Archive for July, 2008
Rep. Shea-Porter Introduces Legislation That Would Ensure In-State Health Services For Veterans
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.) on Tuesday introduced legislation that would require states to have access to at least one full-service veterans' medical center or receive comparable care from non-military health care providers, the AP/Boston Globe reports.
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Organizations, ILO Launch Campaign That Aims To Raise HIV Awareness Among Migrant Workers In China
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Chinese groups and the International Labour Organization on Monday launched a three-year campaign that aims to increase HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention among the country's migrant worker population in the provinces of Anhui, Guangdong and Yunnan, as well as the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China Daily reports (Guan, China Daily, 7/29).
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Schizophrenia Linked To Missing Or Duplicated Genetic Material
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Two international teams of scientists working on independent studies have discovered that rare deletions and duplications in genetic material appear to occur in greater numbers in people who have schizophrenia. The studies are published in the July 30th online issue of the journal Nature.
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Legislation Would Require Greater Transparency In Physician Self-Referrals For Imaging Procedures
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently introduced legislation (S 3343) that would require physicians to disclose their financial ties to imaging services ordered under Medicare when making self-referrals, CQ HealthBeat reports.
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New HIV Infections, Deaths From AIDS-Related Causes Down; Epidemic Not Over, UNAIDS Report Says
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The number of deaths worldwide from AIDS-related causes decreased by 10% in 2007 to two million, compared with 2.2 million in 2006, according to UNAIDS' 2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, which was released Tuesday ahead of the XVII International AIDS Conference, the Los Angeles Times reports (Maugh, Los Angeles Times, 7/30).There were about 2.
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Washington, D.C., Immigrant Health Clinic Makes Changes To Qualify For Federal Grants
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The Washington Post on Tuesday examined the Washington, D.C.-based La Clinica del Pueblo, which has a mission to provide low-cost and culturally appropriate health care to the Hispanic community. The clinic offers mental health counseling, HIV/AIDS testing and outreach, family planning services, classes and other services.
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Grassley, Dingell Call For Overhaul Of FDA, Say Agency Should Be Able To Levy Fines, Order Recalls, Limit Drug Industry Advertising
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) have led an effort to restructure FDA by "giving it broad powers to levy fines, order drug recalls and restrict drug industry advertising," and a "series of crises during the past year ... have given ammunition to the lawmakers, both longtime critics" of the agency, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Editorial, Opinion Piece Discuss Health Care Issues In Presidential Election
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Summaries of a recent editorial and opinion piece that addressed health care issues in the presidential election appear below.San Francisco Chronicle: The estimated $482 billion federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2009 is a "numbing number" because neither presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) nor presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen.
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U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Decline Stalls, Racial Disparities Remain, CDC Data Indicate
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The nearly 10-year decline in U.S. infant mortality rates has stalled and disparities between black and white infant mortality persist, according to CDC data, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the data, black infants are 2.4 times more likely to die before age one than white infants.In 2005, 13.
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Letters Respond To New York Times Opinion Piece On Catholic Church’s Contraception Ban
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The New York Times on Wednesday published several letters in response to a July 27 Times opinion piece written by National Catholic Reporter correspondent John Allen about the 40th anniversary of the late Pope Paul VI's encyclical "Humanae Vitae," which states the church's opposition to contraception (Daily Women's Health Policy Report, 7/28). Summaries appear below.
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