World / Health & Beauty
Red Bull Flugtag: flights of fancy
06.06.2008 20:17
telegraph.co.uk
Max Davidson finds glory in the barmy entrants for 'Flugtag'
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Mountain biking: breaking records and bones
06.06.2008 20:17
telegraph.co.uk
The ups and downs of mountain biking attract David Robson.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Pillow Talk
06.06.2008 20:17
telegraph.co.uk
The TV presenter and comedienne, Ruby Wax, advises readers as Weekend's agony aunt.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Hay Fever: beat the sneeze
06.06.2008 20:17
telegraph.co.uk
Hay fever sufferers face a really bad summer. Lucy Atkins offers advice
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
'No stillbirth link to Caesarean'
06.06.2008 20:03
bbc.co.uk
Having a Caesarean does not raise the risk of a stillbirth in a subsequent pregnancy, a study has found.
World
Health & Beauty
Teleradiology Plus Electronic Health Record: Chemnitz Region Setting German Standards For Integrated Healthcare
06.06.2008 19:14
medicalnewstoday.com
Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH has become one of the first hospitals in Germany to link its teleradiology service with the electronic health record (EHR). This means that, effective immediately, data obtained from a remote diagnosis, e.g. computed tomography images and the corresponding findings, can be stored in a shared health record and then used for information exchange between different facilities participating in the patient's treatment.
World
Radiology
Minister Wallace Warns Alcohol Advertising Executives Of The Need For Full Compliance With The New Advertising Codes, Ireland
06.06.2008 18:12
medicalnewstoday.com
Ms Mary Wallace T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children with special responsibility for Health Promotion and Food Safety warned advertising executives for the main Irish alcohol brands of the need for full compliance with the revised Codes on Advertising, Marketing and Sponsorship.
World
Harmful Habits
Studies question aggressive type 2 diabetes treatment
06.06.2008 17:37
usatoday.com
Two major studies released Friday cast doubt on the long-established doctrine that aggressive blood sugar control in high risk ...
USA
Health & Beauty
Female Hormone Oestrogen Could Help Prevent HIV Transmission In Men, Study Finds
06.06.2008 16:13
medicalnewstoday.com
The female hormone oestrogen when applied to the penis boosts a defensive protein that acts as a "living condom" and could reduce a man's risk of contracting HIV, according to a study published online Wednesday in PLoS One, the AAP/New Zealand Herald reports.For the study, Andrew Pask of the
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HIV/AIDS
Uganda MP Calls For Increased Antiretroviral Access At Rural Health Clinics
06.06.2008 15:18
medicalnewstoday.com
Uganda's Ministry of Health and other stakeholders should provide rural health clinics with antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV-positive people from having to travel long distances to obtain the treatment, Member of Parliament Betty Aol Ocan said recently, the New Vision/AllAfrica.com reports.
World
HIV/AIDS
Senate Finance Committee Republicans Outline Plans To Delay Medicare Physician Payment Cut
06.06.2008 14:28
medicalnewstoday.com
Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), on Wednesday released an outline of legislation that would halt a 10.6% reduction in Medicare physician fees scheduled to go into effect July 1, among other provisions, CQ Today reports. The bill will compete with legislation
World
Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Boehringer, Gilead Freeze Antiretroviral Prices For Some U.S. Agencies
06.06.2008 14:28
medicalnewstoday.com
Pharmaceutical companies Boehringer Ingelheim and Gilead Sciences are freezing the prices of their antiretroviral drugs for select agencies in the U.S., the AIDS Healthcare Foundation announced on Tuesday,
World
HIV/AIDS
Kai1 Is A Novel Biomarker For Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma
06.06.2008 14:27
medicalnewstoday.com
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Some 15-25% of enhancing small renal masses are benign on final pathology. Modern imaging and biopsy techniques now afford more accurate percutaneous tumor sampling than in the past. Differentiation of oncocytoma from chromophobe renal cell carcinoma, however, remains a challenge. Kauffman and colleagues report on their experience with KAI1, a tumor suppressor gene that appears to be expressed preferentially in chromophobe RCC (in 87.
World
Cancer
School-Based HIV/AIDS Education Program In Bali Hampered By Low Participation, Program Organizer Says
06.06.2008 13:15
medicalnewstoday.com
A school-based HIV/AIDS education program in Bali, Indonesia, is being hampered by low participation from schools on the island, Oka Negara, an organizer for the program, said Monday, the Jakarta Post reports. "Most schools are hampered by financial problems," Negara said, adding, "They can't finance the program.
World
HIV/AIDS
Use Of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization In Patients With High Risk Superficial Bladder Tumors Undergoing Intravesical Therapy
06.06.2008 13:15
medicalnewstoday.com
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Has BCG worked? In order to allow the urothelium to recover from the immunotherapy insult, the urologist often has to wait several weeks before the patient can be evaluated cystoscopically and cytology can be obtained. Whitson et al. demonstrate that FISH performed on a voided urine sample 1 week after BCG therapy had sensitivity that was similar to cystoscopy+cytology performed at 6-weeks following the intravesical therapy cycle.
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Cancer
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