AP - Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.
AP - Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.
Melissa Genove has dreamed of becoming a physician since childhood. To help her prepare, she spends as many as 35 hours each week shadowing emergency room doctors at Loma Linda University Medical Center. The 23-year-old listens intently as they examine patients, records their treatment plans in a laptop computer, and follows up on prescriptions, lab tests, consultations with specialists and anything else the doctors order.
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, by some estimates, could affect the health coverage of approximately 113 million Americans. Exactly how it will affect them, though, will vary widely.
As the scope of the nationwide salmonella outbreak expanded late last month, farmers market vendors reported rushes on locally produced eggs and people with backyard flocks were sitting smug.
Amy Reiley had resigned herself to joining the ranks of the uninsured. The part-time L.A. resident and owner of a boutique cookbook publishing company had a group insurance plan that for three years covered her and another full-time employee.
The most common question I get from my readers deals with the behaviors that put a person at risk for HIV. Everyone wants to know if their hot night has put them in harms way. Did the one night stand result in an STD or HIV infection. Plain and simple, people want to know if they have been infected with HIV. And if not they want to know which behaviors carry the most risk. There are certain behaviors and circumstances that increase the risk of an HIV infection. Conditions exist that make it easier for HIV to be transmitted from person to person. Read more...
...Nadja Benaissa, 28, a member of German girl band No Angels has been convicted of knowingly infecting a sex partner with HIV. The 28-year-old former singer for the female band No Angels was given a two-year suspended sentence and ordered to perform community service with HIV-positive people, according to German news reports. The singer expressed remorse during her trial, saying she never wanted to hurt anyone. She expressed regret again on the last day of her trial saying what she has done will always be painful for her. While expressing remorse during the trial, she did deny intentionally harming anyone; saying she felt the risk of infecting others was minimal. Her biggest concern has always been the welfare of her band and her daughter, fearing the trial and disclosure would do harm to both.
...One of the most pressing questions at this week's All Titles meeting of the Ryan White CARE Act surrounded President Obama's new health care reform. Specifically, people wanted to know how this new method of health care for everyone was going to affect funding of Ryan White programs. The Ryan White CARE Act was originally signed into law to assure those people living with HIV who did not have adequate health insurance would get the HIV care they needed in order to stay alive and healthy. And back in 1990 when the law was signed and enacted, such a source of funding was desparately needed. It became obvious very quickly that caring for people infected with HIV was going to be a very expensive proposition. Since its inception, The Ryan White CARE Act has provided funding for thousands of essential programs from testing and prevention to direct HIV care. The Act is considered by some to be the most successful piece of healthcare legislation every written into law.
...Your HIV Guide is starting his third day at the Ryan White All-Titles meeting in Washington DC. Among the hundreds of workshops available was an excellent workshop on preventing anal cancer in the HIV patient. Presented by Ross Cranston MD of the University of Pittsburgh, this workshop made a very good case for rectal screening and anal paps in HIV positive men and women.
...Day Two of the Ryan White Conference here in Washington DC began its morning plenary session by honoring those who have exhibited excellence in their work with the HIV population.
- Associate Administrator's Award - This year's honor goes to Jeanne White-Ginder, the mother of Ryan White. This award presented by the HIV Resource Services Administration (HRSA) honors an individual for his / her demonstrated dedication to serving people living with HIV.
- Hank Carde III Award for Metropolitan Services - this award is named for retired US Navy officer Henry "Hank" Carde III, twice awarded the Bronze Star and considered one of Washington DC's most effective AIDS activists. This year that award goes to Jeff Natter who starter his career in HIV 25 years ago as part of the Gay Men's Health Crisis. Since 1995 he has headed up Seattle - King County's Ryan White Part A Program.
- Dr. Nicholas Rango Award - This award, named for Dr. Nicholas Rango who was instrumental in developing New York State's plan to fight HIV through new treatment models. This year's recipient is Dwayne Haught, MSN, RN, who, among numerous achievements is the current Manager of the Texas AIDS Drug Assistance Program.
- Gabe Kruks Memorial HIV/AIDS Service Award - This award, named for Gabe Kruks, tireless strategist and policy advocate for street youth in Los Angeles is this year being presented to Karen Berube, Director of the Inova Juniper Program in Northern Virginia.
- Rebecca Denison Award - Named for Rebecca Denison, HIV positive mother of twins who is the founder of WORLD and HIV University of Oakland which teaches women how to live with HIV; this award is being presented to Jane Caruso, Project Director of the New Jersey Statewide Family Centered HIV Care Network.
- AIDS Education and Training Centers Award - Awarded this year to Dr. David Spach, provider of HIV care since 1992 and driving force for those who work in his 5-state Northwest AIDS Education and Training Centers.
- Russell E. Brady Award for Innovative Services Design - Awarded to Dr. Howell Ira Strauss for his innovative efforts to provide dental services for the HIV population since the late 1980's
According to Brazil's health minister, Jose Gomes Temporao, the best way to battle high blood pressure in his country is sex.
"Adults need to do exercise: walk, dance and have safe sex," said ...
A recent study published in the journal Archives of Neurology found that high blood pressure may predict dementia in older adults who have impaired executive function - difficulty organizing thoughts and making decisions - but not for those with memory problems....
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday sent a stern warning to drug maker Forest Laboratories about claims raised in advertisements for one of Forest's high blood pressure medications. An eight page ad for the drug Bystolic (nebivolol) claims that the drug is superior to other high blood pressure treatments and that it works in a novel way to combat the problems of high blood pressure.
The FDA disagrees, saying that there have never been any studies comparing Bystolic to other, similar, medicines, and that the claims made in Forest's advertisements cannot be substantiated with evidence.
On the FDA website Tuesday, a spokesperson commented that Forest's claims were dangerous to the public because they suggest "that Bystolic is safer and more effective" than it actually is.
Nebivolol is a type of beta blocker, one the most commonly prescribed medicines for the treatment of high blood pressure and heart disease.
A common drug used to treat people suffering from gout might be the next big thing in treating teenagers with high blood pressure, according to data from a a new study.
The study, published by researchers from Baylor University and appearing in the new issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, examined how certain types of teenagers responded when treated with the drug allopurinol. Allopurinal is designed to reduce blood levels of a substance called uric acid. It is commonly used to treat gout, since elevated uric acid is the primary cause of the painful disease.
Earlier research has shown that some teens with high blood pressure have unexplained increases in their uric acid levels, leading the authors of the current study to suggest that drugs designed to reduce uric acid might have some benefit in treating high blood pressure in these specific patients. This theory was bold, because scientists were unsure whether the high blood pressure was casuing the increase in uric acid, or whether the increased uric acid was causing changes leading to high blood pressure.
Patients in the study group - who all had elevated uric acid levels - showed greater reductions in blood pressure when treated with allopurinol in addition to normal high blood pressure medicines. The patients on both medicines had larger overall drops in blood pressure than patients only receiving traditional treatments.
This research is a potential breakthrough in treating certain types of high blood pressure that are usually difficult to control. The authors caution, though, that allopurinol can be a dangerous drug and that traditional treatment - along with lifestyle changes - is still the most effective treatment for most patients
As the worsening economy puts increasing strain on people's pocketbooks, tough economic times may actually have overall health benefits. According to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, researchers have found that tough economic periods seem to correspond to a decrease in deaths from diseases and conditions that are sensitive to lifestyle choices.
Deaths from high blood pressure, heart disease, and even car crashes fall as people worried about the economy eat, smoke, and drive less.
After examining a wealth of data from the United States and 23 developing nations, economics professor Christopher J. Ruhm, Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina, found that "deaths, overall...decrease when times turn bad." Ruhm argues that "the more that a cause of death affects primarily young people, the greater the effect of a shifting economy."
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