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The Nebraska Right to Life Political Action Committee earlier this week announced that it is endorsing Gov. Dave Heineman (R), who opposes abortion rights, to remain governor and is not endorsing his Republican opponents Dave Nabity and Tom Osborne, who also oppose abortion rights, for the May 9 primary, the Lincoln Journal-Star reports... click link for more info.
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Research released this week supports the House of Commons vote to make all workplaces smoke free, including pubs and bars.A team of researchers visited 64 pubs across the north west of England. They measured air quality using a portable monitor for at least 30 minutes in an area of the pub where smoking was allowed... click link for more info.
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Human serum albumin (HSA) is the intravenous protein most commonly used in the world for therapeutic ends. It is employed to stabilise blood volume and to avoid risk of a heart attack, its administration in operating theatres being almost a daily occurrence. It is used for haemorrhages, burns, surgical operations or when the patient shows symptoms of malnutrition or dehydration, chronic infections and renal or liver illnesses... click link for more info.
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GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday announced it will begin attaching a radio frequency identification device to bottles of its triple-combination antiretroviral drug Trizivir shipped to the U.S. as part of a pilot project that aims to fight counterfeiting of the drug, Reuters reports. RFIDs use a small silicon chip and an antenna attached to each bottle to transmit a unique code that allows retailers and pharmacists to track the bottles with special scanners... click link for more info.
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Approximately 1.4 million U.S. children between ages eight and 18 provide care for parents or other family members, according to a survey last year conducted by the National Alliance for Caregiving and the United Hospital Fund, NPR's "Morning Edition" reports. The NPR segment profiles the experience of Ashleigh Rhys, a 15-year-old in Ohio caring for her mother, who has multiple sclerosis... click link for more info.
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In a study released today at the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists 37th Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer, researchers found the addition of thalidomide to topotecan for the treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer significantly increases the response to therapy and the duration of progression free survival without additional toxicity... click link for more info.
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The following highlights recent news of state actions on women's health issues. Abortion Regulations Tennessee: The state Senate on Thursday voted 29-0 to approve a bill (SB 2993) that would require physicians performing abortion on girls younger than age 13 to preserve a fetal tissue sample for law enforcement officials, the AP/Knoxville News Sentinel reports... click link for more info.
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Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have synthesized chemicals that are up to 10 times more effective than isoniazid, the leading anti-tuberculosis drug. The finding could lead to badly needed new drugs for combating tuberculosis bacteria, which each year kill an estimated 2... click link for more info.
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Kaiser Medicare Q&A Column, Kaiser Family Foundation/Knight Ridder Tribune News: This week's column, prepared by the Kaiser Family Foundation and distributed by Knight Ridder Tribune, answers a question about whether employers who provide retirees with prescription drug coverage can eliminate retirees' drug coverage with the start of the Medicare prescription drug benefit and whether there are any federal laws to prevent employers from canceling retiree drug coverage... click link for more info.
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As the effective cancer-treatment drug Taxol enters its next generation, Michigan State University announces discoveries which point to both environmentally friendly ways to produce more Taxol, and ultimately innovations to produce a more potent second-generation drug.Kevin Walker, a chemistry and biochemistry and molecular biology assistant professor, in the March issue of Chemistry & Biology, reports a step toward manufacturing more-potent Taxol molecules that could potentially reduce treatment dosages... click link for more info.
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As the effective cancer-treatment drug Taxol enters its next generation, Michigan State University announces discoveries which point to both environmentally friendly ways to produce more Taxol, and ultimately innovations to produce a more potent second-generation drug.Kevin Walker, a chemistry and biochemistry and molecular biology assistant professor, in the March issue of Chemistry & Biology, reports a step toward manufacturing more-potent Taxol molecules that could potentially reduce treatment dosages... click link for more info.
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About 75% of college students in China know how HIV is spread, as well as how to prevent transmission of the virus, according to a survey released recently by the Ministry of Health, Xinhuanet reports. The survey was conducted by an unnamed research institute among 1,919 participants in 24 colleges in 19 cities, according to the health ministry's information office... click link for more info.
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In March 2006, a 48 year old male patient suffering NYHA Class IV Heart Failure became the first recipient of HeartWare's HVAD mechanical circulatory assist device. The implant was conducted at the Vienna General Hospital and the surgical team was led by Dr Georg Wieselthaler, Clinical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support at the University of Vienna... click link for more info.
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As we all know, a healthy diet involves greens,beans and fruits. Folate, a B vitamin abundant in each of these foodgroups, may not be a household name, but a high folate diet is certainlywell-known to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. Interestingly,scientists have never clearly understood the process by which folate fullybenefits us... click link for more info.
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Routine emergency neuroimaging may be unnecessary for most children after first complex febrile seizures, according to a study performed by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian. Children with a first complex febrile seizure who otherwise appear well and who have normal neurological examinations are at low risk of structural abnormalities that require emergency interventions... click link for more info.
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