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No Time For Complacency On Swine Flu - Australian Medical Association AMA Vice President, Dr Steve Hambleton, said today that the AMA is encouraging people to visit their GP to be immunised against swine flu. It has been reported that there are still far too many Australians who have not been vaccinated to protect themselves from the virus. Dr Hambleton said that people should not be complacent because of the warmer weather or because swine flu is no longer dominating the TV and radio news or the newspaper headlines. ...more	21 Nov 2009
AMA Urges Safety And Common Sense In Schoolies Week, Australia AMA Vice President, Dr Steve Hambleton, said today that Schoolies Week is a traditional celebration for students after a tough year, but it is also a time of high health risk for young people. Dr Hambleton, a Brisbane GP, said the focus has been on preventing the risks of alcohol and binge drinking but students should be equally careful and cautious about their sexual health. ...more	21 Nov 2009
Reid Advances Dems' Health Reform Effort With Release Of Senate Bill "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid set the stage for a climactic debate in the Senate over health care by unveiling a 10-year, $848 billion bill that would extend insurance to 31 million Americans without coverage," The Wall Street Journal reports. The proposed measure, which totals 2,074 pages in length, "is the Senate's answer to a bill that narrowly passed the House Nov. 7. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Daschle Still Making Voice Heard On Health Care The Hill reports that former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle helped Obama Administration officials strategize to win health care reform votes from Senators on Capitol Hill Wednesday. ...more	20 Nov 2009
For World Toilet Day, News Outlets Examine Poor Sanitation Conditions Around World In light of World Toilet Day Thursday, several news outlets examine the impact of poor sanitation on health. Reuters examines the challenges of poor sanitation in Mumbai, India, "where more than half its 18 million residents live in slums and where the average ratio of people to toilets is 81:1. ...more	20 Nov 2009
A Look At How Key Provisions Compare In The House And Senate Bills The New York Times reports that "the health care proposals from the House and the Senate are broadly similar but differ on some major issues." It reports on five issues - the public plan, employer contribution, abortion, illegal immigrants and financing - and puts differences in bold type (11/19). ...more	20 Nov 2009
Antiabortion-Rights Advocates Protest 'Bubble Zone' Ordinance Outside Chicago Clinics About 40 antiabortion-rights advocates protested a "bubble zone" ordinance on Tuesday at a North Side Planned Parenthood clinic in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. The measure took effect on Wednesday. ...more	20 Nov 2009
The American Optometric Association And Digital Healthcare, Inc. Sign Memorandum Of Understanding The American Optometric Association (AOA) and Digital Healthcare, Inc. (DH) have joined together to assist optometrists in providing better care for patients with diabetes and other chronic diseases, and in promoting public health. Both parties recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). ...more	20 Nov 2009
CBO: Senate Health Bill Would Reduce Deficit $130 Billion Over A Decade The Washington Post reports: "Democratic leaders were jubilant that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office determined that the Senate bill would cut federal deficits by $130 billion over the next decade. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Residential Design For Persons With Neurological Disability IOS Press announces the November 2009 publication of a special issue of NeuroRehabilitation: An International Journal devoted to residential design for persons with neurodisability. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Elevated Pollution Levels Near Regional Airports, A Hidden Threat Scientists are reporting evidence that air pollution - a well-recognized problem at major airports - may pose an important but largely overlooked health concern for people living near smaller regional airports. Those airports are becoming an increasingly important component of global air transport systems. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Stanford Hospital Aims To Identify Early Patients With Delirium When a nurse in the orthopedic unit asked her new post-operative patient where she was, the response had a pleasant ring: "I'm at a spa." But that answer sent the nurse straight to the phone. She called Kathleen Turner-Hubbard, MS, NP, and asked her to come to the D-ground unit. In a hurry. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Sen. Grassley Prods Med Schools About Medical Journal Ghostwriting Practices "Senator Charles E. Grassley wrote to 10 top medical schools Tuesday to ask what they are doing about professors who put their names on ghostwritten articles in medical journals - and why that practice was any different from plagiarism by students," The New York Times reports. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Concerns About Outdoor Second-Hand Smoke Indoor smoking bans have forced smokers at bars and restaurants onto outdoor patios, but a new University of Georgia study in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that these outdoor smoking areas might be creating a new health hazard. The study, thought to be the first to assess levels of a nicotine byproduct known as cotinine in nonsmokers exposed to second-hand smoke outdoors, found levels up to 162 percent greater than in the control group. ...more	19 Nov 2009
CLASS Act, Individual Mandate Draw New Attention To Health Bills Some provisions in the health bills are attracting a new wave of analyses and some criticism of the health reform bills. The "individual mandate" issue has taken on new life because of conservatives' "assertion that under the Democrats' plan, people who refuse to buy health insurance could spend five years in prison," The Wall Street Journal reports. ...more	19 Nov 2009
A Selection Of Today's Opinions And Editorials What Our Amendment Does Politico Rather than work with us to find a true compromise, members who support abortion rights ignored our concerns (Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., 11/18). ...more	19 Nov 2009
White House Reports Billions Lost In Improper Payments For Medicare, Other Government Programs The White House announced Tuesday that billions of federal dollars were spent in improper payments in 2009 and that spending in the Medicare and Medicaid programs accounted for more than half of that total. President Barack Obama will issue an executive order to crack down on the problem, officials said. ...more	19 Nov 2009
U.S. Health Officials Testify Before Senate Committee About H1N1 Vaccine Campaign U.S. health officials defended their handling of the country's H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine campaign Tuesday "against criticism that their plan to protect Americans was confusing and over-optimistic," Reuters reports (Fox, 11/17). ...more	19 Nov 2009
Opinions: Fighting TB; Currency Transaction Tax Innovation, Coordination Needed To 'Bring TB Research Into The 21st Century' Though tuberculosis "is one of the world's leading killers â�¦ few citizens, scientists and policymakers are demanding more attention to TB research, treatment and prevention. â�¦ It's time to bring TB research into the 21st century," Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, writes in an ...more	19 Nov 2009
Introverts Experience More Health Problems People who experience a lot of negative emotions and do not express these experience more health problems, says Dutch researcher Aline Pelle. She discovered that heart failure patients with a negative outlook reported their complaints to a physician or nurse far less often. The personality of the partner can also exert a considerable influence on these patients. Aline Pelle investigated patients with a so-called type D personality. ...more	19 Nov 2009
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