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New Lab Test Offers Better Prediction Of HIV Microbicide Safety
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have devised a laboratory test for predicting whether microbicides against HIV are safe for human use. The researchers have also discovered why several supposedly "safe" microbicides made women more susceptible to HIV infection. The study appears today in the online version of the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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Childhood Radiation Therapy Increases Future Breast Cancer Risk, Study Finds
Women who underwent radiation therapy for cancer as children have an increased long-term risk for developing breast cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Reuters reports. However, when the childhood treatments included a high dose of radiation to the ovaries, women"s risk of developing future breast tumors was "sharply reduced," according to the study.For the study, Peter Inskip of the National Cancer Institute and colleagues examined 120 women diagnosed with cancer before age 21. All women in the study were treated with radiation between 1970 and 1986 and survived at least five years. The women were compared with four women who also were diagnosed at a young age but did not receive radiation.The study found that the more radiation a woman received as a child, the more likely it was that a tumor would eventually develop. The study did not find that chemotherapy for the first cancer increased the risk for a second cancer (Reuters, 7/20).
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Obama Highlights Health Care Reform Progress In Weekly Address
In his weekly radio and Internet address, President Obama discussed efforts by congressional leaders and health care industry groups on health care reform legislation, The Hill reports. He said that "while there remains a great deal of difficult work ahead, I am heartened by what we have seen these past few days: a willingness of those with different points of view and disparate interests to come together around common goals -- to embrace a shared sense of responsibility and make historic progress" (Youngman, The Hill, 5/16). He said, "I have always believed that it is better to talk than not to talk, that it is far more productive to reach over a divide than to shake your fist across it," which has "been an alien notion in Washington for far too long, but we are seeing that the ways of Washington are beginning to change."In the Republican radio and Internet address. Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.), a cardiovascular surgeon, said that a "government takeover of health care will put bureaucrats in charge of health care decisions that should be made by families and doctors." He added, "It will limit treatment options and lead to rationed care," and "to pay for government health care, your taxes will be raised." Boustany, a member of the House Republican Health Care Solutions Group, said, "That is something we cannot support, and frankly, it would clearly violate some of the principles the president himself has endorsed" (Superville, AP/Washington Post, 5/16). In related news, Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag on Sunday said on CNN"s "State of the Union" that the administration might support taxing health care benefits to health pay for health care reform (Barr, Politico, 5/17). Timeline
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Today's Opinions And Editorials

What"s Up, Docs? The Wall Street Journal The AMA is essentially saying that if doctors get paid more, all else is negotiable. It can"t last (7/20). The Time To Act On Health Care Crisis Is Now The Nevada Appeal Some in Washington, and here in Nevada, are telling us that we cannot afford health reform, and that we need to wait. This just doesn"t make sense (Carla Sloan, 7/19). I Probably Won"t Be Your Family Doctor The Baltimore Sun With the number of senior citizens rapidly growing, by 2020 we will likely lack 200,000 physicians. So why do only two percent of medical students choose family medicine (Aggarwal, 7/19). Health Care Never Never Land The Atlanta Journal Constitution Once again, success in the business arena is punished in the government arena. Truly, this bill is a monstrosity (Barr, 7/20). Where Is Competition In Our Current Health Care Debate? Fort Worth Business Press Since when is government needed to stoke competition? Competition is what happens when government lets people alone (Stossel, 7/20). A Trillion Here, A Trillion There Politico Businesses will, in effect, be forced to send employees into the Democrats" government-run health care. It"s really not something to argue about, it is a fact (Jindal, 7/20). Costs And Benefits The New York Times [Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas] Elmendorf"s testimony should prod Democratic leaders to come up with more and better ways to restrain costs for federal programs and the health care system as a whole (7/19). Controlling Costs Won"t Limit Care Roll Call The idea of "rationing" is a myth, and anything resembling it will not be a part of health care reform (Kohl, 7/20). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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