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New AAP Policy On Lipid Screening And Heart Health In Children
08.07.2008 08:16
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The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued new cholesterol screening and treatment recommendations for children. The policy statement, "Lipid Screening and Cardiovascular Health in Childhood," recommends cholesterol screening of children and adolescents with a family history of high cholesterol or heart disease. It also recommends screening patients whose family history is unknown or those who have other factors for heart disease including obesity, high blood pressure or diabetes.
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Children Diseases
More Mental Health Symptoms Suffered By Parents Following Multiple Birth Pregnancies
08.07.2008 08:16
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Mothers and fathers of twins conceived either spontaneously or with assisted reproductive technology (ART) suffer more mental health symptoms after delivery and one year later than do parents of singleton babies, according to research presented to the 24th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Barcelona. However, the mothers of ART twins had fewer symptoms of depression before the birth than did mothers of twins conceived spontaneously.
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Mental Disorders
European League-Tables For Antibiotic Resistance Revealed
08.07.2008 08:16
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Tests of antibiotic resistance in cattle have revealed stark variation across thirteen European countries. The results, published today in BioMed Central's open-access journal Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, show that major differences were apparent in the occurrence of resistance between countries and between the different antimicrobial agents tested.
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Infectious Diseases
Obesity And Heart Disease May Be Reduced By Herbal Remedy
08.07.2008 08:15
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With unprecedented levels of obesity across the Western world, and incidence of associated heart disease, cancer and diabetes rising, there is a major drive to find new treatments. Scientists from Germany have recently discovered that extracts of a traditional herbal remedy derived from Tabebuia impetiginosa can act to delay the absorption of dietary fat in animal models.
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Alternative Medicine
Prevention Activities Could Increase Lifespan Of U.S. Adults
08.07.2008 08:15
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Aggressive use of nationally recommended clinical prevention activities, such as smoking cessation programs, controlling pre-diabetes or lowering cholesterol, could increase life expectancy for U.S. adults by reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a joint report of three major national healthcare organizations.
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Cardiology
OLIGOMERIX Funded By The ADDF To Evaluate Compounds Active Against Tau Oligomers, A Novel Target For Therapeutic Development
08.07.2008 08:14
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OLIGOMERIX, Inc. announced receipt of a program related investment of $100K from the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF). The focus of the program is to select compounds using its proprietary Alzheimer's disease (AD) screening assays active against tau oligomers, and to evaluate these compounds in a tauopathy mouse model. The work will be done in collaboration with Dr. Ottavio Arancio, MD, PhD (Columbia University Medical Center) and Dr.
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Alzheimer's Disease
Flood Relief Services Not Used By Many Victims
08.07.2008 08:14
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This summer, as the Midwest suffers from severe flooding, a new study finds that most flood victims do not utilize available disaster relief services. An accompanying editorial suggest that the findings can help agencies such as the Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) to better distribute relief resources.
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First Aid
Frozen embryos 'better for IVF'
08.07.2008 08:03
bbc.co.uk
Frozen is better than fresh when it comes to transplanting embryos in IVF treatment, a study shows.
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Health & Beauty
"Primary Care Strategy Signals Government's Priorities For Pharmacy." Says The CCA, UK
08.07.2008 07:14
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The Company Chemists Association (CCA) greeted the launch of the Department of Health's primary and community care strategy as part of the NHS Review. Rob Darracott, CCA CEO states: "This strategy reinforces Department of Health commitment to a customer (patient) focussed approach in primary care. It also clearly signals that Government wants to create a market in primary and community care to drive innovation and choice.
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Pharmaceutics
School Lunch Reimbursement Rates Increase But Additional Funding Still Needed To Cover Food Cost Hikes
08.07.2008 07:14
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The Federal Register announced a statutory 4.3% annual increase in the federal reimbursement provided to school nutrition programs. However, the increased reimbursement does not cover the estimated 11.6% increase in the cost of preparing and serving nutritious meals that schools have witnessed this year. The School Nutrition Association estimates that the average full cost to prepare a healthy school lunch is approximately $2.
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Children Diseases
Mothers Get High On Baby Smiles
08.07.2008 07:14
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Seeing her baby smile lights up the reward centres in the mother's brain in a way similar to that observed in experimens on drug addiction, said US and UK researchers who hope the findings give further insight into the development of the mother-baby bond, and how it can sometimes go wrong.
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Children Diseases
Japanese Encephalitis Virus Causes 'Double Trouble' To Brain
08.07.2008 07:14
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Japanese encephalitis (JE), commonly known as brain fever, is one of the prevalent mosquito-borne encephalitis in India and entire South East (SE) Asia. Besides resulting in thousand fatalities each year, JE virus (JEV) infection causes prominent neurological sequelae in approximately one-third of the survivors.
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Infectious Diseases
European Medicines Agency Approves Relistor The First-In-Class Treatment Of Opioid-Induced Constipation (OIC) In Advanced-Illness Patients
08.07.2008 07:13
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First-in-Class Treatment set to Provide a New and Important Targeted Treatment for Distressing and near Universal Side Effect in Patients Receiving Opioids for Pain Relief as Part of Palliative Care Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, announced that it has received EMEA marketing approval for Relistor(TM) (methylnaltrexone bromide) subcutaneous injection.
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Gastroenterology
Disruption Of Blood Sugar Levels After Heart Surgery Is Common
08.07.2008 07:13
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A study reveals that inadequate blood sugar control in patients having heart surgery is associated with a four fold increase in post-surgery death and major complications - and that the blood sugar disturbances occur in patients with and without diabetes. The research from the University of Bristol was funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Garfield Weston Trust and is published in Circulation.
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Cardiology
Tip Of The Week - 'Cholesterol'- Not All Bad
08.07.2008 07:13
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More and more people are aware of 'cholesterol' and how it increases the risk of heart disease. Some even know their cholesterol levels and may be controlling them through diet and lifestyle changes or with medication. Cholesterol is made in the liver and too much can cause arteries to fur up, but not all cholesterol is bad.
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Cardiology
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