Health Care Reform Legislation Would Expand Access To Pharmacist-Patient Care Services The American Pharmacist Association (APhA) applauds Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont, for unveiling the Committee's long-awaited health care reform proposal. The release of the Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 will continue to advance legislative process and hopefully lead to passage of meaningful healthcare reform that will benefit millions of Americans. The bill is estimated to cost $856 billion over 10 years.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCollagen-deficient Mice Show Signs Of Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis (OA) and degenerative disc disease (DDD) are common, chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Both diseases cause joint pain, loss of function, and decreased quality of life for the more than 27 million OA and 59 million DDD suffers in the US. According to a 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, arthritis such as OA costs the U.S. economy nearly $128 billion per year in medical care and indirect expenses including lost wages and productivity.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comToo Few Americans Eating Their Fruit And Veg, CDC Report Not enough Americans are eating their fruit and veg: a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that not one state is meeting national objectives for consumption of fruit and vegetables. The report, titled State Indicator Report on Fruits and Vegetables, 2009, was published by the CDC on Tuesday 29 September.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLeading MP To Launch 'Ask Your Pharmacist Week' The National
Pharmacy Association (NPA) has this week announced the launch of the first ever 'Ask Your Pharmacist (AYP) Week', taking place at the start of November. AYP Week (9th to 15th November) has been set up to raise awareness of seven key services that patients can access through community
pharmacy, and to promote pharmacists as the experts in medicines.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUS Breast Cancer Deaths Falling But Not For African Americans Despite it being the most common cancer among women, death rates due to breast cancer continue to fall in the US, except for African Americans, where the rate remains steady.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comInput From Pharmacists Sought For New Version Of Professional Practice Standards, Australia Standards for
pharmacy's various practice activities are the cornerstone of its profession and compliance with such standards in the day-to-day practice setting guarantees a quality outcome for the public, President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Warwick Plunkett, said today. He stressed that ensuring such standards exist and are in line with contemporary practice is a major responsibility for PSA on behalf of the profession.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comComparative Effectiveness: Back Surgery Remains Popular Despite Poor Study Results Studies have recently found that vertebroplasty - a type of back surgery in which cement is injected into the spine - isn't effective, but many patients and their doctors insist it works. The surgery "is under scrutiny after two recent studies in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded the popular treatment to ease pain from back fractures, typically caused by osteoporosis, is no more effective than a sham surgery,"
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSaint John's Spine Surgeon Uses ILIF Procedure To Treat Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Only 37, Janie Lee had endured excruciating back pain for 20 years. She couldn't stay in one position for more than five minutes, and walking hunched over was the only way she could get around. Her
search for help took her to several doctors and an emergency room, but it wasn't until she found Hyun Bae, M.D., a renowned spine specialist at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica that she received the diagnosis and care that would return her life to her.
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