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Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
Drinkaware Launches Online Tool To Track Effects Of Drinking, UK Almost half of UK consumers (45%) are trying to lose weight, and nearly two thirds (62%) are worried about their bank balance, yet many don't make the connection between their drinking and an expanding waistline or empty wallet, according to new research released today by alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware.	23 May 2011

Alzheimer's / Dementia News
Alzheimer's Society Comment On OECD Report - Long-term Care Spending, UK Spending on long-term care is set to double or even triple by 2050, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).The report suggested this was driven by ageing populations, and suggested governments needed to make long-term care policies more affordable as well as providing better support for family carers.	23 May 2011
ANAVEX 2-73 Advances Phase I Clinical Trial For Alzheimer's Disease Anavex Life Sciences Corp. ("Anavex") (OTCBB: AVXL) is pleased to provide an update on its ongoing Phase I clinical trial to evaluate ANAVEX 2-73, the company's lead candidate for Alzheimer's disease.	23 May 2011

Arthritis / Rheumatology News
Novel Role Identified For A Protein That Could Lead To New Treatments For Rheumatoid Arthritis A new study by rheumatologists at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York has shown that a powerful pro-inflammatory protein, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), can also suppress aspects of inflammation.	23 May 2011

Autism News
Childhood Developmental Disability Rate Rose From 12.84% To 15.04% In 12 Years In USA In 2008 one in every 6.6 children had a developmental disability in the USA, compared to one in every 7.8 twelve years before - a rise of 17% - researchers from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) reported in the journal Pediatrics.	23 May 2011
Large Population Of Undiagnosed Autism In General Population According To New Brain Research Foundation Funded Study A new study utilizing a population-based approach that for the first time looked for autism among all children found prevalence of the disorder to be almost three times higher than previously thought.	23 May 2011

Dentistry News
Many Dentists Turn Down Children On Medicaid/CHIP Dentists in the USA are much more likely to offer an appointment to children with private health insurance than those in the combined Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) dental program, researchers reported in the journal Pediatrics.	23 May 2011
NHS Leaves Patients Something To Smile About, UK A new quarterly report looking into NHS dental activity has found that almost one million more people in England have had check-ups compared to the same period five years ago.A total of 29.1 million patients were seen and given a dental examination in the last two years - 967,000 more than the baseline figure in March 2006.	23 May 2011
Insurance Status Affects Access To Dental Appointments A study using research assistants who posed as mothers of a 10-year-old boy with a fractured front tooth seeking an urgent dental appointment measured dentists' willingness to provide treatment to children with Medicaid/CHIP versus private insurance.	23 May 2011
Excessive Bureaucracy Is Stifling Dental Practice Says BDA, Northern Ireland BDA Northern Ireland is calling for the withdrawal of the legislation which extends the role of the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) to dental practice. It would also like to see a rethink of regulation for dental practices that undertake solely private treatment.	23 May 2011
Bullying And Low Self-Esteem In Children Can Be Linked To Dental Appearance, UK One in eight adolescents with prominent, or irregular shaped teeth have experienced bullying, with a negative impact on their self-esteem and quality of their oral health, according to a report published in the latest issue of the British Dental Journal (BDJ).	23 May 2011

Headache / Migraine News
Aspirin That Works In Half The Time Released By Bayer Bayer AG has introduced a reformulated aspirin that works twice as fast as existing ones, using what it called Pro-Release technology which reduces the aspirin particles into micro-particles.	23 May 2011
In Headache Treatment, Substantial Recovery Rate With Placebo Effect Headache is a very common complaint, with over 90% of all persons experiencing a headache at some time in their lives. Headaches commonly are tension-type (TTH) or migraine. They have high socioeconomic impact and can disturb most daily activities.	23 May 2011

Heart Disease News
Procoralan(R) Significantly Improves Quality Of Life As Well As Survival In Chronic Heart Failure Patients Results of a new analysis from the largest-ever morbi-mortality study of treatments for chronic heart failure show that the heart rate lowering agent Procoralan® (ivabradine) significantly improves health related quality of life.	23 May 2011
Adding Inspra(R) (Eplerenone) To Standard Therapy Reduces The Incidence Of New Onset AF/F In Patients With Systolic Heart Failure, Sub-Analysis Shows Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced results from a pre-specified sub-analysis1 of the EMPHASIS-HF trial2 which showed that Inspra® (eplerenone), added to standard recommended therapy, statistically significantly reduced the incidence of new onset atrial fibrillation or flutter (AF/F) in patients with systolic heart failure and mild symptoms, compared with placebo plus standard therapy.	23 May 2011
Milestone For Mayo Clinic: 100th Heart Transplant Performed Mayo Clinic in Arizona has performed its 100th heart transplant since the program opened in the fall of 2005 - a significant milestone, given that Mayo Clinic is the only medical center doing adult heart transplants in Maricopa County.	23 May 2011
Low-Risk Patients Screened For Heart Disease Tend To Receive More Preventive Care And Testing, But Their Outcomes May Not Be Any Different Screening for coronary heart disease (CHD) among individuals at low risk of the condition is associated with increased use of medications (such as aspirin and statins) and increased additional testing, but no difference in cardiac events at 18 months, according to a report posted online today that will be published in the August 8 print issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.	23 May 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
Lack Of National Software For Care Records Makes Implementing National Record Standards Even More Important Says RCP, UK Responding to the recent National Audit Office report on the delivery of detailed care records, the directors of the Royal College of Physicians' (RCP) Health Informatics Unit (HIU) agree that the delivery of a central system for care records is not achievable.	23 May 2011
Solving Disease Outbreaks By Combining Genomics And Social Network Analysis Combining the cutting-edge technology of whole genome sequencing of bacteria with social networking analysis, public health officials can get a more detailed picture of disease outbreaks that will better help track and stop them, said researchers at the 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.	23 May 2011
Gulf Currents Primed Bacteria To Degrade Oil Spill A new computer model of the Gulf of Mexico in the period after the oil spill provides insights into how underwater currents may have primed marine microorganisms to degrade the oil."It is called dynamic auto-inoculation.	23 May 2011
The Overall Survival Of Heart Failure Patients Can Be Improved By Telemonitoring Two trials presented at the Heart Failure Congress 2011, organized by the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (HFA of the ESC), will help to define the precise populations of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) in whom telemedical management delivers benefits.	23 May 2011

Mental Health News
Bioethicists Urge Disaster Preparedness For Mentally Impaired Johns Hopkins University bioethicists say disaster-response planning has generally overlooked the special needs of people who suffer from pre-existing and serious mental conditions. Survivors already diagnosed with schizophrenia, dementia, addictions and bipolar disorder are vulnerable long before a disaster strikes, they point out.	23 May 2011
New Study Aims To Improve Long-Term Treatment For Patients With Bipolar Disorder Patients with bipolar disorder may be eligible for a new clinical research study comparing two medications -- quetiapine (Seroquel), a widely prescribed second-generation antipsychotic mood-stabilizing medication, and lithium, the gold-standard mood stabilizer.	23 May 2011
Large Population Of Undiagnosed Autism In General Population According To New Brain Research Foundation Funded Study A new study utilizing a population-based approach that for the first time looked for autism among all children found prevalence of the disorder to be almost three times higher than previously thought.	23 May 2011

Seniors / Aging News
Study Finds Long-Term Treatment With TRIBENZOR™ Was Effective And Well-Tolerated Regardless Of Age, Race, Or Diabetes Status .	23 May 2011

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