New research from the US suggests that most American men diagnosed with prostate cancer receive aggressive treatment, even if their prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level is below the current recommended 4…
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Three in five younger women (61%) would be happy to split their maternity leave with their partner if the option was available, according to a new nationwide survey of 1000 women commissioned by QUINN-healthcare. 49% of mothers over 35 years would also like this opportunity…
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On the final day of the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 Friday, Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria called upon “China, India and other fast-growing economies” to chip in to help close the funding gap in efforts to battle HIV/AIDS, Agence France-Presse reports…
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Global Health Leaders Respond To Recent New York Times’ Opinion Pieces Two global health leaders respond to AIDS-related opinion pieces in the New York Times letters section. The first letter, Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, addresses an opinion piece by Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus [...]
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Interest groups are seeking to influence the Obama administration’s decision on whether to include birth control on the supplemental list of women’s preventive services that health insurers will be required to cover without out-of-pocket costs for the consumer, CQ Weekly reports (Ethridge, CQ Weekly, 7/26)…
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Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH, hailed the development of a microbicidal gel that has shown promise in combating HIV infection in clinical tests, but said that scientists “must continue to pursue a range of HIV prevention modalitites,” CQ HealthBeat reports…
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — FDA reviewers said they were concerned with the increased number of cancer cases seen in degenerative disc disease patients implanted with an investigational Medtronic spine device compared with patients who underwent spinal fusion.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The FDA has approved a combination of three hypertension drugs — olmesartan medoxomil, amlodipine, and hydrochlorothiazide (Tribenzor) — to treat patients whose blood pressure is not controlled on angiotensin receptor blockers, calcium channel blockers, or diuretics.
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People who have been consistently overweight since high school appear to be at greater risk of both chronic disease and social disadvantage by the time they’re 40, researchers say.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — FDA reviewers said they were concerned with the increased number of cancer cases seen in degenerative disc disease patients implanted with an investigational Medtronic spine device compared with patients who underwent spinal fusion.
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