A UK study presented at a conference last weekend found no evidence to support the idea that a daily dose of aspirin protects people who do not have artery or heart disease from developing it in the future any better than a placebo, and experts suggest given the higher risk of internal bleeding
KPTH.com profiled the Sioux City, Iowa-based Siouxland Community Health Center, "a one-stop shop" for people living with HIV, which is seeking to raise community awareness of the virus. HIV specialist Thor Swanson said the "CDC is saying some of the more rural states are seeing substantial increases in numbers.
Jeff Crowley, the director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, this week discussed the government's role in addressing HIV in the first of a series of town hall meetings convening "across the nation as part of the Obama administration's attempt to dialogue with the public to design a national strategy to fight HIV/AIDS," the Southern Voice reports.
Lancet Editorial Examines Health Developments In Afghanistan A Lancet editorial examines Afghanistan's progress in health developments since 2001, in light of the country's recent presidential election.
The Economist examines how Africa's economic growth is resulting in a demographic transition "that others have already traced: as people get richer, they have fewer children" and poses the question: "Can Africa capitalise on the demographic dividend?" Despite slowed population growth, food and w
"Africa is mismanaging its water resources," according to scientists who are in Kenya at the Sustainable Water Conference, which is organized by the Pan Africa Chemistry Network, VOA News reports.
Obama Plan Is Stealth For Single Payer System The San Jose Mercury News But the president's rhetoric doesn't match the reality of his proposals. In fact, he and congressional Democrats have designed their reform proposals to put the government in charge of Americans' health care - albeit gradually (Sally Pipes, 8/27).
Two new reports from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality made news Thursday. One addresses the consequences of leaving the hospital against the doctor's orders, while the other notes that health spending on seniors rose by over $100 billion between 1996 and 2006. McKnight's Long-Term Care News: "The U.S. spent an estimated $333.
Small businesses are already strapped by health care costs and are concerned about the efforts on reform, according to the Baltimore Sun. "As Congress works to fix the health care system, controlling the growing tab for medical insurance is an especially important concern for the nation's 6 million small businesses, whose support is crucial to any reform.
Politicians have targeted the insurance industry in their pitch to overhaul health care. House speaker Nancy Pelosi went as far as calling insurers "villains" and "immoral." "I'm certainly not villainous or immoral in any way, shape or form," Max Shireman, a project manager for the insurer Humana, told The New York Times.
