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New Online Solution for Food Allergy Sufferers. Allergiesandme.com Provides Needed Resources

Allergiesandme.com is a website focused on providing products and resources for children and adults suffering from Food Allergies and Food Intolerance issues. Tampa, FL (PRWEB) August 4, 2009 -- Food Allergies affect up to 6 percent of young children and 3.5 percent of ...

Higher drug doses needed to defeat tuberculosis, UT Southwestern researchers report

DALLAS July 30, 2009 The typical dose of a medication considered pivotal in treating tuberculosis effectively is much too low to account for modern-day physiques, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers said. The finding, reported online and in the August edition of Antimicrobial Agents...

Earlier Testing Needed for Fragile X Syndrome

Delay in diagnosis could be prevented with better screening, study finds,, FRIDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment of a rare genetic disorder that inhibits a child's learning could improve if pediatricians diagnosed the syndrome earlier, researchers say. The disorder, known as...

New family-focused model of depression care needed to minimize risks

WASHINGTON -- Health and social service professionals who care for adults with depression should not only tackle their clients' physical and mental health, but also detect and prevent possible spillover effects on their children, says a new report from the National Research Council and Institute o...

Council for American Medical Innovation and The Aspen Institute Bring Leaders Together In Washington, D.C., To Discuss The Economic Impact Of Medical Science and Discovery, and Policies Needed To Maintain U.S. Leadership at 'Best And Brightest Forum On Me

WASHINGTON, June 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WHAT: United States leadership in medical innovation is at risk. A recent study found that the U.S. currently ranks sixth among 40 countries and regions in innovation and competitiveness, and it placed last in...

New direction needed for obesity research, Deakin health expert claims

Most of the current obesity research is not proving helpful in finding solutions to the growing international epidemic, according to a Deakin University public health expert. Professor Boyd Swinburn believes that research funding would be better directed at testing possible solutions rather tha...

AstraZeneca, the National Alliance for Hispanic Health and LULAC Join Forces to Promote Needed Heart Health Education in Hispanic Communities

Community Partnership Designed to Urge Families to Take Action against Atherosclerosis WILMINGTON, Del., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN ) today kicks off the 2009 JUNTOS CONTRA LA ATERO campaign, featuring the Artery Explorer -- a state-of-the-art, multisensory, ...

Researchers identify key proteins needed for ovulation

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have identified in mice two proteins essential for ovulation to take place. The finding has implications for treating infertility resulting from a failure of ovulation to occur as well as for developing new means to prev...

Influenza pandemic planning needed to assure adequate care for pregnant women and newborns

PITTSBURGH, May 13 Pregnant women and newborns are at greatest risk in a flu epidemic, but more planning must be done to ensure that they receive priority treatment should an outbreak occur, according to a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and University of Pittsburgh study. The find...

Fewer Heart Surgeries Needed as Technology Improves

Better prevention methods, medical advances likely behind drop in bypass procedures FRIDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Over the last decade, advances in heart surgery and improved heart disease prevention methods have resulted in a large decline in the number of patients in the United S...

Palliative care skills training needed for health-care staff in sub-Saharan Africa

A new study, led by Lucy Selman and colleagues from King's College London, has found that patients with incurable, progressive diseases and their family carers in sub-Saharan Africa often do not receive enough information about the patient's disease and its management, which impacts negatively on ...

Chicago's Top Minds Join National Business and Health Leaders in Addressing Medical Innovation, Highlighting Policies Needed to Maintain U.S. Competitiveness in Medical Science and Discovery

Richard Gephardt and the Council for American Medical Innovation Host "Best and Brightest Forum on Medical Innovation" in Chicago, featuring David Brennan, CEO of AstraZeneca, David Miller, President and CEO of iBIO, academics and patient advocates CHICAGO, April 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -...

$64.7 Bln Needed for Population Programmes to Curb Poverty

One third, $21.6 Bln, Expected from Donors, Two-Thirds Due as Domestic Funds New York, New York (PRWEB) April 6, 2009 -- Investments of $64.7 billion are needed in 2010 for population programmes that are essential to reduce poverty , promote development and curtail ma...

Easter Seals Celebrates World Autism Awareness Day, Hosting Series of Community Forums to Identify Needed Services and Supports for Families

Easter Seals is shining the spotlight on its services for individuals living with autism, and sharing the results of Easter Seals Living With Autism Study to provide a roadmap for the services and supports that families living with autism desperately need. New York, Apr...

MRSA study suggests strategy shift needed to develop effective therapeutics

USA300the major epidemic strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) causing severe infections in the United States during the past decadeinherits its destructiveness directly from a forefather strain of the bacterium called USA500 rather than randomly acquiring harmful genes fr...

Consumer Reports Poll: 66% of Americans Blindsided by Cost of Drugs; Many Not Taking Needed Medications

New Consumer Reports Best Drugs For Less Magazine Rates 200 Medications YONKERS, N.Y., March 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sticker shock is taking a toll on Americans when they fill their prescriptions: 66% of those polled by Consumer Reports said they found out the cost of a drug when they...

Miami Heat Fan Favorite and NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning Visits Florida Legislature, Governor to Urge Needed Coverage for Florida Kidney Patients

Mourning Joins Florida Renal Coalition, National Kidney Foundation of Florida and Patients to Ask for Access to Medigap Secondary Insurance for Florida's Most Vulnerable Kidney Patients, and to Stress Importance of Education and Awareness for Kidney Disease TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 10 /PRNews...

Concerted Effort Needed to Fight Drug-Resistant Flu Strain

Other medications could be effective, while flu shot is best bet, experts say TUESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- The global medical community needs to find new solutions to combat the growing resistance to a major flu-fighting drug, an infectious disease expert warns. "The startli...

Frost & Sullivan Says, Innovative Therapies Needed to Deal With the Rapid Spread of Cancer in Europe

LONDON, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Cancer may well surpass cardiovascular diseases as the primary case of death in Europe by 2012. To prevent this from happening, cancer therapeutics have to shift in focus from the treatment of symptoms to offering a total cure, despite the complex, multifactori...

Stronger effort needed to prevent mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders in young people

WASHINGTON -- The federal government should make preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders and promoting mental health in young people a national priority, says a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. These disorders -- which include depression, anx...

Risk-Management Policies Needed Now in Nanotechnology, Insighter Piece Concludes; FDLI Sponsors Nanotechnology Meeting, Publishes Book on FDA-Regulated Products

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Companies that manufacture products containing nanomaterials must immediately institute high-quality risk management and product stewardship measures to limit potential liability exposure in the future, assert attorneys Jesse Ash, Antony Klapper and Ja...

Blood Donors Needed in Wake of Winter Storm

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wednesday's winter storm has impacted the blood supply in the Philadelphia area. Several area blood drives were cancelled or postponed on Wednesday and many blood donors could not honor their appointments, resulting in a 32.5% reduction of Penn-Jer...

Ovary Removal May Not Be Needed in Endometrial Cancer

In women 45 and younger, study finds no survival difference when ovaries left intact MONDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Younger women with early-stage endometrial cancer need not lose their ovaries when undergoing treatment for the cancer, a new study contends. The largest study to...

New Report: Public Insurance Option Needed to Provide Affordable, Quality Health Coverage

Health Care Reform Debate Centers on Public Insurance Choice; Report Shows Public Plan Essential to Contain Costs, Improve Quality and Drive Value WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new public health insurance plan that competes directly with private insurers is essential to...

Kidnapped senior needed IU-patented home security system

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Family and friends of a 75-year-old California grandmother beaten and kidnapped from her home last week might have known of the crime within moments if a device patented by an Indiana University researcher had been in use. If Sandy Vinge had been using The Portal Monitor d...

Easter Seals' Study Sheds New Light on Parents' Life-Long Fears, Anxieties and Critical Supports Needed to Raise a Child With Autism

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Parents of children with autism are struggling with a host of worries that impact every aspect of their lives, and are particularly fearful that their family will lack the life-long supports needed to address the significant challenges of autism, according to a ...

Interferon needed for cells to 'remember' how to defeat a virus, UT Southwestern researchers report

DALLAS Dec. 3, 2008 Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined that the immune-system protein interferon plays a key role in "teaching" the immune system how to fight off repeated infections of the same virus. The findings, available online and in the Dec. 15 issue of the J...

Revised hours and workloads for medical residents needed to prevent

WASHINGTON -- A new report from the Institute of Medicine proposes revisions to medical residents' duty hours and workloads to decrease the chances of fatigue-related medical errors and to enhance the learning environment for these doctors in training. The report does not recommend further reduci...

New survey: More than half of US chronically ill adults skip needed care due to costs

New York, NY, November 13, 2008Compared to patients in seven other countries, chronically ill adults in the United States are far more likely to forgo care because of costs; they also experience the highest rates of medical errors, coordination problems, and high out-of-pocket costs, according to ...

EMU School of Nursing Injects Much Needed Help Into Nursing Shortage

YPSILANTI, Mich., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nursing shortage in Michigan and the country has become critical. A recent report to the Michigan House Health Policy Committee states that Michigan's demand for registered nurses (RNs) is expected to exceed supply by 7,000 nurses in 20...

Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R), Speaker Dennis O'Brien, Obama and McCain Health Care Advisors, Breast Cancer Survivors and Advocates Call for Needed Health Care Reforms

Pennsylvania Joins Nationwide Komen Community Challenge Campaign to Close the Gaps that Make Breast Cancer Deadlier for Low-Income Women and Women of Color PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania House Speaker Dennis O'Brien (R-169th) joined state healt...

Urgently Needed Database Now Available for People Who Cannot Afford Health Care at NeedyMeds.com

A national database of free clinics is now available on http://www.needymeds.com [NeedyMeds.com]], a web-based resource of programs that assist with the costs of medicine. The database includes over 2,100 free or low-cost clinics and is the most extensive list available in the country. The free...

Study finds more PSA screening awareness needed among high-risk groups

DURHAM, N.C. -- In one of the first examinations of PSA screening in younger men, a study published by researchers at Duke Medicine's Prostate Center finds that one-fifth of men under age 50 reported undergoing a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test to detect prostate cancer in the previous year, ...

Disaster medicine ethical guidelines needed for US health-care professionals

Alexandria, VA A new invited article in the August 2008 edition of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery calls on the U.S. medical community to develop a national consensus on ethical guidelines for physicians who care for patients, victims, and casualties of disasters such as hurricanes, torna...

Nursing Loan Forgiveness Programs -- More Applicants Needed by June 30, 2008

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Executive Director, Diana Fuentes-Michel today urged eligible nursing students who need financial assistance to help them pay for college to immediately apply for the 2007-08 academic year State Nursing Assumption Program of Loans for ...

Federal Action Needed to Fill Antibiotic Pipeline, Says the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics

BOSTON, June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Antibiotic resistance is one of the major public health threats of the 21st century and the focus of today's Senate hearing, Emergence of the Superbug: Antimicrobial Resistance in the US. Resistant infections pose a threat to US healthcare's reliance ...

American Association for Homecare Recommends Needed Improvements to Medicare Competitive Bidding Program, Set to Begin July 1

Service Disruptions for Seniors Looms in Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Kansas City, Miami, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Riverside, Calif., and San Juan, P.R. ARLINGTON, Va., June 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Association for Homecare recommends a delay to the Medic...

AUDIO from Medialink, Eli Lilly and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists: Don't let Natural Disasters Leave you Without Needed Medications

NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural disasters are a tremendous hardship for everyone they affect, but for those who need medication to manage disease, they can be even more catastrophic. Listen to this report from Eli Lilly and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists at: ...

Patient Data Analysis Report Finds More Than 75 Percent of Chronically Ill Patients Unable to Obtain Needed Healthcare Have Some Form of Insurance

New trend findings of 'underinsured' patients based on successful management of nearly 45,000 cases by national, non-profit Patient Advocate Foundation in 2007 NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) -- a national non-profit organization provid...

More Data Needed Before Changing Medicare Hospice Funding, Report Finds

Alliance for Care at the End of Life Urges Congress to Preserve Compassionate End-of-Life Care WASHINGTON, June 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a new study on hospice released today, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reported that the rapid growth of th...