Facebook, Google tech gurus to design cancer research game
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/facebook-google-tech-gurus-to-design-cancer-research-game/articleshow/18741936.cms
By Kate Kelland. LONDON | Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:11pm EST. LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists from a British cancer charity are teaming up with technology gurus from the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google to design and develop a mobile game aimed at ...
Same Genetic Basis Found in 5 Types of Mental Disorders
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2013/02/28/psychiatric-disorders.html
The psychiatric illnesses seem very different - schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, major depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Fukushima: 'Small increased cancer risk'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21614722
People living near the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have an increased risk of developing some cancers, the World Health Organization says.
Hawaiians have highest well-being rating for 4th year
http://www.jaxobserver.com/2013/02/28/hawaii-ranked-happiest-state-to-live-in-according-to-gallup-poll/
Survey rates well-being in all 50 states. Here's a look at the rankings. Honolulu. Hawaii tops the list of states for overall well-being.
Availability of sugar influences rate of diabetes, study says
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/feb/27/sugar-obesity-type-2-diabetes
Researchers studying 175 countries find that a 150-calorie daily increase in the availability of sugar raises the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes by 1.1%.
'Sequester' cuts to hit healthcare hard
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/56551b00722d42ab81b3471e46629180/US-Budget-Battle-Medicare
Expected Medicare payment cuts have hospitals and doctors worried. Public health and medical research programs may suffer disproportionately more.
J&J gambled on hip implant safety, lawyer alleges
http://fortworth.legalexaminer.com/medical-devices-and-implants/jj-put-profit-over-people-in-depuy-asr-defective-hip.aspx?googleid=307400
Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson played "Russian roulette" with patient safety by ignoring high failure rates and surgeons' complaints about its once-popular artificial hip, a Los Angeles jury was told during closing arguments at a high-stakes medical trial ...
Coronary Calcium Is Stroke Risk Barometer
http://www.healthnewstrack.com/health-news-3151.html
Coronary Calcium Is Stroke Risk Barometer. By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today. Published: February 28, 2013. Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE; Instructor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania ...
Vt. lye victim gets new face at Boston hospital
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57571581/woman-burned-with-lye-gets-face-transplant-at-boston-hospital/
BOSTON (AP) - Loved ones knew it was her at the hospital when they saw her teeth. Carmen Blandin Tarleton's face was unrecognizable after the lye attack, burned away in the frenzy of an estranged husband's rage.
The Confusion Over A Pair Of Diabetes Drugs And Pancreatitis
http://www.forbes.com/sites/edsilverman/2013/02/28/the-confusion-over-a-pair-of-diabetes-drugs-and-pancreatitis/
Will yet another study about the risk of pancreatitis spell trouble for some diabetes drugs? The latest instance involves a paper that was published in JAMA Internal Medicine and indicates that Merck's Januvia and Bristol-Myers Squibb's Byetta can double the ...
Pregnancy Nausea Drug Found to be Harmless for Fetuses
http://www.counselheal.com/articles/4125/20130228/pregnancy-nausea-drug-found-harmless-fetuses.htm
(Photo : molly_darling/Molly/flickr) A Danish study reported that Zofran is safe to use and will not cause birth defects. Pregnant women can now find relief from morning sickness and vomiting.
Women fear gynecologist's photos of them
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Pen-Drew-Suspicion-to-Johns-Hopkins-Gynecologist-194060751.html
BALTIMORE, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- More than 2,000 women have told Baltimore police they may have been videotaped by their gynecologist, police officials say.
Governors using Obamacare in Medicaid talks
http://www.kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_3991.shtml
Governors are increasingly embracing a key part of President Obama's health law by expanding their Medicaid programs - but they are using the law as a bargaining chip to try to win more flexibility for how they run their own state programs.
Acne and the bacteria that causes it
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/health&id=9011658
NEW YORK (WABC) -- There's a scientific breakthrough that could one day lead to far more effective acne treatments. Using genetic testing, researchers at UCLA identified bad strains of bacteria that cause pimples, as well as good strains that fight off those ...
Fewer Household Chores May Lead to Weight Gain in Women
http://life.nationalpost.com/2013/02/28/it-sounds-sexist-but-women-doing-less-housework-may-be-related-to-the-obesity-epidemic/
And now, we move onto a new report on obesity, with a surprising conclusion. Researchers say they have found a link between a woman's weight and the amount of work done around the home.
FDA Seeks Data on Surgical Robots
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-28/intuitive-surgical-robots-probed-by-u-s-in-survey-of-surgeons.html
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is asking doctors to provide information about the safety and performance of widely used surgical robots.
Debi Austin dies at 62; star of jarring 1990s anti-smoking ad
http://www.sfgate.com/news/medical/article/Woman-who-smoked-through-hole-in-throat-dies-4317137.php
Debi Austin looked into the camera, swallowed - the hole in her throat as big as a half-dollar coin and as black as nothingness - and said she had her first cigarette when she was 13, that she had tried to quit but couldn't.
Don't put that controller down -- Nintendo Wii trains future surgeons
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/nintendo/9899789/Nintendo-Wii-should-be-used-to-train-surgeons.html
When you're playing Nintendo you may be learning more than how to control a voracious gorilla, rescue a kidnapped princess or negotiate a go-cart course, according to a new study.
Exhibit raises eating disorder awareness
http://www.thenews.org/2013/02/28/exhibit-raises-eating-disorder-awareness/
The Murray State Women's Center decorated the Residential Colleges with props that represent a college student's life while maintaining an eating disorder.
Diet study cracks open walnut, olive markets
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Diet-study-cracks-open-walnut-olive-markets-4318884.php
Ever since the New England Journal of Medicine released new, positive findings on the Mediterranean diet this week, California's walnut and olive oil processors have been fielding calls.
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