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Medical News Today: 12-08-2004
UK - The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) today responded to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announcement of new advice to patients and doctors about Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI)... click link for more info.
The year of 2004 saw rapid research progress in the fields of science and medicine that impact our understanding of the unpredictable neurological disease of multiple sclerosis... click link for more info.
Russian teenage boys show little regard for their own well-being and are dying in higher numbers than their peers in other former Soviet republics and in Eastern Europe -- aggravating a worrisome national demographic crisis, according to a recent United Nations report... click link for more info.
The Chiron Corporation, a vaccine manufacturer, were told today that the suspension of their licence for manufacturing influenza vaccine at the Speke factory in Liverpool, would continue for a further three months... click link for more info.
A team of prominent researchers led by Charles Sawyers, MD, and Moshe Talpaz, MD, presented compelling clinical findings today showing that a new drug, BMS-354825, can successfully treat patients who have become resistant to Gleevec®, the frontline therapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)... click link for more info.
South Korean scientists are the first to discover the reason for the death of neurons in the human brain, opening the way for treating diseases related to brain nerves... click link for more info.
Twenty minutes of daily meditation helped middle schoolers lower their blood pressure and heart rate, a new study from the state of Georgia concludes... click link for more info.
CancerBACUP has published the results of a survey revealing that more over 50s believe that family history - not age - greatly affects breast cancer risk... click link for more info.
Canada has secured sufficient supply to meet the current demand for publicly administered flu vaccine programs... click link for more info.
A new public health campaign about Hepatitis C, was launched today by Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer for England... click link for more info.
A toughened-up code on international recruitment - preventing hospitals from actively recruiting nurses and other healthcare professionals from developing countries - was unveiled today by UK Health Minister John Hutton... click link for more info.
Women who consume nuts five times a week are at a 27 per cent lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, a recent study has found... click link for more info.
Do you want to have your say on diabetes and the healthcare you receive? Well, now you have the chance to make a difference and help to get improvements for people with diabetes... click link for more info.
Nine health and social inclusion projects are being awarded over £2 million by the Big Lottery Fund... click link for more info.
US researchers have found that regularly drinking on an empty stomach increases the risk of hypertension... click link for more info.
World-renowned sexologist, Dr Carmita Abdo, today unveiled a global formula for measuring sexual satisfaction... click link for more info.
Hardness of erection revealed to be the key to good sex - Viagra® (Sildenafil Citrate) gives men with ED enhanced improved function, leading to a more fulfilling and satisfying sexual relationship, reports new research presented today at the European Society for Sexual Medicine1... click link for more info.
Adolescents with type 1 diabetes are at risk of reduced bone mass and bone size, according to new research... click link for more info.
The UK Government is set to reveal its progress in dealing with so-called superbugs like MRSA... click link for more info.
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest, independent medical student organization, with nearly 50,000 members, today announces National PharmFree Day, the first annual day of action where medical students, residents and physicians will speak out against the pharmaceutical industry's biased marketing practices... click link for more info.
New research published today (Wednesday 8 December 2004) by DPP: Developing Patient Partnerships shows that high quality care and good access to health professionals are key concerns for both patients and GPs... click link for more info.
Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ: SVNT) announced today it received approval from the U... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Soiken, an Osaka-based biotechnology venture firm, has announced that it has concluded a joint research agreement with a beverage manufacturer listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange... click link for more info.
New guidance to help ensure hospitals have clear and binding contracts to deliver high standards of cleaning was published today... click link for more info.
USA - HHS Secretary Tommy G... click link for more info.
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, who announced his resignation on Friday, raised the possibility that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga... click link for more info.
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson announced on Tuesday that FDA has authorized the use of GlaxoSmithKline's flu vaccine Fluarix under an investigational new drug application, and HHS will purchase 1... click link for more info.
Libyan Foreign Minister Abdelrahman Shalgham on Sunday said the government might reconsider the death sentences of five Bulgarian health workers who have been convicted of intentionally infecting more than 400 children with HIV if the children's families are compensated by Bulgaria, Reuters reports (Reuters, 12/6)... click link for more info.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health and the government's lead agency for cancer research, announced today the selection of 15 organizations for five-year contract awards (anticipated effective January 15, 2005) to operate its Cancer Information Service (CIS)... click link for more info.
Risks of first, nonfatal myocardial infarction was tripled with rofecoxib, compared with celecoxib users, Annals study shows... click link for more info.
Over the next few weeks researchers at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories will begin testing innovative ways to treat arsenic-contaminated water in an effort to reduce costs to municipalities of meeting the new arsenic standard issued by the U... click link for more info.
One more letter should be added to the alphabetic list of warning signs of melanoma, a potentially deadly skin cancer, according to a group of NYU School of Medicine dermatologists and their Australian colleagues... click link for more info.
In women with breast lesions that are suspicious for cancer, based on clinical examination or mammography, performing a breast MRI has high sensitivity but only moderate specificity for detecting breast cancer, but does not necessarily eliminate the need for tissue sampling, according to a study in the December 8 issue of JAMA... click link for more info.
Men and women who were overweight or obese in young adulthood and middle age have significantly higher Medicare costs in older age, compared to their nonoverweight peers, according to a study in the December 8 issue of JAMA... click link for more info.
Accumulated exposure to lead may be an important but unrecognized risk for developing cataracts in men, according to a study in the December 8 issue of JAMA... click link for more info.
BACKGROUND: Insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) is a protein known to play a role in eliminating amyloid peptides that cause destructive plaques and tangles in the brains of Alzheimer's patients... click link for more info.
University of Minnesota researchers will present the promising results from adult umbilical cord blood studies for patients with cancers of the blood and bone marrow... click link for more info.
While the federal government ponders the ethical implications of therapeutic cloning, California is blazing a trail to the future... click link for more info.
1 Wake-Sleep Cycling in the Rat Damien Gervasoni, Shih-Chieh Lin, Sidarta Ribeiro, Ernesto S... click link for more info.
Biochemists at Ohio State University and their colleagues have overcome one of the major obstacles to drug design, by trimming some of the fat from a molecular sponge that scientists use to study proteins... click link for more info.
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