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Medical News Today: 12-16-2004
Australian Medical Association Vice President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, said today that Australia's poor response to people living with mental illness has resulted in very limited access to services and a greater demand on already stretched emergency departments and services for homeless people... click link for more info.
Under new Government plans, GPs in England could be allowed to keep any savings they make for the NHS by sending fewer patients for expensive hospital treatment... click link for more info.
UK scientists are reportedly working on treating cirrhosis of the liver with adult stem cells... click link for more info.
A new study has linked common respiratory and urinary tract infections to heart attacks... click link for more info.
Doctors in the USA are becoming alarmed at the toxic amounts of heavy metals found in some ayurvedic products... click link for more info.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that married adults are healthier than divorced, widowed or never married adults... click link for more info.
The Godfather of Soul, 71, James Brown, had prostate cancer surgery yesterday, said Simone Smalls, his publicist... click link for more info.
The charity Alcohol Concern is calling on the British government to fund television and other health warnings against excessive drinking... click link for more info.
Slimming on Referral, the GP referral scheme pioneered by Slimming World (UK) is now in its 5th year and is going from strength to strength... click link for more info.
VISX, Incorporated today announced that it has received approval from the U... click link for more info.
To help cancer patients and their families better understand their treatment options before making a decision, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology has published seven patient information brochures that explain how radiation therapy is used to safely and effectively treat various cancers... click link for more info.
JAMA Publishes Study Demonstrating Pegintron® And Rebetol® Achieved Higher Sustained Response Than Standard Interferon Combination Therapy In Patients Coinfected With Hepatitis C and HIV - ANRS HC02 RIBAVIC Study Helps Address Major Challenges In Treating Coinfected PatientsPatients coinfected with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV treated with PegIntron® (peginterferon alfa-2b) and Rebetol® (ribavirin) combination therapy achieved significantly higher rates of sustained virological response (SVR) compared to those treated with standard interferon combination therapy (interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin), according to results of the ANRS HC02 RIBAVIC study conducted by the Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le SIDA (ANRS) of France and published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)... click link for more info.
Terry Waite has launched "Young Hearts" in Warwick Castle to fulfil the dream of a tragic young ME Sufferer, killed on the roadsWarwick schoolgirl Jade Louise Scarrott was only 14 when she was killed in a road accident this year... click link for more info.
Non-partisan Online "Radio" Show Becomes Forum for Fundamental Change in System - Health policy discussions may be a sleep aid to some... click link for more info.
People will find it easier to identify pharmacies that provide NHS services, thanks to new NHS logos being made available to pharmacists, Health Minister Rosie Winterton announced today... click link for more info.
GP practices will be able to keep up to 100 per cent of any savings they make from the direct commissioning of services, Health Minister John Hutton revealed today... click link for more info.
Shire Pharmaceuticals has received FDA approval for extended-release carbamazepine capsules (Equetro) for treatment of acute manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder, which affects more than 2 million American adults a year... click link for more info.
A new report by Rights & Democracy is calling on the international community to ensure the right to reparations for victims of sexual violence during armed conflict, including a guarantee of access to medications to fight HIV/AIDS contracted through rape... click link for more info.
USA - The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday looked at the expansion of pay-for-performance programs to include 12 "high-volume" specialists, including gastroenterologists, orthopedic surgeons, gynecologists and cardiologists... click link for more info.
States have made some improvements in bioterrorism preparedness since 2001, but most remain "woefully unprepared" to respond to a bioterrorist attack or public health emergency, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Trust for America's Health... click link for more info.
USA - Many employers this year asked retirees to share more of the rising cost of health benefits, and some plan to do so again in 2005, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Hewitt Associates that shows the "continued erosion of retiree health benefits among large employers," the New York Times reports... click link for more info.
GSK the world's largest distributor of antiretroviral drugs -- on Tuesday announced it has granted a voluntary license to a South African unit of the Indian drug firm Cipla to make and sell in South Africa generic forms of some of its antiretroviral drugs, Reuters reports... click link for more info.
More than 80 Muslim and Christian leaders on Monday at a U... click link for more info.
Dr Edmund Tramont, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Division of AIDS, rewrote a safety report on the use of the antiretroviral drug nevirapine in pregnant women in order to change its conclusions and remove negative information about the drug... click link for more info.
Guidelines on salt, sugar and fat content in school dinners are set to be reviewed by the department for education and skills... click link for more info.
The UK Government has issued a warning to smokers after cigarettes smuggled into Britain were found to contain lead and arsenic... click link for more info.
Children and adult bystanders who witness repeated abuse inflicted on others may experience both a psychological and physiological stress level that, over time, can equal that of the victim, according to a Penn State researcher... click link for more info.
BioMed Central is pleased to announce that the new website for The Scientist, the premier source for life science news, will from today be available on the BioMed Central platform... click link for more info.
Herzberg Medal goes to a Queen's researcher for second year in a row - Queen's Biology Professor John Smol has received the country's top science award - the prestigious Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal from Science and Engineering Research Canada (NSERC)... click link for more info.
The most definitive study to date of women who had previously undergone cesarean-section deliveries, but who later chose an attempt at vaginal delivery for subsequent births, shows that serious complications are possible, but that the absolute risk of these occurring is very small... click link for more info.
In a large study involving 10 clinical research centers throughout the United States, researchers found strong positive associations between the disease sarcoidosis and occupational exposure to insecticides in both agricultural and industrial settings, as well as with occupational exposure to "moldy" and "musty" environments... click link for more info.
Study participants with mild to moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who used 1,200 micrograms per day over 3 years of an inhaled corticosteroid, triamcinalon, in an attempt to slow lung function decline showed reduced bone density in both the lumbar spine and neck of the femur (thigh)... click link for more info.
In a study of high-risk patients with severe asthma who were hospitalized for serious exacerbations, researchers showed that within 7 days of discharge their use of prescribed inhaled corticosteroids and oral steroids had fallen rapidly to approximately 50 percent of their prescribed dose... click link for more info.
Researchers have known that mutations in a key gene called parkin are a major cause of Parkinson's disease (PD)... click link for more info.
Defense against invading pathogens comes in two major forms: innate and adaptive immunity... click link for more info.
Diabetes-associated nerve fiber damage, known as diabetic neuropathy, can result in a decreased ability of affected individuals to feel pain... click link for more info.
Spinal muscular atrophy is one of the most common genetic diseases leading to death in childhood... click link for more info.
Prostate cancer (PC) is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy and the second leading cause of death in American men... click link for more info.
The normal daily diet generates volatile acid (carbon dioxide) and nonvolatile acid (hydrogen ions) from carbohydrate and protein metabolism, respectively, and the kidney is responsible for maintaining an acid-base balance by excreting these acids... click link for more info.
T cell responses to natural infection are orders of magnitude greater than those observed in cancer patients in response to current vaccination protocols... click link for more info.
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