Final Health Reform Bill Likely To Cover More Frequent Mammograms Than USPSTF Recommends

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Under pressure from doctors, some women's groups and imaging equipment makers, lawmakers are likely to require coverage for more mammograms in health reform legislation than is currently recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, many doctors' and ...

Indiana University Study: Screening And Treating Girls Doesn’t Reduce Prevalence Of Chlamydia In Teens

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Frequent testing and treatment of infection does not reduce the prevalence of chlamydia in urban teenage girls, according to a long term study by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers published in the January 1, 2024 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Despite the fact they ...

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Completes ApoB SNALP Phase 1 Clinical Trial

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX:TKM) announced that it has concluded its ApoB SNALP Phase 1 human clinical trial. ApoB SNALP is designed to reduce the production of apolipoprotein B (ApoB), a protein produced in the liver that plays a central role in cholesterol metabolism. Tekmira enrolled a ...

COBRA Extension Helps Unemployed Workers This Year

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Another COBRA extension helps unemployed workers without insurance. USA Today reports: "A defense spending bill signed into law Dec. 19 expands a subsidy for unemployed workers who want to continue their former employer's health insurance coverage. Under the federal law known as COBRA, workers who leave their jobs ...