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Undiagnosed autistic traits deny children needed support

There has been a major increase in the incidence of autism over the last twenty years. While people have differing opinions as to why this is (environment, vaccines, mother's age, better diagnostic practice, more awareness etc.) there are still many children who have autistic traits that are never diagnosed clinically. Therefore, they do not receive the support they need through educational or health services.

23 Mar 2010

Cinergy Health expresses concern for house healthcare bill

Cinergy Health, a nationwide provider of health insurance benefit programs for the consumer market, expressed its concern for the house healthcare bill that passed Sunday, March 21st.

23 Mar 2010

FC scans can help clinicians predict effects of strokes and other brain injuries

Clinicians may be able to better predict the effects of strokes and other brain injuries by adapting a scanning approach originally developed for study of brain organization, neurologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found.

23 Mar 2010

Adrenal fatigue: Vitamins, supplements may do more harm than good

Taking vitamins or supplements to treat “adrenal fatigue” may do more harm than good, says Todd Nippoldt, M.D., a Mayo Clinic expert in hormone disorders affecting the adrenal glands.

23 Mar 2010

Passage of health insurance reforms should spur action to ensure quality maternal care

Now that health insurance reform legislation has passed, President Obama and Congress must urgently turn their attention to ensuring quality maternal care for every American woman to reduce rising deaths and complications during pregnancy and childbirth, Amnesty International said today.

23 Mar 2010

Sir James Black inventor of beta-blockers passes away

Sir James Black passed away on Monday after a long illness, he was 85. Sir James Black is credited as the inventor of the beta-blocker drugs in 1962. These are drugs which play an important role in the treatment of angina and heart attacks. They are regarded as one of the major medical breakthroughs of the 20th Century in Pharmacology. Born in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Sir James Black studied medicine at St. Andrews University.

23 Mar 2010

Health care reform will create significant improvements in long-term care: NCCNHR

The House of Representatives' passage last night of health care reform will create the most significant improvements and changes in long-term care in a generation. NCCNHR, which led the effort to pass the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987, championed provisions in the bill that will increase transparency of nursing home operations and quality; improve the safety of people receiving care in long-term care facilities and their homes; and strengthen agencies that investigate neglect and abuse of the elderly, including the long-term care ombudsman program.

23 Mar 2010

Study: Four risk factors estimated to reduce life expectancy in the U.S.

A study published this week in PLoS Medicine finds that four risk factors - smoking, high blood pressure, high blood sugar and obesity - explain a substantial amount of the disparity in life expectancy amongst the "Eight Americas", which are groups of the US population that can be defined by race, and location and socioeconomic features of counties they live in.

23 Mar 2010

Covidien subsidiary wins patent infringement suit against Applied Medical Resources

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that a subsidiary of the Company won a patent infringement suit against Applied Medical Resources Corporation relating to certain of Applied Medical’s Kii™ and Universal® laparoscopic trocars.

23 Mar 2010

Combining cognitive behavioral therapy with medication bupropion helps women quit smoking

For women smokers worried about their weight, combining cognitive behavioral therapy addressing weight concerns with the medication bupropion appears more effective than counseling alone to help them quit smoking, according to a report in the March 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

23 Mar 2010

Administration official discusses Obama's commitment to Africa's food security in Reuters interview

Food security is central to President Barack Obama's Africa policy, "the administration's top official for Africa," Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson, said in an interview with Reuters. "We want to see the food security initiative take on greater momentum as more African countries are drawn into this program," Carson said.

23 Mar 2010

You and your baby may need vitamin D supplementation says research

This report appeared in the respected Journal Pediatrics this week. There has been growing awareness regarding deficiency of Vitamin D in children and adults. This vitamin is important for healthy bones, immunity and other bodily processes. In children inadequacy of this vitamin in diet may lead to bone damage, rickets, repeated infections and heart disease in later life.

23 Mar 2010

Republicans start assault on new health bill

Almost instantly after the successful passing of the health bill by the Democrats in Congress, the Republicans have started opposing it. In Florida the legal battle is led by Attorney General Bill McCollum, who happens to be a Republican running for governor. In a statement made at a news conference Bill McCollum told the press that a lawsuit would be filed once the health care bill was signed by President Obama and turned into Law.

23 Mar 2010

NPR's Car Talk guys team up with University of Utah to launch Driver Distraction Center

NPR's Car Talk guys, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, may be a couple of motor mouths, but they always put a lid on using cell phones behind the wheel. The perennial jokesters confirm their serious commitment to addressing the issue of devices that take a driver's focus off the road by teaming with the University of Utah to launch the Driver Distraction Center at their web site: cartalk.com/distraction.

23 Mar 2010

The Last Supper : Biblical growth of food portions

The abundant availability of food has become directly reflected in the paintings of the Last Supper made over the centuries. As we struggle less to get our food, the plates sizes and portions of food painted in by artists in depictions of the last supper of Jesus with his apostles also gets influenced. In a comparative study of 52 paintings all depicting the momentous event some rather interesting facts came to light.The study which was published by the International Journal of Obesity (April 2010) and conducted by Cornell University was the brain child of Brian Wansink.

23 Mar 2010

Sodexo uses ENERGY STAR database to reduce environmental impact of its hospital clients

In an effort reduce the environmental impact of its hospital clients, Sodexo, Inc., a leader in Quality of Life Services solutions, is using the ENERGY STAR database to measure environmental impacts at eight out of ten of the more than 100 hospitals for whom Sodexo provides Facility Solutions.

23 Mar 2010

Temporary suspension of Rotarix – a rotavirus vaccine for kids

The US FDA after deliberation has come up with a warning to the nation’s pediatricians to stop giving children a vaccine that prevents diarrhea causing Rotavirus vaccine. There is reportedly a contamination with a harmless pig virus in this vaccine called Rotarix and manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline.

23 Mar 2010

ChemGenex shares falter as FDA requests more data on new leukemia drug

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Shares fell most in the last 16 years to AUD$0.44 following a concern raised by the US drug regulators – US FDA. The FDA requested on Monday for more uniform clinical test data before they review and consider approval of the company’s new leukemia drug.

23 Mar 2010

Diabetic Pennsylvanians can reduce risk of complications by following "ABCs" of diabetes

Secretary of Health Everette James reminds diabetic Pennsylvanians to reduce the risk of complications from the disease and improve their quality of life by knowing and following the "ABCs" of diabetes.

23 Mar 2010

LWW Pathology Network launched

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins today announced the launch of Pathology Network www.pathnetwork.com a single source solution that provides pathologists quick access to all the current articles from the complete line of LWW pathology journals, including the American Journal of Surgical Pathology.

23 Mar 2010

Medical News

Undiagnosed autistic traits deny children needed support

Cinergy Health expresses concern for house healthcare bill

FC scans can help clinicians predict effects of strokes and other brain injuries

Adrenal fatigue: Vitamins, supplements may do more harm than good

Passage of health insurance reforms should spur action to ensure quality maternal care

Sir James Black inventor of beta-blockers passes away

Health care reform will create significant improvements in long-term care: NCCNHR

Study: Four risk factors estimated to reduce life expectancy in the U.S.

Covidien subsidiary wins patent infringement suit against Applied Medical Resources

Combining cognitive behavioral therapy with medication bupropion helps women quit smoking

Administration official discusses Obama's commitment to Africa's food security in Reuters interview

You and your baby may need vitamin D supplementation says research

Republicans start assault on new health bill

NPR's Car Talk guys team up with University of Utah to launch Driver Distraction Center

The Last Supper : Biblical growth of food portions

Sodexo uses ENERGY STAR database to reduce environmental impact of its hospital clients

Temporary suspension of Rotarix – a rotavirus vaccine for kids

ChemGenex shares falter as FDA requests more data on new leukemia drug

Diabetic Pennsylvanians can reduce risk of complications by following "ABCs" of diabetes

LWW Pathology Network launched

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