Reducing The Risk Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Household Appliances Over Winter, UK With the start of Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week, the
Health Protection Agency is today reminding people to have their fossil fuel and wood burning appliances - such as boilers, heaters and cookers - checked by an appropriately registered engineer before the winter sets in.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThallion Initiates Enrollment In Phase II Metastatic Melanoma Trial Thallion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TSX:TLN) today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in its Phase II trial evaluating TLN-232 as a treatment for metastatic melanoma in patients who have failed one prior therapy.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comObama Must Avoid 'Tripwires' On Abortion, Bioethics Issues, Washington Post Opinion Says Although President-elect Barack Obama "seems to be preparing for office with characteristic care and seriousness," he "need[s] to be aware of ... certain tripwires that could trigger explosive controversy," including issues regarding embryonic stem cell research and abortion rights, columnist Michael Gerson writes in a Washington Post opinion piece.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com$14 Million In Savings Over 10 Years And Huge Health Gains At Canada's Supervised Injection Facility Canada's only supervised injection facility is extending lives and saving the
health-care system millions of dollars, a new study shows. In analyzing the cost-effectiveness of Vancouver-based Insite, a safe injection facility in a downtown neighbourhood where about 5,000 injection drug users live, researchers found $14 million in savings and
health gains of 920 life-years over 10 years.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStudies To Examine Factors Behind Racial Disparities In Breast, Colon Cancers The following summarizes articles about two cancer studies that examine racial disparities. Breast cancer: Researchers from the University of North Carolina's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center are expanding the Carolina Breast Cancer Study to examine why black women are more likely than white women to die from the disease, the Raleigh News & Observer reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOrgan Donation: Public Awareness Is Key To Success NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) welcomes the Government's call for more people across the country to sign up to the NHS Organ Donor Register. This call from
Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, came in response to publication today of the Organ Donation Taskforce report recommending that an opt-out system for organ donation should not be introduced in the UK at this time.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWhy Should You Care About Diabetes? Kansas Department Of Health And Environment November is American Diabetes Month. To increase awareness of diabetes and its complications, the Kansas Department of
Health and Environment (KDHE) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) are asking the public "Why should you care about diabetes?" "Diabetes can lead to heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness and amputations," said Roderick L. Bremby, Secretary of KDHE.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPancreatic Insufficiency - Altus Pharmaceuticals Plans To Submit New Drug Application For Trizytek Approval Altus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTU) announced today that it is reaffirming its plan to submit a new drug application (NDA) for Trizytek TM (liprotamase) in the first-half of 2009. Trizytek is a non-porcine derived enzyme replacement therapy for patients with pancreatic insufficiency.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSunshine Deficit May Diminish Vitamin D Levels And Harm Cardiovascular Health The temperature might not be the only thing plummeting this winter. Many people also will experience a decrease in their vitamin D levels, which can play a role in heart disease, according to a new review article in Circulation. Vitamin D deficiency results in part from reduced exposure to sunlight, which is common during cold weather months when days are shorter and more time is spent indoors.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCooling The Brain Prevents Cell Death In Young Mice Exposed To Anesthesia New research from Washington University School of
Medicine in St. Louis suggests cooling the brain may prevent the death of nerve cells that has been observed in infant mice exposed to anesthesia. The effects of anesthesia on human infants and young children have been debated among neuroscientists, but growing evidence suggests exposure to anesthetic
drugs during brain development may contribute to behavioral and developmental delays.
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