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Medical News Today: 02-25-2005
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's Advanced Imaging Research Center (AIRC) are developing a new imaging method that may provide a clearer diagnosis of breast cancer... click link for more info.
Two separate new studies presented at a major medical meeting provide objective scientific evidence that the two most commonly performed cartilage repair techniques are effective at restoring patient mobility and reducing pain... click link for more info.
A little sexual banter in the workplace isn't necessarily a bad thing... click link for more info.
For the first time, scientists have regenerated a damaged optic nerve -- from the eye to the brain... click link for more info.
When the most common adult leukemia in the United States was last reviewed by the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in 1995, it was seen through the eyes of theories that dated back to the 1960s... click link for more info.
A protein called CK2 plays a deadly role in colorectal carcinoma by blocking the ability of these tumors to activate a natural self-destruct mechanism that would clear this cancer from the body... click link for more info.
The complex and life-sustaining series of steps by which hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) give rise to all of the body's red and white blood cells and platelets has now been discovered to depend in large part on a single protein called Mcl-1... click link for more info.
A paper published in this week's issue of The Lancet highlights how links with the tobacco industry may be seen to have influenced the publication of research on the dangers of second-hand tobacco smoke... click link for more info.
Policies that deny visas to prospective immigrants on the basis of disease are discriminatory, designed to seize on public fears, and do not protect public health, states an editorial in this week's issue of The Lancet... click link for more info.
More people are affected by the negative impact of poor water supply and sanitation than by war, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction combined, states a paper published in this week's issue of The Lancet... click link for more info.
Children in the USA and Canada are being vaccinated against influenza without adequate proof that it will work, concludes a study published in this week's issue of The Lancet... click link for more info.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) has published interim guidance, identifying and remedying poor performance by pharmacists in England and Wales... click link for more info.
WHO has received reports of 61 deaths of pneumonic plague in Bas-Uele district, Oriental province in the northern part of the country (see map below)... click link for more info.
Responding to the Department of Health (England) announcement banning the use of higher rate telephone numbers within the NHS, Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the BMA's General Practitioners Committee said: "The BMA is sympathetic to the view that patients should not be charged over the odds for contacting their family doctor... click link for more info.
UK Health Minister Stephen Ladyman today encouraged local councils to give carers a break from their duties by announcing an extra £60m for Carers' Grants... click link for more info.
Health Minister Rosie Winterton met dentists who will work in the NHS, on a visit to a training centre in Warsaw, Poland today... click link for more info.
National and Premium Rate Phone Numbers Banned From April - Health Minister John Hutton today announced a ban on expensive telephone numbers that charge patients over the odds to call NHS services in their area... click link for more info.
The Utah Senate Business and Labor Committee on Monday approved a bill... click link for more info.
Surgeon General Richard Carmona on Monday advised pregnant women and women who might become pregnant to abstain from alcohol consumption to eliminate the chance of giving birth to an infant with any of the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, according to an... click link for more info.
The "voice of science is being stifled" by the Bush administration, which includes few scientists in policy discussions and has proposed reductions in funds for research and education programs, according to speakers at a meeting of the... click link for more info.
The Food Standards Agency said today that the vast majority of food that was contaminated with Sudan I has been removed from shops by the companies concerned... click link for more info.
Two newspapers recently examined efforts by employers and health plans to control health care costs by offering incentives to workers and members... click link for more info.
The... click link for more info.
Medicaid reform will be a "top agenda item" at the... click link for more info.
President Bush on Friday signed a class-action lawsuit reform bill... click link for more info.
For the first time, scientists have replicated hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the laboratory... click link for more info.
An Arkansas Senate Committee on Monday voted to give its approval to a bill... click link for more info.
An FDA advisory panel on Friday voted unanimously to advise the agency that all COX-2 inhibitors increase a person's risk for cardiovascular problems, yet a "substantial majority" of panelists recommended that despite the risks, the medications should remain on the market and be accompanied by strong warnings, the... click link for more info.
Hypnosis can serve as a valuable adjunct to certain kinds of psychotherapy, says Steven Lynn, professor of psychology at Binghamton University, State University of New York... click link for more info.
Although reports that mother-to-child HIV transmission has been "nearly wiped out" in the United States and Western Europe are "thrill[ing]," it could be "bad news for the rest of the world" because "with few children with AIDS in rich nations, [drug] companies will have little incentive to improve on current pediatric AIDS products, and governments will continue to make sick children an afterthought," a... click link for more info.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela on Thursday announced that he will attend next month's... click link for more info.
Health workers in every country in the Western Hemisphere are preparing strategies, purchasing vaccines, and coordinating logistics for the largest immunization drive in the Americas, targeting millions of children for Vaccination Week in the Americas, starting April 23... click link for more info.
New funds will help UNICEF fight malaria - Despite impressive advances made against malaria in Zimbabwe during the mid and late 1990s, UNICEF today warned that the country's children are once more under threat from the disease... click link for more info.
The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) enters into force on Sunday 27 February 2005... click link for more info.
Figures published today by the Office for National Statistics (UK) for 1999 to 2003 show that drug related deaths fell for the third year in a row to reach their lowest level since 1997... click link for more info.
Homicide is the second most common cause of injury-related death among pregnant women and new mothers, according to a... click link for more info.
The Montana House on Monday preliminarily approved 53-47 a bill... click link for more info.
Exercise therapy can improve muscle strength, mobility and other signs of fitness in people with multiple sclerosis, according to a recent review of studies... click link for more info.
The... click link for more info.
The number of deaths in South Africa increased by 57% from 1997 to 2002, in part showing that the country's HIV/AIDS epidemic is "cutting a swath through its working-age population," according to statistics released Friday by... click link for more info.
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