Ralph d. feigin, 70; pediatrician built baylor and texas children's hospital into major teaching institutions
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Dr. Ralph D. Feigin, the pediatrician who built the Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital into major teaching and research institutions and who wrote the book on children's infectious diseases, died Aug. 14 at The Methodist Hospital in Houston. He was 70. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medicare overpaid for prescription drugs with new generic versions because of delay in incorporating new prices into payment calculations
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Medicare overpaid for irinotecan, a cancer drug sold by Pfizer under the name Campostar, by $6.5 million in March because of a delay in updating its pricing formula, according to a report released on Tuesday by the HHS Office of Inspector General, Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.s. salmonella outbreak appears to be over
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The government said Thursday that the salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 1,440 people appears to be over, but its ultimate source may never be known, partly because of shortcomings in the nation's food safety system. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Wsj examines concerns over large not-for-profit hospital system in southwestern virginia
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The Wall Street Journal on Thursday profiled Carilion Health System, a large not-for-profit hospital system in southwestern Virginia that critics maintain has created a monopoly on health care services in the area. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Personal relationships increase donations
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- People tend to be more sympathetic to people suffering from the same misfortune as a friend, U.S. researchers said. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Marginalized populations should be focus of hiv prevention efforts, opinion piece says
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Although the U.S. has "relatively abundant resources available to those living with HIV," socioeconomic gaps continue to lead to higher rates of the virus among marginalized groups in the country, Christine Jolly, president of AIDS Care Service, writes in a Winston-Salem Journal opinion piece. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Infectious disease research institute receives $6.3 million niaid grant to study tb vaccine
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Seattle's Infectious Disease Research Institute on Tuesday announced it has received a $6.3 million grant from NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study a new tuberculosis vaccine, the Puget Sound Business Journal reports (Puget Sound Business Journal, 8/27). (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Highly active antiretroviral therapy might increase risk of asthma in young children
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy might increase the risk of asthma among children because of the therapy's effect on the immune system and CD4+ T cell levels, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Reuters reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uganda facing challenges with its efforts to prevent mother-to-child hiv transmission
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Mother-to-child HIV transmission rates remain high in Uganda, despite services made available by the government to prevent MTCT, IRIN/PlusNews reports. Government figures estimate 20,000 children contract the virus annually, accounting for 42% of all new cases in the country, according to IRIN/PlusNews. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kansas american indian tribe declares health care emergency, requests funds from ihs
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The Kickapoo American Indian tribe in Kansas has declared a health care emergency and has requested $150,000 from Indian Health Services, the AP/Kansas City Star reports (AP/Kansas City Star, 8/27). (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ghana to hold seminar aimed at increasing ngo capacity to fight hiv/aids, tb, malaria
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The African Grassroots NGO Capacity Building Seminar -- scheduled for Sept. 15 to Sept. 17 in Accra, Ghana -- aims to increase fundraising and program implementation capacity of 60 nongovernmental organizations in Africa working to address HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria on the continent, This Day reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hiv spreading in new york city at about three times the national rate, study finds
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HIV is spreading in New York City at about three times the national rate, with an incidence of 72 new HIV infections per 100,000 people, compared with 23 new infections per 100,000 people nationwide, according to a study released Wednesday by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the New York Times reports (Chan, New York Times, 8/28). (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Men better at sex after their team wins
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LAKEVILLE, Pa., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Nearly 30 percent of U.S. men think sex is better after their football team wins and 10 percent say they have bad sex after a loss, a survey indicates. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Common treatment to delay labor decreases preterm infants' risk for cerebral palsy
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Source: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
Employee well-being based on pay rank
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COVENTRY, England, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Employee well-being is dependent upon the rank of an individual's wage in a group, as opposed to the individual's absolute pay, British researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Parents need to plan for kids home alone
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CINCINNATI, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A U.S. safety expert advises parents to prepare ahead of time to keep children safe when kids are home alone after school. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bassinet sales halted after deaths of two infants
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In the first test of its powers under a sweeping product-safety law, the Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday directed retailers to pull bassinets linked to the deaths of two infants off store shelves and give customers a refund. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health)
Source: washingtonpost.com - Health - August 29, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Annys Shin Tags: Bassinet Sales Halted After Deaths of Two Infants Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Don Mays Ed Rogers Julie Vallese Rick Locker Kansas Barry Barbash Bethesda Charles Kelly Chicago Ed Mathias Nancy Cowles Reading (Pennsylvania) Source Type: news
War, mom behaviors hurt afghan kid health
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Poor child health in Afghanistan can be linked not just to war, but also to a lack of maternal education and autonomy, researchers said. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Protein linked to chemo-drug resistance
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have linked a genetic variant of a protein to resistance to the chemotherapy drug cisplatin. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ldl apheresis: can it lower ldl cholesterol?
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LDL apheresis may be an effective treatment for very high LDL cholesterol.
Sponsored by:Chemotherapy.com - http://www.chemotherapy.com (Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist)
Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Carers 'need more financial help'
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The government must provide more money to help Britain's six million unpaid carers, MPs say. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Politics Source Type: news
Give family carers ?110 a week wages, mps demand
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Relatives of the sick and elderly should be paid a salary of up to ?110 a week for looking after them, MPs are demanding. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Antipsychotic drugs 'raise stroke risk'
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DEMENTIA patients given antipsychotic drugs have a far higher risk of stroke than other people, regardless of the type of medication they are on, researchers said. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New assault on dementia
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TREATMENT and early diagnosis of dementia could be improved through a £1 million investment to be announced today by the Scottish Government. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Village hit by seven cases of e coli 0157
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AN INVESTIGATION is under way into seven cases of E coli in a single Aberdeenshire village. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Q & a: ewan bell
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THE consultant with NHS Dumfries and Galloway comments on Scotland's obesity crisis following the publication of a "fat map", which showed Shetland has the highest (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
If you are born and raised in calton you can expect to die at 54
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GROWING up in Calton, a deprived pocket in the east end of Glasgow, Steven Francis Hewitt never knew of bad habits. For him, the culture of pubs, takeaway food and palls of ci (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Antipsychotic drugs double stroke risk: study
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LONDON (Reuters) - People taking antipsychotic drugs are nearly twice as likely to have a stroke compared to those not on the treatment, British researchers reported on Friday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Us measles increase due to declining vaccinations
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Parents who object to the measles vaccine for religious or other reasons appear to be driving an increase in measles cases in the United States, according to the CDC. Clinicians need to remind patients that measles does not always run a benign course and can cause significant morbidity, even death, say public health experts. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Cancer spread 'happens earlier'
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Apparently "normal" cells may carry cancer to new sites long before a tumour develops, scientists say. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Antipsychotic drug 'stroke risk'
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More people than previously thought could be at higher risk of a stroke from antipsychotic drugs, a study claims. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
'huge contrasts' in devolved nhs
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Separate health policies across the UK are leading to wide differences for patients, it is claimed. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Weight-loss camps invite families to come along
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It took Kelsey Galer four weeks at a weight-loss camp to lose 9 pounds. It took her dad just three days to start acting like ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study: 12 percent of indian deaths due to alcohol
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Almost 12 percent of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related -- more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal report says. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
Respiratory problems in childhood linked to anxiety in later life
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People who suffer from respiratory problems in early life face an increased risk of developing anxiety disorders in adulthood, US study findings suggest. (Source: MedWire News - Consumer Health)
Source: MedWire News - Consumer Health - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nature's essence to foray into retail; expand foreign presence
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Beauty and healthcare products maker Nature's Essence is planning to venture into the organised retail business. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Aihi to launch media campaign on aids
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Australian International Health Institute (AIHI) has decided to launch a multi pronged media campaign in Nagaland and Manipur to fight stigma and discrimination toward HIV/AIDS. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Number, percentage of uninsured u.s. residents decreased in 2007, according to u.s. census bureau
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The number and percentage of uninsured U.S. residents declined in 2007 to 45.7 million people, or 15.3% of the population, according to an annual U.S. Census Bureau report released Tuesday, USA Today reports (Cauchon/Appleby, USA Today, 8/27). In 2006, 47 million people were uninsured, or 15.8% of the population (Alonso-Zaldivar, AP/Kansas City Star, 8/26). For the report, researchers analyzed data from the Current Population Survey of the 50 states and Washington, D.C. (U.S. Census Bureau release, 8/26). The survey found that: The number of people with health insurance increased to 253.4 million in 2007 from 249.8 million...
Source: kaisernetwork.org: Health Policy Daily Report - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Daily Health Policy Report Source Type: news
Shots are nothing to shy away from with the right approach
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"Getting shots may seem burdensome and even downright scary to some children, but they protect children against dangerous and deadly diseases." (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Thiazolidinediones - diabetes drugs carry significant cardiovascular risks
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A class of oral drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes may significantly increase the risk of serious cardiovascular events, according to an editorial published online in Heart Wednesday by two Wake Forest University School of Medicine faculty members. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Magnesium sulfate decreases preterm infants' risk for cerebral palsy
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Preterm infants born to mothers receiving intravenous magnesium sulfate - a common treatment to delay labor - are less likely to develop cerebral palsy than are preterm infants whose mothers do not receive it, report researchers in a large National Institutes of Health research network. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Low levels of 'brain derived neurotrophic factor' may lead to obesity
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A brain chemical that plays a role in long term memory also appears to be involved in regulating how much people eat and their likelihood of becoming obese, according to a National Institutes of Health study of a rare genetic condition. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Takeda and affymax provide update for hematide in chemotherapy-induced anemia
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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Affymax, Inc. today announced their agreement to suspend co-development of Hematide to treat chemotherapy-induced anemia and to focus all development efforts for Hematide on the treatment of chronic kidney disease related anemia. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fda grants ind for davanat to treat breast cancer patient
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Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application for use of Davanat in combination with 5-FU to treat a breast cancer patient at the Brown Cancer Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Davanat also is being administered in Phase II clinical trials for first-line treatment of colorectal and biliary cancer patients. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New cutting edge laser technology provides view into body's chemical messenger system
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Researchers at The University of Nottingham have developed a unique technology that will allow scientists to look at microscopic activity within the body's chemical messenger system for the very first time, live as it happens. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New beta-blocker for heart disease and angina
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Researchers at The University of Nottingham have been awarded £2.8 million by the Wellcome Trust to develop a new drug that could ease the suffering of hundreds of thousands of heart disease patients who are unable to take beta-blockers. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Barr receives u.s. approval for generic razadyne tablets
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Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc., received final approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to manufacture and market a generic version of Ortho McNeil Janssen's Razadyne (galantamine hydrobromide), 4 mg, 8 mg and 12 mg tablets. Barr intends to launch its generic Razadyne tablets product immediately. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ortho-mcneil to appeal patent ruling on razadyne
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Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it will appeal yesterday's decision by the U.S. District Court of Delaware, which ruled the patent for Razadyne (galantamine hydrobromide) is invalid. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Researchers devise means to create blood by discovering earliest form of human blood stem cells
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Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered the earliest form of human blood stem cells and deciphered the mechanism by which these embryonic stem cells replicate and grow. They also found a surprising biological marker that pinpoints these stem cells, which serve as the progenitors for red blood cells and lymphocytes. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
When good cells turn bad
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Non-cancerous mammary cells in mice can take up residence in the lungs and later form tumours. (Source: news@nature.com)
Source: news@nature.com - August 28, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: journals
