HIV patient Timothy Brown is the boy who lived [Link]
Los Angeles Times
Almost 20 years after he was diagnosed, the 45-year-old is, essentially, cured. A bone-marrow transplant to treat his leukemia transferred a genetic variation that made his system resistant to HIV.
Aromasin Reduced Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women [Link]
U.S. News & World Report
SATURDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- The anti-estrogen drug Aromasin appears to cut the odds of breast cancer by 65 percent in high-risk postmenopausal women, new research has found.
Divorce can hurt kids' math scores, friendships [Link]
USA Today
Young children of divorce are not only more likely to suffer from anxiety, loneliness, low self-esteem and sadness, they experience long-lasting setbacks in interpersonal skills and math test scores, new research suggests.
Vaccination Rate for Kindergartners Is Over 90% [Link]
WebMD
June 2, 2011 -- More than 90% of children entering kindergarten in the US have had most recommended immunizations, although coverage rates remain below target goals for most states, the CDC says.
A short history of Social Security and the Democrats [The Arena] [Link]
Louisville.com
Not for nothing is Social Security called the “third rail” of contemporary American politics. The political posturing, rhetorical spin, and—not to put too fine a point on it—blatant lying about the future of our system of old-age ...
New strain of MRSA superbug may have spread from cattle to humans [Link]
The Guardian
The new MRSA strain is probably spread through contact with infected cattle or people who work with the animals. Photograph: Alamy Scientists in the UK have discovered a new strain of MRSA that appears to spread to humans from cattle and can cause ...
Cooking in Copper Utensils Might Help Ward Off E.coli [Link]
MedIndia
A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Southampton suggests that using copper utensils while cooking prevents the cross contamination of food items with E.coli bacteria.
No IVF on the NHS if your husband smokes [Link]
Telegraph.co.uk
Men whose partners want to get IVF treatment on the NHS are being made to take 'breathalyser' type tests to ensure they do not smoke either.
Stem cell banks for adults get go-ahead [Link]
Financial Times
A chance for the “wealthy well” to boost their chances of surviving cancer and other diseases by banking stem cells extracted from their own blood is being offered by biomedical companies in the first service of its ...
High-fat diet in pregnancy ups stillbirth risk [Link]
Times of India
A new study has indicated that eating a high-fat diet during pregnancy boosts the chance of stillbirth. It showed eating such a diet decreases blood flow from the mother to the placenta.
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Saturday, 4 June 2011
Medicine In The News (June 3, 2011)
Food plate icon improvement of pyramid [Link]
San Francisco Chronicle
The Department of Agriculture's new food-plate icon is an improvement over its old pyramids for providing clear recommendations for healthy eating.
AIDS fight may tilt to treatment [Link]
msnbc.com
CHICAGO/GENEVA - After 30 years of AIDS prevention efforts, global leaders may now need to shift their focus to spending more on drugs used to treat the disease as new data show this may also be the best way to ..
Feds Sniff Out Bogus Bird-Flu Drug [Link]
Courthouse News Service
LOS ANGELES (CN) - The man who invented Zicam cold remedy was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly importing an unapproved herbal product from Hong Kong to the United States and advertising it as a bird flu treatment.
Vaccination Rates Fall Short of Goal [Link]
MedPage Today
Vaccination rates for kindergartners in many states fell below the Healthy People 2020 target of 95% or greater during the 2009 to 2010 school year, CDC researchers found.
Omega-3 fats linked to lower diabetes risk [Link]
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who get plenty of omega-3 fatty acids in their diets may have lowered odds of developing type 2 diabetes, two new reports suggest.
Some success seen with personalized cancer treatment [Link]
Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tailoring cancer drugs to target the molecular signature of an individual patient's tumor helps more than a scattershot approach, according to early-stage research.
Screening: Saliva Test for Cytomegalovirus Proves Accurate [Link]
New York Times
A new test offers a rapid, inexpensive and highly accurate method for screening newborns for cytomegalovirus, which can cause permanent hearing loss, researchers said on Wednesday.
Orexigen To Halt US Obesity Program As It Disputes FDA Contrave Request [Link]
Wall Street Journal
Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. (OREX) said it plans to suspend clinical development of its US obesity programs as it disputes a decision by the US Food and Drug Administration regarding its Contrave weight loss pill.
New Strain of MRSA Found in Milk [Link]
Medscape
June 2, 2011 - Researchers have discovered a new strain of antibiotic-resistant superbug bacteria in milk. This previously undetectable strain has also caused human infections.
NHS staff should be taking responsibility for their actions [Link]
The Guardian
NHS staff have as much responsibility as the trust to maintain standards. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images It's been well chronicled that the NHS is facing unprecedented change.
Why the deaf see better than those who can hear [Link]
Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter Scientists discovered that the retinas of people born deaf, or who lost their hearing early in life, developed differently from those in people who can hear.
Enzyme offers Huntington's hope [Link]
BBC News
A new approach to treating Huntington's disease may have been found, a UK study carried out in fruit flies suggests. The incurable disease, caused by degeneration of nerve cells, gradually impairs a person's ability to function.
Researchers Getting Closer to Control Symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis [Link]
TopNews Arab Emirates
Researchers from Canada have now moved on to find out ultimate cure for the grave disease called Cystic Fibrosis, which is said to be the genetic disease and has affected Canadian children and young adults at utmost level by cutting short their lives.
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Thursday, 2 June 2011
Medicine In The News (June 2, 2011)
Killer E.coli strain infects first victims in Britain [Link]
Telegraph.co.uk
The deadly new strain of E.coli that has killed 18 people in Europe risks spreading from person to person in Britain, the Health Protection Agency warned last night.
Food pyramid out, 'My Plate' in for healthy eating [Link]
San Jose Mercury News
WASHINGTON -- There's a new US symbol for healthful eating: The Agriculture Department unveiled "My Plate" on Thursday, abandoning the food pyramid that had guided many Americans but merely confused others.
Gay, bi men remain key to HIV epidemic [Link]
Washington Blade
On June 5, 1985, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published an article in its authoritative journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report that experts now consider the first signal that an ...
Cell phones: Which ones emit most, least radiation? [Link]
Tampabay.com
In the wake of this week's World Health Organization report that raised fresh questions about cell phones and cancer risk, we thought it would help readers to find out how much radiation there phones emit.
Brain Injuries Are Seen in New Scans of Veterans [Link]
New York Times
A new study may help explain why some military personnel exposed to blasts have symptoms of brain injury even though their CT and MRI scans look normal.
Bristol, Roche team up on melanoma study [Link]
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bristol-Myers Squibb and Roche Holding AG said on Thursday they would evaluate their respective cancer drugs as a potential combination therapy for metastatic melanoma.
Vatican Maintains Stance on Condoms at HIV/AIDS Summit [Link]
PBS NewsHour
At a weekend HIV/AIDS conference at the Vatican, the Catholic Church stood firm on its stance against the use of condoms to protect against the transmission of HIV.
UPDATED Children of Divorce Suffer Academic Social and Emotional Setbacks [Link]
HealthNews
UPDATE: Although divorce may be inevitable, helping children cope with the process can be controlled in order to minimize the harmful effects that may occur.
Popular Blood Pressure Meds Not Linked to Cancer, FDA Says [Link]
U.S. News & World Report
THURSDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- A class of drugs widely used to treat high blood pressure doesn't boost the risk of cancer, as a recent analysis suggested, US health authorities announced Thursday.
FDA Investigates Newer Birth Control Pills [Link]
WebMD
June 2, 2011 -- The FDA has issued a safety alert warning that women taking a newer type of birth control pill containing the progestin hormone drospirenone may be at higher risk for developing potentially deadly blood clots than women ...
Inventor of Zicam flu remedy arrested in Calif. [Link]
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The inventor of well-known cold remedy Zicam has been charged with illegally importing and distributing an unapproved herbal product that he claimed treated bird flu, authorities said Thursday.
Low-carb dieters should exercise to protect heart [Link]
ABC7Chicago.com
June 2, 2011 (WLS) -- A new study finds low-carb, high-fat diets may not pose a risk to your arteries as some experts have feared, but that's only as long as exercise is part of the plan.
Bullying Tied to Sleep Problems [Link]
MedPage Today
Aggressive schoolchildren appear to be more likely to have sleep-disordered breathing than their more mild-mannered counterparts, a cross-sectional study showed.
Horse owners concerned about equine herpes outbreak [Link]
TriCities.com
An outbreak of Equine Herpes Virus puts horse owners across the nation on high alert, and now the Virginia Department of Agriculture wants local horse owners to be proactive, to prevent the spread the disease to our region.
Girls' lack of iodine 'could harm babies' (and it's due to a lack of milk) [Link]
Daily Mail
Schoolgirls have dangerously low levels of iodine, which could put the health of future generations at risk, claim British researchers.
Prostate cancer - be aware, not afraid [Link]
Telegraph.co.uk
Top bodybuilder, Denton Wilson, talks about his prostate cancer prostate cancer and explains that TENA Men absorbency pads have helped him gain control of his condition.
Tags: Medicine In The News
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Telegraph.co.uk
The deadly new strain of E.coli that has killed 18 people in Europe risks spreading from person to person in Britain, the Health Protection Agency warned last night.
Food pyramid out, 'My Plate' in for healthy eating [Link]
San Jose Mercury News
WASHINGTON -- There's a new US symbol for healthful eating: The Agriculture Department unveiled "My Plate" on Thursday, abandoning the food pyramid that had guided many Americans but merely confused others.
Gay, bi men remain key to HIV epidemic [Link]
Washington Blade
On June 5, 1985, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published an article in its authoritative journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report that experts now consider the first signal that an ...
Cell phones: Which ones emit most, least radiation? [Link]
Tampabay.com
In the wake of this week's World Health Organization report that raised fresh questions about cell phones and cancer risk, we thought it would help readers to find out how much radiation there phones emit.
Brain Injuries Are Seen in New Scans of Veterans [Link]
New York Times
A new study may help explain why some military personnel exposed to blasts have symptoms of brain injury even though their CT and MRI scans look normal.
Bristol, Roche team up on melanoma study [Link]
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bristol-Myers Squibb and Roche Holding AG said on Thursday they would evaluate their respective cancer drugs as a potential combination therapy for metastatic melanoma.
Vatican Maintains Stance on Condoms at HIV/AIDS Summit [Link]
PBS NewsHour
At a weekend HIV/AIDS conference at the Vatican, the Catholic Church stood firm on its stance against the use of condoms to protect against the transmission of HIV.
UPDATED Children of Divorce Suffer Academic Social and Emotional Setbacks [Link]
HealthNews
UPDATE: Although divorce may be inevitable, helping children cope with the process can be controlled in order to minimize the harmful effects that may occur.
Popular Blood Pressure Meds Not Linked to Cancer, FDA Says [Link]
U.S. News & World Report
THURSDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- A class of drugs widely used to treat high blood pressure doesn't boost the risk of cancer, as a recent analysis suggested, US health authorities announced Thursday.
FDA Investigates Newer Birth Control Pills [Link]
WebMD
June 2, 2011 -- The FDA has issued a safety alert warning that women taking a newer type of birth control pill containing the progestin hormone drospirenone may be at higher risk for developing potentially deadly blood clots than women ...
Inventor of Zicam flu remedy arrested in Calif. [Link]
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The inventor of well-known cold remedy Zicam has been charged with illegally importing and distributing an unapproved herbal product that he claimed treated bird flu, authorities said Thursday.
Low-carb dieters should exercise to protect heart [Link]
ABC7Chicago.com
June 2, 2011 (WLS) -- A new study finds low-carb, high-fat diets may not pose a risk to your arteries as some experts have feared, but that's only as long as exercise is part of the plan.
Bullying Tied to Sleep Problems [Link]
MedPage Today
Aggressive schoolchildren appear to be more likely to have sleep-disordered breathing than their more mild-mannered counterparts, a cross-sectional study showed.
Horse owners concerned about equine herpes outbreak [Link]
TriCities.com
An outbreak of Equine Herpes Virus puts horse owners across the nation on high alert, and now the Virginia Department of Agriculture wants local horse owners to be proactive, to prevent the spread the disease to our region.
Girls' lack of iodine 'could harm babies' (and it's due to a lack of milk) [Link]
Daily Mail
Schoolgirls have dangerously low levels of iodine, which could put the health of future generations at risk, claim British researchers.
Prostate cancer - be aware, not afraid [Link]
Telegraph.co.uk
Top bodybuilder, Denton Wilson, talks about his prostate cancer prostate cancer and explains that TENA Men absorbency pads have helped him gain control of his condition.
Tags: Medicine In The News
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Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Medicine In The News (June 1, 2011)
Special Report: An end to AIDS? [Link]
Reuters
A still image provided by KPIX TV and taken from the broadcaster's video footage shows Timothy Ray Brown during an interview at his home in San Francisco.
Cell Phones: How Precautionary Should Our Principles Be? [Link]
TIME
But as I've followed the story and spoken with experts on both sides of the issue, something else struck me. It relates to a line from yesterday's press conference with the researchers from the ...
'Octomom' doctor's license to be revoked, state medical board rules [Link]
Los Angeles Times
The medical license of the Beverly Hills fertility doctor who assisted Nadya Suleman in conceiving octuplets will be revoked next month, the Medical Board of California announced Wednesday.
Chronic-Fatigue Paper Called Into Question [Link]
Wall Street Journal
Editors of the journal Science have asked the co-authors of a 2009 paper that linked chronic fatigue syndrome to a retrovirus called XMRV to voluntarily retract the paper.
FDA Approves New Drug to Treat C. diff [Link]
WebMD
June 1, 2011 -- The FDA has approved the use of an antibacterial drug called Dificid to treat adult patients with an infectious type of diarrhea that has become a significant problem in hospitals and long-term care facilities.
A Common Hormone in Birth Control May Have Heightened Blood Clot Risk [Link]
TIME
A synthetic form of the hormone progesterone, known as drospirenone is a key ingredient in popular hormonal contraceptives like Yaz and Yasmin, but a new report shows that it may have a higher ...
2 mln teens live with HIV: report [Link]
Xinhua
JOHANNESBURG, June 1 (Xinhua) -- An estimated 2 million adolescents ages 10 to 19 are living with HIV, with 86 percent of them from sub-Saharan Africa, according to a global report on HIV prevention launched in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Stem cell therapy gives dogs new pep in their step [Link]
Vancouver Sun
There is a revolutionary new treatment for arthritic dogs - stem cell therapy. The theory behind the treatment is that the stem cells can increase the body's ability to decrease ...
Cilantro may carry pesticides and salmonella [Link]
Chicago Tribune
But for cilantro haters, it may seem more like a vindication: Your tastebuds were protecting you from soapy tasting danger. While industry and regulators say they are going to take care of the problem, many, in the meantime, ...
Terminally ill 'should write down how they want to die' [Link]
Telegraph.co.uk
Terminally ill patients are to be asked by their doctors to write down how they want to die, under new guidelines to be unveiled today.
MS patients denied licensed cannabis drug by NHS [Link]
The Guardian
Several MS patients across the UK are unable to get Sativex, a drug derived from cannabis which relieves their symptoms. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images The NHS has been criticised by doctors for denying multiple sclerosis patients access to a ...
Sun cream guidelines 'leave millions at risk' [Link]
Telegraph.co.uk
Millions of Britons are putting themselves at risk of sunburn and skin cancer because official guidance on sun cream is far too low, it has been warned.
Tags: Medicine In The News
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Reuters
A still image provided by KPIX TV and taken from the broadcaster's video footage shows Timothy Ray Brown during an interview at his home in San Francisco.
Cell Phones: How Precautionary Should Our Principles Be? [Link]
TIME
But as I've followed the story and spoken with experts on both sides of the issue, something else struck me. It relates to a line from yesterday's press conference with the researchers from the ...
'Octomom' doctor's license to be revoked, state medical board rules [Link]
Los Angeles Times
The medical license of the Beverly Hills fertility doctor who assisted Nadya Suleman in conceiving octuplets will be revoked next month, the Medical Board of California announced Wednesday.
Chronic-Fatigue Paper Called Into Question [Link]
Wall Street Journal
Editors of the journal Science have asked the co-authors of a 2009 paper that linked chronic fatigue syndrome to a retrovirus called XMRV to voluntarily retract the paper.
FDA Approves New Drug to Treat C. diff [Link]
WebMD
June 1, 2011 -- The FDA has approved the use of an antibacterial drug called Dificid to treat adult patients with an infectious type of diarrhea that has become a significant problem in hospitals and long-term care facilities.
A Common Hormone in Birth Control May Have Heightened Blood Clot Risk [Link]
TIME
A synthetic form of the hormone progesterone, known as drospirenone is a key ingredient in popular hormonal contraceptives like Yaz and Yasmin, but a new report shows that it may have a higher ...
2 mln teens live with HIV: report [Link]
Xinhua
JOHANNESBURG, June 1 (Xinhua) -- An estimated 2 million adolescents ages 10 to 19 are living with HIV, with 86 percent of them from sub-Saharan Africa, according to a global report on HIV prevention launched in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Stem cell therapy gives dogs new pep in their step [Link]
Vancouver Sun
There is a revolutionary new treatment for arthritic dogs - stem cell therapy. The theory behind the treatment is that the stem cells can increase the body's ability to decrease ...
Cilantro may carry pesticides and salmonella [Link]
Chicago Tribune
But for cilantro haters, it may seem more like a vindication: Your tastebuds were protecting you from soapy tasting danger. While industry and regulators say they are going to take care of the problem, many, in the meantime, ...
Terminally ill 'should write down how they want to die' [Link]
Telegraph.co.uk
Terminally ill patients are to be asked by their doctors to write down how they want to die, under new guidelines to be unveiled today.
MS patients denied licensed cannabis drug by NHS [Link]
The Guardian
Several MS patients across the UK are unable to get Sativex, a drug derived from cannabis which relieves their symptoms. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images The NHS has been criticised by doctors for denying multiple sclerosis patients access to a ...
Sun cream guidelines 'leave millions at risk' [Link]
Telegraph.co.uk
Millions of Britons are putting themselves at risk of sunburn and skin cancer because official guidance on sun cream is far too low, it has been warned.
Tags: Medicine In The News
Posted by Medicalchemy
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Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Classification Of Weight By BMI (Body Mass Index)
BMI . . . . Classification
less than 18.5 . underweight
18.5–24.9 . . . normal weight
25.0–29.9 . . . overweight
30.0–34.9 . . . class I obesity
35.0–39.9 . . . class II obesity
≥ 40.0 . . . . . class III obesity
Tags: BMI - Obesity - Overweight - Underweight - Weight
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