http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=22&catid=266News Feed for - Medicalhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96351937&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T00:26:00* Avastin deemed not cost-effective by NICE * Agency criticises 'complex' Roche subsidy scheme LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Britain's healthcare cost-effectiveness watchdog has again rejected Roche's (ROG.VX) Reuters UKhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96369537&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T04:15:00A defendantâ??s fMRI brain scan has been used in court for what is believed to be the first time. Brain scan evidence that the defense claimed shows the defendantâ??s brain was psychopathic was allowed Wired Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96262360&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T04:06:00Santa Clara County is finally getting its share of swine flu vaccine. As a result, roughly one-third of the county's most vulnerable residents have been inoculated, and long lines at free county clinics SiliconValley.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96363399&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T02:49:00The South Korean government said it has secured one thousand doses of flu vaccine to provide to North Korean workers at the Kaesong Industrial Complex. The Unification Ministry said it will take necessary Digital Chosunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96361636&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T02:23:00-0400 (Reuters Health) By Karla Gale NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE), computed tomographic angiography (CTA) is more than twice as likely to show an unexpected Reuters Healthhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96358934&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T01:50:00She spent three decades keeping women abreast of the need for cancer detection with her pink ribbons and her Race for the Cure, and the percentage of U.S. women receiving mammograms nearly doubled, to Washington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96358841&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T01:50:00A jury in Philadelphia has ordered Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to pay a woman $US75 million ($A81 million) in punitive damages after finding a link between her breast cancer and a hormone-replacement drug. Sydney Morning Heraldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96357638&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T01:03:00Combination Creates Leading Global Provider of Employee Assistance and Behavioral Health Programs GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn.--(Business Wire)-- OptumHealth Inc., a UnitedHealth Group company (NYSE: UNH), announced Reutershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96356331&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T01:04:00Health minister Akira Nagatsuma said Monday he will send a fact-finding team to Canada by early December to 'thoroughly investigate' allergic reactions to a new swine flu vaccine that Japan plans to import. Asahi.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96347503&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T01:52:00NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new analysis of studies including nearly 80,000 people aged 60 and older confirms that certain types of widely prescribed drugs, such as antidepressants and sedatives, can Reuters Indiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96353490&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T00:27:00Identification of new ways to increase access to antiretroviral therapy in Africa is an urgent priority. We assessed whether home-based HIV care was as effective as was facility-based care. We undertook Lancethttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96373120&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T07:17:00Federal health officials are trying to shift supplies of the seasonal flu vaccine away from chain pharmacies and supermarkets to nursing homes, hoping to counter a shortage that threatens to cause a wave New York Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96368580&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T04:05:00Treatment waits can be too long, says Cancer Council (AAP: Julian Smith, file photo) The Cancer Council is urging the South Australian Government to establish the maximum waiting times which cancer patients ABC Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96368450&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T04:03:00Roche announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), which is responsible for conducting the initial assessment of medicinal products that have been filed for marketing authorisation PharmaBizhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96366467&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T03:38:00Modern-day cataract surgery via phacoemulsification is a safe procedure with a very low incidence of complications. The majority of patients achieve significantly better vision in a brief, painless procedure OSN Super Sitehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96365647&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T03:28:00HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited is now gearing up to offer limb salvage surgery in-vivo procedure for bone cancer cases. The cancer major which has already been engaged in the limb salvage procedures PharmaBizhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96256800&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T03:51:00By Christen N. McCluney Special to American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2009 The Army is collaborating with the National Institute of Mental Health to launch the largest study ever undertaken GlobalSecurity.orghttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96247463&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T00:06:00Two more deaths have been linked to swine flu in Maine, bringing the total to seven since August.Boston Globehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96276939&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T03:05:00THE STATE?S mental health watchdog has warned that there needs to be a ?change of attitude? among health authorities if services for people with mental health problems are to improve. In a position paper, Irish Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96254654&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T03:05:00A NEW drug has produced such significant results in the treatment of a rare form of leukaemia that doctors believe they are now ?tantalisingly close? to curing the condition. Preliminary results from Irish Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96364031&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T02:58:00GUILTY PLEA: Caroline Samlal, 23, is escorted to the Princes Town Magistrates' Court yesterday to answer a charge of cocaine possession. She pleaded guilty to having 530 grammes and was fined $20,000 Trinidad Expresshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96356543&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T01:07:00MedWire News: Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia patients have different patterns of medial temporal lobe (MTL) activation during an emotional memory task, researchers have found. Although bipolar disorder MedWire Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96356480&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T01:06:00A case report serves as a reminder that such infection does occur, sometimes with fatal consequences. Seronegative HIV infection has been described previously but is quite unusual. In this brief report AIDS Clinical Carehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96356447&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T01:05:00Save time and stay informed. Our physician-editors offer you clinical perspectives on key research and news. Tenofovir and abacavir demonstrated similar virologic efficacy in a randomized trial among AIDS Clinical Carehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96356396&Channel_ID=22&Category_ID=2662009-11-24T01:04:00Save time and stay informed. Our physician-editors offer you clinical perspectives on key research and news. 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