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Drug Combination Improves Outcome For Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
A new, international study found that the combination of two drugs delays disease progression for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Results from the Phase III "ATLAS" trial were presented today by Dr. Vincent Miller of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.
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American Psychological Association Applauds Representatives Kennedy And Ros-Lehtinen For Introducing Positive Aging Act Of 2009
The American Psychological Association applauded Reps. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) for introducing the Positive Aging Act of 2009, a longstanding legislative priority for APA that would improve access to quality mental health care for older adults by integrating mental health services into primary care and community settings where older adults reside and receive services. Purchase zoloft to treat depression.
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Mindblind Eyes: An Absence Of Spontaneous Theory Of Mind In Asperger Syndrome
Highly intelligent adults with Asperger Syndrome still have difficulties in day-to-day social interaction. These difficulties may be explained by "mindblindness", the idea that they are unable to predict what other people will do by thinking about their mental states, that is, their knowledge and beliefs. If this is true then why do people with Asperger syndrome pass all the standard tests of mental state attribution? Is the theory wrong or are the tests insensitive? This study reports evidence from eye movements, that adults with Asperger Syndrome do not spontaneously anticipate another person"s behaviour on the basis of that person"s mental state. This is in stark contrast with typical adults, and even young toddlers.
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Insurers Refuse To Stop Canceling Some Sick Patients' Policies

Members of Congress grilled executives from the insurance industry"s big three - UnitedHealth Group, WellPoint, and Assurant - for canceling coverage of more than 20,000 paying policy holders at a hearing Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The executives responded that they would continue the practice, known as rescission, which has saved them an estimated $300 million over a five-year period. The House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations found that "policyholders with breast cancer, lymphoma and more than 1,000 other conditions were targeted for rescission and that employees were praised in performance reviews for terminating the policies of customers with expensive illnesses." One executive said rescission is intended to stop fraud and abuse. The Times reports that the executives "would not commit to limiting rescissions to only policyholders who intentionally lie or commit fraud to obtain coverage, a refusal that met with dismay from legislators on both sides of the political aisle. Experts said it could undermine the industry"s efforts to influence healthcare-overhaul plans working their way toward the White House. "Talk about tone deaf," said Robert Laszewski, a former health insurance executive who now counsels companies as a consultant ... Proponents of a public plan seized upon the hearing, saying it showed why access to healthcare cannot be left to private insurance companies" (Girion, 6/17). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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