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Local Young People To Perform In Colchester's World AIDS Day Arts Festival, UK

On Monday 24 November, HIV and sexual health charity, Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) will join forces with Colchester Borough Council and the Mercury Theatre to stage the town's twelfth annual World AIDS Day Arts Festival. The Arts Festival, which begins at 7.

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21.11.2008 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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FDA Acts To Avoid Shortage And Strengthen The Safety Of Sucraid

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued an expedited approval of a supplemental application that allows for changes in the manufacturing of Sucraid (sacrosidase) Oral Solution. The approval will prevent a product shortage by allowing the sole manufacturer of the drug, QOL Medical, to obtain Sucraid's active ingredient from a different manufacturer.

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21.11.2008 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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FDA Approves New Drug To Treat Severe Form Of Epilepsy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug, Banzel (rufinamide), for use as an adjunctive (add-on) treatment for seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. "This approval offers another treatment option for patients who suffer from these debilitating, severe seizures," said Russell Katz, M.D.

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21.11.2008 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Study Looks At Physicians' Likeliness To Refer Minority Patients To Clinical Trials

"Factors Influencing Physician Referrals of Patients to Clinical Trials" (.pdf), Journal of the National Medical Association: The study, by University of South Carolina medical researchers, looks at physicians' attitudes and beliefs about recruiting patients to clinical trials, particularly minorities.

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21.11.2008 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Early Treatment For HIV-Positive Infants Reduces Death Risk By 76%, Study Says

HIV-positive infants who begin receiving antiretroviral therapy immediately after being diagnosed with the virus are 76% less likely to die than HIV-positive infants who do not receive treatment until the disease has progressed, according to a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, Reuters reports.

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21.11.2008 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Children With Serious Mental Health Problems Do Not Receive Adequate Care In One In Five States, Survey Finds

Children with serious mental health problems do not receive adequate care in more than one in five states, according to a survey released on Thursday, USA Today reports. The survey, conducted by Janice Cooper of the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University, included responses from state and local officials, as well as others involved with mental health care for children.

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21.11.2008 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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S.D. Abortion Script Threatens Doctor-Patient Relationship, NEJM Opinion Piece Says

A South Dakota law that requires a physician to tell a woman seeking an abortion that the procedure "will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being" with whom she has an "existing relationship" signals "a new step in states' efforts to restrict abortion," Zita Lazzarini of t

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21.11.2008 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Impact Of Aging Society To Be Examined By New MacArthur Network

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is creating a new inter-disciplinary research network to help America prepare for the challenges and opportunities posed by our aging society. In the middle of the next decade, the United States will become an aging society, one feature of which is that those over age 60 will outnumber those under age 15.

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21.11.2008 14:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Asthma UK Northern Ireland Seeks Support From Health Committee

Asthma UK Northern Ireland has used an exclusive round table discussion with the Health Committee to seek their support and Intervention to ensure that the Department of Health and Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) keep its promises to people with asthma, and to highlight current issues affecting people with the condition in Northern Ireland.

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21.11.2008 14:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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On Universal Children's Day, UNICEF Welcomes New Initiative To Aid Children Affected By Conflict

As the world commemorates Universal Children's Day, UNICEF welcomes the launch of a new group that aims to amplify the voice of those suffering as a result of conflict. The group has been established by young people with first-hand experience of the hardship children face in conflict zones.

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21.11.2008 14:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

Health News from Medical News Today

Local Young People To Perform In Colchester's World AIDS Day Arts Festival, UK

FDA Acts To Avoid Shortage And Strengthen The Safety Of Sucraid

FDA Approves New Drug To Treat Severe Form Of Epilepsy

Study Looks At Physicians' Likeliness To Refer Minority Patients To Clinical Trials

Early Treatment For HIV-Positive Infants Reduces Death Risk By 76%, Study Says

Children With Serious Mental Health Problems Do Not Receive Adequate Care In One In Five States, Survey Finds

S.D. Abortion Script Threatens Doctor-Patient Relationship, NEJM Opinion Piece Says

Impact Of Aging Society To Be Examined By New MacArthur Network

Asthma UK Northern Ireland Seeks Support From Health Committee

On Universal Children's Day, UNICEF Welcomes New Initiative To Aid Children Affected By Conflict

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