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Press Release: NACHC President and CEO Tom Van Coverden on the Passing of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008: Ohio Congresswoman was a champion for Community Health Centers.

Press Release: As Ranks of Uninsured Remain High, Direct Relief International Continues to Expand Unique Program to Help Nation?s Health Centers
Tue, 26 Aug 2008: The program provides bulk medicines and supplies to Community Health Centers that serve nearly 7 million individuals who lack health insurance coverage.

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Star Treatment

As the women departed the hotel this afternoon to head to the Wachovia Center for their final day of competition they were mobbed by fans wanting photos and autographs. As the elevator doors opened and the gymnasts emerged, usually looking confused, flashblubs popped and hotel security created a human hallway for the girls to pass through in an all-out dash to their bus.

Now, they know how Britney Spears feels.

Chantix Ad Campaign Doesn’t Name Names, Leaves Out Side Effect Info - Newsinferno.com

Wall Street Journal Blogs

Chantix Ad Campaign Doesn’t Name Names, Leaves Out Side Effect Info Newsinferno.com - 34 minutes ago Chantix maker Pfizer Inc. has hit upon an unusual marketing strategy for the smoking cessation drug - running ads that never even name the drug. Pfizer, Merck go for indirect ads FiercePharma Making a Name for Drugs Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Blogs all 5 news articles

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Indian herbal medicines queried - BBC News

ABC News

Indian herbal medicines queried BBC News - 4 hours ago A fifth of Indian herbal medicines sold on the internet contain potentially lethal substances, according to a new study in the United States. Ayurvedic medicines often contaminated by toxic metals, study says Los Angeles Times Study finds toxins in some herbal medicines USA Today eFluxMedia - dBTechno - ChattahBox - U.S. News & World Report all 126 news articles

Press Release: Statement of NACHC President and CEO Tom Van Coverden on the Passing of Cornell Scott
Tue, 26 Aug 2008: The health center leader and pioneer started the first health center in the state of Connecticut.

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Bonds rise on cloudy outlook for financial firms
Treasury prices rose Wednesday as lingering concerns about the health of the financial services sector spurred demand for the relative safety of government-backed bonds.

Sewage limits refused by DEP - Worcester Telegram

Windsor Star

Sewage limits refused by DEP Worcester Telegram - 7 hours ago By Shaun Sutner TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued dramatically lower pollutant limits for the regional sewage treatment plant in Millbury run by the Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District, … The EPA Prepares A New Strategy For Cleaner Air eFluxMedia Tacoma Port Says It’s Not To Blame For Pollution Levels Cunningham Report Indianapolis Star - abc7news.com - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - FOXBusiness all 243 news articles

Secular Trends in Mortality From Common Cancers in the United States by Educational Attainment, 1993-2001
Background

Death rates for the four major cancer sites (lung, breast, prostate, and colon and rectum) have declined steadily in the United States among persons aged 25–64 years since the early 1990s. We used national data to examine these trends in relation to educational attainment.

Methods

We calculated age-standardized death rates for each of the four cancers by level of education among 25- to 64-year-old non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black men and women for 1993 through 2001 using data on approximately 86% of US deaths from the National Center for Health Statistics, education level as recorded on the death certificate, and population data from the US Bureau of Census Current Population Survey. Annual percent changes in age-adjusted death rates were estimated using weighted log-linear regression models. All statistical tests were two-sided.

Results

Death rates for each cancer decreased statistically significantly from 1993 to 2001 in people with at least 16 years of education in every sex and race stratum except lung cancer in black women, for whom death rates were stable. For example, colorectal cancer death rates among white men, black men, white women, and black women with at least 16 years of education decreased by 2.4% (P < .001), 4.8% (P = .011), 3.0% (P < .001), and 2.6% (P = .030) annually, respectively. By contrast, among people with less than 12 years of education, a statistically significant decrease in death rates from 1993 through 2001 was seen only for breast cancer in white women (1.4% per year; P = .029). Death rates among persons with less than 12 years of education over the same time interval increased for lung cancer in white women (2.4% per year; P < .001) and for colon cancer in black men (2.7% per year; P < .001) and were stable for the remaining race/sex/site strata. Temporal trends generally followed an educational gradient in which the slopes of the decreases in death rate became steeper with higher educational attainment.

Conclusion

The recent declines in death rates from major cancers in the United States mainly reflect declines in more highly educated individuals.

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University opening new integrative medicine center
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Many academic health centers offer programs that include traditional Chinese treatments or Ayurvedic medicine from India. The University of New Mexico goes beyond that, says management of its new Center for Life….

1998: Syphilis Genome Sequenced; 2008: Syphilis on the Rise

A decade ago, this week, scientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the Institute for Genomic Research announced they had decoded the genetic information inside Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes the sexually transmitted disease (STD) syphilis.

At the time, Penelope Hitchcock, the chief of the sexually transmitted disease branch of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), hailed the work as critical to developing better drugs. NIAID director Anthony Fauci added the genome would boost efforts to develop a preventative vaccine. [More]

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Government Asserts Ivins Acted Alone
Government officials asserted yesterday that a troubled bioweapons scientist acted alone to perpetrate a terrorism scheme that killed five people, a case that centered on a near-perfect match of anthrax spores in his custody and a record of his late-night laboratory work just before the toxic let…

University opening new integrative medicine center
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Many academic health centers offer programs that include traditional Chinese treatments or Ayurvedic medicine from India. The University of New Mexico goes beyond that, says management of its new Center for Life….

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Press Release: HRSA Awards $22 Million in New Health Center Grants
Fri, 08 Aug 2008: The New Access Point grants will establish 42 new health center sites in 23 states, providing an estimated 160,000 Americans with health center services.

N.M. center to blend Eastern, Western medicine
Many academic health centers offer programs that include traditional Chinese treatments or Ayurvedic medicine from India. The …

HHS Takes New Steps to Bring Health Information Technology to Americans
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced today that the department, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is proposing rules to adopt new standards to advance the use of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) for formulary and benefit as well as medication history transactions used under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

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Secular Trends in Mortality From Common Cancers in the United States by Educational Attainment, 1993-2001
Background

Death rates for the four major cancer sites (lung, breast, prostate, and colon and rectum) have declined steadily in the United States among persons aged 25–64 years since the early 1990s. We used national data to examine these trends in relation to educational attainment.

Methods

We calculated age-standardized death rates for each of the four cancers by level of education among 25- to 64-year-old non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black men and women for 1993 through 2001 using data on approximately 86% of US deaths from the National Center for Health Statistics, education level as recorded on the death certificate, and population data from the US Bureau of Census Current Population Survey. Annual percent changes in age-adjusted death rates were estimated using weighted log-linear regression models. All statistical tests were two-sided.

Results

Death rates for each cancer decreased statistically significantly from 1993 to 2001 in people with at least 16 years of education in every sex and race stratum except lung cancer in black women, for whom death rates were stable. For example, colorectal cancer death rates among white men, black men, white women, and black women with at least 16 years of education decreased by 2.4% (P < .001), 4.8% (P = .011), 3.0% (P < .001), and 2.6% (P = .030) annually, respectively. By contrast, among people with less than 12 years of education, a statistically significant decrease in death rates from 1993 through 2001 was seen only for breast cancer in white women (1.4% per year; P = .029). Death rates among persons with less than 12 years of education over the same time interval increased for lung cancer in white women (2.4% per year; P < .001) and for colon cancer in black men (2.7% per year; P < .001) and were stable for the remaining race/sex/site strata. Temporal trends generally followed an educational gradient in which the slopes of the decreases in death rate became steeper with higher educational attainment.

Conclusion

The recent declines in death rates from major cancers in the United States mainly reflect declines in more highly educated individuals.

CDC tests confirm typhus in Travis County
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention test results have confirmed the presence of Murine Typhus, a disease sometimes found in the Texas Valley, Austin health officials reported.

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Personal Fitness: Said the Doctor to the Cancer Patient: Hit the Gym
Gyms and fitness centers have begun stepping in to meet a small but growing demand for programs designed for cancer patients.

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Use a Journal For Faster Weight Loss

Trying to slim down? Pick up a pen and you could lose twice the poundage, according to a new study from the Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research.

Researchers have found that dieters who keep daily records of their food and beverage intake, as well as how many minutes they exercise, can double their weight-loss success.

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Older Patients Less Likely to Be Taken to Trauma Centers
Title: Older Patients Less Likely to Be Taken to Trauma Centers
Category: Health News
Created: 8/19/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/19/2008

1998: Syphilis Genome Sequenced; 2008: Syphilis on the Rise

A decade ago, this week, scientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the Institute for Genomic Research announced they had decoded the genetic information inside Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes the sexually transmitted disease (STD) syphilis.

At the time, Penelope Hitchcock, the chief of the sexually transmitted disease branch of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), hailed the work as critical to developing better drugs. NIAID director Anthony Fauci added the genome would boost efforts to develop a preventative vaccine. [More]

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