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Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
Asymptomatic Heart Damage Common Among Heavy Cocaine Users A considerable number of regular cocaine users have heart damage and do not know it, researchers revealed in the medical journal Heart. Serious heart damage among cocaine users commonly has no symptoms.	20 June 2011
Improvements Considered To The Marihuana Medical Access Program To Reduce The Risk Of Abuse And Keep Our Children And Communities Safe, Canada To reduce the risk of abuse and exploitation by criminal elements and keep our children and communities safe, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced that the Government of Canada is considering improvements to the Marihuana Medical Access Program.	20 June 2011

Alzheimer's / Dementia News
Natural Alzheimer's Weapon Suggests Better Treatment Scientists have shown a molecular chaperone is working like a waste management company to collect and detoxify high levels of toxic amyloid beta peptide found in Alzheimer's disease. It was known that the molecular chaperone, HspB1, was present in the hallmark plaque of Alzheimer's patients but its role remained a mystery.	20 June 2011
GPs Missing Early Dementia - New Study, UK New research from the University of Leicester demonstrates that general practitioners (GPs) are struggling to correctly identify people in the early stages of dementia resulting in both missed cases (false negatives) and misidentifications (false positives).	20 June 2011

Dentistry News
DNA Testing To Prevent Gum Disease, UK A new study that will attempt to use DNA to detect and predict the risk of gum disease has been commissioned in the USA.The breakthrough research, to be conducted by the University of Michigan's School of Dentistry, alongside a third-party health company, will take place over the course of one year and collect genetic information from around 4,000 people.	20 June 2011
200K Pounds Funding Available For Primary Care Research, UK Applications for funding for research projects in two areas are being sought by the Shirley Glasstone Hughes Trust Fund this year. Bids for the 2011 competition are invited for research projects that explore one of two questions: 1.	20 June 2011

Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News
Inaccurate Medical Claims Waste $17 Billion Annually, Says American Medical Association Claims-processing errors have increased by two percent over the last year to a 19.3% rate, wasting $17 billion annually and frustrating patients and health care professionals, says the American Medical Association in its fourth annual National Health Insurer Report Card.	20 June 2011
New AMA Health Insurer Report Card Finds Increasing Inaccuracy In Claims Payment The overall rate of inaccurate claims payments increased since last year among leading commercial health insurers, according to American Medical Association's (AMA) fourth annual National Health Insurer Report Card.	20 June 2011
Affordable Care Act Protects Consumers, Maintains Insurance Options, Helps Transition To New Marketplace In 2014 Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to allow limited benefit, or "mini-med" plans, to apply for or renew a temporary waiver from annual limit restrictions through 2013.	20 June 2011

Heart Disease News
Black Heart Attack Patients Wait Longer For Advanced Treatment Black patients having a heart attack wait longer at hospitals than white patients to get advanced procedures that will restore blood flow to their hearts, according to a University of Michigan Health System study.	20 June 2011
Intermountain Medical Center Research Team Finds First Genetic Mutation Linked To Heart Failure In Pregnant Women Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute have identified the first genetic mutation ever associated with a mysterious and potentially devastating form of heart disease that affects women in the final weeks of pregnancy or the first few months after delivery.	20 June 2011
Asymptomatic Heart Damage Common Among Heavy Cocaine Users A considerable number of regular cocaine users have heart damage and do not know it, researchers revealed in the medical journal Heart. Serious heart damage among cocaine users commonly has no symptoms.	20 June 2011
Randox Announce Worldwide Launch Of Automated Biochemistry Assay For Heart-Type Fatty Acid Binding Protein (H-FABP) Randox Laboratories Ltd, the international clinical diagnostics company, has today announced the official worldwide launch of an automated laboratory assay for Heart-type Fatty Acid Binding Protein (H-FABP), to be used in the diagnosis and management of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS).	20 June 2011
Breast Cancer Patients Mustn't Ignore Heart Disease Risk New research shows large numbers of older women diagnosed with breast cancer died from something other than the cancer, with heart and circulatory disease being the leading cause of death. Researchers from the University of Colorado looked at medical data from over 60,000 women aged 66 or over diagnosed with breast cancer and found more than two thirds of the women who died did so from other causes, most commonly heart disease.	20 June 2011

Mental Health News
Urinary Incontinence Doubles Risk Of Postpartum Depression Women with urinary incontinence after giving birth are almost twice as likely to develop postpartum depression as those without incontinence, according to a new study led by Wendy Sword, a professor in McMaster University's School of Nursing.	20 June 2011
Research Reveals That 10% Of Middle-Aged Europeans Are On Antidepressants New research from the University of Warwick and the IZA Institute in Bonn shows that 10% of middle-aged Europeans took antidepressants in 2010. The researchers looked in detail at the lives of a randomly selected sample of nearly 30,000 Europeans.	20 June 2011
GPs Missing Early Dementia - New Study, UK New research from the University of Leicester demonstrates that general practitioners (GPs) are struggling to correctly identify people in the early stages of dementia resulting in both missed cases (false negatives) and misidentifications (false positives).	20 June 2011

Pharmacy / Pharmacist News
PSA Offers PPI Support For Pharmacists, Australia The high uptake of pharmacists registering for Professional Practice Incentives under the 5th Community Pharmacy Agreement has been welcomed by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. To date, some 4000 pharmacists are reported to have registered for PPIs.	20 June 2011

Sexual Health / STDs News

'Coming Out' Makes People Happier, But Mainly In Supportive Settings Coming out as lesbian, gay, or bisexual increases emotional well-being even more than earlier research has indicated. But the psychological benefits of revealing one's sexual identity - less anger, less depression, and higher self-esteem - are limited to supportive settings, shows a study published June 20 in Social Psychology and Personality Science.

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