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Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
Survey Reveals An Increase In Drinking, Cannabis Use And Psychological Distress The latest survey of Ontario adults from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows increasing rates of daily drinking and cannabis use and high levels of psychological distress.	14 June 2011
Later Class Start Times Associated With A Delayed Sleep Schedule Leading To Poorer Sleep, Daytime Sleepiness And Lower Grade-Point Average Although a class schedule with later start times allows colleges students to get more sleep, it also gives them more time to stay out drinking at night. As a result, their grades are more likely to suffer, suggests a research abstract that will be presented Tuesday, June 14, in Minneapolis, Minn.	14 June 2011
More Daily Drinking And Cannabis Use Among Ontario Adults, More Psychological Distress Too Ontario adults are drinking more alcohol, consuming increasing amounts of cannabis and are experiencing high levels of psychological distress, according to the 2009 CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) Monitor Survey, which was published on June 13th.	14 June 2011
Is It Unfair To Use Cash To Motivate Patients For Health Goals? Members of the UK and US public disapprove of using cash incentives to spark changes in health behaviours among patients, deeming these methods to be unfair, reveals research published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics.	14 June 2011

Alzheimer's / Dementia News
In Adults With Down Syndrome, Brain Scan Identifies Patterns Of Plaques And Tangles In one of the first studies of its kind, UCLA researchers used a unique brain scan to assess the levels of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles - the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease - in adults with Down syndrome.	14 June 2011

Arthritis / Rheumatology News
HUMIRA (Adalimumab) Now Available To Treat Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients From As Young As 4 Years Abbott has launched a HUMIRA paediatric vial, which means the youngest population yet can benefit from treatment. Following European approval in March, HUMIRA is now indicated for the treatment of active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in UK patients from as young as four1.	14 June 2011

Dentistry News
Bill Revisions Tread Sensible Line Says BDA, UK The Government's response to the Future Forum report on the Health and Social Care Bill appears to tread a sensible line but requires more detailed analysis, the BDA has said. The response does not deviate from BDA-supported plans for dental commissioning, while appearing to address some of the areas of the Bill about which the BDA has expressed concerns.	14 June 2011
ADA Comment On AAPHD Dental Therapist Curriculum Development Lawmakers, charitable organizations and other stakeholders-some of them with very little experience in or understanding of oral health care-are proposing various models for so-called "midlevel" dental providers, non-dentists who would perform surgical/irreversible procedures.	14 June 2011
Programs May Prevent Tooth Decay In Tots A toddler's tiny teeth are destined to fall out in later years as their permanent pearly whites grow in. But for some children, especially those from low-income families, cavities and poor oral health lead to complicated dental problems long before they even graduate from their cribs.	14 June 2011
Dental Treatment May Help Prevent Obstructive Sleep Apnea In Children According to new research that was presented Saturday, June 11, at the 20th Anniversary Meeting of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM), children with enlarged tonsils and adenoids who wore an oral appliance for six months experienced more favorable craniofacial growth, enlargement of pharyngeal dimensions, and improved breathing and snoring during sleep.	14 June 2011

Flu / Cold / SARS News
Universal Vaccination Against Seasonal Flu In United States May Reduce Total Health Spending By $3 Billion, According To OptumInsight Study Implementing a recommendation that all Americans be vaccinated against influenza may dramatically reduce health care costs and the number of people infected with seasonal influenza in the United States.	14 June 2011
FDA Approves NDA For Two Hydrocodone Cough And Cold Medications Cypress Pharmaceutical announced today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug application (NDA) for ZUTRIPRO™ (hydrocodone bitartrate, chlorpheniramine maleate and pseudoephedrine HCl) Oral Solution (CIII) and REZIRA™ (hydrocodone bitartrate and pseudoephedrine HCl) Oral Solution (CIII).	14 June 2011
Computers Reveal Flu Viruses With Close Ties To Pandemic Of 2009 Scientists using new mathematical and computational techniques have identified six influenza A viruses that have particularly close genetic relationships to the H1N1 "swine" flu virus that swept through the United States beginning in the spring of 2009.	14 June 2011

Headache / Migraine News
Three Gene Variations Linked To Migraine Scientists have identified for the first time three gene variations that are linked to an increased risk for migraine headache in the general population, and although there is more work to do to reveal their role, they hope the discovery will shed light on the biology of this poorly understood and debilitating condition.	14 June 2011

Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News
AHIP Urges Policymakers To Prevent Disruption For HSA Policyholders More than 11.4 million Americans are covered by Health Savings Account (HSA)-eligible insurance plans, a more than 14 percent increase since last year, according to a new census released today by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) finds.	14 June 2011

Heart Disease News
Landmark Clinical Trial Of Catheter Treatment For Atrial Fibrillation Loyola University Medical Center is enrolling patients in a major clinical trial of treatments for a common heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation (A-fib).The study is comparing traditional drug therapy with a newer treatment called catheter ablation.	14 June 2011
Response Biomedical Receives Decision Regarding CLIA Waiver For RAMP(R) NT-proBNP Assay For Diagnosis Of Heart Failure (HF) Response Biomedical Corporation (TSX: RBM, OTCBB: RPBIF) announced that it has received a notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that its NTproBNP Assay did not meet the criteria to obtain a waiver under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA).	14 June 2011
Nearly Half Of Patients Fitted With Pacemakers Receive No Benefit From The Device A new meta-analysis study, led by physician researchers at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and to be published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, shows that three-lead cardiac pacemakers implanted in those with heart failure fail to help up to 40 percent of patients with such devices.	14 June 2011
Study Supports Safety Profile Of Diagnostic Heart Ultrasound Contrast Agent Optison GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics has announced results of a study that evaluated the cardiopulmonary safety of Optison™ (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres Injectable Suspension, USP), a diagnostic ultrasound contrast agent for use in improving suboptimal echocardiograms.	14 June 2011
Reducing The Number Of Heart Attack Deaths At Major Sporting Venues The number of heart attack deaths at Europe's sporting venues is set to significantly reduce if recommendations published today are widely adopted. In a special article published online today in the European Heart Journal (EHJ), minimum standards of cardiovascular medical expertise, available equipment, and emergency planning are defined for stadiums and mass participation events, including marathons and cycle sportives.	14 June 2011
Watching too much TV linked to Diabetes 2 risk, as well as premature death from any cause If you watch TV daily for at least 2 to 3 hours your risk of developing diabetes type 2, having nonfatal cardiovascular disease and dying from any cause is higher, researchers from the University of Southern Denmark and Harvard School of Public Health revealed in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association.	14 June 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
Patient Identification "In The Palm Of Your Hand" NYU Langone Medical Center announced today that it is the first medical center in the Northeast to use PatientSecure™ - a cutting-edge biometric technology - to identify patients. Utilizing near infrared light to map an image of the blood-flow pattern through the veins in a person's palm, the digital palm image is converted into a unique patient identifier that interfaces with the medical center's electronic health record system.	14 June 2011
EarlySense Receives FDA Clearance And CE Approval For The Wireless Network Option Of Its Contact-Free Patient Monitoring Solution EarlySense, which is currently bringing to market the most advanced, contact-free, patient monitoring solution for hospitals and nursing homes, announced today that it has received FDA clearance and CE approval for the new wireless (WiFi) communications component of its solution.	14 June 2011
Technology Is Latest Step For Planned Cancer Genome Institute At Fox Chase Fox Chase Cancer Center, one of the nation's leading cancer research and treatment institutions, has announced it has entered into an agreement with Life Technologies Corporation that will underpin a new program to provide next-generation sequencing analysis of solid tumors.	14 June 2011
Many More Hereditary Diseases Than Previously Thought May Be Caused By Errors In Pre-mRNA Splicing A new Brown University computer analysis that predicts the effect of genetic mutations on how the body splices mRNA indicates as many as a third of disease-related mutations may be linked to splicing problems - more than double the proportion previously thought.	14 June 2011
Tailor-Made Hearing Aids With The Help Of New Software 'Hearing Dummies' New software 'hearing dummies' are part of cutting-edge research that promises to revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of hearing impairments.The work could also be used in the long-term to develop a radical new type of hearing aid that can be customised using the hearing dummy to meet the different needs of individual patients.	14 June 2011
Computers Reveal Flu Viruses With Close Ties To Pandemic Of 2009 Scientists using new mathematical and computational techniques have identified six influenza A viruses that have particularly close genetic relationships to the H1N1 "swine" flu virus that swept through the United States beginning in the spring of 2009.	14 June 2011

Mental Health News
Survey Reveals An Increase In Drinking, Cannabis Use And Psychological Distress The latest survey of Ontario adults from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows increasing rates of daily drinking and cannabis use and high levels of psychological distress.	14 June 2011
Randomized Study Combining L-Methylfolate With Antidepressant Shows Significant Boost In Patient Response New findings from a multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical study of Deplin® 15mg (L-methylfolate) added to commonly prescribed antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) showed that all patients who achieved remission at 30 days using Deplin® 15mg adjuvant therapy, and who chose to enter a 12 month maintenance phase, maintained their remission after a year of treatment.	14 June 2011
Possible Link Between Perceived Racism, Sleep Problems And Poor Health Perceived racial discrimination is associated with an increased risk of sleep disturbance, which may have a negative impact on mental and physical health, suggests a research abstract that will be presented Tuesday, June 14, in Minneapolis, Minn.	14 June 2011
Suicidal Ideation Can Be Reduced By Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy For Insomnia Treating sleep problems with cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia can reduce suicidal ideation, suggests a research abstract that will be presented Tuesday, June 14, in Minneapolis, Minn.	14 June 2011
More Daily Drinking And Cannabis Use Among Ontario Adults, More Psychological Distress Too Ontario adults are drinking more alcohol, consuming increasing amounts of cannabis and are experiencing high levels of psychological distress, according to the 2009 CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) Monitor Survey, which was published on June 13th.	14 June 2011
Is It Unfair To Use Cash To Motivate Patients For Health Goals? Members of the UK and US public disapprove of using cash incentives to spark changes in health behaviours among patients, deeming these methods to be unfair, reveals research published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics.	14 June 2011

Pharmacy / Pharmacist News
Conservative Prescribing Could Save Lives, Money Lives and money could be saved if a more cautious approach were taken by medical professionals who prescribe drugs, according to a new study from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy.	14 June 2011

Seniors / Aging News
Genetic Splicing Mechanism Triggers Both Premature Aging Syndrome And Normal Cellular Aging National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a new pathway that sets the clock for programmed aging in normal cells. The study provides insights about the interaction between a toxic protein called progerin and telomeres, which cap the ends of chromosomes like aglets, the plastic tips that bind the ends of shoelaces.	14 June 2011
Age is a key factor in blood pressure levels Human blood pressure increases rapidly during the teenage years, continues a much slower rise in early adulthood, speeds up in our 40s, then increases slowly during old age, and finally drops when we are very old, British researchers revealed in this week's PLoS Medicine.	14 June 2011

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