Reuters Health News: 16 November 2008
November 17th, 2008 • Health, Reuters
- Foreigners benefit if Singapore changes organ law-paper
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Foreigners who donate their organs in Singapore may be compensated under planned changes to the country’s organ transplant law, a newspaper reported on Saturday. - Liver cancer patients have high diabetes prevalence
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have a significantly higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) compared to the general population, according to findings from a case-control study conducted in Italy. - Experts urge more health care aid to states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A huge boost in federal aid to states for health care programs could help kick-start the moribund U.S. economy where consumer and business demand has fallen dramatically, a former senior Clinton administration aide told a congressional panel on Thursday. - U.S. menu labeling may be gaining steam
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A nationwide system requiring fast-food chains to list calories on their menus could be gaining support in Congress as more states adopt the practice and the restaurant industry concedes change is on the way, a consumer, industry and health panel said on Friday. - Mouth bacteria give some wines, food a flavor boost
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Certain wines, fruits and vegetables pack a delayed but powerful flavor punch thanks to the bacteria living in our mouths, food chemists have demonstrated. - Cigarette smoking may worsen premenstrual woes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Here’s another reason not to smoke, if you’re a woman: PMS. - Togo says to distribute HIV/AIDS drugs at no cost
LOME (Reuters) - Togo will start distributing free of charge from November 17 the anti-retroviral drugs that extend the lives of HIV/AIDS patients, its government said Saturday. - Vitamins C and E fail in cancer prevention study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Men who took vitamin E or vitamin C supplements were no more or less likely to develop cancer than men given a placebo, indicating these antioxidants have no cancer-prevention value, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. - Sharp-witted elderly shed insight on dementia
CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who manage to keep a razor-sharp memory well into their 80s appear to have fewer fiber-like tangles of a protein linked with Alzheimer’s than those who age normally, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. - Discovery offers way of tracking cancer in blood
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tiny sacs released from tumor cells and circulating in the blood carry genetic information about the tumor, offering a new way to track and treat the cancer, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
