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Obesity In Pregnancy Increases Risk Of Asthma In Offspring
Babies born to obese mothers may have an increased risk of asthma, according to data from a new study to be presented on May 19 at the 105th International Conference of the American Thoracic Society in San Diego.
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Minnesota Passes Legislation Allowing Mid-level Oral Health Provider
History was made on May 13, 2009, as Minnesota became the first state to pass legislation allowing a "mid-level" oral health provider into state statute - enabling students who are educated under the Advanced Dental Hygiene Practitioner (ADHP) model to become licensed to practice. The Minnesota state House and Senate overwhelmingly passed Senate File 2083, a bill establishing the Dental Therapist and Advanced Dental Therapist providers in the state. Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signed the bill into law on May 16.
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Insights Into Failed HIV-1 Vaccine Trial: Study
Following the disbandment of the STEP trial to test the efficacy of the Merck HIV-1 vaccine candidate in 2007, the leading explanation for why the vaccine was ineffective - and may have even increased susceptibility to acquiring the virus - centered on the hypothesis that high levels of baseline Ad5-specific neutralizing antibodies may have increased HIV-1 acquisition among the study subjects who received the vaccine by increasing Ad5-specific CD4+ T-cells that were susceptible to HIV-1 infection.
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Health Care Reform Legislation Would Expand Access To Pharmacist Patient Care Services

Legislation released June 9 by Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Edward Kennedy (D-MA) would expand access to pharmacist-delivered medication therapy management (MTM) services for patients suffering from chronic diseases. The Affordable Health Choices Act - not yet introduced in the Senate - would provide grants to expand opportunities for pharmacists to deliver MTM services through local community-based, multi-disciplinary health teams to patients who suffer from chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes. The announcement was welcomed by a coalition of 14 national pharmacy organizations established to raise awareness about the human and financial costs of inappropriate medication use. The U.S. healthcare system currently incurs more than $177 billion annually in mostly avoidable health costs to treat adverse drug events from the inappropriate use of medications. In addition, the treatment of chronic disease costs our health system $1.3 trillion annually - about 75 cents of every healthcare dollar. MTM services provided by pharmacists, working with physicians and other healthcare providers, helps improve therapeutic outcomes, reduces medication errors and adverse drug events, enhances coordination of care, improves patients" overall quality of life, and reduces overall healthcare costs. The pharmacy profession, encompassing all practice settings, applauds the Senate HELP Committee proposal for identifying the problems associated with inappropriate medication use and for recognizing the important role of pharmacists as providers of clinical care services that can improve the quality of patient care by focusing on appropriate medication use and can contribute to reducing overall costs in the treatment of chronic diseases. The coalition particularly recognizes the efforts of Senators Kennedy, Dodd (D-CT), Enzi (R-WY), Gregg (R-NH) and Mikulski (D-MD) who worked hard on behalf of patients to secure these important provisions. The fourteen coalition members are: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) American Pharmacist Association (APhA) American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) Food Marketing Institute (FMI) National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Rite Aid Corporation Safety Net Hospitals for Pharmaceutical Access (SNHPA) Walgreens American Pharmacist Association


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