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  • Health Status Of Indigenous Populations Across Asia Unknown, Putting Them At Risk, Experts Say

    "The health of millions of indigenous people across Asia is at risk, experts say, as lack of recognition of their legal status hinders data collection, making their medical problems invisible in most national health surveys," IRIN reports. "Indigenous peoples -- defined by the U.N. as people with ancestral ties to a geographical region who retain 'distinct characteristics' from other parts of the population -- rank disproportionately high in most indicators of poor health, according to the U.N. Secretariat Department of Economic and Social Affairs," the news service adds.

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  • Survey Finds Doctors Not Always Honest With Patients

    Most physicians paint overly optimistic prognoses for their patients, and many have withheld information concerning their medical mistakes and financial relationships with drug companies and device manufacturers, according to a national survey published in Health Affairs.

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  • First Edition: February 9, 2012

    Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations mainly focus on the controversy over the administration's new regulation on contraception coverage.

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  • Capsules: HHS Seeks To Cut Preterm Births

    Phil Galewitz reports that the Obama administration launched a $40 million effort to reduce premature births, but it has no plans to stop Medicaid from paying for elective deliveries before 39 weeks.

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  • Discussion Of SGR Fix Heats Up

    Conferees negotiating the legislative package to extend the payroll tax break and to prevent a scheduled Medicare physician pay cut increased their focus on the physician payment piece of the puzzle. Meanwhile, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing exploring private sector ideas for creating a new physician payment system.

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  • Obama Aides Seek To Calm Storm Over Contraceptive Rule

    Administration suggests there may be ways to meet religious groups' concerns but insists that the president is committed to the policy. Sen. Mitch McConnell suggests Congress may change the rule if the administration doesn't.

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  • On Santorum’s Big Day, GOP Candidates Hit Romney On Contraception Rule

    Rick Santorum snapped his four-state losing streak Tuesday with wins in three GOP presidential caucuses. Meanwhile, the GOP candidates are hitting front-runner Mitt Romney on the similarity of a rule he presided over in Massachusetts that required even Catholic hospitals to provide the morning-after pill -- comparing it to a recent Obama administration controversy on contraception.

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  • USAID-Supported Programs Fighting TB, HIV In Brazil

    In this post in USAID's "IMPACTblog," Ed Scholl, AIDSTAR-One project director, writes about HIV and tuberculosis (TB) care in Brazil, where "USAID has partnered with the Brazilian Ministry of Health to improve early TB detection, increase HIV counseling and testing, and provide medical treatment for both infections." He continues, "AIDSTAR-One, a USAID-funded project, is also conducting outreach in Brazilian prisons, which are often at high risk of TB and HIV epidemics." He concludes, "Through partnerships like USAID and AIDSTAR-One, we can effectively fight TB and HIV across Brazil and Latin America, to improve the health of countless people and ultimately save lives" (2/7).

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  • Examining Debate Over Bird Flu Research

    In this post on KPLU's "Humanosphere" blog, journalist Tom Paulson describes "five reasons why you should not panic" about the recent news that two research teams have created bird flu strains that are easily transmissible among ferrets, which are used as a lab model for humans. Fears that terrorists possibly could use the information prompted the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity to request the scientists redact some information prior to publishing their study results and investigators worldwide to institute a 60-day moratorium on bird flu research, he notes. Paulson writes "that the scientific research community is already well on its way to improving our knowledge of H5N1," and concludes, "Even if these two papers are censored, the traditional approach of unfettered and open exploration appears likely to continue" (2/7).

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  • Komen Vice President Resigns

    Karen Handel says she is leaving immediately so the organization can "refocus" on its mission, after becoming a lightning rod for controversy over its decision to cut funds to Planned Parenthood.

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  • Important To Include Men In HIV Prevention, Treatment Programs

    While a focus on HIV prevention and treatment among women and children has reduced infection rates among these populations, "men have received considerably less attention in the epidemic and receive less targeted HIV prevention and treatment programs," Edward Mills of the University of Ottawa and colleagues write in a PLoS Medicine essay, adding "Targeting men in prevention and treatment ... may have a large impact on mortality, new infections, and the economic impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa." They note that in Africa, fewer men than women access antiretroviral therapy (ART), and men "typically have higher mortality," seek care later in the disease, and "are more likely to be lost to follow-up."

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