Delayed Pap test proposal, breast cancer report fuel health fight

washtimes Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:15:00 PM CET | info

A leading medical group added new fuel to a budding health care controversy on Friday by recommending that women delay their first cervical-cancer screening until age 21 instead of starting the test three years after becoming sexually active. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.......

Pap Tests: Another Revision of Recommendations

time Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:50:00 AM CET | info

Days after a government task force rolled back its mammography screening recommendations, another influential group issued revised guidelines on Pap tests for young women...

Hair-raising City stars caught by charity fuzz

icWales Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:29:00 AM CET | info

THINGS are getting a bit hairy down at Cardiff City this month as the Bluebirds continue their push for promotion....

The Great Reaction

channelnewsasia Saturday, November 21, 2009 6:34:00 AM CET | info

As a boy growing up in the late 1940s, K. Barry Sharpless fell under the spell of the coelacanth. The lungfish-like creature was believed to have been extinct for 6 million years until researchers pulled one out of the waters off South Africa in 1938. Sharpless fished obsessively in the rivers of.......

Indonesia to host int'l meeting on traditional knowledge, folklore protection

peopledaily Saturday, November 21, 2009 5:48:00 AM CET | info

An international meeting aimed at seeking efforts to protect genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore is scheduled to be held in Bali, Indonesia, from Nov. 23 to 27, a statement released by the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry said here on Friday....

Cancer screening

latimes Saturday, November 21, 2009 5:06:00 AM CET | info

Routine cancer screening is designed to catch tumors at an early stage, when they are more susceptible to treatment. The practice is credited with reducing death rates of some cancers by as much as 70%. Here's what can happen when an asymptomatic person takes a screening test: SMALL CANCER A small.......

When health screening has a downside

latimes Saturday, November 21, 2009 5:06:00 AM CET | info

Routine cancer testing saves lives, but it also leads to biopsies, surgeries, radiation, even deaths that otherwise would not have occurred. But experts' reevaluations are met with public angst. It seemed like a good idea at the time....

New law bans genetic discrimination

latimes Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:51:00 AM CET | info

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the most sweeping anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years, prohibits employers from hiring or firing based on a person's genetic makeup. The most sweeping federal anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years takes effect Saturday, prohibiting employers.......

Ceaiul îmbunătăţeşte activitatea cerebrală

gandul Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:44:00 AM CET | info

Persoanele care consumă până la opt ceşti de ceai în fiecare zi beneficiază de o îmbunătăţire semnificativă a stării de sănătate, informează un studiu întreprins de nutriţioniştii britanici....

S-a inventat vaccinul împotriva fumatului

gandul Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:44:00 AM CET | info

Fumătorii ar putea avea acces în curând la vaccinul care să-i ajute să renunţe la acest viciu. Vaccinul NicVAX, aşa cum a fost el numit, acţionează prin formarea unor anticorpi care împiedică moleculele de nicotină să pătrundă la centrii plăcerii....

Jury Assesses a $10.2 Million Verdict for Retired Washington Paper Mill Worker Suffering from Mesothelioma

earthtimes Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:16:00 AM CET | info

A former Washington paper mill worker, diagnosed with mesothelioma after years of asbestos exposure, was assessed a $10.2 million verdict. In trial, it was demonstrated that the defendants defective asbestos containing products were a contributing cause to his asbestos cancer./I/P P(PRW......

Pfizer to pay $6.3 mln to patient in Prempro lawsuit

finanznachrichten-en Saturday, November 21, 2009 2:07:00 AM CET | info

LOS ANGELES, Nov 20 (Reuters) - A Philadelphia jury on Friday ordered pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to pay $6.3 million in compensatory damages to an Illinois ......

Tapping human capital

thestar Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:11:00 AM CET | info

ONE of the main challenges that could cap the growth potential of the Malaysian economy is the lack of skilled human capital. This concern is not new and it has been raised many times over the years....

Driving private investments

thestar Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:11:00 AM CET | info

Mida’s efforts to put Malaysia on the high-growth path FIRST impressions do matter. In that sense, with Malaysia still ranked among some of the more competitive economies in the world (being in the top 25 list) by international independent organisations such as the World Economic Forum and.......

Geared for progress

thestar Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:11:00 AM CET | info

The Malaysian economy is being reformed to tap innovation and new sources of growth. What will it take to build this new economic model?...

www.PicksThatMove.com: "Picks that move" Alerts, N

antiguanews Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:07:00 AM CET | info

Picksthatmove.com Alerts include Conseco, Inc. (NYSE: CNO); NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG); Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC); Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE); Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW) and Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) -- November 20, 2009 Conseco, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) at $5....

Cancer screenings under scrutiny

cnn Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:52:00 AM CET | info

(CNN) -- It's been a confusing week for women. On Monday, it started with breast cancer. A federal advisory board made a controversial recommendation that women begin routine mammograms at age 50, rather than at 40. The United States Preventive Services Task Force came under heavy criticism for its.......

Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA

AP Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:41:00 AM CET | info

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina's Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA from people who may have been born to political prisoners slain a quarter-century ago - even when they don't want to know their birth parents.......

The New Mammogram Guidelines: What You Need to Know

time Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:29:00 AM CET | info

If the brouhaha over new mammogram guidelines has proved anything, it's that even modern medicine does not rely on statistics, scientific facts and clinical outcomes alone...

Delay cervical cancer tests: US doctors

smh Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:14:00 AM CET | info

The leading US group of women's health care professionals says women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21....

SIRIUS XM to Broadcast 'Doctor Radio Reports: What Every Woman Needs To Know About Mammograms'

earthtimes Friday, November 20, 2009 11:45:00 PM CET | info

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 -- SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) today announced that it will broadcast Doctor Radio Reports: What Every Women Needs to Know About Mammograms, an in-depth special hosted by veteran journalist Perri Peltz. (......

Funeral workers risk cancer from formaldehyde

thestar Friday, November 20, 2009 11:38:00 PM CET | info

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Morticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies have a higher risk of leukemia, researchers reported on Friday....

Consultative workshop on draft national policy in science and technology

ghanaweb Friday, November 20, 2009 11:27:00 PM CET | info

Accra, Nov. 20, GNA - A national consultative workshop to solicit views for a national science, technology and innovative policy was held in Accra on Friday. The policy is aimed at making Ghana a middle income economy in the shortest possible time, facilitate the mastering of scientific and.......

Terry Fox Run Passes through Old Damascus Streets

Sana-en Friday, November 20, 2009 11:15:00 PM CET | info

Damascus, (SANA)-The Streets of old Damascus witnessed the 18th Terry Fox Marathon for supporting cancer research, organized by the Syrian Organization for Supporting Medical Research....

Woman gives birth at 54 years-old

newvision Friday, November 20, 2009 11:13:00 PM CET | info

A Ugandan woman has given birth at the age of 54, ten years after reaching menopause. The woman, a university lecturer, delivered a baby boy at the Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Centre in Kampala on Thursday last week....

Drug resistant H1N1 found in U.S. and U.K.

usaToday Friday, November 20, 2009 11:08:00 PM CET | info

Epidemic experts have launched an investigation of four Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cases at Duke University Medical Center to ......

Vaccine offers best hope in malaria fight

dailymonitor Friday, November 20, 2009 11:03:00 PM CET | info

Dr Thomas Egwang, 56, a leading Ugandan scientist is the Executive Director of the Africa Academy of Sciences based in Nairobi....

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcasts of its Presentations at Two Investor Conferences

earthtimes Friday, November 20, 2009 10:45:00 PM CET | info

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it will webcast its presentations at the Piper Jaffray 21st Annual Health Care Conference on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. EST and at the 2009 Deutsche Bank Biotech Boston Confab on Tuesday,...