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Six new Bristol-Myers Squibb grants to reduce cancer disparities in CEE

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation today announced six new grants totaling more than $900,000 that focus on improving cancer awareness, prevention and care by developing cancer nursing skills and building nurse-community partnerships in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Russia.

15 Oct 2011

WHO to offer new guidelines for food aid, recommends 'tighter nutritional standards'

The WHO said Thursday that "it plans to recommend tighter nutritional standards in food aid for young children, a move activists say is necessary to improve donations from countries such as the United States," the Associated Press/Washington Post reports.

15 Oct 2011

Relationship between women and men must change to eradicate gender-based violence

In this post in the Huffington Post's "Impact" blog, women's issues author and speaker Tabby Biddle writes, "There are over 150 million instances each year of sexual violence against girls. ... One major factor that perpetuates this cycle of violence is that the girls who have been raped can't speak up for themselves (because they are babies or very young children) and those who are old enough to speak up, are afraid to -- for many good reasons."

15 Oct 2011

Indoor cooking stoves kill 2 million annually, NIH study says

Pollution from indoor cooking stoves, typically open fires that that burn solid fuels such as wood, charcoal or dung, kills two million globally each year, scientists at NIH said in a study published in the journal Science on Thursday, Agence France-Presse reports.

15 Oct 2011

Limited research on sexual violence against men in the DRC suggests issue is 'largely ignored'

IRIN reports on the issue of sexual violence against men as a "weapon of war" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), writing, "Sexual violence against men, including rape, is under-reported, poorly addressed and has a severe impact on both men and their families, according to a presentation at the annual Sexual Violence and Research Initiative (SVRI), held in Cape Town, South Africa."

15 Oct 2011

AQI activates Anesthesia Incident Reporting System to improve patient safety

The Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI) has activated the first nationwide system to collect individual adverse events from anesthesia, pain management and perioperative care.

15 Oct 2011

State news: Texas pharmacies fear lower Medicaid fees

In Rio Grande City, Rene Martinez's Starr Pharmacy has one line for Medicaid patients and another for non-Medicaid patients. On some days, most of his clients can be found waiting on the Medicaid line, a testament to the importance of that federal-state health insurance program in this poor city along the Texas-Mexico border - and to Mr. Martinez's bottom line.

15 Oct 2011

Penn Nursing encourages kids to ward off diabetes with 'Dance for Health'

With more than 18 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes, Terri Lipman, PhD, CRNP, of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, encourages kids to ward off the disease with "Dance for Health."

15 Oct 2011

Forum focuses on challenges facing women, girls affected by HIV in Eastern Europe, Central Asia

"Women, girls and HIV were the focus of a panel discussion on the final day of the International Forum on Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 in Eastern Europe and Central Asia," UNAIDS reports.

15 Oct 2011

House approves bill to block abortion coverage

The measure, which among other things would ban women from using the health law's tax subsidies to purchase health insurance that includes abortion coverage, is unlikely to be considered in the Democratic-led Senate and has recieved a veto threat from President Barack Obama.

15 Oct 2011

Racial disparities in cranial CT scan use for children with minor head trauma

African-American and Hispanic children are less likely to receive a cranial computed tomography (CT) scan in an emergency department (ED) following minor head trauma than white children, according to an abstract presented Friday, Oct. 14 at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in Boston.

15 Oct 2011

U.N. Secretary-General calls for continued support of women's, children's health in developing countries

"Developing countries are making efforts to improve the health of women and children but more needs to be done, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said" at an awards ceremony in New York, United Press International reports. "'As of today, more than 60 countries have committed to step up efforts to improve women and children's health,' Ban said," the news agency writes.

15 Oct 2011

Health groups urge Secretary of U.S. Army to sustain funding for military HIV research program

"Speaking out against a potential $16 million cut in the Army's base research and development budget for HIV, leaders of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) sent a letter Thursday to the Secretary of the U.S. Army, John McHugh, making the case for sustaining the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP)," according to the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog.

15 Oct 2011

Viewpoints: 'Killing' Medicaid; medicine for mentally ill; 'outrageous' veto of mammogram bill in Calif.

Even as it vigorously defends the constitutionality of the individual mandate, the Obama administration may be complicit in eviscerating Medicaid - and setting back the broader goal of ensuring that all Americans have access to quality health care.

15 Oct 2011

U.S., South Korea continue to delay food aid to North Korea despite 'proven' ability to monitor food distribution

In this Christian Science Monitor opinion piece, Jim White, vice president of operations at Mercy Corps, and Matt Ellingson, director of program development at Samaritan's Purse, who "co-led a team from five U.S.-based aid organizations that traveled to North Korea to deliver flood relief supplies" last month, ask why the U.S. and South Korea continue to delay food aid to North Koreans affected by the country's food crisis despite the fact that "aid groups have a proven ability to monitor the way food is distributed in North Korea."

15 Oct 2011

ApoPharma receives FDA approval for Ferriprox to treat transfusional iron overload

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Ferriprox (deferiprone) to treat patients with iron overload due to blood transfusions in patients with thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder that causes anemia, who had an inadequate response to prior chelation therapy.

15 Oct 2011

IRIN reports on community's efforts to increase access to contraceptives, improve family planning in Madagascar

IRIN reports on one community's efforts to increase access to contraceptives and help provide information on family planning in Madagascar. The news service highlights efforts by women in Antalaha, Madagascar, who formed an association called Femmes Interessee au Development de Antalaha.

15 Oct 2011

Research roundup: Racial disparities in colon cancer survival; Options to cut health spending; Covering teenagers

Survival Disparities In African American And White Colo-Rectal Cancer Patients -- Researchers analyzed results from 12 controlled clinical trials to understand disparities between black and white survivors of colorectal cancer.

14 Oct 2011

Funding for NCDs doesn't have to come at the expense of NTDs

In this "End the Neglect" blog post, Alanna Shaikh, a writer for U.N. Dispatch, writes that while "[a]t first glance, the new focus on cardiovascular and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) looks like trouble for the funding for things like neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) ... that conflict is mostly superficial. NCDs and NTDs have much more in common than their initials.

14 Oct 2011

Mecum Auto Auction raises $366,000 to benefit severely wounded U.S. soldiers

A 2011 Chevrolet Camaro convertible donated by General Motors and custom designed by famous vehicle builder Ryan Friedlinghaus and his West Coast Customs team raised $366,000 at auction to benefit U.S. soldiers severely wounded during their service overseas.

14 Oct 2011

Health Care News and Research

Six new Bristol-Myers Squibb grants to reduce cancer disparities in CEE

WHO to offer new guidelines for food aid, recommends 'tighter nutritional standards'

Relationship between women and men must change to eradicate gender-based violence

Indoor cooking stoves kill 2 million annually, NIH study says

Limited research on sexual violence against men in the DRC suggests issue is 'largely ignored'

AQI activates Anesthesia Incident Reporting System to improve patient safety

State news: Texas pharmacies fear lower Medicaid fees

Penn Nursing encourages kids to ward off diabetes with 'Dance for Health'

Forum focuses on challenges facing women, girls affected by HIV in Eastern Europe, Central Asia

House approves bill to block abortion coverage

Racial disparities in cranial CT scan use for children with minor head trauma

U.N. Secretary-General calls for continued support of women's, children's health in developing countries

Health groups urge Secretary of U.S. Army to sustain funding for military HIV research program

Viewpoints: 'Killing' Medicaid; medicine for mentally ill; 'outrageous' veto of mammogram bill in Calif.

U.S., South Korea continue to delay food aid to North Korea despite 'proven' ability to monitor food distribution

ApoPharma receives FDA approval for Ferriprox to treat transfusional iron overload

IRIN reports on community's efforts to increase access to contraceptives, improve family planning in Madagascar

Research roundup: Racial disparities in colon cancer survival; Options to cut health spending; Covering teenagers

Funding for NCDs doesn't have to come at the expense of NTDs

Mecum Auto Auction raises $366,000 to benefit severely wounded U.S. soldiers

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