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. The legislation would ensure that the
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WHAT Several top officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) attending the XVIIth International AIDS Conference in Mexico City will participate in a series of media briefings. WHO is the directing and coordinating authority on international health and takes the lead within the UN system on the global health-sector response to […]
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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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 […]
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.
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HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
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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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Aides to Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee met on Monday to discuss revisions to draft legislation that aims to improve the safety of prescription drugs and medical devices, CongressDaily reports. According to CongressDaily, the proposed revisions are limited to the pharmaceutical portions of the bill and reflect provisions […]
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found the brain’s appetite center uses fat for fuel by involving oxygen free radicals-molecules associated with aging and neurodegeneration. The findings, reported in the journal Nature, suggest that antioxidants could play a role in weight control.
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“It’s past time to rebuild” the health system for American Indians “into something that works better,” a Farmington Daily Times editorial states.
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