Improvement Of The Treatments Against Brucellosis And Ovine Salmonella May 9, 2006
Maite Estevan Muguerza, a researcher of the University of Navarra, has improved existing treatments against brucellosis and sheep salmonella, by applying, in her doctoral thesis, techniques of micro- and nano-technology which permit the encapsulation of vaccines.In this way the sustained liberation of the vaccine or antigenic compound is assured, so that it remains active in the body of the animal over the period of at least six months"… click link for more info.
"No End In Sight" To Partisan Conflicts Over Health Care Costs, Opinion Piece States
Increases in health care costs "continu[e] inexorably, and ideological differences between Democrats and Republicans are helping" increase costs, Roll Call Executive Editor Morton Kondracke writes in an opinion piece. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office, says that health care could account for 88% of the gross domestic product by 2050, compared with 16% today, Kondracke writes… click link for more info.
Vaccine Shown Effective Against Chancroid
HIV plagues more than 25 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Health Organization, and efforts to develop a vaccine against the virus have achieved limited success.But what if a vaccine against another sexually transmitted infection found widely in that region of Africa - chancroid - was relatively easy to develop and could reduce transmission of HIV as much as 10-fold?That may be the case, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine and N… click link for more info.
Consider Alternatives To Massachusetts Law, Op-Ed Says
"A careful reading" of a new Massachusetts law that will require all uninsured state residents to purchase health insurance by July 1, 2007, and employers in the state with 11 or more employees to provide coverage for workers "turns up surprises" with respect to its impact on individuals and businesses, Betsy McCaughey, chair of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths and a former lieutenant governor of New York state, writes in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece… click link for more info.
Substance Abuse Treatment In The United States, China, And Thailand
The National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI) is pleased to announce a major grant from The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) for a comparison study of substance abuse treatment in therapeutic communities in the United States, China, and Thailand.Drug addiction is an intractable problem worldwide, one that is an enormous drain on fiscal and social resources… click link for more info.
Editorials, Opinion Piece Address Study Comparing Health Of U.S., British People
Newspapers recently published two editorials and an opinion piece on a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association that found U.S. residents ages 55 to 64 are less healthy than British residents of the same age by a number of measures. According to the study, U.S. participants had higher rates of cancer, diabetes, heart attack, hypertension, lung disease, obesity and stroke than British participants (Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, 5/3)… click link for more info.
New Technique Offers Relief For Patients With Spinal Tumors
A radiologist at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine has developed a new procedure to treat fractured vertebrae caused by spinal tumors, a procedure that may decrease the risk of complications, which are experienced by 5 to 10% of patients with malignant tumors of the spine… click link for more info.
CBO Examines Health Insurance Regulation Bill; Medicare Q&A Column Addresses Low-Income Assistance For Drug Benefit
"S 1955: Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2006," Congressional Budget Office: A CBO budget estimate examines a Senate bill (S 1955) that would create national standards for regulating and administering health insurance and pre-empt state laws governing insurance regulation and administration… click link for more info.
Lesbians React To Pheromones In A Unique Way
Pheromones, sexual chemicals, trigger responses in lesbians which are different from those of heterosexual women, heterosexual men and homosexual men, according to a new study at the Stockholm Brain Institute. The researchers used Positron Emission Tomography (PET) to study the sexuality by watching responses within the brains of twelve lesbian women… click link for more info.
Michigan Bills Introduced To Improve Mental Health System
Lawmakers in Michigan on Tuesday introduced eight bills aimed at reforming the state’s mental health system, the Detroit News reports. One of the bills would consolidate mental health facilities, reducing the number in the state from 39 to 18. Other bills would require the state advocate for the mentally ill to report directly to the state community health director rather than an intermediary and that the state medical director for mental health be a psychiatrist, according to Detroit News… click link for more info.
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