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UNICEF: Children And Women Displaced By Conflict In Pakistan Need Urgent And Ongoing Support
UNICEF is deeply concerned about the condition of thousands of children who have been displaced by conflict, or who remain in affected areas, in north-western Pakistan. Nearly 50 per cent of the estimated 2 million displaced are children, many of whom are in urgent need of health and educational services, nutritional support, access to clean water and sanitation as well as protection. Their situation has been compounded by the harsh summer temperatures.
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Economy Squeezing Access To Health Care
As unemployment rises, many Florida women are "turning to federally subsidized mammograms and pap smears, and county health officials are worried they could be overwhelmed," The Orlando Sentinel reports. "Since 1990, the Centers for Disease Control [and Prevention] has provided free and low-cost mammograms and pap smears to uninsured or underinsured women between 40 and 64 years old. In Florida, only women 50 to 64 years old qualify. Although the number of women screened in Florida through this federal program has increased through the years, unemployment in women 55 to 64 years old has nearly doubled, from 3.4 percent in 2008 to 6.3 percent now. Demand always has exceeded available services - only 15 percent of eligible women get the breast exams, according to the CDC - but the number of women who will now qualify for the free tests is expected to outstrip the funding provided by Congress" (Maza, 7/15).
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Kai Sensors Receives FDA Clearance For Its Wireless, Non-Contact Respiratory Device

Hawaii-based Kai Sensors announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the Kai Sensors Non-Contact Respiratory Rate Spot Check, also called the Kai RSpot. The 510(k) clearance allows Kai Sensors to market the Kai RSpot to physicians, hospitals, and clinics. The Kai RSpot is a device that offers a practical and effective approach of measuring respiratory rate in hospital and clinical settings. The device is easy to use and works wirelessly, with no contact or attachment to the patient. Due to difficulties with current approaches of measuring respiratory rate, this important vital sign is often measured infrequently, inaccurately, inconsistently, or not at all. The clinically tested Kai RSpot provides a solution that addresses many of the shortcomings of existing technologies, and will enable doctors and health care professionals to measure a patient"s respiration with greater ease and with increased regularity. "The 510(k) approval from the FDA is a major milestone for Kai Sensors that will enable our Company to continue to grow," said Kai Sensors CEO Andrea Yuen. "We believe the Kai RSpot will make collecting respiratory information easier for physicians and clinicians and thus help increase the amount of information available about a patient and improve the overall quality of health care." Kai Sensors, Inc.


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