[Health] New test to improve HIV diagnosis in poor countries

New test to improve HIV diagnosis in poor countries
http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/now-a-test-to-detect-cancer-hiv-with-naked-eye_19404.html
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have come up with a test for the virus that causes AIDS that is ten times more sensitive and a fraction of the cost of existing methods, offering the promise of better diagnosis and treatment in the developing world.

Meningitis-Linked Pharmacy Knew of Bacteria
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/oct/29/meningitis-outbreak-massachusetts-investigation
Staffers at the specialty pharmacy that is linked to the growing meningitis outbreak documented dozens of mold and bacteria cases growing in rooms that were supposed to be sterile, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Docs Make Push to Lower Kids' Pain, Stress in ER
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Anesthesiology/PainManagement/35616
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- A trip to the emergency room often means a child is in pain, and it's a near certainty that the visit will also be fraught with anxiety.

Affordable Care Act lifts area law firms
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/insurers-nervous-prospect-romney-victory-17581605
By MATT CHANDLER [email protected] | 716-541-1654. Whether you call it health-care reform, Obamacare or its formal name, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, area law firms are calling the new national laws one thing - good for business.

Meta-analysis finds flu vaccine halves CVD risk; skeptics not convinced
http://o.canada.com/2012/10/28/1028-flu-shot/
Marlene Busko is a freelance medical journalist and a regular contributor to heartwire. She first wrote about cardiology for atherothrombosis.

Hive's Hip-Hop Halloween: Part 1
http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/10/29/hip-hop-halloween/
Welcome to Hive's Hip-Hop Halloween project, where we're asking a handful of our favorite artists tough Halloween questions: What's your favorite candy?

Staten Island cancer survivor gears up for Zumba fundraiser
http://www.silive.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2012/10/staten_island_cancer_survivor_gears_up_for_zumba_fundraiser.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - My name is Pamela Bailey-Laupper; that is hard for me to write, type and say - since my wedding was only two and-a-half months ago after many years of being a single mother.

Tough choices in fight against breast cancer gene
http://foreveryoungwny.com/news/2012/oct/29/how-not-let-mastectomy-ruin-your-love-life/
By Jamescia Thomas. Special to CNN. When Erin Molenhouse went in for a physical this year, a nurse practitioner urged her to get tested for the BRCA gene mutation.

FDA okays Synribo for treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia
http://natmonitor.com/2012/10/29/fda-okays-synribo-for-treatment-of-chronic-myelogenous-leukemia/
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Synribo for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) Friday, according to an agency statement.

Some flu vaccines pulled by PEI
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2012/10/29/pei-flu-vaccine-pulled-morrison-584.html
The provincial government has put a hold on administering two brands of flu vaccine after some problems with them were detected in Europe.