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brdgtHarvard World Health News Highlights:
Treatment Plan for Health Care Will Be Self-Help
Peter G. Gosselin and Joel Havemann (Los Angeles Times, Feb. 1, 2006)
"President Bush wants to bring to health care the same 'ownership society' approach that gained him little political traction during last year's Social Security debate but remains central to his self-help view of America. By proposing new tax breaks for the health savings accounts he won congressional approval for three years ago, analysts said, Bush hopes to nudge the nation away from the employer-sponsored health insurance on which most working Americans depend."
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Boston Women File Complaint Against Wal-Mart Over Failure To Sell Morning-After Pill
Bruce Mohl (The Boston Globe, Feb. 2, 2006)
"Three Boston-area women yesterday sued Wal-Mart for failing to stock and dispense emergency contraceptive pills. They also filed a complaint with the state board that regulates pharmacies."
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Gene Causes Parkinson's in Ashkenazim
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich (The Jerusalem Post, Jan. 25, 2006)
"Although Parkinson's disease has not generally been regarded as genetic in origin, researchers at Yeshiva University's Einstein College of Medicine and Beth Israel Medical Center in New York have discovered a single gene that is the 'major cause' of Parkinson's in Ashkenazi Jews."
Gates Pledges $900 Million To Fight Against TB
Larry Elliott and Sarah Boseley (The Guardian, London, Jan. 28, 2006)
"A plan to cut deaths from tuberculosis by 14 million over the next 10 years was launched yesterday at the World Economic Forum in Davos with a pledge of $900 million from the Microsoft boss Bill Gates and exhortations for the world to try harder from the chancellor, Gordon Brown."
Bangladesh: 50 Percent of Adults Carry TB Bacteria
(The Daily Star, Bangladesh, Feb. 1, 2006)
"Around 50 percent adult people of the country carry tuberculosis (TB) bacteria, said the experts at a workshop in the city yesterday...The speakers stressed the need for more media coverage on TB disease as due to lack of public awareness many TB infected patients still don't go to hospitals and upazila health complexes for free treatment."
Treatment Plan for Health Care Will Be Self-Help
Peter G. Gosselin and Joel Havemann (Los Angeles Times, Feb. 1, 2006)
"President Bush wants to bring to health care the same 'ownership society' approach that gained him little political traction during last year's Social Security debate but remains central to his self-help view of America. By proposing new tax breaks for the health savings accounts he won congressional approval for three years ago, analysts said, Bush hopes to nudge the nation away from the employer-sponsored health insurance on which most working Americans depend."
Free registration required.
Boston Women File Complaint Against Wal-Mart Over Failure To Sell Morning-After Pill
Bruce Mohl (The Boston Globe, Feb. 2, 2006)
"Three Boston-area women yesterday sued Wal-Mart for failing to stock and dispense emergency contraceptive pills. They also filed a complaint with the state board that regulates pharmacies."
Free registration required.
Gene Causes Parkinson's in Ashkenazim
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich (The Jerusalem Post, Jan. 25, 2006)
"Although Parkinson's disease has not generally been regarded as genetic in origin, researchers at Yeshiva University's Einstein College of Medicine and Beth Israel Medical Center in New York have discovered a single gene that is the 'major cause' of Parkinson's in Ashkenazi Jews."
Gates Pledges $900 Million To Fight Against TB
Larry Elliott and Sarah Boseley (The Guardian, London, Jan. 28, 2006)
"A plan to cut deaths from tuberculosis by 14 million over the next 10 years was launched yesterday at the World Economic Forum in Davos with a pledge of $900 million from the Microsoft boss Bill Gates and exhortations for the world to try harder from the chancellor, Gordon Brown."
Bangladesh: 50 Percent of Adults Carry TB Bacteria
(The Daily Star, Bangladesh, Feb. 1, 2006)
"Around 50 percent adult people of the country carry tuberculosis (TB) bacteria, said the experts at a workshop in the city yesterday...The speakers stressed the need for more media coverage on TB disease as due to lack of public awareness many TB infected patients still don't go to hospitals and upazila health complexes for free treatment."
