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Medical News Today: 12-22-2004
Many young people are hesitant to buy condoms to protect against sexually transmitted diseases because they say they are "too embarrassed" by the experience, according to a study published in the Social Science Journal... click link for more info.
Alcohol consumption rises around Christmas by a wider margin in the UK than any other leading Western country, according to a new survey... click link for more info.
Better treatment facilities and a continuing heroin drought have been given as the key reasons for a further decline in the number of accidental deaths from overdoses... click link for more info.
The chairman and Welsh secretary of BMA Cymru Wales travelled to London this week to lobby Secretary of State Peter Hain on a Welsh ban on smoking in public places... click link for more info.
This monthly notice gives the latest statistics on TB in cattle to the end of September 2004... click link for more info.
A warning has been issued to UK doctors over the painkillers known as Cox-2 inhibitors... click link for more info.
Radon, a colourless, odourless radioactive gas, kills an estimated 1,000 people a year in the UK, a new study claims... click link for more info.
A new vaccine that scientists believe may prevent heart disease is currently undergoing rigorous tests... click link for more info.
£900,000 extra funding to regulate complementary healthcare practitioners - A new drive to improve the regulation of complementary and alternative healthcare was unveiled today by UK Health Minister Lord Warner... click link for more info.
OSAKA, JAPAN - Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda") announced today that its investigational compound TAK-559, an anti-diabetic agent by improving insulin resistance, is placed on clinical hold because of findings of abnormalities in liver enzyme tests in a small number of patients during the course of the phase III studies... click link for more info.
Smith & Nephews' Orthopaedics division (NYSE: SNN, LSE: SN) today announced the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of its newest advanced bearing product for patients who undergo total hip replacement surgery, the ceramic-on-ceramic hip... click link for more info.
Roche today announced that Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD)) has been granted marketing authorization by the Swiss regulatory authorities, Swissmedic, for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B... click link for more info.
The National Institutes of Health has reported in an Alzheimer's Disease prevention study that there was no increased cardiovascular risk seen in elderly patients taking Celebrex (400 mg daily) for up to three years... click link for more info.
Centocor, Inc, announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved REMICADE® (infliximab) for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS)... click link for more info.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced today it has received marketing approval from the European Commission for KIVEXA?, a new HIV medication... click link for more info.
Biogen Idec and Elan announced today that they are initiating a head-to-head study comparing the safety and efficacy of TYSABRI® (natalizumab) to Rebif® (Interferon beta-1a)*... click link for more info.
Low Dose Plant-Derived, Synthetic Conjugated Estrogen Product that Includes Delta 8,9-dehydroestrone sulfate - Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc... click link for more info.
The US Food and Drug Administration has cleared for marketing Abbott's Vysis® AutoVysion? System for use with the Vysis® PathVysion® HER-2 DNA Probe Kit as an aid in determining HER-2 gene status in women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer... click link for more info.
The number of countries where iodine deficiency is a public health problem has halved over the past decade, says the World Health Organization (WHO) in a new global report on iodine status... click link for more info.
Increase in cardiovascular, cerebrovascular events in Alzheimer-prevention trial expands concerns to include nonselective NSAIDs; tips offered for pharmacists to use in talking with patients... click link for more info.
The Pan American Health Organization, as a member of the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention (ACCP), has issued a new publication and reported that cervical cancer-while largely preventable-kills almost a quarter-million women worldwide each year... click link for more info.
Tumors of unknown origin are the eighth leading type of cancers... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Eiken Chemical (TSE:4549) announced December 21 that it will begin marketing Loopamp Primer Set for Avian Flu H5, a reagent kit to identify the A/H5 avian flu virus (Flu A/H5) designed for academic research, on December 24... click link for more info.
Cardiovascular Risks In Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (Cabg) Surgery And Serious Adverse Skin Reactions - The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) and its Scientific Committee for human medicines have been made aware of new safety information on cardiovascular and serious skin adverse events in relation to the use of valdecoxib and parecoxib sodium... click link for more info.
Strict limits came in to force today to restrict the advertising of cigarettes and tobacco products in shops, pubs and clubs... click link for more info.
Responding to the publication of the Smoking, Health and Social Care Bill announced by the Scottish Executive on Friday, the British Dental Association (BDA) said the dental clauses were an important step on the path towards much needed reform of NHS dentistry in Scotland... click link for more info.
AMA (Australian Medical Association) President, Dr Bill Glasson, said today that binge drinking is on the rise among young Australians and the health effects of this blatant alcohol abuse can stay with many of them throughout life... click link for more info.
Authorities in Japan have confirmed the country's first human case of bird flu... click link for more info.
An American government task force concluded that importing cheaper drugs into the USA would eventually save consumers very little money because the safety measures would be too expensive... click link for more info.
According to an NIH study, people who took Naproxen (Celebrex) to treat Alzheimer's disease are 50% more likely to suffer from a heart attack or stroke - the study was halted because of this... click link for more info.
The adoption of electronic health records by the Veterans Affairs Health System is helping the agency "do a better job of treating patients," according to a study funded by VA, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and other sources, the AP/Washington Times reports... click link for more info.
Pfizer's decision to continue selling the arthritis medication Celebrex -- which, based on the results of a national study announced on Friday, can triple patient risk for cardiovascular events compared with a placebo -- "puts the company on a risky legal path" that could "backfire" in the event FDA removes the medication from the market, the Wall Street Journal reports (Martinez/Hensley, Wall Street Journal, 12/21)... click link for more info.
The advice to 'sleep on it' for a while isn't a bad idea, according to a new study done in part by University of Alberta researchers... click link for more info.
Scientists have discovered that a system in our brain which responds to actions we are watching, such as a dancer's delicate pirouette or a masterful martial arts move, reacts differently if we are also skilled at doing the move... click link for more info.
Evolution is something of a gamble: in order to stay a step ahead of a shifting environment, organisms must change or risk extinction... click link for more info.
Infection control experts at The Johns Hopkins Hospital say tighter rules governing use of a hand-held, high-pressure, water-pumping tool to wash and clean wounds should be adopted to improve the safety of wound care... click link for more info.
First-degree relatives of lung cancer patients have a 2 to 3... click link for more info.
Residents of Taiwan who consumed drinking water with high levels of arsenic have a higher risk of lung cancer, with cigarette smokers from this group having an even greater risk, according to a study in the December 22/29 issue of JAMA... click link for more info.
Two deaths have been attributed to a rare type of pneumonia that is occurring among US troops in Iraq at a higher than normal rate, according to a study in the December 22/29 issue of JAMA... click link for more info.
Contrary to previous reports, new research shows that cancer patients can not intentionally postpone death to survive for significant personal events such as Christmas, Thanksgiving or a birthday, according to a study in the December 22/29 issue of JAMA... click link for more info.
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