12/22 Reuters: Health News

Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Reuters: Health News Senate on track to pass healthcare bill December 21, 2009 at 7:04 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats moved closer on Monday to passing landmark healthcare legislation by Christmas after scoring a win in the first big test vote and gaining the support of a powerful lobbying group for doctors. Botox spared over tanning beds in health fight December 21, 2009 at 4:33 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the rush to fund a U.S. healthcare overhaul, Botox injections to smooth wrinkles will not be taxed, but visiting a tanning salon will be. Prenatal baby aspirin not harmful to infants: study December 21, 2009 at 4:27 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Baby aspirin taken for high-risk pregnancy complications does not appear to harm brain development among very premature children assessed when 5 years old, according to a French study. It may actually have some benefit, the study hints. Lessons from the cockpit may boost patient safety December 21, 2009 at 4:25 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Aviation and medicine both require professionals to hold peoples' lives in their hands. Now, study findings hint that hospitals may improve patient safety by drawing on aviation-type safety initiatives. Obama: Senate healthcare vote "big victory" December 21, 2009 at 4:01 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday heralded a U.S. Senate vote that moved a bill on his signature healthcare reform closer to passage and congratulated lawmakers for defying special interests. No link seen between acetaminophen, birth defects December 21, 2009 at 2:01 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New study findings offer reassurance to pregnant women that acetaminophen does not appear to raise the risk of birth defects. The brain may feel other people's pain December 21, 2009 at 1:59 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you've ever thought that you literally feel other people's pain, you may be right. A brain-imaging study suggests that some people have true physical reactions to others' injuries. Dietary estrogens have little effect on cancer risk December 21, 2009 at 1:57 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Dietary "phytoestrogens" -- plant substances that have weak estrogen-like activity -- have little impact on the risks of developing hormone-sensitive cancers like breast and prostate cancer or colorectal cancers, new research suggests. Former CDC head lands vaccine job at Merck December 21, 2009 at 1:53 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Julie Gerberding, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was named president of Merck & Co Inc's vaccine division, the company said on Monday. U.S. health bill passes crucial Senate test December 21, 2009 at 7:43 am WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A broad healthcare overhaul passed its first crucial test in the U.S. Senate on Monday, with 60 Democrats voting to put President Barack Obama's top legislative priority on a path to passage by Christmas. Athersys inks deal with Pfizer on stem-cell therapy December 21, 2009 at 7:41 am (Reuters) - Athersys Inc said it sold the rights of its stem-cell therapy to treat inflammatory bowel disease to Pfizer Inc, the world's biggest drugmaker, and shares of Athersys nearly doubled in value.   This email was sent to createrofheaven.healthnewsupdates@blogger.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.