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Will Digital Switchover Switch Off Radio For Blind People?
A move from analogue to DAB radio may leave people with sight problems left out of Britain"s digital revolution if steps are not taken to assist in the switchover, laid out today in the communications Minister Lord Carter"s Digital Britain report.
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Researchers from the Makerere University hospital in Uganda, the U.S. and Belgium have developed a formula, based on a set of questions, for determining HIV-positive people"s risk of treatment failure and drug resistance, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, most HIV-positive people in Africa rarely have access to viral load tests to determine if they are developing resistance to first-line antiretroviral drugs because the testing is expensive and complicated.The researchers questioned 496 HIV-positive people about: Purchase zoloft to treat depression.
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Race/Ethnicity, Family Income And Education Associated With Sugar Consumption
The intake of added sugars in the United States is excessive, estimated by the US Department of Agriculture in 1999-2002 as 17% of calories a day. Consuming foods with added sugars displaces nutrient-dense foods in the diet. Reducing or limiting intake of added sugars is an important objective in providing overall dietary guidance. In a study of nearly 30,000 Americans published in the August 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers report that race/ethnicity, family income and educational status are independently associated with intake of added sugars. Groups with low income and education are particularly vulnerable to eating diets with high added sugars.
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Sen. Baucus To Meet With Single-Payer Reform Advocates Wednesday

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., will meet with supporters of a single-payer health system Wednesday to discuss their ideas on health reform. "Last month, Baucus had 13 single-payer activists removed from public hearings in the Capitol on health reform. The activists were frustrated that a plan for health care fully funded by the federal government was excluded from the discussions." The Chronicle reported that "President Obama says he wants Congress to agree on a health care reform package before the August recess. Pressure from the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries is playing a large role in keeping a single-payer plan from being seriously considered, although some polls show that such a system is supported nationwide, at least in concept." The activists argue that Baucus says that all options are still on the table but refuses any inclusion of a single-payer plan. The advocates scheduled to meet with Baucus include two representatives from the California Nurses Association, as well as "Dr. David Himmelstein, associate professor at Harvard Medical School and co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program; Dr. Oliver Fein, associate dean at Cornell University"s Weill Medical College and president of Physicians for a National Health Program; and Dr. Marcia Angell, former editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and lecturer at Harvard Medical School." Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is also expected to attend the meeting. Sanders is sponsoring a single-payer system bill in Congress (Colliver, 6/3). 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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