Feed Editor 27 Apr 2009 09:08:59 GMT Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day every day http://www.tamersaid.com Copyright 2009 TamerSaid.com editors@tamersaid.com (TS Editors) en-us admin@tamersaid.com (TS Admin) When President Obama remarked in his April 29 press conference that closing the US-Mexico border to prevent the spread of swine flu was akin to closing the barn door after the horses had bolted, he was reflecting the opinion of many public health experts. 2 May 2009 14:05:15 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index180509.php 2BF32BF2-1E3E-4904-9AF1-4FF18B44E564 he US Food and Drug Administration this week approved an antihypertensive medication that combines hydrochlorothiazide with valsartan, an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB), and amlodipine, a calcium-channel blocker (CCB) (Exforge HCT, Novartis). 2 May 2009 14:01:55 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/45010509.php D499711B-D964-422C-B9FA-F2253B5CBD44 Women who conceive with assisted reproductive technology (ART) have a higher incidence of depression following delivery compared with women who spontaneously conceive.Those are the results of a longitudinal study of 87 subjects, 48 with ART pregnancies and 39 who conceived spontaneously. Sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics were similar in the two groups 2 May 2009 13:56:58 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/30010509.php 6849507C-943E-4631-8108-39B270075F1A Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) corrects comorbidities and quality of life similarly in superobese and morbidly obese patients despite higher residual weight in superobese patients, according to the results of a prospective cohort study reported in the April issue of Archives of Surgery 2 May 2009 13:48:33 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/53010509.php 424C9D05-8716-470E-BB16-B3D622CD0BAA Elementary schoolchildren with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who take prescription medications for the condition do slightly better in math and reading achievement than their peers who do not take these drugs, new research suggests 2 May 2009 13:47:43 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/12010509.php D1BAA655-04A1-4D29-BD1C-31A1C2C2448E WHO said that H1N1 Vaccine Will Take 4 to 6 Months to Make and is likely to have no effect on the swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) strain, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today, and a new vaccine will take about 4 to 6 months to make 2 May 2009 07:22:06 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index120509.php http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index120509.php H1N1 swine flu has been confirmed in New Zealand and the U.K., and may also be present in Israel -- all in patients who had recently visited Mexico. 2 May 2009 07:21:35 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index100509.php http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index100509.php The US Department of Health and Human Services will buy another 13 million courses of antiviral medications to replenish its emergency stockpile, one fourth of which has been distributed to state health authorities in response to the swine-origin H1N1 influenza virus, an official with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced at a press conference today 2 May 2009 07:21:00 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index110509.php http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index110509.php The US government's tentative plan to develop a stand-alone vaccine for the swine-origin H1N1 influenza virus could strain the nation's vaccine makers to the point of reducing production of seasonal flu vaccine this fall, an official with the National Institutes for Health told Medscape Infectious Diseases. 2 May 2009 07:20:17 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index130509.php http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index130509.php The World Health Organization (WHO), bowing to pressure from meat industry producers and concerned governments, said on Thursday that it would no longer refer to a deadly new virus strain as swine flu. 2 May 2009 07:19:46 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index140509.php http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index140509.php The World Health Organization (WHO), bowing to pressure from meat industry producers and concerned governments, said on Thursday that it would no longer refer to a deadly new virus strain as swine flu 2 May 2009 07:18:30 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index150509.php http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index150509.php Pregnancy is relatively safe for women with epilepsy, the panel confirms, but valproate should be avoided if possible.. 2 May 2009 07:18:04 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/57010509.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/57010509.php The nation's top medical sleuth offered a handful of theories in a press conference today about why the swine influenza outbreak has produced fatalities in Mexico, but not so far in the United States or elsewhere 29 Apr 2009 07:17:00 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index350409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index350409.php New research suggests that use of statin therapy in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease may reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation.The results of the study, reported in the May issue of Heart, suggest that statin use can cut the risk of developing atrial fibrillation... 29 Apr 2009 07:16:21 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/62030409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/62030409.php The US Food and Drug Administration has granted tentative approval to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd to sell a generic version of the cholesterol-lowering medication ezetimibe. 29 Apr 2009 07:14:41 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/24040409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/24040409.php State and local public health agencies will have more leeway to treat swine influenza with antiviral medications under an emergency order issued yesterday by the US Food and Drug Administration. The order also will authorize and widen the use of a diagnostic test that, unlike others in use, can precisely identify the new strain of swine flu 29 Apr 2009 07:14:04 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index360409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index360409.php State and local public health agencies will have more leeway to treat swine influenza with antiviral medications under an emergency order issued yesterday by the US Food and Drug Administration. The order also will authorize and widen the use of a diagnostic test that, unlike others in use, can precisely identify the new strain of swine flu.. 29 Apr 2009 07:12:56 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index360409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index360409.php Men with prostate cancer who undergo radical prostatectomy and who are concurrently taking statin therapy have a 30% lower risk for biochemical recurrence, shown by an increase in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels after surgery, than their counterparts who are not taking statin medication, according to results from a study of the Shared Equal Access Regional Cancer Hospital (SEARCH) database 29 Apr 2009 07:12:19 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/62040409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/62040409.php Depression is common after an ICU stay and a number of factors including use of benzodiazepines may contribute to the symptoms, researchers report in an April 10th on-line paper in Critical Care Medicine 29 Apr 2009 07:11:36 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/30070409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/30070409.php New research suggests that lapatinib, an inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases, may be an effective treatment for HER2-overexpressing relapsed or refractory inflammatory breast cancer. 29 Apr 2009 07:11:04 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/20030409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/20030409.php The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert system to level four -- sustained human-to-human transmission -- in response to the swine flu outbreak in the U.S., Mexico, and at least two other countries 28 Apr 2009 14:55:50 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index280409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index280409.php Although the number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the U.S. has doubled, the CDC is cautioning that the increase does not mean the disease is spreading 28 Apr 2009 14:56:35 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index290409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index290409.php New York City health officials say they are investigating a possible swine flu outbreak at a city prep school. The announcement came as the international public health community was ramping up efforts to address known clusters of human swine influenza cases in the U.S. and Mexico 28 Apr 2009 14:57:13 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index300409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index300409.php The head of the World Health Organization says the swine flu outbreak in Mexico and the United States could develop into a pandemic WHO Director-General Margaret Chan says the outbreak involves an animal strain of the H1N1 virus, and it has pandemic potential. 28 Apr 2009 14:57:44 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index310409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/info/index310409.php Vandetanib demonstrated a significant prolongation of progression-free survival compared with gefitinib in patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in a recent study by U.S. and European researchers. However, overall survival was not improved 28 Apr 2009 14:58:14 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/48020409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/48020409.php For men with prostate cancer undergoing androgen ablation, hot flashes are less intense and quality of life is better with leuprorelin plus the steroidal androgen blocker chlormadinone than with leuprorelin plus the nonsteroidal antiandrogen bicalutamide, a Japanese team reports in the March issue of Urology 28 Apr 2009 14:59:01 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/21090409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/21090409.php Obesity is not an absolute contraindication to lung transplantation, researchers asserted here at the 29th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT). 28 Apr 2009 14:55:12 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/64040409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/64040409.php Factors that appear to favor long-term survival in lung-transplant recipients include bilateral vs single grafts, close human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matching, and higher level of recipient education, investigators report in a large case–control study. 28 Apr 2009 14:54:35 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/64030409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/64030409.php Survivors of hereditary retinoblastoma are 35 times more likely to die from cancer than are people in the general population, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute for April 15. For survivors of non-hereditary retinoblastoma, the risk is increased 2.5-fold. 28 Apr 2009 14:54:01 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/38040409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/38040409.php C botulinum type A toxin–hemagglutinin complex A (Reloxin, Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp) appears to be well tolerated and may help improve and maintain the appearance of moderate to severe forehead wrinkles for 13 months, according to the results of a phase 3, open-label study reported in the March issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. The study investigators were Ronald Moy, MD, from Moy-Fincher Medical Group in Los Angeles 28 Apr 2009 14:53:27 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/38030409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/38030409.php Americans cut back on plastic surgery and other cosmetic procedures last year, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).The ASAPS today released its 2008 statistics, which show a decrease of 12% in the number of surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures performed in the U.S. last year. 28 Apr 2009 14:52:28 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/38020409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/38020409.php omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oils, has been shown to reduce the size of tumours and enhance the positive effects of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, while limiting its harmful side effects. 28 Apr 2009 14:51:58 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/21080409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/21080409.php A study in the April issue of the journal SLEEP is the first to demonstrate that chronic insomnia with objectively measured short sleep time is an independent and clinically significant risk factor for hypertension. 28 Apr 2009 14:50:47 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/45040409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/45040409.php Lung-transplant recipients who underwent induction therapy with the monoclonal antibody alemtuzumab had better graft survival than patients who underwent induction with another agent or who did not undergo induction, report University of Pittsburgh researchers here at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 29th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions 28 Apr 2009 09:20:50 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/64020409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/64020409.php An analysis of data from four continents implicates human papillomavirus (HPV) subtypes I6 and 18 in a high proportion of vulvar, vaginal and anal neoplasia and carcinoma, although HPV 6 and 11 may also be involved. Approximately 40% of vulvar cancers, 60% of vaginal cancers, and 80% of anal cancers "could be avoided by prophylactic vaccines against HPV16/18," the investigators report in the April 1 issue of the International Journal of Cancer 27 Apr 2009 09:20:04 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/44060409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/44060409.php The risk for invasive cervical cancer is as high after age 50 as it is younger women, even when the older women have had several negative Pap smears, according to a prospective study conducted in the Netherlands. Therefore, routine screening should be continued among those in their 50s, the research team advices in the April 24 issue of BMJ Online First 27 Apr 2009 09:19:21 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/43060409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/43060409.php Breast self-examination (BSE) is as accurate as mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at detecting new breast cancers in high-risk women, according to the authors of a study presented at the American Society of Breast Surgeons 10th Annual Meeting, held in San Diego, California 27 Apr 2009 09:18:17 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/43070409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/43070409.php The ability to identify major fetal anomalies by ultrasonography is reduced in pregnant women who are obese or diabetic, according to researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas 27 Apr 2009 09:16:54 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/43080409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/43080409.php Nausea and vomiting, common symptoms during pregnancy, often are regarded as an unpleasant but normal part of pregnancy during the first and early second trimesters. Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) occurs in approximately 75-80% of pregnant women. The exact etiology and pathogenesis of NVP are poorly understood and are most likely multifactorial. Some theories for the etiology of NVP are psychological predisposition 27 Apr 2009 09:11:32 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/57040409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/57040409.php A new analysis from the Rotterdam Scan Study shows that cerebral microbleeds on magnetic resonance imaging MRI are more prevalent in elderly subjects who use platelet aggregation inhibitors than in nonusers 27 Apr 2009 09:08:59 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/22080409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/22080409.php The results of a new study suggest that most multifocal lung cancers share a common clonal origin and thus the individual tumors represent local intrapulmonary metastases Multiple lung tumors with similar histology are often found in a single patient with lung cancer. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:04 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/48010409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/48010409.php The results of a postmortem study indicate that elderly people who commit suicide usually do not have antidepressant medications in their systems at the time of death. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:09 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/30020409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/30020409.php The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved artemether-lumefantrine tablets for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated malaria and benzyl alcohol 5% lotion for the treatment of head lice. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:11 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/40010409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/40010409.php Older adults with type 2 diabetes who experience an episode of hypoglycemia serious enough to require a trip to the emergency department or admission to the hospital are at increased risk of developing dementia, new research suggests. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:11 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/33080409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/33080409.php a new prospective analysis of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study shows [1]. As a result, improved healthcare access and in particular the identification and treatment of high blood pressure should be a priority in formerly incarcerated individuals. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:12 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/45020409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/45020409.php The prevalence of depression and use of antidepressant medication is approximately twice as high among patients with type 1 diabetes as in controls without diabetes, according to findings published in the April issue of Diabetes Care.. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:12 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/30030409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/30030409.php Inadequate vitamin D may represent an underrecognized source of nociperception and impaired neuromuscular functioning, say researchers. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:13 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/16050409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/16050409.php Long-term use of opioids to manage chronic pain increases patients' sensitivity to certain types of pain, and similar hyperalgesia develops with methadone-maintained drug abusers, researchers from the University of Adelaide, in Australia, report. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:13 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/16040409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/16040409.php The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved safety labeling revisions to provide recommendations for extended-release metoprolol therapy in the setting of pheochromocytoma. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:13 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/22060409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/22060409.php Reducing LDL-cholesterol levels with statins is effective in reducing initial and recurrent stroke, according to an updated meta-analysis [1]. Data from 24 randomized clinical trials showed that lipid lowering with statins cut the risk of stroke by one-fifth compared . 27 Apr 2009 09:09:13 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/24030409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/24030409.php Healthy HIV-negative volunteers taking rifampin experienced excess hepatotoxicity and gastrointestinal intolerance when ritonavir-boosted atazanavir was added, according to a report in the March 1st issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:13 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/44030409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/44030409.php The results of a new study suggest that early differences in interferon-induced antiviral activity may explain why hepatitis C virus HCV therapy is usually less successful in blacks than in whites This difference may be apparent within just one day of . 27 Apr 2009 09:09:13 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/47020409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/47020409.php Latino children who reduced added sugar intake by the equivalent of 1 can of soda per day or increased fiber intake by the equivalent of a half cup of beans had improvements in key risk factors for type 2 diabetes according to the results of a secondary analysis of a randomized control trial reported in the April issue of Archives of Pediatrics Adolescent Medicine.. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:14 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/55070409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/55070409.php A mixture of short-chain galacto-oligosaccharides GOS and long-chain fructo-oligosaccharides FOS Immunofortis r induces beneficial changes in antibody profiles in infants at high risk for allergy according to a report in the March issue of Allergy. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:14 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/55060409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/55060409.php Several short term studies in insulin treated patients with DM2 have shown that metformin can improve glycemic control and reduce insulin requirements and weight gain write Adriaan Kooy MD, PhD, from the A. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:14 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/33050409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/33050409.php ugar-sweetened beverage intake and physical activity levels are each independently liked to insulin resistance in adolescents, according to the results of a cross-sectional analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:15 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/33040409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/33040409.php Several possible illness-related neuropathological processes including gliosis demyelination and altered osmolarity can develop in young type 1 diabetes patients 12 years after diagnosis. 27 Apr 2009 09:09:15 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/33030409.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/33030409.php Resting heart rate does not accurately reflect the degree of beta blockade in heart failure patients on chronic beta-blocker therapy, according to a report in the Spring 2009 issue of Cardiovascular Therapeutics. 22 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/22160309.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/22160309.php An FDA advisory panel has voted 15 to 2 to recommend approval of rivaroxaban (Xarelto, Johnson Johnson)--which would be the first new oral anticoagulant since the approval of warfarin (Coumadin, Bristol-Myers Squibb) in 1954--for the prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients undergoing hip- and knee-replacement surgery. 22 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/22140309.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/22140309.php Elevated levels of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), a natural inhibitor of interleukin-1 beta, precede the onset of type 2 diabetes, European researchers report in the March issue of Diabetes Care. 22 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/33080309.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/33080309.php Probiotics may relieve the symptoms experienced by patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to Dr. Nourieh Hoveyda and colleagues from University of Oxford, UK ,The evidence supporting the efficacy of most treatments for. 22 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/40010309.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/40010309.php A study shows that women who use the injectable contraceptive DMPA (depot medroxyprogesterone acetate) are apt to experience a significant increase in body weight and fat. 22 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/43060309.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/43060309.php A model derived from a trial treating psoriatic arthritis has proven predictive of success in a broader psoriasis trial that did not measure arthritis. The results were presented in a poster here at the American Academy of Dermatology 67th Annual Meeting. 22 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/16060309.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/16060309.php More than five years ago, Dr. Lawrence C.B. Chan and colleagues in his Baylor College of Medicine laboratory cured mice with type 1 diabetes by using a gene to induce liver cells to make insulin. "Now we know how it works," said Chan, director of the federally designed Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center at BCM and chief of the division of. 22 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/33100309.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/33100309.php The number of children who have eczema has risen one in five children are now affected by this skin condition, which is often associated with an allergy. Researchers are not yet sure what is causing this growing problem. Many people believe that certain foods are responsible, or at least make the symptoms worse. 22 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/31030309.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/31030309.php Selenium and Vitamin E Have Tissue Effects in Prostate Cancer Patients Gene expression profiles in prostatectomy specimens can provide insight into the effects of nutritional supplements taken by those patients preoperatively, according to the results of a new study,The study by U.S. researchers is reportedly the first detailed systematic pathological tissue interrogation to be completed in. 22 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/65030309.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/65030309.php Antiepileptic Drugs Cause Less Cardiovascular Risk Than Older Agents Switching patients with epilepsy from older antiepileptic drugs that induce cytochrome P450 to 1 of the newer drugs that do not affect this enzyme system can dramatically reduce cardiovascular risk ,Investigators at Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, report these findings online March 18 in the Annals of Neurology in 34 epilepsy patients switched from. 22 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/22130309.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/22130309.php New guidance on how aspirin should be used in both the primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease has come from three new reports published this week Two new studies deal with aspirin use in secondary prevention. These are a post hoc analysis of aspirin use in the CHARISMA . 22 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.tamersaid.com/read/22120309.php http://www.tamersaid.com/read/22120309.php