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With
healthcare a hot topic in Washington, most support reforms
that would reduce costs and expand coverage. Dr. Kenneth
Melani, president and CEO of Highmark, Incorporated,
says they strongly believe that everyone should have
high-quality, affordable healthcare coverage and believe
this can be achieved without creating a new government
bureaucracy.
HIV is now, HIV is here, and HIV is real. More than
one million Americans are living with HIV and AIDS.
Recent data show 48 percent of new HIV infections in
the U.S. are among African Americans. Hispanics, represent
17 percent of HIV diagnoses. Gay men from all racial
and ethnic groups account for 53 percent of HIV and
AIDS diagnoses. These numbers show a critical need for
tools to prevent HIV, including a vaccine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate
that the total number of Americans living with HIV is
over one million people. Despite advances in medical
care and treatment, the number of HIV infections in
America has continued to grow, particularly among African
Americans.
Boston
New York
The College
Savings Plans of Maryland offers two 529 plans to help
you save for college.
Because
of the Medicare prescription drug benefit, millions
of seniors are enjoying significant savings on their
medicines, but there are still nearly 20,000 eligible
seniors in Delaware who could benefit from this coverage
but haven't enrolled.
Because
of the Medicare prescription drug benefit, millions
of seniors are enjoying significant savings on their
medicines, but there are still more than 200,000 eligible
seniors in New Jersey who could benefit from this coverage
but haven't enrolled.
Because
of the Medicare prescription drug benefit, millions
of seniors are enjoying significant savings on their
medicines, but there are still more than 450,000 eligible
seniors in New York who could benefit from this coverage
but haven't enrolled.
Because
of the Medicare prescription drug benefit, millions
of seniors are enjoying significant savings on their
medicines, but there are still more than 300,000 eligible
seniors in Pennsylvania who could benefit from this
coverage but haven't enrolled.
A national report
finds that while the D.C. metro area cannot yet claim
a spot a new list of places where families have the
best chance of enrolling their children in high-quality,
publicly-funded pre-kindergarten, the District, Maryland
and Virginia also didn't land on the list of "worst
chance" places for pre-k.
A new report finds
that despite a tough economy, Ohio joins states in the
industrial heartland and across the country in its commitment
to invest in the workforce of the future.
In Michigan, a state
widely considered to be suffering the nation's most
severe economic crisis, policymakers have increased
investment in the Great Start Readiness Program by $20
million since 2006, bringing total state pre-k funding
to nearly $104 million, according to "Votes Count: Legislative
Action on Pre-K Fiscal Year 2009," a state-by-state
analysis of pre-k investment.
A national report
is recognizing Rhode Island lawmakers who helped the
state take its first steps out of the "pre-k wilderness"
- states without pre-k programs.
Nearly 12,000 of the world's top cancer doctors and
scientists were in attendance this week at the at the
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's
50th Annual Meeting in Boston to hear the results of
more than 1,500 new research studies in the fight against
cancer.
Local
researcher Iftekhar Ahmad, MD in the Department of
Radiation Oncology at Wayne State University's Karmanos
Cancer Institute, describes his findings in soy isoflavones
and prostate cancer therapy.
Survivor Circle
Winner Debra Demella, from Arlington, MA, describes
how support has helped her since her brain cancer
diagnosis in 1991.
Local
researcher Timothy Harris, PhD student from Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine describes his
findings regarding immune response to prostate cancer.
Local researcher
Harald Paganetti, MD, Associate Professor at Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston, describes his findings
regarding cancer therapy with proton beams.
Local
researcher Eleanor M. Walker, Director of Breast Radiation
Oncology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit describes
her findings regarding acupuncture as effective as
drug therapy in managing side effects after breast
cancer treatment.
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