The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced it is awarding 15 grants totaling almost $28 million over four years to organizations that help children and adolescents deal with traumatic experiences. [...][click link for full article]
Archive for Mai, 2008
Samhsa Awards $28 Million To Help Children And Adolescents Suffering From Trauma, Usa
Published at Mai 31st, 2008‘traffic Pollution Leaves Us Choking’, Say More Than Three In Five With Asthma, Uk
Published at Mai 31st, 2008As Cardiff gears up for the annual ‘In town, without your car!’ event, opinion research released by Asthma UK Cymru shows that traffic pollution is one of the most commonly reported asthma triggers for people with asthma across Wales, with more than three out of five (65%) claiming it leaves them gasping for breath. [...][click [...]
Terrence Higgins Trust Offers Chlamydia Tests In Basildon Nightclub, Uk
Published at Mai 31st, 2008On 28th September HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) will be offering Chlamydia testing at Colors nightclub in Basildon. The testing will be offered to under 24’s from 9pm to midnight at the gay venue and is being undertaken in collaboration with South West Essex Primary Care Trust. [...][click link [...]
Chinese Made Cribs Linked To Two Infant Deaths And Several Incidents
Published at Mai 31st, 2008About one million baby cribs, made in China, have been recalled by Simplicity Inc., a supplier to large retailers, such as Wal-Mart, due to failures resulting in infant deaths. The US Consumer Safety Commission (CPSC) says it is a voluntary recall. [...][click link for full article]
Worst Cases Of Multiple Myeloma Can Be Singled Out By Gene Therapy To Receive Guided Therapy
Published at Mai 31st, 2008Multiple myeloma patients vary widely in how they respond to treatment, but now researchers at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have identified a small subset of genes whose activity could predict high-risk cases and potentially guide therapy in the future. [...][click link for full article]
Chinese Provincial Governments Hampering National Policies On Hiv/aids, Washington Post Reports
Published at Mai 30th, 2008Provincial and local governments in China are failing to implement national policies on HIV/AIDS, including the provision of no-cost HIV testing, counseling and antiretroviral drugs to low-income populations, the Washington Post reports. [...][click link for full article]
Veterans Affairs Secretary Addresses Efforts To Reduce Disability Claims
Published at Mai 30th, 2008Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson, who will leave his post on Oct. 1, on Tuesday testified before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee that the VA is struggling to reduce a backlog of disability claims and working to process the claims in a timely manner, AP/USA Today reports. [...][click link for full article]
Cause Of Job’s Syndrome Identified
Published at Mai 30th, 2008The rare immunodeficiency disorder known as Job’s syndrome is caused by a specific genetic mutation that both overstimulates and understimulates the human immune system, leading to harmful bacterial and fungal infections and the physical features characteristic of the syndrome, according to two indep [...][click link for full article]
Studying The Physics Of Baseball
Published at Mai 30th, 2008Steroid use by a Major League Baseball slugger may produce only modest increases in muscle mass and bat and ball speed but still boost home run production by 50 percent or more, according to a new study by Tufts University physicist Roger Tobin. [...][click link for full article]
34.7% Of Non-elderly Americans Uninsured Over Two Year Period - A Total Of 89.6 Million
Published at Mai 30th, 2008About 89.9 million non-elderly Americans, roughly one third of the country’s population, were at some point uninsured during the period 2006-2007, says a report published by Families USA. The report’s data is focused mainly on information gathered from the Census Bureau. The report revealed that the majority of these people did not have health [...]