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New York Fights AIDS
The New York State Department of Health has awarded $2.9 million to 16 community-based organizations in order to fight HIV/AIDS among minority communities in the state.

July 30, 2007

Buffalo Women Get Tested
Several prominent black and Latina women in western New York State made a public showing of taking HIV tests yesterday during a church service in Buffalo, NY.

July 23, 2007

Medicare To Reduce U.S. Payments For Anemia Drugs (Reuters Health)
The U.S. Medicare health insurance program said on Friday it would reduce payments for anemia drugs when used to treat elderly and disabled patients who are undergoing kidney dialysis.

New Drugs Tied To Improving Survival For Metastatic Breast Cancer (Reuters Health)
The introduction of new therapeutic agents in the last decade has resulted in improved survival for women with metastatic breast cancer, findings from a population-based study suggest.

July 20, 2007

African-American Women Present With Later Stage, Higher Grade Breast Cancers (Reuters Health)
African-American women with breast cancer are more likely than Caucasian women to present with late stage, higher grade tumors, according to a report in the July 9th advance edition of Cancer.

Shock Wave Therapy Useful For Resistant Stress Fracture In Athletes (Reuters Health)
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a noninvasive and effective method of treating resistant stress fractures in athletes, according to a report of five cases in the American Journal of Sports Medicine for July.

July 11, 2007

Aspirin Resistance Tied To Worse Outcomes In CAD (Reuters Health)
Patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) who are resistant to aspirin face an increased risk of adverse clinical outcomes, Chinese researchers report.

July 02, 2007

Never Too Old To Get Healthy
Think it’s too late to start adopting healthy eating and fitness habits? Not so, according to researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Chronic Illness In Children Rising
The number of American children who suffer from chronic illnesses has risen sharply in recent years, says a new report from researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.