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Medical News Today: 11-21-2004
Women who consume high amounts of sugar-sweetened soft drinks (one or more drinks per day) increase their relative risk of diabetes by 83% as compared with women who consume fewer of these beverages (less than one per month)... click link for more info.
Renewed insecurity stops Oxfam delivering vital aid to 200,000 people in Darfur - Security in Darfur has deteriorated over the past two weeks leaving nearly 200,000 people in Darfur cut off from vital aid supplies... click link for more info.
An electronic "artificial eye", developed for people with impaired vision, has been shown to reliably identify pedestrian crossings, determine when it is safe to walk across and even measure the width of a road... click link for more info.
Obesity in persons with diabetes is associated with poorer control of blood glucose levels, blood pressure, and cholesterol (1), placing persons with diabetes at higher risk for both cardiovascular and microvascular disease (2)... click link for more info.
This is a document from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), UK, to doctors regarding updated prescribing advice on the effect of Depo-Provera contraception on bones... click link for more info.
A common class of drugs prescribed to children with depression may have an adverse effect on bone growth, according to a new study... click link for more info.
New research shows inhaled insulin is effective and well tolerated in patients with type 1 diabetes... click link for more info.
The current US vaccine shortage demonstrates the challenges to ensuring an adequate and timely flu vaccine supply... click link for more info.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association announced Wednesday that it will offer health savings accounts in 49 states and the District of Columbia by 2006, the Washington Times reports... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) has announced that it has discovered a new mechanism that relates to how a biological clock oscillates, in collaboration with Nagoya University Professor Takao Kondo... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - On November 17, Japanese cosmetic and toiletries manufacturer Lion announced the findings of its latest research on male body odor... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Daiichi Pharmaceutical (TSE: 4505) has announced that it will market Pelac Airway Tablet, an over-the-counter (OTC) drug for sinus infection, through pharmacies and drugs stores nationwide (Japan) beginning November 25... click link for more info.
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is holding a one day conference on sexual health issues arising out of the Government's recent White Paper on public health... click link for more info.
From the definition of the term "nano," to particle size and shape, to environmental impact, a series of recommendations released from the Nanotechnology Standards Panel of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI-NSP) provides a broad framework from which standards work in this emerging area of technology can be approached... click link for more info.
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has changed the criteria of two of its quality initiatives to help GP practices move easily from one to the other... click link for more info.
The BMA has welcomed the proposed amendments to the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Bill published today (Thursday 18 November 2004), but expressed concerns regarding the protection of health professionals working in the community... click link for more info.
The winner of this year's BMA Primary Care Book Award is The Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care, principal editor Professor Roger Jones*... click link for more info.
John Carvel of The Guardian (UK) has been awarded the prize for BMA Medical Journalist of the Year 2004... click link for more info.
The BMA (British Medical Association) Patient Information Award for printed material in the BMA's Medical Book competition has been won by CancerBACUP for their booklet Understanding Breast Reconstruction... click link for more info.
Further complicity between UK abortionists and the Spanish abortion clinic, Ginemedex, is revealed in The Sunday Telegraph (UK) today... click link for more info.
Targeted treatment significantly improves survival of patients with advanced lung cancer - Roche, OSI Pharmaceuticals and Genentech announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved Tarceva (erlotinib) for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after failure of at least one prior chemotherapy regimen in the United States... click link for more info.
GlaxoSmithKline [NYSE: GSK] issued the following statement in response to comments made today by David Graham, Associate Science Director of the Office of Drug Safety at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with regard to Serevent (salmeterol), a widely used and highly effective treatment for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) marketed by GSK... click link for more info.
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Pfizer Inc today issued the following statement concerning additional prescribing information for DEPO-PROVERA® (medroxyprogesterone acetate injectable suspension), a long-acting injectable contraceptive: Pfizer has worked closely with the U... click link for more info.
New tipranavir pivotal Phase III data show that a statistically significant higher percentage of treatment-experienced HIV-positive patients taking tipranavir therapy achieved treatment response versus those taking other currently available protease inhibitors... click link for more info.
Experts available to discuss stem cell policy and biomedical ethics... click link for more info.
Baxa Ltd announces the launch of the CyTwo-Fer Needle, featuring a unique hub design that provides vented access to vials or non-vented access to IV bags, performing the work of two devices... click link for more info.
"It is with profound sadness that we have learnt of the existence of a video in which it appears that our colleague Margaret Hassan has been killed... click link for more info.
The world's oldest living man, Fred Hale, Sr... click link for more info.
Neither the Vatican nor the majority of US bishops believe that the Roman Catholic Church should "routinely" deny Communion to politicians who support abortion rights, Washington, D... click link for more info.
Quixtar Inc, the leading online Health & Beauty retailer, has introduced the Trim Body System to help consumers make healthy lifestyle choices and control their weight... click link for more info.
Legislation on smacking: Health professionals will have to cope with consequences of recent poor decision, BMJ Volume 329 pp 1195-6The recent Commons' decision not to outlaw the physical punishment of children means that the law will offer its most vulnerable citizens (children) less protection from assault than is offered to adults, says an editorial in this week's BMJ... click link for more info.
Cells from skeletal muscle could be an important source of stem cells for repairing damaged muscle or nerve tissue, suggest authors of a research article in this week's issue of THE LANCET... click link for more info.
A seminar in this week's issue of The Lancet (prominent British medical periodical) discusses the causes, symptoms, and treatments relating to spina bifida, and reinforces an important public-health message for women about to become pregnant: 70 percent of cases of spina bifida are preventable by folic-acid supplementation around the time of conception and during early pregnancy... click link for more info.
State mental health services agencies were unprepared for the fear, anxiety and uncertainty felt by many in the days after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks... click link for more info.
National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice today underwent embolization-a non-surgical treatment to kill uterine fibroid tumors... click link for more info.
A groundbreaking study now under way will establish whether effective treatment of atopic eczema in infancy could modify the course of atopic eczema and reduce the risk of developing asthma later in childhood... click link for more info.
New international survey reveals devastating human cost of skin disorder suffered by millions - More than a quarter of patients with atopic eczema have been bullied or teased because of their skin condition, and many adult patients have suffered discrimination at work and found their careers hampered by the disease, according to the results of a new international study1 released today at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology congress in Florence, Italy... click link for more info.
Elan Corporation, plc announced that PRIALT(TM) (ziconotide) has received a positive recommendation from the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the human medicines scientific body of the European Medicines Agency... click link for more info.
Winners announced for "The Boehringer Ingelheim COPD Communication Award - Eloquium" - Three journalists were recognised today for their achievements in raising awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a disease that kills more people than lung cancer and causes more smoking-related deaths than cardiovascular disease... click link for more info.
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