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Medical News Today: 10-04-2004
The American Psychiatric Foundation (APF) has named Stephen R Marder, MD, the 2004 recipient of the Alexander Gralnick, MD, Award for Research in Schizophrenia... click link for more info.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the UK's medicine's watchdog, has been accused of failing to warn patients of the potentially fatal side effects of Seroxat... click link for more info.
Newly appointed consultants will benefit from new BMA guidance on the job planning process to assist them when applying for their first consultant post... click link for more info.
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is trying to help people quit smoking by using the latest methods of communication... click link for more info.
More than half of all Viagra and other impotence drugs sold worldwide on the internet are fake, according to an undercover inquiry... click link for more info.
John Kerry's doctors have told him that his prostate cancer has been cured, John Kerry told the New York Times in an interview... click link for more info.
25% of American women who halted HRT treatment after the cancer scare have drifted back to it, says the ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)... click link for more info.
UK - Top footballer (soccer star) Paul Scholes of Manchester United FC is backing the Department of Health's flu immunisation campaign, which launched today... click link for more info.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and other UN agencies today are issuing an emergency appeal for $30 million for "emergency relief and early recovery needs of the Haitian people following the disastrous floods of 17-18 September 2004... click link for more info.
High-dose furosemide helps maintain urinary output in patients with renal failure (ARF), according to a new report... click link for more info.
The World Health Organisation has warned governments and pharmaceutical companies to speed up production of bird flu vaccines or risk a global pandemic which could kill 60% of those who contract the virus... click link for more info.
Lassa fever is an acute viral illness caused by Lassa virus, which is hosted by rodents in the Mastomys natalensis species complex and rarely imported to countries outside of those areas in Africa where the disease is endemic (1)... click link for more info.
A new study conducted by researchers say it is a misconception to believe vitamin D deficiency is only prevalent in older or housebound people... click link for more info.
A new study shows the disfiguration caused by massive skin cancers on the face can be effectively repaired by using tissue transferred from other parts of the body... click link for more info.
UK - Research suggests that by 2006, 20 per cent of those over 60 will be living on their own - a figure predicted to grow over the coming decades... click link for more info.
The Health Protection Agency (UK) this week resumes its annual surveillance of UK flu activity for the winter season... click link for more info.
So far this year, numbers of measles cases are still at relatively low levels; there were 150 confirmed cases in the first half of 2004 compared with 296 cases in the same period in 2003... click link for more info.
A lack of integration between different health and social care services is costing the UK more than £7... click link for more info.
Atopic eczemaAtopic eczema is the commonest form of eczema and is closely linked with asthma and hayfever... click link for more info.
Eczema, or dermatitis as it is sometimes called, is a group of skin conditions which can affect all age groups... click link for more info.
The Public Health Agency of Canada is advising Canadians in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario who have purchased a dwarf/pigmy or regular hamster in the past three months of a potential health concern... click link for more info.
UK - If you regularly go the gym PruHealth will reward you with lower private medical insurance premiums... click link for more info.
Angina patients in the UK are being treated with vibrating trousers (pants) which work by increasing the blood flow to the heart - the treatment is called Enhanced External Counterpulsation... click link for more info.
Seven doctors who work at the Stapleford Centre, a drug addiction clinic, are facing The General Medical Council on charges of serious professional misconduct... click link for more info.
A senior researcher has called for national standards to assess doctors trained overseas before they are hired in Australia... click link for more info.
A young girl has become the third person to have died from the latest wave of bird flu virus sweeping Thailand... click link for more info.
Scientists in Singapore who are developing a SARS vaccine claim to have found a breakthrough in milk... click link for more info.
Ongoing clinical studies discussed today will conclusively show whether Livial® (tibolone) further improves women's quality of life without posing long-term health risks, particularly in relation to the breast, said Prof... click link for more info.
Patients are encouraged to work with their physicians to discuss treatment alternatives... click link for more info.
Strasbourg, France - Aventis, part of the sanofi-aventis Group, today announced that Apidra® (insulin glulisine) has been granted marketing authorization by the European Commission... click link for more info.
Phase 2 One Year Trial Results in Postmenopausal Women Released at American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual MeetingAmgen Inc (Nasdaq:AMGN), the world's largest biotechnology company, today announced that at all doses studied, twice yearly injections of AMG 162, the company's investigational therapy for bone loss, significantly increased bone mineral density (BMD) at the total hip compared with placebo at 12 months... click link for more info.
Over 170,000 Canadians donate a record $19 million in the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the CureMore than 170,000 Canadians, many of them survivors, ran, walked, cheered or volunteered today as part of the largest single-day, fundraising event for breast cancer in Canada... click link for more info.
Dr Norman Boyd, an oncologist at the Ontario Cancer Institute is in his last year of studying whether there may be a link between less dietary fat and a lower risk of developing breast cancer... click link for more info.
In rats, stress hormones lower threshold for aggression and aggression raises stress hormones; data may lead help to break the cycle of violenceScientists may be learning why it's so hard to stop the cycle of violence... click link for more info.
A new study shows that sick children can go home from the hospital more quickly, less expensively and with less chance of a repeat visit if children's hospitals use a unique source of national data to check their performance against other children's hospitals and show them where they can improve... click link for more info.
Home nurse visits after childbirth reduce healthcare costs and greatly limit the number of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations for infants, a Penn State Children's Hospital study suggests... click link for more info.
The human immune system is a potent force that protects the body, usually very successfully, against invasion by foreign entities... click link for more info.
Parents and pediatricians could be doing more to prevent child abductions, says a new clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics... click link for more info.
Coventry, UK - Significant numbers of renal patients in the UK are not receiving treatment for debilitating anaemia until their haemoglobin has reached unacceptably low levels to be announced at the National Kidney Federation Patient Conference, Coventry, UK... click link for more info.
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is calling for guidance to help GPs accurately assess the mental health of homeless people seeking social housing... click link for more info.
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