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Medical News Today: 02-06-2005
The Arizona House Health Committee on Wednesday approved 7-2 a bill…... click link for more info.
President Bush has no intention of relaxing restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research and plans to pursue "stricter limits" on all human embryo research, an unnamed senior administration official said on Thursday…... click link for more info.
The following summarizes news about malpractice-related developments in seven states... click link for more info.
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A group of 17 congressional Democrats sent a letter to President Bush saying that Medicare rules calling for a subsidy to employers that provide prescription drug coverage to retirees could "contribut[e] to the steady erosion of retiree health benefits,"... click link for more info.
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Taking saunas and hot baths or wearing tight underwear should be avoided by men seeking to have children, because these activities raise the scrotum's temperature... click link for more info.
A healthy breakfast that includes high-fiber cereal can help you lose weight and keep diabetes, heart disease, and stroke at bay - especially when the menu also includes nonfat milk and fruit... click link for more info.
New Indication Would Help Patients at High Risk of Thromboembolic Complications - GlaxoSmithKline plc [LSE and NYSE: GSK] announced today that the European Commission has granted it a licence for use of ARIXTRA® (fondaparinux sodium) in the prevention of venous thromboembolic events (VTE) in medical patients who are judged to be at high risk of thromboembolic complications... click link for more info.
The first-ever practical bedside tool with the potential to predict high, intermediate and low risk of death in hospitalized heart failure patients was published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association... click link for more info.
America's health care system is hurting, and fixing it requires the urgent attention of elected officials, Eli Lilly and Company's (NYSE: LLY) Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Sidney Taurel said today... click link for more info.
Pfizer Partners with Thailand Health Organizations to Help Survivors Cope with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Pfizer Helps Develop Public Health Laboratory Infrastructure in Banda Aceh - $45 Million in Pfizer Medicines and Healthcare Products and $11 Million in Cash Reach More Than 35 Relief Organizations... click link for more info.
President Bush in his fiscal year 2006 budget proposal will recommend spending an extra $140 billion over 10 years to expand health coverage to U... click link for more info.
The United States this year plans to nearly double to $40 million funding for the fight against HIV/AIDS in Haiti, which is one of the countries targeted in the… http://www... click link for more info.
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Funding for some international development programs likely will be frozen or cut in President Bush's proposed fiscal year 2006 budget, according to some aid groups and congressional sources, the… Fifth Annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Urges African Americans To 'Get Tested, Get Educated, Get Involved'
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Two Virginia Tech scientists contributed by invitation to an international scientific meeting called by Abdoulaye Wade, president of Senegal, to identify strategies for the control of the ongoing locust outbreak in West Africa... click link for more info.
A new study suggests that people with autism may perform unusually well on some tests of visual processing... click link for more info.
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing six new Research Units in order to promote cooperation between outstanding scientists and researchers in innovative research projects... click link for more info.
Scientists have demonstrated a new way to assess the potentially damaging effects of prenatal drug exposure--a technique that could also be used to monitor a fetus's response to therapeutic drugs--using sophisticated, noninvasive medical imaging tools... click link for more info.
A new procedure that could save millions of dollars annually in medical costs - and result in much better patient outcomes and satisfaction - was performed for the first time in the world this week at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center... click link for more info.
Prions, infectious proteins associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or Mad Cow Disease, were previously thought to accumulate mainly in the brain, but Yale and University of Zurich researchers report in Science that other organs can also become infected... click link for more info.
The varicella vaccine is almost 90 percent effective against chickenpox, but its impact on herpes zoster (shingles) is unknown and needs wider surveillance, Yale School of Medicine researchers write in today's New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) perspective section... click link for more info.
On a recent trip to India, Yale President Richard C... click link for more info.
A combination of four proteins that result from inflammation and infection and lead to premature birth can be rapidly and accurately detected in the amniotic fluid of pregnant women using proteomics technology, Yale researchers report in two studies in the February issue of British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology... click link for more info.
From the monster under the bed to the bullying upperclassman, a new book by Steven Marans of the Yale School of Medicine Child Study Center provides coping strategies for parents on these and other fears children and adolescents face... click link for more info.
BioMed Central welcomes the announcement of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) new public access policy... click link for more info.
Ultrathin superconducting wires can withstand stronger magnetic fields than larger wires made from the same material, researchers now report... click link for more info.
Women's health and human-tissue regeneration are the focus of an agreement announced Friday (Feb 4) between the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana... click link for more info.
In its destructive effect on rural families and their children, methamphetamine may be in a class of its own, based on the first study from an ongoing research project in seven Central Illinois counties, conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign... click link for more info.
University of Central Florida study seeks to determine whether women who follow weight-loss and exercise programs at home fare as well as those who go to a center to work out and meet with counsellors... click link for more info.
New doctors are being issued with revised and updated guidance on what they need to learn during their first year as a registered doctor... click link for more info.
The Heart Truth, a national awareness campaign for women about heart disease sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), will host the Red Dress Collection 2005 Fashion Show today at Olympus Fashion Week in New York City on National Wear Red Day... click link for more info.
Inaugurating a new awards program, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) at the University of California, San Diego will honor undergraduate students whose research in bioinformatics is accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal or conference proceeding... click link for more info.
The results of the world's first phase 3 HIV vaccine efficacy trial are reported in the March 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online... click link for more info.
Injuries produced by law enforcement use of so-called non-lethal weapons will be the focus of a study at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center funded by a $104,071 grant from the National Institute of Justice... click link for more info.
Stroke patients who are discharged early from hospital to home and given community support are more likely to be independent than those who receive conventional care, suggests a study in this week's issue of The Lancet... click link for more info.
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