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07/02/2009 01:00 PM
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FDA Panel Votes To Restrict Acetaminophen
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An advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted on Tuesday to recommend new restrictions on the popular pain relief drug acetaminophen (known in many other countries as paracetamol), which is found in many US top selling over the counter medications such as Tylenol, aspirin-free Anacin, Excedrin, and also in prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet.
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07/02/2009 09:00 AM
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Minimise Risks Of Phone Consultations, Warns Summons, Scotland
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GP phone consultations carry definite risks, warns an article in the current edition of Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) magazine Summons today (Thursday, 2 July). Latest data suggests that between a tenth and a fifth of all daytime contacts between patients and GP surgeries are by phone, says the article, by GP and GP trainer Dr Malcolm Thomas.
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07/02/2009 09:00 AM
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New UK Drive To End Malaria Deaths
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An additional 30 million bed nets, the development of life-saving new treatments and new funding to increase access to anti-malarial drugs are announced today in a package of measures by International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, as the UK continues its fight to rid the world of malaria.
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07/02/2009 09:00 AM
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HCL Welcomes Government Proposals For More Flexible NHS, UK
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HCL plc, the UK's largest health and social care recruitment agency, said the Government's proposals to reform the NHS by devolving power to frontline professionals and patients will mean a greater need for flexible staffing and more collaboration between the public and private sectors.
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07/02/2009 09:00 AM
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How Do I Know If I Need Knee Replacement Surgery?
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Most knee replacement patients are between the ages of 60 and 80 years old. In some cases, younger patients with traumatic knee injuries may also require a total knee replacement. However the most common diagnosis is osteoarthritis. If you are prevented from carrying out your everyday activities due to pain or discomfort in the knee, then you may have arthritis of some kind.
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07/02/2009 09:00 AM
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Occupational Therapist Suspended For Lack Of Competence
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Occupational therapist, Ms Hannah McIlhinney has been suspended from the HPC Register for lack of competence whilst working for the Greater Glasgow & Clyde NHS trust.
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07/02/2009 09:00 AM
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Governor Rell: State Of Connecticut To Receive $3.75 Million Grant To Enhance Heath Care Access For At-Risk Mothers
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Governor M. Jodi Rell announced that the State of Connecticut is receiving $3.75 million federal grant to expand access to health care in Hartford for low-income women nearing childbirth to ensure their newborns get a healthy start. "Our children are our most precious resource and the health of a child is intrinsic to the health of the mother," stated Governor Rell.
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07/02/2009 09:00 AM
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Connecticut Health Department Urges Food Safety When Grilling Outdoors
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Summer is the season for sizzling - steaks, chicken, ribs, veggie kabobs and much more. The Connecticut Department of Public Health reminds everyone that food safety is essential when grilling outdoors and offers tips to ensure that family barbecues and backyard picnics remain fun, healthy outings.
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07/02/2009 09:00 AM
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Illinois Department Of Public Health Director Offers Tips For A Safe And Healthy Holiday Weekend
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Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold wants to remind you of some steps you can take to ensure a safe and healthy Fourth of July. Food Safety Picnics and cookouts top the list of summer activities. But remember, special precautions need to be taken when preparing and serving food during warm weather to avoid foodborne illnesses like salmonellosis.
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07/02/2009 09:00 AM
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Provectus Pharmaceuticals Completes Patient Accrual In Initial Phase 2 Study Of PH-10 For Atopic Dermatitis
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Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC BB: PVCT), a development-stage oncology and dermatology biopharmaceutical company, has completed patient accrual for its Phase 2 study of PH-10 for atopic dermatitis. PH-10 is the Company's topical drug for the treatment of dermatologic diseases, including atopic dermatitis, a chronic skin condition that includes some forms of eczema.
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07/02/2009 09:00 AM
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Saint Barnabas Medical Center Is Only Hospital In New Jersey To Offer Clinical Trial For The Treatment Of Recurrent Chest Wall Breast Cancer
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Some patients who suffer from recurrent cancer at the chest wall now have another option. The Radiation Oncology Department at Saint Barnabas Medical Center is one of a few hospitals nationwide to participate in a study which combines the use of the heat-sensitive chemotherapeutic agent ThermoDox® with microwave hyperthermia, or heat.
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07/02/2009 09:00 AM
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Today's Selection Of Opinions And Editorials
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Comparative-Effectiveness Research - Implications of the Federal Coordinating Council's Report The New England Journal Of Medicine Comparative patient-centered information is essential to translating new discoveries into better health outcomes, accelerating the application of beneficial innovations,
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07/02/2009 09:00 AM
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'Underinsured' Face Financial And Coverage Problems
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Health care is increasingly expensive, including for the insured, and many insurance plans offer only limited benefits and a false sense of security. The New York Times reports that "an estimated three-quarters of people who are pushed into personal bankruptcy by medical problems actually had insurance when they got sick or were injured.
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07/02/2009 09:00 AM
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Wal-Mart Backs Employer Mandate On Insurance
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"In a major break with most other large companies, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Tuesday told the White House that it supports requiring employers to provide health insurance to workers, a centerpiece of President Barack Obama's effort to provide near-universal coverage to Americans," The Wall Street Journal reports.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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Take Care Health Systems Expands Treatment For Skin Conditions And Minor Injuries
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Take Care Health Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens (NYSE:WAG) (NASDAQ:WAG) and the largest and most comprehensive provider of convenient care clinics and worksite health and wellness centers in the country, is now offering a new set of procedures for skin conditions and minor injury treatments.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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Liver Transplantation After Drug Induced Acute Liver Failure Examined By Study
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Liver transplantation offers a good chance for survival for patients with drug induced acute liver failure, however, certain pre-transplant factors are associated with worse outcomes. Patients who are on life support, who have elevated serum creatinine, and children whose liver failure was caused by antiepileptic drugs did not fare as well after transplantation.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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Pfizer Updates CHANTIX(R) (varenicline) Labeling In The United States
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Pfizer Inc announced that it has updated the U.S. product labeling for CHANTIX® (varenicline), a prescription aid to smoking cessation treatment, to communicate important safety information in a boxed warning as well as in revised warnings and precautions. These updates are based on post-marketing reports and are being made in agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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Schizophrenia Linked For First Time To Chromosome Region In Study Led By Stanford Scientists
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Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have played a major role in an international effort that has shown, for the first time, that modern genetic technologies can solve the riddle of how gene variations lead to schizophrenia.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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Immune System Link To Schizophrenia Identified By UCLA Collaboration
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Schizophrenia is a devastating mental disease, thought to be caused by the interaction of both genetic and environmental factors. Because there is no biochemical test that can identify the disorder, physicians rely upon the recognition of its symptoms - which can include auditory hallucinations and paranoia - in order to make their diagnosis.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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Sucampo Reports Top-Line Results Of Phase 2 Clinical Trial Of Cobiprostone For Prevention Of NSAID-Induced Gastrointestinal Injuries
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Sucampo Pharma Americas, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCMP), today reported top-line results from its phase 2 clinical trial of orally administered cobiprostone for the prevention of gastric ulcers and other gastrointestinal injuries in patients treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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Sepracor Provides Update On Clinical Trials For SEP-225289 And LUNESTA(R) Pediatrics
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Sepracor Inc. (Nasdaq: SEPR) announced that it has completed the analysis and validation of the preliminary results of a Phase II, 514-patient study evaluating the efficacy and safety of SEP-225289 for the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder, including patients with melancholic and atypical features.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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Longevity Of Dental Fillings May Be Increased By Nanotechnology
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Tooth-colored fillings may be more attractive than silver ones, but the bonds between the white filling and the tooth quickly age and degrade. A Medical College of Georgia researcher hopes a new nanotechnology technique will extend the fillings' longevity.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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Texas Department Of State Health Services Urges Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Precautions
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The Texas Department of State Health Services is reminding swimmers and skiers to take precautions to avoid infection from Naegleria fowleri, an ameba assumed to be present in all rivers, lakes, ponds, tanks and streams. The ameba can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, an infection of the brain. Though PAM is rare, it is almost always fatal.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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State Senior And Disabilities Services Responds To Federal Review
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The state Division of Senior and Disabilities Services is working this summer in coordination with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to improve its compliance with federal standards in the areas of Home and Community Based Medicaid Waivers and Personal Care Services (Personal Care Assistance).
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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MorphoSys And The University Of Melbourne File New Patent Applications In MOR103 Program
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MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX) and the University of Melbourne announced today an agreement to cooperate on investigating new therapeutic applications for MorphoSys's MOR103 program. MOR103, a HuCAL antibody against human GM-CSF (Granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor), is currently in development for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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An Increase In Indigenous Medical Students Will Help Close The Gap, Australia
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The Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) Global Health Conference continues today, with the focus turning towards our own backyard. Medical Students will join leaders in Indigenous health to discuss and debate possible strategies to address the 17-year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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Alzheimer's Research Yields Potential Drug Target
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Scientists at UC Santa Barbara and several other institutions have found laboratory evidence that a cluster of peptides may be the toxic agent in Alzheimer's disease. Scientists say the discovery may lead to new drugs for the disease.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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New Product For Pfizer Specialty Takes Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension To Heart
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Pfizer Australia announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the local distribution rights for THELIN® (Sitaxentan sodium), an oral, once-daily highly selective endothelin receptor antagonist, indicated for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in patients with NYHA/WHO Functional Class III symptoms to improve exercise ability.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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Colorado Medicaid Cuts Some Services For Developmentally Disabled
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"Cuts to Medicaid benefits for hundreds of developmentally disabled people in Colorado take effect today, a move that will be devastating, caretakers and advocates say," The Gazette reports. "Annual payments for services such as transportation and work programs are being cut by at least half for about 700 Coloradans with developmental disabilities ...
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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Two Doctors Share Their Expectations For Health Reform
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Two doctors with over 30 years of experience spoke with National Public Radio about how medicine has changed over their careers, and what they expect to see come out of the current health reform debate. Dr. Greg Darrow, a family physician from New Mexico who favors a single-payer system, said the demands of the business-side of his group practice often interfere with the quality of his care.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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New Poll Suggests Slim Majority Favors Obama Plan
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A new poll conducted by CNN and the Opinion Research Corporation released Wednesday says that 51 percent of people favor the president's health reform plan while 45 percent oppose it, CNN reports.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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Michigan Report Shows Decline In Teen Pregnancy, Improvement In Prenatal Care
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Michigan from 1992 to 2007 experienced improvements in rates of teenage pregnancies, smoking among pregnant women, and six other indicators of maternal and infant health, though there was an increase in out-of-wedlock births and low-birthweight infants, according to a Michigan League for Human Services report issued Tuesday, the Detroit News reports.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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NARAL Endorses Sen. Gillibrand's 2010 Bid For Full Senate Term
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NARAL Pro-Choice America on Monday announced its endorsement of appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in her bid for a full term in 2010, Politico reports. New York Gov. David Paterson (D) in January appointed Gillibrand to fill the Senate seat vacated by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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07/02/2009 08:00 AM
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IPS Examines Obstetric Fistula In Southern Senegal
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Inter Press Service News Agency examines the prevalence of obstetric fistula in the southern region of Senegal. According to state reproductive health officials in the town of Kolda, 58 percent of births take place at home without medical assistance.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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The Multiple Health Benefits Of Dairy Foods Examined By New Science Review
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WHAT: Food prices rose by 5.5 percent in the past year and are expected to increase up to an additional 4 percent in 2009. Americans are seeking to get the most out of their dollar, and since together, dairy foods provide a unique package of nine essential nutrients, they are a nutritional bang for the buck.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Memory Decline In Mice Reversed By Blood Stem Cell Growth Factor
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A human growth factor that stimulates blood stem cells to proliferate in the bone marrow reverses memory impairment in mice genetically altered to develop Alzheimer's disease, researchers at the University of South Florida and James A. Haley Hospital found.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Virus-Gene Therapy Combination Being Tested Against Melanoma
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Researchers at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center are injecting a modified herpes virus into melanoma tumors, hoping to kill the cancer cells while also bolstering the body's immune defenses against the disease.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Closer Working Between GPs And Community Pharmacists Would Save Lives And Improve NHS Cost Effectiveness And Care Quality
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The NHS Chief Executive has recently warned that the NHS could have to make 'unprecedented' efficiency savings of up to £20 billion between 2011 and 2014. David Nicholson's Annual Report1 also emphasised that services should where possible move out of hospital to primary care and into the community, to allow both better quality and improved productivity.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Post-Surgery Distress In Children Eased By Hormone Treatment
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A scary unknown for many children, the prospect of surgery can cause intense preoperative anxiety. While some amount of stress is normal, what many parents do not know is that extreme anxiety before surgery can contribute to the occurrence of emergence delirium, a distressing incidence of acute behavioral changes experienced when "waking up" from anesthesia.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Mental Health America Establishes Regional Policy Council To Strengthen State Advocacy Work
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Mental Health America announced the establishment of a Regional Policy Council made up of 10 affiliate policy leaders from around the country to strengthen its state advocacy work.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Human Milk And Blood Serum SRMs For Contaminant Measurements Issued By National Institute Of Standards And Technology
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Responding to scientists' need to measure organic contaminants in human body fluids, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recently made four new Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) available for purchase.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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$500,000 Gruber Genetics Prize Awarded To Cancer Geneticist Janet Davison Rowley
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Janet Davison Rowley, MD, a founder in the field of cancer cytogenetics and a renowned leader in molecular oncology, will receive the 2009 Genetics Prize of The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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UPMC Sports Medicine Urges Sedentary, Over-40 Adults To Enroll In 'Start' Fitness Program
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Start, a lifestyle-changing fitness program at the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine, currently is enrolling adults over age 40 for its summer session. Beginning July 18, sports medicine professionals will guide participants through fitness and education sessions twice weekly for three months, preparing them to run or walk the 5K portion of the Richard S.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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$500,000 Gruber Neuroscience Prize Awarded To Hall, Rosbash And Young
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The 2009 Neuroscience Prize of The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation is being awarded to Jeffrey Hall, professor of neurogenetics at the University of Maine; Michael Rosbash, professor and director of the National Center for Behavioral Genomics at Brandeis University; and Michael Young, professor and head of the Laboratory of Genetics at Rockefeller University.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Prime Minister Pledges Action On Maternal Mortality, UK
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Today, the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, said he was determined to keep the issue of maternal mortality high on the agenda of the G8 summit in Italy next week. Speaking after meeting with midwives and doctors from the Global Maternal Mortality Campaign, the Prime Minister said: "It's outrageous that one woman dies every minute in childbirth, despite an agreement to tackle this in 2000.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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2009 Dr. Paul Janssen Award For Biomedical Research Won By Axel Ullrich
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Johnson & Johnson has announced that Axel Ullrich, Ph.D., director of the Department of Molecular Biology at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Germany, whose discoveries have led to novel cancer therapies including Herceptin® (trastuzumab) , is the winner of the 2009 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research. An independent committee of world-renowned scientists selected Dr.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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The United Nations To Launch "Texting4Health" In Uganda
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The UN is launching, on Wednesday the 1st of July 2009, a ten-day initiative intended to reach out to 10,000 people in Uganda through mobile phones to demonstrate the reach and potential use of mobile phones in health information and promotion.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Hospital-Acquired Infections Tied To Nurse Staffing Ratios
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The public was well-served today with the release of a report by the New York State Department of Health (DOH) about hospital-acquired infection rates at specific facilities in New York State. But more information is needed about how to correct these problems, such the high rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections identified in the report.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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For Research On Protective Effects Of Fish Oil In Stroke LSUHSC MD/PHD Student Awarded NIH Grant
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Tiffany Niemoller, a 5th year MD/PhD student at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies, has been awarded a grant in the amount of $148,480 over four years by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health. A training grant for individual predoctoral students, the Ruth L.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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UCB And Biogen Idec Discontinue Phase II Clinical Trial Of CDP323 - Analysis Showed No Clinically Relevant Benefit For Patients
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UCB and Biogen Idec announced today the discontinuation of the Phase II clinical trial of CDP323 for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS). Preliminary interim efficacy analysis showed that patients enrolled in this clinical trial did not benefit as expected from CDP323 compared to placebo after a six month treatment period.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Editorial Urges Broader HIV Testing In South Carolina, Across Nation
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control "has prioritized testing" for HIV and offered free or low-cost testing at events in conjunction with National HIV Testing Day last week, an Orangeburg Times and Democrat editorial states, adding, "The importance of testing is not to be forgotten the other 364 days of the year.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Veterans Affairs Provides Underused Monthly Pension Benefit While Medicaid Receives Increased Attention
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Medicaid receives increased attention while an underused, special monthly pension benefit called Aid and Attendance can help veterans, and spouses, with assisted living.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Ad Update: Religious Groups Back Reform, Unions Target Senators' Tax Plans
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"Labor unions are showing their increasing displeasure over [health reform] financing proposals that target their healthcare benefits by launching attack ads against key lawmakers, causing the Senate's leading advocate of taxing such benefits to seek an end to one especially aggressive campaign," Congress Daily reports.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Congressional Recess: Senators Talk Health Reform With Voters, Staffs Toil On Bills
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Three Republican senators took their case against Democrats' health reform to a Texas Medical Center gathering Tuesday, warning that a government insurance option is a "gateway to a single-payer system," The Houston Chronicle reports. Sens. John Cornyn, Texas, John McCain, Ariz. and Mitch McConnell, Ky. met at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Antiabortion-Rights Groups To Reintroduce Colorado Personhood Initiative
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Colorado Right to Life and Personhood USA are proposing a 2010 state ballot initiative with a different version of 2008's defeated "personhood" amendment to the state constitution, the Colorado Springs Gazette reports. The groups intend to submit their proposal to the Colorado Legislative Council this week.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Franken To Be Seated As Minn. Senator, Will Serve On HELP, Judiciary Committees
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The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously voted to uphold Al Franken's (D) win in the 2008 U.S. Senate election in Minnesota, effectively clearing the way for Franken to become the state's newest senator, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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07/02/2009 07:00 AM
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Study Examines PEPFAR Efforts In Zambia
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A report from researchers at the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States examines how $577 million in PEPFAR funding between 2004 and 2008 was used in Zambia, PlusNews/IRIN reports.
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07/02/2009 06:00 AM
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When Husbands Work In US, Mexican Wives' Mental Health Dives
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Selected highlights from a new study on immigration, health and gender roles: Mexican wives who stay home when their husbands immigrate to the United States for work have poorer mental health than a comparison group. Shifting gender roles seem to be equally as stressful as the husbands' absence.
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07/02/2009 06:00 AM
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African Institutions Lead International Consortia In $49 Million Initiative
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More than fifty institutions from eighteen African countries - from Senegal to Sudan to South Africa - are to participate in international consortia under a £30 million initiative from the Wellcome Trust to strengthen research capacity on the continent. Africa is affected by some of the world's deadliest diseases, including HIV, malaria and tuberculosis.
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07/02/2009 06:00 AM
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Deep Brain Stimulation Shows Promising Results For Some Patients With Cerebral Palsy
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Deep brain stimulation improves movement skills and quality of life in some patients with a subtype of cerebral palsy (CP) (dystonia-choreoathetosis CP)*, and could be an effective treatment option for these patients, finds an Article published Online first and in the July edition of The Lancet Neurology.
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