anger and ...

Singing for Health group to protest programs closure at Parliament House

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:56:00 -0400

A SOUTHERN singing group facing closure will head to the steps of Parliament House this week in their continued fight to keep the program afloat. The Singing for Health group members will sing Don't Stop The Music on the North Terrace steps at 1pm tomorrow in a last-ditch attempt to save the program from its June 30 closure. The group, run by Southern Primary Health, was set up in 2009 to ...

Rodricks Two stores try to close the health gap in Baltimore

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:47:46 -0400

The pause is familiar to anyone who has been in a supermarket: The grocery checkout suddenly stops as a customer, perhaps quietly embarrassed, decides which items can be purchased and which will have to wait. One day in Apples & Oranges, the grocery store she and her husband, Erich March, opened this year in East Baltimore, Michele Speaks-March noticed that a young woman had more items in ...

Postsecondary students dealing with multiple mental-health issues

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:13:48 -0400

Canadian postsecondary students feel stressed, overwhelmed, lonely and some have even considered suicide in the past year, a new study released Monday suggested.More than 30,000 students were surveyed for the report, which sheds light on mental health and other health issues faced by students at Canada's colleges and universities. Some of the troubling findings of the report had to do with ...

Luncheon meat hamburger steak pork increase diabetes risk

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:38:06 -0400

There is more evidence luncheon meat, hot dogs, hamburger, steak and pork increase the risk of type 2 diabetes over the long-term, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Frank B. Hu of the Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues tracked 26,357 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study from 1986-2006, 48,709 women in the Nurses' Health Study from 1986-2006 and 74,077 women in the ...

Nueces County medical examiner identifies car crash victim driver remains hospitalized

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:35:12 -0400

CORPUS CHRISTI -- Officials on Monday released the name of a man killed in a single-vehicle crash during the weekend and said the driver of the vehicle remains hospitalized. James Garza, 33, died as a result of injuries suffered in the crash in the 5700 block of Leopard Street about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, said Ric Ortiz, chief investigator for the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office. An ...

Algae genome could aid medical climate research

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:08:56 -0400

Cal State San Marcos researchers unlocked the genome for a type of algae found around the globe, a finding they said has potential applications to fields ranging from climate change to ...

NAFDAC seizes drugs for Ojudu free health programme

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:07:47 -0400

National Agency for Foods, Drugs Administration and Control has seized drugs meant for free health mission organised by Senator Babafemi Ojudu for his ...

Improving health for Mandela Prince Phillip

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:54:12 -0400

After having been hospitalized for 10 days, Nelson Mandela is reportedly doing better after having contracted a lung infection. And on Monday Prince Philip went home after his exploratory abdominal surgery. NBC's Brian Williams ...

Patients to wait 6 months for healthcare services

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:47:58 -0400

File picture of healthcare service. Photo Lehtikuva Thousands of people are waiting in queues at different healthcare centres in the country to get Medicare and medication facilities. About 94 000 patients were waiting in queues across the country at the end of April to get appointments of the physicians, said National Institute for Health and Welfare( ...

Report Health care cost hikes slowing down

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:42:11 -0400

WASHINGTON -- There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs may be turning into a trend, rather than a mere ...

Legislature rally calls for more health coverage for refugees

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:49:12 -0400

EDMONTON - When Daniela Munoz arrived in Edmonton as a refugee claimant 11 years ago from Colombia, she was thinking of suicide.Munoz, then 11 years old, felt she had to be the caretaker to her younger brother and sister because her mother, a lawyer, was also in a deep depression."Our experience at the beginning was traumatizing," said Munoz, now 23 and a third-year honours student at ...

Jury finds no medical negligence in penile implant that patient said gave him 8-month erection

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:48:56 -0400

WILMINGTON, Del. -- A jury in Delaware says there was no medical negligence in a penile implant procedure that the patient said left him with an 8-month erection.The New Castle County Superior Court jury decided that urologist Dr. Thomas Desperito was not negligent in the procedure he performed in December 2009 on 44-year-old truck driver Daniel Metzgar.The News Journal of Wilmington reported ...

Say Goodbye to Medical Privacy Under ObamaCare

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:04:28 -0400

If you're planning on buying health insurance on an ObamaCare exchange next year, be forewarned: Your personal health information (PHI) will be made available to a variety of government agencies, quite possibly including the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).According to ...

Crown and defence recommend 10-year sentence after man with mental health issues pleads guilty to second-degree murder

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:45:23 -0400

An Ontario man with a history of mental health issues had recently been discharged from hospital when he fatally stabbed a talented young music producer in a vehicle, court heard Monday. On what was ...

Statins Plus Certain Antibiotics May Set Off Toxic Reaction Study

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:37:25 -0400

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) — Doctors should avoid ordering certain antibiotics for older patients who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, such as Lipitor, Canadian researchers say. Statins, which are taken by many millions of people, don’t mix well with the antibiotics clarithromycin or erythromycin, according to a study, published in ...

Kids With Autism May Find Human Voice Unpleasant

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:37:19 -0400

By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) — A new brain-imaging study could help explain why children with autism have difficulty with verbal communication: They may not get much pleasure from the human voice. Researchers found that those with the disorder showed weaker connections between the brain’s voice-processing areas and its ';reward'; centers ...

One way to bring health care costs down - transparency

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:34:32 -0400

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Letters Animals Are Patients Too

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:22:27 -0400

TO THE EDITOR: ...