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Suboptimum Vaccination Coverage Raises Serious Doubts About Reaching Target Of Eliminating Measles In Europe By 2010

A study of measles data from 32 European countries* has revealed more than 12,000 cases of the disease in a two-year period (2006-07), mostly in unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated children.

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08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Deaths From Lung Cancer Could Be Reduced By Better Policies To Control Indoor Radon

About 1100 people each year die in the UK from lung cancer related to indoor radon, but current government protection policies focus mainly on the small number of homes with high radon levels and neglect the 95% of radon related deaths caused by lower levels of radon, according to a study published on bmj.com today.

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08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Obesity: Reviving The Promise Of Leptin - The First Known Leptin-sensitizing Agents Induce Mice To Lose Weight

The discovery more than a decade ago of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone secreted by fat tissue, generated headlines and great hopes for an effective treatment for obesity. But hopes dimmed when it was found that obese people are unresponsive to leptin due to development of leptin resistance in the brain.

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08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Removing User Fees Does Not Improve Health Outcomes In Ghana

Removing user fees for primary health care changed health utilization behaviour but did not improve health outcomes among households with children under the age of five in Ghana, says a new study published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine.

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08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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How To Treat Fevers In African Children Up For Debate

A new debate in the open access journal PLoS Medicine questions whether all African children with fever should be treated presumptively with antimalarial drugs, or if treatment should wait until laboratory tests confirm malarial infection.

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08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Treatment Involving Deep Brain Stimulation For Patients With Advanced Parkinson Disease Provides Benefits

Patients with advanced Parkinson disease (PD) who received deep brain stimulation treatment had more improvement in movement skills and quality of life after six months than patients who received other medical therapy, but also had a higher risk of a serious adverse events, according to a study in the January 7 issue of JAMA.

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08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Supplementation With Vitamin E Or Selenium Does Not Reduce Risk Of Prostate Cancer

In perhaps the largest cancer chemoprevention trial ever conducted, researchers have found that supplementation with vitamin E or selenium, alone or in combination, was not associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer or other cancers.

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08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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The Movement Of Motion-defined Contours Can Bias Perceived Position

We are very good at visually localizing an object in space; however, it has been found that movement in the scene can cause us to perceive the position of an object shifted in the direction of the motion. Edges between moving areas can be easily perceived, but the movement of these edges cannot. We find that this type of motion can also shift the perceived position of objects.

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08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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South West Chlamydia Testing Team Beats National Average - Innovative Campaign Doubles Testing Rates In Six Months, UK

The Park Centre for Sexual Health at Weymouth Community Hospital is celebrating the success of its Chlamydia screening programme, which has screened more than 1,700 young people in the last five months alone, more than doubling its screen-rate and beating both local and national averages. Now, the campaign is being introduced to other Primary Care Trusts (PCT) across the country.

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08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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SFO opens UK Madoff investigation

The Serious Fraud Office says it is to open an inquiry into US broker Bernard Madoff's business operations in the UK.

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08.01.2009 14:49:15 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

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Suboptimum Vaccination Coverage Raises Serious Doubts About Reaching Target Of Eliminating Measles In Europe By 2010

Deaths From Lung Cancer Could Be Reduced By Better Policies To Control Indoor Radon

Obesity: Reviving The Promise Of Leptin - The First Known Leptin-sensitizing Agents Induce Mice To Lose Weight

Removing User Fees Does Not Improve Health Outcomes In Ghana

How To Treat Fevers In African Children Up For Debate

Treatment Involving Deep Brain Stimulation For Patients With Advanced Parkinson Disease Provides Benefits

Supplementation With Vitamin E Or Selenium Does Not Reduce Risk Of Prostate Cancer

The Movement Of Motion-defined Contours Can Bias Perceived Position

South West Chlamydia Testing Team Beats National Average - Innovative Campaign Doubles Testing Rates In Six Months, UK

SFO opens UK Madoff investigation

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