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Medical News Today: 10-01-2004
UK - Researchers are urging mental health care providers to issue condoms after a study found that consensual sex is rife among patients... click link for more info.
Worcester, Mass - based Advanced Cell Technology - the first company to clone a human embryo -- on Wednesday announced that it plans to open a human embryonic stem cell research laboratory in California because of the state's support of the research, according to ACT Chief Medical Officer Robert Lanza, Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times reports... click link for more info.
Pope John Paul II in his message for the upcoming World Day of the Sick -- which will be hosted in Cameroon on Feb... click link for more info.
Revisions to the EU Clinical Trials Directive legislation in Portugal will standardize the way clinical trials are performed in the country and improve timelines to competitive levels... click link for more info.
A father of a premature baby girl who is seriously ill is pleading with the High Court, UK, not to let doctors let her die... click link for more info.
Reversing the rapid rise in obesity among American children and youth will require a multipronged approach by schools, families, communities, industry, and government that would be as comprehensive and ambitious as national anti-smoking efforts, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies... click link for more info.
According to an analysis of 14 studies, involving 170,000 people, vitamin supplements offer no protection at all from stomach cancer and other cancers... click link for more info.
The majority of persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the United States are men who have sex with men (MSM) (1)... click link for more info.
A new study shows sinusitis in asthma patients tends to be more severe and resistant to medical treatment... click link for more info.
Nearly half of families with disabled children in the UK receive no support from the NHS or social services, a new report claims... click link for more info.
UK - Schools and local education authorities should have a statutory duty to deal with bullying, campaign group Action on Rights for Children said today... click link for more info.
Half of all women who put off trying for a baby until their 30s will fail to have a child, a new survey claims... click link for more info.
On 1 October changes to the law (UK) will come into effect that will further the rights of people with diabetes in employment... click link for more info.
A new study suggests that how air traffic controllers handle stress can affect whether they are at risk of developing high blood pressure later in life... click link for more info.
Researchers studying chronic fatigue rates in the United States saw a dip in the syndrome immediately after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, suggesting a possible "fight or flight" effect may have put some people's fatigue into remission, a new study finds... click link for more info.
Ottawa, Canada - Health Canada is warning the Canadian public to immediately discard "Intelligence" brand infant rattles... click link for more info.
Akzo Nobel, the international pharmaceuticals, coatings and chemical company, confirmed today that it and its wholly owned subsidiary, Organon USA, have reached settlements in the Remeron® (mirtazapine) antitrust litigation pending in the United States... click link for more info.
Arrhythmia Alliance, the charity seeking to improve health services for people with irregular heartbeats, is sending its best wishes to Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is today undergoing a procedure to correct a heart rhythm disorder... click link for more info.
A qualitative study on why general practitioners from France choose to work in London practices... click link for more info.
Professor Sir Michael Rawlins is chairman of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), part of the British National Health Service (NHS)... click link for more info.
The Department for Transport has today published National Statistics on road casualties in Great Britain for 2003... click link for more info.
Update of NHS National Services Scotland Prescribing Information on the ISD website Scottish Health Statistics
New statistics are published today by ISD Scotland showing the number and cost of prescriptions dispensed in the community in Scotland in the year ending 31 March 2004 and are available at;
http://www... click link for more info.
Since 2001, the proportion of women obtaining emergency contraception from additional sources such as chemists, pharmacies, walk-in centres and minor injuries units has risen, according to a report* published today by the Office for National Statistics (UK)... click link for more info.
UK - The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollutionare conducting a Study on Pesticides and Bystander Exposure... click link for more info.
In response to Merck & Co... click link for more info.
New Indication Based on First Study to Show Superiority of Anti-TNF Regimen Over Current Standard of Treatment in Signs and Symptoms, Radiographic Progression and Physical Function in Patients with Early RA... click link for more info.
Company to Launch First AB-Rated Generic to Tri-Norinyl
Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc, (NYSE: BRL) today announced that its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its application to manufacture and market a generic version of Watson Laboratories, Inc's Tri-Norinyl(R) Tablets, 28-day regimen (Norethindrone and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets USP, 0... click link for more info.
Merck &... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - On September 29, Nippon Becton Dickinson (BD) put on sale the TestMate Rapid Pylori Antigen, a point-of-care product used in the detection of Helicobacter pylori (H... click link for more info.
Daikin, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Confirm That Dynamic Control of Environmental Temperature Induces Pleasant Sleep
Tokyo (JCNN) - Daikin Industries (TSE: 6367) announced September 29 that its wholly owned subsidiary Daikin Environmental Laboratory in collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology has developed a system to induce pleasant sleep by dynamically controlling environmental temperature during sleep... click link for more info.
Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars... click link for more info.
Fasting from dawn to dusk during Ramadan could cause problems for Muslim patients taking prescribed drugs, warn researchers in this week's BMJ... click link for more info.
Academic medicine is failing to drive innovation and excellence in clinical practice, argue an international group of leading medical academics, in this week's BMJ (British Medical Journal)... click link for more info.
A 'hidden' curriculum of haphazard tuition and teaching by humiliation exists in undergraduate medical education, finds a study in this week's BMJ (British Medical Journal)... click link for more info.
Exposing young children to allergens such as cat fur and house dust mite does not increase the risk of them developing asthma, suggests a new study... click link for more info.
USA - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today announced the availability of a new guide for using the Agency's Inpatient Quality Indicators or Patient Safety Indicators to report on hospital quality or make payment decisions... click link for more info.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today acknowledged the voluntary withdrawal from the market of Vioxx (chemical name rofecoxib), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) manufactured by Merck & Co... click link for more info.
Irish musician Bono on Wednesday called on the United States and Europe to increase efforts to fight HIV/AIDS and poverty in Africa, saying that the continent is "bursting into flames," the AP/ABCNews... click link for more info.
The AP/Las Vegas Sun on Tuesday examined drugstores that are "looking to expand their counseling programs and boost revenue" by charging for regular pharmacist-patient consultations... click link for more info.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Tuesday signed a bill (AB 2943) that will restrict the use of vaccines containing more than trace amounts of ethyl mercury in pregnant women and infants because of a concern that the mercury could damage the developing brains of fetuses or young children, the Los Angeles Times reports (Levin/Vogel, Los Angeles Times, 9/29)... click link for more info.
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