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Medical News Today: 11-17-2004
USA - At a hearing today on the nation's flu vaccine situation, US Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) called for quick action from the Food and Drug Administration to ensure adequate supplies for next year's flu season, and for passage of the Flu Protection Act he is cosponsoring with Sen... click link for more info.
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that breast cancer patients treated with taxane-based chemotherapies and radiation are not at increased risk of developing a dangerous lung condition involving the inflammation of lung tissue, pneumonitis, according to a study published in the Nov... click link for more info.
The same receptors in the brain that are activated when a person smokes cigarettes also play a critical role in the effectiveness of antidepressants, according to a study by Yale researchers in the November issue of Biological Psychiatry... click link for more info.
A new study finds that higher levels of selenium in the blood may be associated with a decreased risk of colorectal cancer... click link for more info.
The combination of docetaxel and carboplatin for first-line treatment of ovarian cancer appears to result in similar rates of survival compared with the current standard, paclitaxel and carboplatin--although the toxicities of the drugs are different--according to a new study... click link for more info.
Proton pump inhibitors--a type of heartburn medication--may be able to reverse tumor resistance to cytotoxic drugs such as cisplatin or 5-fluorouracil, according to a new study... click link for more info.
Sexual health clinics will have to provide appointments within 48 hours in a new drive to tackle rising rates of sexual transmitted infections, John Reid said today... click link for more info.
The first British human cloning licence granted in August by the HFEA becomes the subject of a legal challenge as the HFEA are today served with an application for judicial review... click link for more info.
Researchers who specialise in eye movement say that complicated drug names and intricate prescription drug designs cause pharmacists and patients to make serious mistakes... click link for more info.
There has been an improvement in protecting children from abuse but little progress in bringing sex abusers to justice, according to a new report... click link for more info.
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant has been suffering from a sore foot and was recently diagnosed with plantar fasciitis, commonly known as heel pain... click link for more info.
Pharmavite, makers of Nature Made(R) vitamins and supplements said the conclusions drawn by Johns Hopkins researchers on vitamin E use and increased mortality risk are misleading because the researchers only looked at a select, limited group of studies... click link for more info.
AMDL, Inc (Amex: ADL), developer and marketer of tests for the early detection of cancer and other serious diseases, today announced that a new study by six researchers in the Medical Department, University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany, determined that AMDL's DR-70(R) immunoassay "reliably differs between cancer patients and healthy controls... click link for more info.
Describing the status of implementation of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), a senior advisor and medical officer of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) concluded, "We have a lot of work ahead of us to get these 43 million seniors to access drugs through Medicare... click link for more info.
Acid reflux is common and one of the most frequent causes of indigestion... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Matsushita Electric Industrial (TSE: 6752) has announced that its Home Appliances group has confirmed new beneficial effects of highly concentrated oxygen, in collaboration with the School of Medicine, Tokai University... click link for more info.
Insulin is an essential drug according to the World Health Organization (WHO) but it is not yet universally accessible to all those who need it in the majority of countries of the world... click link for more info.
The use of wrist splints reduces pain and and imprives strength without a loss of dexterity in patients with inflammatory arthritis, according to new research... click link for more info.
Outpatient tonsillectomy in children is safe, according to Spanish research... click link for more info.
UK Health Secretary John Reid today published Choosing Health - the Government's White Paper on improving public health in England... click link for more info.
The Family First Party says women considering having an abortion should be better informed, possibly by requiring them to undergo an ultrasound scan... click link for more info.
Asthma experts have condemned as a 'shabby half measure' the government's decision not to implement a complete ban on smoking in public places... click link for more info.
If you are short sighted and spend nine hours or more each day in front of your computer screen you are significantly increasing your chances of developing glaucoma - an eye disease which can eventually make you blind... click link for more info.
Two Viagra TV ads are making unsubstantiated claims about sexual desire and should be pulled out, the FDA told Pfizer Inc, the makers of Viagra... click link for more info.
Anne Weyman, fpa Chief Executive, said: "We welcome the sexual health initiatives outlined in the White Paper, which marks an important step forward in improving the nation's sexual health... click link for more info.
Commenting on the proposals in today's English Public Health White Paper, local hospital consultant and Deputy Chairman of the BMA's Board of Science, Dr Peter Maguire, said: "The passive smoking proposals, whilst welcome, do not go far enough to protect the health and lives of all workers... click link for more info.
UK - The National Consumer Council (NCC) today gave an enthusiastic thumbs up to the government's plans for improving the nation's health - especially the proposals to better protect children from 'junk' food promotions and for easy-to-understand labels on food... click link for more info.
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has developed a guide to help people working in primary care treat cocaine and crack users... click link for more info.
Building a "tree of life" for all the species on the planet may be easier than first thought, according to a study by UC Davis researchers published in the journal Science Nov... click link for more info.
UK - Commenting on today's (16 November 2004) White Paper on public health for England, BMA Chairman, Mr James Johnson, welcomed the fact that John Reid had gone a long way to making enclosed public places smoke-free but said he had not moved far enough... click link for more info.
Dame Yve Buckland, Chair of the (UK) Health Development Agency, comments: "Overall, this comprehensive white paper contains a good balance of upstream proposals including a focus on health inequalities and vulnerable people, and highlighting the vital role of local government in helping to improve people's opportunities to make healthy choices... click link for more info.
A prehistoric fish that until 1938 was thought to be extinct has caught the eye of geneticists at the Stanford University School of Medicine who hope to sequence the ancient genome to learn how animals evolved to live on land... click link for more info.
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has updated its information sheet on rural general practice... click link for more info.
An extensive, Oregon Health & Science University-led research effort examining the role of the male sex hormone androgen in bone formation has piqued the interest of the United States military... click link for more info.
UC Riverside Captured Three Large NSF Grants to Study Human Impact on the Environment - Riverside, California - Monitors that can sense too much fertilizer in a running river and tiny sensors that warn when a plant is starving are among the possible future breakthroughs to be pioneered by a new $2 million National Science Foundation project at UC Riverside... click link for more info.
Nowadays, a vial of blood taken by a family physician can sometimes forecast a person's risk of heart disease, and cholesterol-lowering drugs as well as a daily baby aspirin may be recommended to curb the threat... click link for more info.
Neonatal infections in extremely-low-birth-weight infants significantly increase the likelihood of problems related to neurodevelopment and growth in early childhood, according to a study of more than 6,000 premature infants led by investigators at Emory University School of Medicine... click link for more info.
During the holidays most people worry about putting on a couple of pounds, but in addition they should be concerned about what they're doing to their hearts... click link for more info.
Many pediatricians know their patients use complementary and alternative therapies (CAM) to improve their health, yet most do not feel comfortable discussing or recommending these therapies, according to a study published in the November issue of Ambulatory Pediatrics... click link for more info.
Researchers at The University of Texas M... click link for more info.
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