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Roswell Park Awarded $2.8 Million Grant To Study Ovarian Cancer
The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $2.8 million Research Project (RO1) grant to Roswell Park Cancer Institute http://www.roswellpark.org/ (RPCI) researchers to investigate the role of immunological pathways in the development of ovarian cancer.
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Economy Squeezing Access To Health Care
As unemployment rises, many Florida women are "turning to federally subsidized mammograms and pap smears, and county health officials are worried they could be overwhelmed," The Orlando Sentinel reports. "Since 1990, the Centers for Disease Control [and Prevention] has provided free and low-cost mammograms and pap smears to uninsured or underinsured women between 40 and 64 years old. In Florida, only women 50 to 64 years old qualify. Although the number of women screened in Florida through this federal program has increased through the years, unemployment in women 55 to 64 years old has nearly doubled, from 3.4 percent in 2008 to 6.3 percent now. Demand always has exceeded available services - only 15 percent of eligible women get the breast exams, according to the CDC - but the number of women who will now qualify for the free tests is expected to outstrip the funding provided by Congress" (Maza, 7/15).
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Obama Considers Taxing Health Benefits To Pay For Reform
As President Obama looks for a way to pay for health care reform in the United States, key Democrats advocate taxing employer-provided health benefits, The Washington Post reports.
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Teach Your Patients About Their Medicines To Avoid Misadventure, UK

The National Prescribing Service Ltd (NPS) is urging health professionals to teach patients how to identify the active ingredient in their medicines to avoid mix ups and adverse events. A recent NPS literature review found six per cent of hospitalisations are due to adverse events, which increases to nearly 30 per cent in the elderly. Past studies have confirmed that many hospitalisations due to adverse events could have been avoided if the patient had understood their medicines. "Some people identify their medicines by colour and shape, which gets them in trouble if they have to switch brands," NPS CEO, Dr Lynn Weekes said. "There are numerous anecdotes about patients who thought a different brand was a completely different medicine and took both, or stopped taking the medicine completely because they didn"t know what it was." "GPs and pharmacists are trusted experts and are well placed to teach people how to read and understand their medicine labels. To help you do this, NPS has developed several tools that can be used in any pharmacy or GP clinic," Dr Weekes said. These include the NPS Medicine Name Finder, which is an online tool that identifies the active ingredient in PBS-listed prescription medicines and their alternate brand names, and a Medicines List. When a brand name is entered into the NPS Medicine Name Finder, the active ingredient appears and when the active ingredient is entered all available brand names appear. Users are then prompted to record their medicine details on a downloadable Medicines List or print the information to discuss it with their health professional. A link is also provided to the Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) leaflet which contains more details about the medicine. Medicines Lists provide a standard template for recording the necessary information about a patient"s current medicines - names, dosage, dosing frequency and indications - in one simple document they can carry around and update as necessary. "Demonstrating these tools to your patients will not only ensure they understand what they are taking but also provide a check for the health professional to ensure they know what has been prescribed and dispensed," Dr Weekes said. Medicines Lists and the NPS Medicine Name Finder are available to download for free at www.nps.org.au/activeingredient. The Medicine Name Finder can also be saved as a Google Gadget for fast, easy use if you have an iGoogle account. The National Prescribing Service Limited


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