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People with AIDS more likely to develop esophageal and stomach carcinoma, NHLs

People with AIDS are at increased risk for developing esophageal and stomach carcinoma as well as non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs), according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.

25 Sep 2012

Fate of health law tied to GOP White House, Senate wins

Politico reports that Republicans may not get another chance to repeal "Obamacare" if they're unsuccessful at wresting control of the Senate and the executive branch this year. Other news outlets report on specific House and Senate races.

24 Sep 2012

Siemens perioperative management solution by SIS for Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

Surgical Information Systems, a leader in perioperative information systems, announced today that Wentworth-Douglass Hospital has selected Siemens perioperative management solution by SIS to replace its legacy perioperative IT system and automate its anesthesia documentation.

From Siemens Healthineers 24 Sep 2012

Biologists unravel why some people infected with HIV have more virus

Biologists at UC San Diego have unraveled the anti-viral mechanism of a human gene that may explain why some people infected with HIV have much higher amounts of virus in their bloodstreams than others.

24 Sep 2012

First Edition: September 24, 2012

Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz reports: "GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan was booed and heckled on Friday when he told an AARP convention in New Orleans that he would repeal President Barack Obama's health law. In contrast, Obama's remarks about Medicare --delivered by live satellite an hour earlier -- were warmly received."

24 Sep 2012

Global AIDS response provides lessons for fighting NCDs

"If left unaddressed, [non-communicable diseases (NCDs)] will lead to more death, disability and the implosion of already overburdened health systems in developing countries at huge cost to individuals, families, businesses and society," Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and former UNAIDS executive director, writes in the Huffington Post "Impact" blog, adding, "Like AIDS, NCDs are a problem for rich and poor countries alike, but the poor suffer the most."

21 Sep 2012

U.S. foreign aid critical to achieving health goals, improving lives, strengthening international relationships

"Day after day, American foreign aid is dramatically improving millions of lives and consequently, impressions of America," former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean and Ray Chambers, chair of the MDG Health Alliance and the U.N. Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Malaria, write in the Huffington Post's "Global Motherhood" blog.

21 Sep 2012

U.N. report on MDGs shows declining aid; SG Ban urges increased global partnership

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday "urged a stronger global partnership to advance progress on the development targets world leaders have pledged to achieve by 2015, as a new United Nations report finds that significant gains risk slowing due to declining aid," the U.N. News Centre reports.

21 Sep 2012

NCDs should be considered a 'human rights concern'

Noting that "non-communicable diseases (NCDs) kill four times the number of people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that they do in high-income countries," Benn Grover, a health communications specialist who manages policy for the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, and Felicia Knaul, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harvard Global Equity Initiative, write in the Huffington Post Blog.

21 Sep 2012

Blogs examine progress on NCDs one year after U.N. summit

On the one-year anniversary of the U.N. High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), two blogs examine what has happened since. In the Center for Global Development's (CGD) "Global Health Policy" blog, Victoria Fan, a research fellow at the center, and Laura Khan of Princeton University ask, "[W]here has the attention and commitment to NCDs gone?" They say "subsequent attention and action after the NCD Summit last year has been paltry," and they explore some reasons why this might be the case.

21 Sep 2012

September issue of 'Global Fund News Flash' email newsletter available

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has published Issue 8 of its newsletter, the "Global Fund News Flash."

21 Sep 2012

First phase of Global Fund-managed AMFm shows success in bringing malaria drugs to clinics

The Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria (AMFm) -- an innovative financing mechanism that subsidizes the cost of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in order to expand access to the most effective treatment for malaria -- "brought more than 100 million doses of malaria drugs to clinics and pharmacies in 2011" and "also increased access to the top malaria medicines by 26 to 52 percent in six countries."

21 Sep 2012

Gum disease bacteria linked to pancreatic cancer risk

People with high levels of antibodies to bacteria linked to periodontal disease have an increased risk for pancreatic cancer, while the risk is reduced in those with increased antibodies to oral commensal bacteria, say researchers.

20 Sep 2012

Views on obesity: Difficulty changing eating habits; Huge changes in the food marketplace

The New York Times and the Journal of the American Medical Association offer opinions on the U.S. battle against obesity.

20 Sep 2012

Global health funding cuts threatening fight against HIV, TB in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, NGO report says

The fight against HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is being threatened by cuts in global health funding, according to "a report [.pdf] by leading European non-governmental health organizations," Reuters reports.

20 Sep 2012

Study uncovers why some HIV-positive people take long time to progress to full-blown AIDS

One of the big mysteries of AIDS is why some HIV-positive people take more than a decade to progress to full-blown AIDS, if they progress at all.

20 Sep 2012

Tasered adolescents do not appear to be at increased risk for serious injury

Adolescents who are tasered by law enforcement officers do not appear to be at higher risk for serious injury than adults, according to new a new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers.

20 Sep 2012

Improved health critical to development of democracy in Burma

In this post in the Huffington Post Blog, Deborah Derrick, president of Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, examines the role of health efforts in the rebuilding of Burma, also known as Myanmar.

19 Sep 2012

Blog examines U.S. presidential candidates' foreign policy, science stances with respect to global health

"If nothing else, this presidential election season has brought the good news that both major party candidates have taken stances against preventable death and disease," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog writes, noting the blog "looked at two recently published examinations of the candidates' foreign policy and science stances, candidates' party platforms and other posted materials for clues to where the candidates diverge on major global health issues."

19 Sep 2012

Delirium widespread among older people but often goes ignored and untreated

Delirium is widespread among older people but often goes ignored and untreated, according to new research by US and UK researchers including the University of East Anglia (UEA).

19 Sep 2012

AIDS News and Research

People with AIDS more likely to develop esophageal and stomach carcinoma, NHLs

Fate of health law tied to GOP White House, Senate wins

Siemens perioperative management solution by SIS for Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

Biologists unravel why some people infected with HIV have more virus

First Edition: September 24, 2012

Global AIDS response provides lessons for fighting NCDs

U.S. foreign aid critical to achieving health goals, improving lives, strengthening international relationships

U.N. report on MDGs shows declining aid; SG Ban urges increased global partnership

NCDs should be considered a 'human rights concern'

Blogs examine progress on NCDs one year after U.N. summit

September issue of 'Global Fund News Flash' email newsletter available

First phase of Global Fund-managed AMFm shows success in bringing malaria drugs to clinics

Gum disease bacteria linked to pancreatic cancer risk

Views on obesity: Difficulty changing eating habits; Huge changes in the food marketplace

Global health funding cuts threatening fight against HIV, TB in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, NGO report says

Study uncovers why some HIV-positive people take long time to progress to full-blown AIDS

Tasered adolescents do not appear to be at increased risk for serious injury

Improved health critical to development of democracy in Burma

Blog examines U.S. presidential candidates' foreign policy, science stances with respect to global health

Delirium widespread among older people but often goes ignored and untreated

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