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1. Excess Body Weight Causes Over 124,000 New Cancers A Year In Europe
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2. Health Policy Research Roundup
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3. Also In Global Health News: Urban Malnutrition In CAR; U.S. HIV Travel Ban; East Africa Hunger
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4. We Can Challenge Our Brains Or Our Bodies, But Not Both, Says Study
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5. African Leaders Malaria Alliance Launched At U.N. General Assembly
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6. Health Canada Approves GlucaGen(R) For Treatment Of Severe Hypoglycemia In Diabetes Patients
Excess Body Weight Causes Over 124,000 New Cancers A Year In Europe
2009-09-25 14:00
Cancer / Oncology
At least 124,000 new cancers in 2008 in Europe may have been caused by excess body weight, according to estimates from a new modelling study. The proportion of cases of new cancers attributable to a body mass index of 25kg/m2 or more were highest among women and in central European countries such as the Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovenia and Bulgaria.
Health Policy Research Roundup
2009-09-25 11:00
Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP
Urban Institute: Estimating the Cost of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - In this brief, researchers analyze the cost burden associated with excess rates of diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, stroke and renal disease among Hispanics and African Americans relative to non-Hispanic whites. The study predicts that in 2009, "Medicare alone will spend an extra $15.
Also In Global Health News: Urban Malnutrition In CAR; U.S. HIV...
2009-09-25 11:00
Nutrition / Diet
Urban Malnutrition Increases In CAR "The global financial crisis has led to an alarming rate of urban malnutrition in the south of the Central African Republic, where diamond mines have closed as demand for the gems falls, the medical relief group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
We Can Challenge Our Brains Or Our Bodies, But Not Both, Says Study
2009-09-25 11:00
Psychology / Psychiatry
Have you ever sat down to work on a crossword puzzle only to find that afterwards you haven't the energy to exercise? Or have you come home from a rough day at the office with no energy to go for a run? A new study, published in Psychology and Health, reveals that if you use your willpower to do one task, it depletes you of the willpower to do an entirely different task.
African Leaders Malaria Alliance Launched At U.N. General Assembly
2009-09-25 10:00
Tropical Diseases
On the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday, African heads of state formed a 20-member African Leaders Malaria Alliance with the goal of eliminating deaths from malaria by 2015, the
Health Canada Approves GlucaGen(R) For Treatment Of Severe...
2009-09-25 08:00
Diabetes
Paladin Labs Inc. (TSX:PLB), a leading Canadian specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that the Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate of Health Canada has approved GlucaGen® (recombinant glucagon for injection). GlucaGen® is indicated for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia in diabetic patients being treated with insulin, and is the market leader in Europe.
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