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Featured Health News from Medical News Today- Survey, 30 Percent On Gulf Coast Suffer From Mental Illness In Wake Of Oil SpillThe oil spill ravaging the Gulf of Mexico has inflicted widespread psychological distress among coastal residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, etching scars even deeper than those whipped by Hurricane Katrina, according to a survey by Ochsner Health System, a nonprofit, academic healthcare delivery system...
- Dengue Fever And Insect-Borne Infections Emerging As Public Health Problem In Areas Of The United StatesSeveral cases of dengue fever, a potentially fatal viral disease transmitted by the bite of urban dwelling Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, have recently been reported in the continental United States. Prevalent in Central America and the Caribbean, dengue fever's most common symptoms include fever, chills, headache, and body aches lasting […]
- Calcium Supplements May Increase Risk Of Heart AttacksAn international team of researchers that reviewed data from several trials found that taking calcium supplements was linked to a higher risk of heart attack and other cardiovascular events; the authors called for new research to re-assess the role of calcium supplements in the treatment of osteoporosis...
- A Breakthrough In Tuberculosis Research: Researcher Discovers Existing Drugs Can Potentially Target The Disease's Ability To SpreadOften causing no symptoms in carriers of the disease, worldwide tuberculosis (TB) infects eight to ten million people every year, kills two million, and it is highly contagious as it is spread through coughing and sneezing...
- CPR Without Mouth-To-Mouth Rescue Breathing May Be Better For Many Victims Of Cardiac ArrestA leading expert in cardiopulmonary resuscitation says two new studies from U.S. and European researchers support the case for dropping mouth-to-mouth, or rescue breathing by bystanders and using "hands-only" chest compressions during the life-saving practice, better known as CPR...
- Survey, 30 Percent On Gulf Coast Suffer From Mental Illness In Wake Of Oil Spill
- Neurology / Neuroscience News From Medical News Today
- New Research Suggests That People With A Sleep Disorder Have A Higher Risk Of Developing Dementia - Alzheimer's Society CommentPeople who experience rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) may go on to develop conditions such as dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson's disease, or multiple system atrophy. The researchers studied the medical records of 27 people with these three neurodegenerative conditions who had also experienced RBD earlier in life...
- New Pathway To Parkinson's And Alzheimer's DiseasesAlthough their genetic underpinnings differ, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease are all characterized by the untimely death of brain cells...
- Boston Scientific Announces FDA Approval Of New Leads For The Precision Plus™ Spinal Cord Stimulator SystemBoston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of two spinal cord stimulation (SCS) leads for use with its Precision Plus™ Spinal Cord Stimulator System, the world's first rechargeable SCS device for the management of chronic pain of the trunk and/or limbs...
- Shionogi Inc. Announces FDA Approval Of CUVPOSA™ For The Treatment Of Chronic Severe Drooling In Pediatric Patients With Neurologic ConditionsShionogi Inc., a U.S.-based group company of Shionogi & Co., Ltd., announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of CUVPOSA™ (glycopyrrolate), the first liquid treatment for patients ages 3-16 who suffer from chronic severe drooling associated with neurologic conditions such as cerebral palsy. CUVPOSA™ was designated an Orphan Drug by the FDA. […]
- Choice Of Neurotransmitter Influenced By Electrical Activity In Developing BrainCascades of genetic signals determine which neurotransmitter a brain cell will ultimately use to communicate with other cells. Now a pair of reports from biologists at the University of California, San Diego, have shown for the first time that electrical activity in these developing neurons can alter their chemical fate - and change an animal's behavior […]
- New Research Suggests That People With A Sleep Disorder Have A Higher Risk Of Developing Dementia - Alzheimer's Society Comment
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- Meet the critters inside your mattressThe mattress can be a jungle of dust mites and bedbugs, milling around among dried remnants of blood, saliva, sweat and basically all the other bodily fluids.
- Lou Gehrig's victim: Kill me for my organsA Georgia man suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease says he wants to die by having his organs harvested rather than wait for his degenerative nerve ailment to kill him.
- Hoarding called a public health issueIn extreme cases, hoarders' obsession has led to fires, attracted vermin, endangered their families, that experts describe it as a growing public health problem.
- Calcium supplements may boost heart attack riskThe millions of people who take calcium supplements to strengthen aging bones and ward off osteoporosis may be putting themselves at increased risk of a heart attack, a new study has found.
- Clone farm goal: Disease-resistant animalsCloning has been a controversial issue since German embryologist Hans Spemann first made a pair of adorable, genetically identical salamander twins out of a single egg, way back in nineteen-dickety-two.
- Meet the critters inside your mattress
- JAMA
- A 29-Year-Old Woman With Flulike Symptoms [Clinical Crossroads]
- This Week in JAMA [This Week in JAMA]
- Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Heart Failure, and Death in Elderly Medicare Patients Treated With Rosiglitazone or Pioglitazone [Original Contribution]
- Respiratory Morbidity in Late Preterm Births [Original Contribution]
- Incidence of Breast Cancer and Its Subtypes in Relation to Individual and Multiple Low-Penetrance Genetic Susceptibility Loci [Original Contribution]
- John Hopkins
- CPR Without Mouth-to-Mouth Rescue Breathing May Be Better for Many Victims of Cardiac Arrest-7/28/10A leading expert in cardiopulmonary resuscitation says two new studies from U.S. and European researchers support the case for dropping mouth-to-mouth, or rescue breathing by bystanders and using "hands-only" chest compressions during the life-saving practice, better known as CPR.
- Brainstem, Spinal Cord Images Hidden in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Fresco-7/27/10Michelangelo, the 16th century master painter and accomplished anatomist, appears to have hidden an image of the brainstem and spinal cord in a depiction of God in the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling, a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers reports. These findings by a neurosurgeon and a medical illustrator, published in the May Neurosurgery, may explain long cont […]
- Dense Bones Linked to Raised Risk for Prostate Cancer-7/27/10Men who develop prostate cancer, especially the more aggressive and dangerous forms that spread throughout the body, tend to retain denser bones as they age than men who stay free of the disease, suggests new research from Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
- Statement on the death of Stephen B. Pitcairn-7/26/10Johns Hopkins is deeply shocked and saddened by the stabbing death of research technologist Stephen B. Pitcairn. His colleagues and friends here mourn his loss and extend sincere condolences to his family.
- $2.5M NIH "Pioneer" Award Goes to Johns Hopkins Pharmacologist-7/26/10A Johns Hopkins scientist who proposes to design and create an all-new series of novel drugs is one of 17 winners of a special grant known as a Director’s Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health.
- CPR Without Mouth-to-Mouth Rescue Breathing May Be Better for Many Victims of Cardiac Arrest-7/28/10
- Surgery Archives
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- Laparoscopic vs Open Distal Pancreatectomy: A Single-Institution Comparative Study [Paper]
- Prognostic Information From Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients With Thick Melanoma [Paper]
- Operative Failure in the Era of Focused Parathyroidectomy: A Contemporary Series of 845 Patients [Paper]
- Effect of Hospital Volume, Surgeon Experience, and Surgeon Volume on Patient Outcomes After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Single-Institution Experience [Paper]
- Health Care Reform News
- Not All Ratings Are EqualBy JOHN MORROW Earlier this month USNews and World Report released their annual list of America’s Best Hospitals. This list is terribly misleading and is a disservice to the readers of that magazine, in my opinion. The fine print is...
- Use Emotion to Drive Adoption—Not Rejection—of Health ITBy LYGEIA RICCIARDI Last week I heard uber marketer Seth Godin speak about the power of fear. Fear is one of the strongest human emotions, based in the core of our brain--the “lizard brain” that evolved prior to our higher...
- Interview with Patrick Soon-ShiongBy Ida Strom Seljeseth In this brief interview at the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington conference June 10, 2010 Executive Chairman of Araxis Health, Patrick Soon-Shiong, talks about the Health Transformation Institute.
- The Reform Dartboard: Predicting Healthcare CostsBy ROGER COLLIER One thing about a democracy, everyone is entitled to publish their predictions about the future, and on the costs (or savings) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act over the 2010-2019 decade, there are enough to...
- Reactor Panel: Health 2.0 Goes to Washington By Matthew Holt In final panel at Health 2.0 Goes to Washington the reactor panel, Will Yu (ONC), Esther Dyson (EDventure) and Chris Schroeder(Healthcentral) discussed health issues, and innovation in the healthcare system with Matthew Holt.
- Not All Ratings Are Equal
- BBC News – Health
- Calcium pills 'raise' heart riskCalcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.
- Pregnant women rights questionedThe right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.
- Drug prescribed after web searchA father persuades the NHS to give his sick daughter a "miracle" drug he found on the internet.
- Addiction drugs 'aid weight loss'A combination pill of two drugs used to treat addiction may help people lose weight, say US researchers.
- Child heart op ban 'should stay'Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.
- Calcium pills 'raise' heart risk
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- Listening to Music While Working Hurts PerformanceTitle: Listening to Music While Working Hurts PerformanceCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/29/2010 10:38:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 7/29/2010 10:38:48 AM
- Gulf Oil Spill's Toll on Nation's BeachesTitle: Gulf Oil Spill's Toll on Nation's BeachesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/29/2010 10:04:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 7/29/2010 10:04:19 AM
- New Drugs Eyed for Huntington's DiseaseTitle: New Drugs Eyed for Huntington's DiseaseCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/28/2010 12:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 7/29/2010
- Level of Parent-Child Conflict Seems to Differ Among NationsTitle: Level of Parent-Child Conflict Seems to Differ Among NationsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/28/2010 12:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 7/29/2010
- For Some Female Birds, Infidelity Boosts Offspring's SurvivalTitle: For Some Female Birds, Infidelity Boosts Offspring's SurvivalCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/28/2010 2:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 7/29/2010
- Listening to Music While Working Hurts Performance
