Health News from Medical News Today: Niacin Does Not Reduce Stroke Or Heart Attack Risk, Trial Ended 18 Months Early

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Niacin Does Not Reduce Stroke Or Heart Attack Risk, Trial Ended 18 Months Early 1 Jun 2011, 12:00 am Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, vitamin B3 or vitamin PP does not protect patients with vascular and heart disease from stroke or heart attack. A clinical trial which compared combination niacin with a statin versus statins alone had to be ended 18 months early, according to Abbot Laboratories and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Niacin is an organic compound with the formula C6H5NO2. It is considered as one of the 48 essential human nutrients (depending on the definition used)... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: UK Advice On Sun Creams "not In The Interests Of Public Health," Warns DTB

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. UK Advice On Sun Creams "not In The Interests Of Public Health," Warns DTB 1 Jun 2011, 12:00 am The strength of sun cream recently recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to stave off sunburn is far too low and "not in the interests of public health," warns the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). NICE should rethink its advice, and soon, it says. NICE recommends sunscreens with a sun protection factor, or SPF, of 15 as sufficient to prevent sunburn and the subsequent potential risk of skin cancer. But DTB says that this is based on standard test conditions in which manufacturers apply 2 mg/cm2 of product to the skin... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: Do Birth Control Pills Containing Drospirenone Raise Blood Clot Risk? FDA Orders Safety Review

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Do Birth Control Pills Containing Drospirenone Raise Blood Clot Risk? FDA Orders Safety Review 1 Jun 2011, 1:00 am The FDA informs that new data regarding birth control pills containing drospirenone are being evaluated to determine what the risk of blood clots is. Drospirenone is a synthetic progestin - a female sex hormone. Birth control pills usually contain either progestin or estrogen - they prevent ovulation, among other things to avert pregnancy. The molecular formula of drospirenone is C24H30O3... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: Provision Of Subsidized Malaria Drugs In Shops Improves Uptake

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Provision Of Subsidized Malaria Drugs In Shops Improves Uptake 31 May 2011, 10:00 pm Reporting the findings of a cluster randomized trial carried out in rural Kenya, Beth Kangwana and colleagues find that provision of packs of the malaria therapy artemether-lumefantrine in shops at a subsidized price more than doubled the proportion of children with fever who received drugs promptly. Importantly, whilst enabling cheap and easy purchase of malaria treatment in shops enabled treatment of about 44% of children with fever, this is still much lower than the target of treating 80% of children with fever set by the Roll Back Malaria Partnership... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: Medical Experts Make A Case For Broader Use Of Compassionate Release In The Nation's Prison System

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Medical Experts Make A Case For Broader Use Of Compassionate Release In The Nation's Prison System 31 May 2011, 10:00 pm In an article published today in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians (ACP), authors suggest broader use of compassionate release in the nation's prison system. Under current guidelines, many prisoners who may be eligible for compassionate release die in prison while waiting for review. The authors propose changes that could fix compassionate release medical and procedural flaws, thus reducing in-prison deaths and inmate health care costs. The nation's prison system is overcrowded and the inmate population is aging... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: Cholera's Challenge To Haiti And The World

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Cholera's Challenge To Haiti And The World 31 May 2011, 10:00 pm Debate about the public health response to Haiti's cholera epidemic continues as the crisis enters its ninth month, with some experts arguing that a vaccination campaign in Haiti would be neither feasible nor cost-effective, and advocating putting forth other measures... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: Threshold Haemoglobin And Mortality In People With Stable Coronary Disease

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Threshold Haemoglobin And Mortality In People With Stable Coronary Disease 31 May 2011, 10:00 pm In this week's PLoS Medicine, Anoop Shah of University College London and colleagues report that, in people with stable coronary disease, there were threshold haemoglobin values below which mortality increased in a graded, continuous fashion. As well as a systematic review and statistical analysis of previous studies, the researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of patients from a prospective observational cohort... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: Link Between Influenza Vaccination In Pregnancy And Reduced Risk Of Premature Birth

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Link Between Influenza Vaccination In Pregnancy And Reduced Risk Of Premature Birth 31 May 2011, 10:00 pm A study published in this week's PLoS Medicine suggests that there might be an association between maternal immunization with inactivated influenza vaccine during pregnancy and reduced likelihood of prematurity and the baby being small for gestational age. The study, led by Saad B... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: The Alcohol Industry Needs More Scrutiny

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. The Alcohol Industry Needs More Scrutiny 31 May 2011, 10:00 pm The influence of "Big Alcohol" in the health arena deserves as much scrutiny as Big Pharma and Big Tobacco, especially in light of evidence of bias in funded research, unsupported claims of benefit, and inappropriate promotion and marketing by the alcohol industry, says a new editorial in this week's PLoS Medicine... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: Cellphones Possibly Linked To Cancer Risk In Human, World Health Organization

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Cellphones Possibly Linked To Cancer Risk In Human, World Health Organization 31 May 2011, 11:00 pm Cellphones have been classed in category 2B - possibly carcinogenic to humans - by the cancer arm of the World Health Organization (WHO), after an international panel of experts evaluated hundreds of scientific articles. The IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) was focusing on electromagnetic radiation, which emanates from radar, microwaves and cellphones (mobile phones). Category 2B includes gasoline engine exhaust, glass wool, styrene, lead and DDT... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: Fracture Prediction Methods May Be Useful For Patients With Diabetes

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Fracture Prediction Methods May Be Useful For Patients With Diabetes 31 May 2011, 9:00 pm Use of established fracture prediction methods in older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) found that scores from these methods were associated with hip and nonspine fracture risk, and a certain score associated with higher risk of fracture compared to persons without DM, according to a study in the June 1 issue of JAMA. Because patients with type 2 DM often have higher levels of bone mineral density (BMD), it has been uncertain the applicability of fracture risk screening methods typically used for patients with lower levels of BMD... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: Statement From Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH On World No Tobacco Day, May 31, 2011

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Statement From Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH On World No Tobacco Day, May 31, 2011 31 May 2011, 7:00 pm Tobacco use, the major preventable cause of premature death and disease worldwide, represents a public health catastrophe. Globally, tobacco use is projected to cause a billion deaths in this century. Every year in the United States, more than 440,000 Americans die preventable deaths from tobacco-related diseases. Every day, nearly 3,500 kids under the age of 18 try a cigarette for the first time and 850 of them become daily smokers. The suffering behind these statistics is unbearable and unacceptable. On World No Tobacco Day, we reaffirm global efforts to end this pandemic. The U.S... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: HHS Announces Proposed Changes To HIPAA Privacy Rule

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. HHS Announces Proposed Changes To HIPAA Privacy Rule 31 May 2011, 6:00 pm A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning the accounting of disclosures requirement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) Act Privacy Rule, is available for public comment. The proposed rule would give people the right to get a report on who has electronically accessed their protected health information. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is proposing changes to Privacy Rule, pursuant to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: Study Finds No Association Between Having Organ Transplant Surgery At Nighttime And Poorer Survival After One Year

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Study Finds No Association Between Having Organ Transplant Surgery At Nighttime And Poorer Survival After One Year 31 May 2011, 9:00 pm An analysis of data on heart and lung transplant recipients indicates that patients who had transplant surgery performed at nighttime did not have a significantly different rate of survival up to one year after organ transplantation, according to a study in the June 1 issue of JAMA. "Since the Institute of Medicine published a report suggesting that medical errors result in more than 98,000 deaths annually, increasing emphasis is being placed on systems-based approaches to improve patient safety," according to background information in the article... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: Timely Commitment From Top Leadership At AIDS Meeting

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Timely Commitment From Top Leadership At AIDS Meeting 31 May 2011, 6:00 pm As the AIDS response reaches a critical turning point, world leaders are showing renewed commitment to AIDS as more than 30 Heads of State and Government and Vice Presidents are expected to convene at next week's UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS. The top level support is coming at a decisive moment in the AIDS response as more people than ever before are living with HIV but international funding for AIDS is seen to be declining. The top level leaders will join ministers and other UN Member State representatives to commit to new ways forward in responding to AIDS... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: NICE Draft Guidance On X-ray Imaging System Published For Consultation

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. NICE Draft Guidance On X-ray Imaging System Published For Consultation 31 May 2011, 6:00 pm Draft guidance from the new NICE Diagnostics Assessment Programme on a 2D/3D x-ray imaging system is issued today for consultation. The provisional recommendations, the first to be published under the new programme, do not support the routine use of the EOS 2D/3D X-ray imaging system in the NHS. The system is recommended for use in research settings in order to develop evidence about its potentially important clinical benefits... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.

Health News from Medical News Today: HHS To Reduce Premiums, Make It Easier For Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions To Get Health Insurance

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. HHS To Reduce Premiums, Make It Easier For Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions To Get Health Insurance 31 May 2011, 7:00 pm The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced new steps to reduce premiums and make it easier for Americans to enroll in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan. Premiums for the Federally-administered Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) will drop as much as 40 percent in 18 States, and eligibility standards will be eased in 23 States and the District of Columbia to ensure more Americans with pre-existing conditions have access to affordable health insurance... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.