Voltaren gel, a new topical prescription drug for joint pain
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I read about a topical form of diclofenac called Voltaren Gel. It is supposed to be applied to the skin over painful joints such as the knee. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Restore physical vitality with yoga's downward facing dog
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Practicing yoga can help restore your physical vitality and emotional balance. The various postures are powerful tools to strengthen and stretch your entire body at any age and fitness level. Here is a simple way to do downward facing dog if your back and legs are tight. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A diabetic turns to the tattoo as medical i.d.
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A personalized design reflects his vocation and defines his illness.
THE TATTOO machine's loud buzzing would shock the hairs on my upper arm in different directions if they hadn't just been shaved off to create a smooth surface. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Flying discs turn exercise into play
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Reviewed: Innova Valkyrie golf disc; Hyperflite Jawz dog disc; Aerobie Pro, the Astonishing Flying Ring; Wham-O Frisbee Pro-Classic
In the 51 years since a company called Wham-O made a plastic saucer and named it Frisbee, we've gotten disc golf, a team disc sport called Ultimate and even an annual World Canine Disc Championship, featuring disc-catching dogs performing jaw-dropping aerial gymnastics. Those dogs are on to something. As you twist your body, whip your arm, then run after and catch a flying disc, you stretch your muscles, strengthen your back, build coordination and burn as muc...
Source: L.A. Times - Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'the doctors' talk show adds depth to medical drama
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The new syndicated show takes a personal, expert approach to healthcare while delivering entertainment value.
"The Doctors," CBS, premiering Sept. 8. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pre-diabetes is worth treating
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Millions of Americans fall in between normal blood glucose levels and diabetic. Treatment, including exercise, better diet and weight loss, may prevent the full-on disease.
DIAGNOSING disease is not always a black-and-white undertaking. There is often a gray zone between sickness and health -- a time when, technically speaking, people can't be classified as either diseased or well. Diabetes serves as a perfect example -- so much so that the gray zone has earned its own name: pre-diabetes. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Curcumin's anti-inflammatory powers are unproven
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Curcumin supplements are hitting store shelves as the compound found in turmeric is being touted as a possible treatment to Alzheimer's and cancer. But scientists agree more research is needed.
The products: Humans have long believed in an almost magical connection between strong flavors and good health. The burn from the hot pepper? It must be energizing the body. The pungent tang of a raw oyster? It must be energizing a very particular part of the body. And the zingy sweetness of an Indian curry? For centuries, people in India have believed that the spice turmeric can ease digestive dist...
Source: L.A. Times - Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Brain function gets a boost from walking
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Two new studies spell out benefits for people recovering from in strokes as well as for those 50 and older.
Walking is good for your head. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How a 'happiness' guide helped one topanga canyon family
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Happiness, and finding more of it, has been on the minds of Adam and Kelly Radinsky for about a year now. The couple, who are married and live in Topanga Canyon with their two children, had a strong hunch that being happier was within reach. They read up on the subject and took action. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The science of happiness
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Being happy has always seemed like a good idea. But now science, with research to back it up, can finally show us how to get there.
True or false: (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How sexually transmitted diseases up hiv infection risk
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Scientists have for the first time described how sexually transmitted diseases increase an individual's risk of becoming infected with HIV. Grandma remedies (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New approach to "re-sensitize" treatment resistant tumours
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Researchers from Georgetown University Medical Centre have suggested a new approach that can "re-sensitize" tumours, which have become resistant to treatment, thus allowing anti-hormonal drugs to do their job once again. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Regina family vaccinated after rabid bat found
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Members of a Regina family are being vaccinated as a precaution after finding a rabid bat in their home. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hot technology that could change health care
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Advances in health care run the gamut from mind-boggling medicines to simple web solutions that, if adopted, could slice huge slabs of fat from a bloated system. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Harper sets terms for probe into listeria outbreak
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper has set the terms for an independent investigation into the recent Listeria outbreak that has killed at least 13 people across the country. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Safety in numbers for cyclists
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It seems paradoxical but the more people ride bicycles on our city streets, the less likely they are to be injured in traffic accidents. International research reveals that as cycling participation increases, a cyclist is far less likely to collide with a motor vehicle or suffer injury and death - and what's true for cyclists is true for pedestrians. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Novadel announces data from pilot efficacy study comparing sumatriptan oral spray to imitrex(r) tablets
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NovaDel Pharma Inc. (AMEX: NVD), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing oral spray formulations for a broad range of marketed treatments, today announced data from its Pilot Efficacy Study of its Oral Spray formulation of sumatriptan (Sumatriptan OS) compared to sumatriptan tablets, marketed as Imitrex®/Imigran®, the leading triptan indicated for the treatment of migraine headaches. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Headache / Migraine Source Type: news
Minister clement announces reappointment to the canadian institutes of health research
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The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, today announced the reappointment of Arnold Steinberg as a member of the Governing Council for the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), for a three year term. "Mr. Steinberg has already made a significant contribution having acted as Chair of the Governing Council while a new president was being sought," said Minister Clement. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
West nile virus claims 3rd californian
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SAN BERNADINO, Calif., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The third person to die of West Nile disease in California this year had from pre-existing conditions that may have hastened his death, officials said. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Yerkes researchers create animal model of chronic stress
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In an effort to better understand how chronic stress affects the human body, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, have created an animal model that shows how chronic stress affects behavior, physiology and reproduction. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anxiety / Stress Source Type: news
Nims' acceleration therapeutic platform: potential non-invasive home treatment of coronary artery disease
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Marvin A Sackner, M.D., CEO, Chairman of the Board, Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Government of canada and province of british columbia collaborate on addictions treatment programs in vancouver's downtown eastside
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Individuals living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside will benefit from two new treatment services thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada. The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, and the Honourable George Abbott, B.C. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news
Spa spot: elemis quartz lift facial
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Turn back time with a line-fighting facial at Green Street House, Bath. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Women with hormone disorder may benefit from acupuncture
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Getting pregnant with her first child was difficult, but when Rebecca Killmeyer of Charlottesville, Va. experienced a miscarriage during her second pregnancy, she wasn't sure if she would ever have another baby. When she decided to enter a study testing the impact of acupuncture on women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) at the University of Virginia Health System, she came out with a miracle. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine Source Type: news
University of california irvine extension introduces "tourette's syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other anxiety disorders"
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Millions of children across the United States suffer from disorders such as Tourette's Syndrome and anxiety disorders, including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - conditions which often affect their performance in school on both social and academic levels. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
Situation worsens for children as relief measures falter in horn crisis
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Children, already casualties of the complex drought, food price and conflict crisis unfolding in the Horn of Africa, are suffering severe effects of the lack of food, water and medical care. Three million children in the arid, marginalized region are at risk of death, disease or the long-term consequences of malnutrition. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
Immune system cell signaling detected by new nano device
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Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Immune System / Vaccines Source Type: news
Cypher® sirolimus-eluting coronary stent comparable to bypass surgery in key safety measures in patients with diabetes and multi-vessel disease
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Data from the largest randomized trial of its kind performed to date indicate that the use of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with the CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent was comparable to bypass surgery (coronary artery bypass grafting or CABG) in key safety endpoints in patients with multi-vessel disease and diabetes. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news
Pharmacy white paper consultation on legislative changes
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In response to the Pharmacy White Paper related consultation on legislative changes published on 27 August, the NPA has called for new money to be made available for future pharmacy services and for a clear timetable to be put in place for a more ordered entry of businesses into the pharmacy market. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharmacy / Pharmacist Source Type: news
Paralympic athletes add equality to their goals
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Many Paralympians criticize the U.S. Olympic program for giving them fewer benefits than Olympians receive. (Source: NYT > Health)
Source: NYT > Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ALAN SCHWARZ Tags: Paralympic Games United States Olympic Committee Iniguez, Tony Source Type: news
Judge to unseal documents on the eli lilly drug zyprexa
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A federal judge in Brooklyn decided to unseal confidential materials about Eli Lilly’s top-selling antipsychotic drug, citing questions about the way drugs are approved for new uses. (Source: NYT > Health)
Source: NYT > Health - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH Tags: Zyprexa (Drug) Medicine and Health Lilly, Eli, & Co Federal District Courts Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Source Type: news
Improving public safety in the skies
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University of Texas professor Constantine Caramanis and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on a air traffic decision-making system that rapidly adapts its flight recommendations without human input based on thousands of changing variables. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: IT / Internet / E-mail Source Type: news
Amgen and wyeth statement on the fda safety announcement regarding tumor necrosis factor (tnf) blockers
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Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), issued a statement in response to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety announcement regarding opportunistic fungal infections in patients treated with Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) blockers [marketed as Remicade&r (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Arthritis / Rheumatology Source Type: news
Unicef relief efforts continue in bihar, india, as estimates of flood affected rise to over 3 million
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With the number of people affected by the flooding in the Bihar state of India now estimated at three million, UNICEF continues its relief operation in what it describes as a "grim humanitarian situation". Tens of thousands of people, including many children, may still be stranded in remote areas, says the children's agency. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Aid / Disasters Source Type: news
Research suggests that cigarettes' power may not be in nicotine itself
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There may be a very good reason why coffee and cigarettes often seem to go hand in hand. A Kansas State University psychology professor's research suggests that nicotine's power may be in how it enhances other experiences. For a smoker who enjoys drinking coffee, the nicotine may make a cup of joe even better. And that may explain why smoking is so hard to quit. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Smoking / Quit Smoking Source Type: news
First day of ovarian cancer symposium focuses on early detection - ovarian cancer research symposium
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Leading ovarian cancer researchers and clinicians from around the world gathered at the Ovarian Cancer Research Symposium today to hear about cutting-edge developments that may increase the chances of early detection of the disease. Dr. Patricia Kruk, from the University of South Florida, presented her research that could lead to using a non-invasive urine test for detecting ovarian cancer. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news
Handling, transfer and transport of waste consultation - pharmacy bodies comment
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The NPA is one of five bodies representing community pharmacy businesses that have submitted a joint response to the second consultation carried out by DEFRA on the Handling, Transfer and Transport of Waste. The consultation seeks views on the measures needed to reduce the incidence of fly-tipping and inappropriate disposal of waste. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharmacy / Pharmacist Source Type: news
Chemists identify sources of smoke smudging mexico city's air
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Mexico City once topped lists of places with the worst air pollution in the world. Although efforts to curb emissions have improved the situation, tiny particles called aerosols still clog the air. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Source Type: news
Spectranetics announces federal investigation, usa
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Spectranetics Corporation (Nasdaq:SPNC) was jointly served by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this morning with a search warrant issued by the United States District Court, District of Colorado. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Malpractice / Litigation Source Type: news
15-month-old gavin denied care by his insurer pacific source
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"My 15-month-old son Gavin was recently denied by Pacific Source insurance in Oregon due to the fact that he has recently gotten ear tubes - of all things," Nixie Krusee of Portland, Ore., writes. "He has been fighting ear infections for the past eight months and by doctor's recommendations he had ear tubes placed in both ears. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
Usp's 2008 annual scientific meeting to convene scientific experts from around the world
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The U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention's 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) will be held in Kansas City, Mo., September 24 to 26. The meeting is an opportunity to interact with the USP experts responsible for establishing internationally recognized standards for prescription and over-the-counter medicines, food ingredients and dietary supplements. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Source Type: news
Elan and biogen idec initiate first clinical trial of tysabri(r) in oncology - first multiple myeloma patient treated
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The objectives of this Phase I/II study are to evaluate the safety and potential anti-tumor activity of TYSABRI in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lymphoma / Leukemia Source Type: news
Moving people is changing its name to 'time to change'
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You may have heard that Moving People, the major anti-discrimination programme in mental health, has been looking for a new name - and you may have helped find one by taking part in one of our surveys. The programme, in which Mind is a partner along with Mental Health Media, Rethink and the Institute of Psychiatry, is now delighted to be able to unveil our new identity - Time to Change. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental Health Source Type: news
Gene associated with pair-bonding in animals has similar effects in human males
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Variation in the gene for one of the receptors for the hormone vasopressin appears to be associated with how human males bond with their partners, according to an international team of researchers. The researchers found that the "334" allele of a common AVPR1A variation, the human version of avpr1a studied in voles, seemed to have negative effects on men's relationship with their spouses. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Biology / Biochemistry Source Type: news
Inverness medical launches portable blood testing monitor to warn patients and their physicians of potential blood clots
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Inverness Medical Physician Diagnostics Group, a division of Inverness Medical Innovations, announced the launch of the INRatio®2 PT/INR Monitoring System, a portable device that measures blood-clotting time, also known as prothrombin time, using one drop of blood from a patient's finger. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Blood / Hematology Source Type: news
Nursing regulator to develop new standards for nursing education
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A new framework for pre-registration nursing education is to be developed with a view to ensuring that the new nurse of tomorrow is able to work safely and effectively to meet the needs of the people in their care as the delivery of healthcare services continues to change. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
Elderly benefit from cholesterol drugs to lower risk of stroke
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Elderly people who take a cholesterol drug after a stroke or mini-stroke lower their risk of having another stroke just as much as younger people in the same situation, according to research published in the September 3, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke / Neuroprotection Source Type: news
Identification of structure of key epigenetics component
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Scientists from the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) have determined the 3D structure of a key protein component involved in enabling "epigenetic code" to be copied accurately from cell to cell. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news
An essential and comprehensive report on biopharmaceuticals in the us and european markets, by research and markets
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Biopharmaceuticals in the US and European Markets" report to their offering. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Source Type: news
Mildly infected diabetic foot ulcers - oculus innovative sciences holds successful end-of-phase ii meeting with fda for microcyn(r) technology
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Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCLS) announced that the company held a successful End-of-Phase II meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on August 29, 2008. Following a review of the Phase II data on Microcyn® Technology for the treatment of mildly infected diabetic foot ulcers, the FDA agreed: - Oculus may move forward into the pivotal phase of its U.S. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news
