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Survey Finds Economic Downturn Has Had A Major Negative Impact On Americans' Ability To Pay For Long Term Care Services
Withsignificant losses to their savings and investments, and economists warning of a prolonged recession, many Americans are feeling uncertain about their retirement security and their ability to pay for long-term care services.
Mayo Clinic Develops Potential New Therapy To Stop The Progression Of Parkinson's Disease
Mayo Clinic (http://www.mayoclinic.org) researchers have developed a method to reduce the production of alpha-synuclein in the brain. Alpha-synuclein is a protein that is believed to be central to the cause of Parkinson's disease (http://www.mayoclinic.org/parkinsons- disease). All patients with Parkinson's disease have abnormal accumulations of alpha- synuclein protein in the brain.
RSN Leaders Convene At ASN Renal Week 2008
Renal Support Network, a national non-profit organization for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), brought kidney community patient leaders together for a weekend meeting during the American Society of Nephrology's (ASN) Renal Week 2008 in Philadelphia this past week.
Government Welcomes Taskforce Report On Organ Donation, UK
Alan Johnson calls for 25 million people on the organ donor register by 2013. An organ donation awareness campaign that will see nearly half the population recruited on the organ donor register was announced today by Health Secretary Alan Johnson.
Arizona Rejects Ballot Measure To Make Mandated Health Coverage Illegal
Arizona voters in the Nov. 4 election rejected the ballot measure Proposition 101, known as the Freedom of Choice Healthcare Act, the Vail Sun reports (Grimes, Vail Sun, 11/12). The measure would have amended the state's constitution to prohibit laws that mandate people obtain health coverage, or that restrict an individual's choice of private health care systems or private health plans.
World COPD Day 2008 Features New Initiatives That Drive Enhanced Diagnosis And Treatment
World COPD Day 2008 features new patient and health professional initiatives that address the misconceptions and lack of awareness surrounding chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Prometheus Presents New Clinical Insights Into Diagnosis Of Crohn's Disease In Children From Analysis Of PROMETHEUS(R) IBD Serology 7 Test Results
Prometheus Laboratories Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical and diagnostic company, announced new findings regarding the correlation between serologic markers and the diagnostic predictions of children with Crohn's disease following an analysis of PROMETHEUS(R) IBD Serology 7 test results.
Robotic Assisted Neck Surgery Spares Incision, Scar
Surgeons at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago have performed an innovative robotic-assisted procedure to remove parathyroid glands without an incision or scar on the patient's neck. Bilal Akbar, 53, suffered from hyperparathyroidism caused by chronic kidney failure. His overactive parathyroid glands produced too much parathyroid hormone (PTH), which caused dangerously high calcium levels in the blood. This can lead to bone, blood vessel and heart damage.
News From The American Chemical Society Oct. 15, 2008
LEDs may help reduce skin wrinkles, researchers report Researchers in Germany are describing a potential alternative to Botox and cosmetic surgery for easing facial wrinkles.
Innocoll Receives Fast Track Designation For Gentamicin Surgical Implant
Innocoll, Inc., a privately-held biopharmaceutical company, announced that the FDA has designated Gentamicin SURGICAL Implant as a Fast Track development program.
Newspapers Examine Possible HIV/AIDS Treatment Through Bone Marrow Transplant
Several newspapers recently profiled the case of an HIV-positive person who underwent a bone marrow transplant to treat leukemia and who has had undetectable HIV viral loads for almost two years.


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