Archive for August, 2007
U.S. Residents Face Risks Regardless Of Health Insurance Status, Opinion Piece States
About 45 million U.S. residents lack health insurance, but the “rest of us with health coverage are also uninsured” because those with coverage face “terrible, albeit more remote, health care risks,” columnist Laurence Kotlikoff writes in a Boston Globe opinion piece. [click link for full article]Original post by Diabetes Update
No commentsRepublican Presidential Candidates Discuss Health Care At Cancer Forum
Presidential candidates Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Tuesday during the second day of a cancer forum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, discussed issues related to the disease and health care, the [click link for full article]Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsVelcade Finally Approved, But Disappointment For Myeloma Patients As NICE Move The Goalposts, UK
In response to the recent final decision by NICE on the use of Velcade for cancer patients with myeloma, the bone marrow cancer, charities Myeloma UK, Cancerbackup and Leukaemia CARE issue the following response: The long awaited decision on Velcade has resulted in a positive approval of the treatment, but many patients will now be ineligible to receive it after a change in the guidance since the preliminary ruling in June. [click link for full article]Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsKarolinska Report On Patients¹ Access To Cancer Drugs Ouses Flawed Methods To Reached Flawed Conclusions
A leading epidemiologist has attacked Swedish research that looked at inequalities in patients’ access to cancer drugs across Europe and the world. [click link for full article]Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsSalmonella Found In Spinach After Routine Tests
After carrying out independent routine tests on all its products Metz Fresh, LLC found traces of salmonella bacteria in its spinach bags and is voluntarily recalling them. The company and local authorities say they have received no reports of human infection associated with the Metz Fresh spinach. Anybody who may have bought the said spinach should get rid of it immediately, says the company. [click link for full article]Original post by The Completely Inconsequential Flux Capacitor
No commentsTransplanted Pancreas Cells More Effective When Fat Formation Limited
Dietary restrictions or other strategies that limit fat formation might make pancreatic cell transplants more effective, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.Using animal models, the researchers discovered that pancreatic islet cells transplanted into the liver fail not only because of immune rejection, but also because of overexposure to toxic fats that are synthesized by the surrounding liver cells and flood the pancreatic transplants. [click link for full article]Original post by The Completely Inconsequential Flux Capacitor
No commentsAmerican cancer society’s effort could also benefit diabetes
Can the American Cancer Society’s marketing efforts benefit people with diabetes? We may find out next year. In what was arguably one of the biggest news stories in the nonprofit arena recently, The New York Times is reporting that next year, the American Cancer Society announced plans to devote its entire $15 million advertising budget to the consequences of inadequate health coverage.Two 60-second television commercials that form the bulk of the campaign make that point readily apparent. One features images of uninsured cancer patients, appearing hollow and fearful. “This is what a health care crisis looks like to the American Cancer Society,” the narrator begins. “We’re making progress, but it’s not enough if people don’t have acces…
No commentsMore chronic friends + friday bits
A few miscellaneous items you might like to know about over the holiday weekend. Or not — what, you won’t be glued to your computer reading me?! 
First up, Quote of the Week: “Exubera was not our finest day,”… (Source: Diabetes Mine)Original post by Diabetes Mine
Number Of Uninsured U.S. Residents Increases By 2.2M To 47M In 2006
The number of uninsured U.S. residents grew by 2.2 million in 2006 to 47 million, up from 44.8 million in 2005, according to data released on Tuesday by the Census Bureau, USA Today reports (Appleby, USA Today, 8/29). [click link for full article]Original post by The Completely Inconsequential Flux Capacitor
No commentsDiabetes Treated During Pregnancy Breaks Link To Childhood Obesity
Treating diabetes during pregnancy can break the link between gestational diabetes and childhood obesity, according to a Kaiser Permanente study featured in the September issue of Diabetes Care.The largest study of its kind, this research shows that the risk of childhood obesity rises in tandem with a pregnant woman’s blood sugar level and that untreated gestational diabetes nearly doubles a child’s risk of becoming obese by age 5 to 7. [click link for full article]Original post by The Completely Inconsequential Flux Capacitor
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