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| Aid / Disasters News | |
| The Human Impacts Of Rising Oceans Will Extend Well Beyond Coasts Identifying the human impact of rising sea levels is far more complex than just looking at coastal cities on a map.Rather, estimates that are based on current, static population data can greatly misrepresent the true extent - and the pronounced variability - of the human toll of climate change, say University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers. | 30 May 2011 |
| Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News | |
| Research Reveals Smokers View Nicotine As Addictive As Cocaine To mark World No Tobacco Day tomorrow, a new survey reveals smokers themselves perceive nicotine to be more addictive than cocaine and only marginally less addictive than heroin1. Smoking is in fact a chronic, relapsing medical condition2 but 60% of smokers who have tried to quit at least three times have never sought medical help or treatment1 and despite recognising the severity of their dependence, smokers typically battle their addiction to smoking with just willpower alone3. | 30 May 2011 |
| Alzheimer's / Dementia News | |
| Help For Patients Suffering From Delirium Adults with dementia and delirium may soon have a way to combat their delirium, thanks to a $2.4 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health."Delirium is prevalent in people with dementia," said Ann Kolanowski, Elouise Ross Eberly Professor of Nursing, Penn State. | 30 May 2011 |
| Arthritis / Rheumatology News | |
| Is It Ethical To Use Placebo In Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials? The results of this study, conducted in Germany, re-open the debate on whether it is ethical to conduct placebo-controlled studies where patients in the placebo-group are at a serious disadvantage compared to patients taking the new treatments. | 30 May 2011 |
| Biology / Biochemistry News | |
| Fluorescent Nanotubes Enable Clearer Imaging Of Internal Organs Of A Mouse Developing drugs to combat or cure human disease often involves a phase of testing with mice, so being able to peer clearly into a living mouse's innards has real value.But with the fluorescent dyes currently used to image the interior of laboratory mice, the view becomes so murky several millimeters under the skin that researchers might have more success divining the future from the rodent's entrails than they do extracting usable data. | 30 May 2011 |
| Mouse Genome Dilemma Solved: Data Will Help Scientists Worldwide Design Better Experiments Laboratory research has always been limited in terms of what conclusions scientists can safely extrapolate from animal experiments to the human population as a whole. Many promising findings in mice have not held up under further experimentation, in part because laboratory animals, bred from a limited genetic foundation, don't provide a good representation of how genetic diversity manifests in the broader human population. | 30 May 2011 |
| Two Joint Research Laboratories To Be Created In France By The Helmholtz Association And Inserm Inserm and the German Helmholtz Association announce the creation of two Franco-German joint research laboratories to promote interaction between their researchers and to foster the establishment of a new form of cooperation in life sciences and health between the two countries. | 30 May 2011 |
| New Delhi Metallo-B-lactamase-1 Enzyme Acquired In Canada An enzyme associated with extensive antibiotic resistance called New Delhi metallo-B-lactamase-1 (NDM-1), endemic in India and Pakistan and spreading worldwide, has been found in two people in the Toronto area, one of whom acquired it in Canada, states a case report in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). | 30 May 2011 |
| Bones / Orthopedics News | |
| Research Suggests Long Warm-Ups Can Sabotage Race Performance University of Calgary Faculty of Kinesiology researcher Elias Tomaras says the idea came to him while watching track and field sprinters warm-up for a race. "If you watch sprinters, short distance speed skaters or cyclists before their race, they will often warm-up for one to two hours, including several brief bouts of high intensity exercise. | 30 May 2011 |
| AACE Applauds Introduction Of House And Senate Bills To Preserve Patient Access To Osteoporosis Testing Under Medicare The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) applauds the introduction of legislation in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate that will preserve patient access to osteoporosis testing and treatment services under the Medicare program. | 30 May 2011 |
| Breast Cancer News | |
| New Breast Screening Guidelines Leave 80% Of Women Uneasy Over four-fifths of women feel uneasy about being told that routine breast cancer screening for the under 50s is not obligatory. Guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in 2009 upped the minimum age from which women should routinely be screened for breast cancer from 40 to 50 years, and also said that screening should occur every two years up to the age of 74. | 30 May 2011 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| New Breast Screening Guidelines Leave 80% Of Women Uneasy Over four-fifths of women feel uneasy about being told that routine breast cancer screening for the under 50s is not obligatory. Guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in 2009 upped the minimum age from which women should routinely be screened for breast cancer from 40 to 50 years, and also said that screening should occur every two years up to the age of 74. | 30 May 2011 |
| Clavis Pharma Receives Government Grant To Develop HENT1 Biomarker Assay For Targeted Therapy Of AML Patients Clavis Pharma ASA (OSE: CLAVIS), the Norwegian cancer drug development company, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant from The Research Council of Norway of up to NOK 14 mill (USD 2. | 30 May 2011 |
| Mouse Genome Dilemma Solved: Data Will Help Scientists Worldwide Design Better Experiments Laboratory research has always been limited in terms of what conclusions scientists can safely extrapolate from animal experiments to the human population as a whole. Many promising findings in mice have not held up under further experimentation, in part because laboratory animals, bred from a limited genetic foundation, don't provide a good representation of how genetic diversity manifests in the broader human population. | 30 May 2011 |
| Novel Pathway Regulating Angiogenesis May Fight Retinal Disease, Cancers 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. | 30 May 2011 |
| $4.7-Million Study On Early-Stage Oral Cancer Researchers from UBC's Faculties of Medicine, Science and Dentistry are leading a $4.7 million pan-Canadian clinical trial aimed at improving outcomes for patients undergoing surgery for oral squamous cell cancers. | 30 May 2011 |
| Two Joint Research Laboratories To Be Created In France By The Helmholtz Association And Inserm Inserm and the German Helmholtz Association announce the creation of two Franco-German joint research laboratories to promote interaction between their researchers and to foster the establishment of a new form of cooperation in life sciences and health between the two countries. | 30 May 2011 |
| Attitudes Toward End-of-life Care: A Survey Of Cancer Patients, Family Caregivers, Oncologists And Others In Korea Attitudes toward end-of-life care for cancer patients vary, but most patients, family members, oncologists and members of the public are receptive to withdrawing futile life-sustaining treatments in people who are dying, found a Korean study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). | 30 May 2011 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| Clinical Trial Of Mobile Health Monitoring Solution Starts In Singapore HP, SingTel, HealthSTATS and Frontier Healthcare Group today announced an 8-week clinical trial of a mobile health monitoring solution. The solution enables near real time information sharing to help healthcare professionals in the early detection, treatment and prevention of cardiovascular conditions. | 30 May 2011 |
| 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. | 30 May 2011 |
| Caregivers / Homecare News | |
| Attitudes Toward End-of-life Care: A Survey Of Cancer Patients, Family Caregivers, Oncologists And Others In Korea Attitudes toward end-of-life care for cancer patients vary, but most patients, family members, oncologists and members of the public are receptive to withdrawing futile life-sustaining treatments in people who are dying, found a Korean study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). | 30 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. | 30 May 2011 |
| Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News | |
| Clinical Trial Of Mobile Health Monitoring Solution Starts In Singapore HP, SingTel, HealthSTATS and Frontier Healthcare Group today announced an 8-week clinical trial of a mobile health monitoring solution. The solution enables near real time information sharing to help healthcare professionals in the early detection, treatment and prevention of cardiovascular conditions. | 30 May 2011 |
| Is It Ethical To Use Placebo In Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials? The results of this study, conducted in Germany, re-open the debate on whether it is ethical to conduct placebo-controlled studies where patients in the placebo-group are at a serious disadvantage compared to patients taking the new treatments. | 30 May 2011 |
| Colorectal Cancer News | |
| Research Adds To Evidence That Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy May Impact Malignancies And Cancers Folic acid supplements given to pregnant and breast-feeding rats reduced the rate of colon cancer in their offspring by 64 per cent, a new study has found.The research, led by Dr. Young-in Kim, a gastroenterologist at St. | 30 May 2011 |
| Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine News | |
| Unexplained Symptoms Eased By Acupuncture Attending frequently with medically unexplained symptoms is distressing for both patient and doctor and effective treatment or management options are limited: one in five patients have symptoms that remain unexplained by conventional medicine. | 30 May 2011 |
| Dentistry News | |
| U.S. And Canadian Pediatricians Fight Tooth Decay Among Indigenous Children Early childhood tooth decay is one of the most common infectious diseases found in indigenous children in the United States and Canada, resulting in additional adverse health effects. In a new policy statement, "Early Childhood Caries in Indigenous Communities," in the June 2011 issue of Pediatrics (published online Monday, May 30), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) provide recommendations for the prevention of dental disease in young children and pregnant women, through collaboration with primary health care providers, policy makers, and public health practitioners in indigenous communities. | 30 May 2011 |
| ADHA To Host Largest National Dental Hygiene Meeting At 88th Annual Session In Nashville, Tenn. The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) will maintain its status with the largest national dental hygiene meeting with more than 1,700 dental hygienists, and more than 2,000 total participants set to attend the Center for Lifelong Learning at the 88th Annual Session (CLL/AS). | 30 May 2011 |
| Diabetes News | |
| Pregnancy Diabetes Risk Can Be Predicted Up To Seven Years Before The risk of developing diabetes in pregnancy can be predicted up to seven years before by carefully monitoring known risk factors associated with diabetes and heart risk said researchers in California whose findings are published online today in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. | 30 May 2011 |
| Ear, Nose and Throat News | |
| $4.7-Million Study On Early-Stage Oral Cancer Researchers from UBC's Faculties of Medicine, Science and Dentistry are leading a $4.7 million pan-Canadian clinical trial aimed at improving outcomes for patients undergoing surgery for oral squamous cell cancers. | 30 May 2011 |
| Eye Health / Blindness News | |
| Novel Pathway Regulating Angiogenesis May Fight Retinal Disease, Cancers 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. | 30 May 2011 |
| Flu / Cold / SARS News | |
| Study Suggests New Therapeutic Targets For Virally-Induced Asthma Attacks When children with asthma get the flu, they often land in the hospital gasping for air. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have found a previously unknown biological pathway explaining why influenza induces asthma attacks. | 30 May 2011 |
| GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News | |
| E Coli Outbreak Spreads From Germany To Other European Countries The outbreak of Escherichia coli in Germany that has infected over a thousand people and killed at least ten people, is believed to have spread to other countries in Europe, including the UK, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, because these countries have also reported cases of haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). | 30 May 2011 |
| Salmonella And The Intestinal Cell Defense Mechanism Against It Salmonella is widely prevalent in the animal kingdom. The reason we do not suffer from severe intestinal infections very often is due to our body's defence system, which manages to digest invading bacteria. | 30 May 2011 |
| Genetics News | |
| Mouse Genome Dilemma Solved: Data Will Help Scientists Worldwide Design Better Experiments Laboratory research has always been limited in terms of what conclusions scientists can safely extrapolate from animal experiments to the human population as a whole. Many promising findings in mice have not held up under further experimentation, in part because laboratory animals, bred from a limited genetic foundation, don't provide a good representation of how genetic diversity manifests in the broader human population. | 30 May 2011 |
| The Search For An Effective Treatment For Critical Limb Ischaemia Continues As Phase 3 Trial Of Novel Gene Therapy Shows No Benefit Despite showing promising results in a recent phase 2 trial, administration of a novel gene therapy (NV1FGF) to enhance the growth of new blood vessels in people with critical limb ischaemia (whose legs are damaged when blocked arteries lead to a lack of blood flow), does not reduce amputation or death, according to the results of the phase 3 TAMARIS trial. | 30 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. | 30 May 2011 |
| Huntingtons Disease News | |
| New Drugs Target Delay Of Huntington's Symptoms McMaster University researchers have discovered a new drug target that may be effective at preventing the onset of Huntington's disease, working much the same way heart medications slow the progression of heart disease and reduce heart attacks. | 30 May 2011 |
| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| UNICEF Promotes Vaccine Pricing Transparency UNICEF is improving transparency around vaccine supply by making vaccine prices available on its website. As the largest buyer of children's vaccines, this move is in line with UNICEF's commitment to ensure that vaccine supply is sustainable and affordable. | 30 May 2011 |
| Two Joint Research Laboratories To Be Created In France By The Helmholtz Association And Inserm Inserm and the German Helmholtz Association announce the creation of two Franco-German joint research laboratories to promote interaction between their researchers and to foster the establishment of a new form of cooperation in life sciences and health between the two countries. | 30 May 2011 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| E Coli Outbreak Spreads From Germany To Other European Countries The outbreak of Escherichia coli in Germany that has infected over a thousand people and killed at least ten people, is believed to have spread to other countries in Europe, including the UK, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, because these countries have also reported cases of haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). | 30 May 2011 |
| Salmonella And The Intestinal Cell Defense Mechanism Against It Salmonella is widely prevalent in the animal kingdom. The reason we do not suffer from severe intestinal infections very often is due to our body's defence system, which manages to digest invading bacteria. | 30 May 2011 |
| U.S. And Canadian Pediatricians Fight Tooth Decay Among Indigenous Children Early childhood tooth decay is one of the most common infectious diseases found in indigenous children in the United States and Canada, resulting in additional adverse health effects. In a new policy statement, "Early Childhood Caries in Indigenous Communities," in the June 2011 issue of Pediatrics (published online Monday, May 30), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) provide recommendations for the prevention of dental disease in young children and pregnant women, through collaboration with primary health care providers, policy makers, and public health practitioners in indigenous communities. | 30 May 2011 |
| IT / Internet / E-mail News | |
| Making Brain Surgery Safer Brain interventions must be planned so that the neurosurgeon can access and remove the tumor without causing unnecessary damage. Before the brain tumor can be removed, crucial questions must be answered. | 30 May 2011 |
| Improving Health Via Virtual Natural Environments A new position paper by researchers at the European Centre for the Environment and Human Health (ECEHH - part of the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry) and the University of Birmingham has compared the benefits of interaction with actual and virtual natural environments and concluded that the development of accurate simulations are likely to be beneficial to those who cannot interact with nature because of infirmity or other limitations: but virtual worlds are not a substitute for the real thing. | 30 May 2011 |
| Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma News | |
| Clavis Pharma Receives Government Grant To Develop HENT1 Biomarker Assay For Targeted Therapy Of AML Patients Clavis Pharma ASA (OSE: CLAVIS), the Norwegian cancer drug development company, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant from The Research Council of Norway of up to NOK 14 mill (USD 2. | 30 May 2011 |
| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| Clinical Trial Of Mobile Health Monitoring Solution Starts In Singapore HP, SingTel, HealthSTATS and Frontier Healthcare Group today announced an 8-week clinical trial of a mobile health monitoring solution. The solution enables near real time information sharing to help healthcare professionals in the early detection, treatment and prevention of cardiovascular conditions. | 30 May 2011 |
| Making Brain Surgery Safer Brain interventions must be planned so that the neurosurgeon can access and remove the tumor without causing unnecessary damage. Before the brain tumor can be removed, crucial questions must be answered. | 30 May 2011 |
| Fluorescent Nanotubes Enable Clearer Imaging Of Internal Organs Of A Mouse Developing drugs to combat or cure human disease often involves a phase of testing with mice, so being able to peer clearly into a living mouse's innards has real value.But with the fluorescent dyes currently used to image the interior of laboratory mice, the view becomes so murky several millimeters under the skin that researchers might have more success divining the future from the rodent's entrails than they do extracting usable data. | 30 May 2011 |
| $4.7-Million Study On Early-Stage Oral Cancer Researchers from UBC's Faculties of Medicine, Science and Dentistry are leading a $4.7 million pan-Canadian clinical trial aimed at improving outcomes for patients undergoing surgery for oral squamous cell cancers. | 30 May 2011 |
| Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News | |
| AACE Applauds Introduction Of House And Senate Bills To Preserve Patient Access To Osteoporosis Testing Under Medicare The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) applauds the introduction of legislation in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate that will preserve patient access to osteoporosis testing and treatment services under the Medicare program. | 30 May 2011 |
| New Study Finds That Medicare Beneficiaries With Higher Medical Spending Have Better Health Outcomes A new study from George Mason University and the Urban Institute reveals that greater spending on medical services means better overall health for Medicare participants. Health Administration and Policy Professor Jack Hadley and his co-authors, Urban Institute researchers Timothy Waidmann, Stephen Zuckerman, and Robert Berenson, analyzed data from more than 17,000 Medicare beneficiaries to draw this conclusion. | 30 May 2011 |
| MRI / PET / Ultrasound News | |
| Somatom Definition Flash From Siemens For Pediatrics: Computed Tomography Without Sedation And Breath Hold, And With Very Low Dose At the Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Radiology (IPR) in London from May 28 to 31, 2011, Siemens Healthcare will for the first time show how pediatrics can benefit from the technological advances in computed tomography (CT). | 30 May 2011 |
| Multiple Sclerosis News | |
| Are Stress And Multiple Sclerosis Linked? Apparently Not Contrary to popular belief, stressful life events do not appear to be linked to the risk of developing MS (multiple sclerosis), researchers wrote in the journal Neurology.According to previous studies, stressful events increase the likelihood of flare-ups in patients who already have MS. | 30 May 2011 |
| Link Between Low Vitamin D Levels And Multiple Sclerosis Risk For African Americans In the first major study exploring the connection between vitamin D and multiple sclerosis in African Americans, a team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco has discovered that vitamin D levels in the blood are lower in African Americans who have the disease, compared to African Americans who do not. | 30 May 2011 |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Are Stress And Multiple Sclerosis Linked? Apparently Not Contrary to popular belief, stressful life events do not appear to be linked to the risk of developing MS (multiple sclerosis), researchers wrote in the journal Neurology.According to previous studies, stressful events increase the likelihood of flare-ups in patients who already have MS. | 30 May 2011 |
| Making Brain Surgery Safer Brain interventions must be planned so that the neurosurgeon can access and remove the tumor without causing unnecessary damage. Before the brain tumor can be removed, crucial questions must be answered. | 30 May 2011 |
| Neurons Created Directly From Skin Cells Of Humans The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) - a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing cures for major diseases through stem cell research - has applauded the announcement by Stanford University scientists, led by NYSCF - Robertson Investigator Dr. | 30 May 2011 |
| Nursing / Midwifery News | |
| No Excuse For Poor Nursing Care, Says NMC Chief Executive, UK Dickon Weir-Hughes stresses nurses and midwives accountable for care. In response to Care Quality Commission (CQC) reports on the care of older people, NMC Chief Executive and Registrar, Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes said: " There is no excuse for unsafe care in any circumstance. | 30 May 2011 |
| Saint John's, Santa Monica, RNs Vote By 64 Percent To Join California Nurses Association Culminating years of efforts to win union representation to improve patient care, registered nurses at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica Thursday night voted by 64 percent to join the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the state and nation's pre-eminent organization of RNs. | 30 May 2011 |
| Tentative Pact Ends Long Contract Fight At USC Medical Registered nurses at University of Southern California University Hospital and USC Cancer Norris Center in Los Angeles early Friday morning reached tentative agreement with hospital officials on a new three-year contract agreement. | 30 May 2011 |
| Ten Midwives Inducted As Fellows Of The American College Of Nurse-Midwives Ten midwives demonstrating outstanding professional achievement were inducted as fellows of the American College of Nurse-Midwives at the ACNM 56th Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Antonio, TX, on May 25, 2011. | 30 May 2011 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| Breast Feeding More Successful And Longer Lasting If Mother Has Proper Maternity Leave It is all very well telling mothers to breastfeed their babies for at least six months, but asking them to do so while trying to cope with a full time job, looking after the baby and other family and personal commitments is unrealistic and naïve. | 30 May 2011 |
| E Coli Outbreak Spreads From Germany To Other European Countries The outbreak of Escherichia coli in Germany that has infected over a thousand people and killed at least ten people, is believed to have spread to other countries in Europe, including the UK, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, because these countries have also reported cases of haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). | 30 May 2011 |
| Energy Drinks Contain Substances That Can Harm Sporty Children In the majority of cases, an exercising child needs to drink to rehydrate, and there is nothing better than water for that. Energy drinks contain a lot of caffeine, which if taken in large amounts can be dangerous for a child, experts have written in the journal Pediatrics. | 30 May 2011 |
| Begin The Summertime Grilling Season With A Food Safety Home Run Days are getting warmer, baseball season is in full swing, and Memorial Day is fast approaching-all signs that the summer cookout season is nearly upon us. As you welcome summer at your Memorial Day weekend barbecue this year, USDA reminds you that safe grilling practices are the key to making your cookout a big hit with your guests. | 30 May 2011 |
| Kids Should Not Consume Energy Drinks, And Rarely Need Sports Drinks, Says AAP Sports and energy drinks are heavily marketed to children and adolescents, but in most cases kids don't need them - and some of these products contain substances that could be harmful to children. | 30 May 2011 |
| Link Between Low Vitamin D Levels And Multiple Sclerosis Risk For African Americans In the first major study exploring the connection between vitamin D and multiple sclerosis in African Americans, a team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco has discovered that vitamin D levels in the blood are lower in African Americans who have the disease, compared to African Americans who do not. | 30 May 2011 |
| Research Adds To Evidence That Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy May Impact Malignancies And Cancers Folic acid supplements given to pregnant and breast-feeding rats reduced the rate of colon cancer in their offspring by 64 per cent, a new study has found.The research, led by Dr. Young-in Kim, a gastroenterologist at St. | 30 May 2011 |
| Palliative Care / Hospice Care News | |
| Attitudes Toward End-of-life Care: A Survey Of Cancer Patients, Family Caregivers, Oncologists And Others In Korea Attitudes toward end-of-life care for cancer patients vary, but most patients, family members, oncologists and members of the public are receptive to withdrawing futile life-sustaining treatments in people who are dying, found a Korean study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). | 30 May 2011 |
| Parkinson's Disease News | |
| People Exposed To Pesticides Near Workplace At High Risk Of Parkinson's Disease In April 2009, researchers at UCLA announced they had discovered a link between Parkinson's disease and two chemicals commonly sprayed on crops to fight pests.That epidemiological study didn't examine farmers who constantly work with pesticides but people who simply lived near where farm fields were sprayed with the fungicide maneb and the herbicide paraquat. | 30 May 2011 |
| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| Breast Feeding More Successful And Longer Lasting If Mother Has Proper Maternity Leave It is all very well telling mothers to breastfeed their babies for at least six months, but asking them to do so while trying to cope with a full time job, looking after the baby and other family and personal commitments is unrealistic and naïve. | 30 May 2011 |
| Somatom Definition Flash From Siemens For Pediatrics: Computed Tomography Without Sedation And Breath Hold, And With Very Low Dose At the Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Radiology (IPR) in London from May 28 to 31, 2011, Siemens Healthcare will for the first time show how pediatrics can benefit from the technological advances in computed tomography (CT). | 30 May 2011 |
| Energy Drinks Contain Substances That Can Harm Sporty Children In the majority of cases, an exercising child needs to drink to rehydrate, and there is nothing better than water for that. Energy drinks contain a lot of caffeine, which if taken in large amounts can be dangerous for a child, experts have written in the journal Pediatrics. | 30 May 2011 |
| Women On Longer Maternity Leaves Breastfeed Longer Despite recommendations for exclusive breastfeeding for about the first 6 months of life, the national rates of breastfeeding fall short of the Healthy People 2010 objectives. The study, "The Effect of Maternity Leave Length and Time of Return to Work on Breastfeeding," published in the June 2011 issue of Pediatrics (published online May 30), examined the effect of three factors (total maternity leave length, paid maternity leave length, and time of return to work) on breastfeeding initiation and duration. | 30 May 2011 |
| Protecting Pediatric Patients From Medical Harm With increasingly complex medical advances and rapidly evolving technology, the risk of causing unintentional harm has increased, as well. The revised American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement, "Principles of Pediatric Patient Safety: Reducing Harm Due to Medical Care," appearing in the June 2011 issue of Pediatrics (published online Monday, May 30), cites several studies including one that found seven failures to prevent a clinically important deterioration per 100 hospitalized children, another that found 100 prescribing errors per 1,000 children seen in a emergency room, and another that found three preventable adverse drug events per 100 children seen in pediatric practices. | 30 May 2011 |
| U.S. And Canadian Pediatricians Fight Tooth Decay Among Indigenous Children Early childhood tooth decay is one of the most common infectious diseases found in indigenous children in the United States and Canada, resulting in additional adverse health effects. In a new policy statement, "Early Childhood Caries in Indigenous Communities," in the June 2011 issue of Pediatrics (published online Monday, May 30), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) provide recommendations for the prevention of dental disease in young children and pregnant women, through collaboration with primary health care providers, policy makers, and public health practitioners in indigenous communities. | 30 May 2011 |
| Kids Should Not Consume Energy Drinks, And Rarely Need Sports Drinks, Says AAP Sports and energy drinks are heavily marketed to children and adolescents, but in most cases kids don't need them - and some of these products contain substances that could be harmful to children. | 30 May 2011 |
| Study Suggests New Therapeutic Targets For Virally-Induced Asthma Attacks When children with asthma get the flu, they often land in the hospital gasping for air. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have found a previously unknown biological pathway explaining why influenza induces asthma attacks. | 30 May 2011 |
| UNICEF Promotes Vaccine Pricing Transparency UNICEF is improving transparency around vaccine supply by making vaccine prices available on its website. As the largest buyer of children's vaccines, this move is in line with UNICEF's commitment to ensure that vaccine supply is sustainable and affordable. | 30 May 2011 |
| Toshiba Showcases Aquilion One Pediatric Imaging Capabilities At IPR With the potential to undergo multiple diagnostic imaging exams over one's lifetime, it is important to limit radiation and sedation for pediatric patients. Since children have a longer life expectancy and rapidly growing tissues, they are more sensitive to radiation than adults and require a CT exam tailored to their needs. | 30 May 2011 |
| The Stigma, Taboos, And Secrecy Surrounding Women's Menstrual Practices And Sanitation In Africa University of Maryland researcher Vivian Hoffmann has studied poverty, migration, and economic development in Africa and elsewhere, and she has first-hand experience with issues facing women in the developing world. | 30 May 2011 |
| Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News | |
| Drug Shortages Have Hospitals Scrambling For Alternatives Hospitals are finding themselves short of a wide range of medications more frequently and for longer. Delaying treatment is becoming less of a rarity at US hospitals today. Emergency doctors fear that soon lives will be lost when they cannot get their hands on some crucial drugs. | 30 May 2011 |
| Survey: Most Aussies Buy Prescription Medication More Than 12 Times A Year, Australia An independent consumer survey today revealed the length to which Australians rely on prescription medication, with 52% of respondents buying or refilling the products more than 12 times a year. | 30 May 2011 |
| Pharmacy / Pharmacist News | |
| Drug Shortages Have Hospitals Scrambling For Alternatives Hospitals are finding themselves short of a wide range of medications more frequently and for longer. Delaying treatment is becoming less of a rarity at US hospitals today. Emergency doctors fear that soon lives will be lost when they cannot get their hands on some crucial drugs. | 30 May 2011 |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Breast Feeding More Successful And Longer Lasting If Mother Has Proper Maternity Leave It is all very well telling mothers to breastfeed their babies for at least six months, but asking them to do so while trying to cope with a full time job, looking after the baby and other family and personal commitments is unrealistic and naïve. | 30 May 2011 |
| Pregnancy Diabetes Risk Can Be Predicted Up To Seven Years Before The risk of developing diabetes in pregnancy can be predicted up to seven years before by carefully monitoring known risk factors associated with diabetes and heart risk said researchers in California whose findings are published online today in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. | 30 May 2011 |
| Research Adds To Evidence That Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy May Impact Malignancies And Cancers Folic acid supplements given to pregnant and breast-feeding rats reduced the rate of colon cancer in their offspring by 64 per cent, a new study has found.The research, led by Dr. Young-in Kim, a gastroenterologist at St. | 30 May 2011 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| Unexplained Symptoms Eased By Acupuncture Attending frequently with medically unexplained symptoms is distressing for both patient and doctor and effective treatment or management options are limited: one in five patients have symptoms that remain unexplained by conventional medicine. | 30 May 2011 |
| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Understanding Societal Differences Conflicts and misunderstandings frequently arise between individuals from different cultures. But what makes cultures different; what makes one more restrictive and another less so?A new international study led by the University of Maryland and supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences offers insights that may help explain such cultural differences and bridge the gaps between them. | 30 May 2011 |
| Public Health News | |
| Drug Shortages Have Hospitals Scrambling For Alternatives Hospitals are finding themselves short of a wide range of medications more frequently and for longer. Delaying treatment is becoming less of a rarity at US hospitals today. Emergency doctors fear that soon lives will be lost when they cannot get their hands on some crucial drugs. | 30 May 2011 |
| No Excuse For Poor Nursing Care, Says NMC Chief Executive, UK Dickon Weir-Hughes stresses nurses and midwives accountable for care. In response to Care Quality Commission (CQC) reports on the care of older people, NMC Chief Executive and Registrar, Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes said: " There is no excuse for unsafe care in any circumstance. | 30 May 2011 |
| Families Planning Water Activities This Summer, But Two In Ten Lack Good Swimming Skills Two in ten people planning to swim, boat or fish this summer cannot swim well, according to a new national survey by the American Red Cross.Nearly 8 in 10 households (78 percent) are planning at least one water-related recreational activity this summer such as swimming, boating and fishing. | 30 May 2011 |
| New World-Class Biomedical Research Unit To Be Launched, UK The Medical Research Council (MRC) Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (LEU) at the University of Southampton, previously known as the MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre (ERC) in Southampton, is to be formally renamed at a special ceremony next week. | 30 May 2011 |
| Improving Health Via Virtual Natural Environments A new position paper by researchers at the European Centre for the Environment and Human Health (ECEHH - part of the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry) and the University of Birmingham has compared the benefits of interaction with actual and virtual natural environments and concluded that the development of accurate simulations are likely to be beneficial to those who cannot interact with nature because of infirmity or other limitations: but virtual worlds are not a substitute for the real thing. | 30 May 2011 |
| Dr Steve Hambleton Formally Takes Over As Federal AMA President Brisbane GP, Dr Steve Hambleton, today officially took over as Federal President of the Australian Medical Association. Dr Hambleton commenced full-time general practice in Queensland in 1987, and has been working at the same general practice in the Brisbane suburb of Kedron since 1988. | 30 May 2011 |
| The Human Impacts Of Rising Oceans Will Extend Well Beyond Coasts Identifying the human impact of rising sea levels is far more complex than just looking at coastal cities on a map.Rather, estimates that are based on current, static population data can greatly misrepresent the true extent - and the pronounced variability - of the human toll of climate change, say University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers. | 30 May 2011 |
| New Study Finds That Medicare Beneficiaries With Higher Medical Spending Have Better Health Outcomes A new study from George Mason University and the Urban Institute reveals that greater spending on medical services means better overall health for Medicare participants. Health Administration and Policy Professor Jack Hadley and his co-authors, Urban Institute researchers Timothy Waidmann, Stephen Zuckerman, and Robert Berenson, analyzed data from more than 17,000 Medicare beneficiaries to draw this conclusion. | 30 May 2011 |
| The Stigma, Taboos, And Secrecy Surrounding Women's Menstrual Practices And Sanitation In Africa University of Maryland researcher Vivian Hoffmann has studied poverty, migration, and economic development in Africa and elsewhere, and she has first-hand experience with issues facing women in the developing world. | 30 May 2011 |
| People Exposed To Pesticides Near Workplace At High Risk Of Parkinson's Disease In April 2009, researchers at UCLA announced they had discovered a link between Parkinson's disease and two chemicals commonly sprayed on crops to fight pests.That epidemiological study didn't examine farmers who constantly work with pesticides but people who simply lived near where farm fields were sprayed with the fungicide maneb and the herbicide paraquat. | 30 May 2011 |
| Understanding Societal Differences Conflicts and misunderstandings frequently arise between individuals from different cultures. But what makes cultures different; what makes one more restrictive and another less so?A new international study led by the University of Maryland and supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences offers insights that may help explain such cultural differences and bridge the gaps between them. | 30 May 2011 |
| Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News | |
| Somatom Definition Flash From Siemens For Pediatrics: Computed Tomography Without Sedation And Breath Hold, And With Very Low Dose At the Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Radiology (IPR) in London from May 28 to 31, 2011, Siemens Healthcare will for the first time show how pediatrics can benefit from the technological advances in computed tomography (CT). | 30 May 2011 |
| Toshiba Showcases Aquilion One Pediatric Imaging Capabilities At IPR With the potential to undergo multiple diagnostic imaging exams over one's lifetime, it is important to limit radiation and sedation for pediatric patients. Since children have a longer life expectancy and rapidly growing tissues, they are more sensitive to radiation than adults and require a CT exam tailored to their needs. | 30 May 2011 |
| Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News | |
| Help For Patients Suffering From Delirium Adults with dementia and delirium may soon have a way to combat their delirium, thanks to a $2.4 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health."Delirium is prevalent in people with dementia," said Ann Kolanowski, Elouise Ross Eberly Professor of Nursing, Penn State. | 30 May 2011 |
| Respiratory / Asthma News | |
| WHO Encouraged By Anti-tobacco Moves Worldwide, But Says Much More Needs To Be Done While celebrating World No Tobacco Day with encouraging words on progress made to stem the growth of tobacco usage globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) says enormous challenges still remain for the public health treaty to really do what it was created for - to become the planet's most powerful tobacco control tool. | 30 May 2011 |
| Study Suggests New Therapeutic Targets For Virally-Induced Asthma Attacks When children with asthma get the flu, they often land in the hospital gasping for air. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have found a previously unknown biological pathway explaining why influenza induces asthma attacks. | 30 May 2011 |
| Seniors / Aging News | |
| No Excuse For Poor Nursing Care, Says NMC Chief Executive, UK Dickon Weir-Hughes stresses nurses and midwives accountable for care. In response to Care Quality Commission (CQC) reports on the care of older people, NMC Chief Executive and Registrar, Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes said: " There is no excuse for unsafe care in any circumstance. | 30 May 2011 |
| Help For Patients Suffering From Delirium Adults with dementia and delirium may soon have a way to combat their delirium, thanks to a $2.4 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health."Delirium is prevalent in people with dementia," said Ann Kolanowski, Elouise Ross Eberly Professor of Nursing, Penn State. | 30 May 2011 |
| Smoking / Quit Smoking News | |
| WHO Encouraged By Anti-tobacco Moves Worldwide, But Says Much More Needs To Be Done While celebrating World No Tobacco Day with encouraging words on progress made to stem the growth of tobacco usage globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) says enormous challenges still remain for the public health treaty to really do what it was created for - to become the planet's most powerful tobacco control tool. | 30 May 2011 |
| Research Reveals Smokers View Nicotine As Addictive As Cocaine To mark World No Tobacco Day tomorrow, a new survey reveals smokers themselves perceive nicotine to be more addictive than cocaine and only marginally less addictive than heroin1. Smoking is in fact a chronic, relapsing medical condition2 but 60% of smokers who have tried to quit at least three times have never sought medical help or treatment1 and despite recognising the severity of their dependence, smokers typically battle their addiction to smoking with just willpower alone3. | 30 May 2011 |
| World No Tobacco Day 2011 Celebrates WHO Framework Convention On Tobacco Control On World No Tobacco Day (31 May), WHO celebrates the successes of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in the fight against the epidemic of tobacco use. At the same time, WHO recognizes that challenges remain for the public health treaty to reach its full potential as the world's most powerful tobacco control tool. | 30 May 2011 |
| Tobacco Industry Efforts To Weaken Global Health Treaty Must Be Stopped A legally binding treaty [1] to curb the devastating global tobacco epidemic has had amazing successes since its implementation six years ago, yet but more could be achieved if lobbying activity by the tobacco industry to undermine the treaty was curtailed, said ASH to mark World No Tobacco Day 2011. | 30 May 2011 |
| Sports Medicine / Fitness News | |
| Energy Drinks Contain Substances That Can Harm Sporty Children In the majority of cases, an exercising child needs to drink to rehydrate, and there is nothing better than water for that. Energy drinks contain a lot of caffeine, which if taken in large amounts can be dangerous for a child, experts have written in the journal Pediatrics. | 30 May 2011 |
| Research Suggests Long Warm-Ups Can Sabotage Race Performance University of Calgary Faculty of Kinesiology researcher Elias Tomaras says the idea came to him while watching track and field sprinters warm-up for a race. "If you watch sprinters, short distance speed skaters or cyclists before their race, they will often warm-up for one to two hours, including several brief bouts of high intensity exercise. | 30 May 2011 |
| Kids Should Not Consume Energy Drinks, And Rarely Need Sports Drinks, Says AAP Sports and energy drinks are heavily marketed to children and adolescents, but in most cases kids don't need them - and some of these products contain substances that could be harmful to children. | 30 May 2011 |
| Stem Cell Research News | |
| Neurons Created Directly From Skin Cells Of Humans The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) - a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing cures for major diseases through stem cell research - has applauded the announcement by Stanford University scientists, led by NYSCF - Robertson Investigator Dr. | 30 May 2011 |
| Vascular News | |
| Novel Pathway Regulating Angiogenesis May Fight Retinal Disease, Cancers 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. | 30 May 2011 |
| The Search For An Effective Treatment For Critical Limb Ischaemia Continues As Phase 3 Trial Of Novel Gene Therapy Shows No Benefit Despite showing promising results in a recent phase 2 trial, administration of a novel gene therapy (NV1FGF) to enhance the growth of new blood vessels in people with critical limb ischaemia (whose legs are damaged when blocked arteries lead to a lack of blood flow), does not reduce amputation or death, according to the results of the phase 3 TAMARIS trial. | 30 May 2011 |
| Veterans / Ex-Servicemen News | |
| Substandard Hygiene Practices At Some VA Hospitals Over the last 24 months 13,000 veterans have been advised to have a blood test to check for infections caused by lack of hygiene at VA hospitals in Tennessee, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio and Florida. | 30 May 2011 |
| Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News | |
| People Exposed To Pesticides Near Workplace At High Risk Of Parkinson's Disease In April 2009, researchers at UCLA announced they had discovered a link between Parkinson's disease and two chemicals commonly sprayed on crops to fight pests.That epidemiological study didn't examine farmers who constantly work with pesticides but people who simply lived near where farm fields were sprayed with the fungicide maneb and the herbicide paraquat. | 30 May 2011 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| New Breast Screening Guidelines Leave 80% Of Women Uneasy Over four-fifths of women feel uneasy about being told that routine breast cancer screening for the under 50s is not obligatory. Guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in 2009 upped the minimum age from which women should routinely be screened for breast cancer from 40 to 50 years, and also said that screening should occur every two years up to the age of 74. | 30 May 2011 |
| Women On Longer Maternity Leaves Breastfeed Longer Despite recommendations for exclusive breastfeeding for about the first 6 months of life, the national rates of breastfeeding fall short of the Healthy People 2010 objectives. The study, "The Effect of Maternity Leave Length and Time of Return to Work on Breastfeeding," published in the June 2011 issue of Pediatrics (published online May 30), examined the effect of three factors (total maternity leave length, paid maternity leave length, and time of return to work) on breastfeeding initiation and duration. | 30 May 2011 |
| Pregnancy Diabetes Risk Can Be Predicted Up To Seven Years Before The risk of developing diabetes in pregnancy can be predicted up to seven years before by carefully monitoring known risk factors associated with diabetes and heart risk said researchers in California whose findings are published online today in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. | 30 May 2011 |
| The Stigma, Taboos, And Secrecy Surrounding Women's Menstrual Practices And Sanitation In Africa University of Maryland researcher Vivian Hoffmann has studied poverty, migration, and economic development in Africa and elsewhere, and she has first-hand experience with issues facing women in the developing world. | 30 May 2011 |
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