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Autumn Babies More Prone to Asthma - U.S. News & World Report Posted: 21 Nov 2008 11:12 AM CST ABC News Autumn Babies More Prone to Asthma U.S. News & World Report - 5 hours ago By Serena Gordon FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The season of a baby's birth may help predict that child's risk of asthma, new research suggests. Fall Babies at Higher Risk for Asthma WebMD Fall Babies May Have Higher Asthma Risk ABC News ToTheCenter.com - eFluxMedia - Los Angeles Times - Reuters all 118 news articles

Much higher cancer risk in HIV patients raises cancer - Atlanta Journal Constitution Posted: 21 Nov 2008 11:18 AM CST Much higher cancer risk in HIV patients raises cancer Atlanta Journal Constitution - 4 hours ago By Stephanie Desmon But now that patients with the AIDS virus are living longer, doctors are discovering a new set of complications: People with HIV have a much higher risk of developing certain cancers - lung, liver, head and neck, to name a few - and ... Many People Disregard Advice to Get HIV Tests Washington Post Hospital Don't Test For HIV Routinely eFluxMedia U.S. News & World Report - Kaiser network.org - Baltimore Sun - The Associated Press all 309 news articles

Worst Practice? Senate Probes NPR Host’s Firm - Pharmalot Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:46 PM CST InjuryBoard.com Worst Practice? Senate Probes NPR Host's Firm Pharmalot - 30 minutes ago By Ed Silverman // November 21st, 2008 // 4:38 pm Two days after lashing into Fred Goodwin, who hosts "The Infinite Mind," US Senator Chuck Grassley is now investigating Best Practice, a pharmaceutical consulting firm that Goodwin helped establish in ... NPR Radio Host's Conflict With Drug Makers Exposed by Sen. Grassley InjuryBoard.com NPR doc didn't disclose pharma payments FiercePharma Wall Street Journal Blogs - Nature.com (subscription) - New York Times - Pharmalot all 10 news articles

Study: Pill as good as chemo for some patients - CNN Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:06 PM CST Javno.hr Study: Pill as good as chemo for some patients CNN - 1 hour ago By Miriam Falco (CNN) -- A cancer treatment that comes in a pill is as effective as the standard chemotherapy for lung patients who had previously been treated for their cancer, according to a study released Thursday. Iressa as Good as Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer U.S. News & World Report Lung cancer pill may get second chance after tests Reuters The Associated Press - TransWorldNews (press release) - Eureka! Science News all 190 news articles

Better Tracking of a Childhood Infection Needed, Officials Say - New York Times Posted: 21 Nov 2008 02:20 PM CST eFluxMedia Better Tracking of a Childhood Infection Needed, Officials Say New York Times - 1 hour ago By RONI CARYN RABIN Federal officials urged doctors and state health agencies on Thursday to be more vigilant for suspected cases of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type B in children under age 5, in part because of a continuing vaccine shortage that ... Hib Incidence Holds Steady Despite Vaccine Shortage MedPage Today CDC Monitors Shortage of Hib Vaccine U.S. News & World Report Reuters - Newsinferno.com - eFluxMedia - RedOrbit all 36 news articles

Aquarobics May Help Ease Labor - Washington Post Posted: 21 Nov 2008 01:11 PM CST Current World News Aquarobics May Help Ease Labor Washington Post - 3 hours ago FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Doing aquarobics during pregnancy reduces the amount of pain-killing medication requested by women during labor, according to a Brazilian study that included 71 expectant mothers. Water aerobics help delivery go swimmingly Los Angeles Times Water Aerobics Reduces Pain in Childbirth WebMD Current World News - KARK - Expressindia.com - MedPage Today all 92 news articles

How to prevent Alzheimer’s disease – part 1 - Food Consumer Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:16 PM CST OverTheLimit.info How to prevent Alzheimer's disease – part 1 Food Consumer - 1 hour ago By David Liu Ph.D. Alzheimer's disease is a serious yet incurable brain disease affecting an estimated 4.5 million Americans. A recent study suggests that taking ginkgo biloba supplements is useless in helping elderly prevent the disease. Five ways to keep Alzheimer's away CNN Ginkgo Biloba Ineffective Against Dementia, Researchers Find New York Times Kane County Chronicle - Medscape - Washington Post - North Carolina News Network all 553 news articles

Health Buzz: Health Insurers Propose Overhaul and Other Health News - U.S. News & World Report Posted: 20 Nov 2008 10:35 AM CST dBTechno Health Buzz: Health Insurers Propose Overhaul and Other Health News U.S. News & World Report - Nov 20, 2008 Representatives of the insurance industry told Congress yesterday that they support an overhaul of the healthcare system that would call for them to accept any customer who applies for coverage, regardless of health status, the Associated Press reports ... Health Insurers Offer to Accept All Applicants, on Condition New York Times Insurers make pitch for health coverage mandate San Jose Mercury News BNET - Best Syndication - Hawaii Reporter all 392 news articles

TV Ads Contribute to Childhood Obesity, Economists Say - New York Times Posted: 20 Nov 2008 04:06 PM CST I Really Should Study TV Ads Contribute to Childhood Obesity, Economists Say New York Times - Nov 20, 2008 By RONI CARYN RABIN Banning fast food advertisements from children's television programs would reduce the number of overweight children in the US by 18 percent and decrease the number of overweight teens by 14 percent, economists have estimated in a ... Restaurant Industry: Fast-Food Ads, Obesity Study Based on Old ... FOXNews TV Ads Contribute to Childhood Obesity, Economists Say I Really Should Study eFluxMedia - Telegraph.co.uk - 13WHAM-TV - KSPR all 488 news articles

Genetic Testing No Real Help in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes - U.S. News & World Report Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:08 PM CST TVNZ Genetic Testing No Real Help in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes U.S. News & World Report - Nov 19, 2008 By Amanda Gardner WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Testing for 18 different gene variations associated with type 2 diabetes was no better at predicting a person's risk for the blood sugar disease than a doctor's assessment, researchers report. Genetic Screening May ID Diabetes Risk WebMD Genetic Screening for Diabetes No More Useful than Traditional Methods eFluxMedia That Happened! - Food Consumer - Los Angeles Times - dBTechno all 54 news articles

Europeans Announce Pioneering Surgery - New York Times Posted: 19 Nov 2008 11:06 PM CST CTV.ca Europeans Announce Pioneering Surgery New York Times - Nov 19, 2008 By ALAN COWELL and DENISE GRADY PARIS - Physicians at four European universities have successfully transplanted a human windpipe, using stem cells from the recipient's own bone marrow to reline a donor trachea and prevent its rejection by her immune ... Video: Breakthrough Windpipe Transplant Uses Stem Cells AssociatedPress Mercer stem cell researcher talks at CEC Newnan Times-Herald Reuters - Telegraph.co.uk - Indian Express - TIME all 967 news articles

Amgen Drug for Lung Cancer Suspended After Deaths (Update3) - Bloomberg Posted: 20 Nov 2008 03:38 PM CST dBTechno Amgen Drug for Lung Cancer Suspended After Deaths (Update3) Bloomberg - Nov 20, 2008 By David Olmos Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Amgen Inc.'s decision to suspend a clinical trial of its experimental cancer drug motesanib because of higher deaths among patients sets back the company's efforts to expand in the market for oncology treatments. Wall Street brushes off Amgen study concerns CNNMoney.com Takeda, Amgen to suspend trials of cancer drug Reuters BusinessWeek - FierceBiotech - SmartAboutHealth - dBTechno all 48 news articles

Scientists Could Find Cure For 'Wolf Boy' - FOXNews Posted: 20 Nov 2008 07:46 AM CST eFluxMedia Scientists Could Find Cure For 'Wolf Boy' FOXNews - Nov 20, 2008 It's not easy being a preteen "wolf boy" - but scientists at Columbia University are confident they've finally found the silver bullet that can cure one. See the Werewolf Syndrome Boy Mom Logic 'Werewolf boy'in India China Daily Examiner.com - Post Chronicle - Telegraph.co.uk - TopNews all 37 news articles

Three Hospital Employees Fired After Patient’s Death - eFluxMedia Posted: 21 Nov 2008 10:09 AM CST Fresh News Three Hospital Employees Fired After Patient's Death eFluxMedia - 6 hours ago By Dianna Cooper Three employees at Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro were fired and others were disciplined in the death of 50-year-old Steven H. Sabock, of Roanoke Rapids, a bipolar disorder sufferer who passed away on April 29 after being neglected for ... Three Employees Fired After Patient Chokes on Medicine, Dies FOXNews Hospital must repair its culture, official says News & Observer TheMedGuru - United Press International - Goldsboro News Argus - WRAL.com all 38 news articles

Sorting Out Part D - The Ledger Posted: 21 Nov 2008 01:26 AM CST Sorting Out Part D The Ledger - 14 hours ago The great hunt for the most beneficial Medicare Part D program has begun. Between now and Dec. 31, Florida's 3 million Medicare enrollees will be trying to decide which one of the insurance plans that help pay for brand-name and generic prescription ... It's time to review your Medicare prescription drug insurance Delta County Independent Del. offers Medicare Plan D enrollment help The News Journal U.S. News & World Report - Arizona Daily Star - Medical News Today all 7 news articles

Legislation To Support Health Care Workforce - Hudson Valley Press Posted: 20 Nov 2008 04:08 PM CST USA Today Legislation To Support Health Care Workforce Hudson Valley Press - Nov 20, 2008 Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has introduced legislation that would increase investment in the training and education of health care professionals. Many doctors plan to quit or cut back: survey Reuters Half of primary-care doctors in survey would leave medicine CNN USA Today - The Patriot-News - PennLive.com - MedHeadlines - eFluxMedia all 151 news articles

Massachusetts Hospitals Respond to Boston Globe Investigation of ... - Kaiser network.org Posted: 21 Nov 2008 10:33 AM CST Massachusetts Hospitals Respond to Boston Globe Investigation of ... Kaiser network.org - 5 hours ago Citing a recent Boston Globe investigation, officials from some large academic medical centers and community hospitals in Massachusetts this week sent a letter to Gov. Economy wounds hospitals Akron Beacon Journal Portland Medical Center will be shuttered Bizjournals.com Asheville Citizen-Times - CBS 2 - NEWS.com.au all 9 news articles

US panel urges study of antipsychotics in children - Reuters Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:13 PM CST www.worldbulletin.net US panel urges study of antipsychotics in children Reuters - Nov 19, 2008 By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A panel of outside experts is calling on the US Food and Drug Administration and other US health agencies to study the long-term effects of prescribing powerful antipsychotic drugs to children. Panel of Experts Warns FDA of Frequent Use of Antipsychotics in ... Kaiser network.org More Pressure to Curb Antipsychotic Use in Kids Wall Street Journal Blogs FiercePharma - BNET - New York Times - TopNews all 18 news articles

Report shows room for improvement in environmental health - Wausau Daily Herald Posted: 21 Nov 2008 02:34 PM CST Report shows room for improvement in environmental health Wausau Daily Herald - 1 hour ago Local health officials said a report citing the region's lower quality of environmental health highlights areas for improvement, but fails to note efforts under way. How healthy is Oneida County? Rhinelander Daily News Study shows county ranks in top half of state health-wise Baraboo News Republic Janesville Gazette - WJFW-TV - WKBT - Greater Milwaukee Today all 21 news articles

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