Rwandan Religious Leaders Receive HIV Tests To Help Fight Stigma Associated With Virus Fifty religious leaders from across Rwanda gathered last weekend in the city of Nyandungu to publicly receive HIV tests in an effort to fight the stigma associated with the virus, Rwanda's New Times reports. According to the Times, the one-day event sought to highlight the role of faith leaders in the fight against HIV/AIDS and develop strategies to reduce HIV/AIDS-related stigma.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSenators Ask CMS To Reconsider Decision To Delay Second Phase Of Disease Management Pilot Program Several senators in a letter last week asked CMS to reconsider a decision to delay implementation of the second phase of a pilot program that provides disease management services to Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions, CQ
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Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTobacco Carcinogen Floored by Gene 'Knockout' In large-scale field trials, scientists from North Carolina State University have shown that silencing a specific gene in burley tobacco plants significantly reduces harmful carcinogens in cured tobacco leaves.The finding could lead to tobacco products - especially smokeless products - with reduced amounts of cancer-causing agents.NC State's Dr.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMedical Devices Used In Interrogations There is evidence that brain imaging technology is being used to interrogate suspected terrorists despite concerns that it may not be reliable, and that it might inadvertently promote abuse of detainees, according to a Penn State researcher.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHospitals Increasingly Reviewing Patients' Personal Financial Information To Gauge Ability To Pay A "growing number" of U.S. hospitals are accessing patients' personal financial information to help determine how likely patients are to pay their medical bills, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSen. Cornyn Op-Ed Discusses Need For Medicare Physician Payment System Overhaul Without "immediate reforms to the way our government pays physicians under Medicare, we can expect a major decline in the number of physicians available and an ever higher spike in the cost of care," Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) writes in a Houston Chronicle opinion piece.
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