Medical News Today: Health News for Monday 25 August 2008

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Monday 25 August 2008

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries
While mainstream news coverage is still a primary source of information for the latest in policy debates and the health care marketplace, online blogs have become a significant part of the media landscape, often presenting...
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Arkansas Lawmakers Discuss Health Care Agenda For Next General Assembly
Arkansas lawmakers will focus on health issues, including access to care, emergency care, childhood obesity and Medicaid, in the 87th General Assembly, state Surgeon General Joe Thompson said Wednesday at the second annual...
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Schwarzenegger Administration Plans To Appeal Judge's Medi-Cal Ruling
The administration of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) plans to appeal an appeals court ruling from earlier this week that temporarily halted a 10% reduction in Medi-Cal reimbursement rates to health care...
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Other Medical and Health News for 25 August*

Race-Based Medications, Supplements 'Misleading,' Opinion Piece Says

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Developments Related To Health Care Issues In New Hampshire U.S. Senate Race

Initiatives Seek To Raise Prostate Cancer Awareness Among Black Men, Improve Health Outcomes, Encourage Cardiovascular Exercise Among Minorities

NPR's 'Morning Edition' Looks At Proposals By Major Presidential Candidates To Limit Health Care Spending

Ugandan Pediatric HIV/AIDS Conference Cites Lack Of Access To Antiretrovirals, High Rates Of Mother-to-Child Transmission

Study Examines How Medicare Prescription Drug 'Doughnut Hole' Affected Beneficiaries In 2007

IRIN/PlusNews Profiles Ethiopian Cafe That Provides No-Cost Condoms

Blogs Comment On New HHS Rule Proposal; Language Used By Obama On Abortion; Remembering Rep. Tubbs Jones

Vietnam Launches HIV/AIDS Prevention Campaign Targeting Youth

Calif. Court Ruling On Physician Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation Allows Equal Treatment, Editorial Says

Researchers Examine How Perceptions Of Masculinity Influence HIV Prevention In Central America

New Immigrants Respond Best To Oral Hygiene Campaign

Preeclampsia Can Increase Women's Risk Of Kidney Failure Later In Life, Study Finds

Filipino Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Promote Microbicide Development

Low-income? No Car? Expect To Pay More For Groceries

Abortion Opponents Plan Illegal Sit-in During Democratic Convention, Expect To Be Arrested

CDC Ends Funding For Georgia To Participate In 'Cutting-Edge' HIV/AIDS Surveillance Program, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Reports

100-Calorie Pack Misconceptions Of 'Diet Food'

MRI Imaging Leads Pioneering Neurological Research

Increased Donations When Charities Ask For Time

Planned Parenthood In Ohio Launches Campaign To Educate Public About Range Of Services It Provides

Fact Sheet Examines 2006 Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law; Study Finds More Consumers Seeking Health Care Information Online

Positive Thinking May Protect Against Breast Cancer

Growing Up With Pets Predisposes Children To Snore In Adulthood

Majority Of Health Journalists Lack Specialized Training, Nearly Half Not Familiar With Health Literacy

New Books Suggests 'Nutraceuticals' Could Prevent Diabetes

Jhpiego Receives $16.5 Million For HIV Innovations In Tanzania

Fairway Medical Technologies To Develop Biosensor For Blood Pathogens And Warfare Threats

BMA Response To New Information On Polyclinics, UK

Opioid Painkillers Sometimes Make Pain Worse, According To Evidence Review

UC Davis Researchers Define Characteristics, Treatment Options For XXYY Syndrome

Chairman Announced For Eyeforpharma's Patient Adherence And Persistence USA Summit 2008

Consumers Avoid Extremes In Soda Sizes

Reducing Portion Size Leads To 'Little But Too Often'

Uninsured Currently Spend $30 Billion Out Of Pocket For Health Care - USA

Ambulance Trust Has Made Improvements Since Tragic Death, Finds Healthcare Watchdog

Temozolomide And Thalidomide Combination Effective Against Malignant Melanoma Spread To CNS And White Blood Cell Count May Be Prognostic

Dense Breast Tissue Promotes Aggressive Cancers

Manchester Makes Protein Scanning Breakthrough

Life Isn't 2-D, So Why Should Our Encyclopedias Be?

Key Allergy Gene Discovered By Munich Researchers

Genome Of Simplest Animal Reveals Ancient Lineage, Confounding Array Of Complex Capabilities

Enhancement Drugs And Healthy People

America's Elderly Suffering Abuse

A Surprising New Strategy Helps Reduce Unhealthy Behaviors

Seeing Through Tooth Decay

Powerful Donor Motivators For Fundraising

Charities Take Note: Personal Relationships Increase Donations

Defining Early Morbidity Of Radical Cystectomy For Patients With Bladder Cancer Using Standardized Reporting Methodology

A Method To Quantify Residents' Jargon Use During Counseling Of Standardized Patients About Cancer Screening

Variations In Quality Of Care For Men With Early-Stage Prostate Cancer

Urogenital Pain - Current Issues And Controversies

McCain Unlikely To Choose Abortion-Rights Supporter As Running Mate, Advisers Say

Editorials Discuss HHS Office Of Inspector General Report On Medicare Fraud Reduction Efforts

Study Provides Interesting Clues Into Why Some Children Are More Likely To Develop Into Adult Snorers, Says British Lung Foundation

Extreme Competitive Sports - A Fitness Test For DNA

The New England Journal Of Medicine, American Family Physician Rank As Top Online Journals Among US Physicians

Ascension Develops World's Smallest Six Degrees-of-Freedom Sensor For Emerging Medical Procedures

Australia's Wake-Up Call - Obesity Costs Now At $58 Billion Type 2 Diabetes Crisis

Pre-school Age Exercises Can Prevent Dyslexia

Rise In NHS Dental Tooth Extractions And Dentures, But Fall In Fillings And Crowns, UK

Obesity In Later Life Leads To Increased Risks Of Disability But Not Of Dying - And To 'a Ticking Time Bomb' For Health And Social Services

Studies In Living Mice Demonstrate Senescent Liver Cells Can Provoke A Beneficial Immune Reaction

Helping The Medicine Go Down

Department Of Defense Awards $35M To Support Local Brain Injury Research

Danger From Earthquakes In New York

Special Issue Of Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice: The Challenge Of Paying For Quality Nursing Care

From Ulcers To Cancer

Biofilms Research Helps Set Standards For Everyday Products

Web-Based Asthma Monitoring Enables Physicians To Monitor, Control Asthma Remotely

Public Involvement Usually Leads To Better Environmental Decision Making

Randomized Clinical Trial Of Lidocaine Jelly For Prevention Of Inadvertent Retrograde Stone Migration During Pneumatic Lithotripsy Of Ureteral Stone

Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Of Randomized Controlled Trials With Antimuscarinic Drugs For Overactive Bladder

Patient Misunderstanding Of The Individual Questions Of The American Urological Association Symptom Score

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