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Weight Guidelines For Women Pregnant With Twins
Healthy, normal-weight women pregnant with twins should gain between 37 and 54 pounds, according to research from a Michigan State University professor who helped shape the recently released national guidelines on gestational weight gain.

At SLEEP 2009 In Seattle This June More Than 6,500 Scientists And Doctors Expected To Convene
Recent studies have linked sleep loss and sleep disorders to health problems such as depression, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and stroke. The latest findings in sleep research will be presented and discussed by more than 6,500 scientists and sleep specialists when the SLEEP 2009 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies convenes at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Wash. from June 8 to 11.
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Mayo Clinic Study Continues To Refine Most Effective Methods To Predict Alzheimer's Disease
A new Mayo Clinic study found that the clinical criteria for mild cognitive impairment is better at predicting who will develop Alzheimer"s disease than a single memory test. This is one more piece of information to aid in the identification and early treatment of individuals most likely to develop Alzheimer"s disease. This study will be presented at the Alzheimer"s Association International Conference on Alzheimer"s Disease on July 14 in Vienna.
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Industry Asked To Fund Government Purchasing, Australia

Medicines Australia chief executive Ian Chalmers said tonight he was disappointed by the Government"s decision to reintroduce legislation forcing the pharmaceutical industry to fund the Government"s own Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee. Mr Chalmers said the Government"s move to recover the cost of the PBAC"s decisionmaking was inappropriate and would put at risk access to new medicines for small patient-population groups. "We have consistently argued it is fundamentally inappropriate for the industry to pay for Government procurement decision-making. Our view has not changed one iota over the last three years," Mr Chalmers said. "The procurement of pharmaceuticals for the PBS is a government function and it"s unreasonable for industry to be expected to pay for the business of government. "The proposal put forward by Government risks Australian patients" access to medicines. It does not improve the expensive and lengthy process for PBS listing of new medicines and it deters innovation and investment in the Australian pharmaceutical industry. "Frankly, it has no merit." Mr Chalmers said cost-recovery was particularly unwelcome at a time when the pharmaceutical industry in Australia was being forced to cut the price of its medicines by a further $175 million as a result of additional savings measures announced in tonight"s Federal Budget. Medicines Australia


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