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Friday, November 27, 2009


Seasonal flu vaccine supplies spur worries

WASHINGTON - A shortage of seasonal flu vaccine has the po-
tential to cause big problems for the United States' elderly
population, caregivers say. Janice Zalen, director of special
programs for the American Health Care Association, which
represents 11,000 nursing homes and assisted living facili-
ties, said the seasonal flu vaccine shortage is "a very big
problem," The New York Times reported Tuesday. Zalen told the
newspaper that of 1,000 nursing home managers she contacted
in a survey, 800 reported they could not get enough vaccine.
The Times noted of the 36,000 Americans who die of seasonal
flu in the average year, more than 90 percent are 65 or
older, with some of the deadliest outbreaks coming in nursing
homes. U.S. health officials reportedly are trying to shift
supplies of the flu vaccine to counter the shortages. Dr. -
Carol Friedman, head of adult immunization at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, said worries about swine flue
and vaccine production problems have caused the situation.
The newspaper said some 118 million doses of vaccine were
planned, but production problems caused GlaxoSmithKline
to cut its run by half and Novartis shrank its output 10
percent.


U.N.: HIV infections down 17 percent

SHANGHAI, China - New infections of HIV, the virus that leads
to AIDS, have been reduced worldwide 17 percent during the
past eight years, U.N. officials said Tuesday. A report re-
leased in Shanghai by the Joint United Nations Program on
HIV/AIDS, or UNAIDS, and the World Health Organization indi-
cated since 2001 the number of new infections in sub-Saharan
Africa has fallen approximately 15 percent, representing
about 400,000 fewer infections. Meanwhile in East Asia, new
HIV infections were down by nearly 25 percent and in South
and Southeast Asia, there were 10 percent fewer infections.
The report also found a dramatic increase in new infections
in Eastern Europe has leveled off considerably, but some
countries there are showing signs new HIV infections are
again rising. "The good news is that we have evidence that
the declines we are seeing are due, at least in part, to
HIV prevention," Michel Sidibe, UNAIDS executive director,
said in a statement. "However, the findings also show that
prevention programming is often off the mark and that if we
do a better job of getting resources and programs to where
they will make most impact, quicker progress can be made
and more lives saved."

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Weight not a factor in fibroid surgery

DETROIT - U.S. medical researchers say they have determined
a patient's weight is not a factor in achieving successful
results from fibroid surgery. Researchers at the Henry Ford
Hospital say they found obese patients are no more likely to
have post-operative complications than those of average
weight when undergoing robotic myomectomy surgery. Myomectomy
is a procedure that removes uterine fibroids, leaving the
uterus intact and preserving the ability for future pregnan-
cies. "Performing laparoscopic myomectomy on an obese patient
can present difficulties for the most experienced gynecologic
surgeon," Dr. David Eisenstein, co-author of the study, said.
"However, this challenge can now be overcome with the assis-
tance of surgical robots that provide the surgeon with three-
dimensional images, improved instrument dexterity and better
precision." The study followed 77 patients who underwent
robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy from January 2005
through November 2008 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
The researchers found obesity was not a risk factor for poor
surgical outcome in patients who had undergone the robotic
myomectomy procedure. The study was presented last week in
Orlando, Fla., during the 38th Global Congress of Minimally
Invasive Gynecology.


Micro-endoscope is under development

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A U.S. scientist says he is developing a
micro-endoscope that could replace traditional endoscopes and
can spot abnormalities, such as tumors, inside a body. Uni-
versity of Florida Associate Professor Huikai Xie says phys-
icians currently insert camera-equipped endoscopes into pat-
ients to look for abnormalities in the gastrointestinal tract
and other internal organs. Xie says he wants to replace such
cameras with scanners that reveal abnormal groups of cells
or growth patterns beneath the surface, before cancerous
growths are big enough to be visible. "Right now, endoscopes
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Xie said. "But most of the time, particularly with cancer,
the early stages of disease are not so obvious. The techno-
logy we are developing is basically to see under the surface,
under the epithelial layer." Experiments with Xie's scanning
"micro-endoscopes" on animal tissue have been promising. The
pencil-sized or smaller endoscopes could one day allow phys-
icians to detect tumors at earlier stages and remove tumors
more precisely, increasing patients' chances of survival and
improving patients' quality of life. Xie and his graduate
students have authored at least 40 papers on various aspects
of the research, which is supported with more than $1 million
in grants, primarily from the National Science Foundation.

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Laser therapy can worsen skin cancer

BERGEN, Norway - Low-level laser therapy, used in sports
medicine, hair-loss treatment and skin care, can aggravate
skin cancer, Norwegian and Brazilian scientists say. Pro-
fessor Jan Bjordal of Bergen University College in Norway,
working with a team of Brazilian researchers, studied the
pain relieving, anti-inflammatory 'cold laser,' finding it
caused increased tumor growth in a mouse model of skin
cancer. The scientists said laser therapy was developed in
the 1970s, and has been marketed as a treatment for hair-
loss, pain management, sports medicine and skin care. They
noted home-treatment sets can be purchased online for un-
supervised use. Bjordal said low-level laser therapy has
gained popularity as a treatment for soft tissue injuries
and joint conditions. "However, there is a shortage of evi-
dence, especially in vivo evidence, about the effects of
(such laser therapy) in malignant conditions such as mela-
noma," he said. Bjordal said he and his colleagues applied
the low-level laser therapy to cancer cultures and to mice
injected with melanoma cells. Although the treatment didn't
cause any significant changes in the cell cultures, direct
irradiation of the tumor with high-dose low-level laser
therapy caused a significant increase in tumor mass volume
and considerable cellular alterations, indicating a worsening
of the cancer in the mice. The findings of the study are to
appear in the journal BMC Cancer.


Tea may help control blood sugar

DALLAS - Tea has long been heralded as promoting heart health
and may reduce cancer risk but a U.S. researcher suggests tea
may also help control blood sugar. Dr. Jo Ann Carson, pro-
fessor of clinical nutrition at the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, says studies from
various countries suggest a lifetime consumption of at least
two to four cups of tea per day -- black tea, in particular
-- reduces the incidence of type 2 diabetes. However, Carson
says while scientific evidence on tea's health benefits is
limited, all teas -- green, white, black and oolong -- can
be part of a healthy diet. Carson says people have two
choices -- learn to enjoy iced tea with little or no sugar,
or drink sugared iced tea in moderation, generally once a
day or less.

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