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Medical News Today: 10-21-2004
Three antiviral drugs (amantadine, rimantadine, and oseltamivir) are approved and commercially available for use in preventing flu... click link for more info.
First lady Laura Bush on Tuesday during a campaign speech in Upper Darby, Pa... click link for more info.
Launch of consultation to extend NHS counter fraud powers - Health Minister, Lord Warner today promised to step up the fight against fraud in the NHS with the unveiling of new proposals to strengthen the powers of NHS counter fraud specialists... click link for more info.
Treatment for hormone receptor positive breast cancer has been available since tamoxifen was approved by the FDA in 1977... click link for more info.
Young children who undergo heart surgery fare better if they receive reconstituted blood rather than fresh whole blood say researchers... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Kaken Pharmaceutical has announced that it has completed an early phase II clinical trial of KCB-1D, a drug candidate for the treatment of periodontitis, and detailed results were presented at the 47th Annual Meeting in Autumn of the Japanese Society of Periodontology (Sendai, October 5) by Osaka University Professor Shinya Murakami... click link for more info.
Oral sex is the sucking or licking of someone's external genitalia (penis or vulva) or anus... click link for more info.
Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is pleased to announce the development of the world's first web-based service for conducting pesticide regulatory transactions... click link for more info.
UK - Commenting on the survey on physician-assisted suicide commissioned by the Voluntary Euthanasia Society (VES), Chairman of the BMA Ethics Committee, Dr Michael Wilks, made the following statement: "As the body representing doctors in the UK, the BMA is opposed to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide because this is the view of the majority of its members... click link for more info.
USA - The new grant will provide funding for Red Cross training initiatives that assist in preparing the nation to prevent, respond to and recover from incidents of terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction... click link for more info.
Doctors are split over whether the law should be changed to allow medically assisted dying, according to a survey by the Voluntary Euthanasia Society (VSE)... click link for more info.
A new study has indicated that Caesarean section babies have a higher risk of food allergies and diarrhoea during their first year of life... click link for more info.
An American nationwide study has told women that the birth control pill is safe... click link for more info.
A C difficile outbreak is being described as an epidemic by Vivian Loo, an infection control specialist... click link for more info.
The longer you spend sitting in traffic, the higher your risk of a heart attack, says a new study... click link for more info.
Chiron Corp, one of only two flu jab suppliers to the USA, says that next year's supply may be in doubt... click link for more info.
Excessive eating, smoking and drinking by U... click link for more info.
President Bush on Tuesday "pivoted sharply" to domestic issues, "parrying" claims from Democratic presidential nominee Sen... click link for more info.
How many people in the United States are hospitalized with influenza in a typical year? A study conducted by CDC and published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) on September 15 has provided new information on the number of people in the United States that are hospitalized from influenza-related complications each year... click link for more info.
Half of all UK young people will be a victim of crime by the time they reach 16-years-old, according to a joint study by Norwich Union and Crime Concern... click link for more info.
The Food Standards Agency (UK) is advising people not to eat certain batches of fresh organic free range chicken found to contain traces of a nitrofuran, a banned veterinary medicine... click link for more info.
Pfizer studying Celebrex, FDA analyzing Vioxx successor, but clinicians likely shifting to other agents... click link for more info.
Can you lose scores of pages from a novel and still follow the story line? In the case of the mouse's genome, or "book of life" -- and perhaps even our own -- the answer appears to be, astonishingly, "yes... click link for more info.
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center say a group of drugs known as "atypical antipsychotics" that are commonly used to treat children with aggression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia may trigger insulin resistance, a condition that increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and heart disease later in life... click link for more info.
The Endocrine Society and its patient education affiliate, The Hormone Foundation, today called for more research into osteoporosis and low bone mass... click link for more info.
The Research Training Groups of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) are attracting increasing numbers of applicants... click link for more info.
Sinusitis and bronchitis take a significant toll on a person's ability to participate in everyday life and have a sizable economic impact, accounting for more than 30 million missed workdays each year, according to survey results released by Berrylin J... click link for more info.
As members of the United Nations General Assembly are soon to vote on the future of cloning research, possibly within days, leading scientists will be conducting a symposium discussion on the status of current work in cloning and its potential for the emerging field of regenerative medicine... click link for more info.
Receptors in the brain that are highly sensitive to alcohol may function differently in a person with a family history of alcoholism, according to a Yale study published this month... click link for more info.
Researchers trim count of human genes to 20,000-25,000 - The International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium, led in the United States by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the Department of Energy (DOE), today published its scientific description of the finished human genome sequence, reducing the estimated number of human protein-coding genes from 35,000 to only 20,000-25,000, a surprisingly low number for our species... click link for more info.
A group of seven Northwestern University scientists, engineers and physicians who are tackling two critical health problems -- the treatment of paralysis and diabetes -- has received $7... click link for more info.
High stress levels during infancy and early childhood can lead to the poor development of communication zones in brain cells - a condition found in mental disorders such as autism, depression and mental retardation... click link for more info.
A team of neurosurgeons and scientists from Italy is looking into whether stem cells derived from a brain tumor patient's own skin can be used to fight the tumors... click link for more info.
Research team from cleveland makes presentation on findings at Congress of Neurological Surgeons annual meetingSAN FRANCISCO - It had long been thought that once the human brain is fully matured, no new brain cells develop... click link for more info.
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered the gene for a form of Joubert Syndrome, a condition present before birth that affects an area of the brain controlling balance and coordination in about 1 in 10,000 individuals... click link for more info.
When treating an infection, physicians may face a choice between using a bactericidal (bacteria-killing) drug, a bacteriostatic (bacteria-inhibiting) drug or a combination of the two... click link for more info.
Led by decision-making specialists in homeland security, corporate management, and public health, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) holds its annual meeting in Denver from Sunday, October 24 to Wednesday, October 27 at the Adams Mark Hotel... click link for more info.
Voters in San Luis Obispo County are being encouraged by the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) to vote "No" on November Ballot Measure Q... click link for more info.
An award-winning system developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to clean up perchlorate pollution is now also helping scientists determine whether the contamination is natural or man-made... click link for more info.
Soda, Halloween candy and other food products that contain high-fructose corn syrup and other sweeteners could one day get a fresh makeover using honey, one of the most ancient sweeteners, researchers say... click link for more info.
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