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ADHD News
European Survey Show Significant Impact Of ADHD At School And Home, Yet Parents Wait Over Two Years For An ADHD Diagnosis Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced the results of a new European survey that found children with ADHD have statistically significant impairments in all aspects of life investigated vs.	29 May 2011

Aid / Disasters News

Vaccine Prices Revealed By UNICEF In New Transparency Drive You can now look up vaccine prices in UNICEF's website, the Children's arm of the United Nations announced today. UNICEF is the largest buyer of pediatric vaccines worldwide.Shanelle Hall, Director of Supply Division, UNICEF, said:"Transparency is a core principle in itself and will support governments and partners in making more informed decisions.

29 May 2011

Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
Study Reveals Doctors Can Do More To Address Prescription Drug Abuse As prescription drug abuse reaches epidemic proportions, a recent study reports disturbingly low monitoring rates for patients taking powerful prescription drugs. Only 8 percent of patients taking opioid pain medications are screened by their doctor.	29 May 2011

Arthritis / Rheumatology News
No Overall Increased Cancer Risk Found For Arthritis Patients Taking Newer Treatments Only three percent (n=181) of patients in the study cohort receiving anti-tumour necrosis factor agents (anti-TNFs) for treatment of their arthritis developed a first cancer within nine years and overall risk was not dependent on the type of arthritis.	29 May 2011
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Suffer Heart Attack Are Generally Under-Treated For Cardiovascular Disease Results of a study, involving 98,454 patients demonstrated that at 30 days following their first heart attack, RA patients were approximately 20% less likely to be prescribed standard MI treatments, such as statins and betablockers, compared to healthy patients.	29 May 2011
Association Between Financial Conflicts Of Interest And Positive Study Outcomes Results demonstrate that 91% of RCTs recording this kind of FCOI achieved a positive - outcome, compared to 66.7% of RCTs without specific FCOI (p=0.02) and adjusting for confounding factors did not change this finding.	29 May 2011
REALISTIC: Certzolimab Delivers In Real World Situations After 12 weeks of treatment certolizumab pegol (Cimzia ®) delivered rapid and consistent improvements in a broad range of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients regardless of whether or not they had received prior TNF inhibitors, concluded the latest analysis of the Phase III b REALISTIC trial.	29 May 2011
Survey Reveals HCPs Are Failing To Set Goals With RA Patients While the majority of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) feel that personalized goal setting would have a positive impact on disease management, many stated that their health care professionals (HCPS) are not discussing approaches to achieving personal or social goals, reports a survey presented at the Annual Meeting of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) in London, May 25-28.	29 May 2011

Cancer / Oncology News
No Overall Increased Cancer Risk Found For Arthritis Patients Taking Newer Treatments Only three percent (n=181) of patients in the study cohort receiving anti-tumour necrosis factor agents (anti-TNFs) for treatment of their arthritis developed a first cancer within nine years and overall risk was not dependent on the type of arthritis.	29 May 2011
Novel Molecular Pathway Described In Nature Has Possible Implications For Retinal Disease And Cancer Treatment Scientists identify in the journal Nature a new molecular pathway used to suppress blood vessel branching in the developing retina - a finding with potential therapeutic value for fighting diseases of the retina and a variety of cancers.	29 May 2011

Cardiovascular / Cardiology News
New Super Sticky Cholesterol In Individuals With High Heart Disease Risk Discovered MGmin-low-density lipoprotein (LDL), a form of ultra-bad cholesterol that significantly increases the risk of heart disease, has been discovered by researchers at the University of Warwick, England.	29 May 2011
Doctor Dies Competing In Triathlon In Colorado Dr. Michael Wiggins, 42, who was competing in the Pelican Test Triathlon, died shortly before 8.30 am during the swimming segment of the competition - he was found face down in Windsor Lake near to where the competing swimmers come out of the water and get onto their bicycles.	29 May 2011
Coronary Imaging Catheters Become Detached - Boston Scientific Issues Recall Of 29,664 Units Boston Scientific is recalling 29,664 units of its iCross Coronary Imaging Catheters because it has received confirmed occurrences of "..catheter tip detachments due to embrittlement of the catheter material.	29 May 2011

Cholesterol News
New Super Sticky Cholesterol In Individuals With High Heart Disease Risk Discovered MGmin-low-density lipoprotein (LDL), a form of ultra-bad cholesterol that significantly increases the risk of heart disease, has been discovered by researchers at the University of Warwick, England.	29 May 2011
Super-Sticky 'Ultra-Bad' Cholesterol Revealed In People At High Risk Of Heart Disease Scientists from the University of Warwick have discovered why a newly found form of cholesterol seems to be 'ultra-bad', leading to increased risk of heart disease. The discovery could lead to new treatments to prevent heart disease particularly in people with type 2 diabetes and the elderly.	29 May 2011

Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News
Association Between Financial Conflicts Of Interest And Positive Study Outcomes Results demonstrate that 91% of RCTs recording this kind of FCOI achieved a positive - outcome, compared to 66.7% of RCTs without specific FCOI (p=0.02) and adjusting for confounding factors did not change this finding.	29 May 2011

Dermatology News
Protect Your Skin - Don't Go Red On "Don't Fry Day" Friday before Memorial Day has been declared "Don't Fry Day" by the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention. The aim is to drastically bring down the rate of skin cancer in the United States, where one person dies every hour from skin cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.	29 May 2011
New Biomaterial Invented That More Closely Mimics Human Tissue A new biomaterial designed for repairing damaged human tissue doesn't wrinkle up when it is stretched. The invention from nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego marks a significant breakthrough in tissue engineering because it more closely mimics the properties of native human tissue.	29 May 2011

Diabetes News
Super-Sticky 'Ultra-Bad' Cholesterol Revealed In People At High Risk Of Heart Disease Scientists from the University of Warwick have discovered why a newly found form of cholesterol seems to be 'ultra-bad', leading to increased risk of heart disease. The discovery could lead to new treatments to prevent heart disease particularly in people with type 2 diabetes and the elderly.	29 May 2011
High-Fat Diet During Pregnancy Programs Child For Future Diabetes A high-fat diet during pregnancy may program a woman's baby for future diabetes, even if she herself is not obese or diabetic, says a new University of Illinois study published in the Journal of Physiology.	29 May 2011
Earlier And More Accurate Prediction Of Diseases Such As Diabetes, Atherosclerosis And Heart Disease, Presented At European Society Of Human Genetics Studying the genetic make-up of different varieties of lipids (fatty molecules) in the blood plasma of an individual can lead to a better and earlier prediction of diseases such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, and heart disease, two researchers will tell the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today (Monday 30 May).	29 May 2011

Dyslexia News
Experts Would Like Specialized Teaching For Dyscalculia Introduced In Schools Specialised teaching for individuals with dyscalculia, the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia, should be made widely available in mainstream education, according to a review of current research published in the journal Science.	29 May 2011

Eye Health / Blindness News
Novel Molecular Pathway Described In Nature Has Possible Implications For Retinal Disease And Cancer Treatment Scientists identify in the journal Nature a new molecular pathway used to suppress blood vessel branching in the developing retina - a finding with potential therapeutic value for fighting diseases of the retina and a variety of cancers.	29 May 2011

Genetics News
Master Gene May Shed New Light On Lysosomal And Neurodegenerative Disorders Cells, like ordinary households, produce "garbage" - debris and dysfunctional elements - that need disposal. When the mechanism for taking out this garbage fails, rare genetic diseases called lysosomal storage disorders (including Tay-Sachs, Batten and Fabry disease) can disable and even kill the children they affect.	29 May 2011
Earlier And More Accurate Prediction Of Diseases Such As Diabetes, Atherosclerosis And Heart Disease, Presented At European Society Of Human Genetics Studying the genetic make-up of different varieties of lipids (fatty molecules) in the blood plasma of an individual can lead to a better and earlier prediction of diseases such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, and heart disease, two researchers will tell the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today (Monday 30 May).	29 May 2011

Hearing / Deafness News
Inattentional Deafness: How Our Focus Can Silence The Noisy World Around Us How can someone with perfectly normal hearing become deaf to the world around them when their mind is on something else? New research funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests that focusing heavily on a task results in the experience of deafness to perfectly audible sounds.	29 May 2011
Listening And Hearing, Not The Same For Children With Cochlear Implants Cochlear implants can allow profoundly deaf infants to hear speech - giving them the chance to eventually learn spoken language. However, a new study shows that the children receiving the implants don't automatically know how to listen when people speak to them.	29 May 2011

Heart Disease News
New Super Sticky Cholesterol In Individuals With High Heart Disease Risk Discovered MGmin-low-density lipoprotein (LDL), a form of ultra-bad cholesterol that significantly increases the risk of heart disease, has been discovered by researchers at the University of Warwick, England.	29 May 2011
Doctor Dies Competing In Triathlon In Colorado Dr. Michael Wiggins, 42, who was competing in the Pelican Test Triathlon, died shortly before 8.30 am during the swimming segment of the competition - he was found face down in Windsor Lake near to where the competing swimmers come out of the water and get onto their bicycles.	29 May 2011
Coronary Imaging Catheters Become Detached - Boston Scientific Issues Recall Of 29,664 Units Boston Scientific is recalling 29,664 units of its iCross Coronary Imaging Catheters because it has received confirmed occurrences of "..catheter tip detachments due to embrittlement of the catheter material.	29 May 2011
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Suffer Heart Attack Are Generally Under-Treated For Cardiovascular Disease Results of a study, involving 98,454 patients demonstrated that at 30 days following their first heart attack, RA patients were approximately 20% less likely to be prescribed standard MI treatments, such as statins and betablockers, compared to healthy patients.	29 May 2011
Super-Sticky 'Ultra-Bad' Cholesterol Revealed In People At High Risk Of Heart Disease Scientists from the University of Warwick have discovered why a newly found form of cholesterol seems to be 'ultra-bad', leading to increased risk of heart disease. The discovery could lead to new treatments to prevent heart disease particularly in people with type 2 diabetes and the elderly.	29 May 2011
Earlier And More Accurate Prediction Of Diseases Such As Diabetes, Atherosclerosis And Heart Disease, Presented At European Society Of Human Genetics Studying the genetic make-up of different varieties of lipids (fatty molecules) in the blood plasma of an individual can lead to a better and earlier prediction of diseases such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, and heart disease, two researchers will tell the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today (Monday 30 May).	29 May 2011

Immune System / Vaccines News

Vaccine Prices Revealed By UNICEF In New Transparency Drive You can now look up vaccine prices in UNICEF's website, the Children's arm of the United Nations announced today. UNICEF is the largest buyer of pediatric vaccines worldwide.Shanelle Hall, Director of Supply Division, UNICEF, said:"Transparency is a core principle in itself and will support governments and partners in making more informed decisions.

29 May 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
New Biomaterial Invented That More Closely Mimics Human Tissue A new biomaterial designed for repairing damaged human tissue doesn't wrinkle up when it is stretched. The invention from nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego marks a significant breakthrough in tissue engineering because it more closely mimics the properties of native human tissue.	29 May 2011

Litigation / Medical Malpractice News
Arizona Attorney General Sues US Justice Department Regarding Arizona Medical Marijuana Act Does the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA) violate federal law? This is something Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has instructed Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne to find out by filing a suit against the US Justice Department and other defendants.	29 May 2011

Lupus News
Survey Reveals Lupus' Ability To Wreck Careers Lupus has a profoundly negative effect on the working lives of sufferers', found a survey of over 2,000 lupus patients presented at the Annual Meeting of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) in London, May 25-28.	29 May 2011

Medical Devices / Diagnostics News
Coronary Imaging Catheters Become Detached - Boston Scientific Issues Recall Of 29,664 Units Boston Scientific is recalling 29,664 units of its iCross Coronary Imaging Catheters because it has received confirmed occurrences of "..catheter tip detachments due to embrittlement of the catheter material.	29 May 2011

Melanoma / Skin Cancer News
Protect Your Skin - Don't Go Red On "Don't Fry Day" Friday before Memorial Day has been declared "Don't Fry Day" by the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention. The aim is to drastically bring down the rate of skin cancer in the United States, where one person dies every hour from skin cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.	29 May 2011

Neurology / Neuroscience News
Master Gene May Shed New Light On Lysosomal And Neurodegenerative Disorders Cells, like ordinary households, produce "garbage" - debris and dysfunctional elements - that need disposal. When the mechanism for taking out this garbage fails, rare genetic diseases called lysosomal storage disorders (including Tay-Sachs, Batten and Fabry disease) can disable and even kill the children they affect.	29 May 2011
Experts Would Like Specialized Teaching For Dyscalculia Introduced In Schools Specialised teaching for individuals with dyscalculia, the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia, should be made widely available in mainstream education, according to a review of current research published in the journal Science.	29 May 2011

Nutrition / Diet News
Worrying Mercury And PCB Levels Found In Californian Coastal Fish The presence of methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Californian sport fish is widespread and a concern for human health, the State Water Resources Control Board has announced.	29 May 2011
Food Pyramid Gives Way To Food Plate, USA For the last two decades the federal government has used the Food Pyramid as the basis for good nutritional advice, which never told people how much of which types of foods they should eat. Many also criticized it for not taking into account the impact on insulin of some high carbohydrate foods.	29 May 2011

Pediatrics / Children's Health News
Vaccine Prices Revealed By UNICEF In New Transparency Drive You can now look up vaccine prices in UNICEF's website, the Children's arm of the United Nations announced today. UNICEF is the largest buyer of pediatric vaccines worldwide.Shanelle Hall, Director of Supply Division, UNICEF, said:"Transparency is a core principle in itself and will support governments and partners in making more informed decisions.	29 May 2011
Baby Who Developed Outside The Womb Is Born Nicolette Soto, 27, whose fetus developed outside her uterus surrounded by a thin wall of membrane and muscle, gave birth in Arizona after 32 weeks of pregnancy to a 2 pound 14 ounce baby at the Maternal Fetal Medicine Center at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center.	29 May 2011
High-Fat Diet During Pregnancy Programs Child For Future Diabetes A high-fat diet during pregnancy may program a woman's baby for future diabetes, even if she herself is not obese or diabetic, says a new University of Illinois study published in the Journal of Physiology.	29 May 2011
Master Gene May Shed New Light On Lysosomal And Neurodegenerative Disorders Cells, like ordinary households, produce "garbage" - debris and dysfunctional elements - that need disposal. When the mechanism for taking out this garbage fails, rare genetic diseases called lysosomal storage disorders (including Tay-Sachs, Batten and Fabry disease) can disable and even kill the children they affect.	29 May 2011

Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News
Association Between Financial Conflicts Of Interest And Positive Study Outcomes Results demonstrate that 91% of RCTs recording this kind of FCOI achieved a positive - outcome, compared to 66.7% of RCTs without specific FCOI (p=0.02) and adjusting for confounding factors did not change this finding.	29 May 2011

Pregnancy / Obstetrics News
Baby Who Developed Outside The Womb Is Born Nicolette Soto, 27, whose fetus developed outside her uterus surrounded by a thin wall of membrane and muscle, gave birth in Arizona after 32 weeks of pregnancy to a 2 pound 14 ounce baby at the Maternal Fetal Medicine Center at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center.	29 May 2011
High-Fat Diet During Pregnancy Programs Child For Future Diabetes A high-fat diet during pregnancy may program a woman's baby for future diabetes, even if she herself is not obese or diabetic, says a new University of Illinois study published in the Journal of Physiology.	29 May 2011

Prostate / Prostate Cancer News
New Drug Treatment Extends Lives Of Men With Prostate Cancer A drug recently approved by the Food & Drug Administration for the treatment of prostate cancer is proving to give some patients the gift of time. A new study shows abiraterone acetate extends the lives of men with the most advanced form of the disease by about four months.	29 May 2011

Public Health News
Arizona Attorney General Sues US Justice Department Regarding Arizona Medical Marijuana Act Does the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA) violate federal law? This is something Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has instructed Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne to find out by filing a suit against the US Justice Department and other defendants.	29 May 2011
Pool Drain Covers May Trap Swimmers - Over 50,000 Units Recalled Approximately 50,850 pool drain covers have been recalled by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Waterway Plastics, of Oxnard, California, because of a potential entrapment hazard to swimmers.	29 May 2011
Among US Racial/Ethnic Groups Disparities In Stroke Care Prevail Disparities between racial/ethnic minorities and whites cross all aspects of stroke care, according to an American Heart Association/American Stroke Association scientific statement. The statement, published online in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, is a comprehensive analysis of the role of race and ethnicity in stroke care and its impact on the numbers of people who have a stroke, live with its effects or die among minority groups compared to whites.	29 May 2011

Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News
New Drug Treatment Extends Lives Of Men With Prostate Cancer A drug recently approved by the Food & Drug Administration for the treatment of prostate cancer is proving to give some patients the gift of time. A new study shows abiraterone acetate extends the lives of men with the most advanced form of the disease by about four months.	29 May 2011

Sports Medicine / Fitness News
Doctor Dies Competing In Triathlon In Colorado Dr. Michael Wiggins, 42, who was competing in the Pelican Test Triathlon, died shortly before 8.30 am during the swimming segment of the competition - he was found face down in Windsor Lake near to where the competing swimmers come out of the water and get onto their bicycles.	29 May 2011

Statins News
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Suffer Heart Attack Are Generally Under-Treated For Cardiovascular Disease Results of a study, involving 98,454 patients demonstrated that at 30 days following their first heart attack, RA patients were approximately 20% less likely to be prescribed standard MI treatments, such as statins and betablockers, compared to healthy patients.	29 May 2011

Stroke News

Among US Racial/Ethnic Groups Disparities In Stroke Care Prevail Disparities between racial/ethnic minorities and whites cross all aspects of stroke care, according to an American Heart Association/American Stroke Association scientific statement. The statement, published online in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, is a comprehensive analysis of the role of race and ethnicity in stroke care and its impact on the numbers of people who have a stroke, live with its effects or die among minority groups compared to whites.

29 May 2011

Vascular News
New Biomaterial Invented That More Closely Mimics Human Tissue A new biomaterial designed for repairing damaged human tissue doesn't wrinkle up when it is stretched. The invention from nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego marks a significant breakthrough in tissue engineering because it more closely mimics the properties of native human tissue.	29 May 2011
Novel Molecular Pathway Described In Nature Has Possible Implications For Retinal Disease And Cancer Treatment Scientists identify in the journal Nature a new molecular pathway used to suppress blood vessel branching in the developing retina - a finding with potential therapeutic value for fighting diseases of the retina and a variety of cancers.	29 May 2011

Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News
Worrying Mercury And PCB Levels Found In Californian Coastal Fish The presence of methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Californian sport fish is widespread and a concern for human health, the State Water Resources Control Board has announced.	29 May 2011

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