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Medical News Today: 10-17-2004
Why did the British never allow themselves to become dependent on just two flu major flu vaccine suppliers like the Americans did? According to health experts, they did this in case the current Chiron flu vaccine crisis happened - to make sure the nation's people were not left in a vulnerable position... click link for more info.
About 80,000 people are expected to turn out across the country today for the Walk to Cure Diabetes... click link for more info.
According to American researchers, Gulf War Syndrome does exist... click link for more info.
The Kerry electoral campaign is attempting to place the blame for the flu vaccine fiasco directly on Mr Bush's shoulders... click link for more info.
Free, Interactive Telephone Education Program Features Lymphoma Expert John P Leonard, M DThe Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the leading source of information and support for patients battling leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, is offering a free telephone workshop entitled, Treatment for the Older Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patient... click link for more info.
In many Japanese university hospitals, breast cancer patients are sent to different surgical departments, depending on the day of the week, with differences in treatment methods and varying results, according to a survey conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun... click link for more info.
Extensive influenza information from CDC... click link for more info.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Public Health Advisory announcing a multi-pronged strategy to warn the public about the increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior ("suicidality") in children and adolescents being treated with antidepressant medications... click link for more info.
The European Commission has approved a financial package to fight animal diseases in the EU... click link for more info.
As a result of a serious flu vaccine shortage, large numbers of Americans have been crossing the border into Canada to get their flu jab... click link for more info.
FDA Team Completes Inspection of Chiron's Liverpool Flu Vaccine PlantThis is what the FDA had to say: Today, we are announcing that none of the influenza vaccine manufactured by the Chiron Corporation for the US market is safe for use... click link for more info.
Inequalities in access to knee joint replacements for people in need Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1483-9The elderly and the poor are less likely to have knee replacement surgery, although their need is often greater than that of younger, more affluent people, reveals a large scale study in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases... click link for more info.
The promiscuous 10% - J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 889-90An unwillingness to engage with the "promiscuous 10%," for fear of upsetting a vociferous minority, is at the heart of the current "sexual health crisis" in England, say public health experts in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health... click link for more info.
The anti-epilepsy drug sodium valproate is associated with developmental delay and lower IQ, suggests research in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry... click link for more info.
Canadian-based Company, Factors R & D Technologies Ltd, has achieved a breakthrough as a science and research company... click link for more info.
An editorial in this week's issue of The Lancet discusses the impact of the temporary removal of Chiron's licence to provide influenza vaccines... click link for more info.
A scientific approach to test the validity of criminal-justice interventions before they become implemented is proposed by the author of a Viewpoint in this week's issue of THE LANCET (p 1457)... click link for more info.
Doctors working in medical wards with acutely ill and predominantly elderly patients need to be more aware that mental incapacity among their patients-and therefore the inability to give informed consent about treatment-is a potentially widespread problem... click link for more info.
Encouraging phase II results of a trial to test the efficacy of a malaria vaccine for young children is published in this week's issue of THE LANCET (pp 1380, 1411)... click link for more info.
Asthma Foundation and Menzies Research Institute join forces to help asthma sufferers worldwideA $6,000 donation from the community-funded Asthma Foundation of Tasmania will allow the Menzies Research Institute to continue its internationally recognised research into asthma, providing valuable new information that may be used to prevent asthma and reduce the incidence of the respiratory condition locally and possibly worldwide... click link for more info.
Serono (virt-x SEO and NYSE: SRA) - Serono announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Luveris® (lutropin alfa for injection) for concomitant use with Gonal-f® (follitropin alfa for injection) for stimulation of follicular development in infertile hypogonadotropic hypogonadal (HH) women with profound LH deficiency (LH < 1... click link for more info.
In view of the increased focus on alternative treatment options for people with arthritis, Pfizer is providing information to healthcare professionals about its COX-2 product Bextra® (valdecoxib)... click link for more info.
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) have demonstrated in laboratory animals that a compound derived from a common plant can be used to treat and prevent the most widespread form of cancer in people- the first such therapy to succeed in an experimental animal and one that may lead to therapies in people for this and other frequently encountered cancers... click link for more info.
Time missed from work to care for ill family members is a frequent problem associated with economic costs, work impairments, and increased health risks for employees, reports a study in the October Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)... click link for more info.
At the time of his death, Christopher Reeve was being treated for a systemic infection caused by a pressure ulcer... click link for more info.
UAB researchers say patients who use e-mail to communicate with their physician find it generally beneficial, yet some potential trouble spots remain... click link for more info.
The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center has been awarded by the National Cancer Institute its ninth SPORE grant - the first such grant ever awarded exclusively for melanoma research... click link for more info.
3,500,000 UK people with mild to moderate asthma currently suffer daily or weekly symptoms and are vulnerable to potentially life-threatening asthma attacks... click link for more info.
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) released the following statement in response to today's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement of new warnings for antidepressants, especially when used in treating pediatric patients... click link for more info.
As a member of the International Society for the Study of Fats and Lipids, I have been struck by the similarity of the diseases associated with PUFA and those associated with vitamin D deficiency... click link for more info.
US Senator Larry Craig and his wife Suzanne are reminding women across the country to be screened for breast cancer as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month... click link for more info.
Medical Director likens bones to architecture, emphasizes preventionToday the Surgeon General of the United States of America released the office's first opinion on bone health, emphasizing the importance of lifestyle choices in maintaining strong bones... click link for more info.
CDC/Aventis Pasteur Collaborate To Ship More Than 2 Million Doses of Influenza Vaccine to Providers Who Serve High-Priority GroupsMore than 2 million doses of influenza vaccine were shipped this week by Aventis Pasteur to health care providers throughout the country who serve the high-priority groups recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to receive influenza vaccine during the 2004-2005 season... click link for more info.
The latest edition of the AMA (Australian Medical Association) List of Medical Services and Fees - with calculations applicable from 1 November 2004 to 31 October 2005 - is now being made available to all AMA members in private practice or with rights of private practice... click link for more info.
A new granule form of asthma medicine is now an option for parents of young infants in the UK... click link for more info.
The Warnings and Adverse Reactions sections of the prescribing information for infliximab (Remicade-Centocor) have been revised to warn patients and prescribers of the possibility of lymphoma with use of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha blocker... click link for more info.
Measuring a child's IQ is an obsolete way to determine intelligence, and in fact, labels youngsters unfairly, according to a University of Alberta professor... click link for more info.
Programs that rely on "scare tactics" to prevent children and adolescents from engaging in violent behavior are not only ineffective, but may actually make the problem worse, according to an independent state-of-the-science panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)... click link for more info.
Human mitochondrial peptide deformylase, a new anticancer target of actinonin-based antibioticsA molecular mechanism that was formerly thought to be important only in bacteria has now been shown to be a potential target for an anticancer therapy based on antibiotic use... click link for more info.
Instillations of environmentally relevant concentrations of tiny particulate matter (PM2... click link for more info.
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