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Health Professionals Experience Difficulty Treating Patients With Dual Mental Health Diagnoses
The Washington Post tells the story of Danny Watt, who drowned in April 2008 after a lifelong struggle with mental health. Watt had a dual diagnosis: a serious mental illness along with abuse of drugs or alcohol.
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Long-term Health And Social Outcomes For Neuroblastoma Survivors
Survivors of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma are eight times more likely to have chronic health conditions, less likely to be married, and more likely to have lower incomes than their siblings, according to a study published online July 31 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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Washington Post Examines Northern Virginia Clinic That Serves People Living With HIV/AIDS
The Washington Post examines one of INOVA Juniper Program"s six clinics serving those with HIV/AIDS located "[t]wo blocks down the road" from the old Whitman-Walker clinic, which "served the Northern Virginia HIV/AIDS community for more than a decade, [and] closed this year because of financial constraints." As of late last month the new Arlington, Va., clinic served 198 people, but Karen Berube, director of the program, said she expects to have 250 clients there by the end of the year. By comparison, the Whitman-Walker center treated 678 people at its Arlington clinic, according to the Post. Services are provided on a sliding-fee scale based on income, "but the majority of patients do not pay anything. Instead, they are funded by Medicaid, Medicare or private insurance, or they receive charity care through government and private donor grants," the article states (Caputo, 7/9).
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Covidien Announces Health Canada Approval For Its Generic Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Kit

Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, announced that Health Canada has approved the Company"s Abbreviated New Drug Submission (ANDS) for its Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi Injection. Covidien"s generic product is fully substitutable for Cardiolite®, a myocardial perfusion imaging agent used for detecting coronary artery disease. With Health Canada approval of the ANDS, which was filed by the Company"s Canadian subsidiary, Covidien"s generic product is expected to be available for customers in Canada this summer. The Company"s generic product also is available in the U.S., the U.K., Denmark, Germany and Puerto Rico. "We are pleased to receive approval in Canada and to introduce this generic diagnostic option to meet patients" needs," said Timothy R. Wright, President, Pharmaceutical Products and Imaging Solutions, Covidien. Covidien"s Imaging Solutions business is a leading provider of radiopharmaceuticals used in nuclear medicine imaging procedures. It also supplies contrast media delivery systems, which combine contrast media and power injectors, for Computed Tomography (CT), X-ray and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) procedures. Covidien


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