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Medical News Today: 10-19-2004
Childhood obesity increases the risk of cancer in adulthood, according to new research... click link for more info.
Beijing, China - With the launch of a new report, the Global Campaign Against Epilepsy (GCAE) is urging governments to improve treatment, services and prevention of epilepsy in the Western Pacific Region... click link for more info.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Monday endorsed Proposition 71, which would provide nearly $3 billion over 10 years for human embryonic stem cell research, the San Francisco Chronicle reports (Gledhill/Martin, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/19)... click link for more info.
Police in Arlington, Va, on Monday arrested 21 AIDS advocates who had chained themselves to the front door of the Bush-Cheney campaign headquarters and to each other inside the building during a protest against the administration's domestic and global AIDS policies, the Washington Post reports... click link for more info.
Doctors are being urged to think twice before signing patients off work in a bid to stop the UK's so-called "sick-note culture" and reduce the current annual £7 billion incapacity benefit bill... click link for more info.
The incidences of vCJD across the UK continues to show a "North - South" difference, according to the latest annual report by the National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit... click link for more info.
UK - Youth suicide is a major global public health issue and consistently ranks as one of the leading cause of death for adolescents aged 15 -19... click link for more info.
Bayer's On-Line Video Tutorial Demonstrates Diagnosis of HER-2/neuOncoprotein Levels in Revolutionary Breast Cancer TreatmentBayer has launched an on-line tutorial about a fundamental improvement in diagnosing and treating breast cancer... click link for more info.
Cost of implementing influenza immunization programsBeate Sander, PhD candidate, Department of Health Policy, Management and EvaluationOffice: 416-340-4800, ext... click link for more info.
The West of Scotland Cancer Centre in Glasgow is undertaking a major expansion to offer more cancer patients the most advanced radiotherapy treatments in the world... click link for more info.
The bond of trust between patients and doctors and nurses would not be damaged if England and Wales legislated for assisted dying, a new survey by YouGov shows... click link for more info.
New Data Shows Intravenous Bonviva is The First I... click link for more info.
The American Medical Association has adopted a new policy in support of allowing the HHS secretary to negotiate discounts with pharmaceutical manufacturers for the medications that will be covered under the new Medicare drug benefit in 2006, the New York Times reports... click link for more info.
Curbing enzyme activity in fatty tissue can lead to weight loss and lower blood sugar levels, according to researchers at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan... click link for more info.
Despite a 10-year campaign to promote public health launched by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in 2000, some key indexes, including obesity and alcohol intake, have gotten worse, ministry sources said Monday... click link for more info.
Fifteen patients died from mishaps involving respirators in medical institutions under the jurisdiction of the National Hospital Organization over the past three years, according to a survey by the organization, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Bayer Yakuhin has announced the result of its latest componential analysis on Levitra Generic, a made-in-India pseudo-ED drug privately imported to Japan... click link for more info.
What is in the future for EU research? The EU Commission proposed in August 2004 a wide-ranging consultation on the future of research to its stakeholders... click link for more info.
UK - Health Secretary John Reid today appointed Chris Beasley as England's new Chief Nursing Officer... click link for more info.
As any parent of a teenager knows, rousing a sleeping adolescent can be, to put it mildly, difficult... click link for more info.
Shortfalls in the budget for doctors' training in England will have a detrimental effect on patient care and NHS staffing levels, the BMA warns today (Tuesday 19 October)... click link for more info.
The BMA is concerned that debate surrounding the Second Reading of the Mental Capacity Bill (England and Wales) has been misdirected in key areas... click link for more info.
New Serono product used in conjunction with follitropin alfa to stimulate follicular development... click link for more info.
As Part of an Ongoing Research Program, Study Will Evaluate Potential Cardiovascular BenefitsPfizer Inc announced today it is sponsoring a major clinical study to further assess its COX-2 medication CELEBREX® (celecoxib) in osteoarthritis (OA) patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease... click link for more info.
Study shows improvement in pain unrelated to effect on mood and presence of major depressionThe antidepressant Cymbalta® (duloxetine HCl; pronounced sim-BAWL'-tuh), a dual-reuptake inhibitor of serotonin and norepinephrine, 60 mg once or twice daily, significantly reduced pain in more than half of women treated for fibromyalgia, with and without major depression, according to 12-week data presented this week at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology... click link for more info.
Remicade® Study Demonstrates Significant and Rapid Improvements in the Course of Psoriatic ArthritisData Show Promise for Clinical and Structural Damage Improvements in Psoriatic ArthritisTreatment with REMICADE® may provide significant and rapid improvements in both the arthritis and psoriasis of patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA), according to data from two trials presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 68th Annual Scientific Meeting... click link for more info.
Data Suggests Taken Alone As Effective As When Taken In Combination With Ibuprofen - Large scale community-based study shows NSAID offers no additional benefit to muscle relaxant in treatment of acute pain and muscle spasm of the back or neckMore is not necessarily better when it comes to treating acute muscle pain and spasm of the back or neck, suggest results from the first community-based trial to evaluate the benefits of adding a non-steroidal anti inflammatory (NSAID) to treatment with a commonly prescribed muscle relaxant... click link for more info.
New data presented today suggest Zonegran® reduced seizure frequency, and in some cases eliminated seizures, in infants 12 months of age and younger... click link for more info.
New Phase III study findings show that patients with active psoriatic arthritis who had failed a previous non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy achieved significant improvement in both joint and skin signs and symptoms after treatment with Abbott's HUMIRA®... click link for more info.
Testosterone Testing Helps Doctors Investigate Sexual Dysfunction and Other Endocrine Disorders Abbott Laboratories today announced that its manufacturing partner Axis-Shield received 510(k) clearance from the U... click link for more info.
New research carried out in the UK indicates that air fresheners and aerosols can cause headaches and depression in mothers and diarrhoea and earache in babies... click link for more info.
"Only John Kerry could cite his own hypocrisy as a virtue... click link for more info.
Tampa, Florida - Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry Monday said we need a fresh start on health care in America, and he outlined his plan to help middle-class families by cutting costs and expanding access to quality care... click link for more info.
After vaccinating its own population, the Canadian flu jab leftover will not amount to much, says David Butler-Jones, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer... click link for more info.
A huge study which may involve 50,000 sisters of women with breast cancer is underway across the entire USA... click link for more info.
In an effort to stem the rising panic among America's seniors and other high priority patients, US HSS Secretary, Tommy G Thompson, assured people yesterday that there are enough jabs to satisfy the requirements of the country's elderly population and others who most need vaccinating, such as diabetics, asthmatics and people with weakened immune systems... click link for more info.
Democratic presidential nominee Sen... click link for more info.
For the first time, researchers have sequenced all 36 genes of novel receptors that appear to play a critical role in the innate immune protection of zebrafish - an achievement that could lead to a better understanding of infectious diseases and certain cancers... click link for more info.
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers are comparing two drugs used to treat pediatric bipolar disorder patients to evaluate how the drugs affect brain function in children with the disorder... click link for more info.
Researchers have discovered an unexpected role as a tumor promoter for a molecule that was previously thought to function exclusively as a cancer suppressor in neuroblastoma (NB), a highly aggressive and deadly childhood cancer... click link for more info.
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