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Nice's decision not to approve the liver cancer drug Nexavar is painful but necessary
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The difficult truth is that Nexavar is an expensive drug that extends life by on average less than three months writes Rebecca Smith.
Source: Telegraph Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: nexavar .liver cancer drug Nice health NHS Source Type: news
Management of Venous Thromboembolism and the Potential to Impact Overall Survival in Patients With CancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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How can clinicians improve on the prevention and treatment of potentially fatal venous thromboembolism in the patient with cancer? Pharmacotherapy
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharmacist Source Type: news
Clinical Budgeting And Contracting Excellence Strategies That Empower Investigators And Support Patient Enrollment 7-8 Dec, 2009, Princeton New JerseyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Alarming trends captured in clinical study metrics show the glaring discrepancy between the miniscule number of sites that are able to enroll the amount of patients study sponsors are requesting and the amount of sites that cannot.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Conferences Source Type: news
Health Overhaul Triggers Debate About What Lies Ahead For The Children's Health ProgramEmail this article to a colleague.
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Kaiser Health News staff writer Mary Agnes Carey reports on the future of the Children's Health Insurance Program. One of its staunchest backers, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, "isn't ready to see it swallowed up by a new health insurance marketplace designed by Congress" (11/17). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
School-based H1N1 Influenza Clinics To Begin For K-3 Students, AlabamaEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Alabama Department of Public Health will begin offering nasal mist flu vaccine to kindergarten through third grade students in Alabama schools at voluntary H1N1 influenza vaccination clinics. A few clinics will begin the week of Nov. 23, but the majority will be held beginning the week of Nov. 30-Dec. 5.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
Bill Requiring Baltimore Crisis Pregnancy Centers To Post Disclaimers Moving Through City CouncilEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Baltimore bill (FID 09-0406) to require crisis pregnancy centers to post signs stating that they do not provide abortion services is progressing through the City Council, WBAL reports. The council voted 12-3 in favor of the bill, which now moves on to a third and final vote.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Source Type: news
CDC Lifts HPV Vaccination Requirement For Young Female ImmigrantsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Starting Dec. 14, the U.S. will no longer require female immigrants seeking permanent resident status to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports. The new rule revises July 2008 guidelines that required female immigrants ages 11 through 26 seeking legal U.S.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Source Type: news
Mental Health America Endorses Nomination Of Chai Feldblum As EEOC CommissionerEmail this article to a colleague.
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"Mental Health America is pleased to endorse the nomination of Chai Feldblum to serve as a commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental Health Source Type: news
International Event At Queen's Focuses On Male InfertilityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Male infertility and tackling falling birth rates across Europe will be among the topics addressed at this year's British Andrology Society's annual conference at Queen's University in Belfast.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Fertility Source Type: news
Don't Let The Flu Ruin Your HolidayEmail this article to a colleague.
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With H1N1 flu causing illness all across the country, the American Red Cross has some steps to take that will lessen the chances of getting sick over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend. "Thanksgiving is a time to enjoy being with family, not to be in bed with the flu," said Sharon Stanley, chief nurse of the American Red Cross.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
Immune System Activated In SchizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered that patients with recent-onset schizophrenia have higher levels of inflammatory substances in their brains. Their findings offer hope of being able to treat schizophrenia with drugs that affect the immune system.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Schizophrenia Source Type: news
Introverts Experience More Health ProblemsEmail this article to a colleague.
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People who experience a lot of negative emotions and do not express these experience more health problems, says Dutch researcher Aline Pelle. She discovered that heart failure patients with a negative outlook reported their complaints to a physician or nurse far less often. The personality of the partner can also exert a considerable influence on these patients.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
In A Flash: New Flash CT Reduces Radiation Dose By Up To 90%Email this article to a colleague.
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NYU Langone Medical Center is the first hospital in the Northeast to offer one of the world's fastest and most radiation dose efficient computed tomography (CT) scanner. The Siemens SOMATOM Definition Flash can image ten times as fast as other clinical units, with an up to 90% dose reduction in radiation compared to conventional imaging.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Source Type: news
Cognitive Dysfunction Reversed In Mouse Model Of Down's SyndromeEmail this article to a colleague.
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A study by neuroscientist William C. Mobley, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues at Stanford University Medical School has demonstrated a possible new approach to slowing the inevitable progression of cognitive decline found in Down's syndrome.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Overexpression Of Sodium/Calcium Exchanger Protein Alone Did Not Cause Heart FailureEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers from the Center for Translational Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University have found that the overexpression of a sodium/calcium exchanger, without changes in other ion transport pathways commonly observed in heart failure, does not by itself lead to contraction abnormalities in the heart.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
Good News On Multiple Sclerosis And PregnancyEmail this article to a colleague.
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There is good news for women with multiple sclerosis (MS) who are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant. A new study shows that pregnant women with multiple sclerosis are only slightly more likely to have cesarean deliveries and babies with a poor prenatal growth rate than women who do not have MS.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Multiple Sclerosis Source Type: news
Have Egg Allergy? You May Still Be Candidate For Flu Vaccines, Says AllergistEmail this article to a colleague.
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As flu season got underway this fall, Dr. Catherine Monteleone, an allergist, noticed that her office started to receive an unusually high number of calls from people with egg allergy. They previously had avoided flu vaccines because of their sensitivity to eggs.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
Scientific Link To Autism IdentifiedEmail this article to a colleague.
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During its research into the application of neuroscience in business, a New Jersey based think tank, The Center for Modeling Optimal Outcomes®, LLC (The Center) made an inadvertent and amazing discovery. The Center examined the neuroscientific dynamics of logic and emotion in decision making while researching neuroscience in business.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Autism Source Type: news
CNSBio Inc. To Present Latest Clinical Trial Data For CNSB015 At Neuropathic Pain Conference In San FranciscoEmail this article to a colleague.
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CNSBio Inc. will present recent Phase IIa proof-of-concept clinical trial data for CNSB015, an orally administered potassium channel modulator used in combination with opioids for the treatment of neuropathic pain, at the 12th International Conference on the Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain on November 20-21, 2009 in San Francisco, CA. Dr.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news
Epiphany Announces Positive Results From Its Phase 2b Trial In ShinglesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Epiphany Biosciences announced results from its Phase 2b dose-ranging study of EPB-348 (valomaciclovir) in patients with shingles (herpes zoster) infection. The study's primary endpoint was non-inferiority of once-daily valomaciclovir compared to thrice-daily valacyclovir in terms of time to complete crusting of the shingles rash.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Seniors / Aging Source Type: news
Merz Pharmaceuticals Announces Approval Of Post-stroke Upper Limb Spasticity Indication For Xeomin(R) In The EUEmail this article to a colleague.
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Merz Pharmaceuticals announced Xeomin®, the first botulinum toxin type A free from complexing proteins has been granted an extension of indication for post-stroke spasticity of the upper limb presenting with flexed wrist and clenched fist in adults in various European countries.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Results From Two Phase II Trials Add To Understanding Of Ticagrelor (BRILINTA(TM)) And How It Works In The BodyEmail this article to a colleague.
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AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) announced the results of the phase II studies, ONSET/OFFSET and RESPOND for ticagrelor (BRILINTA(TM)) at the annual American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions in Orlando, FL,(1,2) with ONSET/OFFSET study results being simultaneously published in the medical journal Circulation.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
Zydena Is Efficacious In Once Daily Dosing For Erectile Dysfunction/Positive BPH ResultsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Dong-A PharmTech, Co. Ltd. announced that it has completed a 240 patient once-a-day dosing clinical study of udenafil, its new long acting phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitor for erectile dysfunction (ED).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Erectile Dysfunction / Premature Ejaculation Source Type: news
Radiation Breakthrough Gives Breast Cancer Patients Hope In Single DoseEmail this article to a colleague.
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A radiation breakthrough to treat breast cancer patients in one day, as opposed to the current average of six weeks, has arrived at Cancer Treatment Centers of America(R) (CTCA) in Philadelphia. CTCA will become the first in the country to offer this treatment option using the Novac7 technology from Rome, Italy.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news
Hope over Down's learning problemEmail this article to a colleague.
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US researchers find key to reverse the memory problems of Down's children.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Abortion Rights At Center Of Debate In Mass. Senate RaceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conflicts over Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) antiabortion amendment to the House health reform bill (HR 3962) have helped put the issue of abortion rights at "center stage" in Massachusetts' special election to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D), Politico reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Abortion Source Type: news
US Mammogram Policy Will Not Change Says Health SecretaryEmail this article to a colleague.
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US secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a statement saying that the government policy on what age routine screening mammograms should begin has not changed, following a recent task force recommendation that routine screening mammograms should start at age 50 and not age 40.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Preventive Medicine Source Type: news
Levels Of Bad Cholesterol Falling In US, But Still Too Many Unscreened And UntreatedEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new study published this week found that the proportion of American adults with high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL or "bad") cholesterol fell by around one third between 1999 and 2006, but concluded that too many are still not being screened or treated for the condition.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cholesterol Source Type: news
Endologix Receives IDE Approval For Fully Percutaneous Approach To EVAREmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Vascular Source Type: news
Sangamo BioSciences Provides Update On Phase 1 Safety Trial Of SB-728-T For HIV/AIDSEmail this article to a colleague.
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Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) announced that data from the University of Pennsylvania investigator sponsored Phase 1 safety study of Sangamo's zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) based product, SB-728-T, for HIV/AIDS were inadvertently and prematurely disclosed on the internet.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
Crestor® Reduced Risk Of Cardiovascular Events In Women By Nearly Half In New Analysis Of Jupiter StudyEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new analysis of 6,801 women in the JUPITER study showed CRESTOR® (rosuvastatin calcium) 20 mg significantly reduced cardiovascular (CV) events (defined as the combined risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, arterial revascularization, hospitalization for unstable angina, or death from CV causes) by nearly half (46 percent; p=0.002 vs.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Aldagen Announces Clinical Data For ALD-201 For Ischemic Heart Failure Presented At AHAEmail this article to a colleague.
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Aldagen, Inc. announced that results from a Phase 1 clinical trial of ALD-201, a cell therapy being developed as a treatment for ischemic heart failure, were presented at AHA. In the study, ALD-201 was found to be well-tolerated and to improve myocardial perfusion. The data were presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009 by Emerson C.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
Tackling Diabetes Bullying, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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From 16 to 20 November it is National Anti-Bullying Week, a campaign run by the Anti-Bullying Alliance to raise awareness of bullying and to send the clear message that it is neither acceptable nor inevitable.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news
Don't Add An ER Visit To Your Holiday PlansEmail this article to a colleague.
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Visiting is a big part of the Thanksgiving holiday. But one place you don't want to stop by is the Emergency Department. "Most people who come in over that four-day period are here for fever, back pain, abdominal pain and chest pain," explains Abhi Mehrotra, M.D.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
HHS Employs New Tougher Standards In Calculation Of Improper Medicare Payment Rates For 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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As part of the Obama Administration's goal of reducing waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) significantly revised and improved its calculations of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) error rates in 2009, reflecting a more complete accounting of Medicare's improper payments than in past years.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news
Five Tips For Surviving The HolidaysEmail this article to a colleague.
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Finally! It's the holiday season! We get a break from work, visit family, watch football games, eat great food. And the other time-honored tradition: we get to stress out. And with unemployment across the country rising, many people might truly have a blue, blue Christmas.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Media Coverage Of New Mammography Guidelines Confusing To Some, Says ExpertEmail this article to a colleague.
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The public may have problems this week sorting through news articles about a government task force's opposition to routine mammograms for women under 50 and articles about breast cancer survivors touting the benefits of early mammograms.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news
Common Pain Relief Medication May Encourage Cancer GrowthEmail this article to a colleague.
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Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate the growth and spread of cancer cells.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news
Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week Warning To Rogue Gas Fitters, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Rogue gas fitters are being warned that they will be taken to task over shoddy jobs that risk lives. The Health and Safety Executive is using Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week (16-20 November) to renew its commitment to bring them to justice. According to provisional figures, HSE successfully prosecuted 28 people for breaching gas legislation in 2008/09, covering 66 separate offences.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
NHS Confederation Statement On The Queen's SpeechEmail this article to a colleague.
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Commenting on the Queen's Speech and the Government's plans to enshrine maximum waiting times through secondary legislation, Steve Barnett, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents over 95 per cent of NHS organisations, said: "It is a major departure for a government in this coun
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Scientists Find Molecular Trigger That Helps Prevent Aging And DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine set out to address a question that has been challenging scientists for years: How do dietary restriction-and the reverse, overconsumption-produce protective effects against aging and disease? An answer lies in a two-part study led by Charles Mobbs, PhD,
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Hospital Report Cards Do Not Appear To Result In Significant ImprovementsEmail this article to a colleague.
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An analysis of quality of cardiac care following the public release of data on measures of care at hospitals in Ontario, Canada, did not result in significant systemwide improvement in hospitals' performance on most quality of care indicators, according to a study to be published in the December 2 issue of JAMA.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Two Thirds Of Brits Do Not Know The Difference Between Type 1 And Type 2 DiabetesEmail this article to a colleague.
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New research out today reveals that less than a third of UK residents (30 per cent) know of type 1 diabetes with a further 59 per cent confusing the autoimmune condition with type 2 diabetes - which can be related to obesity and lack of exercise. Men are the most uneducated about the condition, with only 28 per cent correctly identifying it compared with 32 per cent of women.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news
World Food Programme Calls For Citizen Action To Feed The One Billion HungryEmail this article to a colleague.
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At a time when funds to feed the hungry are hard to come by, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today urged ordinary people to put food on the table of the world's hungry by supporting the "Billion for a Billion" online campaign.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Groups At High Risk Of H1N1 Influenza A Should Avoid Travelling To 2009 HAJJEmail this article to a colleague.
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Some 2.5 million pilgrims are expected at holy sites in Saudi Arabia for the 2009 Hajj, expected to begin around November 25. To combat the threat posed by H1N1 influenza A, the Saudi Arabian Health Ministry has issued public health recommendations, including recommending groups at highest risk of contracting H1N1 postpone their pilgrimage to a later year when the threat is reduced.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
People Looking For Information On Cancer Say Variety Is Key, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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PEOPLE looking for detailed information about cancer outside of hospitals need a range of different information sources, reveals a Cancer Research UK survey published in the November issue of Cancer Nursing Practice*.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news
Early Research Into The Role Of Vitamin D Suggests It May Ease Symptoms Of MSEmail this article to a colleague.
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Australian researchers have presented findings at a national scientific conference for medical research in Hobart, Australia that suggests vitamin D may play a role in preventing relapses in people with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Multiple Sclerosis Source Type: news
The King's Fund Statement On The Free Personal Care Bill, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Commenting on today's announcement of a Free Personal Care at Home Bill, Niall Dickson, chief executive of The King's Fund, said: 'This government deserves credit for at last putting social care funding near the top of the political agenda. The fact that ministers are committed to fundamental change in this critical area is also good news.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
New Nursing Education Standards Address The Care Of People With DementiaEmail this article to a colleague.
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The NMC has been addressing many of the issues raised in the Alzheimer's society report Counting the Cost: caring for people with dementia on hospital wards as part of our review of pre-registration nursing education. Our review, which recently highlighted the need for future nurses to be educated to degree level, will help to prepare them for the challenges of caring for people with dementia.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alzheimer's / Dementia Source Type: news
American Red Cross Launches "Gifts That Save The Day" Holiday CampaignEmail this article to a colleague.
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Many people are cutting back on gift-buying, parties and travel this holiday season, but support for charitable giving remains strong as people believe it is more important this year to give to charities because of the economy, according to a new national survey for the American Red Cross.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Aid / Disasters Source Type: news
