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Medical News Today: 10-24-2004
The UK Food Standards Agency is advising people not to eat certain batches of organic chicken found to contain traces of nitrofuran (a banned antibiotic used to make chickens grow faster)... click link for more info.
The Roman Catholic group Pax Christi USA has sponsored an advertisement in the Pittsburgh Catholic newspaper saying that Catholics should not base their decision about whom to vote for solely on candidates' abortion-rights views, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports... click link for more info.
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Senate Majority Leader William H Frist issued the following statement responding to John Kerry's remarks on stem cell research today: "John Kerry showed today that as the election nears he is not interested in the facts and will say or do anything to gain him a political edge, regardless of the truth... click link for more info.
As flu vaccine rip off merchants try to get onto the gravy train the attorneys general in Texas and Connecticut have started suing... click link for more info.
Yasser Arafat, 75, has flu and is recuperating, said Ahmed Tibi, an Israeli MP who used to be Arafat's adisor... click link for more info.
American residents without health insurance pay more for prescription drugs than the federal government, according to a survey released on Thursday by the U... click link for more info.
The herbal supplement St John's Wort has been shown to undermine the effectiveness of a newer, revolutionary anticancer medication, according to a study by University at Buffalo researchers... click link for more info.
A new folding, commode-shower wheelchair developed by Milwaukee and Tampa VA researchers, addresses a clear need of the more than 200,000 people with spinal cord injuries and other individuals with disabilities in the United States, most of whom require a special commode wheelchair for personal hygiene... click link for more info.
On-the-job exposure to low doses of powerful medications commonly administered to patients intravenously in the operating room may be a factor leading some anesthesiologists to abuse drugs, a theory University of Florida researchers will present Saturday at the 34th annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego... click link for more info.
Poor communication between some doctors and their patients is a major factor in most complaints to health complaints bodies and Medical Boards, and contributes to medical negligence actions... click link for more info.
First and Only Peginterferon Combination Therapy Approved in Japan More Than 1 Million Japanese Infected With Hepatitis C Virus Schering-Plough Corporation announced that Schering-Plough K... click link for more info.
Roche announced today that its innovative cancer drug, Avastin has received a positive recommendation from the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP)... click link for more info.
A novel computational method to detect disease-causing genes accurately and rapidly was announced by Roche scientists in the October 22 issue of Science... click link for more info.
Chronic Inflammation May Be Associated With Decreased Spinal MobilityResults of the ASSERT (Ankylosing Spondylitis Study for the Evaluation of Recombinant Infliximab Therapy) trial demonstrated that patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a form of spinal arthritis, treated with REMICADEŽ (infliximab), had a median decrease of 73 percent in spinal inflammation activity scores at 24 weeks of treatment, while patients receiving placebo showed no effect as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)... click link for more info.
Efforts Based on Reported Errors Between REMINYLŽ and AMARYLŽJanssen Pharmaceutica Products announced today that it has learned of several reports of errors in prescribing and dispensing of the medication REMINYLŽ (galantamine hydrobromide) for mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease... click link for more info.
Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc announced that ADDERALL XRŽ (an extended release, mixed salts amphetamine product) is effective and generally well-tolerated for adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)... click link for more info.
New Yorkers' use of mental health services rose only slightly during the year after the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks compared with the year before the attacks, a recent study suggests... click link for more info.
Research team determines structural basis underlying metabolic survival technique - A discovery at Oregon Health & Science University is giving researchers detailed, visual clues into how gram-positive bacteria, including those that cause life-threatening diseases, can stay alive in adverse environmental conditions... click link for more info.
The European Patent Office's epolineŽ Annual Conference will take place in Salzburg, Austria, on 23-24 November 2004... click link for more info.
Researchers at the U... click link for more info.
His presentation November 2 will focus on conservation to an audience of agronomists, and crop and soil scientistsMADISON, WI - Wendell Berry, well-known author, farmer, and often provocative speaker, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Nov... click link for more info.
Inebriated bees could give researchers better insight into alcohol's effects on human behavior, a new study suggests... click link for more info.
Human primitive spinal cord cells delayed symptoms and paralysis by a week when implanted in the spinal cord of rats destined to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, researchers from Johns Hopkins report... click link for more info.
Chairman Craig will take further steps to ensure more vaccine production in the US - (Boise, Idaho) US Senator Larry Craig announced today that legislation will be signed into law in a few days by President Bush which will help avert future flu vaccine shortages... click link for more info.
Australia - The Federal Government will investigate a report that a contaminated polio vaccine, which has since been linked to cancers like mesothelioma, was knowingly released in the 1960s by the then government... 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.
Sheila Copps, a former Canadian member of parliament, has written a book which claims that the Finance Minister at the time, Paul Martin, tried to scrap the Canada Health Act because he was obsessed with cutting the federal deficit... click link for more info.
In Manhattan, a nursing home has just reported nine cases of flu - the first outbreak since the start of the flu vaccine crisis hitting the USA... click link for more info.
A poll carried out by the Associated Press reveals that 34% of Americans with a high-priority flu vaccine need relative are worried about the present flu vaccine crisis that has hit the USA... click link for more info.
UK - TV presenter and sports star Gary Lineker is joining a nationwide campaign to recruit one million more "lifesavers" in the next 12 months... click link for more info.
USA - HHS Secretary Tommy G Thompson announced that the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Justice today filed a friend of the court brief in support of Florida's lawsuit against a company accused of increasing the price of flu vaccine by more than 900 percent, saying such price gouging is unconscionable and is a threat to public health... click link for more info.
The New Zealand Medical Association strongly urges the University of Auckland not to increase fees for medical students by 10 percent for next year... click link for more info.
Japan - A public research institute has developed a system that can send high-definition video of a patient from an ambulance to a hospital via cell phone... click link for more info.
20% of women of childbearing age in the United States have blood mercury levels that exceed government recommended guidelines, according to the interim results of a nationwide study commissioned by the environmental advocacy group Greenpeace, the Washington Post reports (Eilperin, Washington Post, 10/21)... click link for more info.
Peter Rost, a vice president of marketing at Pfizer who has publicly supported the legalization of importing lower-cost prescription drugs from other nations -- on Thursday said that Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has failed to adequately encourage the practice, the Des Moines Register reports (Norman, Des Moines Register, 10/22)... click link for more info.
President Bush during a daylong trip through Pennsylvania on Thursday "stepped up his attack" on the health care plan proposed by Democratic presidential nominee Sen... click link for more info.
Long Island Newsday, USA, on Friday examined abstinence education funding under the Bush administration and its impact on domestic and international HIV/AIDS prevention programs and teen pregnancy rates in the United States... click link for more info.
Today, health experts and partner agencies are discussing immunization programmes in the 52 countries in the WHO European Region, and the measles outbreaks that may result from decreases in immunization rates, at a meeting of the Interagency Immunization Coordinating Committee organized by WHO and held in Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia... click link for more info.
The provision for children with special educational needs (SEN) in schools "has got to get better", UK education minister Lord Filkin has said... click link for more info.
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