Best health news & medical health articles: 05 2009
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 | Effects of a first miscarriage on future pregnancies Miscarriage (or spontaneous pregnancy loss) is defined as pregnancy loss before 24 completed weeks of gestation. There is a 20% (one in five) risk of pregnancies ending in a miscarriage in the first three months and one in 100 women have recurrent miscarriages (three or more successive miscarriages). Abortion - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK |
 | Single Payer Bill SB 810 passed Senate Health Committee, California In a room packed with nurses from the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, California School Employees Association members, and community healthcare activists from across the state, California's latest bill to establish a universal, single payer health reform passed its first legislative test Wednesday afternoon. Healthcare - California Nurses Association, USA |
 | UCL–Pfizer to develop stem cell sight therapies UCL has entered into a collaboration with the biopharmaceutical group Pfizer, negotiated by UCL Business, to advance development of stem cell-based therapies for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Macular degeneration - University College London, UK |
 | Bleach bath a surprising new treatment for kids' eczema It's best known for whitening a load of laundry. But now simple household bleach has a surprising new role: an effective treatment for kids' chronic eczema. Eczema - Northwestern University, USA |
 | New pill cladribine to treat Multiple sclerosis MS A new drug for multiple sclerosis can dramatically reduce the chances of a relapse or a deterioration of the condition, according to a new study from researchers at Queen Mary, University of London. Multiple sclerosis - Queen Mary, University of London, UK |
 | Complications and Costs for Obesity Surgery Declining A new study by the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) found that the average rate of post-surgical and other complications in patients who have obesity surgery, also known as bariatric surgery, declined 21 percent between 2002 and 2006. Bariatric surgery - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, USA |
 | Homeopathic medicine may work for swine flu People are seeking alternative medicine - Homeopathy, just in case the swine flu becomes resistant to treatments like Tamiflu. Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine that treats a disease with heavily diluted preparations that are thought to cause effects similar to the disease's symptoms. Swine Flu - KSTP TV, USA |
| New drug to improve walking ability in multiple sclerosis people Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOR) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Fampridine-SR New Drug Application (NDA) for filing, assigning Priority Review and a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date of October_22, 2009. Multiple sclerosis - Acorda Therapeutics, USA |
 | New early detection studies of lung cancer in nonsmokers Government and private sector cancer scientists today launched a research partnership to find biomarkers for lung cancer that develops in people who have never smoked. Lung Cancer - National Cancer Institute, USA |
 | Skin cancer knowledge lacking in people Pale skinned people who are most at risk of skin cancer are ignoring sun safety advice, according to research released to launch Sun Awareness Week 2009. Skin cancer - British Association of Dermatologists, UK |
 | Triple drug combination promising to treat breast cancer Combining two chemotherapy drugs with trastuzumab (Herceptin) to treat women who have metastatic HER2+ breast cancer may offer physicians another choice in their treatment options. Breast cancer - Mayo Clinic, USA |
 | Frequent feeding linked to childhood obesity As the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States continues, researchers are examining whether early parent and child behaviors contribute to the problem. Health - Elsevier Health Sciences, USA |
 | Cimzia in prefilled syringe for Crohn's disease patients Cimzia (certolizumab pegol), the only PEGylated anti-TNF (Tumor Necrosis Factor) for reducing signs and symptoms of Crohn's disease is now available for self-administration in a prefilled syringe. Crohn's disease - UCB, Belgium |
| HRT-breast cancer risk stays same regardless of family history The risk of developing breast cancer due to taking hormone replacement therapy appears to be the same for women with a family history of the disease and without a family history, a University of Rochester Medical Center study concluded. Breast cancer - University of Rochester Medical Center, USA |
 | Saffron has remarkable effects on eye vision The herb saffron may hold one of the keys to preventing the loss of sight in old age – and may even help to improve vision in people suffering certain blinding eye diseases. Blindness - ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science, Australia |
| Neratinib shows promise in trastuzumab resistant breast cancer Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers report that a combination of trastuzumab and neratinib (HKI-272) a novel small molecule inhibitor of the HER2 receptor (ErbB2) appears active in women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer who have progressed on previous trastuzumab based therapies. Breast cancer - Fox Chase Cancer Center, USA |
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