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EPA Announces Public Health Emergency In Libby, Montana
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced the agency has determined that a public health emergency exists at the Libby asbestos site in northwest Montana. Over the past years, hundreds of asbestos-related disease cases have been documented in this small community, which covers the towns of Libby and Troy. The announcement was made today at a joint press conference with Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester.
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Continued International Investment, Decreased Discrimination Key To Fight Against HIV/AIDS, Says U.N. Secretary-General
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon during a General Assembly meeting Tuesday urged governments not to cut aid for the international fight against HIV/AIDS, the AP/Washington Post reports. Even as Ban "called for "bold action" not only to increase funding but also to break down social barriers to achieve the goal set by world leaders in 2006 of universal access to comprehensive HIV prevention services, treatment, care and support by 2010," he and other speakers at the meeting "reviewing progress and challenges in the battle against AIDS indicated that it will be exceedingly difficult - if not impossible - to reach the goal" (Lederer, AP/Washington Post, 6/16).
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Oncolytics Biotech(R) Inc. Announces Publication Of Research On Synergistic Activity Of Reovirus And Chemotherapy In NSCLC
Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX: ONC, NASDAQ: ONCY) ("Oncolytics") reported today that Dr. Shizuko Sei et al. published the results of their work examining reovirus and chemotherapy against human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The paper, entitled "Synergistic Antitumor Activity of Oncolytic Reovirus and Chemotherapeutic Agents in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells" appears online in the July 14, 2009 issue of Molecular Cancer.
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Role Of Overweight Status On Stone-Forming Risk Factors In Children: A Prospective Study

UroToday.com - Gluttony is becoming an ever-increasing problem in our pediatric patients, and this is directly correlated to an increase risk of stone disease. In this prospective study, 44 children who were being followed for obesity in the pediatric department were evaluated with respect to stone disease and stone forming risk factors using a 24-hour urine evaluation. An additional 50 patients who were being seen in the same department for complaints other than stone disease or overweight status were evaluated similarly as the control group. The difference in the demographics of the two groups was their weight and body mass index. However, of most concern, the obese group also had significantly higher systolic blood pressures and were more likely to have established hypertension. Also, in the overweight group the children more consistently demonstrated hypocitraturia and hyperoxaluria compared to their non obese patient counterparts. There was also an increase in urinary calcium excretion in the obese children. Nine percent of the obese children had a history of previous stone disease compared to none in the control group. This study is another in a long list demonstrating the potentially deleterious health effects obesity has on our children globally. The early development of hypertension and stone disease can only have dire consequences for future health issues in these young patients and more attention needs to be directed to this pediatric health crisis. Sarica K, Eryildirim B, Yencilek F, Kuyumcuoglu U Urology. 2009 May;73(5):1003-7. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2008.11.038 Written by UroToday.com Contributing Editor Elspeth M. McDougall, MD, FRCSC, MHPE UroToday - the only urology website with original content written by global urology key opinion leaders actively engaged in clinical practice. To access the latest urology news releases from UroToday, go to: www.urotoday.com Copyright © 2009 - UroToday


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