Disease Prevention Not Necessarily A Money Saver

The Associated Press reports on the costs of disease prevention: “When it comes to health care spending, an ounce of prevention is seldom worth a pound of cure. …The truth is, shockingly few prevention efforts actually save the health care system money overall, despite claims by the president and some in Congress.
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National Council On Aging And Medicare Diabetes Screening Project Launch New Program To Educate Seniors About Medicare's Benefits For Diabetes

At a meeting sponsored by the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and the Medicare Diabetes Screening Project (MDSP), former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, experts in diabetes research and education, and representatives of senior-serving organizations from a four-state area gathered in Washington, DC to draw attention to the need for increased screening for diabetes among [...]

'We Want Sex, Not AIDS'

Health workers fail to understand the importance of sex for Tanzanian children Community health organisations working on AIDS prevention projects in Tanzania, frequently fail to understand how children in Tanzania deal with sex. Miranda van Reeuwijk followed a large group of children in order to help change this situation. The children mainly [...]

Discarded Fallopian Tubes Could Be Rich Source Of Stem Cells, Study

Fallopian tubes normally discarded after hysterectomies and other procedures could become rich potential sources for mesenchymal stem cells which like other types of stem cell can be coaxed to develop into a variety of cell types, according to a new study by researchers in Brazil.
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HIV Antibody Tests Unreliable For Early Infections In Teens

A previously healthy teenager shows up at the doctor’s office with a sore throat, fever, aches and general malaise. Routine blood tests are normal, an HIV test comes back negative, and the pediatrician sends the patient home with a diagnosis of acute viral infection. Two weeks later, the teen returns complaining of [...]

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