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Australia ABC News: Health

• Deceased Townsville patient 'deserved better': Oppn

  Fetched: September 7th, 2008, 8:58am EDT

  The Queensland Opposition says a man who died last week while waiting for a bed in Townsville Hospital deserved better.

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• Turning cancer cells into a work of art - Times Online

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 8:39am EDT by orsiko

  DE GUSTIBUS ... Stefanie Reichelt, a scientist at the Cambridge Research Institute, believes that cancer cells are beautiful. In fact, when viewed under a microscope, she thinks that all parts of the human body - from chromosomes to sperm - are visually arresting.

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• Hurricane Psychology: Ike Triggers Fears

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 7:50am EDT

  For those who live in its path, hurricane season stirs up anxiety even before devastating winds and rains hit land.

International Herald Tribune: Health and Science

• Marijuana ingredient may fight bacteria

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 7:38am EDT

  Researchers have discovered that the main active ingredient in marijuana shows promise as an antibacterial agent.

• Warmth opens Arctic routes, scientists say

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 7:38am EDT

  The Arctic Ocean, long a frozen region hostile to all but nuclear submariners and seal hunters, is transforming during the summers into more of an open ocean.

Australia ABC News: Health

• Boating officers in pay dispute for Harbour patrols

  Fetched: September 7th, 2008, 7:19am EDT

  Boating safety officers are in a dispute with the New South Wales Maritime authority over pay for night patrols of Sydney Harbour.

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• Lipitor 80 Mg Provided Sustained Risk Reduction Of Cardiovascular...

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 7:12am EDT

  Pfizer announced that in patients with established heart disease, Lipitor 80 mg not only significantly reduced the relative risk of suffering a first cardiovascular event by 19 percent compared to Lipitor 10 mg ...

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• How To Be A Healthier Single - Forbes.com

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 6:38am EDT by orsiko

  Can This Be True? Regardless of your marital status, you've probably heard about or read one of the countless studies showing the health benefits of marriage.

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• Rasilez(R), First-In-Class Direct Renin Inhibitor, Lowers High Blood...

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 6:30am EDT

  Main Category: Hypertension Also Included In: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Article Date: 07 Sep 2008 New clinical data analysis confirms that the first-in-class direct renin inhibitor Rasilez , known as ...

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• Hold your horses! Discover the secret of slow

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 5:23am EDT by Scott Isaacs

  Want to be a better father, trim that gut, blow 'em away in your next presentation and make your wife moan with delight? Take a lesson from the tortoise.

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• The Naked Truth

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 5:10am EDT

  It would take doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee several weeks before determining that a heterosexual African American teenager named Marvelyn Brown had begun ...

Topix.net - Cancer

• Cancer lottery: Why the odds are still stacked against the poor

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 5:09am EDT

  Professor Karol Sikora said people from wealthier areas were fast tracked for treatment because they pushed for it harder Cancer patients living in richer areas are significantly more likely to survive, ...

Medical News Today

• Down-Staged Liver Cancer Associated With Good Post-Transplant Outcomes

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 5:00am EDT

  Patients with liver cancer can become viable candidates for transplantation if their tumors respond to treatment, a new study suggests. This report is in the September issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). The article is available online at Wiley Interscience (http://www.interscience.wiley.com/).

• Living Donor Liver Transplants May Drastically Decrease Mortality From Liver Failure

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 5:00am EDT

  Patients with acute liver failure (ALF) could be saved by a transplant from a living donor (LDLT), according to a new study in the September issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal by John Wiley & Sons. The recent experience of U.S. patients shows that recipient mortality rates and donor morbidity rates are acceptable. The article is also available online at Wiley Interscience (http://www.

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• Down-Staged Liver Cancer Associated With Good Post-Transplant Outcomes

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 5:00am EDT

  Patients with liver cancer can become viable candidates for transplantation if their tumors respond to treatment, a new study suggests. This report is in the September issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). The article is available online at Wiley Interscience (http://www.interscience.wiley.com/).

Medical News Today

• Advice For Muslims With Asthma During Ramadan

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 4:00am EDT

  Although Islamic rules state that people with chronic conditions are permitted not to fast, some Muslims with asthma still chose to observe Ramadan and many may consider using an inhaler to be breaking the fast.

• Tiny Ancestral Remnant Lends Developmental Edge To Humans

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 4:00am EDT

  Subtle genetic changes that confer an evolutionary advantage upon a species, such as the dexterity characteristic of the human hand, while difficult to detect and even harder to reproduce in a model system, have nevertheless generated keen interest amongst evolutionary biologists. In findings published online in the September 5 edition of the journal Science, researchers from the U.S.

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• Bike Seats And Sexual Performance

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:18am EDT

  Bike Seats And Sexual Performance

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• Ancient Olympics Guide: Myths about the Olympic Games

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:05am EDT by ilove2shop

  Ancient Olympics Guide: Myths about the Olympic Games

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• Rasilez(R), First-In-Class Direct Renin Inhibitor, Lowers High Blood Pressure More Effectively Than Diuretic In Obese Patients

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  New clinical data analysis confirms that the first-in-class direct renin inhibitor Rasilez® (aliskiren), known as Tekturna® in the US, provides significantly greater blood pressure reductions in obese patients with high blood pressure compared to the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) alone1.

• Excessive Calorie Intake Induced By Intellectual Work

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  A Universite Laval research team has demonstrated that intellectual work induces a substantial increase in calorie intake. The details of this discovery, which could go some way to explaining the current obesity epidemic, are published in the most recent issue of Psychosomatic Medicine. The research team, supervised by Dr.

• Toward Improved Antibiotics Using Proteins From Marine Diatoms - Biomacromolecules Journal

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Researchers in Florida are reporting an advance toward tapping the enormous potential of an emerging new group of antibiotics identical to certain germ-fighting proteins found in the human immune system. Their study, which may help fight the growing epidemic of drug-resistant infections, is in the current (August) issue of ACS' Biomacromolecules, a monthly journal. In the new study, D.

• Study Suggests A Possible Way To Offset Chemobrain Memory Loss

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Cancer patients have complained for years about the mental fog known as chemobrain. Now in animal studies at West Virginia University (WVU), researchers have discovered that injections of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), an antioxidant, can prevent the memory loss that breast cancer chemotherapy drugs sometimes induce.

• Promising Method For Reducing MRSA Infections In Hospital Intensive Care Units Revealed By University Of Virginia Study

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Doctors at the University of Virginia Health System have significantly reduced MRSA infections among surgical intensive care patients by using antibiotic cycling, a method of rotating drugs at regular intervals.

• Marijuana Ingredients Show Promise In Battling Superbugs - Journal Of Natural Products

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Substances in marijuana show promise for fighting deadly drug-resistant bacterial infections, including so-called "superbugs," without causing the drug's mood-altering effects, scientists in Italy and the United Kingdom are reporting.

• A Bioinformatic System Takes Adult Stem Cell Research To A New Level

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Stem cell research is the next great leap in medicine. In the future, new tissue grown in a laboratory could replace a failing heart, or new cells take the place of damaged cells in the brain. Rather than using stem cells from embryonic sources, which opens difficult ethical and complicated scientific issues, scientists have been looking to adult human stem cells, culled from a person's own body.

• Link Between Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes And Neurodegeneration

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  New research from Rhode Island Hospital found that obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) can contribute to mild neurodegeneration with features common with Alzheimer's disease (AD) - the first study to show that obesity can cause neurodegeneration. The study appeared in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Volume 15:1 (September 2008) .

• An Advance On New Generations Of Chemotherapy And Antiviral Drugs

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Researchers are describing progress toward developing a new generation of chemotherapy agents that target and block uncontrolled DNA replication - a hallmark of cancer, viral infections, and other diseases - more effectively than current drugs in ways that may produce fewer side effects. Their article is scheduled for the Aug. 27 issue of ACS' Biochemistry, a weekly journal.

• Major Flooding Risk Could Span Decades After Chinese Earthquake

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Up to 20 million people, thousands of whom are already displaced from their homes following the devastating Chinese earthquake, are at increased risk from flooding and major power shortages in the massive Sichuan Basin over the next few decades and possibly centuries.

• VSP Vision Care Study: Nearly 8 Out Of 10 American Kids Under Five Have Never Had An Eye Exam

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  A recent nationwide survey of nearly 4,000 Americans by VSP® Vision Care revealed that more than three-quarters (76 percent) of children under the age of five have never had a comprehensive eye exam.

• PITT Receives $10 Million NIMH Grant For Schizophrenia Research

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  The University of Pittsburgh has received a $10 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to support a new Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders (CCNMD). The center will focus on developing new treatments for schizophrenia, a disease that affects over two million adults in the United States alone.

• eHealthMe.com Offers New Look At Statin Side Effects Study, More Research May Be Needed

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  In 2004, the FDA sponsored a study on occurrences of rhabdomyolysis, a sometimes deadly side effect of cholesterol-lowering statins, generally believed to be rare after the withdrawal of cerivastatin. The FDA study looked at patients using statins for a period of one year, with results showing that only 0.44 in 10,000 patients will develop this sometimes life-threatening condition.

• American Kidney Fund's Disaster Relief Program Available To Dialysis Patients

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  The American Kidney Fund's Disaster Relief Program is ready to provide emergency financial assistance to U.S. dialysis patients affected by Hurricane Gustav--as well as to help dialysis patients who may be affected by additional storms as hurricane season reaches its peak.

• Two-Thirds Of Adult Americans Willing To Pay Higher Taxes To Fund Chronic Disease Prevention Programs, Survey Finds

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  More than two-thirds of adult Americans agree that the U.S. healthcare system needs to put more emphasis on chronic disease preventive care than on treatment, and they're willing to pay higher taxes to fund those programs, according to a new survey by the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors.

• Spencer Forrest Begins Clinical Trials On The X5 Hair Laser, Sets Sights On Beating Genetic Hair Loss

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  In yet another milestone for its line of products aimed at countering hair loss, Spencer Forrest Inc. has officially entered clinical trials with its X5 Hair Laser. Featuring 15 individual lasers that interact directly with the scalp, the X5 is the most powerful Laser Therapy device on the market.

• Early And Accurate Detection Of Bowel Cancer With RanplexCRC - Detects 28 Polymorphisms Associated With Colorectal Cancer In A Single Stool Sample

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  RanplexCRC is a diagnostic test that can detect 28 polymorphisms associated with colorectal cancer in a single stool sample. It does not require a hospital visit or dietary restrictions, while having greater sensitivity than the currently used Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) screening test.

• New Think Tank Tackles Health Policy And Professionalism Issues - Indiana University School Of Medicine And Riley Hospital For Children

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Quick turnaround research on the hottest topics of the day related to health policy, medical professionalism, medical education, and physician practice is the goal of the Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (CHPPR), recently created as an innovative think tank at the Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Hospital for Children.

• Smoking Cessation Reduces Cardiovascular Risks In Patients With CKD

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Nearly 47.5 million Americans currently smoke, and the habit is one that increases the risk and progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Patients with CKD also develop cardiovascular issues as the disease worsens, and researchers are calling for more studies that will help reduce cardiovascular mortality in this patient group.

• Case Report: Delivering A Full-Term Baby While On Hemodialysis Is Possible

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  For women with chronic kidney disease (CKD), getting pregnant is very rare, and a successful pregnancy is even more uncommon, especially for women on dialysis. In the July-August 2008 issue of Nephrology Nursing Journal, Mary Coyle and co-authors present a case report of a 35-year-old woman with Stage 5 CKD who successfully completed a 39-week pregnancy while on hemodialysis.

• Kidney Research UK Launches First Ever National Kidney Disease Screening Pilot

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Kidney Research UK is to launch a pilot programme of national screening days for chronic kidney disease (CKD).  The screenings will take place from September until the end of November in four centres across the UK.

Medical News Today - Diabetes

• Link Between Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes And Neurodegeneration

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  New research from Rhode Island Hospital found that obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) can contribute to mild neurodegeneration with features common with Alzheimer's disease (AD) - the first study to show that obesity can cause neurodegeneration. The study appeared in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Volume 15:1 (September 2008) .

Medical News Today - Cholesterol

• eHealthMe.com Offers New Look At Statin Side Effects Study, More Research May Be Needed

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  In 2004, the FDA sponsored a study on occurrences of rhabdomyolysis, a sometimes deadly side effect of cholesterol-lowering statins, generally believed to be rare after the withdrawal of cerivastatin. The FDA study looked at patients using statins for a period of one year, with results showing that only 0.44 in 10,000 patients will develop this sometimes life-threatening condition. The creators of eHealthMe.

Medical News Today - Breast Cancer News

• Study Suggests A Possible Way To Offset Chemobrain Memory Loss

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Cancer patients have complained for years about the mental fog known as chemobrain. Now in animal studies at West Virginia University (WVU), researchers have discovered that injections of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), an antioxidant, can prevent the memory loss that breast cancer chemotherapy drugs sometimes induce. The WVU researchers' study has just been published in the September issue of the Springer journal Metabolic Brain Disease.

Medical News Today - Cancer/Oncology News

• Early And Accurate Detection Of Bowel Cancer With RanplexCRC - Detects 28 Polymorphisms Associated With Colorectal Cancer In A Single Stool Sample

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  RanplexCRC is a diagnostic test that can detect 28 polymorphisms associated with colorectal cancer in a single stool sample. It does not require a hospital visit or dietary restrictions, while having greater sensitivity than the currently used Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) screening test. RanplexCRC may more accurately profile patients and reduce the number of patients for colonoscopy, saving time and resources and reducing patient discomfort.

• An Advance On New Generations Of Chemotherapy And Antiviral Drugs

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Researchers are describing progress toward developing a new generation of chemotherapy agents that target and block uncontrolled DNA replication - a hallmark of cancer, viral infections, and other diseases - more effectively than current drugs in ways that may produce fewer side effects. Their article is scheduled for the Aug. 27 issue of ACS' Biochemistry, a weekly journal. In the article, Anthony J.

• Study Suggests A Possible Way To Offset Chemobrain Memory Loss

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Cancer patients have complained for years about the mental fog known as chemobrain. Now in animal studies at West Virginia University (WVU), researchers have discovered that injections of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), an antioxidant, can prevent the memory loss that breast cancer chemotherapy drugs sometimes induce. The WVU researchers' study has just been published in the September issue of the Springer journal Metabolic Brain Disease.

Topix.net - Diabetes

• Young Walkers to Join in Diabetes Fundraiser

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 2:08am EDT

  You're never too young to make a difference in others' lives. A Shelbyville toddler will be participating in a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's fundraising walk to cure diabetes in St.

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• Op-Ed Columnist - Let's Talk About Sex - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 1:04am EDT by wilddove

  Op-Ed Columnist - Let's Talk About Sex - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

• The science of happiness -

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 1:01am EDT by Angel_C

  IF RECENT scientific research on happiness -- and there has been quite a bit -- has proved anything, it's that happiness is not a goal. It's a process. Although our tendency to be happy or not is partly inborn, it's also partly within our control.

USATODAY.com Health - Top Stories

• Raising grandchildren an extra burden for many

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  An estimated 2.5 million U.S. grandparents are responsible for the basic needs of one or more grandchildren who live with them, ...

  

  

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• Cambodian women with HIV receive boost from fashion designer and UN agency

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 12:53am EDT

  The United Nations Development Programme , renowned fashion designer Bibi Russell and Cambodian women living with HIV have joined forces to launch a new line of contemporary bags.

Topix.net - Cancer

• Breast MRIs delay cancer treatment by weeks: study

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 12:53am EDT

  Women with newly diagnosed breast cancer who get an MRI scan wait about three weeks longer before their surgery and are far more likely to get a mastectomy than women who have only a mammogram, U.S. researchers ...

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• Vein tubes 'fitted needlessly'

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 12:52am EDT by Red Wolf

  A third of patients have unnecessary tubes inserted into veins when they are in hospital, pharmacists have warned. Researchers from Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University said this needlessly exposed them to serious complications, such as infections and blood clots.

• Scared Senseless - Review of 'Hyping Health Risks'

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 12:37am EDT by bgates43

  In "Hyping Health Risks," Geoffrey Kabat, an epidemiologist himself, shows how activists, regulators and scientists distort or magnify minuscule environmental risks.

• Suicides and the media

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 12:06am EDT by Barney Lerten

  Curious what y'all think. We've had a rash of suicides (or suicide attempts) in our area lately - maybe we're not alone, considering the state of the economy.

• 5 or More Drinks - Increases STD risk

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 11:39pm EDT by austinl7

  No surprise. If you drink heavily, your judgement drops, and you're at greater risk of picking up a sexually transmitted disease (STD), reports this LA Times news article, "Binge drinking is fun -- until the gonorrhea diagnosis." Here are the highlights of this article . . .

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• Robert Novak column describes brain cancer treatment

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 10:50pm EDT

  Conservative political commentator Robert Novak says he's lost partial vision and undergone a lengthy surgery to remove a tumor since being diagnosed with brain cancer.

Australia ABC News: Health

• Calls for changes to ACT Prostitution Act

  Fetched: September 6th, 2008, 10:33pm EDT

  Sex workers in the ACT want Territory legislation to be changed to better protect their members.

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• What is histoplasmosis?

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 9:15pm EDT by jpark

  The Food and Drug Administration is ordering stronger warnings on a particular class of medications because of patient deaths from fungal infections

• For Even Healthy Men, Alcohol Seems to Lower Heart Attack Risk

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 9:04pm EDT by Populist Party

  Those who had one-half to two drinks a day had the lowest heart attack risk — 40 percent to 60 percent lower than healthy men who didn't drink. And that was true no matter whether they were drinking beer, wine or liquor.

BBC Health News

• Young 'ignorant on mental health'

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 8:26pm EDT

  Almost half of all teenagers cannot name a single mental health condition, according to a poll of schoolchildren.

Topix.net - HIV/AIDS

• HIV-positive man sues McDonald's after firing

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 8:23pm EDT

  Promenade Concert Moved Indoors Downtown Partners reports tonight's Fridays on the Promenade Concert location has been moved to the Chesterfield at 1225 Historic 4 th Street.

Topix.net - Cancer

• Robert Novak column describes brain cancer treatment

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 8:23pm EDT

  Conservative political commentator Robert Novak says he's lost partial vision and undergone a lengthy surgery to remove a tumor since being diagnosed with brain cancer.

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• Breast MRIs delay cancer treatment by weeks: study | U.S. | Reuters

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 8:13pm EDT by mprimario

  Breast MRIs delay cancer treatment by weeks: study | U.S. | Reuters

BBC Health News

• Vein tubes 'fitted needlessly'

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 8:07pm EDT

  A third of patients have unnecessary tubes inserted into veins when they are in hospital, pharmacists have warned.

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• Basil Holds the Key to Anti-Aging

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 8:01pm EDT by Ageing Hippie

  Basil can protect against the harmful effects of ageing, according to research presented at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester.

China Xinghua Health News

• One more death reported from listeriosis in Canada

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 6:10pm EDT

  OTTAWA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- One more person has died from ...

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• Obama hits McCain on Social Security

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 6:10pm EDT

  Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama criticized Republican John McCain's approach to Social Security on Saturday, saying it would undermine the government program aimed mainly at retirees. McCain said he would preserve Social Security.

  Both candidates spoke via satellite to a gathering of the AARP, the nation's largest group of older Americans.

  Obama said McCain's campaign has suggested trimming Social Security benefits, raising the eligibility age and privatizing a portion of the program.

Topix.net - Diabetes

• Generex Biotechnology to Sponsor International Diabetes Symposium in Rome

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 5:59pm EDT

  Generex Biotechnology Corporation , the leader in drug delivery for metabolic diseases through the inner lining of the mouth, will sponsor an international diabetes symposium in Rome, Italy as an adjunct to ...

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• Emotionally wounded kids get cash boost

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 5:34pm EDT by Johblogs

  CHILDREN displaced and emotionally wounded by their parents' divorce will get new support under measures announced by the Rudd Government. Funding of up to $17 million over the next three years will be provided to expand and/or create 18 separate services to support children dea …

USATODAY.com Health - Top Stories

• Do MRIs help or hurt breast cancer patients?

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 5:30pm EDT

  A new breast cancer study raises a provocative question: Can you ever have too much information? The study focuses on MRI scans, ...

  

  

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• Energy foods through history

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 5:23pm EDT by orsiko

  Hearkening back to ancient Europe, people often held the belief that you are what you eat. Strong athletes and warriors were encouraged to eat boiled meat and foods high in energy-producing carbohydrates.

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• Human Trials Of Universal Flu Vaccine Begin At Oxford University

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 5:14pm EDT

  Main Category: Flu / Cold / SARS Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines ; Respiratory / Asthma ; Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 06 Sep 2008 - 2:00 PDT Clinical trials of a new vaccine that ...

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• A treadmill designed for kids? A debate over fitness takes shape. - The Boston Globe

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 5:02pm EDT by orsiko

  Treadmills and elliptical trainers for children: a benign way for kids to get in shape - or a depressing statement on what our society has become? That's the question swirling around two new products, Fitness Fun's My Treadmill and Glide-a-Stride, both of which are aimed at kids  …

• Why Men Die Sooner, New Book Called

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 4:51pm EDT by mprimario

  Why Men Die Sooner, New Book Called

• Robert D. Novak - How a Tumor Is Changing My Life

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 4:35pm EDT by Leah M

  Many people have asked me how I first realized I was suffering from a brain tumor and what I have done about it.

• ABC News: New Down Syndrome Test Hailed as Promising

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 4:31pm EDT by mprimario

  ABC News: New Down Syndrome Test Hailed as Promising

• NEW FLU 'STICKERS' - New York Post

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 4:09pm EDT by mprimario

  NEW FLU 'STICKERS' - New York Post

• Are Curvy Women More Intelligent?

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 4:02pm EDT by orsiko

  Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California at Santa Barbara looked at data from a study of more than 16,000 women and girls from 1988 to 1994 that detailed their body measurements, as well as their education level and their scores on various cogn …

NPR Health and Science

• Can Physicists Be Funny?

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 4:00pm EDT

  Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research are taking improv comedy classes so they can better explain to a nervous world that the new Large Hadron Collider will not, in fact, create a black hole that could end life on earth. Physicist Bob Stanek and improv pioneer Charna Halpern talk about helping scientists communicate better.

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• Potential for Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer in the HIV Population

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 3:48pm EDT

  In the online edition of Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases , Dr. Jonathan Silberstein and his colleagues presented a systematic review of HIV and prostate cancer .

Topix.net - Cancer

• Biogen to test Tysabri as a cancer treatment

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 3:48pm EDT

  Biogen Idec has begun testing the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri as a treatment for blood cancer.

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• Would you eat a clone?

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 3:36pm EDT by orsiko

  Would you eat a clone? What about the offspring of a clone? Food companies are sensing that many of us won't, and are positioning themselves accordingly.

Medical News Today

• Minister Clement Announces Reappointment To The Canadian Institutes Of Health Research

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT

  The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, today announced the reappointment of Arnold Steinberg as a member of the Governing Council for the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), for a three year term. "Mr. Steinberg has already made a significant contribution having acted as Chair of the Governing Council while a new president was being sought," said Minister Clement.

• NovaDel Announces Data From Pilot Efficacy Study Comparing Sumatriptan Oral Spray To Imitrex(R) Tablets

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT

  NovaDel Pharma Inc. (AMEX: NVD), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing oral spray formulations for a broad range of marketed treatments, today announced data from its Pilot Efficacy Study of its Oral Spray formulation of sumatriptan (Sumatriptan OS) compared to sumatriptan tablets, marketed as Imitrex®/Imigran®, the leading triptan indicated for the treatment of migraine headaches.

• Safety In Numbers For Cyclists

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT

  It seems paradoxical but the more people ride bicycles on our city streets, the less likely they are to be injured in traffic accidents. International research reveals that as cycling participation increases, a cyclist is far less likely to collide with a motor vehicle or suffer injury and death - and what's true for cyclists is true for pedestrians.

• Government Of Canada And Province Of British Columbia Collaborate On Addictions Treatment Programs In Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT

  Individuals living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside will benefit from two new treatment services thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada. The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, and the Honourable George Abbott, B.C.

• NIMS' Acceleration Therapeutic Platform: Potential Non-Invasive Home Treatment Of Coronary Artery Disease

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT

  Marvin A Sackner, M.D., CEO, Chairman of the Board, Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc.

• Yerkes Researchers Create Animal Model Of Chronic Stress

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT

  In an effort to better understand how chronic stress affects the human body, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, have created an animal model that shows how chronic stress affects behavior, physiology and reproduction.

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• With an impressive roster of stars, Stand Up to Cancer telethon takes over network TV

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 1:45pm EDT

  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.Skateboarder Tony Hawk, actor Shemar Moore and other celebrities said they joined in a three-network cancer telethon on Friday because the disease had touched or taken the lives of loved ones.

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• Good News if you are Diabetic ...

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 1:17pm EDT by keithw8007

  Supplementing with vitamin K may improve insulin resistance in men, according to a new study published in Diabetes Care.

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• Situation Worsens For Children As Relief Measures Falter In Horn Crisis

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT

  Children, already casualties of the complex drought, food price and conflict crisis unfolding in the Horn of Africa, are suffering severe effects of the lack of food, water and medical care. Three million children in the arid, marginalized region are at risk of death, disease or the long-term consequences of malnutrition.

• University Of California Irvine Extension Introduces "Tourette's Syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder And Other Anxiety Disorders"

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT

  Millions of children across the United States suffer from disorders such as Tourette's Syndrome and anxiety disorders, including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - conditions which often affect their performance in school on both social and academic levels.

• Women With Hormone Disorder May Benefit From Acupuncture

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT

  Getting pregnant with her first child was difficult, but when Rebecca Killmeyer of Charlottesville, Va. experienced a miscarriage during her second pregnancy, she wasn't sure if she would ever have another baby. When she decided to enter a study testing the impact of acupuncture on women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) at the University of Virginia Health System, she came out with a miracle.

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• Women With Hormone Disorder May Benefit From Acupuncture

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT

  Getting pregnant with her first child was difficult, but when Rebecca Killmeyer of Charlottesville, Va. experienced a miscarriage during her second pregnancy, she wasn't sure if she would ever have another baby. When she decided to enter a study testing the impact of acupuncture on women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) at the University of Virginia Health System, she came out with a miracle.

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• Pharmacy White Paper Consultation On Legislative Changes

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT

  In response to the Pharmacy White Paper related consultation on legislative changes published on 27 August, the NPA has called for new money to be made available for future pharmacy services and for a clear timetable to be put in place for a more ordered entry of businesses into the pharmacy market.

• CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent Comparable To Bypass Surgery In Key Safety Measures In Patients With Diabetes And Multi-Vessel Disease

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT

  Data from the largest randomized trial of its kind performed to date indicate that the use of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with the CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent was comparable to bypass surgery (coronary artery bypass grafting or CABG) in key safety endpoints in patients with multi-vessel disease and diabetes.

• Immune System Cell Signaling Detected By New Nano Device

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT

  Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances.

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• CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent Comparable To Bypass Surgery In Key Safety Measures In Patients With Diabetes And Multi-Vessel Disease

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT

  Data from the largest randomized trial of its kind performed to date indicate that the use of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with the CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent was comparable to bypass surgery (coronary artery bypass grafting or CABG) in key safety endpoints in patients with multi-vessel disease and diabetes. These data were presented here recently at the European Society of Cardiology meeting.

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• This Blog Has Gone Mobile - The Health, Drug, Prescription, and GMP Supersite

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 11:49am EDT by austinl7

  Our posts are now available for mobile viewing too! So here's what will happen. We'll maintain our original Blogger blog, here at: I'll continue to post new content here.