Half Life SourceAfter Stem-Cell Breakthrough, the Real Work BeginsNew York Times -19 hours agoBy ANDREW POLLACK If stem cell researchers were oil prospectors, it could be said that they struck a gusher last week. But to realize the potential boundless riches they now must figure out how to build refineries, pipelines and gas stations.Seeking advantage in US stem cell controversyZDNetStem Cell Breakthrough Could Stifle ResearchLiveScience.comAFP - Today's THV - San Jose Mercury News - The Press Associationall 107 news articles

  WHDH-TVRhode Island Hospital Reprimanded for Wrong Site SurgeriesInjuryBoard.com -55 minutes agoImagine you are a patient in a hospital about to undergo surgery on your brain. The anesthesiologist puts you out, you wake up to find out the surgeon began operated on the wrong side of your head.Brain Surgery Boo-BoosWBIR-TVHospital fined after third botched brain surgeryNew York Daily NewsBoston Globe - eFluxMedia - AHN - The Associated Pressall 277 news articles

  E Canada NowTool for Predicting Breast Cancer UpdatedThe Associated Press -1 hour agoWASHINGTON (AP) - A widely used tool for predicting a woman's risk of breast cancer is getting an update - to better reflect black women's risk.Measure for breast cancer risksKTREBreast Cancer Risk Higher For City DwellersMedical News TodayEurekAlert (press release) - BBC News - U.S. News &World Report - United Press Internationalall 252 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesAfrica: Daily HIV/Aids ReportAllAfrica.com -4 hours agoSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY), who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, on Tuesday while campaigning in South Carolina is expected to announce a plan to fight HIV/AIDS domestically and abroad, the New York Times reports.DC Has Highest AIDS Rate In Nation365Gay.comWashington DC Topped the Statistics in Case of AIDSeFluxMediaWashington Post - News-Medical.net - AHN - Reuters Indiaall 71 news articles

  E Canada NowTamiflu needs stronger label warning--FDA expertsReuters -27 minutes agoGAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov 27 (Reuters) - Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday the labeling for Roche Holding ag's (ROG.Flu Medication May Be Linked To Psychotic Behavior In KidsWOAIReport: Tamiflu May Trigger Delirium, HallucinationsWPXI.comFOX News - Reuters.uk - USA Today - U.S. News &World Reportall 123 news articles

  EarthtimesWired Science Responds to Targeted Genetics CriticismWired News -3 hours agoTargeted Genetics CEO H. Stewart Parker recently criticized Wired Science's coverage of the company's controversial gene therapy trial for arthritis.Arthritis Gene Therapy Trial Resumes After Patient Death InvestigatedMedical News TodayTargeted Genetics to Resume Testing on Arthritis drugFOX NewsWREX-TV - Reuters - San Francisco Chronicle - Seattle Timesall 181 news articles

  A Bone Strength Quiz for WomenU.S. News &World Report -59 minutes agoBy Lindsay Lyon Each year there are 329000 hip fractures in the United States. Women are about three times as likely as men to suffer this debilitating and sometimes life-threatening injury, and the risk rises with age.Osteoporosis fractures may be bigger problem: studyReuters UKUC Davis doctor's tool aims to reduce hip fractures in womenSacramento BeeWNDU-TV - Insider Medicine - Imperial Valley News - Newswise (press release)all 16 news articles

  Boston GlobeObese? Prostate Cancer Tests May Be Less EffectiveJohns Hopkins Gazette -Nov 26, 2007By Christen Brownlee The extra blood volume produced in the obese may so dilute levels of a telltale protein produced by prostates that the popular PSA test may be essentially useless for diagnosing prostate cancer in men carrying extra pounds, ...Test For Prostate Cancer Falls Short For Obese MenKTIVComment by Stephen Freedland, MD Staff Physician, Durham VA HospitalBoston Globe - Jackson Clarion Ledger - WebWire (press release) - AHNall 9 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesMore Proof Secondhand Smoke Damages LungsCBS News -4 hours ago(webmd) For the first time, researchers say they have evidence that long-term exposure to secondhand smoke can cause structural damage in the lungs that is indicative of emphysema.RSNA: Images Reveal Effects of Secondhand Smoke on LungsMedPage TodayMRI Shows Lung Damage In Passive SmokersMedical News TodayXinhua - NBC5.com - DG News - Medscape (subscription)all 67 news articles

  E Canada NowExperts: atvs not safe for childrenUSA Today -20 hours agoBy Kathleen Fackelmann, USA TODAY Kids who ride atvs have an alarming number of potentially disabling injuries, a study reports. All-terrain vehicles, or atvs, weigh up to 600 pounds and can travel at speeds of 65 mph or more.Study: Children shouldn't operate atvsUnited Press InternationalKids And atvs: Injuries On The RiseCBS NewsU.S. News &World Report - KTUU - KATV - Science Daily (press release)all 45 news articles

  US funds influenza vaccine developmentUnited Press International -3 hours agoWASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The US Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $201 million contract for development of a cell-cultured influenza vaccine.Baxter flu vacine contract extendedChicago TribuneDVC and Baxter Granted $201.2M for Flu Vaccine DevelopmentGenetic Engineering News (press release)B-EYE-Network - Hemscottall 20 news articles

  Cholesterol disturbances impair stroke recoveryReuters -23 hours agoNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research suggests that people are at an increased risk of memory problems and greater disability after stroke if they have low levels of "good" HDL cholesterol and high levels of homocysteine, an amino acid acquired ...Vascular Factors May Play a Role in Stroke RecoveryMedPage TodayResearch Improving Stroke Recovery ChancesAssociated ContentU.S. News &World Report - Reuters India - Earthtimesall 30 news articles

  eFluxMediaWyeth’s Torisel Gets European ApprovaleFluxMedia -9 hours agoby Anna Boyd Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth, announced on Monday that the European Commision had approved Torisel (temsirolimus) for the first line treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC).EU oks Wyeth's ToriselTheStreet.comWyeth gets EC approval for Torisel for treatment of kidney cancerCNNMoney.comGuardian Unlimited - Trading Markets (press release) - Pharma Times (subscription) - Juraforum.deall 37 news articles

  eFluxMediaJapan Temporarily Bans Poultry From South Korea on Bird Flu FearsWall Street Journal -Nov 26, 2007AP TOKYO -- Japan has temporarily halted poultry imports from South Korea because of a bird flu outbreak among ducks, the Japanese Agriculture Ministry said Monday.Deadly bird flu found on Saudi poultry farmReutersBird Flu In South Korea Is Non-Deadly H7 StrainMedical News TodayFood Consumer - First Coast News - eFluxMedia - AHNall 36 news articles