Breaking Medical, Biomedical & Scientific News

news	updated Friday September 3, 2010

	BREAKING NEWS (LIFE SCIENCES) »			BREAKING NEWS (CLINICAL) »
•	Queen's study exposes cognitive effects of Parkinson's disease		•	States Buck Parts of Federal Reform Law
•	AgriLife research hibiscus breeder comes up with the blue		•	Cough, Wheezing Raise Risk in Kids' Anesthesia (CME/CE)
•	NASA hurricane researchers eye Earl's eye		•	Tigecycline Label to Warn on Increased Death Risk
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	BIOLOGY »			HEALTH NEWS »
•	Americans struggle with long-term weight loss		•	IAS calls for an end to harassment, intimidation and imprisonment of HIV professionals
•	Rutgers-Camden professor engineers E. coli to produce biodiesel		•	Publication of World Health Report 2000 'an act of remarkable courage,' says school expert
•	Earth from space: Giant iceberg enters Nares Strait		•	Americans struggle with long-term weight loss
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	CANCER RESEARCH »			CARDIOLOGY »
•	New model may simplify high-dose radiosurgery planning		•	Age No Barrier to Oral Anticoagulants (CME/CE)
•	Hormel Institute study reveals capsaicin can act as cocarcinogen		•	ESC: In CABG, Two Grafts as Safe as One (CME/CE)
•	Connection between light at night and cancer revealed in additional study		•	ESC: Novel Agent Blocks Hyperkalemia in Heart Failure (CME/CE)
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	INFECTIOUS DISEASES »			ENDOCRINOLOGY »
•	Satellite data reveal why migrating birds have a small window to spread bird flu		•	Bisphosphonates Tied to Esophageal Cancer (CME/CE)
•	Serendipity contributes to MRSA susceptibility findings		•	Attitudes More than Growth Response Drive Growth Hormone Therapy (CME/CE)
•	Team discovers new type of anti-malarial compound		•	Increased Cardiac Events Seen With Sibutramine (CME/CE)
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	PUBLIC HEALTH »			GASTROENTEROLOGY »
•	More Americans Taking Rx Drugs (CME/CE)		•	Metformin Shows Anticancer Potential (CME/CE)
•	JAMA Editor to Step Down in 2011		•	Bisphosphonates Tied to Esophageal Cancer (CME/CE)
•	Allergan Settles Civil and Criminal Charges		•	Cirrhosis Outcomes Better When Tx Guidelines Followed (CME/CE)
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	IMMUNOLOGY »			NEUROLOGY »
•	For Resistant Asthma, First Check the Basics (CME/CE)		•	Age No Barrier to Oral Anticoagulants (CME/CE)
•	Allergy Shots Cut Asthma but Carry Risk (CME/CE)		•	Increased Cardiac Events Seen With Sibutramine (CME/CE)
•	Acetaminophen Tied to Asthma in Adolescents (CME/CE, with video)		•	Spoonful of Sugar Debunked as Baby Painkiller (CME/CE)
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	ONCOLOGY »			PULMONARY / CRITICAL CARE »
•	Metformin Shows Anticancer Potential (CME/CE)		•	FDA Okays First Platelet Storage Solution
•	Bisphosphonates Tied to Esophageal Cancer (CME/CE)		•	Cardiac Benefits of Smoking Reduction Quantified (CME/CE)
•	Similar Survival with Two Ovarian Cancer Strategies (CME/CE, with audio)		•	Pandemic Infections Hit 50 Million; Vaccine Supply Up
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	RENAL MEDICINE »			DRUG ALERTS »
•	Increased Cardiac Events Seen With Sibutramine (CME/CE)		•	Tigecycline Label to Warn on Increased Death Risk
•	Tight BP Control Flops for Most CKD Patients (CME/CE, with audio)		•	Allergan Settles Civil and Criminal Charges
•	ESC: New Anticoagulants Create Buzz		•	Opioid Dependence Drug Gets Okay for New Delivery Mode
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	ETHICS AND POLICY »			SCIENCE BUSINESS »
•	Software verification researcher ranks among the world's top young innovators		•	Satellite data reveal why migrating birds have a small window to spread bird flu
•	IAS calls for an end to harassment, intimidation and imprisonment of HIV professionals		•	University of Arizona-led group awarded $9.9 million to develop 'super rice'
•	Report: Discovery networks hostage-taking a rare terror event		•	American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology reacts to stem-cell ruling
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