National and International News
Heavier metal - The Observer 02/10/05
The causes of anorexia nervosa are complex, but new research shows that mineral deficiency may hold the key. Dr John Briffa starts to think zinc
Uproar at BAT's tiny UK tax bill - The Observer 02/10/05
British American Tobacco, the UK-listed cigarette giant, has paid just 13 million in corporation tax over the past five years, despite making pre-tax profits of 9 billion in the same period.
That's the theory, and it matters... - The Observer 02/10/05
Simon Caulkin on how beliefs and ideas about business actually shape it
So that's what friends are for - The Observer 02/10/05
Philosophers and poets have long pondered the importance of friendship: Euripides thought 'a loyal friend worth 10,000 relatives', while Ringo got by with a little help from his.
Focus: Are you happy? - The Independent 02/10/05
We get by with help from 18 friends - The Sunday Times 02/10/05
How illness can travel with you - The Observer 02/10/05
Jill Phillip no longer has cancer, but was still told she had to pay more for holiday insurance
Five million face death as famine grips Malawi - The Observer 02/10/05
Famine is once again stalking Africa's poorest nations as new figures released on Friday show that the food crisis in Malawi is much worse than anticipated.
Huge job losses as Boots and Unichem merge - The Observer 02/10/05
Boots, the ailing high street giant, is set to merge with rival Alliance UniChem this week to create Europe's biggest pharmacy and healthcare company in a 7 billion deal.
Hands off the NHS - The Observer 02/10/05
Our health services were magnificent (and lucky) on 7 July. Now they face a new disaster
'I was promoting racism by making the N-word cool' - The Observer 02/10/05
Rapper Ashley Walters thought he could reclaim the word 'nigger' until he looked into its origins, he tells Amelia Hill
Blindness fears over solar eclipse - The Observer 02/10/05
People face permanent eye damage if they fail to take strict precautions while watching tomorrow's partial eclipse of the Sun, experts warned yesterday.
Paying donors 'no way to end infertility crisis' - The Observer 02/10/05
A shortage of sperm and egg donors which threatens the provision of fertility treatment must not be solved by paying donors, Britain's IVF watchdog will rule this week.
Genetic test revolution aids fight to end cancer - The Observer 02/10/05
Doctors call for widespread screening to bring an end to hereditary diseases, write Anushka Asthana and Robin McKie
Diabetes deaths to rise 25pc as obesity soars - The Observer 02/10/05
The number of deaths from diabetes will soar by 25 per cent in the next decade thanks to Britain's escalating weight problem, a World Health Organisation report will reveal this week.
Official: babies do best with mother - The Observer 02/10/05
One of the longest and most detailed studies of UK childcare has concluded that young children who are looked after by their mothers do significantly better in developmental tests than those cared for in nurseries, by childminders or relatives.
Mother care gives children the best start - The Sunday Times 02/10/05
Paul Wady: I discovered I was autistic at 41 - The Guardian 01/10/05
I am a high-functioning autistic, yes, but definitely autistic. This means I can't be entirely certain that everything you are about to read is right. Autistics tend to get things wrong, to misread situations. I have always known I was to some extent dysfunctional, but I used to revel in being an eccentric. At school I gained both a "first in form" and a progress prize, but my academic life thereafter was a failure. I lasted a year at drama school, where I was unable to relate to others, or to realise the promise that had put me there. At the Polytechnic of North London, where I studied philosophy and computer science, I was labelled "mad Paul".
Lessons in loneliness - The Guardian 01/10/05
For Britain's gay pupils, every day brings new challenges: how to get in and out, which corridors to walk down, where's safe to go at break time. The reason? Homophobic bullying. Rachel Shabi investigates
Headteachers' conference sponsored by McDonald's - The Guardian 01/10/05
The biggest union for headteachers is today holding a conference sponsored by fast-food giants McDonald's, just days after the education secretary, Ruth Kelly, banned burgers, fizzy drinks and junk food from school canteens.
Interview: Melanie Davies and Susan Bewley, authors of editorial demonising late motherhood - The Guardian 01/10/05
Melanie Davies and Susan Bewley caused uproar with their British Medical Journal editorial demonising late motherhood. We sent our reporter - 32, childless and fuming - to take them on
Reader to reader - The Guardian 01/10/05
Posted by KK: My son, who's just three, is still requesting pull-ups for when he needs to poo. He starts nursery very shortly and we'd really like to stop using them during the day (night time can wait...). He tends to wait and wait until he absolutely HAS to go. When he was younger, it sometimes looked like it was hurting him and he would jump up and down and run around until it came - sometimes for hours. He's a lot better now on that score but our attempts to get him to use the potty have all failed thus far (he's fine urinating). Any suggestions?
Hannah Pool: Shorts - The Guardian 01/10/05
If hell is indeed other people, then the Saab Salomon HellRunner event, taking place in Hampshire on October 23, is hell with added competitiveness, wetlands, hills and mud. Oh, and extra testosterone, too, in all likelihood. Highlights of the 10-mile race, voted 'best new event' by readers of Runners' World last year, include the hills of hell, running through small lakes, up (and down) numerous hills and wetlands. What's that, you say, it's probably too late to enter? Not at all, my friend: you can enter until the week before the event - and it's only 20, so, yes, you can afford it, too. Did someone say chicken? Details on trailplus.com (01457 855425).
The no-nonsense Heteropolitan - The Guardian 01/10/05
The New Lad is old news, the Metrosexual should pack up his expensive eye cream and the Ubersexual can stop his pathetic dreaming about classic manliness. Modern man is actually a no-nonsense, well-balanced Heteropolitan, according to a new study.
Wellbeing: Seven ways to limit the damage - The Guardian 01/10/05
Just because you enjoy cigarettes, alcohol and junk food doesn't mean you have to give up on yourself. As Sam Murphy finds, all is not lost. Research suggests that certain vegetables, particularly watercress and broccoli, may protect against lung cancer
Natural health therapist Emma Mitchell answers your questions - The Guardian 01/10/05
My daughter suffers with cold sores. What can you recommend?
Fitness expert Joanna Hall answers your questions - The Guardian 01/10/05
I am stressed, which I know is not good for my health. I exercise regularly and have taken up yoga, but I get anxious within the first 15 minutes of the class. Can you recommend some exercise ideas?
Oh, what a tangled web is being weaved on the BBC health site - The Guardian 01/10/05
The plot around a BBC online health correspondent gets thicker. Last week, you will recall, we were pondering the ethics and wisdom of Jacqueline Young dishing out preposterous, made-up, pseudoscientific nonsense as if it was authoritative BBC fact, with phrases such as: "Implosion researchers have found that if water is put through a spiral its electrical field changes and it then appears to have a potent, restorative effect on cells." This bizarre claim has disappeared in a puff of electrons since my complaints although, amusingly, on the internet nothing ever really dies, and you can still revel in the faux-authoritative glory of the original BBC piece, via Google's cache.
Race watchdog may take action over prison deaths - The Guardian 01/10/05
Britain's race watchdog threatened to use its legal powers against the Prison Service yesterday over the failure of high-level commitments on racial discrimination to be put into action in prisons. In a submission to the public inquiry into the murder of Zahid Mubarek at Feltham young offenders' institution five years ago, the Commission for Racial Equality said the Prison Service's attempts to improve its record had "not yet led to significant changes in establishments". Particular concern was expressed about Leeds, where Asian prisoner Shahid Aziz was murdered last year.
Pre-empting debate - The Guardian 01/10/05
At the Labour conference this week Tony Blair called for a much-needed debate on the future of nuclear power. But a couple of days later, as we reported yesterday, it emerged that there are plans to privatise British Nuclear Group, which handles nuclear reprocessing, clean-up and some generation with the likelihood that it would be bought by a big US corporation. BNG is a subsidiary of British Nuclear Fuels which has already announced plans to sell Westinghouse, its US based nuclear construction company. There are increasing signals that key cabinet ministers are determined to go ahead with a nuclear power station construction programme without a serious debate that might affect the outcome of the decision. Behind these moves lies a problem in Britain's nuclear industry whose management appears to lack the confidence to manage its own assets or build new power stations at a time when the challenge of global warming has ushered in a new lease of life for the world's hitherto beleaguered nuclear industry.
Unions warn BNFL over sell-off - The Guardian 01/10/05
FAQ: British Nuclear Group - The Guardian 01/10/05
Secret report reveals catalogue of blunders at Sellafield - The Independent 02/10/05
A symmetrical face isn't just prettier - it's healthier too - The Independent 02/10/05
Those fortunate enough to have symmetrical faces have probably already discovered that they attract the opposite sex. Now they are being told such fine features actually mean they are healthier.
There are 23 types of Pill for women. So why do doctors prescribe only five? - The Independent 02/10/05
IoS investigation: The latest contraceptives can help users avoid weight gain, pain and bad skin - but they are hard to get, because GPs prefer older, cheaper versions
Fortress three miles out to sea will keep drug addicts from temptation - The Independent 02/10/05
Drug users are to be sent to the largest - and possibly the most unusual - detox clinic in the world: a Second World War fort in the middle of the Humber estuary.
Public sector creating jobs at faster rate than private industry - The Independent 01/10/05
The Government is creating jobs at a faster pace than business, according to figures showing that public-sector employment growth accelerated over the spring.
Letters: No U-turn by Blair on climate change, says environment minister - The Independent 01/10/05
Your comment on the real threat of global warming to the Arctic is right (29 September), but your claim that Tony Blair has done a U-turn on climate change is wrong.
SkyePharma chairman at war with house broker CSFB - The Independent 01/10/05
The chairman of SkyePharma has lashed out at his financial adviser, CSFB, after its analyst suggested investors should not back a 35m rights issue underwritten by the bank.
WHO tries to play down expert warning of 150 million deaths from flu pandemic - The Independent 01/10/09
The World Health Organisation has moved to play down a cataclysmic warning by one of its own officials that a pandemic caused by the bird flu virus ravaging poultry flocks in the Far East could kill as many as 150 million people.
Scottish NHS has debt of 100m - The Sunday Times 02/10/05
THE Scottish National Health Service has plunged more than 100m into debt, it has emerged. Four health boards have warned ministers that they have been unable to fund pay deals, rising drug bills and services from existing budgets.
Be compassionate, let doctors speed death - The Sunday Times 02/10/05
We know not the day and we know not the hour. Death has many terrors, even for the most stoical and the most pious: we don’t know how it will come, either. If I am to die from a drawn-out and painful illness then I hope that I will have to look after me a doctor I can trust to protect me from that particular terror.
Piglet implants help diabetic children recover - The Sunday Times 02/10/05
SCIENTISTS are claiming success in treating diabetic children by implanting cells taken from newborn pigs
Safe sex? Nobody does it worse than James Bond - The Sunday Times 02/10/05
MEDICAL researchers have accused Hollywood of glamorising unsafe sex, singling out James Bond for criticism for failing to use a condom during his amorous encounters.
Delia under fire on ‘healthier’ sea salt - The Sunday Times 02/10/05
CELEBRITY chefs, including Delia Smith, have been criticised by medical experts for undermining health warnings on the dangers of salt by promoting sea and rock salt as alternatives.
The danger in the salt cellar - The Sunday Times 02/10/05
British delays keep new drugs from cancer patients - The Sunday Times 02/10/05
CANCER patients in Britain are less likely to be treated with the latest medicines than those in almost any other European country, except for former communist states such as the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
Education gulf grew from social divide - The Times 01/10/05
EDUCATIONAL idealists imagined the comprehensive school as the vehicle for a new society in which children of all classes and abilities would be educated together as equals.
186m drug consignment may be ineffective against bird flu - The Times 01/10/05
A CONSIGNMENT of antiviral drugs bought by the Government for 186 million to protect the public against a bird flu pandemic could be rendered useless after the emergence of a resistant strain of the virus.
Junk medicine: Bird flu - The Times 01/10/05
Toll staff make ambulance wait - The Times 01/10/05
FORTH Road Bridge toll staff provoked fury after they held up an ambulance for half an hour to demand that paramedics hand over 1 pound. Staff at the bridge claimed that the rapid response ambulance had to pay because the vehicle did not have "ambulance" written on the side.
Booze and blades culture runs riot - The Times 01/10/05
Glasgow now has the reputation of being one of the most violent cities in the developed world
Carer blinded teenager in bottle attack - The Times 01/10/05
A CARE home worker who blinded a teenager in a bottle attack was jailed for four years yesterday.
Talk about a cure - The Times 01/10/05
Unhappy teenagers need to be taken seriously and given therapy
Children and vaccines: trials and terror ... - The Times 01/10/05
Would you allow medicine to be tested on your baby?
Put what where? 2,000 years of bizarre sex advice - The Times 01/10/05
Tight corsets cause nymphomania, orgasms can kill and wasps are a turn-on. John Naish looks at the top sex tips over the ages
Is passion out of fashion? - The Times 01/10/05
When it comes to strong feelings we're urged to chill, but is sober realism killing magic intensity, asks Frank Furedi
Sex matters with Dr Thomas Stuttaford and Suzi Godson - The Times 01/10/05
I sometimes enjoy wild fantasies. I wouldn't dream of acting on them and I'd shock my husband if I told him. I feel guilty about having them. Is this normal?
Lunchtime fix: express facial - The Times 01/10/05
Indulging your pores at exotic spas would usually be well down most people's to-do list. Which is why Clarins has introduced Express treatments in department stores, adding lustre to sock-buying and other dreary high street duties. You disappear pale and drawn into a private room for a faff-free facial and emerge 40 minutes later, goddess-like among your fellow shoppers.
Good night to bad snores - The Times 01/10/05
My 5-year-old daughter snores so loudly that it wakes me and it must affect her sleep too. Her breath has a mucus-like smell. Our local ENT clinic, advised that she has slightly enlarged adenoids but treatment was not necessary. Is there anything else we can do?
It works for me: reflexology - The Times 01/10/05
One woman found that nifty footwork helped her chronic insomnia
Menu monitor - The Times 01/10/05
Jane Clarke kicks off her weekly guide to making a healthy choice at restaurants with Pret A Manger
Well fit: Gabby Logan: shaping up after twins - The Times 01/10/05
The journey back to fitness has taken a few detours this week. After eight weeks cocooned at home it was time for us to load up the car and head for Leeds to see the Yorkshire branch of the family.
Get into the groove - The Times 01/10/05
To hit a winning rhythm, make sure you workout to your favourite sounds, says Lucy Broadbent
Not just anybody: Dame Beryl Grey - The Times 01/10/05
National Ballet's Dame Beryl Grey, 78, says exercise, music and humour keep her on her toes
Alarm as GP cover 'goes private' - The Telegraph 02/10/05
All general practitioners' out-of-hours services are to be farmed out to private health firms despite growing concerns about the quality of service they offer patients.
Early pregnancy tests 'causing unnecessary miscarriage grief' - The Telegraph 02/10/05
Pregnancy tests are detecting conceptions so early that doctors believe that they are responsible for a sharp increase in the number of women believing they have "miscarried".
I'm being driven out says second expert to link autism and jabs - The Telegraph 02/10/05
A former government adviser who has controversially linked infant vaccines to autism in children claims she is the victim of a disciplinary action "witch-hunt".
Campaigners fear creation of a British suicide cult - The Telegraph 02/10/05
Campaigners are calling for a ban on websites that promote suicide amid fears that Britain is in danger of embracing "a suicide cult".
Strangers die after suicide pact on internet - The Telegraph 01/10/05
Two strangers who met online killed themselves in what is thought to be Britain's first internet suicide pact.
Baby smothered by drunk mother - The Telegraph 01/10/05
A social worker killed her baby after collapsing on top of her in a drunken stupor, a court was told yesterday.
Congestion zone doubles as mayor ignores objectors - The Telegraph 01/10/05
The London congestion charge zone is to be doubled in size by Ken Livingstone, the mayor, despite protests by business groups and the council whose residents will find themselves inside it.
Livingstone takes charge zone farther west despite opposition - The Times 01/10/05
Livingstone takes charge zone farther west despite opposition Graphic - The Times 01/10/05
Congestion charge zone to extend west in 2007 - The Guardian 01/10/05
Boots sight test left nurse with eye damage - The Telegraph 01/10/05
A nurse was left with permanent damage to her right eye after going to Boots for a sight test, a court heard.
Sex slaves freed as police smash human trafficking operation - The Telegraph 01/10/05
Police have smashed a major human trafficking ring after freeing 19 women who were being held captive and forced to work as prostitutes in the West Midlands.
Three due in court after massage parlour raid - The Telegraph 01/10/05
19 'sex slaves' rescued in raid on massage parlour - The Times 01/10/05
Police raid finds 19 women held as 'sex slaves' - The Independent 01/10/05
Police free sex trade women in raid on massage parlour - The Guardian 01/10/05
Woman, 53, gives birth to grandchild - The Telegraph 01/10/05
A 53-year-old woman has given birth to her grandchild after acting as a surrogate parent for her daughter's baby.
Mum gives birth to daughter's baby - Daily Mail 30/09/05
TV 'stunts brain development' - Mail on Sunday 02/10/05
Watching TV may damage children's brain development leading to increased anti-social behaviour, new research claims.
Smoothies shrunk Kylie to six stone, say friends - Mail on Sunday 02/10/05
At first Kylie Minogue's friends thought it was the ravages of fighting breast cancer that had left her looking so thin.
Tony Benn fitted with pacemaker - Daily Mail 01/10/05
Veteran Labour campaigner Tony Benn said he had been fitted with a pacemaker after falling over at the Labour Party conference.
Brazil to produce bird flu vaccine - Daily Mail 01/10/05
Brazil should begin producing a bird flu vaccine by early next year, part of a worldwide effort to contain the spread of the deadly disease, a spokesman for the Sao Paulo Sate Health Department said.
Nurse awaits cancer drug ruling - Daily Mail 30/09/05
A nurse fighting breast cancer faces an anxious wait to know whether her bid to be prescribed a life-saving drug has been successful after meeting health officials.
More people infected with E.coli - Daily Mail 30/09/05
The number of people infected with the e.coli bug that swept through schools and communities in south Wales rose again but experts said the outbreak is on the wane.
Winslet backs breast cancer appeal - Daily Mail 30/09/05
Kate Winslet has urged UK women to be alert to signs of breast cancer.
Star's anger over cancer ad ruling - Daily Mail 30/09/05
TV funnyman Ricky Gervais is furious after a radio advert he wrote to raise awareness of prostate cancer was banished to a post-watershed time slot.
Anger over cancer ad censorship - BBC Health News 30/09/05
Pandemic 'will seriously affect UK' - Daily Mail 30/09/05
The Chief Medical Officer for England said it was a "biological inevitability" that an expected flu pandemic would seriously affect the health of people in this country.
Flu pandemic 'will hit UK hard' - BBC Health News 30/09/05
Hospital waiting lists fall - Daily Mail 30/09/05
The number of people on waiting lists for NHS hospitals in England fell by just over 1% in August.
Computer eases visits to dentist - Daily Mail 30/09/05
It's something no youngster looks forward to - a visit to the dreaded dentist's chair.
Pupils rate dentists with smiles - BBC Health News 30/09/05
Pupils revolt over new healthy food menu - Daily Mail 30/09/05
The Government and Jamie Oliver may be behind the new healthy food menus in schools, but pupils in a Bristol school were not impressed.
Hyperactivity drug may create suicide risk in children - Daily Mail 30/09/05
Thousands of children taking a new hyperactivity medicine could be at risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviour, experts have warned.
Health conscious shoppers shun salt - Daily Mail 30/09/05
Health conscious shoppers are shunning salt, and flavouring their food instead with fresh herbs and pepper.
Malaria drug potency is restored - BBC Health News 01/10/05
Scientists have found a way to breathe new life into an old anti-malarial drug which had been rendered almost useless.
Communication aid for paralysed - BBC Health News 01/10/05
Japanese scientists have developed a device which allows people with severe paralysis to communicate.
Headband allows severely paralysed patients to communicate by controlling blood flow through the brain - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Single gene 'skin cancer cause' - BBC Health News 01/10/05
A single gene may play a major role in nearly all cases of one of the most common human cancers, a study says.
New painful joint disorder found - BBC Health News 30/09/05
Scientists have discovered a new and extremely destructive hereditary joint disorder in a US family.
Anxiety disorder 'infection link' - BBC Health News 30/09/05
Some cases of obsessive compulsive disorder in children may be a result of an immune reaction following an infection, scientists believe.
Pesticides in a third of foods - BBC Health News 30/09/05
A third of the foods we eat contain traces of pesticides, government-backed tests reveal, but most fall within legal limits.
Burden Of Sleep Disorders Proves Costly - Australasian Sleep Association Conference - Medical News Today 02/10/05
How to manage the growing burden of disease presented by sleep disorders when resources are limited will be the focus of discussion when the Australasian sleep medicine community gathers in Surfers Paradise to hear Professor John Stradling share his views on simplified techniques of diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea.
AHRQ Launches New "Effective Health Care Progrom" to Compare Medical Treatments and Help Put Proven Treatments into Practice, USA - Medical News Today
HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality today launched its new Effective Health Care Program to help clinicians and patients determine which drugs and other medical treatments work best for certain health conditions. Thirteen new research centers, as well as an innovative center for communicating findings, were named as part of the three-part program.
FTY720 Phase II 12-month data show sustained benefits and good tolerability in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Data from the extension of a Phase II study to 12 months confirm the significant effects of FTY720, a novel oral medication, for the treatment of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS).
EMEA welcomes new members and observers to its Management Board - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Meeting for the first time in its full composition, including the recently appointed patient and healthcare professional representatives, the European Medicines Agency's Management Board met on 28-29 September 2005. Observers from Bulgaria and Romania participated in the Board meeting following signature of the Treaties of Accession in April 2005. Colleagues from the national authorities of the two countries will also work with the Agency's scientific committees as active observers in preparation for EU accession.
NEC Verifies Effectiveness of New Drug Screening System Utilizing Active Learning - Medical News Today 02/10/05
NEC Corporation today announced that it has verified the effectiveness of a new drug screening system, ChemMinerTM, which utilizes data mining techniques such as active learning (note 1), enabling a ten-fold improvement in screening performance, resulting in an approximate 90% decrease in screening cost, as compared with conventional screening systems. The system's effectiveness has been verified through collaborative research with Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, to which the system will be delivered in September.
'Talk about it' on World Mental Health Day - Medical News Today 02/10/05
To mark World Mental Health Day on Monday 10 October, the Mental Health Foundation is asking people to talk freely about their mental health. The charity is providing tips on how to look after your mental health and encouraging members of the public to share their tips and experiences as openly as possible throughout the day. There will be a 'big mental health conversation' on the Foundation's website www.mentalhealth.org.uk, where everyone's invited to share their ways of coping. Visitors will be able to share their thoughts in a live conversation on the website as well as talking to family, friends, and workmates throughout the day. The Foundation has also compiled 10 facts and figures to help the public understand the extent of mental health problems in the UK. Staff from the organisation will be handing out information about looking after your mental health at London railway stations on the Monday morning.
Child Advocates Urge NYC to Regulate Circumcision - Medical News Today 02/10/05
A decision made earlier this month by the city of New York to allow a Jewish religious court to rule on the public safety of a circumcision practice called metzizah b'peh (oral suction) has sparked a wave of criticism among children's rights advocates. The move is the latest twist in a controversy that began last November when a mohel was accused of transmitting herpes to three baby boys while sucking the blood from their wounded penises using his mouth. One of the baby boys died.
Evaluating Benefits of Yoga - American Council on Exercise (ACE) First - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Today more than 11 million Americans pack fitness studios around the country seeking the mind-body benefits of yoga, including increased flexibility, strength, balance and muscle tone. But is yoga also a good calorie-burning workout? In an exclusive study, the American Council on Exercise (ACE), America's nonprofit fitness advocate, examined the aerobic benefits and calorie expenditure of Hatha yoga, the most beginner-friendly and widespread practice.
Doctors Alerted to Reported Medication Errors Between TOPAMAX® (topiramate) and TOPROL-XL® (metroprolol succinate) - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, Inc., is launching an educational campaign to alert health care professionals to the potential for medication errors between its product, TOPAMAX® (topiramate) tablets and TOPROL-XL®* (metroprolol succinate) extended-release tablets.
Mechanism that turns healthy white blood cells into cancer cells - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Scientists at the Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch shed new light on the mechanism that turns healthy white blood cells into cancer cells. They detected a novel function of a gene regulator which steers blood cell development and, when mutated, blocks the transcription of genetic information which can result in leukemia.
Stomach Stapling Works - Study - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Over a period of 25 years the weight development of 100 patients who had undergone stomach stapling was examined. “Naturally, these are no people who just want to get rid of some additional pounds; there was a medical indication.” explained Dr. Rafael Weißbach who statistically analysed the data.
Stem Cells as a Diagnotsic Tool for Atherosclerosis Risk - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Blood circulating Stem Cells could be used as diagnostic markers to predict the relative risk of atherosclerosis. Moreover, these cells may help to predict regeneration following myocardial infarction. These novel clinical applications can be hypothesized by virtue of functional deficits these cells display as a consequence of pathological conditions such as diabetes, hypercholesterolemia or smoking - all known risk factors for atherosclerosis. Diagnostic perspectives based on the analysis of the biochemical characteristics of these “uncommitted” cells were presented at the Second Annual European Vascular Genomics Network (EVGN - www.evgn.org) Meeting which is taking place in Hamburg in parallel to the 3rd European Meeting on Vascular Biology and Medicine (http://www.emvbm.org).
Young Scientist Awarded For Her Work On Inflammation And Atherosclerosis - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Magnesium sulphate not widely used in Africa, even though it saves many lives - because it is too cheap - Medical News Today 02/10/05
A life-saving drug used to treat seriously-ill pregnant women in Africa is not widely available - in part because it's too cheap.
International Organization for Migration Continuing To Assist Zambia in Fighting HIV/AIDS Among Immigrants, Refugees - Medical News Today 02/10/05
The International Organization for Migration on Tuesday said it plans to continue to help Zambia fight HIV/AIDS, especially among immigrants and refugees, Xinhua/People's Daily Online reports. Josiah Ogina, head of the IOM's Zambia mission, said mobility facilitates the spread of HIV and other epidemics because cultural norms that normally prevent risky behavior are eroded during the migration process. In addition, migrating people have limited access to testing, care, treatment and support for HIV/AIDS. IOM also is training refugees and members of host communities to distribute HIV/AIDS-related information and act as peer educators or health care workers (Xinhua/People's Daily Online, 9/28).
PRI's 'The World' Examines Chinese Government's 'About-Face' on HIV/AIDS, Efforts To Reduce Stigma - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Although the Chinese government has done an "about-face" in its efforts to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country and is spending more on HIV/AIDS education, awareness and treatment, the stigma attached to the disease is proving "especially tough to fight," "The World" -- a co-production of BBC World Service, PRI and WGBH Boston -- reports. The segment profiles several HIV-positive Chinese men and their efforts to protect themselves and their families from discrimination, such as assuming a false name to avoid losing a job if HIV test results are released to employers. According to PRI, this level of discretion "is common" among China's estimated 840,000 HIV-positive residents, some of whom might not collect the antiretroviral drugs distributed by the government at no cost because of the stigma associated with the disease. However, PRI reports that there are several signs of the government's attempts to "lessen the stigma," including attempts to increase awareness of the need to keep HIV test results confidential, improve training for hospital workers on how to treat patients with HIV/AIDS, distribute regular public service announcements on radio and television programs, and include lessons about HIV/AIDS in schools. The segment includes comments from Joel Rehnstrom, UNAIDS coordinator for China, and officials from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Magistad, "The World," PRI, 9/28).
HIV/AIDS Epidemic Threatening Food Supply in Famine-Prone Southern Africa - Medical News Today 02/10/05
The combination of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, extreme poverty and weak agricultural systems has led to a "chronic, ongoing emergency" in Southern Africa, and the U.N. World Food Programme is seeking $150 million for the nearly nine million people who could run out of food in the coming months, NPR's "All Things Considered" reports. The countries most affected by drought are Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland, and parts of Mozambique and Zambia. An early dry season destroyed crops before villagers could harvest them, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic has killed people in the working age population or has made them too sick to tend the fields, according to NPR. As a result, millions of people will not have enough food to survive until the next harvest in April, according to WFP officials (Beaubien, "All Things Considered," NPR, 9/28).
Angelina Jolie, Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Rodham Clinton Call for More Efforts To Fight AIDS at Global Business Coalition Awards - Medical News Today
Actress Angelina Jolie, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday at the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS Annual Awards for Business Excellence Gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., were on hand to honor six businesses for their contributions to fighting the HIV/AIDS pandemic and called for increased efforts to prevent the spread of the disease, the AP/Washington Post reports. Rodham Clinton "drew loud applause" from the crowd when she called on the Bush administration and Congress to acknowledge the importance of condom use in the fight against HIV/AIDS. "There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence and to deny support for condoms and education on using them," Rodham Clinton said, adding, "This policy will lead to the unnecessary deaths of many people." She said that women and girls are increasingly at risk of contracting HIV, especially in hard-hit countries. In her remarks to the crowd, Rice said that public-private partnerships are essential in preventing the spread of HIV and praised the bipartisan cooperation in Congress in support of funding prevention programs. Jolie, who is a goodwill ambassador for the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, called on countries to pledge more to the cause, saying that the failure to properly address the disease internationally "is a disgrace" (Lester, AP/Washington Post, 9/28). The winners of the 2005 GBC Awards for Business Excellence included Volkswagen South Africa receiving the Workplace Award, Getty Images receiving the Innovation Award, M•A•C Cosmetics honored for the Core Competency Award, Bristol-Myers Squibb receiving the Community Award, Virgin Unite honored for the Leadership Award, and De Beers receiving the Testing and Counseling Award (GBC release, 9/27).
Hyperemesis Gravidarum - It's Not Morning Sickness ... It's Much, Much Worse - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Moms and experts converged on Capitol Hill today, National Women's Health and Fitness Day, for a Congressional Briefing with the non-profit Hyperemesis Education and Research Foundation (HER Foundation) and members of Congress to garner attention and federal research support of hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) -- the overlooked pregnancy disease. Sponsored by U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon, M.D. (FL-15) and U.S. Rep. Xavier Becerra (CA-31) the briefing underscored the need for improved research and statistical data to better understand and treat HG -- the leading cause for hospitalization in early pregnancy at a cost of $500 million annually.
Women with postmenopausal osteoporosis prefer new once monthly to weekly treatment, study - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Over 70% of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis* who expressed a preference, preferred once-monthly Bonviva, finding it more convenient than a once-weekly treatment. This is according to new data presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone Mineral Research (ASBMR).1
Multiple Sclerosis - Largest Global Study Launched to Examine Patient Adherence to Drug Therapy - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced today the initiation of the Global Adherence Project (GAP), the largest multi-national study of its kind to date to evaluate patient adherence to long-term treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) in a real-world setting. In collaboration with patients and physicians worldwide, GAP is designed to determine adherence to MS drugs and to identify factors that contribute to non-adherence, in order to allow for a better understanding of treatment practices for this chronic, debilitating disease. The announcement was made at the 21st Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS).
New mechanism of action of Aspirin discovered - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Dr. Derek W. Gilroy from the Centre for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics in London is the winner of the 10th International Aspirin® Award. The British scientist has unearthed a hitherto unknown mechanism of action of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) which explains how the active ingredient of Aspirin® inhibits inflammation. Dr. Gilroy's research is unusual in that his studies into the anti-inflammatory mode of action or, in other words, the inhibition of inflammation by ASA, are completely novel. He has shown that the substance has the unique ability to trigger the formation of nitric oxide. With the aid of this, white blood cells are better able to fight infection.
Astrazeneca Submits New Drug Application to FDA For Symbicort® Maintenance Treatment Of Asthma - Medical News Today 02/10/05
AstraZeneca has announced submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol) for the maintenance treatment of asthma.
Clinical trial to study new option for treatment of lower back pain - Abbott - Medical News Today 02/10/05
Abbott today announced that it has started enrolling patients in a new U.S. clinical study to evaluate the potential benefits of its Wallis® Mechanical Normalization System, a new spinal implant technology for the treatment of mild to moderate degenerative disc disease designed to stabilize the spine and reduce pain while preserving range of motion.
Chronic arthritis pain and the disappointment of u-opioid therapy - Medical News Today 01/10/05
Experimental study indicates ineffectiveness of activating natural painkillers in joint tissue for managing long-term arthritis pain
Evidence of a new hereditary joint disorder - Medical News Today 01/10/05
A family history uncovers syndrome marked by cartilage prone to 'bubbling' and peeling away from the bone
Nocturnal dialysis improves heart disease in patients with end-stage kidney failure - Medical News Today 01/10/05
A Toronto study comparing night-time hemodialysis patients to patients on thrice-weekly conventional dialysis and healthy patients show that the nightly hemodialysis patients were comparable to the healthy patients on all cardiovascular measures Better cardiovascular outcomes for night-time hemodialysis patients than for conventional dialysis Recipients
Nocturnal dialysis improves heart disease in patients with end-stage kidney failure - Medical News Today 01/10/05
A Toronto study comparing night-time hemodialysis patients to patients on thrice-weekly conventional dialysis and healthy patients show that the nightly hemodialysis patients were comparable to the healthy patients on all cardiovascular measures Better cardiovascular outcomes for night-time hemodialysis patients than for conventional dialysis Recipients
Greasing interferon's gears may pave way to greater therapeutic benefits, fewer side effects - Medical News Today 01/10/05
Interferon - a critical protein that mediates the body's defense against a wide variety of infectious agents and tumors -- may soon have greater therapeutic value as the result of a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Soy Consumption among Women at Risk for Breast Cancer - Medical News Today 01/10/05
Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Pennsylvania studied the eating patterns of more than 450 women who are at increased risk of breast cancer to quantify and qualify use of soy products in the women's diets. Research is attempting to find whether soy has a role in the prevention or treatment of chronic diseases, including breast cancer, but results to date are inconclusive.
Weight gain history and weight at time of prostate cancer diagnosis help predict cancer progression - Medical News Today 01/10/05
How heavy a man is at the time he is diagnosed with prostate cancer, as well as his history of weight gain, appear to play significant roles in how aggressive his cancer may become, say researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
First international meeting on bone marrow diseases - Medical News Today 01/10/05
New Studies on Bone Marrow Failure Diseases Presented at Scientific Symposium Oct. 18-19 The latest advances in aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and other bone marrow failure diseases will be presented at the Bone Marrow Failure Scientific Symposium Oct. 18-19 in Washington, DC. This is the first international meeting covering all bone marrow diseases--life-threatening conditions for which, in most cases, the cause is unknown.
Scientist uses form to explain function of key building blocks of life - Medical News Today 01/10/05
University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemists have developed an approach that allows them to measure with unprecedented accuracy the strengths of hydrogen bonds in a protein. The scientists were then able to predict the function of different versions of the protein based on structural information, a novel outcome that was published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Telling axons where to go - and grow - Medical News Today 01/10/05
In a recent study, Dr. Ingolf Bach and colleagues from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester and the University of Hamburg (Germany) describe a novel role for the ubiquitin/proteosome protein degradation pathway in the regulation of local actin dynamics in neurons.
Different but equal: Settling the dosage compensation debate - Medical News Today 01/10/05
Independent research papers from Dr. Peter Becker (Munich, Germany) and Dr. Mitzi Kuroda (Boston, MA) in the October 1 issue of Genes & Development delineate the mechanism of X-chromosome dosage compensation in Drosophila.
Mayo Clinic receives $15 million to launch innovative neuroscience research program - Medical News Today 01/10/05
Mayo Clinic has received $15 million for research that will accelerate the testing of promising therapies for patients with diseases of the nervous system. This is the first major gift to Mayo Clinic's Discovery, Innovation and Investment Fund and will help launch an intense program of research focused clearly on patient care. Of this gift, $8 million will be used to test treatment approaches that have already been shown by discovery research to be ready for human trials; $3 million has been dedicated to basic research. Examples of neuroscience research include Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, stroke and spinal cord injury.
National Institute on Aging awards $10 million to study families with Alzheimer's history - Medical News Today 01/10/05
More than 500 families affected by Alzheimer's Disease are participating in a landmark study led by Columbia University Medical Center to find a genetic link to the disease. That number will now double to 1,000 under a new $10 million five-year grant from National Institute on Aging. The researchers hope to find a way to predict who will get Alzheimer's Disease.
How quickly PSA rises is a good predictor of prostate cancer survival - Medical News Today 01/10/05
The clinical outcome for prostate cancer patients who have been treated with hormone therapy and radiation therapy can usually be determined by how rapidly their prostate specific antigen level rises following treatment, according to a report published in the October 1, 2005 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of ASTRO.
Australia's medical institutes back Synchrotron - Medical News Today 01/10/05
The President of the Australian Association of Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI), Professor Suzanne Cory, today announced that AAMRI would become a partner in the Australian Synchrotron.
Have diarrhea? Dark chocolate helps limit development of fluids that cause diarrhea - Medical News Today 01/10/05
A new study conducted by researchers at Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland is the first to discover that a chemical in cocoa beans can limit the development of fluids that cause diarrhea. Cocoa beans contain a large amount of chemicals called flavonoids. Scientists believe that these flavonoids can be used to create natural supplements to ease diarrhea symptoms. Dark chocolate contains high concentrations of cocoa and may offer mild relief.
The best biopharmaceutical companies to work for - Medical News Today 01/10/05
Genentech, Inc, of San Francisco, CA, has earned top honors in a ranking of the world's most respected biopharmaceutical employers. The company has placed first each of the four years that Science has carried out this survey.
UN Prepares for Avian Flu Pandemic Threat, Dr. David Nabarro to Lead Coordination - Medical News Today 01/10/05
Dr. David Nabarro is one of the most senior public health experts around. He has just been appointed by the UN General Secretary to lead the UN's avian influenza response team and prepare for a possible, most agencies say impending, influenza pandemic. He is now the Senior UN system Co-ordinator for Avian and Human Influenza.
Multiple Sclerosis drug shows promising results, Novartis - Medical News Today 01/10/05
Data from the extension of a Phase II study to 12 months confirm the significant effects of FTY720, a novel oral medication, for the treatment of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS).
New Acting Head of FDA Steps Down as Head of the National Cancer Institute - Medical News Today 01/10/05
The new acting head of the FDA, Andrew von Eschenbach, is stepping down as head of the National Cancer Institute after intense pressure from members of Congress. He was urged to give up one of the roles as there may have been a conflict of interest. Andrew von Eschenbach took over as acting head of the FDA after the abrupt resignation of Lester Crawford.
US FDA head gives up cancer duties after criticism - Reuters 01/10/05
UNC computer, marine scientists collaborate to predict flow of toxic waters from Katrina - Medical News Today 01/10/05
In the immediate wake of Hurricane Katrina, scientists and research centers from across the country came together to generate information on the contaminated floodwaters and offer it to hazardous materials experts and public health officials.
New study calls for change in the management of COPD to focus on prevention of "lung attacks" to address patients' fears - Medical News Today 01/10/05
An international study of COPD patients, published today in the European Respiratory Journal, shows that, above all else, COPD patients want to avoid being housebound or hospitalised due to attacks of acute worsening, known as exacerbations or "lung attacks".1 Dr John Haughney, lead study author, GP and lecturer at the University of Aberdeen comments: "I strongly believe that reducing the frequency and severity of exacerbations, and treating them aggressively and effectively, are even more important than long term symptom management, and should be the main focus of treatment. This will help patients to remain active and avoid being housebound and hospitalised".
Injuries among poultry workers - Medical News Today 01/10/05
A survey of poultry workers in western North Carolina reveals high rates of injuries, as well as significant differences among poultry companies in numbers of injuries and how workers view company emphasis on safety.
11 years' worth of smoking raises breast cancer risk by 40% - Medical News Today 01/10/05
Older women who have smoked for 11 or more "pack years" - the lifetime equivalent of a pack a day for at least 11 years - face a 30 percent to 40 percent increased risk of developing breast cancer as compared to women who've never smoked, according to new findings from researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
High homocysteine levels associated with lower cognitive functioning, BU study finds - Medical News Today 01/10/05
Determining levels of homocysteine may be one way to intervene in mild cognitive deficit early in the adult life-cycle, according to a recent study by a research team led by Merrill F. Elias, a professor of epidemiology in the Statistics and Consulting Unit of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Boston University. Normally present in blood plasma, homocysteine is an amino acid by-product of the biological process that converts food to the chemical compounds that keep the body running.
Using chicken virus to stimulate or suppress body's immune system - Medical News Today 01/10/05
Researchers at the University of South Australia are developing novel vaccines by using a chicken virus to either stimulate or suppress the body's immune system.
Government Must Involve GPs in Frontline Response To Possible Flu Pandemic, Australian Medical Association - Medical News Today 30/09/05
AMA (Australian Medical Association) President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, today called on the Government to do more to involve GPs in the planning for a national response to a possible flu pandemic.
American Lung Association Reinforces the Need for the Elderly to Get Flu Vaccine - Medical News Today 30/09/05
Vaccination is the best method available to protect older Americans from the complications of influenza. The American Lung Association continues to recommend annual vaccination for people age 65 and older despite publication (The Lancet) of a review study that compiled old, previously published research.
NPR Reports on Skepticism Over Accuracy of Home Test That Allows Pregnant Women To Determine Sex of Fetus - Medical News Today 30/09/05
NPR's "Morning Edition" on Thursday reported on skepticism among some consumers and physicians over the accuracy of a test launched in June that allows pregnant women in the U.S. to determine the sex of their fetus as early as five weeks' gestation (Boyce, "Morning Edition," NPR, 9/29). The $25 Baby Gender Mentor test, marketed by Mommy's Thinkin' and available online at pregnancystore.com, includes a finger-prick kit for pregnant women to collect a blood specimen. Women then send the blood sample to a laboratory based in Lowell, Mass., which analyzes fetal DNA in the pregnant woman's blood for an additional charge of $250. Lab technicians test the blood for the presence of a Y chromosome, which would indicate the fetus is male, or the absence of the chromosome indicating the fetus is female. The pregnant woman receives the test results in two to three days (Kaiser Daily Reproductive Health Report, 6/28). The test, which is manufactured by Acu-Gen, is classified as nonmedical and therefore not regulated by FDA. According to NPR, thousands of pregnant women have ordered the test, but several women have come forward to say their results were incorrect. The segment includes comments from Diana Bianchi, an expert on fetal and neonatal genetics at Tufts University whose work is cited on Acu-Gen's Web site as proof of the science behind the test; Sherry Bonelli, owner of pregnancystore.com; physicians whose pregnant patients have taken the test; a woman whose test indicated that she was pregnant with a male fetus, although a sonogram indicated that she was carrying a female fetus; and a woman who was told by Acu-Gen that she was pregnant with twins, although a sonogram showed she was carrying only one fetus ("Morning Edition," NPR, 9/29).
Four Groups To Help FDA Monitor Medication Safety, Effectiveness - Medical News Today 30/09/05
FDA has contracted with four health industry organizations to help it conduct post-market surveillance of prescription drugs by using data from large volumes of patient records, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. UnitedHealth Group, which has a database of 11 million patients; the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute of Oakland, Calif.; Nashville-based Vanderbilt University; and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of Wellesley, Mass., will work with FDA to monitor drug safety and effectiveness. The four organizations each will be paid between $1.3 million and $1.4 million over five years to provide data to the agency. FDA said it will use the data to conduct drug safety analyses and "respond expeditiously to urgent public safety concerns." UnitedHealth spokesperson Mark Lindsay said, "The main advantage is speed. A clinical trial usually involves 1,000 or so patients. Now the FDA has access to 11 million. If they get a couple of signals (from a problem drug), then they can look in the database as opposed to waiting to hear (from providers in the field)" (Phelps, Minneapolis Star Tribune, 9/29).
Massachusetts General Hospital launches magazine that examines medicine's leading edge - Medical News Today 30/09/05
Massachusetts General Hospital has launched a national quarterly magazine that explores the latest developments in biomedical research, promising clinical applications and health policy. The magazine, titled Proto: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Medicine, is being distributed to thought and opinion leaders representing health care, business, philanthropy and public policy - people interested in knowing what is going on today that may change the way medicine is practiced in the years to come.
Laboratory professionals in Africa receive training under AIDS Relief Plan - Medical News Today 30/09/05
The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) announced that the Society will receive approximately $1.5 million in federal funds to continue to provide laboratory training and quality improvement programs in African countries severely affected by AIDS. The training programs are for medical laboratory professionals in Africa and will continue in 2006 through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
New strategy could prevent leading cause of maternal death in Africa - Medical News Today 30/09/05
A relatively cheap and easy to use drug could save the lives of thousands of women in the developing world, according to a study in this week's BMJ.
Genes, Drugs and Breast Cancer Basis of $12 Million Pharmacogenetics Study - Medical News Today 30/09/05
It is known that genetics controls everything from a person's eye color to a predisposition to some diseases. Researchers also believe genetics control individual responses to medications, including various breast cancer therapies.
FDA 510K Approval for Cellvizio-GI New Advanced Endoscopic Imaging System for Real Time Microscopic Observations in The GI Tract - Medical News Today 30/09/05
Mauna Kea Technologies, specialized in the development of in vivo cellular imaging for biomedical and medical applications, announced today that it received a 510 k approval from FDA to market the Cellvizio-GI (known previously as the F400 system). Designed to be used in conjunction with conventional video-endoscopes, this new advanced confocal laser imaging system allows real-time microscopic observations of tissues in the gastrointestinal tract.
Chromium Picolinate Linked With Reduced Carbohydrate Cravings In People With Atypical Depression - Medical News Today 30/09/05
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study assessing chromium picolinate supplementation in 113 people with atypical depression found that a subset of patients who reported the highest levels of carbohydrate cravings demonstrated significantly greater reductions than the placebo group on four items on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D-29): carbohydrate craving, appetite increase, increased eating, and diurnal variation of feeling (mood variation throughout the day). The study, published today in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice, found that 65 percent of the chromium picolinate patients with high carbohydrate craving versus 33 percent of those receiving placebo had significantly greater improvements on total HAM-D-29 scores
Rothmans sinks on Canada tobacco ruling, rivals up - Reuters 30/09/05
Rothmans Inc. stock sank as much as 11 percent on Friday after Canada's top court cleared the way for provinces to sue the tobacco industry, but shares of foreign-owned tobacco firms shrugged off the ruling.
Canadian provinces can sue Big Tobacco--high court - Reuters 29/09/05
PDAs expected to change healthcare in future - Reuters 30/09/05
Personal digital assistants (PDAs) could change the way healthcare is delivered in the future by providing doctors with easy access to patient data and the latest information on treatment.
1.4 million children could be saved with vaccines - Reuters 30/09/05
An estimated 1.4 children under five years of age die unnecessarily each year from measles, whooping cough or tetanus, all of them preventable with vaccines, the U.N. Children's Fund, UNICEF, reported on Thursday.
Heart doc says Vioxx may have caused heart attack - Reuters 29/09/05
The cardiologist for a man who sued Merck & Co. Inc., blaming Vioxx for his 2001 heart attack, testified on Thursday that the withdrawn painkiller and not heart disease was likely responsible.
Kids' abdominal pain may become adult IBS - Reuters 29/9/05
Childhood abdominal pain is a common complaint, and it may progress to adult irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in some cases, according to a study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
More evidence links SARS to bats - Reuters 29/09/05
Many species of bats found across China are infected with viruses similar to the SARS virus, an international team of researchers reported on Thursday.
Low cholesterol linked to Parkinson's risk in men - Reuters 29/09/05
Is it possible to have too low a level of cholesterol? A cholesterol profile that reduces the risk of heart disease may increase the risk for Parkinson's disease -- at least for men -- researchers report.
Researchers launch biggest study of US children - Reuters 29/09/05
Researchers hoping to determine the causes of many common diseases like autism and diabetes will follow 100,000 U.S. children from birth through adulthood in the largest ever study of its kind.
Cheshire and Mersey News
'It's too little' - Maghull & Aintree Star 29/09/05
COUNCILLOR Jack Colbert has been campaigning for a medical centre for the area for the last five years.
New practice for 9,000 patients - Maghull & Aintree Star 29/09/05
MEDICAL chiefs have announced plans to create a brand new medical practice in Sefton East.
Children rescued from prostitution - Daily Post 30/09/05
MORE than 200 children have been rescued from prostitution in the last five years on Merseyside, the Daily Post can reveal.
Primary school's healthy outlook - Southport Visiter 30/09/05
BISHOP David Sheppard Primary could soon be proclaimed the healthiest school in the whole country.
GPs call on divided town to back centre - Frodsham And Helsby Chronicle 30/09/05
TOWN DOCTORS have appealed to residents to support proposals for a controversial Medical Centre in Frodsham.
Greater Manchester News
Doctor cleared of groping at party - Manchester Evening News 01/10/05
A DOCTOR has been cleared of sexually abusing a woman guest at a dinner party.
Super-beam joins battle on cancer - Manchester Evening News 30/09/05
SCIENTISTS in Manchester are hoping to use a super-beam to shed light on global warming and cancer.
GPs' fears over on-call service - Manchester Evening News 30/09/05
NEARLY half of GPs are worried that the quality of out-of-hours patient care has deteriorated.
Who takes pills for neighbour's headache - Bolton Evening News 30/09/05
AS the fluoride issue has surfaced again, I would like to ask the pro-fluoride lobby one question: If their next-door neighbour had a headache from too much beer the night before, would they take tablets to cure their neighbour's headache?
Hospital beats the bug - Bolton Evening News 30/09/05
THE battle against the hospital superbug is being won at the Royal Bolton Hospital, new figures reveal.
My life is in tatters - Wigan Observer 30/09/05
A trainee hospital doctor whose life has been devastated after a nurse accused him of molesting her has walked free from court.
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