In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine explored why blacks are less likely than other races to become living kidney donors, and the reasons are obesity and failure to complete the donor evaluation.
Today, nearly 40 of the US’s top business leaders and largest employers joined forces to announce the formation of the Coalition to Advance Healthcare Reform (CAHR). Standing shoulder to shoulder with lawmakers at a Capitol Hill press conference, they discussed the coalition’s core principles, its mission and called for meaningful federal and state policy reforms by 2009 to solve the nation’s healthcare crisis.
The Senate?s procedural vote this morning on the Dorgan prescription drug importation amendment is of serious concern. This amendment fails to sufficiently ensure the safety of imported products, and would open the door for counterfeit drugs to enter our domestic pharmaceutical supply. It would imperil the Food and Drug Administration?s (FDA) ability to protect American consumers from counterfeit and diverted drugs.
As a national supporter of Cover the Uninsured Week, the American Public Health Association (APHA) renews its call for expanding health coverage for children through Medicaid and the State Children?s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Children in the United States are becoming more overweight and obese, putting them at risk for serious health concerns such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and elevated cholesterol and blood pressure levels.
More than 600 school nutrition professionals will call on Congress to adopt national school food and beverage standards for ?competitive foods? sold on school campuses.
On the occasion of the 2nd International Congress on Prediabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome held in Barcelona, Spain, April 25-28, 2007, the initiation of the Acarbose Cardiovascular Evaluation (ACE) was announced.
Novartis has received a positive opinion supporting European U nion approval of its cell culture-derived seasonal influenza vaccine Optaflu?, which is aiming to become the first influenza vaccine to utilize a mammalian cell line, rather than chicken eggs, for antigen production.
Today’s news that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is examining whether the maker of Zyprexa failed to submit clinical trial data about the harmful side effects of the antipsychotic drug underscores the urgent need for Congress to pass drug-safety legislation.
Although the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has helped increase awareness of barriers faced by people with disabilities, and advances in science and engineering have led to better assistive technologies that make it easier for individuals to lead productive, independent lives, outdated regulations too often impede access to health care coverage and assistive devices for many who need them, says a new report by the Institute of Medicine.