STARRY NIGHT WAS A SUCCESS!!!

Yes, a complete success! :) *SD

A Night Under The Stars

Well, Starry Night has finally come. It is a blast! Got JillianJon a princess set, among other toys like glow in the dark necklaces for the kids. :) :) :) *SD

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Health Care News - 1st May 2009

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VA electronic health records system could be low-cost option for non-VA hospitals
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49069
The Veterans Health Administration's open-source electronic health records system could be an effective and low-cost option for non-Veterans Affairs hospitals that are seeking to implement such a system but have been held back by the cost, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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Sen. Baucus proposes Medicare changes he says could drive 'transformation of the health care delivery system'
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49065
The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday during a six-hour meeting discussed proposed changes to the Medicare system from committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the New York Times reports (Pear, New York Times, 4/30).

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Congress approves $3.5 trillion budget resolution that includes reconciliation language
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49064
Congress on Wednesday -- President Obama's 100th day in office -- passed a $3.5 trillion fiscal year 2010 budget resolution (S Con Res 13) that includes budget reconciliation as an option for passing health reform legislation, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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New cancer centre launched in Southampton
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48961
Southampton joins a unique chain of Cancer Research UK Centres that are being launched across the UK.

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Global health organizations are doing too little to support health system strengthening
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49015
Existing health systems in the developing world are fragile and many are unable to provide effective health services - and so there is growing consensus that the success of global health initiatives will depend on "health system strengthening" (a recent buzzword in global health).

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IT to enhance healthcare across Europe
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48869
European healthcare is threatened by soaring costs and limited resources.

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Change to Medicare reimbursement policy may pose risks to black kidney patients
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48789
A change in Medicare reimbursement policy could make it more difficult for African Americans with kidney disease to access dialysis services, suggests a study in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

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Policy brief outlines hurdles of access to health care for people with mental disorders in Europe
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48755
Poverty and social exclusion continue to be serious challenges across the European union and for health systems in member states.

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Sebelius, Obama take action on swine flu
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49067
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday held two press conferences and briefed congressional lawmakers on the recent public health emergency involving swine flu, also known as the "2009 H1N1 influenza virus," CQ HealthBeat reports (Reichard, CQ HealthBeat, 4/29).

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HIV/AIDS advocate Bryden praises nomination of former Clinton official Goosby to global AIDS coordinator post
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49063
HIV/AIDS advocate David Bryden of the Center for Global Health Policy on Tuesday praised President Obama's nomination of Eric Goosby as Global AIDS Coordinator, VOA News reports.

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Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy improves HIV survival rates, study says
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49058
The New York Times on Thursday examined a study that found asymptomatic HIV-positive people who delayed antiretroviral treatment until their disease reached an advanced stage faced higher mortality rates than those who initiated treatment earlier.

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Using social networks effective strategy to reach populations at risk of HIV/AIDS, study finds
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49059
Using HIV-positive people's social network is "an efficient, high-yield" method of contacting their partners who are at high-risk for the virus and providing them with testing and other HIV-related services, CDC researchers said in a recently published study, Reuters Health reports.

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Burundian HIV/AIDS advocates express concern over new law outlawing homosexuality
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49060
Some HIV/AIDS advocates in Burundi and international human rights groups have expressed concern about a new law that criminalizes homosexuality in the country, IRIN/PlusNews reports.

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Solomon Islands' media should increase HIV/AIDS awareness, combat stigma, official says
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49061
Media outlets in the Solomon Islands should undertake efforts to increase awareness about HIV/AIDS and counteract the stigma associated with the disease, Joe Weber, Oxfam International representative for the country, said recently at the close of a week-long media training on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections, PINS/Solomon Star News reports.

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DNA "barcodes" used to map mosquito species in West Africa that spread lymphatic filariasis
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48954
New biotechnologies that allow scientists to quickly and accurately distinguish species based on a simple DNA analysis are being creatively deployed for the first time in the war against a major global disease.

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Study first to show an effective pre-pandemic vaccine approach
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49038
New research from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust warns of a six-month time lag before effective vaccines can be manufactured in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak.

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Scientists revive a dormant gene to fight HIV
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49031
A new vaginal cream containing a reawakened protein could someday prevent the transmission of HIV.

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Rapid malaria tests improve health outcomes in practice
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49004
A new study, carried out in primary care units in Zanzibar and published in this week's issue of PLoS Medicine, evaluates the impact of rapid malaria tests on prescribing practice and clinical outcomes.

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Simple blood test proves powerful ally in the fight against malaria
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49039
Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown that rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for malaria infection can provide valuable support for healthcare in low and mid-income countries in the fight against the disease.

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USAID cooperates in pandemic preparedness initiative
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49055
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is convening a group of civil society organizations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in a regional exercise that will kick off the implementation stage of its Humanitarian Pandemic Preparedness initiative.

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If started early, HIV treatment reduces death rates toward background levels in African countries
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49018
Mortality rates of people starting HIV treatment in four African countries approach those of the general population over time, provided that treatment is started before the immune system has been severely damaged, according to research published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine.

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Gains in access to antiretroviral treatment come with some costs
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49019
In this week's PLoS Medicine magazine, Yibeltal Assefa, from the National HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office in Addis Ababa, and colleagues describe the successes and challenges of the scale-up of antiretroviral treatment (ART) across Ethiopia.

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Avian flu research sheds light on swine flu outbreak
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48949
A new study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that the potential for an avian influenza virus to cause a human flu pandemic is greater than previously thought. Results also illustrate how the current swine flu outbreak likely came about.

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So far Australia clear of swine flu
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48938
According to Queensland's Chief Health Officer, although more cases of suspected swine flu have been reported in the Queensland, to date the state and the nation remain free of the disease.

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Australian pigs free from swine flu virus and pork safe to eat
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48937
The current epidemic of swine flu which has now affected six countries, has prompted some nations to ban all imports of American pork and pork products.

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Swine flu - All you need to know
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48936
Swine influenza or Swine flu is a respiratory disease commonly found in pigs which is caused by type A influenza virus - it causes high levels of illness in pigs but low death rates and while swine flu viruses may circulate among swine throughout the year, most outbreaks occur during the autumn and winter months similar to flu outbreaks in humans.

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Flu pandemic long overdue
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48935
Here we go again. Just when we thought it was safe to go outside, the threat of another potential flu pandemic raises its head and hysteria builds again. Once again there is talk of quarantine, airport surveillance, travel restrictions and public closures.

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New statistical model that simulates human mobility patterns can aid in studying epidemic outbreaks
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48916
Researchers have developed a new statistical model that simulates human mobility patterns, mimicking the way people move over the course of a day, a month or longer.

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Swine flu slows down global economic activity
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48931
Concerns about a Swine flu outbreak lowered retail stocks on Monday.

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Swine influenza - WHO holds emergency committee meeting
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48892
The Emergency Committee, established in compliance with the International Health Regulations (2005), held its second meeting on 27 April 2009.

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Swine flu reinforces the importance of preparing for emergencies
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48890
The American Public Health Association (APHA) urges the public to use the current swine flu outbreak as an opportunity to ensure that they and their families are prepared for potential pandemics, disasters or any other health emergencies that may arise.

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Update on swine flu in the United States and Mexico
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48878
As of 26 April 2009, the United States Government has reported 20 laboratory confirmed human cases of swine influenza A/H1N1 (8 in New York, 7 in California, 2 in Texas, 2 in Kansas and 1 in Ohio).

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Swine flu pandemic threat puts the world on high alert
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48873
An outbreak of swine flu in humans has health experts and officials around the world on high alert and there is great concern, as more countries report new cases of the disease, that the world may be on the brink of a pandemic.

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WHO response to swine influenza A(H1N1)
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48863
In response to cases of swine influenza A(H1N1), reported in Mexico and the United States of America, the Director-General convened a meeting of the Emergency Committee to assess the situation and advise her on appropriate responses.

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Swine influenza confirmed in the U.S.
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48848
The United States Government has reported seven confirmed human cases of Swine Influenza A/H1N1 in the USA (five in California and two in Texas) and nine suspect cases.

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Malaria diagnostic tests differ in performance
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48845
The largest-ever independent, laboratory-based evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria has shown that some tests on the market perform exceptionally well in tropical temperatures and can detect even low parasite densities in blood samples, while other tests can detect parasites only at high densities.

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Climate change linked to increase of cholera cases in Zambia
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48811
A study lead by researchers from the Madrid Carlos III Institute of Health associates the increase of cholera cases in Zambia with climatic factors.

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Welcome news on Dengue fever
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48821
The news that scientists in the United States have identified host factors which are critical to Dengue virus infection will be particularly welcome in tropical northern Queensland, which has suffered one of the worse Dengue fever outbreaks in decades.

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Aaahh. All done for the night.

Now I can relax and unwind. Too bad my youngest has a cold now, like
me. Aaaw, Baby Boy. *SD

P.S. It*s gonna be a late night!

Much to prepare. *SD

Well, it is that time.

BATTER UP! It is time for me to step up to the plate. This is
regarding the family turmoil I have mentioned here, before, not far
down the posting line. I have, as of today, been asked to be a
witness. I was just told about 10 minutes ago that media will be
there. This is big. The family that has gone, is going through, the
tragedy is connected to a great government official, one of the
greatest of our times as Americans. This one won*t slip through the
cracks, as so many have before. But, still, I pray the Lord*s Will be
done. May Justice be served. And may Freedom ring. *SDRoads

"YOU DID IT!"

My youngest received a You Did It ticket for being responsible,
respectful, and safe at P.E. Now, he may be entered to win a prize in
a drawing. Shanathan is so excited. He gleefully hopes his name is
picked on Friday. Good going Shanathan! *Mommy P.S. Meeting is
adjourned. Phew! wink

Another big business meeting to attend.

Itz gonna be a long one. Uuuggh! LoL *SD

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Miss California's media mishap
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"Children come in all the colors of love."

And, it is up to us to love them and make sure they get everything they need in this world... And, a little of what they want. wink :) Please make sure they eat from all of the colors this world has to offer in the food groups. Take care of our little honorary angels. *SDRoads

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A Family In Trouble

Today I got word of an acquaintance of mine who is having a family turbulence that can pose tragic. I was told today that I may be a person of whom can be of assistance to the family, for I was a witness, having first hand knowledge. I won*t divulge details of the family*s private matter. I hope for the best, wish blessings for them, and pray God*s Will be done in this case. I ask that you do the same. Any comments of goodwill for the family left within this site, will be greatly appreciated. More on this later, and I will keep you posted, as events unfold, with general statements here. I thank you. *SDRoads

UPDATE: As of today, Monday, April 27th, I feel as though God's Will has been done. Thanxx God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -S

Wow, that last post of mine got all messed up.

The Robot Exhibit we are attending now is fantastikk! And what they did with this building is stunningly beautiful. *SD
Update: LoL Fixed it. Now the post below has been edited. -S

Walkin' In A SpringTime Wonderland

...down Memory Lane, under a clear blue sky, on a sunny day with picked flowers in hand. Yes, we are still on haitus from the news. LoL *SD

Our Weather Update

It*s beautiful, clear skies in Burbank today. Windy and not too terribly hot. *SD

I know G/B

That last title on the post below sucks. LoL I know how you like that I am good at titling things. Yeah, I remember that compliment you gave me. Thanxx. Titling- Is that a word? Haha Title-ing :) *SD

Robotic

Today we are spendin' the day with me mum and dad. Joe, Shanathan, and I are going to see a robot exhibit. That will be fun for the kids... even the big ones, like me. LoL Then, it*s off to Jerry*s for lunch. I just love that place! Of course, now we are watching Hannah Montana. We simply can not miss that show! Nor can we miss The Suite Life of Zach and Cody, along with Saved By The Bell. Thatz our version of Saturday morning cartoons over breakfast. Gee, when I was a kid, it was all The Flintstones, Scooby Doo... My, how generations change! LoL Not that I*m dating myself. Haha Well, o.k. I DO turn the big 4.0 this year. I know some people hate turning that age. Chhh, I love it! But, I digress. Aaahh Saturdays. Aint life grand? Happy Saturday, y*all! *SD


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The Fortune Cookie Jar

THE Thought of the Day: Those who try to humiliate others only manage
to humiliate themselves. *SDRoads

Well, y'all, I gotta run.

It's been nice visiting with you. Have a really great day, ya hear? -SD


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Yes! Yes! Yes!

I got the date confirmed to meet with the assemblyman!!!!!!!!!! I am trying to get it for a Wednesday or a Friday, outside of the originally tentative Tuesday date. But, that is because it works better for me. Otherwise, I will be more than happy to keep the date I have coming. Yee Haw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -SD


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"Cute and Comfy"

"Shop shoes that bring both comfort and style to your feet. Like.com keeps your feet happy." There are some really great picks there for summer shoe shopping. -SD


MORE TO COME...

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Good morning everyone.

I hope your day is going well. I am in a very important meeting now. It is so tough: We must vote and prioritize many items for the future of our local elementary school; our kids, teachers, and all staff, both great and small. It is like their fate is in our hands. At least Cortinez gave us 800,000 dollars in the stimulus package. That is double what we usually get! *SDRoads


UPDATE: Well, at the conclusion of the meeting, all of our recommendations have been submitted. I will be seeing those again on Monday, at the SSC (School Site Council) meeting, where we will be voting on these recommendations. I think all will be on board with our recommendations, and all will be a go. Hooray!!! Things are lookin' up for next year! I have a correction to make. It was not the 800,000 grand I had reported we received. It was actually 890,000 dollars!!!!!! -SD Updated at 1:25 p.m., April 24th, 2009

Health Care News - 24th April 2009

We'd like to remind you about our latest website launched late 2008, Talk Medical (http://talk.news-medical.net). Here you can post news from your organization or company, post events you are involved in or feel would be of interest to the wider community, blog to your heart's content on current health issues or simply just share any interesting health stories you may have. Featured Post Critical reforms of IMF policies demanded Earlier this month the Group of Twenty (G-20) leaders had announced a USD 1.1 trillion booster-dose into the world economy by the end of 2010 through multilateral institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Health advocates believe that critical reforms are needed for IMF policies to prevent disastrous fallouts like rising tuberculosis (TB) incidence in countries that might receive IMF funding. .… Continue

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Many people skipping health care in the past year
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48745
As economic conditions remain poor, a majority of the public continues to say that they or a member of their household have delayed or skipped health care in the past year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation's April health tracking poll.

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Palliative care skills training needed for health-care staff in sub-Saharan Africa
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48723
A new study, led by Lucy Selman and colleagues from King's College London, has found that patients with incurable, progressive diseases and their family carers in sub-Saharan Africa often do not receive enough information about the patient's disease and its management, which impacts negatively on their ability to cope with illness.

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Continuity of care for older adults from outpatient to hospital is low, and decreasing
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48637
The proportion of Medicare patients experiencing continuity of care between outpatient and inpatient settings decreased substantially between 1996 and 2006, with decreases occurring in all areas of the country and in all types of hospitals, according to a study in the April 22/29 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Medicare recipients see declines in continuity of care
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48652
According to a study by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, elderly Medicare recipients transitioning from outpatient to hospital settings were more likely to experience lapses in continuity of care in 2006 than 1996.

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New drug use screening tools for physicians
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48595
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today unveiled its first comprehensive Physicians' Outreach Initiative, NIDAMED, which gives medical professionals tools and resources to screen their patients for tobacco, alcohol, illicit, and nonmedical prescription drug use.

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$1.4 million raised to support local cancer care, research at Wilmot
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48540
More than 800 people and local corporations demonstrated their support for the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at Saturday's 10 th annual Discovery Ball.

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Surgical education programs have demand for physician assistants and nurse practitioners
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48613
New research published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicates that large numbers of physician assistants and nurse practitioners - collectively known as physician extenders (PEs) - have been hired by general surgery residency programs in the last five years to enable the resident education experience, and these professionals continue to be in demand.

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Healthcare reform should start with paying evidence-based financial incentives to doctors
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48567
Healthcare Reform should start with "evidence-based reimbursement", structuring physician payment incentives around existing empirical evidence of clinical benefit, which would improve quality and reduce the cost of healthcare, says a commentary written by two cardiologists and published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes .

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U.S. nursing shortage highlights need for retention programs
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48395
The recent health care summit at the White House spotlighted the nursing shortage, which threatens the quality of patient care throughout the nation's hospitals.

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Malaria death in Zambia decline by 66%
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48746
Malaria deaths reported from health facilities in Zambia have declined by 66%. This result along with other supporting data indicates that Zambia has reached the 2010 Roll Back Malaria target of a more than 50% reduction in malaria mortality compared to 2000.

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Scientists identify dozens of proteins the dengue fever virus depends upon
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48730
By painstakingly silencing genes one at a time, scientists at Duke University Medical Center have identified dozens of proteins the dengue fever virus depends upon to grow and spread among mosquitoes and humans.

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Researchers create chemicals that kill the most deadly malaria-causing parasite
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48721
Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed chemicals which kill the most deadly malaria-causing parasite, Plasmodium falciparum - including those resistant to existing drugs.

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Why an effective vaccine for HIV has proven so elusive
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48704
Some 25 years after the AIDS epidemic spawned a worldwide search for an effective vaccine against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), progress in the field seems to have effectively become stalled.

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New Dengue virus discovery could lead to development of anti-dengue drugs
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48689
Doctors have no specific drugs to treat dengue fever, a viral illness spread by mosquitoes that sickens 50 million to 100 million people worldwide each year. Instead, the only treatments they can recommend for this painful and sometimes fatal illness (20,000 deaths globally each year) are fluids, rest and non-aspirin pain and fever reducers.

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Improved medical ultrasounds
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48663
A key part of a medical ultrasound scanner is the transducer probe used to convert sound waves to electrical signals and vice versa.

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New insights into how to combat avian flu
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48643
An in-depth analysis of blood from patients recovering from the H5N1 avian influenza virus has provided important insights into how to combat the potentially lethal virus.

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Early treatment for hepatitis C offers a good chance of a cure
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48624
Australian researchers say as many as 70% of hepatitis C carriers can possibly be cured of the disease with early treatment - this is excellent news as hepatitis C, if left untreated can lead to serious liver disease.

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Humanized mouse infected with HIV vaginally and rectally allows testing
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48576
The "humanized mouse" developed by Dr. J. Victor Garcia-Martinez has allowed the University of Texas Southwestern physician-scientist to conduct HIV/AIDS studies that would have been impossible without such a small animal model of HIV infection.

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An African child dies every 30 seconds from Malaria
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48442
An African child dies every 30 seconds from this same disease; nearly a half billion people become ill because of it. About 1 million children under the age of 5 die each year from malaria -- a disease that is entirely preventable.

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South Australian hospital battles to contain superbug VRE
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48429
The cancer ward at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) in South Australia is currently battling to cope with an antibiotic-resistant bacteria called Vanocomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE), a form of bacteria which lives in the gut.

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NIH grants will strengthen fight against HIV/AIDS-tuberculosis
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48425
The Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health today announced it will award $11.75 million over five years in grants to institutions to strengthen the fight against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Haiti, Uganda and China and establish a new program in Tanzania.

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New updated clinical guidelines for HIV-associated opportunistic infections
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48424
The first complete update in five years of the U.S. guidelines for preventing and treating HIV-associated opportunistic infections has been released by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in cooperation with the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).

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Tijuana injection drug users on collision course for HIV and tuberculosis
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48416
A study by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Mexican researchers and health officials, shows that as many as 67 percent of injection drug users in Tijuana test positive for tuberculosis (TB) infection.

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Federal funding for partnership to combat infectious diseases
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48403
Oregon Health & Science University and the University of Washington, along with a number of partner institutions across the Northwest, have received federal funding to form a regional research center aimed at combating emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases that pose a serious threat to human health.

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Prenatal exposure to influenza virus shown to reduce intelligence in adulthood
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48406
The Hong Kong flu pandemic was responsible for more than 700,000 deaths worldwide in the late 1960s, with major disease outbreaks in Europe in the winter of 1969-1970.

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Major breakthrough in understanding of Hendra virus
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48394
Groundbreaking CSIRO research into how the deadly Hendra virus spreads promises to save the lives of both horses and humans in the future.

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Discovery of a new target for novel HIV treatment strategy
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48388
The AIDS-causing HIV specifically counteracts the mechanisms of human cells that protect these against viral infections - a special viral protein marks protective cellular proteins for their rapid destruction and thus diminishes the cell's supply.

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The guy thatz running the Economics Club is so hott!! :) *SD

Down Memory Lane...of a different city...

Colorado Springs private investigator who has worked on the JonBenet Ramsey case for almost a decade says he’s asking the district attorney and police to take another look at a one-time suspect who he thinks could be a threat to other girls. Ollie Gray, who initially was hired by the Ramseys and has worked independently on the case for years alongside retired Colorado Springs homicide detective Lou Smit, said Saturday that he believes John Mark Karr has sent a new e-mail indicating he has targeted other girls, that he has killed and will kill again.

Karr, 43, was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug. 15, 2006, after he implicated himself in JonBenet’s death. Karr was released about two weeks later after Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy announced that his DNA didn’t match evidence from the crime scene. But Gray said he received an e-mail Friday — which marked 12 years since JonBenet’s body was found in the basement of her family’s University Hill home — that he believes was originally sent from Karr to an acquaintance that tells of his lurid plans. “I will kill again,” an excerpt from the message states. “It will not atone for her death but it will honor it.” The message, which Gray said he forwarded to the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office and the Boulder Police Department, was signed by the pseudonym “Daxis.” Police have said Karr used the name in a series of e-mails that led to his arrest two years ago.



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Lovin' this picture of Brooke!!!!!!!!!!

It is so peaceful. Surprise, Brooke!!!!!!!!!! -SD

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Aaawwhh...

There's Tracey Lee. Hi hon. Good luck and God bless on your newest bundle of news. wink wink nudge nudge ya know wat I mean? Love, Key, Shanathan, Joe, Jill, and me, SD

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Soooo much classwork today!!!!!!!!!!!

Uuuuggh! LoL -SD

Meetings Meetings Meetings!

The committee gals and I are starting to get confused as to when all of our differing meetings are. LoL Lots of rescheduling, you know. *SDRoads P.S. Our assistant vice principle WE INTERRUPT THIS POST WITH A ROUSING GAME OF PERSON BY PERSON was just making the morning announcements. He was stating a stint on our Pizza Night at Shakey*s. It was a crack. Now, I happen to know through working with him that he likes food, a lot. Now, don*t get me wrong. HE TOLD US GALS SO. It was so hilarious. During the announcement, he near lost himself in his love affair with food when mentioning the pizza parlour. I could only imagine the look on his face through the loudspeaker. LoL LoL Oh, he snapped out of it. wink Aaahh, morning joys. *SD

My Thought For The Day

LoL Well, not my only thought. It is more like my fortune cookie for the day, only I*m the cookie. Ha. So, here it is: Proper communication is imperative to all of one*s endeavors. *SDRoads

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Dear SD,

The Boxer campaign is truly amazing. Earlier this month, more than 200 people submitted designs for our 2010 campaign poster contest. And over the past few days, nearly 10,000 people have already cast their votes in an effort to determine the winner.

But now, with just under 12 hours left to go until we close the contest and start tabulating the votes, I want to make sure that everyone's voice is heard.

Invite your friends to cast their votes for Barbara's 2010 campaign poster before tonight's midnight deadline!

Every one of Barbara's campaigns has been powered by grassroots support from friends like you, from her first run for Marin County Supervisor in 1972 to her current campaign for re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2010. And that's how it should be.

That's why this poster will make a difference. It's a visible sign of the strength and creativity of our grassroots supporters.

We can't wait to show off the new campaign poster at this weekend's California Democratic Party convention. Before we do that, though, we need your help one more time to help choose the poster.

When Barbara speaks to the California Democratic Party at the convention later this week, our new campaign poster will be a symbol of your support and the tens of thousands of other supporters.

Thanks so much for your help and active support of our campaign.

Sincerely,

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My favorite shot of me.

It is my favorite because of what I have entitled it today: Looking To A Brighter Future.

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The first pic I want to post...

This is a pic of someone I went to high school with. He is a nice guy. We have been talking and hanging out recently. I must say, this pic of him when he was in school is very hott!!!!!!! But, he already knows that, I let him know. Rob, I am glad to know ya. -SD

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Hi everyone!

I hope everyone is well. I will be posting some brand new pictures within the next 2 days. I am very excited about them. I know I am far more excited about this prospect than y'all are. LoL But, they are special to me, so I will post them none-the-less, for me Jillian. -SD

Has the President messed up?

Or, has he made what may be the wisest decision of his career? *SD ...

I am still hurting...

about the shooting spree at the pharmacy. It wasn*t so much of a spree as a hunt down. He, the shooter More later. Too upset. *SD

Hey!

What happened to me DollHouse?? *SD

By the way...

Some good advice for all... regardless of what you do in life.
From the lab manager and technician at the campus: Finals are coming up in 6 weeks. Budget your time accordingly. ... 'Wow, where did the semester go?', he asked. Tuesday, June the 8th is the day this lab will be closed for summer, he told me. That is tentative. There is a chance it will remain open for just a bit longer. I will enjoy my time here. -SD

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Feeling better, though I am still upset over the information in my previous post below.

I just sent a message off for the local Assemblyman. I hope we, the committee, get what we ask for. I also had contacted Dasher Lawless, something I have written of here, before. I was pleasantly surprised to hear the details of his project, very pleasantly surprised. I contacted him, his office, to be fair, though I was originally opposed to his plan of construction... and destruction. I will give you updates on this after each meeting I attend. Something I was told of reminded me of JonBenet and the Pearl Street Mall. How appropriate, since she is one of the people this site is dedicated to. I will watch DollHouse tonight, with a close friend. That should cheer me up, with respect to the tragedy posted below. Have a nice night, y'all. -SD


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Our Condolences

I had 2 news stories planned for posting. However, I won*t be posting them today. I was in tears a bit ago, for I had gotten word that my one time pharmacist, that I used to have before I moved, had been shot in a fatal shooting spree that killed 2 before the gunman, a fellow co-worker to the victims, turned the gun on himself, fatally wounding him. Another co-worker was so appreciative that I called to give my condolences. She emotionally showed that appreciation to me, more than once, and something struck me. I got the impression that not a lot of people had called for that. I know that when I called the hospital to be routed to the pharmacy in order to share the condolences, the operator asked my name 3 times and then, after I urgently stated I wanted to see if everyone was o.k., the operator said, "Well you should know if you heard the news!", and then transferred me to the marketing department! The outgoing message\menu at that extension stated "... if you are media press... ". I hung up and immediately called the operator back. When, finally, someone answered, it sounded like the same voice. I said, "Hi. This is .... I was routed to Marketing and Media, and I wanted the pharmacy." This voice immediately responded with, "Did you want Outpatient or?" I quickly said, "Yes!" You see, the first voice, with the unknown face, near interrogated me when I called with a condolent heart. I was grateful to finally get through. There was definitely a feeling of high security floating through the air. Now, this story is full of twists and plots, from this end. It*s all over the news. I must finish my new story later and compose myself from what I later heard. I*ll just leave it at this for now, the same sentiment was shared about one of the people that died by a woman quickly interviewed on the news: He was such a nice man. He would make people smile. He was kind, patient. Yes, that*s how I feel. My sadness extends to the children and wives left behind this tragic event. Thank God they were "left behind", and not taken on the journey that leads to the afterlife, before their time. *Respectfully submitted by SDRoads

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Health Care News - 16th April 2009

We'd like to remind you about our latest website launched late 2008, Talk Medical (http://talk.news-medical.net). Here you can post news from your organization or company, post events you are involved in or feel would be of interest to the wider community, blog to your heart's content on current health issues or simply just share any interesting health stories you may have. Featured Post Drinks may contribute more to obesity than food While the energy density of soft drinks, which are frequently highly calorific, needs to be considered differently from that of solid foods, recent research has demonstrated that consumption of soft drinks is likely to increase normal caloric intake. When people consume soft drinks, they do not recognise that they have taken in extra energy and compensate by reducing energy from elsewhere in their daily diet, or by expending additional energy; they simply add it on.… Continue

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Hispanics appear to face poorer quality nursing home care
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Nursing homes serving primarily Hispanic residents provided poorer quality care compared to facilities whose patients were mostly white, according to Brown University research.

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Stakeholders participate in regional White House forum on health care reform
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48182
At Monday's White House forum on health care reform held in Los Angeles, the discussion concerning how to fix our broken health care system and cover the 47 million Americans (6.8 million Californians) who are uninsured underscored the need for action now.

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Mexican health care program has reduced health care costs
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48095
In results from the largest health policy study of its kind, a Mexican health care program created in 2003 has been found effective in reducing crippling health care costs among poorer households.

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Large safety gaps identified between top and bottom performing hospitals
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48113
The 2009 HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™ recipients were identified in a report issued today by the leading independent healthcare ratings organization.

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Court of Appeal says women are free to pursue claims
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48063
Around 7,000 women will be free to pursue their claims for equal pay following a ruling in the Court of Appeal today in the cases of Hurst v Suffolk Mental Health Trust and Arnold and others v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council.

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Major health care overhaul in China
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48060
Chinese officials have unveiled a health-care plan which promises to deliver to all its 1.3 billion citizens, fair and affordable health services by the year 2020.

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We'd like to remind you about our latest website launched late 2008, Talk Medical (http://talk.news-medical.net). Here you can post news from your organization or company, post events you are involved in or feel would be of interest to the wider community, blog to your heart's content on current health issues or simply just share any interesting health stories you may have. Featured Post Drinks may contribute more to obesity than food While the energy density of soft drinks, which are frequently highly calorific, needs to be considered differently from that of solid foods, recent research has demonstrated that consumption of soft drinks is likely to increase normal caloric intake. When people consume soft drinks, they do not recognise that they have taken in extra energy and compensate by reducing energy from elsewhere in their daily diet, or by expending additional energy; they simply add it on.… Continue

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Early HIV treatment decreases the risk of death
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48349
Begin treatment as early as possible: this general common sense rule seems to apply to most diseases except HIV-AIDS, which is only treated once a certain number of immune cells called "CD4+" cells have disappeared.

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New AIDS research training grants awarded for projects in 15 countries
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48321
The Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health has awarded seven grants totaling almost $2.7 million to train HIV/AIDS researchers in 15 low- and middle-income countries.

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Mutations that help HIV hide undermine the virus's ability to replicate
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48267
When HIV infects a cell, a complex of human immune proteins called HLA (short for human leukocyte antigen) alert killer T cells by displaying bits of the virus on the surface of the cell. The T cells recognize these HIV fragments and mobilize an attack.

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Dengue in Queensland on the decline at last - or is it?
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48248
During the current Dengue epidemic in the tropical north of Queensland, health authorities found more than 50,000 potential mosquito breeding sites in Cairns alone.

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Early administration of HIV antiretroviral therapy improves survival
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48199
The first antiretroviral treatments appeared in 1996. Since then, new and better drugs have been discovered that have almost turned AIDS into a chronic disease.

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Largest disease network database ever built
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48228
A team of researchers from Northeastern University and Harvard University has created a map summarizing disease associations expressed in a population of more than 30 million people.

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Rural AIDS and HIV expert comments on media campaign
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48176
A recent study revealed that the public's concern about the HIV/AIDS problem in the United States has lessened: In 1995, 44 percent of people surveyed considered HIV/AIDS the most urgent health problem, but only 5 percent of study participants reported feeling this way today, said William L. Yarber, senior director of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention at Indiana University.

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AIDS organizations endorse new HIV testing bill
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48070
Five AIDS service organizations have endorsed legislation proposed by State Senate Health Committee Chair Thomas Duane that would bring New York's HIV counseling and testing law up-to-date with the realities facing the epidemic today.

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HIV virus may have become more virulent
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48088
Damage to patients' immune systems is happening sooner now than it did at the beginning of the HIV epidemic, suggesting the virus has become more virulent, according to a new study in the May 1, 2009 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online.

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Patient to patient transmission of hepatitis B virus:
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48064
Patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) can occur as the result of routine clinical practices incorrectly thought to be risk-free.

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$45 million public awareness campaign on HIV/AIDS epidemic in U.S.
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48062
The U.S. government has announced a $45 million program to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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FDA clears rapid test for the detection of influenza A/H5N1
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48052
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today cleared for marketing a new, more rapid test for the detection of influenza A/H5N1, a disease-causing subtype of the avian influenza A virus that can infect humans.

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Stanford study shows PEPFAR program saved a million lives
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48036
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the ambitious U.S. government program begun in 2003, has cut the death toll from HIV/AIDS through 2007 by more than 10 percent in targeted countries in Africa, though it has had no appreciable effect on prevalence of the disease in those nations, according to a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine that is the first to evaluate these outcomes.

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Killing older mosquitoes is a more sustainable way to control malaria
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=48004
Killing only older mosquitoes could be a more sustainable way of controlling malaria, and has the potential to lead to evolution-proof insecticides that never become obsolete, according to an article in this week's issue of PLoS Biology.

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Our Gang

Some of our committee members are a little excited over here today. You see, I am in the process of receiving word for a scheduled meeting with a local Assemblyman. We, the heads and members of the elementary school board, are dedicated to making that school an even better place to attend next year, and for the remainder of this year. In other related news, two of (6) teachers at the school aforementioned had found their pink slips to be rescinded. Good job and congratulations to the forerunners on that front. And, it all happened so quickly. My Hiatus is over. Duty calls. I*ll go on another soon. Wink *Authentically posted by SDRoads

The mountains look so stunningly beautiful again...

glistening in the sun as they are. *SDRoads



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The Easter Bunny is all done with his Easter deliveries...

at least, in this neck of the woods. Hehehe Well, a little t.v., and it is off to dreamland for me. They are running an old flick. Them were the good ole days. Goodnight all, or should I say, good morning? Wink *SD P.S. Congratulations to Jesus on the anniversary of His victory, and ours. Alleluia *S

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HAPPY EASTER TO YOU AND YOURS, EACH AND EVERYONE! ~Love, SDRoads and Family

May each of you have victory in your lives, just as Jesus, our Savior, did... and continues to. Enjoy your vacation time. And, like I always say, if you don't get vacation time, make time. There are many things you can do, quickly, and locally, to rejuvenate yourself. If you need ideas, feel free to write me. That will be my Easter gift to you. Thanxx for stopping by. -SDRoads


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HAPPY EASTER EVE Y*ALL!

We hope your Thursday was Holy and your Friday was Good. *This EasterTime greeting from SDRoads and Family

Is there an echo in here?

DollHouse is on. YeeHaw!!! *SD

Sorry to all of my readers.

This Spam content that has been being infiltrated into my site is not of my doing. I have no way to rectify this problematic situation quickly, if at all. And, I never know when it will pop up, things of this nature. Something on Google*s end may need to be redesigned. Again, I apologize, though it is not my fault. I am outraged. It is ruining my site. *SDRoads This authentically posted by me.

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UPDATE: I just updated my site to get rid of the last spam-like entry that appeared here and was not entered by me, or my Administrative Assistant, Taliesin. I can't tell you when this will happen again. I may not be able to get to a computer quick enough to take the intrusion down. Hopefully, it will just be typical spam, and not anything too inappropriate. You see, there is an e-mail like account that runs with this site for me to enter material here. Have a great day. I will be back up and running again "full time" in the future. In the meantime, I will just be on here, and making entries, sporadically. Like I always say, thanxx for stopping by. *SDRoads, Easter Eve 2009

We just got a new gig!

Literally. :) *SD ...

Health Care News - 7th April 2009

We'd like to remind you about our latest website launched late 2008, Talk Medical (http://talk.news-medical.net). Here you can post news from your organization or company, post events you are involved in or feel would be of interest to the wider community, blog to your heart's content on current health issues or simply just share any interesting health stories you may have. Featured Posts Health of Women is Indeed Our Precious Wealth W o r l d H e a l t h D a y 7 April 2009 Health of Women is Indeed Our Precious Wealth On this year's World Health Day, let us focus on addressing issues that can improve health status of women. A wide array of socio-economic, cultural and gender-based inequalities continue to aggravate risk for women. The latest effort in this direction was a symposium on ‘nutrition in women’ held in New Delhi . Its main aim was to draw attention to the very pertinent observations of a ‘Multi Centric Study on… Continue The Welcomed Medical Benefits Of Stem Cell Therapy Over 100 years ago, a Russian histologist suggested stem cells be applied for scientific research. They are the human body’s equivalent of a generator, as they can renew, regenerate, and replicate under the right conditions. The apex of cellular therapy and regenerative/reparative medicine has been reborn after an 8 year moratorium that basically halted federal funding for stem cell research with most states in the U.S. Now the NIH can award grants to scientists involved with biomedical resear… Continue Breastfeeding reduces risk of childhood obesity Three decades ago, it was proposed that disease risk in human adults may be programmed by environmental influences acting on hormones, metabolites and neurotransmitters, during sensitive periods of early development. Since then, much supporting evidence for this hypothesis has… Continue

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Improving U.S. hospitals' efficiency could save at least $4 billion, Thomson Reuters says
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U.S. hospitals can improve patient care and save at least $4 billion by being more efficient, according to Thomson Reuters, Reuters reports.

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CMS announces $35.8 million for state health insurance assistance programs
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=47985
CMS on Friday announced that State Health Insurance Assistance Programs will receive $35.8 million to provide health insurance information to Medicare beneficiaries, CQ HealthBeat reports.

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GAO official names first 13 members of HIT Policy Advisory Committee
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Government Accountability Office acting Comptroller General Gene Dodaro last week named 13 members to a policy committee on health care information technology established under the federal economic stimulus package, CongressDaily reports.

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Lawmakers prepare for budget resolution conference committee, reconciliation likely will be sticking point
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House Budget Committee Chair John Spratt (D-S.C.) on Thursday said he hopes the conference for the fiscal year 2010 budget resolution happens "as soon as possible" so that the appropriations process can begin quickly, CongressDaily reports.

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Minorities more likely than others in California to be uninsured, families USA Survey finds
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Minorities in California are more likely than others to be uninsured in the last two years, according to a Families USA survey released last week, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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Georgia insurance commissioner launches inquiry into out-of-network payments
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Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine (R) has ordered 18 insurers that operate in Georgia to report how they establish reimbursement rates for out-of-network services, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

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Mississippi Medicaid fraud-prevention rule criticized for eliminating beneficiaries from program
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=47980
Mississippi state lawmakers last week rejected efforts to repeal a state rule requiring Medicaid beneficiaries to show up in person to renew their enrollment each year, the AP/Miami Herald reports.

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Getting the word out when the need for speed is critical to public health
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=47883
When the need for speed is critical, how can a public health department communicate with doctors and hospitals, sending alerts to help prevent or stop a public health crisis? How can thousands of health-care providers be notified about disease outbreaks, illness from food borne contaminants or even a possible pandemic?

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Congress approves budget resolutions
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=47901
The House and Senate on Thursday approved their respective versions of the fiscal year 2010 budget resolution (HConRes85, SConRes13), both of which include deficit-neutral reserve funds for health care, CongressDaily reports (Sanchez/Friedman, CongressDaily, 4/3).

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Senate unlikely to vote on Gov. Sebelius' nomination as HHS Secretary until later this month
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Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D), President Obama's choice for HHS secretary, "sailed through" a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Thursday, but the Senate likely will not take up the nomination until later this month because of objections for an immediate vote by several Republican members, the New York Times reports (Pear, New York Times, 4/3).

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Seattle not-for-profits awaiting stimulus funds to continue providing health care, other services to ethnic communities
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=47894
Many Seattle not-for-profits that provide health care and other services to ethnic communities "are eagerly awaiting" the distribution of funds from the economic stimulus package, the Northwest Asian Weekly reports (Nguyen, Northwest Asian Weekly, 4/2).

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Critics say Louisiana proposal to penalize doctors not meeting standards provides wrong type of incentive
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=47895
A Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals proposal to implement performance standards for physicians who care for low-income residents has come under criticism from child care advocates who say the program will lead doctors to stop participating in the state's CommunityCARE program, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports.

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About 500,000 Californians have lost health insurance during recession
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=47896
About 500,000 working-age Californians have lost their health insurance since the economic recession began in November 2007, according to a report the University of California-Berkeley's Center for Labor Research and Education released Wednesday, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

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Congressional progressive caucus issues letter stating majority of members will only support health reform that includes public plan option
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=47900
A majority of members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will not support any health reform legislation that does not include a public plan option, according to a letter sent on Thursday by CPC co-chairs Reps. Lynn Woosley (D-Calif.) and Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) to Democratic leaders in the House and Senate, Roll Call reports (Bendery, Roll Call, 4/2).

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Massachusetts spent $793.7 million in FY 2008 on health coverage for employees of large businesses, report finds
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The cost of providing subsidized health coverage to Massachusetts residents and their families who work for large companies increased by 24.6% to $793.7 million in the last fiscal year, according to a state Division of Health Care Finance and Policy report released on Wednesday, the Boston Globe reports.

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More large employers offer chronic disease management programs to reduce health care costs
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Eighty percent of large U.S. companies this year are offering chronic disease management programs for workers in an effort to reduce health care costs, up from 51% last year, according to a new survey by Hewitt Associates, the Houston Chronicle reports.

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One out of five Medicare patients readmitted to hospital within a month
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When a patient is discharged from the hospital, just about the last thing he or she wants is to be back in again within the next month.

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One of five hospitalized Medicare patients readmitted to hospital within 30 days
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One of five Medicare beneficiaries discharged from the hospital is readmitted within 30 days, and half of non-surgical patients are readmitted to the hospital without having seen an outpatient doctor in follow-up, according to a Commonwealth Fund-supported study in today's New England Journal of Medicine.

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Compassion fatigue: Impact on healthcare providers of caring for the terminally ill
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Compassion fatigue in nurses, doctors and other front line cancer-care providers significantly impacts how they interact with patients, with patient families, with other healthcare workers, and with their own family, according to analysis by Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute researchers published in the March issue of the Journal of Health Psychology.

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What patients really think of intensive care unit follow-up services
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Former patients believe that intensive care unit (ICU) follow-up services are important for their physical, emotional and psychological recovery.

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Brightly coloured uniforms improve perceptions of hospital nurses among children and parents
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Putting hospital nurses in brightly coloured, unconventional uniforms makes children more comfortable and parents more confident, according to a study in the April issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

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Hospital-to-hospital health information exchange begins
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LifeBridge Health has begun an electronic exchange of health information between its two hospitals, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and Northwest Hospital, and Saint Agnes Hospital, a community hospital with an overlapping service area.

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Higher hospital safety rating not associated with lower risk of in-hospital death
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Hospitals that reported higher scores on measures of safe practices did not have a significantly lower rate of in-hospital deaths compared to hospitals that reported lower scores on these measures, according to a study in the April 1 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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U.S. Supreme Court denies request for emergency injunction to block healthy San Francisco employer contribution mandates
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Golden Gate Restaurant Association's request for a temporary order barring San Francisco from requiring restaurant owners to contribute toward workers' health care costs, the San Francisco Chronicle reports (Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 3/31).

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California stimulus funding not enough to stave off cuts to some health care services
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Friday signed five bills into law that allow California to receive more than $17.5 billion in federal economic stimulus aid, but the funding will not be enough for the state to avoid $3 billion in tax increases and cuts to services to balance its budget, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

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Minorities underrepresented in New York state physician workforce, study finds
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Few minorities in New York state are entering the health care field despite an increase in the number of minorities moving there, according to a study recently published by the University at Albany's Center for Health Workforce Studies, the Albany Times Union reports.

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HHS report says health reform vital to U.S. economy as costs rise, quality of care worsens
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Comprehensive health care reform is necessary this year because of rising costs and the declining quality of care, according to an HHS report released on Monday, Reuters/Boston Globe reports.

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President Obama meets with house Democrats, links passage of budget with ability to move on health reform
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President Obama on Monday met with House Democrats in closed-door sessions to discuss his fiscal year 2010 budget proposal, during which he linked the passage of his budget to the ability to act on major issues including health care reform, Politico reports.

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Pennsylvania health system decreasing complications, costs with 'warranty' system emphasizing best practices
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The Washington Post on Tuesday examined how Pennsylvania's Geisinger Health System has successfully improved outcomes for elective heart surgery patients through its 90-day warranty program, which charges a flat fee covering the cost of the procedure and any needed follow-up care. Geisinger operates its own insurance plan and has 41 clinics, three hospitals and 650 staff physicians.

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Couples retiring this year need $240,000 to cover medical expenses
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65-year-old retired couple this year would need $240,000 on average to cover medical expenses, according to a recent study by Fidelity Investments, the AP/Long Island Newsday reports.

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CMS announces new rules for Medicare Advantage plans that aim to protect sick beneficiaries from high out-of-pocket costs
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CMS on Monday announced that insurers looking to offer Medicare Advantage plans this year must cap out-of-pocket charges and that the agency will eliminate MA plans that have 10 or fewer beneficiaries, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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Retention is part of the answer to the nursing shortage
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A new research study, published in the March/April issue of the journal Nursing Economics, has determined what factors can help keep new nurses from leaving their jobs and - in doing so - save health systems money.

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Low-income families with sick children often enrolled in high-deductible health care plans
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High-deductible health plans are increasingly used by healthy people who are unlikely to incur high medical expenses.

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