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The Alliance For The Advancement Of Adult Stem Cell Therapy And Research Announces Successful Treatment Of End-Stage Heart Disease With Stem Cells
Zannos Grekos, MD, Associate Clinical Professor at Nova Southeastern University, has announced six month follow-up results for a patient treated with adult stem cells in a clinical study of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. The clinical study is a collaborative effort among physicians at Regenocyte Therapeutic, an American stem cell therapy clinic; researchers and scientists from Theravitae, a biotechnology company from Israel; and physicians from the American Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Dominican Republic.
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Needle Exchange Programs Could Save Texas 'Millions Of Dollars,' Opinion Piece Says
Needle exchange programs (NEPs) "are an inexpensive public health intervention, especially when compared with the social costs of treating individuals with HIV or hepatitis-related chronic liver disease," Maureen Trotter, a pathologist and president of the Taylor-Jones-Haskell County Medical Society, writes in the Abilene Reporter News. She adds that legislation introduced this year in the Texas Legislature "to allow public health departments and organizations to establish disease control programs that provide for the anonymous exchange of used hypodermic needles and syringes for sterile ones, offer education and substance abuse treatment and blood-borne disease testing" failed to come to a floor vote. Trotter further discusses NEPs, citing data on outcomes of NEPs, and writes, "The costs of preventing one case of HIV is estimated between $4,000 and $12,000 via NEPs. The medical cost of treating a person infected with HIV is about $200,000," adding, "These programs, if implemented, could save Texas millions of dollars" (7/12).
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Why Anorexic Patients Cling To Their Eating Disorder
Anorexic patients drastically reduce food intake and are often not capable of changing their behavior. This can lead to life-threatening weight loss. Using MRI technology, scientists at Heidelberg University Hospital have discovered for the first time processes in brain metabolism that explain this disturbed eating behavior.
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Government Of Canada Protects Children And Youth From Tobacco Marketing

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, tabled legislation in the House of Commons to protect children and youth from tobacco marketing that encourages them to smoke. "Our Government is taking concrete steps to protect young people from marketing practices that entice them to smoke tobacco," said Minister Aglukkaq. "We are following through on Prime Minister Stephen Harper"s commitment in 2008 to make tobacco products less affordable, less accessible and less appealing to the most vulnerable segment of our population -- young people." The proposed amendments to the Tobacco Act , coming just in advance of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, would prohibit the addition of fruit flavours and other additives, such as vitamins or sugar, that give a candy flavour to little cigars (also known as cigarillos), cigarettes and blunt wraps (sheets or tubes of tobacco). The changes would also require that little cigars and blunt wraps be packaged like cigarettes in minimum quantities of 20. This will put an end the industry practice of selling these products in single or small quantity "kiddy-packs" that are affordable to youth. The Bill would also remove a current exception in the Tobacco Act that allows ads to be placed in publications with an adult readership of at least 85 per cent. This measure responds to a recent resurgence of tobacco ads in free entertainment weeklies and daily newspapers. Once adopted, these amendments will position Canada as a world leader in tobacco control. "These are positive steps forward in the fight against tobacco," said Paul Thomey, Chair of Tobacco Policy for The Canadian Lung Association. "Strong measures such as these not only will protect Canada "s children from the harmful effects of smoking, but will also serve to curtail industry tactics aimed at marketing their products to the youth of this country." "On behalf of Canada"s doctors and their patients, I"d like to thank the Federal Government for introducing these measures," said Canadian Medical Association President Dr. Robert Ouellet. "Closing loopholes is a huge step forward in protecting our children from a deadly addiction to tobacco." The amendments will be complemented by consultations with a wide array of stakeholders that will take place as part of the renewal of the Federal Tobacco Control Strategy - the government"s policy framework to reduce death and disease caused by tobacco use - slated for 2011. Health Canada


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