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Medical News Today: 11-16-2004
HHS Secretary Tommy G Thompson announced today that HHS is sending $42... click link for more info.
The UK Government appears still to be ignoring the safety of scientists carrying out experiments involving animals who are based at universities and other publicly-funded institutions, the Royal Society warned today (Monday 15 November 2004)... click link for more info.
While the jury is still out on the health effects of the popular Atkins diet in humans, a new study shows that diabetic cats may benefit from eating a high-protein "Catkins" diet... click link for more info.
Major landmarks across the country will be lit tonight in pink and blue to mark the second annual Prematurity Awareness Day by the March of Dimes, which cites premature birth as the number one health risk for America's newborns... click link for more info.
The Food and Drug Administration will announce today important new safety changes to the Danco Laboratories, LLC's labeling of mifepristone (trade name Mifeprex, also known as RU-486)... click link for more info.
The birth rate among young adolescents aged 10 to 14 has fallen to the lowest level since 1946 according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)... click link for more info.
A new research study published in the November issue of Cancer Cell may have important implications for treatment of prostate cancer, the most common malignancy afflicting males in the United States... click link for more info.
UCLA scientists have shown that a protein called telomerase prevents the premature aging of the immune cells that fight HIV, enabling the cells to divide indefinitely and prolong their defense against infection... click link for more info.
The response of blood vessels to low oxygen levels may be the Achilles' heel of a developing tumor, according to a study led by University of California, San Diego biologists... click link for more info.
Hailey-Hailey disease is a blistering skin disorder, usually inherited, and is characterized by a painful erosive skin rash that appears on the body in an unusual pattern of lines... click link for more info.
Scatter factor (SF) is a growth factor that controls the proliferation and survival of many tissues by promoting invasive growth in both normal and disease-related biological processes... click link for more info.
To help people learn about and reduce dust mites from their homes, the American Lung Association and ProTeam, maker of high-performance vacuum cleaners, have launched a simple online quiz that will test consumers' Dust Mite I Q... click link for more info.
In a continuing effort to combat drug counterfeiting and protect patients, Pfizer has announced a new initiative to use radio frequency identification (RFID) tags that will enable wholesalers and pharmacies to authenticate all Viagra sold in the United States... click link for more info.
Novartis honored nine scientists from the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR), Pharma Development and Consumer Health division with the Novartis Leading Scientist Award, recognizing their exceptional contributions to research and development... click link for more info.
GlaxoSmithKline [NYSE: GSK] today announced that it will begin using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in the next 12 to 18 months on at least one product deemed susceptible to counterfeiting in order to more effectively monitor its progress from the company to the patient... click link for more info.
The Heinrich Wieland Prize has been jointly awarded to Professor Raphael Mechoulam, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and Professor Roger Nicoll the University of California, San Francisco for their research into cannabis and endocannobinoids... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Kansai Electric Power (TSE: 9503; "KEPCO") has announced that, in collaboration with the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, it has developed innovative antibodies that can identify heavy metals, including cadmium, mercury, and zinc... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Vitas, TBS Vision (TBS-V) and KDDI (TSe: 9433) have jointly announced that they will launch Medical Entertainment and Information (ME & I), a video-on-demand (VOD) service designed for hospitals, in March 2005... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) announced has that the Single-molecule Bioanalysis Laboratory (SBI), one of its research laboratories, has made a unique finding that may contribute to the future of cancer treatment... click link for more info.
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) has uncovered substances that transfer melanin pigment between cells, a discovery could lead to the development of medicines that could help maintain skin fairness and keep hair from turning gray... click link for more info.
Mental health hospital facilities across England are to receive a £1 million funding boost as part of the King's Fund's Enhancing the Healing Environment scheme... click link for more info.
New treatment guidelines for breast cancer patients in the United States could spark changes to management of those with the disease in Australia... click link for more info.
Concerned about counterfeiting, FDA publishes compliance guide for RFID feasibility studies, pilot programs - Continuing its efforts to promote the use of radiofrequency identification (RFID) technology in the drug-supply chain by 2007, Lester M... click link for more info.
Challenges to manufacturing a vaccine to combat a potential flu pandemic include a lack of funding and the absence of a likely candidate vaccine, according to worldwide flu experts speaking Friday at a World Health Organization meeting in Geneva, Long Island Newsday reports (Ricks, Long Island Newsday, 11/14)... click link for more info.
In an effort to "preven[t] the kind of communication breakdown that contributed" to the recent national flu vaccine shortage, California-based Chiron will allow FDA in its ongoing joint investigation to share with the British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency confidential documents that could include industry secrets, the Los Angeles Times reports (Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 11/13)... click link for more info.
Merck has begun "offering explanations" for internal documents that allegedly indicated the company was aware of the safety risks of the COX-2 inhibitor Vioxx years before the voluntary withdrawal of the medication in late September, the Wall Street Journal reports (Martinez, Wall Street Journal, 11/15)... click link for more info.
Congress in February might begin to discuss proposals to decrease Medicare reimbursements to hospitals and other health care providers as part of an effort to reduce the federal budget deficit, CQ Weekly reports... click link for more info.
When Penn State researchers made small changes in young women's meals -- reducing calorie density by 30 percent and serving size by just 25 percent -- the women ate 800 calories less per day and felt just as full and satisfied... click link for more info.
Cancer progression is dependent on the ability of tumor cells to interact with and favorably influence their environment... click link for more info.
A Johns Hopkins study has found new evidence that the brains of some people with autism show clear signs of inflammation, suggesting that the disease may be associated with activation of the brain's immune system... click link for more info.
Strategy protects bacteria from adverse conditions - Diversification is a strategy that strengthens groups of all kinds -- from forests challenged with environmental stress to stock market portfolios in uncertain times... click link for more info.
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a gene therapy that shows promise for early and sustained correction of Fabry disease, an inherited disorder whose sufferers have a life expectancy of only 40 to 50 years... click link for more info.
Findings have implications for treatment - A team of researchers, led by a Cardiff University professor, has discovered how the body regulates the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream... click link for more info.
Scientists at Johns Hopkins and the University of Texas Medical Branch have created a new tool that easily reveals when and where a key cellular signal is active... click link for more info.
In research published today in the American Journal of Epidemiology a team of researchers from Imperial College London, the Health Protection Agency, Medical Research Council and GlaxoSmithKline analysed the numbers of opiate and injecting drug users who had overdoses, to see if it was possible to model long term trends for the number of opiate or injecting drug users... click link for more info.
Attachment security has long been recognized as one of the hallmarks of adaptive social development in infancy and childhood, and is increasingly being recognized for its similar role in adolescence and adulthood... click link for more info.
Adolescents vary in their ability to manage the social challenges that life inevitably brings... click link for more info.
Current debates about marriage of same-sex couples often lead to discussions regarding the health and well-being of any children involved in such relationships... click link for more info.
Earlier research has reported a small but significant decrease in the levels of the transcription factors PGC-1alpha and PGC-1beta (which activate the conversion of protein to glucose) in the skeletal muscle of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and in first degree relatives who do not have diabetes... click link for more info.
Although triplets are the fastest growing birth population in the Western world, and the number of triplet births has multiplied tenfold since 1980 in industrialized countries, no systematic research has studied the development of triplets across infancy... click link for more info.
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