Rep. Jose Serrano (D-N.Y.) said recently he will make it a priority to push for the removal of language from a Washington, D.C., appropriations bill that prevents the city from financing needle-exchange programs, the New York Times reports (Urbina, New York Times, 5/29). A federal law signed by former...
Rep. Serrano To Push For Removal Of Language That Prevents Washington, D.C., From Financing Needle-Exchange Programs
Daytrana Provides Significant Effectiveness In Both Boys And Girls With ADHD
Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY, TSX: SHQ) has announced that DAYTRANA™ (methylphenidate transdermal system), its Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) patch, had significant efficacy in reducing the symptoms of ADHD in both male and female children aged 6 to 12 years, according to clinical...
Wisconsin Joint Committee Approves Proposal To Expand Family Care To Additional Counties
The Joint Finance Committee of the Wisconsin Legislature on Thursday voted 15-1 to approve a proposal that would allocate $80.6 million over the next two years to fund an expansion of Family Care, a state program that provides long-term care to elderly and disabled residents, the AP/Janesville Gazette...
HHS To Allocate $195M In Grants To Gulf Coast Clinics To Provide Primary Care To Uninsured Residents, Recruit Physicians
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt on Thursday said the department will allocate $195 million in a one-time round of grants to Gulf Coast health services, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. About $100 million of the grant money will go to clinics that provide primary care to low-income and uninsured residents...
Activity In Brain Synapses And Developmental Abnormalities Linked With Schizophrenia Gene
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) researchers have identified a function of neuregulin1 (NRG1), a gene previously linked to schizophrenia but whose role in the disease was unknown. “We found that when this gene or this pathway is impaired,” explained CSHL’s Bo Li. “It starts...
CQ’s Carey Examines War Spending Bill With SCHIP Funding, House Measures To Expand Veterans Health Care, Medical Malpractice Legislation
Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, discusses SCHIP funds included in the fiscal year 2007 supplemental war appropriations bill, House approval of veterans’ health care legislation and the introduction of bicameral measures that would provide funds for states to search for ways...
Mexico Supreme Court Accepts Petition To Review Mexico City Law Legalizing Abortion During First Three Months’ Gestation
The Mexico Supreme Court on Friday announced that it has accepted a petition, filed by the National Human Right’s Commission, to review the constitutionality of a Mexico City law that allows pregnant women to obtain an abortion during the first three months’ gestation, the Los Angeles Times...
Choice And Motivation Means Success For Smokers Who Want To Quit
Smokers who have a say in how they quit are more likely to try kicking the habit and are more successful, according to new research at the University of Rochester. Rochester researcher Dr. Geoffrey Williams associate professor of medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry,...
U.S. Health Care System ‘Slowly Bankrupting Us,’ Opinion Piece States
“Let’s take a look at the health care news that’s transpired” in the past four weeks, Atul Gawande, a general surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a staff writer at the New Yorker, writes in a New York Times opinion piece. He cites the recent news that DaimlerChrysler...
Medical Workers In Libyan HIV Infection Case Acquitted On Slander Charges
A Libyan court on Sunday acquitted of slander charges five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor sentenced to death for allegedly intentionally infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV, the New York Times reports (Brunwasser, New York Times, 5/28). The medical workers in May 2004 were sentenced...