Cancer cells circulating in the blood, or circulating tumour cells (CTCs), are known to be associated with a bad prognosis in women with metastatic breast cancer. [click link for full article]

NIH Cites Yale Researcher’s Innovative Work On Microscopes
Derek Toomre, assistant professor of cell biology at Yale School of Medicine, has received a $2.5 million National Institutes of health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award to develop optical techniques for a new generation of microscopes that will help in researching cancer and diabetes, among other diseases. [click link for full article]

President Bush Vows To Veto SCHIP Expansion Legislation, Says Bill Puts Children’s health Coverage ‘at Risk’
President Bush in a news conference on Thursday promised to veto compromise legislation that would reauthorize and expand SCHIP, calling the proposed expansion a step toward “government-run health care for every American,” USA Today reports (Jackson, USA Today, 9/21). [click link for full article]

Adverts Warn Of Smoking Age Change, UK
An advertising campaign has begun to to inform people about the change in age for tobacco sales.In one week the age at which people can buy tobacco will rise from 16 to 18 as part of attempts to reduce the number of young people taking up smoking. From Monday October 1st retailers will have to display a notice informing customers about the new legislation. [click link for full article]

American Lung Association Commends Nationwide Initiative To Protect Children From Secondhand Smoke
The recent announcement of a new partnership designed to protect children enrolled in Head Start from the dangers of secondhand smoke is significant. The American Lung Association commends Acting Surgeon General Kenneth Moritsugu and the American Academy of Pediatrics and their partners for taking this step to protect one of our most vulnerable populations. [click link for full article]

Public health Response To The Polonium-210 Incident, UK
The poisoning of Mr Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium-210 in London in November 2006 had political consequences internationally and presented the health Protection Agency with some unique public health challenges. [click link for full article]

Agreement Reached To Transfer Mersey Community Hospital, Australia
The Commonwealth Government has signed binding Heads of Agreement for the transfer of the Mersey Hospital by 1 November 2007. This means that the Commonwealth can now move quickly to establish a community entity to run the new Mersey Community Hospital. [click link for full article]

U.S. medical Students Urge Passage Of Employement Non-Discrimination Act
The American medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation’s largest, independent medical student organization, representing more than 68,000 physicians-in-training, urges the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 2015), in order to protect every American from discriminatory employment practices based on sexual orientation and gender identity. [click link for full article]

Exelon Patch Receives European Union Approval, The First Skin Patch Therapy To Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
The European Commission has approved Exelon patch (rivastigmine transdermal patch), an innovative way to deliver this effective medicine to patients suffering from mild to moderately severe Alzheimer’s disease. [click link for full article]

A New Study Finds That Genetic Variation Affects Smoking Cessation Treatment, UK
A new study published in the September 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry reports that genetic variation in a particular enzyme affects the success rates of treatment with bupropion, an anti-smoking drug. This may explain why some smokers despite seeking treatment find it so difficult to give up smoking. [click link for full article]

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