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Better Access To Info And Dialogue With HCPs On Sexual Issues For Rheumatology Patients
Patients with rheumatic diseases want more information and better communication with healthcare professionals on the sexual issues related to their conditions, according to the results of a new study presented recently at EULAR 2009, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Consumers Rate Medicare Higher Than Employer-Sponsored Insurance
Elderly Medicare beneficiaries are more satisfied with their health care, and experience fewer problems accessing and paying for care, than Americans with employer-sponsored insurance (ESI), according to a study by Commonwealth Fund researchers published May 12 on the Health Affairs Web site. If given the opportunity, many adults under age 65 would likely select a public health insurance option, say lead author Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund, and colleagues.
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Preventing Toxic Shock Syndrome And Other Severe Diseases
A researcher at The University of Western Ontario has received over $603,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to investigate how and why a group of bacterial toxins leads to the development of toxic shock syndrome and other serious diseases. John McCormick is an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and a scientist with the Lawson Health Research Institute. His research is one of 18 projects at Western and Lawson to receive new CIHR operating grants totaling more than $9.55 million.
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Indian Government Delays Implementation Of Ruling For Graphic Images To Appear On Tobacco Products

Despite a recent ruling by India"s Supreme Court that all tobacco products must have pictorial warnings by May 31, one week after the ruling was to go into effect, the warning labels have yet to appear on packaging, the National reports. The main reason "the government is not serious about [the] implementation" of the Supreme Court ruling is a fear of backlash from the estimated 45 million people living in India with ties to the tobacco industry, according to anti-tobacco advocate Mahesh Chaturvedi. The National writes, "According to a recent health ministry report, more than 300 [million] people above the age of nine in India use tobacco products, with new smokers increasing by between five per cent to seven per cent a year." While India"s tobacco industry generates more "than 95 billion rupees [about $20 billion] annually in taxes, 80 percent of which comes from cigarette sales," a study found "tobacco use drains around 350bn rupees [$73.9 billion] from the Indian economy in the form of healthcare costs and productivity losses." The article examines the resistance from India"s beedi manufacturers to display the graphic warnings on their products. "The highly labour-intensive- based industry, which provides large-scale employment, gives it a powerful voice and that is one of the reasons why the government has been silent," on implementing the Supreme Court ruling, Chaturvedi said (Andrabi, the National, 6/8). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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