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| Abortion News | |
| McCain Criticizes Obama For Voting Against So-Called 'Partial-Birth' Abortion Ban Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) on Thursday in Kansas City criticized Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) for voting against a ban on so-called "partial-birth" abortions, saying the vote is a "great difference" between the two candidates, 21 July 2008 | |
| Medill News Service/The Politico Examines Emergence Of The 'Pro-Choice Spiritual Left' Medill News Service/The Politico on Wednesday examined the emergence of the so-called "pro-choice spiritual left," which has "created a bridge between abortion-rights groups and those on the left who speak theologically about sex and abortion. | 21 July 2008 |
| Presidential Candidates Have Differing, Related Perspectives On Abortion, Stem Cell Research, Opinion Piece Says It is "easy" to say Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) have different views on "when life begins, use of stem cells and abortion," but the presidential candidates often are "addressing very different, but related, beginning-of-life issues," Thomas Marino, a professor of anatomy and cell biology at Temple University's 21 July 2008 | |
| Acid Reflux/GERD News |
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| Aid / Disasters News |
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| Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News | |
| Obstetricians Often Overlook Alcohol Consumption In Pregnancy, Australian And New Zealand Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology One in every two pregnant Australian woman still consume alcohol during pregnancy, according to a study in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The responsibility of providing accurate information about the harmful effects of alcohol and its lifelong effects on the child falls on obstetricians and other health professionals. | 21 July 2008 |
| Brain Regions Damaged By Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Identified By Water-Diffusion Technology Scientists know that children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) often have structural brain damage. Yet little is known about how white matter connections, and deep gray matter structures that act as relay stations, are affected in children with FASD. | 21 July 2008 |
| Higher Coffee And Cigarette Consumption Among AA Attendees More than one million Americans currently participate in the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) program. While AA participants are reportedly notorious for their coffee drinking and cigarette smoking, very little research has quantified their consumption of these two products. | 21 July 2008 |
| Prenatal Drinking, Environmental Enrichment: Effects On Neurotrophins Are Independent Of Each Other Prenatal alcohol exposure may be particularly destructive for neurotrophins, a family of peptides that influence the growth, development and functional plasticity of the fetal brain. A new rodent study of alcohol's effects on three key neurotrophins has found that, even though environmental enrichment may be able to improve some fetal-alcohol effects, those benefits do not appear to be mediated by neurotrophins. | 21 July 2008 |
| Overindulgence Of Alcohol Encouraged By Loud Music Commercial venues are very aware of the effects that the environment - in this case, music - can have on in-store traffic flow, sales volumes, product choices, and consumer time spent in the immediate vicinity. | 21 July 2008 |
| Allergy News |
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| Alzheimer's / Dementia News | |
| Alzheimer's Vaccine Cleared Plaques But Did Not Slow Disease A new study by researchers in the UK found that a promising vaccine designed to protect against the amyloid protein plaques that form in the brains of people who develop Alzheimer's was effective at clearing the plaques, but it did not stop the neurodegeneration associated with the disease, leading them to question current assumptions about the role that plaques play in the progression of Alzheimer's. | 21 July 2008 |
| Alzheimer's Australia Vic Announces Dementia Awareness Week 2008 Alzheimer's Australia's major annual awareness campaign, Dementia Awareness Week, will kick off this year on Friday 19 September and conclude on Friday 26 September. The theme this year is 'Mind your Mind, and reduce the risk of dementia'. | 21 July 2008 |
| Video Released Of Rapid Alzheimer's Improvement After New Immune-based Treatment New research into the treatment of Alzheimer's disease reports improvement in language abilities using a novel immune-based approach. A video accompanying the research, published today in the open access journal BMC Neurology, documents rapid language improvement within minutes of using this new treatment. | 21 July 2008 |
| Extra Care Housing Enabling More Older People And Those With Dementia And Long-term Conditions To Live In A Home Of Their Own, UK Health and Care Minister Ivan Lewis today (Monday 21 July) announcedthe sites that will benefit from £80million of Government funding tobuild extra care housing, enabling more older people and those withdementia and long-term conditions to live in a home of their own. | 21 July 2008 |
| Vaccine Removes Brain Plaques But Does Not Prevent Dementia According to a study published in The Lancet,immunization against the amyloid-β peptide clears amyloid plaques inthe brain but fails to halt the progressive neurodegeneration thatcomes with Alzheimer's disease. | 21 July 2008 |
| Dimebon For Dementia: Promising Clinical Trial Results A new study published in The Lancet has somepromising results for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) with the drugdimebon. Researchers show that in patients with mild-to-moderate AD,dimebon significantly improves the clinical course of the disease. | 21 July 2008 |
| Anxiety / Stress News |
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| Arthritis / Rheumatology News |
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| Biology / Biochemistry News | |
| Add Lime To Seawater And Reverse CO2 In The Atmosphere Scientists say they have found a workable way of reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere by adding lime to seawater. And they think it has the potential to dramatically reverse CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere, reports Cath O'Driscoll in SCI's Chemistry & Industry magazine published today. | 21 July 2008 |
| The Genetics Of The White Horse Unraveled The white horse is an icon for dignity which has had a huge impact on human culture across the world. An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University has now identified the mutation causing this spectacular trait and show that white horses carry an identical mutation that can be traced back to a common ancestor that lived thousands of years ago. | 21 July 2008 |
| Mechanism That Governs Adhesion Between Cells And Therefore Their Capacity To Move Discovered A study performed by researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), in collaboration with researchers at the Instituto de BiologÃa Molecular of the CSIC, reveal a mechanism that controls the movement of cells in a tissue by regulating cell adhesion. | 21 July 2008 |
| Chemical Changes In The Brain Make Pregnant Mice Ignore The Smell Of Males Mouse mothers-to-be have a remarkable way to protect their unborn pups. Because the smell of a strange male's urine can cause miscarriage and reactivate the ovulatory cycle, pregnant mice prevent the action of such olfactory stimuli by blocking their smell. | 21 July 2008 |
| Topics At Behavior Conference Include Hermaphrodites, Predatory Actions And Fertility Decline Behavior spanning the wide spectrum of the animal and human world will be examined at the 12th International Behavioral Ecology Congress, hosted by the International Society for Behavioral Ecology, on Aug. | 21 July 2008 |
| Molecular Hula Hoop Humans have long been trying to make the dream of nanoscopic robots come true. The dream is, in fact, taking on some aspects of reality. Nanoscience has produced components for molecular-scale machines. | 21 July 2008 |
| New Research Shows That Vocal Communication Evolved From Ancient Fish Species Talking fish are no strangers to Americans. From the comedic portrayal of "Mr. Limpet" by Don Knotts, to the children's Disney favorite, "Nemo," fish can talk, laugh and tell jokes - at least on television and the silver screen. | 21 July 2008 |
| Awards To Be Presented At The Experimental Biology 2009 Meeting In New Orleans The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) has announced the recipients of its annual awards competition. Eight scientists were singled out for their outstanding achievements and contributions to science. | 21 July 2008 |
| Human Blood Vessels Grown From Adult Progenitor Cells In Mouse Model For the first time, researchers have successfully grown functional human blood vessels in mice using cells from adult human donors - an important step in developing clinical strategies to grow tissue, researchers report in Circulation Research: Journal of the American Heart Association. | 21 July 2008 |
| 'Nanosculpture' Could Enable New Types Of Heat Pumps And Energy Converters, Potential Medical Applications A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from heat. | 21 July 2008 |
| Bipolar News |
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| Bird Flu / Avian Flu News |
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| Blood / Hematology News |
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| Body Aches News |
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| Bones / Orthopaedics News |
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| Breast Cancer News | |
| Biocon And Abraxis BioScience Launch ABRAXANE In India For Treatment Of Breast Cancer Biocon Limited, India's pioneering biotechnology company, and Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII), a fully integrated biotechnology company, announced the launch of ABRAXANE® (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) in India for the treatment of breast cancer after failure of combination therapy for metastatic disease or relapse within six months of adjuvant chemotherapy. | 21 July 2008 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| Introgen To Present ADVEXIN Phase 3 Study Results At American Association For Cancer Research's Cancer Clinical Trials Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:INGN), a developer of targeted molecular therapies for cancer, announced that the company will present the results from its recently completed Phase 3 trial of ADVEXIN in recurrent head and neck cancer at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Centennial Conference on Translational Cancer Medicine 2008: Cancer Clinical Trials and Personalized Medicine. | 21 July 2008 |
| Stanford Study Of Dark-skinned Mice Leads To Protein Linked To Bone Marrow Failure In Humans The study of dark-skinned mice has led to a surprising finding about a common protein involved in tumor suppression, report researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The results may lead to new treatments for bone marrow failure in humans. | 21 July 2008 |
| Enzyme Expression Levels Correlated With Chemotherapy Drug Response A method that could be applied widely to explore genetic basis of cancer drug resistanceWhy do cancer patients develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs, sometimes abruptly, after a period in which the drugs seem to be working well to reduce tumors or hold them in check? Although largely a mystery to scientists, the result when this occurs is all too familiar: patients relapse and in many cases die when their cancers become resistant. | 21 July 2008 |
| Engage GPs For More Effective Cancer Care, Medical Journal Of Australia As cancer treatment improves and more people with cancer survive, general practitioners must become more involved in all stages of the cancer journey, according to an editorial by experts in general practice in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Australia. | 21 July 2008 |
| Pitt University To Host Annual Pancreatic Research Meeting More than 100 physicians and scientists from around the country will discuss the latest findings in pancreatic research at PancreasFest 2008 at the Hillman Cancer Center July 24 through 26. Topics to be covered at the event will include the challenges of determining whom to screen for pancreatic cancer, new therapeutic approaches for treating pancreatic cancer, how to manage complications after pancreas surgery, and the current status and utility of biomarkers. | 21 July 2008 |
| UC San Diego Launches Institute Of Engineering In Medicine To Accelerate Health Care Tech The world's top engineers, physicians and scientists are joining forces to conceptualize, develop and bring to reality the future tools and treatments of 21st century health care through UC San Diego's new Institute of Engineering in Medicine. | 21 July 2008 |
| Lawmakers Address Various Health Care Topics In Opinion Pieces In The Hill The Hill on Wednesday published opinion pieces by lawmakers and federal officials discussing health care policy. Summaries appear below.
| 21 July 2008 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| Human Progenitor Cells Grow Blood Vessels In Mice US scientists have successfully grown new, functioning blood vessels in mice by implanting them with progenitor cells extracted from human blood and bone marrow. They said this is an important step in developing new treatments for growing tissue. | 21 July 2008 |
| Best Care For The Frail And Elderly With Coronary Artery Disease A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain, heart attack or coronary artery disease are more likely to die during the first year following their initial hospitalization. | 21 July 2008 |
| Improving Care For The Frail And Elderly With Coronary Artery Disease A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain, heart attack or coronary artery disease are more likely to die during the first year following their initial hospitalization. | 21 July 2008 |
| PCI Preference -- Will That Be An Arm Or A Leg? When it comes to stenting - using metal tubes to prop open blocked arteries - physicians are continuing to choose to gain entry to the circulatory system through an opening in the leg instead of the arm, even though the latter option appears to be safer, with fewer side effects, say researchers at Duke Clinical Research Institute. | 21 July 2008 |
| Human Blood Vessels Grown From Adult Progenitor Cells In Mouse Model For the first time, researchers have successfully grown functional human blood vessels in mice using cells from adult human donors - an important step in developing clinical strategies to grow tissue, researchers report in Circulation Research: Journal of the American Heart Association. | 21 July 2008 |
| Caregivers / Homecare News | |
| Extra Care Housing Enabling More Older People And Those With Dementia And Long-term Conditions To Live In A Home Of Their Own, UK Health and Care Minister Ivan Lewis today (Monday 21 July) announcedthe sites that will benefit from £80million of Government funding tobuild extra care housing, enabling more older people and those withdementia and long-term conditions to live in a home of their own. | 21 July 2008 |
| Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine News |
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| Cholesterol News |
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| CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease News |
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| Cleft Palate News |
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| Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News | |
| Introgen To Present ADVEXIN Phase 3 Study Results At American Association For Cancer Research's Cancer Clinical Trials Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:INGN), a developer of targeted molecular therapies for cancer, announced that the company will present the results from its recently completed Phase 3 trial of ADVEXIN in recurrent head and neck cancer at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Centennial Conference on Translational Cancer Medicine 2008: Cancer Clinical Trials and Personalized Medicine. | 21 July 2008 |
| Biocon And Abraxis BioScience Launch ABRAXANE In India For Treatment Of Breast Cancer Biocon Limited, India's pioneering biotechnology company, and Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII), a fully integrated biotechnology company, announced the launch of ABRAXANE® (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) in India for the treatment of breast cancer after failure of combination therapy for metastatic disease or relapse within six months of adjuvant chemotherapy. | 21 July 2008 |
| Vaccine Removes Brain Plaques But Does Not Prevent Dementia According to a study published in The Lancet,immunization against the amyloid-β peptide clears amyloid plaques inthe brain but fails to halt the progressive neurodegeneration thatcomes with Alzheimer's disease. | 21 July 2008 |
| Dimebon For Dementia: Promising Clinical Trial Results A new study published in The Lancet has somepromising results for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) with the drugdimebon. Researchers show that in patients with mild-to-moderate AD,dimebon significantly improves the clinical course of the disease. | 21 July 2008 |
| Colorectal Cancer News |
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| Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine News |
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| Compliance News |
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| Conferences News | |
| Latest Findings Presented By Researcher Helping To Pioneer Medical Therapy For Fragile X Neurological experts from across the U.S. and other countries including a nationally renowned researcher from Rush University Medical Center will discuss the latest findings in basic and clinical research for Fragile X at the 11th International Fragile X Conference, to be held July 23-27 in St. | 21 July 2008 |
| Awards To Be Presented At The Experimental Biology 2009 Meeting In New Orleans The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) has announced the recipients of its annual awards competition. Eight scientists were singled out for their outstanding achievements and contributions to science. | 21 July 2008 |
| Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News | |
| Innovative Technique In African American Rhinoplasty Proves To Preserve Ethnicity, Increase Self-Esteem In a groundbreaking studyinvolving 75 African American patients, Dr. OlehSlupchynskyj, Founder and Director of The Aesthetic FacialSurgery Institute of New York and New Jersey, statisticallyproves a unique three-tiered surgical approach inrhinoplasty results in an excellent degree of preservationof ethnic characteristics, very high patient satisfactionpostoperatively and consistently increased self-esteem. | 21 July 2008 |
| Crohn's News |
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| Cystic Fibrosis News |
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| Dentistry News |
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| Depression News |
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| Dermatology News | |
| Be Aware Of Risk In GP Skin Cancer Surgery, Warns The Medical And Dental Defence Union Of Scotland GPs risk legal action if they fail to follow GMC guidance - as well as NICE guidelines - when they treat skin cancers, warns the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) today (Wednesday, 16 July 2008). | 21 July 2008 |
| Innovative Technique In African American Rhinoplasty Proves To Preserve Ethnicity, Increase Self-Esteem In a groundbreaking studyinvolving 75 African American patients, Dr. OlehSlupchynskyj, Founder and Director of The Aesthetic FacialSurgery Institute of New York and New Jersey, statisticallyproves a unique three-tiered surgical approach inrhinoplasty results in an excellent degree of preservationof ethnic characteristics, very high patient satisfactionpostoperatively and consistently increased self-esteem. | 21 July 2008 |
| Diabetes News | |
| Undiagnosed Diabetes Puts Half A Million Lives At Risk Leading health charity Diabetes UK today warns that more than half a million people in the UK may face a future of ill health because they have Type 2 diabetes but don't know it.Diabetes is a serious condition which can lead to heart disease, blindness, amputation, kidney failure and shorter life expectancy. | 21 July 2008 |
| Defining Health Care Needs For Chronic Illness, Medical Journal Of Australia A research paper in the latest issue of Medical Journal of Australia has provided the first insight into the prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in Australia. About three in 10 people who saw a GP in 2005, and one in four Australians have multimorbidity (two or more types of chronic conditions). | 21 July 2008 |
| Next Step In Understanding Biological Roots Of Common Diseases Funded By NHGRI The National Human Genome Research Institute, one of the National Institutes of Health, has announced grants expected to total about $31 million over the next four years for research aimed at gaining a better understanding of how specific genetic variants act to influence the risk of diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other common diseases. | 21 July 2008 |
| Many Hispanic Diabetics Unaware Of Risk For Eye Disease, Study Finds Many newly diagnosed diabetic Hispanics are unaware that their condition increases their risk for eye disease, according to a study published in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, the 21 July 2008 | |
| Dyslexia News |
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| Ear, Nose and Throat News |
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| Eating Disorders News |
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| Endocrinology News |
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| Epilepsy News |
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| Erectile Dysfunction / Premature Ejaculation News |
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| Eye Health / Blindness News | |
| New Air Regulations To Improve Travel By Air For Blind And Partially Sighted In Europe Over the past ten years the European Blind Union has been working to improve travel by air for blind and partially sighted, deaf blind and blind people with additional disabilities. As a result of our work, we are pleased to inform you that from 26 July 2008, the new Air Regulations come into operation at all airports throughout Europe. | 21 July 2008 |
| Many Hispanic Diabetics Unaware Of Risk For Eye Disease, Study Finds Many newly diagnosed diabetic Hispanics are unaware that their condition increases their risk for eye disease, according to a study published in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, the 21 July 2008 | |
| Fertility News | |
| Topics At Behavior Conference Include Hermaphrodites, Predatory Actions And Fertility Decline Behavior spanning the wide spectrum of the animal and human world will be examined at the 12th International Behavioral Ecology Congress, hosted by the International Society for Behavioral Ecology, on Aug. | 21 July 2008 |
| Flu / Cold / SARS News |
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| GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News |
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| Genetics News | |
| The Genetics Of The White Horse Unraveled The white horse is an icon for dignity which has had a huge impact on human culture across the world. An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University has now identified the mutation causing this spectacular trait and show that white horses carry an identical mutation that can be traced back to a common ancestor that lived thousands of years ago. | 21 July 2008 |
| Class Of Antibiotics Can Enhance Gene-silencing Tool A way to turn off one gene at a time has earned acceptance in biology laboratories over the last decade. Doctors envision the technique, called RNA interference, as a tool to treat a variety of diseases if it can be adapted to humans. | 21 July 2008 |
| Latest Findings Presented By Researcher Helping To Pioneer Medical Therapy For Fragile X Neurological experts from across the U.S. and other countries including a nationally renowned researcher from Rush University Medical Center will discuss the latest findings in basic and clinical research for Fragile X at the 11th International Fragile X Conference, to be held July 23-27 in St. | 21 July 2008 |
| New Research Shows That Vocal Communication Evolved From Ancient Fish Species Talking fish are no strangers to Americans. From the comedic portrayal of "Mr. Limpet" by Don Knotts, to the children's Disney favorite, "Nemo," fish can talk, laugh and tell jokes - at least on television and the silver screen. | 21 July 2008 |
| Next Step In Understanding Biological Roots Of Common Diseases Funded By NHGRI The National Human Genome Research Institute, one of the National Institutes of Health, has announced grants expected to total about $31 million over the next four years for research aimed at gaining a better understanding of how specific genetic variants act to influence the risk of diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other common diseases. | 21 July 2008 |
| Gout News |
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| Headache / Migraine News |
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| Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News | |
| CNA Zeroes In On Serious Medical Errors Recently, CNA insurance companies issued a client bulletin to provide healthcare managers with risk management guidance on responding to serious medical errors or so-called "never events" because they never should have happened. | 21 July 2008 |
| Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Holds Hearings About Proposed Insurer Merger Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario recently held a series of hearings about whether the merger of Independence Blue Cross and 21 July 2008 | |
| America's Health Insurance Plans Launches Campaign To Organize Residents Satisfied With Private Health Insurance America's Health Insurance Plans on Tuesday launched a campaign to organize at least 100,000 U.S. residents who are satisfied with their private health insurance in an "attempt to drive debate in a political climate that has had the industry on the defensive since Democrats took control of Congress last year," 21 July 2008 | |
| House Panel Votes To Extend Medical Leave Coverage For Students The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday voted 40-0 to approve a bill (21 July 2008 | |
| House Committee To Investigate Health Insurance Policy Rescissions Nationwide House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) on Thursday at a hearing on health insurance policy rescissions said that the committee will launch a broad investigation into practices used by private health insurers in the individual market, 21 July 2008 | |
| Hearing / Deafness News |
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| HIV / AIDS News | |
| FDA Grants Clearance For Celera's ViroSeq® HIV-1 Genotyping System Software V2.8 Celera (NASDAQ:CRA) announced that it has received marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its 510(k) submission of the ViroSeq HIV-1 Genotyping System Software v2. | 21 July 2008 |
| Immune System Conquered By HIV Faster Than Previously Realized New research into the earliest events occurring immediately upon infection with HIV-I shows that the virus deals a stunning blow to the immune system earlier than was previously understood. According to scientists at Duke University Medical Center, this suggests the window of opportunity for successful intervention may be only a matter of days - not weeks - after transmission, as researchers had previously believed. | 21 July 2008 |
| Report Examines HIV Rapid Testing In Health Department Prevention Programs "Update on Implementation of HIV Rapid Testing in Health Department Supported HIV Prevention Programs," 21 July 2008 | |
| Delegates At Conference Discuss Ways To Prevent Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission, Support Pediatric Care In Central Asia Delegates from Central Asian countries, United Nations agencies and aid groups recently met in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to discuss methods of preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission and supporting pediatric HIV/AIDS care in the region, Kazakhstan's 21 July 2008 | |
| Commercial Sex Work, Lack Of Knowledge About STIs Contributing To Spread Of HIV In Afghanistan As high food prices, drought, unemployment and a lack of socioeconomic opportunities lead some women and young girls in northern Afghanistan to enter commercial sex work, health specialists say they are concerned that limited knowledge about sexually transmitted infections and preventive measures are affecting the number of HIV/AIDS cases in the country, 21 July 2008 | |
| Papua New Guinea Making Progress In HIV Testing, Drug Access, Global Fund Executive Director Kazatchkine Says Papua New Guinea has made significant progress in scaling up HIV/AIDS testing and counseling services, as well as expanding antiretroviral drug access, during the past few years, Executive Director of the 21 July 2008 | |
| Spread Of HIV Would Not Slow In Africa If Catholic Church Encouraged Condom Use, Official Says If the Roman Catholic Church were to condone condom use to curb the spread of HIV in Africa, transmission of the virus still would not slow on the continent, South African Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier said on Wednesday at 21 July 2008 | |
| NIAID Director Fauci Cancels Planned HIV Vaccine Trial Anthony Fauci, director of NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Thursday canceled a planned trial of NIH's 21 July 2008 | |
| Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Foreign Operations Bill That Includes HIV/AIDS, Millennium Challenge Funding The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday voted 28-1 to approve a $36.6 billion foreign operations bill (21 July 2008 | |
| House Will Approve Senate's Version Of PEPFAR Reauthorization Legislation Next Week, Leaders Say The House next week will approve the Senate's version of a bill to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, sending the measure to President Bush to sign into law, leaders said on Thursday, CQ Today reports. | 21 July 2008 |
| Huntingtons Disease News |
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| Hypertension News |
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| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| Alzheimer's Vaccine Cleared Plaques But Did Not Slow Disease A new study by researchers in the UK found that a promising vaccine designed to protect against the amyloid protein plaques that form in the brains of people who develop Alzheimer's was effective at clearing the plaques, but it did not stop the neurodegeneration associated with the disease, leading them to question current assumptions about the role that plaques play in the progression of Alzheimer's. | 21 July 2008 |
| Proprietary Processes Take Center Stage In Therapeutic Vaccine Sector Pharmaceutical companies, their investors and their outsource service partners are accustomed to working and thinking in terms of well-defined drugs - APIs or NCEs that can be clearly specified, synthesized, purified and packaged. | 21 July 2008 |
| Immune System Conquered By HIV Faster Than Previously Realized New research into the earliest events occurring immediately upon infection with HIV-I shows that the virus deals a stunning blow to the immune system earlier than was previously understood. According to scientists at Duke University Medical Center, this suggests the window of opportunity for successful intervention may be only a matter of days - not weeks - after transmission, as researchers had previously believed. | 21 July 2008 |
| NIAID Director Fauci Cancels Planned HIV Vaccine Trial Anthony Fauci, director of NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Thursday canceled a planned trial of NIH's 21 July 2008 | |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| Class Of Antibiotics Can Enhance Gene-silencing Tool A way to turn off one gene at a time has earned acceptance in biology laboratories over the last decade. Doctors envision the technique, called RNA interference, as a tool to treat a variety of diseases if it can be adapted to humans. | 21 July 2008 |
| Irritable-Bowel Syndrome News |
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| IT / Internet / E-mail News | |
| FDA Grants Clearance For Celera's ViroSeq® HIV-1 Genotyping System Software V2.8 Celera (NASDAQ:CRA) announced that it has received marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its 510(k) submission of the ViroSeq HIV-1 Genotyping System Software v2. | 21 July 2008 |
| UC San Diego Launches Institute Of Engineering In Medicine To Accelerate Health Care Tech The world's top engineers, physicians and scientists are joining forces to conceptualize, develop and bring to reality the future tools and treatments of 21st century health care through UC San Diego's new Institute of Engineering in Medicine. | 21 July 2008 |
| Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries While mainstream news coverage is still a primary source of information for the latest in policy debates and the health care marketplace, online blogs have become a significant part of the media landscape, often presenting new perspectives on policy issues and drawing attention to under-reported topics. | 21 July 2008 |
| Senate Committee Conducts Hearing To Discuss Methods To Spur Nationwide Adoption Of Electronic Health Records Lawmakers and business and health care executives on Thursday at a Senate Finance Committee hearing discussed strategies to encourage adoption of a nationwide electronic health record system, 21 July 2008 | |
| Liver Disease / Hepatitis News |
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| Lung Cancer News |
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| Lupus News |
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| Lymphoma / Leukemia News |
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| Medical Devices News | |
| Proprietary Processes Take Center Stage In Therapeutic Vaccine Sector Pharmaceutical companies, their investors and their outsource service partners are accustomed to working and thinking in terms of well-defined drugs - APIs or NCEs that can be clearly specified, synthesized, purified and packaged. | 21 July 2008 |
| NIH Awards More Than $33 Million To Fund State-of-the-Art Research Equipment, USA The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today that it will provide $33.3 million for 20 High-End Instrumentation (HEI) grants to fund the latest generation of advanced research equipment. | 21 July 2008 |
| Molecular Hula Hoop Humans have long been trying to make the dream of nanoscopic robots come true. The dream is, in fact, taking on some aspects of reality. Nanoscience has produced components for molecular-scale machines. | 21 July 2008 |
| PCI Preference -- Will That Be An Arm Or A Leg? When it comes to stenting - using metal tubes to prop open blocked arteries - physicians are continuing to choose to gain entry to the circulatory system through an opening in the leg instead of the arm, even though the latter option appears to be safer, with fewer side effects, say researchers at Duke Clinical Research Institute. | 21 July 2008 |
| 'Nanosculpture' Could Enable New Types Of Heat Pumps And Energy Converters, Potential Medical Applications A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from heat. | 21 July 2008 |
| Medical Malpractice / Litigation News | |
| CNA Zeroes In On Serious Medical Errors Recently, CNA insurance companies issued a client bulletin to provide healthcare managers with risk management guidance on responding to serious medical errors or so-called "never events" because they never should have happened. | 21 July 2008 |
| Medical Students / Training News |
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| Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News | |
| H.R. 6331 - The RX For Community Pharmacy, Bill Includes Three Provisions That Protect Patient Access To Community Pharmacies, USA The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have voted to override President's George W. Bush's veto of H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. In response Bruce T. | 21 July 2008 |
| Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries While mainstream news coverage is still a primary source of information for the latest in policy debates and the health care marketplace, online blogs have become a significant part of the media landscape, often presenting new perspectives on policy issues and drawing attention to under-reported topics. | 21 July 2008 |
| Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Proposes Resolution To Stop Bush Administration Directive On Restricting SCHIP Expansion A bipartisan group of 41 senators led by Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and 21 July 2008 | |
| Men's health News |
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| Mental Health News | |
| Nine Out Of Ten People With Mental Health Problems Are Prisoners Of Stigma Shocking New Research Millions of people with mental illness are unable to do everyday things like going to the shops, making new friends or applying for jobs, groundbreaking research reveals.The pioneering survey of more than 3,000 people with mental health problems clearly reveals that this includes people you expect to love you unconditionally, your family, (36%), closely followed by employers (35%), neighbours (31%) and friends (25%). | 21 July 2008 |
| $4.4 Million To Improve Mental Health Of Canadians Announced By CIHR Funding of $4.4 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) was announced by Steven Fletcher, MP for Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia and Parliamentary Secretary for Health, on behalf of Tony Clement, Minister of Health. | 21 July 2008 |
| Latest Large Grant Announcement The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has announcesd the outcome from its third annual large grants competition. The large grant scheme provides funding for experienced researchers requiring longer term funding or extended support for research or research infrastructure. | 21 July 2008 |
| MRI / PET / Ultrasound News |
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| MRSA / Drug Resistance News | |
| Healthcare Associated Infections Down At Musgrove Park Figures released today show that MRSA and CDiff are reducing at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton.In the last three months there have been 3 MRSA blood stream infections in the hospital, compared with 8 in the same period last year. | 21 July 2008 |
| Enzyme Expression Levels Correlated With Chemotherapy Drug Response A method that could be applied widely to explore genetic basis of cancer drug resistanceWhy do cancer patients develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs, sometimes abruptly, after a period in which the drugs seem to be working well to reduce tumors or hold them in check? Although largely a mystery to scientists, the result when this occurs is all too familiar: patients relapse and in many cases die when their cancers become resistant. | 21 July 2008 |
| Multiple Sclerosis News |
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| Muscular Dystrophy / ALS News |
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| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Chemical Changes In The Brain Make Pregnant Mice Ignore The Smell Of Males Mouse mothers-to-be have a remarkable way to protect their unborn pups. Because the smell of a strange male's urine can cause miscarriage and reactivate the ovulatory cycle, pregnant mice prevent the action of such olfactory stimuli by blocking their smell. | 21 July 2008 |
| Nursing / Midwifery News | |
| Current Policies Will Not Avert Health Workforce Crisis Warns New Report Without immediate action to develop an integrated, comprehensive, national health workforce policy, the U.S. is at risk of losing its status as the global health care leader, states a new report released by the Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC, 21 July 2008 | |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| New York Restaurants Can Be Fined For Not Showing Calories As of midnight last Friday, big chain restaurants in New York City can now be fined between 200 and 2,000 dollars if they do not show calorie counts on their menus. Since May, city health inspectors have had the authority to cite restaurants that did not comply with the new ruling, but the right to fine them has only just come into force. | 21 July 2008 |
| Disease Prevention Programs Could Generate Substantial Savings In Health Care Costs, Report Finds Investing $10 per person per year in community disease prevention programs could save the U.S. $2.8 billion in health costs over two years and $16.5 billion over five years, according to a study released on Thursday by 21 July 2008 | |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| New York Restaurants Can Be Fined For Not Showing Calories As of midnight last Friday, big chain restaurants in New York City can now be fined between 200 and 2,000 dollars if they do not show calorie counts on their menus. Since May, city health inspectors have had the authority to cite restaurants that did not comply with the new ruling, but the right to fine them has only just come into force. | 21 July 2008 |
| Common Stereotypes About Obese Workers Refuted By Study New research led by a Michigan State University scholar refutes commonly held stereotypes that overweight workers are lazier, more emotionally unstable and harder to get along with than their "normal weight" colleagues. | 21 July 2008 |
| Disease Prevention Programs Could Generate Substantial Savings In Health Care Costs, Report Finds Investing $10 per person per year in community disease prevention programs could save the U.S. $2.8 billion in health costs over two years and $16.5 billion over five years, according to a study released on Thursday by 21 July 2008 | |
| Pain / Anesthetics News |
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| Parkinson's Disease News |
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| Pediatrics / Children's Health News |
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| Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News | |
| H.R. 6331 - The RX For Community Pharmacy, Bill Includes Three Provisions That Protect Patient Access To Community Pharmacies, USA The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have voted to override President's George W. Bush's veto of H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. In response Bruce T. | 21 July 2008 |
| Screening Of Tiny Chemical Fragments May Pay Big Dividends In Drug Discovery Scientists who develop new drugs are closely following the progress through clinical trials of a cache of drugs developed with counter-intuitive strategy that defies conventional wisdom, according to an article scheduled for the July 21 issue of Chemical & Engineering News. | 21 July 2008 |
| Pharmacy / Pharmacist News | |
| Efforts Seek To Address Asthma, Encourage Students To Become Pharmacists In Minority Community The following summarizes efforts that seek to address racial health disparities.
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| Screening Of Tiny Chemical Fragments May Pay Big Dividends In Drug Discovery Scientists who develop new drugs are closely following the progress through clinical trials of a cache of drugs developed with counter-intuitive strategy that defies conventional wisdom, according to an article scheduled for the July 21 issue of Chemical & Engineering News. | 21 July 2008 |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Obstetricians Often Overlook Alcohol Consumption In Pregnancy, Australian And New Zealand Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology One in every two pregnant Australian woman still consume alcohol during pregnancy, according to a study in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The responsibility of providing accurate information about the harmful effects of alcohol and its lifelong effects on the child falls on obstetricians and other health professionals. | 21 July 2008 |
| Brain Regions Damaged By Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Identified By Water-Diffusion Technology Scientists know that children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) often have structural brain damage. Yet little is known about how white matter connections, and deep gray matter structures that act as relay stations, are affected in children with FASD. | 21 July 2008 |
| Prenatal Drinking, Environmental Enrichment: Effects On Neurotrophins Are Independent Of Each Other Prenatal alcohol exposure may be particularly destructive for neurotrophins, a family of peptides that influence the growth, development and functional plasticity of the fetal brain. A new rodent study of alcohol's effects on three key neurotrophins has found that, even though environmental enrichment may be able to improve some fetal-alcohol effects, those benefits do not appear to be mediated by neurotrophins. | 21 July 2008 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| Current Policies Will Not Avert Health Workforce Crisis Warns New Report Without immediate action to develop an integrated, comprehensive, national health workforce policy, the U.S. is at risk of losing its status as the global health care leader, states a new report released by the Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC, 21 July 2008 | |
| GPs Need To Be Engaged In Health Reforms: Expert, Medical Journal Of Australia The government must engage GPs in developing its health reforms to ensure they are integrated, wide enough in scope, and aimed at the areas of greatest need, Professor Michael Kidd said in the latest issue of The Medical Journal of Australia. | 21 July 2008 |
| Engage GPs For More Effective Cancer Care, Medical Journal Of Australia As cancer treatment improves and more people with cancer survive, general practitioners must become more involved in all stages of the cancer journey, according to an editorial by experts in general practice in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Australia. | 21 July 2008 |
| Be Aware Of Risk In GP Skin Cancer Surgery, Warns The Medical And Dental Defence Union Of Scotland GPs risk legal action if they fail to follow GMC guidance - as well as NICE guidelines - when they treat skin cancers, warns the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) today (Wednesday, 16 July 2008). | 21 July 2008 |
| Prostate / Prostate Cancer News |
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| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Common Stereotypes About Obese Workers Refuted By Study New research led by a Michigan State University scholar refutes commonly held stereotypes that overweight workers are lazier, more emotionally unstable and harder to get along with than their "normal weight" colleagues. | 21 July 2008 |
| Public Health News | |
| Watchdogs Find Public Health Services Improving But New Report Warns Of Slow Progress On Reducing Alcohol Misuse And Obesity, UK Two independent watchdogs are today (Wednesday) calling for a renewed drive to improve public health services after analysing the success of policies over the past decade. A new report by the Healthcare Commission and Audit Commission assesses the impact government policy has had on: narrowing health inequalities; improving sexual and mental health; and reducing smoking, alcohol misuse and obesity. | 21 July 2008 |
| ESA To Consult The Science Community On Earth Explorer Selection As part of the Agency's user-driven approach to preparing new Earth Explorer missions to advance our understanding of the Earth system, six candidate missions will be presented to the science community at a User Consultation Meeting in January 2009. | 21 July 2008 |
| GPs Need To Be Engaged In Health Reforms: Expert, Medical Journal Of Australia The government must engage GPs in developing its health reforms to ensure they are integrated, wide enough in scope, and aimed at the areas of greatest need, Professor Michael Kidd said in the latest issue of The Medical Journal of Australia. | 21 July 2008 |
| Defining Health Care Needs For Chronic Illness, Medical Journal Of Australia A research paper in the latest issue of Medical Journal of Australia has provided the first insight into the prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in Australia. About three in 10 people who saw a GP in 2005, and one in four Australians have multimorbidity (two or more types of chronic conditions). | 21 July 2008 |
| Latest Large Grant Announcement The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has announcesd the outcome from its third annual large grants competition. The large grant scheme provides funding for experienced researchers requiring longer term funding or extended support for research or research infrastructure. | 21 July 2008 |
| Lawmakers Address Various Health Care Topics In Opinion Pieces In The Hill The Hill on Wednesday published opinion pieces by lawmakers and federal officials discussing health care policy. Summaries appear below.
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| Maine Coalition Collects Enough Signatures For Ballot Measure On Repealing Beverage Tax Increase That Funds Health Care Program A coalition that includes the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and beverage distributors on Tuesday submitted more than 90,000 signatures to the secretary of state to qualify a ballot measure that will ask voters to overturn a beverage tax increase used to fund the 21 July 2008 | |
| Senate Appropriations Committee Passes $119.7B FY 2009 Military Construction-VA Spending Bill The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday voted 29-0 to approve a $119.7 billion fiscal year 2009 Military Construction-21 July 2008 | |
| Senate Committee Conducts Hearing To Discuss Methods To Spur Nationwide Adoption Of Electronic Health Records Lawmakers and business and health care executives on Thursday at a Senate Finance Committee hearing discussed strategies to encourage adoption of a nationwide electronic health record system, 21 July 2008 | |
| Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News |
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| Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News |
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| Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News |
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| Respiratory / Asthma News | |
| Efforts Seek To Address Asthma, Encourage Students To Become Pharmacists In Minority Community The following summarizes efforts that seek to address racial health disparities.
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| Schizophrenia News |
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| Seniors / Aging News | |
| Best Care For The Frail And Elderly With Coronary Artery Disease A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain, heart attack or coronary artery disease are more likely to die during the first year following their initial hospitalization. | 21 July 2008 |
| Improving Care For The Frail And Elderly With Coronary Artery Disease A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain, heart attack or coronary artery disease are more likely to die during the first year following their initial hospitalization. | 21 July 2008 |
| Older Adults Benefit From Resistance Training University of Queensland research is showing the benefits of resistance training in keeping older Australians in tip top form.Dr Tim Henwood, a postdoctoral research fellow with UQ and Blue Care, said his recently completed PhD research investigated how people over the age of 65 responded to resistance training. | 21 July 2008 |
| Sexual Health / STDs News | |
| New Contraceptives In The United States 2008 Report Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Contraceptives in the United States 2008" report to their offering.About this reportThe U.S. market for OTC contraceptives is in great demand, thanks to growing populations of young consumers who are the most likely to use contraceptives, but also due to an increased emphasis on pleasure, with personal lubrication and sexual enhancement products showing rapid growth. | 21 July 2008 |
| Commercial Sex Work, Lack Of Knowledge About STIs Contributing To Spread Of HIV In Afghanistan As high food prices, drought, unemployment and a lack of socioeconomic opportunities lead some women and young girls in northern Afghanistan to enter commercial sex work, health specialists say they are concerned that limited knowledge about sexually transmitted infections and preventive measures are affecting the number of HIV/AIDS cases in the country, 21 July 2008 | |
| Spread Of HIV Would Not Slow In Africa If Catholic Church Encouraged Condom Use, Official Says If the Roman Catholic Church were to condone condom use to curb the spread of HIV in Africa, transmission of the virus still would not slow on the continent, South African Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier said on Wednesday at 21 July 2008 | |
| Medill News Service/The Politico Examines Emergence Of The 'Pro-Choice Spiritual Left' Medill News Service/The Politico on Wednesday examined the emergence of the so-called "pro-choice spiritual left," which has "created a bridge between abortion-rights groups and those on the left who speak theologically about sex and abortion. | 21 July 2008 |
| ACLU To Lobby Florida School District To Abandon Abstinence-Only Sex Education The American Civil Liberties Union recently announced that it plans to lobby the Volusia County School District in Florida to abandon its abstinence-only education program and to teach children how to prevent unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, the 21 July 2008 | |
| Committees Pass Bills Boosting Global Family Planning Funding; Senate Strikes 'Global Gag' Rule A House subcommittee and the full Senate Appropriations Committee this week approved fiscal year 2009 foreign assistance bills that "irked" some conservatives because they include more money for family planning programs and loosen restrictions on how the money can be spent, CQ Today reports. | 21 July 2008 |
| Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News |
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| Smoking / Quit Smoking News | |
| Higher Coffee And Cigarette Consumption Among AA Attendees More than one million Americans currently participate in the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) program. While AA participants are reportedly notorious for their coffee drinking and cigarette smoking, very little research has quantified their consumption of these two products. | 21 July 2008 |
| Qantas Tobacco Sales A Retrograde Step: Australian Medical Association The Australian Medical Association cannot believe that QANTAS has made a decision to sell in-flight duty-free cigarettes on international routes. The AMA understands that QANTAS has instructed its staff to ensure that cigarettes are 'displayed prominently on top' of the in-flight duty-free cart to 'ensure our customers are aware of the duty-free products onboard' and to 'boost sales'. | 21 July 2008 |
| Sports Medicine / Fitness News | |
| Older Adults Benefit From Resistance Training University of Queensland research is showing the benefits of resistance training in keeping older Australians in tip top form.Dr Tim Henwood, a postdoctoral research fellow with UQ and Blue Care, said his recently completed PhD research investigated how people over the age of 65 responded to resistance training. | 21 July 2008 |
| Statins News |
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| Stem Cell Research News | |
| Presidential Candidates Have Differing, Related Perspectives On Abortion, Stem Cell Research, Opinion Piece Says It is "easy" to say Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) have different views on "when life begins, use of stem cells and abortion," but the presidential candidates often are "addressing very different, but related, beginning-of-life issues," Thomas Marino, a professor of anatomy and cell biology at Temple University's 21 July 2008 | |
| Stroke / Neuroprotection News |
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| Transplants / Organ Donations News | |
| Human Progenitor Cells Grow Blood Vessels In Mice US scientists have successfully grown new, functioning blood vessels in mice by implanting them with progenitor cells extracted from human blood and bone marrow. They said this is an important step in developing new treatments for growing tissue. | 21 July 2008 |
| One Generous Gift Results In Ten Transplants - Second Recipient In Chain Wins Bronze Medal At 2008 Transplant Games The Alliance for Paired Donation (APD) announced that today marks the first anniversary of the world's first NEAD (Never-Ending Altruistic Donor) chain, wherein Matt Jones, a then-28-year-old donor from Petoskey, Michigan sparked a chain of ten kidney transplants, with more on the way. | 21 July 2008 |
| Tropical Diseases News |
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| Urology / Nephrology News |
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| Veterinary News |
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| Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News | |
| Add Lime To Seawater And Reverse CO2 In The Atmosphere Scientists say they have found a workable way of reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere by adding lime to seawater. And they think it has the potential to dramatically reverse CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere, reports Cath O'Driscoll in SCI's Chemistry & Industry magazine published today. | 21 July 2008 |
| ESA To Consult The Science Community On Earth Explorer Selection As part of the Agency's user-driven approach to preparing new Earth Explorer missions to advance our understanding of the Earth system, six candidate missions will be presented to the science community at a User Consultation Meeting in January 2009. | 21 July 2008 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| Delegates At Conference Discuss Ways To Prevent Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission, Support Pediatric Care In Central Asia Delegates from Central Asian countries, United Nations agencies and aid groups recently met in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to discuss methods of preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission and supporting pediatric HIV/AIDS care in the region, Kazakhstan's 21 July 2008 | |
| ACLU To Lobby Florida School District To Abandon Abstinence-Only Sex Education The American Civil Liberties Union recently announced that it plans to lobby the Volusia County School District in Florida to abandon its abstinence-only education program and to teach children how to prevent unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, the 21 July 2008 | |
| Committees Pass Bills Boosting Global Family Planning Funding; Senate Strikes 'Global Gag' Rule A House subcommittee and the full Senate Appropriations Committee this week approved fiscal year 2009 foreign assistance bills that "irked" some conservatives because they include more money for family planning programs and loosen restrictions on how the money can be spent, CQ Today reports. | 21 July 2008 |
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