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Healthcare :: Test project of patient-centered medical home model endorsed by American College of Physicians

The American College of Physicians (ACP) this week endorsed a test project of a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH). The project, to be conducted in Florida, will combine the resources of the UnitedHealth Group (UHG), the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) with ACP to test a model that has the potential to dramatically improve healthcare delivery and quality.

HIV :: AHF Welcomes FDA Approval of Pfizer?s Selzentry AIDS Drug

On the heels of the fourth International AIDS Society?s Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, which took place in Sydney in late July, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) welcomed yesterday?s news that the FDA has approved Pfizer Inc.?s new AIDS salvage therapy, Selzentry (maraviroc), a different class of new antiretroviral AIDS drug which had been discussed and presented at the IAS conference.

Oyster :: Avoid Eating Raw Oysters from Southern Tip of Hood Canal in Washington State

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat raw oysters harvested from an area of the southern tip of Hood Canal in Washington after an outbreak of illness caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteria.

Cholesterol :: Avoid red yeast rice products promoted on internet as treatments for high cholesterol, says FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to buy or eat three red yeast rice products promoted and sold on Web sites. The products may contain an unauthorized drug that could be harmful to health. The products are promoted as dietary supplements for treating high cholesterol.

Drug :: Controlling prescription drug expenditures

As national spending on prescription drugs rose faster than any other segment of health-care spending, the health plan at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center was able to maintain constant spending, resulting in savings of more than $6.6 million over three years.

Health Care :: Children of single fathers often miss out on health care

Children living in the custody of single fathers are less likely to have access to affordable health care and visit the doctor less often compared to children living in families with a single mother or both parents.

Hemophilia :: Landmark Hemophilia Study

According to a new landmark study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, infusions of clotting factor VIII used preventively can significantly reduce the risk of developing joint damage associated with joint bleeding in young children with hemophilia A.

Cholesterol :: Pathway for increasing good cholesterol

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that a group of liver enzymes called proprotein convertases (PCs) may be the key to raising levels of good cholesterol (HDL-C). The pathway by which these proteins are able to achieve an increase in HDL cholesterol involves another enzyme that normally degrades HDL-C, and was also discovered at Penn.

Cancer :: Sunburn, smoking, alcohol and obesity fuelling rising cancer rates

New statistics from Cancer Research UK reveal steep rises in cancers linked to excessive sun exposure, alcohol, smoking and obesity.

Dementia :: Minister to bring dementia out of the shadows

The Government is to produce the first ever national dementia strategy in response to one of the great challenges now facing society.