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Medical News Today: 12-20-2004
People with allergies to milk, wheat and mustard are being warned not to eat certain packs of Walkers ready salted French Fries after it was discovered that they were inadvertently packed with cheese and onion flavoured snacks... click link for more info.
The UK Government has unveiled new measures to cut red tape for MHS trusts... click link for more info.
The UK Government is being urged to introduce more aggressive measures to reduce smoking and promote healthier living... click link for more info.
50 years ago the world witnessed the first successful kidney transplant, but while we now take such operations for granted, finding the donors to make such procedures possible still proves a real challenge... click link for more info.
Pfizer, the world's largest drug company, has ended its marketing campaign for Celebrex after studies indicate higher heart attack and stroke risks... click link for more info.
Francois Xavier-Meslin, WHO Coordinator for disease control, prevention and eradication, predicts the next flu pandemic will be worse than SARS and will come soon... click link for more info.
Sporadic activity of influenza A(H1), A(H3) and B continued in several regions of the world in week 49 - United States... click link for more info.
Tokyo, Japan (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K K (TSE: 4004; OTC: SHWDF; "SDK") delivered its innovative waste anesthetic gas disposal system (trade name: Anesclean-SW) to Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, Stockholm County, the Kingdom of Sweden on December 16... click link for more info.
Thalidomide is an effective treatment for severe systemic onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (SoJRA), according to a new study... click link for more info.
Public health costs (Medicaid) are undermining development prospects for many state in the USA... click link for more info.
Care home residents are set to benefit from an increase in the level of NHS funded nursing care, Health Minister Dr... 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.
Research published in the New Zealand Medical Journal (17 December) shows that formally prescribing exercise for patients who do not get enough physical activity is effective in both health and money terms... click link for more info.
South Korean scientists have discovered a gene causing sleep disturbances, opening the door for developing a breakthrough therapy for controlling human sleep... click link for more info.
Latest research shows childhood cancer is on the rise... click link for more info.
Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in England and Wales with 223,609 new cases of cancer registered in 2000... click link for more info.
Leaders of Scotland's doctors, nurses and midwives today (Monday 20 December 2004) criticised the Scottish Executive for failing to protect vital healthcare workers under legislation to be debated in the Parliament this week... click link for more info.
White House Summit Hears Plight of Expectant Mom's Search for Healthcare Provider - During a White House economic summit this week, President Bush heard from a pregnant Ohio woman who had been forced to find another health care provider late into her pregnancy because her midwife's collaborating obstetrician had stopped attending births due to unaffordable liability insurance premiums... click link for more info.
MRC Technology (MRCT) was delighted to learn that Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) were granted Accelerated Approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of TYSABRI, formerly known as ANTEGREN (natalizumab), as treatment for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis and have launched the new product... click link for more info.
Researchers have discovered an enzyme that plays an important role in controlling which genes will be turned on or off at any given time in a cell... click link for more info.
These days it's almost impossible to flip through a magazine without seeing a story about or mention of yoga... click link for more info.
Canada's Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh, reaffirming his commitment to openness and transparency, today released Health Canada's 2003-2004 Summary Report of inspections of clinical trials... click link for more info.
AMA (Australian Medical Association) President, Dr Bill Glasson, today urged people to be careful and responsible with alcohol consumption over the holiday period, warning that alcohol abuse causes social disruption and unacceptably high levels of sickness... click link for more info.
Medical experts are warning holiday-makers planning driving holidays during the Christmas break to ensure they get enough sleep before heading off... click link for more info.
While many common cancer treatments are effective, they often come with a range of side effects... click link for more info.
Rapidly distributing antibiotics to people exposed to anthrax spores during a bioterrorist attack, could by itself, prevent about 70 percent of anthrax infections, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health... click link for more info.
American Physical Society leaders praise nomination of Samuel Bodman as Secretary of Energy - Dr... click link for more info.
A new report on health insurance coverage of Iowa children indicates that nearly 90,000 children in the state are uninsured at some point in the year... click link for more info.
The DNA molecule--nature's premier data storage material--may hold the key for the information technology industry as it faces demands for more compact data processing and storage circuitry... click link for more info.
How the First Identified Epigenetic Disease Turns on the Genes That Produce its Symptoms - Sometime between the age of 6 and 18 months, after a period of seemingly normal development, girls affected with Rett Syndrome lose interest in play; they gradually become withdrawn and anxious, develop autistic-like behaviors, and acquire specific symptoms like repetitive teeth-grinding and hand-wringing... click link for more info.
Educational Christmas toys can leave a mark on more than just your checkbook - they can also leave a permanent imprint on a child's brain... click link for more info.
Eli Lilly and Company announced today that it has added a bolded warning to the product label for Strattera, an attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication... click link for more info.
The home may be a safe haven, but not necessarily when it comes to slips and falls... click link for more info.
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) has announced that actor Daryl "Chill" Mitchell has agreed to serve as a spokesperson for the Center and its recently-launched Minority Communities Outreach Campaign... click link for more info.
With over 30 published clinical trials and a 25-year history of helping dieters lose weight and keep it off, Slim-Fast introduces the new Slim-Fast Optima Diet, a balanced and sustainable approach to weight loss that will help dieters achieve success over the long-term... click link for more info.
Consumer attorney Guerry R Thornton, Jr, an Atlanta lawyer who handles Vioxx cases, favors new regulatory reforms in the wake of news about heart attack risks with Celebrex, Pfizer's blockbuster drug... click link for more info.
Prevent Blindness America (PBA) applauds the U... click link for more info.
Over the last two decades, fertility of women in their thirties and forties has increased while that of women in their twenties or younger has decreased, according to detailed statistics on births and fertility published today by the Office for National Statistics... click link for more info.
The Health Survey for England is a series of annual surveys designed to measure health and health related behaviours in adults and children living in private households in England... click link for more info.
This Statistical Report provides information for England and individual Councils with Social Services Responsibilities (CSSRs) on the numbers of people registered with councils as deaf or hard of hearing at 31 March 2004... click link for more info.
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