Inspiring Doctors ,Go Far Afield to Battle Epidemics

Dr. Young, 33, & the nurses they trained here have persuaded lots of pregnant females to get tested & take the drugs that prevent them from passing the illness to their newborns. It is all part of a charitable hard work they joined in 2008 for $40,000 a year & the chance to work in this AIDS-afflicted country, which has one pediatrician in its whole government health method.

MASHAI, Lesotho , At a clinic in the mountains, reached only by crossing a churning river in a rowboat, Dr. Paul Young, a pediatrician raised in the housing projects of Savannah, Ga., soothed a fussy infant. He stared at him, fascinated, as they made soft popping sounds together with his lips & listened to her heart through a stethoscope. I was two times afraid to look at the babies check results,they said after examining a bunch of kids, who were born healthy despite having H.I.V.-positive mothers. But now, most of them are negative.

Read more...

Calorie-Counting Rule to Leave Out Movie Theaters

The federal government on Friday released proposed rules requiring chain restaurants and other businesses that serve food to post calorie counts on menus and menu boards. But after objections from theater chains, the rules give a pass to those box-office snacks  although a giant popcorn and soda can contain as lots of calories as a typical person needs in a day.

Movie theaters don't hesitate to wag a stern finger at their patrons: Shhh! Turn off your cell phone. Don't talk in the work of the film. But don't ask them to tell you how lots of calories are in that jumbo tub of popcorn.

Read more...

Patients With Medicaid Cards, but No Specialist to See

LAFAYETTE, La. Eight-year-old Draven Smith was expelled from school last year for disruptive behavior, and they is being expelled again this year. But his sister and his pediatrician cannot discover a mental health specialist to treat him because they is on Medicaid, and the program, which provides health coverage for the poor, pays doctors so tiny that plenty of refuse to take its patients. The issue is common here and across the country, as states, scrambling to balance their budgets, look for cuts in Medicaid, which is one of their largest expenditures. And it presents the Obama administration with a major challenge, since the new federal health care law depends heavily on Medicaid to cover plenty of individuals who now lack medical health insurance.

Read more...

'Good Cholesterol' Nanoparticles Seek And Destroy Cancer Cells

High-density lipoprotein's hauls excess cholesterol to the liver for disposal, but new research suggests "good cholesterol" can also act as a special delivery vehicle of destruction for cancer.

Synthetic HDL nanoparticles loaded with small interfering RNA to silence cancer-promoting genes selectively shrunk or destroyed ovarian cancer tumors in mice, a research team led by scientists from The University of Michigan MD Anderson Cancer Middle and the University of North Michigan Health Science Middle reports in the April edition of Neoplasia.

Read more...

Arizona Asks to Set Fines for Health Risks

This is an annual fee that says to consumers, Hey, we're not going to prevent you from smoking, but you need to put a tiny bit more in to the method because it costs us more,Ms. Coury said, citing a 2006 survey that showed that 46 percent of the patients in the states Medicaid program were smokers.

HOENIX - Arizona's Medicaid program, criticized last year when it halted some organ transplants to save money, has come up with another cost-saving measure that has people speaking. Following the lead of some private health designs, which charge premiums to members who smoke or engage in other unhealthy behavior, Arizona's Health Care Cost Containment Method has proposed charging smokers $50 a year & applying a similar fee to diabetes patients who do not follow their doctor's orders to lose weight, said Monica Coury, a spokeswoman for the state Medicaid agency.

Read more...

More Physicians Say No to Endless Workdays

My brother tried hard to get home, but work always got in the way, Dr. Dewar said. Even on Christmas morning, they would must wait to open our presents until Dad was done rounding at the hospital.

HONESDALE, Pa. Even as a girl, Dr. Kate Dewar appeared destined to inherit the small-town medical practice of her grandfather & brother. At 4, they could describe how to insert a pulmonary catheter. At 12, they could suture a gash. & when they entered medical school, they & her brother talked eagerly about practicing together. But when they finishes residency this summer, Dr. Dewar, 31, won't be going home. In lieu, they will take a job as a salaried emergency room doctor at a hospital in Elmira, N.Y., six hours away. An important reason is that they prefers the fast pace & fascinating puzzles of emergency medicine, but another reason is that on Feb. 7 they gave birth to twins, & they cannot imagine raising them while working as hard as her brother did.

Read more...