Novel Toxin Receptor Discovered For Helicobacter Pylori Helicobacter pylori is one tough bug. It can survive in the human stomach, a zone with a pH somewhere between that of lemon juice and battery acid. Now researchers have discovered how an H. pylori toxin gets into cells, a feat that helps the bacterium live in one of the most inhospitable environments in the body.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIndian State Launches HIV/TB Testing Program The Hindu on Thursday examined a cross-referral program for HIV and TB testing launched in January in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Under the program, all people who test positive for one of the diseases are tested for the other if they give their consent.
Health workers accompany people to be tested.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThermo Fisher Scientific Announces 2008 Laboratory Informatics Symposium In China Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has scheduled its 2008 Laboratory Informatics Symposium (LIS) to take place on 9-10 July 2008 at the Sheraton Dameisha Resort in Shenzhen, China.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAbortion Opponents Call On Bush To Implement Title X Gag Rule Abortion opponents are calling on President Bush to issue new regulations that would prohibit Title X family planning program funding to clinics that counsel women about abortion as a possible option or offer referrals for abortion, the Wall Street Journal reports. The regulations also would prohibit funding to clinics that, with non-federal dollars, provide abortion services.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSouth Carolina House Approves Cigarette Tax Increase To Fund Health Care For Low-Income Residents The South Carolina House on Wednesday approved legislation that would increase the state cigarette tax by 50 cents per pack to fund
health care programs for low-income state residents, the AP/Winston-Salem Journal reports. The state Senate approved the bill earlier this month.The tax increase is expected to generate an estimated $159 million in additional revenue.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHigh Triglycerides Common In People Who Are Obese And/Or Diabetic, At Risk For Heart Disease Diabetes researchers at the John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have identified a potential target for the development of new therapies to treat hypertriglyceridemia, a lipid disorder commonly seen in people who are obese and diabetic. Results of their study are published in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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