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Medical News Today: 01-18-2005
New survey results released today (18... click link for more info.
Children's celebrities are asking young people to be cancer aware during Macmillan's 'Cancertalk Week', 24 to 28 January 2005, and to help raise money for people living with cancer by taking part in The Big Hush, a sponsored silence, at the end of the week... click link for more info.
Two new studies strongly suggest that a mutation in a recently discovered gene is the most common genetic cause of Parkinson's disease identified to date... click link for more info.
Hershey(R)'s SmartZone(TM) Nutrition Bars Will Award $10K to America's Smartest Snacker - Hershey Foods Corporation, the makers of Hershey(R)'s SmartZone(TM) nutrition bars, is launching a contest to find the smartest snacker in America... click link for more info.
As our reliance on computers increases, Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI) such as Carpel Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) are hitting epidemic proportions... click link for more info.
The Gold-Standard Method for Diagnosis of the Disease is Effective, But Few Physicians Use it, According to a New Study from Decision Resources - Decision Resources, Inc, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and health care issues, finds that the publication and dissemination of new treatment guidelines for peripheral arterial disease will raise awareness and understanding of the disease among primary care physicians in the next 10 years... click link for more info.
Hystersisters, a woman-to-woman hysterectomy recovery support website, reports findings from an extensive online survey conducted during the fourth quarter of 2004... click link for more info.
Two leading forces in cognitive research will team up to speed the development of effective treatments for disorders ranging from Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia to diabetes and heart disease... click link for more info.
London - With breast cancer being identified as one of the leading causes of death among European women, several governments have begun to launch extensive screening and awareness programmes across the region... click link for more info.
A new trial is being carried out in the UK called MIST, which will establish whether there is a connection between a common heart defect, called a patent foramen ovale (PFO), and migraine... click link for more info.
New data published in the European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy - New health economic data published today in the European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy outline the cost benefits of the non-steroidal anti-androgen bicalutamide 150mg for the treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer... click link for more info.
Reid gives the green light to 32 more Trusts to apply for Foundation status - UK Health Secretary John Reid today announced the next group of NHS Trusts allowed to make a formal application for NHS Foundation Trust status... click link for more info.
Men prefer to date women with a great body than a beautiful head of hair... click link for more info.
If your mood suddenly matches the gloomy weather, don't blame Valentine's Day... click link for more info.
A new kind of map that highlights sexually transmitted disease (STD) 'hotspots' in London will help healthcare workers target the areas that need the most help in preventing and treating diseases like genital warts, Chlamydia and HIV... click link for more info.
A consortium of researchers led by Monash University will receive more than $3... click link for more info.
OTTAWA - To kick off National Non-Smoking Week (January 16-22), Health Canada and Wal-Mart Canada are teaming up to help smokers quit... click link for more info.
Poor visual memory (iconic memory) could be linked to early Alzheimer's disease, say scientists at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA... click link for more info.
Nairobi, Kenya - Leaders from DFID, Norway, UNAIDS and the World Bank today praised Kenya's response to AIDS, but highlighted that more needed to be done to ensure that it meets the needs of those vulnerable to, living with and affected by HIV and AIDS... click link for more info.
At the National Assembly for Wales today (18 January 2005) Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales AM Dai Lloyd will question the First Minister on the issue of binge drinking... click link for more info.
WINNIPEG - Pharmacist Daren Jorgenson, pioneer of the mail-order pharmacy business in Canada recently launched www... click link for more info.
Teenage mothers often focus on instrumental behaviour rather than displaying affection towards infants - Mothers who are more mature tend to display more affection towards their infants whereas teenage mothers often focus on instrumental behaviour - fixing their infant's clothes or their soother - finds a new study of maternal behaviour... click link for more info.
A mutation in a recently discovered Parkinson's disease gene is believed to be the most common genetic cause of inherited forms of the disease, according to a Parkinson Study Group study appearing in The Lancet in January... click link for more info.
A new study by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and The Johns Hopkins University provides new insight into how tumor cells can become resistant to anti-cancer therapy... click link for more info.
The latest findings in cancer vaccine development suggest that cancer vaccines may have two modes of action; specific immunization and non-specific activation of immune cells paralyzed by the tumor... click link for more info.
In two articles, published in Circulation, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine provide further evidence for the role of cyclooxygenases (COX) in heart-disease risk... click link for more info.
Grapefruit juice can be deadly for people on certain medications, nurse researchers remind doctors, nurses, and everyone who takes medicine and enjoys grapefruit juice, in a paper in the American Journal of Nursing, a journal of the American Nurses Association... click link for more info.
Mayo Clinic researchers studying endometrial cancer have found that patients at risk for relapse based on identified risk factors had a 46 percent probability of experiencing recurrence within five years despite treatment with state-of-the-art therapy... click link for more info.
New understanding of the dynamic interplay between genes and environment, made possible by technologies arising from the Human Genome Project, helps support the individualization of medicine and makes focusing on racial or ethnic group differences in disease less relevant, say Penn State researchers... click link for more info.
Modern proverbs to illustrate great truths about public health principles - It's time to add to our store of proverbs with new phrases that teach us how to be healthier, says a University of Toronto researcher... click link for more info.
Combination of behavioral enrichment and antioxidant supplementation in diet reveal clear-cut benefits - A new study of beagles led by researchers at the University of Toronto at Scarborough underscores the importance of using a combination of diet and behaviour therapies to curb the progressive decline in the ability to learn that occurs with advanced aging... click link for more info.
Three studies published online by The Lancet today identify a single gene mutation as the cause of around one in 25 cases of Parkinson's disease worldwide... click link for more info.
Alexander Levitzki, the Wolfson Famly Professor of Biochemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has been named as one of the three winners of the 2005 Wolf Prize in Medicine... click link for more info.
Changes to the training of junior medical doctors, combined with the increased emphasis on clinical work in the new consultant contract will damage the future of clinical research in the UK, a University of Edinburgh Professor will state in his inaugural lecture on Tuesday,18 January,2005... click link for more info.
Today the UN Millennium Project will deliver its reports to the UN Secretary-General... click link for more info.
Clinical researchers seeking patient volunteers within the U... click link for more info.
US-born Mexican Americans have a higher prevalence of asthma than do Mexican Americans born in Mexico, according to study published in the second issue for January 2005 of the American Thoracic Society's peer-reviewed American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine... click link for more info.
A successful trial of an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) combined with a long-acting beta2-agonist (budesonide/formoterol) was part of a double-blind, randomized, parallel-group study of 2,760 asthma patients... click link for more info.
Researchers studying diet during late pregnancy showed that total maternal vitamin C intake was positively associated with wheeze in certain infants who did not have a cold during their second year of life... click link for more info.
Advanced melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, can be successfully treated in some cases by vaccinating patients with tumor proteins... click link for more info.
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