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Pregnancy increases size of women's feet
IOWA CITY, Iowa, March 3 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers confirm what many women have long suspected -- pregnancy permanently changes the size and shape of their feet.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Baby With H.I.V. Is Reported Cured
If further study shows the procedure works in other infants, it could lead to more aggressive treatment of babies infected at birth and a sharp reduction in the number of children living with H.I.V.
Source: NYT Health - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ANDREW POLLACK and DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Babies and Infants Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research Tests (Medical) amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research Source Type: news

For First Time, Baby Is Cured of H.I.V., Doctors Say
If further study shows the procedure works in other infants, it could lead to more aggressive treatment of babies infected at birth and a sharp reduction in the number of children living with H.I.V.
Source: NYT Health - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ANDREW POLLACK and DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Babies and Infants Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research Tests (Medical) amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research Source Type: news

Baby born with AIDS virus appears to have been cured
Scientists announced Sunday child from Mississippi could be the world's second reported cure
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Medicare doctors' pay to be cut
The nation's Medicare doctors, already facing higher costs and sluggish revenue, now face a pay cut because of the automatic spending cuts that were triggered Friday.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sir David Nicholson protected by 'neutered' Francis report
Civil servants "neutered" the final version of the Francis report into the Stafford hospital scandal, with the effect of protecting the embattled chief executive of the NHS, a leading expert has claimed.
Source: Telegraph Health - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: david nicholson mid staffs francis report NHS stafford Source Type: news

Researchers Describe 1st 'Functional Cure' of HIV in Baby
More studies needed to see if it's really a breakthough in fight against AIDS Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS and Pregnancy
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Baby With HIV Cured After Early Treatment
A baby born with the AIDS virus appears to have been cured after being treated with an aggressive regimen of drugs just after her birth 2½ years ago.
Source: WSJ.com: Health - March 3, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

EHRs Underused For Hospital Infection Reporting
“Not only are electronic health records (EHRs) and health information exchange (HIE) underutilized by those on the front lines of preventing and reporting infections, many infection control professionals are unaware of their own employers’ health IT capabilities, newly published research suggests. In a survey conducted by informatics researchers at the Regenstrief Institute and the affiliated Indiana [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - March 3, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Health Information Exchange Hospitals Reporting Source Type: news

BPA found in almost all moms and children
NEW YORK, March 3 (UPI) -- Bisphenol-A -- a chemical found in plastics -- was detected in at least 94 percent of urine samples in U.S. urban mothers and children, researchers say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Scientists Report First Cure of HIV In A Child, Say It's A Game-Changer
Scientists say a Mississippi child has been cured of HIV. The research findings, released Sunday, could help cure other HIV-infected newborns.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Researchers: Toddler cured of HIV
A 2-year-old Mississippi girl is the first child to be "functionally cured" of HIV, researchers announced Sunday.
Source: CNN.com - Health - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

With a broken promise, the government has handed the NHS over to the market | Clive Peedell
Reassurances on clinicians and local people controlling how services are commissioned look likely to be overturnedThe NHS needs to be reformed to remain true to its founding principles; the question is how. International evidence suggests that increasing marketisation and privatisation of healthcare services leads to greater expenditure, greater variations in care, reduced access to services, and erosion of professional standards. On that basis, the reforms have been heading in the wrong direction for a long time, with all the major political parties supporting policies that increase the role of the private sector in the N...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 3, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Clive Peedell Tags: Comment The Guardian Society Politics Privatisation NHS Andrew Lansley Comment is free Source Type: news

As NHS services are privatised, vital aspects of care will fall between contracts | Fred Kavalier
The emphasis upon box-ticking, bean-counting, target-meeting doesn't leave any time for those important, but unmeasurable aspects of doctoringLast week's inquest into the death of a seven-week-old Axel Peanberg King highlighted the role of the private sector in the NHS. Axel's mother had talked to a private Harmoni doctor on the phone just hours before he died. She had been offered a non-urgent appointment for him to see a doctor. By the time she arrived for the appointment, it was too late to save his life.Two years ago the contract for GP out-of-hours services in north London was given to the private company Harmoni, and...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 3, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Fred Kavalier Tags: Comment The Guardian Doctors Health Society Privatisation NHS Comment is free Source Type: news

Treating Hypertension May Affect Vision Loss in GlaucomaTreating Hypertension May Affect Vision Loss in Glaucoma
A new study suggests that vision in normal-tension glaucoma can worsen with overtreatment of hypertension. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology News Source Type: news

King Edward VII Hospital: a long association with royalty
Over the years many members of the Royal family have undergone treatment at the King Edward VII hospital, where the Queen has been taken.
Source: Telegraph Health - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Queen Elizabeth II Hospitalized With Gastroenteritis
Queen Elizabeth II has been admitted to hospital with a stomach bug, Buckingham Palace informed yesterday. A palace spokesperson said she was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital with symptoms of gastroenteritis. According to Buckingham Palace, the Queen has been hospitalized as a precaution, while an assessment of the symptoms of her gastroenteritis is made. The Queen's official engagements for this week, which include a trip to Rome, Italy, will either be postponed or cancelled. She had been resting at Windsor Palace where she carried out a medal presentation...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Queen likely to be dehydrated
Dehydration is by far the most common reason why people are admitted to hospital while suffering from gastroenteritis, which causes vomiting and diarrhoea.
Source: Telegraph Health - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: queen gastorenteritis hospital stomach bug Source Type: news

Sir Ranulph Fiennes: Diabetes link to Antarctica injury
The suspected onset of diabetes may have been behind the frostbite that forced explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes to pull out of an Antarctica expedition, he tells the BBC.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'People in danger' from NHS changes
Opening up the NHS to greater competition from private firms could put patients in danger from a "fragmented" health service, the chair of the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges insists.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Queen in hospital with stomach bug
The Queen is in hospital as a precaution, while she is assessed for symptoms of gastroenteritis, Buckingham Palace says.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Turning It Down: Cities Combat Light Pollution By Going Dim
Advocates say the developed world's desire to light up the night is having some unintended consequences. This summer, Paris will try dimming its street lights, turning it into the City of [Fewer] Lights.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What is gastroenteritis?
Gastroenteritis is an infection of the stomach and bowel, with the most common symptoms vomiting and diarrhoeaGastroenteritis is an infection of the stomach and bowel. The most common symptoms are vomiting and repeated episodes of diarrhoea.The two most common causes of gastroenteritis in adults in England are the norovirus and food poisoning.The infection interferes with one of the main functions of the intestines – the absorption of water from the contents of a patient's intestines into the body. This is why the most common symptom of gastroenteritis is watery diarrhoea and why dehydration is a common complication.Most...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 3, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Health guardian.co.uk UK news The Queen Editorial Monarchy Source Type: news

Nurses hear bullets as they provide care
Nurses on Chicago's South Side sometimes hear gunfire as they travel through dangerous neighborhoods to treat patients at home. Trailing a few steps behind them is a security officer with a loaded gun.
Source: CNN.com - Health - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The Sunday Blues: Some US states don't seem to realize Prohibition is over | Heather Long
80 years after Prohibition, many states still restrict when and where adults buy alcoholIt's Sunday. In the year 2013. In the US, a country that is incredibly concerned about making it easy to buy guns – and just about everything else – except alcohol.According to the history books, America's Prohibition only lasted from 1920 to 1933. There are plenty of stories of the days of jazz and gangsters and bootleg liquor. What you don't hear as much about is that Prohibition has had a funny way of sticking around.You still can't purchase any alcohol products – no beer, wine or liquor – at an Indiana store on Sundays. It's...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 3, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Heather Long Tags: Comment Pennsylvania Beer Wine guardian.co.uk Utah Minnesota Alcohol Bars and clubs Indiana Comment is free Source Type: news

Pregnancy author Heidi Murkoff on grandchildren
The author of "What to Expect When You're Expecting," the Bible for moms-to-be, discovers a new wrinkle in motherhood
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dangerous TB Patient Detained on U.S. Border
A man's three-month odyssey through 13 countries before being detained at the U.S. border shows how dangerous diseases can migrate across the world.
Source: WSJ.com: Health - March 3, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Ob-Gyn Group Lists Procedures That May Not Be Needed
As part of the 'Choosing Wisely' campaign, ACOG asks docs, patients to question certain practices Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Talking With Your Doctor, Women's Health, Women's Health Checkup
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

After Delay, SpaceX Dragon Reaches Space Station
Mechanical difficulties after Friday's launch pushed back the capture of the unmanned capsule by a day. The Dragon will stay in place until the end of March, after dropping off 1,200 pounds of supplies, and return with more than twice that amount.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dermatologists Improve Melanoma PrognosisDermatologists Improve Melanoma Prognosis
A one-time screening for melanoma in the general population of adults older than 50 years has been shown to be cost-effective. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news

NHS watchdog to tackle malnutrition in hospitals
Department of Health acts after reports that over 1,000 people have starved to death in NHS hospitals in past four yearsThe Department of Health has said it is "unacceptable" for patients to go hungry or be malnourished in hospitals, and has increased the number of unannounced inspections by the care watchdog to tackle the issue.The announcement was made after it was reported that 1,165 people have starved to death in NHS hospitals over the past four years.The Sunday Express said figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that for every patient who dies from malnutrition, four more have dehydration mentioned ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 3, 2013 Category: Science Tags: News Health guardian.co.uk Health policy Society NHS Source Type: news

Uganda: Where Have All the Medical Workers Gone?
[New Vision]he state minister for general duties in the health ministry, Sarah Kataike, on February 19, 2013, told Parliament that over 4,000 health workers had turned down government appointments at health centre IIIs and IVs.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 3, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Polio - Another Case-Study in Intimidation
[Daily Trust]By now it is common knowledge that the three young journalists involved in airing a programme connected to the polio immunisation in Kano have all resigned their appointments. This was just before the radio station itself, Wazobia FM, had its licence withdrawn by the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, over what was termed as unethical conduct. In over two decades of being a journalist I am yet to know when airing a simple reporter's diary, an unfavourable incident which happened in the course of a day's wo
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 3, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Kaduna Engages Police, SSS During Polio Immunization Exercises
[Daily Trust]Kaduna -Kaduna State government said it has engaged the services of the Nigeria Police Force and the State Security Services (SSS) during polio eradication exercises.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 3, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: What Is the Recommended Dose of Polio Vaccine?
[Daily Trust]Once again, one cannot help but stoke the embers of the polio controversy by asking questions on the dose of polio vaccine being shot into our children, routinely, like food. I was incensed when I read in the Thursday, 25th January 2007, edition of Daily Trust an advert form Rotary International calling on people to submit their children as guinea pigs for another nebulous round of immunisation, which we know no end of.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 3, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

VIDEO: Inmates record song for brain cancer victim
A charity single recorded by prison inmates will be released tomorrow to raise money for a campaign to highlight the symptoms of brain tumours.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Rwanda: WWE Divas to Fight Malaria
[New Times]WWE Divas Alicia Fox and Natalya are in the country visiting refugee camps as part of their alliance with the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign to help raise awareness and funds to fight malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 3, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Rwanda: Changes At King Faisal Hospital Timely
[New Times]The government has decided to grant King Faisal Hospital full autonomy in order to make it more productive.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 3, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

PTSD Commonly Follows Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Twenty-three percent of women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer have PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms, researchers from the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The PTSD cancer diagnosis association is especially noticeable among African-American and Asian women, as well as females under the age of fifty years, the authors added...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news

Breast Cancer Diagnosis Linked To PTSD Risk
Twenty-three percent of women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer have PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms, researchers from the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The PTSD cancer diagnosis association is especially noticeable among African-American and Asian women, the authors added...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news

Time To Get Serious About Treatment Of Drug Dependence
Failure to treat drug dependence effectively is leading to unnecessary deaths and soaring social costs, according to drug rehabilitation specialists. Effective treatment combines medication with psychosocial support, however around half of drug dependent patients in Europe are not offered any psychosocial intervention according to new data from the pan-EU EQUATOR survey (The European Quality Audit of Opioid Treatment). Speaking at a London Summit on opioid dependence, Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Farrukh Alam said that every Â£1 ($1...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

Dealing With Medication Errors - EMA Calls For Coordinated EU Approach
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) conducted a workshop aimed at a coordinated EU approach to tackling medication errors, which included proposals on how such errors are reported and prevented. EMA says that national patient safety authorities, EMA, the European Commission and national competent authorities need to liaise closely to tackle the issue of medication errors which cause considerable harm in Europe. EMA wrote today, at the end of the workshop which started on 28th February, that "This collaboration should engage patients and healthcare professionals...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Source Type: news

Mobile Game App Could Help Drive Cancer Research
A collaboration project between Cancer Research UK and the Citizen Science Alliance is focusing on creating a new mobile game app that could accelerate cures for cancer. The new and exciting idea will let people use their smartphones to play a fun game that will also provide important scientific data for researchers. A total of forty computer programmers, gamers, and specialists will participate in an event called 'GameJam' and use Cancer Research UK's raw gene data to develop a game format, which has a working title 'GeneRun'...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news

Mutation Location Is The Key To Prognosis
The three most important factors in real estate are location, location, location, and the same might be said for mutations in the gene MECP2, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital in a report in the journal Cell. "Where a mutation occurs can affect the severity of the symptoms of the disease," said Dr. Huda Zoghbi, professor of molecular and human genetics at BCM and director of the NRI...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news

Dyslexic Children Benefit From Action Video Games
Much to the chagrin of parents who think their kids should spend less time playing video games and more time studying, time spent playing action video games can actually make dyslexic children read better. In fact, 12 hours of video game play did more for reading skills than is normally achieved with a year of spontaneous reading development or demanding traditional reading treatments. The evidence, appearing in the Cell Press journal Current Biology, follows from earlier work by the same team linking dyslexia to early problems with visual attention rather than language skills...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dyslexia Source Type: news

Protein Link To STI Susceptibility Discovered
Monash Institute of Medical Research scientists have found a protein in the female reproductive tract that protects against sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) such as chlamydia and herpes simplex virus (HSV). It is estimated that 450 million people worldwide are newly infected with STIs each year. Chlamydia has the highest infection rate of all the STIs reported in Australia...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Sexual Health / STDs Source Type: news

In Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients, Antibody Response Linked With Rejection
A transplanted kidney has a finite life expectancy because it often becomes the target of the recipient's immune system, which may mount antibodies that attack the organ. Because there is a critical need to extend the life of transplanted organs - especially in children, who can face two to three kidney transplants in their lifetime - researchers recently examined the role of this antibody-mediated injury in rejection and the effectiveness of medications to prevent it. Their findings are reported in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplants / Organ Donations Source Type: news

Lung Ultrasound Detects Congestion In Dialysis Patients May Help Save Lives
Asymptomatic lung congestion increases dialysis patients' risks of dying prematurely or experiencing heart attacks or other cardiac events, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The study also found that using lung ultrasound to detect this congestion helps identify patients at risk. Lung congestion due to fluid accumulation is highly prevalent among kidney failure patients on dialysis, but it often doesn't cause any symptoms...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology / Nephrology Source Type: news

Growth Factor Identified That Is Essential To Medulloblastoma
A multi-institutional team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has identified a molecular pathway that appears to be essential for the growth and spread of medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children. In their report in the journal Cell, they show that blocking this pathway - which involves interactions between tumor cells and the surrounding tissues - leads to regression of all four molecular subtypes of medulloblastoma in several mouse models...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news