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Medical News Today: 01-13-2005
Why do women, on average, live five years longer than men? Scientists say that a woman's heart goes on performing just as well, even when she is old, while a man's heart loses 25% of its pumping power by the time he reaches the age of 70... click link for more info.
Internet health information is beyond the reach of most elderly people because they have never been online... click link for more info.
The FDA has told Pfizer that some of its ads for Celebrex and Bextra were misleading... click link for more info.
US regulatory staff said if patients took Mevacor (a statin - lowers your cholesterol levels) responsibly, they could benefit from getting it over-the-counter... click link for more info.
The classic legal authority on public health, The Public Health Law Manual, now features an in-depth analysis of the new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule providing the first national standards for the confidentiality of patients' health information... click link for more info.
A number of key proposals to improve the transparency and effectiveness of the pharmaceutical industry's relationships with the NHS have been made to the House of Commons Select Committee inquiry into the industry's influence by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), it was announced today... click link for more info.
Sharing information about young people's use of sensitive services such as sexual health could deter young people from seeking help when they need it most, sexual health charity Brook warned today... click link for more info.
The BMA today condemned claims made by the tobacco industry today (13 January 2005) that ventilation in bars could protect the public from the harmful effects of passive smoke... click link for more info.
The US government has issued new eating guidelines which advise people to eat plenty of vegetables, fruits and wholegrains... click link for more info.
HHS Secretary Tommy G Thompson and Agriculture Secretary Ann M Veneman announced the release of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005, the federal government's science-based advice to promote health and reduce risk of chronic diseases through nutrition and physical activity... click link for more info.
UK Government response to the David Bennett Inquiry - Black and minority ethnic people with mental health problems will benefit from better care from the NHS and social services, thanks to a new blueprint for reform launched today by Health Minister Rosie Winterton... click link for more info.
Medical Interns Who Work Extended-Duration Shifts Double Their Risk Of Car Crashes When Driving Home From The Hospital First-year doctors in training, or medical interns, who work shifts of longer than 24 hours are more than twice as likely to have a car crash leaving the hospital and five times as likely to have a "near miss" incident on the road as medical interns who work shorter shifts, according to an article in the January 13 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine... click link for more info.
The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology has published the new patient information brochure Radiation Therapy for Brain Tumors: Facts to Help People Understand Their Treatment Options to help patients and their families better understand the treatments available... click link for more info.
Medicaid Squeeze Puts a Spotlight on the Advantages of Homecare in the USAHomecare will be a factor in efforts by states across the USA to cut or alter Medicaid services... click link for more info.
is known about the specific role of histones - the protein 'spool' around which the famous DNA double helix is folded... click link for more info.
March 18-22, 2005 - San Antonio, TX - The world's leading researchers in allergic disease will gather in San Antonio, March 18-22, 2005, for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology's (AAAAI's) 2005 Annual Meeting... click link for more info.
A Mount Sinai School of Medicine led study is the first to suggest that Alzheimer's disease may be slowed and possibly prevented through dietary changesResearchers found that a low carbohydrate diet that reduced total caloric intake by 30% prevented the development of a fundamental feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in mice genetically engineered to develop the disease... click link for more info.
Should be held to same standards; Regulation of dietary supplements is needed to ensure product quality - Stating that health care should strive to be both comprehensive and evidence-based, a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies calls for conventional medical treatments and complementary and alternative treatments to be held to the same standards for demonstrating clinical effectiveness... click link for more info.
Steady five-year prevalence points to need for more rigorous evaluation - In a comparison of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by adults in 1997 and 2002, researchers from Harvard Medical School found more than one in three U... click link for more info.
Prize winners are Prof Alan Hall, Medical Research Council, London, and Prof... click link for more info.
Using gene transfer technology, investigators were able to immunize mice against anthrax in just 12 hours, according to new research featured in the February 2005 issue of Molecular Therapy, the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT)... click link for more info.
Improving how decision-makers respond in the minutes and hours that follow the first reports of a natural disaster like the recent tsunami or a manmade incident, such as a chemical accident or a terrorist attack, is the focus of a research project at the University at Buffalo's Center for Multisource Information Fusion... click link for more info.
Statement from the Naturally Nutrient Rich Coalition - The United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) today released the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans - science-based dietary guidance that is updated every five years by the government... click link for more info.
It's all about you messages help translate new 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans - The United States Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) today released the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans... click link for more info.
Ventricular assist devices (VADs), blood pumps used in heart failure situations, now have the potential for use in additional patient groups... click link for more info.
Leading psychiatrists and medical authorities in the field of sexual medicine are set to debate the topic: Premature Ejaculation - Psychological Therapy is preferable to Medical Therapy... click link for more info.
Vera S Donnenberg, Ph D, a scientist with the University of Pittsburgh, has been awarded $3... click link for more info.
The University of Michigan News Service 412 Maynard ANN ARBOR, Mich... click link for more info.
Smoking marijuana is associated with increased risk of many of the same symptoms as smoking cigarettes--chronic bronchitis, coughing on most days, phlegm production, shortness of breath, and wheezing, according to a Yale study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine... click link for more info.
UCI animal study identifies potentially valuable applications for new drug Nifrolidine - Along with aiding efforts to study addicted smokers, a new drug that attaches only to areas of the brain that have been implicated in nicotine addiction may help studies of people battling other disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia... click link for more info.
Statement by Stephen E Straus, M D, Director of NCCAM, in Response to Institute of Medicine Report on CAM Use in the United States - On behalf of our 16 Federal co-sponsors, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) thanks the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies for its thoughtful deliberations and report on the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the United States... click link for more info.
The results of the MHRA investigations into the following advertisements are now available: http://medicines... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - FANCL announced the results of its latest research on germinated brown rice that it conducted with Toho University... click link for more info.
The Health Protection Agency today publishes a report looking at the wide range of infectious organisms which can cause illnesses at wintertime, such as flu, colds, and bronchitis... click link for more info.
Total WFP Food Aid Delivered to Date - 9,744 metric tonsTotal People Receiving Food Aid - 1,069,000Level of funding for WFP's US$256-million emergency appeal ? 32%INDONESIA• WFP convoys and staff continued to move and work freely in Aceh today one day after government officials said foreign aid workers would need permission to travel outside the provincial capital of Banda Aceh and the port of Meulaboh on the west coast... click link for more info.
UK - As the largest employer in the country, the NHS has a great opportunity to set an example to other public and private sector organisations as a 'good corporate citizen' by making sure that its procurement, employment, capital build, travel and waste management policies contribute to local regeneration and sustainable development... click link for more info.
American preschoolers get about 14 to 17 teaspoons of added sugar a day, on average, mostly from fruit-flavored drinks, high-fat desserts and cola-type soft drinks which displace the grain, vegetable, fruit and dairy food groups and lower the quality of their diet, a Penn State study has shown... click link for more info.
Newly appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham, will speak out for the Tsunami affected children in a UNICEF TV campaign urging support for the organisation's work to meet their immediate and long term needs... click link for more info.
The governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, would like to see private insurers manage a large part of Florida's Medicaid Program... click link for more info.
Markos Kyprianou, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, has called for mental health to be given a higher political priority in Europe... click link for more info.
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